Recaps

Ye led his team on the Kannabi Bridge mission, where he overwhelmed Iwagakure forces but Rin was abducted and the team was separated. Captured by Madara, Ye manipulated him into seeing Ye as family, restored his body with a Life Scroll, and gained control of the Third Mizukage and the White Zetsu.

• Ye received Mastery-Level Flying Thunder God, a Sage Body, and a Mangekyō Sharingan from a system draw, then joined Minato’s team for the Kannabi Bridge mission.
• Minato made Ye the operation’s commander before departing, and Iwagakure mobilized 120 elites against the four Konoha ninja while Danzo sent Root after them.
• Ye’s team fought the Iwagakure ambush, and Ye used his Mangekyō abilities to crush and defeat the enemy forces.
• Root abducted Rin, but Kirigakure ANBU seized her and the Three-Tails, and the Third Mizukage then incapacitated Obito and Kakashi and captured Ye.
• Madara sealed the Three-Tails inside Rin, placed a curse mark on her heart, and arranged for her to be left near Obito and Kakashi while Ye pretended to be unconscious.
• Ye used a Rural Leisure Experience card to make Madara believe they shared memories as grandfather and grandson, then used a Life Scroll to restore Madara to his physical peak.
• Madara promised not to abandon Ye, appointed the Third Mizukage as his guard, and gave Ye control of the Mizukage and the White Zetsu.

Ye’s team survived Danzo’s Root ambush, while Ye maneuvered the Uchiha Clan toward open rebellion and exposed Obito’s Mangekyō. At the hearing, Danzo’s accusations triggered a standoff between the Uchiha and Konoha, which Madara abruptly interrupted.

• Madara arranged for a White Zetsu to impersonate Rin, and Obito watched the double die before awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan in despair.
• The real Rin suppressed the Three-Tails, and Ye reunited her with Obito and Kakashi before helping the team destroy Kannabi Bridge and return to Konoha.
• Danzo ordered Root to ambush Ye’s team, but Rin used the Three-Tails’ power and Ye defeated the attackers while letting their commander escape with a recording.
• Ye confronted the Uchiha Clan at Naka Shrine, provoked the factions with talk of rebellion, and revealed his Mangekyō after Obito showed his own.
• Danzo used Root’s recording to accuse Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin at a joint hearing, while Hiruzen blocked Root from taking custody of them.
• Fugaku arrived with armed Uchiha clansmen, and Madara burst through the chamber wall as the Uchiha and ANBU faced off.

Madara killed Danzo and stayed in Konoha near Ye, while Minato became the Fourth Hokage and Ye’s team set out to protect the Land of Snow’s ruler. After Kushina freed Kurama to help the convoy cross the frozen sea, Ye’s team defeated Dōtō’s Snow Ninja and learned he planned to kill Kazahana Sōsetsu.

• Madara stormed the Council Chamber, exposed Danzo’s stolen Sharingan and Hashirama cells, killed him, and forced Hiruzen to clear Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin of their charges.
• Hiruzen resigned and chose Minato as his successor, while Madara settled near Ye and began putting him through brutal daily training.
• After Minato became Hokage and Naruto was born, he assigned Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin to escort a royal envoy to the Land of Snow and investigate three destroyed outposts.
• Kushina joined the mission, and she and Rin released Kurama and Isobu to clear the ice and tow the convoy across the sea.
• At North Harbor, Ye stopped a Snow Ninja attack, and his team defeated the armored squad led by Dōtō’s forces.
• Ye learned that Dōtō planned to kill Kazahana Sōsetsu within three days, then ordered the team to head for the capital that night and confront him.

Ye turned Konoha’s need for Marrowstone Sand into a financial trap that drove the Land of Birds’ mining alliance and Money Houses into collapse. After buying their debts and mining rights, he reached the miners with food, medical care, fair wages, and a plan to bring their families to safety.

• Ye and the Konoha team rescued Sōsetsu, defeated Dōtō’s forces, and froze Nadare Rōga’s fleet before returning with Chakra Armor and geothermal blueprints.
• Minato appointed Orochimaru to lead an independent research institute, where Orochimaru developed geothermal systems and a cheaper substitute for Marrowstone Sand.
• Ye organized the Konoha Battle Strategic Investment Department and led a caravan to the Gray Hub to exploit the Ore Merchants Alliance’s debts and greed.
• Ye secured forward contracts from Dahe Long and Kuroda, while rising prices and competition drove mine owners to borrow heavily and mistreat their workers.
• Ye spread a forged rumor of increased Konoha ore orders, and Kakashi supplied forged bills as the Money Houses lent out their remaining funds against mining rights and property.
• After Orochimaru’s Bio-Chakra Gel substitute became public, Ye withdrew with the evidence while Dahe Long, Kuroda, and the Land of Birds’ financial system collapsed.
• Konoha’s ANBU bought the Money Houses’ debts and mining rights at a fraction of their value as miners and civilians revolted against the merchants and creditors.
• Ye burned the miners’ abusive contracts, arranged wages, medical care, food, and warm clothes, and asked the miners to show him the tunnels and guard routes.