Recaps

Konoha’s defenders faced a three-village assault at Kikyo Mountain while Uchiha Jin and Minato Namikaze fought to stop the allied advance. Konoha won the battle, but the war continued, and Hiruzen assigned Tenzo to reinforce the Land of River border as Danzō remained in Konoha.

• Uchiha Jin repelled the Iwagakure vanguard, and Might Duy arrived in time to protect him until Konoha reinforcements reached Kikyo Mountain Fortress.
• Nara Shikaku organized Konoha’s defenses against more than ten thousand allied troops, while the enemy leaders planned attacks against Minato Namikaze, Uzumaki Kushina, and Uchiha Jin.
• The Three Villages Allied Forces launched their assault, and Jin defeated Roshi, killed the Four Tails, and drove Kitsuchi to retreat.
• Minato Namikaze killed Han as he charged the fortress, while Kushina held off Rasa and Chiyo Elder and Orochimaru prepared to strike the allied forces from the rear.
• Orochimaru divided his force to attack the allied army’s flanks, and Kushina fought Rasa and Chiyo as Minato attacked enemy troops.
• Manda’s appearance revealed the allied forces had been trapped, and Rasa ordered a retreat before Minato confronted him and Chiyo helped him escape.
• Nara Shikaku ordered Konoha to pursue the retreating forces selectively, and reinforcements helped Konoha win the Battle of Kikyo Mountain with heavy casualties on both sides.
• Hiruzen rejected Danzō’s reluctance to lead troops to the Land of River border by assigning Tenzo to command them, and he announced future daimyo funding would go to the Uchiha Clan.

As Uchiha Jin secured the daimyo’s subsidy funds for the Uchiha Clan, Konoha’s leaders struggled over authority and the Fourth Hokage election. The meeting ended with Jin challenging the village’s founding ideals as Sarutobi Hiruzen’s accusations against Shimura Danzō exposed the Uchiha coup and past human experiments.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and the elders learned that the daimyo had directed the subsidy funds to the Uchiha Clan, while Uchiha Shisui had joined the Twelve Guardian Ninja.
• Uchiha Jin’s pursuit squads joined Minato Namikaze’s forces at Tenchi Bridge, defeated the Iwagakure army, and ended the war before Jin returned to Konoha.
• Uchiha Jin secured the Uchiha Clan’s control of the daimyo’s subsidy funds and challenged Sarutobi Hiruzen’s authority to approve village budgets.
• At the Jonin Meeting, Jiraiya and Orochimaru declined to run for Hokage, Minato Namikaze accepted a nomination, and Uchiha Jin nominated Shimura Danzō.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen accused Shimura Danzō of provoking the war and weakening Konoha’s defenses, while Danzō defended his actions and criticized Hiruzen’s authority.
• Uchiha Jin revealed that the Uchiha Clan held the subsidy funds with Mitokado Homura’s prior agreement, and Homura fainted during the ensuing dispute.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted that the village had been at fault in the Uchiha coup, and Uchiha Setsuna said the coup had exposed human experimentation on children.
• Uchiha Jin argued that Senju Tobirama’s experiments followed Senju Hashirama’s willingness to sacrifice individual interests for the village, then asked whether calling Tobirama a Thief of Virtue had been wrong.

As Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō fought over the Hokage succession, Uchiha Jin maneuvered the Uchiha Clan between both sides and helped set the stage for Danzō’s coup. The election erupted into battle, and Jin revealed that the Uchiha Clan would now move against Danzō for stealing its Sharingan and secret techniques.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen exposed Shimura Danzō’s continued human experiments, but Danzō and Orochimaru’s testimony left Hiruzen without conclusive proof.
• Uchiha Jin secured Orochimaru’s protection and research funding, planned a mass firearms campaign with White Zetsu, and positioned the Uchiha Clan to bargain with both Hokage candidates.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen offered Uchiha Jin an Elder position and Hokage Assistant post if Minato Namikaze won, and Jin agreed to support Hiruzen’s side.
• Tsunade learned that Uchiha Jin had accepted the Daimyo’s marriage alliance demand for three billion liang, then decided to meet him before choosing whether to comply.
• Shimura Danzō enlisted Uchiha Jin’s help for his planned coup, while Jin agreed to delay Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya but secretly intended to turn against Danzō.
• Minato Namikaze took a commanding lead in the election, but an explosion drew him away and Danzō raised the Four Purple Yang Formation around the Hokage Tower.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura fought Danzō, who revealed implanted Sharingan, Wood Style, and Izanagi before blasting the Hokage Tower with the Inner Four Symbols Seal and severing Hiruzen’s arm.
• Uchiha Jin explained that Danzō’s six Sharingan could sustain Izanagi for up to six minutes and declared that the Uchiha Clan would kill him for stealing its eyes and techniques.

Uchiha Jin and Konoha’s clans bring down Shimura Danzō, expose Root’s abuses, and help Minato Namikaze move toward becoming Hokage. Jin then confronts Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru with visions of the future, ending with Tsunade demanding that he cure her hemophobia so they can be even.

• Uchiha Jin gained the clans’ support against Shimura Danzō, and Tsunade rescued Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura before Jin shielded her from Danzō.
• Uchiha Jin trapped Shimura Danzō in Izanami, then had the Military Police Force arrest him and seize Root’s bases.
• Uchiha Jin and Yakushi Nonō rescued Root’s children and began taking control of its intelligence network, while Minato Namikaze approved plans for the children, the bases, and Nonō’s new authority.
• Uchiha Jin supported Minato Namikaze’s path to becoming Fourth Hokage and told Jiraiya that the Child of Prophecy’s future had changed and would not bring lasting reform.
• Uchiha Jin showed Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru visions of Konoha’s future, including the Hyuga Clan’s sacrifice, Minato and Kushina’s deaths, and Naruto’s lonely childhood.
• Uchiha Jin blamed Sarutobi Hiruzen for concealing Naruto’s parentage and keeping him isolated, and explained that Hiruzen had blocked Tsunade’s medical reforms.
• Tsunade resisted Jin’s effort to treat her hemophobia with Izanami, but demanded that he cure her so they could be even.