Recaps

Obito Uchiha represented Kusagakure against Kakashi in a tense match that revealed both men had Mangekyo and similar fighting styles. Obito surprised Kakashi by winning their hand-seal contest, then attributed his speed to practice.

• Obito Uchiha entered the arena for Kusagakure, and Shikaku Nara recognized that the rules did not bar a Konoha defector from competing.
• Obito teased Kakashi and tried to recruit him to Kusagakure, but Kakashi refused to betray Konoha.
• Obito noticed Kakashi's eye, and Kakashi revealed his Mangekyo as the two activated their own matching eyes.
• Obito and Kakashi fought with remarkably similar attacks and movements, briefly disappearing as space twisted around them.
• Obito sped up while forming hand seals and used Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, forcing Kakashi to defend with Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall Technique.
• Kakashi asked why Obito's hands had become so fast, and Obito said it was simply practice.

Obito defeated Kakashi in the Ninja Way Tournament, taking Kakashi’s left eye and winning the duel for Kusagakure. After Kakashi asked what price Obito had paid to compete, Obito revealed it was several tons of homework, and the tournament was declared over.

• Obito and Kakashi clashed again, with Obito’s greater stamina and Kusagakure training giving him the advantage.
• Kakashi and Obito charged at each other with Lightning Blade, but Obito twisted out of sight and caught Kakashi off guard.
• Obito took Kakashi’s left eye and was declared the winner of the duel.
• Kakashi asked Obito whether he and Rin would return, but Obito refused and relayed that someone would care for Naruto and beat Kakashi up later.
• Kakashi asked what price Kusagakure had demanded for Obito to compete, and Obito said he had been assigned several tons of homework.
• Mujie announced that Kusagakure had won the tournament and that the competition, sponsored by Grass Ninja Milk, had ended.

After Konoha lost two consecutive duels, Kusana tried to recruit its ninjas and Obito gave reporters an interview before the Konoha delegation departed. Shikaku Nara returned to the Land of Fire impressed by the Land of Grass’s slogans and predicted its rise.

• Kusana consoled the defeated Konoha ninjas, tried to recruit Kakashi, and scolded Obito for putting his eye back in carelessly.
• Shikaku Nara declined Kusana’s offers and led the Konoha delegation away after apologizing for the interruption.
• Obito prepared for an interview, exaggerated how decisively he had beaten Kakashi, and asked whether he could have less homework.
• The next morning, Shikaku Nara took the recovering Kakashi and Asuma and the rest of the Konoha delegation back toward the Land of Fire.
• Shikaku Nara noticed the Land of Grass’s inspirational banners and concluded that the Land of Grass was going to rise.

After Kusagakure defeated Konoha, the ninja world began treating it as a potential Sixth Great Ninja Village, while Kusana and Hanzo discussed their next steps. Konoha faced political backlash and planned to recuperate, and Shikaku Nara described Kusagakure’s hardworking ninja to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• News of Kusagakure’s victory spread, and Hanzo of the Salamander celebrated its rise as the supposed Sixth Great Ninja Village while Kusana clarified that the title was not official.
• Kusana predicted that Konoha would avoid another war and recuperate, and he and Hanzo agreed to keep developing their villages while watching Konoha.
• Kusana proposed continuing business and kidnappings and wondered whether Obito had finished his homework, while Konoha faced public and Feudal Lord’s Mansion backlash over its defeat.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Shikaku Nara that Kusagakure had hidden its strength and that Konoha needed to recuperate.
• Hiruzen asked Shikaku about Kusagakure, and Shikaku praised its hardworking ninja, noting that Obito Uchiha had studied enough to catch up to Kakashi.

Kusana learned that Kusagakure’s new Fourth Generation Telescope Surveillance could detect suspicious people, though it sometimes misidentified them. Its cameras spotted Kabuto and Obito at Kannabi Bridge, where the two met for an unknown purpose.

• Kusagakure and the other villages resumed peaceful routines, while Iwagakure faced renewed internal conflict and Kumogakure’s beef and milk exports declined.
• Hanzō gave his adopted grandson several days of paid leave after he overworked himself making Flame Dragon Armor.
• Elder Yang Zheng demonstrated the Fourth Generation Telescope Surveillance to Kusana and showed how it automatically flagged suspicious figures, sometimes incorrectly.
• Kusana ordered the new devices installed to improve border monitoring and require visitors to register.
• Kusana and Uzumaki Yangzheng identified Kabuto and Obito on a camera feed at Kannabi Bridge.
• At Kannabi Bridge, one cloaked figure asked the other whether he had brought what he wanted.

Kabuto and Obito Uchiha secretly exchanged a machine that could complete repeated homework questions, but the Grass Ninja Village Security Department arrived after a report of spies. Obito fled with Space-Time Ninjutsu, leaving Kabuto to be arrested despite the guards knowing the exchange was not espionage.

• Obito Uchiha warned Kabuto to keep their names and secret homework-machine exchange quiet, then opened the box Kabuto had brought.
• Kabuto explained that the machine used entered answers to complete identical and similar questions, and Obito agreed to cooperate with Kabuto’s request.
• The Grass Ninja Village Security Department surrounded them after receiving a report of spies and ordered them to surrender.
• Obito used Space-Time Ninjutsu to flee, and the guards accused Kabuto of resisting and moved to arrest him.
• Kabuto said he was a fifth-year academy student and identified his father as Mujie, but a voice ordered the guards to tie Mujie’s son up tightly.

Kusana learned that rumors were damaging the Land of Grass’s recruitment efforts and decided to counter them with a newspaper. He named the proposed paper the BBC Daily.

• Kusana reviewed Kabuto’s homework-writing machine and reflected on how his students had grown more cautious and resourceful.
• Kusana asked Mujie about the Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun Plan, and Mujie reported that rumors accused Kusagakure of deceiving and exploiting recruits.
• Mujie blamed the Five Great Ninja Villages for spreading the rumors, while Pakura and the others stayed silent.
• Kusana suspected that Kusagakure’s recruitment drive had made its rivals wary and proposed establishing a newspaper for the Land of Grass.
• Kusana announced that the newspaper would be called the BBC Daily.

Kusana taught Mujie a new secret technique and assigned him to run Kusagakure’s newly established BBC Daily. After discussing Danzo’s opposition to trade and scientific tools, Kusana wondered what Danzo was doing about the Uchiha kidnapping plan; days later, the newspaper began publication.

• Kusana told Mujie to manage BBC Daily by using his existing secret techniques, then taught him Illusion Technique: Underworld Shot.
• Mujie reported that Danzo opposed Konoha’s trade with Kusagakure and had parted on bad terms with Mitokado Homura over scientific ninja tools.
• Kusana dismissed his concern about Danzo learning of their scheme and wondered what Danzo was doing about the Uchiha kidnapping plan.
• BBC Daily officially began publication in Kusagakure, and curious ninja, including Root ninja assigned by Danzo, bought copies.

Shimura Danzō read Kusagakure’s new newspaper after another proposal of his was rejected, hoping to uncover the Grass Ninja Leader’s plans. Its article praising life in Kusagakure left him suspicious of the contrast between gloomy images of Konoha and cheerful, colorful images of Kusagakure.

• Shimura Danzō returned to Root after Hiruzen rejected his proposal to spend money on Kusagakure’s Scientific Ninja Tools.
• Danzō asked a Root ninja for news about Kusagakure and learned that the village had started the BBC Daily.
• Danzō read the newspaper’s analysis of the ninja world and found it incisive.
• Danzō read an article praising Kusagakure’s citizen-focused policies and quoting residents who said they were happy and could breathe free air.
• Danzō noticed that the Konoha residents appeared sallow in gloomy photographs while Kusagakure’s residents looked healthy and cheerful in color photographs.

Kushina visited Kusana to ask for a job so she could help cover her and Naruto’s expenses, but Mujie interrupted with news that Konoha was targeting the Uchiha Clan’s wealth because of its budget deficit. Kusana learned the threat was not about the Uchiha’s eyes, leaving him stunned by Konoha’s apparent motive.

• Kusagakure’s newspaper and film industries expanded as Kusana focused on other work and searched for the Jugō Clan to study Sage Mode.
• Kushina visited Kusana and asked him to help her find a job so she would not have to rely on the children to repay her medical bills or support Naruto’s schooling.
• Kushina praised Naruto’s happier life in Kusagakure and agreed to stay for dinner with Kusana, Fusang, and the children.
• Mujie arrived and told Kusana that Konoha was planning to move against the Uchiha Clan.
• Kusana assumed Danzo wanted the Uchiha’s eyes, but Mujie clarified that Konoha was running a deficit and wanted the clan’s thousand-year-old wealth.

Fugaku Uchiha encountered a White Zetsu posing as a BBC Daily reporter during a fire safety inspection, while Kusana and Mujie discussed Konoha’s pressure on the Uchiha Clan. Kusana ordered continued surveillance of Shisui Uchiha and the clan, then wondered why Fugaku had spared the reporter.

• Fugaku Uchiha questioned Shimura Danzō’s repeated fire safety inspections and found White Zetsu posing as a BBC Daily reporter in his home.
• Mujie told Kusana that the reporter had gone to interview Fugaku Uchiha and had spent much of his wages buying Flame Dragon Armor for Fugaku’s youngest son.
• Mujie reported that fines had increased resentment within the Uchiha Clan, and Kusana wondered whether the clan might eventually rebel.
• Mujie told Kusana that Shisui Uchiha was close to the Hokage’s side and that nothing unusual had happened recently.
• Kusana ordered Mujie to keep watching Shisui Uchiha and the Uchiha Clan, then wondered why Fugaku had not killed White Zetsu.

Fugaku Uchiha resisted a White Zetsu reporter’s attempts to provoke him into criticizing Konoha, but the reporter uncovered a crisis inside the Uchiha Clan. In Kusagakure, Kusana arranged a teaching job for Kushina and was stunned to hear that the Uchiha Clan had donated everything.

• A White Zetsu reporter interviewed Fugaku Uchiha, twisting his silence into apparent dissatisfaction with Konoha and urging him to accept Kusagakure’s talent recruitment offer.
• Fugaku insisted that he would never betray Konoha, and the reporter fled underground when he sensed someone approaching.
• An Uchiha clansman told Fugaku that Shisui Uchiha had donated all his branch’s assets and that the young Clan Head was urging the rest of the clan to donate theirs.
• Fugaku hurried outside as the hidden reporter celebrated the chance to report the unfolding crisis.
• Kusana arranged for Kushina to teach at the academy, then learned from Mujie that the Uchiha Clan had donated everything.

After Itachi’s donation deepened tensions within the Uchiha Clan, Fugaku confronted and stripped him of his position and clan membership. A newspaper then exposed Fugaku in a bribery scandal, and as Danzo arrived on a supposed visit, Fugaku ordered him tied up.

• Kusana wondered why Danzo had prompted the Uchiha to donate, while Danzo regretted losing the chance to skim their funds gradually.
• Fugaku confronted Itachi over his donation, and the two argued about whether Itachi’s actions helped the clan or Konoha.
• Fugaku activated his Sharingan, then stripped Itachi of his young Clan Head status and expelled him from the Uchiha Clan.
• Tekka showed Fugaku a newspaper accusing him of secretly accepting bribes, prompting Fugaku to call for all Uchiha clansmen to gather.
• A clansman announced that Danzo had arrived with two ninja and a calling card, and Fugaku ordered Danzo tied up.

Shisui Uchiha donated his branch’s assets to Konoha and revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and Kotoamatsukami, then was sent to calm the Uchiha Clan after a newspaper claimed it had defected to Kusagakure. The chapter ended with Fugaku Uchiha waiting tensely in the clan compound as two bickering figures arrived, while Danzo had been tied up by the Uchiha.

• Shisui Uchiha donated all his branch’s assets to Konoha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi praised his loyalty.
• Shisui revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and Kotoamatsukami, offering to use it to stop the Uchiha Clan from rebelling.
• An Anbu ninja reported that the Uchiha Clan had defected to Kusagakure, citing a BBC Daily photograph of Fugaku Uchiha accepting a gift; Shisui called it an attempt to sow discord and agreed to intervene.
• Hiruzen learned that Danzo had gone to the Uchiha compound and ordered the Anbu to support him, but the Anbu reported that the Uchiha had tied Danzo up.
• Fugaku waited alone in the reception hall until two bickering figures arrived, leaving him staring at them in disbelief.

Fugaku asked Kusagakure to take in the Uchiha Clan and appointed Obito as the new Clan Head, accepting that he would stay behind and face the consequences. As they prepared to evacuate the clan, Fugaku revealed that he had captured Danzō, and Kusana eagerly rushed to greet him.

• Fugaku apologized to Kusana for blaming Kusagakure and presented the signed Talent Introduction plan, asking him to take in the Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku resigned as Clan Head and named Obito his successor, explaining that he intended to sacrifice himself so Sasuke and the surviving Uchiha would not bear his hatred.
• Kusana left the decision to Obito, who accepted leadership and asked Kusagakure to shelter the Uchiha Clan.
• Kusana accepted the plan and began arranging the clan's escape using Obito's Kamui.
• Fugaku revealed that he had captured Konoha's Hokage's Assistant, Danzō, and Kusana hurried over to greet him.

Kusana and the Uchiha Clan prepared to leave Konoha with Danzo as their captive while the clan began carrying out its orders. As a barrier appeared over the Uchiha compound, Fugaku sensed someone arriving at the clan meeting hall.

• Kusana gagged Danzo again and ordered Obito to bring the captive to Kusagakure as a distinguished guest.
• Fugaku left Kusana and Obito to handle the remaining preparations, while Obito lamented the Uchiha Clan's defection and Kusana scolded him.
• Uchiha elders, led by Tiemu, began seizing the village's defensive forces and gate guards without waiting for Fugaku.
• A strange barrier spread over the Uchiha compound, startling the clansmen.
• Fugaku opened his eyes at the altar and calmly asked the unseen arrival if they had come.

Kusana and Obito prepared to take Uchiha Mikoto and Sasuke into Kamui as a barrier appeared around the Uchiha compound. Two Susanoo emerged and began moving, leaving Kakashi’s Konoha forces to contain the threat and search for Danzo.

• Kusana supervised Obito as he sent the Uchiha Clan members into Kamui, then welcomed Mikoto and Sasuke.
• Kusana and Obito joked that Sasuke loved studying and would become a pillar of the Uchiha Clan, while Mikoto agreed to guide him.
• A barrier appeared, so Mikoto took Sasuke into Kamui while Kusana and Obito stayed behind.
• Deafening blasts shook the compound, and two colossal Susanoo appeared before Kusana and Obito.
• Kakashi ordered the Konoha ninja to maintain the barrier, report to the Hokage, and rescue Danzo, then called on Shisui as the giants moved.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha's elders reacted to the discovery of two more Uchiha Mangekyo and ordered Danzo rescued while containing the crisis. Outside the barrier, Kusana watched the Uchiha battle with Obito and hinted that they should stay because they were already there.

• An Anbu Ninja reported that two Uchiha possessed Mangekyo and that Danzo had been captured, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to order Danzo rescued and Konoha's defenses and barrier reinforced.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to make a decision about the Uchiha, but he chose to focus on quickly containing the crisis and worried that Kusagakure reporters might infiltrate the village.
• Kusana met Leader Mang, Obito, and the Gold Medal Reporter White Zetsu, who planned a sensational headline about Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Obito asked Kusana whether they should leave, but Kusana said there was no rush and wondered what the Third Hokage was doing.

As Konoha forces crushed the Uchiha rebellion, Itachi offered to reveal the clan’s hiding places and secret chambers in exchange for the village sparing Sasuke. His claim that no other powerful Uchiha remained was overturned when a mysterious elder erupted from underground.

• Kakashi found Itachi among the captured Uchiha and asked him to reveal their hidden chambers, tunnels, and clan members.
• Itachi asked about Sasuke, then offered to guide Konoha to the Uchiha’s hidden places and help seize the clan’s assets in exchange for a condition.
• Elder Uchiha Tiemu condemned Itachi for betraying his clan, but Itachi insisted that the rebellion had doomed the Uchiha and that he wanted to prevent further tragedy.
• Itachi told Kakashi that fewer than twenty Uchiha ninja remained in hiding and that none could match Shisui or Fugaku.
• A huge fire dragon burst from underground, and an aged Uchiha elder emerged, asking about Madara and Hashirama and celebrating the sight of juniors with Mangekyo.

Uchiha Phoenix appeared during the Uchiha rebellion, claimed to have fought Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, and unleashed powerful Fire Release against Konoha’s forces. He disappeared after destroying the barrier, leaving the Uchiha to mourn him and continue their advance.

• Uchiha Phoenix appeared, while Shisui Uchiha and Fugaku Uchiha resumed their fight and Uchiha Tiemu and the other Uchiha mistook him for their hidden ancestor.
• Uchiha Phoenix claimed he had fought Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, then Uchiha Tiemu explained the rebellion and asked him to save the clan.
• Kakashi ordered the Konoha ninjas to attack, but Uchiha Phoenix unleashed Great Fire Annihilation and overwhelmed the battlefield with flames.
• Uchiha Phoenix announced he would break the barrier and used Great Fire Destruction, disappearing as the blast destroyed the surrounding area.
• Uchiha Phoenix's voice urged his descendants to let Uchiha's glory bloom, and the barrier shattered as the Uchiha mourned him.

Kusana and Obito exploited the Uchiha rebellion while a fake Uchiha ancestor shattered the clan compound’s barrier, triggering the Uchiha fighters’ awakening and a fierce battle. As Hiruzen arrived to contain the damage, another supposed ancestor appeared, and Hiruzen suspected the Grass Ninja were behind the deception.

• Obito joined Kusana after the barrier shattered, and Kusana insisted they head for the Hokage Building rather than leave empty-handed.
• The Uchiha ninjas’ Sharingan grew stronger after their ancestor Phoenix supposedly sacrificed himself, and they attacked the Konoha forces.
• Kakashi’s Anbu fell into a disadvantage until Hiruzen arrived with reinforcements and ordered the battle contained.
• Kusana told Obito the fight was nearly over, then revealed another backup plan as a water dragon rose from beneath the Uchiha compound.
• A hunched elder emerged, called himself Uchiha Wolong, and praised a junior’s Mangekyo before Hiruzen recognized the Grass Ninja’s apparent scheme.

Uchiha Wolong rallied the Uchiha ninja against Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attempt to suppress their rebellion, while Fugaku Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha clashed over the clan’s fate. As the fighting continued and the Uchiha compound was destroyed, Obito Uchiha and Kusana prepared to leave after finding Konoha’s treasury disappointingly poor.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned whether Uchiha Wolong was connected to Kusagakure, but Wolong convinced the Uchiha ninja to trust him and fight for their clan’s glory.
• Kusana urged the Uchiha ninja to charge, and Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s forces to suppress the rebellion and prevent any Uchiha from escaping.
• Uchiha Tiemu confirmed that Fugaku Uchiha had arranged for the Uchiha clansmen to withdraw, then joined the battle and told Wolong to leave.
• Shisui Uchiha urged Fugaku to stop the fighting, but Fugaku said he expected to die in the battle and charged at Shisui with Susanoo.
• Obito Uchiha watched the Uchiha compound being destroyed as Kusana complained that Konoha’s treasury was poor, prompting Obito to blame him.

After the Uchiha rebellion ended, Hiruzen discovered that Danzo had been taken to Kusagakure and that Konoha’s stores and the Sarutobi treasury had been robbed. Kusana brought Danzo toward Kusagakure while Obito delivered Shisui’s eye, and a hidden observer left to revise his manuscript.

• Shisui reported to Hiruzen that he had failed to stop the rebellion and said Fugaku had immolated himself; Hiruzen sent him to rest.
• An Anbu ninja found Danzo’s letter saying he had joined a Kusagakure tour group, and Hiruzen realized Kusagakure had captured him again.
• Another Anbu reported that Konoha’s warehouses and the Sarutobi Clan treasury had been emptied, prompting Hiruzen to blame Kusagakure.
• Kusana escorted the bound Danzo toward Kusagakure and told him Hanzō had wanted to share Land of Rain specialties with him.
• Obito returned and gave Kusana Shisui’s eye.
• A figure watching from the Uchiha ruins closed his notebook and left to revise his manuscript.

Kusana brought the Uchiha Clan to Kusagakure, where Obito was left to lead their settlement while Kushina welcomed Mikoto and her children. The chapter ended with Mujie receiving a news manuscript from White Zetsu and calling him the BBC Daily’s future vice president.

• Kushina met Elder Yang Zheng while taking Naruto and Little Xiang for a walk, and learned that Kusana was bringing people back to the village.
• Kusana brought Danzo and the Uchiha Clan to Kusagakure by bus, reassuring the clan members about their new home along the way.
• Grass ninja welcomed the Uchiha Clan, and Kusana assigned Obito to handle their needs before heading off to rest.
• Kushina recognized Mikoto and took her and Sasuke away to talk, leaving Obito and Elder Yang Zheng to reassure the Uchiha Clan.
• Mujie accepted a news manuscript from White Zetsu and called him the BBC Daily’s future vice president.

Mujie energized the White Zetsu reporters to produce sensational coverage of the Uchiha clan’s destruction and Konoha’s role in it. Hiruzen tried to recover while managing the fallout, but reading the new BBC Daily headline sent him into another medical crisis.

• Mujie rallied the White Zetsu reporters, promised them doubled wages, and assigned them to prepare several sensational headlines before dawn.
• The next morning, Hiruzen learned that Konoha had suppressed news of the Uchiha Clan Rebellion and was publicly presenting his collapse as exhaustion from village affairs.
• Mitokado Homura told Hiruzen that other villages had not reacted, Kusagakure had made no new moves, and the Uchiha compound was being handled.
• Hiruzen ordered Konoha to condemn Kusagakure, recover Shisui’s Mangekyo, and quickly deal with the Uchiha compound.
• Hiruzen demanded the supposedly suspended BBC Daily, read its “Exploring Ninja Studies—Cursed Konoha!” headline, and collapsed as the hospital room erupted into chaos.