Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yufeng lured Pakura into a clash with a Kumogakure squad, where she fought using her Scorch Release. A arrived and attacked Pakura at high speed, leaving her in immediate danger.

• Uchiha Yufeng recalled how Sunagakure had betrayed Pakura and considered using her death to weaken the village's morale.
• Uchiha Yufeng vanished in an explosion, and Pakura was spotted by a Kumogakure squad that mistook her for an enemy ambush.
• Pakura killed several Cloud Shinobi with her Scorch Release as the squad struggled to stop her.
• The squad called for reinforcements, and A arrived after the surviving Cloud Shinobi's morale began to falter.
• A evaded Pakura's fireballs with his Lightning Release Chakra Mode and charged at her with Lightning Release: Lariat.

Uchiha Yufeng intervened as A nearly killed Pakura, then used his speed and Water Release to rescue her from A and Killer B. He escaped with Pakura while the Cloud Shinobi were left behind.

• A dodged a surprise Water Release attack, then struck Uchiha Yufeng's Shadow Clone and realized it was a decoy.
• Uchiha Yufeng appeared behind Pakura, told her to attack the remaining Cloud Shinobi, and confronted A with an unexpected burst of speed.
• Killer B arrived and struck Pakura with an octopus tentacle, allowing A and B to prepare a Double Lariat against her.
• Uchiha Yufeng used Flying Thunder God to grab Pakura and teleport away just as A and Killer B were about to hit her.
• A pursued them but retreated when Uchiha Yufeng's Water Dragon Jutsu, enhanced with black lightning, swept across the area; Uchiha Yufeng escaped with Pakura.

Uchiha Yufeng rescued the gravely wounded Pakura, used Genjutsu to learn about Sunagakure’s conflicts and Kazekage candidates, then treated her injuries. After returning to Konoha’s camp, he learned the northern battlefield had collapsed and that around three hundred Iwagakure ninja had overwhelmed Konoha’s forces.

• Uchiha Yufeng questioned Pakura under Sharingan Genjutsu and learned that Sunagakure was fighting the Cloud Shinobi, Kirigakure, and Rock Shinobi, while Rasa had gained battlefield renown as a Kazekage candidate.
• Uchiha Yufeng found no Sand Shinobi searching for Pakura and treated her severe chest wound after she mistook him for a Shadow Clone and tried to stab him.
• Uchiha Yufeng set traps around the cave, concealed its entrance, and returned to Konoha’s camp.
• Uchiha Yufeng checked Yuhi Shinku’s injuries, and Yuhi Shinku told him that the northern battlefield had suffered a complete collapse.
• Yuhi Shinku said the Uchiha Clan and Hyuga Clan had suffered catastrophic losses to a force of around three hundred from Iwagakure.

Pakura recovered in a cave with help from Uchiha Yufeng, who returned her to the Sand Shinobi and secretly marked her with Flying Thunder God. Yufeng watched her squad depart and resolved to set Sunagakure’s fate in motion.

• Pakura woke in the cave, attacked the approaching visitor with Scorch Release, and recognized Uchiha Yufeng when he doused her fireball with Water Release.
• Yufeng gave Pakura Military Ration Pills and Blood Replenishing Pills, then offered to take her back to the Sand Shinobi camp; Pakura refused to reveal its location and declared her loyalty to Sunagakure.
• Yufeng warned Pakura that her village might sacrifice her for its own interests, but she insisted Sunagakure would never betray one of its ninjas.
• After sensing the Sand Shinobi nearby, Yufeng left, and Pakura signaled her allies and reported that Killer B and A had been active in the area.
• Pakura asked whether Konoha had a young ninja like Maki, then learned that a Sealing Jutsu-like mark on her back could not be wiped off.
• Yufeng returned to the cave, revealed that the mark was his Flying Thunder God mark, and vowed to provoke Sunagakure into facing the consequences of sacrificing a village hero.

Uchiha Yufeng investigated suspicious details surrounding Kirigakure’s ambush and Root Organization’s removal of bodies before secretly traveling to Sunagakure. He watched Rasa’s formal appointment as Kazekage, where Rasa praised Pakura, who noticed Yufeng in disguise.

• Uchiha Yufeng and Yuhi Shinku suspected the ambush had exposed Konoha’s outpost location, and Yufeng noted that five clan-affiliated Jonin’s bodies were missing.
• Uchiha Yufeng learned Root Organization had taken two dead Anbu and ordered his team to remain at the outpost while he left alone.
• Three days later, Sunagakure’s elders formally selected Rasa as Kazekage, and Uchiha Yufeng watched from the crowd in disguise.
• Rasa thanked Pakura for her role in defending Sunagakure, and Pakura spotted Yufeng beside her disciple Maki.

Uchiha Yufeng met Pakura after the inauguration ceremony and claimed he had come to save her, but she refused to believe him and escorted him out of Sunagakure. He secretly returned to the village and used his Sharingan to manipulate a guard near the elders’ offices.

• Pakura chased Uchiha Yufeng to an empty corner and demanded to know why a Konoha ninja had infiltrated Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Yufeng warned Pakura that the village would betray her, but she defended Sunagakure and insisted it would never hurt her.
• Pakura dragged Uchiha Yufeng to the village’s edge and sent him away, then returned later to make sure he had truly left.
• Uchiha Yufeng surveyed Sunagakure’s marketplace, where Maki recognized him as familiar but did not realize he was a Konoha ninja.
• Uchiha Yufeng reached the elders’ meeting place and used his Sharingan to make a guard cooperate with him.

Uchiha Yufeng learned that Sunagakure had decided to sacrifice Pakura in negotiations with Kirigakure, then followed her to the meeting site and saved her from an ambush. He held a kunai to the surviving Kirigakure ninja’s neck.

• Uchiha Yufeng overheard Rasa and Sunagakure’s elders decide to send Pakura to Kirigakure as a sacrifice for peace talks.
• Rasa summoned Pakura and gave her a mission scroll ordering her to travel to a Kirigakure stronghold.
• Uchiha Yufeng used his Sharingan to inspect the scroll and then followed Pakura out of the village.
• At the fog-covered meeting site, a Kirigakure ninja tried to stab Pakura and called for an attack.
• Pakura and Uchiha Yufeng escaped the barrage with the Substitution Technique, and Uchiha Yufeng appeared behind the attacker with a kunai at his neck.

Uchiha Yufeng rescued Pakura from a joint Sunagakure–Kirigakure plot and helped her take revenge on Kirigakure squads. After Pakura remained torn over her village and its betrayal, Yufeng knocked her unconscious and planned to use her later against Sunagakure, while Rasa prepared to declare her dead as a hero.

• Uchiha Yufeng killed the Hidden Mist ninja who had confronted Pakura, then slaughtered the ambushing Kirigakure ninjas with Water and Ice Release.
• Pakura asked whether Uchiha Yufeng had known about the plot, then vented her fury on the dead Kirigakure ninjas.
• Pakura demanded revenge, and Uchiha Yufeng agreed before pointing out a Kirigakure squad for her to attack.
• Pakura wiped out the Kirigakure squad with her Scorch Release, but remained conflicted about Sunagakure and her status as a hero.
• Uchiha Yufeng knocked Pakura unconscious, saying he needed her to deliver a fatal blow to Sunagakure after her heroic deeds had time to spread.
• Rasa drafted Pakura's death report and reflected that he had sacrificed her for Sunagakure.

After Iwagakure and Kumogakure invaded the Land of Fire, Uchiha Yufeng stayed at the camp to lead the Anbu medical team while Yuhi Shinku prepared to return to the village. Three days later, Minato arrived with Kakashi, Rin, and Obito to reinforce Konoha's defense force, and Yufeng learned they were going on the mission too.

• Uchiha Yufeng read a scroll reporting that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had invaded the Land of Fire and that medical teams should await arriving Jonin.
• Yuhi Shinku told Uchiha Yufeng that the stationed Jonin were ordered back to the village, but Yufeng chose to remain on standby as Anbu squad captain.
• Uchiha Yufeng demonstrated his marked-kunai teleportation to Yuhi Shinku, who mistook it for the Flying Thunder God Technique and agreed to keep it classified.
• Yuhi Shinku decided to return to the village to recover from his injuries and urged Uchiha Yufeng to come back alive.
• Three days later, Minato arrived at the medical room with Hatake Kakashi, Nohara Rin, and Uchiha Obito, who showed off his Chunin vest.
• Minato told Uchiha Yufeng that they were reinforcing the defense force led by Mimura Hamaki, and Yufeng asked whether the three young ninjas would join the mission.

Namikaze Minato led a small group of reinforcements to the Land of Fire border, where he used Flying Thunder God to defeat thirty-five Iwagakure Jonin. Uchiha Yufeng organized treatment for the wounded and was called to attend to three seriously injured Jonin.

• Uchiha Yufeng repeatedly asked Namikaze Minato whether the mission involved the Kannabi Bridge Battle, then felt relieved when Minato said he had no other assignment.
• Hatake Kakashi located the battle site, and Namikaze Minato divided his special Kunai among the group and assigned their targets.
• Namikaze Minato met Mimura Hamaki’s defensive force and confirmed that thirty-five Iwagakure Jonin were ahead.
• Uchiha Yufeng and the others threw their Kunai, and Minato used Flying Thunder God to kill all thirty-five Iwagakure Jonin in an instant.
• Namikaze Minato asked Uchiha Yufeng to handle the wounded, and Yufeng sent his Medical Ninjas to assess casualties and stop bleeding.
• An Anbu reported that three Jonin needed urgent treatment, and Uchiha Yufeng followed him to them.

After the border mission ended, Uchiha Yufeng returned to Konoha with Minato's Team and learned that Kakashi had dropped five Uchiha Sasuke fragments. He visited Uchiha Mikoto and encountered Uzumaki Kushina, who urged Mikoto to apologize to him.

• An Anbu messenger told Uchiha Yufeng that the border area was safe, and he agreed to return to Konoha with Minato's Team.
• Uchiha Yufeng received a Uchiha Sasuke fragment when he met Kakashi and decided to travel with him, Obito, Rin, and Minato.
• Three days later, Minato reported the mission to the Third Hokage, and Uchiha Yufeng reported encountering Root ninjas.
• The Third Hokage noticed the casualty statistics in Yufeng's report and dismissed him with several days of leave.
• Uchiha Yufeng went to Uchiha Fugaku's house but ran into Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Kushina, who told Mikoto to apologize to him.

Uchiha Yufeng visited Uchiha Mikoto’s home, met baby Uchiha Itachi, and shared lunch with them. Itachi called Yufeng “Dad” despite Mikoto trying to teach him to say “Uncle,” then eagerly accepted a wooden Shuriken Yufeng carved for him.

• Uchiha Mikoto invited Uchiha Yufeng home for lunch, while Uzumaki Kushina reunited with Namikaze Minato and declined to join them.
• Uchiha Itachi called Uchiha Mikoto “Mama” and Uchiha Yufeng “Dad,” embarrassing Mikoto as she tried to teach him to say “Uncle.”
• Uchiha Mikoto prepared lunch for Uchiha Yufeng, who praised the food and shared a meal with her.
• Uchiha Itachi reached for Uchiha Yufeng’s Shuriken, so Yufeng carved a wooden toy Shuriken and gave it to him.

After half a year of relative peace in Konoha, Uchiha Yufeng rescued Might Duy from extortion and encouraged him before the Third Hokage summoned Yufeng for a secret mission. The Hokage revealed that Iwagakure had launched a surprise attack on Kumogakure while also preparing to invade the Land of Fire.

• Tsunade and Namikaze Minato helped Konoha stabilize the warfront, while Yufeng collected nearly all available Sasuke fragments.
• An Anbu ninja summoned Yufeng to the Hokage, and on his way he saw two ninjas extorting Might Duy.
• Yufeng drove off the extortionists and reassured Duy that he would always be Guy's pride.
• Duy regained his resolve and decided it was time to teach Guy a technique.
• The Third Hokage told Yufeng that Iwagakure had attacked Kumogakure and was also planning an invasion of the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Yufeng persuaded Namikaze Minato to let him join Kakashi, Obito, and Rin on their mission to destroy the Kannabi Bridge supply route. The next morning, Yufeng was still missing after leaving the outpost overnight, so Minato began briefing the others as they waited.

• Uchiha Obito arrived late to the group’s departure, and Uchiha Yufeng helped smooth things over with Namikaze Minato.
• At the Defense Outpost, Uchiha Yufeng learned that Minato would support the front while Kakashi, Obito, and Rin targeted an Iwagakure supply route at Kannabi Bridge.
• Uchiha Yufeng asked to join Kakashi’s team, and Namikaze Minato agreed on the condition that Yufeng also complete his own mission.
• Namikaze Minato suspected Uchiha Yufeng had gone to complete his assigned mission overnight and resolved to return before the team finished theirs.
• The next morning, Kakashi and Obito argued while waiting for Yufeng, and Namikaze Minato began explaining their mission.

Namikaze Minato briefed Kakashi, Uchiha Yufeng, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin on their mission to destroy Kannabi Bridge, then led them toward the border. After Kakashi rushed into an ambush with Chidori, Minato and Yufeng helped protect and heal him before the team prepared to split up.

• Namikaze Minato assigned Kakashi, Uchiha Yufeng, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin to infiltrate enemy territory and destroy the supply bridge, while he headed for the front lines.
• Uchiha Yufeng arrived late after secretly encountering a suspicious Kirigakure squad, but he concealed the encounter from Namikaze Minato.
• The team encountered twenty apparent enemies, and Kakashi charged ahead with Chidori while Uchiha Yufeng deflected incoming weapons and destroyed an attacker emerging from the ground.
• Namikaze Minato rescued Kakashi from a sword-wielding Iwagakure ninja, marked the enemy with a Flying Thunder God formula, and killed him.
• Uchiha Yufeng warned Kakashi about Chidori's risks and healed his arm with Medical Ninjutsu, while Uchiha Obito felt he could not keep up with his teammates.
• At the border, Namikaze Minato told the four others to continue the mission while he returned to the front-line battlefield and promised to rendezvous with them.

Uchiha Yufeng told Uchiha Obito how Hatake Sakumo had been condemned after choosing to save his comrades, prompting Obito to take his role as Kakashi’s teammate more seriously. On their mission, Yufeng and the others defeated two Iwagakure ninja, preventing the ambush that would have led to Obito’s apparent death.

• Uchiha Obito asked Uchiha Yufeng how to awaken the Sharingan, and Yufeng explained how Hatake Sakumo had been driven to suicide after abandoning a mission to save his comrades.
• Uchiha Yufeng told Uchiha Obito to understand Kakashi better and advised him to protect his eyes by sleeping early.
• Uchiha Obito showed a more serious attitude toward his role as Kakashi’s teammate, and the four continued deeper into enemy territory.
• Kakashi’s team was ambushed by two Iwagakure ninja, but Uchiha Yufeng captured one while Kakashi injured the other.
• Uchiha Yufeng killed both Iwagakure ninja with a kunai and Ice Release, then confirmed their deaths.

Uchiha Yufeng and his team were ambushed by Iwagakure shinobi while infiltrating their headquarters, and Yufeng fought through the attackers with powerful techniques. After sensing more Iwagakure forces and Mist Shinobi blocking their retreat, he concluded they had been set up and summoned a creature to face the encirclement.

• Uchiha Yufeng detected fifty-eight Iwagakure shinobi approaching and nearly thirty Mist Shinobi coming from the east.
• Uchiha Yufeng killed or incapacitated numerous Iwagakure shinobi with his sword, lightning, water, snakes, and Sharingan.
• Kakashi joined the battle, and Uchiha Yufeng told him to protect Nohara Rin and Uchiha Obito while he pursued his own plan.
• Uchiha Yufeng sensed another force of Iwagakure Jonin and realized their retreat route was blocked by Mist Shinobi.
• Uchiha Yufeng suspected someone underground had orchestrated the ambush and used Summoning Jutsu.

Uchiha Yufeng summoned Manda, who slaughtered the Iwagakure shinobi near Kannabi Bridge, then led his team to destroy the bridge and complete their mission. As they prepared to leave, a yellow figure arrived, saying he was late.

• Uchiha Yufeng summoned Manda, who devoured scores of Iwagakure shinobi while Kakashi, Nohara Rin, and Uchiha Obito watched.
• Uchiha Yufeng sent Manda toward nearby Iwagakure outposts, then explained that destroying the supply line would prevent the shinobi from rebuilding them.
• Uchiha Yufeng summoned a giant eagle and used it to carry explosives onto Kannabi Bridge.
• Uchiha Yufeng detonated the explosives, destroying Kannabi Bridge and completing the team's mission.
• A yellow figure arrived before Uchiha Yufeng and his teammates, saying he had arrived late.

After Minato’s team returned to the Defense Outpost, Minato was dispatched to the western battlefield, while Yufeng learned that Tsunade’s northern forces had been devastated and she had suffered a Hemophobia attack. Yufeng raced alone to the northern battlefield to reach her.

• Minato explained the Three Great Sage Regions after Obito asked about Yufeng’s summoning beast, and Obito vowed to learn Summoning Jutsu.
• Minato confirmed that the mission’s enemies had been dealt with, and the team rested at the Defense Outpost before planning to return to Konoha.
• The next morning, Minato received news of an Iwagakure invasion and split from Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and Yufeng to reinforce the western battlefield.
• A Root ninja delivered Danzo’s scroll to Yufeng, revealing that the Sand Shinobi had devastated the northern battlefield and Tsunade’s Hemophobia had flared up.
• Yufeng activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and rushed alone toward the northern battlefield to reach Tsunade.

Tsunade’s hemophobia returned during Sunagakure’s attack, while Danzō and Orochimaru investigated who had altered her memories with Sharingan hypnosis. A masked attacker with a Sharingan drew them away, leaving a Root ninja to approach Tsunade’s camp.

• Tsunade became terrified of blood, and Kato Shizune helped her return to her camp despite Danzō insisting she remain at headquarters.
• Danzō ordered two Root ninjas to guard Tsunade while he and Orochimaru discussed the Sharingan hypnosis and Danzō’s history with the Uchiha.
• Three Root ninjas reported that Sunagakure’s forces were advancing after killing all thirty Jonin stationed on the front line.
• One Root ninja attacked Danzō, then fled after Orochimaru stopped his kunai and Danzō repelled a Fire Release technique.
• Danzō and Orochimaru pursued the attacker after seeing his Sharingan, while another Root ninja, whose eyes flashed scarlet, headed toward Tsunade’s camp.