Recaps

During his captivity, Akaseki endured three years of Hong Yan’s memories through repeated immersions, then deconstructed their emotions to protect his own personality and strengthen his dojutsu. After the latest immersion, Akaseki’s dojutsu power had risen substantially, and the Sand Ninja brought him back to Sunagakure.

• Akaseki reflected on Hong Yan’s self-pitying choices and discovered that deconstructing the memories required recalling them with different emotions.
• Akaseki experienced another year of Hong Yan’s life, in which Su Yan discovered he had killed her father but forgave him and survived alongside him.
• Pakura grew alarmed by Akaseki’s shifting moods, but Ebizo dismissed her concerns and said his behavior would not activate the Sharingan.
• In a third immersion, Hong Yan and Su Yan returned to Yang City, where Lin Xianxian rose from the lowest rank of courtesan while Hong Yan felt morally superior for treating her as an equal.
• Akaseki deconstructed the latest memories and greatly increased his dojutsu power as the Sand Ninja escorted him back to Sunagakure.

Akaseki was imprisoned in Sunagakure, where he met the monk Bunpuku and discovered that Bunpuku hosted the One-Tail, Shukaku. Akaseki resumed immersing himself in his memories, then recoiled from Hong Yan’s increasingly contradictory feelings and rejected Bunpuku’s advice to accept himself.

• Akaseki provoked Pakura about the Kazekage’s absence and Sunagakure’s internal divisions, but she warned him not to turn her against her family.
• Akaseki met his cell neighbor, Bunpuku, who spoke in riddles and calmly predicted they would not be imprisoned together for long.
• Pakura showed Bunpuku respect when he advised her to control her anger, prompting Akaseki to suspect that Bunpuku held unusual status.
• Akaseki realized Bunpuku was the One-Tail’s host, and Bunpuku explained that the tailed beast was named Shukaku and was his companion.
• Akaseki resumed his memory immersion and saw that Hong Yan’s feelings of sorrow and joy had become nearly equal as he lived with Su Yan and avoided Lin Xianxian.
• Bunpuku urged Akaseki to accept himself, but Akaseki rejected the advice and suspected the monk was teasing him.

Konoha and Sunagakure clashed after both sides misread the reports from Cloud-Breaking Pass, where the Sand Ninja captured the young Uchiha Akaseki despite Hatake Sakumo defending the pass. Hiruzen Sarutobi declared war on Sunagakure within the Land of Rain and sought to ease tensions with Hanzō, while Akaseki remained imprisoned and the Stone Ninja withdrew.

• Orochimaru's forces and the Sand Ninja attacked each other near Falling Rain Bridge after suspecting the other side had joined forces with Hanzō.
• Reports revealed that Hatake Sakumo had repelled the Sand Ninja at Cloud-Breaking Pass, but Akaseki had been captured; Jiraiya urged Konoha to hold its position to protect him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisers discussed Akaseki's capture, and Sarutobi ordered Konoha to declare war on Sunagakure within the Land of Rain while Danzo moved to discuss a ceasefire with Hanzō.
• The Third Kazekage refused Konoha's demand to release Akaseki but ordered that the prisoner not be harmed while he waited for events to develop.
• Ōnoki withdrew the Stone Ninja, leaving the Rain Ninja free of immediate pressure as Konoha and Sunagakure focused on each other.

Akaseki’s Immersion left a Sand Ninja who tried to read his memories with six years of indistinguishable memories and severe mental damage. After recovering from his latest Immersion, Akaseki continued provoking Pakura in his cell while the war between Konoha and Sunagakure settled into attrition.

• Chiyo and Ebizo found a Sand Ninja drooling and unresponsive after he tried to read Akaseki’s memories, and Akaseki blamed the damage on a Cursed Seal supposedly placed by Shimura Danzō.
• Akaseki reviewed the Immersion and realized the unprotected Sand Ninja had received six years of memories, while Hong Yan and Su Yan spent three years in a fraught relationship and Lin Xianxian remained devoted to Hong Yan.
• Akaseki spent two days processing the Immersion, and Pakura mistook his despondency for another episode of mental illness.
• On the Amegakure battlefield, Konoha and Sunagakure resumed a war of attrition as Hanzō balanced both sides and made them wary of attacking Lingering Rain Mountain.
• Akaseki saw Bunpuku escorted away again and suspected that the monk’s calm, disciplined state helped maintain his seal.
• Akaseki taunted Pakura about the front, the Second Kazekage, and the injured Sand Ninja, then took her fearful reaction as evidence that she knew the Jonin had not recovered.

Akaseki finished deconstructing the seventh segment of Immersion and used Pakura’s visit to confirm that Bunpuku’s absence left him guarded, prompting him to plan an escape amid the confusion of a major disturbance. He also learned that the Third Kazekage had entered Konoha, while Pakura’s confrontation with Koyomaru exposed tensions in Sunagakure.

• Akaseki completed the seventh Immersion segment, became confident that his dojutsu power would eventually break the Five Aggregates Seal, and considered starving himself to force the process.
• Akaseki questioned Pakura about the Third Kazekage and Bunpuku’s absences, then inferred from her reactions that Sunagakure expected Bunpuku to guard him while she was away.
• Akaseki decided that a quiet escape was unlikely and planned to flee during a major commotion, depending on whether the Kazekage and Sunagakure’s main forces had returned by the time he advanced to three-tomoe.
• Koyomaru delivered Akaseki’s meal rudely, and Pakura objected to his behavior before holding back when Akaseki watched their exchange with amusement.

Akaseki completed his Immersion and awakened the third tomoe in his right Sharingan, breaking the Five Aggregates Seal while Pakura failed to notice. He concealed his chakra and tested his dojutsu on Itaro, leaving Itaro unaware that Akaseki had activated his Sharingan.

• Akaseki described how Lin Xianxian died trying to help Hong Yan escape, while Hong Yan survived and spent the rest of his life in regret and emptiness.
• Akaseki tried to persuade Bunpuku to leave Sunagakure with him, but Bunpuku refused and explained his beliefs about understanding others.
• Bunpuku left under guard, and Pakura told Akaseki that the Kazekage would soon return to deal with him personally.
• Akaseki finished the final hour of his Immersion, awakened the third tomoe in his right eye, and felt the Five Aggregates Seal give way.
• Akaseki suppressed his chakra with a less sophisticated sealing technique while Pakura looked away.
• Akaseki caught Itaro looking into his activated Sharingan, then deactivated it without Itaro realizing what had happened.

Akaseki poisoned Bunpuku and used the ensuing chaos to escape Sunagakure by disguising himself as Koyomaru and then Itaro. He left Shukaku rampaging as the Sand Ninja attacked, while Pakura realized Akaseki had deceived them.

• Akaseki hypnotized Itaro into poisoning Bunpuku's dinner and arranging for Koyomaru to deliver it.
• When Bunpuku was poisoned, Akaseki summoned his weapons and attacked, provoking Shukaku to transform and drive out the poison.
• Akaseki killed Koyomaru, took his appearance, burned the body, and fled while shouting that the One-Tail had gone berserk.
• Akaseki hypnotized Itaro again, took his appearance, and urged the Sand Ninja to attack Bunpuku during Shukaku's transformation.
• Shukaku broke free of the Sand Ninja's attacks and began rampaging as Pakura recognized the fleeing Itaro as Akashi Uchiha.

Akaseki unleashed his newly awakened Three-Tomoe Sharingan power against Sunagakure, where Shukaku rampaged and Chiyo’s puppets tried to stop him. As Akaseki faced a crushing attack, his Sharingan instinct led him to pour out his dojutsu power in a way he did not yet understand.

• Shukaku attacked Pakura and fired a Wind Release projectile at Itaro, devastating buildings as Akaseki fled into Sunagakure.
• Akaseki split into clones and used Sharingan Genjutsu on the crowds, realizing his dojutsu reserves had grown to roughly ten times those of an ordinary Three-Tomoe Uchiha.
• Mohu summoned a colossal defensive puppet that seized Shukaku, while Chiyo’s Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu attacked Akaseki.
• Akaseki revealed his identity to Chiyo, then his clones unleashed six Great Fire Annihilations that sent rivers of flame across Sunagakure.
• Chiyo sent her puppets against Akaseki, and the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha puppets used Three Treasures Suction Crushing to leave him exposed to a combined attack.
• Akaseki followed his Sharingan instinct and poured out his dojutsu power as the puppets’ attacks closed in.

Akaseki awakened an initial form of Susanoo while fighting Chiyo’s puppets, then fled as Shukaku rampaged through Sunagakure. Ebizo concluded that Bunpuku could not be awakened and considered killing him to stop Shukaku, leaving the village’s response unresolved.

• Akaseki manifested Susanoo’s ribs and a skeletal arm, destroyed Ring, and deflected Chiyo’s weapons while realizing the power was draining his Sharingan and Chakra.
• When Shukaku targeted him, Akaseki used a Mirror Clone and Triple Rashōmon to escape, then disguised himself among a crowd to evade Chiyo’s search.
• Akaseki’s Mirror Clones spread chaos across Sunagakure as Shukaku continued attacking the village and Mohu’s gigantic puppet.
• Ebizo sent a tiny puppet into Shukaku and told Mohu that Bunpuku could not be awakened because he was unconscious from poison.
• Ebizo considered killing Bunpuku to stop Shukaku, while Mohu warned that Sunagakure had no replacement Jinchuriki and lacked its strongest ninja.

Akaseki exploited Sunagakure’s chaos to take Sasori hostage and confront Chiyo, while Mohu died stopping Shukaku’s rampage. The chapter left Chiyo facing a choice between letting Akaseki escape and risking Sasori’s life.

• Mohu and Chiyo subdued Shukaku after Bunpuku awakened, but Mohu died as his puppet collapsed.
• Chiyo sealed Bunpuku, while Ebizo worried that the White Clan had provoked the Ao Clan and would face consequences.
• Pakura reported that Akaseki had taken a hostage, and Chiyo learned the hostage was Sasori.
• Akaseki restrained Sasori with the Hell Yama King and threatened him with a kunai to force Chiyo to stop the pursuing ninja.
• Akaseki escaped into the sky on Tanuki Treasure in Vermilion Bird form while his Mirror Clone attached explosive tags to Sasori’s limbs and ordered Chiyo to hold off the pursuers.

Akaseki escaped Sunagakure with Sasori as a hostage, then returned the five-year-old unharmed after reaching safety. The Third Kazekage pursued him with Sand Iron, and Akaseki broke through a Sand Iron Wall as their confrontation began.

• Akaseki used Sasori as a hostage to stop Chiyo and the Sand Ninja from pursuing him while his real body fled west.
• Akaseki reassembled Sasori and returned him to Chiyo after escaping Sunagakure.
• The Third Kazekage returned to the devastated village, learned Chiyo had let Akaseki escape, and declared Akaseki an enemy of Sunagakure.
• Akaseki taunted the Third Kazekage, who restrained Chiyo’s puppets with Sand Iron and revealed he had tracked Akaseki with a clone.
• The Third Kazekage ambushed Akaseki with a Sand Iron Wall, but Akaseki used Susanoo to punch through it and continue fleeing.

Akaseki and Tanuki Treasure fought the Third Kazekage, whose Iron Sand repeatedly blocked their escape and attacks. Akaseki used a Mirror Clone to create an opening, and two Susanoo arms struck the Third Kazekage from both sides, leaving him severely injured as they fell.

• The Third Kazekage recognized Akaseki's crimson armor as Susanoo and tried to capture him with waves of Iron Sand.
• Akaseki's Mirror Clone attacked with Lightning Arrow, but the technique shattered against the Iron Sand.
• The Third Kazekage knocked the Mirror Clone's fan away and focused his attacks on Akaseki and Tanuki Treasure.
• Akaseki and Tanuki Treasure charged through an Iron Sand wall weakened by Tanuki Treasure's flames, bringing Akaseki within striking range.
• The Third Kazekage pinned Akaseki with Iron Sand spikes, but Akaseki split into two and struck him from both sides with Susanoo arms.
• The Third Kazekage fell from the sky with severe injuries, while the fallen Mirror Clone disappeared.

Akashi escaped the Third Kazekage by tricking him with a Mirror Clone that used Susanoo, and the Kazekage ordered Sunagakure to treat Akashi as an A-rank threat. As Akashi fled, he recognized that his unusually high Dojutsu Power let him and his Shadow Clones use and practice Susanoo without spending Mangekyō Dojutsu Power.

• Akashi’s real body fled while his Mirror Clone misled the Third Kazekage, who failed to capture him and was left wounded and depleted.
• Akashi’s Mirror Clone mocked the Sand Ninja by suggesting their Kazekage had been defeated, until Chiyo dispelled it.
• The Third Kazekage returned without Akashi and ordered Sunagakure to raise Akashi’s alert level to A-rank and avoid direct engagement by ordinary Jonin.
• Akashi considered how his high base Dojutsu Power let his Shadow Clones use Susanoo without Mangekyō Dojutsu Power, and realized he could practice the technique routinely.

Akaseki escaped Sunagakure and reached Yugakure, where he learned that Hatake Sakumo had taken command of the Land of Rain front and Konoha was pressing its advantage. He also heard that Ranwu had tried to enter the Land of Wind to rescue him but had been stopped and sent back to the village.

• After crossing out of the Land of Wind in disguise, Akaseki reached Yugakure and met Gumu, Uchiha Jie, and Uchiha Yang.
• Jie and Yang told Akaseki that rumors claimed he had released the One-Tail, killed Mohu, and escaped the Third Kazekage, while Sunagakure had labeled him an A-rank threat.
• Jie and Yang reported that Hatake Sakumo had replaced Orochimaru as overall commander and led increasingly successful offensives against Sand Ninja strongholds.
• Akaseki learned that Hanzō's Rain Ninja were pinned down at Lingering Rain Mountain while fighting Iwagakure in the northwest.
• Jie told Akaseki that Ranwu had tried to sneak into the Land of Wind to rescue him, but Minato Namikaze stopped her and Tsunade confined her before transferring her back to Konoha.
• Yang said that Ranwu had encouraged the people of Forest Street to support Hatake Sakumo's aggressive campaign, and Jie reported that Akaseki's escape and victory had delighted the Uchiha.

After Sunagakure reported Akashi Uchiha’s escape and costly raid, Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed him back as a hero and kept him away from the battlefield. Akashi returned to Konoha, met with Hiruzen, and went to pay his respects at a fallen comrade’s wake while looking for Ranwu.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s proposal to send Akashi Uchiha to Root and decided to let him recover in Konoha while promoting the Akaseki Spirit.
• On October 15, Mitokado Homura, Ninja Academy students, and villagers welcomed Akaseki back to Konoha as Danzo watched resentfully.
• Akaseki praised Hiruzen Sarutobi’s wartime exploits as the inspiration for his escape, and Hiruzen let him rest before submitting a report.
• Akaseki went to Forest Street to find Ranwu and learned from Lanjun that she was attending a funeral wake for her cousin’s husband, who had died in battle.
• Lanjun gave Akaseki a white mourning flower, and Akaseki prepared to pay his respects.

Akaseki attended Sō Katō’s memorial and learned about his death in Sunagakure’s counteroffensive, then discussed the Katō child’s surname and Forest Street’s nameless custom with Ranwu. Their conversation turned to the consequences of Konoha’s clan policies and the Hyuga family’s worsening tensions, leaving Akaseki lamenting that the village had missed its chance to intervene.

• Akaseki attended Sō Katō’s memorial, offered Dan Katō his condolences, and heard how Sō had died during Sunagakure’s counteroffensive in the Land of Rain.
• Natsu told Dan that Sō had named their unborn child Shizuma or Shizune and wondered whether the child should bear the Katō surname; Dan said Sō had willingly respected Forest Street’s nameless custom.
• Ranwu explained that the Senju encouraged descendants to give up surnames, and Akaseki understood why Natsu had raised the question with Dan.
• Akaseki lectured Ranwu about how Sunagakure’s nameless policy had strengthened powerful clans and hurt village cohesion and civilian ninja.
• Ranwu told Akaseki that Hizashi had grown distant from Hiashi, and Akaseki complained that the First had not addressed the Hyuga Clan’s problems after founding the village.

Akaseki returned to the Uchiha Clan grounds and asked Clan Elder Chizuru about Susanoo, revealing that he could activate it with ordinary Dojutsu Power. Chizuru explained Susanoo’s stages and how Akaseki’s different eyes could give him three spirit weapons at the second stage.

• Akaseki returned to the clan grounds and learned that Clan Elder Chizuru was handling important matters in the clan head’s absence.
• Akaseki told Chizuru he could activate Susanoo without awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan and said he could use Great Fire Annihilation around two hundred times.
• Chizuru said her Three-Tomoe Sharingan had reached its limit at one hundred and fifty uses of Great Fire Annihilation, leading Akaseki to conclude that his exceptional Dojutsu Power was difficult for other Uchiha to replicate.
• Akaseki asked Chizuru how to train Susanoo, and she suggested practicing it like a special kind of Taijutsu.
• Chizuru explained Susanoo’s progression from a rudimentary form through four stages, then said second-stage Susanoo could summon spirit weapons.
• Chizuru told Akaseki that his Ninjutsu Eye and Genjutsu Eye could each summon a spirit weapon and could combine to summon a third.

Akaseki learned how Sharingan power and dojutsu strength affected Susanoo’s stages, then planned a safer way to train its movements. He left to prepare for taijutsu practice with Might Duy and intended to use his time off to improve his Sharingan and keep trying to repair his spare eye.

• Clan Elder Chizuru explained that Akaseki’s mixed Mangekyo Sharingan pairing weakened Susanoo’s coordination, while an enhancement eye could strengthen Susanoo and resist side effects.
• Akaseki worked out that Susanoo’s later stages required major increases in dojutsu power, and Chizuru advised him not to rush his progress.
• Akaseki asked whether the Mangekyo Sharingan could awaken one eye at a time, then left Chizuru’s courtyard, wrote a report, and went to sleep.
• The next day, Akaseki ordered a wooden training tool resembling his rudimentary Susanoo from Auntie Cat’s Cat Ninja Tool Shop.
• Akaseki visited Might Duy and arranged to train with him in three days, planning to use the tool to practice Susanoo movements safely.
• Akaseki planned to use his time off to master Susanoo, adapt to his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and continue trying to repair his spare eye.

Akaseki trained with Might Duy in the Forest of Death and discovered that Duy possessed a hidden power capable of making him a genuine sparring partner for Susanoo. Their fight left Akaseki surprised by Duy’s speed, strength, and unexpected Fire Style attacks.

• Akaseki’s wooden Susanoo frame broke during training with Might Duy, convincing Akaseki that he needed a real sparring partner to test his Susanoo.
• Might Duy asked Akaseki to check that no one was nearby, then revealed a powerful state that surrounded him with green steam and surging chakra.
• Akaseki activated Susanoo, and Might Duy’s rapid kick cracked its ribs while Akaseki countered with a heavy arm strike that twisted Duy’s arm and sent him flying.
• Might Duy emerged from the dust and launched several high-speed fireballs at Akaseki, who dodged or redirected them into Susanoo’s ribcage.

Akaseki learned that Might Duy’s extraordinary burst of power came from the Eight Gates Technique, a forbidden Taijutsu technique taught by the Second. Duy explained how he had secretly trained for eight years and speculated that the technique’s progress depended on both bodily depletion and recovery; Akaseki then asked to examine its severe side effects.

• Might Duy’s fireballs battered Akaseki’s Susanoo Ribcage before Duy collapsed from opening the Sixth Gate.
• Akaseki asked about Duy’s power, and Duy revealed that it was the Eight Gates Technique, which the Second had taught him.
• Duy explained that the Second abandoned his research after Duy made little progress and warned him to stop, but Duy continued training in secret without medicine.
• Duy described how he opened his first three gates while overtraining, then advanced faster after he began recovering and using the Uchiha Clan’s secret medicine.
• Akaseki asked about the technique’s side effects, and Duy agreed to show him.

Might Duy shared his Eight Gates Technique research with Akaseki, who studied its origins and potential uses before deciding to postpone training in it. Hell Yama King revealed that Ashura, Indra’s brother, had created the technique, but withheld the rest of Ashura’s history from Akaseki.

• Might Duy gave Akaseki the Eight Gates Technique scroll and asked him to keep the technique secret, and Akaseki promised to report it to the Hokage if disclosure became necessary.
• Akaseki arranged for Might Duy to receive medicinal preparations for his Taijutsu training and then studied Duy’s extensive notes on the technique.
• Akaseki identified the brain regions involved in the first two gates and considered whether opening them could reduce the side effects of deep immersion, but chose to prioritize his other training.
• Akaseki asked Hell Yama King about the technique, and Hell Yama King said it had been created by a powerful-bodied person who lived in Indra’s era and was Indra’s brother.
• Hell Yama King recalled that Ashura developed the Eight Gates Technique by removing his body’s restrictions, but stayed silent about Ashura’s role in Ninshu to avoid Akaseki’s reaction.

Akaseki and Minato discussed the Sky Ninja’s devastating surprise attacks on Konoha’s forces before visiting Kushina for New Year’s Eve. Akaseki also considered how Setsuna’s restored Mangekyo Sharingan could protect him if he went to the front, and planned to ask Grandma Chizuru for another spare eye.

• Akaseki and Minato walked to visit Kushina while discussing how the Sky Ninja’s airborne attacks and flying village had helped Sunagakure inflict heavy losses on Konoha.
• Minato explained that the Sky Ninja’s floating village could fire chakra blasts as powerful as a Tailed Beast Ball, and that several hundred ninja used flying devices to raid Konoha’s bases.
• Akaseki and Minato avoided telling Kushina about the battlefield situation, and they stayed at her home until Tian Lu chased them out.
• Akaseki recalled that his eye surgery had restored Setsuna’s right eye and that Setsuna’s Mangekyo Sharingan ability was now available to him.
• Akaseki planned to consult Grandma Chizuru about eventually returning Setsuna’s eye and obtaining another spare eye for his possible trip to the front.

Akaseki arranged for the Uchiha elders to attend Hiruzen Sarutobi’s New Year speech, drawing the villagers’ sympathy and Danzo’s suspicion. He then told Chizuru that his sight had partly returned through Setsuna’s eye and explained its limited powers, leaving Chizuru to warn him to keep the revelation secret.

• Akaseki persuaded Chizuru to bring the Uchiha elders to Hiruzen Sarutobi’s New Year speech, where their presence moved villagers and unsettled other clans.
• Danzo accused the Uchiha of seeking credit, but Hiruzen pointed out that Danzo had complained the previous night that the clan was ostracized.
• Akaseki visited Chizuru and revealed that Setsuna’s eye had restored some of his sight, though his vision remained blurry and he could not sense ordinary Sharingan Dojutsu Power from it.
• Akaseki explained that Setsuna’s eye retained Mangekyo Dojutsu Power and that he could use its Towa ability for just over ten minutes.
• Chizuru told Akaseki not to reveal the eye’s restoration to anyone.

Akaseki agreed to join the Uchiha Clan’s mission against the Sky Ninja Village, while Chizuru entrusted him with her left Sharingan so he could repair it. Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Elephant and Yakushi Nonō to accompany Akaseki, leaving him suspicious that Konoha intended to monitor the Uchiha team.

• Chizuru agreed to let Akaseki repair her left eye and told him to keep his ability secret from the clan and outsiders.
• Chizuru explained that her Forked Deity let her explore several possible futures and choose one seven seconds in advance.
• Akaseki sparred with Might Duy in the Forest of Death, but an Anbu arrived and summoned him to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen told Akaseki that Clan Head Jiancheng had volunteered the Uchiha Clan to attack the Sky Ninja Village’s floating fortress and had requested Akaseki for the mission.
• Akaseki accepted the mission, and Hiruzen assigned Elephant and Yakushi Nonō to accompany him.

Akaseki traveled with Yakushi Nonō and Guan Ze to the Uchiha Clan’s Special Countermeasure Force base to report on the mission against Sky Ninja Village. He learned that Sky Ninja Village’s fortress had stopped above a mountain, and Jiancheng had deliberately sent the Hyuga ninja away.

• Akaseki checked Guan Ze’s identity and learned that he specialized in gathering and analyzing intelligence as a Yamanaka Clan ninja.
• Akaseki drove the team through a forced march, while Nonō warned him that others criticized Uchiha team leaders for sacrificing their teammates’ rest.
• Akaseki appointed Guan Ze vice-captain after Nonō’s warning, then insisted on keeping watch himself.
• Akaseki reached the Special Countermeasure Force base on January 8 after following the Uchiha Clan’s markings to Sky Ninja Village’s moving fortress.
• Jiancheng confirmed the fortress had stopped above a mountain and explained that the Uchiha Clan could counter its flying ninja tools.
• Guan Ze asked about the missing Hyuga ninja, and Jiancheng said they had left because they were too arrogant.