Recaps

Uchiha Yū managed the fallout from Uchiha He’s death by presenting it as a battlefield loss and arranging a memorial service, preventing the Uchiha Clan from turning against the village. As wartime casualties mounted, Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Yū’s role in avoiding a conflict and moved to accelerate an alliance with Iwagakure.

• Uchiha Yū published separate Konoha and international newspaper editions after the Hokage’s office ordered him to correct his reporting.
• Uchiha Yun advised Uchiha Yū to say that Uchiha He had died during a mission to attack Kumogakure, and Yū agreed to arrange a memorial service for the clan.
• Uchiha Yū announced Uchiha He’s battlefield death, and the Hokage’s office promised substantial compensation for ninja killed on missions.
• Uchiha Yū oversaw the burial of Uchiha He and other fallen ninja, declaring that the war was a mission to protect the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Uchiha He had actually been killed by a village traitor and concluded that Uchiha Yū had concealed the truth to prevent conflict.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi expedited alliance negotiations and pressed Iwagakure to choose a side.

Ōnoki offered to help Konoha encircle Kumogakure in exchange for the chance to kill the Third Raikage, and Hiruzen Sarutobi approved a plan to draw the Raikage into battle. Uchiha Yū received orders to prepare for the operation and warned Anko about the dangers of war.

• Ōnoki sent Hiruzen Sarutobi a proposal to deploy Iwagakure forces against Kumogakure if Konoha lured out the Third Raikage for them to kill.
• Danzo questioned whether Iwagakure could defeat the Raikage, while Mitokado Homura argued that Konoha should draw him toward the Land of Earth.
• Danzo proposed threatening the forces in Hatake Sakumo's leaderless war zone so the Third Raikage would bring powerful reinforcements into an encirclement by Konoha and Iwagakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the plan to deal Kumogakure a decisive blow and sent the orders to the ninja forces.
• Uchiha Yū learned that jōnin and chūnin would prepare to face the Raikage's reinforcements, while Anko eagerly asked what title she might earn in battle.
• Uchiha Yū reprimanded Anko and warned her that war was not a game, explaining that she was going to the battlefield only because the Third Hokage ordered it.

Uchiha Yū arranged for Anko to work safely as a medical assistant, then prepared to lead a new unit to the front lines. When Might Duy begged to join the unit, Uchiha Yū acknowledged his strength and accepted him.

• Uchiha Yū persuaded Anko to serve as his assistant and treat wounded shinobi in the hospital.
• Uchiha Yū gave Anko a letter for the Third Hokage and instructed her to deliver it promptly.
• Genin gathered outside Uchiha Yū's home near the Forest of Death, where the Radiation Element frightened them.
• Uchiha Yū interrupted an argument at the hospital and recognized the shinobi pleading to join the battlefield as Might Duy.
• Uchiha Yū praised Might Duy's taijutsu and told him to join the unit.

Uchiha Yū assembled Konoha’s forces and set out toward the front, warning them to remain alert despite Ōnoki’s agreement to cooperate. Ōnoki sent Kitsuchi to negotiate with Konoha, then rushed outside when an explosion revealed Deidara had caused trouble with his clay.

• Uchiha Yū recruited Might Duy as a special jōnin under his command and ordered the ninja around him to prepare for war.
• Uchiha Yū briefed the assembled force, placing the genin at the rear, assigning the Hyuga Clan to scout, and spreading the jōnin along the formation’s sides.
• Uchiha Yū departed with the force, staying in the center with Anko while keeping his Sharingan open for hidden threats.
• Ōnoki read the Hokage’s letter and sent Kitsuchi with Iwagakure’s ninja to negotiate with Konoha and discuss the benefits of cooperation.
• Ōnoki rushed outside after feeling the ground shake and found Deidara playing with clay instead of learning Earth Release ninjutsu.

Ōnoki ordered Deidara confined while Uchiha Yū led Konoha's exhausted shinobi toward the front and encountered Kitsuchi, who had come to coordinate Iwagakure's next steps. At camp, Uchiha Yū warned Hatake Sakumo that Kitsuchi might seek concessions, and Sakumo called the senior personnel together before meeting him.

• Ōnoki ordered Deidara kept inside, but Deidara secretly looked forward to proving his art in the coming war.
• Uchiha Yū led Konoha's shinobi across the country, pushing the genin onward despite their exhaustion and telling the Hyūga Branch Family to clear the way ahead.
• Kitsuchi stopped the force and said he had come under Ōnoki's orders to discuss the next phase of the plan with Hatake Sakumo.
• Uchiha Yū allowed Kitsuchi and his elite squad to travel along the outside of the formation, and the force reached camp before nightfall.
• Hatake Sakumo told Uchiha Yū that Kumogakure's commander remained unconscious, and Uchiha Yū warned him that Kitsuchi might be seeking advantages for Iwagakure.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered the senior personnel summoned and Kitsuchi brought to the tent so they could prepare for the meeting.

Uchiha Yū negotiated with Kitsuchi over Iwagakure's role in Konoha's campaign against Kumogakure, then explained how to draw the Third Raikage to the battlefield. The chapter left Konoha preparing to weaken Kumogakure's forces through repeated battles while keeping enemies alive and unable to fight.

• Kitsuchi told Uchiha Yū and the Konoha ninja that Iwagakure would target the Third Raikage, while Konoha handled the troops he brought.
• Uchiha Yū demanded that Iwagakure's elite troops help Konoha surround and kill the Two-Tails' jinchūriki, and Kitsuchi asked for three days to consult Ōnoki.
• Hatake Sakumo agreed to wait three days, and Uchiha Yū described Yugito Nii's reliance on the Two-Tails, her average fighting skills, and her speed and flames.
• Uchiha Yū explained that Konoha needed to threaten Kumogakure's forces enough to make them call the Third Raikage from the front lines.
• Uchiha Yū instructed Konoha to inflict repeated losses while severely wounding enemies instead of killing them, so Kumogakure would be forced to spend supplies and seek reinforcements.

Uchiha Yū prepared Konoha’s hospital and arranged for Might Duy to carry urgent messages as the coming war approached. At the Kumogakure camp, Bai Shi Xiaofu awoke, learned that Konoha’s reinforcements were nearing, and began preparing his forces for a major battle.

• Uchiha Yū sent genin, including Anko, to organize hospital supplies and warned Anko that the war’s cruelty would soon become clear.
• Uchiha Yū assigned Might Duy to deliver urgent letters to the Hokage during the war.
• Bai Shi Xiaofu awoke from his injuries, and Yugito Nii and a deputy officer updated him on the frontline situation.
• The deputy officer told Bai Shi Xiaofu that Konoha had sent reinforcements and supplies, and Bai Shi Xiaofu ordered Yugito Nii to use a Tailed Beast Ball against their troops when they gathered.
• Bai Shi Xiaofu planned to announce his recovery to steady Kumogakure’s morale, mislead Konoha’s spies, and lure enemy attackers into a trap.

Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Yū prepared Konoha’s forces for a direct clash with Kumogakure after Rōshi arrived as Iwagakure’s reinforcement. As both armies readied for battle the next morning, Bai Shi Xiaofu ordered Yugito Nii to strike Konoha’s assembled forces with a Tailed Beast Ball.

• Hatake Sakumo learned Bai Shi Xiaofu had awakened, and Uchiha Yū argued that the injured commander was bluffing and could not effectively lead the war.
• Kitsuchi arrived with Rōshi, Iwagakure’s Four-Tails jinchūriki, to support the mission against Kumogakure.
• Rōshi warned Hatake Sakumo that his full Tailed Beast Transformation could affect his mind, and Uchiha Yū offered to help restrain Yugito Nii.
• Hatake Sakumo set the attack for the following morning, and both Konoha and Kumogakure prepared for a daytime battle.
• Bai Shi Xiaofu told Yugito Nii to stop protecting him and use a Tailed Beast Ball against Konoha’s gathered forces.

Konoha’s forces advanced for a direct battle against Kumogakure, while the genin left behind found purpose in supporting the wounded. At the battlefield, Uchiha Yū and Rōshi charged to stop Yugito Nii from firing a Tailed Beast Ball, with Rōshi holding off the enemy forces as Uchiha Yū pushed ahead.

• Konoha’s army set out under Uchiha Yū’s command, while Hatake Sakumo remained behind as overall commander.
• Genma Shiranui doubted that the genin left in camp could help, but Anko Mitarashi argued that their medical support mattered and vowed to grow strong enough to fight beside Uchiha Yū.
• At the battlefield’s edge, Rōshi sensed a Tailed Beast in Kumogakure’s ranks and explained that his task was to fight Yugito Nii.
• Uchiha Yū and Rōshi sensed Yugito Nii forming a Tailed Beast Ball, so Uchiha Yū ordered the army to attack and charged with Rōshi.
• Uchiha Yū killed an approaching Kumogakure ninja, while Rōshi used Lava Release Chakra Mode and the Scorching River Rock Technique to open a path and hold back the enemy.

Uchiha Yū stopped Yugito Nii from forming a Tailed Beast Ball and fought her with Nuclear Release techniques. He blasted her away with Atomic Fission as radioactive steam filled the battlefield.

• Rōshi flooded the area with lava, allowing Uchiha Yū to break through the Kumogakure defenses and reach Yugito Nii.
• Uchiha Yū used the Hell Viewing Technique to interrupt Yugito Nii's Tailed Beast Ball, then dispersed it with a powerful punch.
• The Two-Tails explained that Uchiha Yū's attack had disrupted the Tailed Beast Ball, and Yugito Nii retaliated with a massive Great Fireball.
• Uchiha Yū countered with Nuclear Release: Nuclear Wastewater, filling the battlefield with radioactive steam.
• Uchiha Yū used Atomic Fission to blast Yugito Nii several meters away, where she felt radiation corroding her body's outer layer.

Uchiha Yū and Rōshi joined forces to overpower Yugito, while Four-Tails and Two-Tails agreed not to interfere in their jinchūriki’s battle. With Yugito’s agility making her hard to catch, Uchiha Yū used Sage Mode and a radioactive exoskeleton to control Four-Tails, leaving the battlefield stunned by the terrifying transformation.

• Uchiha Yū called for Rōshi to stop fighting the surrounding ninja and help him severely injure Yugito.
• Rōshi transformed into Four-Tails, and the two tailed beasts agreed to provide chakra without intervening in the battle.
• Rōshi grabbed Yugito, but her agility made it difficult for him to hold her as their clash spread fire and lava across the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yū offered to control Rōshi’s body, and Rōshi accepted his plan.
• Uchiha Yū entered Sage Mode and formed a purple radioactive exoskeleton over Four-Tails, alarming the watching ninja.

Uchiha Yū fought Yugito Nii while clad in a Susanoo-like armor powered by Rōshi and the Four-Tails, overwhelming her with a purple chakra sword. The battle continued with Yugito Nii forced to dodge, and a fatal strike threatened her neck as she leapt into the air.

• Uchiha Yū adapted to his fused armor and Four-Tails power while Rōshi helped restrain the beast’s dark influence.
• Uchiha Yū struck at Yugito Nii with a purple chakra longsword, and she met it head-on with her claws and flames.
• Uchiha Yū gradually forced Yugito Nii backward as the other fighters and tailed beasts watched the battle.
• The Four-Tails worried that Uchiha Yū might gain control of tailed beast power, but it remained loyal to Rōshi’s contract with him.
• Uchiha Yū’s attacks grew faster, and as Yugito Nii leapt to evade one, a fatal strike aimed at her neck.

Uchiha Yū captured the wounded Yugito Nii alive after Rōshi and the Four-Tails persuaded him to spare her, then withdrew as Kumogakure retreated from the battlefield. He ordered Yugito treated and directed that Hatake contact Ōnoki as the allied forces began their post-battle plans.

• Uchiha Yū battered Yugito Nii until she left her fully transformed tailed beast state and became severely weakened.
• Rōshi said the Four-Tails had disrupted his chakra output and asked Uchiha Yū to spare Yugito Nii, and Uchiha Yū stopped short of killing her.
• Uchiha Yū demanded that the Two-Tails remain quiet, and Rōshi confirmed that it had agreed as long as Yugito Nii stayed alive.
• Uchiha Yū injected Yugito Nii with a sedative and carried her away as Kumogakure's forces fell into chaos and retreated.
• Uchiha Yū ordered the medical ninja to treat Yugito Nii and the wounded, then told an aide to report to Hatake and have him contact Ōnoki.

After Konoha captured the Two-Tails jinchuriki, Uchiha Yū and Hatake Sakumo planned to draw the Third Raikage into an ambush with Ōnoki’s help. Uchiha Yū warned that Ōnoki might turn on Konoha once the Third Raikage was dead.

• Bai Shi Xiaofu ordered his troops to hold their position, then fainted after learning the camp faced fever, heavy casualties, and a shortage of medical supplies.
• Kumogakure’s battered camp sent a messenger to seek reinforcements from Lord Raikage.
• Konoha’s elite jonin reported Uchiha Yū’s power to the village, fearing the return of the Asura of the Shinobi World.
• Hatake Sakumo welcomed Uchiha Yū and confirmed that Ōnoki had prepared an ambush along the likely route of the Third Raikage.
• Uchiha Yū and Hatake Sakumo planned to let some Kumogakure messengers escape so the Third Raikage would take the faster land route.
• Uchiha Yū warned Hatake Sakumo that Ōnoki might attack Konoha after the Third Raikage’s death, so they needed to prepare for both outcomes.

Uchiha Yū and Hatake Sakumo planned to leave a secret support force behind before confronting the Third Raikage, while Yū warned the camp that the next battle would be deadly. He tested Anko’s medical training on a wounded ninja, then left her to help treat the injured as he turned to the Two-Tails and Dawn.

• Uchiha Yū and Hatake Sakumo agreed to secretly leave a support force behind because the planned ambush site was dangerously close to the Land of Earth.
• Uchiha Yū warned the celebrating ninja that the war was not over and ordered them back to their posts.
• Uchiha Yū postponed Anko’s welcome party and took her to the hospital to test her medical skills.
• Anko used a hammer to set a wounded ninja’s broken bone while Uchiha Yū supervised.
• Uchiha Yū assigned Anko to assist the medical ninja, then went to the interrogation room to deal with the Two-Tails and plan its secret transport to Dawn.

Uchiha Yū kept the unconscious Yugito Nii imprisoned while the Third Raikage reorganized his forces and set out to rescue the captured jinchūriki. Orochimaru and Dodai recognized that the Raikage’s move was a trap, and Kumogakure’s army advanced toward the prepared ambush.

• Uchiha Yū ordered Morino Koji to keep Yugito Nii unconscious, anesthetize her if the camp was attacked, and evacuate her first.
• The Third Raikage learned that the vanguard had been defeated and Yugito Nii captured, then ordered Dodai to take command of the main battle while he led reinforcements toward the Land of Earth.
• Orochimaru learned that the Third Raikage had left the front and ordered Tsunade to join the Legendary Sannin in a decisive attack on Kumogakure’s forces.
• Dodai realized the enemy had lured the Third Raikage away and sent the village’s fastest ninja to stop him from reaching the battlefield.
• Kumogakure’s scouts reported the army’s movements as it entered the Land of Earth, where the ambush forces were already prepared.

Uchiha Yū coordinated Konoha and Iwagakure’s plan to confront the Third Raikage, while privately preparing to exploit their alliance. He left Sarutobi Hiri with orders to hinder the enemy force without risking Konoha’s troops, and to let Iwagakure bear the heaviest losses.

• Uchiha Yū warned the Iwagakure ninja that their forces alone could not kill the Third Raikage, and Kitsuchi revealed that Ōnoki would personally join the operation.
• Uchiha Yū praised Ōnoki’s Kekkei Tōta and eased tensions with the Iwagakure ninja, while Deidara resolved to prove his explosive art on the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yū led the Konoha ninja away and ordered Sarutobi Hiri to set traps to intercept the enemy’s main force without engaging them directly.
• Uchiha Yū explained that Konoha should avoid provoking the Third Raikage and use Iwagakure to absorb the casualties, leaving Sarutobi Hiri stunned by his ruthless strategy.

Uchiha Yū waited with Konoha’s forces as Ōnoki and the Third Raikage began fighting at the canyon ambush site. Once the battle started, Uchiha Yū ordered Sarutobi Hiri to use their traps to surround the enemy rather than engage head-on.

• Uchiha Yū told the Hyūga Branch Family ninjas to wait for his orders instead of launching an assault as Iwagakure’s forces approached.
• Ōnoki spotted Uchiha Yū and reflected on Konoha’s powerful ninja before the Third Raikage arrived with his forces.
• The Third Raikage slowed his advance, went ahead to check the canyon, and dodged Ōnoki’s surprise attack.
• The Third Raikage confronted Ōnoki and attacked, while Ōnoki used his flight and long-range abilities to maintain an advantage.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Sarutobi Hiri to use the traps to surround the enemy and avoid a direct engagement.

Ōnoki and the Third Raikage fought in the sky while Uchiha Yū searched for a chance to intervene. Uchiha Yū unleashed a powerful Atomic Fission attack, but the Third Raikage escaped with the Substitution Technique and faced him amid the flames.

• Konoha ninja used Earth Release walls and ranged attacks to keep the Kumogakure ninja at bay while Uchiha Yū watched Ōnoki and the Third Raikage fight.
• Uchiha Yū hid nearby and released Radiation Element as Deidara secretly attacked with clay bombs.
• Ōnoki shattered the Third Raikage’s lightning-charged attack with his Rock Fist Technique, then struck him with Dust Release and injured his heel.
• The Third Raikage evaded Uchiha Yū’s Atomic Fission explosion with the Substitution Technique and appeared on a nearby mountain peak.
• Uchiha Yū emerged from the flames and remarked that the Third Raikage had dodged his attack.

Uchiha Yū joined Ōnoki and the Third Raikage on the battlefield, but their alliance collapsed as each tried to avoid helping the others. After the Third Raikage attacked Uchiha Yū, he forced Ōnoki into the fight by surrounding him with Shadow Clones.

• Ōnoki warned Uchiha Yū to leave and fight Kumogakure’s forces, but Uchiha Yū refused and argued that he had come to support the aging Tsuchikage.
• The Third Raikage mocked their failed alliance and unleashed Dark Lightning before striking at Uchiha Yū with Heavy Lariat.
• Uchiha Yū used Sage Transformation and his heightened senses to evade the attack, while Ōnoki watched without intervening.
• Uchiha Yū created two Shadow Clones and crowded Ōnoki on the rock platform, forcing him into the melee; Ōnoki complained that he had needed time to recover his chakra.

Uchiha Yū and Ōnoki combined their strength to attack the Third Raikage, but Yū betrayed Ōnoki to unleash a dangerous fission technique. Yū survived the blast with Black Snake's help and emerged injured, while the Third Raikage and Ōnoki's fates remained unclear.

• Ōnoki used the Added-Weight Rock Technique on Uchiha Yū, and they plunged toward the Third Raikage as a massive boulder.
• The Third Raikage met their attack with Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite while Ōnoki increased the rock's weight with the Super Added-Weight Rock Technique.
• Uchiha Yū shoved Ōnoki into the Third Raikage's path and unleashed Nuclear Release: Mutually Multiplying Fission.
• The blast hurled Uchiha Yū away, and he summoned Black Snake to shield him from the second shockwave.
• Uchiha Yū crawled out of Black Snake's mouth with internal injuries as Black Snake demanded that they end their summoning contract.

Uchiha Yū and Ōnoki’s explosion severely wounded the Third Raikage and Ōnoki, leaving the Raikage surrounded by Konoha and Iwagakure forces. As Kumogakure shinobi fought desperately to rescue him, the Third Raikage ordered them to retreat and prepare for his possible death.

• Ōnoki emerged from the explosion inside a sphere of earth and rock, and the Third Raikage broke free with devastating internal injuries.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Sarutobi Hiri to gather elites and hunt the Third Raikage, while Ōnoki told Kitsuchi to surround him.
• Konoha and Iwagakure forces joined against the Raikage as Kumogakure shinobi launched suicidal attacks to reach and rescue him.
• The Third Raikage’s injuries worsened as he evaded attacks, and he ordered the Kumogakure shinobi to return and let Dodai stabilize the village.
• Kumogakure shinobi refused to abandon the Raikage and continued arguing over whether to break through and save him.

Uchiha Yū pressured Black Snake into helping disrupt the Iwagakure forces while the injured Third Raikage fought to protect his comrades. After the Third Raikage challenged Ōnoki and Uchiha Yū to wager everything, Uchiha Yū accepted, leaving Ōnoki to answer.

• Uchiha Yū warned Black Snake to cooperate, and Black Snake reluctantly agreed to create chaos among the Iwagakure shinobi.
• Uchiha Yū worried that the battle’s mounting casualties would be severe unless Hatake Sakumo arrived soon.
• The Third Raikage threw Kumogakure shinobi toward safety and ordered them to retreat while he held off the allied forces.
• The Third Raikage challenged Ōnoki and Uchiha Yū to fight him with everything they had.
• Uchiha Yū healed himself atop Black Snake and accepted the challenge, while Ōnoki watched and responded with a wry remark.

Ōnoki and Uchiha Yū joined forces against the Third Raikage, who fought to the death and was defeated. Uchiha Yū took the Raikage’s corpse, while Ōnoki began to view him as a growing threat.

• Ōnoki armored himself with the Rock Fist Technique, and Uchiha Yū launched a Sage Technique Fire Dragon Bullet at the Third Raikage.
• The Third Raikage used Lightning Release Chakra Mode to meet Uchiha Yū’s attack, and the two exchanged a powerful physical blow as Ōnoki struck with his stone giant.
• Ōnoki used the Added-Weight Rock Technique to burden the Third Raikage, who broke through the stone giant but began to falter as his body failed.
• Uchiha Yū attacked the Third Raikage with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands and a giant venomous snake, then confirmed the Raikage had died.
• Uchiha Yū used a summoned snake to take the Third Raikage’s corpse, and Ōnoki eyed him warily as he considered Iwagakure’s need to defeat Konoha.

Uchiha Yū foiled Ōnoki’s attempt to kill Black Snake with Dust Release and led the Konoha ninja in a retreat from Iwagakure. The force reached the border and met Hatake Sakumo and his reinforcements.

• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s ninja to surround and eliminate the Konoha force while Uchiha Yū prepared to hold him off.
• Uchiha Yū summoned Black Snake into the battle, and Ōnoki targeted it with Dust Release.
• Uchiha Yū dismissed Black Snake before the attack hit, then ordered the Konoha ninja to break through and retreat.
• Ōnoki sent his son after the retreating force, warned him to withdraw if Konoha reinforcements appeared, and collapsed from his injuries after they left.
• Uchiha Yū directed the Konoha force along its planned route, and the ninja reached the border and met Hatake Sakumo’s reinforcements.