Recaps

Rin and Chunwu led the Uchiha youths in their first independent battle, swiftly capturing the Hyena Pirates and their captain at Iron Reef Port. After the prisoners were accounted for, Chunwu wrote the mission report and spoke with Rin about the threats ahead.

• Rin used Observation Haki to locate roughly three hundred pirates and identify the Hyena captain, while Chunwu ordered the team to rest and prepare.
• As the sailboat neared Iron Reef Port at dusk, Rin mapped the fortress’s sentries and patrol routes, and Chunwu assigned the teams their roles.
• The Uchiha youths silently incapacitated the hidden sentries, then Chunwu led the frontal assault and defeated the Hyena captain with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Rin reported that all sentries and pirates had been captured, and that the captain would be held separately for the Heavenly Star Guard.
• Chunwu wrote the mission report as Rin said the battle had been easier than expected; they discussed Chunwu’s taunt, which he had learned from Lord Natsu.
• The team tore down and shredded the Hyena Pirates’ flag.

After defeating the Hyena Pirates and claiming Iron Reef Port, Chunwu led the Uchiha squad onward toward Sabaody. Rin detected a CP0 agent secretly monitoring them, but Chunwu chose to let the agent observe as the squad departed at dawn.

• The Uchiha youths secured Iron Reef Port, raised their clan flag, and completed their battlefield cleanup and mission report.
• Chunwu and Rin reviewed the squad’s performance and decided to rest overnight before sailing toward Sabaody.
• Rin sensed a hidden observer offshore, and Chunwu identified the watcher as CP0 and refused Rin’s offer to investigate.
• The CP0 agent reported the Uchiha squad’s discipline, strength, and awareness, noting that they had noticed him but let him watch.
• At dawn, Chunwu ordered the sailboat to depart, and the twenty-one Uchiha members headed toward the Sabaody Archipelago.

The Uchiha new generation sailed toward Sabaody, where Luffy’s crew, the Marines, and hidden watchers awaited their arrival. Meanwhile, Uchiha Natsu returned to Origin Island, and Setsuna and Fugaku went to meet him.

• Chunwu ordered the team to stay alert, resupply quickly at Sabaody, and leave without lingering.
• Luffy learned the Uchiha new generation was approaching and said he wanted to fight them and ask about Natsu.
• A Sabaody rear admiral received orders to watch the Uchiha fleet without provoking or intervening, while Uchiha Kei chose not to set up a warning barrier.
• The Uchiha ship neared Sabaody as bubbles and towering mangroves appeared on the horizon.
• A harbor guard told Setsuna that Natsu had returned, and Setsuna hurried to the pier, where Fugaku was already waiting.

Setsuna recognized Madara Uchiha and Izuna Uchiha as the clan leaders he had followed in the Sengoku era, and broke down as they returned to the Uchiha Clan. Fugaku realized the two men were the legendary figures from the clan’s history, but the chapter ended before he spoke to them.

• Setsuna saw Madara Uchiha and Izuna Uchiha step off the ship and was overcome by their return.
• Fugaku asked Setsuna whether he knew the two men, and Natsu signaled him to hold back his questions.
• Madara recognized Setsuna, and Izuna fondly remembered him as a child who had followed the brothers.
• Setsuna welcomed Madara and Izuna home with a solemn clan salute and tears in his eyes.
• Fugaku identified the newcomers as the legendary Madara and Izuna from the Ninja World’s history.

Fugaku greeted Madara and Izuna as they returned to the Uchiha, then confessed his guilt over failing to protect the clan and his son. Izuna reassured him, and Setsuna led the ancestors through Origin Island, where they saw the clan’s peaceful, thriving home.

• Fugaku confirmed Madara and Izuna’s identities and welcomed them home.
• Madara praised Fugaku for leading the Uchiha after Konoha’s founding, but Fugaku credited Natsu and confessed his failures.
• Izuna reminded Fugaku that even Madara had been deceived and told him he had endured until the clan could be reborn.
• Setsuna invited Madara and Izuna to tour Origin Island and recalled the wish they had made at Naka Shrine.
• Setsuna guided them past the island’s training grounds, academies, research institutes, and residential districts, describing how the Uchiha children now trained to protect their home.

Madara and Izuna Uchiha toured the peaceful Uchiha settlement on Origin Island and saw how the clan had changed since their era. At the rebuilt Naka Shrine, Madara said no statue was needed because he was still alive.

• Setsuna showed Madara and Izuna Uchiha the Training Ground and explained the rules keeping children out of dangerous combat.
• Tekka learned from Setsuna that the two visitors were the clan’s ancient ancestors and saluted them.
• Setsuna told Izuna Uchiha that the Uchiha and Uzumaki clans had become like family and that Leader King’s child had married Hashirama’s granddaughter.
• Madara and Izuna Uchiha joked about Tobirama’s anger at the marriage, and Setsuna said Tobirama had thrown forbidden jutsu scrolls onto the floor.
• At the reconstructed Naka Shrine, Setsuna said it lacked a statue and a guard, and Madara replied that he was still alive.

At Naka Shrine, Natsu reviewed the Uchiha’s stable progress in West Blue, from infrastructure and security to booming trade. Madara asked how many pirates had been executed, leaving the meeting focused on the scale of the clan’s punishments.

• Setsuna reported that infrastructure projects and the Earthly Chief Guard had progressed smoothly, while the Heavenly Star Guard expanded its patrols across West Blue.
• Fugaku reported that Chunwu’s graduating class had departed for the Grand Line with Rin as vice-captain and Uchiha Kei as escort, and Natsu instructed Kei to let them grow accustomed to being watched by CP0.
• Setsuna and Fugaku described how unified navigation rules had improved trade, doubled merchant ship registrations, and attracted neutral ports seeking Uchiha protection.
• Izuna asked whether registered pirates might attack merchant ships, and Fugaku explained that offenders faced public execution while unregistered bandits were purged or punished with forced labor.
• Madara asked how many people still hung from port stakes, and Setsuna reported that about two hundred pirates had been killed in purges that month.

The Uchiha arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago and found that the Underworld had placed high prices on their new generation. Chunwu ordered the group to make a quick, cautious supply run, and his team began shopping in Grove 30.

• The Uchiha ship reached Sabaody, drawing the attention of merchants, pirates, bounty hunters, and hidden watchers.
• Chunwu declined a local guide and divided the youths into teams to buy supplies, inspect the hull, and guard the ship.
• Rin and Chunwu saw black-market offers on wanted posters that showed the Underworld had already targeted the Uchiha youths.
• Chunwu shortened their stay and ordered everyone to remain with the group, avoid starting fights, and return to the ship promptly.
• Chunwu led a team to Grove 30 to buy ship-repair materials, where they noticed an old Marine bounty poster.

Chunwu’s Uchiha team left Sabaody after an intelligence broker, Bartolomew Graves, approached them about the inflated black-market bounty on their group. As they entered the New World, Chunwu planned a detour around a massive storm forming near the entrance.

• Chunwu tore down the Uchiha’s updated wanted notice and ordered his team to finish resupplying and assemble at the docks.
• Bartolomew Graves offered to broker information for the Uchiha, but Chunwu refused to sell clan information and said they might contact him about an exchange.
• Rin arrived with the last supplies, and Chunwu told Graves he knew the broker had waited because he knew who had placed the inflated private bounty.
• Chunwu’s team departed Sabaody and sailed toward the New World as the weather turned stormy.
• Chunwu warned Rin that a massive storm was forming near the entrance and said they would detour around its turbulent currents.

Chunwu led the crew around a storm and stopped at White Gull Port, where the Revolutionary Army delivered an invitation to cooperate with the Uchiha Clan. After Chunwu decided to leave any response to the clan leaders, the ship entered the New World’s dangerous waters and survived two days of extreme weather before approaching a port island.

• Chunwu ordered the ship to detour around a storm, and the crew reached White Gull Port safely two days later.
• At White Gull Port, a Revolutionary Army intermediary gave Rin an encrypted invitation for the Uchiha Clan, which Chunwu accepted without making a commitment.
• After reading the letter at sea, Chunwu said the clan would consider cooperation after weighing what the Revolutionary Army could offer.
• The crew endured two days and nights of violent, rapidly changing New World weather and reached relatively calm waters.
• A distinctive port island came into view ahead of the ship.

Chunwu brought the Uchiha ship to Coral Port to resupply before investigating a nearby unnamed island, but Drought Jack and the Beasts Pirates arrived and turned the free port tense. Chunwu ordered his crew to stand by and prepare to leave as two Beasts Pirates grunts approached their berth.

• Chunwu explained that Coral Port was a lawless trade hub and said the crew would briefly replenish fresh water before investigating an unnamed island nearby.
• Drought Jack's warship rammed into the dock, and the frightened pirates and residents yielded as the Beasts Pirates began looting the port.
• Chunwu recognized Jack as one of Kaido's Three Calamities and wondered why he had come to the port.
• Chunwu ordered Rin to halt resupply, keep the ship ready to sail, and avoid provoking Jack's men while remaining prepared to resist them.
• Two Beasts Pirates grunts approached the Uchiha berth.

Chunwu and the young Uchiha crew faced Drought Jack at Coral Port, where Jack was searching for a Beasts Pirates traitor carrying vital intelligence. Chunwu recognized Jack’s real purpose, but Jack’s anger surged as the standoff threatened to turn violent.

• A group of would-be thieves recognized the Uchiha crest and fled, while Jack spotted the sailboat from the tavern.
• Chunwu inferred that Jack had come to Coral Port to pursue a more important target, and Jack recalled Kaido’s warning not to provoke the Uchiha.
• Jack revealed through his thoughts that a Beasts Pirates subordinate had escaped with sensitive intelligence and that he had lost the fugitive’s trail at the port.
• To avoid appearing afraid of the Uchiha, Jack charged toward their ship with his subordinates.
• Chunwu ordered the crew to prepare to cast off but not to attack without his command.
• Chunwu confronted Jack and exposed that he was searching for someone, provoking Jack’s killing intent.

Chunwu and Rin investigated the Old Warehouse District after Jack left the harbor to hunt a suspected deserter. They found a frightened boy hiding with a wrapped wooden box, and Chunwu prepared to get him out while asking why Jack was pursuing him.

• A warning flare drew Jack away from the harbor, and Chunwu ordered his crew to avoid the conflict before heading to the Old Warehouse District with Rin.
• Rin sensed someone hiding in the deepest storage room while Jack violently drove his search party to keep looking.
• Chunwu and Rin slipped around the pirates and found a thin boy clutching a wrapped wooden box in the storage room.
• Rin told the wary boy they were Uchiha, and Chunwu asked who he was, what the box contained, and why Jack was hunting him.

Uchiha Chunwu and Rin rescued Carlos, the son of a Beasts Pirates intelligence lieutenant, and escaped Jack through a hidden water passage. After slipping past guards at an abandoned shipyard, Chunwu promised Carlos a home with the Uchiha.

• Carlos told Chunwu and Rin that Jack had killed his father for discovering a secret, and revealed that his father had entrusted him with a box containing it.
• Chunwu and Rin carried Carlos through a hidden water passage to evade Jack, who found the storeroom empty and roared in fury.
• Rin sensed six Beasts Pirates guards at the shipyard and used Genjutsu to restrain them after preparing for three seconds.
• Chunwu brought Carlos ashore, warmed him with his coat, and reassured him when the boy asked whether he could have a home again.
• Chunwu introduced himself as Uchiha Chunwu and promised to take Carlos to the Uchiha home instead of back to Onigashima.

Jack attacked the shipyard to seize the box Carlos carried, forcing Chunwu to hold him off while Rin escaped with the boy. Uchiha Kei waited nearby, ready to intervene, as Chunwu continued fighting Jack and ordered his teammates to keep their distance.

• Jack smashed into the shipyard and demanded the box Carlos held, while Chunwu stood between them.
• Jack transformed into a mammoth and attacked Rin and Carlos, but Chunwu's Fireball Jutsu blocked his trunk long enough for them to escape.
• Chunwu drew his Tachi and declared that he would protect those he cared about without explaining himself to Jack.
• Rin carried Carlos through the hidden waterway toward the Uchiha ship as Jack's assault brought down the shipyard.
• Uchiha Kei sensed Chunwu facing Jack and told the Night Owl Guard member to wait before providing support.
• Jack resumed attacking Chunwu, who dodged his blows and ordered his teammates to spread out and avoid close combat.

Chunwu and his team struggled to hold off Jack while trying to buy time for the evacuation, then attempted to withdraw when Rin had brought Carlos to the ship. Jack remained nearly unharmed, and Beasts Pirates reinforcements surrounded the docks as Izo’s attack exposed the team’s position.

• Chunwu’s team found that their attacks could barely hurt Jack, while his relentless assault steadily drained their chakra.
• After Rin brought Carlos safely back to the ship, Chunwu ordered his team to use a combined Wind and Fire jutsu to cover their retreat.
• Jack charged through the flames and hurled a fishing boat at the escaping team, but Chunwu concluded that breaking away was their best chance.
• Rin waited anxiously aboard the Uchiha ship as Chunwu and his exhausted teammates continued facing Jack at the dockyard.
• Beasts Pirates reinforcements filled the harbor and blocked the exits, while Izo’s team cut off three supply ships and exposed their position.

Chunwu stayed behind to cover the Uchiha youths’ retreat while Jack attacked, despite being nearly out of chakra and unable to escape without abandoning his comrades. Uchiha Kei arrived in a towering Semi-Complete Susanoo and shielded Chunwu and the trapped teammates, telling him to leave the rest to him.

• Chunwu ordered Rin to take the team and their intelligence back to the ship while he held off Jack.
• Rin led the orderly retreat and gave Chunwu three minutes to rejoin them before she continued to Origin Island.
• Chunwu faced Jack alone, buying time for his teammates and waiting for Senior Kei’s boat to arrive.
• With Chunwu exhausted and two teammates still surrounded, Jack’s mammoth trunk swept in for a final attack.
• Uchiha Kei appeared in a Semi-Complete Susanoo, stopped Jack’s blow, and sheltered Chunwu and the trapped teammates.

Uchiha Kei repelled Drought Jack and protected the youths at Coral Port, then led his team through a review of their mistakes and ordered further training. The chapter left the team anchored for the night, with Kei asking about the value of the intelligence Carlos had rescued.

• Chunwu admitted he had reached the limits of his body and chakra after holding off Jack’s crew and protecting the team’s retreat.
• Jack charged Kei, but Kei’s Susanoo struck him into the warehouse ruins and drove the Beasts Pirates away.
• Kei declared that the Uchiha would protect the children and told the fleeing pirates to carry his message to Kaido.
• Kei ordered the team to rest until dawn, praised Chunwu’s performance, and warned him to improve his endurance.
• Chunwu and Rin reflected on their mistakes, and Kei assigned them additional chakra and Haki training.
• Kei asked about the value of Carlos and the secret box, then told the youths not to measure themselves against extraordinary prodigies.

Chunwu and Rin reflected on growing strong enough to protect their comrades, while Natsu brought Madara Uchiha to the Uchiha Research Institute for assessment and the Light of Susanoo serum. Vallen prepared to study Madara and administer the injection, which Natsu said could help him approach Sage Mode within days.

• Kei praised Chunwu's mission performance, and Chunwu and Rin discussed how they would eventually need to become strong enough to protect their comrades.
• Vallen and Caesar Clown cleaned the Uchiha Research Institute in anticipation of Natsu's return.
• Natsu introduced Madara Uchiha as the clan's newly appointed elder and assigned Vallen to monitor him and administer the Light of Susanoo.
• Vallen reported that the serum had strengthened clan members and helped some awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, while Caesar Clown took credit for supporting the formula's development.
• Natsu explained that the serum could help Madara fuse chakra with natural energy and potentially approach Sage Mode within days.
• Vallen asked to collect Madara's blood and tissue samples, and Natsu promised Caesar Clown advanced laboratory equipment as a souvenir.

Natsu and Madara discussed how the Light of Susanoo was advancing the transformation of Madara’s Mangekyo Sharingan, which he expected to take two to three years. Natsu accepted the slower pace and began telling Madara that, in the original timeline, awakening his Rinnegan had taken decades.

• Caesar Clown praised Natsu enthusiastically after Natsu left the laboratory, while Madara compared Caesar’s noisy behavior to Tobirama’s.
• As Natsu and Madara left the research institute, Natsu asked Madara how the Light of Susanoo had affected him.
• Madara said his Chakra flowed more smoothly and estimated his eyes would complete their transformation in two to three years, provided he avoided frequently using Complete Body Susanoo.
• Natsu advised Madara to proceed slowly, noting that the Uchiha clan could wait while Madara focused on healing his eyes and bringing Izuna Uchiha back to life.
• Madara recalled that Izuna had once told him not to rush, and Natsu began explaining that Madara’s Rinnegan had taken decades to awaken in the original timeline.

Natsu reassured Madara that his Rinnegan would awaken while he was still in his prime, giving him a new beginning rather than a final regret. Meanwhile, Morgans learned that Uchiha Kei and Natsu’s young Uchiha fighters had defeated Drought Jack, and prepared a major front-page story that would shake the New World.

• Natsu explained that Madara would nurture his Rinnegan in his own body and awaken them in the prime of his life.
• Madara thanked Natsu and looked forward to the day his Rinnegan took shape.
• Morgans received a report that Uchiha Kei had struck down Drought Jack at Coral Port with a partially completed Susanoo.
• Morgans ordered his staff to make the Uchiha newcomers’ victory the headline and drafted a story about the defeat of one of the Three Calamities.
• The World Economy News Paper began printing the front-page report before dawn.

News of Uchiha Kei defeating Drought Jack at Coral Port spread across the seas, prompting the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates to reassess the Uchiha Clan’s strength. Kaido ordered his forces to avoid provoking the clan until they learned more, while Charlotte Linlin regarded Kei with genuine wariness.

• Newspapers reported that Uchiha Kei’s Susanoo had defeated Drought Jack and left his fate unknown, startling pirates across the seas.
• Kaido angrily questioned why Jack had left Wano Country, then ordered an investigation into the Uchiha squad and forbade anyone from provoking the clan.
• King recognized that Kaido’s restraint stemmed from uncertainty about Uchiha Natsu, whose whereabouts and strength remained unknown.
• Katakuri brought Linlin the newspaper, and she reacted with wariness after learning Kei had sent Jack flying with a slash from his Semi-Complete Susanoo.

Big Mom and the Five Elders reassessed the Uchiha Clan after Uchiha Kei defeated Jack the Drought, realizing the clan had several powerful fighters rather than relying on Natsu alone. The Five Elders decided to expand the Marines and strengthen Grand Line garrisons to contain the clan, though one Elder opposed the plan.

• Linlin read about Kei defeating Jack and ordered Katakuri to review the intelligence on every registered Uchiha Clan member.
• Katakuri explained that Kei had killed a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral during the Summit War, but Natsu’s feats had overshadowed him.
• The Five Elders assessed the Uchiha Clan’s known fighters and concluded that it had multiple fighters at or near Admiral-Emperor Level.
• The sword-bearing Elder ordered the Marines expanded and Grand Line garrisons reinforced to stop the Uchiha Clan’s advance.
• The blond Elder disagreed with the aggressive plan.

The Five Elders ordered a Marine expansion to deter the Uchiha and prevent them from establishing a foothold in the first half of the Grand Line, while forbidding open conflict without high authorization. At G-2 Fortress, Sengoku approved the order, recognizing that the Uchiha’s durable clan structure posed a deeper threat than a powerful individual.

• Saint Saturn declared that Marine expansion should strengthen patrols and surveillance rather than provoke the Uchiha, and forbade them from establishing a base in the first half of the Grand Line.
• The Five Elders ordered Sengoku to expand the Marines, double patrol density, and have CP0 monitor the Uchiha younger generation while prohibiting unauthorized combat.
• Sengoku read the encrypted directive at G-2 Fortress and concluded that Mary Geoise feared the Uchiha’s sustained growth and organization.
• Sengoku approved the expansion directive, and Vice Admiral Tsuru asked whether the Marines were beginning a full-scale expansion.
• Sengoku told Tsuru that expansion was the only path available and explained that doubled patrols would deter Uchiha expansion without starting a war.

Sengoku ordered a massive Marine recruitment drive and denser patrols while forbidding commanders from provoking the Uchiha, whom he believed could not be stopped. As the news spread across the seas, pirates recognized the campaign as a response to the Uchiha’s rise, and Foosha Village began to wonder whether war was coming.

• Sengoku ordered patrols around Sabaody and the first half of the Grand Line doubled, kept G-2 Headquarters in place, and forbade commanders from starting hostilities with the Uchiha without authorization.
• Tsuru asked whether the Uchiha tide could recede, and Sengoku replied that it never had.
• The Marines announced an unprecedented recruitment drive across the Four Seas and the Grand Line, drawing crowds to recruitment stations.
• An old New World pirate explained that the Marines feared the Uchiha Clan and identified them as the Demon-Subduing Ghost Clan of the West Blue, led by Red Eye, with a fan crest flag and a fifteen-billion bounty.
• Villagers in Foosha Village gathered around a Marine recruitment notice and worried that another great war might threaten their peaceful lives.