Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Mikoto told Uchiha Yin that Kurotsuchi was upset after seeing Kurenai Yuhi in his room and urged him to consider her feelings. Mikoto and Yin parted on warm terms, leaving Yin to go comfort Kurotsuchi.

• Uchiha Mikoto explained that Kurotsuchi was angry because she had seen Kurenai Yuhi in Uchiha Yin's room.
• Uchiha Yin admitted he had not realized Kurotsuchi might have feelings for him, and Mikoto reminded him he had once thought similarly about his three students.
• Uchiha Mikoto said she was leaving and turned away, unwilling to watch Yin comfort another girl.
• Uchiha Yin caught Mikoto's hand to thank her, and she told him to hurry before Kurotsuchi started crying.
• Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Yin exchanged smiles and went their separate ways, with Yin in a better mood.

Uchiha Yin reassured Kurotsuchi that he had scolded her because her position was delicate, not because he favored Kurenai Yuhi. Kurotsuchi apologized for misunderstanding and promised to be more careful and apologize to Kurenai Yuhi.

• Uchiha Yin warned Kurotsuchi that her attitude could fuel rumors and make life in Konoha difficult.
• Kurotsuchi realized she had misunderstood his concern and asked him to punish her.
• Uchiha Yin told Kurotsuchi he only wanted her to think things through and be more careful.
• Uchiha Yin left to let Kurotsuchi continue training, and she promised to apologize to Kurenai Yuhi.

Uchiha Yin worried that Orochimaru might have been discovered by Akatsuki, but ANBU had heard no unusual news. On his way back, he saw a girl with the Sharingan using it only to track movement and confronted her.

• Uchiha Yin set aside his feelings and went to ANBU to ask whether there had been any unusual news.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Yin that things had been quiet and suggested asking the Third for more information.
• Uchiha Yin concluded that Orochimaru was likely still hidden and left without visiting the Third.
• Uchiha Yin spotted a girl training near the Uchiha Clan residence and noticed that she used her awakened Sharingan only to improve her sight and tracking.
• Uchiha Yin flashed to the girl's side and asked what she was doing.

Uchiha Yin encountered Uchiha Izumi practicing and learned that she had awakened her Sharingan but had never been taught to use it. The chapter ended with Izumi explaining that her status outside the Uchiha Clan's main branch had kept her from learning.

• Uchiha Izumi startled by Uchiha Yin's sudden arrival and hurled Shuriken at him.
• Uchiha Yin blocked the Shuriken with a Wood Barrier, then reassured Izumi and praised her reflexes.
• Uchiha Yin asked what Izumi was practicing, and she said she was training Taijutsu.
• Uchiha Yin asked why Izumi was not training her Sharingan, and she explained she had never had the chance because she was not from the Uchiha Clan's main branch.

Uchiha Yin encouraged Uchiha Izumi to see her Sharingan as a connection to her late father and offered to teach her how to use it. He brought her to Uchiha Fugaku and asked the clan head to arrange guidance for her.

• Uchiha Izumi told Uchiha Yin that she did not resent her Sharingan, though awakening it through her father's death brought her pain.
• Uchiha Yin urged Izumi to train and think of her father as fighting alongside her.
• Uchiha Izumi admitted that no one had taught her to use the Sharingan, and Uchiha Yin offered to help if she trained diligently.
• Uchiha Yin took Izumi to Uchiha Fugaku and asked him to arrange someone to guide her.

Uchiha Izumi gained a system that ordered her to earn Uchiha Yin’s praise and guidance within five days, threatening to take her Sharingan if she failed. After the system disappeared, Izumi was distracted by its demands as Uchiha Fugaku called her attention.

• Uchiha Yin left after asking Uchiha Fugaku to arrange a teacher for Izumi, and Fugaku promised to do so.
• Uchiha Izumi heard a system announce that she had become its Host and give her a main quest to become Uchiha Yin’s lover.
• The system set Izumi’s first quest as earning Uchiha Yin’s praise and guidance, offering proficiency and attribute points as rewards and threatening to take her Sharingan if she failed.
• The system gave Izumi five days to complete the quest, then vanished despite her attempts to call it back.
• Uchiha Fugaku called out to Izumi, who looked up and smiled awkwardly after being lost in thought.

Uchiha Fugaku arranged for Izumi to train under a teacher, while Uchiha Yin turned down Uzuki Yugao’s attempt to get to know him better. The chapter ended with Uchiha Yin leaving Uzuki Yugao behind.

• Uchiha Fugaku reassured Izumi and left her with her new teacher.
• Izumi introduced herself to her teacher and followed him into the inner room.
• Uzuki Yugao caught up with Uchiha Yin and admitted that she had wanted to see him.
• Uzuki Yugao asked what Uchiha Yin thought of her and whether he wanted to get to know her better.
• Uchiha Yin said he was not interested for now, then darted away.

Uzuki Yugao broke down after Uchiha Yin rejected her, then gathered herself and returned to her proud, defiant demeanor. She remained alone, hiding her heartbreak behind her strength.

• Uzuki Yugao turned to pursue Uchiha Yin but found he had disappeared, and the system teased her for being rejected.
• Uzuki Yugao admitted to herself that her feelings for Yin were sincere, then crouched down and sobbed alone.
• Uzuki Yugao cried for a long time while the system stayed silent.
• Uzuki Yugao composed herself and resumed her proud, defiant expression, though her eyes remained swollen.

Uzuki Yugao sought treatment after her failed attempt with Zhang Chong but remained determined to become Lord Yin's woman. Kurenai Yuhi visited Rin Nohara to share her happiness, and Rin teased her about her night with Uchiha Yin.

• Uzuki Yugao went to a Konoha clinic to treat the redness and swelling around her eyes.
• Uzuki Yugao resolved not to give up on Zhang Chong despite her recent failure.
• Kurenai Yuhi went to Rin Nohara's home to share her feelings about the previous night.
• Rin Nohara guessed that Kurenai Yuhi had been intimate with Uchiha Yin and teased her by tickling her.
• Kurenai Yuhi begged Rin Nohara to stop touching her.

Kurenai Yuhi told Rin Nohara and Mitarashi Anko that Kurotsuchi had acted hostile toward her after she left Uchiha Yin’s room. The three women worried that Kurotsuchi might pose a danger to Master Yin, though Kurenai Yuhi still trusted his judgment.

• Rin Nohara asked Kurenai Yuhi whether she had succeeded, and Kurenai Yuhi said she had but was exhausted.
• Mitarashi Anko burst into the room and tickled Kurenai Yuhi until she cried out.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Rin Nohara and Mitarashi Anko that Kurotsuchi had seemed hostile toward her that morning.
• Mitarashi Anko recalled seeing Kurotsuchi sitting close to Uchiha Yin and warned that she might be pretending.
• Kurenai Yuhi said Uchiha Yin was a good judge of character, while Rin Nohara watched their worried discussion with amusement.

Rin Nohara suggested Kurotsuchi’s hostility toward Kurenai Yuhi came from youthful jealousy, leaving Kurenai, Mitarashi Anko, and Rin worried that Master Yin might return Kurotsuchi’s feelings. Uchiha Izumi pushed through exhausting Sharingan training while Uchiha Yin went to visit Kaguya and ask about the strange activity she had mentioned.

• Rin Nohara reminded Kurenai Yuhi and Mitarashi Anko that they had once been hostile toward Tsunade, leading them to suspect Kurotsuchi’s hostility came from jealousy over Master Yin.
• Uchiha Izumi nearly collapsed while learning to use her Sharingan for Ninjutsu, but she refused her teacher’s offer to rest and continued training.
• Uchiha Yin left the Uchiha residence to visit Kaguya and ask her about the strange activity she had mentioned.

Uchiha Yin visited Kaguya after she had spent days waiting for him, and he tried to comfort her as she complained about his absence. He carried her into the room and pinned her on the bed, leaving Kaguya unable to escape.

• Kaguya waited sadly for Uchiha Yin, who arrived after several days away.
• Uchiha Yin embraced Kaguya, and she reproached him for rarely visiting.
• Uchiha Yin teased Kaguya and carried her into the room despite her attempts to push him away.
• Uchiha Yin tossed Kaguya onto the bed and pinned her when she tried to escape.

Zetsu failed to infiltrate Konoha in search of the Nine-Tails, then returned to Amegakure and discovered that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had been summoned. Orochimaru also returned from a mission with a corpse and decided to alert Uchiha Yin.

• Uchiha Yin pulled Kaguya back when she tried to flee, and the two became intimate.
• Zetsu searched for a way into Konoha but found its defenses too difficult to bypass.
• After learning Uchiha Yin was still in Konoha, Zetsu withdrew and returned to Amegakure.
• Black Zetsu sensed a powerful presence in Amegakure and discovered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had been summoned.
• Orochimaru returned from a mission with a corpse, grew alarmed at the sight of the statue, and decided to notify Uchiha Yin.

Orochimaru handed Pain the final body needed for Nagato’s Six Paths, having witnessed the Akatsuki leader’s terrifying power. Saro worried over Nagato’s deteriorating health as he prepared to work again, while Uchiha Yin was summoned to the Hokage Office.

• Orochimaru recognized the danger posed by Nagato and handed Pain the last body for the Six Paths.
• Pain returned to Nagato with the body after Akatsuki’s missions had supplied money and bodies for the puppets.
• Saro saw Pain arrive and worried that Nagato’s work would worsen his already frail condition.
• Uchiha Yin stared darkly at Hiruzen Sarutobi in the Hokage Office after being summoned away from time with the woman he loved.

Uchiha Yin recommended Minato as the next Hokage, believing him suited to the role and refusing to let Tsunade be burdened with it. Hiruzen Sarutobi then revealed that Minato would be Uchiha Yin’s acting replacement, leaving Uchiha Yin stunned.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Uchiha Yin to recommend a successor, and Uchiha Yin rejected the idea of becoming Hokage himself.
• Uchiha Yin recommended Minato, praising his careful and patient nature and his contributions in the last battle.
• When Hiruzen Sarutobi mentioned Tsunade as a candidate, Uchiha Yin objected, and Hiruzen said he had already ruled her out.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly grinned and told Uchiha Yin that Minato would be his acting replacement, shocking him.

Uchiha Yin accepted Konoha's offer to become Hokage, provided others handled the work. Minato learned he would become Acting Hokage alongside him, while Hiruzen hoped their leadership would bring peace to the Shinobi World.

• Hiruzen persuaded Uchiha Yin to accept the Hokage position by appealing to Konoha's safety and future peace.
• Uchiha Yin agreed to become Hokage but said others would have to handle everything else.
• Hiruzen and Konoha's senior leaders began preparing for the transition.
• Minato returned from a mission and learned he would be appointed Acting Hokage on the same day as Uchiha Yin.
• Hiruzen told Minato to support Yin and expressed hope that he would live to see peace in the Shinobi World.

Minato Namikaze sensed a familiar, unsettling presence on his way home but failed to find its source, unaware that Zetsu had been watching him. Uchiha Yin returned home to Kurotsuchi, who told him she had apologized to Kurenai Yuhi and been forgiven.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi encouraged Minato Namikaze to go home and rest after his mission.
• Minato sensed something strange while walking home, searched for it, and left after finding nothing.
• Zetsu emerged from the ground after Minato had gone and watched the place where he disappeared.
• Uchiha Yin came home to find Kurotsuchi waiting with a meal, and they ate together.
• Kurotsuchi told Uchiha Yin that she had apologized to Kurenai Yuhi, who had forgiven her and smiled at her.

Uchiha Yin received Orochimaru’s message about Nagato and judged the situation manageable. At dawn, his friends gathered to congratulate him on becoming Hokage, leaving him surprised but happy to see them together.

• Kurotsuchi returned to her room to rest after Uchiha Yin urged her to focus on training.
• Uchiha Yin received a message from Orochimaru and decided Nagato and Akatsuki were not yet a threat.
• At dawn, Kurotsuchi and the others gathered in Uchiha Yin’s room while he was asleep.
• Uchiha Yin recognized the Hokage’s robe in Kurotsuchi’s hands and realized they had come to congratulate him.

Uchiha Yin became Konoha’s Fourth Hokage at a ceremony where Minato Namikaze was appointed Acting Hokage. As the crowd celebrated, Yin sensed a hostile presence but turned his attention back to the people awaiting him.

• Uchiha Yin arrived at the inauguration ceremony and confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over his role in the appointment.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi placed the Hokage robe on Uchiha Yin, declared him Fourth Hokage, and named Minato Namikaze Acting Hokage.
• Konoha’s crowd cheered, and Minato Namikaze’s doubts about the arrangement disappeared.
• Uchiha Yin sensed someone watching him with hostility, but he stopped searching and focused on the crowd.
• Tsunade, Kurotsuchi, and the other female ninja watched Yin proudly, while Uchiha Izumi resolved to work harder on her mission.

Uchiha Yin took on the weight of Konoha’s hopes as he celebrated becoming Hokage. In Amegakure, Nagato’s anger over seeing Konan at Konoha’s inauguration spilled onto Saro, who left worried and unable to comfort him.

• Uchiha Yin felt the responsibility of becoming Hokage and resolved to live up to Konoha’s hopes.
• Konoha celebrated Uchiha Yin’s inauguration with a sense of happiness and security.
• Nagato saw Konoha’s ceremony through his ring’s transmission and grew furious when he noticed Konan, thinking of Yahiko’s death.
• Nagato shouted at Saro for entering his room without permission, then regretted his outburst but told her to leave.
• Saro left without being able to comfort Nagato and watched him anxiously from the side.