Recaps

After Asuma attacked Uchiha Yongye at the ramen shop, Sarutobi Shinnosuke and three ANBU charged in and were swiftly defeated. Yongye left them alive, invoked Konoha’s rules against attacking fellow village ninjas, and Asuma accused him of bullying a civilian father and daughter.

• Asuma told Sarutobi Shinnosuke that Yongye had attacked him and feared the injury had left him unable to father children.
• Shinnosuke ordered three ANBU to kill Yongye, then recognized him and realized the group was charging into a fight against someone far stronger.
• Yongye opened seven gates and defeated all four ANBU in seconds, secretly placing a Flying Thunder God Mark on Shinnosuke’s neck.
• Shinnosuke landed on Asuma, then confronted Yongye and accused him of rebelling.
• Yongye asked what punishment applied to attacking a fellow village ninja, and Asuma replied that Yongye had been bullying a civilian father and daughter.

Uchiha Yongye forced Sarutobi Shinnosuke to admit the Sarutobi brothers were at fault and humiliate himself with an apology, while earning poison-related abilities from his system. Shinnosuke later concluded that Ayame was Yongye’s weakness and left to arrange repairs and keep the incident secret.

• Ayame admitted that she and Teuchi had put dirty dishwater in Yongye’s ramen, then said she had wanted to be with him, causing Asuma to faint in rage.
• Yongye received the Shennong Physique and immunity to all poisons after Asuma’s composure was shattered.
• Shinnosuke acknowledged that his side was wrong and, at Yongye’s insistence, knelt and apologized, earning Yongye Shennong Knowledge of poisons and antidotes.
• Yongye left with Ayame, while Shinnosuke ordered his ANBU to take Asuma to Konoha Hospital and questioned Teuchi about what had happened.
• After questioning Teuchi, Shinnosuke decided Ayame was Yongye’s weakness, ordered everyone to keep quiet, and promised to have the shop repaired.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to use poison and a beauty trap against Uchiha Yongye, fearing he could open the Eighth Gate. Yongye brought Ayame home, where Uchiha Izumi confronted him over his treatment of Itachi and then waited outside his house as strange sounds came from within.

• Shinnosuke warned Hiruzen that Yongye's effortless use of the Seventh Gate meant he could open the Eighth Gate.
• Shinnosuke proposed poisoning Yongye and using a beauty trap, and Hiruzen approved the plan under strict secrecy.
• Yongye led Ayame through the Uchiha Clan Compound to his home as clanspeople watched them.
• Uchiha Izumi confronted Yongye for injuring Itachi and accused him of being a bad influence on Ayame.
• Yongye took Ayame inside and shut the door in Izumi's face, leaving her outside as strange sounds came from the house.

Yongye sent a Lightning Release Clone disguised as Shimura Danzō to assassinate Sarutobi Shinnosuke at Konoha Hospital. The attack succeeded, and Yakushi Nonō discovered Shinnosuke’s body in the ward.

• Uchiha Izumi heard sounds from Yongye’s room, blushed, and fled, while Uchiha Itachi and Shisui Uchiha also left without speaking to him.
• Yongye created a Lightning Release Clone and transformed it into a hooded, bandaged figure resembling Shimura Danzō.
• The clone used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear beside Sarutobi Shinnosuke at Konoha Hospital.
• Yakushi Nonō finished treating Asuma and left the ward as Shinnosuke considered ways to kill Yongye.
• The disguised clone kicked Shinnosuke through the window and killed him with Wind Release—Vacuum Sphere.
• Yakushi Nonō returned after hearing the crash and found Shinnosuke lying dead in a pool of blood.

After Sarutobi Shinnosuke was murdered at Konoha Hospital, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisors found evidence pointing to Danzo and went to confront him at Root’s base. Danzo was absent, and they waited for his return.

• Yakushi Nonō found Sarutobi Shinnosuke dead in his hospital ward.
• An ANBU Ninja reported the murder to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who rushed to the hospital with Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.
• Mitokado Homura identified the killing technique as Danzo’s signature Vacuum Sphere, while he and Utatane Koharu debated whether Danzo had committed the murder or been framed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to question Danzo and led the ANBU to Root’s underground base.
• The Root guards said Danzo was out and did not know where he had gone, so Hiruzen and the others waited until footsteps sounded in the corridor half an hour later.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo in the Root base, believing Danzo had killed his son, Kokoro no Suke. Danzo realized that his suspicious reaction and confrontation with Hiruzen had made him look guilty, while confessing his secret meeting with Orochimaru would expose his plot against the Hokage.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders confronted Danzo in the Root base and demanded to know where he had been.
• Danzo refused to answer and summoned Root ninja, creating a standoff with Hiruzen's ANBU.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura accused Danzo of killing Kokoro no Suke.
• Danzo realized they suspected him of murder rather than knowing about his meeting with Orochimaru, but he could not explain without revealing his conspiracy.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi vowed that Danzo would pay for Kokoro no Suke's death.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo prepared to fight after Shinnosuke's death, but Homura and Koharu stopped them from turning the confrontation into a battle that could weaken Konoha. Danzo denied killing Shinnosuke, and Hiruzen's question about where Danzo had been left him unable to answer.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma, while Danzo summoned Baku, and the two sides prepared for a fight.
• Mitokado Homura restrained Hiruzen Sarutobi and warned that a clash between ANBU and Root would leave Konoha vulnerable to the Uchiha.
• Utatane Koharu stepped between Danzo and ANBU, urged Danzo to pursue Uchiha Yongye instead, and reminded him that Yongye was his enemy.
• Danzo signaled Root not to attack and swore that he had nothing to do with Shinnosuke's death, blaming the Uchiha as possible killers.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Danzo where he had been, and Danzo could not answer.

Hiruzen Sarutobi halted his confrontation with Shimura Danzō after Danzō suggested using Impure World Reincarnation to question Shinnosuke. Meanwhile, Uchiha Yongye gained the Uzumaki Constitution and the Four Symbols Seal from two Advanced Blind Boxes, and prepared to keep manipulating his enemies.

• Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to use Impure World Reincarnation to bring back Shinnosuke and identify his killer.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi called off the ANBU, and Danzō stood down his Root ninja, leaving the Konoha leaders in a fragile truce.
• Uchiha Yongye received an Advanced Blind Box after Hiruzen Sarutobi's grief and suspicion triggered a system reward, gaining the Uzumaki Constitution.
• Yongye received another Advanced Blind Box when Shimura Danzō's frustration triggered a reward, gaining the Four Symbols Seal.
• Yongye mastered the sealing technique and resolved to keep causing turmoil among his enemies while growing stronger.

Konoha’s factions braced for another attack as Uchiha Fugaku weighed the chance of exploiting a conflict between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo. An unknown attacker forced Fugaku to reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo, while Uchiha Itachi watched and suspected his father was planning an armed takeover.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s ANBU, Danzo’s Root, and Uchiha Fugaku’s Military Police prepared for another strike across Konoha.
• Fugaku considered whether ANBU and Root might weaken each other enough for the Uchiha Clan to seize power.
• Three black-clad Shadow Clones attacked Fugaku with powerful Wind Release—Vacuum Sphere techniques.
• Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned Susanoo to block the attack, then destroyed the clones with its greatsword.
• Fugaku realized his hidden power had been exposed, while Uchiha Itachi watched and suspected his father planned to lead the Uchiha Clan in an armed takeover.

After learning that Uchiha Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisors suspected Fugaku had been hiding his strength and considered Danzo the likely attacker. Hiruzen then went to an underground laboratory, where an imprisoned criminal had been prepared as a sacrifice for a jutsu.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisors read a report that Uchiha Fugaku had manifested Susanoo after an attack by three Shadow Clones using powerful Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere.
• Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu concluded that Fugaku had concealed his strength and might be waiting for unrest to seize power in Konoha.
• The advisors speculated that Danzo had attacked Fugaku, possibly using Izanagi and Forbidden Jutsu developed with Orochimaru.
• Gekko Hayate reported that a death-row criminal had been verified as a suitable sacrifice.
• Hiruzen went to the underground laboratory, where the criminal was bound in the center of a jutsu array.

Hiruzen Sarutobi used Impure World Reincarnation to question his son, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, about his killer and became convinced Danzo was responsible. In Root, Danzo learned that Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and raged that Hiruzen still suspected him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Sarutobi Shinnosuke with Impure World Reincarnation and asked who had killed him.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke described a hooded attacker who used Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere and said the killer's build and movements reminded him of Danzo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi trusted his son's instincts and silently resolved to treat Danzo as the likely killer.
• Danzo learned that Uchiha Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo, regretting that he had not targeted Fugaku earlier.
• Danzo learned Hiruzen still blamed him for Shinnosuke's death and angrily insisted that he had wanted Hiruzen dead, not Shinnosuke.

Danzo blamed Madara Uchiha for framing him and sent for Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru, while Yongye gained the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and prepared to attend Fugaku's meeting. Yongye reached Naka Shrine, where someone blocked his way at the hidden chamber entrance.

• Danzo concluded that Madara Uchiha had framed him to sow chaos in Konoha, then ordered a trusted ninja to send Hiruzen Sarutobi a secret message and summon Orochimaru.
• Yongye opened an advanced mystery box and received the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, which he planned to combine with Flying Thunder God.
• Ayame served Yongye breakfast as his maid, and Yongye later left home for the meeting Uchiha Fugaku had called.
• Yongye arrived at the hidden chamber entrance beneath Naka Shrine, where a figure stepped in front of him.

Yongye arrived late at Naka Shrine and slapped Uchiha Ibe when the guard confronted him, then entered the secret chamber for the clan meeting. As he wondered why the Heart-Piercing System had not rewarded him, he focused on tending to his “finest crop of leeks.”

• Uchiha Ibe angrily confronted Yongye for arriving late to the meeting.
• Yongye slapped Uchiha Ibe, knocking him into the corridor wall and drawing the guards into a threatening formation.
• Shisui Uchiha rushed out of the secret chamber and restrained Uchiha Ibe as the wounded guard accused Yongye of attacking him.
• Yongye mocked the guards for showing more courage against him than they had against Danzo and Root, and they lowered their eyes.
• Yongye wondered why the Heart-Piercing System had given him no rewards for hurting or humiliating people, then walked into the secret chamber.

Uchiha Fugaku gathered the clan’s leaders to decide whether they should join a possible battle between ANBU and Root after Sarutobi Shinnosuke’s assassination. Shisui, Itachi, and the four elders urged the clan to stay neutral, while Yongye watched their cautious arguments without speaking.

• Fugaku explained that Danzo was suspected of assassinating Sarutobi Shinnosuke and asked whether the Uchiha Clan should enter the conflict if ANBU and Root fought.
• Shisui argued that the Uchiha Clan must not join because a wider battle would devastate Konoha and harm the clan.
• Itachi agreed with Shisui and warned that foreign nations would exploit Konoha’s internal conflict while the Uchiha lacked the strength to fight on two fronts.
• The four elders backed neutrality, saying the clan could benefit from the Hokage and Danzo weakening each other without risking its people.
• Fugaku considered the chance to seize power but hesitated over the danger of destroying the clan, while Yongye silently judged the others’ caution.

Yongye rebuked Uchiha Fugaku and the clan elders for refusing to act, then left the clan meeting after insulting them. Shisui followed him into the corridor, concerned but hesitant to approach too familiarly.

• Uchiha Fugaku told Yongye that the clan would stay out of the conflict and warned him not to cause further trouble.
• Yongye threatened the Great Elder Uchiha Kuteng after Kuteng ordered him not to bring trouble down on the clan.
• Yongye mocked Fugaku as a greenbottle fly rather than a tiger with wings, then left the chamber.
• Uchiha Tetsusai, Uchiha Zhihuo, and Uchiha Kiyoshi criticized Yongye, while Uchiha Itachi silently harbored killing intent and Shisui noticed it.
• Shisui hurried after Yongye but hesitated to touch his shoulder because Yongye had previously rejected his involvement.

Yongye exposed Shisui’s hidden Mangekyo Sharingan, then received Impure World Reincarnation from a blind box. On his way through Konoha, he encountered Root pursuing Kabuto Yakushi and considered recruiting Kabuto for his own plans.

• Yongye challenged Shisui to use his Mangekyo Sharingan and Susanoo, but Shisui stayed silent and left without confirming his secret.
• The grand elder questioned Shisui about awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, but Shisui shook his head and walked away.
• Yongye received an Advanced Blind Box after Uchiha Fugaku lost his composure, opened it, and obtained Impure World Reincarnation.
• Yongye learned the technique and imagined using it to resurrect Rin, then headed toward Konoha Downtown to find people to provoke.
• Kabuto Yakushi fled two masked Root ninjas and begged Yongye to save him; the Root ninjas stopped when they recognized him and recalled Danzo’s order to avoid direct conflict.

Uchiha Yongye rescued Kabuto Yakushi from Root and recruited him, then forced Danzo to send Kabuto’s belongings and five million ryō. After Root delivered the payment, someone confronted Yongye about colluding with Root.

• Yongye kicked one Root ninja into a wall and threatened to storm Root and kill Danzo if Kabuto’s belongings and at least five million ryō were not delivered.
• Kabuto explained that Root had forced him to spy and that he had deserted, and Yongye told him he needed someone working for him.
• Yongye gave Kabuto a secret task, and Kabuto agreed before leaving to settle somewhere on his own.
• That evening, a Root ninja delivered Kabuto’s belongings and five million ryō on Danzo’s behalf.
• As Yongye counted the money, an unseen person accused him of colluding with Root.

Uchiha Itachi summoned Uchiha Yongye to meet Uchiha Fugaku, who warned that Danzo’s proposed peace talks might be a trap. At the meeting, Shimura Danzō denied responsibility for the attacks and assassinations, then claimed Madara Uchiha was the real culprit.

• Uchiha Itachi abandoned his plan to use genjutsu on Uchiha Yongye and told him that Uchiha Fugaku urgently wanted to see him.
• Uchiha Yongye sealed away the cash box, taunted Uchiha Itachi about his injury, and followed him to Uchiha Fugaku.
• Uchiha Fugaku warned Uchiha Yongye and Uchiha Itachi that Danzo’s three-party peace talks might conceal a plot.
• Uchiha Yongye, Uchiha Fugaku, and Uchiha Itachi met Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō at an abandoned Training Ground.
• Shimura Danzō denied ordering Sarutobi Shinnosuke’s assassination or attacking Uchiha Fugaku, then blamed Madara Uchiha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Fugaku doubted Danzo’s claim that Madara Uchiha was behind the attacks, but Danzo argued that the killer was trying to provoke a civil war in Konoha. He proposed that they join forces in seven days to capture Madara and uncover the truth.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi accused Danzo of changing his story about Kokoro no Suke’s killer, while Uchiha Fugaku mocked Danzo’s claim that Madara Uchiha was responsible.
• Danzo reminded Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Fugaku of the masked man behind the Nine-Tails’ Rampage and claimed that Madara had once approached him to form an alliance.
• Danzo said the killer was framing him and Fugaku to provoke a conflict that would plunge Konoha into civil war.
• Uchiha Yongye ridiculed Danzo, who suppressed his anger and continued making his case.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi demanded proof, and Danzo revealed that he had arranged to meet Madara in seven days and proposed that they surround and kill him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Fugaku agreed to target the Masked Man, but Danzo kept the ambush location secret and demanded that Yongye approve his return as an Elder. Yongye sensed Danzo was hiding malicious intentions and challenged him.

• Danzo persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Fugaku that the Masked Man was an enemy they needed to eliminate.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Fugaku agreed to the plan, while Fugaku asked where Danzo would arrange the ambush and Danzo refused to say.
• Danzo demanded that his Elder position be restored after the plan succeeded, directing his request at Uchiha Yongye.
• Yongye sensed Danzo's humiliation, anger, and malicious anticipation, then asked whether Danzo deserved a key.

Yongye turned Danzo’s failed attempt to derail the negotiations into a demand for a hundred million ryō, and the three sides arranged an ambush against Madara Uchiha. Afterward, Yongye and Itachi both noted that a silent Root ninja had watched Hiruzen Sarutobi with unusual intensity.

• Danzo tried to leave after Yongye mocked him, but Hiruzen Sarutobi blocked his way and urged the negotiations to continue.
• Uchiha Itachi proposed that Danzo pay Yongye a hundred million ryō, and Yongye immediately accepted, demanding payment by the next day.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Uchiha Fugaku, Danzo, and Yongye discussed the ambush against Madara Uchiha, including its timing, participants, coordination, and safeguards for the village.
• Yongye sensed that a Root ninja behind Danzo harbored resentment and lingering attachment toward Hiruzen Sarutobi, then watched the ninja depart with a knowing smile.
• Itachi told Fugaku that he, too, had noticed the Root ninja watching Hiruzen almost constantly, and Fugaku’s expression darkened.

Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Jiraiya and Tsunade for a plan to kill Madara Uchiha, while Danzo and Orochimaru prepared their own scheme involving a wielder of the Rinnegan. At the Uchiha compound, Fugaku told Mikoto that he wanted to awaken Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan, and Mikoto proposed relying on Uchiha Yongye instead.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered a Masked ANBU to summon Jiraiya and Tsunade and said he would eliminate every threat to Konoha in the operation against Madara Uchiha.
• Danzo asked Orochimaru to lure Uchiha Yongye away, but Orochimaru proposed releasing a wielder of the Rinnegan to face him, and Danzo agreed.
• Danzo secretly ordered a subordinate to dig at a location marked on a map of Konoha and its surroundings.
• Fugaku decided Itachi needed to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and asked Mikoto to help make it happen.
• Mikoto recoiled at the prospect of making Itachi witness a loved one's death, and Fugaku explained that ANBU, Root, and the Uchiha would attack Madara Uchiha in seven days.
• Mikoto suggested relying on Uchiha Yongye to protect the Uchiha instead.

After receiving Danzo’s one hundred million ryo, Yongye overheard Gekko Hayate cursing him to die young and confronted Hayate and Uzuki Yugao. He left the pair facing a deadly choice: let him kill them, or try to kill him.

• A Root ninja delivered Danzo’s sealed payment of one hundred million ryo to Yongye, who accepted it and went out into Konoha.
• Yongye overheard Gekko Hayate calling him an idiot who would die before twenty, while Uzuki Yugao warned Hayate to keep his voice down.
• Yongye appeared in front of Hayate and Yugao, threatened them, and asked how they wanted to die.
• Hayate and Yugao drew their swords and prepared to fight as Yugao asked Yongye what he wanted.
• Yongye told them he wanted either to beat them to death or have them beat him to death.

Uzuki Yugao and Gekko Hayate abandoned their attempt to settle matters peacefully and attacked Uchiha Yongye after he mocked them and deactivated his Sharingan. Yongye easily evaded their sword techniques and defeated them both, leaving them injured on the ground.

• Uzuki Yugao and Gekko Hayate apologized to Yongye, but after he dismissed their apologies, they prepared to fight him to the death.
• Yongye deactivated his Sharingan and taunted Hayate and Yugao, who saw an opening and decided to attack together.
• Hayate used Shadow Clone Technique and attacked with Dance of the Crescent Moon while Yugao struck from the flank with Veiled Moonlit Night.
• Yongye read their attacks with Clear Sword Heart and dodged both sword strikes with precise movements.
• Yongye drove an elbow into Hayate's chest, breaking ribs and dispelling his clones, then kicked Yugao in the abdomen and sent her crashing beside him.

Yongye defeated Gekko Hayate and Uzuki Yugao, pushed Hayate into a mental breakdown, and earned a reward that gave him the Byakugan. He then wondered why the Heart-Piercing System rewarded Hayate but not Yugao, and decided to investigate the rule.

• Yongye beat Gekko Hayate and Uzuki Yugao, then threatened to kill Hayate and sell Yugao to a bathhouse.
• Gekko Hayate suffered a severe mental breakdown, and Yongye received an Advanced Blind Box as a reward.
• Yongye opened the blind box and gained the Hyuga Byakugan, giving him unobstructed 360-degree vision that he could use alongside his Sharingan.
• Yongye noticed that the Heart-Piercing System had not rewarded him for Uzuki Yugao's distress, despite rewarding him for Hayate's breakdown.
• Yongye compared Yugao's case with Ayame, Teuchi, and Uchiha Ibe, then decided to experiment to discover the system's rule.