Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yū used Sunagakure’s shortages of food and water to pressure the Third Kazekage, while the village struggled with unrest and failing supply efforts. On the fifth day, the Third Kazekage resumed the Land of Wind Weapons Shop’s missions and requested more deliveries, signaling that he had yielded.

• The Third Kazekage learned that the weapons shop had disrupted Sunagakure’s food and water supply, and he and his advisers weighed the village’s dwindling reserves and wartime risks.
• Uchiha Yū left Sunagakure at night and returned to his base, where Kakuzu’s debt-collection activities had left a message for him.
• Uchiha Yū waited with food and water gathered at the base as reports described worsening riots and Sunagakure’s unsuccessful attempts to buy supplies nearby.
• On the fifth day, the Third Kazekage reposted the weapons shop’s withdrawn missions and requested food and water deliveries to more distant locations.
• Uchiha Yū smiled when he learned that the Third Kazekage had backed down.

Uchiha Yū forced Sunagakure to accept a settlement that left its supplies and lifeline under his control, then prepared to return to Konoha. There, Qianshu’s students discussed Uchiha Yū’s strength and learned that their upcoming genin graduation would include tests by newly returned jonin.

• Uchiha Yū ordered scarce food and water supplies sent to Sunagakure, and the Third Kazekage and Chiyo admitted that the village had failed and become more dependent on him.
• Uchiha Yū prepared to return to Konoha after resolving the crisis in the Land of Wind.
• Qianshu praised Uchiha Yū’s strength to his students, and Kakashi cited Uchiha Yū’s S-rank mission with Kakashi’s father.
• Obito vowed to surpass powerful figures and become the Fifth Hokage, while Kakashi mocked his ambition and lack of awakened eyes.
• Qianshu told the students they would soon take graduation exams and warned that they would need to pass tests set by their jonin teachers.
• Uchiha Yū received an order as Konoha prepared for the students’ graduation.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze were assigned to lead teams of new graduates, but Yū refused to take on Rin Nohara, Uchiha Obito, and Hatake Kakashi because the hospital needed his time. He accepted Anko as a student instead, while Minato received three other students.

• Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze discussed the dangers facing the new graduates and went to the Hokage's office.
• The Third Hokage assigned Rin Nohara, Uchiha Obito, and Hatake Kakashi to Uchiha Yū.
• Uchiha Yū declined to lead the three, explaining that his hospital duties left him little time to train them.
• The Third Hokage offered Anko as a student, and Uchiha Yū agreed to teach her.
• Minato Namikaze took the files for his three assigned students, and Uchiha Yū warned him to watch Uchiha Obito's emotions.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze visited the academy to choose their students, where the children’s excitement over Yū left Minato feeling overlooked. Minato formed his team with Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Rin Nohara, while Yū surprised Anko Mitarashi by selecting her as his disciple.

• Minato Namikaze teased Uchiha Yū about his early Sharingan awakening, and the Third Hokage gave Minato information about developing the Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze reminisced outside the academy, and Yū embarrassed Minato by mentioning that he had seen someone kissing Kushina there.
• The academy students rushed out after their exams and argued over who would become Uchiha Yū's disciple, while Uchiha Obito loudly declared that Yū had come for him.
• Uchiha Yū told Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Rin Nohara that Minato Namikaze would be their squad leader, forming Minato's team.
• Uchiha Yū selected Anko Mitarashi as his disciple while she was hiding in the back and eating a dumpling.

Uchiha Yū chose Anko Mitarashi as his disciple and arranged to begin her training the next day, but she came to the hospital early to start. As Uchiha Yū handled the growing demands of Konoha Hospital amid rising frontline tensions, he took Anko’s dango and asked her to demonstrate her training.

• Uchiha Yū reassured Anko Mitarashi after choosing her and warned her not to sneak dango during training.
• Uchiha Yū told Anko that her training would begin the next day and promised it would be hellish.
• Uchiha Yū examined a patient at Konoha Hospital and noted that the increasing number of wounded reflected intensifying frontline clashes.
• Uchiha Yū reviewed a list of medicines needed for the front lines and worried that tensions could soon erupt into war.
• Anko came to the hospital, saying she wanted to start working toward becoming a ninja instead of relaxing.
• Uchiha Yū took Anko’s last skewer of dango, ate it, and asked her to demonstrate her training by the nearby tree.

Uchiha Yū assessed Anko’s fighting skills and began training her in chakra control, teaching her to walk on water. Anko struggled but continued practicing, and Hyuga Reiko and Hizashi Hyuga arrived as she explained the lesson.

• Uchiha Yū tested Anko’s taijutsu and ninjutsu, praised her fundamentals, and pointed out flaws in her coordination and chakra control.
• Uchiha Yū began Anko’s training with wall walking and then demonstrated how to walk on flowing water.
• Anko tried walking on the river, lost control of her chakra, and fell into the water repeatedly while Uchiha Yū reviewed medical documents nearby.
• Uchiha Yū gently reminded Anko to bring a change of clothes for her next practice.
• Hyuga Reiko and Hizashi Hyuga arrived, and Anko told Reiko she was practicing water walking under Uchiha Yū’s guidance.

Reiko learned that Uchiha Yū had become a team leader and asked to teach Anko, so he assigned her to help Anko master water walking with her Byakugan. Hizashi Hyuga then explained that Hiashi’s efforts to reform the Hyuga Clan were stalled, while Branch Family members were secretly urging him to help them fight for change.

• Reiko complained that Uchiha Yū had become a team leader and asked to teach one of his students.
• Uchiha Yū agreed to let Reiko use her Byakugan to help Anko improve her chakra control and learn water walking.
• Uchiha Yū asked Hizashi Hyuga why he and Reiko had come, and Hizashi said they were visiting hospitalized Hyuga Clan members and trying to ease tensions.
• Hizashi Hyuga said Hiashi’s reform plans faced obstruction from hardliners in the Main Family.
• Hizashi Hyuga revealed that Branch Family members had contacted him in secret, and their suffering made him question whether they should wait for change.

Uchiha Yū urged Hizashi Hyuga to trust Dawn and wait before resisting the Hyuga main family, then trained Anko with Reiko. Uchiha Yun arrived with news that Clan Head He would step down and Uchiha Fugaku would become the new clan head.

• Hizashi Hyuga chose to wait for the plan to begin, and Uchiha Yū advised him to leave the village when the Hyuga sent more members to the front lines.
• Reiko helped Anko practice walking on water, and Uchiha Yū encouraged Anko after she fell into the river.
• Uchiha Yū learned from Reiko that Nawaki had left the village with Orochimaru-sensei for a mission on the front lines.
• Uchiha Yun arrived, and Uchiha Yū entrusted Anko to Reiko and Hizashi before meeting with him.
• Uchiha Yun told Uchiha Yū that Clan Head He would step down the next day and Uchiha Fugaku would become the new clan head.

Uchiha Yū returned to the clan grounds to mediate the Hawk Faction’s opposition to Uchiha Fugaku’s succession, warning that he would prevent anyone from disrupting the ceremony. His arrival unsettled the clan, while Uchiha Mikoto joined the gathering with growing worry as the succession approached.

• Uchiha Yun told Uchiha Yū that the Hawk Faction planned to disrupt Uchiha Fugaku’s succession and wanted Uchiha Yū to mediate.
• Uchiha Yū agreed to prevent trouble, declaring that anyone who challenged the succession would be silenced to keep the Uchiha Clan from internal conflict.
• Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Yun went to the clan grounds, where their arrival stirred rumors and drew faction members into the main hall.
• Uchiha He stopped Uchiha Fugaku from going to see Uchiha Yū and told him to prepare for becoming clan head.
• Uchiha Mikoto entered Uchiha He's room, but he sent her to the main hall to help keep the clan under control.
• Uchiha Mikoto took a seat among the clan’s leaders as Uchiha Yū opened his eyes, revealing three tomoe in his left eye.

The Third Hokage worried that the Uchiha Clan’s succession dispute could threaten Konoha’s security as war approached. Uchiha He named Uchiha Fugaku as his successor, then proposed a contest with Uchiha Yun to prove Fugaku’s strength, and Yun accepted.

• The Third Hokage learned of the Uchiha Clan’s succession dispute and summoned his advisors to discuss the threat to village security.
• Uchiha He arrived at the meeting and announced that he intended for Uchiha Fugaku to become the next clan head.
• Uchiha Yun and other hawks objected, arguing that the clan needed a stronger leader as war approached.
• Uchiha He proposed that Uchiha Fugaku compete against Uchiha Yun to demonstrate his right to lead.
• Uchiha Yun accepted the challenge and warned that no one should regret the outcome.

Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yun fought before the clan to determine who would become its head, while Uchiha Yū and Uchiha He discussed the risks and a contingency plan for the clan. The match was still underway as He thanked Yū for taking responsibility for the Uchiha Clan and said he hoped to retire after the Third Shinobi World War.

• Uchiha He set the rules for the clan-head match, forbidding either Uchiha Fugaku or Uchiha Yun from killing the other.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yun began fighting before the Uchiha Clan, while the Third Hokage and village officials watched through a crystal ball.
• Uchiha Yū and Uchiha He left the crowd to discuss the match, and He said Fugaku's strength had improved through special training.
• Uchiha Yū warned that Yun becoming clan head could worsen the clan's position and revealed a plan to take some Uchiha clansmen away from the village with Dawn.
• Uchiha He thanked Yū for accepting responsibility for the clan and said he intended to relinquish power after the Third Shinobi World War.

Uchiha Fugaku defeated Uchiha Yun in their duel for clan leadership, and Uchiha Yū treated both men and declared the result valid. When some hawks challenged Fugaku’s ability to lead, Yū seized one dissenter by the throat.

• The Third Hokage and the elders watched the duel through a crystal ball and worried that a hawk victory could threaten Konoha.
• Uchiha Yū returned to the training ground as Fugaku and Yun’s fight shifted to taijutsu and genjutsu.
• Fugaku struck Yun’s injured lung, leaving Yun unable to stand while Fugaku also collapsed from exhaustion.
• Uchiha Yū treated Yun and Fugaku, then declared that the openly witnessed duel had no shady manipulation.
• A hawk questioned Fugaku’s qualifications, and Uchiha Yū used the Body Flicker Technique to seize him by the throat.

Uchiha Yū enforced Uchiha Fugaku’s victory in the clan leadership duel, while the Third Hokage and Danzo discussed tightening surveillance and rebuilding Root. Later, Yū struggled to balance his duties as a squad leader and hospital director, and decided that genin interns would have to pay to learn basic medical skills.

• Uchiha Yū silenced the Uchiha members who challenged the duel’s outcome and declared Uchiha Fugaku the new clan head.
• The Third Hokage agreed with Danzo to increase measures against the Uchiha Clan but warned him not to target Uchiha Yū personally.
• Danzo said he would handle the plan against the Uchiha Clan and intended to use the opportunity to rebuild Root.
• Uchiha Yū recruited genin to intern at the hospital while balancing his squad duties and hospital work.
• Uchiha Yū told a branch doctor that genin interns had to pay to learn basic medical knowledge.

Uchiha Yū made genin pay for hospital-based medical training, easing Konoha Hospital’s supply shortage while teaching them basic battlefield care. He then welcomed Kakashi and his companions, who had been sent by Minato Namikaze to learn medical knowledge as their first genin mission.

• Uchiha Yū required genin studying at Konoha Hospital to pay for medical instruction, and the Third Hokage chose not to interfere.
• The genin complained about the costs, while their jonin urged them to continue so they could survive future missions.
• Uchiha Yū offered student loans through the Dawn Weapons Store to genin who could not afford the training.
• Uchiha Yū taught the students basic wound care and bleeding control, gave them medical books, and planned to test them.
• Uchiha Yū instructed Anko and demonstrated bleeding-control methods on an injured ninja.
• Kakashi told Uchiha Yū that Minato Namikaze had sent his team to learn basic medical knowledge as their first genin mission.

Uchiha Yū persuaded Obito and the other genin to care for injured patients, then investigated Obito’s grandmother after hearing about her memory loss. He discovered she was a White Zetsu planted by Uchiha Madara, destroyed her, and alerted Madara to his interference.

• Uchiha Yū urged Obito and the other genin to treat caring for patients as their duty to Konoha, and Obito promised to work hard.
• Obito asked Uchiha Yū whether anything could help his grandmother’s worsening memory, prompting Yū to investigate her home.
• Uchiha Yū sensed that Obito’s grandmother was an impostor White Zetsu and realized Uchiha Madara had set a trap for Obito.
• Uchiha Yū gathered radiation around the house and killed the White Zetsu.
• Uchiha Madara learned that the White Zetsu in Konoha had been discovered and suspected Uchiha Yū was responsible.

Uchiha Yū and the clan leaders debated the Hokage’s order to move the Uchiha from their ancestral grounds, while Madara considered how to drive Yū into darkness. Yū urged the clan to determine whether the order came from the Hokage himself or his faction before taking action.

• Madara praised Uchiha Yū but wondered what he cared about enough to make him fall into darkness, keeping Obito as a backup plan.
• Uchiha Fugaku told the gathered clan leaders that the Third Hokage had ordered the Uchiha to move from their central clan grounds to the village outskirts.
• The Hawk faction and some moderates protested the relocation, while Uchiha Fugaku considered yielding to avoid a break with the village.
• Uchiha Yū argued that the clan should first establish whether the Hokage or merely the Hokage faction wanted them to move, and offered to mediate if it was the latter.

Uchiha Yū negotiated with the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō over the Uchiha Clan’s forced relocation, agreeing that the clan would move while demanding a more credible explanation. He left after securing that concession, but the Hokage and Danzō were uneasy about his intentions.

• Uchiha Yū persuaded Uchiha Fugaku and the clan elders to wait while he addressed the relocation order, and Fugaku agreed to restrain the clan for the time being.
• Uchiha Yū went to the Hokage’s office and found Shimura Danzō there alongside the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage said he considered the Uchiha Clan a security threat and urged Yū to mediate, while Danzō insisted the clan should move to the designated area.
• Uchiha Yū agreed that the Uchiha Clan would relocate, but said the commercial-street explanation was too absurd to convince the clan.
• The Third Hokage promised to provide a reasonable explanation and said the village would not act against the Uchiha Clan so long as it did not betray the village.
• Uchiha Yū departed, leaving the Third Hokage and Danzō uneasy.

After learning that the Hokage faction intended to suppress the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Yū urged the clan to avoid an immediate clash while preparing to leave the village. The clan agreed to keep the plan secret and wait for a better opportunity, with Dawn already helping some members escape.

• Danzo warned the Third Hokage that Uchiha Yū would remain loyal to the Uchiha Clan, but the Third Hokage still believed Yū supported his faction.
• Uchiha Yū returned to the clan meeting and told Uchiha Fugaku and the others that the situation was worse than they had expected.
• Uchiha Yū stopped clan members from rushing into conflict and said they should follow the Hokage's orders while trusting him with the clan's future.
• Uchiha Yū told the hawks to wait until the Third Shinobi World War or its aftermath before acting, and he asked Fugaku to negotiate the clan's departure from its compound.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered the clan leaders to keep the plan secret and obey the Hokage's orders, while Uchiha Yun agreed to restrain the hawks.
• Uchiha Yū took responsibility for the escape route, and Dawn had already helped a small group of Uchiha leave.

Uchiha Yū began secretly moving Uchiha clansmen out of the village while the Hokage faction accepted the clan’s apparent cooperation and Danzo continued to suspect them. As Yū prepared to start his game of wits with the Hokage faction, he arranged a mission for Anko to test her training.

• Uchiha Fugaku left a meeting with the Hokage faction, where the Third Hokage and his advisors accepted the Uchiha Clan’s cooperation, while Danzo insisted on secretly monitoring them.
• Uchiha Yū revealed that he was using Sand ninja and mission assignments to help Uchiha clansmen escape, and declared that his game of wits with the Hokage faction had begun.
• Uchiha Yū sent an encrypted letter to Kakuzu through a modified subordinate, instructing him to cooperate with the next plan.
• Anko visited Dawn Weapons Store to complain that she could not take high-level missions, and Uchiha Yū told her to start taking missions to test her training.
• Uchiha Yū gave Anko a box of explosive tags and told her she could use certain weapons from the store for free.

Uchiha Yū prepared Anko to take her first steps toward becoming a ninja by choosing a suitable mission, then arranged to complete a bandit-suppression mission alongside Minato Namikaze’s team. The chapter left both teams competing to see whose students adapted to ninja life faster, with a ruby at stake.

• Uchiha Yū told Anko that a ninja had to learn to kill and took her to the mission hall to choose a purposeful C-rank mission.
• Minato Namikaze arrived with Kakashi, Obito, and Rin and claimed the mission Uchiha Yū had selected, so they agreed to undertake it together.
• Uchiha Yū proposed a bet with Minato over whose students would adapt to ninja life faster.
• Uchiha Yū offered Minato the ruby Angel’s Blood if he lost, while asking Minato to deliver a letter if he won; Minato accepted.
• Obito vowed that his team would win the ruby, and Uchiha Yū promised it to Anko if she won.