Recaps

Uchiha Yū arranged for Uchiha Yun to protect the Uchiha Clan and help preserve some members while Yū pursued his own plan. He then turned to expanding Qiming’s business in Sunagakure, deciding to use free food and water to win over the village and prepare for the Third Shinobi World War.

• Uchiha Yun vowed to fight for the Uchiha Clan, and Uchiha Yū agreed to his plan to take some clan members away as a safeguard.
• Uchiha Yū urged Uchiha Yun to coordinate with Fugaku and restrain the clan, warning that Danzo might intensify his attacks after Root was crippled.
• Uchiha Yū planned to move some chunin out of Konoha under the cover of guard duty and stage their deaths with Qiming’s ninjas and Teacher Orochimaru’s help.
• Shan Juhua told Uchiha Yū that Sunagakure had approved their weapon shop but assigned it a remote location and kept its people under suspicion.
• Uchiha Yū told Shan Juhua to reduce kunai sales and offer food and water promotions to draw Sunagakure’s customers and gain influence over its economy.
• Uchiha Yū told Shan Juhua that their goal was to enter the Third Shinobi World War.

Uchiha Yū’s group opened a heavily supplied weapon shop outside Sunagakure and used free food and water to draw in customers, aiming to establish a broad market ahead of the Third Shinobi World War. The chapter left Uchiha Yū arranging a meeting with Sasori after the young puppet user requested corpses, including jonin bodies.

• Uchiha Yū told Shan Juhua that the Third Shinobi World War would happen soon and set his sights on Sunagakure.
• The Land of Wind Weapon Shop opened outside Sunagakure, attracting crowds with food and water and prompting the Third Kazekage to order an investigation.
• Pakura and Rasa watched the shop’s crowds as Sasori arrived and studied its promotional slogan.
• Uchiha Yū reviewed the shop’s orders, including requests for puppet components, cosmetics, and corpses from a customer named Sasori.
• Uchiha Yū agreed to provide Sasori with jonin corpses and ordered Shan Juhua to arrange a private meeting with him.

Uchiha Yū traded Sasori a Kumogakure jōnin’s corpse and tried to recruit him as a public representative for Dawn’s weapon shops in Sunagakure. Sasori hesitated over the offer, tempted by Yū’s promise to support his pursuit of puppet mastery.

• Shan Juhua agreed to obtain a jōnin’s corpse for Yū’s plan to recruit Sasori.
• Dawn’s merchants flooded Sunagakure with goods, then shifted tactics as weapon shops and smaller sellers struggled to compete.
• Yū met Sasori in a remote desert wasteland and presented him with an intact Kumogakure jōnin’s corpse.
• Sasori demanded the corpse, and Yū handed it over while revealing his chakra and asking Sasori to represent Dawn’s weapon shops in Sunagakure.
• Yū promised to supply puppet materials and support Sasori’s research, appealing to his ambition to surpass Chiyo, while Sasori weighed the offer.

Uchiha Yū strengthened the Land of Wind Weapons Shop’s foothold in Sunagakure and set his sights on gaining the daimyo’s approval to expand across the country. After being kept waiting and shaken down by the daimyo’s guardian ninja, he left the residence at night with plans for trouble.

• Uchiha Yū secured the Third Kazekage’s acceptance of the weapons shop after Granny Chiyo vouched for it and promised not to harm the village.
• Yū ordered Shan Juhua to hire Sand Village ninja for missions, including work against competitors, and told her to stabilize the shop’s position.
• Yū traveled to the Land of Wind’s largest city to seek the daimyo’s permission to make the weapons shop a legitimate authority across the country.
• Yū saw the contrast between the nobles’ lavish inner district and the poor residents’ slums, then approached the guarded entrance to the daimyo’s residence.
• A guardian ninja made Yū wait, demanded a gratuity, and threatened that he would never see the daimyo; Yū ignored him and left the residence after nightfall.

Uchiha Yū infiltrated the Land of Wind daimyo’s residence and set fires to draw away his guards, then attacked the daimyo’s escort with a powerful Sage Art Great Fireball. With the blaze spreading and one jonin still protecting the daimyo, Yū continued his plan to weaken the daimyo without killing him.

• Uchiha Yū entered Sage Mode and used Shadow Clones to start fires across the daimyo’s residence with explosive tags and Phoenix Flower Jutsu.
• Three of the five jonin left the daimyo to search for the arsonist, while the remaining two escorted him away from the banquet.
• Uchiha Yū ambushed the daimyo and his escort with a Sage Art Great Fireball, which the jonin’s Wind Release intensified into a deadly blaze.
• One jonin confronted Uchiha Yū and warned him that other ninjas were approaching, while the daimyo angrily demanded the assassin be stopped.
• Uchiha Yū used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique against the jonin as he continued trying to reach the daimyo alive.

Uchiha Yū attacked the daimyo’s residence, then escaped while leaving the daimyo’s health mysteriously deteriorating. The Third Kazekage sought medical help as Yū met Sasori outside Sunagakure and received his puppet designs.

• Uchiha Yū advanced on the daimyo, destroyed one of the puppeteer’s puppets, and was briefly restrained by chakra threads before fleeing amid a Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu.
• The Third Kazekage arrived at the daimyo’s residence, where the furious daimyo blamed ninja for the attack and Sunagakure’s funding was cut again.
• The daimyo grew weaker despite recuperation, and a doctor warned that he would die if his condition continued.
• The Third Kazekage questioned the puppeteer about Uchiha Yū’s strange behavior and arranged to seek medical ninja.
• Uchiha Yū escaped the search and met Sasori outside Sunagakure, where Sasori handed over blueprints in exchange for materials.

Uchiha Yū arranged for medical ninja to accompany Granny Chiyo to treat the ailing daimyo, while he and Sasori continued their secret exchange of resources and technology. Chiyo agreed to take the medical team but remained suspicious of the Land of Wind Weapons Shop and planned to investigate its backers.

• Uchiha Yū delivered genin and chunin corpses to Sasori, who promised to develop machinery based on Yū's ideas.
• Sasori told Uchiha Yū that the Third Kazekage had left Sunagakure and that Granny Chiyo was preparing to visit the sick daimyo.
• Uchiha Yū said his medical ninja could accompany Chiyo, and Sasori agreed to arrange their participation.
• Chiyo's spy reported that Sasori had secretly met with a mysterious person, but had been unable to hear their conversation.
• Sasori asked Chiyo to take the Land of Wind Weapons Shop's medical ninja to the daimyo's residence, and she agreed.
• Chiyo resolved to investigate the shop's background after the daimyo's condition was dealt with.

Uchiha Yū accompanied Chiyo to treat the daimyo of the Land of Wind, disguising himself while Chiyo tried to uncover his identity. At the daimyo’s residence, Chiyo recognized a familiar poison in the patient, and Uchiha Yū began treating him under the watchful eyes of the assembled doctors and nobles.

• Uchiha Yū arrived at Sunagakure in disguise and introduced himself to Chiyo as a medical ninja sent by a weapons shop in the Land of Wind.
• Chiyo escorted Uchiha Yū to the daimyo’s residence, where the Third Kazekage warned that the daimyo might not survive the day and the eldest son was preparing to inherit.
• Chiyo examined the daimyo and found that his severe illness came from a poison resembling one used by Konoha’s poison ninja.
• Chiyo told the eldest prince that the daimyo had little chance of recovery and began treatment by removing the diseased areas.
• Uchiha Yū offered to treat the daimyo, and the gathered medical ninja were astonished by his precise control of medical chakra.

Uchiha Yū saved the daimyo and used his recovery to gain the ruler’s trust while expanding his influence among the Land of Wind’s nobles. The Third Kazekage and Chiyo suspected a wider conspiracy, but Yū’s pharmacy network continued to grow as they investigated.

• Uchiha Yū withdrew the Radiation Element from the daimyo, who awoke and entrusted his care to the doctor.
• The Eldest Prince arrived, tried to see his father, and blamed Uchiha Yū for disrupting his succession plans.
• Uchiha Yū gained a reputation for surpassing Granny Chiyo’s medical skill, attracting nobles seeking treatment for their relatives.
• Chiyo warned the Third Kazekage that Uchiha Yū and Sasori might have known about the daimyo’s poisoning in advance, and they resolved to investigate.
• Uchiha Yū used his influence with the daimyo and nobles to establish pharmacies and build a powerful shared-interest network across the Land of Wind.

Uchiha Yū built influence across the Daimyo’s estate and began preparing to secure control of the Land of Wind by backing a prince. After warning the Third Prince that the Daimyo was near death, Yū left him stunned and facing a narrow window to claim the throne.

• Uchiha Yū treated the Daimyo and secretly used chakra and genjutsu to keep him compliant while planning for his imminent death.
• Uchiha Yū reviewed a list of ambitious princes and chose the Third Prince, inviting him to meet that night.
• Uchiha Yū sent a trusted confidant to deliver a letter to Kakuzu, whom he planned to employ against the First Prince.
• The Third Prince met Uchiha Yū, who revealed that the Daimyo might die within a day or two and offered to help him become Daimyo.

Uchiha Yū pushed the Third Prince to kill the ailing Daimyō and recruited Kakuzu to assassinate the Eldest Prince, advancing his plan to secretly seize control of the Land of Wind. Yū infiltrated the Eldest Prince’s residence and opened the attack with Atomic Fission.

• Yū persuaded the Third Prince to block the Daimyō’s smoke vent and commit to killing his father.
• Kakuzu hesitated to join the assassination, but Yū convinced him by explaining how much money the plan had already cost.
• Yū and Kakuzu agreed to kill the Eldest Prince while the Third Prince’s men moved against the Daimyō.
• Yū entered the Eldest Prince’s residence in Sage Mode as Kakuzu prepared to engage the Elite Jonin guarding him.
• Yū attacked the three jōnin with Nuclear Release: Atomic Fission.

Uchiha Yū fought three jonin protecting the area, using senjutsu, powerful taijutsu, and a Sage Art fire attack to keep them at bay. As Chuan Yilang pierced his chest with lightning, Uchiha Yū revealed that he had used genjutsu.

• The three jonin evaded Uchiha Yū's opening strike, but Shan Jie was badly injured when Uchiha Yū attacked him with a punch.
• Shan Jie recognized Uchiha Yū as the wanted criminal who had attacked the daimyo, and the three jonin formed a triangle around him.
• Uchiha Yū dodged their combined attacks, blocked Tu Jie's staff, and unleashed Sage Art: Great Flame Bullet.
• Tu Jie raised three Earth-Style Walls, while Shan Jie directed Chuan Yilang to attack with Lightning Release once the walls fell.
• As the walls crumbled, Uchiha Yū threw a kunai, but Chuan Yilang ignored it and pierced Uchiha Yū's chest with lightning.
• Uchiha Yū revealed his blood-red eyes and said he was also a genjutsu ninja.

Uchiha Yū and Kakuzu killed the remaining guards and assassinated the First Prince of the Land of Wind. They escaped amid the confusion, and the chapter ended with news that the Daimyo had died.

• Uchiha Yū killed Chuan Yilang with a Sharingan genjutsu and fought Tu Jie and Shan Jie.
• Kakuzu arrived after killing Touke, then used his Earth Grudge Fears to kill Tu Jie and Shan Jie.
• Uchiha Yū found the First Prince hiding beneath the floorboards and killed him with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Uchiha Yū and Kakuzu fled as reinforcements approached, leaving the residence in flames.
• The guards searched the ruins for the First Prince as news arrived that the Daimyo had died.

Uchiha Yū’s plot led to the Land of Wind’s Daimyō dying amid confusion, and he helped the Third Prince secure the succession. The Third Prince became Daimyō, while Sunagakure’s leaders recognized that Yū had gained decisive influence.

• Uchiha Yū and Kakuzu escaped the Daimyō’s residence after the Daimyō died, and Yū told Kakuzu to remain hidden in the Land of Wind.
• Investigators attributed the Daimyō’s death to smoke trapped in his room, while the missing First Prince and rival princes threw the succession into turmoil.
• Uchiha Yū told the Third Prince to wait, build public support, and leave negotiations with the nobles to him.
• Uchiha Yū secretly dealt with threats and accepted a powerful noble’s demands in exchange for support, intending to reclaim the concessions later.
• The Third Prince became Daimyō, and Sunagakure’s delegation, led by the Third Kazekage, watched Uchiha Yū stand beside him.

Uchiha Yū used a staged gift and the nobles’ support to challenge the newly installed daimyo’s authority in public. He forced Sunagakure to choose a side, leaving the Third Kazekage under pressure to respond.

• Pakura accused Uchiha Yū of using Sunagakure to gain influence, while Chiyo suspected his goals were more complicated.
• The daimyo tried to have Uchiha Yū eliminated, but Uchiha Yū warned that the nobles and the Land of Wind Weapons Shop could threaten the daimyo’s position.
• At the daimyo’s first meeting with the nobles and Sunagakure, Uchiha Yū presented a fawn and called it a superior horse.
• Uchiha Yū told those who saw a deer to stand with the daimyo and those who saw a horse to stand with him, and most nobles chose his side.
• Uchiha Yū pressed Sunagakure to take a side, while Chiyo stopped Pakura from speaking.

Uchiha Yū consolidated his influence over the Land of Wind after forcing the daimyo to yield, then began turning the country into Dawn’s new base. He arranged factory security, moved supplies and personnel, and prepared to eliminate opposition.

• The Third Kazekage sided with Uchiha Yū in the deer-and-horse dispute, leaving the daimyo isolated and making Yū the Land of Wind’s dominant power.
• Uchiha Yū asked the Third Kazekage to let willing Sunagakure ninja guard his factories, and the Kazekage agreed that the work could be offered as voluntary missions.
• Uchiha Yū moved Dawn’s resources to a secret base in the Land of Wind and assigned Kakuzu to manage and guard the supplies.
• Uchiha Yū told Shan Juhua to bring some Uchiha Clan members to the Land of Wind to handle dangerous missions.
• Uchiha Yū distributed intelligence reports covering supply movements and assassination operations against people who had supported the daimyo.

Uchiha Yū returned to Konoha, helped Tsunade clear the hospital paperwork, and learned that bloodline-limit ninja had been disappearing. Orochimaru arrived with a chilling presence, and Yū suspected his experiments had taken a dark turn as Tsunade accused them of keeping secrets from her.

• Uchiha Yū returned from the Land of Wind and found Tsunade waiting with a backlog of hospital documents.
• Yū and Tsunade processed the paperwork while Shizune told him that ninja with bloodline limits had been disappearing.
• Yū suspected Hiruko was behind the disappearances, and Tsunade warned him to avoid being captured.
• Yū told Tsunade he would bring Orochimaru out for a New Year's gathering and wondered how his research was progressing.
• Orochimaru arrived at the hospital with a sinister aura, and Tsunade accused him and Yū of hiding things from her.

During a New Year’s Eve reunion, Minato Namikaze arrived with Kushina and challenged Uchiha Yū to a spar. Their fight began with Minato using the Flying Thunder God to evade Yū’s powerful strike, leaving Yū to gauge how dangerous Minato’s speed would be.

• Uchiha Yū and his companions shared a New Year’s Eve meal when Minato Namikaze appeared at the door using the Flying Thunder God while carrying Kushina.
• Minato asked Uchiha Yū to spar, and Yū agreed to assess Minato’s abilities while Tsunade and Orochimaru watched.
• The group moved to a snowy clearing, where Yū’s serious demeanor and Sharingan impressed Reiko, Nawaki, Tsunade, and Orochimaru.
• Minato used the Shadow Clone Technique and Flying Thunder God to approach Yū, who countered with the Monstrous Strength Fist.
• Minato teleported behind Yū to avoid the punch, and Yū rolled aside as the strike left a massive crater in the snow.

Uchiha Yū fought Minato Namikaze to study the Flying Thunder God and defeated him with overwhelming attacks and an improved Chakra Scalpel. Tsunade found inspiration in Yū’s offensive medical ninjutsu, and Yū offered to share his research materials with the village.

• Yū used Phoenix Flower Jutsu to restrict Minato’s movement as Minato and his Shadow Clone attacked with Rasengan.
• Yū used his Sharingan to track Minato, then cut through the Shadow Clone with an improved Chakra Scalpel while Minato was caught in an illusion.
• Tsunade recognized the potential of Yū’s offensive medical ninjutsu and resolved to ask for his research materials.
• Yū used three Shadow Clones and the Monstrous Strength Fist to overwhelm Minato, who admitted defeat.
• Kushina rushed to embrace Minato, and Yū offered Tsunade his medical ninjutsu research materials for the village.

Uchiha Yū discussed his control of the Land of Wind with Orochimaru, then examined Orochimaru’s failed Curse Mark experiments. They began testing whether meteorite power could provide a safer way to simulate Sage Transformation.

• The Third Hokage watched Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze’s sparring and reflected on Konoha’s promising new generation.
• Uchiha Yū told Orochimaru that he controlled the Land of Wind and invited him to advise on improving its factories once his research allowed.
• Orochimaru explained that his Curse Mark experiments had caused severe physical changes and mental confusion in their subjects.
• Uchiha Yū proposed separating the Curse Mark’s power and using meteorites to simulate Sage Transformation with fewer side effects.
• Uchiha Yū subdued an awakened test subject with Chakra Scalpel, and he and Orochimaru began a meteorite experiment.

Uchiha Yū and Orochimaru partially succeeded in creating the Earth Curse Mark using meteorite radiation, while Danzo recruited Hiruko to target Yū. Unaware of their plot, Yū returned to work and treated an injured Kakashi, with Hatake Sakumo accompanying him.

• Uchiha Yū stopped Orochimaru from pushing the experiment further after the test subject developed a stable first-stage Earth Curse Mark but suffered radiation damage.
• Orochimaru named the new mark the Earth Curse Mark and planned to develop a stronger Heaven Curse Mark, while Yū prepared to use the first-stage mark to increase his strength.
• Danzo told Hiruko about Uchiha Yū's powerful bloodline limit and arranged to use a classified mission led by Hatake Sakumo to set up an assassination.
• Hiruko agreed to kill Uchiha Yū and take his bloodline limit, then left to await details about Yū's route.
• Uchiha Yū treated Kakashi after the boy injured himself practicing ninjutsu, while Hatake Sakumo felt the doctor's warning was directed at him too.

Uchiha Yū healed Kakashi's lightning injuries before he and Hatake Sakumo received an urgent S-rank mission to retrieve top-secret intelligence from Kumogakure. Hatake Sakumo prepared the team for a dangerous infiltration, while Yū concealed his hope that the mission would fail without Sakumo dying.

• Yū used chakra to treat Kakashi's arm and warned him not to push himself too hard.
• An ANBU ninja delivered the Hokage's order assigning Yū and Hatake Sakumo to a confidential mission.
• Hatake Sakumo said farewell to Kakashi, who accepted that his father would be away and promised not to fight Guy unless provoked.
• Hatake Sakumo told Yū that the team would infiltrate Kumogakure to retrieve top-secret intelligence and asked him to wait outside as medical support.
• Yū demonstrated his offensive medical ninjutsu, convincing Hatake Sakumo that he could protect himself without an assigned guard.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered the three accompanying ninja to gather, prepare, and say farewell to their families before the mission.

Hatake Sakumo led an elite team on a mission to infiltrate Kumogakure and retrieve intelligence from an exposed Konoha spy. Uchiha Yū suspected a teammate was a saboteur and concluded that their destination was likely the prison, while Hatake Sakumo resolved to kill the spy if he could not rescue him.

• Hatake Sakumo assigned the team roles and led them out of Konoha under cover of night.
• The Third Hokage and Danzo discussed the plan to make Hatake Sakumo's mission fail, and Danzo offered to handle it.
• Hatake Sakumo chose a sea route toward the Land of Lightning, and Ito Yuna questioned the added travel time before accepting his explanation.
• Uchiha Yū suspected Ito Yuna was a Root agent who might endanger herself to force Hatake Sakumo to abandon the mission.
• Hatake Sakumo revealed that the target was an exposed Konoha spy whose intelligence could fall into enemy hands.
• Uchiha Yū identified Kumogakure's prison as the likely destination, and Hatake Sakumo said he would kill the spy if rescue proved impossible.

Uchiha Yū waited near Kumogakure while Hatake Sakumo led the others to attack its headquarters, but Hiruko ambushed him to steal his bloodline limit. Yū summoned Black Snake and faced Hiruko’s Swift Release, whose speed pushed him onto the defensive.

• Hatake Sakumo brought the team to a town near Kumogakure, assigned Uchiha Yū to remain hidden and treat the wounded, and led the others toward the enemy headquarters.
• Hiruko, who had traveled by land, waited for a chance to ambush Yū before he entered the village and take his bloodline limit.
• Yū concealed himself near a mountain peak and watched Kumogakure as the light faded.
• Yū sensed killing intent and recognized the approaching giant summoned dog as Hiruko’s; he summoned Black Snake to face the threat.
• Hiruko declared that he would absorb Yū, then attacked with Swift Release, and Yū used his Sharingan to block Hiruko’s flying kick.

Uchiha Yū fought Hiruko, then escaped by using a radiation barrier to stop the pursuit. He regrouped near the battlefield and watched fires spread through Kumogakure as Hatake Sakumo’s infiltration plan continued.

• Uchiha Yū used radiation to defend against Hiruko’s attacks while Black Snake remained occupied by Hiruko’s summoned beast.
• Uchiha Yū formed purple chakra swords, raised a dust cloud, and tricked Hiruko into thinking he was launching an attack while he retreated.
• Hiruko realized Uchiha Yū had escaped and pursued him, but Uchiha Yū saturated the area with radiation and forced him to stop.
• Uchiha Yū waited near the battlefield for his teammates and looked toward Kumogakure, where fires were spreading to create chaos for Hatake Sakumo’s infiltration.