Recaps

Uchiha Yoru saved Minato and Kushina, then exposed Leaf Village’s plans against the Uchiha and led the clan out to Hidden Stone Village. There, he secured the clan’s future and began building power while preparing to recruit Orochimaru and test Deidara.

• Yoru stopped the Reaper Death Seal from taking Minato’s soul and saved Minato, Kushina, and newborn Naruto, then learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō planned to target the Uchiha.
• Yoru confronted Danzō’s forces at the Uchiha compound, showed Fugaku a vision of the clan’s massacre, and led the Uchiha to flee Leaf Village with Minato’s family.
• Yoru defeated Danzō’s Root operatives, spared Danzō, and took the clan to Hidden Stone Village, where Ōnoki accepted them in exchange for their strength and knowledge of Leaf Village.
• Yoru secured territory, funds, and access to Hidden Stone’s resources, while Hiruzen sent Kakashi to persuade Minato to return and Kakashi’s faith in Leaf Village collapsed.
• Hidden Stone protected the Uchiha from Kakashi’s mission, and Yoru urged Minato to help take Leaf Village’s clients and commissions while the clan settled into its new home.
• Ōnoki appointed Yoru Supreme Elder and granted him access to village resources, and Yoru ordered preparations to recruit Orochimaru.
• Yoru learned that young Deidara had been demolishing the training grounds, challenged him to use his strongest bomb, and promised to make him call Yoru Big Brother if he lost.

Uchiha Yoru strengthened Hidden Stone Village by recruiting powerful allies, advancing its research, and protecting Naruto from Obito. The arc ended with Yoru launching a five-year military modernization plan and declaring his ambition to make Stone Village the Shinobi World’s sole overlord.

• Yoru defeated Deidara with a massive Rasenshuriken, then accepted him as a disciple on the condition that he abandon his ideas about explosions and join Orochimaru’s research department.
• Yoru used a gene fusion serum to gain a Perfect Sage Body while the Hyuga Clan suffered heavy casualties, and he rescued Hizashi from being sacrificed to settle the Hidden Cloud dispute.
• Yoru exposed Leaf Village’s treatment of Hizashi, prompting Minato and Kushina to leave the village and join Hidden Stone Village with Naruto.
• Yoru trained Naruto and Sasuke, helping Naruto gain control of the Nine-Tails’ chakra after Naruto befriended Kurama.
• Jiraiya learned that Minato and Naruto were gone and confronted Hiruzen, then refused to help him and set out for Hidden Stone Village.
• Yoru recruited Orochimaru with promises of advanced research, funding, and access to Ōtsutsuki ruins, and Orochimaru joined the Stone Village research institute.
• Obito tried to abduct Naruto, but Yoru and Minato stopped him, and Obito escaped only after using Izanagi and losing his left Sharingan.
• Yoru announced Iwagakure’s five-year military modernization plan, assigning Orochimaru, Minato, and Kakuzu major projects before declaring Stone Village would become the Shinobi World’s sole overlord.

Yoru strengthened Iwagakure with Hashirama Cell medicine, trained fighters, advanced weapons, and new recruits, while the village expanded its power over Sunagakure. As Konoha struggled and Akatsuki turned its attention toward Iwagakure, Yoru recruited Itachi and revealed that Shisui had survived.

• Yoru injected Ōnoki with Hashirama Cell medicine, restoring his strength, and persuaded him to make physical training and the Stone Village Body Tempering Art mandatory for Iwagakure’s ninja.
• Iwagakure’s new training and generous recruitment offers drew attention from Konoha, while Yoru gave the Uchiha elders and Fugaku gene serum that awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan without blinding them.
• Yoru awakened Sasuke’s Sharingan by making him believe he had died protecting Naruto, then taught Naruto Sage Mode, prompting Gamamaru to foresee Iwagakure’s army destroying the allied shinobi forces.
• Yoru recruited Kakuzu to manage Iwagakure’s finances, equipped the village with Chakra Armor and scientific weapons, and sent Deidara to confront Sasori, whom Yoru later revived and recruited.
• Yoru defeated Rasa and forced Sunagakure to become Iwagakure’s subordinate village, while Konoha’s leaders planned an alliance against Iwagakure and sent Anbu to investigate its defenses.
• Yoru appointed Itachi head of Iwagakure’s new intelligence unit, Amaterasu, and revealed to him that Shisui had survived and would use Kotoamatsukami against Hiruzen and Danzo.
• Pain learned that Kakuzu, Sasori, and Deidara had joined Iwagakure and that Minato was alive, then planned to target Iwagakure’s economic lifeline as Kisame volunteered to confront Yoru.

Uchiha Yoru expanded Iwagakure’s influence by defeating Kisame, backing Mei Terumi’s coup, and forcing Kumogakure into a treaty. He then led Iwagakure’s powerful delegation to Konoha’s Chūnin Exams, where Naruto’s identity shocked the village and the team treated the trials as a joke.

• Yoru defeated Kisame, revealed Obito’s role in the Bloody Mist, and recruited Kisame into his service.
• Yoru backed Mei Terumi’s resistance with gold and weapons, helping her overthrow Yagura and become Mizukage in exchange for Iwagakure’s control over Kirigakure’s affairs.
• Yoru and Naruto defeated A, Killer B, and Kumogakure’s forces, then made A sign a treaty granting Iwagakure reparations and economic concessions.
• Yoru organized Iwagakure’s delegation for Konoha’s Joint Chūnin Exams and took Naruto, Sasuke, and other young fighters to the village by Chakra Hover Train.
• Yoru’s arrival at Konoha’s gate triggered an alarm, and villagers recognized Naruto’s resemblance to Minato, prompting widespread questions about his fate.
• Hiruzen discovered Iwagakure’s formidable exam lineup, while Danzō halted Root’s plans and ordered his operatives to avoid Yoru.
• At the first written exam, Sasuke’s killing intent forced the proctors to back down, and Ibiki passed all examinees still standing, including Iwagakure’s team.
• During the Forest of Death trial, Deidara, Kurotsuchi, Second Pillar, and Naruto grilled food, hunted a boar, and argued over their skewers after Deidara killed a giant snake.