Recaps

Uchiha Yao helped Hinata defeat Neji, deepened his relationships with Kurenai and Tsunade, and reorganized Konoha’s forces. He then secured the village’s support for a campaign to conquer Sunagakure and unite the Shinobi World.

• Hinata defeated Neji in a public Hyuga clan match, and Uchiha Yao declared her the sole heir of the Main Family.
• Kurenai confessed her feelings to Uchiha Yao, became his partner, and later welcomed Tsunade into the household as Yao’s second partner.
• After Tsunade confronted Uchiha Yao over his behavior and the Medical Department budget, he persuaded her to accept their relationship.
• Uchiha Yao reformed Konoha’s Police Force, recalled Jiraiya and other jonin, and announced his plan to replace the village system with one Konoha.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shikaku Nara, and Konoha’s clan leaders supported Yao’s plan, and he placed the village on Level-One War Readiness.
• Konoha arrested and executed 137 spies, then selected Sunagakure as its first target and prepared forces for a three-route campaign.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Uchiha Fugaku to fortify the eastern border against Kumogakure, and the Daimyo pledged the Land of Fire’s full support for the war.

Uchiha Yao led Konoha’s invasion of the Land of Wind, destroyed Sunagakure, and arranged the annexation of the country. As the survivors were marched toward Konoha, Deidara and Sasori attacked the convoy to seize Gaara and confront Yao.

• Uchiha Yao secretly moved supplies and troops into position, then declared that Konoha would begin its campaign by defeating Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Kenji and Konoha’s squads eliminated all thirty-seven Sand border outposts, while Rasa prepared Sunagakure for war and sought to delay Konoha through negotiations.
• Uchiha Yao used Wood Release to shelter Konoha’s army from the desert and Perfect Susanoo to destroy a Black Sandstorm before rejecting Baki’s offer to negotiate.
• Uchiha Yao advanced alone on Sunagakure, killed thousands of its defenders, and split the village with Susanoo’s Heavenly Cloud Sword.
• Uchiha Yao killed Ebizo and Chiyo, subdued Shukaku and sealed him inside Gaara, then pursued and killed Rasa as Konoha captured the survivors.
• Uchiha Fugaku repelled A’s invasion of the Land of Fire, while Uchiha Yao ordered the capture of Sunagakure’s surviving ninja and villagers.
• Uchiha Yao and Uchiha Kenji forced their way into the Land of Wind daimyo’s residence, killed the daimyo, and ordered the ministers to prepare the country’s transfer to Konoha.
• Deidara and Sasori tracked Konoha’s prisoner convoy, killed Ryō Inuzuka and Shota Aburame, and poisoned six more chunin as they advanced toward Gaara.

Uchiha Yao defeated Akatsuki, brought Deidara into Konoha’s ranks, and expanded the village’s control while preparing for opposition from the Hidden Cloud and Stone Villages. He confronted Mei Terumi in Kirigakure and demanded its submission, leaving her offer to help overthrow Yagura rejected.

• Tsunade and Konoha’s forces fought Sasori and Deidara, and Uchiha Yao arrived to defeat both Akatsuki members and recruit Deidara with Kotoamatsukami.
• Raikage A sought an alliance with Ōnoki against Konoha, and Ōnoki agreed to bring the Land of Iron and smaller shinobi villages into a Shinobi Alliance.
• Uchiha Yao returned to Konoha, assigned Gaara and the Sand prisoners to their new roles, and made plans to expand the city and take control of Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Shunichi secured Yugakure, seized the Land of Rivers, and captured the Land of Wind’s capital as Konoha annexed the territories.
• Uchiha Yao tested his Divine Authority: Heavenly Might with Tsunade, reviewed Konoha’s preparations, and left her in charge while he headed for Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi gained Genji’s support for a revolt against Yagura, and Ao suspected that genjutsu controlled the Fourth Mizukage.
• Uchiha Yao appeared before the rebels, knocked out Chojuro, and transported Mei Terumi to a coastline, where he challenged her to fight.
• Uchiha Yao overcame Mei Terumi’s attacks, threatened Kirigakure with a towering tsunami, and demanded its submission, rejecting her offer to make her Fifth Mizukage in return for the village’s service.

Uchiha Yao forced Kirigakure to submit to Konoha, helped Mei Terumi take power, and began relocating the Mist population while integrating its forces. As Konoha absorbed new territory, rival villages formed a Ninja Alliance, and Obito sought Orochimaru’s help.

• Uchiha Yao forced Mei Terumi and Kirigakure’s resistance to accept Konoha’s terms, then helped Mei and Genji remove Yagura and install Mei as the Fifth Mizukage.
• Uchiha Yao intimidated Kirigakure’s leaders and villagers into accepting the Mist Division, and Mei began dismantling opposition and preparing the relocation to Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao brought the Three-Tails to the Land of Wind, freed Yagura from Obito’s genjutsu, and made Kurenai Yuhi its new Jinchuriki.
• Uchiha Yao organized housing and resettlement for Kirigakure’s people, while Naruto befriended Gaara and Gaara and Temari enrolled in Konoha’s Ninja Academy.
• The Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and Mifune established a Ninja Alliance with A as supreme commander and Ōnoki as deputy, then planned two fronts against Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Konoha to monitor the alliance and stage controlled border clashes while integrating Sand and Mist shinobi through missions and paid work.
• Mei Terumi brought the first group of Kirigakure residents to Konoha, where Tsunade welcomed them and Uchiha Yao arranged aid and cooperation with Hyuga Hiashi’s forces.
• Uchiha Obito arrived at Orochimaru’s base in the Land of Fields, intending to teach him a lasting lesson.