Chapter Summaries

Takahashi Yū joined Uzumaki Shui Ling as she confronted Mito Uzumaki over Konoha’s betrayal of the Uzumaki and its plan to make Kushina a Nine-Tails vessel. The chapter ended with everyone waiting for Kushina to decide whether she would serve Konoha, while Shui Ling promised to protect her if she refused.

• Takahashi Yū learned that Uzumaki Shui Ling had gone to confront Mito Uzumaki and hurried with Mizuki Uzumaki to the Senju Clan Compound.
• Takahashi Yū entered the confrontation and traded angry remarks with Tsunade as Mito tried to stop her from intervening.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling accused Konoha of abandoning the Uzumaki during the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools while seeking to take Kushina for its own purposes.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling asked Kushina whether she would sacrifice herself and her descendants to serve as Konoha’s Tailed Beast vessel.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling promised to stake her life on protecting Kushina, while Mito, Tsunade, Takahashi Yū, the ANBU, the Third Hokage, and Orochimaru awaited Kushina’s answer.

Kushina hesitated to reject becoming Konoha’s Jinchūriki despite Shui Ling’s warning, and Shui Ling left with Takahashi Yū and Mizuki. Takahashi Yū then sensed that a Wave Seed was near death and raced toward it as Konoha erupted into chaos.

• Mito Uzumaki told Kushina she would not force her to become a Jinchūriki, while Takahashi Yū accused her of leaving Kushina no real choice.
• Kushina asked for time to think, and Mito Uzumaki and the Third Hokage took her hesitation as a sign that she might accept.
• Shui Ling invited Kushina to live with her, but Kushina firmly declined, so Shui Ling left for Hot Springs Street with Mizuki and Takahashi Yū.
• Takahashi Yū sensed that a Wave Seed was close to dying and ordered Mizuki and Shui Ling to gather the neighbors at the Farm.
• Red fluctuations spread across Konoha, and Takahashi Yū unleashed his killing aura and raced toward the endangered Wave Seed.

The Third Hokage and Mitokado Homura headed to the Hyūga Clan Compound after an attack there, suspecting a Hyūga Main Family member was behind it. Takahashi Yū arrived to find Ryūhei and Takeshi gravely injured and brutally disabled the young Hyūga man responsible, ordering the medical ninjas to keep him alive.

• The Third Hokage and Mitokado Homura discussed how someone could ambush the Hyūga and set out for the compound.
• Takahashi Yū crashed into the Hyūga Clan Compound and found Uchiha Delia holding unconscious Hyūga Ryūhei while Uchiha Kenichi tried to reach the unresponsive Takeshi.
• Takahashi Yū crushed the young Hyūga man's hands, tore off his arm, and stomped on his legs after finding him confronting Uchiha Shunji.
• Uchiha Shunji told Takahashi Yū that medical ninjas were on their way and that the Police Force had no authority over Hyūga family affairs.
• Medical ninjas arrived, and Takahashi Yū severed the young Hyūga man's remaining limbs before ordering them to keep him alive.

Takahashi Yū slaughtered Hyuga clansmen after learning that Takeshi had been mentally devastated and Ryūhei’s mind was in ruins, then tried to crush Hyūga Tenmei’s skull. Several clan heads restrained him, but Dan Katō used the Spirit Transformation Technique to enter Takahashi Yū’s murderous aura, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Yamanaka Ayano examined Ryūhei and Takeshi, found Ryūhei’s mental world ruined, and reported that Takeshi’s responses were nearly undetectable.
• Takahashi Yū attacked the Hyuga Main Family, killing more than a dozen members with a slash and cutting down branch family members who charged him.
• Takahashi Yū seized Hyūga Tenmei and threatened to kill everyone who knew the Caged Bird Seal, while Shikaku Nara and other clan heads restrained him.
• The Yamanaka Clan Head tried to persuade Takahashi Yū to stop as the clan heads struggled to hold him back, and Tsunade arrived with Dan Katō.
• Dan Katō used the Spirit Transformation Technique and flew toward Takahashi Yū despite warnings from Tsunade and the Yamanaka Clan Head.

Dan Katō’s Spirit Transformation Technique reached Takahashi Yū, but the killing intent overwhelmed Dan Katō’s soul, while Tsunade’s grandfather’s necklace saved her from the same force. After Takahashi Yū destroyed the necklace’s chakra and Tsunade called him a demon, he began to defend what he had become, leaving his answer unfinished.

• Dan Katō touched Takahashi Yū’s shoulder with his spirit form, and Murderous Intent Fluctuation flooded in and eroded his soul until Takahashi Yū’s distraction let the Inuzuka Clan Head rescue Hyūga Tenmei.
• Tsunade arrived carrying Dan Katō’s body and tried to reach Takahashi Yū, but the killing intent overwhelmed her until the First Hokage’s Necklace released its chakra and restored her consciousness.
• The necklace’s chakra wrapped around Takahashi Yū and freed Dan Katō’s damaged soul, which returned to his body as Tsunade cradled him.
• Takahashi Yū wore through the necklace’s sealing chakra with [Dan-Ability] and devoured the remainder with Murderous Intent Fluctuation.
• Tsunade called Takahashi Yū a demon, and he angrily recounted the Sand Shinobi and Iwa Shinobi he had killed before beginning an unfinished rebuttal.

Takahashi Yū attacked Tsunade after she accused him of slandering Hyūga Tenmei, then fought the Third Hokage when he intervened. The Third unleashed his most powerful techniques, but the chapter ended with Takahashi Yū’s murderous intent rising again from the crater left by their battle.

• Takahashi Yū pinned Tsunade beneath his murderous aura and blamed her for making the forty-two brothers he lost in battle die for nothing.
• The Third Hokage and Orochimaru arrived, but Takahashi Yū kicked Tsunade through Enma’s staff and left her severely injured.
• Takahashi Yū declared he would leave Konoha, knocked Mitokado Homura down, and fought the Third Hokage as he evaded attacks with clones and substitutions.
• The Third Hokage trapped Takahashi Yū in a Three-Way Seal and struck him with the Five Release: Great Combo Technique, blasting the Hyuga Clan Compound into ruins.
• The ninja rose from the explosion and felt Takahashi Yū’s murderous intent return as Orochimaru watched the destruction with excitement.

Takahashi Yū stopped his attack on the Hyūga after Mito Uzumaki intervened, but demanded justice for his fallen teammates and killed Hyūga Tenmei. After arranging for the survivors and bodies to be cared for, he returned to the Farm and resolved to change the world.

• The Third Hokage's attack failed to stop Takahashi Yū, and Mito Uzumaki restrained him with Adamantine Sealing Chains before offering to protect Hyūga Ryūhei from the Caged Bird Seal.
• Takahashi Yū demanded Hyūga Tenmei's death and Byakugan for Ryūhei and Takeshi, then killed Tenmei and declared the Hyūga responsible for repaying Takeshi's military merits.
• Yamanaka Ayano reported Takeshi's and Ryūhei's enemy counts, and Takahashi Yū assigned Ryūhei's merits to the Hyūga and demanded they compensate for Takeshi's.
• Mito Uzumaki ordered the wounded taken to Konoha Hospital, while Yamanaka Ayano took Ryūhei and Gekko Yūma sealed Takeshi's body and Tenmei's head.
• Takahashi Yū returned home, washed and changed, then went to the Farm, where he found the neighbors and children gathered and told everyone it was time to go home.

Takahashi Yū visited the hospitalized Hyūga Ryūhei and learned that he remained unconscious, then saw Tsunade seeking help for Dan Katō’s badly damaged soul. Back home, Takahashi Yū watched Mizuki and the others study sealing techniques until Hizashi Hyuga arrived.

• Takahashi Yū went to Konoha Hospital and frightened an injured patient as a joke before meeting Ryūhei’s attending physician, Zhipin.
• Takahashi Yū visited Hyūga Ryūhei, whose mind had stabilized somewhat but who remained unconscious, and told Yamanaka Ayano to keep their fallen teammates’ bodies safe.
• Tsunade consulted the Yamanaka Clan Head about Dan Katō, whose soul was incomplete, and learned the clan had secret soul-nourishing methods that might help if he woke.
• Takahashi Yū returned home and watched Mizuki and the Three Little Ones study sealing techniques.
• Hizashi Hyuga arrived at Takahashi Yū’s home.

Hizashi Hyuga visited Takahashi Yū to deliver Byakugan for Ryūhei and asked to exchange anything for his father’s head. Takahashi Yū demanded the Caged Bird Seal Inscription instead, so Hizashi left to consult his brother Hiashi.

• Hyūga Tenmei told Hiashi and Hizashi to lead the Main and branch families and unite them after his death.
• Hizashi brought two Byakugan to Takahashi Yū, who ordered them taken to Konoha Hospital for Ryūhei.
• Hizashi explained that the Main Family had gone to the Land of Water Frontline and that the branch family would recover their bodies.
• Hizashi asked Takahashi Yū what the Hyūga could offer for Hyūga Tenmei’s head, and Takahashi Yū threatened him with killing intent.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling proposed that Hizashi hand over the Caged Bird Seal Inscription, and Hizashi left to ask Hiashi for permission.

Takahashi Yū helped the orphanage children and Carpenter build up his Farm, then visited Ryūhei at the hospital and learned that Dan Katō was unlikely to wake. As the Hyūga and Uchiha shifted their attention toward the Land of Water front, Takahashi Yū kept a troubling suspicion to himself until he had more evidence.

• Takahashi Yū discussed the Caged Bird Seal with Uzumaki Shui Ling, then left to inspect his Farm.
• Takahashi Yū helped the Carpenter and orphanage children by felling trees and made them a swing.
• Takahashi Yū visited Ryūhei and heard from Yamanaka Ayano that Dan Katō had little chance of waking.
• Hizashi delivered the eyes to the hospital, while Hyuga Hiashi took over the Hyuga Clan and Uchiha Fugaku led elites to the Land of Water front.
• Takahashi Yū considered an outrageous suspicion but decided he needed more evidence.

Takahashi Yū uncovered a mission report showing that his actions had led to the deaths of Sasori's parents and began to suspect that changes he caused were creating unforeseen consequences for others. He left the archive determined to fight the forces shaping events, wondering who would suffer next.

• Takahashi Yū rushed to the Hokage Building and demanded the Undying Squad's Land of Wind mission files.
• Takahashi Yū found a report stating that his unit had killed Yūji and Maki, Sasori's parents, during a mission that also cost the lives of eight members of the Second Reconnaissance Unit.
• Takahashi Yū recalled the deaths of his comrades and connected Sasori's parents' deaths and Dan Katō's condition to changes caused by his actions.
• The Third Hokage found Takahashi Yū in the archive, but Takahashi Yū said nothing and walked away.
• Takahashi Yū wondered whether Nawaki, Yūma, or the Uchiha would suffer next and vowed to beat the world into the ground.

Takahashi Yū visited the Aburame and Inuzuka clans to settle his worries over fallen teammates, adopted Rimaru’s puppy Simba, and settled into his new farm manor. When Uzumaki Shui Ling sensed Kushina nearby, Takahashi Yū and Mizuki followed Simba into the woods to search for her.

• Takahashi Yū visited the Aburame Clan Head, apologized for Tomoya’s death, and learned that Tomoya had no family; his arrival had also scared the clan’s insects into the woods.
• Takahashi Yū visited the Inuzuka Clan Head, learned Inuzuka Ayako had no family, and took in Rimaru’s puppy, naming it Simba.
• Takahashi Yū moved into his completed farm manor, celebrated his birthday and housewarming, and heard that Ryūhei was close to waking.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling sensed Kushina briefly in the farm’s woods, so Takahashi Yū and Mizuki went to investigate with Simba.
• Simba picked up a stranger’s scent and led Takahashi Yū and Mizuki deeper into the woods as they searched for Kushina.

Takahashi Yū and Mizuki tracked the Cloud ninja who had abducted Kushina, only to discover that the rescue had not been part of a Konoha plan. After the attackers were captured and Minato arrived, Takahashi Yū confronted the Third Hokage, then returned to the Farm Estate frustrated by his mistaken suspicions.

• Takahashi Yū and Mizuki followed Kushina’s red hair through the forest while Simba returned home and led Minato toward her trail.
• Aruyi boasted that the Cloud ninja’s barrier would hide them as they carried Kushina toward Konoha’s wall.
• Takahashi Yū carried Mizuki ahead of the Cloud ninja, and Mizuki used Adamantine Sealing Chains to bind the group.
• Takahashi Yū found Kushina, learned she had moved out from Mito’s home without protection, and waited with Mizuki for help to arrive.
• Minato reached the group with Simba, and Takahashi Yū shook him by the head before the Uchiha and the Third Hokage arrived.
• Takahashi Yū accused the Third Hokage of staging Kushina’s rescue, learned there had been no plan, and returned to the Farm Estate with Mizuki and Simba.

Takahashi Yū accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s promise to protect his people and decided to return to the battlefield with the Undying Squad. As the squad prepared to leave, Mizuki asked to join them, but Yū ordered her to stay and manage the Farm.

• Mito Uzumaki told Hiruzen Sarutobi to prepare for Kushina’s Nine-Tails transfer and arrange for Takahashi Yū to leave the village, while warning him not to make Yū an enemy.
• Hiruzen sent Yū a letter from Shimura Danzō requesting reinforcements for the Land of Lightning front, then summoned Yū to the Hokage’s office.
• Hiruzen promised that Yū’s people would face no persecution, and Yū gathered Uchiha Delia, Uchiha Kenichi, Gekko Yūma, Uchiha Shunji, Nara Yūma, and Yamanaka Ayano to announce they would return to war.
• Yū visited Ryūhei in the hospital and learned from Doctor Zhipin that the Byakugan transplant had been adjusted to suit him, then visited his neighbors on Hot Springs Street before returning to the Farm.
• Mizuki Uzumaki asked to accompany Yū to the battlefield, but he refused and told her to manage the Farm and care for the household.

On the Land of Lightning battlefield, Shimura Danzō tried to sustain Konoha’s forces as casualties mounted and wounded ninja lost hope. After promising to restore their missing limbs, he resolved to seek the First Hokage’s cells.

• Shimura Danzō studied the battlefield map and judged that Konoha lacked the strength to stop the Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Shimura Danzō visited the field hospital, where he saw a wounded subordinate who had lost an arm and comforted the injured with promises that Konoha would not abandon them.
• Shimura Danzō learned that only 138 of the 324 wounded from the last major battle remained alive, and the Medical Ninja explained that many had lost the will to live.
• Shimura Danzō ordered the Medical Ninja to do whatever was necessary to keep the wounded alive, then promised the men he would bring them home and make their missing limbs whole again.
• Shimura Danzō concluded that the First Hokage’s cells might restore severed limbs and resolved to obtain them, whatever the cost.

Takahashi Yū led the Undying Squad from Konoha toward the Land of Lightning, stopping near the front for the night. A large night raid erupted nearby, where the Third Raikage was rampaging through Konoha's camp while Shimura Danzō and other shinobi pursued him.

• Takahashi Yū met the Undying Squad at Konoha's gate and led them northeast toward the Land of Lightning.
• After a day of travel, the squad camped near Konoha's forces, and Takahashi Yū fell asleep by the fire.
• The squad joked and ate grilled fish until a distant explosion made them assume defensive positions.
• Nara Yūma assessed the disturbance as a routine perimeter raid, but Gekko Yūma spotted lightning flashing inside the camp.
• The Third Raikage attacked Konoha's camp and killed rank-and-file shinobi while Shimura Danzō and others chased him; Hatake Sakumo fought the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki outside.

Takahashi Yū charged into the Cloud encampment and confronted the Third Raikage, matching his strength and speed. After surviving the Raikage’s Liger Bomb, Yū laughed and challenged him to continue the fight.

• Takahashi Yū left Nara Yūma and the others behind, sprinting toward the sounds of battle.
• Takahashi Yū crashed into the Cloud encampment from above, creating a crater and drawing the attention of the Third Raikage.
• Shimura Danzō led his elite troops toward the outskirts while Takahashi Yū attacked Third Raikage A with a powerful punch.
• The Third Raikage activated his strongest Lightning Release Armor and struck Takahashi Yū with a Liger Bomb.
• Takahashi Yū withstood the blow, recovered from the pain, and eagerly urged the Third Raikage to fight on.

Takahashi Yū fought the Third Raikage A with overwhelming strength, while Danzo and Hatake Sakumo battled B and the Cloud Shinobi. The Third Raikage unleashed his One-Finger Nukite against Takahashi Yū’s strongest punch, and the chapter ended as their attacks collided.

• Takahashi Yū charged the Third Raikage A and endured his lightning-powered blows before kicking him through the camp.
• B ordered the Cloud sensory ninja to send up signals and called for backup, while the Cloud Shinobi abandoned their delaying tactics and attacked.
• Danzo destroyed the sensory ninja’s signal flares, then joined Hatake Sakumo in fighting B.
• B partially transformed under the Eight-Tails’ chakra and trapped Hatake Sakumo and Danzo in a fierce battle.
• The Third Raikage prepared his One-Finger Nukite as Takahashi Yū pushed his body to its limits and charged with a powerful punch.
• The Third Raikage shouted “Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite” as he and Takahashi Yū struck at each other.

Takahashi Yū and the Third Raikage survived their devastating clash and resumed fighting, each unable to break through the other’s defenses. Outside the camp, Danzo and Hatake Sakumo retreated as Cloud Shinobi arrived to contain the Eight-Tails, while Danzo’s binding seal provoked the beast to roar.

• Takahashi Yū and the Third Raikage traded attacks that destroyed much of the camp, then recovered and recognized that neither could penetrate the other’s defenses.
• Takahashi Yū restarted his stopped heart, and both fighters prepared to continue their battle as an endurance contest.
• Danzo and Hatake Sakumo struggled to damage the partially transformed Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, while Sakumo urged Danzo to retreat.
• Danzo spotted the arriving Cloud Shinobi and ordered Sakumo to withdraw, then used the Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal to immobilize the Eight-Tails.
• The Eight-Tails roared and struggled against the seal as Danzo and Sakumo abandoned the camp.

Takahashi Yū fought the Third Raikage, gaining the upper hand with a series of close-range attacks while the Raikage looked toward the camp after hearing a roar. There, the Eight-Tails Gyuki broke free, leaving the Third Raikage to realize that he had lost B again.

• The Third Raikage attacked Takahashi Yū with rapid strikes, but Takahashi Yū defended himself and hurled the Raikage into the ground.
• The Third Raikage exploited Takahashi Yū's vulnerability in midair, then struck him with a Liger Bomb.
• Takahashi Yū caught the Third Raikage's leg, performed a Tombstone Piledriver, and explained the move's name.
• A roar from the camp distracted the Third Raikage, allowing Takahashi Yū to punch him into a rock.
• Kai tried to calm the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki by calling him Fukaru, but the Eight-Tails bit off Ika's head and transformed fully into Gyuki.
• The Eight-Tails ravaged the Cloud Shinobi, and the Third Raikage realized that the A-B Combo had lost B again.