Chapter Summaries

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.

Uchiha Xiu prepared to lead the ninja clans to the Egawa coast and rewarded Uchiha Shadow for his loyalty with the Flying Thunder God Technique. After learning how Uchiha Itachi had changed during his time in Root, Xiu agreed to take him to the battlefield and promised to elevate the deceased Hyuga captain’s child to the main family.

• Uchiha Xiu ordered the Shadow Guard to prepare for departure and gave Uchiha Shadow a scroll containing the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Xiu that his Sharingan had opened his eyes to the village’s hypocrisy and darkness.
• Uchiha Itachi recounted how his Hyuga branch-family captain had sacrificed himself to protect him, and Xiu promised to have Hyuga Hiashi make the captain’s child part of the main family.
• Uchiha Xiu approved Uchiha Itachi to accompany him to the battlefield, and Itachi returned home to prepare.
• Mikoto tried to comfort Itachi while Uchiha Fugaku asked what had happened, but Itachi withdrew to his room.

Uchiha Kyu ordered a ruthless purge of suspected spies in Konoha while Jiraiya struggled with the deaths and betrayals that had upended the village. At the Guyan Defense Line, Shita Uchiha received word that Uchiha Kyu had become Fifth Hokage and that the Uchiha now controlled Konoha.

• Uchiha Kyu prepared to leave for the battlefield and resolved to hire maids for his home.
• Minato Namikaze led Anbu squads in a two-hour purge that affected more than three thousand people, killing suspected spies and their relatives.
• Minato found Kakashi bloodied after the operation, but Kakashi refused a late-night meal invitation and left to supposedly comfort Might Guy.
• Jiraiya learned of the upheaval in Konoha and grieved over the deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi and his betrayal by Orochimaru while continuing to command the Guyan Defense Line.
• Shita Uchiha read a clan letter announcing Uchiha Kyu's rise to Fifth Hokage and celebrated the Uchiha Clan's control of Konoha with his clansmen.

Uchiha Kyu returned to the Egawa Coast as the new Fifth Hokage, where Hirota Uchiha revealed how the Uchiha clan helped orchestrate the Senju clan’s destruction. The chapter left Uchiha Kyu learning that a falsified map had led Senju Ken and the clan’s main force to die in the desert.

• The young Uchiha clansmen celebrated awakening their Three-Tomoe Sharingan, while Shita Uchiha felt grateful to Uchiha Kyu for ushering in a prosperous era for the clan.
• Uchiha Obito reinforced his illusion control over Karatachi Yagura and vowed that his conflict with Uchiha Kyu had only begun.
• Uchiha Kyu returned to the Egawa Coast, where Hirota Uchiha welcomed him and agreed to keep the accompanying ninja from returning to the village.
• Hirota Uchiha told Uchiha Kyu that Hiruzen Sarutobi had enlisted Fushan Uchiha to help undermine Senju Ken, who had challenged Hiruzen’s claim to the Hokage position.
• Hirota Uchiha explained that Uchiha clansmen had tampered with a map attributed to Hashirama, leading Senju Ken and the Senju main force into a desert where they died of exhaustion.

Uchiha Kyu ordered an attack on the Mist Ninja supply line, then used his Mangekyō Sharingan to manipulate Karatachi Yagura into launching a full offensive. Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu realized Kyu had interfered with their plans, and Black Zetsu proposed using a sealing jutsu that could restrict spatial movement.

• Hirota Uchiha revealed the Uchiha’s hatred of the Senju and blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for their clan’s decline and Nawaki’s death.
• Uchiha Kyu ordered Hirota Uchiha to prepare a strike against the Mist Ninja’s coastal supply line for the following morning.
• Uchiha Kyu told an Aburame guard that he was no longer the enemy and that the guard’s hatred belonged to Konoha’s past.
• Uchiha Kyu used the Flying Thunder God mark on Karatachi Yagura and his Mangekyō Sharingan to make him decide to launch a total offensive.
• Uchiha Obito regained control of Karatachi Yagura after Kyu left, and Black Zetsu suggested asking Nagato to attack Kyu with Madara’s spatial-movement-restricting sealing jutsu.

Uchiha Obito gathered Nagato and Akatsuki to join forces against Uchiha Kyu, while Uchiha Kyu watched the brutal battle between the Mist Ninja and the four Konoha clans. The clans suffered heavy losses, and Obito's group prepared to target Kyu with Nagato's Rinnegan.

• Black Zetsu warned Uchiha Obito against trying to claim the Ten-Tails for himself, and Obito took him to find Nagato.
• The Mist Ninja and the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mito clans launched a fierce battle, with Konoha's fighters ordered not to retreat.
• Uchiha Kyu watched the fighting from a distance and ordered Hirota Uchiha to ensure that four hundred survivors were left for Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Obito used Kamui to bring Nagato and Akatsuki's core members to a location near the Egawa Coast battlefield.
• Kakuzu demanded Uchiha Kyu's bounty, but Nagato decided the reward would be divided among the organization.
• Uchiha Obito persuaded Nagato that eliminating Uchiha Kyu would protect their future plans, and intended to use Nagato's Rinnegan to defeat him.

Uchiha Kyu confronted the Akatsuki forces attacking Konoha and revealed that the masked Madara was Uchiha Obito. He forced Nagato’s Deva Path to use Shinra Tensei, then activated Kamui as his blade shattered.

• Nagato’s Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to scatter Konoha’s rear ranks while Sasori’s puppets and Kakuzu attacked the ninjas.
• Hirota Uchiha went to alert Uchiha Kyu, and Obito let him pass so Kyu would come to them.
• Uchiha Kyu appeared behind Obito, Konan, and Nagato, then fought Konan and evaded Nagato’s pull with a Clone Technique.
• Kyu emerged from behind a boulder and identified the masked man as Uchiha Obito, prompting Konan to become suspicious.
• Nagato pulled Kyu toward him, but Kyu drew a blade from the Kamui Dimension and forced Nagato to use Shinra Tensei to destroy it.
• Kyu activated Kamui after hearing the blade shatter.

Uchiha Kyu fought Nagato and the Akatsuki while his space-time ninjutsu remained unusable, then targeted Konan as Nagato’s weakness. The chapter ended with Kyu trapping Konan in darkness and reaching her.

• Black Zetsu’s interference stopped Uchiha Kyu from escaping, and Nagato’s Black Rods damaged Kyu’s Susanoo.
• Konan attacked Kyu with explosive paper flowers as Uchiha Shin and the other Uchiha arrived to help.
• Obito trapped the Uchiha reinforcements with the Uchiha Barrier, but Kyu dispelled it and his allies rushed to attack Konan.
• Nagato and Obito attacked Kyu and the Uchiha, while Kyu used clones to approach Konan.
• Kyu cast the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, blinded Konan, and declared that he had found Nagato’s weakness.

Uchiha Kyu captured Konan and used her as a hostage while Nagato and Obito clashed over whether to sacrifice her. After escaping the space-restraining barrier with Konan in his custody, Kyu prepared to face the remaining enemies alone.

• Uchiha Kyu seized Konan in midair and threatened Nagato, revealing that he knew about the Rinnegan and its dangers.
• Uchiha Obito attacked with Fire Release, but Nagato protected Konan with Shinra Tensei and rebuked Obito for treating her as expendable.
• Uchiha Kyu began retreating with Konan as White Zetsu emerged to block his escape, while Nagato stopped Obito from pursuing him.
• Uchiha Kyu fought through the White Zetsu until he passed beyond the barrier’s range and regained access to his spatial abilities.
• Uchiha Kyu handed Konan to Uchiha Shin and the others, then announced that he would demonstrate the Uchiha’s ultimate secret art.

Uchiha Kyu fought Nagato after Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu abandoned the battlefield, and Nagato escalated the battle by summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and using Planetary Devastation. As the sealing force began pulling the ground and Uchiha Kyu’s allies skyward, they fled with Konan and a Flying Thunder God kunai.

• Uchiha Kyu used Susanoo to break the barrier, forcing Uchiha Obito, Nagato, and Black Zetsu to emerge; Obito and Black Zetsu then left Nagato to face him.
• Uchiha Kyu attacked Nagato with Susanoo’s spatial techniques, overwhelming Nagato’s repeated Shinra Tensei and damaging his body as he overused the Rinnegan.
• Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and used Pain to cast Planetary Devastation, drawing the surrounding ground into the sky.
• Uchiha Tadashi, Hirota Uchiha, and Uchiha Shin discussed their confidence in Uchiha Kyu and the Flying Thunder God kunai he had given them.
• Hirota Uchiha took the marked kunai and led the others to flee with the sealed Konan as Planetary Devastation reached their position.

Uchiha Kyu defeated Nagato by removing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and severing Deva Path Pain’s connection to Nagato. He destroyed the falling meteorite, ended the battlefield’s resistance, and began planning to control the Fourth Mizukage and make Sunagakure surrender.

• Uchiha Kyu used Flying Thunder God to transfer the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path away from Nagato and onto the battlefield, leaving Nagato weakened.
• Nagato redirected Planetary Devastation toward the battlefield, but Uchiha Kyu fought him, cut off his arm, and severed Deva Path Pain’s connection to his original body.
• The Mist Ninja and Konoha ninja fled as the meteorite fell, and Uchiha Kyu shattered it with Chidori.
• Uchiha Kyu told Hirota Uchiha to gather the men because the war was over.
• Uchiha Kage released the captured Kekkei Genkai ninja, while Uchiha Kyu planned to control the Fourth Mizukage and force Sunagakure to surrender.