Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yū investigated why his plan to draw the Sand Shinobi into the Land of Lightning had stalled and sought intelligence at a Dawn Weapons Store. He left the store’s people recognizing him as someone important to Shan Juhua, though his questions about the Sand and Cloud Shinobi remained unanswered.

• Uchiha Yū abandoned his mountain watch, placed Pakura under an illusion, and took her with him to investigate the failed plan.
• Uchiha Yū asked a Dawn Weapons Store clerk which way the Kumogakure ninja were moving and whether they had clashed with the Sand Shinobi.
• An old Dawn operative grew suspicious after hearing about the masked customer carrying Pakura and went out to identify him.
• The old man recognized Uchiha Yū and welcomed him on Shan Juhua’s behalf, and Uchiha Yū removed his mask.

Uchiha Yū learned that Kumogakure and Sunagakure had avoided a major conflict, so he ordered Dawn to inflame tensions by spreading news of the Third Kazekage’s disappearance and framing Sunagakure for assassinations. He left Mu Chuanlang to carry out the plan and reviewed intelligence about the wounded Yugito Nii.

• An old man returned Uchiha Yū’s payment and told him that Kumogakure was driving Sand Shinobi from the Land of Lightning while Sunagakure quietly investigated Sasori.
• Uchiha Yū concluded that he had to provoke the conflict himself and went to Dawn’s largest base in the Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Mu Chuanlang to imprison Pakura, keep her alive with Soldier Pills, and prevent her from recovering her chakra.
• Uchiha Yū instructed Mu Chuanlang to publicize the Third Kazekage’s disappearance and secretly assassinate Cloud Shinobi in a way that would implicate Sunagakure.
• Mu Chuanlang agreed to carry out the orders, and Uchiha Yū later read that Yugito Nii had returned to Kumogakure after being badly injured by Orochimaru.

Dawn’s campaign to expose the Third Kazekage’s disappearance threw Sunagakure into crisis, leaving Chiyo to consider Rasa as his successor and weigh an offer from the Land of Wind Weapons Shop. The news also prompted other villages to prepare for war, while Hatake Sakumo moved to support Orochimaru against the Third Raikage.

• Uchiha Yū reviewed intelligence on Kumogakure’s elite ninja and considered the threats they could pose in the coming war.
• Dawn spread news of the Third Kazekage’s disappearance, stirring unrest across the shinobi world and especially in Sunagakure.
• Yashamaru told Chiyo that Sunagakure had found no trace of Sasori and that Dawn was selling information about the Third Kazekage’s disappearance.
• Chiyo ordered the searchers recalled, began considering Rasa for the Fourth Kazekage, and told Yashamaru to summon Ebizo or Rasa.
• Baki reported that the Land of Wind Weapons Shop offered help in exchange for training and integrating a group of ninja into Sunagakure, and Chiyo did not reject the offer.
• Hatake Sakumo sent ninja to help Orochimaru against the Third Raikage, while the Land of Earth organized a force and the other villages sought to draw Kirigakure into the war.

Uchiha Yū learned that his plans had fueled clashes between Kumogakure and Sunagakure, then visited the imprisoned Pakura and told her Sunagakure had abandoned her. Pakura rejected his claim, while Uchiha Yū left her to consider what awaited her if she was released.

• Mu Chuanlang reported that news of the Third Kazekage's disappearance had spread and that Kumogakure shinobi were clashing with Sunagakure shinobi.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Mu Chuanlang to monitor Kumogakure's movements and have Dawn hire bounty shinobi to take missions in its name.
• Mu Chuanlang told Uchiha Yū that Pakura had recovered some chakra and attempted to escape, so Uchiha Yū went to see her in the dungeon.
• Pakura threatened Uchiha Yū, but he told her that the villages knew of the Third Kazekage's disappearance and that Sunagakure had abandoned her.
• Pakura called Uchiha Yū's claim a scheme, while he urged her to consider how she would explain her situation after leaving the dungeon.

Uchiha Yū continued manipulating the conflict between Kumogakure and Konoha while releasing Pakura, whose village had yet to come for her. At the front lines, Dodai warned the Third Raikage that someone might be targeting Kumogakure, but he had no proof.

• Uchiha Yū offered Pakura a place among his companions, but she rejected his offer and insisted Sunagakure would rescue her.
• Uchiha Yū took control of Mu Chuanlang's remaining forces, ordered them to gather intelligence and fuel hostility between the sides, then instructed Mu Chuanlang to release Pakura.
• Dodai arrived at the front lines and told the Third Raikage he suspected someone was plotting against Kumogakure.
• Dodai explained that Sunagakure ninja had entered the Land of Lightning searching for Sasori, and that a captured suspect had died by a seal before revealing anything.
• The Third Raikage grew furious at the suspected threat, while Dodai admitted he had no solid evidence identifying who was behind it.

The Third Raikage and Dodai sent the AB Combination into the Land of Wind to draw out the force targeting Kumogakure. Uchiha Yū freed Pakura in the mountains, where she began to realize Sunagakure had abandoned her, while he prepared to ambush the approaching Cloud forces.

• Dodai pointed out that the clues seemed to implicate Sunagakure, and the Third Raikage decided to use bait to draw out the hidden enemy.
• The Third Raikage ordered the AB Combination to enter the Land of Wind while he guarded the Land of Fire border.
• Uchiha Yū took Pakura back to the mountains, removed her restraints, and told her she was free to verify whether Sunagakure had come to save her.
• Pakura searched the area and found no sign of a rescue, then tried to convince herself that the village had gone to negotiate with Konoha.
• Uchiha Yū watched Pakura leave and focused on preparing the mountains to wipe out Kumogakure's forces.
• Killer B and A complained about the cautious plan as Dodai's subordinates explained that it was meant to expose the enemy in hiding.

Uchiha Yū prepared an ambush for Kumogakure’s force as it cautiously advanced through the mountains toward the Land of Wind. After the troops entered the trap, he sealed the route ahead with Radiation Element, leaving them facing a deadly isolation zone.

• Kumogakure’s scouts found old battle traces but no ambush, and Bai Shi Xiaofu ordered them to search farther ahead.
• Hatake Sakumo received Uchiha Yū’s message and led Konoha’s forces toward their prepared positions, assigning Sarutobi Hiri to manage the terrain and troops.
• Bai Shi Xiaofu relaxed after repeated checks, and A led the force into the mountainous region while stopping Killer B from singing.
• Uchiha Yū judged that most of his plan had succeeded and went to the outer boundary to block the road ahead.
• Uchiha Yū spread Radiation Element across the boundary, withering the grass and creating a lethal barrier for Kumogakure’s troops.

Uchiha Yū completed a deadly Radiation Element barrier around the mountains, trapping Kumogakure's scouts and main force. Bai Shi Xiaofu chose to search the barrier for an exit, while Uchiha Yū watched from above and prepared to face their response.

• Uchiha Yū spread the Radiation Element through the mountains, turning the area pale and causing a scout who entered it to wither into ash.
• The surviving Cloud Shinobi scouts warned Bai Shi Xiaofu, who halted the advance and ordered the force to retreat.
• Killer B drew his blades and heard from the Eight-Tails Gyūki that the strange force felt familiar.
• Bai Shi Xiaofu led the group to the white barrier and ordered them to follow it in search of an exit instead of using Killer B's Tailed Beast Ball.
• Uchiha Yū spotted the Kumogakure force searching along the barrier and realized they had detected his plan.

Uchiha Yū strengthened his radiation trap as Kumogakure’s force approached the narrow mountain pass, where Hatake Sakumo’s Konoha troops waited to ambush them. The three sides prepared to clash, and the chapter ended as dazzling lights erupted around Bai Shi Xiaofu’s group.

• Uchiha Yū realized the Kumogakure group was bait and concentrated radiation in the isolation zone to weaken them.
• Bai Shi Xiaofu led the Cloud Shinobi toward a gap between two peaks, while Killer B prepared to use the Eight-Tails if the enemy attacked.
• Hatake Sakumo positioned Konoha’s force to strike the Cloud Shinobi from both sides, and Sarutobi Hiri tried to steady himself before the battle.
• Bai Shi Xiaofu’s group entered the narrow passage, where bright flashes erupted around them.

Hatake Sakumo’s ambush against the Kumogakure forces failed to catch them off guard, and he faced A and Killer B on the battlefield. As Uchiha Yū gathered Radiation Element that threatened everyone nearby, Killer B sensed the danger and left the front line to confront its source.

• Hatake Sakumo’s explosive-tag ambush triggered a landslide, but the Kumogakure ninja raised Earth Walls to protect themselves.
• Bai Shi Xiaofu recognized Konoha’s trap, and Hatake Sakumo prepared to fight A and Killer B.
• Uchiha Yū drew Radiation Element from the isolation zone, contaminating the battlefield as his reserves dwindled.
• Gyūki warned Killer B that a deadly power was contaminating the environment, so Killer B left to find its source.
• A joined Hatake Sakumo on the front line while Killer B entered the valley, and the two prepared to fight.

Konoha and Kumogakure clashed in a canyon as Sarutobi Hiri took command against Bai Shi Xiaofu, while Uchiha Yū confronted Killer B inside his expanding radiation barrier. Uchiha Yū attacked Killer B with a purple chakra blade and declared that Kumogakure would lose a tailed beast.

• Sarutobi Hiri took command of nearby Konoha ninjas and led them in an encirclement of Bai Shi Xiaofu.
• Killer B searched for the source of the corrosive force as Uchiha Yū’s radiation barrier spread and withered the surrounding plants.
• Uchiha Yū drew the Radiation Element back into his body and charged toward Killer B.
• The Eight-Tails warned Killer B of the approaching danger, and Killer B recognized Uchiha Yū as his opponent.
• Killer B attacked Uchiha Yū with four tentacles, but Uchiha Yū dodged onto one and struck at it with a purple chakra blade.

Uchiha Yū pushed Killer B into a desperate fight with his speed, strength, and Shadow Clones. When Uchiha Yū unleashed Nuclear Release: Atomic Fission, Killer B transformed into his complete tailed beast form to survive.

• The Eight-Tails warned Killer B that the Uchiha bloodline descended from the eldest son of the God of Shinobi, while Killer B admired Uchiha Yū’s agility and taijutsu.
• Uchiha Yū struck the Eight-Tails with a barrage of Monstrous Strength Fist punches, forcing Killer B to extend more tentacles and take to the air.
• Uchiha Yū attacked with Mysterious Peacock Method: Blades, then used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to surround Killer B from four directions.
• Uchiha Yū and his clones broke through Killer B’s tentacle defense and brought him face-to-face with the original.
• Uchiha Yū unleashed Nuclear Release: Atomic Fission, and the Eight-Tails helped Killer B transform into his complete tailed beast form.

Uchiha Yū survived Killer B’s full Tailed Beast Transformation and revealed a half-body Susanoo formed through his control of Radiation Element. The battle continued as Killer B and the Eight-Tails recognized the danger of his new power.

• A tried to enter the mountains, but Hatake Sakumo blocked him and kept fighting him in the canyon.
• Uchiha Yū’s devastating explosion failed to kill Killer B, who survived by completing his full Tailed Beast Transformation and curling his tentacles around himself.
• Killer B and the Eight-Tails resolved to kill Uchiha Yū before his white-light attack could threaten a whole ninja force.
• Uchiha Yū absorbed the surrounding Radiation Element and formed a half-body Susanoo, alarming the Eight-Tails.
• Uchiha Yū tested his new form while struggling to control it and sustain its enormous chakra cost.

Uchiha Yū used his flexible radioactive chakra construct to entangle Killer B and the Eight-Tails, but the prolonged battle exhausted him. As his chakra faded, Killer B launched Tailed Beast Eight Coils, pulling Yū toward a potentially fatal attack.

• Uchiha Yū clashed with Killer B and used Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame to force the Eight-Tails to extinguish the flames on its body.
• Killer B bound the pseudo-Susanoo with tentacles and discovered its bones were less dense than the Eight-Tails, but Yū reshaped the radioactive chakra to escape and cling to the tentacles.
• Uchiha Yū covered the Eight-Tails in replenishing radioactive chakra, trapping and eroding it while dodging Killer B's attacks across a devastated battlefield.
• As Uchiha Yū neared his limit and the purple chakra faded, Killer B recognized that the entanglement had been a concentrated burst and began Tailed Beast Eight Coils.
• The Eight-Tails curled its tentacles inward and drew Uchiha Yū toward the spinning attack as he felt its immense power gather.

Uchiha Yū tried to escape Killer B while absorbing radiation to replenish his chakra, but the Eight-Tails warned that his gathering power was dangerous. Killer B prepared a Tailed Beast Ball, leaving Uchiha Yū racing to get away before it struck.

• Uchiha Yū decided that continuing to fight Killer B would lead to defeat and hoped Hatake would act quickly elsewhere.
• Killer B and the Eight-Tails sensed Uchiha Yū’s location and pursued him, determined not to let him escape.
• Uchiha Yū dodged Killer B’s tentacles and absorbed radiation elements from the surroundings to replenish his strength.
• The Eight-Tails warned Killer B not to touch Uchiha Yū because the dense energy gathering around him was affecting its chakra.
• Killer B turned toward the mountains and began charging a Tailed Beast Ball while Uchiha Yū pushed himself to flee.

Uchiha Yū survived Killer B and the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball by redirecting it with First Rashomon, then escaped into the poisoned canyon. Killer B returned to find A and Hatake Sakumo poised to fight, but warned them that the devastated area was too dangerous to enter.

• Uchiha Yū used First Rashomon to deflect the Tailed Beast Ball and fled while the explosion destroyed the surrounding area.
• The Eight-Tails told Killer B that Uchiha Yū had escaped and warned that he could become a formidable opponent.
• A, wounded and suppressed by Hatake Sakumo, moved toward the canyon after a massive blast shook the battlefield.
• A and Hatake Sakumo reached the canyon’s edge and found the landscape leveled and filled with deadly poison.
• Killer B emerged from the dust, reunited with A, and warned him not to fight Hatake Sakumo inside the poisoned area.

Uchiha Yū and Hatake Sakumo confronted the AB Combination, but Killer B and A chose to withdraw rather than risk the poison and further losses. Exhausted, Uchiha Yū stayed behind as Konoha and Kumogakure continued fighting in the valley.

• Uchiha Yū warned Killer B that radiation poison could kill everyone in the valley, including A, and Hatake Sakumo joined him on the mountain.
• Killer B advised A to retreat with their comrades because their mission had already gathered intelligence and the poison was too dangerous to counter.
• Hatake Sakumo prepared to return to the valley while Uchiha Yū urged him not to pursue the retreating Kumogakure force.
• After Hatake Sakumo left, Uchiha Yū admitted his appearance had been a bluff and reflected that the plan had neither succeeded nor failed outright.
• Uchiha Yū rested briefly, then moved across the mountain and watched the AB Combination organize Kumogakure's breakout through the valley.

Killer B and A broke through Konoha’s encirclement, forcing Hatake Sakumo to abandon the pursuit while Uchiha Yū recovered and helped assess the battle. Hatake planned to build a defensive line against Kumogakure and proposed seeking Ōnoki’s help, though Uchiha Yū warned that Iwagakure would be difficult to persuade.

• Killer B used his tentacles to clear a path as A stopped Hatake Sakumo from pursuing, allowing the Kumogakure force to escape.
• Hatake Sakumo gathered the exhausted Konoha ninja and ordered them to treat the wounded and guard against another attack.
• Uchiha Yū recovered chakra and told Hatake Sakumo that even reinforcements would have struggled to stop the tailed beast.
• Hatake Sakumo judged the battle a small victory and explained that he planned to establish a defensive line against Kumogakure.
• Hatake Sakumo proposed joining forces with Ōnoki, but Uchiha Yū warned that Iwagakure would not act without tangible benefits.

Uchiha Yū treated the wounded while Hatake Sakumo returned to organize Konoha’s defenses, and Kumogakure prepared to join forces with Kirigakure against Konoha. After returning to Sunagakure, Pakura learned that the village had neither tried to rescue her nor prioritized her over searching for the Third Kazekage, leaving her despondent and directionless.

• Uchiha Yū stayed with the wounded to treat and protect them while Hatake Sakumo returned to arrange Konoha’s defenses.
• Bai Shi Xiaofu and Killer B returned to Kumogakure, where they reported the ambush and identified Uchiha Yū as a dangerous enemy.
• Dodai ordered the AB Combination to garrison the Land of Wind border and revealed that Kirigakure had agreed to join Kumogakure’s attack on Konoha.
• The Third Hokage sent three officials with a letter to Iwagakure to seek an ally for Konoha.
• Pakura returned to Sunagakure and learned that the village had not tried to rescue her and was considering abandoning the search for the Third Kazekage.
• Pakura remained in Sunagakure, grieving over her place in the village and drifting through life as she waited for missions.

Uchiha Yū assessed Sunagakure’s military plans and decided to focus on controlling the newly appointed Fourth Kazekage rather than treating the village’s border attacks as a major war. He brought Kakuzu to the Land of Wind to help carry out the plan, prepared to force the Kazekage out if he refused.

• Uchiha Yū reviewed Sunagakure’s intelligence and told Sarutobi Hiri that the Fourth Kazekage sought local victories, while Konoha should prioritize the threat from Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Yū concluded that the Fourth Kazekage’s new position gave him an opportunity to gain control of Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Yū left a Shadow Clone at camp and traveled overnight to the secret base in the Land of Wind.
• Uchiha Yū asked Kakuzu to join a mission involving Sunagakure’s upper-ranking ninja, and Kakuzu demanded that he state the purpose directly.
• Uchiha Yū explained that he planned to lure the Fourth Kazekage into his control, or make him retire early if he refused.