Recaps

Yongye crippled Gekko Hayate after mocking him and Uzuki Yugao, but Uzuki Yugao's breakdown still failed to trigger a system reward. Yongye left the cleanup to the ANBU, while the system's criteria remained a mystery.

• Yongye picked up Uzuki Yugao's sword and taunted her about dating Gekko Hayate's poor health.
• Yongye drove the sword into Gekko Hayate's crotch, and Gekko Hayate screamed before passing out.
• Uzuki Yugao raged and threatened to kill Yongye, but the system gave him no reward for her breakdown.
• Yongye concluded that the system's reward criteria were unrelated to a target's status, strength, or emotional state.
• Yongye defended his violence and shouted for the ANBU to clean up the mess.

After Yongye defeated Uzuki Yugao and Gekko Hayate, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders discussed eliminating him, Madara Uchiha, and Uchiha Fugaku. Obito Uchiha appeared before Yongye in an alley to recruit him, but Yongye insulted him and ordered him to move.

• ANBU members arrived after Yongye left, treated Gekko Hayate, and helped Uzuki Yugao, who vowed to take revenge herself.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu discussed delaying an attack on Yongye until after their plan to kill Madara Uchiha, and considered using poison and seduction against him.
• Mitokado Homura accused Uchiha Fugaku of hiding his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Hiruzen Sarutobi resolved to eliminate him as well.
• Obito Uchiha appeared in an alley before Yongye, intending to recruit him, but Yongye called him a dog and ordered him out of the way.

Obito tried to recruit Yongye by warning him that Konoha’s leaders and the Uchiha Clan wanted him dead, but Yongye mocked him and earned a Kusanagi Sword from the system. Obito lost his temper and charged Yongye, aiming a punch at his mouth.

• Obito confronted Yongye in an alley and warned that Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and the Uchiha Clan were plotting to kill him.
• Yongye replied that he would not surrender until they tried a honey trap, disrupting Obito’s prepared pitch and earning a Basic Blind Box.
• Yongye opened the box and received the Kusanagi Sword, which he planned to use with Flying Thunder God: Second Stage.
• Obito offered to protect Yongye and help him take revenge if they worked together.
• Yongye insulted Obito and challenged him, so Obito lunged forward and swung a punch at Yongye’s mouth.

Yongye saw through Obito’s Kamui phasing and knocked him into a wall, then agreed to work with him on the condition that Obito help recruit Kakashi Hatake. After earning an Advanced Blind Box, Yongye gained Lightning Blade and its derivative techniques.

• Obito attacked Yongye with phased punches and a kick, but Yongye stayed calm and waited for him to turn solid.
• Yongye struck Obito in the chest, sending him crashing into an alley wall and exposing that he could track Kamui’s shifts.
• Yongye proposed that he and Obito work together against the Uchiha and Konoha, disrupting Obito’s attempt to attack again.
• The system awarded Yongye an Advanced Blind Box, which gave him Lightning Blade and its derivative Ninjutsu.
• Yongye told Obito he would work with him if Obito helped recruit Kakashi Hatake.

Obito agreed to help Yongye ruin Kakashi’s standing in Konoha so he could recruit him, though Obito secretly hoped to fight beside his old friend again. Obito also decided to kill Yongye during the planned ambush on the Third Hokage, while Yongye returned home to find someone waiting outside his door.

• Yongye argued that Kakashi had reason to resent Konoha’s leaders and urged Obito to bring him into their alliance.
• Yongye revealed he could use Kakashi’s Lightning Blade, and Obito realized Yongye had framed Kakashi before.
• Obito agreed to help Yongye smear Kakashi, while he would approach and persuade Kakashi to join them.
• After Yongye left, Obito decided to kill him during the ambush on the Third Hokage, believing Kakashi could help.
• Yongye returned home and saw a man waiting outside his door.

Yongye rewarded Kabuto for delivering the requested materials, then ordered him to investigate Yakushi Nonō, unaware that she was Kabuto’s adoptive mother. After reviewing the materials for Impure World Reincarnation, Yongye headed to the Konoha Military Police Force to find a suitable sacrifice, where an angry roar greeted him.

• Yongye praised Kabuto’s work and gave him a bonus of one million ryō.
• Yongye ordered Kabuto to investigate Yakushi Nonō as a possible poison expert, and Kabuto concealed his connection to her.
• Kabuto realized Nonō might be forced by Danzo to target Yongye and decided he had to protect her.
• Yongye examined the materials for Impure World Reincarnation and decided to find a heinous criminal to use as a sacrifice.
• Yongye went to the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters, where an angry roar sounded as he arrived.

Yongye entered the Military Police Force headquarters as a wealthy merchant demanded that Itachi and Shisui search for his missing dog. After the merchant insulted him, Shisui and Itachi rushed to shield him, fearing the consequences of Yongye’s retaliation.

• A fat merchant accused a thief of taking his dog and demanded that the Military Police Force search the woods, while Itachi said the matter was outside their jurisdiction.
• Shisui agreed to send someone to help, and the merchant boasted that his Five Rings Trading Company could threaten Konoha’s trade.
• Yongye entered and mocked Shisui and Itachi, then suggested the merchant put one of them on a leash to replace his dog.
• The merchant insulted Yongye and threatened him, prompting Shisui and Itachi to step between them and shield the merchant.

Uchiha Yongye confronted a merchant from the Five Rings Trading Company, who backed down after learning Yongye’s identity. When Itachi tried to negotiate compensation, Yongye unleashed a massive burst of Chakra and left the confrontation unresolved.

• Shisui and Itachi prepared to defend against Yongye until Itachi identified him to the merchant.
• The merchant abandoned his threats and begged Yongye for forgiveness, but Yongye said he preferred him when he was acting tough.
• Shisui warned that killing the merchant could endanger Konoha, and Yongye threatened to become a bounty hunter if anyone tried to stop him.
• Itachi offered to vouch for the merchant and suggested the Five Rings Trading Company pay compensation.
• Yongye agreed to take the merchant with him until the money was collected, then erupted with Chakra that shook the reception hall.

Uchiha Yongye used Sharingan Genjutsu to make Ono Ichiro crawl after him like a dog, despite Shisui and Itachi's objections. As the humiliating spectacle drew a crowd in Konoha, the story left the Five Rings Trading Company’s reaction uncertain.

• Uchiha Yongye overwhelmed Shisui and Itachi with his Chakra, and they held back rather than risk Ono Ichiro’s life.
• Uchiha Yongye placed Ono Ichiro under Genjutsu and made him crawl out of police headquarters like a dog.
• Shisui and Itachi decided to report the incident to Lord Hokage, while Itachi planned to negotiate with the Five Rings Trading Company.
• Ono Ichiro crawled through Konoha behind Uchiha Yongye as passersby recognized him and recalled his wolfdog killing a child.
• The crowd identified Yongye as an Uchiha and feared he had used Genjutsu on a powerful merchant.

Yongye kicked Ono Ichiro away from a yellow-haired boy, then made the injured merchant crawl after him through the market and into the Uchiha Clan Compound. As Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers worried about the Five Rings Trading Company’s response, Yongye began tracing a technique array beside Ono Ichiro.

• Ono Ichiro lunged at a yellow-haired boy, and Yongye kicked him away as the crowd cheered.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu watched the scene through the Crystal Ball and argued over how to handle the Five Rings Trading Company.
• Yongye led the battered Ono Ichiro through the market streets, where onlookers jeered and threw pebbles at him.
• Yongye brought Ono Ichiro into the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Ayame saw the merchant crawling after him and hurried inside when Yongye sent her away.
• Yongye traced a technique array on the ground beside Ono Ichiro and fed Chakra into it.

Yongye reincarnated Rin Nohara and sealed her inside a coffin, then rejected the Five Rings Trading Company's ransom offer for Ono Ichiro. After Mechuan Riko returned with two hundred million and twin sisters as an apology, Yongye said he had already killed Ono Ichiro.

• Yongye used Impure World Reincarnation to turn Ono Ichiro into Rin Nohara, then sealed Rin inside a coffin.
• Mechuan Riko offered Yongye fifty million to ransom Ono Ichiro, but Yongye rejected the offer and threatened Mechuan Steward.
• Yongye decided to pin the conflict on Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Uchiha Itachi stayed silent as Mechuan Riko left.
• Mechuan Riko returned with two hundred million and introduced the twin sisters Yamatsuki Yako and Yamatsuki Miko as Mechuan Steward's apology.
• Yongye accepted the bankbook and told Mechuan Riko that he had already killed Ono Ichiro.

Yongye forced Mechuan Riko and Uchiha Itachi to cover up Ono Ichiro’s fate, then questioned Ayame about why the Five Rings Trading Company had brought him compensation directly. Ayame began to answer, while the Yamatsuki sisters listened, eager to understand why they had been given to Yongye.

• Yongye told Riko he would let the company put on whatever act it wanted without exposing it, and Itachi reluctantly agreed to play along.
• Itachi created a Shadow Clone that took Ono Ichiro’s appearance, and Riko left with the clone and Itachi after thanking Yongye.
• Yongye called Ayame and the Yamatsuki sisters over and asked why the Five Rings Trading Company had brought compensation to him instead of asking the Hokage to settle the matter.
• Ayame thought over the question, then looked up and began to answer.

Yongye made Ayame his housekeeper and gave her two hundred million ryō to manage, then learned Ash Pile Burning and welcomed news that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mechuan Steward were arguing over compensation. In the Land of Rain, Pain volunteered to handle Orochimaru’s plan himself.

• Yongye praised Ayame for figuring out Mechuan Steward’s scheme and gave her a bankbook containing two hundred million ryō.
• Yongye appointed Ayame his housekeeper and the Shanyue sisters, Yazi and Miko, as maids, tasking Ayame with investing the money for him.
• After a system reward, Yongye obtained and improved the Sarutobi Clan’s Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning, then blamed Hiruzen for the trouble ahead.
• Orochimaru presented a plan to strengthen Akatsuki to Pain, Konan, Kakuzu, and Sasori in a hidden cave in the Land of Rain.
• Kakuzu asked to join the mission, while Sasori criticized the plan but wanted Hiruzen Sarutobi as a puppet; Pain said he would handle it himself.

Pain decided to join Orochimaru’s plan against Konoha to take revenge on Danzo, while Orochimaru privately planned to exploit the coming battle. Meanwhile, Yongye disguised himself as Hiruzen Sarutobi and led four Shadow Clones in an attack on the Five Rings Trading Company Konoha Branch, where the guards raised the alarm and defenses.

• Pain rejected Konan’s warning and decided to help Orochimaru’s plan, seeking revenge on Danzo and intending to make Konoha feel pain.
• Konan accepted Pain’s decision and told him to be careful as he entered Konoha.
• Orochimaru celebrated Pain’s hatred and anticipated that the clash between Pain and Konoha’s forces would leave everything in his hands.
• Yongye used Flying Thunder God to reach an alley near the Five Rings Trading Company Konoha Branch, made four Shadow Clones, and disguised them and himself.
• Yongye led the disguised group toward the branch, sensed six Elite Jonin-level guards, and ordered the attack.
• The guards spotted the attackers, launched an alarm flare, and sealed the front gate with Water Release and Earth Release defenses.

Yongye and four Shadow Clones devastated the Five Rings Trading Company with coordinated Fire Release and the Five Release Great Combo Technique. The attackers vanished, leaving ANBU to find the company in ruins and suspect that the Third Hokage had lost his temper.

• Four attackers used Ash Pile Burning to overwhelm the trading company's water and earth defenses, forcing the mercenary leader and his men to reinforce them.
• Yongye used the Shadow Clone Technique to create four clones, and the five attacked together with the Five Release Great Combo Technique.
• The combined attack tore through the company's defenses, wrecked the main hall, and badly injured the mercenary leader.
• Yongye mocked the merchants and fled with the other attackers, leaving the trading company burning and its people wounded.
• ANBU arrived and found traces of the Sarutobi Clan's Ash Pile Burning, leading a squad captain to suspect that the Third Hokage had lost his temper.

Sarutobi Tsukikage reported evidence tying the destruction of the Five Rings Trading Company to Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Sarutobi Clan, and Hiruzen denied being responsible. Danzo accused him of endangering Konoha, but Hiruzen ordered him out, leaving the office in conflict and suspicion.

• Sarutobi Tsukikage reported that the company’s destruction involved Ash Pile Burning and Five Release: Great Combo Technique.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu assumed Hiruzen Sarutobi had ordered the attack, but Hiruzen insisted he had been framed.
• Hiruzen recalled his public argument with Manager Mechuan and recognized that the evidence and his motive made him look guilty.
• Shimura Danzō accused Hiruzen of risking Konoha’s supply trade and political standing by attacking the company.
• Hiruzen declared that Danzo was no longer a Hokage Advisor and ordered him to leave; Danzo warned, “You’ll regret this!”
• Sarutobi Tsukikage silently left the office after a flash of killing intent.

Yongye obtained Tsunade's Giant Strength Technique and tested its destructive power. Meanwhile, Mechuan Steward fled Konoha with Mechuan Riko and two hired shinobi, but an unseen figure appeared beside Riko as they neared the Land of Fire's border.

• Yongye opened an Advanced Blind Box and received Tsunade's Giant Strength Technique.
• Yongye tested the technique with a light stomp that blasted a deep pit into the ground, then returned to the courtyard.
• The next day, Mechuan Steward fled Konoha with Mechuan Riko and two hired shinobi, disguised and traveling by a woodland trail.
• An unseen figure suddenly appeared beside Mechuan Riko.

Uchiha Yongye met Mechuan Riko and her father as they fled the burned Five Rings Trading Company branch, and learned they suspected the Third Hokage had led the attack. He killed their two hired ninja and escorted the father and daughter back to Konoha, promising to get them justice.

• Mechuan Riko and her father recoiled when Uchiha Yongye appeared, and their two hired ninja stopped preparing to attack after recognizing his name.
• Yongye asked whether Riko’s father could return to the company safely, and the steward realized the President would punish him for losing the Konoha branch.
• Riko told Yongye that the trading house had been attacked and that they suspected the Third Hokage was responsible.
• Yongye declared that the law applied to everyone, then used his Sharingan to incapacitate the hired ninja and killed both with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Yongye told Riko and her father to return to Konoha with him, promising to get them justice.

Mechuan Steward returned to Konoha with Yongye’s support and publicly accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of burning the Five Rings Trading Company and killing its workers. As the crowd gathered outside the Hokage Building, Yongye confronted Hiruzen and declared him guilty.

• Yongye convinced Mechuan Steward to return to Konoha and challenge Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Mechuan Riko pledged their support.
• Mechuan Steward entered a hidden Five Rings Trading Company outpost, changed clothes, and waited while Mechuan Riko met with Yongye.
• Mechuan Steward led the Five Rings Trading Company’s protest to the Hokage Building and told the growing crowd that Hiruzen had attacked the trading house.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi emerged with Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and twelve ANBU, but Mechuan Steward demanded that he explain the attack.
• Mechuan Steward cited Sarutobi Clan techniques as evidence, and Yongye stepped forward and declared Hiruzen guilty.

Uchiha Yongye publicly accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of failing to find the killer and demanded that he step down as Hokage. Shisui interrupted with a challenge, and the chapter left Yongye and Shisui facing off inside an ANBU barrier.

• Uchiha Yongye confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi before Konoha's clan leaders and accused him of being guilty or incompetent.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted that the killer had not been found, and villagers began doubting his leadership.
• Shisui Uchiha challenged Yongye to settle who was the strongest of the younger Uchiha generation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered ANBU to clear the square and raise a barrier around Yongye and Shisui.
• Mitokado Homura asked whether Shisui could win, and Hiruzen Sarutobi said Shisui had a strong chance unless Yongye opened all Eight Gates.

Uchiha Yongye defeated Shisui Uchiha’s Body Flicker assault with the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, prompting Shisui to reveal his Susanoo. Yongye then used more clones to attack Susanoo with a massive Fire Release, leaving Shisui defending against the flames.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided he would use the Reaper Death Seal against Yongye if Yongye opened all Eight Gates.
• Shisui Uchiha used Shadow Clones and the Body Flicker Technique to attack Yongye from every direction, but Yongye overwhelmed him with more than thirty Shadow Clones and sent him crashing into the fountain.
• Yongye taunted Shisui and demanded that he use Susanoo, revealing Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan to the watching villagers and prompting suspicion from Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo.
• Shisui Uchiha activated his green Susanoo, while the assembled shinobi watched to see how Yongye would respond.
• Yongye created more than thirty Shadow Clones and had a group unleash Fire Release—Majestic Destroyer Flame at Susanoo, forcing Shisui to shield himself with its armored arms.

Uchiha Yongye defeated Shisui by having his Shadow Clones smash through Susanoo and then striking Shisui with his signature kick. He challenged Konoha’s leaders over Hiruzen Sarutobi’s fitness as Hokage, and the chapter ended as Yongye sensed something and turned toward the square.

• Uchiha Yongye’s Shadow Clones punched through Shisui’s Susanoo and blasted him toward Yongye.
• Uchiha Yongye struck Shisui with his Heir-Breaking Kick, leaving him curled on the ground as the Susanoo vanished.
• Uchiha Yongye challenged the square, and no one answered.
• Uchiha Yongye told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he was unfit to serve as Hokage, then silenced Utatane Koharu with a cold glare.
• Uchiha Yongye accused Konoha’s High Command of incompetence, while the crowd began whispering and the Uchiha stood taller.
• Uchiha Yongye sensed something and turned toward the square.

Uchiha Yongye watched as Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted responsibility for the attack on the Five Rings Trading Company and resigned as Hokage. As Konoha began considering his successor, the crowd focused on Yongye instead of Uchiha Fugaku.

• Uchiha Itachi carried the injured Shisui toward Konoha Hospital while Yongye noticed Danzo watching them leave.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi denied attacking the Five Rings Trading Company, admitted he had failed to find the culprit, and agreed to step down as Hokage.
• Yongye opened an Advanced Blind Box and received the Hyuga secret technique Rotation, which he quickly mastered.
• Shikaku Nara urged the village to choose a new Hokage, and Hiruzen told them to proceed without him.
• The Hyuga Clan Leader asked who would become the Fifth Hokage, and Uchiha Kuteng nominated Uchiha Fugaku.
• The crowd turned its attention from Fugaku to Yongye, recognizing his influence over the succession.

Uchiha Yongye refused to support Uchiha Fugaku in the Hokage selection, and Tsunade was chosen as the Fifth Hokage. At Ichiraku Ramen, Kakashi Hatake confronted Yongye over a bowl of ramen while suspecting he was a mysterious killer.

• Yongye dismissed the Hokage selection and vanished from the square, while Uchiha Kuteng angrily denounced him for abandoning the clan's interests.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Shimura Danzō lost the selection to Tsunade, who became the Fifth Hokage.
• Yongye created a disguised Shadow Clone and sent it toward Konoha Hospital before heading to the reopened Ichiraku Ramen.
• Teuchi recognized Yongye and served him an oversized Deluxe Special Ramen while the other customers treated him cautiously.
• Kakashi claimed Yongye had taken the ramen he had ordered first, and Teuchi hurried to offer a discount to avoid a clash.
• Kakashi stared at Yongye with suppressed hatred, suspecting he was the mysterious killer skilled in both Fire Release and Lightning Release.

Kakashi confronted Uchiha Yongye in a ramen shop, hoping to test him and uncover who had framed him. Yongye publicly challenged Kakashi over his decision to disown his father, and Kakashi left shaken after recognizing the truth in the accusation.

• Kakashi challenged Yongye with the Lightning Blade and offered to teach him the technique as a test.
• Yongye mocked Kakashi and asked whether he had knelt at his father's grave, cut his robe, and disowned him rather than seek revenge.
• Kakashi erupted in anger and formed the Lightning Blade as the customers and Teuchi recoiled.
• Yongye told Kakashi that rage over his helplessness would not solve anything, and Kakashi dismissed the Lightning Blade.
• Kakashi left the ramen shop in shame, while Yongye watched him go and the customers considered spreading the news.