Recaps

Uchiha Kyu captured Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, then arranged to keep Hiruzen alive so Minato Namikaze could not claim power. After Uchiha forces attacked Root, Minato arrived at the Uchiha Compound, where Kyu asked Hyuga Hiashi what he planned to do about Danzo’s vacant position.

• Uchiha Kyu’s group defeated Danzo’s forces, captured Hiruzen Sarutobi, and sealed Danzo’s chakra after breaking his limbs.
• Uchiha Kyu arranged for Orochimaru to retrieve Danzo’s Sharingan and for Hyuga Hiashi to preserve the corpses for experiments.
• Uchiha Kyu decided not to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi, saying his death would let Minato Namikaze take control of Konoha.
• Uchiha Kyu ordered Uchiha Haruto to tell Minato that Danzo had wounded Hiruzen and that Root had endangered Konoha, while Fugaku Uchiha led an assault on Root’s base.
• Minato arrived at the Uchiha Compound, and Uchiha Kyu asked Hyuga Hiashi whether he had plans for the power vacuum left by Danzo.

Uchiha Kyu used Hiruzen Sarutobi’s capture to pressure Minato Namikaze into accepting the Uchiha and Hyuga clans’ demands. The chapter ended with Minato unable to refuse their push to make Hyuga Hiashi a Hokage Advisor.

• Hyuga Hiashi warned Uchiha Kyu that Minato Namikaze might not value Hiruzen Sarutobi’s survival, but Kyu insisted Minato’s loyalty to the village made it his weakness.
• Minato visited Hiruzen and learned that he was alive, though his chakra had been sealed.
• Uchiha Kyu and Hyuga Hiashi blamed Danzo for treason, urged Minato to declare him an S-rank missing-nin, and asked him to conceal the disappearances to protect Konoha’s stability.
• Uchiha Kyu proposed Hyuga Hiashi for the Hokage Advisor position, and Hiashi pledged the Hyuga Clan’s support.
• Minato realized he could not reject their demand, which was likely the price of Hiruzen’s release.

Uchiha Kyu consolidated his influence by placing Hyuga Hiashi in the Hokage's aide position and using the Hyuga Clan as a pawn in his struggle with Konoha's leadership. As the Uchiha Clan strengthened its grip on commerce and absorbed Root's resources, Might Guy sensed something was wrong in the village.

• Uchiha Kyu and Hyuga Hiashi agreed that Hiashi would become Hokage's aide, while Minato Namikaze urged them to get Hiruzen Sarutobi medical care.
• Uchiha Huo sealed shops across the three commercial streets, and Minato Namikaze used his reputation to reassure villagers shopping there.
• Danzo's designation as an S-rank missing-nin went unchallenged, and three days later Hyuga Hiashi took the aide position and authority to rebuild Root.
• Uchiha Kyu explained to Fugaku Uchiha that the aide position trapped the Hyuga Clan in the power struggle, while Uchiha operatives took control of half of Root's personnel.
• Fugaku Uchiha reported Root's records and supplies, and Uchiha Kyu ordered the clan to strengthen its younger members and protect them from retaliation.
• Might Guy told Kakashi that the village had seemed strange lately.

Uchiha Obito’s attack triggered a major battle at the Egawa Coastal Defense Line, where Hirota Uchiha led his forces against Kirigakure. As Konoha’s clan heads met to respond, Hyuga Hiashi proposed that Uchiha Kyu take command at the front, and Uchiha Kyu agreed.

• Uchiha Obito visited Konoha, remembered Rin and Kakashi, and reflected on his plan to reunite with them in a new world.
• Hirota Uchiha led his hundred Uchiha Ninja in a fighting retreat as Kirigakure’s assault threatened the Egawa Coastal Defense Line.
• Uchiha Kyu learned that the first defense line had fallen and told Fugaku Uchiha that the war would give the Uchiha Clan an opportunity to grow stronger.
• Minato Namikaze convened Konoha’s clan heads to discuss Kirigakure’s attack, while Uchiha Kyu faced their hostility.
• Hyuga Hiashi suggested that Uchiha Kyu take command at the Egawa Coast, and Uchiha Kyu accepted.

Uchiha Kyu left Konoha with reinforcements for the Egawa Coastal Defense Line, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Hyuga prepared to act in his absence. At the besieged front, Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Tadashi debated how to protect their clan members before a Mist Ninja raid engulfed the camp in fog.

• Uchiha Kyu refused to take Uchiha Okamoto, Uchiha Shisui, or Uchiha Itachi with him, and left Uchiha Fugaku in charge of the clan.
• After Uchiha Kyu departed, Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly summoned the Ino–Shika–Cho clan heads, while Hyuga Hiashi arranged for the main family to monitor the Three Great Streets.
• Huo Uchiha told Orochimaru that Anbu were searching for him, but Orochimaru continued his experiments with the First Hokage Cells.
• At the Egawa Coastal Defense Line, Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Tadashi discussed gathering their scattered clansmen as Hirota Uchiha lay unconscious from his fight with three Elite Jonin.
• Explosions erupted near the camp and thick fog covered it, prompting Uchiha Shin to order the clansmen to gather while he withdrew with Hirota Uchiha.

Uchiha Tadashi and Uchiha Shin awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan during a desperate battle against the Mist Ninja, after Hirota Uchiha was seemingly killed protecting them. Uchiha Kyu arrived with Konoha reinforcements, helped turn the battle around, and the Mist Ninja retreated to their first Egawa Defense Line.

• Uchiha Shin left the injured Hirota Uchiha in hiding and returned to help Uchiha Tadashi lead the clansmen in defending against the Mist Ninja encirclement.
• Keisuke Uchiha, Masao Uchiha, Makoto Uchiha, Yuki Uchiha, Ayako Uchiha, and Kazu Uchiha stayed behind to hold off the Mist Ninja while Tadashi and Shin tried to protect the others.
• Hirota Uchiha ambushed Hikari Hozuki but was struck down, and Tadashi and Shin awakened their Three-Tomoe Sharingan in grief and attacked Hikari.
• Hirota Uchiha rose again and killed Hikari Hozuki with Lightning Release: Lightning Binding Blade, then collapsed as Uchiha Kyu arrived and supported him.
• Konoha's reinforcements charged in, and Uchiha Kyu ordered a pursuit that drove the Mist Ninja back to the first Egawa Defense Line.
• Uchiha Kyu congratulated Tadashi and Shin on awakening the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Uchiha Kyu explained that Izanagi was a forbidden technique meant to protect the clan and planned to teach it to qualified Uchiha, while holding the Egawa Coastal Defense Line rather than ending the war quickly. As attacks opened on several fronts, Fugaku Uchiha warned Uchiha Shisui that Konoha's leadership might move against the clan.

• Uchiha Kyu told Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Tadashi that he would teach them Izanagi, despite Hirota Uchiha's concern that the technique could provoke conflict.
• Uchiha Kyu arranged care for six badly wounded clansmen, then ordered his forces to camp and defend their current position with Hyuga support.
• Uchiha Kyu told Hirota Uchiha that he was prolonging the conflict to give the Uchiha Clan time to develop while the Fourth Hokage faced pressure to retake the line.
• Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure attacked Konoha's borders, forcing Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, and Shikaku Nara to lead defenses on separate fronts.
• Fugaku Uchiha told Uchiha Shisui that Konoha's upper ranks might be preparing to target the Uchiha Clan and that Uchiha Kyu had gone to war to expose their hidden forces.

Fugaku Uchiha prepared the Uchiha Clan for Konoha’s growing hostility while Uchiha Kyu launched an attack on the Egawa Coastal Defense Line. When Uchiha Obito used Karatachi Yagura to test him, Uchiha Kyu exposed Obito’s identity and forced him to flee.

• Fugaku Uchiha told Uchiha Shisui to secretly find the Hyuga Clan head and warned Uchiha Mikoto to stay home as tensions with Konoha rose.
• Uchiha Kyu received a letter from home and ordered the Uchiha to attack the Egawa Coastal Defense Line two hours later.
• Uchiha Obito controlled Karatachi Yagura and unleashed the Three-Tails’ power to test Uchiha Kyu on the battlefield.
• Uchiha Kyu defeated Karatachi Yagura’s Water Mirror copy and used Flying Thunder God to reach him.
• Uchiha Kyu entered Karatachi Yagura’s mental space, identified Uchiha Obito, and triggered a genjutsu backlash that made Obito flee with Zetsu.

Uchiha Kyu kept Karatachi Yagura alive while pressing Kirigakure’s forces, as Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared a secret operation against the Uchiha Clan. Hyuga Hiashi decided to act to protect his clan, and Hizashi Hyuga left to carry out his plan.

• Uchiha Kyu kicked Karatachi Yagura, laden with Explosive Tags, toward the Mist Ninja, injuring and killing some while the Three-Tails helped preserve Yagura’s life.
• Uchiha Obito arranged further Mist Ninja reinforcements, believing Konoha and the Uchiha Clan might weaken each other while Uchiha Kyu remained at the front.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze he would target the Uchiha Clan’s younger generation and revealed he had secretly trained five hundred deathsworn.
• Hyuga Hiashi concluded Hiruzen Sarutobi’s move against the Uchiha Clan was imminent and summoned Hizashi Hyuga to discuss protecting their clan.
• Hizashi Hyuga left to act, telling Hyuga Hiashi that serving the main family was the branch family’s purpose.

Hizashi Hyuga joined Orochimaru in warning the Uchiha that Konoha’s clans were preparing to attack, while Hyuga Hiashi secretly readied his clan to support them. The Uchiha evacuated their vulnerable members and prepared to fight, but the assault began before Hyuga reinforcements arrived.

• Hizashi Hyuga left the Hyuga compound to help protect his brother and the Hyuga Clan’s alliance with the Uchiha.
• Hyuga Hiashi purged the Hyuga Clan’s old guard, locked down the compound, and arranged to support the Uchiha.
• Hizashi found Orochimaru and told him the Hyuga Clan would stand with the Uchiha; Orochimaru summoned a python to retrieve a kunai before they headed out.
• Uchiha Shisui sensed danger and warned Fugaku Uchiha, who gathered the fighters and moved the elderly and children into underground safety passages.
• Fugaku asked Hizashi when the Hyuga reinforcements would arrive, and Hizashi said a signal flare would summon them to attack from within and without.
• The gates of the Uchiha Compound were blasted open, and ninjas from multiple clans charged inside.

Konoha forces attacked the Uchiha Compound, where Fugaku Uchiha and Orochimaru led a fierce defense. As the battle raged beneath fireworks, Hyuga forces moved to support the Uchiha while Hyuga Hiashi warned Minato Namikaze that Uchiha Kyu might retaliate.

• Konoha ninja entered the apparently empty Uchiha Compound and suffered a deadly snake ambush before Fugaku Uchiha and his fighters revealed themselves.
• Orochimaru, Uchiha Shisui, and Hizashi Hyuga appeared above the street, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered his forces to encircle the Uchiha.
• Fugaku Uchiha activated Susanoo and led the Uchiha in a charge against the Konoha forces as both sides unleashed their techniques.
• Munemasa Hyuga ordered his clan to support the Uchiha, and Hyuga forces drove back the Anbu monitoring them.
• Hyuga Hiashi challenged Minato Namikaze at the Hokage Office and warned that Uchiha Kyu might turn against Konoha.

Uchiha Shisui held off Konoha’s death warriors and defeated Choza Akimichi and Inoichi Yamanaka before the Hyuga Clan’s reinforcements arrived. As Hiruzen Sarutobi’s forces came under pressure, he finally fired a signal flare to call Minato Namikaze into the battle.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Dark One and hundreds of death warriors against the Uchiha, but Uchiha Shisui cut down more than a hundred with his speed, Mangekyō Sharingan, and genjutsu.
• Choza Akimichi and Inoichi Yamanaka attacked Uchiha Shisui, but he blocked Choza with Susanoo and struck back at both of them.
• Shibi Aburame arrived to protect Choza Akimichi and Inoichi Yamanaka, while Uchiha Shisui burned away Shibi’s insect swarm with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Hizashi Hyuga and the Hyuga reinforcements broke through the Anbu’s interception and joined Fugaku Uchiha’s side.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Dark One to stop the reinforcements and, after pressure from his allies, fired a special signal flare to summon Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze arrived at the Uchiha Compound and joined the battle, where Uchiha Shisui held him off until his chakra ran low and he was injured. Uchiha Kyu watched the growing devastation and anticipated another unexpected arrival, while the Uchiha continued fighting at terrible cost.

• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the compound, apologized to Fugaku Uchiha, and tried to end the conflict.
• Fugaku Uchiha sent Uchiha Shisui to stop Minato, and the two fought as Minato used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and an Ultra-Great Rasengan.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda, who swallowed Konoha ninja, while Hiruzen Sarutobi's forces and Hyuga Hiashi joined the battle against the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Itachi used his Sharingan and an enemy wire trap to kill three Chunin, while Uchiha Kyu watched from a utility pole and anticipated a concealed arrival.
• Uchiha Shisui lost his Susanoo's protection, suffered an injured arm from Minato's Rasengan, and told Huo Uchiha that his chakra was exhausted.

Uchiha Kyu returned to the battle controlling the Nine-Tails, forcing the fighting to stop and allowing the Uchiha and Hyuga clans to regroup. He revealed that the crisis had been part of his plan and prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb while Minato Namikaze feared for Kushina.

• Minato Namikaze tried to use the Flying Thunder God to remove Fugaku Uchiha, but the Nine-Tails appeared and halted the battle.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized Uchiha Kyu was controlling the Nine-Tails and suspected Kushina had left her hiding place and encountered him.
• Uchiha Kyu appeared atop the Nine-Tails, and Hyuga Hiashi led his clan to join the Uchiha while Fugaku reunited with Mikoto and Itachi.
• Uchiha Kyu admitted that the events had followed his plan, and Minato Namikaze blamed Orochimaru for revealing Kushina's identity.
• Uchiha Kyu began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb and threatened Minato Namikaze as he worried about Kushina.

Uchiha Kyu used the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bombs to exhaust Minato Namikaze while Konoha’s clans prepared a desperate counterattack. He rallied the Uchiha and Hyuga to charge in the name of justice, as Minato left to deal with the Nine-Tails and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s old back injury flared up.

• Minato Namikaze repeatedly transferred the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bombs away from the village, but warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that his chakra was nearly exhausted.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi called on Choza Akimichi and the other clans to use their remaining forces, and their signal flares summoned them to make a final stand.
• Uchiha Kyu returned to his allies, denounced Konoha’s leadership and the clans helping it, and urged the Uchiha and Hyuga to fight for justice.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Fugaku Uchiha led their clans in a charge against their enemies while Uchiha Kyu told the Nine-Tails to hold the line until reinforcements arrived.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s old back injury flared as Minato Namikaze vanished to find a way to deal with the Nine-Tails.

Uchiha Kyu defeated Minato Namikaze’s attempts to stop him, freed and then controlled the Nine-Tails, and used it to attack Konoha. Minato disappeared, while Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the slaughter and wondered if Minato could defeat Uchiha Kyu.

• Minato Namikaze confronted Uchiha Kyu, but Uchiha Kyu trapped him in genjutsu and forced him to escape a Tailed Beast Bomb with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Uchiha Kyu identified and destroyed Minato Namikaze’s clone, while the Nine-Tails vanished and Minato rescued Kushina Uzumaki.
• Kushina Uzumaki used genjutsu to make Minato Namikaze release the seal, but Uchiha Kyu struck her with lightning and the Nine-Tails broke free.
• Minato Namikaze fled when Uchiha Kyu used Space Crushing, and Uchiha Kyu crushed the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb before controlling the beast with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Kyu sent the controlled Nine-Tails to slaughter Konoha ninjas and threatened Minato Namikaze, while Hiruzen Sarutobi despaired over the attack.

Uchiha Kyu fought Hiruzen Sarutobi while commanding the Nine-Tails against Konoha’s forces, and he repeatedly thwarted Hiruzen’s attempt to seal the beast. Minato Namikaze returned in Sage Mode and struck at Uchiha Kyu from behind as Hiruzen grabbed him, leaving Uchiha Kyu caught between them.

• Uchiha Kyu used the Nine-Tails to devastate Konoha’s reinforcements as Uchiha Shisui defended the clan’s rear.
• Nara ninjas restrained the Nine-Tails, giving Hiruzen Sarutobi a chance to approach and attempt a sealing technique.
• Uchiha Kyu sent three Shadow Clones to attack Konoha’s forces, then used Flying Thunder God to transfer the restrained Nine-Tails to the main battlefield.
• Uchiha Kyu fought Hiruzen Sarutobi at close range and stopped him from sealing the Nine-Tails.
• Minato Namikaze returned from Mount Myōboku in Sage Mode and threw an Ultra-Great Rasengan at Uchiha Kyu as Hiruzen grabbed his arm.

Uchiha Kyu tricked Minato Namikaze into killing Hiruzen Sarutobi, then fought Minato and Tsunade as they tried to stop him. He summoned the Nine-Tails and armored his Susanoo, escalating the battle.

• Uchiha Kyu redirected Minato Namikaze's Rasengan through Hiruzen Sarutobi, mortally wounding him and leaving Minato convinced he had killed the Third Hokage.
• Tsunade tried to heal Hiruzen, but he died in her arms, triggering her hemophobia before grief and anger helped her suppress it.
• Uchiha Kyu attacked Minato with genjutsu, while Minato deduced that Kyu's intangibility came from an ocular space-time technique.
• Tsunade and Minato attacked together, but Kyu used explosive tags against Minato's Shadow Clone and emerged protected by Susanoo.
• Tsunade cracked Susanoo with a punch, and Uchiha Kyu summoned the Nine-Tails and activated Armored Susanoo.

Uchiha Kyu overwhelmed Konoha with the Nine-Tails clad in Susanoo, forcing the clans to surrender and defeating Tsunade and Minato Namikaze. Minato chose to offer his life and yield the Hokage position to Uchiha Kyu to protect the village and the Land of Fire.

• Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Kyu's forces called for surrender, and most of the clan shinobi, including the Sarutobi Clan, laid down their weapons.
• Tsunade recognized Uchiha Kyu's power as reminiscent of Madara Uchiha, and Uchiha Kyu struck her with Susanoo: One-Sword Slash.
• Minato Namikaze tried to protect Tsunade, but the attack left both of them unable to continue fighting.
• White Zetsu and Black Zetsu observed Uchiha Kyu, and Black Zetsu considered recruiting him to aid his plan to revive his mother.
• Minato Namikaze decided not to use his final technique, surrendered to Uchiha Kyu, and offered his life and the Hokage position in exchange for the village's safety.

Uchiha Kyu spared Minato Namikaze after Senju Tsunade traded the Senju Clan’s techniques and stored materials for his life, securing Minato’s resignation and responsibility for the night’s events. After the battle, Uchiha Kyu learned that every surviving Uchiha Clan member had awakened the Sharingan.

• Senju Tsunade stopped Uchiha Kyu from killing Minato Namikaze and offered the Senju Clan’s ninjutsu and stored materials in exchange for his life.
• Uchiha Kyu agreed on the condition that Minato Namikaze publicly resign as Hokage and take responsibility for the night’s events.
• Orochimaru, Hyuga Hiashi, and Fugaku Uchiha arrived, and Uchiha Kyu had Hyuga Hiashi seal Minato Namikaze and Senju Tsunade’s chakra pathways.
• Uchiha Kyu took Fugaku Uchiha and Hyuga Hiashi to handle the aftermath and asked Fugaku about the clan’s casualties.
• Fugaku Uchiha reported that more than two hundred Uchiha Clan members had died, but every survivor had awakened the Sharingan.

After defeating the Third Hokage, Uchiha Kyu imposed terms on the surrendered ninja clans and arranged for Minato Namikaze to resign. The next day, Uchiha Kyu donned the Hokage robes, beginning his rule as Konoha’s Fifth Hokage.

• Uchiha Kyu ordered the wounded treated, the fallen buried, and Hyuga Hiashi to oversee medical care for the injured.
• Uchiha Kyu demanded that the surrendered clans provide two-thirds of their ninja, pay fifty-percent taxes on their shops, and dismiss their appointees from village departments.
• Minato Namikaze publicly accepted blame for the night’s events, said he had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi, and announced his resignation in favor of Uchiha Kyu.
• Minato Namikaze asked Uchiha Kyu to protect Kushina, received his assurance, and was taken away by Fugaku Uchiha’s men.
• The next day, Uchiha Kyu wore the Hokage robes and stood atop the platform at Hidden Leaf Central Square.

Uchiha Kyu took office as Fifth Hokage and rewarded his supporters with powerful village positions. He appointed former rivals and allies alike, then ordered the faces on Hokage Rock torn down.

• Uchiha Kyu sat on the Hokage throne as his clansmen and the Hyuga ninjas celebrated, while the defeated clans watched bitterly.
• Minato Namikaze comforted Kushina Uzumaki and accepted that Uchiha Kyu was more qualified to become Hokage.
• Uchiha Kyu appointed Orochimaru director of a powerful new Research Department and granted him authority to mobilize the Anbu.
• Uchiha Kyu retained Hyuga Hiashi as Hokage Advisor, made him director of the Medical Department, appointed Fugaku Uchiha captain of the Konoha Military Police Force, and distributed other posts among his supporters.
• Uchiha Kyu appointed Minato Namikaze director of the Anbu, and Minato accepted the position in the name of serving Konoha.
• Uchiha Kyu ordered the faces on Hokage Rock torn down, and Uchiha Okamoto volunteered to carry out the order.

Uchiha Kyu organized Konoha's departments as Fifth Hokage, then responded to a Cloud Ninja breakthrough and outlined a plan to end the wider war. As villagers blamed Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki for the previous night's losses, Kyu noticed something on Hokage Rock.

• Uchiha Kyu assigned department leadership, leaving the Education Department position vacant, and received news from Uchiha Shisui that the Cloud Ninja had breached the front lines under Fourth Raikage A.
• Uchiha Kyu ordered Minato Namikaze to lead two Anbu squads against the Cloud Ninja and sent Kakashi to the battlefield for experience.
• Uchiha Kyu proposed striking the Mist Ninja and manipulating alliances among the other villages to bring the war to an end.
• Uchiha Kyu told Hyuga Hiashi to discipline disobedient medical ninja, while the village learned Kyu had become Fifth Hokage and turned against Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Kushina Uzumaki stayed indoors to avoid the villagers' hostility, and Uchiha Kyu noticed something on Hokage Rock as the sun set.

Uchiha Kyu used genjutsu to learn that Danzo had hidden the First Hokage’s remains at the Valley of the End, then promised Orochimaru an Uchiha-blooded clone in exchange for his research. He left Orochimaru extracting First Hokage cells from Danzo’s blood and was asked whether he had come about something important.

• Uchiha Okamoto showed Uchiha Kyu the enormous statue he had made of him, and Kyu let it stand.
• The Fourth Raikage learned from Akatsuki that Konoha was weakened and ordered his forces to stop looting and advance into the heartland of the Land of Fire.
• Minato Namikaze learned that the Fourth Raikage had launched a large-scale attack and resolved to make amends for his mistake.
• Uchiha Kyu handed Hokage affairs to Hyuga Hiashi, then visited Orochimaru and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make Danzo reveal that he had hidden the First Hokage’s remains at the Valley of the End.
• Uchiha Kyu promised Orochimaru he could clone a baby with Uchiha blood once his cloning-cell technology matured, and Orochimaru slit Danzo’s throat to extract his blood and First Hokage cells.

Uchiha Kyu persuaded Orochimaru to become Minister of Education by dangling access to students for his experiments, then encouraged Might Guy and continued managing the village from a distance. Hyuga Hiashi, overwhelmed by his two positions, began considering resigning as Minister of the Medical Department.

• Uchiha Kyu offered Orochimaru the vacant Education Department position, and Orochimaru accepted after hearing he could use student health examinations to obtain blood for experiments.
• Uchiha Kyu encountered Might Guy, learned he had trained to the Sixth Gate, and urged him to keep working hard to protect the village.
• Uchiha Kyu observed that villagers were more obedient to the Uchiha Police Force because of the Hokage's authority, then avoided the Hokage Office to keep away from Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hyuga Hiashi struggled with a towering stack of documents and decided he might need to relinquish his Medical Department post while still managing his clan affairs.