Recaps

Takahashi Yū defeated Ōnoki’s forces, brought the surviving squad and Uzumaki refugees back to Konoha, and exchanged his war merits for land and money. After Uzumaki Shui Ling challenged Konoha over Kushina’s fate, an attack on the Hyūga left Ryūhei and Takeshi incapacitated, and Takahashi Yū’s rage against the Main Family ended with Dan Katō’s soul nearly destroyed.

• Takahashi Yū and his squad fought Ōnoki’s Iwa forces, and Yū awakened Murderous Intent Fluctuation before helping the survivors escape toward the Land of Waterfalls.
• Takahashi Yū rescued Uzumaki Shui Ling, Mizuki Uzumaki, and other captives from Kusagakure, then brought the survivors home to Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed the returning squad, and Takahashi Yū traded his war merits for a large plot of land and more than twenty million ryō.
• Takahashi Yū donated money to Yakushi Nonō’s orphanage, attended a clan meeting, and celebrated the squad’s survival with his friends.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling challenged Mito Uzumaki over Kushina’s future as a Jinchūriki, but Kushina declined Shui Ling’s invitation to live with her.
• Takahashi Yū sensed a Wave Seed nearing death and rushed to the Hyūga Compound, where he found Ryūhei and Takeshi unconscious after an attack.
• After Yamanaka Ayano reported the severe damage to Ryūhei and Takeshi, Takahashi Yū attacked the Hyūga Main Family and threatened Hyūga Tenmei.
• Dan Katō tried to stop Takahashi Yū, but his soul was eroded until the First Hokage’s Necklace restored him, and Takahashi Yū then consumed the necklace’s remaining chakra.

After the Hyūga confrontation, Takahashi Yū uncovered how his changed actions had shaped other tragedies and returned to the battlefield. He defeated the Third Raikage, then left Konoha and Kumogakure poised for negotiations while Danzō mistook Yū’s ambition for support of his own plans.

• Takahashi Yū killed Hyūga Tenmei, demanded compensation for Takeshi’s military merits, and returned to the Farm as the Hyūga began reorganizing under Hiashi and Hizashi.
• Takahashi Yū learned that his unit had killed Sasori’s parents and connected his changed actions to Dan Katō’s condition, then vowed to oppose the world’s course.
• Takahashi Yū and Mizuki rescued Kushina from Cloud ninja, and Mito Uzumaki later told Hiruzen Sarutobi to prepare for Kushina’s Nine-Tails transfer and arrange for Yū to leave the village.
• Takahashi Yū led the Undying Squad to the Land of Lightning and fought the Third Raikage while Danzō and Hatake Sakumo faced the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, who transformed into Gyūki.
• Takahashi Yū’s killing intent weakened the Third Raikage’s Lightning Chakra Mode, and their final attacks devastated the battlefield, leaving the Raikage gravely injured and Yū with a hole through his chest.
• Takahashi Yū recovered rapidly after devouring the camp’s food, then told Danzō that he wanted to conquer the world and make people stand up to worldly power, and Danzō mistook this as support for Konoha’s world conquest.
• Takahashi Yū returned to camp with Yamanaka Ayano as Danzō threatened Kumogakure with the Raikage’s condition and the Eight-Tails’ apparent death, while Dodai proposed negotiations to avoid harsher terms.

Danzo turned Kumogakure’s surrender and the Eastern Front’s anger into a campaign that destroyed the village’s defenses and expanded his authority. After the daimyo praised the returning troops and promised Sakumo a Hokage Half-Sleeve, the Konoha forces received the title “Elite Force of the Land of Fire.”

• Danzo learned that the Eight-Tails was missing, rallied the Konoha army to avenge its fallen, and ordered an advance into the Land of Lightning.
• Takahashi Yū and Sakumo led attacks against Kumogakure’s forces, captured the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, and helped the army seize key positions.
• Danzo issued a declaration of war and won support from the Uchiha as Konoha’s troops advanced on Kumogakure.
• Danzo rejected Kumogakure’s surrender letter as a forgery, and Konoha’s forces attacked as Takahashi Yū and Sakumo overwhelmed the Cloud Shinobi.
• The Third Raikage rescued A and fought Takahashi Yū, but Shinnosuke arrived with a joint order demanding surrender and stopping the attack.
• Takahashi Yū forced Kumogakure to surrender, then took the Amber Purifying Pot while Killer B and the remaining children resolved to rebuild the village.
• Danzo led the Eastern Front back into the Land of Fire, where he secured the daimyo’s favor and arranged an honor for Sakumo.
• The daimyo praised Danzo’s troops at a feast and bestowed the title “Elite Force of the Land of Fire” on the Konoha forces under Shimura Danzō.

Danzo built support among the Eastern Front and Konoha’s clans, challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi, and won the election to become the Fourth Hokage. He reorganized the village and backed Orochimaru’s research, while Takahashi Yū warned Fugaku that Mangekyō Sharingan use could lead to blindness.

• The daimyo awarded Sakumo the Hokage Half-Sleeve and Danzo the Daimyo Half-Sleeve, and Danzo brought the Eastern Front home as the troops rallied behind him.
• Danzo gained Fugaku’s support, confronted the Uchiha at Naka Shrine, and persuaded the clan to seek influence beyond the Military Police Force.
• Danzo used the Eastern Front casualty roster at the Memorial Stone to expose the many Shimura dead, then gathered clan support and challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi over his wartime leadership.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted responsibility for Konoha’s losses and called an election for Fourth Hokage, which Danzo won over Orochimaru by 138 votes to 15.
• Danzo took office, appointed Sakumo and clan leaders to senior positions, made Hiruzen Sarutobi an elder, and introduced policies covering academy tuition and young children’s medical costs.
• Danzo approved expanding the adult academies as routes to train future village administrators, while Fugaku established an Uchiha academy and Aburame Hideki planned new training at the Eastern Front Academy.
• Takahashi Yū told Fugaku how to prevent Mangekyō Sharingan blindness, while Danzo funded Orochimaru’s research and suggested using two Uchiha prisoners as test subjects.