Recaps

Yūto grew bored with the weak Kumogakure attacks while Kumogakure's commanders developed plans to lure Minato away and weaken the Uchiha. Dodai approved a trap at Takekuri Gorge and a feigned retreat meant to isolate and destroy one Uchiha group.

• Rin scolded Yūto and Obito for their recklessness, then praised the team's cooperation after the mission.
• Yūto encountered no challenging battles for several days and began slacking during patrols, frustrating Obito.
• Dodai summoned A and Killer B to help occupy Minato while Kumogakure concentrated on attacking the Uchiha.
• Killer B proposed using false intelligence about a transport carrying a vessel to seal the Eight-Tails to lure Minato to Takekuri Gorge.
• Shiroi proposed feigning defeat to draw the Uchiha into separate groups, and Dodai approved an ambush against one group in Thunderclap Valley.

Kumogakure prepared a death operative to deliver forged intelligence to Konoha, and Yūto was sent to investigate him alone. Yūto defeated the operative, who managed to hide the fake scroll in his pouch before dying.

• Killer B gave the Sealing Squad a piece of the Eight-Tails' tail to make their bait more convincing, and Dodai selected Iwakichi for the mission.
• Dodai instructed Iwakichi to let Konoha's Byakugan discover him and to prioritize escape if he encountered combat.
• Minato sent Yūto to investigate the Kumogakure ninja after a Hyuga scout spotted him near camp.
• Yūto fought Iwakichi, dodging and countering his lightning techniques while deliberately provoking him to keep the battle going.
• Iwakichi used the last of his chakra to strike Yūto, but Yūto escaped with the Substitution Technique and killed him from behind.
• Before dying, Iwakichi hid the forged intelligence scroll in his Ninja Tool Pouch.

Minato led Konoha’s elite team to intercept Kumogakure’s supposed Eight-Tails transport at Takekuri Gorge, only to discover A and Killer B waiting in ambush. The battle began with Minato outmaneuvering A, and it ended with Minato teleporting behind Killer B to strike at the Eight-Tails jinchūriki.

• Yūto gave Minato intelligence that Kumogakure planned to transport the Eight-Tails through Takekuri Gorge, and Minato decided to intercept it despite warnings that the information might be a trap.
• Minato gathered the camp’s jonin, assigned the Uchiha Clan to defend the camp, and led an elite team toward Takekuri Gorge.
• A Hyuga jonin used his Byakugan to confirm that the Kumogakure formation carried a tailed beast, and Minato ordered his team to capture its container and retreat.
• A and Killer B ambushed Minato’s team at Takekuri Gorge, and Minato escaped A’s first attack with Flying Thunder God before Killer B blocked his counterattack with an Eight-Tails tentacle.
• A anticipated Minato’s next teleportation, but Minato appeared behind Killer B after secretly marking his octopus tail and aimed his kunai at the back of B’s head.

Minato uncovered Kumogakure’s trap against the Uchiha and rushed to rescue them, while Yūto fought beside the Elder after escaping his genjutsu. The Elder and Yūto faced five Kumogakure jonin together, surrounded and outnumbered.

• Minato escaped A and returned to the Konoha camp, where he learned the Elder had pursued Kumogakure’s retreating forces; he realized the attack was a scheme and hurried after the Uchiha.
• Dodai led Kumogakure’s main force in a probing attack on the camp, but the Elder and Uchiha elites repelled them, and the Elder ordered a pursuit despite Yūto’s warning.
• Dodai’s forces stopped the Uchiha in a narrow gorge, where five Kumogakure jonin surrounded the Elder and Yūto; the Elder used genjutsu to send Yūto away.
• Yūto broke free of the genjutsu after hearing the distant battle and returned to find the Elder badly wounded but holding off the attackers.
• Yūto joined the Elder and used explosive-tagged shuriken to force the Kumogakure jonin back, leaving the two Uchiha facing their five opponents together.

Yūto awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan after the Elder suffered grave wounds protecting him from Dodai and the Kumogakure jonin. Yūto fought back with his new power, but Dodai and the surviving jonin trapped him until Minato arrived.

• Yūto and the Elder fought five Kumogakure jonin, but Dodai's Lava Release and their Lightning Release tactics overwhelmed them.
• The Elder rescued Yūto from a Lightning Tiger Massacre, then was badly wounded and burned while killing two jonin with his final Great Fire Annihilation.
• Seeing the Elder near death, Yūto awakened three tomoe and attacked the remaining enemies with copied techniques and Lightning Release.
• Yūto killed two more jonin, but Dodai and the last surviving jonin closed in on him as he stood before the Elder.
• A Flying Thunder God Kunai entered the battlefield, and Minato arrived too late to prevent the Elder's grave injuries.

Yūto returned to Konoha with the Elder’s ashes after the Elder died saving him, then told Tsukimi and Fugaku what had happened. Though he promised Tsukimi he would stay alive, he declared his intention to avenge the Elder.

• Minato brought Yūto and the mortally wounded Elder back to the Konoha camp, where Rin could not save him.
• The Elder entrusted Tsukimi to Yūto and urged him to raise a Hokage before dying.
• Yūto cremated the Elder, gathered his ashes, and carried them back to Konoha.
• Tsukimi learned the Elder had died saving Yūto, grieved with him, and asked him to stay alive rather than pursue revenge.
• Yūto told Fugaku about the battle and said he intended to take revenge on Dodai.

Yūto planned to use a false report about Konoha targeting the Eight-Tails to draw Dodai away from his guards, then kill him for the Elder’s death. After Yūto admitted his plan to Nonō, she secured Tsunade’s help, and Tsunade agreed to protect him on the battlefield.

• Yūto explained to Fugaku that the Uchiha Clan would draw Dodai’s main force toward the Eight-Tails while he attacked Dodai, and Fugaku agreed to the plan.
• Yūto visited the orphanage, learned the children had received his royalties, and confessed to Nonō that he intended to kill Dodai.
• Nonō urged Yūto not to go alone, but he insisted that avenging the Elder mattered more than his life.
• Nonō brought Yūto to Tsunade and persuaded her to help by threatening to expose her gambling absences from work.
• Tsunade recognized Yūto, learned his royalties supported the orphanage, and agreed to have his back on the battlefield.

Yūto persuaded Minato to support a plan against Dodai, with Tsukimi and Tsunade joining him. A planted rumor led Dodai to relocate Killer B toward Takekuri Gorge, while Konoha’s Hyuga scout detected the movement.

• Yūto warned Fugaku that Itachi was too young for the battlefield, but Fugaku insisted that Uchiha children face war as an honor.
• Minato worried that Yūto could not defeat Dodai alone, until Tsukimi and Tsunade volunteered to accompany him.
• Fugaku and Minato disguised themselves as Uchiha and let a Kumogakure spy overhear a false plan to capture Killer B.
• Dodai ordered A to escort Killer B away from camp, and chose Takekuri Gorge as their retreat route despite feeling uneasy about the decision.
• A Hyuga ninja watched the Kumogakure camp and reported that the Eight-Tails was moving out.

Yūto persuaded Minato and the Konoha commanders to ambush Kumogakure’s escort at Takekuri Gorge, using Flying Thunder God to arrive as soon as the Hyuga spotted the Eight-Tails. The Uchiha confronted A and Killer B while Minato’s real objective remained Dodai at the distant Kumogakure camp.

• Yūto predicted Dodai would take the dangerous-looking Takekuri Gorge route, and Tsunade and Minato backed his plan.
• Fugaku led the Uchiha ahead as a contingency while Minato’s force waited for the Hyuga Clan’s signal.
• A escorted the Eight-Tails through Takekuri Gorge, where a Hyuga spotted the group and a Yamanaka sent the report to Minato.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to teleport his force to the gorge and block Kumogakure’s retreat.
• Dodai learned of the ambush and ordered Killer B to break out, believing Minato could not stop both A and Killer B.
• Fugaku and the Uchiha appeared to face Killer B as A called for reinforcements.

Yūto, Tsukimi, and Tsunade attacked the Kumogakure camp and fought Dodai after the reinforcements departed. Yūto’s point-blank fire attack gravely wounded both him and Dodai, and Tsunade intervened to stop Dodai’s final counterattack.

• Dodai sent Shiroi and a reinforcement unit to Takekuri Gorge, leaving the camp’s remaining guards behind.
• Yūto, Tsukimi, and Tsunade waited for the reinforcements to leave, then Yūto and Tsukimi attacked the camp and defeated its guards.
• Dodai confronted Yūto and Tsukimi, and the three fought to a stalemate while Tsunade struggled with her fear of blood.
• Yūto pinned Dodai during a genjutsu opening and used Great Fire Annihilation at point-blank range, gravely burning them both.
• Dodai launched a final Liger Bomb at Yūto, but Tsunade intercepted the attack and left Dodai mortally wounded.

Shiroi realized Konoha had lured Kumogakure's forces away to attack the main camp, where Dodai died despite Shiroi's efforts. Yūto returned to camp with Tsunade and Tsukimi, then provoked Tsunade into attacking him in hopes of being killed, but she grew suspicious of his wounds and hesitated.

• Shiroi deduced that Konoha had used the Eight-Tails mission to draw away Kumogakure's forces, then returned to camp and found Dodai mortally wounded; Dodai died after urging him to kill the Uchiha.
• Yūto fled with Tsunade and Tsukimi, and, while Tsunade was weakened by hemophobia, covertly massaged her legs and embarrassed her.
• Yūto brought Tsunade to the medical tent and waited outside for her to recover and kill him; Minato returned and praised Yūto's successful strategy, while Fugaku also approved.
• Tsunade stormed out and attacked Yūto, but Minato rescued him with Flying Thunder God; Yūto asked Minato and Fugaku to leave so he could speak with Tsunade alone.
• Tsunade noticed Yūto's bandages and suspected he planned to reopen his wounds to trigger her hemophobia, so she hesitated while Yūto silently hoped she would attack.

After Dodai’s death, A and Kumogakure sought revenge but were repeatedly thwarted by Konoha’s defenses. Konoha’s forces held their positions, and the front settled into a stalemate.

• A erupted in rage over Dodai’s death and ordered the army to hunt down Yūto and Tsunade, but Killer B and Shiroi persuaded him to pursue a cautious compromise.
• Konoha celebrated Yūto’s victory, while the Third Hokage ordered the front to advance steadily and Danzo ordered increased surveillance of the Uchiha.
• Killer B and Shiroi’s pursuit and supply-cutting tactics failed against Konoha’s Byakugan, Yamanaka sensing, and Aburame insects.
• Tokuma Hyuga reported Kumogakure’s movements to Shikaku Nara, who judged that Konoha had drawn the enemy into a war of attrition.
• Konoha and Kumogakure patrols faced one another in the battlefield’s buffer zone, but neither side attacked.

After Yūto was promoted to Jonin, Tsukimi arranged a patrol so she could spend time alone with him and thank him for saving her. Their outing was interrupted by Tsunade, who mistook Yūto’s actions for harassment and prepared to punish him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi promoted Yūto to Jonin, and Minato presented him with a new vest as Fugaku and the Uchiha Clan congratulated him.
• Tsukimi falsely claimed her patrol squad was short-handed and asked Yūto to accompany her, hoping to celebrate his promotion and thank him in private.
• Tsukimi gave Yūto her homemade honey-and-red-bean military ration pills as they patrolled, and Yūto carried her after she pretended to twist her ankle.
• Tsunade appeared and misread the pair’s closeness as Yūto harassing Tsukimi, despite Tsukimi trying to explain that she had invited him.
• Tsunade found Tsukimi’s special ration pills in Yūto’s pocket, accused him of luring Tsukimi out, and threatened him with punishment.

After Yūto calmly cared for Tsunade when she fainted, her curiosity about him grew, and she chose him as her partner for a medical supply escort mission. The mission left them at a casino, where Yūto used his Sharingan and precise chakra control to win repeatedly at dice.

• Yūto used the scent of his blood to make Tsunade faint, then carried her to the Medical Tent and kept his distance while Tsukimi cared for her.
• Tsunade secretly watched Yūto bandage his finger and leave to report to Captain Minato, becoming curious about his changed behavior.
• Tsunade selected Yūto to accompany her on a medical supply escort mission and questioned him about his behavior after their last battle.
• Yūto told Tsunade that he had thought she looked beautiful when angry, and she ordered him to go to the casino with her after the mission.
• Tsunade lost the mission funds at the casino, then made Yūto roll the dice; he won seven triples in a row using his Sharingan and precise chakra control.

Yūto and Tsunade encountered Kakuzu while returning from a casino, and Kakuzu revealed that he had come to collect the bounty on Yūto. Yūto tried to get Tsunade to flee because her hemophobia remained uncured, but she stayed to fight as Kakuzu exposed that he knew about her condition.

• Tsunade praised Yūto for helping her win money, but a sinister chakra alerted him to an ambush in the forest.
• Kakuzu emerged and announced that Yūto’s head was worth thirty-five million ryō, then threatened to kill Tsunade as well.
• Yūto identified Kakuzu as a rogue ninja who had once tried to assassinate the First Hokage and urged Tsunade to escape while he held Kakuzu off.
• Tsunade refused to leave and threatened Kakuzu, who revealed that he knew about her hemophobia and claimed her bounty was even higher.
• Yūto attacked Kakuzu with Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson, but Kakuzu countered with Wind Release: Pressure Damage.
• Yūto prepared to follow up with Uchiha Style: Konoha Whirlwind.

Yūto fought Kakuzu to protect Tsunade, but Tsunade’s hemophobia repeatedly left her vulnerable and she refused to flee. As Kakuzu prepared a combined attack, Yūto stood wounded in front of Tsunade and smiled.

• Yūto struck Kakuzu with his Uchiha Style: Konoha Whirlwind, damaging the Water Release mask creature and provoking Kakuzu to unleash his Wind Release.
• Yūto dodged Kakuzu’s attacks and fought back, but Kakuzu discovered that blood triggered Tsunade’s hemophobia and engulfed Yūto with Fire Release.
• Remembering her brother Nawaki, Tsunade charged Kakuzu and punched him, but Kakuzu trapped her with black threads and aimed Lightning Release at her heart.
• Yūto deflected Kakuzu’s lightning, then knocked him aside and took the lightning strike across his own back to save Tsunade.
• Kakuzu began gathering Wind, Fire, and Lightning Release to attack them both as the wounded Yūto stood in front of Tsunade and smiled.

Yūto was pierced through the heart while protecting Tsunade, triggering her hemophobia to give way to rage and unleashing her full strength against Kakuzu. Tsunade drove Kakuzu away and focused on saving Yūto, whose fate remained uncertain.

• Tsunade used the Mystical Palm Technique to stem Yūto’s bleeding, but Kakuzu pierced Yūto’s heart with Earth Grudge Fear threads after masking his attack behind a wind blast and earthen wall.
• Yūto seized the threads and pinned Kakuzu in place, while Tsunade froze at the sight of his blood and relived Nawaki’s death.
• Tsunade’s hemophobia gave way under the shock, and she released the Strength of a Hundred Technique before striking Kakuzu with Heavenly Foot of Pain.
• Tsunade destroyed Kakuzu’s three split-off masks with her attacks, forcing his remaining main body to flee.
• Tsunade rushed to Yūto and used the Mystical Palm Technique to treat the wound in his chest.

After Yūto woke from his near-fatal battle with Kakuzu, Tsunade revealed that she had defeated the bounty hunter and overcome her hemophobia. The chapter left Tsunade kissing Yūto’s forehead before they set off, while keeping her recovery secret.

• Yūto woke with his head in Tsunade’s lap and learned that she had stayed to care for him.
• Tsunade told Yūto that she had defeated Kakuzu herself, surprising him because she had suffered from hemophobia.
• Tsunade said she had overcome her fear of blood and planned to keep the cure secret for future battles.
• Tsunade told Yūto to call her by her name and said she would report that he had driven Kakuzu off alone.
• Yūto recovered enough to carry the medical supply crate, and Tsunade kissed his forehead.

After Tsunade impulsively kissed Yūto while he was injured, she tried to dismiss it as a medical ritual and repayment for saving her. At a roadside inn, she shared the only bed with him and kissed him again while he slept, still insisting to herself that it was for medical practice.

• Tsunade kissed Yūto's forehead and claimed it was a medical ninja's blessing ritual, while Yūto wondered whether the practice was real.
• As they traveled toward a town, Tsunade recalled Yūto risking his life to protect her and struggled to explain her growing feelings.
• Tsunade accepted the inn's only room, and Yūto fell asleep in the bed after she insisted he avoid the cold floor.
• Tsunade checked Yūto's injury, then kissed his forehead and lips while he slept, telling herself she was repaying him and practicing resuscitation.
• When Yūto murmured in his sleep, Tsunade pulled away, then returned to kiss him again and prepared to knock him out if he woke.

Yūto returned to Konoha Camp with Tsunade after their mission, while both awkwardly avoided discussing what happened during the night. Back at camp, Tsunade learned that Kumogakure had withdrawn its main force but increased reconnaissance around the Land of Lightning, leaving Konoha’s commanders wondering what it was hiding.

• Yūto woke up nearly suffocating in Tsunade’s embrace, and Tsunade flushed and ordered him to turn around when he saw her exposed shoulders.
• On the journey back, Tsunade blamed Yūto for tossing and turning while he wondered if he had dreamed about her.
• Tsukimi greeted Yūto with relief and threw herself into his arms after waiting two days for his return.
• Tsunade reported the mission’s completion and found Shikaku Nara, Uchiha Fugaku, and Minato Namikaze studying Kumogakure’s unusual deployment.
• Shikaku Nara, Uchiha Fugaku, and Minato Namikaze considered whether Kumogakure had sent irregular forces into the Land of Lightning.

Tsunade secretly drugged Yūto and kissed him while he slept, but Tsukimi caught her and was invited to join in. An explosion then shook the camp, forcing them to respond to an enemy attack.

• Tsunade added a sleep-inducing potion to Yūto's treatment and gave it to him during a late-night examination.
• After Yūto fell asleep, Tsunade kissed him and touched the scar on his chest while claiming she was using a healing technique.
• Tsukimi found Yūto missing from his tent, approached the Medical Tent, and caught Tsunade with him.
• Tsunade invited Tsukimi to join her, and Tsukimi hesitantly leaned toward Yūto.
• An explosion struck the northwest of the camp, interrupting them and signaling an enemy attack.

A Konoha ninja exploded after an unknown chakra technique affected him, and Fugaku’s Sharingan stopped another Hyuga ninja from succumbing to the same influence. Tsunade suspected an enemy dōjutsu was controlling Konoha shinobi, while Yūto learned about the threat and reacted with unexpected interest.

• Tsunade treated the injured Hyuga ninja, who said his teammate’s eyes had turned red before the teammate’s chakra went berserk and he exploded.
• The Hyuga ninja’s eyes turned red and abnormal chakra moved through his body, but Fugaku’s Sharingan made the red glow and chakra disturbance vanish.
• Shikaku found no explosive tags and suspected external chakra had ruptured the victim’s organs, while Minato ordered heightened vigilance.
• Tsunade told Tsukimi that an enemy was controlling Konoha ninja and making them self-destruct, and the narration identified the Ketsuryūgan as the likely dōjutsu.
• Tsukimi told Yūto about the suspected threat, and he thought that being controlled into dying sounded like a hassle.

After an explosion disrupted their patrol, Tsukimi arranged a private nighttime outing with Yūto and brought him a homemade meal. Their quiet break by a stream was interrupted by Kumogakure ninja, who recognized Tsukimi's Three-Tomoe Sharingan and prepared to fight.

• Yūto postponed his plan to get himself killed because he had promised the Elder to restore the Uchiha Clan, then checked whether Tsukimi had been hurt in the explosion.
• Tsukimi invited Yūto to continue their interrupted patrol that night, and he agreed.
• Tsukimi secretly prepared a lunch box and led Yūto beyond their usual patrol route to a stream, where they shared the meal.
• A group of Kumogakure ninja appeared and threatened Yūto and Tsukimi.
• Tsukimi activated her Three-Tomoe Sharingan, prompting the Kumogakure ninja to take her seriously and mention a secret weapon.

Yūto and Tsukimi defeated a Kumogakure patrol and captured Sendō, a Chinoike Clan ninja who could resist Sharingan genjutsu. At the command tent, Sendō agreed to reveal why he had been fighting for Kumogakure and explained that his clan was divided over how to escape its imprisonment.

• Yūto revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and killed the dreadlocked Kumogakure Jonin, prompting the squad to flee.
• Sendō’s Ketsuryūgan failed to activate; after Kumogakure threatened his family, he attacked Yūto but was defeated and asked Yūto to kill the remaining pursuers.
• Yūto and Tsukimi killed the fleeing Kumogakure ninja and bound Sendō, then escorted him to the main camp.
• Yūto warned Minato, Shikaku, Fugaku, and Tsunade that Sendō could break free of Sharingan genjutsu.
• Sendō identified himself as a Chinoike Clan ninja and explained that Kumogakure held his clansmen hostage, forcing his faction to fight while other clan members sought outside help to escape Hell Valley.

Fugaku agreed to send Yūto to rescue the Chinoike Clan, and Tsukimi joined him after insisting she could handle the danger. The night before their mission, Tsukimi drugged Yūto so she could kiss him, but she fell asleep too, leaving them together when he woke in the morning.

• Sendō asked Konoha to save the Chinoike Clan, but Minato said the front line could not spare the personnel.
• Fugaku offered the Uchiha's help, and Yūto volunteered to lead the rescue mission.
• Tsunade suggested accompanying Yūto, but Tsukimi insisted on going with him; Fugaku confirmed she was strong enough, and Yūto agreed on the condition she follow his orders.
• Minato assigned Yūto and Tsukimi to carry out the mission with Sendō as their guide, leaving the next morning.
• Tsukimi got a sleep-inducing drug from Tsunade, put it in Yūto's hot water, and kissed him after he fell asleep, but she also succumbed to the drug.
• Yūto woke the next morning beside the sleeping Tsukimi and feared the consequences.