Chapter Summaries

Yu gathered Neji, Naruto, and Hinata to plan a nighttime operation to destroy Konoha’s five underground Cesspools with Explosive Tags. After assigning targets and swearing to work together, the four set out in disguise to begin the operation.

• Yu brought Neji, Naruto, and Hinata together and revealed his map of Konoha’s underground Cesspools and bundles of Explosive Tags.
• Yu explained that the Cesspools would be emptied the next day, and the group agreed to plant tags at all five sites before detonating them together.
• Yu assigned Neji the northern Cesspool, Naruto and Hinata the southern one, and himself the western one, while revealing he had already trapped the Hyuga Clan’s site.
• Naruto and Hinata joined the plan, and the four called themselves the “Four Bros Under the Moon” and vowed to work together.
• The four put on protective clothing and Gas Masks, gathered their tools, and slipped into the night to begin the operation.

Yu and his teammates planted explosive tags in Konoha’s cesspool and split up to sabotage the sewers, while Yu entered the Uchiha compound to investigate the coming massacre. He listened in on a meeting at Naka Shrine as he waited for the others to report.

• Yu opened the cesspool cover, placed a bag of explosive tags inside, and resealed it so the blast would force sewage back through Konoha’s pipes.
• Yu sent Naruto and Hinata north, Neji south, and headed west himself despite Neji’s warning about the Uchiha compound and the Military Police Force.
• Yu used his Byakugan to avoid patrols, entered the Uchiha grounds with Divine Movement Step, and noted that the massacre seemed likely within the next two weeks.
• Yu hid near the brightly lit Naka Shrine, used Clairaudience to listen to a secret meeting, and heard someone urge the clan to act.

Naruto and Hinata infiltrated the Aburame Clan compound and dropped a backpack of Explosive Tags into Cesspool, but Shibi Aburame discovered them. They escaped his insect attack by leaping into the cesspool, and Shibi mistook them for enemy Anbu Ninja.

• Naruto and Hinata used Shadow Clones to get over the compound wall, with Naruto carrying Hinata down on the other side.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to locate and open the hidden entrance to Cesspool, where Naruto threw in the backpack of Explosive Tags.
• Naruto told Hinata that he was excited to go through with the plan, and Hinata encouraged him to be himself.
• Shibi Aburame caught the intruders and sent a vast swarm of insects after them.
• Naruto carried Hinata as they jumped into Cesspool, and Shibi concluded that they were professionally trained enemy Anbu Ninja.

Yu warned Shisui that Danzo intended to take his Kotoamatsukami eye, then planted Explosive Tags in the Uchiha compound. After Neji and Naruto reunited with Yu and Hinata, the four prepared to unleash their prank on Konoha.

• Yu used a Resentment Bat to read Shisui’s thoughts and warned him that Danzo planned to seize his eye and could use Izanagi.
• Shisui concealed his shock from Fugaku and the others, then reasoned through the mysterious warning.
• Yu passed Sasuke training, planted Explosive Tags inside the Uchiha compound, and left the compound.
• Neji escaped Choji and another Akimichi boy after they crashed their Human Bullet Tanks together.
• Naruto emerged from a manhole with Hinata, rejoining Yu and Neji at the rendezvous point.
• Yu and the other three set off an explosion to make Konoha feel the urge to go.

Yu’s coordinated explosion of Konoha’s five major Cesspools drenched the village in sewage and triggered chaos across several clans and households. As hundreds of thousands of Resentment Bats gathered over Konoha, Yu watched the fallout with an innocent smile.

• The Cesspools exploded, and Naruto explained that he and Hinata had escaped through one before its protective talisman was replaced.
• The Aburame Clan was buried in sewage; Shino was poisoned through his bug hole, and Shibi had him use Kikaichū to consume the feces.
• Sakura discovered that sewage had come through her showerhead and fainted after finding her head covered in feces.
• Mizuki woke from his nightmare, drank from a contaminated faucet, and broke down when feces overflowed from the sink.
• The Uchiha learned that their Cesspool had exploded, and Fugaku relaxed until a clansman remembered he had left his faucet running.
• Yu watched Konoha’s residents suffer as their resentment formed hundreds of thousands of Resentment Bats.

After the Cesspool explosion, Hiruzen accepted Shikaku’s theory that it was a children’s prank and ended the investigation. Shisui confronted Danzo, uncovered his plan to steal Kotoamatsukami, and escaped Root’s attack after revealing his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.

• Konoha’s leaders discussed the Cesspool explosion, and Shikaku suggested it was a children’s prank; Hiruzen ordered them to stop the investigation.
• Shisui met Danzo outside Konoha and questioned whether Danzo planned to resolve the Uchiha conflict peacefully.
• Danzo lunged for Shisui’s eye, but Shisui evaded the attack and revealed that he knew Danzo had used Izanagi.
• Root members attacked Shisui, who summoned Susanoo and wounded several of them with a barrage from Susa no O.
• Shisui vanished, and Danzo ordered Root to pursue and kill him while instructing that Konoha be placed on its highest battle readiness.

After Danzo’s attempt to seize Shisui’s eyes failed, Shisui told Itachi that Danzo threatened the Uchiha and revealed his plan to defect and infiltrate Akatsuki. Shisui urged Itachi to find the mysterious master who could save the Uchiha, and Itachi resolved to do so.

• Danzo replaced his ruined Sharingan, ordered Sasuke kept under strict surveillance, and failed to contact Itachi.
• Shisui met Itachi outside Konoha and explained that Danzo had tried to take his eyes and possessed Izanagi.
• Shisui awakened Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan by using Kotoamatsukami to impart the grief of losing a close friend.
• Shisui told Itachi he would defect to join Akatsuki and investigate its plans to seize the tailed beasts.
• Shisui gave Itachi a letter for his father and asked him to find the master who could save the Uchiha.
• Itachi watched Shisui leave and vowed not to let him down.

After Shisui defected, Itachi brought his letter to Fugaku, who chose to seek negotiations with Konoha rather than let the Uchiha move toward a coup. Hiruzen agreed to give the clan three days, while Danzo suspected the negotiations were a delaying tactic.

• Naruto worried that Sasuke might beat Yu in their shuriken contest, and promised to take Yu’s punishment if Sasuke won.
• Itachi delivered Shisui’s letter to Fugaku, revealing Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan, Kotoamatsukami, and Danzo’s interest in his eyes.
• Itachi admitted that Danzo had threatened Sasuke to force him to help eliminate the Uchiha, and Fugaku wrote a letter proposing negotiations with Konoha.
• Fugaku calmed the angry clanspeople, while Itachi left with the letter after promising Sasuke he might help him practice for his contest against Yu.
• Hiruzen convened the senior advisers and chose to pursue a peaceful solution, giving the Uchiha three days to negotiate; Danzo privately questioned Fugaku’s motives.

Sasuke and Yu began their shuriken showdown at the Ninja Academy while Itachi watched and assessed Yu’s unusual chakra and skill. After Yu demonstrated his High-Arc Shuriken, the boys agreed to compete with unconventional throws, and the match was about to start.

• Itachi arrived unseen at the training ground, watched Yu with his Sharingan, and noted the child’s unusually powerful chakra.
• Yu impressed the crowd by hitting a bull’s-eye with a shuriken despite having little prior training.
• Yu proposed a dangerous face-to-face shuriken contest, but Iruka rejected it and insisted on a safe target-based match.
• Yu demonstrated his High-Arc Shuriken, and Itachi judged that Yu had mastered shurikenjutsu and enjoyed experimenting.
• Sasuke and Yu agreed that each would make unconventional throws at the target until one missed, then formed the Seal of Confrontation as Naruto and Sakura cheered.

Sasuke and Yu tried to outdo each other in a shuriken contest, escalating from trick throws to ninjutsu. After copying Sasuke’s Great Fireball Technique, Yu produced an uncontrollable pillar of flame, leaving the contest in danger.

• Sasuke opened the contest with his Uchiha Style Wind-Chasing Shuriken Technique, and Yu answered with a spinning Side-Spin Shuriken that curved into the bull's-eye.
• Sasuke struck two targets with powerful throws, but Yu’s Explosive-Charge Shuriken pierced three targets in a row.
• Sasuke used Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson, and Neji objected that combining ninjutsu with shurikenjutsu was unfair.
• Yu accepted Sasuke’s offer to demonstrate the Great Fireball Technique and attempted to copy it.
• Yu’s fireball expanded into a towering pillar of flame, and he panicked because he could not stop the chakra.

Yu accidentally unleashed an uncontrollable Fire Release, but the Book of the Gods taught him to control the Eight Gates before his chakra ran out. After Itachi explained the incident, Yu resumed the shuriken contest and unveiled a new technique combining Fire Release, Rotation, and shurikenjutsu.

• Yu's Fire Release kept drawing chakra until Itachi realized he had accidentally accessed the Eight Gates and urged Neji Hyuga to stop him.
• Neji's chakra-point strike failed, but the Book of the Gods taught Yu the Eight Gates Technique, allowing him to close the gates and halt the fire.
• Itachi explained the danger to the onlookers, and Yu pretended to be exhausted while Neji recovered from the recoil.
• Yu asked to continue the shuriken contest, and Iruka set up twenty targets as Sasuke accepted his challenge.
• Sakura's Rubber Hair Tie accidentally struck Yu and caught on his horn, while Sasuke noticed her attempt to interfere.
• Yu spun into Rotation, rose into the air, and combined it with flames to reveal his new move, Fire Rotation-Celestial Maiden Scattering Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson.

Sasuke lost a shuriken contest to Yu but accepted him as a rival and friend, while Iruka began watching the suspicious Mizuki. Back at the Uchiha compound, Itachi fought clan members who confronted him and, after awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan, saw strange black bubbles rising from their heads.

• Sasuke used his secret Rapid Summoning Shuriken Technique but missed many targets, and Yu won their contest.
• Sasuke rejected Sakura’s help harshly, prompting her to flee in tears, while Naruto chose not to follow her.
• Mizuki watched Naruto from outside the training ground, and Iruka decided to keep an eye on him because of his strange behavior.
• Yu gave Sasuke a stamina-restoring tomato candy and asked him to be friends; Sasuke agreed to be his rival, and Naruto offered to join in.
• A group of Uchiha confronted Itachi at home, and he defeated them before criticizing their fixation on the clan.
• Itachi’s Mangekyo Sharingan appeared as he watched the departing Uchiha, and he saw tiny black bubbles rising from their heads.

Itachi investigated a mysterious bat made of chakra bubbles, while Yu let Mizuki lead him to the Abandoned Hut, where he was bound and reunited with a kidnapped Sakura. The chapter ended with Yu asking Sakura what she liked about Sasuke.

• Itachi attacked the Resentment Bat with a kunai and Amaterasu, but it re-formed and struck him with a sonic wave.
• Itachi concluded the bat was a jutsu shaped by resentment and resolved to observe it again to identify its caster.
• Yu's Resentment Bat returned to his sleeve, and Yu anticipated meeting Itachi.
• Mizuki lured Yu to the Abandoned Hut, knocked him unconscious, tied him up, and left him with a Fūma Shuriken strapped to his back.
• Yu found Sakura bound in the hut and asked what she liked about Sasuke, stopping her sobbing.

Yu challenged Sakura’s shallow understanding of her feelings for Sasuke and explained how Mizuki had used her to manipulate Naruto. After freeing himself, Yu left to confront Mizuki, while Sakura broke her own restraints and went to alert the adults.

• Yu questioned Sakura about what she knew of Sasuke and accused her of prioritizing her own wishes over his feelings.
• Sakura admitted that her feelings for Sasuke were more than empty words, though she recognized that her actions had hurt him.
• Yu revealed that Mizuki had kidnapped Sakura to pressure Naruto into stealing the Scroll of Seals, then snapped his ropes and offered to help Sakura reconcile with Sasuke if she kept her bald head.
• Yu fed Sakura candy as payback for her earlier rubber-band trick and left to deal with Mizuki, leaving her tied up.
• Sakura broke the ropes through brute force, realized Yu might be in danger, and decided to alert the adults.

Yu flew across Konoha and reached Naruto, Iruka, Mizuki, and Sakura’s confrontation just as Naruto lost control to the Nine-Tails’ power. When Naruto attacked Iruka, Yu rescued him and prepared to face Naruto and Kurama with his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.

• Yu used a hypnotic spell to make a chunin forget seeing him as he crossed Konoha.
• Naruto gave Mizuki the Scroll of Seals in exchange for Yu and Sakura, but Mizuki attacked him with a Fūma Shuriken.
• Iruka shielded Naruto from the shuriken, and Mizuki worsened Iruka’s injuries while blaming Naruto for his suffering.
• Mizuki taunted Naruto, triggering a three-tailed transformation that made Naruto attack Iruka without recognizing him.
• Yu rescued Iruka from Naruto’s strike, then revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and began forming Susanoo.

Yu healed Iruka, fought Naruto’s rampaging three-tailed form, and entered Naruto’s inner world to confront Kurama before removing some of Kurama’s chakra. After the rescuers chased Mizuki, Yu copied the Scroll of Seals and secretly sent Earth Grudge Fear’s Bats after the fleeing traitor.

• Yu used the Divine Healing Technique to save Iruka while Naruto’s attacks cracked Yu’s Susanoo.
• Yu fought Naruto with Hyuga techniques and Divine Vacuum Strike, then entered Naruto’s inner world and confronted Kurama through the Sharingan.
• Yu condensed some of Kurama’s chakra into a vermilion Pill, ending Naruto’s rampage and leaving him unconscious.
• Mizuki fled without the Scroll of Seals, and Yu misled the rescuers into pursuing him.
• Yu opened the Scroll of Seals and copied it with his Sharingan while Earth Grudge Fear’s Bats pursued Mizuki.

Yu concealed Naruto’s use of the Nine-Tails’ chakra after Mizuki died by suicide under the influence of Yu’s powers. Iruka agreed to take credit for defeating Mizuki, and Captain Zō chose not to report his suspicions to his superiors.

• Yu’s Byakugan pressure and Domination technique stopped Mizuki from revealing Naruto’s secret and forced him to slit his own throat.
• Yu told Iruka that Naruto had driven Mizuki away and healed his wounds with the Nine-Tails’ chakra, then asked him to keep Naruto’s power secret and claim he defeated Mizuki.
• The Anbu returned with Mizuki’s body and the Scroll of Seals, and Iruka confirmed that he had defeated Mizuki.
• Captain Zō noticed the battle damage did not match a fight between chunin, but decided to attribute it to Naruto’s Nine-Tails’ chakra and keep his suspicions from the Hokage.

Yu’s attempt to feed the Hyuga Clan with poop curry ended in disaster, but he soon sent Earth Grudge Fear’s bats across Konoha to give Itachi an opportunity. Itachi traced the bats’ chakra to the Hyuga Clan, and Yu moved to meet him somewhere secluded.

• Yu cooked poop curry with toilet-tank water, spices, vegetables, and candy, then used three shadow clones to taste it.
• The clones died after tasting the curry, and Yu vomited before deciding he would try improving the recipe another time.
• Yu sent more than a hundred Earth Grudge Fear’s Bats throughout Konoha and urged Itachi to seize his opportunity.
• Itachi used the Crow Hunt Technique to synchronize chakra with a bat and traced its caster to the Hyuga Clan compound.
• Itachi followed another bat and realized Yu was moving quickly to invite him, while Yu woke and headed out to find a secluded meeting place.

Itachi found Yu digging in the mountain woods and pleaded for his help in saving the Uchiha Clan. Yu analyzed the clan’s conflict with Konoha, gave Itachi a draft civil code for the coming negotiations, and left him with a startling plan: become Hokage.

• Itachi realized Yu was the Expert, questioned him about Danzo and Shisui, and begged him to protect the Uchiha Clan.
• Yu lifted Itachi from his bow and discussed the causes of the conflict, including Konoha’s leadership, the Uchiha Clan’s conduct, and the limits of their upcoming negotiations.
• Itachi explained that withdrawing the Uchiha from the Military Police Force would only transfer public resentment to other clans.
• Yu argued that clear laws and objective sentencing could make law enforcement more accepted, then gave Itachi a draft Konoha civil code to present at the negotiations.
• Yu told Itachi that he wanted him to become Hokage.

Yu urged Itachi to become Hokage and revealed that a future crisis could give him the chance, while promising to eliminate Danzo and Root. Itachi accepted Yu’s conditions and received a special Pill, as Yu prepared to help him and the Uchiha endure the coming years.

• Itachi doubted an Uchiha could become Hokage, but Yu predicted a future disaster in Konoha and said Itachi could earn the position by stopping it.
• Yu explained that Orochimaru would likely cause the crisis while pursuing the coffin connected to Yu, and promised to destroy Danzo and Root during the attack.
• Yu made Itachi’s support for becoming Hokage one of his conditions for helping the Uchiha; Itachi agreed after Yu admitted he had blown up the Cesspool for fun.
• Yu gave Itachi cat-themed props and instructions for helping the Uchiha vent their frustration through a girl’s singing and dancing, and Itachi agreed to keep Yu’s secrets and help him cook.
• Yu handed Itachi a vermilion Pill made from chakra absorbed during Naruto’s rampage, saying it would be good for him.