Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yan and Hizashi returned to Konoha with Shukaku’s chakra and news of Sunagakure’s possible cooperation. Yan persuaded the Third Hokage to keep the alliance secret and consider letting Shukaku stay with Naruto, leaving Hiruzen and Koharu to discuss Minato’s sacrifice and visit Naruto.

• Hizashi told Uchiha Yan that aiding Sunagakure could endanger Konoha, but Yan argued he could control Sunagakure’s strength and protect Naruto from the One-Tail and Nine-Tails.
• Hizashi, Uchiha Yan, and Haruka returned to Konoha and reported that Sunagakure’s Rasa had verbally agreed to cooperate and that Shukaku knew the Three-Tails’ approximate location.
• Uchiha Yan convinced the Third Hokage and Utatane Koharu not to inform Danzo or disrupt Konoha’s plan, and Hiruzen assigned Yan’s team responsibility for Sunagakure matters.
• Uchiha Yan gave Hiruzen Shukaku’s chakra and explained that Shukaku wanted to stay with the Nine-Tails, while describing his belief that loved children could learn to care for others and become friends with tailed beasts.
• The Third Hokage agreed to consider Yan’s proposal and ordered his team to rest before joining Kakashi’s team on an important mission.
• Utatane Koharu asked Hiruzen about Yan’s reference to his mother leaving chakra behind, and Hiruzen said Yan believed Minato and Kushina had chosen to die so their chakra could watch Naruto grow; Hiruzen then suggested they visit Naruto.

Uchiha Yan checked on the Uchiha Clan’s plans and prepared them for a future operation against Danzo, while the Third Hokage planned to protect Naruto by giving him One-Tail chakra. The chapter ended with Yan discovering that Xiaren had copied a grandiose line from Yan’s memories and wondering whether another transmigrator was involved.

• The Third Hokage argued that adding One-Tail chakra could conceal Naruto’s identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and planned to send him to the Ninja Academy, while Utatane Koharu objected.
• Uchiha Yan visited Xiaren, praised his red-and-white outfit, and discussed the planned festival honoring Obito by releasing lanterns and offering incense.
• Yan told Xiaren to spread criticism of the Uchiha ancestor worship so the festival could exceed low expectations, and instructed the clan leader to secretly prepare Uchiha clansmen for a mission against Danzo in six months.
• Xiaren agreed to remain in Konoha to protect the clan and village, then declared himself an invincible ninja of light using words Yan recognized from An Lan.
• Xiaren explained that he had seen the line in Yan’s memories during a genjutsu, and Yan urgently asked what else Xiaren had seen.

Uchiha Yan tried to keep his plans and knowledge hidden while encouraging Uchiha pride, then grew suspicious of the Third Hokage’s operation to let a Kirigakure spy escape with false intelligence. He ended the briefing by putting on an extravagant Uchiha act, while the Hokage noticed his curiosity.

• Xiaren misread Yan’s remembered quotes as praise for himself, and Yan warned him not to reveal who had taught him the lines.
• Yan spent two days entering data into the Tianyan System, then told Itachi to focus on cultivating Haoran Qi and transforming the Uchiha Clan.
• The Third Hokage assigned Kakashi’s team to ambush Kirigakure spies and Hizashi’s team to help a gray-haired spy escape with false intelligence.
• Yan questioned the plan and suspected hidden arrangements, then suggested sending Uchiha Haruna instead of Kakashi to make the spy’s escape more plausible.
• The Third Hokage told Yan to follow orders, and Yan declared that he would become a Uchiha beyond Madara before theatrically demanding that everyone kneel.

Uchiha Yan and Hizashi waited by the Naka River to help a spy escape with false intelligence, while Yan worried Danzo was hiding part of the plan from the Third Hokage. As they waited, Yan made a bet that he could divine the spy’s age and sex, then tossed three leaves to begin.

• The Third Hokage warned Uchiha Yan not to provoke the spies, and Kakashi advised him to play dumb.
• Yan explained to Hizashi that the mission was designed to let the spy escape, then sent the ninja cat Tahi to ask Shisui to investigate Jinghai Town.
• Yan and Hizashi took up positions near the Naka River and discussed whether Danzo’s Three-Tails mission was a smokescreen for the false intelligence.
• Yan asked Hizashi to have Hyuga clansmen check for Root ninja and hidden pursuers after the mission, without engaging them.
• Yan rambled about immortality, the Eight Gates, and Gentle Fist, then bet he could divine the spy’s age and sex and tossed three leaves onto the ground.

Uchiha Yan’s squad intercepted Yamada and the Kirigakure spies, while Yakushi Nonō appeared to help them escape. As the clashes continued, one spy sacrificed himself to pin Yan down and trigger a bundle of explosive tags.

• Hizashi and Haruka were stunned when the Kirigakure spies arrived exactly as Hizashi had predicted, and Uchiha Yan taunted the group blocking their way.
• A young male spy attacked Yan with the Hidden Mist Technique, but Yan burned him with a fireball without killing him.
• Yakushi Nonō emerged from the woods and told Yamada to flee while she and the others held off Hizashi’s squad.
• Yamada and another spy fought Yan in the mist as Haruka faced an enemy and Hizashi fought Nonō; Kakashi and Hyuga Taichi watched from nearby.
• Yan taunted the injured male spy, who charged him, let Yan pierce his heart, then wrapped them both in explosive tags.

Uchiha Yan survived Qingshui’s suicide attack and learned that Orochimaru may be involved in the spy operation. Genji deduced that Danzo had kept Yan alive to use his intelligence about the Three-Tails, and suspected Konoha had already found where it would revive.

• Uchiha Yan escaped Qingshui’s explosion with the Substitution Technique, and Hizashi’s squad returned to report their mission to the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage ordered Hizashi’s squad to locate the Three-Tails and report its position before waiting for its revival.
• Hizashi received intelligence that unidentified shinobi, including a snake likely connected to Orochimaru, had followed the spy; Yan suspected Danzo and Orochimaru had made a deal.
• Yagura learned that Kirigakure had lost more than half its spies, including Yakushi Nonō and Yamada, over intelligence saying a Hyuga Main Family member was on the battlefield.
• Genji realized that Yan’s knowledge of the Three-Tails could explain why Danzo had sent him and Hizashi away, and concluded Konoha might use the Byakugan to find the beast’s revival site.

Genji and Danzo maneuvered to use the Three-Tails and the Hyuga Main Family member to draw out their enemies, while Obito, Black Zetsu, and Konan argued over whether to help Uchiha Yan. The chapter ended with Nagato questioning Black Zetsu about the terrain between several lands.

• Genji ordered Kirigakure to attack Jinghai Town and search for the list while sensory ninja searched for Uchiha Yan.
• Danzo planned to use the Three-Tails’ revival to pin down Uchiha Yan and arranged for a spy to return a death list to Konoha.
• Black Zetsu warned Obito that Danzo did not intend to capture the Three-Tails, and White Zetsu revealed that the Uchiha Clan had started an Obito Festival.
• Obito defended his visits to Konoha and refused to kill Uchiha Yan without Nagato and Konan’s approval.
• Konan confronted Black Zetsu for failing to provide Uchiha Yan with intelligence and ordered him to ask Yan what information he needed.
• Nagato asked Black Zetsu to compare the elevations of the Land of Rain, the Land of Rivers, and the Land of Wind.

Uchiha Yan learned that Konoha had revealed Hyūga Shinkō’s presence on the battlefield to Kirigakure as part of Danzo’s plan, while Kirigakure prepared to attack Jinghai Town. Yan decided to move the decisive battle to the Land of Rivers and warned Hizashi that Shinkō had to remain in danger to draw Kirigakure into Danzo’s trap.

• Nagato praised Yan’s peace efforts and ordered Black Zetsu to help him obtain intelligence.
• Black Zetsu found Yan fishing, and Yan persuaded him to investigate Danzo in exchange for answering a question about making a Kage-level shinobi defect.
• Black Zetsu told Yan that Konoha had informed Kirigakure a Hyūga Main Family member was on the battlefield and that Kirigakure planned an all-out assault on Jinghai Town.
• Yan asked Black Zetsu to deliver a letter to Hoshigakure, then decided to draw Danzo and Kirigakure’s forces into a decisive clash in the Land of Rivers.
• Yan told Hizashi that Hyūga Shinkō was being used as bait and warned him not to recall Shinkō, since Danzo needed him to remain in danger.

Hizashi defied Uchiha Yan’s plan to protect Hyūga Shinkō, leaving Yan and Haruka trapped in a cave while he rushed back to Konoha. Black Zetsu learned the plan might collapse, and Nagato considered helping Yan.

• Hizashi rejected Yan’s warning and insisted that Shinkō’s safety mattered more than the war plan.
• Hizashi struck Yan’s chakra points, immobilizing him, then trapped him and Haruka in a cave with supplies for a month.
• Hizashi left for Konoha, while Yan feared the plan’s failure would bring disaster for the Uchiha and the ninja clans.
• White Zetsu reported the incident to Black Zetsu, who warned Nagato that the war’s outcome and several alliances could change.
• Nagato dismissed Yan’s concerns as selfish and asked whether they should rescue him.

Nagato helped Uchiha Yan send a warning to Mitokado Homura after Hizashi turned against Yan and headed for Konoha. When the Third Hokage learned that Hizashi was returning, he ordered the Anbu to seize him at the village entrance.

• Nagato agreed to help Yan send a message and kept Jinyan in Amegakure rather than risk further trouble.
• Uchiha Yan asked Black Zetsu to warn Mitokado Homura that Hizashi knew the village's plan and was returning to Konoha, while Yan and Haruka were trapped and unable to use chakra.
• Haruka gave Black Zetsu her green-handled kunai as proof of her identity, and he carried her message to Mitokado Homura's command post.
• Mitokado Homura sent word to Hiruzen through Fugaku and a ninja cat, while Fugaku argued with Hyūga Maki over Hizashi's attack.
• The Third Hokage received the message, demanded to know what Hizashi was doing, and ordered the Anbu to apprehend him at the village entrance.

Hyuga Hiashi confronted the Third Hokage over Hyūga Shinkō’s safety and learned Konoha planned to attack the Former Site of the Land of Whirlpools. After the Third Hokage ordered Uchiha Yan brought back, Yan asked White Zetsu to deliver secret instructions, including a plan to hide Shinkō.

• Hyuga Hiashi demanded that Hyūga Shinkō be withdrawn from the battlefield, but the Third Hokage refused and threatened the Hyuga Clan with the consequences of defying Konoha’s plan.
• Utatane Koharu challenged the Third Hokage for endangering Hizashi’s squad, and he explained that Uchiha Yan had exposed Danzo’s trap after Danzo refused to go to the Land of Rivers.
• The Third Hokage ordered Genma to bring Uchiha Yan back from the Eastern Coast of the Land of Rivers, even if Advisor Homura tried to stop him.
• Uchiha Yan summoned two White Zetsu and asked them to tell Shisui Uchiha that Kirigakure would attack Jinghai Town that night.
• Uchiha Yan sent Shisui a message to hide Hyūga Shinkō in the Land of Rivers and sent Lord Jiraiya a warning that Orochimaru would go to the Eastern Coast when the Three-Tails revived.
• Uchiha Yan told Haruka that the approaching capture team meant Konoha’s safety depended on her cooperation.

Uchiha Yan sent instructions for Rasa to threaten Konoha’s border, while a staged Kirigakure assault erupted at Jinghai Town and Shisui chose to defend Konoha instead of following Yan’s warning. Danzo believed his plans had succeeded, but a report about Uchiha Yan, Hizashi Hyuga, and Uchiha Haruna left him stunned.

• Uchiha Yan told his men to inform Rasa and have him gather troops near Konoha before the Three-Tails revived.
• Shisui read Uchiha Yan’s blood letter, then heard that Kirigakure had launched an all-out attack and chose to fight for Konoha.
• Two Konoha Genin attacked the Logistics Department with Explosive Tags, drawing Danzo and his forces away.
• A black-haired Chunin stole and copied the Hyuga Clan’s deployment roster, then delivered it to a shark summon before Root ninja killed him.
• Danzo ordered the fallen Root ninja buried as a hero and believed Kirigakure’s withdrawal had advanced his plans.
• Yamaneko told Danzo that the Third Hokage had sent the Genma Squad to capture Uchiha Yan, Anbu had confined Hizashi Hyuga, and Uchiha Haruna was gathering his clansmen.

Danzo ordered Root to keep watching the Uchiha, while the Third Hokage arrested Uchiha Yan and sealed his chakra for the rest of the war after condemning his schemes and reckless talk. Meanwhile, Hizashi and Hiashi worried about Shinkō and the Hyuga clan’s future, but Hiashi rejected Hizashi’s suggestion to join forces with other clans against Konoha.

• Danzo told Yamaneko to leave the Uchiha alone and report any discoveries by messenger hawk.
• The Third Hokage accused Uchiha Yan of endangering Konoha with his schemes, then ordered Genma to imprison him in an Anbu cell until the war ended.
• Mikoto visited the Third Hokage to ask about Uchiha Yan, and he assured her Yan would be released after the war while instructing her to prepare Itachi for the Ninja Academy.
• Uchiha Haruna decided to ask Fugaku what to do about the arrangements Uchiha Yan had left behind.
• Hizashi regretted his actions after hearing Uchiha Yan had been imprisoned, and Hiashi told him the clan could only trust Shinkō and the plan Yan had devised.
• Hizashi suggested joining forces with other clans, but Hiashi rejected the idea and explained why the Hyuga clan could not survive Konoha’s destruction.

While Uchiha Yan remained imprisoned, he staged a one-man historical drama that convinced Genma and Konoha’s leaders he had gone mad. He revealed that he was only acting and asked what had happened in the war and to the Hyūga.

• Hiashi agreed to wait for an opportunity to act, promising Hizashi he would try to stall events involving Neji if Shinkō was endangered.
• Uchiha Yan, driven to distraction by his isolation, began performing a script aloud in different voices and briefly felt his Sharingan nearing three tomoe.
• Genma heard Uchiha Yan’s performance, mistook it for madness, and rushed to tell the Third Hokage.
• Utatane Koharu and the Third Hokage went to the cell, where they heard Uchiha Yan’s many voices and saw him acting out scenes while shedding fake bloody tears.
• Uchiha Yan explained that he had staged the performance and asked Utatane Koharu whether the war was over, whether Konoha had won, and what had happened to the Hyūga.

Uchiha Yan warned the Third Hokage that Sunagakure’s One-Tail could trigger a worldwide war, then learned Danzo’s trap was about to collide with the Three-Tails’ revival. He blamed Shisui for failing to follow his orders and accused Danzo of trading with Orochimaru for the Byakugan.

• An Anbu reported that Rasa had brought the One-Tail and hundreds of Sunagakure ninja to Liangping Castle, and Uchiha Yan explained how this could draw Iwagakure and the Land of Rain into a wider war.
• Uchiha Yan urged the Third Hokage to send envoys to Sunagakure and Iwagakure to buy time, while Utatane Koharu suggested sending Yan to negotiate with Rasa.
• Another Anbu reported that the Three-Tails had appeared east of the Land of Rivers and that Danzo’s trap was ready for Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Yan learned that Shisui had not taken Hyūga Shinkō to the Land of Rivers, and he furiously berated Shisui, the Uchiha Clan, and the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Yan accused Danzo of obtaining the Byakugan through a deal with Orochimaru, leaving the Third Hokage alarmed.

Uchiha Yan learned that Kumogakure forces had reached the Land of Whirlpools after a week-long delay and rushed to organize help for Konoha’s endangered forces. He left to reach Jinghai Town while arranging support from Sunagakure, Jiraiya, the Hyuga, and others, and gave Black Zetsu several contingency messages.

• Xiaren reported that hundreds of Kumogakure ninja had sailed from the Land of Sea and reached the Land of Whirlpools, while Jin had forgotten to pass on the warning.
• Uchiha Yan ordered Uchiha Jinyan’s group toward Jinghai Town, sent a warning to Jiraiya, and tried to contact Shisui, but learned the area was sealed off.
• Uchiha Yan asked Rasa to send One-Tail support near Jinghai Town and assist Konoha at the Three-Tails’ revival site in exchange for teaching Gaara.
• The Third Hokage released Uchiha Yan and sent the Hyuga Clan and Xiaren to support Shinkō, while he and Utatane Koharu argued over the decisions that had brought Konoha to crisis.
• Uchiha Yan met Black Zetsu and asked him to send Konan and Hoshigakure assistance to the threatened forces, then entrusted him with a scroll revealing the location of a genuine pure-blooded Uzumaki.
• Uchiha Yan gave Black Zetsu a message for the masked man with one Sharingan in case Yan died, and Black Zetsu urged him to stop risking himself for others.

Uchiha Yan and Hizashi raced toward the battle at Jinghai Town while Konan and Nagato moved to help the Konoha ninja escape. Rasa hesitated to intervene until Konan confronted him, asking whether he still intended to join the Canal Plan.

• Uchiha Yan told Konan that he wanted to save the Konoha ninja who had died for the plan, and Konan agreed to help despite being unsure she could save them.
• Uchiha Yan warned Hizashi that Kumogakure and Orochimaru were at the center of the encirclement, and explained that Jinyan and the Hoshigakure ninja might evacuate Shinkō and Shisui after a signal flare.
• Nagato joined Konan, and they traveled with Black Zetsu to the Three-Tails Revival Point, where Konoha and Kirigakure forces were already fighting.
• Rasa delayed helping the Konoha ninja while he investigated Uchiha Yan's plans and urged his subordinates to persuade Shukaku to serve as the Land of Wind's guardian beast.
• Konan appeared before Rasa and demanded to know why he had not acted and whether he still wanted to join the Canal Plan.

Konan and Rasa intervened to protect the Konoha ninja from Yagura, while Shukaku’s alliance with Sunagakure stunned the gathered forces. Rasa revealed that Danzo had sabotaged Uchiha Yan’s plan and warned that Konoha’s main force at Jinghai Town might be in grave danger; the rescued ninja headed there.

• Konan used explosive paper to stop the fighting and told Yagura that the Konoha ninja were under her protection.
• Rasa arrived and explained that he had made a deal with Uchiha Yan, while Konan warned Yagura that Rain would defend the Konoha ninja.
• Sunagakure ninja praised Shukaku, who fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Jinghai Town and boasted to the newly revived Isobu.
• Isobu, Konan, Nagato, Yagura, and Black Zetsu were baffled by Shukaku’s unusual alliance with Sunagakure.
• Yagura agreed to let the Konoha ninja leave, and Rasa explained that Danzo had sabotaged Yan’s plan and that Yan’s allies had gone to support the forces at Jinghai Town.
• The Hyūga ninja thanked Konan and Rasa, then led the Konoha survivors toward Jinghai Town.

Konan stopped the Konoha ninja from rushing toward the battle, while Danzo’s forces and Genji’s Kirigakure troops clashed around Hyūga Shinkō. As Shisui and Shinkō struggled to escape the encirclement, Jinyan’s signal brought the Hoshigakure ninja, who arrived to extract them.

• Konan scolded the Konoha ninja for disobeying Yan and sent them back to Konoha.
• Danzo ordered his force to abandon Hyūga Shinkō and break out, but the Hyuga and other clan ninja refused, forcing him to direct the battle.
• Genji ordered Kirigakure to surround Shinkō and use him to lure Konoha ninja into a trap.
• Shinkō urged Shisui to take the others and escape, but Shisui refused and used Fire Release to create an opening.
• Jinyan found Shisui, fired a signal flare, and told him to get Shinkō toward Konoha while his group held off the enemy.
• Fire Fly, Akahoshi, and another Hoshigakure ninja arrived, and a Hyuga member identified Shinkō so they could take him and Shisui away.

Natsuhi and Fire Fly carried Hyūga Shinkō toward Konoha while Kirigakure pursued, and Genji realized Uchiha Yan’s plan and ordered Yan killed at any cost. Shinkō reached Uchiha Yan’s forces, but Kirigakure and Kumogakure converged on them, starting a large battle as Danzo wondered why the fighting elsewhere had stopped.

• Natsuhi flew away with Shinkō as Kirigakure and the Two-Tails jinchūriki pursued them, while Genji ordered the Three-Tails sealing suspended and commanded his forces to kill Uchiha Yan.
• Uchiha Jinyan found Shisui fighting with the Uchiha; after the Uchiha and Hyūga clansmen covered their retreat, Shisui blamed himself for the sacrifices and began manifesting Yin Release chakra.
• The Two-Tails jinchūriki attacked the exhausted Shinkō and his companions, but Uchiha Yan and Konoha reinforcements arrived and shielded them; Natsuhi then left after their deal was complete.
• Dodai and Kumogakure forces arrived, and Kirigakure announced Genji’s order to kill Uchiha Yan even at the cost of abandoning the Byakugan.
• Dodai ordered an attack, and Uchiha Yan fought cautiously as Kirigakure and Kumogakure forces from elsewhere rushed toward his position; Danzo questioned why the fighting around him had stopped.