Chapter Summaries

Takahashi Yū’s Immortal Squad continued its destructive campaign in the Land of Earth, drawing Iwagakure’s defenders away from the Land of Rain to relieve pressure on Orochimaru and his companions. When thousands of Iwa ninja approached, Takahashi split his forces and led a flank attack, hoping to delay them while protecting his weaker teammates.

• Takahashi Yū defeated an Explosion Release ninja, while Yamanaka Ayano reported that the squad had intercepted and killed twenty-three enemy teams in the Land of Earth.
• Takahashi reflected on how his actions had escalated the war, reviewed his advancing attributes, and recalled that his original fifty-person squad had dwindled to sixteen.
• Hyūga Ryūhei spotted a mass of chakra signatures approaching, and Nara Yūma concluded that the squad’s first objective had succeeded and Orochimaru’s opportunity depended on the situation in the Land of Rain.
• Takahashi ordered the squad to delay the Iwa forces for up to three days, then split the team so Ino-Shika-Cho, Ryūhei, and five civilian ninja could check the ambush preparations.
• After Hyūga Gōshi reported that about three thousand Iwa ninja were approaching, Takahashi led the remaining squad to strike their flank rather than face them head-on.

Takahashi Yū’s special operations team attacked and routed Iwagakure’s garrison force, but Hyūga Gōshi suspected the weak resistance was part of a larger plan. At the ambush site, Ōnoki attacked Nara Yūma’s team from the sky, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Hyūga Gōshi guided Takahashi Yū and the special operations team around the edge of the Byakugan’s vision before they charged into Iwagakure’s garrison force.
• Takahashi Yū killed Captain Fengyan and broke through Iwagakure’s Earth Release defenses, while his blood aura and attacks disabled many of the garrison ninja.
• Hyūga Gōshi found only a few Jonin-level chakra signatures among the garrison, so Takahashi Yū ordered a retreat toward Ino-Shika-Cho; a green emergency flare then sent him racing toward the signal.
• Nara Yūma realized Ōnoki’s main force had avoided detection and used Shadow Imitation Technique to pull Hyūga Ryūhei away from the boulder as Dust Release struck it.
• Ōnoki descended with a communications ninja and told the surviving Konoha team that their fight would end there.

Takahashi Yū reached the battlefield to find most of his squad dead or gravely wounded, then fought Ōnoki after the survivors sacrificed themselves to kill the Iwa communications ninja. The battle ended with Ōnoki targeting the helpless survivors, leaving Takahashi Yū to race against another Dust Release attack.

• Takahashi Yū found Taiga dying among the wreckage, learned the squad had been attacked by Ōnoki, and rushed toward the Land of Grass.
• Akimichi Takumi took the fatal Red Chili Pepper Pill and used his enlarged body to shield Nara Yūma while Yūma's shadow technique enabled Gekko Yūma to kill the Iwa communications ninja.
• Takahashi Yū arrived and moved the wounded survivors out of danger before confronting Ōnoki in the air.
• Takahashi Yū and Ōnoki traded attacks, but neither could land a decisive blow as Ōnoki tried to wear him down.
• Ōnoki fired Dust Release toward the wounded Nara Yūma, Yamanaka Ayano, and Gekko Yūma, and Ayano reacted in alarm.

Takahashi Yū awakened Murderous Intent Fluctuation and linked his squad with Wave Seeds, giving them a chance to fight Ōnoki together. After exploiting their combined abilities to knock Ōnoki unconscious, Takahashi Yū gathered his remaining teammates and ordered a retreat toward the Land of Waterfalls.

• Takahashi Yū drew resolve from his teammates and awakened Murderous Intent Fluctuation, then shared Wave Seeds with the surviving squad members.
• Takahashi Yū and his teammates attacked Ōnoki, using their linked fluctuations to move through the air and evade his techniques, but Ōnoki knocked Takahashi Yū into a crater.
• Takahashi Yū used a platform of materialized murderous intent to block Ōnoki's Dust Release and launched another aerial assault, but Ōnoki escaped with an Earth Clone.
• Gekko Yūma and the Uchiha distracted Ōnoki with Transparent Release and genjutsu, letting Takahashi Yū land a powerful punch that sent Ōnoki crashing into his troops unconscious.
• Takahashi Yū bound and lifted the remaining eight squad members with Murderous Intent Fluctuation, then ordered them to break through and retreat toward the Land of Waterfalls.

Takahashi Yū led the Special Forces out of the Land of Earth after knocking Ōnoki unconscious and began the journey back to Konoha. On the way, he intervened when Grass Ninja pursued three refugees, only for an old woman to reject Konoha’s help and reveal a red-streaked lock of white hair that made him recognize her as Uzumaki.

• Takahashi Yū charged through the disorganized Iwagakure forces and escaped toward the Land of Grass with the Special Forces.
• During a rest, Takahashi Yū reassured his teammates about their newly acquired Kekkei Genkai and promised to protect them from trouble within their clans.
• The Special Forces resumed their journey home, then stopped after Hyūga Ryūhei and Hyūga Gōshi sensed groups of ninja ahead.
• Takahashi Yū used his murderous intent fluctuation to knock down pursuing Grass Ninja and shielded three refugees from their pressure.
• The old woman rejected Konoha’s help, and Takahashi Yū recognized the red-streaked white hair beneath her headscarf as Uzumaki.

Takahashi Yū’s team rescued Uzumaki Shui Ling and learned that another member of her clan had been captured by Kusagakure. He led the team to the village, where they prepared to confront the Grass Ninja openly.

• Uzumaki Shui Ling told Takahashi Yū that the Grass Ninja had captured another member of her clan.
• Takahashi Yū ordered his team to rescue the captive and advanced toward Kusagakure with Shui Ling and the children.
• The Uchiha trio and Gekko Yūma silently took out the sentries while the rest of the team waited.
• Takahashi Yū gathered his team and approached Kusagakure’s gate, dismissing the village’s shabby appearance.
• Takahashi Yū kicked down Kusagakure’s gate and declared that its people did not know the Konoha underworld.

Takahashi Yū arrived at Kusagakure with the Undying Squad and intimidated its Grass Ninja while demanding their leader. Mangzhong rushed to meet him, then used his secret Sliding Kneel technique to greet him before learning why he had come.

• Takahashi Yū grabbed Taiseki, mistook him for a familiar face, and flung him through several houses after learning his name.
• Hyūga Gōshi told Takahashi Yū that several Grass Ninja had gone to report to their leader.
• Mangzhong heard that Takahashi Yū and the Undying Squad were at the village gate, and his men panicked over what might have angered them.
• Mangzhong ordered the Grass Ninja to bring out their recent captives and stolen ninjutsu scrolls, then hurried toward the gate.
• Mangzhong slid to his knees before Takahashi Yū and introduced himself as Kusagakure's leader, while Takahashi Yū and Hyūga Gōshi watched in exasperation.

Takahashi Yū rescued Mizuki Uzumaki from Kusagakure and reunited her with Shuiling Uzumaki and the others. Shuiling entrusted the three younger women to Takahashi Yū and agreed to return with them to Konoha, where he planned to make the village face the Uzumaki survivors.

• Mangzhong and the Grass Ninja groveled before Takahashi Yū, who took Mizuki Uzumaki with him and left the captured children in their care.
• Mangzhong explained that the Grass Ninja pursuit unit Takahashi Yū had killed belonged to Hozuki Castle, and Takahashi Yū approved of Mangzhong's leadership.
• Mizuki Uzumaki reunited with Shuiling Uzumaki and the other women while Takahashi Yū's group traveled onward.
• Shuiling Uzumaki rejected the idea of returning to Konoha at first, grieving the village's failure to save her clan.
• Shuiling Uzumaki entrusted the three younger women to Takahashi Yū, and he invited her to return to Konoha with them.

Takahashi Yū and the Undying Squad returned to Konoha after nearly a year fighting on the Land of Wind front. As villagers and leaders prepared to welcome them, Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on Takahashi Yū’s immense power and the difficulty of controlling him.

• Takahashi Yū led his squad toward Konoha, and the returning ninjas grew excited as the village gates came into view.
• Sarutobi gate guards recognized the Undying Squad, and one cousin raced through the village to announce their return.
• Villagers heard the news and headed for the entrance to welcome Takahashi Yū and his squad.
• A Sarutobi messenger told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura that the heroes were approaching, and Hiruzen ordered the ninja clans to gather at the gate.
• Homura questioned the publicity surrounding Takahashi Yū, but Hiruzen cut him off and acknowledged that Konoha could not afford to suppress or confront him.
• Hiruzen and Homura left the Hokage Building to welcome the returning squad.

Takahashi Yū returned to Konoha with the Undying Squad and was welcomed by cheering villagers and the neighbors who had cared for him as a child. Hiruzen Sarutobi formally welcomed the returning heroes while Uzumaki Shui Ling watched with misgivings about her clan’s future in Konoha.

• Takahashi Yū and the Undying Squad saw villagers gathering at Konoha’s gates, and Uchiha Shunji excitedly waved to the crowd.
• Takahashi Yū reunited with the Hot Springs Street neighbors who had raised him and invited them to share a hot pot meal at his home.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with Mitokado Homura and representatives of the ninja clans, and recognized Uzumaki Shui Ling from the First Shinobi World War.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling watched Takahashi Yū with mixed feelings as she wondered whether bringing her family to Konoha had been the right decision.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi thanked the returning warriors and welcomed them home, drawing cheers from the villagers and moving the Undying Squad.

Takahashi Yū brought the Uzumaki survivors to his home on Hot Springs Street, where the neighbors welcomed them and Mizuki Uzumaki finally let herself grieve. After learning Uzumaki Shui Ling had recovered the clan’s techniques from Mito Senju, Takahashi Yū planned to bargain with the Third Hokage for money and a nearby street.

• Takahashi Yū brought the four Uzumaki survivors to his house and let them settle in while he rested.
• Takahashi Yū took Mizuki Uzumaki shopping, then hosted a neighborhood gathering where the villagers welcomed her and she cried over her losses.
• Takahashi Yū studied Konoha’s map and decided to ask Hiruzen Sarutobi for cash and the street beside Konoha Hospital.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling returned with the Uzumaki Clan’s techniques and entrusted the scroll to Mizuki, explaining that she had retrieved it from Mito Senju.
• Takahashi Yū regretted missing Uzumaki Shui Ling’s confrontation with Mito Senju and prepared to negotiate with the Third the next day.

Takahashi Yū learned that Kushina Uzumaki was tied to the Nine-Tails and that Mito Uzumaki had arranged for her to become its next Jinchūriki, enraging Uzumaki Shui Ling. He planned to cash in his merits with Sarutobi the next day while Shui Ling considered confronting Mito, and Mizuki Uzumaki settled into the safety of Takahashi Yū’s home.

• Takahashi Yū encouraged Mizuki Uzumaki to study her inheritance and surpass Kushina Uzumaki, then realized Shui Ling and Mizuki had not known about Kushina and the Nine-Tails.
• Mizuki explained that she and Kushina had been classmates, and Uzumaki Shui Ling clarified that Kushina belonged to a collateral branch of Uzumaki Ashina’s family.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling accused Mito of arranging for Kushina to become a Jinchūriki while the Land of Whirlpools fell, and vowed to confront her despite Takahashi Yū’s warning to act carefully.
• Takahashi Yū agreed to help Shui Ling confront Mito in front of Kushina after he met Sarutobi the next day to claim his merits.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling told Mizuki that staying with Takahashi Yū was her best chance to live safely, though she remained wary of his motives.
• Mizuki Uzumaki fell asleep beside her younger sisters, grateful for the sense of safety in their new home.

Takahashi Yū went to collect his military rewards from Hiruzen Sarutobi, who offered him a plot of land instead of money. Takahashi Yū weighed starting a hot pot restaurant against developing a farm, and the Third sweetened the offer by waiving taxes.

• Takahashi Yū woke early because his powerful body had already recovered, then ate breakfast prepared by Mizuki Uzumaki.
• Takahashi Yū ate a large bowl of ramen and went straight to the Hokage's office to claim his military merits.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said wartime finances were tight and offered Takahashi Yū a plot of land in exchange for his rewards.
• Takahashi Yū considered using the land for a hot pot restaurant or a self-sufficient farm.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered to exempt Takahashi Yū's land from taxes.

Takahashi Yū negotiated with Hiruzen Sarutobi to receive land as payment for his wartime merits, but Hiruzen refused to grant him the entire woodland he wanted. They settled on a smaller plot with the remaining value credited as money he could check in Konoha’s books.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Takahashi Yū land in exchange for merits worth nearly forty S-rank missions.
• Takahashi Yū circled a vast woodland near Hot Springs Street, including the mountain beneath Hokage Rock.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected the full plot and drew a smaller boundary, prompting Takahashi Yū to release his murderous intent and flush out the ANBU.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed Shinnosuke Sarutobi and offered Takahashi Yū some hills plus money for the rest of his merits.
• Takahashi Yū accepted the compromise on the condition that Konoha record the money in a way he could check whenever he wanted.

Takahashi Yū used his war merits to buy a large plot of land and began arranging construction for a farm with Mizuki Uzumaki. After hiring Konoha’s best carpenter, he heard that Orochimaru and Tsunade would return to the village the next day and realized he had missed out.

• Takahashi Yū exchanged his war merits for a large plot of land and more than twenty million ryō.
• Mizuki Uzumaki joined Takahashi Yū as he explored the farm property and chose a site for a farmhouse.
• Takahashi Yū hired the carpenter who had built his parents’ house to construct a manor, warehouse, and wooden fence for seven million ryō.
• The carpenter accepted a four-million-ryō deposit and celebrated privately because the job would save the orphanage.
• A ninja announced that Orochimaru and Tsunade would return to the village in triumph the next day, and Takahashi Yū regretted missing out.

Takahashi Yū returned to Konoha and found the villagers celebrating Orochimaru and his teammates, then discovered that Yakushi Nonō and the orphanage children were working at his farm. He fed and funded them, questioned whether the world was an illusion, and was left facing a request from Orochimaru.

• Takahashi Yū realized his mission had ended up helping Konoha without earning him extra credit, while Ōnoki remained unconscious and Iwagakure stayed withdrawn.
• Takahashi Yū endured Orochimaru and his teammates' noisy welcome ceremony before visiting his farm with Mizuki.
• Yakushi Nonō explained that the orphanage was struggling to support its growing number of children, so Takahashi Yū arranged meals and donated five million ryō.
• Takahashi Yū wondered whether he was trapped in a genjutsu because Shimura Danzō was funding the orphanage, but Uzumaki Shui Ling dismissed the idea.
• Orochimaru visited Takahashi Yū, thanked him for helping Konoha in the Land of Rain, and made a request.

Takahashi Yū agreed to attend a Konoha meeting after Orochimaru said his presence could secure shinobi-clan benefits for Hot Springs Street, then let Orochimaru study his killing-intent seed. At the meeting, Yū arrived exactly on time and listened as the clan heads debated garrison duties on the Western Front.

• Orochimaru told Takahashi Yū that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted him to represent Hot Springs Street at a meeting, and Yū agreed after hearing that its residents might receive shinobi-clan benefits.
• Takahashi Yū showed Orochimaru his killing-intent seed, explained the trust required to plant it in someone, and allowed him to investigate it.
• Orochimaru found that ordinary materials could not contain the seed, while chakra metal was quickly eroded and shed snakeskin from Ryūchi Cave endured longer.
• Takahashi Yū arrived at the Hokage Building at nine the next morning, greeted Gekko Yūma and the clan heads, and asked why his squad members were not yet Jōnin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi opened the meeting to discuss reparations from the Land of Wind and garrison duties on the Western Front, while Takahashi Yū sat silently as the clan heads argued.

The Third Hokage assigned the Western Front garrison after a staged debate, while Tsunade’s medical reform proposal received only Dan Katō’s support. After the meeting, Takahashi Yū learned that Gekko Yūma had become clan head and went looking for friends to invite to a celebratory dinner, meeting Chōza Akimichi along the way.

• The Third Hokage gave the Western Front garrison leadership to the Aburame Clan and the Inuzuka Clan, with smaller quotas for other clans and the remaining places for civilian ninja.
• Tsunade proposed assigning a medical ninja to every team, but only Dan Katō voted in favor, so the Third Hokage shelved the proposal and ended the meeting.
• Takahashi Yū teased Gekko Yūma about becoming Gekko Clan head, and Yūma explained that his wounded father had retired the previous night.
• Takahashi Yū and Yūma agreed to hold a dinner for their friends, and Yūma urged Takahashi Yū to notify the others.
• Takahashi Yū went to the Ino-Shika-Cho clan grounds and asked Chōza Akimichi to guide him to Yamanaka Ayano.
• Chōza Akimichi asked how Takahashi Yū had grown so tall and become so strong, and Takahashi Yū encouraged him to keep working on his body.

Takahashi Yū visited Yamanaka Ayano to invite his former teammates to a celebration for Gekko Yūma becoming clan head, then went to the Uchiha compound to find the Uchiha F3. He was startled by the Uchiha Military Police Force’s adoration, which stemmed from Uchiha Shunji using Takahashi Yū’s kekkei genkai to help young clan members awaken their Sharingan.

• Chōza Akimichi declined Takahashi Yū’s invitation to feast and left to meet his friends.
• Takahashi Yū teased Yamanaka Ayano at her home, then asked her to gather the others for a celebration at Yūma’s house.
• Yamanaka Ayano reacted with bashfulness and anger, privately lamenting that Gekko Yūma was already married.
• Takahashi Yū arrived at the Uchiha Clan Compound and found the Military Police Force members greeting him with intense admiration.
• An Uchiha squad leader explained that Uchiha Shunji’s demonstrations of Murderous Intent Fluctuation had helped young Uchiha awaken their eyes.
• Takahashi Yū asked the Uchiha patrol to fetch Shunji and the others, and they eagerly promised to do so.

Takahashi Yū and the Undying Squad celebrated their survival and Gekko Yūma becoming clan head at the Gekko Clan compound. Talk of marriage and inheritance led Yūma to promise to wait a year before having a child, while Yū wondered whether the timeline was correcting itself and resolved to disrupt any fate that threatened the world.

• Takahashi Yū raised a toast, blamed himself for failing to save everyone, and promised the squad he would protect them as they celebrated their survival.
• The squad discussed pressure from their clans to marry and asked whether Takahashi Yū's bloodline limit could be inherited; he said they would need to find out through practice.
• Gekko Yūma agreed to wait a year before trying for a child, and Takahashi Yū interrupted when Yūma said he might name a son Gekko Hayate.
• Takahashi Yū wondered how the altered wars might affect the fates of Gekko Hayate, Senju Nawaki, Dan Katō, and Jiraiya, then suspected the timeline was adjusting itself around him.
• Takahashi Yū considered the threat of the Ōtsutsuki Clan and decided that if fate was steering the world toward their domination, he would oppose it; the gathering then ended.