Chapter Summaries

Kazama Nara explained to Obito and Rin why Kakashi, Obito, and Rin had been placed on Minato Namikaze’s team and warned that their missions exceeded their abilities. After Minato spoke privately with his students, the group reached the area outside Kannabi Bridge and prepared to begin the mission.

• Obito challenged Kazama Nara’s explanation of Kakashi’s team assignments, and Kazama described the village’s motives for placing Kakashi, Obito, and Rin on Minato Namikaze’s team.
• Kazama warned Obito and Rin that Team Minato’s demanding missions put them at serious risk because they lacked sufficient combat strength.
• Yan Uchiha told Minato what Kazama had said, and Minato reflected on the burden his students would face as they learned the shinobi world’s cruelty.
• Minato spoke privately with Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, and Team Minato regained some of its energy.
• Three days later, the group arrived outside Kannabi Bridge, set up defenses, and waited for Minato to return with the defense layout.

Yan Uchiha received an S-rank order to steal Iwagakure’s master deployment map, which he recognized as Konoha’s attempt to send him to his death. He declined Minato Namikaze’s offer to help and revealed that Might Duy had mastered the Eight Gates Released Formation.

• Minato Namikaze gave Yan Uchiha the Hokage’s orders to obtain Iwagakure’s master offensive and defensive deployment map.
• Minato offered to help Yan, but Yan refused because Minato also had to protect Obito and Rin Nohara.
• Yan asked Minato to bring Might Duy back with him from the Frontline Camp, and Minato said Duy was waiting there.
• Yan told Minato that Might Duy had mastered the Eight Gates Released Formation and could kill a Kage-level fighter by opening the Gate of Death.

Yan Uchiha left his group to undertake a dangerous mission, and Minato gave him a Flying Thunder God kunai so he could escape if necessary. Minato then prepared his team to destroy Kannabi Bridge that night, distributing more kunai and ordering Obito to protect Rin.

• Minato agreed to keep Might Duy's strength secret and urged Yan to treat the kindhearted ninja well.
• Yan told the group he was leaving for his real mission, assigned Shisui and Kakashi to lead in his absence, and asked Kazama and Obito to protect Rin and Aya.
• Minato gave Yan a Flying Thunder God kunai engraved with “Sword of Love and Peace” and promised to rescue him if he faced danger.
• Shisui and the others urged Minato to begin their mission quickly so they could finish it and go to Yan's aid.
• Minato assigned Flying Thunder God kunai to Shisui, Obito, and Kakashi, ordered everyone to activate them if trouble arose, and told Obito to keep Rin safe.

Yan Uchiha rested near Iwagakure's Main Base, then discovered thousands of ninja closing in around him. He recognized the leaders of Iwagakure and Kumogakure among them as Ōnoki warned his forces about the Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.

• Yan Uchiha reached the vicinity of Iwagakure's Main Base and rested in a cave while keeping watch with Observation Haki.
• At around two in the morning, Yan Uchiha detected at least three thousand ninja approaching and encircling his position.
• Ōnoki, Kurotsuchi, Roshi, Han, Kitsuchi, Akatsuchi, A, Killer B, and Yugito revealed themselves as the force surrounding Yan Uchiha.
• Kurotsuchi questioned why Iwagakure had gathered such a large force, and Ōnoki warned her not to underestimate Yan Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• A asked how powerful the Mangekyō Sharingan was, and Ōnoki warned that its Susanoo and Genjutsu could threaten even the tailed beasts.

Yan Uchiha faced Ōnoki's combined force of three thousand shinobi and unleashed Conqueror's Haki, knocking most of them unconscious. With the surviving powerhouses still standing, Yan followed up by releasing a massive Fire Release technique across the battlefield.

• Ōnoki justified attacking Yan by declaring the Mangekyō Sharingan too dangerous to leave alive, while shinobi mocked Yan for standing his ground.
• Yan answered Ōnoki and the assembled shinobi with defiance, then Ōnoki ordered everyone to attack him together.
• Ōnoki, Roshi, Han, Killer B, Fourth Raikage A, Kurotsuchi, and the three thousand shinobi charged Yan from every direction.
• Yan unleashed Conqueror's Haki across a twenty-kilometer radius, causing most of the ordinary shinobi to collapse unconscious and leaving the surviving powerhouses shaken.
• Ōnoki realized his elite forces were in danger and called for Yan to be killed immediately, but Yan formed seals and unleashed Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation across the battlefield.

Yan Uchiha endured Ōnoki’s Dust Release and the A–B duo’s attacks, then overwhelmed Fourth Raikage A before Killer B struck him with a Tailed Beast Bomb. As the dust cleared, Yan appeared again, leaving Ōnoki, A, and Killer B stunned.

• Ōnoki sent Roshi and Han to take Kurotsuchi to the Frontline Camp, then attacked Yan Uchiha with Dust Release while Fourth Raikage A and Killer B launched a Double Lariat.
• Yan activated Kaido’s body and emerged unharmed from the combined attacks.
• Yan knocked Killer B away and pierced Fourth Raikage A with a barrage of Shigan strikes, breaking his Lightning Armor.
• Killer B transformed completely, blocked Yan from finishing A, and hit Yan with an Eight-Tails Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Ōnoki, A, and Killer B watched the blast site, and Jin Uchiha appeared again as the dust cleared.

Yan Uchiha overpowered Ōnoki, Fourth Raikage A, and Killer B, using his Mangekyō abilities to injure A and briefly control Killer B. After A and Killer B fled, Ōnoki tried to negotiate with Yan by appealing to tensions between the Uchiha and Konoha High Command.

• Yan Uchiha emerged unharmed from the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb and threatened Killer B.
• Yan's Mangekyō technique, Void, tore at Fourth Raikage A's wounds while Ōnoki's Dust Release failed to harm him.
• Yan trapped Killer B in a genjutsu and briefly controlled him, ordering him to attack Fourth Raikage A.
• Ōnoki's earth technique weakened Yan's control, allowing Killer B and Gyuki to break the genjutsu.
• Fourth Raikage A urged Killer B to retreat, and Killer B carried the injured A away, leaving Ōnoki alone.
• Ōnoki canceled his technique and tried to negotiate with Yan, citing the Uchiha's strained relationship with Konoha High Command.

Yan Uchiha negotiated with Ōnoki after securing Iwagakure’s plans, weighing the risks of continuing the fight. Ōnoki tried to recruit the Uchiha to Iwagakure, but Yan rejected him and prepared to press for compensation.

• Yan Uchiha decided not to risk prolonging the battle and demanded Iwagakure’s defense and attack plans as his mission objective.
• Ōnoki handed Yan a Sealing Scroll containing the plans and explained that Iwagakure would not continue the war.
• Yan demanded compensation for ending the battle, and Ōnoki offered the Uchiha a place in Iwagakure with Yan in any position except Tsuchikage.
• Yan rejected Ōnoki’s offer, affirmed that the Uchiha would remain in Konoha, and used Earth Release: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique.

Yan Uchiha pressured Ōnoki into handing over the Light-Weight Rock Technique, then offered Iwagakure a deal to buy Ninja Tools from the Uchiha Merchant Caravan. The two agreed to a partnership, with Iwagakure responsible for collecting and transporting goods beyond the Land of Fire Border.

• Yan Uchiha threatened to crush Iwagakure's frontline Main Base unless Ōnoki gave him the Light-Weight Rock Technique.
• Ōnoki agreed, wrote the technique's details on a scroll, and handed it to Yan Uchiha, who accepted it without checking.
• Yan Uchiha offered to supply Iwagakure with Ninja Tools from the Uchiha Merchant Caravan at a two-percent discount.
• Ōnoki accepted the deal, and Yan Uchiha said the Uchiha would deliver goods beyond the Land of Fire Border while Iwagakure handled transport from there.
• Yan Uchiha and Ōnoki shook hands and agreed to a fruitful partnership.

Yan Uchiha struck a deal to sell Ninja Tools to Ōnoki, then summoned Minato Namikaze with the Flying Thunder God to discuss the war and Madara Uchiha. Minato reported that Obito had been buried beneath a boulder after an Iwagakure ambush, and he had no way to locate him.

• Yan Uchiha and Ōnoki settled terms for Iwagakure to buy Ninja Tools, and Yan left while Ōnoki considered how to use the deal against the Uchiha.
• Yan Uchiha used Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God to summon him instead of traveling to Kannabi Bridge.
• Yan Uchiha told Minato Namikaze that Iwagakure had suffered heavy losses and might withdraw from the war.
• Yan Uchiha asked Minato Namikaze what had happened at Kannabi Bridge and warned that Madara Uchiha would target Obito.
• Minato Namikaze said Obito had been crushed and buried beneath a boulder during an Iwagakure ambush, and he could not pinpoint where Obito lay.

Jin Uchiha told Minato Namikaze that Obito had likely survived and warned that Madara Uchiha would target Rin Nohara. They found Rin had been abducted by an Iwagakure ninja, and Jin proposed resting before planning her rescue.

• Jin Uchiha assured Minato Namikaze that Madara Uchiha and White Zetsu had likely kept Obito alive.
• Jin warned that Rin Nohara was crucial to Madara Uchiha's plan, so he and Minato returned to Kannabi Bridge to find her.
• Kakashi told Minato that an invisible Iwagakure ninja had abducted Rin shortly after Minato left.
• Kakashi explained that Team Shisui had split from Team Minato after the teams destroyed Kannabi Bridge, and Jin concluded Shisui was no longer under Madara's attention.
• Jin said Rin was probably alive because Iwagakure had captured her for a purpose, and suggested that they rest before finding her and planning a rescue.

Yan Uchiha convinced Minato Namikaze to wait for Madara Uchiha’s plan to bring Rin back, while they pretended to search Iwagakure’s camp and hid the truth from Kakashi. On the third day, Yan learned that Rin had been released and was heading toward Kakashi, so he went to intercept her.

• Minato reassured Kakashi that Rin was likely alive and promised they would find and rescue her.
• Yan explained that Madara wanted Rin to die at Kakashi’s hands to break Obito and awaken his Mangekyo, and said Rin would return on her own.
• Minato ordered ANBU to search Iwagakure’s Frontline Camp as a cover while Yan secretly watched five White Zetsu observing them.
• As Kakashi grew restless and went to gather firewood, Yan sensed that Madara had released Rin seven kilometers away and that she would meet Kakashi in about three minutes.
• Yan told Minato he was going ahead to meet Rin.

Kakashi reunited with Rin, who begged him to kill her after Iwagakure made her the Three-Tails’ jinchūriki. As Rin lunged into Kakashi’s Chidori, Jin Uchiha stopped the blade and incapacitated the surrounding Iwagakure ANBU, then prepared another jutsu as Obito and Minato watched.

• Kakashi reflected on Sakumo’s legacy and resolved to leave the shadows behind, but worried over Obito’s death and Rin’s capture.
• Rin found Kakashi and explained that Iwagakure had sealed the Three-Tails inside her and placed a cursed seal on her, forcing her toward Konoha.
• Rin begged Kakashi to kill her before the tailed beast could destroy the village, but Kakashi refused and hoped Minato could help.
• Iwagakure ANBU surrounded Kakashi and Rin, and Kakashi activated Chidori to fight them.
• Rin lunged into Kakashi’s blade, but Jin Uchiha stopped it with his hand and knocked the ANBU unconscious with Supreme King’s Haki.
• Jin formed hand seals for Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation as Obito and Minato watched in shock.

Yan Uchiha saved Rin Nohara, revealed Obito had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and broke the genjutsu controlling Rin and the Three-Tails. He left the Three-Tails to Minato Namikaze to seal while planning to deal with Madara Uchiha’s remaining Transcription Seal.

• Yan Uchiha’s vast sea of flames destroyed the Iwagakure ANBU, leaving Kakashi and Rin Nohara stunned by his strength.
• Minato Namikaze arrived, thanked Yan Uchiha, and recognized how Yan’s overwhelming presence and fire could have defeated thousands of Iwagakure ninja.
• Yan Uchiha called Obito out of hiding, and Obito revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan when Rin nearly died.
• Yan Uchiha told Rin Nohara she had been hypnotized, then used his Mangekyō Sharingan to break Madara Uchiha’s genjutsu on Rin and the Three-Tails.
• Yan Uchiha asked Minato Namikaze to use the Adamantine Sealing Chains to seal the Three-Tails and said he would find a way to remove Madara Uchiha’s Transcription Seal.

Minato Namikaze and Jin Uchiha suppressed the Three-Tails inside Rin Nohara and neutralized Madara Uchiha’s Transcription Seal. Minato planned to protect Rin in his home, with Yan Uchiha’s compound as a fallback, before turning to Obito’s unresolved situation.

• Minato Namikaze restrained Isobu with Adamantine Sealing Chains and sealed Rin Nohara with an Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Jin Uchiha triggered and dispelled the Genjutsu stored in Madara Uchiha’s Transcription Seal after it activated.
• Yan Uchiha warned that Kirigakure might demand the Three-Tails and offered Rin a place in the Uchiha Clan Compound if Minato could not protect her.
• Obito and Kakashi Hatake urged Minato to protect Rin, and Minato agreed to take her home so Kushina could teach her to control a Tailed Beast.
• Minato acknowledged he might not withstand pressure from the village leadership, and Yan promised to shelter Rin if needed.
• Yan Uchiha turned the discussion to Obito, noting that disrupting Madara’s plan had not ended the danger.

Yan Uchiha exposed Madara Uchiha’s plan to use Rin Nohara’s death to awaken Obito’s Mangekyo and drive him into darkness. The group agreed to keep Obito’s Mangekyo secret and have Minato Namikaze watch over Obito, Kakashi, and Rin while they guarded against Madara’s next move.

• Minato Namikaze explained Madara Uchiha’s plan, leaving Obito, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara shocked to learn they had been manipulated.
• Obito confirmed he had awakened his Mangekyo and described how he would have sought revenge on Kakashi and possibly attacked Minato if Rin had died.
• Minato Namikaze and the others recognized how close Obito had come to falling into darkness and thanked Yan Uchiha for saving Rin.
• Yan Uchiha told Obito to keep his Mangekyo secret and remain Minato’s student rather than join his faction.
• Yan Uchiha instructed Minato Namikaze to keep Obito, Kakashi, and Rin within sight and prepare for another move by Madara Uchiha.

Yan Uchiha returned to the Frontline Camp with Minato Namikaze and kept the truth about Madara Uchiha and Obito's Mangekyo secret from the village. He told Team Shisui how he survived the mission and defeated Iwagakure's forces, then left them stunned by revealing that he had briefly worked with Ōnoki.

• Minato Namikaze agreed to rest with Kushina and returned to the Frontline Camp with the others using Flying Thunder God.
• Minato Namikaze warned Kakashi, Obito, and Rin Nohara not to reveal Obito's Mangekyo or Madara Uchiha's survival, even to the Hokage.
• Yan Uchiha met Team Shisui and told them the village's mission had been a death trap, while predicting that the Iwagakure front would soon fall quiet.
• Kazama Nara questioned Yan Uchiha about Minato Namikaze, Obito's Mangekyo, and Madara Uchiha, and Yan said Madara was near death.
• Yan Uchiha revealed that he had wounded A, forced Killer B to withdraw, wiped out three thousand Iwagakure ninja, and faced a truce from Ōnoki.
• Yan Uchiha said he had briefly worked with Ōnoki, prompting Kazama Nara to ask what he meant by working together.

Yan Uchiha explained that the Iwagakure Ninja Tools deal was the first step in taking control of ninja villages through economic dependence rather than war. Kazama Nara embraced the plan as a possible path to peace, while Yan intended to protect the commercial order with Konoha’s strength.

• Yan Uchiha revealed that selling Ninja Tools to Iwagakure would sharply increase profits, but Shisui Uchiha objected because the tools could be used against Konoha.
• Kazama Nara failed to guess Yan’s true purpose, so Yan explained that he planned to capture ninja tool markets across the villages with low prices and later acquire the Land of Iron’s businesses.
• Yan said he would use control of essential industries, military strength, and cultural influence to make other ninja villages dependent on him and enforce his terms by cutting off supplies if they refused.
• Kazama Nara understood Yan’s plan and excitedly praised it as a way to guide the shinobi world toward peace without war.

Yan Uchiha explained how his plan could end the Shinobi World War and reshape the shinobi world, then outlined the team’s strategy for returning to Konoha. He told Shisui to resume his undercover mission with Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Shisui resisted the idea.

• Kazama Nara explained Yan Uchiha’s plan to Shisui and Aya Hyuga, who came to support it.
• Yan Uchiha predicted that Iwagakure would seek peace, Konoha would shift to defense, and the team would soon return to the village.
• Kazama Nara proposed using Yan Uchiha’s law-revision efforts to win the major ninja clans’ support and prepare for conflict with the village leadership.
• Yan Uchiha ordered Shisui to feign a falling-out with the team and join Hiruzen Sarutobi’s camp after they returned to Konoha.
• Shisui questioned the need to remain undercover and argued that the Uchiha should confront their opponents openly.

Yan Uchiha convinced Shisui to draw the clan’s dissenters and the Hokage faction’s attention, then learned that the Uchiha Twins had been abducted and their family murdered. After suspecting Madara Uchiha was responsible, Yan prepared to investigate later and welcomed Might Duy, who had arrived to train him in the Eight Gates.

• Yan Uchiha persuaded Shisui to gather the Uchiha’s discontented members and act as a controlled target for the Hokage faction.
• Aburame Ryoma reported that the Uchiha Twins had been abducted and their family murdered, and Yan suspected Madara Uchiha was behind the incident.
• Yan decided to wait until they returned before addressing the murders, choosing to avoid confronting Madara Uchiha for now.
• Minato Namikaze told Yan that Might Duy had arrived to train him in the Eight Gates under a long-term mission paid for by the Uchiha clan.
• Yan welcomed the arrangement, seeing it as a way to keep Might Duy at the Uchiha Clan Compound and begin his training.