Recaps

Uchiha Genya declared his ambition to unite the entire Ninja World under his rule, and the system issued him a quest to take control of the Land of Fire. He left Nara Shikaku and the others inspired despite the risks of provoking every major nation.

• Uchiha Genya told his followers he would abolish the existing leadership system and unite every country in the Ninja World under his authority.
• Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi questioned whether such a sweeping plan could succeed, but Genya urged them to help shape history and promised to share its glory.
• The system issued Main Quest Four, requiring Genya to gain effective control of over 80% of the Land of Fire and promising a Myriad World Lottery draw.
• Genya considered the scattered nobles who still held power across the Land of Fire and decided the quest could justify a more aggressive approach to controlling them.
• Nara Shikaku warned that Genya's ambition would set him against the entire Ninja World, but Genya and Shikaku accepted the danger and believed they might prevail.

After the Konoha meeting, Fugaku urged Xuanye to marry and pass on Blaze Release, offering him a list of eligible Uchiha women. Xuanye rejected the matchmaking for now, and Fugaku left after reminding him that the Hokage should have a family.

• Xuanye dismissed the meeting and said Konoha would focus on development and training while working toward controlling the Land of Fire.
• Fugaku asked Xuanye about Blaze Release, and Xuanye explained how he had developed it and offered to make its training scroll public once the technique was stable.
• Fugaku clarified that he wanted Xuanye to marry and pass the new Kekkei Genkai to his descendants, then presented a list of eligible Uchiha women.
• Xuanye declined to choose a wife, and Fugaku dropped the subject after warning him that carrying on the bloodline was important.

Xuanye left the Hokage Office with Matatabi and Kaho to release Isobu and offer him a Summoning Contract instead of keeping him sealed. Isobu greeted Xuanye calmly, expecting him to honor his promise and grant him some freedom.

• After Fugaku left, Kaho asked Xuanye why he had refused the Uchiha clan leader’s offer to find him a wife, and Xuanye warned her about her unfinished work and Sealing Techniques.
• Xuanye decided Kaho needed a teacher, while Kaho privately imagined that Xuanye might be interested in her.
• Xuanye took Matatabi and Kaho out, then remembered that Isobu had remained sealed in a scroll since the battle in Kirigakure.
• Xuanye explained that he preferred equal Summoning Contracts with cooperative Tailed Beasts over sealing them inside Jinchuriki.
• At a lake in the Forest of Death, Xuanye released Isobu from the scroll, and Isobu greeted him calmly, expecting him to fulfill his promise.

Xuanye arranged for Isobu to sign a Summoning Contract with Hong Dou and himself, giving them access to the Three-Tails’ chakra while keeping the agreement secret. He then left Konoha with Kaho to find Tsunade, who was traveling with Shizune and evading creditors.

• Xuanye offered Isobu a choice of contractor, and Isobu chose Hong Dou over Kaho.
• Xuanye, Hong Dou, and Isobu signed Summoning Contracts, and Isobu gave each of them a chakra clone to help them learn to control his power.
• Isobu questioned Xuanye’s interest in Tailed Beast chakra, and Xuanye denied wanting to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki or harm Isobu.
• Xuanye warned Hong Dou to keep the contract secret and encouraged her to treat Tailed Beasts as beings rather than monsters.
• Xuanye sent Hong Dou back to the Hokage Office, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Kaho outside Konoha in search of Tsunade.

Xuanye took Kaho to the Land of Hot Water to find Tsunade, hoping Kaho could learn Medical Ninjutsu from her and obtain powerful forbidden techniques. After arriving, Xuanye told Matatabi to gather her followers so they could begin searching.

• Xuanye judged Kaho's limited abilities and considered Karin the more promising Uzumaki to train.
• Xuanye told Kaho they were going to meet someone from her clan who could teach her Medical Ninjutsu and instructed her to learn forbidden techniques as well.
• Xuanye hired a carriage and traveled with Kaho toward the Land of Hot Water, where reports had placed Tsunade.
• Xuanye and Kaho entered the Land of Hot Water after a day and a night on the road, and local women tried to entice Xuanye into hot spring establishments.
• Xuanye told Matatabi to gather her Ninja Cat followers so they could get to work.

Xuanye found Tsunade gambling in a casino and offered the Hokage's official seal as collateral for two billion ryō. The casino fell silent as people recognized the Fifth Hokage, while Tsunade faced him with suspicion.

• Matatabi gathered stray cats and learned about their target, while Xuanye teased her about acting like a cat.
• Xuanye and Kaho found Tsunade gambling with Shizune, who tried to stop her from losing their last money.
• Tsunade tricked Shizune into handing over the bills and placed them on the table for the next dice round.
• Xuanye arrived and said there really was a handsome man in the casino, drawing Shizune's attention.
• Tsunade recognized Xuanye as an Uchiha and sensed danger but remained at the table, partly because she noticed Kaho's red hair.
• Xuanye offered the Hokage's official seal as collateral for two billion ryō, and the casino fell silent.

Xuanye confronted a casino owner in the Land of Hot Water after winning a two-billion-ryō wager against Tsunade. He demanded two and a half billion ryō in total, leaving the terrified owner to face the consequences of refusing him.

• Xuanye wagered two billion ryō on small while Tsunade bet her remaining money on big.
• The dice came up small, and Xuanye collected the winnings, including Tsunade's stake.
• Xuanye demanded his winnings from the casino owner, who offered to pay only five hundred million ryō.
• Xuanye used his Mangekyō Sharingan to intimidate the owner and insisted the casino owed him his original stake and winnings.
• Xuanye smashed the table and made clear that the Land of Hot Water might pay the debt, but the owner would suffer if he refused.

Xuanye killed the casino owner's enforcers after the owner threatened him, then demanded that the owner send two and a half billion ryo to Konoha within a month. The casino owner feared the consequences, while Tsunade recognized the truth of the rumors about Xuanye's speed and abilities.

• The casino owner threatened Xuanye and sent more than a dozen enforcers to force him out.
• Xuanye used a burst of speed and an ice blade to kill all the enforcers before the others could react.
• Tsunade watched Xuanye's attack and recognized his lightning-fast movement and Ice Release.
• Xuanye ordered the casino owner to send two and a half billion ryo to Konoha within a month, or face the consequences.
• The casino owner went pale, and the people in the room edged away from Xuanye in fear.

Uchiha Genya persuaded Tsunade to dine with him by offering to pay, and she accepted because she and Shizune were out of money. Over an extravagant meal, Genya considered how Tsunade’s losing streak could be turned into a source of profit, while Tsunade bristled at his suggestion that Shizune had been the one supporting her.

• Genya introduced himself to Tsunade as Konoha’s Fifth Hokage after killing the men in the casino, but Tsunade refused his handshake.
• Genya offered to buy Tsunade and Shizune a meal and pointed out that Shizune was suffering alongside her, persuading Tsunade to talk with him.
• Tsunade ordered every expensive dish and the restaurant’s priciest wine, intending to make Genya pay.
• Genya reflected that Tsunade’s near-constant gambling losses could make her a useful way to earn money, but he kept the idea to himself.
• Genya remarked on how hard Shizune must have worked caring for Tsunade, and Tsunade insisted that she had been the one caring for Shizune.

Genya told Tsunade how he became Fifth Hokage by exposing evidence against his opponents and winning the Jonin Council’s support. After he revealed that four prominent clans had dissolved, Tsunade suspected he had arranged the Daimyo’s death.

• Tsunade and Genya bickered over food and manners as they ate together.
• Tsunade asked how Genya had become Hokage, and he said he had killed Shimura Danzō, found leverage against the Third Hokage’s faction, and secured the Jonin Council’s support through proper channels.
• Genya claimed he had inherited Senju Tobirama’s ideals and rid Konoha of its worst parasites.
• Genya revealed that he had uncovered embezzlement by the Sarutobi, Shimura, Mitokado, and Utatane clans, and that all four clans had since dissolved.
• Tsunade questioned whether Genya had killed the clans, but he said they disbanded to protect themselves after Sarutobi Hiruzen’s recent actions.
• Tsunade suspected Genya had arranged the Daimyo’s death, since Genya had ultimately benefited from it.

Xuanye revealed that Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other families had embezzled about fifty billion ryo, stirring Tsunade’s anger and renewing her concern for Konoha. He offered her funding to return and establish a Shinobi hospital and education reforms, but she had not yet accepted.

• Xuanye denied involvement in Sarutobi Hiruzen’s downfall, and Tsunade suspected he had engineered it.
• Xuanye told Tsunade that the embezzlement amounted to roughly fifty billion ryo.
• Tsunade was enraged by the revelation and recalled how the lack of funding had blocked her medical Shinobi program and left wounded Shinobi without supplies.
• Tsunade said she no longer wanted to be a Shinobi or return to Konoha, but Xuanye offered to make her head of the Medical Department and fund her plans.
• Tsunade cited her Hemophobia as a reason she could not serve, and Xuanye proposed that she establish a Shinobi hospital and help reform education.

Xuanye tried to persuade Tsunade to return to Konoha by offering her the title of Daimyo of the Land of Fire, but she refused because she would not become his puppet. He then introduced her to Kaho, a surviving member of the Uzumaki Clan.

• Kakuzu counted the Daimyo Mansion’s assets while Konoha held the young Daimyo’s money until he came of age.
• Xuanye offered Tsunade the positions of Elder or Hokage Assistant, but she rejected the idea of taking over Danzo’s job.
• Xuanye offered to appoint Tsunade Daimyo of the Land of Fire, arguing that her claim outranked the surviving four-year-old heir.
• Tsunade refused the offer because she did not want to be Xuanye’s puppet, and Xuanye decided not to press her further.
• Xuanye introduced Kaho to Tsunade as one of the few surviving members of the Uzumaki Clan.

Xuanye pressured Tsunade to take Uzumaki Kaho as her apprentice, hoping to gain access to Tsunade’s medical and Senju techniques and eventually bring her back to Konoha. Tsunade agreed after demanding a gift, while Xuanye planned to use Kaho to influence her.

• Xuanye brought Uzumaki Kaho to Tsunade and proposed her as a medical apprentice because of her Uzumaki blood and constitution.
• Tsunade recognized that Xuanye wanted a spy near her and resisted, while Xuanye suggested taking Shizune back to Konoha instead.
• Tsunade refused to let Shizune go, and Kaho pleaded dramatically for Tsunade to accept her.
• Tsunade compared Xuanye to Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo, and Xuanye dismissed them as incompetent schemers.
• Xuanye made Tsunade choose between letting him take Shizune and accepting Kaho as her apprentice.
• Tsunade agreed to take Kaho if she brought a gift, and Xuanye planned to use Kaho to persuade Tsunade to return to Konoha.

Hunted across the Land of Rice Fields after being framed for the Daimyo’s murder, Sarutobi Hiruzen grieved the destruction of his clan and vowed revenge on Uchiha Genya. Obito appeared and considered recruiting him into the Akatsuki Organization rather than claiming his bounty.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen rested in the wilderness while bounty hunters pursued him and an unknown ally secretly supplied him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that the Sarutobi Clan had been dissolved, Sarutobi Shinnosuke had committed seppuku, and his daughter-in-law had hanged herself.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen mourned his family, wondered why Asuma Sarutobi would not meet him, and swore to wipe out the Uchiha Family.
• Obito appeared before Sarutobi Hiruzen, and his Earth Dragon Bullet passed through Obito without harm.
• Obito decided that Sarutobi Hiruzen was worth recruiting into the Akatsuki Organization.

Obito tried to recruit Sarutobi Hiruzen into the Akatsuki Organization, but Hiruzen mistook him for Danzo and insulted him for hiding behind a false identity. Hiruzen then asked whether Obito or Danzo had caused the Nine-Tails attack, while Obito reflected on how even Akatsuki members bullied him.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen mistook Obito for Danzo and became emotional at the thought that his old friend was alive.
• Obito denied being Danzo and invited Hiruzen to join the Akatsuki Organization.
• Hiruzen recognized Obito as the man who had pretended to be Uchiha Madara and mocked his hidden identity.
• Obito told Hiruzen that the Akatsuki Organization was his only refuge because the rest of the Ninja World wanted his bounty.
• Hiruzen asked whether Obito or Danzo had been responsible for the Night of the Nine-Tails.
• Obito recalled that the Akatsuki members looked down on him despite his role as the organization's mastermind.

Obito recruited Sarutobi Hiruzen into the Akatsuki Organization after convincing him that Uchiha Genya had framed him and Danzo. Meanwhile, Xuanye helped Uzumaki Kaho become Tsunade’s disciple, then secretly followed Tsunade to a casino and won hundreds of millions by betting against her.

• Obito admitted that he had released the Nine-Tails and driven Namikaze Minato to his death, while Sarutobi Hiruzen blamed Uchiha Genya for framing Danzo and orchestrating his own downfall.
• Obito persuaded Sarutobi Hiruzen to join him against Uchiha Genya and described the Eye of the Moon Plan as a path to a world without pain.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen cut a line through his Forehead Protector and followed Obito as a Rogue Ninja.
• Xuanye oversaw Uzumaki Kaho’s apprenticeship under Tsunade, making Kaho Shizune’s junior disciple.
• Tsunade secretly took the thirty million ryo gift to a casino, where Xuanye disguised himself and bet against her until she lost it all.
• Xuanye won back the gift and several hundred million ryo, prompting the casino owner to close the establishment.

After winning back Tsunade’s gambling money, Xuanye claimed it as a contribution to Konoha’s development and explained that Tsunade’s medical training program would receive funding in stages. The next day, Tsunade blamed Xuanye for the lost money, leaving Shizune doubtful and considering a return to Konoha.

• Xuanye revealed himself to Tsunade after winning back more than thirty million ryō and sealed the money in a scroll.
• Tsunade accused Xuanye of deliberately giving her the apprenticeship money because he knew she would gamble it away.
• Xuanye said Konoha needed the money for expansion and development, and promised to fund the Medical Department in stages.
• Tsunade refused Xuanye’s offer of late-night food and returned to the inn in anger.
• Uzumaki Kaho began her studies, and Tsunade told Shizune that Xuanye had taken all the money.
• Shizune disbelieved Tsunade, considered returning to Konoha with Uchiha Genya, and worried about inheriting Tsunade’s debts.

Xuanye studied the Senju Clan’s Secret Techniques in front of Tsunade and stunned her by quickly mastering Monster Strength, a technique she thought an Uchiha could not learn. After he paid her a large sum, Tsunade let him continue studying the remaining techniques while she taught Kaho Medical Ninjutsu.

• Xuanye read Tsunade’s ninjutsu scrolls while she taught Kaho, and Tsunade questioned why an Uchiha would study Yang Release techniques.
• Xuanye demonstrated Monster Strength, shocking Tsunade by mastering the Senju Secret Technique in less than a day.
• Xuanye explained that he wanted to combine Monster Strength, the Strength of a Hundred Technique, and the Yin Seal to recreate Senju Hashirama’s Sage Body.
• Xuanye offered Tsunade a considerable sum of money, and she gave in to the temptation and stopped objecting to his studying the techniques.
• Tsunade turned back to teaching Kaho Medical Ninjutsu while Xuanye continued studying the Senju Secret Techniques.

Xuanye studied the Yin Seal as a way to store Senjutsu Chakra, and he decided Shikkotsu Forest was the safest of the Three Sacred Lands to pursue. Tsunade refused to give him the Katsuyu Summoning Scroll, then struggled to teach Kaho Uzumaki, while Xuanye admitted he had sent Kaho because she lacked talent.

• Xuanye finished mastering Monster Strength and began studying the Yin Seal, hoping to store Senjutsu Chakra for battle.
• Xuanye considered the risks of Ryūchi Cave and Mount Myoboku and decided he preferred Shikkotsu Forest's Senjutsu and Katsuyu.
• Xuanye asked Tsunade for the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Scroll, but Tsunade refused because it was meant to remain with her family.
• Tsunade grew impatient as Kaho Uzumaki struggled with basic Chakra control and questioned whether she was truly from the Uzumaki Clan.
• Xuanye told Tsunade that he had handed Kaho over to her precisely because Kaho had no talent.

Xuanye pressured Tsunade for Senju techniques and Shikkotsu Forest’s summoning scroll while training his Yin Seal and investigating Yin-Yang Release. Tsunade refused to give him the scroll, and Xuanye learned that she still cared about Konoha.

• Xuanye used Kaho’s Uzumaki heritage to obtain Senju secret techniques from Tsunade, then threatened to send her daughter Karin to Tsunade if she would not cooperate.
• Xuanye began forming a Yin Seal and reflected on his failed attempts to master Yin-Yang Release, which he suspected he needed to evolve his Mangekyō.
• Tsunade challenged Xuanye for neglecting Konoha, and he invited her to return after recognizing that she still cared about the village.
• Xuanye asked when Tsunade would give Kaho the Shikkotsu Forest summoning scroll, but Tsunade refused, calling it a family heirloom.

Xuanye rejected Tsunade’s attempt to make him her disciple unless she agreed to return to Konoha, while Tsunade refused to go back. Matatabi then reported that Xuanye’s plan in Kumogakure had likely succeeded and Yugito was being held captive.

• Tsunade questioned whether Xuanye was truly an Uchiha after seeing his talent for Yang Release, sealing, and medical ninjutsu.
• Tsunade tried to recruit Xuanye as her disciple and offered him the Summoning Scroll of Shikkotsu Forest if he came back to Konoha with her, but Xuanye refused and Tsunade rejected the return condition.
• Matatabi appeared and told Xuanye that Yugito had entered the Raikage’s office building and had not come out, while Kumogakure’s Anbu had been heavily mobilized.
• Xuanye asked whether the report was reliable, and Matatabi said the evidence strongly suggested his plan had worked.

Xuanye took the Senju secret technique scrolls and left Tsunade with Kaho while he used his Flying Thunder God marks to travel to Kumogakure. There, Yugito was summoned by A, who demanded that she release her Tailed Beast Chakra.

• Xuanye claimed the Senju Family's Secret Techniques and told Tsunade he was leaving Kaho with her, offering to cover their expenses through Konoha.
• Tsunade recognized that Xuanye had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique after he vanished from the room.
• Yugito remained under increased Anbu surveillance in Kumogakure's underground prison after Xuanye devastated Kirigakure using Lightning Release Chakra Mode and apparent Two-Tails power.
• A summoned Yugito to his office, where she sensed Anbu waiting nearby.
• A told Yugito to release her Tailed Beast Chakra.

Yugito was detained in Kumogakure after A concluded she had concealed the extraction of part of the Two-Tails’ Chakra and could no longer be trusted. As she sat awaiting the Raikage’s judgment, an unexpected voice spoke beside her.

• A questioned Yugito about the Lightning Release Chakra Mode and the loss of part of the Two-Tails’ Chakra, but she could not explain herself.
• A ordered guards to restrain Yugito, and she accepted the Iron Armor Seal without resisting.
• Anbu took Yugito to Kumogakure’s dungeon, where Yotsuki Clan Jonin guarded her while she awaited judgment.
• Yugito sat alone with an untouched meal, insisting that she had not told Uchiha Genya anything.
• An unfamiliar voice teasingly addressed Yugito from beside her ear.

Xuanye visited Yugito in her Kumogakure prison cell and tried to persuade her to leave with him, revealing that he had influenced her subconscious to conceal the extraction of Matatabi. Yugito remained furious and refused to betray Kumogakure, while Xuanye continued to taunt her.

• Yugito saw Xuanye in her cell, where he casually ate her meal and explained that he had placed a Flying Thunder God mark inside her.
• Yugito shouted for help, but Xuanye revealed that he had trapped the guards in an Illusion Technique.
• Xuanye offered Yugito a chance to escape her suffering and described how former Kirigakure families were treated in Konoha.
• Yugito rejected his offer and insisted that she would never betray Kumogakure.
• Xuanye admitted that his ocular technique had planted a suggestion that made Yugito hide the Tailed Beast extraction, and he taunted her about feeling framed.

Uchiha Genya offered Yugito a place in Konoha, insisting he wanted her as a capable ally while she suspected he was after Matatabi’s remaining chakra. Yugito became curious about the fighters Genya was gathering, but he left his larger purpose unexplained.

• Yugito accused Uchiha Genya of controlling her mind, while he privately welcomed her doubts as a sign she still had feelings.
• Genya invited Yugito to join Konoha and promised not to interfere with her freedom.
• Yugito rejected his assurances, suspecting he wanted the Tailed Beast Chakra still inside her.
• Matatabi watched their conversation without concern, content with her life alongside Genya.
• Genya cited Kirigakure clans that had joined him and asked why Yugito could not do the same.
• Yugito asked whether Genya was gathering fighters to start the Fourth Shinobi World War, and he replied that he might simply want more companions.