Recaps

Uchiha Yao reversed the battle’s attacks, then used Kotoamatsukami to compel Hiruzen Sarutobi to release Impure World Reincarnation. After the resurrected fighters vanished, Yao executed Hiruzen, ending the Third Hokage’s rule.

• Uchiha Yao used Kamui: Time Reversal to undo the attacks of Tobirama Senju, Hatake Sakumo, Shimura Danzō, and Kagami Uchiha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi remained aged from his sacrificed life force.
• Uchiha Yao used Kotoamatsukami to implant loyalty to the Uchiha in Hiruzen Sarutobi and make him release Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobirama Senju warned Uchiha Yao that his rule would collapse before disappearing, followed by Shimura Danzō, Kagami Uchiha, Hatake Sakumo, and Hashirama Senju.
• Uchiha Yao condemned the Will of Fire and beheaded Hiruzen Sarutobi with a Chakra blade.

Uchiha Yao ordered the new daimyo to condemn Hiruzen Sarutobi and returned to Konoha with thirty Jonin. At his inauguration as Fifth Hokage, he abolished the Will of Fire and declared a new order, leaving the entire crowd kneeling before him.

• Uchiha Yao burned Hiruzen Sarutobi’s corpse and used Heavenly Might to travel to the capital.
• Uchiha Yao told Chiba that Hiruzen had been executed for attempting to kill him and ordered a proclamation stripping Hiruzen of his honors and forbidding mourning him.
• Uchiha Yao returned to Konoha by space-time ninjutsu, bringing thirty Jonin with him.
• At the inauguration ceremony, Uchiha Yao became Konoha’s Fifth Hokage and denounced the Will of Fire as a tool of weak rulers.
• Uchiha Yao declared that Konoha would establish a new order and challenged anyone to object, after which the crowd knelt before him.

Uchiha Yao revealed that Naruto Uzumaki was the son of the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, and Kushina Uzumaki, and blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for hiding the truth. He named Naruto his second disciple and left him with the truth of his parents’ sacrifice.

• Uchiha Yao told the villagers that Naruto was the son of Minato and Kushina, who had died protecting Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of concealing Naruto’s parentage to control the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and the villagers reacted with shame and disbelief.
• Uchiha Yao had ANBU bring Naruto to him and declared Naruto his second disciple, with the Uchiha Clan providing for him.
• Uchiha Yao threatened execution without pardon for anyone who called Naruto the Demon Fox again.
• Naruto recognized Uchiha Yao as the big brother who had treated him to ramen, and Uchiha Yao gently told him that his parents had sacrificed their lives for Konoha.

Naruto learned that the Third Hokage had enabled his suffering, then accepted Uchiha Yao as his teacher and agreed to move into the Uchiha Clan Compound. He met his senior disciple, Hinata Hyuga, who fainted when Naruto held her hand.

• Naruto asked Uchiha Yao why the villagers had mistreated him, and Yao blamed their weakness and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s schemes.
• Uchiha Yao told Naruto that Hiruzen had been turned to ashes and promised to protect him.
• Uchiha Yao invited Naruto to become his disciple, and Naruto accepted, becoming a disciple with loyalty locked at 100%.
• Uchiha Yao told Naruto to move into the Uchiha Clan Compound and introduced him to his senior disciple, Hinata Hyuga.
• Naruto greeted Hinata and held her hand, causing her to faint; Uchiha Yao told them they would train at his clan’s exclusive training ground after Ninja Academy.

Naruto woke to a comfortable new life in the Hokage residence and learned that Uchiha Yao expected him to grow strong enough to protect himself. At the Ninja Academy, an ANBU enforced Yao’s order against anyone who insulted Naruto, leaving the class afraid of him.

• Naruto ate a lavish breakfast with Uchiha Yao, who told him to remember what it felt like to eat his fill and become strong enough that no one could make him go hungry again.
• Naruto walked to the Ninja Academy as villagers bowed and apologized for how they had treated him.
• Naruto entered the classroom, where Kiba held back his mockery and Sasuke resented that Naruto had become Uchiha Yao’s disciple.
• An ANBU stopped a student from tripping Naruto, threatened him with a kunai, and announced that the Fifth Hokage had ordered the death of anyone who insulted Naruto.
• Iruka objected to the ANBU using force at school, but the ANBU released the student after warning the class that it was their first and last warning.

Naruto failed miserably at shuriken practice and was mocked by Sasuke and their classmates, so he went to Uchiha Yao asking to be taught. Uchiha Yao promised that defeating Sasuke would be simple, leaving Naruto hopeful for training.

• Sasuke scored a perfect ten in shuriken practice and mocked Naruto for missing the target and embarrassing his teacher.
• Naruto charged at Sasuke after Sasuke called him trash, but Teacher Yamada separated them before they could fight.
• After the other students left, Naruto vowed to defeat Sasuke, and Hinata watched him worriedly from behind a tree.
• Naruto rushed to the Hokage Residence and told Uchiha Yao about the practice, the insults, and his wish to learn shuriken techniques.
• Uchiha Yao told Naruto that defeating Sasuke would be simple because Naruto was his personal disciple.

Uchiha Yao used a system-granted talent to rapidly teach Naruto Uzumaki shuriken throwing, then introduced him to the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique. He brought Naruto into a genjutsu to meet the Nine-Tails, leaving Naruto terrified before the sealed beast.

• Uchiha Yao activated Throwing Specialization for Naruto and demonstrated accurate shuriken throwing.
• Naruto practiced under Uchiha Yao's guidance and hit the bullseye within half an hour.
• Uchiha Yao taught Naruto the principles and hand seals of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, saying Naruto had more Chakra than he could use.
• Uchiha Yao cast a genjutsu and took Naruto to the sewer-like space where the Nine-Tails was sealed.
• The Nine-Tails revealed itself to Naruto and called itself the embodiment of hatred and a natural disaster.

Uchiha Yao partially tore Naruto’s seal, summoning Namikaze Minato and allowing him to meet his son. After revealing how Hiruzen Sarutobi had concealed Naruto’s identity and left him neglected, Yao confronted Minato with his failures as a father, leaving Minato remorseful.

• Uchiha Yao appeared in Naruto’s Sealing Space, and the Nine-Tails recognized his Uchiha Chakra before reacting in shock to his Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Yao partly tore Namikaze Minato’s Sealing Tag, releasing a torrent of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and causing Minato to appear.
• Namikaze Minato recognized Naruto as his son, and Naruto embraced him and cried as they reunited.
• Uchiha Yao introduced himself as the Fifth Hokage and Naruto’s teacher, then told Minato how Hiruzen Sarutobi had hidden Naruto’s identity and how Naruto had suffered neglect and abuse.
• Uchiha Yao accused Minato of failing to protect his son, and Minato wept and apologized to Naruto.

Uchiha Yao persuaded the Nine-Tails to stop obstructing Naruto and offered it a path to freedom, while Minato said his final goodbye to Naruto. Back at the training ground, Naruto successfully used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and began his new training.

• Minato asked Uchiha Yao to take care of Naruto and prepared to reinforce the Eight Trigrams Seal, but Yao stopped him.
• Uchiha Yao addressed the Nine-Tails as Kurama and offered it freedom in exchange for helping Naruto, urging them to become friends and partners.
• Minato gave Naruto his final advice and told him he loved him before his Chakra projection vanished.
• Naruto awoke at the training ground, where Uchiha Yao told him to continue practicing the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Naruto used the technique successfully, creating fifty or sixty clones, and Uchiha Yao made it his core training method.

Naruto trained under Uchiha Yao and woke in his new home to find Hinata had moved in as his junior disciple. Uchiha Yao arranged for Kurenai Yuhi to guide Hinata as the two began training together.

• Uchiha Yao explained that Shadow Clone memories could accelerate Naruto's training, but limited him to one or two clones a day until he was stronger.
• Naruto woke in Uchiha Yao's home and learned from Hinata that Teacher Yao had arranged for her to move in.
• At breakfast, Uchiha Yao assigned Naruto to train Chakra control, Shuriken throwing, and physical conditioning with Shadow Clones, and told Hinata to overcome her fear.
• Uchiha Yao appointed Kurenai Yuhi as Hinata's assistant teacher, and Kurenai thanked him for intervening in Asuma's harassment.
• At the private training grounds, Naruto practiced three tasks while Kurenai guided Hinata's taijutsu.

Uchiha Yao corrected Kurenai Yuhi’s taijutsu form, and his instruction greatly strengthened her strikes. Days later, Hinata Hyuga overcame her nerves during a shuriken test, impressing her classmates with her accuracy.

• Uchiha Yao explained that Kurenai Yuhi’s attacks revealed her intentions and guided her into a lower, more effective stance.
• Kurenai Yuhi followed his instructions and delivered a palm strike with much greater force.
• At the Ninja Academy, Sasuke hit the bullseye with all ten shuriken and earned full marks.
• Naruto Uzumaki loudly encouraged Hinata Hyuga before her turn, helping her overcome her nervousness.
• Hinata threw her shuriken with remarkable precision, and Teacher Yamada announced that she scored 98 points.

Hinata Hyuga impressed her class with her progress, then Naruto Uzumaki earned a perfect score in shuriken practice and accepted Sasuke Uchiha's challenge to hit moving targets. Teacher Yamada agreed to supervise their contest, while a watching ANBU took interest in Naruto, Lord Yao's disciple.

• Hinata Hyuga earned Teacher Yamada's praise for her remarkable improvement, and Naruto proudly cheered her on as his senior sister.
• Naruto ignored his classmates' mockery and landed ten shuriken in a perfect line at the target's bullseye.
• Teacher Yamada awarded Naruto one hundred points, matching Sasuke's perfect score.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto to a contest against moving targets, and Naruto accepted.
• Teacher Yamada allowed the contest as a supervised skill challenge, while an ANBU watched from a distant treetop.

Teacher Yamada held a moving-target shuriken match between Sasuke and Naruto. Sasuke hit nine stones with his Sharingan, but Naruto stunned everyone by hitting all ten at once.

• Teacher Yamada explained the rules, and Sasuke chose to go first.
• Sasuke activated his Sharingan and hit nine of the ten stones Teacher Yamada threw.
• Sasuke taunted Naruto and claimed the gap between them was insurmountable.
• Naruto focused himself as Teacher Yamada threw ten stones with trickier trajectories.
• Naruto threw ten shuriken at once and shattered every stone, leaving the training ground stunned.

Naruto defeated Sasuke in a school exercise, and Kakashi stopped Sasuke from attacking him and confirmed the loss was fair. Sasuke returned home and begged Fugaku for brutal training, which Fugaku agreed to intensify tenfold as he demanded Sasuke awaken his second tomoe.

• Naruto earned Teacher Yamada's praise and full marks after defeating Sasuke in the exercise.
• Sasuke charged at Naruto, but Kakashi caught his wrist and confirmed that Naruto had won fairly.
• Kakashi sincerely praised Naruto and privately regretted failing to care for Minato's son.
• Sasuke returned to the Uchiha compound and told Fugaku he had lost to Naruto.
• Sasuke begged Fugaku to train him mercilessly, and Fugaku ordered tenfold training starting the next day and demanded he awaken his second tomoe.

Uchiha Yao celebrated Naruto’s improved academy performance, then announced practical-combat reforms and tasked him with taking first place. Sasuke trained obsessively after losing to Naruto, collapsing as Fugaku judged his effort insufficient.

• Uchiha Yao treated Naruto, Hinata, and Kurenai Yuhi to a celebratory dinner and announced a new mission for Naruto.
• Uchiha Yao declared that all Ninja Academy grades would begin weekly practical-combat tests, with rankings posted at the school.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Naruto to take first place in the next test, and Naruto vowed to become the top student.
• Sasuke practiced shuriken, taijutsu, and the Great Fireball Technique before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Uchiha Fugaku watched Sasuke train and said his training volume was still far too low.

Uchiha Yao ordered Asuma Sarutobi to annihilate the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane Clans after Asuma was captured and placed under his control. Asuma confronted the three clans’ leaders during their escape plot and unleashed Shinra Tensei.

• Uchiha Kenji and Uchiha Shunichi brought the captured Asuma Sarutobi to Uchiha Yao in Konoha’s ANBU interrogation room.
• Uchiha Yao learned that the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane Clans planned to flee to Kumogakure, and ordered their complete destruction.
• Uchiha Yao used his Rinnegan power on Asuma and sent him to carry out the clan massacre himself.
• The three clans’ representatives gathered in the Sarutobi compound to prepare their escape and dismissed Asuma as worthless.
• Asuma appeared above the secret chamber and used Shinra Tensei to blast its roof apart.

Asuma Sarutobi used his Rinnegan powers to massacre the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane clans inside a Purple Fire Formation barrier. He continued searching the sealed territories for survivors as the purge carried on.

• Asuma destroyed a secret chamber and killed the elders inside, then ANBU sealed the three clan territories with a Purple Fire Formation.
• Asuma killed the Sarutobi ninja who attacked him and advanced through their territory, slaughtering the clansmen trapped behind the barrier.
• Asuma attacked the Shimura forces with Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei, killing dozens and leaving the survivors unable to escape.
• The Utatane forces joined the surviving Shimura ninja, but Asuma pulled clansmen into their allies’ attacks and then annihilated the assembled forces with Shinra Tensei.
• Asuma rose into the air and continued searching for survivors hiding in the clan territories.

Mitokado Homura and Konoha’s great clans watched as Uchiha Yao’s purge destroyed the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane clans. At dawn, the village received evidence of their alleged treason, while Uchiha Kenji and Uchiha Shunichi disposed of Asuma Sarutobi’s remains.

• A patrol ninja warned Mitokado Homura that explosions and screams had erupted at the Sarutobi compound, and Homura ordered his clan to seal its gates, extinguish its lights, and stay silent.
• Homura recalled refusing Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to unite four clans against Uchiha Yao and realized that his decision had spared the Mitokado Clan.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Shikaku Nara, and Konoha’s other great clans refrained from offering support and waited for the purge to end.
• At dawn, ANBU posted notices accusing the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane clans of conspiring with Kumogakure, and villagers reacted with anger at their alleged betrayal.
• Uchiha Kenji and Uchiha Shunichi burned Asuma Sarutobi’s corpse after the Rinnegan power had been extracted from it.
• After spending the night awake, Homura asked a clan member to help him dress.

Mitokado Homura sought an audience with Fifth Hokage Uchiha Yao and offered his clan's submission in exchange for survival. Yao accepted the Mitokado Clan's relocation and donation, leaving Kurenai Yuhi stunned by Homura's public humiliation.

• Mitokado Homura dressed formally and decided to visit Uchiha Yao, reasoning that his clan had to act to keep surviving.
• Uchiha Yao allowed Homura into the Hokage's office while Kurenai Yuhi wondered why the former adviser had come.
• Homura knelt before Yao and praised the execution of the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane clans as traitors.
• Homura asked forgiveness for his clan and offered to move it to Konoha's eastern border and donate half its assets to the village.
• Yao accepted the offer and directed Homura to arrange the handover with Uchiha Kenji.
• Kurenai Yuhi tried to dispel what she thought might be a genjutsu, but realized the scene was real.

Naruto trained hard for his upcoming practical combat test, and Uchiha Yao gave him two C-rank Wind Release scrolls to study. After Naruto asked him to help Hinata too, Uchiha Yao enhanced her potential and Byakugan, leaving her with improved vision.

• Naruto practiced taijutsu at Training Ground 7, determined to become the top student in his class.
• Uchiha Yao gave Naruto scrolls for Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and Wind Style: Wind Blade, telling him to master the C-rank techniques before seeking advanced ninjutsu.
• Naruto asked Uchiha Yao to help Hinata because she worked hard too.
• Uchiha Yao spent 50,000 Glory Points to raise Hinata's potential from S to S+ and her Byakugan purity from 92% to 95%.
• Hinata activated her Byakugan, experienced clearer and broader vision, then bowed deeply to Uchiha Yao.

The Ninja Academy held its first school-wide practical combat test, and Naruto Uzumaki faced Choji Akimichi in the first-year match. Naruto defeated Choji, impressing the spectators and leaving Sasuke surprised by how strong Naruto had become.

• Kurenai Yuhi supervised the combat test as Iruka began the upper-grade matches, where students were injured and treated by medical ninja.
• Iruka announced Naruto Uzumaki versus Choji Akimichi, and Hinata encouraged Naruto while Choji worried about facing him.
• Choji charged Naruto, but Naruto dodged his attacks and wore him down as Kiba urged Choji on and Shikaku noticed Choji's stamina fading.
• Choji used the Akimichi Clan's Human Bullet Tank, but Naruto escaped with the Substitution Technique and struck Choji from behind.
• Iruka declared Naruto Uzumaki the winner, while Sasuke watched in disbelief at Naruto's strength.

Naruto celebrated his victory before Hinata faced Sakura Haruno in the academy match. After Naruto encouraged her to overcome her fear, Hinata awakened her Byakugan and defeated Sakura with Gentle Fist, leaving Sakura temporarily unable to move.

• Naruto celebrated his win, and Sasuke dismissed it before leaving.
• Iruka announced Hinata Hyuga versus Sakura Haruno, and Sakura quickly overwhelmed the nervous Hinata.
• Naruto reminded Hinata of her promise to Kurenai Yuhi, and Hinata gathered her resolve and activated her Byakugan.
• Hinata used Gentle Fist to disable Sakura and win the match.
• Kurenai praised Hinata for overcoming her fear, while medical ninja confirmed Sakura's Chakra flow was temporarily blocked.

Naruto faced Sasuke in the final match for first place, where Sasuke's taijutsu initially overwhelmed him. Naruto then revealed the forbidden Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, leaving Sasuke shaken as dozens of real clones filled the arena.

• Iruka announced Naruto Uzumaki and Second Pillar as the finalists, and Sasuke declared he would prove the Uchiha were strongest and that the Fifth Hokage had chosen the wrong disciple.
• Sasuke launched a fast taijutsu assault that forced Naruto to defend and retreat, then struck him hard in the abdomen.
• Naruto said he had prepared for Sasuke and began forming hand seals.
• Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, filling the arena with dozens of clones.
• Sasuke tried to convince himself the scene was genjutsu, but the pain from biting his tongue confirmed that the clones were real.

Naruto used his Shadow Clones and Wind Blade to defeat Sasuke in the class leader competition, while Jiraiya watched from the shadows. Naruto won first place, and Jiraiya saw the same flair in him that his father had once shown.

• Sasuke awakened his Sharingan but was overwhelmed by Naruto's Shadow Clones and their numbers.
• Sasuke unleashed his Great Fireball Technique, destroying the clones in front of him and exhausting most of his Chakra.
• Naruto avoided the Great Fireball and attacked the weakened Sasuke with Wind Blade.
• A jonin teleported Sasuke out of danger just before the Wind Blade struck him.
• Iruka declared Naruto the winner, delighting Naruto and Hinata while the other students reacted with disbelief.
• Jiraiya watched Naruto celebrate and said the boy had his father's flair.

Naruto became the Ninja Academy’s first-year top student after defeating Sasuke, while Uchiha Yao explained his delegated approach to governing Konoha to Jiraiya. Jiraiya then learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had allegedly gathered five thousand ninja to rebel against Yao, a claim he refused to believe.

• Iruka praised Naruto’s judgment and performance but warned him that becoming top student was only the beginning.
• The Academy posted the results naming Naruto Uzumaki first-year top student, and Sasuke vowed to defeat him next time.
• Jiraiya entered Uchiha Yao’s office through a window and was confronted by Uchiha ANBU, whom Yao ordered to stand down.
• Yao explained that the Nara Clan managed daily administration and the Yamanaka Clan handled intelligence so he could focus on major decisions.
• Jiraiya told Yao that Hiruzen had summoned him to handle a crisis, and Yao revealed that Hiruzen had allegedly organized five thousand ninja to overthrow him.
• Jiraiya reacted with disbelief and insisted that Hiruzen could not have led a rebellion.