Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yū reached the injured Shan Juhua just before her pursuers could kill her and sent her off with a Shadow Clone while he faced the bounty ninja. After defeating one chunin with his Sharingan genjutsu, he was trapped by Cun Yilang’s Earth Release and summoned the Black Snake for support.

• Hizashi Hyuga located Shan Juhua and identified one jonin and two chunin pursuing her.
• Uchiha Yū arrived as Shan Juhua prepared to detonate an explosive tag, then used a Shadow Clone to escort her toward Hizashi Hyuga and Konoha.
• Uchiha Yū’s Shadow Clones blocked the two chunin while he trapped one in genjutsu and killed him.
• Cun Yilang used Earth Release: Ant Hell to turn the ground beneath Uchiha Yū into quicksand.
• Uchiha Yū summoned the Black Snake to give himself a foothold against Cun Yilang and the remaining enemy ninja.

Uchiha Yū fought the bounty ninja Cun Yilang with Black Snake while poison weakened the battlefield around them. As Cun Yilang unleashed his full strength, Konoha reinforcements found Hizashi carrying Shan Juhua and learned that Yū was still fighting.

• Cun Yilang recognized Uchiha Yū as the Poison Ninja, and a poisoned Chūnin begged Yū for a cure before Yū killed him.
• Yū ordered Black Snake to churn up the ground and spread sand, while Cun Yilang and Yū exchanged Fire Release and Earth Release attacks.
• Black Snake buried the original ground under sand, and Cun Yilang began losing coordination as Yū's poison took effect.
• Cun Yilang declared he would kill Yū and unleashed his full strength as Yū waited for Konoha reinforcements.
• Hizashi carried Shan Juhua to a stream, where Uchiha Clan ninjas found him and learned that Yū was still fighting Cun Yilang.

Uchiha Yū rescued Shan Juhua from an attack and suspected a traitor had revealed her route, so he reassigned parts of Dawn’s management and ordered preparations to expand into the Land of Wind. Konoha’s investigation found the suspected weapons merchants dead with their memories erased, leaving Yū to ask the Hokage for help.

• Uchiha Yū stopped the reinforcements from entering the radiation-filled area and defeated Cun Yilang, who collapsed after his final attack.
• Uchiha Yun told Yū that Hizashi and Shan Juhua had been found and sent away, and Yū asked the others to investigate the attack.
• After Shan Juhua was hospitalized, Yū warned her that someone close to her might have leaked her route and assigned Kakuzu to take over Dawn’s remaining affairs.
• Yū ordered Shan Juhua to establish a rival weapons store in the Land of Wind, cooperate with the Kazekage, and drive local competitors out of business.
• Konoha investigators found the suspected weapons merchants dead; a Morino Clan expert discovered their memories had been erased, so Yū asked the Hokage to investigate.

Danzo struggled to save Root ninjas suffering from radiation poisoning, while Uchiha Yū treated the patients who arrived at his hospital and planned to make Root pay for their care. The chapter ended with Yū confident that someone would cover the cost, as the patients filled the hospital wards.

• Danzo ordered Root to send lightly poisoned ninjas to the hospital and major clans, while leaving the severely ill and officially dead at an abandoned base.
• Uchiha Yū continued investigating Shan Juhua's attack and identified Jie Jiro as a weapons merchant who had vanished after meeting the victims.
• A medical ninja alerted Uchiha Yū to a surge of patients whose bodies were failing, and Yū recognized that their Radiation Element had erupted.
• Uchiha Yū concealed his amusement, said he could not identify the illness, and had the Root patients isolated in a separate ward.
• When a medical ninja worried about the expense of treating over a hundred patients, Uchiha Yū said someone would pay for them.

Uchiha Yū used the supposed virus outbreak to conceal the Radiation Element poisoning among Root shinobi while the Third Hokage and clan heads treated it as an epidemic. At the Hokage’s office, Yū assured them the outbreak was contained and chose to help Danzo keep Root’s involvement hidden.

• Clan heads reported that shinobi, including jonin, had fallen ill and told the Third Hokage they could not identify the cause.
• Uchiha Yū claimed the hospital was overwhelmed by a virus, prompting the Third Hokage to order isolation and summon his advisors.
• The clan heads and Danzo gathered at the Hokage’s office, where they agreed to prioritize the sick jonin and keep news of the supposed epidemic quiet.
• Uchiha Yū arrived and realized that the Third Hokage did not know the illness came from the Radiation Element, though Danzo did.
• Uchiha Yū told the Third Hokage that he had contained the epidemic and decided to help Danzo conceal Root’s involvement.

Uchiha Yū reported that Root shinobi infected by the plague could be kept alive but would lose much of their strength, forcing Danzo and Konoha to pay for treatment. The Third Hokage ordered a five-day lockdown of major clans and village access points while the plague was investigated, and Danzo threatened Uchiha Yū afterward.

• Uchiha Yū told the Third Hokage that the hospital had no cure yet, though it could preserve the infected Root shinobi’s lives at the cost of their strength.
• Danzo agreed that Konoha and Root would cover treatment expenses after Uchiha Yū made clear that the patients would be left weakened.
• Uchiha Yū urged the Third Hokage to confine clans and anyone who had contact with the infected until the plague’s spread was known.
• The Third Hokage ordered a lockdown of the major clans and village entrances for up to five days, placing Uchiha Yū in charge.
• Danzo threatened Uchiha Yū after they left the Hokage’s office, and Uchiha Yū warned him that his weakening body needed treatment.

Uchiha Yū left Danzo weakened and isolated, then agreed to teach young Uchiha Shisui. Uchiha Fugaku revealed that the clan wanted Yū to succeed the badly injured Uchiha He as clan head, but Yū refused.

• Danzo threatened Uchiha Yū and left, while the heads of the major clans confronted him about their sick jonin and medical costs.
• Danzo warned the clan heads to keep Root's condition secret and sent them to seek help from Uchiha Yū.
• Uchiha Yū initially refused to meet the clan heads, then learned that the timid child beside him was Uchiha Shisui and agreed to teach him.
• Uchiha Fugaku explained that Uchiha He had been badly injured in the Second Shinobi World War and that the clan hoped Uchiha Yū would become its head.
• Uchiha Yū refused the position, and Uchiha Fugaku began to remind him of the terms of their original deal.

Uchiha Yū persuaded Fugaku to become clan head and warned him against Danzo and the hawks, then negotiated with clan leaders demanding cheaper medical supplies. As Yū considered Dawn’s plans for the coming war, he headed into the Uchiha hawks’ territory.

• Yū told Fugaku that the Uchiha Clan needed him as clan head and promised to support him, then warned him to beware of Danzo and the hawks.
• Fugaku told Yū to study clan management under Clan Head He, while Yū decided to kill Danzo before leaving the village.
• Yū offered the waiting clan leaders discounts on medical supplies and urged them to support Dawn by buying weapons.
• After the clan leaders left, Yū considered strengthening Sunagakure with Dawn’s support and expanding into the Land of Wind ahead of the Third Shinobi World War.
• Yū’s thoughts turned to the Uchiha hawks as he arrived in their territory, where Uchiha jonin had gathered.

Uchiha Yū visited the dying Great Elder Uchiha Zhu, who revealed the Uchiha Clan’s forbidden techniques and asked him to restrain the hawkish faction after his death. Outside, Uchiha Yun and the other hawks pressed Yū to help them expand their influence, but Yū rejected their plan and urged them to cooperate with his way forward.

• Uchiha Yū arrived at Uchiha Zhu’s bedside and tried to heal him, but the elder told him his injuries could not be cured.
• Uchiha Zhu explained the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan records and revealed the forbidden techniques Izanami and Izanagi, which required sacrificing an eye.
• Uchiha Zhu asked Uchiha Yū to keep the hawkish faction in check and avoid provoking the Hokage faction; Yū offered to employ Uchiha clansmen as guards for Dawn.
• Uchiha Yun told Uchiha Yū that he was temporarily taking over Uchiha Zhu’s authority and asked him to place Uchiha members in the hospital.
• Uchiha Yū refused to let the hawks use the hospital to expand their power and said he had already devised a way forward for the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Yun and the other hawks argued that the village’s weakness was their chance to intervene and urged Uchiha Yū to join them with Fugaku.

Uchiha Yū rejected Uchiha Yun’s ambitions for the clan and taught Shisui basic Fire Release techniques before arranging Qiming’s next steps with Shan Juhua. After Uchiha Zhu died, Yun gave Yū the Grand Elder’s final gift: two Sharingan and support for moving Uchiha who wanted no part in the struggle for power out of Konoha.

• Uchiha Yū rejected Uchiha Yun’s proposal to pursue power in Konoha and warned the clan against challenging the village.
• Uchiha Yun told the Uchiha members to stay put and avoid clashes with the Hokage faction while he consulted the Grand Elder.
• Uchiha Yū taught Shisui the basics of the Great Fireball Jutsu and kunai throwing, then told Shan Juhua to prepare a mission connected to the Land of Wind.
• Uchiha Yū treated the injured jonin and made a fortune over five days as the major clan heads avoided him after losing much of their assets.
• After Uchiha Zhu died, Uchiha Yun gave Uchiha Yū the Grand Elder’s two Sharingan and promised to help willing clan members leave Konoha with Qiming’s protection force.

Uchiha Yū arranged for Uchiha Yun to protect the Uchiha Clan and help preserve some members while Yū pursued his own plan. He then turned to expanding Qiming’s business in Sunagakure, deciding to use free food and water to win over the village and prepare for the Third Shinobi World War.

• Uchiha Yun vowed to fight for the Uchiha Clan, and Uchiha Yū agreed to his plan to take some clan members away as a safeguard.
• Uchiha Yū urged Uchiha Yun to coordinate with Fugaku and restrain the clan, warning that Danzo might intensify his attacks after Root was crippled.
• Uchiha Yū planned to move some chunin out of Konoha under the cover of guard duty and stage their deaths with Qiming’s ninjas and Teacher Orochimaru’s help.
• Shan Juhua told Uchiha Yū that Sunagakure had approved their weapon shop but assigned it a remote location and kept its people under suspicion.
• Uchiha Yū told Shan Juhua to reduce kunai sales and offer food and water promotions to draw Sunagakure’s customers and gain influence over its economy.
• Uchiha Yū told Shan Juhua that their goal was to enter the Third Shinobi World War.

Uchiha Yū’s group opened a heavily supplied weapon shop outside Sunagakure and used free food and water to draw in customers, aiming to establish a broad market ahead of the Third Shinobi World War. The chapter left Uchiha Yū arranging a meeting with Sasori after the young puppet user requested corpses, including jonin bodies.

• Uchiha Yū told Shan Juhua that the Third Shinobi World War would happen soon and set his sights on Sunagakure.
• The Land of Wind Weapon Shop opened outside Sunagakure, attracting crowds with food and water and prompting the Third Kazekage to order an investigation.
• Pakura and Rasa watched the shop’s crowds as Sasori arrived and studied its promotional slogan.
• Uchiha Yū reviewed the shop’s orders, including requests for puppet components, cosmetics, and corpses from a customer named Sasori.
• Uchiha Yū agreed to provide Sasori with jonin corpses and ordered Shan Juhua to arrange a private meeting with him.

Uchiha Yū traded Sasori a Kumogakure jōnin’s corpse and tried to recruit him as a public representative for Dawn’s weapon shops in Sunagakure. Sasori hesitated over the offer, tempted by Yū’s promise to support his pursuit of puppet mastery.

• Shan Juhua agreed to obtain a jōnin’s corpse for Yū’s plan to recruit Sasori.
• Dawn’s merchants flooded Sunagakure with goods, then shifted tactics as weapon shops and smaller sellers struggled to compete.
• Yū met Sasori in a remote desert wasteland and presented him with an intact Kumogakure jōnin’s corpse.
• Sasori demanded the corpse, and Yū handed it over while revealing his chakra and asking Sasori to represent Dawn’s weapon shops in Sunagakure.
• Yū promised to supply puppet materials and support Sasori’s research, appealing to his ambition to surpass Chiyo, while Sasori weighed the offer.

Uchiha Yū strengthened the Land of Wind Weapons Shop’s foothold in Sunagakure and set his sights on gaining the daimyo’s approval to expand across the country. After being kept waiting and shaken down by the daimyo’s guardian ninja, he left the residence at night with plans for trouble.

• Uchiha Yū secured the Third Kazekage’s acceptance of the weapons shop after Granny Chiyo vouched for it and promised not to harm the village.
• Yū ordered Shan Juhua to hire Sand Village ninja for missions, including work against competitors, and told her to stabilize the shop’s position.
• Yū traveled to the Land of Wind’s largest city to seek the daimyo’s permission to make the weapons shop a legitimate authority across the country.
• Yū saw the contrast between the nobles’ lavish inner district and the poor residents’ slums, then approached the guarded entrance to the daimyo’s residence.
• A guardian ninja made Yū wait, demanded a gratuity, and threatened that he would never see the daimyo; Yū ignored him and left the residence after nightfall.

Uchiha Yū infiltrated the Land of Wind daimyo’s residence and set fires to draw away his guards, then attacked the daimyo’s escort with a powerful Sage Art Great Fireball. With the blaze spreading and one jonin still protecting the daimyo, Yū continued his plan to weaken the daimyo without killing him.

• Uchiha Yū entered Sage Mode and used Shadow Clones to start fires across the daimyo’s residence with explosive tags and Phoenix Flower Jutsu.
• Three of the five jonin left the daimyo to search for the arsonist, while the remaining two escorted him away from the banquet.
• Uchiha Yū ambushed the daimyo and his escort with a Sage Art Great Fireball, which the jonin’s Wind Release intensified into a deadly blaze.
• One jonin confronted Uchiha Yū and warned him that other ninjas were approaching, while the daimyo angrily demanded the assassin be stopped.
• Uchiha Yū used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique against the jonin as he continued trying to reach the daimyo alive.

Uchiha Yū attacked the daimyo’s residence, then escaped while leaving the daimyo’s health mysteriously deteriorating. The Third Kazekage sought medical help as Yū met Sasori outside Sunagakure and received his puppet designs.

• Uchiha Yū advanced on the daimyo, destroyed one of the puppeteer’s puppets, and was briefly restrained by chakra threads before fleeing amid a Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu.
• The Third Kazekage arrived at the daimyo’s residence, where the furious daimyo blamed ninja for the attack and Sunagakure’s funding was cut again.
• The daimyo grew weaker despite recuperation, and a doctor warned that he would die if his condition continued.
• The Third Kazekage questioned the puppeteer about Uchiha Yū’s strange behavior and arranged to seek medical ninja.
• Uchiha Yū escaped the search and met Sasori outside Sunagakure, where Sasori handed over blueprints in exchange for materials.

Uchiha Yū arranged for medical ninja to accompany Granny Chiyo to treat the ailing daimyo, while he and Sasori continued their secret exchange of resources and technology. Chiyo agreed to take the medical team but remained suspicious of the Land of Wind Weapons Shop and planned to investigate its backers.

• Uchiha Yū delivered genin and chunin corpses to Sasori, who promised to develop machinery based on Yū's ideas.
• Sasori told Uchiha Yū that the Third Kazekage had left Sunagakure and that Granny Chiyo was preparing to visit the sick daimyo.
• Uchiha Yū said his medical ninja could accompany Chiyo, and Sasori agreed to arrange their participation.
• Chiyo's spy reported that Sasori had secretly met with a mysterious person, but had been unable to hear their conversation.
• Sasori asked Chiyo to take the Land of Wind Weapons Shop's medical ninja to the daimyo's residence, and she agreed.
• Chiyo resolved to investigate the shop's background after the daimyo's condition was dealt with.

Uchiha Yū accompanied Chiyo to treat the daimyo of the Land of Wind, disguising himself while Chiyo tried to uncover his identity. At the daimyo’s residence, Chiyo recognized a familiar poison in the patient, and Uchiha Yū began treating him under the watchful eyes of the assembled doctors and nobles.

• Uchiha Yū arrived at Sunagakure in disguise and introduced himself to Chiyo as a medical ninja sent by a weapons shop in the Land of Wind.
• Chiyo escorted Uchiha Yū to the daimyo’s residence, where the Third Kazekage warned that the daimyo might not survive the day and the eldest son was preparing to inherit.
• Chiyo examined the daimyo and found that his severe illness came from a poison resembling one used by Konoha’s poison ninja.
• Chiyo told the eldest prince that the daimyo had little chance of recovery and began treatment by removing the diseased areas.
• Uchiha Yū offered to treat the daimyo, and the gathered medical ninja were astonished by his precise control of medical chakra.

Uchiha Yū saved the daimyo and used his recovery to gain the ruler’s trust while expanding his influence among the Land of Wind’s nobles. The Third Kazekage and Chiyo suspected a wider conspiracy, but Yū’s pharmacy network continued to grow as they investigated.

• Uchiha Yū withdrew the Radiation Element from the daimyo, who awoke and entrusted his care to the doctor.
• The Eldest Prince arrived, tried to see his father, and blamed Uchiha Yū for disrupting his succession plans.
• Uchiha Yū gained a reputation for surpassing Granny Chiyo’s medical skill, attracting nobles seeking treatment for their relatives.
• Chiyo warned the Third Kazekage that Uchiha Yū and Sasori might have known about the daimyo’s poisoning in advance, and they resolved to investigate.
• Uchiha Yū used his influence with the daimyo and nobles to establish pharmacies and build a powerful shared-interest network across the Land of Wind.

Uchiha Yū built influence across the Daimyo’s estate and began preparing to secure control of the Land of Wind by backing a prince. After warning the Third Prince that the Daimyo was near death, Yū left him stunned and facing a narrow window to claim the throne.

• Uchiha Yū treated the Daimyo and secretly used chakra and genjutsu to keep him compliant while planning for his imminent death.
• Uchiha Yū reviewed a list of ambitious princes and chose the Third Prince, inviting him to meet that night.
• Uchiha Yū sent a trusted confidant to deliver a letter to Kakuzu, whom he planned to employ against the First Prince.
• The Third Prince met Uchiha Yū, who revealed that the Daimyo might die within a day or two and offered to help him become Daimyo.