Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yū pushed the Third Prince to kill the ailing Daimyō and recruited Kakuzu to assassinate the Eldest Prince, advancing his plan to secretly seize control of the Land of Wind. Yū infiltrated the Eldest Prince’s residence and opened the attack with Atomic Fission.

• Yū persuaded the Third Prince to block the Daimyō’s smoke vent and commit to killing his father.
• Kakuzu hesitated to join the assassination, but Yū convinced him by explaining how much money the plan had already cost.
• Yū and Kakuzu agreed to kill the Eldest Prince while the Third Prince’s men moved against the Daimyō.
• Yū entered the Eldest Prince’s residence in Sage Mode as Kakuzu prepared to engage the Elite Jonin guarding him.
• Yū attacked the three jōnin with Nuclear Release: Atomic Fission.

Uchiha Yū fought three jonin protecting the area, using senjutsu, powerful taijutsu, and a Sage Art fire attack to keep them at bay. As Chuan Yilang pierced his chest with lightning, Uchiha Yū revealed that he had used genjutsu.

• The three jonin evaded Uchiha Yū's opening strike, but Shan Jie was badly injured when Uchiha Yū attacked him with a punch.
• Shan Jie recognized Uchiha Yū as the wanted criminal who had attacked the daimyo, and the three jonin formed a triangle around him.
• Uchiha Yū dodged their combined attacks, blocked Tu Jie's staff, and unleashed Sage Art: Great Flame Bullet.
• Tu Jie raised three Earth-Style Walls, while Shan Jie directed Chuan Yilang to attack with Lightning Release once the walls fell.
• As the walls crumbled, Uchiha Yū threw a kunai, but Chuan Yilang ignored it and pierced Uchiha Yū's chest with lightning.
• Uchiha Yū revealed his blood-red eyes and said he was also a genjutsu ninja.

Uchiha Yū and Kakuzu killed the remaining guards and assassinated the First Prince of the Land of Wind. They escaped amid the confusion, and the chapter ended with news that the Daimyo had died.

• Uchiha Yū killed Chuan Yilang with a Sharingan genjutsu and fought Tu Jie and Shan Jie.
• Kakuzu arrived after killing Touke, then used his Earth Grudge Fears to kill Tu Jie and Shan Jie.
• Uchiha Yū found the First Prince hiding beneath the floorboards and killed him with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Uchiha Yū and Kakuzu fled as reinforcements approached, leaving the residence in flames.
• The guards searched the ruins for the First Prince as news arrived that the Daimyo had died.

Uchiha Yū’s plot led to the Land of Wind’s Daimyō dying amid confusion, and he helped the Third Prince secure the succession. The Third Prince became Daimyō, while Sunagakure’s leaders recognized that Yū had gained decisive influence.

• Uchiha Yū and Kakuzu escaped the Daimyō’s residence after the Daimyō died, and Yū told Kakuzu to remain hidden in the Land of Wind.
• Investigators attributed the Daimyō’s death to smoke trapped in his room, while the missing First Prince and rival princes threw the succession into turmoil.
• Uchiha Yū told the Third Prince to wait, build public support, and leave negotiations with the nobles to him.
• Uchiha Yū secretly dealt with threats and accepted a powerful noble’s demands in exchange for support, intending to reclaim the concessions later.
• The Third Prince became Daimyō, and Sunagakure’s delegation, led by the Third Kazekage, watched Uchiha Yū stand beside him.

Uchiha Yū used a staged gift and the nobles’ support to challenge the newly installed daimyo’s authority in public. He forced Sunagakure to choose a side, leaving the Third Kazekage under pressure to respond.

• Pakura accused Uchiha Yū of using Sunagakure to gain influence, while Chiyo suspected his goals were more complicated.
• The daimyo tried to have Uchiha Yū eliminated, but Uchiha Yū warned that the nobles and the Land of Wind Weapons Shop could threaten the daimyo’s position.
• At the daimyo’s first meeting with the nobles and Sunagakure, Uchiha Yū presented a fawn and called it a superior horse.
• Uchiha Yū told those who saw a deer to stand with the daimyo and those who saw a horse to stand with him, and most nobles chose his side.
• Uchiha Yū pressed Sunagakure to take a side, while Chiyo stopped Pakura from speaking.

Uchiha Yū consolidated his influence over the Land of Wind after forcing the daimyo to yield, then began turning the country into Dawn’s new base. He arranged factory security, moved supplies and personnel, and prepared to eliminate opposition.

• The Third Kazekage sided with Uchiha Yū in the deer-and-horse dispute, leaving the daimyo isolated and making Yū the Land of Wind’s dominant power.
• Uchiha Yū asked the Third Kazekage to let willing Sunagakure ninja guard his factories, and the Kazekage agreed that the work could be offered as voluntary missions.
• Uchiha Yū moved Dawn’s resources to a secret base in the Land of Wind and assigned Kakuzu to manage and guard the supplies.
• Uchiha Yū told Shan Juhua to bring some Uchiha Clan members to the Land of Wind to handle dangerous missions.
• Uchiha Yū distributed intelligence reports covering supply movements and assassination operations against people who had supported the daimyo.

Uchiha Yū returned to Konoha, helped Tsunade clear the hospital paperwork, and learned that bloodline-limit ninja had been disappearing. Orochimaru arrived with a chilling presence, and Yū suspected his experiments had taken a dark turn as Tsunade accused them of keeping secrets from her.

• Uchiha Yū returned from the Land of Wind and found Tsunade waiting with a backlog of hospital documents.
• Yū and Tsunade processed the paperwork while Shizune told him that ninja with bloodline limits had been disappearing.
• Yū suspected Hiruko was behind the disappearances, and Tsunade warned him to avoid being captured.
• Yū told Tsunade he would bring Orochimaru out for a New Year's gathering and wondered how his research was progressing.
• Orochimaru arrived at the hospital with a sinister aura, and Tsunade accused him and Yū of hiding things from her.

During a New Year’s Eve reunion, Minato Namikaze arrived with Kushina and challenged Uchiha Yū to a spar. Their fight began with Minato using the Flying Thunder God to evade Yū’s powerful strike, leaving Yū to gauge how dangerous Minato’s speed would be.

• Uchiha Yū and his companions shared a New Year’s Eve meal when Minato Namikaze appeared at the door using the Flying Thunder God while carrying Kushina.
• Minato asked Uchiha Yū to spar, and Yū agreed to assess Minato’s abilities while Tsunade and Orochimaru watched.
• The group moved to a snowy clearing, where Yū’s serious demeanor and Sharingan impressed Reiko, Nawaki, Tsunade, and Orochimaru.
• Minato used the Shadow Clone Technique and Flying Thunder God to approach Yū, who countered with the Monstrous Strength Fist.
• Minato teleported behind Yū to avoid the punch, and Yū rolled aside as the strike left a massive crater in the snow.

Uchiha Yū fought Minato Namikaze to study the Flying Thunder God and defeated him with overwhelming attacks and an improved Chakra Scalpel. Tsunade found inspiration in Yū’s offensive medical ninjutsu, and Yū offered to share his research materials with the village.

• Yū used Phoenix Flower Jutsu to restrict Minato’s movement as Minato and his Shadow Clone attacked with Rasengan.
• Yū used his Sharingan to track Minato, then cut through the Shadow Clone with an improved Chakra Scalpel while Minato was caught in an illusion.
• Tsunade recognized the potential of Yū’s offensive medical ninjutsu and resolved to ask for his research materials.
• Yū used three Shadow Clones and the Monstrous Strength Fist to overwhelm Minato, who admitted defeat.
• Kushina rushed to embrace Minato, and Yū offered Tsunade his medical ninjutsu research materials for the village.

Uchiha Yū discussed his control of the Land of Wind with Orochimaru, then examined Orochimaru’s failed Curse Mark experiments. They began testing whether meteorite power could provide a safer way to simulate Sage Transformation.

• The Third Hokage watched Uchiha Yū and Minato Namikaze’s sparring and reflected on Konoha’s promising new generation.
• Uchiha Yū told Orochimaru that he controlled the Land of Wind and invited him to advise on improving its factories once his research allowed.
• Orochimaru explained that his Curse Mark experiments had caused severe physical changes and mental confusion in their subjects.
• Uchiha Yū proposed separating the Curse Mark’s power and using meteorites to simulate Sage Transformation with fewer side effects.
• Uchiha Yū subdued an awakened test subject with Chakra Scalpel, and he and Orochimaru began a meteorite experiment.

Uchiha Yū and Orochimaru partially succeeded in creating the Earth Curse Mark using meteorite radiation, while Danzo recruited Hiruko to target Yū. Unaware of their plot, Yū returned to work and treated an injured Kakashi, with Hatake Sakumo accompanying him.

• Uchiha Yū stopped Orochimaru from pushing the experiment further after the test subject developed a stable first-stage Earth Curse Mark but suffered radiation damage.
• Orochimaru named the new mark the Earth Curse Mark and planned to develop a stronger Heaven Curse Mark, while Yū prepared to use the first-stage mark to increase his strength.
• Danzo told Hiruko about Uchiha Yū's powerful bloodline limit and arranged to use a classified mission led by Hatake Sakumo to set up an assassination.
• Hiruko agreed to kill Uchiha Yū and take his bloodline limit, then left to await details about Yū's route.
• Uchiha Yū treated Kakashi after the boy injured himself practicing ninjutsu, while Hatake Sakumo felt the doctor's warning was directed at him too.

Uchiha Yū healed Kakashi's lightning injuries before he and Hatake Sakumo received an urgent S-rank mission to retrieve top-secret intelligence from Kumogakure. Hatake Sakumo prepared the team for a dangerous infiltration, while Yū concealed his hope that the mission would fail without Sakumo dying.

• Yū used chakra to treat Kakashi's arm and warned him not to push himself too hard.
• An ANBU ninja delivered the Hokage's order assigning Yū and Hatake Sakumo to a confidential mission.
• Hatake Sakumo said farewell to Kakashi, who accepted that his father would be away and promised not to fight Guy unless provoked.
• Hatake Sakumo told Yū that the team would infiltrate Kumogakure to retrieve top-secret intelligence and asked him to wait outside as medical support.
• Yū demonstrated his offensive medical ninjutsu, convincing Hatake Sakumo that he could protect himself without an assigned guard.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered the three accompanying ninja to gather, prepare, and say farewell to their families before the mission.

Hatake Sakumo led an elite team on a mission to infiltrate Kumogakure and retrieve intelligence from an exposed Konoha spy. Uchiha Yū suspected a teammate was a saboteur and concluded that their destination was likely the prison, while Hatake Sakumo resolved to kill the spy if he could not rescue him.

• Hatake Sakumo assigned the team roles and led them out of Konoha under cover of night.
• The Third Hokage and Danzo discussed the plan to make Hatake Sakumo's mission fail, and Danzo offered to handle it.
• Hatake Sakumo chose a sea route toward the Land of Lightning, and Ito Yuna questioned the added travel time before accepting his explanation.
• Uchiha Yū suspected Ito Yuna was a Root agent who might endanger herself to force Hatake Sakumo to abandon the mission.
• Hatake Sakumo revealed that the target was an exposed Konoha spy whose intelligence could fall into enemy hands.
• Uchiha Yū identified Kumogakure's prison as the likely destination, and Hatake Sakumo said he would kill the spy if rescue proved impossible.

Uchiha Yū waited near Kumogakure while Hatake Sakumo led the others to attack its headquarters, but Hiruko ambushed him to steal his bloodline limit. Yū summoned Black Snake and faced Hiruko’s Swift Release, whose speed pushed him onto the defensive.

• Hatake Sakumo brought the team to a town near Kumogakure, assigned Uchiha Yū to remain hidden and treat the wounded, and led the others toward the enemy headquarters.
• Hiruko, who had traveled by land, waited for a chance to ambush Yū before he entered the village and take his bloodline limit.
• Yū concealed himself near a mountain peak and watched Kumogakure as the light faded.
• Yū sensed killing intent and recognized the approaching giant summoned dog as Hiruko’s; he summoned Black Snake to face the threat.
• Hiruko declared that he would absorb Yū, then attacked with Swift Release, and Yū used his Sharingan to block Hiruko’s flying kick.

Uchiha Yū fought Hiruko, then escaped by using a radiation barrier to stop the pursuit. He regrouped near the battlefield and watched fires spread through Kumogakure as Hatake Sakumo’s infiltration plan continued.

• Uchiha Yū used radiation to defend against Hiruko’s attacks while Black Snake remained occupied by Hiruko’s summoned beast.
• Uchiha Yū formed purple chakra swords, raised a dust cloud, and tricked Hiruko into thinking he was launching an attack while he retreated.
• Hiruko realized Uchiha Yū had escaped and pursued him, but Uchiha Yū saturated the area with radiation and forced him to stop.
• Uchiha Yū waited near the battlefield for his teammates and looked toward Kumogakure, where fires were spreading to create chaos for Hatake Sakumo’s infiltration.

Kumogakure came under a massive attack, and Uchiha Yū rejoined his squad as the AB Combination and pursuing shinobi cornered them. With their escape seemingly impossible, Yū urged the team to keep fighting and revealed a strange purple chakra blade.

• Konoha's ANBU detonated explosives across Kumogakure, and Dodai stopped the furious Third Raikage from chasing the attackers alone.
• The AB Combination and a group of jonin pursued the intruders while Uchiha Yū headed to support his team.
• Ito Yuna urged the squad to leave without Uchiha Yū, but he returned before they departed.
• Uchiha Yū warned the squad that their escape route was blocked, and Killer B and the AB Combination appeared with reinforcements.
• Uchiha Yū told Nohara to follow the original plan and charged a shinobi with purple chakra blades.

Uchiha Yū fought Killer B in his half-tailed beast state while A and the Cloud Shinobi tried to stop the Konoha team from escaping. After demonstrating his poison and physical strength, Yū found himself surrounded as the battle grew more dangerous.

• Yū killed a Cloud Shinobi with a slash and warned the others that he used deadly poison.
• Killer B stopped A from attacking Yū and offered to fight Yū himself in his half-tailed beast state.
• Jōnin Yuan Ye agreed that he and the other jōnin would hold A off while the team focused on breaking through.
• Yū resisted Killer B's tentacle with his enhanced strength and grabbed it after being driven back three meters.
• The Cloud Shinobi changed their focus to surrounding and killing Yū, who felt the pressure of Killer B's multiple tentacles.

Uchiha Yū fought Killer B and the Cloud Shinobi, using a chakra hammer to knock Killer B unconscious. A rushed in to avenge his brother and struck Yū with a Heavy Lariat, leaving Yū’s purple armor under heavy pressure.

• Yū summoned Black Snake and tasked it with holding off the surrounding Cloud jōnin while he faced Killer B.
• Yū pierced a gap in Killer B’s Tailed Beast Eight Coils with a chakra blade, then reshaped it into a hammer and struck Killer B unconscious.
• A broke through the fighting shinobi and charged into the dust cloud after hearing Killer B was in danger.
• Yū tried to conceal himself, but A sensed him and launched a Heavy Lariat.
• Yū formed purple chakra armor to withstand A’s attack as his chakra rapidly drained.

Uchiha Yū awakened his three-tomoe Sharingan during his fight with A and used genjutsu and explosives to survive the Raikage’s attacks. Yuan Ye helped him and the Konoha ninja retreat from Kumogakure, while A ordered his forces to pursue them and block their escape.

• Uchiha Yū’s Sharingan evolved to three tomoe, allowing him to trap A in genjutsu and attack him with explosive tags.
• A broke free of the genjutsu and survived the explosion thanks to his Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Killer B regained consciousness but was too dazed to fight, so A ordered him to rest while he faced Uchiha Yū.
• A attacked with Lightning Release, but Uchiha Yū dodged until Yuan Ye arrived and raised an Earth-Style Wall to cover the Konoha ninja’s retreat.
• Yuan Ye detonated explosive tags behind the wall, and A ordered his forces to pursue the escaping Konoha ninja and block the village.

Uchiha Yū’s team treated Ito Yuna’s wound while escaping, and Hatake Sakumo rescued the prisoner Chuan Jie from Kumogakure’s prison. The groups reunited in the forest, but Yū warned that medical ninjutsu might kill Chuan Jie because his body was too weak.

• Yuan Ye stopped the fleeing team so Uchiha Yū could stabilize Ito Yuna’s thigh wound before they continued toward the rendezvous point.
• Hatake Sakumo found the unconscious Chuan Jie in the prison, cut his chains, and carried him away as Dodai pursued him.
• Hiruko secretly killed Kumogakure shinobi to assist Hatake Sakumo, prompting Dodai to order his forces to gather and continue the pursuit.
• Hatake Sakumo reunited with Uchiha Yū’s team in a forest and asked Yū to treat Chuan Jie for emergency intelligence gathering.
• Uchiha Yū examined Chuan Jie and warned Hatake Sakumo that medical ninjutsu could kill him because his body was ruined and too weak.