Recaps

Hatake Sakumo’s team was ambushed in an Iwagakure explosive-tag warehouse, and Uchiha Yehuo arrived to help hold off the enemy. Ye used a strange short sword that forced its targets to catch it, teleporting the three wounded Konoha jonin out of the encirclement and leaving them kneeling in a row beside him.

• Hatake Sakumo and three Konoha jonin infiltrated the warehouse and killed its guards, but Iwagakure ANBU sprang an ambush from above.
• Iwagakure forces surrounded the team, and one Konoha jonin was badly wounded while shielding Sakumo from an explosive tag.
• Sakumo chose to abandon the mission and rescue his comrade, but Uchiha Yehuo burst through the ceiling and attacked the encircling ninja with Fire Release.
• Yehuo and Sakumo fought back-to-back, but the enemy’s numbers and hostage tactic kept them from reaching the wounded jonin.
• Ye appeared above the battlefield and used his Hundred-Percent Blade-Catch Short Sword to make the wounded jonin teleport up and catch the blade.
• Ye swung the sword twice more, teleporting the other two trapped Konoha jonin beside him to catch it as well.

Ye helped Hatake Sakumo’s companions escape the Iwagakure warehouse, then used absurd fake weapons to humiliate and delay their pursuers. As the Iwagakure squad charged through Ye’s final pink-light-and-suona distraction, they unknowingly ran straight onto genuine Explosive Tags.

• Ye and the three Konoha jonin escaped up the cliff, and Sakumo ordered Nohibi to protect Ye and withdraw with the others.
• Nohibi led the injured jonin and the others into the tunnel while Sakumo stayed behind and cut down Iwagakure ninjas as he charged toward the warehouse’s sealing core.
• Ye used pink smoke bombs and suona whistles to make the Iwagakure squad take cover against a harmless distraction, then tricked them with Explosive Tags that only puffed smoke.
• The Iwagakure commander ordered his squad to charge through any further tricks, and Ye planted twelve real Explosive Tags beneath another pink light show at the tunnel’s blind corner.
• The commander and his subordinates charged over the genuine Explosive Tags, and the commander realized the danger as he smelled the gunpowder.

Ye and Nohibi helped Hatake Sakumo destroy Iwagakure’s explosive warehouse and escape the ambush, earning Sakumo’s gratitude. Nohibi mistook Ye’s system-granted trick for a Space-Time Forbidden Technique and began imagining Ye leading the Uchiha to power.

• Twelve Special-Issue Explosive Tags detonated and wiped out the Iwagakure pursuers in the passage.
• A massive Crimson Lotus Hellfire explosion destroyed the warehouse, and Hatake Sakumo returned to Ye and Nohibi.
• Hatake Sakumo bowed to Ye and Nohibi, thanked them for saving the mission, and left with his wounded companion.
• Nohibi asked Ye whether he had used Space-Time Ninjutsu to pull people through the air, and Ye replied that it was a secret.
• Nohibi became convinced Ye had mastered a Space-Time Forbidden Technique and declared that he would make the Uchiha great again.

Ye learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique from Yehuo and demonstrated his extraordinary ability to use it. Back in Konoha, Hatake Sakumo confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi in the Hokage’s Office, silently studying him as a possible traitor behind the ambush.

• Yehuo taught Ye the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and warned him about its risks.
• Ye used his Two-Tomoe to copy the technique, produced ten stable clones, and quickly recovered from their fatigue after dispelling them.
• Yehuo was left astonished and began thinking about making Ye the Uchiha clan head.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled with mounting paperwork while Shimura Danzō avoided the Hokage’s administrative burdens.
• Hatake Sakumo returned from the front and entered the Hokage’s Office without reporting, scrutinizing Hiruzen for signs that he had leaked the mission’s secret intelligence.

Sakumo reported that Iwagakure’s Warehouse No. 7 had been destroyed and received praise and leave from Hiruzen, while secretly vowing to find the traitor who had endangered his team. Danzō’s plan to ruin Sakumo through a staged mission failure had collapsed, and Ye and Nohibi returned to Konoha as villagers spread stories praising White Fang.

• Sakumo told Hiruzen that the mission had succeeded and submitted a scroll without revealing Ye or Uchiha Yehuo’s involvement.
• Hiruzen thanked Sakumo for safeguarding the village and granted him a month of paid leave to train Kakashi.
• Sakumo realized Hiruzen had not betrayed them and resolved to uncover the insider who had leaked the mission route.
• Danzō’s Root operative reported that agents were ready to turn public opinion against Sakumo if his mission failed, and Danzō explained how he had expected Sakumo to abandon the mission.
• Ye and Nohibi approached Konoha’s southern gate and heard villagers trading exaggerated tales of White Fang’s victories.

Nohibi realized that Konoha’s leadership was using staged praise of Hatake Sakumo to set him up for a public backlash, but Sakumo’s successful mission had ruined the plan. Convinced that Uchiha Ye could lead the clan, Nohibi rushed to Fugaku and demanded that he give up the clan head position to the boy.

• Nohibi recognized that planted supporters and pamphlets were part of a scheme to raise Sakumo’s reputation before turning the village against him.
• Nohibi told Ye to go home while he hurried to report the situation to the clan head.
• Nohibi raced to Security Force headquarters and decided that Ye’s abilities made him a better leader than Fugaku.
• Nohibi kicked open Fugaku’s office door, knelt before him, and demanded that he pass the clan head position to Uchiha Ye.
• Fugaku crushed his teacup in shock and stared speechlessly at Nohibi.

Nohibi formed the two-person Night Faction to put Uchiha Ye in power, while Ye spent the last day of summer vacation training with his friends and began manipulating Asuma over his feelings for Kurenai. The chapter left Asuma caught by Ye’s question about why Kurenai acted indifferent toward him.

• Nohibi embarrassed himself before Fugaku, then attended the Uchiha clan meeting and secretly established the Night Faction with Ye as its honorary leader.
• On the final day of summer vacation, Ye, Might Guy, Asuma, Obito Uchiha, and Kakashi gathered at an abandoned training ground for intense Taijutsu practice.
• Ye asked Asuma whether he liked Kurenai Yuhi, prompting Asuma to deny it while Might Guy cheered him on and Obito bluntly teased him.
• Obito’s improved Taijutsu let him fight Kakashi evenly, surprising the others.
• Ye asked Asuma why Kurenai acted indifferent toward him, and Asuma began considering Ye’s suggestion.

Ye convinced Asuma that smoking his father Hiruzen’s pipe would make him seem mature enough to attract Kurenai, while telling Obito that his natural stupidity would win Rin over. The next morning, Asuma showed up at the Ninja Academy with Hiruzen’s pipe and blew smoke into Kurenai’s face.

• Ye told Asuma that Hiruzen’s pipe gave him a mature aura and urged Asuma to steal it and smoke it in front of Kurenai.
• Obito asked Ye how to become mature, and Ye told him his natural stupidity was his greatest charm and would make Rin crazy about him.
• Kakashi overheard Ye’s advice and reacted with alarm as Asuma planned to break into Hiruzen’s study.
• The next morning, Gang Ziyun entered the Ninja Academy classroom and noticed the students avoiding Asuma.
• Asuma smoked Hiruzen’s pipe in class, forced a world-weary expression, and blew a cloud of smoke into Kurenai’s face.

Asuma Sarutobi’s outrageous smoking and posturing got him thrown out of class before Gang Ziyun announced a sparring assessment. At the Abandoned Training Ground, Uchiha Ye defeated Might Guy and ended the match by persuading the tearful Guy to entrust him with his youth.

• Asuma Sarutobi smoked in the classroom, upset Kurenai Yuhi, and claimed it was the charm of a mature man before Gang Ziyun ordered him outside.
• Gang Ziyun announced a sparring assessment at the Abandoned Training Ground, and Obito told Ye he planned to beat Kakashi with a new move.
• Uchiha Ye and Might Guy fought using taijutsu, while Uchiha Tekka recognized traces of the Uchiha Style Taijutsu Secret in Guy’s techniques.
• Ye threw Guy into a sandpit with a joint lock and over-the-shoulder throw.
• Ye delivered a melodramatic farewell, and Guy cried as he entrusted Ye with his youth.

Asuma Sarutobi used the unorthodox Taijutsu Ye had taught him to fight Uchiha Tekka evenly, but lost when his Chakra ran low. After Asuma’s attempt to impress Kurenai Yuhi with a pipe and a smug line ended in her beating him, Obito eagerly awaited his match against Rin Nohara.

• Gang Ziyun announced Asuma Sarutobi’s match against Uchiha Tekka.
• Asuma used dirty tricks and a mid-fight smoking break to surprise the class, but Tekka won after Asuma ran out of Chakra.
• Kurenai Yuhi offered Asuma a hand, and he blew smoke in her face and told her he was a man she could love but never have.
• Kurenai Yuhi slapped and punched Asuma, then kicked him while Gang Ziyun watched in dismay.
• Kurenai Yuhi blamed Uchiha Ye for the strange behavior around him, while Obito eagerly anticipated his turn against Rin Nohara.

Kakashi and Obito agreed to an Unlimited Battle after Obito taunted Kakashi at the Training Ground. Ye lent Kakashi a remarkably fine short sword, while inwardly anticipating that Obito would be forced to catch it barehanded.

• Obito told Rin Nohara that he would soon show his true self, then argued with Kakashi and challenged him to a fight.
• Kakashi took Obito's taunts as a challenge and requested an Unlimited Battle with him.
• Obito agreed, and Gang Ziyun allowed them to use Ninjutsu and Ninja Tools while warning them not to use heavy attacks.
• Kakashi realized he had no sword for the fight, so Ye tossed him a short sword from his system lottery.
• Kakashi recognized the sword's exceptional quality, thanked Ye, and raised his respect and wariness toward him.
• Ye privately anticipated that Obito would have to catch Kakashi's blade barehanded in front of the class.

Ye secretly planted a Dog-Bark Voice Changer on Obito and encouraged him to show Rin Nohara his true self. During the battle, Kakashi’s sword triggered the Causality Law artifact, which made Obito rush forward, kneel, and catch the blade between his hands.

• Obito protested that Ye had given Kakashi a Short Sword but nothing for him, so Ye praised Obito’s natural self and secretly attached a Dog-Bark Voice Changer inside his collar.
• Obito, moved by Ye’s encouragement, vowed to show Rin Nohara his true self while the class watched in confusion.
• When Rin wished both boys luck, Obito barked loudly at her, and Might Guy interpreted it as a passionate declaration of youth.
• Teacher Gang Ziyun started the unrestricted battle, and Obito began forming hand seals for the Fire Ball Jutsu as Kakashi drew his Short Sword.
• Kakashi’s sword triggered the Causality Law artifact, forcing Obito to rush across the field, kneel before Kakashi, and catch the blade with his bare hands.

Obito repeatedly crossed the training ground and knelt to catch Kakashi’s sword, though he could only bark while under forced control. Kakashi mistook the bizarre spectacle for a display of overwhelming strength and prepared a decisive attack after discovering his sword had cracked.

• Obito suddenly rushed across the training ground, knelt, and caught Kakashi’s blade, then barked in panic as the class watched.
• Kakashi interpreted Obito’s barks as deliberate humiliation and angrily demanded that he speak properly.
• After Kakashi withdrew his blade, Obito escaped, but when Kakashi assumed his sword stance again, Obito repeated the same kneeling catch.
• Obito barked at Kakashi in desperation, while Kakashi grew shaken and retreated to regain his composure.
• Kakashi noticed fine cracks in his sword and concluded that Obito’s catches had damaged it through immense physical strength.
• Kakashi resolved to avoid another blade catch and prepare a lightning-fast, decisive strike.

Obito’s attempt to defeat Kakashi with a golden kunai ended with him involuntarily kneeling and catching Kakashi’s strike, shattering the special sword. Both boys were left mentally devastated as their classmates watched in terror.

• Obito concluded that Kakashi had been disrupting his hand seals, so he abandoned ninjutsu and drew the golden Never-Hits Kunai.
• Kakashi entered a heightened state of focus and charged at Obito with his strongest sword strike.
• Obito involuntarily lunged to his knees and caught Kakashi’s blade between his palms, causing the [100% Blade-Catching Short Sword] to shatter.
• Kakashi dropped his broken hilt and collapsed in despair, while Obito stared at his empty hands and burst into tears.
• The entire class watched the two boys kneel in the sand as despair, humiliation, and terror points were awarded.

Rin Nohara and Asuma misinterpreted Obito’s breakdown, while Ye discovered that the supposedly never-hitting kunai had lodged in Gang Ziyun’s calf. The chapter left Gang Ziyun crouching to hide the injury just as someone called out and caught him sneaking around.

• Rin Nohara wondered why Obito kept barking, and Asuma claimed Obito was expressing his love for ninja dogs.
• Rin imagined Obito romantically barking at a ninja dog and earned Ye a flood of points.
• Ye noticed Gang Ziyun generating an unusual number of points and saw a golden kunai embedded in his calf.
• The Absolute Never-Hits Kunai flew away from the ground and struck Gang Ziyun while he supervised the sparring match.
• Gang Ziyun tried to secretly pull out the kunai, but someone asked why he was sneaking around with his ass stuck out.

Ye exposed Gang Ziyun's golden kunai wound to the whole class, leaving the teacher humiliated and kneeling in the sand. When Rin tried to remove the kunai and bandage him, Ye stopped her and warned that Gang Ziyun's condition was serious.

• Ye caught Gang Ziyun with a golden kunai lodged in his calf and shouted for help across Konoha's Abandoned Training Ground.
• The students saw Gang Ziyun's injury, and he collapsed in humiliation as the class gathered around.
• Rin Nohara hurried over and prepared to remove the kunai and bandage Gang Ziyun's wound.
• Ye grabbed Rin's wrist before she could touch the kunai, then solemnly warned her not to act rashly because Gang Ziyun's condition was serious.

Uchiha Ye convinced the class that Gang Ziyun-sensei had suffered a catastrophic injury, then used a voice changer to make him bark when he tried to defend himself. The panicked students rushed to report that Gang Ziyun-sensei had died in battle, while Ye stayed behind with the collapsed teacher.

• Ye told the girls that the kunai in Gang Ziyun-sensei's calf had injured a major artery and might have damaged his brain, despite Rin Nohara's medical objection.
• Ye secretly attached a voice changer to Gang Ziyun-sensei's collar, making his attempt to deny the injury come out as barking.
• The class mistook Gang Ziyun-sensei's barking for proof of brain damage, and he collapsed after repeatedly trying to speak.
• Ye urged the students to fetch the medical unit and vice principal, and more than thirty students ran in panic toward the Academy offices.
• The students spread increasingly exaggerated rumors, then told the vice principal that Gang Ziyun-sensei had died in battle.

Ye concealed his voice-changer trick as Gang Ziyun was mistaken for a mentally unstable patient and taken to Konoha Hospital. The class was dismissed for the day, and Ye invited his remaining classmates to relax on the Shopping Street instead of training.

• The Medical Corps found that Gang Ziyun had only a tiny calf wound, despite the vice principal having called them in for a life-threatening injury.
• Ye secretly retrieved the voice-changer patch from Gang Ziyun's collar, and Gang Ziyun shouted that he was not sick before his furious appearance convinced the class he had suffered mental trauma.
• The Medical Corps diagnosed Gang Ziyun with severe psychological distress and restrained him for transport to Konoha Hospital's psychiatric department.
• The vice principal dismissed Second Year Class One for the day, and the students praised Ye for securing their unexpected holiday.
• Might Guy urged Ye to run fifty laps around Konoha, but Ye declined and suggested they stroll around the Shopping Street.

Ye took Asuma, Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy to Konoha Commercial Street and offered to pay for their purchases. In the department store, Kakashi advised Obito to buy Rin a spotted dog-ear accessory, and Obito accepted his advice.

• Asuma and Obito argued over whose romantic gestures had impressed Kurenai and Rin, while Kakashi silently judged them.
• Ye offered to pay for the group’s shopping, using the money his brother Uchiha Yehuo kept giving him.
• Asuma bought an exquisite red rose bookmark, while Obito agonized over choosing between cat-ear and dog-ear accessories for Rin.
• Kakashi advised Obito to choose the black-and-white spotted dog-ear accessory, saying Rin would accept it as a symbol of Obito himself.
• Obito trusted Kakashi’s serious advice and decided to buy the dog-ear accessory.

After a barbecue with his classmates, Ye sensed a hostile pursuer near the Uchiha compound and prepared to fight what he believed was a Root assassination team. The attacker turned out to be Hatake Sakumo, who had followed Ye to keep him safe, while Kakashi arrived close behind.

• Ye and his classmates exchanged gifts and ate barbecue, where Kakashi insisted on compensating Ye for the broken Short Sword.
• Ye agreed to Kakashi's offer, and the group parted ways on the Shopping Street.
• Ye sensed someone tailing him as he walked toward the Uchiha compound and initially assumed it was ANBU surveillance.
• In a secluded alley, Ye recognized the sudden killing intent as Root's and prepared to confront an assassin near the Uchiha compound.
• Hatake Sakumo appeared behind Ye, dispelled the killing intent, and explained that he had followed him for safety.
• Kakashi arrived breathless and complained that Sakumo's Body Flicker Technique had left him behind.

Ye brought Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi into the Uchiha compound, where they encountered Yehuo laughing wildly as he flooded Fugaku’s flowers. Yehuo realized Ye had witnessed his outburst and tried to regain his composure.

• Sakumo explained that Kakashi had insisted on apologizing for damaging Ye’s sword, and Ye welcomed them to the Uchiha compound.
• Ye led Sakumo and Kakashi through the compound while they observed their surroundings and Kakashi awkwardly followed.
• At Fugaku’s home, Yehuo flooded the clan head’s flowers and imagined leading a coup to make Ye the new clan head.
• Ye greeted Yehuo as “Brother Nohibi” and told Sakumo and Kakashi that the Uchiha laughed wildly to express their emotions.
• Yehuo stopped laughing when he noticed Ye passing by and feared revealing his loss of composure to him.

Nohibi mistook his encounter with Sakumo and Ye for Fugaku’s genjutsu, while Mikoto returned to find her orchid ruined and Nohibi acting strangely in the mud. Later, a battered Yehuo entered Fugaku’s office and solemnly reported to a pillar instead of the clan leader.

• Nohibi dismissed Sakumo’s suggestion to eat, then realized he had spoken with the White Fang and Ye inside Fugaku’s courtyard.
• Nohibi concluded Fugaku had trapped him in a genjutsu and spent twenty minutes trying to release himself in the mud.
• Mikoto returned, saw her orchid overturned and Nohibi muttering in the puddle, and furiously shouted at him.
• Fugaku struggled with paperwork and a missing sum in the Security Force accounts when Yehuo limped into his office, bruised and covered in cabbage.
• Yehuo bowed to the pillar beside Fugaku’s desk and announced that he had a matter to report.

Nohibi informed Fugaku that Hatake Sakumo had arrived at the Uchiha compound, but Fugaku learned the visitor had been waiting for thirty minutes after initially dismissing him. Fugaku panicked over the political consequences, while Nohibi again refused to explain why he had delayed the message.

• Fugaku asked Nohibi about his bruised face, but Nohibi refused to say what had happened.
• Nohibi told Fugaku that a visitor had arrived, and Fugaku ordered him to send the visitor away without a meeting.
• Nohibi named Hatake Sakumo, but Fugaku failed to register the name and repeated that he would not see him.
• Fugaku realized the visitor was the White Fang of the Leaf, stopped Nohibi, and asked when Hatake Sakumo had arrived.
• Nohibi said Hatake Sakumo had arrived about thirty minutes earlier, and Fugaku panicked over the diplomatic implications.
• Fugaku demanded to know why Nohibi had waited, and Nohibi again said it was something he did not want to tell him.

Fugaku misread Yehuo’s attempt to understand him, then learned Hatake Sakumo had visited with Ye and became convinced Hiruzen Sarutobi intended to seize the young Uchiha. He charged out with a sword to protect Ye, while Yehuo mistakenly believed he was acting on a false suspicion.

• Fugaku demanded to know what Yehuo had been hiding, and Yehuo told him, “Forgive me, Fugaku. This is the last time.”
• Fugaku tried to ask Yehuo for the medicine in his shirt pocket, but Yehuo misunderstood and offered to invite Hatake Sakumo, so Fugaku slapped him and clarified what he wanted.
• After taking Quick-Acting Heart Rescue Pills, Fugaku asked why Hatake Sakumo had visited the Uchiha compound, and Yehuo said Sakumo had come with Ye.
• Fugaku decided Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to take Ye and ordered Yehuo to gather the Security Force’s elites before charging into the night.
• Yehuo watched Fugaku leave and privately mocked his judgment, unaware that he had never told Fugaku he had saved Sakumo.

Fugaku rushed to Ye’s courtyard fearing Sakumo would take Ye for the Hokage, but found Sakumo peacefully sharing tea with Ye and Kakashi. As Sakumo explained Kakashi’s apology for breaking a borrowed sword, Fugaku misread the visit as a political plot to seize Ye.

• Fugaku hurried to Ye’s courtyard, worried that Sakumo would take Ye into the Hokage’s service.
• Fugaku found Sakumo pouring tea for Ye while Kakashi sat nearby with an apology gift, and he hid the sword he had brought.
• Sakumo praised Ye’s talent, which Fugaku interpreted as proof that the Hokage’s leadership had targeted the Uchiha prodigy.
• Fugaku’s hands shook as he tried to drink tea, spilling it over his crotch and onto Sakumo’s clothes.
• Sakumo explained that Kakashi had come to apologize for breaking a sword Ye lent him, but Fugaku imagined the apology was a pretext to take Ye away.