Recaps

Hatake Sakumo arrived in time to stop Iwagakure’s pursuit, and Uchiha Yū gave him the sealed corpse of the Third Raikage. The Raikage’s death sent Kumogakure into crisis and prompted Konoha’s leaders to consider winning Yū over and easing tensions with the Uchiha Clan.

• Hatake Sakumo drove back the Iwagakure ninja, and Kitsuchi ordered a withdrawal while Sakumo forbade Konoha from pursuing them.
• Uchiha Yū handed Hatake Sakumo a scroll containing the Third Raikage’s corpse and said he would lead the forces back toward Konoha’s border while Sakumo delivered it to the village.
• Dodai learned that the Third Raikage had fallen and ordered Kumogakure’s frontline forces to withdraw, warning the AB Combination not to risk the village’s survival.
• News of the Third Raikage’s death spread, and reports identified Uchiha Yū’s attack as the blow that had seriously wounded him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisors discussed Uchiha Yū’s growing importance and considered how to win him over and ease conflict with the Uchiha Clan.

Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to repair relations with Uchiha Yū, while Danzo remained convinced Yū was dangerous and Uchiha Madara began plotting to push him toward the same path. On the front lines, Yū hid the severity of his injuries from Anko as he continued handling his duties.

• Danzo offered to apologize to Uchiha Yū but warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that Yū was a calculating man, while Hiruzen proposed strengthening Yū’s ties to the village through a romantic match.
• Uchiha Madara asked Black Zetsu whether Yū could inherit his will and ordered him to worsen the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and the Hokage faction.
• Uchiha Madara also directed Black Zetsu to send White Zetsu to incite Hanzō and hasten his plans.
• Anko visited the injured Uchiha Yū, who assured her he was nearly recovered and sent her to care for other patients.
• A Hyūga Branch Family member observed that Yū had dismissed Anko so she would not worry about his true injuries.

While recovering at the battlefield camp, Uchiha Yū learned that ninjas from the Uchiha Clan had allegedly attempted to assassinate the Third Hokage. He prepared to return to Konoha to contain the crisis and went to speak with Uchiha Fugaku.

• Uchiha Yū reviewed the camp’s situation and ordered Yugito Nii kept in custody rather than sent to Konoha immediately.
• Hatake Sakumo reported that the Third Raikage’s death had earned the Hokage’s praise, but Uchiha Clan ninjas had attacked the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Yū doubted the clan had committed treason without cause and said he needed to return to prevent the conflict from worsening.
• Hatake Sakumo arranged an escort, and Uchiha Yū packed to travel back to Konoha.
• Uchiha Yū went to the Uchiha Clan’s resting area, where Uchiha Fugaku had not yet heard the news.

Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Fugaku returned to Konoha to investigate the Uchiha Clan’s attack on Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Hiruzen Sarutobi debated how to respond. The chapter left the attack’s cause unresolved, with Danzo urging the clan’s destruction and Hiruzen Sarutobi resisting.

• Uchiha Yū told Uchiha Fugaku that Uchiha Clan members had attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi and that they needed to return to Konoha and investigate.
• Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Fugaku reached Konoha, surrendered their weapons to reassure the ANBU, and were escorted toward the Hokage’s office.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned why the attackers had fought to the death instead of fleeing and suspected someone might be plotting behind the attack.
• Danzo and Mitokado Homura demanded severe punishment for the Uchiha Clan, with Danzo pushing to destroy it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s proposal, citing the danger of provoking Uchiha Yū and weakening Konoha.

Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Fugaku investigated the suspicious attack on the Third Hokage, finding evidence that the attackers had impersonated Uchiha ninja to frame the clan. The meeting ended with Konoha’s leaders demanding proof, while Yū recognized that a hidden enemy was behind the plot.

• Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Fugaku arrived at Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office to discuss the attacks on the Third Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi presented a report showing that the attackers were registered Uchiha ninja who had died in suicide assaults, leaving no bodies or survivors.
• Uchiha Fugaku identified names on the list as ninja he had transferred away, including two whose deaths had been confirmed, and Danzo accused him of faking their deaths.
• Uchiha Yū argued that someone else could have impersonated the Uchiha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi said the attackers’ chakra and Sharingan had been verified by the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan.
• Uchiha Yū concluded that a hidden plotter had used White Zetsu to drive a wedge between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan, but Danzo and the Hokage advisors demanded evidence.

Uchiha Yū told Hiruzen Sarutobi that White Zetsu was behind the threat to the Uchiha Clan and promised to capture one within a week. He revealed to Uchiha Fugaku that Uchiha Madara was alive and left for the clan grounds, where Konoha’s forces were keeping the clan under close watch.

• Uchiha Yū convinced Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisors that White Zetsu existed and secured one week to capture one, while Danzo waited to see proof.
• Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Fugaku left the Hokage’s office, and Yū confirmed that White Zetsu was real and the Uchiha Clan was being targeted.
• Uchiha Yū told Uchiha Fugaku that Uchiha Madara was still alive and intended to destroy the clan to drive Yū toward revenge.
• Uchiha Yū said he could reach Madara through Nagato, then directed Fugaku to reassure the Uchiha still in the village.
• Uchiha Yū and Fugaku saw Konoha ninja, Aburame insects, and Inuzuka patrols surrounding the clan grounds, and Fugaku warned that the clan was in danger if Yū failed to find White Zetsu within seven days.

Uchiha Yū returned to the Uchiha Clan estate, calmed the clan’s tense ninja, and promised to uncover who had attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi. He left Konoha to investigate near Amegakure, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village elders considered the threat to Konoha’s barrier and how to resolve the Uchiha Clan’s suspicion.

• Uchiha Yū and Fugaku entered the cordoned-off Uchiha Clan estate, where Uchiha Yun had kept the clan’s angry ninja from resisting the ANBU.
• Uchiha Yū told the clan that neither they nor Hiruzen Sarutobi had arranged the attack and asked them to remain calm while he investigated.
• Uchiha Yun and Fugaku agreed to keep the clan safe so Uchiha Yū could focus on finding the culprit.
• Uchiha Yū left Konoha for the region near Amegakure, suspecting that Hanzō’s plan might soon begin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders discussed how White Zetsu might have infiltrated Konoha and considered blaming the attack on individual Uchiha Clan ninja if Uchiha Yū returned without one.

Uchiha Yū reached Amegakure amid Hanzō’s purge of Akatsuki and joined Shan Juhua near the meeting site, where he planned to watch the confrontation and find White Zetsu. The chapter left Uchiha Yū asking Shan Juhua how the talks between Hanzō and Yahiko were progressing.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi forbade Danzo from secretly targeting the Uchiha Clan and awaited Uchiha Yū’s return with the strange creature.
• Uchiha Yū arrived in Amegakure and learned that Hanzō’s forces were capturing Akatsuki members while Root ninja remained in the village.
• Uchiha Yū found Shan Juhua’s intelligence and ordered the Dawn Weapons Store managers to close their shops to avoid the coming violence.
• Uchiha Yū killed two Amegakure guards who blocked his way and pressed on toward the meeting site, hoping to find White Zetsu when Nagato awakened the Rinnegan’s power.
• Shan Juhua recognized Uchiha Yū as he approached her hiding place, lowered her group’s weapons, and heard him ask how the two sides’ talks were progressing.

Uchiha Yū searched for the hidden White Zetsu while Yahiko led Akatsuki into negotiations with Ibuse Hanzō. Hanzō betrayed them and ordered a massacre, leaving Nagato’s Rinnegan awakened as he watched his companions fall.

• Uchiha Yū entered Sage Mode and searched underground and inside trees for White Zetsu while Shan Juhua’s shinobi waited nearby.
• Yahiko told Ibuse Hanzō that Akatsuki wanted to improve the village and help ordinary people.
• Ibuse Hanzō rejected Yahiko’s ideals, summoned an enormous ibuse to release poisonous gas, and ordered his shinobi to kill every Akatsuki member present.
• Root’s elite shinobi overwhelmed Akatsuki, killing companions and grievously injuring Konan as Yahiko tried to cover their retreat.
• Nagato’s grief and helplessness awakened the power of his Rinnegan, and he saw a sight he would never forget.

Nagato awakened the Rinnegan after Yahiko’s death and overwhelmed Ibuse Hanzō’s forces with its power. As Nagato’s body began to weaken from the cost of using it, Uchiha Yū spotted White Zetsu and vanished to pursue him.

• After Yahiko died, Nagato’s fury awakened the Rinnegan and unleashed a powerful surge of chakra.
• Ibuse Hanzō ordered his ninjas to attack Nagato and used Ibuse’s poisonous mist against him.
• Uchiha Yū told Shan Juhua that Nagato could defeat everyone there and explained that his eyes were the Rinnegan.
• Nagato summoned a gigantic monster, whose black chakra rods pierced his body, and began suppressing Hanzō and his forces.
• Uchiha Yū noticed White Zetsu emerging in the distance and left to capture him.

Uchiha Yū captured a White Zetsu spy while Nagato defeated Hanzō and his forces. After Nagato and Konan faced Yū and a group of shinobi, Yū offered them a place with his faction and warned that Hanzō’s death could plunge Amegakure into turmoil.

• Uchiha Yū caught a White Zetsu spying on Nagato and immobilized it with a specially prepared drug.
• Nagato defeated Hanzō and the other shinobi, then collapsed as Konan came to support him.
• Uchiha Yū approached Nagato and Konan carrying the captured White Zetsu, and they became wary of his intentions.
• Shan Juhua arrived with a group of shinobi, but Uchiha Yū stopped them from acting.
• Uchiha Yū reminded Nagato of his offer to join them and warned that Hanzō’s death could destabilize Amegakure.

Uchiha Yū recruited Konan and Nagato into Dawn, agreeing that they could call their blade Akatsuki, then arranged a ruthless consolidation of power in Amegakure. After warning Shan Juhua about the White Zetsu threat, he headed back to Konoha as Uchiha Madara reconsidered his plan.

• Konan agreed to serve Dawn as a blade for peace, and Nagato joined on the condition that their force be called Akatsuki.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Konan and Nagato to eliminate Hanzō's trusted subordinates, conceal Hanzō's death, and pacify Amegakure while Dawn controlled the public narrative and sent resources.
• Uchiha Yū warned Shan Juhua that White Zetsu could disguise themselves and that more than a hundred thousand might threaten Dawn, so they temporarily cut off contact.
• Uchiha Yū took the White Zetsu and set off for Konoha, expecting the next seven days to be consumed by Amegakure's secret moves in the Third Shinobi World War.
• Uchiha Madara concluded that events in Amegakure had disrupted his plans and discussed guiding Nagato to gather the tailed beasts while considering a new strategy.

Uchiha Yū returned to the village with a captured White Zetsu, stopping the Third Hokage and Danzo from carrying out a plan to blame selected Uchiha Clan members. He demonstrated White Zetsu’s ability to copy his appearance and chakra, leaving the village leaders intent on investigating the creature.

• Uchiha Madara ordered Black Zetsu to investigate what had happened in Amegakure and protect the Rinnegan, while preparing a backup plan for his resurrection.
• Uchiha Yū returned to the village as the Third Hokage and Danzo prepared to scapegoat Uchiha Clan members if he failed to bring back a White Zetsu.
• Uchiha Yū entered the Hokage’s office carrying an unconscious White Zetsu, and the Third Hokage asked the Hyuga Clan to examine it.
• Uchiha Yū explained that White Zetsu was an artificial creature responsible for framing the Uchiha Clan, then woke it with an antidote.
• Uchiha Yū coaxed White Zetsu into transforming, and it copied his appearance, clothes, and chakra exactly.

Uchiha Yū negotiated a secret agreement with Konoha’s leaders over White Zetsu, then Hyuga Reiko discovered that her Byakugan could not distinguish White Zetsu from its perfect copy. The Hokage’s office kept the creature’s abilities secret and assigned it to Orochimaru for research.

• Uchiha Yū told Konoha’s leaders that White Zetsu’s transformation abilities could not be replicated, and accepted an agreement that lifted restrictions on the Uchiha while publicly assigning them blame.
• Hyuga Reiko arrived at the Hokage’s office and greeted Uchiha Yū before Hiruzen Sarutobi asked her to examine White Zetsu.
• Hyuga Reiko used her Byakugan and reported that it could not detect which of the two identical figures was the impostor.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered everyone present to keep White Zetsu’s abilities secret, and Uchiha Yū left with the Hyuga ninja.
• Danzo offered to take White Zetsu for interrogation and research, but Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned it to Orochimaru instead.

Uchiha Yū met Hyuga Reiko at a tavern and urged her to pursue the Hyuga Clan head position. After Reiko admitted she lacked the battle record and Main Family support to challenge Hyuga Hiashi, Yū promised to build her reputation through the front-line battlefield.

• Hyuga Reiko dismissed her Branch Family escorts and asked Uchiha Yū about his activities and the White Zetsu who had impersonated him.
• Uchiha Yū explained that he had killed the Third Raikage, identified the office impostor as White Zetsu, and noted Reiko's growing support within the Hyuga Clan.
• Uchiha Yū asked Reiko whether she wanted to compete for clan head, and she said she did but lacked prestige, battle experience, and Main Family backing compared with Hyuga Hiashi.
• When Reiko slumped onto the table, Uchiha Yū pulled her ponytail and told her he would help her change the clan's future.
• Uchiha Yū said he would lead ninja to the front line and publicize Reiko's accomplishments to build her reputation.

Uchiha Yū pressured Hyuga Reiko to accept greater responsibility, then she and Yū were interrupted by Nawaki, who had returned from the front carrying a letter from Orochimaru. The chapter ended with Nawaki hurrying to deliver it after realizing he had nearly forgotten his mission.

• Uchiha Yū intimidated Reiko and urged her to prepare for battlefield duties, and she asked him to arrange suitable assignments and protect her.
• Yū paid the tavern owner after his aura frightened away the customers.
• Nawaki returned to Konoha from the front and interrupted Yū and Reiko, who greeted him with a Gentle Fist to the stomach.
• Nawaki said he did not know when Orochimaru would return, and Yū corrected him when he described their teacher as changed by the war.
• Yū reminded Nawaki that he had come to Konoha carrying Orochimaru's letter, so Nawaki rushed to the Third Hokage's office while Reiko warned him not to mention their drinking.

Uchiha Yū returned to the Uchiha compound and confronted clansmen who wanted revenge after the Hokage faction’s crackdown. He redirected their anger toward training and awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Shisui determined to grow stronger.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order ended the surveillance of the Uchiha compound, but the crackdown deepened divisions within the clan.
• Uchiha Yū arrived at a heated clan meeting and challenged the angry clansmen to explain what they planned to do.
• Uchiha Yū punched a clansman who argued with him and told the group that they needed to become strong enough to control their own fate.
• Uchiha Yū revealed that the Mangekyō Sharingan was the next step toward becoming a true powerhouse and urged the clan to train rather than act recklessly.
• Uchiha Shisui took Uchiha Yū as his goal and resolved to train until he awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and reached greater power.

Uchiha Yū argued that the clan needed strength but warned that awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan required a devastating mental shock. He watched Uchiha Shisui awaken two tomoe during training, then invited him to join the battlefield to continue growing stronger.

• Uchiha Fugaku warned Uchiha Yū that the Mangekyō Sharingan could damage the minds of those unprepared for its power.
• Uchiha Yū left the council hall to find a child capable of awakening the Sharingan, while three-tomoe Uchiha began pushing themselves in hopes of gaining greater power.
• Uchiha Shisui trained at a stream, and his Sharingan awakened to two tomoe after he broke through his limits.
• Uchiha Yū praised Uchiha Shisui's talent and told him that his efforts were not enough.
• Uchiha Yū invited Uchiha Shisui to accompany him to the battlefield the following day.

Uchiha Yū led Konoha reinforcements to the Iwagakure front, where Tsunade took charge of medical support as the war intensified. He planned to earn recognition for Hyuga Reiko and train the younger Uchiha, while Tsunade’s growing distress over blood remained unresolved.

• Uchiha Yū agreed to take Uchiha Shisui to the battlefield and train him.
• Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Fugaku arrived at the assembly point as Konoha prepared to send a large force against Iwagakure.
• Tsunade joined the deployment and took over part of Uchiha Yū’s hospital authority under Hiruzen Sarutobi’s orders.
• Uchiha Yū spotted Minato Namikaze, who was coordinating the fronts and relaying intelligence.
• Kirigakure recognized Konoha’s weakened defenses and planned to attack while most of its forces were deployed.
• Uchiha Yū told Tsunade that a forward hospital had been prepared, and Tsunade reflected on her growing fear of blood.

Uchiha Yū and Hatake Sakumo discussed Iwagakure’s buildup and planned to face Han and the Five-Tails, while Tsunade revealed that her fear of blood kept her from fighting on the front lines. The plan shifted toward Yū and Minato Namikaze holding off the tailed beast as Tsunade took over the hospital, while a disguised White Zetsu approached the camp.

• Tsunade and Uchiha Yū arrived at the main camp and found Hatake Sakumo overwhelmed by administrative problems and tensions among the shinobi.
• Uchiha Yū reviewed the camp’s hospital issues and discussed Iwagakure’s forces, led by Han, with Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade.
• Uchiha Yū proposed that Ino–Shika–Cho open the frontal battlefield while Tsunade helped him deal with the tailed beast.
• Tsunade admitted that blood and death frightened her, so Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Yū arranged for her to take over the hospital instead of fighting at the front.
• Uchiha Yū said Minato Namikaze would join him to keep Han occupied, as a disguised White Zetsu arrived at the camp.

Uchiha Yū received Uchiha Madara’s offer to help the Uchiha Clan escape Konoha in exchange for helping Madara revive, and accepted after securing Hashirama Cells. He then arranged to use White Zetsu to take control of Yugito Nii and the Two-Tails, leaving Madara’s ultimate plan at risk.

• After finishing the war deployment plans, Uchiha Yū caught White Zetsu in disguise and brought him into his room.
• White Zetsu delivered Uchiha Madara’s secret letter, proposing to help the Uchiha Clan leave Konoha if Yū helped him revive.
• Uchiha Yū burned the letter and demanded suitable benefits before agreeing to cooperate.
• White Zetsu offered Hashirama Cells, and Uchiha Yū accepted the gift and agreed to help Madara’s plan.
• Uchiha Yū asked White Zetsu to impersonate someone close to Yugito Nii so he could secretly send the real Yugito Nii to Dawn’s underground laboratory and take control of the Two-Tails.

Uchiha Yū secretly removed Yugito Nii from the interrogation room, leaving a disguised White Zetsu in her place as he arranged for the apparent prisoner to be escorted to Konoha. Meanwhile, Hatake Sakumo’s forces prepared for Iwagakure’s approaching army, which was expected to reach the Land of Fire within days.

• Uchiha Yū had White Zetsu transform into Yugito Nii, swapped them, and used a giant snake to carry the real Yugito Nii away.
• Uchiha Yū agreed to send Yugito Nii back to Konoha after a Morino ninja warned that her tailed beast had stirred.
• Konoha approved an elite escort to return the apparent Yugito Nii to Konoha.
• Reports told Hatake Sakumo that Iwagakure’s massive army had crossed the Land of Earth and was nearing the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yū proposed using radioactive elements to disrupt the enemy, but the risk of harming Konoha’s own ninjas made their use difficult.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze planned a nighttime strike on Kannabi Bridge to disrupt Iwagakure’s supply line, with Yū taking command because the mission was too dangerous to leave to Kakashi’s young team. Yū briefed Kakashi, Obito, and Rin on the stakes and ordered them to study the plan, leaving them facing a mission that could cost their lives.

• Minato reported that he had killed Iwagakure scouts but warned that others might still be gathering intelligence.
• Minato proposed destroying Kannabi Bridge, and Uchiha Yū objected to sending Kakashi’s team alone because the bridge was heavily guarded and crucial to the war.
• Uchiha Yū volunteered to lead the assault with Minato, planning to use explosions and Minato’s marked kunai to attack at night and withdraw quickly.
• Uchiha Yū met Obito, Kakashi, and Rin outside camp, where Kakashi taunted Obito and the two began fighting before Rin separated them.
• Uchiha Yū warned the team that the mission could determine the course of the war and told them to complete it even at the cost of their lives if the main assault failed.
• Uchiha Yū gave Kakashi, Obito, and Rin the detailed mission plan and told them to study it and ask questions.

Uchiha Yū led Konoha’s forces toward Kannabi Bridge, where Iwagakure’s troops had seized the supply route and prepared to defend it. After scouting the enemy camp, he assigned Minato Namikaze and the demolition squad to destroy the bridge while Kakashi’s team drew away the outer defenses.

• Uchiha Yū reflected on Obito’s fate and resolved to stop him from creating a dream world with Rin.
• Dong Shiren organized Iwagakure’s troops around Kannabi Bridge and warned them not to underestimate Konoha’s elite ninja.
• Uchiha Yū’s force reached the area at night and used sensory ninja, the Byakugan, and insects to gather intelligence on the enemy.
• Uchiha Yū assigned Minato Namikaze and himself to the core operation, ordered the demolition squad to destroy the bridge, and sent Kakashi’s team to draw away the outer enemies.
• Uchiha Yū threw Minato Namikaze a kunai marked with the Flying Thunder God technique as the force prepared to attack.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s elite in an overwhelming attack on Iwagakure’s forces. Their teamwork and Yū’s devastating flames and explosions left the battlefield in ruins, while Minato resolved to develop a stronger Rasengan.

• Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze charged into Iwagakure’s forces, cutting through the ninjas with overwhelming speed.
• Dong Shiren confronted the pair with Earth Release, but their coordinated attacks forced him onto the defensive and shattered the ground around him.
• Uchiha Yū unleashed Sage Art: Majestic Destroyer Flame, driving Iwagakure’s vanguard to assemble earth walls against him.
• Uchiha Yū’s follow-up blast sent ninjas flying and transformed the ground within its range into red magma and crystallized earth.
• Minato Namikaze watched from a distance and decided to invent an explosive Rasengan to overcome his lack of offensive power.