Chapter Summaries

Ye ate a barbecue meal with Madara, Obito, and Nohibi, whose admiration earned him Madara’s approval. In a private alley, Nohibi relayed the clan head’s request for Madara to return, but Ye refused, and Nohibi instead declared his loyalty to Ye as the Uchiha’s future.

• Nohibi praised Ye’s strength and pledged his life to him, prompting Madara to welcome him to the table.
• Ye fed Nohibi expensive beef, while Obito grew jealous of the attention Nohibi received.
• Ye told the shopkeeper to charge the 18,600-ryo bill to the Uchiha Police Force under Fugaku’s name.
• Nohibi asked Ye to speak privately and relayed the clan head’s request for Madara to return and lead the Uchiha.
• Ye refused, reminding Nohibi how the clan had treated Madara when he left the village.
• Nohibi accepted that Madara might not return and declared that the clan should follow Ye instead.

Ye persuaded Madara to settle in Konoha, where Madara began training Ye and Obito while promising limited help to the Uchiha. Seven days later, the Uchiha Hawk faction moved to force Madara to help them seize Konoha, while Fugaku remained silent.

• Madara decided to stay in Konoha near Ye and began ordering him to undergo daily Taijutsu, reaction-speed, and Chakra-control training, with Obito assigned as a sparring partner.
• Nohibi reported Madara's decision to Fugaku, who bought Madara a secluded courtyard and received his promise to help the Uchiha once if needed.
• Madara's brutal daily training left Ye battered but pleased by the system rewards, and Ye gradually learned to withstand Madara's opening attacks.
• Seven days later, Hawk faction members at the Naka Shrine called for the Uchiha to seize the Hokage Building and demanded that Madara lead them.
• The scar-faced brute drew his Short Sword and ordered Fugaku to move aside as the Hawk faction prepared to act without him.

Fugaku used his Mangekyo to end the Uchiha faction’s push for rebellion, while Minato consolidated power as the Fourth Hokage and appointed Fugaku as his assistant. The chapter ended with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen retreating after receiving a mysterious message during their attack on Guy’s team.

• Fugaku revealed his Mangekyo and threatened to treat anyone who invoked Madara’s name to force a rebellion as a traitor.
• Ye continued training under Madara, while Kushina visited Madara’s courtyard and enjoyed tea with him.
• Minato relied on Madara’s advice as Hiruzen transferred authority to him, and the Uchiha abandoned their thoughts of rebellion.
• At his inauguration, Minato appointed Fugaku as Hokage Assistant and announced that Kushina was pregnant and would receive the highest security protection.
• Guy told Ye, Kakashi, Obito, and the others that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had fled after their leader received a Water Release paper crane carrying an unknown message.

Ye and Minato's team guarded Kushina through Naruto's birth, preventing the Nine-Tails Night and surviving Obito's alarming but harmless heat-patch prank. Days later, Minato assigned the team a highly classified escort mission to the Land of Snow and an investigation into missing border outposts.

• Ye secretly used White Zetsu to monitor the area as Minato's team guarded Kushina during childbirth.
• Naruto was born safely, and Minato introduced him to the team.
• Obito mistook a heat patch for a harmless gift and stuck it on Naruto, alarming Minato, Kakashi, and Ye before proving it was not an Explosive Tag.
• Minato and Kakashi kicked Obito into the snow, while Kushina emerged with Naruto and the team returned to Konoha.
• Minato gave Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin a classified mission to escort a royal envoy to the Land of Snow and investigate three silent border outposts.

Minato assigned Ye’s team an S-Rank mission to escort a royal envoy from the Land of Snow and investigate three missing Konoha outposts. After learning that Madara had abandoned the Eye of the Moon Plan and taken the White Zetsu army to Konoha, Black Zetsu decided to seek out Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

• Minato briefed Ye, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin on the dangerous Land of Snow mission and ordered Ye to command the team.
• Ye joked that the S-Rank mission was an all-expenses-paid snow trip, easing the tension before Minato assigned their roles and ordered them to gather at dawn.
• Black Zetsu recalled discovering that Madara had settled in Konoha, claimed Ye as his grandson, and transferred the White Zetsu into Konoha’s communications network.
• Realizing Madara would no longer pursue the Eye of the Moon Plan, Black Zetsu considered seeking help from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and decided to find him.

Black Zetsu abandoned his limits to seek Isshiki’s power, while Ye and his team departed on an S-Rank mission and Kushina broke free to follow them. Madara was left babysitting Naruto, whose sudden shower of urine ruined his confidence in his new talent.

• Black Zetsu decided to seek Isshiki’s power so he could help Mother escape, then slipped underground.
• Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin left Konoha at dawn to begin their S-Rank mission.
• Madara secretly sent White Zetsu to monitor the team while telling Kushina that she should pursue her wish to see the snow.
• Kushina ran after the team, leaving Madara responsible for Naruto and dinner for Minato.
• Madara tried to soothe Naruto, who stopped crying briefly before urinating all over him.

Madara struggled to care for Naruto and asked Mikoto to teach him how to soothe the baby. Meanwhile, Kushina joined Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin on their mission, and Ye redirected the team through the Land of Hot Water.

• Madara brought Naruto to Fugaku’s home and asked him to fetch Mikoto so she could teach him how to soothe a child.
• Kushina surprised Obito, Kakashi, and Rin on the snowy road and said she had left Naruto and dinner with Madara to join their S-Rank mission.
• Kushina swore to follow Captain Ye’s orders as an ordinary Genin, leaving Ye and the others stunned.
• Ye changed the team’s route to pass through the Land of Hot Water, and Obito reluctantly agreed after Ye invoked Minato’s wife.
• Kushina began teaching Rin Sealing Jutsu and, with Ye’s help, picked Obito as a practical training aid.

Ye’s team reached the Land of Hot Water, rested while Kushina shopped, then set out with a caravan toward the Land of Snow. Meanwhile, Kazahana Dōtō’s first Chakra Armor sets were ready, and Nadare Rōga reported that their forces had wiped out three border outposts without leaving survivors.

• Matsumoto welcomed Kakashi’s team at the Land of Hot Water border and arranged lodging after explaining that shipping had been delayed.
• Kushina spent two days shopping, then ordered the group to leave with the caravan for the Land of Snow.
• Ye instructed the caravan and his team to maintain formation and reach the Land of Snow border safely.
• Kazahana Dōtō inspected the calibrated First-Generation Chakra Armor and warned the technical officials not to let it fail.
• Nadare Rōga reported that Snow Ninja had destroyed three border outposts, killing seventy-four men without allowing a messenger to escape.

Dotō prepared to seize the Land of Snow’s capital and ordered warships to intercept Konoha’s envoy, while Sōsetsu learned that Konoha had accepted his commission and pulled back his remaining guards. The Snow Ninjas sailed into the winter night, confident they would defeat the arriving team, unaware of its true strength.

• Dotō ordered the Royal Guard’s third and fifth commanders bought off and planned to eliminate five loyal commanders before taking control of the capital.
• Sōsetsu’s hidden guard leader reported Dotō’s preparations for a coup, and Sōsetsu revealed that Konoha had accepted his commission.
• Sōsetsu ordered his remaining hidden guards to withdraw and survive while they waited for Konoha’s people at North Harbor.
• Nadare told Dotō that Konoha’s team was on its way, and Dotō dismissed the threat and ordered three Chakra Armor-equipped warships to intercept them.
• Nadare led thirty elite Snow Ninjas aboard the warships, which broke through the harbor ice and sped toward the strait before dawn.

On the ship, Rin asked Kushina whether the Three-Tails could be let out into the open sea, prompting Kushina to recall her promise to give the Nine-Tails freedom. With Ye and Obito nearby as safeguards, Kushina chose to release the Nine-Tails and tore open the core of its seal.

• Rin sensed the Three-Tails responding to the open sea and asked Kushina if it could come out for fresh air.
• Kushina recalled how Madara had urged her to treat Tailed Beasts well and remembered promising the Nine-Tails she would give it freedom.
• Kushina entered the sealing space and invited the Nine-Tails to come out, but it dismissed her offer as empty words.
• Kushina judged the empty sea and Ye and Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan sufficient safeguards, then returned to the cabin.
• Obito screamed and Kakashi drew his sword as Kushina formed the hand seals and broke open the core shackles of the Nine-Tails' seal.

Kushina opened the seal completely and freed Kurama, who raced across the frozen sea to clear a path for the merchant convoy. Kurama’s misfired Tailed Beast Ball destroyed one of Dōtō’s warships, but Nadare Rōga continued south toward the Konoha team.

• Kushina opened the sealing gate, and Kurama told her to use his name before leaping out into the storm.
• Kurama landed on the icy sea and joyfully smashed a channel through the ice while Kushina rode on his head.
• Matsumoto ordered the merchant ship to follow Kurama’s cleared route, and the convoy sped toward the Land of Snow.
• Kurama accidentally fired his Tailed Beast Ball off course after Kushina asked him to demonstrate it.
• The Tailed Beast Ball struck a warship led by Nadare Rōga, vaporizing it and throwing the two remaining ships into chaos.
• Nadare Rōga blamed the destruction on a far northern calamity and ordered the damaged warships to continue south.

Kurama broke ice ahead of the merchant ship while Rin released Isobu, who agreed to help tow the vessel. With both Tailed Beasts driving the ship at extraordinary speed, it passed the planned interception point long before Nadare Rōga and his Snow Ninja could attack.

• Kurama gleefully smashed and paddled through the ice as Ye watched from the bow.
• Isobu begged Rin to let him out, and Kushina connected the sealing spaces and persuaded him to help pull the ship.
• Rin released Isobu into the sea, soaking Obito and nearly capsizing the merchant ship as he surfaced.
• Rin used Chakra chains to attach Isobu to the ship, and Kurama cleared ice while Isobu towed the vessel north at high speed.
• Nadare Rōga waited at the interception point with his battered Snow Ninja, unaware the merchant ship had already passed hundreds of miles to the west.

Ye and the Konoha team arrived at North Harbor, where Yamada and thirty Snow Ninja in Chakra Armor ambushed them. After Ye effortlessly disarmed and struck down Yamada, the armored squad attacked, and Ye began activating his Mangekyo Dojutsu: Takemikazuchi.

• Ye, Kakashi, and Matsumoto arrived at an abandoned North Harbor, where Kakashi sensed danger.
• Yamada attacked Matsumoto, but Ye caught his Chakra-infused sword between two fingers, knocked the weapon away, and slapped Yamada into a snowbank.
• Thirty Snow Ninja in Chakra Armor emerged and aimed their weapons at Ye, while their captain threatened the Konoha group.
• Kushina, Rin, and Kakashi mocked the Snow Ninja, provoking their captain into ordering an attack.
• The armored squad fired ice spears and Chakra beams at Ye as Obito and Kakashi prepared to intervene, but Kushina stopped them.
• Ye remained in place and activated his Mangekyo Dojutsu, Takemikazuchi.

Ye stopped the Snow Ninja elites’ attacks and mocked their failed weapons before letting his teammates test their armor. Kakashi and Obito killed two armored ninjas, with Obito proving that Kamui bypassed the armor’s Genjutsu reversal mechanism.

• Ye halted and shattered the Snow Ninja elites’ Chakra beams and ice spears, leaving them terrified and dismayed.
• The lead captain ordered the Snow Ninja to charge Ye with their blades after their attacks failed.
• Kakashi struck the foremost Snow Ninja’s armor, slipped his blade through a gap, and killed him.
• Obito’s Genjutsu was reversed by the armor, and a Snow Ninja mocked him for failing.
• Obito used Kamui to remove the mocking Snow Ninja’s head, bypassing the armor’s reversal mechanism.

Kushina, Rin, and Kakashi defeated thirty Snow Ninja wearing Chakra Armor, and Ye learned that Kazahana Dōtō planned a coup within three days. Ye decided to head for the Capital City that night, while Matsumoto realized the daimyō could pay for the expanded mission.

• Kushina, Rin, and Kakashi destroyed the Snow Ninja squad and its armor in under a minute.
• Ye interrogated the squad captain with his Eye Power and learned that Dōtō had 130 suits of armor, Royal Guard commanders backing him, and planned to kill Kazahana Sōsetsu within three days.
• Kakashi marked the Royal City and Daimyō Mansion on a map, and Ye ordered the crew to collect the armor and guard the prisoners.
• Ye announced they would go to the Capital City that night to warn Kazahana Sōsetsu and confront Dōtō.
• Ye told Matsumoto the escort job had become a siege and implied the fee should increase, and Matsumoto decided the daimyō could cover the cost.

Matsumoto hired Ye and the Konoha team to rescue the Land of Snow’s Daimyō, offering ten million ryō and Chakra Armor blueprints. The team destroyed a Snow Ninja outpost in thirty seconds and prepared to continue to the Daimyō Mansion.

• Matsumoto offered ten million ryō and all available Chakra Armor blueprints in exchange for safely reaching the Daimyō Mansion and rescuing his lord.
• Ye accepted the commission, then ordered Obito to open a Kamui portal so the team could travel quickly with Matsumoto.
• Ye used Flying Thunder God to place Matsumoto on a safe ice slope near a Snow Ninja outpost while Kakashi, Kushina, Rin, Obito, and Ye attacked.
• Kakashi, Kushina, Rin, Obito, and Ye demolished the outpost, disabled its Chakra Cannons, and stopped it from sending a complete distress signal.
• Matsumoto watched the outpost’s destruction and decided he had gotten a bargain, while Ye announced that the team’s next stop was the Daimyō Mansion.

Kazahana Sōsetsu prepared to sacrifice himself to protect his daughter and hold off Dōtō until help arrived, while Ye, Obito, Matsumoto, and Kushina reached the Land of Snow. The chapter ended with Dōtō breaking into the hall to kill Sōsetsu as Ye sensed the attack and Kushina prepared to intervene.

• Ye kicked Obito into his spatial Uzumaki, and Matsumoto hurried through after him to escape the bloodied ruins.
• Kazahana Sōsetsu reflected on his failed attempts to resist Dōtō and hide the corruption of the Daimyō Mansion.
• Sōsetsu sent Kazahana Koyuki into a secret passage with a royal token, telling her to keep walking and not look back.
• Sōsetsu armed himself and waited on the throne, determined to delay Dōtō and avoid leaving behind a living abdicated daimyō.
• Dōtō and his Snow Ninja elites blasted through the hall's steel door and threatened to kill Sōsetsu, dismissing the chance of help from Konoha.
• Ye, Obito, Matsumoto, and Kushina emerged from a Uzumaki at an abandoned mine, where Ye sensed the threat to Sōsetsu and urged Kushina to hurry.

Dotō threatened Sōsetsu with armored Snow Ninja and claimed Nadare Rōga would destroy Konoha’s fleet, while Sōsetsu defended his geothermal project and condemned Dotō’s plans for conquest. Ye and the Konoha team arrived in the hall just as Dotō was about to strike, leaving Dotō and his troops stunned and afraid.

• Dotō revealed that Nadare Rōga was waiting in the strait with three Battle ships and claimed Konoha’s reinforcements would be destroyed.
• Dotō brought armored Snow Ninja into the hall and argued that the Land of Snow needed to conquer other nations instead of using its resources on Sōsetsu’s Geothermal Generator.
• Sōsetsu accused Dotō of disguising his greed as concern for the country, and Dotō drew his Battle blade to kill him.
• Ye kicked Obito through a spatial Uzumaki into the hall, and Kushina, Kakashi, Rin, and Matsumoto followed.
• Matsumoto found Sōsetsu unharmed, while Ye descended into the hall and Dotō demanded to know how the Konoha team had arrived.

Dotō’s armored Snow Ninja charged the Konoha group, but Kushina, Kakashi, and Rin quickly overwhelmed them. Obito confronted Dotō, who mocked his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Obito began to unleash its power.

• Dotō rallied his armored Snow Ninja and ordered them to kill the Konoha group.
• Kushina smashed through the charging troops, while Kakashi and Rin used their abilities to disable the rest.
• Dotō claimed his Commander Armor made him immune to physical attacks, ninjutsu, and Genjutsu.
• Obito shoved Kakashi aside and challenged Dotō to restore his pride.
• Dotō mocked Obito’s Sharingan, and Obito angrily demanded to know whether he understood the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Obito defeated Kazahana Dōtō, and Ye accepted a geothermal generator blueprint in place of the Land of Snow’s unpaid debt. Dōtō then revealed that Nadare Rōga was approaching North Harbor with warships and threatened its people with bombardment.

• Obito used the Mangekyō Sharingan to compress Kazahana Dōtō and his armor into a ball and send him rolling outside.
• Ye praised Obito, offered him a small performance bonus, and ordered him to retrieve Dōtō for questioning.
• Matsumoto demanded ten million ryō and Chakra Armor specifications from Sōsetsu, who offered a geothermal generator blueprint because the treasury was empty.
• Ye took the blueprint and told Sōsetsu that Konoha would accept it without charging the Land of Snow.
• Obito dragged Dōtō back into the hall, and Ye demanded the armor blueprints and a list of the remaining rebels.
• Dōtō claimed Nadare Rōga had reached the waters off North Harbor with three heavy-gun warships and threatened to destroy the harbor and its hundreds of thousands of people.