Chapter Summaries

After returning to Konoha, Namikaze Yoru gave Orochimaru a Ketsuryūgan sample from the Valley of Hell and gained access to his private laboratory. The two agreed to keep the forbidden research discreet, while Yoru held back a treasure from Root Base.

• Tsunade met Namikaze Yoru outside the Hokage Building, cautioned him about Uchiha affairs, and told him Nawaki had improved.
• Namikaze Yoru visited the Third Training Ground, where Orochimaru ended Nawaki's training and led Yoru aside.
• Namikaze Yoru gave Orochimaru a scroll containing damaged Ketsuryūgan eyes and said he had reported the Valley of Hell mission's facts to Hiruzen.
• Namikaze Yoru told Orochimaru that Hachitō's laboratory and research records had been destroyed, and Orochimaru accepted the explanation.
• Orochimaru praised Nawaki's progress, offered Namikaze Yoru use of the private laboratory, and promised to assign him research tasks.
• Namikaze Yoru accepted the offer while keeping the treasure he had obtained from Root Base secret.

After learning that Namikaze Yoru had decisively defeated Yotsuki A, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo reconsidered the danger and influence of his growing power. In Orochimaru’s laboratory, Yoru decided to use Impure World Reincarnation to summon Tobirama Senju for his knowledge, and began planning how to obtain the required materials and sacrifice.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi read a report that Yotsuki A had been badly injured after Namikaze Yoru defeated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode with Taijutsu and golden Bone Armor.
• Danzo regretted not taking control of Yoru earlier and formed a plan to raise him up through an open scheme that might bring about his ruin.
• Yoru struggled with the demands of scientific research despite his advanced ideas and Sharingan, and decided that his slow progress did not fit his plans.
• Yoru chose to use the Impure World Reincarnation scroll to summon Tobirama Senju and learn from his knowledge and research abilities.
• Yoru mastered the rough version of the jutsu and began considering how to obtain the summoned person's body part and a sacrifice.

Namikaze Yoru detected White Zetsu spying on him and suspected Uchiha Madara was evaluating him as a potential Rinnegan vessel. He considered ways to obtain Tobirama Senju’s remains for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, while Madara ordered Zetsu to keep watching Yoru from a distance.

• Namikaze Yoru sensed a faint chakra fluctuation outside his laboratory and concluded that White Zetsu had been observing him.
• Yoru reasoned that Uchiha Madara might consider his Uzumaki bloodline suitable for supporting the Rinnegan, but he showed no fear of being targeted.
• Yoru reviewed the requirements for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and considered searching Konoha, Root, or Orochimaru for Tobirama Senju’s remains.
• White Zetsu reported to Uchiha Madara that Yoru had powerful senses, a pure Uzumaki bloodline, and chakra reserves that surpassed those of others his age.
• Madara judged Yoru more suitable than Nagato as a temporary Rinnegan vessel but ordered Zetsu to continue observing him without approaching or interfering.

Namikaze Yoru learned from Nawaki that the Second Hokage’s remains were preserved and buried in the Senju Clan’s family cemetery, then considered how to reach them. The chapter left him weighing the danger of entering the Senju Clan Compound, where Uzumaki Mito still kept watch.

• Namikaze Yoru found Orochimaru absent on a mission and decided to train with Nawaki instead.
• Namikaze Yoru sparred with Nawaki, using the session to ask about the Second Hokage’s burial.
• Nawaki told Namikaze Yoru that the Second Hokage’s remains were buried in the Senju Clan’s family cemetery after being preserved with a special Sealing Jutsu.
• Namikaze Yoru declined Nawaki’s invitation to dinner and checked the area with his Mind’s Eye of the Kagura.
• Namikaze Yoru considered the Senju Clan Compound difficult to approach because Uzumaki Mito still watched over it.

Namikaze Yoru received an order promoting him to Special Jōnin and appointing him to lead a division in the Uchiha Police Department. Before taking the post, he proposed an alliance to Fugaku Uchiha, who ordered an investigation into Yoru’s strength and considered whether he could help the Uchiha escape their political deadlock.

• An Anbu delivered the Hokage Building’s order promoting Namikaze Yoru and assigning him as Special Advisor and Fourth Division Leader in the Uchiha Police Department.
• Namikaze Yoru recognized the appointment as a scheme to place him between the Uchiha and Konoha’s High Command, then went to meet Fugaku Uchiha.
• Namikaze Yoru told Fugaku he wanted to speak before taking up his post and suggested the Uchiha support his possible rise to Hokage.
• Fugaku challenged Namikaze Yoru to prove he was worth trusting, and Yoru offered to mediate tensions while citing his fight with Yotsuki A.
• After Namikaze Yoru left, Fugaku ordered a shadow to find records of Yoru’s fight with Yotsuki A and wondered if the young shinobi could break the Uchiha’s deadlock.

Namikaze Yoru took charge of the Fourth Division and faced distrust from its Uchiha members. When a street dispute escalated, he used his authority and judgment to restore order and direct an investigation.

• Namikaze Yoru presented his appointment order to Uchiha Orihime and asked her to gather the Fourth Division for a meeting.
• Yoru set expectations for the division and warned members that they could challenge him but had to obey his orders while he led them.
• A merchant's guard injured himself when his genjutsu was countered by an Uchiha team member's Sharingan, and the dispute drew a crowd on South District Commercial Street.
• Uchiha Orihime struggled to control the accusations until Yoru arrived and examined the guard, concluding that the injury came from his own genjutsu.
• Yoru offered an investigation into the merchants' missing goods, warned the caravan leader against obstructing officers, and ordered the people involved taken in for statements.

Namikaze Yoru’s effective handling of disputes earned him respect among younger Uchiha officers, who began seeking his help with difficult cases. After Uchiha Orihime praised his approach, she asked what he thought of the Uchiha, and he called them straightforward.

• Namikaze Yoru noticed that Uchiha officers treated him with less hostility after he resolved the merchant caravan dispute.
• Young Uchiha officers began following Namikaze Yoru and summoning him to settle difficult disputes during his patrols.
• Namikaze Yoru resolved incidents efficiently by reading emotions and chakra with the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura and applying regulations.
• Uchiha Orihime met Namikaze Yoru beneath a tree near Konoha Hospital and praised how his methods spared officers blame.
• Uchiha Orihime asked what Namikaze Yoru thought of the Uchiha, and he described them as combative but rather straightforward.

Namikaze Yoru discussed the Uchiha’s strained relationship with Konoha’s leadership, and Uchiha Orihime asked whether he would help change the situation. Their conversation grew intimate before Tsunade arrived and caught them together, leaving Yoru facing her anger and Orihime flustered.

• Namikaze Yoru told Uchiha Orihime that the Uchiha’s strength was being constrained and that changing the rules from within might break the deadlock.
• Uchiha Orihime asked what Yoru truly thought of the Uchiha and whether he would accept being used by Konoha’s High Command.
• Yoru said he wanted a stable Police Department and suggested that change could begin with protecting his people from baseless accusations.
• Orihime moved close to Yoru as his words stirred her, and the two grew embarrassed when they realized how near they were.
• Tsunade arrived, saw them together, and glared at Yoru while Orihime used the Body Flicker Technique to flee.
• Orihime hurried away thinking about Yoru’s words and his phrase, “my people,” while Yoru tried to prepare an explanation for Tsunade.

Namikaze Yoru angered Tsunade when she saw him with Uchiha Orihime, but he later sent her dinner instead of confronting her. As rumors about Yoru and Orihime spread through the Fourth Division, Uchiha Yakumi asked Yoru to address them.

• Tsunade found Namikaze Yoru with Uchiha Orihime near Konoha Hospital and angrily rejected his invitation to dinner.
• Namikaze Yoru ordered Tsunade's favorite food and had a Medical Ninja deliver it to her office.
• Tsunade ate the meal but remained frustrated that Yoru had not explained himself directly.
• Namikaze Yoru noticed Uchiha Orihime avoiding him and heard that younger Uchiha were spreading rumors about their relationship.
• Uchiha Yakumi brought Yoru a report and asked him to clarify the rumors before they grew worse.

Uchiha Yakumi confronted Namikaze Yoru about his relationship with Uchiha Orihime, then made a public declaration that he would compete for her. Orihime fled into Yoru’s office, leaving the two of them face to face amid the spreading gossip.

• Namikaze Yoru rejected Uchiha Yakumi’s warning and told him to raise any concerns through official channels.
• Yakumi, convinced Yoru had designs on Orihime, ran into her in the hallway and declared he would compete with Yoru for her.
• Uchiha Orihime was mortified by Yakumi’s declaration, while Namikaze Yoru overheard it and choked on his tea.
• Yakumi fled under Orihime’s glare, and Orihime hurried into Yoru’s office, where she met his stunned gaze.

Uchiha Orihime stumbled into an awkward encounter with Namikaze Yoru, then left the office unaware that her Sharingan was nearing its third tomoe. Rumors of a love triangle spread through the Police Department, leaving Yoru fed up with the attention and considering a long-term mission to escape it.

• Uchiha Orihime entered Namikaze Yoru’s office, panicked over the tea-stained files, and awkwardly tried to explain Uchiha Yakumi’s earlier remarks.
• Namikaze Yoru signed Orihime’s files, vanished without a trace, and left a smiley face on the desk as she gathered the scattered stationery.
• Uchiha Orihime’s emotions stirred her Two-Tomoe Sharingan, making the shadow of a third tomoe flicker into view.
• Rumors of a love triangle spread through the Police Department, and Uchiha Yakumi and Uchiha Orihime received suggestive looks when they returned to the clan grounds.
• Namikaze Yoru brushed off a young Uchiha’s questions about Orihime and Yakumi, while Orihime avoided him and fueled more rumors.
• Namikaze Yoru considered taking a long-term mission to escape the gossip and reflected that the Uchiha were ordinary people with amusingly obsessive tendencies.

Fugaku weighed whether to recruit Namikaze Yoru while avoiding a clash with the Uchiha clan’s hardliners. Uzumaki Mito then asked Yoru to help protect Kushina during the Nine-Tails’ transfer, entrusting him with a role in Konoha’s future.

• Fugaku reviewed reports about Yoru’s victory over Yotsuki A and the events involving Yakumi and Orihime, then decided to wait rather than take sides.
• Tsunade met Yoru and brought him to see Uzumaki Mito, whose failing control over the Nine-Tails’ seal alarmed them.
• Mito recognized Yoru’s strong Uzumaki bloodline and acknowledged that his achievements came from more than his lineage.
• Mito told Yoru that her body could no longer contain the Nine-Tails’ seal and that Kushina had been chosen as the next Jinchuriki.
• Mito asked Yoru to help with the Nine-Tails’ transfer and keep Kushina safe.

Namikaze Yoru comforted Tsunade as she worried about Mito, then watched Konoha tighten its security amid signs of an approaching crisis. The Hokage summoned him to a gathering of Konoha’s leaders and elite fighters, where the nature of the emergency remained unrevealed.

• Mito entrusted Tsunade to Namikaze Yoru, and he comforted Tsunade after they left her room.
• Tsunade stayed at the Senju Clan Compound to spend more time with Mito and thanked Namikaze Yoru for the tempura shrimp.
• Konoha’s Police Department workload rose as Anbu became conspicuous, and Orochimaru returned with word that Jiraiya was rushing back.
• Namikaze Yoru avoided Orochimaru while the village grew tense and the Police Department investigated suspicious people and chakra fluctuations.
• An Anbu summoned Namikaze Yoru from an interrogation, and he left the spy in custody to report to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Namikaze Yoru arrived at the Hokage Building and found Hiruzen Sarutobi, the elders, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Fugaku Uchiha, clan heads, and elite jōnin assembled.

Namikaze Yoru joined the Nine-Tails Transfer Ceremony as part of its core security detail, helping Uzumaki Mito contain the beast as it was moved to Kushina. The transfer was underway when a pair of bright eyes opened inside the Private Laboratory.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced the transfer ceremony and assigned Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Konoha's forces to guard the site and village.
• Hiruzen told Namikaze Yoru that Mito had recommended him for the ceremony's core security detail and led him to the guarded valley.
• Yoru entered the barrier and took his position as Mito, Tsunade, and Kushina prepared for the transfer.
• Mito began the ceremony, and Hiruzen formed the seals as her Adamantine Sealing Chains restrained the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails resisted and its chakra surged toward Kushina, so Yoru sent his own Adamantine Sealing Chains into Mito to halt the escaping aura.
• A pair of bright eyes opened inside the Private Laboratory.

Namikaze Yoru helped Uzumaki Mito transfer the Nine-Tails into Kushina while his bone clone infiltrated the Senju cemetery to investigate Tobirama Senju's grave. The transfer reached its final stage, but the Nine-Tails suddenly rioted before it could be completed.

• Namikaze Yoru used his Adamantine Sealing Chains to help Mito suppress the Nine-Tails and carefully guide its chakra into Kushina.
• Mito explained that she had delayed the transfer to give the exiled Uzumaki clansmen a secure foothold and to spend more time with Tsunade.
• Yoru's bone clone used a Flying Thunder God Mark to enter the largely unguarded Senju compound and reach Tobirama Senju's grave.
• The bone clone sensed an aging seal beneath the grave and cautiously began dismantling it with the Yomotsu Hikumusubi Bone.
• As the Nine-Tails sank halfway into Kushina, Mito weakened and Kushina endured the final stage while Tsunade watched in tears.
• The Nine-Tails violently attacked the seal and vowed to drag everyone down with it, interrupting the transfer.

Uzumaki Mito died after completing the Nine-Tails transfer to Kushina, leaving Tsunade and Konoha to mourn her passing. As Tsunade prepared for Mito’s funeral and a possible departure from the village, Namikaze Yoru reviewed a tissue sample his Bone Clone had taken from a Senju tomb and planned his experiments.

• Namikaze Yoru used his Adamantine Sealing Chains to restrain the Nine-Tails Chakra while Uzumaki Mito completed the transfer to Kushina, then Mito died peacefully.
• Tsunade grieved beside Mito, and Namikaze Yoru comforted her as Hiruzen Sarutobi left with the unconscious Kushina.
• Tsunade told Namikaze Yoru that Mito would be buried beside Senju Hashirama and that she might leave Konoha after the funeral; Nawaki wept when she told him their grandmother had died.
• Namikaze Yoru recovered the Bone Clone’s memories and found the tissue sample it had taken from a Senju tomb, then sealed it away for his experiments.
• Craftsmen began engraving Uzumaki Mito’s name on the Konoha Hero Monument.

After Uzumaki Mito’s funeral, Namikaze Yoru resumed his routine while secretly preparing to use Impure World Reincarnation outside Konoha. When his attempt to summon Tobirama Senju met resistance, Yoru’s soul entered the Underworld, where Tobirama appeared and confronted him.

• Namikaze Yoru attended Uzumaki Mito’s private funeral and public memorial, observing Hiruzen Sarutobi’s grief and Tsunade and Nawaki’s sorrow.
• Tsunade left Konoha after briefly telling Namikaze Yoru, “I’ll be back.”
• Namikaze Yoru returned to his work at the Police Department and laboratory while secretly advancing his own research.
• Namikaze Yoru traveled to a hidden cavern outside Konoha and prepared a condemned prisoner and Tobirama Senju’s tissue for Impure World Reincarnation.
• When the ritual met resistance and Tobirama Senju’s tissue burned away, Namikaze Yoru poured in his chakra and was pulled into the Underworld.
• Tobirama Senju appeared before Namikaze Yoru and asked, “Kid, do you know what you’re doing?”

Namikaze Yoru summoned Tobirama Senju to the Underworld, where Tobirama criticized his crude use of Impure World Reincarnation before agreeing to teach him. Yoru returned to his body with new guidance, while the sacrifice had died and the medium had burned to ash.

• Tobirama rebuked Yoru for his inadequate medium, sacrifice, and chakra control, then questioned why he had summoned him.
• Yoru revealed that he wanted to replicate Hashirama's cells, citing his ties to Tsunade, Nawaki, and the Uzumaki bloodline.
• Yoru asked Tobirama to help him perfect Impure World Reincarnation, study Hashirama's cells, and complete Tobirama's unfinished research.
• Tobirama agreed to teach Yoru the proper technique and explained its preparation and the need for precision.
• Yoru told Tobirama that Uchiha Madara might still be alive, and the Underworld expelled him back to the cave.
• Yoru found that the sacrifice had stopped breathing and the flesh-and-blood medium had turned to ash.

Setsuna Uchiha offered Namikaze Yoru influence in Konoha if he married Orihime, but Yoru refused. Setsuna then ordered the clan to support Yoru and spread a rumor that he and Orihime were dating, leaving an unnamed person furious.

• Setsuna Uchiha summoned Namikaze Yoru and offered him Uchiha support in exchange for marrying Orihime, his daughter.
• Yoru refused the arrangement and said that he and Orihime's wishes should be respected.
• Setsuna ordered his followers to provide Yoru with people and resources, then instructed an aide to spread rumors that Yoru and Orihime were dating.
• The rumor spread through the Uchiha compound, where Orihime's blushing, annoyed reaction was taken as confirmation.
• An unnamed person heard the rumor and shouted that it was nonsense.

Uchiha Yakumi challenged Namikaze Yoru to a duel at the Uchiha Training Ground to prove himself worthy of Orihime. Yoru accepted after rejecting Yakumi’s claim over her, and the duel began with Yoru quickly gaining the advantage.

• Uchiha Yakumi grew furious over rumors linking Uchiha Orihime to Namikaze Yoru and decided to act.
• Yakumi formally challenged Namikaze Yoru, who initially refused but agreed to meet him at dusk after Yakumi called him a coward.
• Uchiha Orihime hurried to the Training Ground and warned Yakumi, while worrying that he would be humiliated.
• Namikaze Yoru arrived without visible weapons, and he and Yakumi began fighting after Yakumi activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Yakumi was sent flying during their Taijutsu exchange, then drew his sword and attacked Yoru.
• Namikaze Yoru revealed a Ninja Sword from a storage seal and struck Yakumi’s wrist with his swordsmanship, making it tremble.