Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yū defeated and killed the Fourth Raikage, then sealed his corpse for Sasori to use as a puppet. Below, Killer B remained trapped in battle with the Akatsuki as they prepared to capture the Eight-Tails.

• The Fourth Raikage used lightning to suppress Uchiha Yū’s poison, but the effort destroyed his cells and weakened him.
• Uchiha Yū’s radioactive chakra shield blocked the Raikage’s attacks while his chakra blade inflicted nerve-damaging wounds.
• After the Fourth Raikage’s internal organs were damaged, Uchiha Yū pierced his chest and watched him die.
• Uchiha Yū sealed the Raikage’s corpse in a summoning scroll for Sasori to turn into a puppet.
• Killer B fought off the Akatsuki’s coordinated attacks while Sasori held the Amber Purifying Pot, and he worried that his brother had not returned.

Uchiha Yū announced the Fourth Raikage’s death and claimed Kumogakure for Akatsuki, while Killer B escaped the battlefield. Akatsuki crushed the remaining resistance and took control of the village, but the other great villages responded cautiously and isolated the new power.

• Uchiha Yū declared that he had killed the Fourth Raikage and offered Kumogakure’s ninja submission or death.
• Killer B and the Eight-Tails broke through Akatsuki’s blockade and escaped, while Uchiha Yū chose not to pursue them.
• Kakuzu ordered the killing of those who resisted, and Sasori and the other forces slaughtered Kumogakure’s remaining defenders.
• Uchiha Yū announced that Akatsuki would take over Kumogakure and protect its civilians.
• The other great villages recognized Akatsuki’s strength but offered no assistance and barred their merchants from traveling to the Land of Lightning.

Uchiha Yū consolidated Akatsuki’s control of Kumogakure and began a campaign to isolate and impoverish the Land of Lightning’s nobles. After ordering repairs to the damaged village, he renamed Akatsuki Dawn Hidden Village.

• Uchiha Yū ordered Kumogakure’s residents to register their personal details, assigning surrendered ninja to minor roles and treating those who resisted as enemies.
• A messenger ninja from the Daimyo demanded that Akatsuki obtain the Daimyo’s appointment, but Uchiha Yū rejected the old rules and ordered his death.
• Hiruko killed the messenger ninja, and Sasori dismissed the body as useless for making a puppet.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Kakuzu to raise grain prices fivefold, close the ports to trade, and cut off land trade with other nations.
• Uchiha Yū arranged for ninja from the Land of Wind to help repair Kumogakure and announced that Akatsuki would become Dawn Hidden Village.

Uchiha Yū’s isolation and economic pressure pushed the Land of Lightning into famine, revolt, and the collapse of noble authority. As he began easing the crisis and setting up factories, the surviving nobles argued over surrendering, while the daimyo opposed them.

• The Land of Lightning Daimyo ordered an attack on Dawn and offered a fortune to anyone who destroyed Akatsuki.
• A servant told the daimyo that Dawn had restricted grain sales, raised prices, and cut off the country’s trade, leaving its food supplies to last only a week.
• Uchiha Yū reviewed reports of unrest and noble deaths as Kakuzu described the soaring cost of food.
• Uchiha Yū ordered Dawn to release grain and establish soup kitchens, then directed its factories to begin operating.
• The surviving nobles split over whether to surrender to Dawn, and the daimyo glared at those who supported surrender.

Uchiha Yū accepted the surrender of a group of nobles after they presented the severed head of the Land of Lightning’s daimyo. He gave them management roles while continuing to consolidate Akatsuki’s control, and the chapter ended with the Land of Lightning unified and the ninja world recovering from war.

• Konan told Uchiha Yū that a group of nobles had arrived to surrender and bring him a gift.
• The nobles offered to relinquish their lands and presented the severed head of the Land of Lightning’s daimyo.
• Uchiha Yū accepted the gift and appointed the nobles to help manage the factories and govern the country.
• Uchiha Yū’s forces eventually eliminated the remaining nobles, leaving Akatsuki’s will dominant throughout the Land of Lightning.
• Black and White Zetsu marveled at the country’s unity as the ninja world recovered from the war.

Minato Namikaze asked Uchiha Yū to gather intelligence on Dawn Hidden Village, while Danzo and the old guard pressed Minato to keep Yū under watch. Kakashi was assigned to follow Yū under the pretext of training, and Yū recognized the surveillance as he considered Kushina’s approaching delivery.

• Minato Namikaze questioned Uchiha Yū about Dawn Hidden Village, and Yū said it had abolished the nobles and was raising funds to rebuild the country and village.
• Minato Namikaze asked Yū to use Dawn Weapons Store’s channels to obtain more intelligence about Dawn Hidden Village.
• After Yū left, Danzo urged Minato to keep him under strict watch, but Minato defended Yū and ordered Kakashi to follow him as a supposed trainee.
• Yū left the Hokage Office and thought that Kushina would give birth in at most two months.
• Kakashi approached Yū and said Minato had told him to train under Yū so he could become an ANBU captain.

Uchiha Yū brought Kakashi to the Uchiha compound and arranged for him to train against the clan’s strongest young members. After Shisui defeated Kakashi, Uchiha Yū watched them continue sparring while he prepared to rest before departure.

• Uchiha Yū took Kakashi to the Uchiha compound and told him to spar with its young members.
• Uchiha Yū selected Shisui to test Kakashi, and the two began fighting in front of the clan.
• Shisui outmaneuvered Kakashi with kunai techniques and stopped him with a kunai at his neck.
• Uchiha Yū told Shisui to teach Kakashi kunai-throwing, and Kakashi stayed to train with the Uchiha members.
• Uchiha Yū watched the sparring as Orochimaru continued examining Kushina every three days.

Uchiha Yū told Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yun that Orochimaru had confirmed the date for their departure from Konoha and would leave with them. Minato Namikaze grew concerned about the Uchiha Clan’s preparations and gathered his companions for a late-night meeting, which began when Uchiha Yū arrived.

• Orochimaru sent Uchiha Yū the confirmed date, and Uchiha Yū summoned Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yun to discuss their plans.
• Uchiha Yū revealed that Orochimaru would help the Uchiha Clan leave Konoha and that allies outside the village would guide them.
• Uchiha Fugaku showed his Mangekyō Sharingan and agreed to use his full strength, while Uchiha Yun offered to lead the clan members’ escape.
• Minato Namikaze reviewed reports of the Uchiha Clan’s preparations and worried that he might have to oppose Uchiha Yū to protect Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze invited Nawaki, Jiraiya, and Hyuga Reiko out at night, and Uchiha Yū arrived at the gathering and asked why they had called him to drink.

Minato Namikaze invited Uchiha Yū and their friends to a late-night meal, while keeping his concern about Yū to himself. As they discussed names for Minato’s soon-to-be-born son, Yū suggested Naruto, and Minato accepted it.

• Minato Namikaze invited Uchiha Yū, Jiraiya, and their companions to his home for food and sake, while Jiraiya noticed tension between Minato and Yū.
• Kushina welcomed the group, and Minato sent her upstairs to rest before they ate in the hall.
• Minato asked his friends to suggest a name for his unborn son, and Hyuga Reiko and Nawaki each offered one.
• Uchiha Yū suggested Naruto, the protagonist’s name from Jiraiya’s novel, and Minato agreed to name his son Naruto.

At a tense banquet, Minato Namikaze confronted Uchiha Yū over suspected ties to Dawn Hidden Village and offered him ANBU authority instead of letting him pursue power elsewhere. Uchiha Yū admitted to a limited transaction for explosive tags and left, promising to stay in the Uchiha Clan’s grounds unless an urgent matter arose.

• Minato Namikaze presented intelligence linking Uchiha Yū, Akatsuki, and Dawn Weapons Store, and offered him part of ANBU’s command.
• Uchiha Yū exposed the ANBU agents watching the banquet and identified Kakashi among them.
• Uchiha Yū explained Minato Namikaze’s suspicions about his ties to Dawn Hidden Village, and Minato declared that he would protect Konoha’s stability.
• Uchiha Yū admitted he had ties to Dawn Hidden Village, prompting Jiraiya and the ANBU to prepare for a confrontation.
• Uchiha Yū demonstrated his destructive power, then clarified that he only traded for explosive tags and would remain on Uchiha Clan grounds unless urgent matters arose.

Uchiha Yū and his allies prepared to attack Konoha during Kushina’s delivery and lead the Uchiha Clan out of the village. Before the operation began, Yū entrusted the Elder’s eyes to Uchiha Fugaku and planned to bring Shisui and Itachi into the upheaval.

• Orochimaru met with Uchiha Yū at the Uchiha Clan compound and asked about preparations to leave Konoha that night.
• Black and White Zetsu announced that the Akatsuki was ready to attack Konoha, targeting Kushina while she was in labor.
• Uchiha Yū ordered the Uchiha Clan to assemble and said he and Orochimaru would break through the main gate while the clan followed.
• Uchiha Yū removed his own Sharingan, entrusted them to Uchiha Fugaku, and implanted the Elder’s eyes.
• Uchiha Yū named Shisui and Itachi Uchiha as young clan members who needed to endure the coming upheaval, and Fugaku agreed to have them accompany Yū.

Konoha was attacked from within and without as Obito targeted Kushina’s delivery, while Orochimaru, Nagato, and Uchiha Yū launched assaults across the village. Hiruzen Sarutobi answered the crisis, and Uchiha Yū began leading the Uchiha Clan out of Konoha with Shisui and Itachi at his side.

• Minato Namikaze exposed a White Zetsu disguised as a medical ninja outside Kushina’s delivery room, and Obito emerged from a wall as the attack began.
• Orochimaru invaded Konoha with summoned snakes, while Nagato directed the Six Paths of Pain and their beasts into the village.
• Jiraiya and other ninja recognized Orochimaru and Uchiha Yū among the attackers, and Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma before charging into the sky.
• Uchiha Yū used the Mysterious Peacock Method to form a Susanoo and cut through the ninja blocking his path.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Yun led the Uchiha Clan toward an escape route, while Shisui and Itachi Uchiha stayed with Yū to try to awaken their Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Fugaku confronted the Third Hokage, exposing accusations against Danzo and the Hokage faction before unleashing the Uchiha Clan’s power. After their Susanoo split Rashomon and scarred Hokage Rock, Yū told Fugaku to lead the clan away while he continued alone.

• Uchiha Yū told the Third Hokage that he had no interest in Konoha’s power and was carrying out the operation knowingly.
• Uchiha Fugaku accused the Third Hokage’s faction of persecuting the Uchiha Clan and revealed that Danzo had taken Sharingan from dead ninja.
• Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and formed a Susanoo, which Uchiha Yū armored with the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Fugaku’s Susanoo struck the Third Hokage, cutting through his Rashomon and cracking the Hokage’s face on Hokage Rock.
• The Third Hokage ordered the ANBU to retreat, and Uchiha Yū told Fugaku to take the Uchiha Clan members away while he acted alone.

Uchiha Yū fought Hiruzen Sarutobi and broke through the Third Hokage’s ninjutsu to reach Danzo’s base in the Forest of Death. Hiruzen pursued him, while Danzo remained unaware that Uchiha Yū was coming for Root.

• Uchiha Yū attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi, who used Shadow Clones and combined Earth and Fire Release techniques to confront him.
• Uchiha Yū defended himself with the Mysterious Peacock Method and Sage Mode, then overpowered Hiruzen in taijutsu despite the Third Hokage slowing him with a swamp.
• Uchiha Yū used explosive punches to destroy a Shadow Clone and complained that the Second Hokage’s techniques countered the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan.
• Hiruzen’s Shadow Clones combined Water and Lightning Release to attack Uchiha Yū through the swamp, but Yū forced an opening and escaped the technique.
• Uchiha Yū rushed toward the Forest of Death to attack Danzo’s base, and Hiruzen followed with his Adamantine Staff.
• Danzo stayed at his base, believing the ANBU and ninja from the great clans would overcome the crisis.

Uchiha Yū attacked Danzo’s underground Root base, slaughtering its defenders before unleashing Mutually Multiplying Fission from the air. The blast’s shockwave tore through the Forest of Death and swept into Konoha, devastating buildings and flinging ninjas and summoned beasts away.

• Uchiha Yū broke through Root’s steel entrance and killed the ninjas gathered behind it with Atomic Fission.
• Uchiha Yū fought through Root, killed a ninja whose Mind Body Switch Technique failed, and confronted Danzo outside his office.
• Uchiha Yū vanished from Root’s encirclement and rose into the air to prepare a massive attack.
• Uchiha Yū unleashed Mutually Multiplying Fission, filling the night with light that alarmed ninjas across the area.
• The attack’s wind pressure tore through the Forest of Death and swept into Konoha, damaging houses and blowing away ninjas and summoned beasts.

Uchiha Yū destroyed Root with a devastating attack, then faced Danzo and his summoned beast while the Uchiha clan fled and Akatsuki launched its assault. The chapter ended with Uchiha Yū breaking through Danzo’s guards’ Earth Wall and killing one of them with a punch.

• Uchiha Yū’s attack destroyed the nearby houses, Konoha’s walls and gates, and the Root organization, allowing Uchiha Fugaku to lead the clan members away.
• Sasori led Akatsuki’s final assault while Orochimaru urged Jiraiya to leave Konoha with him, but Jiraiya refused to abandon the village.
• Uchiha Yū discovered that Danzo had survived inside a Double Four Red Yang Formation, which had shielded him from most of the blast.
• Danzo summoned Baku, and Uchiha Yū summoned Black Snake to fight it while he attacked Danzo.
• Uchiha Yū’s Fire Dragon Bullet forced Danzo’s four elite guards to raise an Earth Wall, which Uchiha Yū shattered before killing one guard with a Monstrous Strength Fist.

Uchiha Yū defeated Danzo and killed him after countering his Izanagi, then confronted the Third Hokage over Danzo’s Sharingan-covered arm. The Third Hokage claimed he had not known about Danzo’s actions and prepared to fight Uchiha Yū to protect the village.

• Root's ninjas attacked Uchiha Yū, but his Exploding Fist blasted them away and left Danzo alone.
• Danzo used Wood Release: Tree Root Burial, but Uchiha Yū cut through the roots and wounded him with a purple longsword.
• Danzo tried to escape with Wind Release: Vacuum Wave, but Uchiha Yū's blade struck him and Izanami prevented his Izanagi from saving him.
• Uchiha Yū stopped Danzo from using the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing and severed his head.
• The Third Hokage arrived, and Uchiha Yū demanded an explanation for Danzo's Sharingan-covered arm.
• The Third Hokage said he had not known about Danzo's actions and declared that he would fight to protect the villagers.

Uchiha Yū and Uchiha Obito faced Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Yū rejected Obito’s offer to team up and fought Minato while Obito battled Hiruzen. After Nawaki arrived to protect Naruto, Minato returned to the fight and struck Yū with a Rasengan.

• Minato Namikaze arrived with the infant Naruto as Uchiha Obito appeared beside Uchiha Yū and offered to join forces against the Hokage faction.
• Uchiha Yū refused Obito’s offer, spread a poison zone to keep others from interfering, and confronted Minato while Obito fought Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Uchiha Yū’s attacks and heightened perception challenged Minato’s Flying Thunder God techniques as the two fought.
• Nawaki arrived with Konoha reinforcements, and Minato handed Naruto to him before returning to face Yū.
• Minato used two kunai and the Flying Thunder God to reach Yū, then struck him with a Rasengan.

Uchiha Yū fought Minato Namikaze while Hiruzen Sarutobi suppressed Obito, and reinforcements arrived as Obito abandoned the attempt to capture the Nine-Tails. As Hiruzen prepared to seal the beast into Naruto, Uchiha Yū accused Konoha’s leaders of corruption and exposed Root, causing the gathered ninja to question Hiruzen.

• Uchiha Yū endured Minato Namikaze’s attacks with his armor while Hiruzen Sarutobi kept Obito suppressed.
• Obito summoned the Nine-Tails, drawing ANBU and other Konoha clans to the battle, then escaped when he realized the capture attempt had failed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze that Kushina was dying and that Naruto had to become the Nine-Tails’ new jinchuriki.
• Minato Namikaze accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to seal the Nine-Tails, choosing the village’s safety over his family’s wishes.
• Uchiha Yū accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of sacrificing the Uzumaki Clan and Naruto to preserve the Hokage faction’s power, and revealed Danzo’s use of the Konoha Orphanage to recruit Root ninja.
• Konoha ninja questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about Uchiha Yū’s claims, making him pause his sealing hand signs.

As Konoha regained control of the Nine-Tails and made Naruto its new jinchūriki, Uchiha Yū refused to surrender and prepared to fight the village’s strongest ninja. Before facing them, he had the Naraka Path seize Kushina’s body, preserving the possibility that she could be resurrected and reunited with Minato.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi defended Konoha’s sacrifices, then helped the sealing squad suppress the Nine-Tails and make Naruto its new jinchūriki.
• Uchiha Yū dispelled the Radiation Element isolation zone, rejected Minato Namikaze’s offer of imprisonment, and declared he would fight to the death.
• Minato ordered the elite jōnin to surround Uchiha Yū, while Hyuga Reiko pleaded with him and he asked her to ensure his body was buried in Konoha’s cemetery.
• Uchiha Yū summoned the Naraka Path and held off the Konoha ninja while it seized Kushina’s body.
• A massive worm swallowed Kushina and the Naraka Path and carried them away, and Uchiha Yū told Minato that the separation could leave them a chance to meet again.