Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yū feigned serious injuries, kept Minato Namikaze in the rear, and ordered Konoha’s forces to press their advantage after Han was defeated. As Iwagakure’s Dong Shiren chose to fight to the bitter end and Konoha clan leaders sought to pull their people from the front, Uchiha Yū threatened anyone who disrupted his plan.

• Uchiha Yū returned to the rear pretending to be badly injured, took command, and kept Minato Namikaze in camp.
• Uchiha Yū ordered the front-line commanders to gather their troops and begin an orderly offensive against Iwagakure.
• Dong Shiren rejected a retreat, ordered Iwagakure to fight on, and cited the Tsuchikage’s alliance with Kirigakure as a reason they would prevail.
• Iwagakure’s elite jonin joined the battle as both sides suffered heavy casualties and Konoha’s clans asked Uchiha Yū to move them away from the front.
• Uchiha Yū refused to let the clans withdraw and warned that anyone who disrupted his plan would not leave the battlefield alive.

Uchiha Yū rebuked the clan leaders who wanted to leave the front, then discussed Konoha’s corruption and the stalled war with Minato Namikaze. They decided to use summon beasts to shift the battlefield, and Uchiha Yū summoned Black Snake, who immediately suspected he had been brought out as a meat shield.

• Uchiha Yū intimidated the clan leaders into abandoning their requests to transfer and returning to their duties.
• Minato Namikaze admitted that Konoha differed from his expectations and vowed to change the village if he became Hokage.
• Uchiha Yū warned Minato about judging people’s hearts and explained that his destructive power was too costly to use often.
• Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze agreed to use summon beasts, while worrying that Black Snake and Gamabunta would attack each other.
• Uchiha Yū summoned Black Snake in the eastern sector, and Black Snake asked whether he had been summoned as a meat shield.

Uchiha Yū and Konoha’s forces drove Iwagakure into an orderly retreat after a brutal battle, but the costly victory left the battlefield littered with the dead and wounded. As Konoha recovered and reported its losses, Uchiha Fugaku prepared to send fabricated casualties to a secret base in the Land of Wind until the Third Shinobi World War ended.

• Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze stopped Black Snake and Gamabunta from fighting each other, then sent them to battle the enemy on separate fronts.
• Black Snake and Gamabunta devastated the battlefield, allowing Konoha to intensify its assault and stabilize its casualties.
• Dong Shiren ordered Iwagakure’s forces to retreat, while exhausted Konoha ninja stayed behind among their fallen comrades.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Konoha’s ninja to recover their own dead, decapitate enemy jōnin, and burn the remaining enemy bodies.
• Uchiha Yū remained at the front to oversee casualty counts and report the bitter victory to Hiruzen Sarutobi as Tsunade treated the wounded.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Yū that he had prepared fabricated corpses and would send the supposedly dead Uchiha to a secret base in the Land of Wind.

After the battle at Kannabi Bridge, Uchiha Yū took over medical operations as Tsunade’s exhaustion and hemophobia forced her to leave the front. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi blamed Yū for command errors, and Tsunade left the meeting furious, declaring she would leave the village after the war.

• Uchiha Yū and Hatake Sakumo reviewed the battle’s heavy toll, with more than three thousand dead and over two thousand wounded.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Yū to secure medical supplies and take over her duties, then agreed to return to the village.
• Tsunade reported the casualties and the circumstances of the battle to Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village leadership.
• Danzo accused Uchiha Yū of causing the losses through poor command, and Tsunade angrily defended him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said Yū would have to apologize for command errors, prompting Tsunade to declare she would leave the village after the war.

Hiruzen Sarutobi defended his decision to blame Uchiha Yū, arguing that the Uchiha could not be allowed to gain the Hokage position, and said he would bear the resulting backlash. As rumors of Yū’s supposed battlefield failure spread among the troops, Anko came to comfort him, but Yū warned her not to trust what those in power said.

• Mitokado Homura criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi for clashing with Tsunade and said Uchiha Yū could not be blamed for the battle’s losses.
• Hiruzen said he would accept responsibility and that Konoha should choose a new Hokage after the war, while insisting that Yū could not become Hokage because he belonged to the Uchiha Clan.
• Mitokado Homura warned Hiruzen that opposing Yū could also implicate Orochimaru, and Hiruzen suggested calling Jiraiya to discuss the succession.
• Rumors spread through the front that Yū had failed as a commander and caused heavy losses, while the reports omitted Iwagakure’s casualties.
• Anko hurried to Yū’s camp to reassure him, but Yū told her not to judge by appearances or readily believe those at the top.

Uchiha Yū decided to return to Konoha after rumors and political pressure followed the Hokage’s order, leaving Hatake Sakumo to handle the front lines. Tsunade arrived as he prepared to depart, but Yū maintained that he needed to return and recuperate.

• Hatake Sakumo spoke privately with Uchiha Yū about rumors comparing the situation to Sakumo’s failed mission, and Yū said he had anticipated becoming a political target.
• Uchiha Yū told Hatake Sakumo he would return to the village and entrusted him with the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yū examined the wounded and offered Might Duy the choice of staying at the front or returning with him; Duy chose to guard him.
• Uchiha Yū asked Might Duy to bring Might Guy along so Duy could teach him taijutsu during the trip back.
• Tsunade arrived and offered to bear the pressure on Uchiha Yū, but he said the situation affected the whole village and announced he would return to recuperate.

Uchiha Yū prepared to return to Konoha as the Third Shinobi World War neared its end, then demonstrated how powerful taijutsu could overcome ninjutsu. He praised Might Guy’s potential and left the younger shinobi with a lesson about the dangers of underestimating taijutsu fighters.

• Uchiha Yū decided to return to Konoha, while the Uchiha Clan members gradually left and awaited the war’s end.
• Might Guy dropped the heavy weights he had been wearing, surprising Ebisu and Genma Shiranui.
• Uchiha Yū assessed Guy’s physical strength and explained that powerful taijutsu could suppress ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Yū sparred with an elite jonin, broke through his Earth Flow River with a punch, and stopped his fist just short of the man’s forehead.
• Might Guy and his father celebrated Uchiha Yū’s demonstration, and Uchiha Yū praised Guy’s potential and urged everyone not to underestimate taijutsu ninja.

Uchiha Yū led a group of wounded Konoha ninja into an ambush by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. After his first counterattack thwarted Juzo Biwa’s assassination attempt, the swordsmen decided to press on and target the wounded.

• Uchiha Yū encouraged Might Guy to focus on cultivating the Eight Gates before leading the wounded ninja back.
• Uchiha Yū sensed an ambush, and the team formed a defensive formation around the injured as Kirigakure’s Mist Concealment Technique spread through the forest.
• Uchiha Yū warned the team about Silent Killing and told them to protect the wounded without pursuing attackers.
• Uchiha Yū spotted Juzo Biwa during an assassination attempt and drove him back with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Juzo Biwa suggested withdrawing, but Suikazan Fuguki mocked his hesitation, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist agreed to keep attacking the group.

Uchiha Yū fought Juzo Biwa, Munashi Jinpachi, and Suikazan Fuguki, overpowering the Seven Ninja Swordsmen despite Samehada draining his chakra and natural energy. As the three considered retreating, Uchiha Yū began activating his body and suddenly appeared before Suikazan Fuguki.

• Juzo Biwa attacked Uchiha Yū with the Kubikiribōchō while the Mist ninja killed one of the injured men they were protecting.
• Uchiha Yū activated Sage Transformation and used Juzo Biwa's attempt to withdraw to put him on the brink of defeat.
• Munashi Jinpachi joined the fight, but he and Juzo Biwa were unable to withstand Uchiha Yū's strength and called Suikazan Fuguki for help.
• Suikazan Fuguki joined them, and Samehada drained some of Uchiha Yū's chakra and natural energy as the three formed a defensive triangle.
• As the trio considered escaping, Uchiha Yū activated his body and appeared directly in front of Suikazan Fuguki.

Uchiha Yū used his enhanced speed and strength to overpower the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, killing Juzo Biwa and taking the Kubikiribōchō. He ordered Konoha’s jōnin to block the enemies’ escape and pressed the remaining swordsmen into a desperate fight.

• Uchiha Yū knocked Suikazan Fuguki away with a punch, leaving Fuguki badly injured and afraid of taking another hit.
• Uchiha Yū struck Juzo Biwa through the heart and took the Kubikiribōchō as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist recoiled in fear.
• Uchiha Yū declared that he would kill the swordsmen, while Aburame jōnin and Yamanaka jōnin guarded the perimeter.
• Uchiha Yū attacked the remaining swordsmen with the Kubikiribōchō and focused his assault on Suikazan Fuguki.
• Suikazan Fuguki called on the others to join forces, warning that they would not escape if Uchiha Yū picked them off one by one.

Uchiha Yū fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, using Radiation Element to weaken them and killing Jinin Akebino. Suikazan Fuguki decided to abandon his companions and began making his escape.

• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist regrouped and attacked Uchiha Yū, with Kushimaru Kuriarare laying threads to limit his movement and Jinin Akebino taking the front line.
• Uchiha Yū revealed that his Radiation Element was poisoning the gathered swordsmen and worsening as the battle continued.
• Uchiha Yū used the Mysterious Peacock Method with the Kubikiribōchō to split Jinin Akebino's body in two.
• Suikazan Fuguki decided to use his teammates as a diversion so he could flee, then raised Samehada as if preparing to fight Uchiha Yū.

Uchiha Yū defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist after Suikazan Fuguki abandoned them and tried to escape. The remaining swordsmen died fighting, and Uchiha Yū ordered their bodies buried while Fuguki’s was taken to Konoha for interrogation.

• Suikazan Fuguki fled the battle, enraging the remaining Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist as they joined forces against Uchiha Yū.
• Uchiha Yū used a genjutsu to trap Fuguki, then killed him with Kubikiribōchō and took Samehada.
• Uchiha Yū challenged the four remaining swordsmen, who chose to fight to the death rather than flee.
• Uchiha Yū battled the four swordsmen with taijutsu as their strength waned from the Radiation Element, then killed them with Kubikiribōchō.
• Uchiha Yū ordered his fellow Konoha ninjas to bury the four swordsmen and take Suikazan Fuguki’s body back to Konoha for interrogation.

Uchiha Yū returned to Konoha after defeating the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, while Hiruzen Sarutobi weighed his growing influence and considered the next Hokage. Hiruzen asked Jiraiya to take the position, but Jiraiya refused and suggested Minato Namikaze instead.

• Uchiha Yū buried the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, collected their swords, and led the injured team back to Konoha safely.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read the mission report and worried that Uchiha Yū's growing reputation threatened his plan to keep him from becoming Hokage.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha, read the report about Uchiha Yū, and praised his achievement.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Jiraiya to become the Fourth Hokage, but Jiraiya refused because he wanted to travel and write a book.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that his rumors about Uchiha Yū had alienated Tsunade and implicated Orochimaru, leaving few candidates; Jiraiya recommended Minato Namikaze.

Uchiha Yū ignored a crowd demanding compensation and apologies for wartime deaths while planning Dawn’s expansion with Shan Juhua. Jiraiya arrived to assess the unrest, and Uchiha Yū silenced the crowd with a display of killing intent and a cold warning.

• Uchiha Yū went to Dawn Weapons Store instead of the hospital and discussed restoring Dawn’s overseas assets and expanding its influence with Shan Juhua.
• Mourners and opportunists surrounded the store, demanding that Uchiha Yū apologize and pay compensation for deaths in the war.
• Jiraiya arrived and listened to the crowd, worrying that the conflict could drive Uchiha Yū away from the village.
• Uchiha Yū descended into the crowd and released his killing intent, leaving everyone but Jiraiya terrified and frozen.
• Uchiha Yū offered to apologize but warned that they should not blame him if trouble followed.

Jiraiya negotiated with Uchiha Yū after the Third Hokage passed him over for Hokage, and Uchiha Yū agreed to become a Hokage Advisor while helping conceal the village’s political maneuvering. The chapter ended with Uchiha Yū learning that the Fourth Mizukage had died, a death he suspected was no accident because the Mizukage contained a tailed beast.

• Jiraiya calmed the villagers and promised Shan Juhua that Konoha would resolve the dispute without harming its alliance with Dawn Weapons Store.
• Uchiha Yū told Jiraiya he would deliberately lower his standing and accepted the Third Hokage’s offer to become a Hokage Advisor.
• Uchiha Yū planned to cooperate with the Hokage’s scheme, then leave with Orochimaru after the war and wait for the Hokage selection to begin.
• Jiraiya reported Uchiha Yū’s agreement to the Third Hokage, who felt relieved as the village waited for the war to end.
• Uchiha Yū received intelligence that the Fourth Mizukage had died and suspected the death was connected to the tailed beast within him.

Uchiha Yū planned Dawn’s move to secure Rin’s corpse as the Third Shinobi World War ended. Orochimaru then visited him to reveal that his Curse Mark research could let him reincarnate after death, and offered Uchiha Yū the research materials.

• Uchiha Yū learned that Rin had sacrificed herself to stop the Tailed Beast and ordered Shan Juhua to have Kakuzu and Sasori retrieve her corpse without harming Kakashi.
• The Fourth Mizukage’s overthrow, alongside the deaths of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, brought the Third Shinobi World War to an end.
• Dawn’s control and funding had made Sunagakure prosperous, leading some of its shinobi to accept the new order.
• Orochimaru visited Uchiha Yū and explained that he had infused part of his spirit into the Curse Mark so he could revive through reincarnation if his original body died.
• Orochimaru presented Uchiha Yū with a scroll containing his research and asked him to join the project.

Uchiha Yū told Orochimaru that Impure World Reincarnation could be developed to let dead scientists work without rest, then hinted that they should leave Konoha. Orochimaru agreed to cooperate, and Yū revealed that a major event would happen that night.

• Uchiha Yū refused Orochimaru's invitation to pursue immortality and suggested expanding Impure World Reincarnation into a way to make dead scientists work tirelessly.
• Orochimaru embraced the idea and began considering experiments, including using enemies as sacrifices while keeping his research secret.
• Uchiha Yū closed the door and warned Orochimaru that what he was about to say concerned his own life.
• Uchiha Yū implied that he intended to leave Konoha, and Orochimaru warned him about the village's tracking shinobi and the dangers of defecting.
• Uchiha Yū said they would have help from outside and that Konoha would be distracted by other betrayals; Orochimaru agreed to cooperate when the time came.
• Uchiha Yū told Orochimaru that something major would happen that night but did not reveal the exact timing or details.

Uchiha Yū learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to make him take public blame for the Third Shinobi World War’s failures, and he agreed to apologize at the memorial ceremony. Afterward, he intended to shift his attention to the next stage of his plans and leave Konoha.

• Uchiha Yū burned Hiruzen Sarutobi’s report and told Shan Juhua that he would have to apologize for the war’s failures.
• Uchiha Yū told Shan Juhua to leave Konoha, have Nagato forge the Six Paths of Pain, and prepare for Uchiha Madara’s arrival.
• Uchiha Yū and Shan Juhua agreed to attend the funeral before beginning the next stage of their plan.
• At the funeral, Hiruzen Sarutobi introduced Uchiha Yū’s apology, and Uchiha Yū accepted part of the blame for the war’s devastation.
• Some mourners, including shinobi whose clans had been wiped out, turned furious looks toward Uchiha Yū as he apologized.

At a memorial service, mourners argued over Uchiha Yū’s wartime decisions, but Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped the dispute and accepted Yū’s offer to resign as hospital director. The service ended with tensions still surrounding the Uchiha Clan, while Hiruzen reflected on how alone he had become.

• Some mourners demanded that Uchiha Yū apologize and pay compensation, while battlefield survivors defended his decisions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi silenced the argument, said Konoha would compensate the bereaved, and forbade anyone from raising the matter again.
• Uchiha Yū recognized a Kurama Clan member who had stirred up the dispute, and the man realized he had been manipulated.
• The major clan heads told their members to stay out of Yū’s matter, and Hiruzen’s orders ended the confrontation.
• Uchiha Yū offered to resign as hospital director and relinquish his authority so he could focus on medical research, and Hiruzen accepted.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried about the conflict within the Uchiha Clan and mourned that his three former disciples had gone their separate ways.

Uchiha Yū’s group prepared to attack one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, but Obito appeared and claimed to be Uchiha Madara. Obito urged Nagato to gather the tailed beasts and use force to bring peace, while Uchiha Yū kept his own knowledge of Obito’s identity and his dealings with Madara hidden.

• Konan supported Uchiha Yū’s plan to expand Dawn, while Kakuzu complained that he was being used as both its treasurer and a weapon.
• Uchiha Yū told Kakuzu that Dawn would directly attack a Five Great Shinobi Village, and the group sensed intruders approaching.
• Obito emerged with Black and White Zetsu, and Kakuzu’s attack passed harmlessly through Obito’s body.
• Uchiha Yū identified Obito’s ability as space-time ninjutsu from the Mangekyō Sharingan, while realizing Black and White Zetsu had not exposed his dealings with Madara.
• Obito introduced himself as Uchiha Madara and told Nagato to gather the tailed beasts and use force to deter future wars.