Chapter Summaries

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.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze fought through Iwagakure’s defenses to reach Kannabi Bridge, forcing Dong Shiren to order a retreat. Minato engaged the ambushers near the bridge while Yū continued advancing, leaving the bridge’s destruction still ahead.

• Uchiha Yū wiped out a group of Iwagakure ninja with Atomic Fission, and Dong Shiren ordered his forces to avoid close combat.
• Iwagakure ninja used Earth Style: Earth Flow Spear to reshape the battlefield, but Uchiha Yū summoned a more complete Mysterious Peacock Method skeleton and smashed through the earth spikes.
• Minato Namikaze joined Uchiha Yū and asked whether they should retreat, but Yū told him to help push forward.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God to reach the area near Kannabi Bridge, where Dong Shiren’s hidden ambush attacked him.
• Uchiha Yū cleared a path for the elite squad as Iwagakure suffered heavy casualties, and Dong Shiren ordered his forces to retreat.
• Uchiha Yū criticized Minato for not defeating the enemy yet, and Minato said he wanted to develop a second stage of the Rasengan.

Uchiha Yū’s team reclaimed the camp and destroyed the bridge, while he arranged defenses and met with White Zetsu. Kakashi and his companions remained trapped by pursuing Iwagakure ninja as Madara’s plan to turn Obito toward darkness continued.

• Minato Namikaze inspected the team’s losses while Uchiha Yū’s squad secured the camp and demolished the bridge.
• Uchiha Yū ordered the ninja to recover their comrades’ bodies, build a new camp, lay explosive traps, and alert Hatake Sakumo.
• Uchiha Yū found White Zetsu hiding in the forest and asked him to help ensure that Kakashi and Obito survived.
• Oishi cornered Kakashi and his companions while a black-and-white figure watched unseen, as Uchiha Madara’s plan for Obito proceeded.

Uchiha Yū watched Kakashi, Rin, and Obito face a deadly Iwagakure attack, then intervened after the cave collapsed around them. Kakashi and Rin escaped with Yū, believing Obito had died beneath the rubble.

• Kakashi, Obito, and their companions fled into a cave after their attack on the Iwagakure shinobi failed.
• Uchiha Yū confronted Black Zetsu, rejected his claims about the Uchiha Clan, and watched the battle below.
• A White Zetsu reported that Obito was crushed by a boulder and had given his Sharingan to Kakashi, so Yū rushed to the cave.
• Uchiha Yū killed the Iwagakure shinobi pursuing Kakashi and Rin, then caught Kakashi's uncontrolled Chidori and carried them out.
• The cave collapsed completely, and Kakashi and Rin believed Obito had died as Kakashi blamed himself for failing to protect him.

After Obito died during the mission, Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze prepared Konoha’s forces to face Iwagakure at Kannabi Bridge. As the decisive battle neared, scouts reported that the enemy was gathering nearby.

• Rin asked to recover Obito’s body, but Uchiha Yū said there was no time and urged her and Kakashi to prepare for the dangers ahead.
• Uchiha Yū returned Kakashi and Rin to the front line, where Kakashi told Minato Namikaze that Obito had died.
• Uchiha Yū organized defenses at Kannabi Bridge and estimated that Iwagakure’s forces would arrive within a day or two.
• Hatake Sakumo received Uchiha Yū’s report and ordered Konoha’s forces to confront Iwagakure at the border.
• Uchiha Yū warned Minato Namikaze to prepare to transfer a Tailed Beast Ball if the enemy deployed a Tailed Beast.
• A scout reported that Iwagakure’s forces were gathering nearby.

Han dismissed Dong Shiren’s warning about Konoha’s Twin Stars and prepared to meet their forces in a decisive battle. Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s assault, and Han recognized the danger of their combination as they tore into the enemy ranks.

• Dong Shiren warned Han that Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze were exceptionally strong and urged him to prepare for a trap, but Han angrily rejected his advice.
• Han assembled more than a thousand Iwa ninja to face Konoha’s approaching force in a frontal battle.
• After resting, Uchiha Yū ordered the Ino–Shika–Cho, Uchiha Fugaku, and Aburame Clan forces to attack from separate directions.
• Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze launched the vanguard assault, combining the Flying Thunder God with Uchiha Yū’s Monstrous Strength Fist to devastate the enemy ranks.
• Watching from the rear, Han recognized the Twin Stars’ strength and prepared to test them himself.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze confronted Han on the battlefield, combining their abilities against the Five-Tails' jinchūriki. Han countered with Kokuō’s power and spread scalding steam across the area, leaving Uchiha Yū cautious of approaching.

• Uchiha Yū sensed a powerful malice and prepared with Minato Namikaze for a decisive battle against Han.
• Minato Namikaze carried Uchiha Yū through the battlefield with the Flying Thunder God, and Han charged at them under the Five-Tails' chakra.
• Uchiha Yū overwhelmed Han in their first clash, then warned him that close combat against the Poison Ninja was forbidden.
• Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Yū coordinated an attack, but Han endured Uchiha Yū’s purple blade with his Tailed Beast Cloak and struck back with a steam-powered shockwave.
• Han used Boil Release: Steam Surge to spread hot steam across the battlefield, and Uchiha Yū warned Minato Namikaze to avoid getting scalded.

Minato Namikaze dispersed Han’s steam with a Rasengan and placed a Flying Thunder God mark on him, then Uchiha Yū struck Han through the steam and sent him crashing to the ground. Han’s allies saw that he was at a disadvantage but remained confident because their side had brought more fighters.

• Uchiha Yū guided Minato Namikaze through Han’s steam, and Minato slowed down because the vapor impaired his vision.
• Minato used the Rasengan’s wind to disperse the steam, then struck Han and marked his shoulder with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Minato withdrew from the steam and told Uchiha Yū that he could now teleport directly to Han.
• Uchiha Yū covered Minato with radioactive chakra armor, and Minato returned to the steam as Han prepared to attack.
• Uchiha Yū’s punch struck Han in the back and sent him rolling across the ground, while Han’s allies realized he was losing but urged one another not to fear.

Han’s failed attempt to rally Iwagakure left its troops wavering, so he fought Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze again with Kokuō’s help. After Han transformed fully into the Five-Tails, Uchiha Yū ordered a retreat and shifted their plan to harassment, aiming to stop him from using a Tailed Beast Ball.

• Dong Shiren condemned Han’s failure but tried to keep Iwagakure’s army from collapsing into retreat.
• Kokuō warned Han that the enemy’s fists carried destructive chakra and that a Curse Mark on his shoulder let them appear behind him.
• Han asked Kokuō to sense Flying Thunder God, but Minato Namikaze outpaced its warning and struck him again with Uchiha Yū.
• Han and Kokuō unleashed the Five-Tails’ full form, restoring Iwagakure’s confidence and prompting its ninja to attack again.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Minato Namikaze to fall back and set their strategy as harassing Han to prevent him from forming a Tailed Beast Ball.

Uchiha Yū used Han’s steam to conceal his movements, then struck as Han gathered a Tailed Beast Ball and unleashed Mutually Multiplying Fission. Minato Namikaze carried him beyond the blast, while Han fled the explosion’s reach and the battlefield was engulfed in its destructive force.

• Han spread deadly steam across the battlefield, forcing nearby Iwagakure and Konoha ninjas to flee or counter it.
• Uchiha Yū sensed Han gathering a Tailed Beast Ball and had Minato Namikaze move them to Han’s head.
• Uchiha Yū attacked Han and then unleashed Mutually Multiplying Fission as Minato Namikaze prepared to escape with him.
• Han abandoned his Tailed Beast Ball and fled as Kokuō released chakra to boost his speed.
• Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God to carry Uchiha Yū away, and the explosion erased everything in its path while its shockwave hurled survivors across the battlefield.

Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze discovered that Han had survived their devastating attack, but Black and White Zetsu dragged the wounded jinchūriki underground before they could capture him. Uchiha Yū withdrew from the battlefield with Minato, leaving the battle unsettled after both sides lost their strongest fighters.

• Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze surveyed the dust-covered battlefield and found the Iwagakure jinchūriki missing.
• The ninja saw the crater and red crystals left by the explosion and believed Han had been vaporized.
• Uchiha Yū sensed White Zetsu underground, and Han emerged from the crystallized ground with severe injuries.
• Minato Namikaze tried to pursue Han, but Black and White Zetsu seized him and dragged him underground.
• Uchiha Yū stopped Minato from pursuing and asked him to leave the dangerous battlefield.
• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God to take Uchiha Yū away as the battle continued without its strongest fighters.