Chapter Summaries

Kushina urged Minato to reconsider his reluctance to pursue the Hokage position and asked him to investigate the destruction of the Uzumaki Clan, which he promised to do. In a dream, the Nine-Tails revealed Konoha’s alleged crimes against the Uzumaki and Kushina realized Jin Uchiha had told the truth, leaving her stunned and furious.

• Kushina encouraged Minato to build support and use his connections, but Minato remained reluctant to seek power.
• Kushina asked Minato to investigate how the Uzumaki Clan had been wiped out, and he firmly promised to help.
• Kushina woke inside the Nine-Tails’ prison, where the beast urged her to undo its seals and let it help her destroy Konoha.
• Kushina refused to release the Nine-Tails and demanded that it tell her everything it knew about Konoha’s secrets.
• The Nine-Tails revealed that Konoha had exploited Kushina and her clan’s sealing techniques, and Kushina realized Jin Uchiha had not lied.

After learning that Konoha’s leaders had manipulated her life, Kushina reaffirmed her genuine feelings for Minato and resealed the Nine-Tails. She told Minato the secrets the Nine-Tails had revealed, leaving him appalled by the village’s corruption and questioning whether he could still serve it.

• Kushina rejected the Nine-Tails’ demand for freedom and bound him more tightly with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Minato called to Kushina as she emerged from the seal’s inner space, and she reassured him that the Nine-Tails had not defeated her.
• Kushina told Minato that the Nine-Tails had overheard secrets discussed throughout the village and shared its revelations with him.
• Minato learned about the destruction of the Senju and Uzumaki clans, the deaths of Sakumo Hatake and Kagami Uchiha, Root’s training, clan embezzlement, and Hashirama cell experiments.
• Minato realized that the village had influenced his relationship with Kushina to keep the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki bound to Konoha and began condemning the village’s leaders and wartime conduct.

Kushina urged Minato Namikaze to hide his anger and build allies before confronting Konoha’s leaders, and Minato resolved to become Hokage and reform the village. The next morning, he met Jin Uchiha at the village gates and prepared to leave with him and Ryoma for the front lines.

• Kushina warned Minato to stay calm, seek allies, and cooperate with Jin against Konoha High Command.
• Minato realized the village’s leaders could make him a puppet, but vowed to become Hokage and change Konoha anyway.
• Minato waited at the village gates from six in the morning to meet Jin Uchiha.
• Jin arrived with Dragon Girl and Ryoma, explaining that Shibi had asked him to take Ryoma along to protect the Aburame clan’s future.
• Minato avoided discussing the village’s secrets in public and asked whether everyone was ready to depart.

Minato Namikaze brought Jin Uchiha and Aburame Ryoma to a forest near Amegakure and revealed that the Nine-Tails had told him about Konoha’s plans against the Uchiha and Hyuga, Danzo’s stolen Mangekyo Sharingan, and secret Hashirama cell research. Jin agreed with Minato’s resolve to oppose the village’s corrupt leadership, leaving them allied.

• Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God to take Jin Uchiha and Aburame Ryoma from Konoha to a forest near Amegakure for a private conversation.
• Minato told Jin that Konoha’s leaders planned to destroy the Uchiha and Hyuga, that Danzo possessed Kagami Uchiha’s Mangekyo Sharingan, and that someone was researching Hashirama cells.
• Jin asked how Minato had uncovered so much overnight, and Minato explained that the Nine-Tails had revealed it to him.
• Minato admitted that he had no one else in Konoha he trusted enough to discuss the corruption with, so he had turned to Jin.
• Jin explained that greed and corruption would persist without strict laws, enforcement, and oversight, then agreed that he and Minato were now on the same side.

Yan Uchiha reassured Minato Namikaze that he sought security for the Uchiha, not power, and Minato agreed to join him against Hiruzen Sarutobi’s faction. Yan then warned Minato that Mount Myōboku’s toads seemed suspicious and urged him to keep their plans secret from Jiraiya.

• Minato Namikaze asked Yan Uchiha what the Uchiha planned to do after the village crisis was resolved.
• Yan Uchiha promised he wanted no power and would leave Konoha once Hiruzen Sarutobi’s group was dealt with.
• Minato Namikaze trusted Yan Uchiha and agreed to become his comrade.
• Yan Uchiha explained that Jiraiya might avoid taking sides and that Minato’s involvement could also keep Tsunade neutral.
• Yan Uchiha warned Minato Namikaze not to tell Jiraiya about their plans because he suspected Mount Myōboku’s toads had hidden motives.

Jin Uchiha warned Minato Namikaze not to trust Mount Myōboku and traveled with him to the Land of Fire Front Lines, where they planned to cut off Iwagakure’s supplies. Jin realized the coming battle would be the Kannabi Bridge incident and wondered whether to interfere.

• Jin Uchiha warned Minato Namikaze that Mount Myōboku might have hidden motives, and Minato agreed to keep their plans from the toads while investigating further.
• Jin reminded Minato to ask the Nine-Tails about the Three Great Sage Lands, and Minato agreed before taking Jin and Aburame Ryoma to the front.
• Minato explained that Iwagakure and the Grass Ninja had caused Konoha’s defenses in the Land of Grass to collapse, leaving the Land of Fire at risk.
• Minato said Konoha’s forces would cut off Iwagakure’s supply route and attack its forward forces before they could secure their position.
• Jin recognized the coming battle as the Kannabi Bridge incident and considered whether to intervene as he entered the Command Tent with Minato.

Yan Uchiha joined Minato Namikaze at the Front Lines, where Shikaku Nara assigned them to destroy Kannabi Bridge. Yan suspected the village had brought him there as part of a plot to kill him, then went to reunite with Team Shisui.

• Shikaku Nara reminded Mimura Hamaki of Yan Uchiha's standing, and Hamaki welcomed Yan to the Front Lines.
• Shikaku Nara explained that destroying Kannabi Bridge would cut off Iwagakure's supplies and assigned Minato Namikaze and Yan to lead the mission with their teams.
• Yan agreed to the mission while privately wondering where Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo planned to ambush him.
• Yan left the command tent and went to find Team Shisui, while Minato stayed behind with Shikaku and Hamaki.
• Shisui, Kazama, and Aya Hyuga welcomed Yan, and Aya showed gratitude because the Hyuga Main Family member who had burdened her was dead.

Jin Uchiha reassured Aya Hyuga that he could eventually remove her Caged Bird Seal, then introduced Aburame Ryoma to the group. The chapter ended with Jin realizing Ryoma had been unnoticed even during his earlier meeting with Minato and the others.

• Aya Hyuga thanked Jin Uchiha and promised to help him, then blushed when her words sounded like a declaration of devotion.
• Jin told Aya he would find a way to remove her Caged Bird Seal and explained that his Mangekyo ability might help, though he lacked the power to use it safely.
• Kazama Nara and Shisui teased Aya about marrying Jin, embarrassing both her and Jin.
• Jin ended the teasing and introduced Aburame Ryoma as a trusted comrade.
• Shisui and the others realized they had not noticed Ryoma in the tent, and Ryoma confirmed that he had also gone unnoticed during Jin's earlier discussion with Minato and the others.

Yan Uchiha told Shisui and the others about the upheaval in Konoha and prepared them for the village leadership’s possible attempt to kill him during his deployment. He learned that Shisui had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and reaffirmed their plan to weaken the Hokage’s faction gradually rather than risk a destructive confrontation.

• Yan Uchiha revealed that the Aburame Clan had joined the Uchiha and recounted the recent power struggles in Konoha to Shisui, Xu, Kazama Nara, and Aya.
• Kazama Nara warned that the village leadership likely had a killing move prepared for Yan Uchiha, but Yan said he expected it and had made preparations.
• Yan Uchiha instructed Shisui to practice the Spirit Transformation Technique and learned that Shisui had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and its Kotoamatsukami technique.
• Yan Uchiha told Shisui to keep Kotoamatsukami secret and to continue their plan to drain the Hokage’s faction of money, resources, and ninjutsu over time.
• Yan Uchiha cautioned that the Uchiha could not yet defeat Konoha’s forces without risking the village’s survival and the threat of other ninja villages.

Yan Uchiha revealed his plan to his trusted allies and learned that Danzo might use a Root spy in Kumogakure to bring powerful enemies against him. Despite their fears, Yan insisted he would undertake the mission and arranged for Nara support to protect the Uchiha and Aburame clans while he was away.

• Yan Uchiha revealed his plan, and Aburame Ryoma, Aya Hyuga, Kazama Nara, and Shisui confirmed they stood with him.
• Aya Hyuga pledged her support to Jin Uchiha, and Yan resolved to free her from the Caged Bird Seal.
• Yan shared what he knew about the Hokage faction's hidden assets, and Kazama Nara warned that Danzo might use Yakushi Nonō to draw Kumogakure forces into a trap.
• Kazama Nara warned that Danzo might isolate Yan by transferring Minato Namikaze and the rest of the team away before attacking.
• Yan dismissed his allies' pleas not to go and asked Kazama to find a Nara Clan member who could help the Uchiha and Aburame defend themselves until Yan returned.

Yan Uchiha arranged for a letter to reach the Nara Clan and prepared his team for the dangerous mission to destroy Kannabi Bridge. Worried about the ambush awaiting him, he claimed five system rewards, including powerful abilities and two absurd books.

• Kazama Nara wrote Yan Uchiha a letter for his trustworthy uncle, Koji Nara, to help address threats inside the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Yan Uchiha had Shisui send the letter to Itachi and instructed Clan Head Fugaku to arrange its delivery into the Nara Clan Compound.
• Yan Uchiha told his team to rest before their mission to destroy Kannabi Bridge, then worried that senior Iwagakure and Kumogakure shinobi or jinchūriki might ambush him.
• Yan Uchiha checked his Attribute Panel and used five saved system rewards to request Conqueror's Haki, defensive strength, and increased movement speed.
• The system granted him Conqueror's Haki, Kaido's physical defense, Earth-Traveling Golden Light, Das Kapital, and Postpartum Care for Sows, prompting Yan Uchiha to curse the system over the last two rewards.

Yan Uchiha inspected three powerful fixed rewards after the system randomly gave him Das Kapital and Postpartum Care for Sows, then went to a gathering with Minato Namikaze's team before a joint mission. The chapter left Yan wondering how to handle Obito while joining Minato and the others at the front.

• Yan Uchiha cursed the system for randomly awarding him Das Kapital and Postpartum Care for Sows, then stored the books away.
• Yan Uchiha inspected Kaido's physique, Conqueror's Haki, and Earth-Traveling Golden Light, noting that they were powerful skills that did not consume chakra or ocular power.
• Shisui woke Yan Uchiha and told him that Minato Namikaze had invited both teams to gather before their joint mission in two days.
• Yan Uchiha considered whether to change Team Minato's fate and wondered why Obito had never used the Rinnegan to revive Rin Nohara.
• Yan Uchiha followed Shisui to Minato's tent, where Minato explained that he had used Flying Thunder God to bring food to the front.

Minato put Jin Uchiha in charge of the two squads whenever he was away and briefed them on their mission to destroy Kannabi Bridge. At the edge of a rift, Yan uncovered a hidden white humanoid, revealing he had noticed it lurking nearby.

• Minato announced that the two squads would carry out missions together and that Jin would command them whenever Minato was absent.
• Obito objected to Jin's authority, and Minato explained Jin's Mangekyō Sharingan, clan elder status, and strength; Kakashi resolved to catch up to him.
• Minato assigned the squads to pass through Iwagakure's main camp and destroy Kannabi Bridge in the Land of Grass.
• Minato asked Yan to walk with him and tried to learn what was troubling him.
• Yan used Iron Body to break open the ground and drag out a white humanoid he had spotted hiding nearby.

Yan revealed to Minato that White Zetsu was spying on them for Madara Uchiha, who had survived his apparent death and chosen Obito as his successor. He warned that Kakashi Hatake or Rin Nohara might be the sacrifices in Madara’s plan, leaving Minato overwhelmed by the revelations.

• Yan pulled a White Zetsu out of the ground and explained that it was watching him and Minato because they were close to Obito.
• Yan killed the White Zetsu and showed Minato its living, woodlike body.
• Yan identified Madara Uchiha as the one behind the White Zetsu and said Madara had chosen Obito as his successor.
• Yan suspected Madara planned to use Kakashi Hatake or Rin Nohara as sacrifices to push Obito into despair and awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yan explained that Madara could have survived using Izanagi, and said he knew about White Zetsu through his sensory ability and past encounters.
• Minato listened to Yan’s revelations and was left bewildered and troubled.

Minato Namikaze and Yan Uchiha discussed how to protect Obito from Madara Uchiha without exposing what they knew. Two days later, the squads set out for Kannabi Bridge, and Yan ordered his team to attack three Iwagakure units blocking their route.

• Yan Uchiha promised Minato Namikaze he would do his best to protect Obito, while warning that they could not tell Obito about Madara Uchiha or reveal Yan's secrets.
• Minato Namikaze agreed to keep Yan's secrets and thanked him for taking responsibility for Obito.
• Two days later, Minato Namikaze scouted ahead with Flying Thunder God as Yan Uchiha led his squad through the forest toward Kannabi Bridge.
• Aya Hyuga detected three Iwagakure units ahead, comprising three jonin and nine elite chunin, with other chakra signatures nearby.
• Yan Uchiha decided to attack, assigning himself the jonin, Shisui and Kakashi Hatake the chunin, and Obito and Kazama to guard Aya Hyuga and Rin Nohara.

Yan Uchiha led his team through the Land of Grass, defeating Iwagakure ninja and directing the group to rest in a mountain hollow. As Shisui and Kakashi questioned why they had stopped so close to the enemy camp, Obito challenged Yan’s judgment, and Yan had yet to explain his decision.

• Yan Uchiha killed three Iwagakure jonin, and Shisui, Kakashi, and the others finished off the remaining enemy ninja.
• Yan ordered the team to clean up the battlefield and erase all traces before they continued through the Land of Grass.
• After a day of travel and numerous encounters, Yan stopped the tired team at a mountain hollow and assigned everyone tasks for the night.
• Obito complained about Yan resting while the others worked, but Rin Nohara told him to get to work.
• At dinner, Shisui questioned why Yan had stopped near Iwagakure’s main camp, and Obito challenged Yan before Rin told him to be quiet.

Yan Uchiha explained why the team should hide in the mountain hollow and accepted responsibility if the mission failed. He reassured Kakashi Hatake by honoring his father, Sakumo Hatake, and insisting that public criticism would not shame him.

• Yan Uchiha argued that the enemy would search ahead and that resting in the mountain hollow was the safer choice despite the risk of failure.
• Kakashi Hatake accused Yan Uchiha of putting safety ahead of the mission and challenged him to shoulder the consequences.
• Yan Uchiha said he alone had made the decision and would take the blame, prompting Shisui, Kazama, Aya, Rin Nohara, and Obito Uchiha to offer their support.
• Kakashi Hatake asked why Yan Uchiha would take that risk, haunted by what had happened to Sakumo Hatake.
• Yan Uchiha praised Sakumo Hatake and Hashirama Senju for their sacrifices, then said he was too thick-skinned to be ashamed if the mission failed.

Yan Uchiha explained that Konoha's leadership had leaked the details of Sakumo Hatake's failed mission to destroy his reputation and prevent him from challenging the Hokage. He told Kakashi that Sakumo chose suicide to keep the village from descending into internal conflict.

• Yan Uchiha warned Team Minato that Konoha had likely sent him to the front lines as part of a plan to eliminate him.
• Kakashi Hatake knelt before Yan and asked to learn the truth about his father's death.
• Yan explained that Sakumo's posts and title gave him enough power and support to remove Hiruzen Sarutobi and become Acting Hokage.
• Yan argued that Konoha's leadership had leaked the classified mission details and never investigated the leak after Sakumo's death.
• Yan told Kakashi that Sakumo killed himself because fighting back would have plunged Konoha into internal conflict and left it vulnerable to other villages.

Yan Uchiha challenged Obito and the others’ belief in the Will of Fire, arguing that Konoha’s leadership had sacrificed children and weakened the Uchiha and Senju while the Sarutobi Clan prospered. He told Kakashi that Hiruzen had made him Minato’s student to absorb Sakumo’s followers and preserve Kakashi as a future Hokage, but only after the Uchiha and Hyuga were destroyed and the Sarutobi Clan secured its power.

• Kakashi collapsed as Yan’s explanation of his father’s death undermined what he had believed, while Obito protested that Yan misunderstood the Will of Fire.
• Yan challenged Obito with Konoha’s battlefield losses, the Sarutobi Clan’s growth, the decline of the Uchiha and Senju, and Senju Nawaki’s suspicious death.
• Obito, Rin, and Kakashi fell silent, and Obito’s Sharingan developed three tomoe as he recognized the force of Yan’s accusations.
• Yan told the group he would protect them as their captain and urged them to rest, but Kakashi asked why Hiruzen had made him Minato’s student.
• Yan explained that Hiruzen had brought Kakashi into his faction to win over Sakumo’s former subordinates and secure the Hokage’s control of Konoha’s powerful departments.
• Yan told Kakashi he was destined to become the Sixth or Seventh Hokage, but only after the Uchiha and Hyuga were destroyed and the Sarutobi Clan secured its dominance.

After Yan Uchiha exposed the political forces behind Kakashi Hatake’s possible rise to Hokage, Kazama Nara explained how Konoha and other shinobi villages profited from war and corruption. Kakashi rejected the idea of becoming Hokage and went to rest alone.

• After Yan Uchiha left the campfire, Team Minato struggled to process the claim that Kakashi Hatake might become Hokage through Sakumo Hatake’s political legacy.
• Rin Nohara asked why Shisui, Kazama Nara, and Aya Hyuga were not surprised by Yan’s revelations, and Aya described the world as one where the strong exploited the weak.
• Kazama Nara explained that major Shinobi Clans had taken the supplies from the Land of Grass frontline warehouse before Iwagakure raided it, allowing them to request replacements from the Daimyō.
• Kazama Nara said shinobi villages profited from wars regardless of victory or defeat, while the Daimyō ultimately paid the costs.
• Kakashi Hatake condemned the village his father had died for, said he had no interest in becoming Hokage, and went to rest by the entrance of the mountain hollow.