Chapter Summaries

After Sakura and Sasuke stopped Kazahana Koyuki’s guards for riding down villagers, Kakashi warned Sandayu that the injured Miki Yūya was no ordinary villager and would not let the incident go. Naruto caught up with Kazahana Koyuki, but Miki Yūya found her in a bar and knocked her unconscious with a wine bottle.

• Sasuke and Sakura chased down Kazahana Koyuki’s guards and defeated them for riding recklessly through Konoha and hurting villagers.
• Sandayu apologized and promised compensation, but Kakashi and the young ninjas warned him that Miki Yūya was dangerous and held grudges.
• Naruto caught up to Kazahana Koyuki, asked her to apologize to his friend, and was tripped and stepped on as she rode away.
• Naruto found Kazahana Koyuki drinking in a secluded bar and tried to speak with her, but she mocked him as a foolish fan.
• Miki Yūya burst into the bar, grabbed Kazahana Koyuki’s wine bottle, and smashed it into her forehead, knocking her unconscious.

Miki Yūya escorted the film crew to the Land of Snow, where he refused to let Konoha intervene in the country's succession conflict and argued that the mission had ended. His accusations against Kakashi and the others stopped them from resisting as Snow Ninjas abducted Kazahana Koyuki, leaving Sandayu exposed and the Konoha team silent.

• Miki Yūya knocked Kazahana Koyuki unconscious in a bar, beat Sandayu when he attacked, and agreed to compensation when Sandayu offered to pay.
• Kazahana Koyuki woke aboard the ship, recognized Miki Yūya, and learned he was accompanying the crew on an official Konoha mission.
• At the Land of Snow filming location, Snow Ninjas revealed Kazahana Koyuki's identity as the former ruler's daughter and tried to seize her.
• Miki Yūya refused Kakashi's order to protect Kazahana Koyuki and accused Kakashi and the young ninjas of ignoring Konoha's own suffering while helping outsiders.
• Miki Yūya challenged Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke over their sense of justice, and they lost their resolve as Kakashi remained silent.
• The Snow Ninjas abducted Kazahana Koyuki without resistance, and Miki Yūya accused Sandayu of using her claim to pursue his own ambitions.

Miki Yūya rejected Konoha’s intervention in the Land of Snow and received a crystal tied to the Kazahana family’s political struggle. After hearing Kakashi’s account of the coup, Yūya concluded that Kazahana Dōtō had been protecting his niece and that Sandayu was the true schemer.

• Sandayu gave up on restoring the country and left alone after Konoha refused to help Princess Koyuki.
• Kakashi handed Miki Yūya a Hexagonal Ice Crystal, calling it the Kazahana family’s secret treasure and the focus of the Land of Snow’s struggles.
• Kakashi revealed that he had once been sent to rescue the young Kazahana Koyuki after Kazahana Dōtō seized power and killed Kazahana Sōsetsu.
• Miki Yūya cursed Kakashi for calling him a villager from the bottom rung, then said the crystal should go to whoever wanted it.
• Miki Yūya reasoned that Kazahana Dōtō had spared Koyuki and left her as the sole heir because he was guarding the country for her, while Sandayu stood to gain power from her rule.

Kazahana Dotō brought Kazahana Koyuki back to the Land of Snow and revealed that the crystal she handed him was fake. Sandayu then ambushed Dotō, drained his chakra, and declared his plan to use Koyuki as a puppet ruler.

• Nadare Rōga told Kazahana Dotō that Miki Yūya had stopped Kakashi from interfering in the Land of Snow.
• Kazahana Koyuki accused Dotō of murdering her father and usurping the throne, then gave him the hexagonal crystal.
• Dotō crushed the fake crystal and ordered Nadare Rōga, Fubuki Kakuyoku, and Fubuki Fuyukuma to investigate Konoha and find the real key.
• Sandayu ambushed Dotō with a Chakra Absorption Device and left him powerless.
• Sandayu revealed his intention to make Koyuki a puppet ruler and demanded the real Hexagonal Crystal from Dotō.

Kazahana Dōtō revealed that Sandayu had spent years concealing his ambitions and demanded the real Hexagonal Crystal, while Sandayu threatened to use Dōtō as bait. At the frozen harbor, Miki Yūya forced the Snow Ninja to apologize and agree to take him to Kazahana Koyuki with the crystal.

• Kazahana Dōtō told Sandayu that he had given the Hexagonal Crystal to Nadare Rōga and exposed Sandayu's plans to use samurai and Chakra Armor against ninja.
• Sandayu demanded that Dōtō summon Nadare Rōga and the Fubuki siblings with the real crystal, then threatened to use Dōtō as bait when he refused.
• The Konoha party prepared to leave the Land of Snow, but Nadare Rōga, Fubuki Kakuyoku, and Fubuki Fuyukuma froze the harbor and demanded the crystal from them.
• Kakashi said Miki Yūya had the crystal, and Miki Yūya refused to hand it over to the Snow Ninja unless Kazahana Koyuki received it in person.
• Miki Yūya made the three Snow Ninja apologize and loudly call themselves third-rate country ninja before agreeing to accompany them back to the Snow Fortress.

Miki Yūya showed off his newly visible Armament Haki, then stayed behind to fight the film crew after Kakashi led Team 7 and the Snow Ninja to rescue Kazahana Dōtō. At the Land of Snow Treasure Secret Realm, Sandayu revealed his coup and assembled his forces as Kakashi’s group charged into battle.

• Miki Yūya admired his pitch-black Armament Haki middle finger before an explosion sent Nadare Rōga tumbling from the fortress, where he announced that Kazahana Dōtō had been kidnapped.
• Miki Yūya blamed Kakashi for the kidnapping until Nadare Rōga explained that Sandayu had joined rebel Snow Ninja in a coup and abducted Kazahana Dōtō.
• Miki Yūya mocked the Snow Ninja, prompting them to attack, but Kakashi and Team 7 intervened and led them toward the battlefield while Miki Yūya stayed behind.
• After the film crew mocked him for refusing to follow, Miki Yūya punched a cameraman and challenged the others.
• Sandayu demanded the Hexagonal Crystal from Kakashi and the Snow Ninja, then threatened them and summoned a hundred rebel Snow Ninja and hundreds of samurai in Chakra Armor.
• Kakashi, Team 7, and the three Snow Ninja charged Sandayu’s forces as a battle began.

Kakashi, Team 7, and Nadare Rōga’s forces charged to rescue Kazahana Dōtō, but Sandayu trapped them with chakra-suppressing nets and took control of the battle. Miki Yūya arrived, overwhelmed the attackers with Conqueror’s Haki and raw strength, and confronted Sandayu.

• Kakashi, Team 7, and Nadare Rōga’s forces fought through Sandayu’s army as Kazahana Dōtō urged them to abandon his rescue.
• Naruto attempted to reach Kazahana Dōtō, but Sandayu’s chakra-capturing nets suppressed him and then imprisoned Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, and Nadare Rōga’s group.
• Sandayu mocked Kazahana Dōtō and Kakashi, then demanded the hexagonal crystal from Nadare Rōga, who revealed that Miki Yūya had it.
• Miki Yūya appeared with the battered film crew, mocked the captured Konoha ninja, and enraged Sandayu by raising his middle finger instead of handing over the crystal.
• Miki Yūya unleashed Conqueror’s Haki and routed the charging soldiers, then beat dozens of ninjas and samurai with his fists before challenging Sandayu.

Miki Yūya defeated Sandayu after Sandayu stabbed Naruto, then freed the captured Konoha ninja and helped secure the battlefield. When Kazahana Koyuki angrily confronted him over Sandayu’s condition, Miki knocked her unconscious with a liquor bottle.

• Sandayu seized the unconscious Naruto as a hostage, but Miki Yūya ignored Kakashi and Sakura’s pleas to stop and taunted Sasuke about his fear of confronting Uchiha Itachi.
• Sandayu stabbed Naruto, who woke and turned Sandayu in front of himself just as Miki’s punch shattered Sandayu’s Chakra Armor and critically injured him.
• Miki discarded the dying Sandayu, and Naruto freed Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke before Nadare Rōga and his companions rescued the wounded Kazahana Dōtō.
• Kazahana Koyuki demanded to know why Sandayu had been attacked, so Miki smashed a liquor bottle against her forehead and knocked her unconscious.

Kazahana Koyuki learned that her father had emptied the family fortune and weakened the Land of Snow to build her a spring, while Miki Yūya condemned the selfish cost of the gift. On the voyage back to Konoha, Miki reassured Naruto that he would have avenged him, and Sasuke began to simplify his resolve to avenge his clan.

• Kazahana Dōtō opened the hidden basin and discovered that the Land of Snow’s ultimate treasure was a geothermal spring built for Kazahana Koyuki.
• Kazahana Koyuki remembered her father’s gift, while Kazahana Dōtō broke down over the years he had spent pursuing a nonexistent military or financial treasure.
• Miki Yūya mocked the cost of the spring, prompting Naruto and Sakura to recognize that the gift had come at the expense of the country and its people.
• Kazahana Koyuki collapsed into silent grief as she reconsidered her father’s love and the suffering it had caused the Land of Snow.
• Aboard the ship back to Konoha, Miki Yūya told Naruto he would have avenged him and collected his death compensation if Sandayu had killed him.
• Sasuke Uchiha heard Miki’s blunt answer and began letting go of his doubts, focusing on avenging his clansmen.

After returning to Konoha, Miki Yūya used his Land of Snow reward to humiliate villagers who insulted him, then uncovered and beat Konohamaru when he secretly mocked him in disguise. Konohamaru fled in tears as Tsunade heard the commotion during Kakashi’s mission report.

• Kakashi led Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to the Hokage building to report on the Land of Snow mission.
• Miki Yūya visited the Three-Color Dango shop, where the owner and nearby villagers insulted him.
• Miki Yūya slapped twenty thousand ryō onto the counter, mocked the villagers, and dodged the owner’s thrown cutting board before swaggering away.
• Miki Yūya heard a disguised Konohamaru badmouthing him and recognized him after punching through his Transformation Technique.
• Miki Yūya kicked Konohamaru and berated him, leaving Konohamaru crying and fleeing while Tsunade heard him from the Hokage building.

Tsunade discussed Konoha’s diplomatic policy with Kakashi and warned him that Rock Lee had only a fifty percent chance of surviving surgery. She then gave Miki Yūya a monthly subsidy and secretly registered him as a psychiatric research subject, but when he refused to counsel Lee and insulted her, she smashed through the Hokage office wall and knocked him unconscious.

• Kakashi advised Tsunade to strengthen ties with the Land of Snow and Sunagakure, and she agreed with his assessment.
• Tsunade told Kakashi that Rock Lee’s surgery had only a fifty percent chance of success and that failure would kill him, so Kakashi agreed to inform Guy.
• Tsunade gave Miki Yūya a ten-thousand-ryō monthly subsidy and a document that was actually an official psychiatric evaluation for a village research project.
• Tsunade asked Miki Yūya to visit Rock Lee and encourage him, but he refused and mocked Lee and Tsunade’s medical abilities.
• Tsunade lost her temper, hurled her desk through the office wall, and struck Miki Yūya hard enough to send him flying into the street unconscious.

Miki Yūya provoked Rock Lee, Neji Hyuga, and Tenten in the hospital, then used his official mental-health certification to keep them from retaliating. Seeing Yūya live without fear despite his condition, Rock Lee regained his determination to keep going.

• Miki Yūya mocked Tsunade and Rock Lee while a medical ninja treated his injuries, prompting the medical ninja to join in the complaints.
• Rock Lee forced himself upright and declared that he would recover, honor Guy, and prove himself, but Miki Yūya ridiculed his dream and insulted his teammates.
• Neji Hyuga and Tenten entered after hearing Yūya insult the Hyuga Branch Family, and Neji demanded an apology.
• Yūya provoked Neji by invoking the Branch Family’s humiliation and Kumogakure, but Tenten stopped Neji when she noticed Yūya’s official mental-abnormality report.
• Yūya flaunted the report and dared them to attack him, leaving Neji and Tenten unable to retaliate.
• Rock Lee reconsidered his despair after seeing Yūya live freely despite his intellectual difficulties, and his determination returned.

After Miki Yūya’s words reignited Neji’s resentment over his father’s death, Neji lashed out at Konohamaru and confronted Hinata about the Hyuga Main Family’s treatment of the Branch Family. Kiba’s defense of Akamaru as family drove Neji into a despairing breakdown, and he left the others behind.

• Miki Yūya left the hospital, and Tenten and Neji reassured Rock Lee that he could recover and urged him not to give up.
• As Tenten and Neji left the hospital, Miki Yūya’s remarks brought back Neji’s anger over Hizashi Hyuga’s sacrifice and the Branch Family’s oppression.
• Neji kicked a stone into Konohamaru’s knee and told him that a criminal’s grandson did not deserve to live in Konoha.
• Hinata protected Konohamaru and challenged Neji, who accused the Main Family of treating Branch Family members as disposable slaves.
• Kiba defended Hinata and said Akamaru was his trusted family and partner, prompting Neji to realize that his father had been treated as less valuable than a ninja dog.
• Neji broke into despairing laughter and walked away, leaving Hinata, Kiba, Akamaru, and Shino behind.

Neji became consumed by hatred and considered seeking Orochimaru’s help, while Orochimaru’s Sound Four infiltrated Konoha to retrieve Sasuke and take revenge on Miki Yūya. After Kidomaru and Tayuya found Miki, he overwhelmed them in a fight, but they escaped.

• Neji brooded over his humiliation and decided he needed overwhelming power, thinking Orochimaru might free him from the Caged Bird Seal.
• Kidomaru, Tayuya, Jirobo, and Sakon and Ukon infiltrated Konoha to find Sasuke and avenge Orochimaru’s humiliation.
• Kidomaru and Tayuya searched for Miki Yūya, then asked the bandaged Miki to identify Konoha’s biggest bastard; after rejecting his examples, they recognized him as their target.
• Miki mocked Orochimaru, enraging Tayuya and Kidomaru, then struck Tayuya and used his Haki to counter their attacks.
• Kidomaru and Tayuya fled after Miki broke through Kidomaru’s web barrier and pursued them.

After the Sound Four fled Konoha, Miki Yūya smashed the Third Hokage’s statue and led villagers in a furious protest against Tsunade and the village leadership. The chapter ended with Danzo learning that Sasuke Uchiha had defected, meaning the entire Uchiha Clan was gone.

• Kidomaru and Tayuya warned Jirobo and Sakon and Ukon to flee, and the Sound Four escaped Miki Yūya by using a clone to mislead him.
• Miki Yūya smashed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s statue on Hokage Rock with a hammer and crowbar.
• Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura blamed Tsunade for the Sound Four’s infiltration as angry villagers gathered outside the Hokage Building.
• Miki Yūya hurled a stone that struck Mitokado Homura, then led the crowd in condemning Tsunade and Danzo.
• The crowd forced Tsunade, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to bow and apologize, while the village’s leading clans and families joined the pressure.
• A Root intelligence ninja told Danzo that Sasuke Uchiha had defected, leaving no members of the Uchiha Clan in Konoha.

Sakura waited at Konoha’s gate and confronted Sasuke as he left to seek power and avenge his clan, but he rejected her and departed. The next morning, Konoha received a report claiming the entire Uchiha Clan had defected, though everyone realized Sasuke was the only Uchiha left.

• After saying goodbye to Naruto, Sakura went to Konoha’s gate, where Sasuke appeared with a backpack and set out to join Orochimaru.
• Sakura pleaded with Sasuke to stay, but he criticized her, struck her, and explained that he sympathized with Miki Yūya’s loneliness and suffering.
• Sasuke tossed a kunai at Sakura and told her to kill her parents if she wanted to become an orphan and live with him, then left her behind.
• The next morning, Konoha’s clans and officials reacted with confusion to a report that the entire Uchiha Clan had defected, since Sasuke was its sole remaining member.
• Tsunade gave Kakashi an S-rank mission and decided to send others after Sasuke.

Miki Yūya and Naruto pursued Sasuke’s trail after learning he had left Konoha with the Sound Four, but they found Shikamaru’s team defeated and learned Neji had defected with Kidomaru and Tayuya. As Miki Yūya charged after them, Neji spotted the pursuers and urged the others to run.

• Miki Yūya and his three companions dug foundations for public toilets outside Konoha’s entrance, arguing about why the toilets belonged there.
• Naruto told Miki Yūya that Sasuke had left Konoha with the Sound Four, and Miki Yūya set off to chase them, blaming Kidomaru and Tayuya.
• Naruto explained that he would not force Sasuke to return, but would pursue him to say goodbye and avenge him if he died.
• Miki Yūya and Naruto found Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, and Kiba badly injured, with Akamaru shaved and suspended in spiderwebs.
• Shikamaru warned Naruto that Neji had defected, while Kiba said Kidomaru had called the attack justice; Miki Yūya raced after Kidomaru and Neji.
• Neji spotted Miki Yūya and Naruto with his Byakugan, and Kidomaru and Tayuya ran when Neji identified Miki Yūya.

Neji, Kidomaru, and Tayuya coordinated a long-range ambush to slow Miki Yūya and Naruto as they pursued them. Miki Yūya dodged their explosive arrow and devised a countermeasure, leaving Neji surprised by his quick thinking.

• Kidomaru and Tayuya warned Neji that Miki Yūya's Taijutsu and mental pressure made him exceptionally dangerous, and Neji decided to help Orochimaru despite the risk of death.
• Neji used his Byakugan to guide Kidomaru's long-range attacks while Tayuya supported their team with genjutsu and Puppet Technique.
• Miki Yūya and Naruto pursued the trio, and Neji's hostile gaze let Miki Yūya sense their position.
• Kidomaru fired an explosive-tagged arrow from a kilometer away, but Miki Yūya dodged it as the blast sent Naruto flying.
• Miki Yūya told Naruto to use Shadow Clones to block further attacks, and Neji was startled by how quickly Miki Yūya found a countermeasure.

Neji escaped while Kidomaru and Tayuya stayed behind to fight Miki Yūya, who defeated them and humiliated them over their treatment of Akamaru. The battle ended with Gaara arriving and asking which way the Otogakure ninja and Naruto had gone.

• Neji rejected Kidomaru and Tayuya’s offer to stay behind, then fled into the forest as they prepared to face Miki Yūya.
• Kidomaru trapped a Shadow Clone of Miki Yūya in a web and struck it with poisoned kunai, but Miki Yūya attacked from above and shattered Kidomaru’s arms.
• Miki Yūya broke Tayuya’s puppets, evaded Kidomaru’s ambushes, and left both fighters badly wounded and unable to resist.
• Miki Yūya mocked Kidomaru and Tayuya for their appearance and for shaving Akamaru and writing “Justice” on him.
• Gaara approached Miki Yūya and asked which way the Otogakure ninja and Naruto had run.

Miki Yūya provoked Gaara with insults about his family and past, then broke through Gaara’s sand defense by throwing a stone at him. When Miki mocked Gaara’s mother, Gaara lost control and began drawing out Shukaku’s power.

• Miki Yūya recognized Gaara and blamed him for Sunagakure’s role in the Konoha Crush Plan.
• Miki Yūya taunted Gaara about his father, his childhood killings, and being a monster, while Gaara struggled to hold back his anger.
• Miki Yūya found a stone in his hand and threw it at Gaara, breaking through the sand protecting him and striking his forehead.
• Gaara told Miki Yūya that his mother had died giving birth to him and tried to leave.
• Miki Yūya called Gaara an unwanted premature placenta, causing Gaara to lose control and draw out Shukaku’s power.