Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Hiashi revealed that he planned to use cursed Byakugan to bargain with Kumogakure and Iwagakure while keeping control of the Hyuga branch through the Caged Bird. As Uchiha Yue's battered group held a defensive position, Hizashi Hyuga spotted the Caged Bird and reacted in disbelief.

• Hyuga Hiashi watched the battle with confidence, expecting his alliance with Shimura Danzō and his secret bargain to advance the Hyuga Clan.
• Hyuga Rimian asked Hyuga Hiashi to remove his Caged Bird, but Hiashi refused and threatened him with the same fate as Elder Riming.
• Uchiha Yue's group suffered heavy losses as the enemy killed Jiraiya's Anbu and gravely wounded Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi.
• Uchiha Yue's group secured a defensible position in the Hyuga compound, where Yue treated the Ino-Shika-Cho trio while they recovered.
• Hizashi Hyuga observed the enemy with his Byakugan and exclaimed that he had seen the Caged Bird.

Uchiha Yue realized Hyuga Hiashi had arranged the ambush to eliminate his enemies and seize power, leaving Yue to weigh several dangerous escape plans. Just as the enemy prepared to attack and Yue considered using Izanagi, Minato Namikaze said he had a way to break through.

• Uchiha Yue deduced that Hyuga Hiashi had used the Caged Bird technique and colluded with Iwagakure and Kumogakure to set the ambush.
• Uchiha Yue considered escaping alone with his companions’ help but refused to abandon Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and the others.
• Uchiha Yue considered devouring Monster Ido’s power, but feared its strength and the lasting side effects.
• Uchiha Yue considered using Izanagi at the cost of his Sharingan and rejected sacrificing the injured Kushina Uzumaki to unleash the Nine-Tailed Fox.
• As the enemy ninja prepared to attack, Minato Namikaze told Uchiha Yue he had a way for them to break through.

Uchiha Yue and Minato Namikaze risked using their unfinished Wind Style: Rasenshuriken to defeat the enemy ninja. Just as the enemies broke through their allies’ defenses, Yue and Minato completed the technique.

• Uchiha Yue prepared to use Izanagi, but Minato Namikaze proposed trying Wind Style: Rasenshuriken instead.
• Minato Namikaze explained that he had developed a prototype and taught Uchiha Yue how to help him cast it.
• Uchiha Yue concealed his knowledge of the technique’s dangers and agreed to take the gamble with Minato.
• Kushina Uzumaki, Hizashi Hyuga, and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio held off the enemy ninja while Yue and Minato prepared the technique.
• Uchiha Yue sustained Minato’s Big Ball Rasengan and applied Wind Style chakra transformation as they worked to complete the jutsu.
• The enemy ninja broke through the defenders just as Uchiha Yue and Minato Namikaze completed Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.

Uchiha Yue detonated Minato Namikaze’s Wind Style: Rasenshuriken to stop the enemy ninja, destroying the Hyuga Clan residence and severely injuring himself and the others. After the survivors reunited, Hiashi Hyuga blocked their path as they tried to leave.

• When Minato Namikaze could not launch the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, Uchiha Yue struck it with a Rasengan and tried to escape the blast with Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Uchiha Yue hid underground as the explosion obliterated the Hyuga Clan residence, and Hiashi Hyuga ordered the Hyuga Clan elites to attack the enemy ninja.
• Uchiha Yue used Purple Eye to find Minato Namikaze and the others, who had survived by evading the blast but suffered severe injuries.
• Minato Namikaze scolded Uchiha Yue for his recklessness, and Uchiha Yue replied that they would not have escaped otherwise.
• Uchiha Yue, Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, Hizashi Hyuga, and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio prepared to leave, but Hiashi Hyuga appeared and blocked their path.

Uchiha Yue and the others returned to Konoha badly injured after using Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, and Hyuga Hiashi arranged for them to rest while medical help was summoned. Hiashi then confronted Yue alone and revealed that he had another move.

• Uchiha Yue and Minato Namikaze suffered severe arm injuries from the Rasenshuriken, so Yue planned to seek treatment from Tsunade.
• Hyuga Hiashi offered to arrange treatment and separate rooms for the injured group, while Shikaku Nara suspected Hiashi's earlier scheme but lacked proof.
• In his room, Uchiha Yue examined his injuries and worried that his arms might not recover without lasting effects.
• Hyuga Hiashi entered Yue's room and asked him to reveal the powerful ninjutsu he and Minato had used.
• Uchiha Yue refused and told Hiashi to ask Minato instead, but Hiashi hinted that he had another move and showed killing intent.

Hyuga Hiashi trapped Uchiha Yue and tried to kill him, planning to blame enemy ninja for the death. Just as Hiashi was about to crush Yue’s throat, Hizashi Hyuga appeared and saved him.

• Hyuga Hiashi revealed that he had prepared enemy ninja corpses to frame them for Uchiha Yue’s murder.
• Uchiha Yue tried to evade Hiashi and counterattack with Falling Moon Style: Clone Slash, but Hiashi overwhelmed him.
• Hyuga Hiashi seized Yue by the throat and said he wanted him dead so the Hyuga Clan could become Konoha’s foremost clan.
• Hizashi Hyuga suddenly made Hyuga Hiashi collapse, saving Uchiha Yue.

Hizashi Hyuga rescued Uchiha Yue and confronted Hiashi Hyuga over his attempt to kill Yue and his role in the deaths of Hyuga elders. Hiashi revealed that he had acted to free Hizashi from the Caged Bird, then attacked him, leaving their brotherly bond irreparably broken.

• Hizashi Hyuga apologized to Uchiha Yue for Hiashi Hyuga's actions, and Yue promised that Hizashi would always be his companion.
• Hizashi challenged Hiashi over trying to kill Yue and accused him of murdering Elder Riming and other clan members with the Caged Bird secret technique.
• Hiashi claimed he had killed the elders to remove Hizashi's Caged Bird and said he viewed Yue as an obstacle to the Hyuga Clan's rise.
• Hiashi secretly unsealed his chakra points and attacked Hizashi, but Hizashi evaded the first strike and then counterattacked, sending Hiashi flying.
• Uchiha Yue realized that Hizashi and Hiashi's brotherly bond had cracked beyond repair.

Uchiha Yue and Hizashi Hyuga teamed up to defeat Hyuga Hiashi after Yue intervened in their fight. With Hiashi incapacitated and Hizashi injured, Yue prepared to kill him before leaving to seek treatment.

• Hizashi Hyuga hesitated to harm Hyuga Hiashi, allowing Hiashi to strike him and leave him vulnerable.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Gale Slash to wound Hyuga Hiashi and create an opening for Hizashi.
• Hizashi Hyuga struck Hiashi with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, sealing his chakra points and subduing him.
• Hizashi Hyuga nearly collapsed from his injuries, and he urged Yue to seek treatment for his damaged arms.
• Uchiha Yue approached the incapacitated Hyuga Hiashi with Fubuki Tachi, intending to kill him.

Uchiha Yue spared Hyuga Hiashi after Hizashi intervened, but crippled Hiashi’s Gentle Fist by cutting off fingers on both hands. Yue and Hizashi concealed the truth from Minato Namikaze and the others, then headed to Tsunade’s medical unit, where a familiar figure appeared.

• Hizashi Hyuga took Uchiha Yue’s sword strike to prevent him from killing Hyuga Hiashi and offered his own life in his brother’s place.
• Uchiha Yue spared Hyuga Hiashi but cut off the index and middle fingers on both of his hands, crippling his Gentle Fist.
• Hizashi Hyuga told Uchiha Yue that he did not hate him and regretted that his brother had sought power.
• Uchiha Yue suspected Hyuga Hiashi had attacked Hizashi to subdue him while targeting Yue, but kept the suspicion to himself.
• Uchiha Yue and Hizashi Hyuga told Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and the others that enemy ninjas had ambushed them.
• Uchiha Yue led the group toward Tsunade’s medical unit, where a familiar figure appeared and made him frown.

Uchiha Yue learned that Uchiha Fugaku’s clan had suffered devastating losses after an ambush while recovering Sharingan from the battlefield. Yue suspected a third party had entered the war and concluded that Uchiha Madara, secretly ruling Kirigakure, might be its ultimate beneficiary.

• Uchiha Fugaku found Uchiha Yue receiving treatment and learned that Yue had crippled Hyuga Hiashi’s fingers after Hiashi plotted against him and Minato.
• Uchiha Fugaku explained that enemy forces ambushed the Uchiha while they tried to recover Sharingan from fallen clan members, killing more than half their elite forces.
• Uchiha Yue questioned whether Danzo was behind the attack, reasoning that Kumogakure and Iwagakure had already committed troops elsewhere and another force might be involved.
• Uchiha Fugaku left after treatment to return to the battle, where Jiraiya and the Anbu were still resisting the enemy.
• Uchiha Yue suspected Kirigakure had taken advantage of the war and identified Uchiha Madara as its hidden ruler and a possible ultimate beneficiary.

Uchiha Yue sought Tsunade’s help after he and Minato were badly injured, while suspecting Uchiha Madara was manipulating the war from Kirigakure. As Tsunade treated him, Yue revealed that Hyuga Hiashi had betrayed them, and Tsunade vowed to seek justice.

• Uchiha Yue considered how the war would weaken Konoha’s clans and benefit Sunagakure and Kirigakure, while worrying that Uchiha Madara might target him.
• Uchiha Yue found Tsunade directing medical care and logistics, and she arranged for him to rest until she could treat him.
• Tsunade examined Yue’s arm injuries and recognized they appeared to be caused by a failed ninjutsu rather than enemy attacks.
• Uchiha Yue told Tsunade that Hyuga Hiashi had set up the ambush that injured him and Minato, seeking power for the Hyuga Clan and Yue’s death.
• Tsunade grew furious at Hiashi’s betrayal and promised to help Yue seek justice and warn those who threatened her people.

After Tsunade treated Uchiha Yue’s injuries, he cultivated and studied the Yagami Clan’s secret technique scroll while recovering. He discovered that the perfected form of Basic Shatter Step was Flash Step, which might be Space-Time Ninjutsu.

• Tsunade treated Uchiha Yue’s injuries and left to finish her work before confronting Hyuga Hiashi and the others.
• Uchiha Yue cultivated his spiritual energy and chakra, finding that his recent battle had helped him improve.
• Uchiha Yue studied the scroll he had taken from Mo Chensi and deciphered the three stages of Basic Shatter Step.
• Uchiha Yue learned that the technique’s third stage, its true essence, was called Flash Step and could instantly shift one’s position.
• After finishing the scroll, Uchiha Yue wondered whether Flash Step was actually Space-Time Ninjutsu.

Uchiha Yue studied the Yagami Clan’s secret techniques and trained Basic Shatter Step while continuing to purify his spiritual energy. Kushina Uzumaki told him that Kumogakure and Iwagakure had withdrawn and the fighting in Konoha was ending, leaving him to ask how the Third Hokage and Orochimaru had driven back the enemy leaders.

• Uchiha Yue read the Yagami Clan’s scroll, reflected on the clan ancestor’s skill, and used shadow clones to train Basic Shatter Step while sorting his spiritual energy.
• Uchiha Yue learned from Kushina Uzumaki that her injuries had healed and Minato’s were stable under Tsunade’s care.
• Kushina Uzumaki reported that Kumogakure and Iwagakure’s forces had left Konoha’s territory and that the Third Raikage and Third Tsuchikage had fled.
• Uchiha Yue asked Kushina Uzumaki how the Third Hokage and Orochimaru had forced back the Third Raikage and Third Tsuchikage.

Kushina Uzumaki gave Uchiha Yue an intelligence scroll describing Orochimaru’s dominant role in the battle against the Third Raikage and Third Tsuchikage, leading Yue to suspect that the Third Hokage was grooming Orochimaru as his successor. Kushina then asked whether Yue would support Minato Namikaze if he had a chance to become the Fourth Hokage.

• Kushina Uzumaki handed Uchiha Yue an intelligence scroll about the Third Hokage’s battle with the Third Raikage and Third Tsuchikage.
• Uchiha Yue read that Orochimaru had taken over the fight and forced back both opposing Kage-level fighters.
• Uchiha Yue concluded that the Third Hokage might be building Orochimaru’s prestige to prepare him for the Hokage position.
• Uchiha Yue recalled that Minato Namikaze would likely emerge as a rival successor and thought Orochimaru was destined not to become Hokage.
• Kushina Uzumaki said she felt sorry for Minato and asked Uchiha Yue whether he would support him as the next Hokage.

Uchiha Yue told Kushina Uzumaki that he would support Minato Namikaze’s ambitions and confirmed that he planned to join the Anbu for protection. Kushina gave Yue a stolen scroll detailing the Anbu selection process, which he prepared to study after she left.

• Kushina Uzumaki asked Uchiha Yue to support Minato Namikaze if he got the chance to become Hokage, and Yue promised he would.
• Kushina told Yue that she and Minato suspected someone was targeting him and asked whether he planned to compete for the Anbu.
• Uchiha Yue confirmed that he intended to join the Anbu and serve under Tsunade to stay safer in the village.
• Kushina gave Yue an intelligence scroll she had stolen from Jiraiya, who was the chief examiner for the Anbu selection.
• After Kushina left, Uchiha Yue prepared to study the selection process recorded on the scroll.

Uchiha Yue trained for the Anbu selection while Konoha recovered from the war and tensions grew between the Uchiha and Hyuga clans. He and Hatake Kakashi were promoted to chunin, and Yue became the youngest chunin on record.

• Uchiha Yue studied the Anbu selection requirements and trained daily under Uchiha Nara at Tsunade's residence.
• The Uchiha Clan weakened under Uchiha Fugaku as unrest spread, while the Hyuga Clan rose under Hyuga Hiashi.
• Uchiha Fugaku repeatedly sought Uchiha Yue's help, but Yue turned him away because Fugaku had not kept his promise.
• Uchiha Yue and Hatake Kakashi discussed the Anbu and Kakashi's future team before meeting the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage approved their chunin promotions, and Uchiha Yue became a chunin at seven years old, setting a new record.

After becoming a chunin, Uchiha Yue was summoned by Shimura Danzō, who offered to secure his Anbu selection in exchange for spying on the Hyuga Clan. Danzō claimed he had intelligence linking Hyuga Hiashi to other ninja villages and promised to help the Uchiha Clan bring down the Hyuga Clan if Yue gathered more information.

• Hatake Kakashi celebrated his chunin promotion by putting on Konoha’s uniform, while Uchiha Yue complained that it looked ugly and said he wanted to join the Anbu.
• Several Anbu summoned Uchiha Yue to meet Shimura Danzō, and Yue followed them after parting from Kakashi.
• Shimura Danzō dismissed the Anbu and offered to guarantee Yue’s Anbu selection if he secretly gathered intelligence on the Hyuga Clan.
• Uchiha Yue calmly agreed to Danzō’s mission without revealing his thoughts.
• Shimura Danzō claimed Hyuga Hiashi was colluding with other ninja villages and promised to help the Uchiha Clan bring down the Hyuga Clan if Yue found enough information.

Uchiha Yue rejected Shimura Danzō’s request to take part in clan disputes but agreed to gather intelligence on the Hyuga Clan, then enlisted Uchiha Fugaku’s help. On his return to Tsunade’s residence, Yue realized Danzō might use his authority to send him into Root and resolved not to be controlled.

• Uchiha Yue told Shimura Danzō he would gather intelligence on the Hyuga Clan but would not intervene in clan disputes.
• Uchiha Yue visited Uchiha Fugaku, collected the Flame Fan, and reminded him that the Book of Seals was still owed.
• Uchiha Yue told Uchiha Fugaku that Danzō was preparing to suppress the Hyuga Clan and asked him to gather intelligence while Danzō helped with the Uchiha Clan’s internal troubles.
• Uchiha Yue realized Danzō could select him for Anbu and assign him to Root, then vowed not to let Danzō control him.

After two weeks of training at Tsunade’s residence, Uchiha Yue prepared to attend a joint funeral for fallen Uchiha and Hyuga ninjas, while anticipating trouble for the Hyuga Clan. On the way, a woman appeared whom Uchiha Fugaku warned Yue was there for him.

• Uchiha Yue trained for two weeks, balancing Tsunade’s demanding exercises with his practice of Basic Shatter Step.
• Uchiha Fugaku visited Uchiha Yue with intelligence about the Hyuga Clan that could be passed to Shimura Danzō.
• After Tsunade assigned Uchiha Yue to return to the Ninja Hospital and compete for an Anbu position, he prepared to attend the war dead’s funerals.
• Uchiha Yue joined Uchiha Fugaku before dawn to attend a joint funeral for fallen Uchiha and Hyuga ninjas.
• Uchiha Fugaku explained that Hyuga Hiashi had arranged the joint funeral to flaunt the Hyuga Clan’s strength, and Uchiha Yue predicted the clan would face consequences.
• Uchiha Fugaku spotted a woman ahead and warned Uchiha Yue that she seemed to have come for him.

Uchiha Yue rejected Hyuga Anya's attempts to preserve their friendship, then attended a funeral where he noticed the Hyuga Clan's internal power struggle. Afterward, the Third Hokage took Yue for a walk and asked whether he wanted to serve under Danzo.

• Hyuga Anya gave Uchiha Yue a homemade lunch and asked whether their friendship would survive their clans' conflict.
• Uchiha Yue told Hyuga Anya not to seek him out again, leaving her holding back tears.
• Uchiha Fugaku praised Yue for distancing himself from Anya as they went to the funeral.
• At the funeral, Yue observed Hizashi Hyuga's standing among the Hyuga Clan and saw Hyuga Hiashi regret that he had failed to eliminate him.
• The Third Hokage took Yue for a walk after the funeral and asked whether he wanted to serve under Danzo.