Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yue reunited with Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Hatake Kakashi while returning to Konoha from a mission, and they began traveling together. That night, Minato asked Yue to explain how he had been so badly injured while serving under Orochimaru.

• Uchiha Yue spotted Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Hatake Kakashi and asked the Anbu elites escorting him to meet them.
• Yue reunited with his former teammates, and Minato learned that Yue was injured and heading back to Konoha to recover.
• The two Anbu elites left to return to Orochimaru, while Kushina and Kakashi teased Yue about his Anbu codename, Asura.
• Minato asked Kakashi to carry the injured Yue as their group set off for Konoha.
• That night, Minato privately asked Yue what had happened and why he had been so seriously injured.

Uchiha Yue explained how Orochimaru used him as bait against an elite Sunagakure unit, while Minato Namikaze apologized for being unable to help. Yue then urged Minato to pursue the Hokage position using secret intelligence, and Minato’s ambition to become Hokage emerged.

• Uchiha Yue told Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Hatake Kakashi that he had been badly injured fighting an elite Sunagakure unit in the Land of Earth.
• Kushina Uzumaki condemned Orochimaru for using Yue as bait and said she would ask Tsunade to transfer him under Jiraiya, but Minato Namikaze stopped her and sent her and Hatake Kakashi to rest.
• Minato Namikaze carried Yue to a quiet corner and asked what he thought of Orochimaru’s plan; Yue said he accepted it and had grown stronger under pressure.
• Minato Namikaze said he would have used himself as bait to protect his companions and apologized for not being there to help Yue.
• Uchiha Yue told Minato Namikaze that secret intelligence could give him a chance to compete for Hokage, and Minato revealed his ambition to claim the position.

Uchiha Yue encouraged Minato Namikaze to pursue the Hokage position and warned him about Danzo, while Minato insisted their friendship would not become a political bargain. After they returned to Konoha, Minato’s demeanor had changed, and Yue urged him to become the Fourth Hokage.

• Minato Namikaze asked Uchiha Yue for help pursuing the Hokage position, and Yue agreed.
• Uchiha Yue told Minato that Orochimaru would withdraw from the race and warned him that Danzo had forced Orochimaru out.
• Minato Namikaze rejected the idea of relying on the Uchiha Clan’s support, saying he wanted Yue’s help as a friend and comrade.
• Uchiha Yue, Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Hatake Kakashi returned to Konoha, where Yue felt he had come home.
• Minato Namikaze’s demeanor seemed sharper upon entering Konoha, and Uchiha Yue whispered that only Minato should become the Fourth Hokage.

Uchiha Yue returned to Tsunade's residence, where his family and companions worried over his injuries. Tsunade examined him and ordered him to rest in Konoha for six months, leaving Yue resolved to endure the recovery period.

• Minato Namikaze brought the injured Uchiha Yue to Tsunade's residence, where Uchiha Nara, Minako, Shizune, and Yuri Kurama were waiting for him.
• Uchiha Yue reassured his parents that his injuries would heal soon, then comforted Shizune and Yuri Kurama as they worried about his condition and complained about Tsunade's training.
• Tsunade arrived and sent Shizune and Yuri Kurama to train, but Uchiha Yue persuaded her not to punish them harshly.
• Tsunade examined Uchiha Yue and warned that his serious leg injuries required six months of rest and could affect his future strength if he trained too soon.
• Uchiha Yue accepted Tsunade's rehabilitation treatment and resolved to get through the six-month recovery.

While recovering from his severe leg injuries in Konoha, Uchiha Yue kept up his training with Tsunade’s help and visits from his friends. A month into his recovery, Yuri Kurama brought him a scroll from the Police Force, and Yue recognized it as the Book of Seals.

• Tsunade treated Uchiha Yue’s legs, immobilized them, and assigned Anbu to guard him.
• After checking that the Anbu stayed outside his room, Uchiha Yue trained his spiritual energy, Chakra, body, and combat skills with shadow clones.
• Uchiha Yue studied Fire Style Chakra nature transformation as part of his daily training while recovering in his room.
• Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, Hatake Kakashi, Shizune, and Yuri Kurama visited him, helping break up his solitary routine.
• After a month at Tsunade’s residence, Uchiha Yue received a ninjutsu scroll from Yuri Kurama and recognized it as the Book of Seals.

Uchiha Yue received a copy of Konoha's Book of Seals from Uchiha Fugaku and spent six months recovering and studying ninjutsu. By Konoha's fourth year, newly eight years old, he believed he had accumulated enough experience and knowledge to reach jōnin strength if he found the right opportunity.

• Uchiha Yue recognized the scroll delivered to him as a copy of the Book of Seals that he had requested from Uchiha Fugaku.
• Uchiha Yue eagerly studied the Second Hokage's recorded space-time ninjutsu, then asked Yuri Kurama to leave so he could focus.
• Uchiha Yue spent his recovery shut in his room, training and studying secret techniques and ninjutsu scrolls from several sources.
• After half a year, Uchiha Yue felt his strength and knowledge had grown substantially and that he needed only an opportunity to reach jōnin level.
• Uchiha Yue reached Konoha's fourth year having just turned eight.

After half a year of recuperation, Uchiha Yue reviewed intelligence on Konoha and the other shinobi villages, then met with Uchiha Fugaku to discuss three matters involving Konoha’s secrets. The chapter ended as Yue prepared to reveal them, asking Fugaku to keep the information confidential.

• Uchiha Yue learned that Uchiha Fugaku and Shimura Danzō had fueled a growing conflict between the Hyuga branch and main families, and worried that Hizashi Hyuga was being used by Danzō.
• Uchiha Yue reviewed reports on other villages and discovered that Hozuki Mangetsu was alive after faking his death.
• Uchiha Yue summoned Uchiha Fugaku to discuss intelligence concerning Minato Namikaze and other Konoha secrets.
• Uchiha Yue warned Uchiha Fugaku against trusting Shimura Danzō and asked him not to reveal the three matters they were about to discuss.

Uchiha Yue urged Uchiha Fugaku to support Minato for Fourth Hokage and grant Yue permission to leave Konoha to pursue a Sharingan breakthrough. The chapter ended with Yue pressuring Fugaku by claiming he might awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Uchiha Yue told Uchiha Fugaku that Orochimaru would soon withdraw from the Hokage race because intelligence about him would reach the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Yue recommended that Uchiha Fugaku support Minato for Fourth Hokage, arguing that the Uchiha Clan would benefit more than if Orochimaru's rivals took the position.
• Uchiha Fugaku hesitated, fearing Yue might be interfering in the Uchiha Clan's affairs, but Yue assured him he would not seize power and urged him to think beyond the clan's immediate concerns.
• Uchiha Yue asked Fugaku to secure privileges allowing him to leave Konoha and claimed he needed to overcome a Sharingan bottleneck that could lead to awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yue privately admitted he was lying about the Mangekyō to persuade Fugaku, then challenged Fugaku's hesitation by asking whether he did not want Yue to awaken it.

Uchiha Yue secured Uchiha Fugaku’s support for pursuing the Mangekyō Sharingan and received a Konoha travel permit that would let him leave the village for training. He planned to depart after Orochimaru left, while promising Yuri Kurama that he would continue helping her and Shizune train when he could.

• Uchiha Fugaku agreed to support Uchiha Yue’s attempt to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and asked him to share its secrets with the clan.
• Uchiha Yue urged Uchiha Fugaku to consider helping Minato compete for Hokage, then ended their meeting.
• Uchiha Yue continued training at Tsunade’s residence while preparing to leave Konoha and distance himself from Orochimaru’s command.
• Yuri Kurama brought Uchiha Yue a Konoha travel permit and asked him to stay longer to guide her and Shizune.
• Uchiha Yue promised to guide Yuri Kurama and Shizune when possible, then accepted the permit to travel beyond Konoha.

Uchiha Yue left Konoha to train abroad, intending to become stronger and avoid serving under Orochimaru. After half a month of travel, he discovered a Yugakure ninja near the Land of Fire’s border and noticed the ninja carrying a roster.

• Uchiha Yue received Tsunade’s approval to leave Konoha, and she promised to speak to Orochimaru about transferring him to her service.
• Uchiha Yue said goodbye to his family and friends, changed out of his Anbu attire, and set out to explore the Shinobi World.
• Uchiha Yue traveled toward the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, where he planned to confront Sunagakure ninjas.
• After half a month, Uchiha Yue sensed and identified a Yugakure ninja infiltrating a border town, then quietly followed him to learn about Hidan.
• Uchiha Yue noticed a roster of names in the Yugakure ninja’s hand.

Uchiha Yue ambushed Feilian, a Yugakure ninja carrying a bounty book, hoping to learn how to join the Underground Exchange. Feilian survived the attack and revealed that Lord Jashin had warned him about Yue, leaving Yue to wonder whether Feilian was a cultist like Hidan.

• Uchiha Yue saw his own name, Minato Namikaze's, and Kushina Uzumaki's in Feilian's bounty book and suspected it came from the Underground Exchange.
• Uchiha Yue decided to kill Feilian and search his memories for information about the Underground Exchange.
• After tailing Feilian until night, Uchiha Yue used Flash Step and Steel-Severing Flash to blind him and thrust Fubuki Tachi into his brain.
• Feilian grabbed the blade, claimed Lord Jashin protected him, and hurled Uchiha Yue away.
• Uchiha Yue wondered whether Feilian was a cultist like Hidan.

Uchiha Yue discovered that Feilian had an immortal body and taijutsu and swordsmanship comparable to his own, making him a dangerous opponent. After revealing his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and trying to blind Feilian with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, Yue realized Feilian could resist his genjutsu.

• Uchiha Yue saw Feilian's wounds rapidly heal and suspected he had the immortal body of a Jashin Cult follower.
• Uchiha Yue and Feilian exchanged several rounds, and Yue judged Feilian's taijutsu and swordsmanship to be as strong as his own.
• Uchiha Yue activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Feilian recognized him as an Uchiha and demanded his name for the bounty.
• Uchiha Yue used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique on Feilian, but Feilian quickly counterattacked.
• Uchiha Yue evaded Feilian's attack and suspected the Jashin Cult follower was immune to genjutsu.

Uchiha Yue fought Feilian, whose immortal body and immunity to genjutsu made him difficult to defeat, while Feilian tried to obtain Yue’s blood to kill him with a secret technique. Yue realized that dismemberment could overcome Feilian’s immortality and prepared to reveal the results of his training.

• Uchiha Yue discovered that Feilian’s immortal body and genjutsu immunity made the fight dangerous, though Yue could evade Feilian’s taijutsu.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Sunflower Pointing Hand to seal Feilian’s acupoints, but Feilian endured the attack and tried to stab Yue to collect his blood.
• Uchiha Yue evaded Feilian with Flash Step and Basic Shatter Step, conserving chakra as the two fought for thirty rounds.
• Feilian recognized Uchiha Yue as an Uchiha and intensified his attacks, while Yue concluded that dismemberment could defeat Feilian’s immortality.
• Uchiha Yue gripped Fubuki Tachi and prepared to change his strategy and show Feilian what he had learned through half a year of training.

Uchiha Yue exploited Feilian’s chakra-sealed regeneration to wound him and destroy his tachi, but Feilian revealed he had obtained Yue’s blood and began transforming to use his secret technique. As Feilian prepared to strike, Yue sheathed his sword, approached him, and invoked Falling Moon Style One-Sword Style Secret Art: Lion’s Elegy.

• Uchiha Yue used Basic Shatter Step and Falling Moon Style: Sky-Breaking Slash to attack Feilian, then realized Feilian’s regeneration was limited because his chakra points were sealed.
• Uchiha Yue evaded Feilian’s counterattack with Flash Step and inflicted more wounds, while Feilian’s assault failed to overcome his movement technique.
• Uchiha Yue cut apart Feilian’s tachi and wounded him again, but Feilian revealed that he had secretly collected Yue’s blood and showed a small wound on Yue’s cheek.
• Feilian swallowed Uchiha Yue’s blood and transformed into a black-and-white form as he prepared to use his bizarre secret technique.
• Uchiha Yue sheathed the Fubuki Tachi, walked toward Feilian, and announced Falling Moon Style One-Sword Style Secret Art: Lion’s Elegy.

Uchiha Yue used his new Falling Moon Style Secret Technique, Lion's Elegy, to cleave Feilian in half. Knowing Feilian could still fight, Yue followed up by cutting off his head and declared victory.

• Feilian panicked as Uchiha Yue approached and prepared to use his secret technique.
• Uchiha Yue unleashed Lion's Elegy, using spiritual pressure, flames shaped like a lion, and a swift sword strike to split Feilian in half.
• Uchiha Yue explained that Lion's Elegy had three stages and required him to combine spiritual energy, Fire Style Chakra, Flash Step, and Falling Moon Sword Intent.
• Knowing Feilian could still fight despite being cut in half, Uchiha Yue used Flash Step to reach his upper body and severed his head.
• Uchiha Yue told Feilian that he had won.

After defeating Feilian, Uchiha Yue recovered from Lion's Elegy's backlash and questioned him about the Underground Exchange. Feilian gave in to the threat of prolonged torment and explained how to gain the Exchange's recognition, leaving Uchiha Yue ready to learn more.

• Uchiha Yue collapsed after Lion's Elegy drained his mental energy and chakra, then recovered with the Uzumaki Clan Secret Technique while Feilian's severed head kept talking.
• Uchiha Yue assessed Feilian's abilities and concluded that his victory was not especially impressive because he knew how to counter Feilian's special techniques.
• Uchiha Yue took Feilian's ninja tool pouch and confronted him with the roster inside it.
• Feilian refused to answer Uchiha Yue's questions, so Uchiha Yue threatened to keep him alive in pieces and have the village interrogate him.
• Feilian relented when Uchiha Yue asked about the Underground Exchange and explained that joining required finding a base and exchanging a letter of introduction for a bounty.

Uchiha Yue forced Feilian to explain how the Underground Exchange worked and weighed whether joining it would benefit him. After taking Feilian’s roster and a map of the Exchange’s base, Yue asked whether Feilian had a brother named Hidan in the Land of Rivers.

• Feilian explained that someone could join the Underground Exchange by submitting a token of allegiance or receiving a member’s recommendation, and offered Yue a recommendation if he helped reassemble him.
• Uchiha Yue burned Feilian’s lower body to ashes, forcing Feilian to stop provoking him and explain how to recommend a new member.
• Feilian told Yue about the Exchange’s shared intelligence, rare goods, and five membership ranks, and revealed that he was a low-ranking D-rank member.
• Uchiha Yue considered the benefits and risks of joining the Exchange, including the need for Konoha’s approval and the greater privileges available to higher-ranked members.
• Uchiha Yue took Feilian’s roster and a map of the Exchange’s base, then asked whether Feilian had a brother named Hidan in the Land of Rivers.

Uchiha Yue questioned Feilian about Hidan, then examined Feilian’s unusual abilities after incapacitating him. He failed to uncover the secret of Feilian’s immortal body but discovered that a foreign mental barrier blocked genjutsu, leaving him eager to learn how to create one himself.

• Feilian told Uchiha Yue that Hidan was his younger brother and might be even stronger than he was.
• Uchiha Yue knocked Feilian unconscious and began studying his body, but found no clue to the source of his immortality.
• After three hours, Uchiha Yue gave up studying Feilian’s immortal body and turned to his genjutsu immunity.
• Uchiha Yue found a mental barrier around Feilian’s mental space that resisted his attempts to enter and seemed to rely on energy different from Feilian’s own.
• Uchiha Yue concluded that the barrier negated genjutsu and decided to investigate how to construct a mental barrier himself.

After training a rudimentary mental barrier for two months, Uchiha Yue joined the Underground Exchange under his old Anbu codename, Asura, and rose to C-rank by completing bounties. As he learned about his new membership benefits, he saw a cloaked figure bearing red clouds and recognized the Akatsuki.

• Uchiha Yue spent two months training his mental barrier, which could resist simple genjutsu but was not yet strong enough to withstand powerful techniques.
• Uchiha Yue informed Tsunade that he planned to join the Underground Exchange, and she approved and asked him to share its intelligence.
• Uchiha Yue registered at a hidden base using a bronze mask and the codename Asura, then learned that members advanced through five ranks by completing bounties.
• Uchiha Yue spent a month completing ten D-rank bounties across the Land of Fire and advanced to C-rank.
• Uchiha Yue saw a black-cloaked person with red cloud patterns enter the Underground Exchange and recognized the Akatsuki.

Uchiha Yue tracked an Akatsuki member from the Underground Exchange across the Land of Fire and learned from Shikaku Nara that the ninja was headed for the Land of Bears. Yue suspected the Akatsuki member’s destination was Hoshigakure.

• Uchiha Yue spotted an Akatsuki member at the Underground Exchange and decided to investigate his reason for coming to the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yue waited six hours for the Akatsuki member to leave, then secretly followed him toward the Land of Fire’s border.
• The Akatsuki member rested at the border while searching for a merchant caravan, and Uchiha Yue used his travel permit to prepare to cross.
• Uchiha Yue met Shikaku Nara among the Konoha troops and told him he was tracking a hidden-village ninja.
• Shikaku Nara identified the likely destination as the Land of Bears, and Uchiha Yue realized the Akatsuki member might be heading for Hoshigakure.