Chapter Summaries

Kumogakure and Iwagakure prepared a coordinated assault on Konoha, while Stone and Grass forces opened a major front that forced Konoha to retreat and request reinforcements. As the war spread across several borders, Uchiha Madara began preparing to plunge Uchiha Obito into darkness.

• A welcomed Kitsuchi and the Stone Ninja, while Killer B met Rōshi and Han outside the meeting tent and shared information about Uchiha Yoichi’s abilities.
• Killer B helped Rōshi and Han persuade the Four-Tails and Five-Tails to cooperate with them, and the three Jinchuriki discussed how to fight Uchiha Yoichi.
• A, Dodai, and Kitsuchi agreed to sacrifice some Cloud Ninja to lure Konoha into a trap and deliver a surprise attack.
• The Stone Ninja and Waterfall Ninja pressured Kusagakure into joining their side, and Jiraiya moved to intercept enemies approaching the Land of Falls.
• Stone and Grass forces overwhelmed Konoha’s defenses, prompting Minato Namikaze to request reinforcements and Hiruzen Sarutobi to send troops, Medical Division, and Danzo’s forces.
• Uchiha Madara gathered intelligence and prepared to use the war to plunge Uchiha Obito into darkness and make him his substitute.

Konoha’s forces learned that the Cloud Ninja had hidden their strength and allied with the Stone Ninja, then faced an invasion led by three Complete Tailed Beasts. Uchiha Yoichi shielded the battlefield with Susanoo as Hatake Sakumo ordered a retreat, and Yoichi began revealing more of his power with Sage Mode and the Wood Golem Technique.

• Hatake Sakumo discussed the Cloud Ninja’s unusually weak resistance and ordered Uchiha Yoichi and Shirakumo Hayama to send two hundred Ninja to reinforce the Land of Grass Battlefield.
• Danzo sent Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya intelligence about the Stone Ninja’s supply routes, while Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, Kitsuchi, Dodai, and A agreed to launch an attack.
• A sent the Cloud Ninja out in force, and Hatake Sakumo’s scouts discovered Stone Ninja accompanying them and three approaching Complete Tailed Beasts.
• Uchiha Yoichi summoned his dark-blue Yatagarasu Susanoo and deflected a Tailed Beast Bomb, while Orochimaru’s Triple Rashōmon helped protect Konoha’s troops from the blast.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered most of the Konoha forces to withdraw, and Uchiha Yoichi entered Sage Mode and began casting the Wood Golem Technique.

Uchiha Yoichi fought the Eight-Tails, Four-Tails, and Five-Tails with an Armored Wood Golem as Konoha’s forces were overwhelmed by the Cloud and Stone Ninja. After learning that Konoha would retreat, Yoichi refused to leave before killing a Tailed Beast and began transforming into Godzilla.

• Uchiha Yoichi formed an Armored Wood Golem around Susanoo and attacked the three Tailed Beasts while Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo fought Kitsuchi and A.
• The Eight-Tails, Four-Tails, and Five-Tails countered the Wood Release with tentacles, Lava Release, Boil Release, and Tailed Beast Bombs, while Yoichi injured Han and bound Gyuki with trees.
• The Cloud and Stone Ninja broke through Konoha’s formation, so Hatake Sakumo ordered a retreat to the Second Camp and sent Orochimaru to contact Yoichi.
• Orochimaru used a summoned snake to knock Four-Tails and Five-Tails down, while Inojin Yamanaka told Yoichi that Konoha’s front line had collapsed.
• Yoichi refused to retreat before killing a Tailed Beast, left a Wood Clone to control the Armored Wood Golem, and opened the seal inside his body to transform into Godzilla.

Uchiha Yoichi transformed into Godzilla and used a Radioactive Beam to kill the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki, while the Eight-Tails escaped. He and Orochimaru retreated with the surviving Konoha forces after the battle devastated their camp, and both sides regrouped as the Stone Ninja confronted A over their losses.

• Uchiha Yoichi dismissed his Armored Wood Golem, transformed into Godzilla, and killed Kokuō and Son Goku with a Radioactive Beam, while Gyuki escaped through Killer B.
• Uchiha Yoichi fired on the pursuing Cloud Ninja, but Kitsuchi interrupted his attack with the Mountain Earth Technique, forcing him to seal Godzilla and retreat with Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru and Uchiha Yoichi used Gates and Manda to hold off the Cloud Ninja while the scattered Konoha forces escaped to camp.
• Orochimaru treated the survivors and counted only 431 returnees from the 1,200 ninja sent into battle, then sent a report requesting urgent reinforcements.
• Kitsuchi confronted A and complained that the Stone Ninja had suffered crushing losses, including the deaths of two Jinchuriki.

After devastating losses on the Land of Tea battlefield, Konoha’s leaders arranged reinforcements while the Cloud Ninja hesitated to attack again. Tsunade arrived at Uchiha Yoichi’s camp to help treat the wounded, and Yoichi led her inside while holding her trembling hand.

• A learned that Killer B had been found seriously injured and ordered searches for Rōshi and Han while the Cloud Ninja counted their casualties.
• Orochimaru reported Konoha’s defeat to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who arranged reinforcements for Orochimaru and prepared to respond to possible threats on the Land of Grass battlefield.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the clan leaders and their representatives to discuss the war and Konoha’s strained medical resources.
• Tsunade arrived at Orochimaru’s camp and offered to use her Slug Technique and Mystical Palm Technique to help the wounded despite her Hemophobia.
• Orochimaru sent Tsunade and Shizune to Uchiha Yoichi, who took Tsunade’s hand and led her into his tent as she argued that she had come to help.

Uchiha Yoichi helped Tsunade suppress her hemophobia, and she treated the wounded at Konoha’s camp with her Slug Technique while he supplied her Chakra. After learning that Yoichi possessed Wood Style and hearing his plans, Tsunade stayed to support Konoha, while Iwagakure learned that Rōshi and Han had died and left the decision about the alliance to the Third Tsuchikage.

• Tsunade summoned a giant slug and used it to treat the camp’s wounded, while Yoichi supplied her with Chakra and Hatake Sakumo’s injuries rapidly healed.
• Yoichi revealed his Wood Style Bloodline to Tsunade and explained that he and Orochimaru had developed it using Hashirama’s cells.
• Tsunade declined Yoichi’s offer to use Wood Style to cure her hemophobia and agreed to remain at the battlefield to support Konoha.
• Orochimaru arranged a tent for Tsunade and discussed the Cloud Ninja threat, while Yoichi said Iwagakure’s losses had weakened their position.
• Kitsuchi learned from Killer B that Yoichi had killed Rōshi and Han, then left to report Iwagakure’s losses to the Third Tsuchikage.

Uchiha Yoichi planned to infiltrate the enemy camp and kill Stone Ninja to weaken the alliance between the Stone and Cloud Ninja. With Ichikishimahime’s concealment ability, he entered the camp and launched a surprise attack, leaving the others under threat.

• Mitokado Homura arrived at the Frontline Camp, learned Tsunade had treated the wounded, and left Hatake Sakumo in charge of the front while the group discussed a plan.
• Uchiha Yoichi proposed infiltrating the enemy camp to kill Stone Ninja, and Orochimaru arranged for Hyuga Shinichi and Yamanaka Kenji to locate their position.
• Uchiha Yoichi summoned Ichikishimahime, who agreed to help him conceal himself in exchange for a favor.
• Orochimaru sent Hyuga Shinichi and Yamanaka Kenji near the camp in summoned snakes, while Ichikishimahime concealed herself and Uchiha Yoichi from detection.
• Hyuga Shinichi located the Stone Ninja tents, and Uchiha Yoichi slipped past the Cloud Ninja and entered one tent.
• Uchiha Yoichi killed a Stone Ninja with his lightning-wrapped sword, and the two remaining Stone Ninja raised the alarm and began forming hand seals.

Uchiha Yoichi devastated a Stone Ninja camp while searching for the Eight-Tails, then escaped Cloud Ninja forces with Ichikishimahime. After returning to Konoha, he reported a successful mission, leaving Kitsuchi intent on withdrawing and Mitokado Homura newly concerned about Yoichi's political prospects.

• Uchiha Yoichi used Wood Clones and Deep Forest Emergence to attack the Stone Ninja camp, killing many Stone Ninja as Kitsuchi struggled to stop the forest.
• Uchiha Yoichi sensed approaching Cloud Ninja, but Ichikishimahime carried him away before Jonin Moi and Lord A could capture him.
• Uchiha Yoichi's final Wood Clone taunted Kitsuchi about the Eight-Tails before disappearing, and Kitsuchi learned that only fifteen of his sixty-six Stone Ninja remained.
• Kitsuchi ordered the surviving Stone Ninja to return to the Land of Earth, while A worried about the consequences for his father if Kitsuchi left.
• Ichikishimahime carried Uchiha Yoichi to Orochimaru, and the group returned to Konoha's camp at dawn after discussing the mission's success.
• Uchiha Yoichi reported to Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, and Mitokado Homura, while Mitokado Homura began considering Yoichi as a possible Hokage candidate.

Uchiha Yoichi eased Tsunade’s fatigue with a foot massage, leaving her conflicted about his feelings for her. Meanwhile, Kitsuchi reported the Stone Ninja losses to Ōnoki, and the Cloud Ninja escalated raids into the Land of Fire as Konoha struggled to respond.

• Uchiha Yoichi noticed Tsunade’s sore feet and led her to his tent, where he massaged them until her anger faded.
• Tsunade returned to her tent and struggled with her feelings, deciding to postpone rejecting Uchiha Yoichi.
• Kitsuchi returned to the Land of Earth and told Ōnoki that Konoha’s Lightning Fang had nearly wiped out the Stone Ninja elite forces and that the Cloud Ninja seemed suspicious.
• Ōnoki vowed that Rōshi and Han would not have died in vain and prepared to go to the battlefield.
• The Cloud Ninja reinforced their forces and sent sabotage squads into the Land of Fire, while Konoha struggled to stop them.
• Mitokado Homura urged Uchiha Yoichi to use his power against the Cloud Ninja, but Uchiha Yoichi refused, citing the risk of being unable to contain the Eight-Tails afterward.

Uchiha Yoichi shared food and liquor with Tsunade, massaging her feet while she drank before she left with sashimi for Shizune. On the Land of Grass Battlefield, Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Minato Namikaze a mission to destroy Kannabi Bridge and hinder the Stone Ninja advance.

• Tsunade greeted Uchiha Yoichi after his return, accepted his invitation to eat sashimi and Magic Mutton, and discussed the worsening battles and Konoha's shortage of reinforcements.
• Uchiha Yoichi explained that his Godzilla form could devastate the Cloud Ninja camp but would leave him vulnerable afterward, and Tsunade asked for food to take to Shizune.
• Uchiha Yoichi massaged Tsunade's feet while she drank Honey Country's Heavenly Honey Sake, and she left his tent with sashimi for Shizune.
• Tsunade met Shizune outside, hurriedly explained the food, and pulled her back to their tent after Shizune noticed the smell of alcohol.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze to destroy Kannabi Bridge to disrupt the Stone Ninja's supplies and slow their advance.

Minato Namikaze transported the Third Raikage to a prepared valley so Konoha’s forces could surround him, while Kakashi led Obito and Rin to sabotage Kannabi Bridge. Konoha’s reinforcements gathered around the Third Raikage, and Minato rested before heading to support Kakashi’s mission.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Minato Namikaze and Kakashi’s squad to destroy Kannabi Bridge and asked Minato to lure the Third Raikage to a planned location.
• Uchiha Yoichi continued teasing Tsunade, while A worried that his messages to the Third Raikage had gone unanswered.
• Minato Namikaze put Kakashi in command of Obito and Rin, then used Shadow Clones to draw pursuers away as the squad set out.
• Minato Namikaze transported the Third Raikage to a valley in the Land of Fire and fired a signal flare to summon Konoha’s forces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and Jiraiya arrived and attacked the Third Raikage, while Minato Namikaze rested and more Konoha Ninja gathered to surround him.

Konoha defeated the Cloud Ninja after the Third Raikage died in a fire trap, forcing the surviving forces to retreat from the Land of Fire. As the war ended, Tsunade quietly tried to leave camp, but Uchiha Yoichi caught her and gave her a scroll of sake before the Konoha troops prepared to return home.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and Jiraiya trapped the Third Raikage in a valley and set it ablaze, and Konoha later found his corpse.
• After learning of his father's death, A ordered the Cloud Ninja to withdraw, while Dodai urged him to return to Kumogakure with Killer B.
• Uchiha Yoichi, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo pursued the retreating Cloud Ninja, and their troops killed the three hundred soldiers Dodai had left behind to delay them.
• Konoha pursued the Cloud Ninja to the border and spent more than ten days clearing enemy squads from the Land of Fire.
• Tsunade prepared to leave with Shizune without telling Uchiha Yoichi, but he called her back and gave her a storage scroll containing three bottles of Heavenly Honey Sake.
• Uchiha Yoichi prepared to return to Konoha with the troops, while his reputation from the Cloud Ninja war surpassed Konoha's White Fang.

Uchiha Yoichi returned to Konoha after months on the battlefield and reunited with his family and clan, then learned that the war against Iwagakure had ended. He prepared to use the village’s newspapers to build support for Hatake Sakumo as the next Hokage.

• Uchiha Yoichi returned to a public welcome and reunited with Uchiha Mikoto, Uzumaki Mina, Uchiha Itachi, and Yugito at the clan grounds.
• During dinner, Uchiha Yoichi told Uchiha Itachi to learn more about the Ninja World before trying to understand why wars happened.
• Uchiha Yoichi learned that Mina was carrying a daughter and heard Mikoto’s report about the clan’s businesses and plans for a new Ninja Game version.
• Iwagakure withdrew after supply problems and the loss of its allies ended the war on the Land of Grass Battlefield.
• Uchiha Yoichi planned to use the newspapers to build public support for Hatake Sakumo as the Fourth Hokage, then visited the Security Force and Uchiha Kenji.

After Konoha’s forces returned from the war, Uchiha Yoichi addressed the clan’s concerns about Kakashi inheriting Obito’s Sharingan and visited the Hatake family. Kakashi chose to keep the eye, while Yoichi offered to help if its chakra drain became dangerous.

• Uchiha Yoichi visited Mikoto after Mina fell asleep, and they were intimate while keeping quiet because Itachi was upstairs.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s forces returned to Konoha, and the Uchiha Clan held a meeting to discuss casualties, compensation, and Kakashi’s inherited Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yoichi told the clan he would handle the Sharingan matter and explained the danger its constant chakra drain posed to outsiders.
• Minato Namikaze apologized for failing to save Obito and asked Yoichi about Kakashi’s Sharingan; Yoichi said he would speak with Kakashi and Sakumo.
• At the Hatake home, Yoichi warned Kakashi that the Two-Tomoe Sharingan constantly consumed chakra but left the decision to him.
• Kakashi chose to keep Obito’s Sharingan, and Yoichi agreed the Uchiha Clan would not reclaim it and offered to help if its chakra drain became a problem.

After rumors blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for Konoha’s wartime losses, he considered holding the Fourth Hokage selection sooner and supporting Minato Namikaze. Uchiha Yoichi arranged for Nohara Rin to study under Uzumaki Mina and asked her to prepare a delayed Flying Thunder God seal that would activate if Rin neared death; Rin arrived at Mina’s home and met Yugito.

• Rumors spread through Konoha that Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other leaders had mishandled the war, while the Daimyo’s Mansion refused to fund the village’s recovery.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Danzo to investigate the rumors, then discussed selecting Minato Namikaze as the Fourth Hokage with Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.
• Uchiha Yoichi decided to arrange a trigger-based Flying Thunder God seal for Nohara Rin and asked Uzumaki Mina to take Rin as her student.
• Uzumaki Mina arranged with Asami to take Nohara Rin as a Medical Ninjutsu student, and Asami informed Rin of the change.
• Nohara Rin went to the Uchiha compound to study with Uzumaki Mina, where she met Yugito at the door.

Uchiha Yoichi organized support for Hatake Sakumo ahead of the Fourth Hokage selection while Hiruzen Sarutobi moved to hold the vote within three days and back Minato. As the Jonin gathered for the selection, Orochimaru told Uchiha Yoichi that he wanted to discuss something afterward.

• Uzumaki Mina assessed Nohara Rin's Medical Ninjutsu skills, demonstrated the Chakra Scalpel, and arranged for Rin to train with her.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Yoichi that Danzo had urged him to seek the Hokage position, while Orochimaru continued researching immortality.
• Uchiha Yoichi persuaded Yūhi Shinku to rally Jonin support for Hatake Sakumo and told Yūhi Kurenai that she could join his Shadow Guard after he became Fifth Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the Uchiha were contacting Jonin and scheduled the Hokage selection for three days later, intending to support Minato.
• Uchiha Yoichi joined his clan's Jonin on their way to the Hokage Building, where Orochimaru said the day's events should unfold as Yoichi expected and asked to speak afterward.

At the Jonin Conference, Hatake Sakumo defeated Minato Namikaze in the vote for Fourth Hokage, leaving the final decision to the Daimyo. Afterward, Nohara Rin asked Uchiha Yoichi to help her become stronger, and he offered her a special training method.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced the Fourth Hokage election, and Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Uchiha Yoichi backed Hatake Sakumo as a candidate while declining nominations for themselves.
• Hatake Sakumo received 143 votes, defeating Minato Namikaze, who received 81, and Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to ask the village advisers to persuade the Daimyo to choose Minato.
• Danzo realized that Hatake Sakumo's appointment could threaten Root, while Minato returned home discouraged and Kushina encouraged him to keep pursuing his ambitions.
• Uchiha Yoichi returned home and learned that Nohara Rin wanted his guidance so she could become strong enough to protect herself and her teammates.
• Uchiha Yoichi agreed to teach Nohara Rin and said he had a special method suited to a shinobi like her.

Nohara Rin learned about Sage Mode as a dangerous way to increase her strength, while the Land of Fire Daimyo selected Hatake Sakumo over Minato Namikaze as the Fourth Hokage. Sakumo completed his succession ceremony, and the new Hokage's leadership began with peace negotiations involving Takigakure and Kusagakure.

• Uchiha Yoichi explained to Nohara Rin that the Sage Curse Mark could briefly boost her strength but consumed enormous stamina, and she planned to ask Yūhi Kurenai or Sensei Minato about it.
• The Daimyo and Land of Fire ministers favored Hatake Sakumo, and the Daimyo chose him over Minato Namikaze despite Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo supporting Minato.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced Hatake Sakumo as the Fourth Hokage, and the news spread through Konoha as villagers celebrated.
• At the public succession ceremony, Hatake Sakumo accepted the Hokage hat from Hiruzen Sarutobi and vowed to protect Konoha Village.
• Hatake Sakumo and Konoha's leaders gathered in the Hokage's Office to discuss peace negotiations with envoys from Takigakure and Kusagakure.

Hatake Sakumo took office as the Fourth Hokage and received a difficult handover, including disputes over Anbu control and negotiations with Kusagakure and Takigakure. Uchiha Yoichi offered to help Konoha’s merchants, recruited clan candidates for the Anbu, and prepared to strengthen Nohara Rin while planning a way to keep her under control.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura handed Hatake Sakumo village, Daimyo, and merchant problems while retaining two Anbu squads drawn from major clans.
• Uchiha Yoichi offered to bring Land of Fire merchants to Konoha, and Hatake Sakumo opposed signing a peace treaty with Kusagakure without addressing its invasion and casualties.
• Uchiha Yoichi proposed demanding compensation and mission commissions from Kusagakure, threatening to destroy the village if it refused, while Jiraiya urged peaceful negotiations.
• Hatake Sakumo postponed a decision until Kusagakure’s envoys arrived, then discussed village arrangements and ordered recruitment for a new Anbu squad.
• Uchiha Yoichi recommended Uchiha Shisui and two other clan members for the Anbu, and Danzo moved Root personnel and records to protect his remaining forces.
• Nohara Rin agreed to undergo Uchiha Yoichi’s Senjutsu Chakra transformation, which he planned to begin the next day after preparing a method to control the situation.

Nohara Rin fused with Senjutsu Chakra and Uchiha Yoichi took precautions to protect and influence her. Jiraiya decided to investigate Ryūchi Cave while Minato remained in Konoha, and Yahiko chose to return to Konoha to request supplies for the Akatsuki Organization.

• Uchiha Yoichi placed additional seals on Nohara Rin, who later woke and went home to rest after exhausting herself with Senjutsu Chakra.
• Kushina told Minato and Jiraiya about the Sage Curse Mark, and Jiraiya decided to leave Konoha to investigate the Great Toad Lord’s prophecy and Ryūchi Cave.
• Jiraiya warned Minato that Uchiha Yoichi might be the person the Great Toad Lord had mentioned, and Minato agreed to gather information while staying in the village.
• Obito continued exhausting himself with rehabilitation exercises, while Uchiha Madara learned that the Mist Ninja planned to choose a Jinchūriki for Three-Tails.
• Yahiko decided to go to Konoha with Konan to request an early shipment of supplies, leaving Nagato and Nanga-kun at the base.