Recaps

Uchiha Ling defeated Shimura Danzo after Danzo repeatedly used Izanagi to survive, then escaped Danzo’s final sealing attack. With Danzo dead, Ling declared that Konoha would be at peace.

• Uchiha Ling waited as Danzo’s crushed body vanished, and Uchiha Setsuna identified the escape as Izanagi.
• Uchiha Ling attacked Danzo repeatedly, forcing him to use up the Sharingan on his arm and leaving him with no more chances to revive.
• Danzo revealed the Reverse Four-Symbols Sealing and tried to drag Uchiha Ling and Susanoo into its sealing sphere.
• Uchiha Ling moved Susanoo out of reach, and Danzo vanished inside the sealing crater.
• Uchiha Ling landed among the ruins and declared that Konoha would be at peace.

After Danzo’s downfall, Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed Uchiha Ling as his successor, and Konoha’s leaders and clans voiced near-unanimous support. Hiruzen prepared to submit Ling’s nomination to the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire, leaving Ling on the verge of becoming Fourth Hokage.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi acknowledged Danzo’s crimes and announced that he felt unfit to remain Hokage as the war neared its end.
• Hiruzen formally proposed Uchiha Ling as the Fourth Hokage, and Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha jonin immediately supported him.
• Uchiha Ling humbly declined at first, urging Hiruzen to maintain stability and consider other candidates.
• Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, Nara Shikaku, Hyuga Hiashi, and representatives of other clans and civilian jonin declared their support for Ling.
• Hiruzen announced that he would recommend Ling as the sole candidate to the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire.

Acting Hokage Uchiha Ling received Rasa’s offer to betray Pakura in exchange for support in Sunagakure’s surrender, then learned that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had attacked Konoha’s eastern border. He set out with Namikaze Minato to confront them personally, leaving Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade to manage the village and ongoing negotiations.

• Hatake Sakumo delivered Rasa’s secret offer, and Uchiha Ling ordered him to acknowledge it while keeping Pakura’s betrayal in mind.
• An Anbu reported that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had breached Konoha’s first eastern defensive line.
• Uchiha Ling ordered a Level Two Alert and summoned Namikaze Minato to join his expedition.
• Uchiha Ling left Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade in charge of Konoha and its negotiations with Sunagakure, the Cloud Village, and Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Ling and Namikaze Minato raced toward the eastern border to face the Mist attack.

Might Guy, Ebisu, and Genma Shiranui were hunted and brutally tormented by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist near Konoha's eastern border. As Juzo Biwa raised his sword to kill Guy, Guy wondered if his life was about to end.

• Might Guy led Ebisu and the badly injured Genma Shiranui in a desperate flight from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare, Jinin Akebino, Juzo Biwa, Munashi Jinpachi, Black Hoe Raiga, Suikazan Fuguki, and Kushimaru Hozuki toyed with the fleeing Genin and repeatedly blocked their escape.
• Juzo Biwa slammed Kubikiribōchō into the ground, knocking Guy, Ebisu, and Genma down and leaving them battered.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare pinned Guy to a tree with Nuibari while Black Hoe Raiga blasted Genma away and Munashi Jinpachi's explosion injured all three.
• Juzo Biwa declared the chase over and raised Kubikiribōchō over Guy as Guy feared he would die before surpassing Kakashi or proving himself to his father.

Might Duy arrived to save Guy and his companions from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and opened the first six of the Eight Inner Gates. He battled the Mist swordsmen at overwhelming speed and strength, leaving the fight unresolved as he held off five of them.

• Might Duy burst into the battlefield as Juzo Biwa prepared to strike Guy and declared that he would protect his son and his companions.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist mocked Duy, while Guy urged his father to run because he believed Duy could not defeat them.
• When Kushimaru Kuriarare attacked, Duy opened the first six Inner Gates, dodged Nuibari, and broke Kushimaru's arm with a punch.
• Juzo Biwa ordered the swordsmen to attack together, and Duy used Leaf Strong Whirlwind and his enhanced speed to counter their assault.
• Duy fought five of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist at once, forcing them back and alarming Raiga Kurosuki and Jinin Akebino.

Might Duy struggled to protect Guy, Ebisu, and Genma Shiranui from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and prepared to use the Gate of Death. Uchiha Ling stopped him and arrived with Namikaze Minato, then calmly assigned them targets among the swordsmen.

• Suikazan Fuguki urged the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to attack the injured Genin and break Duy's focus, and Kushimaru Hozuki went after Ebisu.
• Duy took a blow from Jinin Akebino and saved Ebisu by driving Kushimaru back, but his body was failing under the Gate of View.
• Duy told Guy, Ebisu, and Genma Shiranui to flee and began preparing to open the Gate of Death.
• Uchiha Ling stopped Duy's power from erupting and soothed his body with chakra, while Namikaze Minato arrived beside him.
• Duy accepted Ling's praise and invitation to join the Shadow Guard after returning to Konoha.
• Ling told Minato to finish the fight quickly and assigned himself the three swordsmen on the left.

Uchiha Ling and Minato overwhelmed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, killing five and forcing the last two to flee. Ling sent Minato after Suikazan Fuguki and pursued Kushimaru Hozuki himself.

• Uchiha Ling used Thunder God Descent to kill Juzo Biwa and destroy Kubikiribōchō.
• Minato fought Kushimaru Kuriarare with the Flying Thunder God Technique and wounded him with a Kunai.
• Uchiha Ling killed Jinin Akebino and Munashi Jinpachi, then shattered Raiga Kurosuki with Lightning Straight Thunder Axe.
• Minato killed Kushimaru Kuriarare by cutting his carotid artery.
• Suikazan Fuguki fled without Samehada while Kushimaru Hozuki escaped as water, and Ling sent Minato after Fuguki while he pursued Kushimaru.

Uchiha Ling pursued Kushimaru Hozuki to the coastal battlefield, where Kushimaru warned the Third Mizukage that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had been defeated. The Third Mizukage challenged Ling, but Ling’s Susanoo effortlessly stopped his Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

• Kushimaru Hozuki fled toward Kirigakure’s army while Uchiha Ling followed him, using him as bait to draw out the Third Mizukage.
• Kushimaru Hozuki reached the coastal battlefield and told the Third Mizukage that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had been defeated by Uchiha Ling.
• The Third Mizukage dismissed Kushimaru Hozuki’s warning and vowed to kill Ling himself.
• Uchiha Ling appeared at the edge of the battlefield and taunted the Third Mizukage.
• The Third Mizukage attacked with Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, but Ling’s fourth-form Susanoo withstood the water dragons without damage.

Uchiha Ling crushed the Kirigakure forces, captured the Third Mizukage, and ended the invasion. The Third Mizukage killed himself, and Ling ordered Konoha to clear the battlefield and report the victory.

• Uchiha Ling used Perfect Susanoo to smash the reef and defeat the Third Mizukage, leaving him gravely wounded and capturing him with chakra chains.
• The surviving Kirigakure Ninja panicked and fled as Konoha's forces secured the battlefield.
• The Third Mizukage recognized the disaster his invasion had caused and cursed Uchiha Ling before taking a hidden poison capsule and dying.
• Uchiha Ling ordered Konoha to clear the battlefield, tally its results, and report Kirigakure's defeat and the Third Mizukage's death to the army and the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Ling returned to Konoha after defeating Kirigakure and ending the war, and the village celebrated his victory as he prepared to become Fourth Hokage. Kushina welcomed him with affection while Tsunade’s jealousy surfaced, leaving the three of them in a tense exchange.

• Konoha’s villagers and shinobi gathered to celebrate Uchiha Ling’s return and his victory over Kirigakure.
• Ling greeted Kushina and Tsunade, while Tsunade concealed her jealousy as Kushina openly welcomed him.
• Nara Shikaku formally congratulated Ling on behalf of Konoha’s leadership.
• After the ceremony, Kushina asked about Ling’s battle and tried to check him for injuries, but he gently stopped her.
• Tsunade rebuked Ling about continuing his training, and Kushina defended him, prompting a tense exchange between the two women.

Uchiha Ling shared a drunken dinner with Kushina and Tsunade, whose jealousy surfaced as they argued over their feelings for him. Ling declared that both women were important to him before passing out, leaving them stunned.

• Rin invited Kushina and Tsunade to dinner at Ling's home to celebrate the end of the Third Shinobi World War.
• After drinking, Kushina told Ling how much she had worried about him while he was away, and Tsunade praised his achievements.
• Tsunade admitted that Ling's actions made it impossible for her not to notice him, prompting Kushina to confront her over Ling being her lover.
• Tsunade and Kushina argued about their feelings for Ling until he stopped them and called them his sun and moon, saying they were both his wings.
• Ling fell asleep in his chair after declaring that he would make room for both women in his plan to unite the Shinobi World.

After Uchiha Ling got drunk and slept between Kushina and Tsunade, the three woke to an awkward morning. Ling reassured Kushina that she was the most important person to him, easing her hurt and changing her attitude toward Tsunade, while Tsunade left with conflicted feelings.

• Kushina and Tsunade carried the sleeping Uchiha Ling to bed, then lay down on either side of him despite their awkwardness.
• Uchiha Ling woke with Kushina resting on his arm and Tsunade pinning his leg, and Tsunade fled after remembering the previous night.
• Kushina woke and blushed as she recalled sharing the bed with Ling and Tsunade.
• Uchiha Ling apologized for drinking too much and assured Kushina that she was the most important person to him, and Kushina accepted his hand and relaxed.
• Tsunade returned with hangover tea, saw Ling and Kushina holding hands, and told them to drink before returning to work.

After the four great villages submitted to Konoha, Uchiha Ling invited their leaders to a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron to set postwar terms and shape a new order. Ling traveled with Namikaze Minato and Might Duy and arrived at Sanlang City, ready to meet the four Kage.

• The Hidden Mist, Hidden Stone, Hidden Cloud, and Sunagakure submitted to Konoha after the Third Mizukage's battlefield suicide and Konoha's victory.
• Uchiha Ling announced a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron to discuss postwar arrangements and peace.
• Might Duy recovered from his Eight Inner Gates injuries, while Tsunade and Kushina saw Ling off as he departed for the summit with Namikaze Minato and Duy.
• Ling considered how to use the villages' competing interests to pursue territorial concessions, reparations, and his plans for unification and productivity.
• Ling, Minato, and Duy reached Sanlang City, where Ling prepared to meet the four Kage.

At the Five Kage Summit, the Mist Marshal, Ōnoki, A, and Chiyo each declared their village’s position on ending the war. Uchiha Ling then announced harsh indemnities and territorial concessions, leaving the other factions to face Konoha’s terms.

• Mifune officially opened the Five Kage Summit in Sanlang City and invited the factions to present their positions.
• The Mist Marshal offered Kirigakure’s unconditional surrender, while Ōnoki offered Iwagakure’s apology, an indemnity, and the return of border outposts.
• A declared Kumogakure’s defeat but refused to grovel, and Chiyo unexpectedly accepted all of Konoha’s proposed terms without hearing them.
• Uchiha Ling demanded that the villages reduce their military strength and pay Konoha for peace.
• Uchiha Ling set out enormous war indemnities and land or resource concessions for Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure.

Uchiha Ling imposed severe reparations and military restrictions on the four great hidden villages, while Rasa accepted Konoha’s terms on Sunagakure’s behalf. Ling gave the remaining Kage one day to reconsider, and Shikaku predicted they would ultimately submit.

• Uchiha Ling read out terms requiring the four hidden villages to pay reparations, limit their forces, surrender forbidden techniques and Scrolls of Seals, and accept Konoha’s oversight.
• A, Ōnoki, and the Mist Marshal rejected the terms, calling them destructive and impossible to accept.
• Rasa declared that Sunagakure accepted all of Konoha’s terms and presented its sealed acceptance to Mifune.
• Uchiha Ling gave the remaining Kage one day to reconsider before leaving the meeting hall with Minato, Dai, and Nara Shikaku.
• Uchiha Ling asked Shikaku whether the other villages would accept, and Shikaku predicted they would submit after at most a final struggle over details.
• Uchiha Ling said the next day would mark the establishment of a new order in the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Ling forced the defeated villages to accept Konoha’s final terms, including a permanent Konoha garrison in Kirigakure. After the representatives signed the treaties, Ling declared the Third Shinobi World War over and left the Shinobi World under a new order led by Konoha.

• A and Ōnoki offered lower payments and reduced land concessions, while Genji pleaded for Kirigakure to keep its islands and avoid the full compensation.
• Uchiha Ling rejected A and Ōnoki’s counteroffers and made them accept his original terms.
• Ling reduced Kirigakure’s compensation but demanded that Konoha permanently station a five-hundred-soldier battalion there, and Genji accepted all the terms.
• A, Ōnoki, Chiyo, and Genji stamped the treaties, with Mifune signing as a witness.
• Uchiha Ling declared the Third Shinobi World War officially over and left the hall with his subordinates.

Uchiha Ling returned to the Hidden Leaf Village and learned that Sunagakure had betrayed Pakura by revealing her location. He approved Orochimaru’s plan to frame taking Pakura as a strategic effort to strengthen the village’s bloodlines, despite the likely effect on Tsunade and Kushina.

• Uchiha Ling left the cheering villagers and met Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru in the Hokage Office.
• Hatake Sakumo gave Uchiha Ling a secret letter from Rasa containing Pakura’s location and details about her escorts.
• Orochimaru proposed that Uchiha Ling unite with Pakura to bring her Scorch Release Kekkei Genkai into the Hidden Leaf Village’s bloodline.
• Orochimaru offered to present the plan as a village strategy and send his report to Tsunade and Uzumaki Kushina.
• Uchiha Ling approved Orochimaru’s proposal and promised to fund his laboratory after the Five Great Nations paid compensation.
• Hatake Sakumo pledged to help ensure the operation to receive Pakura went smoothly.

Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizo betrayed Pakura by sending her into an ambush arranged with Uchiha Ling, who exposed their plot and took her to Konoha. Imprisoned and devastated, Pakura began considering survival and revenge after Orochimaru urged her to serve Ling, though she had not yet agreed.

• Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizo falsely told Pakura that negotiations with Konoha had failed and ordered her to ambush a Konoha squad, intending to sacrifice her for political gains.
• Uchiha Ling appeared in the canyon, killed Pakura’s subordinates, defeated her, and showed her proof that Sunagakure’s leaders had betrayed her.
• Uchiha Ling had his Anbu take the despondent Pakura to Konoha, where she remained imprisoned and unresponsive for several days.
• Orochimaru urged Pakura to survive, gain strength, and seek revenge by serving Uchiha Ling, and she asked for time to think.
• Orochimaru reported Pakura’s wavering resolve to Uchiha Ling, who promised him research funds for handling her.

Uchiha Ling rejected the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire’s demand for most of Konoha’s war reparations by killing the envoy who delivered it. He declared that Konoha would break from the old order and choose its own path.

• An Anbu informed Uchiha Ling that an envoy from the Feudal Lord’s residence had arrived seeking an immediate audience.
• Tachibana Yusuke ordered Konoha to send seventy percent of its war reparations to the Feudal Lord’s residence and summoned Ling to the capital for the Fourth Hokage’s ceremony.
• Ling ignored Tachibana’s demand and killed him with a swift strike when the envoy threatened him with defiance.
• Ling ordered Tachibana’s terrified attendant to leave, then told Hatake Sakumo that Konoha would no longer let nobles decide the fate of ninja.

Uchiha Ling launched a campaign against the Land of Fire’s nobles after the Feudal Lord demanded most of the war reparations, sending Hatake Sakumo’s vanguard toward the capital. After the Leaf forces seized Maple Song City, the Feudal Lord called for propaganda against Ling while Ling ordered Sakumo to keep advancing.

• Uchiha Ling rallied a thousand shinobi beneath Kage Rock and declared that the Leaf would march on the capital and purge the Feudal Lord’s court.
• Uchiha Ling appointed Hatake Sakumo commander of the vanguard and ordered him to lead the troops toward the capital, killing anyone who resisted.
• Hatake Sakumo’s forces captured Maple Song City, killed its lord and resisting nobles, and seized their wealth and residences.
• The Feudal Lord reacted to Maple Song City’s fall with shock and ordered newspapers to condemn Uchiha Ling.
• Uchiha Ling dismissed the newspaper’s accusations and told Hatake Sakumo to ignore them and continue the advance.

Hatake Sakumo’s Leaf forces captured Whetstone City, Red Rock City, and Greenwood City, leaving the Land of Fire’s nobles and Feudal Lord in panic. With outside villages refusing to intervene, the Feudal Lord begged Uchiha Ling to stop the advance and invoked his distant family connection to Tsunade.

• Hatake Sakumo led the Leaf army to seize Whetstone City and kill its lord, advisers, and nobles.
• The Feudal Lord ordered protection missions sent to the other shinobi villages, but none agreed to oppose Uchiha Ling and the Leaf.
• The Leaf captured Red Rock City and Greenwood City in a single day, triggering mass panic and desertions in the capital.
• The Feudal Lord wrote to Uchiha Ling, offered increased funding and loyalty, and pleaded for mercy by claiming a distant family tie through Tsunade.
• Newspapers across the Land of Fire shifted their coverage to praise the Hokage’s army as it advanced toward the capital.

Uchiha Ling used the Feudal Lord’s plea and his distant family connection to Tsunade to make her mediate, while insisting on terms that would place the Land of Fire’s monarchy under his control. After Tsunade agreed to secure the Feudal Lord’s submission, Ling pressed her for personal “sincerity.”

• Uchiha Ling brought the Feudal Lord’s plea for mercy to Tsunade and pointed out the claimed family connection.
• Tsunade admitted the Feudal Lord and nobles deserved punishment but asked Ling to let her handle the matter to help stabilize the situation.
• Uchiha Ling demanded that the Feudal Lord and his successors obey him and that he personally appoint all future heirs.
• Tsunade agreed to make the Feudal Lord accept Ling’s terms.
• Uchiha Ling took Tsunade’s hand and began touching her neck and collar, teasing her about owing him a favor.

Uchiha Ling halted Konoha’s advance and authorized surrender negotiations with Tsunade as its representative. In Konoha, Orochimaru persuaded Pakura to pledge loyalty to Ling, then circulated a report urging Ling to unite with women from powerful bloodlines and produce heirs for the village.

• Hatake Sakumo halted Konoha’s advance and ordered the troops to build defensive fortifications.
• The Feudal Lord received Ling’s authorization for negotiations, and Tsunade set out for the capital under Uchiha Military Police escort.
• Orochimaru confronted Pakura with Sunagakure’s betrayal and persuaded her to join Konoha and accept the prospect of bearing Ling’s children.
• Orochimaru submitted a report to Ling arguing that strengthening and continuing Konoha’s powerful bloodlines was a duty to the village.
• Copies of Orochimaru’s report reached Tsunade’s temporary office and the intelligence summaries available to Uzumaki Kushina.

Uzumaki Kushina confronted Orochimaru over his report proposing that Uchiha Ling pursue women with exceptional bloodlines, but Orochimaru persuaded her that the plan would protect Konoha and their future children. Ling reassured Kushina that she would always be his chosen wife, though her resentment and wariness toward the report and the women it might bring remained.

• Uzumaki Kushina read Orochimaru's bloodline report, grew furious, and stormed into his laboratory to confront him.
• Orochimaru defended the proposal by invoking the destruction of Uzushio and arguing that strength would protect Ling's future order and Kushina's children.
• Kushina struggled with Orochimaru's argument, reluctantly accepted it, and ran to Uchiha Ling's office.
• Kushina asked Ling whether bloodline optimization was truly necessary, and Ling promised she would always be his chosen wife.
• Kushina took comfort in Ling's embrace but retained resentment toward the report and suspicion of the women who might join his household.

Uchiha Ling exchanged for Kyoka Suigetsu, a rule-level power that could safely extract the Nine-Tails from Kushina. He told Kushina she could be freed from the tailed beast, and she eagerly agreed; Ling then said he needed to speak with the Nine-Tails first.

• Uchiha Ling found Kyoka Suigetsu in the system and exchanged 120000 Emotion Points for its rule-level power.
• Uchiha Ling absorbed Kyoka Suigetsu's knowledge and concluded it could prevent any harm to Kushina during the Nine-Tails' extraction.
• Uchiha Ling told Kushina he could extract the Nine-Tails without endangering her life, body, or soul.
• Kushina agreed to the extraction, saying she wanted freedom and a future without fear for their children.
• Uchiha Ling promised to free Kushina and said he would first talk to the Nine-Tails inside her.