Chapter Summaries

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.

After Kakashi Hatake suffered a public psychological breakdown, Uchiha Yongye received Basic Yin-Yang Release and went looking for another target. Uzuki Yugao thanked him for warning her about Gekko Hayate and offered to cook him a meal, so Yongye agreed to go with her.

• Kakashi Hatake's breakdown earned Yongye a Super Mystery Box, which gave him Basic Yin-Yang Release.
• Yongye finished his ramen and left without paying, while Teuchi hurriedly sent him off.
• Yongye spotted Uzuki Yugao outside a clothing store, and she thanked him for helping her realize Gekko Hayate was not suited to be her boyfriend.
• When Yongye asked how she would repay him, Uzuki Yugao offered to cook him a meal.
• Yongye found no other promising targets nearby and agreed to go with Uzuki Yugao.

Uzuki Yugao served Uchiha Yongye a meal while struggling with her plan to poison him, but she put the poison away and watched him eat without suspicion. When Yongye asked about Gekko Hayate, Yugao confronted him over the injuries he had inflicted, and he taunted her about being unable to heal them.

• Uzuki Yugao brought Uchiha Yongye into her house and served him soup and several dishes.
• Uzuki Yugao considered poisoning the food but recalled Sarutobi Tsukikage's warnings and put away the bottle.
• Uchiha Yongye ate the meal and shared pieces of fish and beef with a kitten while Uzuki Yugao watched him without testing the food.
• Uchiha Yongye asked whether Gekko Hayate had recovered and said he had only meant to teach him a lesson.
• Uzuki Yugao angrily told Uchiha Yongye that his Chakra had shattered Gekko Hayate's injury beyond repair, and Yongye mocked her healing ability.

Uzuki Yugao tried to use a beauty trap to persuade Uchiha Yongye to heal Gekko Hayate. After showing her that he could restore a kitten’s crushed paw, Yongye agreed to practice Medical Ninjutsu with her, and she helped him in his bedroom.

• Uchiha Yongye crushed a kitten’s paw, then used strange gray-white Chakra to restore it, shocking Uzuki Yugao.
• Uzuki Yugao suspected Yongye had put her under a Genjutsu, but he asked whether she wanted Gekko Hayate to spend the rest of his life squatting.
• Uzuki Yugao agreed to help Yongye improve his Medical Ninjutsu in exchange for healing Gekko Hayate.
• Uzuki Yugao taught Yongye how to control his Chakra, guiding his hand as he practiced.
• Uchiha Yongye questioned Uzuki Yugao about her pressure points, then undid the ties of her robe.

Uzuki Yugao agreed to Uchiha Yongye’s terms for healing Gekko Hayate, then told Sarutobi Tsukikage about his extraordinary healing ability and was ordered to kill him. After learning Danzo had threatened Nonō Yakushi and the orphanage, Yongye went to watch Konoha Hospital and wait for Danzo.

• Uchiha Yongye told Uzuki Yugao he would heal Gekko Hayate when she scored a hundred points, and Yugao agreed to their bargain.
• Uzuki Yugao reported to Sarutobi Tsukikage that Yongye could regenerate a kitten’s crushed forepaw and questioned whether he had to be killed.
• Sarutobi Tsukikage insisted that Yongye must die, and Yugao said she would kill him after he healed Gekko Hayate.
• Uchiha Yongye learned from a dispelled Shadow Clone that Danzo and Root had threatened Nonō Yakushi and the orphanage.
• Uchiha Yongye disguised himself, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach a rooftop across from Konoha Hospital, and sensed the area while waiting for Danzo.

Yongye discovered Danzo’s Root forces surrounding Shisui’s hospital room and prepared Shadow Clones as Nonō carried out Danzo’s plan to poison Shisui. A masked man seized the bottle and fled, and Danzo’s pursuit was interrupted by someone using Lightning Blade.

• Yongye sensed Danzo and more than twenty Root ninja surrounding the hospital, then created five Shadow Clones.
• Yakushi Nonō climbed out of Shisui’s third-floor window with a bottle of poison, and Danzo prepared to approach her.
• A masked man appeared in midair, took the bottle from Nonō, and let her fall to the ground.
• Danzo ordered his Root ninja to kill the masked man, then chased him toward the center of Konoha.
• Lightning Blade flashed beside Danzo, and he recognized the technique.