Recaps

Nagato used Limbo: Border Jail to seemingly kill Yongye and Tsunade, but the figure on the rooftop was a Shadow Clone and Yongye's real body had been hidden nearby. Yongye revealed himself to Nagato, who demanded to know whether he was the original.

• Inoichi immobilized Sasori with the Mind Body Switch Technique, while Shikaku trapped Kakuzu with Shadow Binding and Kurenai and Anko confronted Hidan.
• Nagato unleashed Ultra-Big Ball Shinra Tensei, clearing away Yongye's nearby Shadow Clones and creating an opening to use Limbo: Border Jail.
• Nagato's invisible shadows appeared to pierce Yongye's heart, and Tsunade rushed to heal him before an unseen attack pierced her heart too.
• Nagato claimed his Rinnegan's Limbo technique had let him identify and kill Yongye's real body, but Yongye's nearby Shadow Clone revealed that the rooftop figure was a decoy.
• Yongye emerged from concealment in front of Nagato, who demanded to know whether he was facing the real Yongye.

Yongye’s Shadow Clones overwhelmed Nagato’s forces across the Ruins, destroying the Hellhounds and incapacitating Kakuzu and Hidan while one clone healed Tsunade. Tsunade recovered and began treating the wounded, while Jiraiya remained badly injured and was refused help.

• Jiraiya warned the others to use Shadow Clones against Nagato, then lay back in the rubble after Yongye called him out for previously urging him to fight in person.
• Yongye’s clones scattered through the Ruins, and one clone used the Kusanagi Sword to destroy the Hellhounds despite Uzuki Yugao’s warning that they would split when attacked.
• A Yongye clone approached Kakuzu, who boasted about fighting the First, then incapacitated him before his Masked Monsters could attack.
• Another Yongye clone incapacitated Hidan with a glance while Kurenai Yuhi and Mitaraishi Anko watched.
• A Yongye clone healed Tsunade’s pierced heart, then refused Jiraiya’s request for treatment and made him retreat into the rubble.
• Tsunade recovered, summoned Katsuyu, and began using Medical Ninjutsu to heal the others.

Yongye gained Wood Release after Nagato’s summoned beasts and Akatsuki allies were swiftly defeated. Nagato unleashed a full assault, but Yongye’s Tri-Beam blasted him into a trench; as the battlefield watched, a black substance began spreading over Nagato’s body.

• Yongye’s Shadow Clones defeated Nagato’s summoned beasts and Akatsuki members, leaving Nagato shaken and earning Yongye a Super Mystery Box.
• Yongye opened the box and gained Wood Release.
• Nagato attacked Yongye with Limbo: Border Jail, gravity, wooden spikes, and the Asura Path’s Chakra Cannon.
• Yongye countered with Tri-Beam, destroying Nagato’s attack and blasting him into a deep trench.
• Nagato lay gravely wounded, then a black substance began spreading across his body.

Yongye destroyed the four Limbo shadows and allowed Black Zetsu to escape with Nagato, while Shisui questioned his choices. Yongye persuaded Shisui that Konoha’s failure to value its allies and strongest assets had caused its problems, leaving Shisui convinced by his explanation.

• Black Zetsu took control of Nagato and sent four Limbo shadows after Yongye, who destroyed them with four attacks.
• Black Zetsu escaped underground with Nagato, and Konoha Ninja failed to find them.
• Shisui asked Yongye why he had not pursued Nagato, and Yongye claimed he was unfamiliar with the Earth Release needed to follow him.
• Yongye sensed Uchiha Itachi nearby and decided to hide his true reasons for letting Nagato escape.
• Yongye told Shisui that Konoha had repeatedly failed to cherish its valuable allies and ninja, and Shisui agreed.

Shisui accepted Yongye’s order to cooperate with Itachi while secretly helping Konoha, then Itachi appeared at the Ruins and admitted he had freed Orochimaru for an important purpose. As rescue workers treated the wounded, Shisui confronted Itachi about whether he planned to use Orochimaru against Yongye.

• Yongye told Shisui to play along if Itachi approached and help Konoha eliminate the threats.
• Shisui vowed to follow Yongye, then left the Ruins with his injuries still bleeding.
• Tsunade asked Yongye for Chakra, negotiated his help, and summoned Katsuyu to heal the wounded.
• Katsuyu’s divisions treated the injured, and Shisui recovered enough to stand and survey the Ruins.
• Uchiha Itachi approached Shisui and admitted he had freed Orochimaru for an important task.
• Shisui asked Itachi whether he intended to use Orochimaru against Uchiha Yongye.

Itachi convinced Shisui to help eliminate Uchiha Yongye for Konoha, then confirmed through a Crow that Shisui had not betrayed him. After treating the wounded, Tsunade asked Shizune to become Yongye’s lover as payment for his help, and Shizune eagerly agreed.

• Itachi persuaded Shisui that they had to get rid of Uchiha Yongye for Konoha, and the two discussed a plan.
• Itachi used a Crow to check on Shisui and saw that he had stayed in place and done nothing suspicious.
• Tsunade returned to the Hokage Office with Shizune after the treatments and asked her to become Uchiha Yongye’s lover.
• Shizune accepted the mission, explaining that she admired Yongye and felt honored to be chosen.
• Tsunade considered asking Kurenai Yuhi and Mitaraishi Anko to do the same, but dismissed the idea.

Nagato escaped Konoha with Black Zetsu’s help and agreed to risk learning Senjutsu from Ryūchi Cave so he could defeat Uchiha Yongye. Meanwhile, Yongye demonstrated Hidan’s immortality to Mechuan Riko and ordered her to turn Hidan’s mouth into a public toilet.

• Nagato confronted Black Zetsu for taking control of Tobi and saving him while he was near death.
• Black Zetsu proposed collecting the Tailed Beasts or learning Senjutsu at Ryūchi Cave, and Nagato chose to stake everything on defeating Uchiha Yongye.
• Yongye visited Hidan, Kakuzu, and Sasori in the Konoha Military Police Force prison with Mechuan Riko.
• Yongye stabbed Hidan through the heart and then pinned his mouth open with a kunai, demonstrating that Hidan was immortal.
• Mechuan Riko asked to buy Hidan, and Yongye agreed on the condition that she build a public toilet using Hidan’s mouth as the bowl.

Yongye broke Hidan’s spirit and gained the Immortality Law, then frightened Kakuzu and Sasori into offering their service. He acquired Smaug and Dust Release before using Tsukuyomi to give Kakuzu an order.

• Mechuan Riko praised Yongye’s Immortal Public Toilet idea, and Hidan’s fury turned to fear as his spirit broke.
• Yongye received the Immortality Law from a blind box after breaking Hidan’s spirit.
• Kakuzu and Sasori knelt and begged Yongye to let them serve him rather than turn them into Immortal Public Toilets.
• Yongye obtained Smaug after Sasori’s spirit broke and gained Dust Release after Kakuzu feared Hidan’s fate.
• Yongye said Kakuzu and Sasori were unqualified to serve him, then used Tsukuyomi to give Kakuzu an order.

Kakuzu revealed to Sasori that Uchiha Yongye had recruited them to betray Pain in exchange for a chance to escape. On Mount Myōboku, Naruto mastered Senjutsu and demanded that Fukasaku take him back to Konoha to defeat Uchiha Yongye and avenge Grandpa Third.

• Zhan Zhao entered the cell and dragged the struggling Hidan away.
• Kakuzu told Sasori that Uchiha Yongye had agreed to help them escape if they acted as moles against Pain.
• Sasori questioned whether Uchiha Yongye trusted them, but Kakuzu asked whether he dared refuse.
• Naruto mastered Senjutsu on Mount Myōboku and celebrated while Sasuke watched bitterly.
• Naruto shattered a Rock with a sage-powered punch and asked Fukasaku to take him back to Konoha to defeat Uchiha Yongye, save the village, and clear Grandpa Third's name.

Fukasaku warned Naruto and Sasuke that they had to work together to defeat Uchiha Yongye, while Sasuke struggled with Senjutsu training. The Great Toad Sage summoned Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku, where Jiraiya began training the two and recounted Nagato’s invasion of Konoha.

• Fukasaku told Naruto and Sasuke that they could not defeat Uchiha Yongye alone and urged them to work together.
• Sasuke lost control of Natural Energy during Senjutsu training, began turning into a frog, and Fukasaku forced the energy out of him.
• The Great Toad Sage told Fukasaku to summon Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku and have him train Naruto and Sasuke.
• Jiraiya arrived at Mount Myōboku, where Naruto practiced controlling the Rasengan and Sasuke worked on calming himself for Senjutsu.
• Jiraiya recounted Nagato’s invasion of Konoha, then began teaching Naruto the proper way to use the Rasengan.

Kato Shizune delivered Kumogakure’s agreement to pay Konoha’s compensation in installments, and Yongye collected his reward from Shizune and Tsunade. When Tsunade asked him to hand Hidan over to the Daimyo in exchange for help with the Five Rings Trading Company, Yongye refused and left, prompting Tsunade’s murderous resolve to return.

• Kato Shizune received Kumogakure’s reply agreeing to Konoha’s compensation terms, though payment would be in installments.
• Yongye embraced Shizune and went with her to Tsunade’s office, where Shizune delivered the Scroll.
• Yongye claimed his reward, and Shizune fell asleep on the office sofa after he overwhelmed her.
• Tsunade told Yongye that the Daimyo wanted Hidan and offered to put in a word with the Five Rings Trading Company if Yongye handed him over.
• Yongye refused to surrender Hidan, calling him his war prize, and left Tsunade’s office.
• Tsunade watched Yongye leave and resolved to kill him.

Itachi prepared for a dangerous Hashirama Cell transplant to gain power against Uchiha Yongye, while Sasuke reunited with him and awakened his Sharingan. The transplant appeared to fail, and Jiraiya offered to intervene.

• Kabuto told Itachi that Orochimaru was ready, but Itachi waited for Jiraiya to bring Sasuke.
• Sasuke reunited with Itachi, who warned him about the dangerous transplant and said he needed more power to defeat Uchiha Yongye.
• Itachi used Genjutsu to show Sasuke his death during the surgery, causing Sasuke to awaken his One-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Itachi began the transplant in Orochimaru's laboratory, but the Hashirama Cells spread violently across his body.
• Orochimaru declared that the transplant had failed, and Jiraiya stepped forward, saying the Great Toad Sage had foreseen it and he would try to help.

Jiraiya used Mount Myōboku’s Sage Talisman to stabilize Itachi’s fusion with Hashirama Cells, while Orochimaru and Black and White Zetsu negotiated an alliance against Uchiha Yongye. The chapter ended with Jiraiya and Orochimaru arguing over whether Tsunade would support their plan to revive Hashirama.

• Jiraiya used the Sage Talisman’s Senjutsu Chakra to calm Itachi’s rampaging Hashirama Cells and stabilize the fusion.
• Orochimaru asked Jiraiya to help him fuse with Hashirama Cells, but Jiraiya refused, saying Orochimaru was unlikely to survive it and the talisman needed replenishing.
• Black and White Zetsu appeared in the laboratory and told Orochimaru that Pain was cultivating Senjutsu in Ryūchi Cave.
• Black and White Zetsu offered Orochimaru better sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation, and they agreed to form an alliance against Uchiha Yongye.
• Orochimaru warned that a fully revived Hashirama might escape his control, while Jiraiya argued that Tsunade could persuade her grandfather to fight for them.
• Orochimaru told Jiraiya that Tsunade was involved with Uchiha Yongye, prompting Jiraiya to recall suspicious sounds from the Hokage Building.

Yongye gained Magnet Release and took Konan into the night sky, while Kurenai tried to summon him to meet a Daimyo’s envoy and four Twelve Guardian Ninja. After Yongye’s household refused the late-night visitors, Kurenai noticed rain beginning to fall.

• Yongye opened an Advanced Blind Box and gained the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai.
• Konan pressed Yongye about rescuing Kakuzu and Sasori and protecting Nagato, and Yongye took her into the air.
• Mizuno Ichiro demanded that Kurenai summon Yongye, explaining that he represented the Daimyo and had brought four members of the Twelve Guardian Ninja.
• Kurenai went to Yongye’s manor, but Yamatsuki Yako refused to wake him or receive the visitors.
• Kurenai returned toward the Guest House and felt raindrops begin to fall.

Mizuno Ichiro and the Four Guardian Ninja came to confront Uchiha Yongye and secure the three immortal ninja. When the Guardian Ninja threatened him, Yongye used Tsukuyomi and Ten Thousand Heir-Breaking Kicks to incapacitate all four, leaving Mizuno shaken and unable to respond.

• Mizuno Ichiro decided to bring Fūma Kojirō and three other Guardian Ninja to confront Yongye and obtain the three immortal ninja.
• Uchiha Izumi announced that Mizuno and four Guardian Ninja had arrived at Yongye's office.
• Yongye ignored the visitors as they entered, angering Mizuno and the Guardian Ninja.
• Fūma Kojirō challenged Yongye, and the four Guardian Ninja flared their Chakra to intimidate him.
• Yongye used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to incapacitate all four Guardian Ninja with Tsukuyomi and Ten Thousand Heir-Breaking Kicks.
• Mizuno trembled as Yongye demanded that he speak.

Mizuno Ichiro accepted Yongye’s terms for the Akatsuki prisoners, then found the four Guardian Ninja stripped and suspended at Konoha’s entrance. He confronted Uchiha Fugaku, who warned that Yongye had no family or loyalties to restrain him.

• Yongye let Mizuno Ichiro take two Akatsuki prisoners but kept Hidan and demanded that Ichiro thank him.
• Mizuno Ichiro abandoned the idea of taking the four incapacitated men with him and hurried out alone.
• Mizuno Ichiro found Fūma Kojirō and three other Guardian Ninja stripped and hanging at Konoha’s entrance while villagers mocked them.
• Mizuno Ichiro visited Uchiha Fugaku and accused the Uchiha of rebelling against the Land of Fire because Yongye had humiliated the Guardian Ninja.
• Fugaku told Mizuno Ichiro that Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi had left Yongye without family, and that nobody could control him.

Mizuno Ichiro asked Tsunade to help bring Fūma Kojirō and the others back after Uchiha Yongye agreed to their release, and Tsunade warned the Daimyo not to provoke him again. To manage the crisis, Tsunade summoned Kurenai Yuhi and Mitaraishi Anko and proposed that one of them use her charms for the mission, while she offered to make the same sacrifice; the chapter ended as they drew lots.

• Mizuno Ichiro told Fugaku to pretend their conversation had never happened, then hurried to the Hokage Office.
• Mizuno Ichiro urged Tsunade to arrange for Uchiha Yongye to marry and have children, and asked her to help bring Fūma Kojirō, the others, and two Akatsuki criminals back.
• Tsunade warned Mizuno Ichiro to tell the Daimyo not to provoke Uchiha Yongye, whom she considered powerful and useful to Konoha.
• Tsunade summoned Kurenai Yuhi and Mitaraishi Anko and proposed that one of them use her charms, offering to make the same sacrifice herself.
• Tsunade said the mission would count as two S-rank missions, then had Kurenai Yuhi and Anko draw lots to determine who would take it.

Tsunade sent Anko on a double-S-rank mission to placate Uchiha Yongye, while Shizune confronted Zhan Zhao over his refusal to obey the Hokage’s order to release the five prisoners. The chapter left Zhan Zhao standing by his decision to follow Yongye’s orders.

• Tsunade told Anko to use her charms to satisfy Yongye and persuade him to release the Guardian Ninja, and Anko reluctantly accepted the mission.
• Anko arrived at the Military Police Force Building, where Uchiha Izumi let her into Yongye’s office.
• Anko knelt and slipped beneath Yongye’s desk, while Yongye realized Tsunade had sent her to placate him and decided to make trouble for someone.
• Yongye created a Wood Clone, which used the Flying Thunder God Technique to vanish while Anko remained distracted.
• Shizune showed Zhan Zhao the Hokage’s written order to release the five prisoners, but Zhan Zhao insisted that he would obey Yongye unless Yongye told him otherwise.

Tsunade overruled the Military Police Force and rescued Fūma Kojirō and the other Guardian Ninjas, then went to confront Uchiha Yongye. At the Military Police Force Building, Izumi tried to keep her from entering Yongye’s office, but Tsunade already knew Anko was inside.

• Zhan Zhao and the other Security Force members refused to release the prisoners without Yongye’s orders, while Tsunade watched from nearby.
• Tsunade freed Fūma Kojirō and the other three Guardian Ninjas, and Zhan Zhao let her take them after she said she would speak to Yongye herself.
• Tsunade treated the rescued men, and Mizuno Ichiro and the Chunin escorts took them, along with Kakuzu and Sasori, out of the village.
• Tsunade went to the Military Police Force Building to see Yongye, but Izumi warned that he could not receive visitors.
• Tsunade told Izumi she knew Anko was in Yongye’s office.

Yongye received Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken while Tsunade continued her encounter with Anko. Far from Konoha, the Land of Fire’s Guardian Ninja traveled home with Kakuzu and Sasori when a masked man attacked them with golden sand.

• Izumi realized Tsunade had gone inside and celebrated the Uchiha’s influence in Konoha.
• Yongye opened an advanced blind box and obtained Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
• Tsunade told Anko that she had to make a sacrifice too.
• Mizuno Ichiro warned Fūma Kojirō and the other Guardian Ninja that they could not pursue their grievance against Yongye.
• A masked man blocked the group’s road, performed hand seals, and sent golden sand surging from the ground.

The Man in Black used Magnet Release to overwhelm the Land of Fire escort and bury its members beneath Gold Dust. Fūma Kojirō escaped the final attack, but he was left alone above the sealed battlefield.

• The Man in Black unleashed Gold Dust Wave, burying Kakuzu, Sasori, Mizuno Ichiro, and two Chunin while the Guardian Ninja scattered.
• Fūma Kojirō accused the attacker of being the Fourth Kazekage as the Man in Black fired Gold Dust Shuriken at the survivors.
• Fūma Kojirō and the other Guardian Ninja counterattacked, but the Man in Black blocked their techniques and weapons with Gold Dust Shield.
• The Man in Black used Gold Dust Grand Burial to bury the remaining Land of Fire ninja, including the three Guardian Ninja.
• Fūma Kojirō escaped onto a dead tree branch and saw that every companion had vanished beneath the settled gold dust.

Tsunade investigated the massacre in the Wasteland as evidence pointed to the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, as the attacker. The chapter ended with extracted memories confirming that Rasa himself had used Gold Dust to kill the victims.

• Fūma Kojirō fled the Wasteland while Kakuzu and Sasori emerged from the Gold Dust after their Chakra seals were lifted.
• Kakuzu and Sasori concluded that Uchiha Yongye had arranged their rescue and agreed to follow his orders.
• Tsunade arrived at the Wasteland with Shizune and surveyed the scene, where Uchiha Yongye joined her.
• Ibiki Morino reported that the Chakra traces matched the Fourth Kazekage's Magnet Release and Gold Dust.
• Inoichi Yamanaka reported that the Guardian Ninjas' memories confirmed the attacker used Rasa's signature Gold Dust Grand Burial.

Yongye urged Konoha to go to war with Sunagakure, but Tsunade chose to wait for the Wind Daimyo and Sunagakure's response. In Sunagakure, Rasa learned that Konoha and the Land of Fire accused him of killing their Twelve Guardian Ninja.

• Tsunade, Ibiki, and Inoichi debated whether Rasa had acted to capture Sasori and recover the Third Kazekage's puppet or obtain information about the Immortality Technique.
• Yongye called for war against Sunagakure and urged Konoha to seize its money and food, stirring enthusiasm among the Anbu Ninja and others.
• Tsunade rejected an immediate war and ordered Konoha to condemn Sunagakure while waiting for its response.
• Rasa prepared to give Pakura an important mission as negotiations with Kirigakure neared completion.
• Chiyo burst into Rasa's office and reported that Konoha and the Land of Fire blamed the Gold Dust Ninja for intercepting and killing their Twelve Guardian Ninja.
• Rasa denied the accusation, then read Chiyo's scroll and grew furious.

Chiyo and Rasa abandoned their plan to sacrifice Pakura to Kirigakure and considered using her to assassinate Uchiha Yongye, whom they feared would devastate Sunagakure in a war. Black and White Zetsu then recruited them into Orochimaru’s plot to kill Yongye at the Five Kage Summit with a full-strength Hashirama Senju, leaving Chiyo to agree that the other villages’ Kage might persuade Hashirama to help.

• Chiyo and Rasa discussed Konoha’s threat, and Rasa revealed he had agreed to send Pakura into a Kirigakure ambush as a condition of the peace treaty.
• Chiyo told Rasa to cancel the plan and proposed using Pakura to exploit Uchiha Yongye’s weakness for beautiful women with poison.
• Black and White Zetsu emerged in the office and offered an alliance with Orochimaru to kill Yongye at the Five Kage Summit using an improved Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju at full strength.
• Black and White Zetsu asked Sunagakure to help trap Yongye, delay the summit, and persuade Hashirama that Yongye threatened the Shinobi World.
• Rasa doubted Hashirama would oppose Konoha, but Chiyo reasoned that Hashirama might choose peace and inferred that Orochimaru planned to enlist the other villages’ Kage.

Chiyo refused to be the first to act against Konoha and ordered Sunagakure to stall the Five Kage Summit while keeping Pakura ready. Tsunade delayed retaliation after receiving the Fourth Kazekage’s denial, while Yongye flew toward Kumogakure on Smaug to give her a shock.

• Chiyo rejected Black and White Zetsu’s proposal, deciding Sunagakure would wait and quietly cooperate later while preparing Pakura and stringing Konoha along.
• Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka urged Tsunade to strike Sunagakure after the Daimyo’s investigation blamed the Fourth Kazekage.
• Shizune delivered the Fourth Kazekage’s message denying involvement and offering to undergo Genjutsu interrogation at the Five Kage Summit.
• Tsunade postponed action and told Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka that Yongye had no authority over foreign affairs.
• Yongye summoned Smaug, used the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique to lighten him, and flew southwest toward Kumogakure.