Recaps

Uchiha Haruna dominated the Twelve Guardian Ninja’s sparring match in Palace City, defeating Kazuma and overwhelming Asuma’s group before unveiling his original S-rank technique, Sword Rain. The flaming swords rained down across the arena as Haruna basked in the crowd’s stunned attention.

• Haruna answered Kazuma’s insults by using Fire Release and his Sharingan to defeat Kazuma and five other Guardian Ninja instantly.
• Haruna demanded that Asuma and the remaining Guardian Ninja fight, and Uchiha Jin and Uchiha Jinyan kicked them into the arena.
• Asuma fought Haruna with his Chakra Blades and Fire Release, but Haruna interrupted his ninjutsu with an instant-cast fireball.
• Asuma called for the others to attack together, and Haruna revealed his original technique, Xiaren's Secret Technique: Sword Rain.
• Haruna transformed a giant flaming sword into countless smaller swords that battered the arena while a squad of ninja protected the spectators with Earth-Style Wall.
• Haruna stood atop the arena as the crowd stared at him, then clasped his hands behind his back and looked sorrowfully at the sky.

Xiaren awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after the Capital’s ministers mocked the Uchiha, then used its Genjutsu to send them, including the Daimyō, dancing through the streets. The Third Hokage summoned Fugaku and Uchiha Yan to deal with the fallout, and Yan proposed staging Xiaren’s death to appease the Daimyō.

• Root Ninja interrupted Xiaren’s performance in the Capital with a gong, and the crowd laughed at the Uchiha and their antics.
• Xiaren awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and attacked the stands with flames, but Asuma stopped him from killing the Daimyō and the ministers.
• Xiaren cast a one-hour Genjutsu that made the crowd dance in the streets, then left for Konoha with Jinyan and Jhin.
• Chiriku warned Asuma that the Daimyō might cut Konoha’s funding, and Asuma hurried back to inform the Hokage.
• The Third Hokage learned what had happened, argued with Danzo over Root’s role, and summoned Fugaku and Uchiha Yan.
• After reading the intelligence, Yan suggested that Danzo arrange a spy and that the Uchiha provide a Three-Tomoe Sharingan to fake Xiaren’s death before the Daimyō and ministers.

Konoha and the other great nations learned that the Daimyō were summoning their leaders as an alliance against Konoha took shape. Black Zetsu then warned Obito about the alliance, but Obito was more alarmed that Hyuga Taichi had disappeared.

• The Third Hokage ordered Homura to take Uchiha Haruna and Shisui to the Daimyō, while Fugaku was told to confine Uchiha Ao to the Shrine.
• Ōnoki, the Raikage, Rasa, and Yagura discussed targeting Uchiha Yan, but messengers arrived summoning each Kage to their Daimyō.
• Rasa left without warning Uchiha Yan about the alliance, fearing that revealing the secret would doom Sunagakure.
• White Zetsu reported the four-nation alliance to Black Zetsu, who sent White Zetsu to verify it and went to find Obito.
• Obito dismissed the alliance as irrelevant and told Black Zetsu that Hyuga Taichi had disappeared.
• Black Zetsu dismissed the disappearance at first, but Obito insisted Taichi could be hiding or replacing his chakra and might awaken a Tenseigan.

Uchiha Yan investigated a troubling divination that suggested an impending war, while Sasuke sought permission to graduate from the Ninja Academy. Yan left for the Hokage Building to investigate, where Danzo revealed that missing Jinchūriki had recently reappeared.

• Black Zetsu failed to sense Uchiha Yan and continued monitoring the Five Great Nations while searching for Hyuga Taichi.
• Sasuke asked Uchiha Yan to help him graduate, and Yan told him there were three classmates he could not defeat, including Hinata and Neji.
• Sasuke told Yan that Gaara was returning to Sunagakure because Granny Chiyo was reportedly dying, but Yan's ninja cats confirmed that Chiyo was alive and well.
• Uchiha Yan cast a hexagram that warned of danger and hurried to the Hokage Building to ask whether Konoha was preparing for war.
• Uchiha Yan urged the Third Hokage to investigate iron ore activity in the Land of Iron and the Land of Crafts, while Danzo reported that Jinchūriki who had been missing for over two years had recently reappeared.

Uchiha Yan learned that a coalition of nations and shinobi villages was preparing to destroy Konoha, so he abandoned his original plan and set out to cripple the enemy forces. He left the Third Hokage and Fugaku to prepare for a war involving nearly the entire Shinobi World.

• The Third Hokage received Jiraiya's report that Kumogakure had entered the Land of Tea, then ordered Uchiha Yan and Inabi to head toward the invasion.
• A Root ninja reported that Kirigakure, the Land of Crafts, and the Land of Iron were attacking Whirlpool Island while Takigakure and Kusagakure joined the assault on the Land of Fire.
• The Third Hokage assigned Danzo to deal with Kirigakure and sent Shisui, Itachi, and the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads to support him.
• Uchiha Yan met White Zetsu on the road and learned that nearly every nation and village, including Sunagakure and Iwagakure, had planned to attack Konoha for three years.
• Uchiha Yan told White Zetsu to inform Nagato that he was abandoning the original plan, then sent a ninja cat to warn Fugaku about the coalition.
• Uchiha Yan concluded that he needed to cripple the enemy's strongest fighters first.

Konoha learned that the Four Great Ninja Villages and smaller villages were joining forces to attack, and the Third Hokage dispatched ninja to defend several fronts. Uchiha Yan reached Nange Town, where Konoha's forces launched a first strike against Kumogakure while Killer B and Dodai waited for him.

• The Third Hokage ordered Konoha to mobilize, assigned Danzo, Yan, Koharu, Shikaku, and others to separate fronts, and kept Hyuga Taichi in the village to protect civilians.
• Kakashi told the Third Hokage that future images showed Madara Uchiha defeating five Kage, so the Hokage sent Kakashi, Asuma, and Guy to protect Itachi.
• Uchiha Yan arrived at Nange Town and told Aoba to hold position until Konoha's main force arrived, while Dodai confirmed Yan's presence to Killer B.
• Inabi arrived with Konoha's troops, and Yan ordered an immediate attack on Kumogakure's force.
• Inabi entered the battle, unleashed Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation, and began killing Kumogakure ninja with his kunai.

Uchiha Yan captured Yugito Nii with his Mangekyō ability, but the other jinchūriki joined the battle and forced Konoha’s forces to withdraw. After learning the daimyō had conspired to destroy the Uchiha, Yan ordered a campaign against the nations’ rulers, while news of the jinchūriki attack reached Utatane Koharu.

• Inabi summoned his armored Susanoo against Kumogakure, but the Two-Tails intervened and turned the battle back in Kumogakure’s favor.
• Uchiha Yan used Divine Erosion to incapacitate Yugito Nii and suppress the Two-Tails, but the Eight-Tails disrupted Inabi’s attempt to seize her.
• Dodai revealed that the nations’ daimyō had conspired to destroy Konoha and eliminate the Uchiha, prompting Yan to order attacks on daimyō bloodlines across the shinobi world.
• Yan summoned his silver-white Susanoo, ordered Konoha’s ninja to retreat, and attacked the Seven-Tails while Inabi protected the withdrawal.
• Granny Chiyo stalled Utatane Koharu in the Land of Rivers and said Rasa was on another mission, leaving Koharu suspicious.
• Koharu learned that six jinchūriki were attacking Yan and Inabi near Nange Town and that Konoha had withdrawn to defend Pingning City.

Konoha fought Sunagakure as Fugaku tried to defeat Chiyo, while Danzo and Root slaughtered the Land of Fire’s daimyō and ministers after learning they had conspired against Konoha. Danzo headed for the Land of Grass, but reports of Yagura and Kisame attacking the Third Hokage left Konoha facing another threat.

• Utatane Koharu and Chiyo accused each other over the daimyō conspiracy, then Fugaku unleashed Susanoo as Konoha and Sunagakure began their decisive battle.
• Shisui read a scroll revealing the daimyō’s conspiracy, and Danzo ordered Fū to kill the Land of Fire’s daimyō and ministers.
• Root ninja stormed the palace, killed Tokugawa Shin and Asuma watched them slaughter the nobles in the Capital.
• Danzo ordered Root spies across the nations to help the Uchiha kill the daimyō bloodlines, then set off with Shisui toward the Land of Grass.
• Yamanaka Fū sensed Yagura and the Three-Tails approaching Konoha, then reported that Kisame and other powerful ninja were attacking the Third Hokage as a Tailed Beast Bomb exploded nearby.

Danzo joined the Third Hokage’s battle against the four Kage, then left to support Konoha before turning back when he realized the Third might sacrifice himself. The Third began a deadly technique to buy Danzo time, and Ōnoki ordered the others to kill him.

• Yamanaka Fū warned Danzo that the Third Hokage was fighting the other four Kage alone, so Danzo led Root to support him.
• Danzo revealed that he had killed the Land of Fire’s daimyō and ministers and planned to become its daimyō, while the other Kage admitted their own ambitions and grievances against their rulers.
• The Third used the Adamantine Staff Shadow Clone Technique, injuring the four Kage and ordering Danzo to return to Konoha.
• Danzo headed back toward the village, then turned around and ordered Yamanaka Fū to take the others onward while he returned to check on the Third.
• Danzo found the Third restraining Yagura and fighting the others with shadow clones; the Third began a sacrificial technique to buy Danzo time, and Ōnoki flew up and ordered the Kage to kill him.

The Third Hokage used a sealing technique to kill Yagura and hold off the Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and Rasa before dying himself. The three leaders returned to Konoha to attack, where Uchiha Mikoto confronted them with a blue Sharingan technique.

• The Fourth Raikage struck Danzo, but Danzo reappeared and immobilized him with the Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal before Rasa pulled him away.
• The Third Hokage sealed Yagura and the Three-Tails into the Shinigami's belly, killing Yagura as Ōnoki fled and the Raikage escaped the seal.
• The Third Hokage urged Danzo to return to Konoha, then died after the enemy leaders left him behind; two White Zetsu discussed how his death disrupted Black Zetsu's plan.
• Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, and Rasa reached Konoha and found Root fighting at the village entrance, then prepared to attack the village.
• Uchiha Mikoto appeared above the gates, challenged the three leaders, and activated the Uchiha secret technique Non-Attack.

Hyuga Taichi drove the allied forces away from Konoha, then sent the Eight Trigrams Formation to strike Iwagakure's camp in the Land of Grass. As Jiraiya joined the fight against the six tailed beasts, Tsunade learned that the Third Hokage had died and was asked to stop the Kage heading for Jinghai Town.

• Taichi's Eight Trigrams Formation overwhelmed the invading ninja, forcing them to flee beyond its range, while Kisame left after learning that Yagura had died.
• Danzo told Taichi that the Kage were heading to Jinghai Town, and Taichi launched the Eight Trigrams Formation toward the Land of Grass to draw Ōnoki back.
• Taichi's strike exploded inside Iwagakure's camp, stunning Shikaku's forces as they worried about the defenders at Nange Town.
• Jiraiya arrived with Gamabunta and helped Uchiha Yan and Inabi fight the six tailed beasts, easing the pressure on them.
• An Anbu told Tsunade that the Third Hokage had died and that Ōnoki, Rasa, and A were heading to Jinghai Town to kill Uchiha Haruna and Uchiha Itachi; Danzo asked her to stop one of them.

Tsunade joined the battle after Xiaren used his ocular technique to make her see blood as water, and she took on the Raikage while Xiaren fought Ōnoki. Utakata abandoned the fight at Nange Town to reinforce Kirigakure, then returned with a Tailed Beast Bomb as the exhausted armies faced a sudden attack.

• Tsunade learned that Jiraiya had gone to reinforce Uchiha Yan and asked Xiaren to help her overcome her fear of blood.
• Xiaren used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make Tsunade see blood as water, then Tsunade intercepted the Raikage while Xiaren engaged Ōnoki.
• Genji ordered Utakata to withdraw and help kill Xiaren, Ōnoki, and the Raikage, prioritizing the Six-Tails and Kirigakure's survival.
• Utakata fled Uchiha Yan's attack and hurried to the Jinghai Town battlefield, where both sides were nearly out of chakra.
• Utakata launched a Tailed Beast Bomb at the battlefield, and Xiaren shielded Tsunade with his pale golden Susanoo as Danzo and Mitokado Homura ran inside it.

The battlefield erupted after the Tailed Beast Bombs, leaving Rasa, Ōnoki, and Mitokado Homura dead while the surviving Kage and shinobi continued fighting. Uchiha Itachi defended himself against the attacking forces as the battle remained unresolved.

• The Tailed Beast Bombs devastated the battlefield, and Uchiha Haruna collapsed after his Susanoo faded while Rasa, the Fourth Raikage, and Ōnoki suffered injuries.
• Utakata attacked the weakened Rasa with water techniques, killing him as Rasa urged Baki to retreat.
• Ōnoki fatally impaled Mitokado Homura, who trapped him and detonated Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags; Ōnoki survived the blasts, but Danzo stabbed him afterward.
• Uchiha Itachi rescued Danzo from Iwagakure attacks with Sharingan: Protection, prompting Genji to order Kirigakure ninja to kill Itachi.
• Tsunade held off the Fourth Raikage while Itachi fought the advancing ninja, dodged Utakata's attacks, and used Haoran Qi to defend himself.

Xiaren used a Mangekyō Sharingan technique to transform and defeat Utakata, forcing Kirigakure to withdraw so Konoha could defeat Iwagakure. The battle ended with news that the Four-Tails and Five-Tails had devastated Konoha’s forces in the Land of Grass, leaving Shisui gravely crippled as Jiraiya confronted Kitsuchi.

• Itachi distracted Utakata with genjutsu while Xiaren pinned him with Susanoo, but Utakata’s acidic cloak began melting Susanoo.
• Xiaren attacked the Kirigakure ninja, and Mei Terumi and Raiga knocked him down; Utakata threw him into the air as Kakashi sacrificed his right arm to save him.
• Surrounded by the Raikage, Utakata, and Mei, Xiaren unleashed the Mangekyō Sharingan Transformation Technique, transformed with flaming wings and swords, and incapacitated Utakata with Divine Judgment.
• Xiaren tried to pursue the fleeing Raikage, but his transformation ended; Tsunade caught him and handed Utakata over to Genji in exchange for Kirigakure’s withdrawal.
• Konoha defeated the remaining Iwagakure forces, while reports revealed the Four-Tails and Five-Tails had inflicted severe losses in the Land of Grass and left Shisui crippled.
• Jiraiya, surveying the devastation from atop a toad, told Kitsuchi to end the fight.

Kitsuchi agreed to withdraw, but Kirigakure attacked Tsunade’s group to kill Uchiha Itachi, forcing Danzo to sacrifice himself so they could escape. At Nange Town, Uchiha Yan defeated the Two-Tails and drove off the Seven-Tails, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• After hearing the casualty reports and being reminded of the threats still in play, Kitsuchi accepted Jiraiya’s offer to return his father’s body and ordered Iwagakure to withdraw.
• Jiraiya learned Kirigakure had surrounded Tsunade’s group to kill Uchiha Itachi and went to help them.
• Genji exploited Tsunade’s hemophobia, but Danzo ordered Fū to evacuate the group and used the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique to hold off the Kirigakure ninja.
• At Nange Town, Uchiha Yan explained how his combined arts restored his energy and tricked the Two-Tails into losing her transformation, then killed Yugito Nii.
• The Seven-Tails abandoned the fight and flew toward Takigakure, and Uchiha Yan abruptly turned around as if sensing something.

Uchiha Yan and the Raikage ended their exhausted confrontation after a devastating war that left the Five Great Shinobi Villages and their leaders shattered. As Konoha mourned its dead, Obito and Black Zetsu faced the loss of the tailed beasts, while Inabi and Orochimaru remained sealed with the mysterious Uchiha Hikari.

• Uchiha Yan taunted the Raikage about Yugito’s death and Killer B’s disappearance, then both men agreed to withdraw because they had run out of chakra.
• Uchiha Yan reflected that the war had no winners, while Obito and Black Zetsu argued over the missing tailed beasts and the impossible seals holding them.
• Inabi met Uchiha Hikari inside the Uchiha Sealing Grounds, and she excitedly searched for Boruto, whom she believed had come from the future.
• Orochimaru reassured Inabi and Hikari that Kabuto might complete experiments involving Uzumaki blood and the Byakugan, while Hikari insisted she wanted Boruto to have a child immediately.
• The war’s end sparked struggles for power among city lords, and Uchiha Yan returned to Konoha as the village grieved its dead.

Uchiha Yan agreed to become Hokage after proposing five-year elections and a process for removing a Hokage who made serious mistakes. Later, Obito Uchiha sought the tailed beasts to pursue the Sage of Six Paths’ path to peace, and Yan told him where he might search while warning that the future was uncertain.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Koharu supported Uchiha Yan as Hokage after Danzo died protecting them and Itachi.
• Uchiha Yan said he would seek peace through unification and proposed elections every five years, with a vote to remove a Hokage who committed a serious mistake.
• Uchiha Yan returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and found Uchiha Haruna joking with Xiaren about his blindness and battlefield exploits.
• Obito Uchiha revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and demanded to know how to find the Three-Tails and the Eight-Tails.
• Uchiha Yan told Obito where to look for the Shinigami Mask and suggested using the Ryuumyaku to find Boruto Uzumaki, but warned that the future might have changed.

Uchiha Yan became Konoha’s Fifth Hokage and defended his decision to kill the Daimyō and his bloodline as part of ending noble rule and reforming the Shinobi World. As the war devastated the villages, Konoha prepared for reforms while civilian armies and city lords began fighting over power.

• Uchiha Yan told Obito that Kakashi’s eye could be restored and his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened, but decided to keep the Three-Tails and Eight-Tails sealed away for now.
• At Konoha’s Hokage selection meeting, Hiashi, Shikaku, and most of the Jonin nominated and supported Uchiha Yan.
• Asuma challenged Uchiha Yan over slaughtering the Daimyō’s bloodline, and Uchiha Yan argued that ending noble rule was necessary for equality and political reform.
• Uchiha Yan presented a five-year plan for Konoha, including funding, institutional reforms, and wider access to ninjutsu.
• Mei Terumi became the Fifth Mizukage, Kitsuchi was positioned to succeed Ōnoki, and Baki took charge of Sunagakure until Gaara grew up.
• The weakened shinobi villages withdrew from conflicts as city lords recruited Ninja, samurai, and civilian armies to compete for the Daimyō positions.

Obito recruited Kabuto Yakushi to research the Jōgan and help recover the sealed tailed beasts, then sought a way to undo the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. Black Zetsu rejected Obito’s plan to make him learn the jutsu, and they settled on grooming Sakura Haruno to learn it and release the Three-Tails.

• Obito found Kabuto Yakushi at Orochimaru’s base and asked about the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and the Jōgan.
• Kabuto agreed to research the Jōgan in exchange for test subjects, Uchiha Yan’s books, and support in finding Orochimaru; Obito promised to help and gave him the books.
• Kabuto gave Obito an Impure World Reincarnation scroll and proposed using Boruto Uzumaki’s bones to rescue Orochimaru and the others, but Obito refused to provide Boruto’s corpse.
• Obito returned to his base with a scroll for undoing the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and urged Black Zetsu to learn it, but Black Zetsu refused because the jutsu required a soul and sealing talent.
• Black Zetsu proposed that Sakura Haruno learn sealing jutsu and later be controlled with Sharingan genjutsu to release the Three-Tails, and Obito agreed to the plan.

Obito returned to Konoha and watched Neji defeat Rock Lee in the graduation exam before heading to Sakura Haruno’s bedside with the Sealing Jutsu. At Kakashi’s bedside, Uchiha Yan failed to persuade him to try a dangerous injection and continued looking for a way to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Obito saw that Konoha’s eastern side had been demolished and went to the Ninja Academy to observe the graduation exam.
• Neji defeated Rock Lee with his Eight Trigrams Formation: Weak Water, and Rock Lee vowed to surpass him.
• Obito left the exam to deliver the Sealing Jutsu to Sakura Haruno and check on Kakashi.
• Uchiha Yan tried to convince Kakashi to accept an injection by promising possible powers and offering him novels, but Kakashi refused.
• Uchiha Yan left Kakashi alone and considered ways to restore his inherited Mangekyō Sharingan and awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Yan negotiated with Hozuki Yae over Kirigakure's tidal power generation technology and proposed building a factory in Jinghai Town. After Konoha's leaders debated the proposal, Utatane Koharu supported Jinghai Town while warning that Konoha needed safeguards against Kirigakure breaking an agreement.

• Uchiha Yan told Shikaku to assign the new Genin as planned, place Neji with the Taijutsu group, and prepare to resume missions after Yamato completed the Eight New Districts.
• Hozuki Yae offered Kirigakure's tidal power generation technology in exchange for Konoha teaching materials, teachers, exchanges between young shinobi, and thirty percent of related profits.
• Uchiha Yan asked Kirigakure to decide its aims and sent Hozuki Yae back with a letter for the Mizukage, inviting him to discuss matters in Jinghai Town.
• Uchiha Yan convened Konoha's leaders, who debated the technology's usefulness; Uchiha Itachi and Asuma supported exploring it, while others questioned the need and practicality.
• Uchiha Yan proposed establishing the Konoha Factory in Jinghai Town and growing grain on the nearby plain, and Utatane Koharu agreed the location was suitable but urged safeguards against Kirigakure breaking the contract.

Uchiha Yan proposed an engagement with Mei Terumi as a way to bind Konoha and Kirigakure together, then tasked village leaders with creating an Economic Development Department and finding a leader for Root. Mei Terumi and her advisers debated Kirigakure’s future and agreed to meet Yan in Jinghai Town before deciding whether to pursue control of the Land of Water or remain dependent on its Daimyō.

• Uchiha Yan argued that his engagement to Mei Terumi would make Konoha and Kirigakure one family and secure Kirigakure’s help protecting Konoha’s businesses in Jinghai Town.
• Uchiha Yan ordered Shikaku Nara, Uchiha Itachi, and Asuma to organize an Economic Development Department, while Utatane Koharu raised the unresolved question of Root’s leadership.
• Uchiha Yan rejected Root’s former members as leaders and considered, then abandoned, the idea of using Obito Uchiha; he also urged Shibi Aburame to reconsider taking the position.
• Mei Terumi asked Ao what Kirigakure wanted, and her advisers disagreed over whether the village should become the Daimyō of the Land of Water or simply seek funding from whoever held the title.
• Mei Terumi agreed to meet Uchiha Yan in Jinghai Town before deciding Kirigakure’s course, and she brought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist while Yan traveled with Asuma and Shinichi Hyūga.

Uchiha Yan met Mei Terumi in Jinghai Town to negotiate cooperation between Konoha and Kirigakure, offering her several deals and proposing an engagement to protect their alliance. Mei Terumi questioned his motives, and the chapter ended with Yan explaining the strategic value of a marriage alliance and suggesting they could choose another candidate.

• Uchiha Yan tried to recruit Asuma as a team instructor, and Asuma reluctantly agreed.
• Uchiha Yan welcomed Mei Terumi and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist with a candlelit dinner, then presented two proposals for Kirigakure's cooperation with Konoha.
• Mei Terumi rejected Yan's terms for tidal power technology and chose the option that would let Kirigakure keep its technology in exchange for a deal.
• Uchiha Yan offered Kirigakure access to Konoha's techniques and training, then shocked everyone by asking Mei Terumi to get engaged to him.
• Zabuza attacked Yan after he mocked him, but Yan blocked the great sword and explained that their engagement would deter other villages and ease hostility between Konoha and Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi challenged Yan's talk of becoming his wife, and he said they could choose someone else if Kirigakure had a candidate for the next Mizukage.

Mei Terumi announced her engagement to Uchiha Yan, and both leaders recognized that their alliance could benefit their villages. As other shinobi villages began gathering intelligence, Kakashi tried to quit being a ninja, but Pakkun offered him a mysterious vial that Kakashi suspected contained Hashirama cells.

• Mei Terumi insisted she would marry Uchiha Yan after stepping down as Mizukage, and he gave her information on Water Release and arranged for an alliance agreement and help building Jinghai Town.
• Mei told Mangetsu and Kisame that the engagement would help Kirigakure recover and secure Konoha's support, while Uchiha Yan saw the alliance as a way to spread his influence in the Land of Water.
• News of the engagement spread, and Dodai advised the Raikage to focus on ending the Land of Lightning's civil war and making money before pursuing military strength.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages began gathering intelligence again, while Kakashi decided to quit being a ninja and find Jiraiya to write novels with him.
• Pakkun objected to Kakashi quitting and gave him a vial of two drops of blood; Kakashi recognized it as possibly containing Hashirama cells and feared Pakkun was trying to kill him.

Pakkun forced Kakashi to swallow blood from the Ninja Cat Clan, triggering a dangerous surge of yang energy that Neji and Hinata stabilized with their Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel. Kakashi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, then discovered White Zetsu spies beneath his room.

• Pakkun and the other ninja dogs tackled Kakashi and fed him the blood, causing blue chakra to erupt from his body.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used an Ancient Zither to mobilize Kakashi’s yin energy while Uchiha Izumi fetched Neji and Hinata.
• Neji and Hinata used the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel to balance Kakashi’s energies, and Kakashi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kakashi revived and struck Pakkun with Chidori after Pakkun asked to use his eye, then wondered whether he had Uchiha blood.
• White Zetsu and another spy watched from underground until Hinata exposed them, and Kakashi identified them as agents known to the Hokage.