Recaps

Liumu received a mission to become a Special Jōnin within three years and worried about the looming war and his friends’ futures. He asked Konan about the plans his clone had proposed, and she reported that the investigation’s results were discouraging.

• Liumu drew a Heluo summoning-beast template, which Taotie could not devour because its bloodline resembled his own.
• Liumu recognized Heluo as a powerful spirit beast whose ten bodies could heal illness and prolong life, and stored its template for future use.
• The system tasked Liumu with advancing to Special Jōnin within three years, rewarding him with ten more Time House uses and an extra Fate Roulette draw.
• Liumu connected the deadline to Obito and Rin’s graduation and the coming Third Shinobi World War, then wondered how Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan would fare after Hanzō’s defeat.
• Liumu asked Konan about the plan his clone had shared; she said Yahiko had accepted the division of public and covert roles, but their investigation had yielded discouraging information.

Liumu reassured Konan that Akatsuki’s future recruits would come in time, then questioned Nagato about his past and learned how war and Yahiko had shaped his goal of peace. Nagato invited Liumu to join the successor Akatsuki plan, leaving Liumu to answer.

• Liumu told Konan there was no need to rush recruiting Akatsuki’s future members and said Yahiko should prepare Nagato’s group to serve the Land of Rain.
• When Konan asked how Liumu knew so many ninja from other villages, he avoided the question and fell asleep in her arms.
• The next day, Liumu visited Nagato in the tower and asked whether he knew the truth of his past.
• Nagato admitted that Konoha’s war had killed his parents and recounted losing his home, meeting Yahiko and Konan, and training under Jiraiya.
• Nagato explained that he and Yahiko wanted to build a peaceful Land of Rain, then invited Liumu to join the plan he had proposed.

Liumu refused to join Nagato and Konan’s future Akatsuki, but gave them codenamed rings and pledged to help the Land of Rain when he could. When Yahiko pressed him about his refusal, Liumu explained that he would not betray Konoha, then drew Yahiko into a prepared genjutsu.

• Liumu declined Nagato’s invitation and gave him the ring marked “Zero,” naming him the Land of Rain’s sharpest dagger.
• Liumu gave Konan the “White” ring, teased her about marriage, and joked with her and Han.
• Liumu left Yahiko as the organization’s public face and planned to fill two future Akatsuki positions with other ninjas.
• Yahiko asked why Liumu would not join the plan, and Liumu said he would not become a rogue ninja or betray Konoha.
• Liumu promised to help Yahiko when the Land of Rain needed him, then activated his Heavenly Fox Eyes and pulled Yahiko into a genjutsu.

Liumu showed Yahiko a vision of the Land of Rain’s future and urged him to focus on Nagato’s eyes, then spent three years traveling with Jiraiya and Han. As Jiraiya prepared to visit Mount Myōboku, he asked Liumu why he had decided to return to the village.

• Liumu showed Yahiko a genjutsu depicting events after Yahiko’s death and explained that Nagato’s eyes were central to the future he had predicted.
• Yahiko questioned Liumu’s identity and motives, but Liumu claimed he could predict the future and left him to consider what he had seen.
• Yahiko returned to normal the next day, and three years passed as Liumu, Han, and Jiraiya traveled together.
• At the Land of Fire’s border, Liumu and Han fought a snowball battle, and Han used Shadow Clones and Senbon to overwhelm him.
• Jiraiya told Liumu and Han to return to the village while he visited Mount Myōboku, then asked Liumu why he wanted to go back.

Liumu returned to Konoha before the Ninja Academy graduation exam, with plans to pursue promotion to Special Jōnin as the Third Shinobi World War approached. After hearing that Liumu might be their examiner, Guy and the others rushed to his home, hoping to see his abilities.

• Liumu returned to Konoha and told Han there was still time for everything as he looked toward the Ninja Academy.
• The graduating students learned that Minato might lead a Genin team and discussed the ordinary chores awaiting new graduates.
• Kurenai Yuhi told the others that her father had heard Liumu might be promoted and made the graduation exam examiner.
• Guy rushed to Liumu's house, and Obito, Rin, Kurenai Yuhi, and their classmates followed to see whether Guy would challenge him.

Guy rushed to Liumu’s home to challenge him to a spar, and Liumu agreed before taking him to the training ground. The match ended with Liumu’s clones restraining Guy and Liumu unleashing an upgraded Thousand Years of Death in front of Rin and the others.

• Guy accidentally broke Liumu’s front door, and Liumu demanded three thousand to cover the damage.
• Guy told Liumu he had come to spar, and Liumu agreed despite Han suggesting they go home for dinner.
• At the training ground, Guy asked Liumu not to use the Thousand Years of Death technique, then attacked him with Konoha Whirlwind.
• Liumu summoned two clones to pin Guy in place and announced he was using an upgraded version of Thousand Years of Death.
• Rin and the classmates arrived in time to see Liumu use Konoha Secret Technique: Thousand Years of Death Barrage on Guy, while Obito watched in terror.

Liumu reunited with his former classmates over dinner, then learned that the Third had assigned him to supervise their graduation assessment as part of his Special Jōnin evaluation. Two days later, a messenger arrived to escort him to the Ninja Academy.

• Liumu hosted Guy, Rin, Kurenai Yuhi, Obito, and the others for dinner, where they discussed his return and Minato Namikaze leading a graduating team.
• At the Hokage Office, Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed Liumu’s concerns about learning Multi Shadow Clone and handed him a mission to supervise the Academy graduation assessment.
• Hiruzen explained that the assessment was also Liumu’s evaluation for promotion to Special Jōnin, and Liumu accepted the assignment despite his reluctance.
• Two days later, a messenger woke Liumu and told him it was assessment day, asking him to go to the Ninja Academy.

Liumu assessed his former class’s graduation exams, including Obito, before joining Minato as he gathered Obito, Rin, and Kakashi for Team Minato’s bell test. The test began with Kakashi and Obito attacking Minato while Liumu watched from a nearby tree.

• Liumu reunited with his former teacher, Meichuan Neiku, and helped assess the graduating class as students passed the Clone Technique exam.
• Obito passed the assessment, received his Forehead Protector from Neiku, and waited with Rin for their Jonin leader.
• Minato Namikaze arrived and told Obito and Rin that Kakashi would join their team, then asked Liumu to help assess them.
• At the Training Ground, Minato explained the bell test, and Liumu watched from a tree as Kakashi made two clones and Obito launched his Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique at Minato.

Minato invited Liumu to join him on a mission to warn infiltrating ninja from other villages, with Liumu assigned to protect Team 7. The next morning, Minato led the team on a dog-search mission that served as a cover, and the group tracked signs outside Hulin Village.

• Minato defeated Kakashi, Obito, and Rin during their team test, then asked Liumu to accompany him to the front lines and protect Team 7.
• Minato explained that ninja from other villages had entered the Land of Fire and that he planned to warn them, and Liumu agreed to go the next day.
• Kakashi and Rin shared their lunches with the tied-up Obito, who ate Kakashi's food and said he had not wanted Rin to go hungry.
• Minato introduced Liumu to Team 7 the next morning and gave them a dog-search mission as a cover for their real assignment.
• Outside Hulin Village, Minato spotted crushed grass and led the group northeast, then called Liumu over and received his acknowledgment.

During Team 7’s search for a missing dog, Liumu discovered a fight in the woods and rescued two Konoha ninja from Kirigakure attackers. After defeating the enemy squad, he learned Uchiha Izumi had spotted another squad of Kumogakure ninja nearby and set off to deal with them.

• Minato left Team 7 to search separately, and Kakashi pretended he lacked the chakra to summon ninja dogs after Liumu quietly suggested it.
• Liumu heard fighting, left a clone with Team 7, and found a dead Konoha ninja in a forest covered by the Hidden Mist Technique.
• Liumu rescued two Konoha ninja from explosive-tag shuriken and killed the Kirigakure attackers who confronted him.
• Liumu recognized Uchiha Izumi, who warned him of another Kumogakure squad to the southwest.
• Liumu told the rescued Konoha ninja he would handle the remaining enemies.

Minato confronted A and Killer B in a speed contest until Liumu arrived and overwhelmed A. After Liumu questioned A about a Konoha ninja’s death, A denied responsibility and said his team had come to pursue Kirigakure ninja.

• A activated Lightning Release Armor and challenged Minato to a race, but Minato used his special kunai to outmaneuver him.
• Killer B blocked Minato’s attack with an Eight-Tails tentacle, and Minato marked it with a seal.
• Liumu arrived, distracted Killer B with a rhyme, then matched A’s speed and kicked Killer B away.
• A’s lightning armor vanished and his chakra began to drain as Liumu demanded to know whether he had killed a Konoha ninja.
• A denied killing anyone from Konoha and said his team had come to pursue Kirigakure ninja.

Liumu questioned Minato about Konoha’s treatment of Jinchūriki and its clan system, and learned that Minato’s wife, Kushina Uzumaki, was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. After Team 7 returned to the village thinking their mission had failed, they found Grandpa Hachikai’s missing dog trapped in a drainpipe.

• Liumu told A to leave the Land of Fire, then joined Minato and explained his encounter with the Kirigakure ninja.
• Liumu asked whether Minato would consider Konoha healthy as Hokage, and Minato said Jinchūriki were ordinary villagers and revealed that his wife was Kushina Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Minato described the difficulties of balancing the interests of Konoha’s clans and ordinary ninja, and Liumu asked whether he knew of other Uzumaki Clan members.
• Minato invited Liumu to meet Kushina, then took Team 7 back to Grandpa Hachikai’s house after they failed to find the dog in the woods.
• Barking came from a roof drainpipe, and the group freed Grandpa Hachikai’s Shiba Inu, which ran to him.

Liumu attended Uchiha Itachi’s one-month celebration, where Fugaku thanked him for saving Izumi and asked him to help look after someone connected to Kagami Uchiha. The chapter ended as Fugaku began explaining Kagami’s place in the village’s history.

• An Uchiha messenger invited Liumu and Han to Fugaku’s home for his son’s one-month celebration.
• Han eagerly prepared for the celebration, and she and Liumu bought a present before visiting the Uchiha compound.
• Fugaku introduced his newborn son as Uchiha Itachi and took Liumu aside for a private conversation.
• Fugaku congratulated Liumu on becoming a Special Jōnin and thanked him for saving Izumi from Kirigakure Ninja.
• Fugaku asked Liumu to help look after someone, then brought up Kagami Uchiha and said Kagami had cared deeply for the village.

Fugaku asked Liumu to secretly look after Shisui, hoping to keep him from being shaped by the Uchiha clan’s hatred toward Konoha’s leaders. Liumu agreed, and he and Han then visited the young boy, whose kindness reminded them of Kagami.

• Fugaku explained that Kagami had a son named Shisui and asked Liumu to look after him in secret.
• Fugaku told Liumu that Shisui carried the Uchiha clan’s hatred over Kagami’s death and might be safer growing up beside someone peace-loving.
• Liumu agreed to help Shisui, hoping to change the future fate of Shisui, Itachi, and the Uchiha clan.
• Liumu told Han about Shisui, and she agreed to help care for him.
• Liumu and another figure watched Shisui feed kittens and shelter them from the rain, and Liumu noted that Shisui loved Konoha like his father.

Liumu and Han began training Shisui in the Body Flicker Technique and basic ninja knowledge while Liumu received news from Yahiko about an unusual candidate for the Later Akatsuki. By summer of year 48, Konoha was on alert after Iwagakure wore down the Third Raikage, and Fugaku prepared the Uchiha Police Force for a mission as Liumu checked on Shisui.

• Liumu brought Han to meet Shisui and insisted that Shisui call him big brother instead of uncle.
• Liumu told Fugaku he planned to make Shisui a genius, and he and Han began teaching Shisui basic chakra sensing and theory.
• Liumu decoded Yahiko's letter about a money-loving candidate believed to be immortal, recognized him from the description, and burned the letter.
• By summer of year 48, Fugaku prepared the Uchiha Police Force for a mission amid heightened tension in Konoha after Iwagakure used ten thousand men to wear down the Third Raikage.
• Liumu told Fugaku that Shisui was doing well under Han's instruction, and Fugaku headed out on his mission.

As the Third Shinobi World War escalated, Liumu refused to lead a supply line to the Land of Rain and persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to let him join Minato’s squad in the Land of Grass. Before departing, Liumu left clones to protect his home and set out to guard Minato’s team, including Rin, Obito, and Kakashi.

• Yuhi Shinku objected to sending children below Chunin rank into battle, and Hiruzen Sarutobi approved his proposal after no one else spoke up.
• Liumu refused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order to lead the supply line, arguing that the Iwagakure ninja in the Land of Grass posed the most urgent threat to Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi granted Liumu’s request to join Minato’s squad, while Yuhi Shinku volunteered to take charge of the supply line to the Land of Rain.
• Liumu returned home, created clones to protect Han and Shisui, and left after Han told him to take care of himself.
• Minato led Liumu and Team 7 through the forest toward the Land of Grass and warned Rin, Obito, and Kakashi not to act rashly.

Liumu and Team 7 entered the Land of Grass, where Liumu foiled a trap and unleashed a devastating attack on enemies hidden in the mist. After finding a Kirigakure Ninja forehead protector among the dead, Minato realized the situation was worse than their intelligence had indicated.

• Minato led Liumu and Team 7 into the Land of Grass, where an unseen attacker ambushed them with shuriken that Kakashi blocked with an earth wall.
• Liumu stopped Minato from approaching a fallen figure and struck it with a kunai, revealing it to be a water clone carrying explosive tags.
• When mist advanced on the group, Liumu used Yasaka Tomoe to bombard the forest for ten minutes while Kakashi helped clear the mist with Fire Release.
• Liumu searched the bodies and found a bloodstained Kirigakure Ninja forehead protector.
• Minato said the fighting in the Land of Grass was more serious than their intelligence had suggested.

Liumu sent a clone ahead with Minato while he stayed with Team 7, then struggled with whether to prevent the battle that would transform Obito and Kakashi. Three days later, Kakashi defended Rin and Obito from an Iwagakure ambush, but another sound came from behind Obito.

• Liumu sent a Shadow Clone with Minato toward the battle line and stayed behind to protect Team 7.
• Liumu rebuked Obito for assuming the ambush had ended, then apologized after realizing his bloodlust had affected him.
• Liumu considered whether stopping Obito's coming tragedy would also prevent the changes Obito and Kakashi had undergone.
• Three days later, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin rested by a tree house, where Kakashi teased Obito about not giving him a Jonin promotion present.
• Kakashi blocked a volley of kunai, exposed and killed a concealed Iwagakure attacker, and warned the others that their enemies could blend into their surroundings.
• A faint sound came from behind Obito before Kakashi could finish his warning.

Obito awakened his Sharingan after Kakashi sacrificed an eye to save him, but an Iwagakure attack left Team 7 cornered in a cave. Liumu arrived and fed Kakashi a healing grilled fish, restoring his ruined eye as the chapter ended.

• Kakashi saved Obito from an Iwagakure ninja, losing an eye, and reminded him that they were teammates.
• Obito killed the attacker and awakened his one-tomoe Sharingan, then led Rin and the injured Kakashi into a cave as more enemy ninja approached.
• Liumu entered the cave carrying dead Iwagakure ninja and gave Kakashi a grilled fish despite his protests.
• After Kakashi swallowed the fish, his bleeding stopped and his destroyed eye healed, while energy surged through his chakra pathways.

After Kakashi's eye healed and his chakra increased, Liumu led Team 7 to prepare an ambush along the Iwagakure route through the Land of Grass. As Minato's outnumbered forces struggled to hold the mountain hollow, Minato arrived and ordered the Konoha ninja to throw his tri-pronged kunai into the enemy ranks.

• Heluo healed Kakashi's eye, and Kakashi discovered that his strength and chakra had greatly increased.
• Liumu and Kakashi concluded that the Iwagakure ninja would have to pass through a mountain ravine, so Team 7 traveled there to set an ambush.
• Rin attached Explosive Tags to rocks while Kakashi used more than fifty shadow clones to help prepare the traps.
• At the mountain hollow, Konoha's forces struggled to withstand the Iwagakure attack, and Minato arrived with tri-pronged kunai.
• Minato told the Konoha ninja to throw the kunai into the enemy ranks and leave the rest to him.

Minato held the Konoha position while Team 7 ambushed the Iwagakure ninja in a ravine. Liumu unleashed a devastating Normal Punch that destroyed the mountain range, and Kakashi identified him as the wielder of the Power of Annihilation.

• Minato realized he could not pursue the Iwagakure unit circling northwest without leaving the battered Konoha force exposed.
• A Hyuga Clan ninja spotted Team 7 ambushing the Iwagakure ninja from the mountaintop, then passed out after sensing unusual chakra.
• Liumu directed Obito and Rin to keep dropping rocks as the Iwagakure ninja broke through their Earth-Style Wall defenses.
• An Iwagakure jonin recognized Liumu from the destruction he had caused in Kumogakure as Liumu prepared to attack the troops in the ravine.
• Liumu used Normal Punch to obliterate the mountain range, leaving a huge crater and apparently wiping out the Iwagakure ninja.
• Kakashi told Obito and Rin that the attack came from the true Liumu, wielder of the Power of Annihilation.

Liumu and Minato confronted the threat of Iwagakure’s forces while worrying about the missing Kirigakure ninja. After Liumu and Minato devastated the Iwagakure position, they returned to Konoha’s lines and considered a possible danger in the swamp.

• Rin reunited with Minato in the mountain hollow, and Liumu told him about their earlier battle before asking about the front.
• Minato explained that Iwagakure was holding the line and that the vanished Kirigakure ninja worried him, while Liumu reassured him that Konoha was protected.
• Liumu and Minato used Light Release and the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear inside the Iwagakure position and attack its forces.
• Liumu and Minato let the surviving Iwagakure ninja flee so they could carry word of the defeat back to their village.
• Minato returned with Liumu to Konoha’s position, studied the battle map, and suspected a threat near the swamp.

Team 7 and Liumu investigated the swamp and found footprints suggesting that multiple groups had crossed it, including the Kirigakure squad. Meanwhile, two mysterious figures discussed the squad’s progress and a new vessel, and Minato congratulated Obito on awakening his Sharingan as they headed back to the village.

• Liumu found footprints at the edge of the swamp and explained why they indicated that at least two groups had passed through.
• Liumu estimated that the first group was about the size of the Kirigakure squad and that the second group had two people, possibly more.
• In a mountain ravine, a shadowy figure told his companion that the Kirigakure squad had entered the Land of Fire and might have detected his clone.
• The pale, aging man said he could not hold on much longer but that a new vessel was ready.
• Minato said the battle in the Land of Grass was essentially over and congratulated Obito on awakening his Sharingan as the team returned to the village.

Might Duy arrived to protect his son Guy and their squad from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, then opened the Eighth Gate to face them. As Guy was taken back toward Konoha, Juzo Biwa recognized the danger and urged the swordsmen to flee.

• Might Guy's squad carrying secret intelligence was ambushed near Konoha by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Guy's teammates urged him to flee with the intelligence while they held off the enemy.
• Might Duy appeared, ordered Guy to return to the village, and opened the Eighth Gate, unleashing a red aura.
• Guy's teammates carried him toward Konoha as Duy prepared to fight the Seven Ninja Swordsmen alone.
• Juzo Biwa recognized Duy as matching a prophecy's conditions and shouted for the swordsmen to run.
• Might Duy brought his hands before his chest and called out, "Accumulate!"

Liumu stopped Might Duy from dying after he opened the Gate of Death by giving him Heluo to eat, then defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. He spared Juzo Biwa and sent him to find Yahiko in the Land of Rain, while Duy finished eating and his stomach rumbled.

• Liumu appeared before Duy and urged him to stop, then offered him Heluo's body to keep him alive.
• Liumu warned the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist not to move and promised Duy he would handle them.
• Liumu slaughtered the Mist swordsmen, leaving Juzo Biwa as the last survivor.
• Liumu spared Juzo and gave him a note, telling him to take Kubikiribōchō to the Land of Rain and find Yahiko.
• Juzo questioned Liumu's decision as Duy finished eating Heluo and his stomach rumbled.