Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yue refused to return to Konoha and fought Minato Namikaze, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka to prove his strength and negotiate on his own terms. After disabling Inoichi Yamanaka, Yue faced a sudden attack from a golden figure moving faster than his Flash Step.

• Kushina Uzumaki questioned Yue’s demand to make things difficult for Konoha, while Minato Namikaze promised to help rescue his mother if Yue returned.
• Yue rejected Minato’s offer, explaining that he distrusted Konoha’s elders and had never asked the group for permission to leave.
• Yue blocked Choza Akimichi’s surprise punch and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to reflect Inoichi Yamanaka’s Mind Body Switch Technique, injuring Inoichi’s spiritual energy.
• A golden figure appeared behind Yue at a speed faster than his Flash Step and announced that he could finally fight him.

Uchiha Yue and Minato Namikaze pursued a full-power fight, racing away from Kushina Uzumaki and Choza Akimichi to a secluded battlefield. As Minato charged with a Rasengan, Yue formed one of his own and reminded Minato that he had created the technique.

• Uchiha Yue evaded Minato Namikaze's kunai with Flash Step, and the two raced out of Kushina Uzumaki and Choza Akimichi's sight.
• Minato pursued Yue alone, wanting to test his speed and keep Yue from harming Kushina and Choza.
• Yue and Minato reached a quiet battlefield, where Minato used the Body Flicker Technique to close in.
• Minato formed a Rasengan and charged at Yue, who formed his own Rasengan and declared that he had created the technique.

Uchiha Yue and Minato Namikaze fought at high speed, with Yue using his Purple Eye and Mangekyō Sharingan to counter Minato’s movements. Minato broke free of Yue’s Five Senses Control with the Evil Sealing Technique and asked how Yue had learned the Kurama Clan’s Kekkei Genkai.

• Uchiha Yue and Minato Namikaze’s Rasengan clash exploded, and Yue assumed he had won the exchange.
• Minato suddenly appeared before Yue and used the Body Flicker Technique at such speed that Yue could not predict his next position.
• Uchiha Yue narrowed his Purple Eye’s range, tracked Minato, and deprived him of his hearing, smell, touch, and taste with Five Senses Control.
• Minato Namikaze used the Evil Sealing Technique to restore his four senses and evade Yue’s attack.
• Minato asked Uchiha Yue how he had mastered the Kurama Clan’s Five Senses Control Kekkei Genkai.

Uchiha Yue and Minato resumed their sparring, and Yue used his Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu against Minato. Minato broke it with a sealing technique, leaving him shaken by Yue’s power and wondering how far he could grow.

• Uchiha Yue told Minato that Yuri Kurama’s parents had taught him the Kurama Clan’s five-senses ability and asked him to keep the secret.
• Uchiha Yue and Minato resumed their battle, and Yue chose not to use the five-senses ability again because Minato could counter it.
• When Minato attacked while meeting Yue’s gaze, Yue trapped him with Falling Moon Style Eye Kill.
• Minato broke Yue’s genjutsu with the Five Elements Sealing Seal, surprising Yue.
• Minato recognized that eight-year-old Yue had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and wondered where his strength would peak.

Uchiha Yue used his Mangekyō Sharingan’s newly awakened predictive ability to wound Minato Namikaze and win their third round. He calmly declared victory, having achieved his goal of proving his strength to Konoha.

• Uchiha Yue decided to fight Minato Namikaze for one more round before leaving.
• Uchiha Yue advanced with the Basic Shatter Step, astonishing Minato Namikaze with another clan’s secret technique.
• Uchiha Yue used his Mangekyō Sharingan to predict where Minato Namikaze would land after using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Uchiha Yue struck Minato Namikaze with Falling Moon Style: Sky-Breaking Slash and drew blood.
• Uchiha Yue told Minato Namikaze that he had won.

Uchiha Yue defeated Minato Namikaze and continued his campaign against Kirigakure while searching for his mother, Minako. Back in Konoha, the Third Hokage reacted furiously to the news, though his anger was directed at Shimura Danzō rather than Yue.

• Minato Namikaze conceded defeat to Uchiha Yue and urged him to stay calm and seek help from his friends.
• Minato Namikaze told Kushina Uzumaki and Choza Akimichi that Yue had won their three exchanges, then they prepared to leave the Land of Water with Inoichi Yamanaka.
• Over the next six days, Uchiha Yue killed forty more Kirigakure shinobi as his reputation as Asura spread, and Kirigakure dispatched troops to hunt him.
• Hatake Kakashi returned to Konoha and reported the Land of Water events to Tsunade, Uchiha Fugaku, and the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage smashed his teacup in anger, and Hatake Kakashi realized that his fury was aimed at Shimura Danzō.

The Third Hokage confronted Shimura Danzō over his secret dealings with Kirigakure and the schemes that sent Uzumaki Minako and Uchiha Yue into danger. He left Danzō questioning whether his actions had truly served Konoha or himself.

• The Third Hokage accused Shimura Danzō of hiding his dealings with Kirigakure and putting Uzumaki Minako and Uchiha Yue at risk.
• Shimura Danzō defended his actions as necessary sacrifices to protect Konoha and accused the Third Hokage of being naive.
• The Third Hokage argued that abandoning Uzumaki Minako had alienated Uchiha Nara and Uchiha Yue and damaged Konoha's bonds with its shinobi.
• The Third Hokage threw Danzō an intelligence scroll and described Uchiha Yue's feats, including defeating the Kirigakure force in the Land of Water, as he condemned Konoha for driving the boy away.
• Shimura Danzō asked whether he deserved the lecture if he acted for the village, and the Third Hokage challenged him to admit whom he had really served.

The Third Hokage confronted Shimura Danzō over sending Uzumaki Minako to Kirigakure and turning Uchiha Nara, Uchiha Yue, and others against Konoha. Danzō revealed that he had intended to abandon Uchiha Yue all along because he believed Yue’s ancestor might still be alive and posed a threat Konoha could not withstand.

• Shimura Danzō smashed his chair and accused the Third Hokage of misunderstanding his dedication to Konoha.
• The Third Hokage apologized for his earlier remark, then condemned Danzō’s treatment of Uzumaki Minako and warned that it had alienated Uchiha Nara, Uchiha Yue, and other Konoha shinobi.
• Shimura Danzō argued that the village would eventually move past the fallout, as it had after Hatake Sakumo’s death.
• Shimura Danzō told the Third Hokage that Uchiha Yue, not Uzumaki Minako, had been his intended target from the beginning.
• Shimura Danzō handed the Third Hokage an intelligence scroll and said Uchiha Yue had to be abandoned because of the danger posed by his ancestor.
• Shimura Danzō left, warning that if the man was still alive, Konoha could not contend with him.

Uchiha Yue continued building his strength in the Land of Water while searching for his mother, Minako, and uncovered a clue to her location. The clue suggested she was far from Kirigakure, leading him to suspect that the hidden figure behind the Underground Exchange was testing him.

• The Third Hokage read Shimura Danzō's intelligence that Uchiha Madara might still be alive and fell silent, while Uchiha Yue remained unaware of it.
• Uchiha Yue prepared to challenge Kirigakure as Asura and killed civilians who had committed crimes, gaining local support and absorbing eye power from their deaths.
• Uchiha Yue continued killing Kirigakure ninja and training with Star for ten days, strengthening himself and keeping his Mangekyō Sharingan from losing its light.
• Uchiha Yue obtained a scroll containing information about Minako and eagerly opened it to find her location.
• Uchiha Yue learned that Minako was in a town near the Land of Water's border and wondered if the person hidden in Kirigakure had deliberately provided the clue to test him.
• Uchiha Yue considered whether to go alone to meet that person or stir up another storm in the Land of Water.

Uchiha Yue headed for Mandarin Fish Town after learning his mother Minako was being held there, suspecting Uchiha Madara had set a trap to test him. He found the town heavily guarded and devised a dangerous plan to rescue her.

• Uchiha Yue decided to enter Mandarin Fish Town despite suspecting the information about Minako was bait.
• Uchiha Yue killed Kirigakure ninja along the way and searched their tool pouches for intelligence.
• Uchiha Yue realized Uchiha Madara was patiently testing him and connected the trap to an earlier report about Kirigakure seeking help from Konoha's Uzumaki Clan.
• Uchiha Yue used Purple Eye to scout the route and found Kirigakure sentries guarding it closely.
• Uchiha Yue reached a point ten li from Mandarin Fish Town, saw the overwhelming number of Kirigakure ninja, and devised a near-fatal plan to save Minako.

Uchiha Yue trained outside Mandarin Fish Town after discovering how heavily it was guarded, while the Shinobi World reacted to Asura’s disappearance and Konoha searched for him. Once he had reached peak condition, Yue openly approached the town, revealing that he intended to enter a meeting alone.

• Uchiha Yue took ten days to reach Mandarin Fish Town as Kirigakure’s hidden sentries slowed his progress.
• While Yue was missing, ninja villages discussed exploiting his challenge against Kirigakure, and the Third Hokage decided Konoha would help him despite opposition.
• Konoha searched for Yue, while Uchiha Fugaku chiefly worried about the fate of Yue’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yue stayed outside Mandarin Fish Town for half a month, training with Star and keeping his Mangekyō Sharingan activated.
• Uchiha Yue openly headed toward Mandarin Fish Town, and Kirigakure ninja watched him without attacking as his Purple Eye tracked their movements.
• Uchiha Yue declared that he would walk alone into the meeting, believing Uchiha Madara had not expected him to do so.

Uchiha Yue approached Mandarin Fish Town alone to rescue his mother, Minako, and intimidate the Kirigakure forces guarding her. At the town gates, Uchiha Madara saw through Yue’s brief loss of composure, and Yagura mocked him as nothing more than the legendary Asura.

• Uchiha Yue walked alone toward Mandarin Fish Town, using his calm, measured steps to unsettle the hidden Kirigakure ninja.
• Uchiha Yue used Purple Eye to count the forces in town and deduced that Uchiha Madara and the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, were there with the Shadow Guard.
• Uchiha Yue reached the town gates, where Yagura appeared with the Shadow Guard and the unconscious Uzumaki Minako.
• Uchiha Yue’s composure faltered when he saw his mother, and Uchiha Madara noticed the momentary lapse.
• Yagura, controlled by Uchiha Madara, told Uchiha Yue that the legendary Asura was nothing more than that.

Uchiha Yue confronted the controlled Fourth Mizukage Yagura and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to challenge Uchiha Madara’s genjutsu. Madara regained full control of Yagura and ordered Kirigakure to kill Yue, leaving him facing the village’s forces as he tried to save his mother.

• Uchiha Yue taunted Yagura and demanded that he release Uzumaki Minako or Kirigakure’s ninjas would die.
• Uchiha Yue used his Mangekyō Sharingan to weaken Uchiha Madara’s genjutsu and began awakening Yagura’s suppressed will.
• Uchiha Madara retook control of Yagura before Uchiha Yue could break the genjutsu.
• Uchiha Madara identified Uchiha Yue as the son of Uzumaki Minako and Uchiha Nara, declared victory in their second clash, and ordered Kirigakure to kill him.

Uchiha Yue concluded that Uchiha Madara was nearby and that the attack by twenty Kirigakure chunin was a test. He killed all twenty and challenged Madara, speaking through the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, to send stronger opponents.

• Uchiha Yue reasoned that Madara had to be near Kirigakure because he had taken control of the Fourth Mizukage Yagura so quickly.
• Uchiha Yue dodged the attacks of twenty Kirigakure chunin while using Purple Eye to study their movements.
• Uchiha Yue killed two chunin with Falling Moon Style: Sky-Breaking Slash and its Second Stage.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Sweeping Dash to kill the remaining eighteen chunin before reinforcements could reach him.
• Uchiha Madara praised Uchiha Yue through the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, and Uchiha Yue asked for stronger Kirigakure ninja to sharpen Fubuki.

Uchiha Yue fought the Kirigakure force sent against him while conserving chakra, then used Falling Moon Style: Flash Step to evade six jonin and began a powerful wind-style counterattack. He launched the jonin into the air, setting up the follow-up strike of his Gale Secret Art.

• Uchiha Madara, controlling Yagura, sent six Kirigakure jonin and twelve chunin to wear down Uchiha Yue.
• Uchiha Yue resolved to kill as many Kirigakure ninja as possible to reduce the guards protecting his mother, Uzumaki Minako.
• Uchiha Yue relied on Basic Shatter Step to evade the attackers and conserve chakra, while assessing the danger posed by the six jonin.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Flash Step to escape the jonin's pincer attack and reposition himself.
• Uchiha Yue unleashed Steel-Severing Flash: Wind Sweeps the Clouds, lifting the six jonin into the air, then began his Gale Secret Art follow-up.

Uchiha Yue slaughtered the Kirigakure force at Mandarin Fish Town and challenged the Fourth Mizukage Yagura to send more opponents. The remaining Kirigakure ninja backed away, shaken by the bloodshed.

• Uchiha Yue used Wind Sweeps the Clouds and Purple Eye to trap and target six Kirigakure jonin before unleashing Raging Wind Extinction Slash.
• Uchiha Yue killed all six jonin in three seconds with Fubuki Tachi, striking each in three vital places.
• Uchiha Yue used Sweeping Dash to kill the remaining twelve Kirigakure chunin in forty seconds.
• Uchiha Yue returned to face the Fourth Mizukage Yagura and taunted him to send more ninja to sharpen his blade.
• The Kirigakure ninja around Yagura stepped back, intimidated by Yue’s slaughter and the blood covering the ground.

Uchiha Yue used his Mangekyō Sharingan’s Amaterasu against the Kirigakure forces and then shaped the black flames into a barrier that split their remaining chunin into small groups. With the numerical advantage broken, he prepared to continue his slaughter.

• Uchiha Yue faced the remaining Kirigakure chunin and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan while evading their attacks.
• Uchiha Yue used Amaterasu, killing about thirty Kirigakure chunin and injuring others.
• Uchiha Yue gathered the black flames into the Amaterasu Flame Array, dividing the remaining chunin into isolated groups.
• Uchiha Madara watched through Yagura and was surprised by Uchiha Yue’s mastery of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yue prepared to attack the Kirigakure chunin in small groups.

Uchiha Yue killed all 120 Kirigakure chunin, then faced a coordinated assault by 54 Kirigakure jonin. He blocked their weapons and killed one jonin, while Uchiha Madara watched through Yagura and admired him, earning Yue the title Gale Swordmaster.

• Uchiha Yue used the Flame-Shining Formation to divide and massacre the remaining Kirigakure chunin while Uchiha Madara watched through Yagura.
• Uchiha Yue killed the last of Kirigakure's 120 chunin, leaving 54 jonin who were intimidated by his strength.
• Uchiha Madara ordered the 54 Kirigakure jonin to attack Uchiha Yue and end the test.
• Uchiha Yue blocked their concealed weapons with Falling Moon Style: Wind Barrier, then wounded and killed a jonin with Sweeping Dash and Steel-Severing Flash.
• Uchiha Madara praised Uchiha Yue as he fought, and Yue gained the title Gale Swordmaster.

Uchiha Yue fought the remaining Kirigakure jonin while trying to reach his mother, Uzumaki Minako, and gambled on a powerful attack to kill them quickly. After the enemy sacrificed five comrades to trap him, Yue was gravely wounded but faced the next assault with a faint smile.

• Uchiha Yue fought fifty-three Kirigakure jonin, killing several while growing exhausted from the battle.
• Uchiha Yue hid underground and decided he had to kill the remaining fifty Kirigakure jonin as quickly as possible.
• Uchiha Yue burst from hiding and used Wind Sweeps the Clouds to catch five Kirigakure jonin in a tornado.
• Uchiha Yue killed the five trapped jonin with Raging Wind Extinction Slash, while their comrades used them as bait.
• The Kirigakure jonin attacked Yue together, piercing his back with kunai and badly injuring his left leg.
• Uchiha Yue faced the approaching jonin with Fubuki Tachi and smiled as he acknowledged that he was bleeding.

Uchiha Yue used his Mangekyō Sharingan to kill five Kirigakure jonin, then revealed a blood-colored chakra transformation while surrounded by the remaining forty. He left the Kirigakure forces facing his newly unleashed power.

• Uchiha Yue killed the leading Kirigakure jonin with Falling Moon Style Eye Kill and then killed four more before the others avoided his gaze.
• Buliang Nanyou asked the Fourth Mizukage Yagura to intervene, but Uchiha Madara, controlling Yagura, ordered him to wait and planned to rescue Uchiha Yue later.
• Uchiha Yue endured the remaining forty Kirigakure jonin while wounded, keeping his eyes shut and tracking them with Purple Eye.
• Uchiha Yue opened his eyes and erupted in a powerful aura that made the Kirigakure jonin retreat.
• Uchiha Yue enveloped himself in blood-colored chakra and declared that the Kirigakure shinobi were about to die.