Recaps

Uchiha Yū and Orochimaru prepared to use Jiraiya as bait in a secret operation, while Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s forces toward a trap at sea to rescue him. The chapter ended with Minato volunteering to confront Uchiha Yū if he obstructed the rescue.

• Uchiha Yū revealed himself to Jiraiya, and Orochimaru transformed into her reincarnated female body and explained that she could revive him if necessary.
• Uchiha Yū had Orochimaru remove Jiraiya’s Heavenly Prison Chains, then Uchiha Shisui used genjutsu to seal Jiraiya’s senses as they prepared to move him secretly as bait.
• Uchiha Yū assembled Orochimaru, Uchiha Shisui, Kakuzu, Nagato, and Obito to escort Jiraiya.
• Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s top forces toward the sea execution site, while the Third Hokage recognized that Uchiha Yū had diverted the conflict eastward and drawn them into a trap involving Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
• Minato Namikaze ordered the rescue team to avoid wasting time and volunteered to handle Uchiha Yū if he tried to stop them.

Uchiha Yū arrived at Iwagakure’s naval front and challenged Akatsuchi over the village’s lack of action in the war. He then ordered the Dawn Hidden Village’s forces to attack Iwagakure at sea while watching for Konoha’s ninja, whom he hoped to draw out using Jiraiya as bait.

• Iwagakure’s ninja spent the afternoon fishing in the rear while discussing the war and their lack of fighting.
• Akatsuchi learned that a ship from the Dawn Hidden Village was approaching and assembled his forces to meet it.
• Uchiha Yū arrived with the Dawn Hidden Village’s top experts and questioned Akatsuchi about Iwagakure’s inactivity.
• Akatsuchi blamed Iwagakure’s disadvantage at sea and Kirigakure’s defenses for keeping his forces in the rear.
• Uchiha Yū ordered wide-range attacks to punish Iwagakure and told his forces to watch for Konoha’s ninja, using Jiraiya as bait.

Uchiha Yū detected Konoha’s rescuers approaching and confronted Minato Namikaze and the others as they came to save Jiraiya. He accused Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s leadership of persecuting the Uchiha Clan, and the confrontation ended with Uchiha Yū preparing to fight.

• Uchiha Yū used radioactive elements spread across the sea to detect an approaching enemy ship and alerted the Dawn Hidden Village ninja.
• Uchiha Yū challenged the hidden rescuers, and Minato Namikaze appeared with Konoha’s high-ranking officials, including Nawaki.
• Nawaki demanded to know why Uchiha Yū had betrayed Konoha, and Uchiha Yū blamed the village for forcing the Uchiha Clan into rebellion.
• Uchiha Yū accused the Hokage faction of killing the former Uchiha clan head and abandoning the clan during the Third Shinobi World War.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi denied ordering the attack and said Danzo had held some authority, but Uchiha Yū rejected his explanation and declared that their paths were different.

Uchiha Yū’s battle with Konoha’s rescuers unleashed enormous waves and explosions, devastating the surrounding waters and trapping Iwagakure’s forces in the chaos. The chapter left the fighting unresolved, with the combatants locked in separate matchups across the sea.

• Uchiha Yū’s Susanoo slash sent towering waves across the sea, waking the Iwagakure ninja and swallowing nearby ships.
• Akatsuchi realized Iwagakure had been drawn into a scheme and ordered his forces to evacuate, but the tsunamis and attacks caused severe losses.
• Uchiha Yū attacked Minato Namikaze with Atomic Fission, forcing Minato to rely on Flying Thunder God to evade the blasts.
• Nawaki struggled to fend off Nagato’s six Rinnegan clones and found that he could not break through their defenses alone.
• Uchiha Obito used Kamui to block Hyuga Reiko while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakuzu exchanged ninjutsu, and Hatake Kakashi fought Uchiha Shisui in close combat.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze fought amid the destruction of the sea battle, and Minato used a hidden Flying Thunder God kunai to gain the upper hand and reach the ship. There, he encountered Orochimaru and discovered that the modified ninja guarding him could withstand explosive tags.

• The Dawn Hidden Village ninja followed Uchiha Yū’s orders to use powerful ninjutsu and draw Iwagakure’s ninja into the battle as tsunamis destroyed ships and swept ninja into the sea.
• Minato Namikaze avoided Uchiha Yū’s attacks with Flying Thunder God, while Uchiha Yū used Radiation Element to threaten Minato’s teleportation points.
• Uchiha Yū tried to punch Minato, but Minato teleported behind him and struck him with a Rasengan, sending him into the sea before boarding the ship.
• Minato ordered his forces to rescue Jiraiya, then encountered a woman who revealed herself to be Orochimaru.
• Minato split from his Shadow Clone to face Orochimaru’s modified ninja, but his explosive tags only tore their clothes and exposed armor fused to their skin.

Uchiha Yū cornered Minato Namikaze aboard the ship and argued that Konoha had become too rotten to survive, while explaining that he sought to unify the ninja world to prepare for stronger enemies. Minato remained committed to protecting Konoha, but Uchiha Yū's promise that he could revive the dead made rescuing Jiraiya seem less urgent.

• Orochimaru described his armored human experiments, while Minato Namikaze realized he could not break through the guards blocking his way to the ship.
• Uchiha Yū confronted Minato and argued that Dawn Hidden Village had surpassed Konoha because it had embraced reform while Konoha remained trapped in its old system.
• Minato admitted that Uchiha Yū might have led Konoha better, but refused to gamble on his plan to tear down and rebuild the village.
• Uchiha Yū told Minato that he had spared him because of their former friendship and revealed that he wanted to unify the ninja world to face enemies stronger than them.
• Uchiha Yū said he could revive Kushina and Minato after the conflict, leaving Minato shocked and less certain that he needed to rescue Jiraiya immediately.

Uchiha Yū explained the origin of chakra and the danger posed by the Sage of Six Paths' mother, then urged Minato Namikaze to cooperate and end the war. Minato believed him but hesitated because he could not decide Konoha's fate alone, while Uchiha Yū proposed resolving the conflict secretly and outlined a future with fewer shinobi.

• Uchiha Yū told Minato Namikaze that the Sage of Six Paths' mother had taken chakra from the Divine Tree and might one day reclaim it.
• Uchiha Yū explained that he had lured Minato to the meeting to end the war sooner and offered to bring prosperity to Konoha and the shinobi world.
• Minato Namikaze declined to accept Uchiha Yū's offer, explaining that his position as Hokage meant he could not decide for Konoha alone.
• Uchiha Yū suggested secretly cooperating to end the war and handle Konoha's anger afterward.
• Uchiha Yū said he would reduce the number of shinobi after the war and develop society while training elite shinobi to face hidden enemies.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze secretly agreed to end the war, revive Kushina, and secure the tailed beasts, while Minato accepted a plan to imprison the Third Hokage. As Dawn Hidden Village's forces moved to capture him, the Third Hokage mistook Minato's arrival with Jiraiya for the start of his rescue.

• Minato Namikaze agreed to cooperate with Uchiha Yū on the condition that the plan remain secret and that their important loved ones be revived; Uchiha Yū promised to revive Kushina and requested the tailed beasts.
• Uchiha Yū proposed keeping the Third Hokage out of Konoha's power struggle, and Minato agreed to have him imprisoned until the war ended.
• Uchiha Yū agreed to let Minato take Jiraiya, and Minato promised to keep Jiraiya away from the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yū ordered the modified shinobi to attack and hold the Third Hokage, who was soon overwhelmed alongside Kakuzu.
• Minato Namikaze appeared carrying Jiraiya, and the Third Hokage believed Minato had succeeded and would use Flying Thunder God to rescue him.

Uchiha Yū stopped Minato Namikaze from rescuing the Third Hokage and had Shisui control him before he could use the Reaper Death Seal. After the battle, Iwagakure’s forces withdrew, leaving Ōnoki’s village weakened and under Uchiha Yū’s growing influence.

• Minato Namikaze rescued Jiraiya and his companions, but Uchiha Yū interrupted his attempt to take the Third Hokage away.
• The Third Hokage began forming the Reaper Death Seal hand sign, but Shisui used the Sharingan to control him and stop the technique.
• Minato Namikaze returned to his ship injured and told the others that he had failed to rescue the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Yū’s forces left the surviving Iwagakure ninjas stranded at sea, and Akatsuchi ordered the survivors rescued and the blockade of Kirigakure abandoned.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s frontline forces to retreat, while Uchiha Yū concluded that the weakened village could no longer resist him.

Minato Namikaze used the failed rescue of the Third Hokage to take control of Konoha from the Hokage Advisors, while keeping Jiraiya in the village and withdrawing the front line. The chapter left Tsunade struggling to hold back the advancing Dawn Hidden Village.

• Minato Namikaze told Mitokado Homura and the other Hokage Advisor that he could not immediately launch another rescue and appointed Hyuga Reiko and Nawaki to take over their duties.
• Mitokado Homura and his companion surrendered their authority and retired from Konoha's political center as Nawaki and Hyuga Reiko witnessed the transfer.
• Nawaki asked Minato Namikaze whether he had deliberately abandoned the Third Hokage, and Minato answered indirectly that the current situation was best for the village.
• Minato Namikaze promised Nawaki he would not be corrupted by power, then kept Jiraiya in Konoha to defend the village.
• Minato Namikaze ordered a further contraction of the defensive line, leaving Tsunade to barely hold back the advancing Dawn Hidden Village.

Uchiha Yū learned that dissent within Iwagakure was growing as the village faced military pressure and economic hardship. Shan Juhua confronted Ōnoki with the consequences of resisting and secured his agreement to travel to Dawn Hidden Village and help end the war.

• Uchiha Yū asked Kakuzu about Ōnoki's resistance, and Kakuzu reported that Iwagakure's higher-ups were divided over seeking peace.
• Chuan Jie urged Ōnoki to negotiate, citing the village's dwindling missions and its encirclement by Dawn Hidden Village and Sunagakure.
• Shan Juhua entered the Iwagakure office and warned Ōnoki that threatening her would devastate the Land of Earth's economy.
• Shan Juhua demanded that Ōnoki step down and acknowledge the war, then invited him to Dawn Hidden Village to discuss ending it.
• Ōnoki accepted the invitation after learning that two Mangekyō Sharingan users would accompany him, and hoped Iwagakure could return to normal.

Uchiha Yū pressured Ōnoki over Iwagakure’s wartime conduct and demanded that the village join the Fourth Shinobi World War and accept a new Tsuchikage. After Ōnoki rejected Chuan Jie, Uchiha Yū proposed another candidate and brought Deidara before him.

• Uchiha Yū confronted Ōnoki about Iwagakure’s lack of contribution and demanded that it join the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Uchiha Yū recommended Chuan Jie as Ōnoki’s successor, but Ōnoki refused to hand the village to someone he feared would serve Dawn Hidden Village.
• Ōnoki threatened to use Dust Release, but Uchiha Yū warned that his attack would not stop him from taking over Iwagakure and endangering Ōnoki’s companions.
• Uchiha Yū offered to recommend a candidate who could satisfy both sides instead of Chuan Jie.
• Deidara was brought into the hall, and Uchiha Yū asked Ōnoki whether Deidara qualified for the position.

Uchiha Yū forced Ōnoki to appoint Deidara as Iwagakure’s next Tsuchikage and retire, then examined Itachi Uchiha’s genetic illness. The chapter ended with Uchiha Yū planning to take Itachi to specialists who might stabilize his condition.

• Uchiha Yū proposed Deidara as the next Tsuchikage, and Ōnoki agreed to transfer his authority to him.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Ōnoki to retire in Hot Springs Village alongside Chiyo and Ebizo, and Ōnoki accepted.
• Deidara objected to becoming Tsuchikage, but Ōnoki forcibly took him away to prepare for the role.
• Uchiha Yū examined Itachi Uchiha and found that his illness came from a genetic mutation that medical ninjutsu could not cure.
• Uchiha Yū told Itachi Uchiha he would take him to specialists who might stabilize his illness.

Orochimaru diagnosed Itachi Uchiha with a genetic disease that could be suppressed for about ten years, though using the Mangekyō Sharingan would shorten that time. Uchiha Yū then joined Orochimaru at a secret facility to inspect Netherworld Gate experiments and discovered that Katsuyu was being used as the gate’s energy source.

• Orochimaru examined Itachi and explained that his genetic disease resembled Kimimaro’s, could be delayed with medication, and might worsen with Mangekyō Sharingan use.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Itachi to avoid combat missions and teach ninjutsu to the next generation.
• Uchiha Yū asked Orochimaru to develop a genetic virus that targeted sequences shared by the Uchiha and Kaguya bloodlines, and Orochimaru said it was theoretically possible but would take time.
• Orochimaru invited Uchiha Yū to a secret facility, where he explained that Netherworld Gate could exchange life for power using a special organism as its energy source.
• Uchiha Yū recognized the organism powering Netherworld Gate as Katsuyu, whose remaining portions Orochimaru had obtained.

Uchiha Yū and Orochimaru examined the Netherworld Gate, while Orochimaru planned a cautious way to explore the underworld. On the front, Tsunade ordered Konoha to retreat as Dawn Hidden Village’s victory became clear, and Hiruko received word that the Konoha forces were abandoning their camps.

• Uchiha Yū and Orochimaru entered the Netherworld Gate and confirmed that its passage led to the underworld, but Uchiha Yū warned that monsters could breach its fragile barrier.
• Orochimaru shut down the gate and said he would develop a way to explore it with surveillance devices, while the drained Katsuyu rested in its enclosure.
• Tsunade received Minato Namikaze’s order to pull back Konoha’s defensive line and instructed the shinobi to abandon their positions.
• Konoha squads retreated under cover of night, taking useful supplies and burning what they had to leave behind.
• Dawn Hidden Village shinobi spotted the retreat and reported it to Hiruko at the front.

After Konoha retreated, Hiruko’s forces celebrated but chose to advance cautiously while Konoha’s allied villages splintered and Tsunade struggled to keep her troops together. Uchiha Yū ordered the newly seized territory consolidated and delayed capturing the tailed beasts, leaving Konoha slowly surrounded.

• Hiruko asked whether to pursue Konoha, but Pakura warned that traps and the head start made a chase too risky, so he ordered scouts to clear the abandoned camp and occupy nearby areas.
• Small villages allied with Konoha began fleeing and killing Konoha ninja to win favor with Dawn Hidden Village; Tsunade suppressed the revolt, but one-sixth of her force disappeared.
• Uchiha Yū ordered the war’s scale reduced and directed his forces to consolidate their new territory and eliminate the nobles in the Land of Fire.
• Kakuzu proposed demanding Konoha’s tailed beasts, but Uchiha Yū refused and ordered a gradual encirclement while allowing it to be known they wanted the beasts.

Jiraiya received a prophecy from the Great Toad Sage that the shinobi world would be unified before falling into endless wars, and that someone among Konoha's upper ranks would betray the village. He returned to Konoha to warn Minato Namikaze, who secretly knew the prophecy pointed to him and resolved to investigate Jiraiya's suspicions while concealing his own dealings with Uchiha Yū.

• The Great Toad Sage summoned Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku and prophesied the unification of the shinobi world, future wars, and a traitor among Konoha's upper ranks.
• The Great Toad Sage fell asleep before revealing the traitor's identity, and Jiraiya suspected the person might be connected to Uchiha Yū.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha and told Minato Namikaze about the prophecy, emphasizing the traitor within the Hokage's upper ranks.
• Minato Namikaze told Jiraiya to keep the matter secret and promised to investigate anyone with ties to the Dawn Hidden Village.
• Minato Namikaze privately recognized that the prophecy implicated him because he had secretly contacted Uchiha Yū, and considered detaining Jiraiya if he uncovered the truth.

Uchiha Yū sent a letter to the White Snake Sage proposing a plan against the Great Toad Sage, despite knowing the danger of its prophecies. Ryūchi Cave agreed to cooperate but demanded time to prepare, while Uchiha Yū continued plotting attacks on Mount Myōboku.

• Uchiha Yū summoned Black Snake and asked it to deliver a letter personally to the White Snake Sage.
• Uchiha Yū told Konan that the White Snake Sage would agree to his request because she wanted to use his help against the Great Toad Sage.
• The White Snake Sage punished Black Snake after reading Uchiha Yū's letter, and Black Snake returned to Ryūchi Cave battered and furious.
• Tagorihime arrived as Ryūchi Cave's envoy and told Uchiha Yū that the White Snake Sage accepted his request, but they needed time to mislead or keep the Great Toad Sage drowsy.
• Uchiha Yū dismissed Tagorihime's warning and said he would reduce the frequency and power of his attacks before sending Dawn Hidden Village shinobi to besiege Mount Myōboku.

Chiyo completed her research on Life Transfer Reincarnation, a technique that could revive the dead at the cost of another life. Uchiha Yū began a laboratory experiment to test the technique and investigate how the soul worked.

• Chiyo told Uchiha Yū that Life Transfer Reincarnation was ready, but warned that the deceased's body had to remain intact and that performing the technique cost a life.
• Uchiha Yū studied Chiyo's research and explained that the technique guided a soul back to its body using a coordinate and transferred life force.
• Uchiha Yū said he wanted to try the technique, and he brought Chiyo to an underground laboratory to test it on White Zetsu.
• Orochimaru, Muichiro Tokito, and other researchers gathered as Uchiha Yū outlined an experiment to revive a White Zetsu and restore it without memory loss or deterioration.
• Uchiha Shisui prepared to use his Mangekyō Sharingan to control the White Zetsu's chakra as it performed One's Own Life Reincarnation.

Uchiha Yū tested whether Life Transfer Reincarnation could revive a dead person, using White Zetsu to transfer vitality and Shisui to maintain genjutsu control. The prisoner awakened, and White Zetsu returned through Izanagi at the cost of one Sharingan, leaving Uchiha Yū and the others convinced they had defeated death.

• Uchiha Yū began the experiment while Orochimaru, Muichiro Tokito, and Chiyo watched and the ninjas recorded the procedure.
• White Zetsu used Life Transfer Reincarnation on the dead prisoner as Shisui controlled him with genjutsu, though White Zetsu's body began to crack and Shisui's control weakened.
• The monitor registered signs of life, and the prisoner woke up; Uchiha Yū checked him for toxins and confirmed he had survived.
• White Zetsu died, then returned through Izanagi as his Sharingan turned grayish white.
• Uchiha Yū ordered White Zetsu restrained and declared the experiment a success, while Orochimaru applauded his achievement.

Uchiha Yū tested the limits of Life Transfer Reincarnation and revived Kushina, using Izanagi to restore himself after the process drained his life force. Kushina awoke in an unfamiliar laboratory and learned that Yū had brought her back.

• Uchiha Yū asked Orochimaru whether Life Transfer Reincarnation could revive someone with a fatal heart wound, and Orochimaru explained its limits and proposed using a cloned body part to replace the damaged heart.
• Uchiha Yū entrusted Rin’s corpse to Orochimaru for cloning and prepared to revive Kushina in his private laboratory.
• Uchiha Yū used Life Transfer Reincarnation on Kushina and recorded the process as his life force dwindled.
• Izanagi restored Uchiha Yū to his intact state, and he concluded that its power could compensate for Life Transfer Reincarnation.
• Kushina awoke, mistook Uchiha Yū for someone who had also died, and learned that he had revived her.

Uchiha Yū brought the resurrected Kushina through Dawn Hidden Village and revealed that he had founded it and arranged the Nine-Tails' Attack. He left her with Orochimaru to keep her identity hidden while she waited for Minato and another Konoha ninja.

• Kushina learned she had been dead for two years and could not return to Konoha yet.
• Uchiha Yū showed Kushina Dawn Hidden Village's advanced laboratories and told her he had betrayed Konoha but had not joined the village; he had founded it as the First Akatsuki Shadow.
• Kushina met Orochimaru, who had been dissecting a mass of black flesh and considered studying Kushina's resurrected body.
• Uchiha Yū revealed that he and another person had arranged the Nine-Tails' Attack, with him helping the Uchiha Clan defect and the other person taking the Nine-Tails.
• Uchiha Yū left Kushina in Orochimaru's care, explaining that her return would destabilize his conflict with Konoha and that another Konoha ninja would soon arrive.

Minato Namikaze learned from Hyuga Reiko that Uchiha Yū’s letter announced Kushina’s resurrection and arranged a meeting. After realizing Reiko was the traitor Jiraiya had been investigating, Minato promised to protect her while both considered how to end the war.

• Hyuga Reiko confronted Minato Namikaze about secretly contacting Uchiha Yū and showed him an intercepted letter.
• Hyuga Reiko told Minato that Kushina had been resurrected, startling him.
• Minato recognized Hyuga Reiko as the traitor Jiraiya had been searching for and promised to cover up her actions.
• Minato read the letter, learned the time and place for meeting Kushina, and noted that Naruto should come with him.
• Minato told Hyuga Reiko that Konoha’s clans were increasingly calling for peace talks and warned her to be careful around Jiraiya.

Uchiha Yū reunited Kushina with Minato Namikaze, then took Naruto aside and reinforced the seal containing the Nine-Tails. He left the Nine-Tails trapped inside Naruto, planning to release it later as part of his Tailed Beast recovery plan.

• Uchiha Yū and Kushina waited at the border until Minato Namikaze arrived with Naruto.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina reunited, and Uchiha Yū took Naruto away while promising not to extract the power inside him yet.
• Uchiha Yū entered Naruto’s inner world and confronted the full Nine-Tails, which tried to provoke him into weakening the seal.
• Uchiha Yū used the Five Elements Seal to strengthen Naruto’s seal and block the Nine-Tails’ escape.
• Uchiha Yū told the Nine-Tails he would release it later, after it remained inside Naruto until the right moment.

Uchiha Yū gave Naruto a pendant and promised to remove the Nine-Tails from him, then secured Minato Namikaze’s permission to take Naruto and the beast. Minato asked about Yū’s plans for the tailed beasts, and Yū revealed that the Two-Tails held in the village was only a White Zetsu disguised as Yugito Nii.

• Uchiha Yū woke Naruto, gave him Tsunade’s pendant and a sealing scroll containing money, and told him he had named him and been there at his birth.
• Uchiha Yū explained that the Nine-Tails inside Naruto was why villagers feared him and promised to remove it without causing pain, delighting Naruto with the prospect of making friends.
• Minato Namikaze thanked Uchiha Yū for reviving Kushina and agreed to let him take Naruto and the Nine-Tails, provided Naruto remained safe.
• Minato Namikaze questioned why Uchiha Yū was collecting tailed beasts, and Yū said he intended to use their power to end resistance in the ninja world.
• Minato Namikaze asked when Yū would retrieve the Two-Tails, and Yū revealed that the supposed Yugito Nii in the village was a White Zetsu impostor.