Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yū used mirrors to concentrate sunlight on Hokage Rock and discovered that absorbing the radiation greatly accelerated his growth, but the Third Hokage ordered him to stop. Uchiha Zhu then offered the clan’s support and urged Yū to grow strong enough to protect the Uchiha Clan.

• Uchiha Yū placed mirrors on Hokage Rock and absorbed concentrated sunlight, finding that one day of exposure equaled half a month of his previous progress.
• The gathered sunlight made Hokage Rock glow, drawing a crowd and bringing the Third Hokage to investigate.
• The Third Hokage ordered Uchiha Yū to remove the mirrors and focus on treating wounded ninja while the war continued.
• Uchiha Zhu intercepted Uchiha Yū and confirmed that the mirrors could strengthen him by gathering power from sunlight.
• Uchiha Zhu offered to have Uchiha Clan ninja help set up the mirrors and urged Yū to grow quickly for the clan’s future.
• Uchiha Yū declared that he would surpass the God of Shinobi, and Uchiha Zhu encouraged his ambition while stressing the clan’s duty to support him.

Uchiha Yū gained Uchiha Zhu’s support and used the clan grounds to concentrate sunlight with mirrors, drawing attention across Konoha. The chapter ended with Hyuga Reiko sneaking out to find Yū and injuring her eyes when she looked toward the brilliant light.

• Uchiha Zhu recalled how he had failed to follow Uchiha Madara and chose to support Uchiha Yū’s plan to strengthen himself and preserve the clan.
• Uchiha Zhu provided Yū with several Uchiha ninjas, who arranged mirrors to gather sunlight into a bright beam in an alley.
• The Hokage’s office received reports of the light, and Danzo dismissed the Uchiha Clan’s project while wondering about his worsening health.
• Mitokado Homura rejected the Hokage’s suggestion that the light might train fire resistance, while Danzo planned to test the idea himself.
• Hyuga Reiko returned from the front and was confined at home, but she escaped and hurt her eyes when she looked at the gathered sunlight.

Uchiha Yū healed Hyuga Reiko after her Byakugan was damaged while she observed his mirror, then invited her to support his planned weapons shop. As Reiko voiced her frustration with the Hyuga Clan’s rigid customs, Yū urged her to join him in changing things, and she agreed to follow him.

• Uchiha Yū healed Reiko’s injured eyes and advised her to protect them with sunglasses.
• Reiko said she did not want to become clan head or have children, and Yū invited her to bring the Hyuga Clan to his future weapons shop.
• Reiko demanded a meal in exchange for supporting the shop, then punched Yū after realizing he had been counting his money.
• Reiko complained about the Hyuga Clan’s traditions and recalled that a branch-house member had died protecting her without seeming to regret it.
• Yū told Reiko that they could change the clan’s helpless situation if they became strong enough, and Reiko agreed to follow him.

Hyuga Reiko agreed to approach Hizashi Hyuga and recruit Branch Family members who wanted to change their clan’s fate. Meanwhile, Danzo discovered that Root’s ninja were mysteriously weakening, then heard that the Eight-Tails jinchuriki had died of unexplained physical decline, leading him to suspect Uchiha Yū.

• Uchiha Yū told Hyuga Reiko to seek out Hizashi Hyuga and quietly share her ideals with him.
• Hyuga Reiko accepted the task, while Uchiha Yū worried she might reveal Dawn’s plans.
• Danzo’s medical ninja found that Root’s members were weakening and developing lesions, so Danzo ordered the organization to relocate in secret.
• Danzo ordered a Root member to watch Uchiha Yū and investigate whether mirrors could enhance his strength.
• The Third Hokage told Danzo that the Raikage had withdrawn after the Eight-Tails jinchuriki died from unexplained physical weakness.
• Danzo recalled that Uchiha Yū had poisoned the jinchuriki and began to suspect that he was behind Root’s crisis as well.

Danzo proposed using Uchiha Yū’s poison to intimidate Ōnoki and force Iwagakure into a truce, prompting the Third Hokage to assign Yū to the battlefield while restricting Danzo’s authority. Yū received the order and realized he was expected to poison the enemy forces.

• Danzo urged the Third Hokage to send Uchiha Yū to the front as a large-scale weapon against Iwagakure, and the Hokage agreed while ordering Danzo to give up command of the ANBU.
• Danzo accepted the loss of his ANBU authority and kept his true trump card hidden.
• Uchiha Yū wrote to Shan Juhua, instructing her to bring funds and resources to expand business through Konoha.
• Yū stopped wounded ninja from removing their bandages before they went to the battlefield and warned them about the danger of infected wounds.
• An ANBU member delivered the Hokage’s order for Yū to lead ninja to the battlefield, and Yū suspected he was being sent to poison Iwagakure’s forces.

Uchiha Yū recruited Hizashi Hyuga to join him on the battlefield and urged Reiko to gather Branch Family allies, while arranging medical supplies for the coming campaign. An elite ANBU team arrived with orders to escort him ahead of the main force and set deadly poison traps against Iwagakure, but its leader withheld the details of the plan.

• Hizashi Hyuga agreed to trust Uchiha Yū and pursue a chance to change the Branch Family's fate by joining him on the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yū refused Reiko's request to fight, telling her to gather Branch Family members and other allies instead.
• Uchiha Yū organized medical supplies for the front, and Tsunade reluctantly provided them from Konoha Hospital.
• An elite ANBU team led by Yamanaka Riyan arrived with the Hokage's orders to escort Uchiha Yū ahead of the main force and prepare deadly poison traps.
• Uchiha Yū warned that his indiscriminate poison required the battlefield to be confined, but Yamanaka Riyan told him to follow instructions without explaining the plan.

Danzo sent Root to lure Uchiha Yū into an ambush, while Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s demolition squad to kill him. Yū recognized that Yamanaka Riyan’s supposed Hokage orders were suspicious and refused to proceed without seeing them.

• After being forced to relocate Root, Danzo vowed to kill Uchiha Yū and arranged to use someone else to carry out the assassination.
• Ōnoki concluded Danzo was trying to use Iwagakure to eliminate Yū and ordered a demolition squad to ambush him.
• As Yū traveled toward the battlefield, he became suspicious of Yamanaka Riyan’s hurried plan to deploy poison before consulting the camp’s commanders.
• Yū challenged Riyan’s orders, noting they differed from the Hokage’s instructions and asking to see the written mission details.
• Riyan claimed the top-secret plan had been given verbally, but Yū and the two jonin recognized that something was wrong and refused to proceed blindly.

Yamanaka Riyan led Uchiha Yū and the two jonin toward the frontline camp while the others kept Yū safe and prevented a clash. At the camp, Yū challenged Riyan’s account of the Hokage’s orders, but Sarutobi S mōkū postponed the dispute to deal with an urgent matter.

• Yamanaka Riyan claimed the Hokage had ordered the group to reach the battlefield, while the two jonin guarded Uchiha Yū and kept him away from Riyan.
• Uchiha Yū relied on the jonin for protection as the group hurried toward the camp, and he warned Gekkō Qinghe to seek him out if his wife became pregnant and needed medicine.
• Gekkō Qinghe identified the frontline camp as being under Sarutobi S mōkū’s command, and the group arrived without encountering enemy ninja.
• Uchiha Yū demanded that Sarutobi S mōkū clarify the Hokage’s intelligence after Riyan’s mission account conflicted with what Yū had been told.
• Sarutobi S mōkū set aside the dispute over the Hokage’s orders and said an urgent matter had to be handled first.

Uchiha Yū challenged the planned poison operation and persuaded Sarutobi S mōkū to move it to a safer area, while Yamanaka Riyan was assigned to the front lines. The mission preparations began, and Yū asked to have Hizashi Hyuga accompany him for observation.

• Uchiha Yū accepted that Sarutobi S mōkū would prioritize elite jonin and shifted the discussion to planning the poison mission.
• Uchiha Yū warned that Ōnoki might expand the war and proposed a different area for the poison isolation zone.
• Sarutobi S mōkū adopted Yū’s plan, ordered a day of preparations, and sent Yamanaka Riyan to the front lines.
• Sarutobi S mōkū privately assured Uchiha Yū that he would protect him from Danzo’s faction during the war.
• Uchiha Yū requested Hizashi Hyuga’s help with observation, explaining that he would deploy the deadly poison in advance.

Uchiha Yū received the reinforcements and prepared to lead a mission with Hizashi Hyuga and other elite Konoha ninja. Meanwhile, Yamanaka Riyan met Iwagakure's Kari and tried to redirect the assassination plan after Yū exposed his original scheme.

• Sarutobi S mōkū agreed to support Uchiha Yū, while Yamanaka Riyan watched Yū leave and then disappeared from camp.
• Uchiha Yū met the arriving reinforcements led by the White Fang of Konoha, checked the medical supplies, and asked Hizashi Hyuga to help with the mission by observing the area.
• Uchiha Yū kept Hizashi beside him to raise his standing and explained that he should avoid combat and retreat if he spotted enemies.
• Uchiha Yū departed with Hizashi Hyuga, Gekkō Qinghe, a civilian jonin, and a Sarutobi Clan expert toward the changed ambush location.
• Yamanaka Riyan reached the meeting point and told Kari that Uchiha Yū had discovered his plan and changed the attack location.
• Kari took Yamanaka Riyan's map and eyed him suspiciously, recalling the Tsuchikage's warning not to trust an enemy easily.

Uchiha Yū deployed his lethal radiation poison across the battlefield, while Kari and Yamanaka Riyan waited in vain for him and then tried to track the spreading danger. Kari grew increasingly frustrated as the poison covered a vast area and made their pursuit hazardous.

• Uchiha Yū stopped short of the planned location and released radiation poison, telling Hizashi Hyuga and the others to keep their distance.
• Hizashi Hyuga used his Byakugan and saw that the poison killed and mutated every living thing it reached.
• Sarutobi recognized the poison's destructive power as comparable to a Tailed Beast Ball, while Konoha prepared to use a feint and follow-up assault against Iwagakure.
• Kari waited with the demolition squad as Yamanaka Riyan insisted Uchiha Yū would arrive, but green lights appeared in the distance instead.
• Yamanaka Riyan identified the lights as Uchiha Yū's poison and urged Kari to circle around toward it.
• Kari led the squad along the poison's edge, but its rapid spread made tracking Yū difficult and further strained his patience.

Uchiha Yū faced an Iwagakure attack while the other shinobi fought to protect him. After revealing his strength and summoning the black snake, he engaged Murano Ton and tried to wear him down with a coordinated shuriken attack.

• Hizashi Hyuga detected powerful enemies approaching, and the Sarutobi jonin ordered him to hide while Gekkō Qinghe vanished into the shadows.
• Kari attacked with Explosion Release, and Hizashi warned Yū as the blast sent him flying.
• Uchiha Yū stopped using radiation to avoid harming his allies, then appeared above the battlefield and declared he would change the rules.
• Iwa shinobi attacked Yū from a distance, and he summoned the black snake to hold one of them off while he confronted Murano Ton.
• Murano Ton broke Yū’s genjutsu and attacked with Earth Dragon Bullet, so Yū created Shadow Clones and fired shuriken infused with small amounts of radiation.
• Murano Ton’s Earth Dragon Bullet destroyed two of Yū’s Shadow Clones.

Uchiha Yū killed the jonin Murano Ton by using a Shadow Clone, a Fire Release attack, and radiation to exploit a moment of distraction. Kari then targeted Yū, while a Sarutobi jonin tried to hold him back as Kari shattered the first Earth-Style Wall.

• Murano Ton suppressed Uchiha Yū with Earth Release attacks, but Yū left a kunai beneath a tree and relied on a Shadow Clone to set up a counterattack.
• Murano Ton pierced Yū’s apparent body with an Earth Spear, but it vanished in a puff of smoke, revealing it was a Shadow Clone.
• Uchiha Yū attacked Murano Ton from behind with Dragon Fire Technique, using his Sharingan to distract him and radiation to kill him in the flames.
• Kari recognized the threat Yū posed and tried to kill him, but a Sarutobi jonin blocked his path.
• Kari shattered the Sarutobi jonin’s first Earth-Style Wall with Twin Fist Crack, forcing the jonin to raise another.

Uchiha Yū used Atomic Fission to defeat Kari, but the blast devastated the area and left Yū badly injured. After treating himself, Yū warned Jonin Sarutobi that the contaminated area was a deadly exclusion zone, and his companions carried him back to camp.

• Kari broke through Jonin Sarutobi’s blockade and attacked Uchiha Yū with Landmine Fist, forcing Yū to unleash Atomic Fission.
• Uchiha Yū threw the fission away from himself, and its blast vaporized Kari and left a massive crater while the surrounding area became deadly.
• Gekkō Qinghe carried the unconscious Yū away from the blast zone as both sides’ ninjas retreated.
• Uchiha Yū regained consciousness and used the Mystical Palm Technique to treat his burns.
• Uchiha Yū warned Jonin Sarutobi that the contaminated area was a restricted zone, and Sarutobi set off to alert the front lines.

After surviving an assassination attempt, Uchiha Yū reported Yamanaka Riyan’s betrayal to Sarutobi S mōkū and resolved to strengthen himself and use Orochimaru’s connections against his enemies. News of Kari’s death in Yū’s radioactive explosion shocked Ōnoki, who ordered Iwagakure’s forces to prepare to retreat.

• Uchiha Yū returned to camp and told Sarutobi S mōkū that Yamanaka Riyan had led Iwagakure ninja to attack him.
• Sarutobi S mōkū promised to hunt down Yamanaka Riyan, suspended the toxic encirclement plan, and ordered Yū to remain in camp for his safety.
• Sarutobi S mōkū warned the ANBU to keep the incident quiet and planned to report it to the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Yū tested his controlled fission, decided to focus on improving his strength, and considered using Orochimaru’s help to retaliate against his enemies.
• An Iwagakure survivor told Ōnoki that Kari had been killed by Yū’s white-light explosion, which had left a crater thirty meters wide.
• Ōnoki ordered the Iwagakure ninja at the front to prepare to retreat and warned them to guard against the poison.

Uchiha Yū learned that Iwagakure had withdrawn after Yamanaka Riyan leaked Konoha’s plan, leaving the front line in a tense stalemate. Sarutobi S mōkū reassured Yū by exposing spies in the camp, while Hatake Sakumo stood ready to face Ōnoki if he attacked.

• Ōnoki withdrew Iwa’s forces after learning of the poison threat, and Konoha’s frontline commander held the defensive line and reported the retreat to Sarutobi S mōkū.
• Uchiha Yū recovered from his injuries and absorbed radiation energy in the sunlight.
• Sarutobi S mōkū told Yū that Yamanaka Riyan had been exposed as a traitor and had lost an arm while escaping pursuit.
• Sarutobi S mōkū explained that Ōnoki had avoided the poisoned forest, causing Konoha’s plan to fail, though the terrain now offered a defensive barrier.
• Sarutobi S mōkū had several bloodied spies brought in, then said Hatake Sakumo would confront Ōnoki if he attacked.

Uchiha Yū learned that Ōnoki had ordered Iwagakure's forces to withdraw, bringing the Second Shinobi World War to an end. As Konoha prepared to return home, Yū arranged for the wounded to be escorted and sent Hizashi Hyuga a letter for Shan Juhua.

• Uchiha Yū considered seeking the radioactive meteorite held by Hoshigakure to help strengthen himself and his subordinates.
• Gekkō Qinghe told Uchiha Yū that Ōnoki had ordered Iwagakure's forces to withdraw, and Yū declared the war over.
• Konoha's ninjas celebrated the end of the fighting while mourning fallen comrades, and Uchiha Yū accepted their invitations to celebrate.
• Sarutobi S mōkū arranged for a Gekkō jonin to escort Uchiha Yū home with the wounded, and Yū directed the medical ninjas to organize their departure.
• Uchiha Yū gave Hizashi Hyuga a letter for Shan Juhua and told him to deliver it to her by the seaside.

Uchiha Yū recruited Hizashi Hyuga into Qiming and promised to help him gain control of his fate. As the wounded returned to Konoha, the Third Hokage learned of Yamanaka Riyan’s betrayal and Uchiha Yū’s mysterious power, and Nawaki welcomed Yū back at the village gates.

• Uchiha Yū revealed Qiming to Hizashi Hyuga, warned him to keep the organization secret, and tested his willingness to risk conflict with Konoha.
• Hizashi Hyuga committed himself to Qiming, and Uchiha Yū accepted him as a member and promised to help him grow stronger.
• The Third Hokage learned that Yamanaka Riyan had defected and aided the Iwa ninja, then read a report describing Uchiha Yū’s deadly Nuclear Release.
• The Third Hokage chose not to investigate Uchiha Yū’s secrets and sent him a letter, recognizing that he could no longer treat him as a child.
• After several days of travel, Uchiha Yū and the wounded ninja reached Konoha, where Nawaki greeted him with a hug.

Uchiha Yū and Nawaki went to the Hyuga Clan compound to invite the confined Hyuga Reiko to Orochimaru’s gathering. After Reiko was released, Yū reprimanded her for revealing their plans and warned her to stop contacting Hizashi.

• Uchiha Yū learned that Hyuga Reiko had been confined after proposing changes to the Hyuga Clan’s rules.
• Uchiha Yū and Nawaki visited the Hyuga compound and persuaded Hyuga Makoto to let Reiko attend their gathering by invoking Orochimaru’s invitation.
• Reiko emerged from her room, scolded Nawaki and Uchiha Yū for seeing her unwashed, then got ready to leave.
• Reiko complained about her confinement as the group left the compound.
• Uchiha Yū reminded Reiko to share their plans only with trusted Hyuga members, warned that a branch-family member could have been killed for the same mistake, and told her to stop contacting Hizashi.

Uchiha Yū reunited with Nawaki and Reiko after the war, then received an unexpected promotion to special jōnin. He returned to his home as rain began to fall, preparing to attend Konoha’s funerals the next day.

• Uchiha Yū refused to tell Nawaki about Reiko’s family matter, and the three friends went out to eat together.
• Nawaki spoke about classmates who had died in the war, and the friends shared their battlefield experiences.
• Reiko spotted Minato Namikaze and Kushina at the restaurant, but Uchiha Yū stopped her from disturbing them.
• An ANBU ninja delivered the Hokage’s letter appointing Uchiha Yū a special jōnin.
• Uchiha Yū returned to the Uchiha Clan compound and prepared for the funerals as rain started outside.