Recaps

Hashirama Senju brought Yuzhi to Yanbai and Tobirama Senju, where he found Yanbai’s Wood Clones beating captured Uchiha Clan members. After seeing how Yanbai had subdued them, Hashirama Senju realized Yuzhi was even more frightened of Yanbai than before.

• Hashirama Senju led the trembling Yuzhi toward the distant wails, intending to leave him with Yanbai before returning to help Senju Longshu.
• Hashirama Senju found Yanbai and Tobirama Senju beside a group of Uchiha Clan members bound with Wood Release and being beaten by Wood Clones.
• Yanbai explained to Tobirama Senju which body parts were too dangerous to strike, then recommended beating the Uchiha Clan members’ asses instead.
• Tobirama Senju told Hashirama Senju how Yanbai had injured the Uchiha Clan members, used Hypnotic Birds to incapacitate them, and strung them up for a beating.
• Hashirama Senju watched Yanbai cheerfully greet him and noticed Yuzhi trembling even harder in his presence.

Yanbai reunited with Senju Longshu and led the group on a thrilling shortcut to Pinefrost City, leaving Yuzhi exhausted and terrified. At the city gates, Yuzhi recoiled from Yanbai and turned his attention to Hashirama Senju instead.

• Senju Longshu reunited with Yanbai after leaving the battlefield, and Yanbai had his clones leave the surviving Uchiha Clan members on the ground.
• Senju Longshu arranged for Yanbai, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju to escort Yuzhi toward the Land of Pines, while Yanbai planned to train Madara Uchiha someday so he could keep pace with Hashirama Senju.
• Yanbai offered Yuzhi a faster route and took the group through a series of frightening cliff, slope, and water rides that brought them to Pinefrost City in less than half a day.
• Yuzhi vomited at the city gates and became so wary of Yanbai that he distanced himself from her and redirected his attention to Hashirama Senju.

Madara Uchiha read Yanbai’s message and went to rescue the Uchiha clansmen she had tormented. In Pinefrost City, Yanbai questioned why the Senju brothers were staying in a brothel and realized how Hashirama Senju might have developed his gambling habit.

• Madara Uchiha found Yanbai’s message, learned she had spared the Uchiha clansmen, and burned the scroll.
• Madara Uchiha set out to find and rescue the clansmen, suspecting many had awakened their Sharingan under Yanbai’s torment.
• Yanbai and his companions stayed in a luxurious brothel in Pinefrost City after Lord Date Zhixing arranged their accommodations.
• Yanbai asked Hashirama Senju whether he often stayed in brothels in the Land of Pines, and Hashirama explained that the Lord’s Residence and better accommodations were unavailable.
• Yanbai asked whether Pinefrost City had hot spring inns, and Hashirama Senju said the Land of Pines had no natural hot springs.

Yanbai charmed the maids at the brothel and went to bathe alone in its artificial hot spring, while Tobirama Senju reluctantly let him roam. The chapter ended when someone approached Yanbai from behind and covered his mouth.

• Yanbai decided to find a place to bathe, and Tobirama Senju warned him about the brothel and its risks.
• Hashirama Senju persuaded Tobirama Senju not to confine Yanbai, and Yanbai charmed the maids while arranging his bath.
• Yanbai teased Tobirama Senju, who returned to the room in frustration before he and Hashirama Senju went out.
• The maids prepared an artificial hot spring for Yanbai, who scorched the pool with Fire Release before bathing alone.
• Yanbai sensed someone behind him, but the person covered his mouth before he could react.

Yanbai subdued a ninja who attacked him while he was bathing and learned the assassin claimed the Date House had hired him. After Yanbai exposed how the attack could be a frame-up, Tobirama suspected the Saionji House or the Uchiha Clan was behind it.

• A ninja ambushed Yanbai in the bathroom, but Yanbai struck him down and immobilized him.
• Yanbai questioned the intruder, rejected his offer of intelligence, and forced fish bones into his mouth until he confessed that the women of the Date House had sent him to kill Yanbai.
• Yanbai summoned Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju, then proposed handing the attacker to the Date Lord and demanding double the commission.
• The attacker reacted when Tobirama asked whether the Date House had sent him, so Yanbai knocked him unconscious and suggested someone had deceived him to frame the Date House.
• Tobirama blamed the Saionji House or the Uchiha Clan, saying they could benefit from killing Yanbai or provoking the brothers.

Madara Uchiha faced his father, Uchiha Tajima, as Tajima questioned him about Yanbai Senju and the Uchiha Clan’s failed attempts to kill her. The chapter ended with Madara asking whether the clansmen who sheltered the would-be assassin were safe, and Tajima answering that they were not.

• Madara Uchiha learned that the Uchiha Clan had identified Yanbai as a Senju and that Date Yuzhi’s group had evaded the clan’s ambushes.
• Uchiha Tajima confronted Madara and suggested Yanbai had spared the Uchiha because she wanted him.
• Tajima said the Uchiha might welcome Yanbai if she betrayed the Senju, while Madara thought she would never do so.
• Tajima revealed that an Uchiha ninja had tried to assassinate Yanbai but was left unable to speak or write after she broke his limbs and stuffed his throat with fish bones.
• Madara asked whether the clansmen who took in the assassin were safe, and Tajima said they were not.

Yanbai revealed how he used magnesium sulfate and animal scouts to torment the Uchiha pursuers, leaving the clan paranoid and obsessed with setting fires. Yuzhi invited Hashirama Senju and his brothers to explore Matsuyama Town, and Yanbai suspected the invitation would feed Hashirama's gambling addiction.

• Zhixing agreed to Tobirama Senju's increased price and arranged for Senju Longshu to leave the assassin near the Uchiha's hiding place.
• Yanbai told Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju that he had used birds to locate the Uchiha pursuers and poisoned their water with magnesium sulfate.
• Yanbai described how the Uchiha suffered severe diarrhea and began setting fires to purify their surroundings out of fear of animals and bird droppings.
• Yuzhi arrived and explained that Matsuyama Town, the Land of Pines' largest brothel, belonged to the Date House.
• Yuzhi invited Hashirama Senju and his brothers to stroll around town with a jade token, and Yanbai suspected Hashirama's gambling addiction was about to come into play.

Yanbai and Tobirama Senju suspected that the wealthy Date House profited from human trafficking and usury, while Hashirama Senju considered gambling with Yuzhi’s pass. The brothers debated why Yuzhi was so eager to help them, and Hashirama concluded that visible human flaws could make someone easier to understand.

• Date Yuzhi left the Senju siblings at the Matsuyama Town casino after one of his subordinates called him away.
• Yanbai’s cold stare sent the brothel workers reeling, and Tobirama Senju scolded her for teasing him about the courtesans.
• Yanbai and Tobirama Senju suspected the Date House used trafficking and usury to grow rich, but Yanbai said the courtesans had come willingly.
• Hashirama Senju asked whether he could gamble with Yuzhi’s pass, and Yanbai warned him not to expect anything for free.
• Tobirama Senju said Yuzhi’s eagerness was suspicious after the Senju Clan’s fee had doubled, and Hashirama Senju replied that people without flaws made others uneasy.

Hashirama Senju ignored Yanbai’s warnings and gambled at the Date House casino, while Yanbai bet against him and won a fortune. Tobirama Senju dragged his addicted big brother out, unable to knock him unconscious because Hashirama had grown too resilient.

• Yanbai urged Hashirama Senju to choose a love of food rather than gambling as his weakness, but Hashirama decided to look around the casino first.
• Hashirama Senju and Yanbai placed their own bets at a high-or-low dice table, with Yanbai always betting against Hashirama.
• After an hour, Hashirama Senju had nearly lost all his money while Yanbai had amassed a large pile of winnings.
• Tobirama Senju tried to stop Hashirama from betting again, but Hashirama begged for another chance to win back his losses.
• Tobirama Senju dragged his tantruming brother out of the casino and failed to knock him unconscious because Hashirama could heal rapidly.

Yanbai was ambushed by Uchiha Tama, who invited him to visit the Uchiha Clan, while his brothers discovered he was missing and received a note from him. Several days later, Madara sensed Yanbai inside a palanquin and ran after the procession.

• Yanbai sensed an attacker approaching, escaped a hostage attempt, and learned that Uchiha Tama had come to invite him to the Uchiha Clan on the Clan Leader's orders.
• Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju realized Yanbai was missing and worried that he might be in danger.
• A nocturnal bird delivered Yanbai's note saying he had gone out to handle something and asking his brothers to delay their father.
• Several days later, Madara Uchiha noticed Uchiha Tama escorting an enclosed palanquin through the Clan Grounds.
• Madara recognized Yanbai's scent of roses and ran after the palanquin.

Yanbai stayed with the Uchiha Clan, where Madara saw the black tomoe in his eyes, while his mischief pushed the Uchiha toward peace talks with the Senju. The chapter ended with Butsuma considering Uchiha Tajima’s proposal to merge the two clans into a Shinobi Village.

• Madara chased Uchiha Tama’s procession and arrived as Yanbai entered the Uchiha courtyard.
• Madara froze when he saw black tomoe in Yanbai’s red eyes, while Uchiha Tama respectfully escorted Yanbai inside.
• The Uchiha Clan ended its partnership with the Saionji House, halting the war and leaving the Senju forces without a battle to fight.
• Tobirama read Yanbai’s note saying he was freeloading off the Uchiha Clan, and realized Yanbai had gone there to obtain Sharingan.
• Butsuma told his sons that Uchiha Tajima had proposed peace talks between their clans.
• Yanbai’s antics had driven the Uchiha toward consensus, and Tajima proposed that the Senju and Uchiha merge into a Shinobi Village, which Butsuma considered.

Yanbai continued treating injured Uchiha clansmen while planning to found the village early and derail the plot to draw out Black Zetsu. Uchiha Tama worried that his careless remark had made him Yanbai’s next target.

• Yanbai reflected on how touching Uchiha Tama had given him the Uchiha bloodline and awakened his Sharingan.
• Yanbai suspected Black Zetsu was avoiding him and decided to change the plot by founding the village early.
• Yanbai doubted that Uchiha Tajima and Butsuma Senju truly intended to accept his proposal, since both seemed to be stalling.
• Uchiha Tama stayed beside Yanbai while other clansmen prepared an injured man for treatment, despite being assigned to keep Yanbai under surveillance.
• Yanbai’s bizarre rules and threats to expose clansmen’s secrets had made the Uchiha submit to his beatings before treatment.
• Uchiha Tama regretted retorting to Yanbai and feared he would be publicly humiliated next.

Hashirama Senju tried to persuade Butsuma Senju to reconcile with the Uchiha Clan, but his father refused and ordered him back to training. Tobirama Senju explained that reconciliation was nearly impossible without trust, and that Yanbai was safer among the Uchiha than either clan would be in a peace built on uncertainty.

• Hashirama Senju confronted Butsuma Senju about seeking ties with the Uzumaki and Hyuga, but Butsuma shut him down and told him to train.
• Hashirama Senju left the study in frustration, and Tobirama Senju followed him to Yanbai's courtyard.
• Tobirama Senju asked whether Hashirama cared more about reconciliation or Yanbai's safety, then concluded that Hashirama wanted the clans to make peace.
• Tobirama Senju told Hashirama that their father's stance made reconciliation practically impossible because neither clan could trust the other.

Uchiha Xiaoxing and Uchiha Xiaoze endured the disruptive myna Yanbai had left in their care and reflected on how he had saved them. After Yanbai revealed that he wanted the clans to build a village soon because he could no longer bear the pain caused by his healing technique, Madara was left shaken.

• Uchiha Xiaoze tried to eat lunch with Uchiha Xiaoxing while Yanbai’s myna repeatedly teased and pecked at him.
• Uchiha Xiaoxing reminded Uchiha Xiaoze that Yanbai had saved them, and Uchiha Xiaoze tied the myna’s beak shut so he could finish eating.
• Uchiha Xiaoxing and Uchiha Xiaoze wondered whether Madara and Yanbai could end up together.
• Yanbai continued his daily routine of abducting Madara, beating him, and healing him, while Uchiha Tajima watched from a distance.
• Madara confronted Yanbai about the clans’ supposed reconciliation and admitted that the adults had no real intention of making peace.
• Yanbai told Madara that he wanted to die because the Restoration Technique made him endure the wounded’s pain, and Madara trembled as he listened.

Yanbai told Madara Uchiha that he had no reason to live, prompting Madara to beg him to stay alive and offer to marry him. Yanbai left after promising not to kill himself before Madara grew stronger, then secretly considered how to use Tajima Senju and the Uchiha in his plans.

• Yanbai said that his father and brothers were not reasons for him to live, and Madara Uchiha asked if he himself could be that reason.
• Madara Uchiha promised to marry Yanbai, but Yanbai dismissed the offer because the Senju and Uchiha clans had not reconciled.
• Madara Uchiha insisted that he and Hashirama Senju would bring the clans together and made Yanbai promise not to kill himself before Madara grew stronger.
• Yanbai left Madara Uchiha, who watched him go as his Sharingan's tomoe began to change.
• Yanbai privately considered how Tajima Uchiha might awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and smiled as he thought of a plan.

Madara stayed in Yanbai’s room to make sure he was safe, convinced that Yanbai’s earlier talk of wanting to die had been sincere. Yanbai tried to explain it was a joke, but Madara refused to leave until Yanbai fell asleep, and the chapter ended with Uchiha Tama preparing to investigate the strange sounds from the courtyard.

• Madara told Yanbai he understood his fear of losing someone close and said he would stop relying on Yanbai to heal him.
• Madara apologized for the pain Yanbai had endured and insisted on staying until Yanbai fell asleep.
• Yanbai said his earlier talk of wanting to die had been a joke and tried to send Madara back to rest.
• Madara refused to leave, so Yanbai punched him and gave him a black eye.
• Uchiha Tama heard strange sounds and sounds of fighting from Yanbai’s courtyard, then signaled a clansman to fetch the clan leader before he went to investigate.

Uchiha Tajima interrupted Yanbai and Madara Uchiha’s late-night beating, then left after noticing Madara’s newly evolved Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Yanbai explained the clans’ shared ancestry to Madara and offered to help him evolve further.

• Uchiha Tajima heard Madara Uchiha’s cries, saw his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and kicked him back into Yanbai’s room before leaving with Uchiha Tama.
• Madara told Yanbai that Uchiha Tajima had seen his evolved eyes and asked why Yanbai had the Sharingan despite being a Senju.
• Yanbai described the shared ancestry of the Uchiha, Senju, Uzumaki, Kaguya, and Hyuga clans, along with the conflict between Asura and Indra.
• Yanbai claimed his knowledge came from his bloodline and said the elders would not believe the clans’ shared origins without proof.
• Madara asked whether Yanbai knew how to evolve the Sharingan beyond three tomoe, and Yanbai said he could help him grow stronger.

Yanbai hosted Madara and Izuna after Tajima brought them over, then treated the Uchiha clan’s injured. The chapter ended with Yanbai recognizing a patient as someone who resembled Obito and checking the register for his identity.

• Madara refused Yanbai’s offer to help evolve his Sharingan, and Yanbai fell asleep while treating him.
• Tajima brought Madara and Izuna to Yanbai, explaining that they wanted help advancing their Sharingan.
• Yanbai cooked breakfast with ninjutsu while Madara and Izuna watched, then served the brothers and discussed their eyes.
• Yanbai went to the front hall, where Tama had brought the injured patients, and mistook one man for Obito before checking the patient register.

Yanbai questioned Uchiha Motoyuki while preparing to treat his severe injuries, then revealed he knew Motoyuki sought power to protect his daughter. He offered to help them both, leaving Motoyuki wondering why Yanbai cared.

• Yanbai read Uchiha Motoyuki's entry in the roster and recognized him as a powerful clan member with ambitions to become leader.
• Yanbai asked Motoyuki about his children, learning he had a talented daughter rather than a son.
• Yanbai sent Uchiha Tama out of the room, and Tama tried to eavesdrop before Yanbai caught him.
• Yanbai told Motoyuki he understood that Motoyuki pursued power to protect his daughter and offered to examine her after healing him.
• Motoyuki asked Yanbai why he would help them when they had no connection.

Butsuma Senju grew uneasy about Yanbai’s prolonged stay with the Uchiha and sent word urging him to return. Yanbai received the message while helping Uchiha Motoyuki, then left him with instructions and turned his attention to Izuna’s hand after lunch.

• Butsuma Senju rejected most clan proposals, received Uchiha Tajima’s provocative peace letter, and ordered Tobirama Senju to summon Yanbai home.
• Tobirama Senju sent birds to deliver his message to Yanbai and threatened Cherry Ink if Yanbai did not return.
• Yanbai explained Uchiha Motoyuki’s daughter’s predicament and promised to help, but birds arrived with Tobirama’s message, prompting Yanbai to leave after treating Motoyuki.
• Yanbai wrote Tobirama a brief reply and sent it by bird, then cooked lunch for Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Izuna.
• After lunch, Yanbai asked to examine Izuna’s hand, and Izuna agreed at Madara’s signal despite their suspicions.

Yanbai tested Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Izuna’s ability to memorize a detailed forest map, then led them toward the Naka River and vanished into the woods. Meanwhile, Tobirama Senju followed Yanbai’s instructions to disguise himself as his younger brother and reached a meeting point beneath an old maple tree.

• Yanbai examined Uchiha Izuna’s hands, drew a detailed map, and challenged him and Madara Uchiha to memorize it at a glance.
• Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Izuna recited the map accurately, and Yanbai drew a portrait of himself for them to study.
• Yanbai led the Uchiha brothers into the forest, guided them toward the Naka River, and ran off into the woods.
• Tobirama Senju received Yanbai’s letter and understood that his brother was setting up Madara Uchiha.
• Tobirama Senju dressed and styled himself to resemble Yanbai, traveled to the old maple tree, and received another letter from the birds.

Tobirama Senju impersonated Yanbai to deceive Madara Uchiha, whose heartbreak awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan. Yanbai then returned and exposed the setup, leaving Madara angry at Tobirama while Tobirama continued playing along with Yanbai’s scheme.

• Tobirama Senju read Yanbai’s letter and realized he was meant to impersonate Yanbai for Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha embraced Tobirama, mistook him for Yanbai, and recoiled after discovering he was a man.
• Yanbai secretly supplied Tobirama’s voice, making Madara believe Yanbai had rejected him and would die.
• Madara Uchiha’s despair and hatred awakened a strange new pattern in his eyes.
• Yanbai arrived and asked Tobirama why he was wearing his clothes, revealing the deception to Madara.
• Madara Uchiha felt relieved that Yanbai had returned but grew angry at Tobirama, who decided to keep following the script.

Tobirama Senju revealed himself as Yanbai’s brother and said Zetsu had taken Hashirama Senju, prompting Yanbai to leave. Madara Uchiha attacked to stop him, and Yanbai fought him off while Tobirama watched helplessly.

• Tobirama Senju revealed his resemblance to Yanbai and introduced himself to Madara Uchiha as Yanbai’s second older brother.
• Tobirama Senju told Yanbai that Zetsu had taken Hashirama Senju, and Yanbai prepared to return home.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Susanoo and smashed the road, hurling Tobirama Senju into a maple tree to keep Yanbai from leaving.
• Yanbai used his own Susanoo to shield Tobirama Senju and clash with Madara Uchiha.
• Yanbai warned Madara Uchiha that overusing his eyes could make him blind, and the two backed away from each other as Madara asked whether Yanbai would really leave.

Madara Uchiha accepted Yanbai’s departure with a special gift, while Yanbai and Tobirama Senju returned to the Senju Clan Grounds. Tobirama confessed that he had invented Zetsu as an excuse to bring Yanbai home, leaving Yanbai furious as Hashirama danced drunkenly with two red-haired men and a dog.

• Madara Uchiha told Uchiha Izuna and Uchiha Tajima that Yanbai had returned to the Senju Clan and revealed he had received a special gift.
• Yanbai and Tobirama Senju raced toward the Senju Clan Grounds, and Tobirama asked whether Yanbai had sweet-talked Madara Uchiha.
• Yanbai arrived to find Hashirama Senju dancing in circles with two red-haired men and a big yellow dog amid a lively gathering.
• Yanbai asked Tobirama where Zetsu was and demanded an explanation for Hashirama’s presence.
• Tobirama admitted he had lied about Zetsu to persuade Yanbai to return home, and Yanbai struggled to contain his anger.

Yanbai learned that Butsuma Senju had tried to unite several shinobi clans to build a village, but the Uzumaki Clan refused and instead arrived to pursue a marriage alliance. Yanbai told Tobirama Senju to send the Uzumaki home and concluded that the Senju needed to become stronger and wait before attempting to build a village.

• Tobirama Senju apologized for tricking Yanbai into returning and explained that the visiting strangers were members of the Uzumaki Clan.
• Tobirama Senju told Yanbai that Butsuma Senju had contacted several clans about uniting to build a village, but none had agreed.
• Tobirama Senju explained that the Uzumaki Clan had refused to merge with the Senju and had spent three days feasting at the Senju Clan Grounds while pursuing a marriage alliance.
• Yanbai told Tobirama Senju to use their missions as an excuse to send the Uzumaki Clan home and argued that strength mattered more than maintaining ties.
• Yanbai realized it was too early to build a village and saw Hashirama Senju lying in a kennel with an exhausted dog.