Recaps

Yūto and Tsukimi woke up in the same bed and each mistakenly thought they had wronged the other, until Tsukimi admitted she had put sleeping pills in his water. Shikaku then arrived to discuss escape plans for rescuing the Chinoike Clan, leaving Yūto to choose between fighting through Kumogakure’s defenses and serving as a decoy.

• Yūto woke beside Tsukimi and feared he had done something to her while unconscious.
• Tsukimi woke, saw herself on top of Yūto, and tried to leave without waking him.
• Yūto and Tsukimi apologized at the same time, and Yūto offered to take responsibility for what he thought had happened.
• Tsukimi told Yūto she had put sleeping pills in his water and insisted nothing had happened between them, then hurried out when he asked why she had also fallen asleep.
• Yūto told Tsukimi they would discuss her drugging him after the mission, and Shikaku arrived with two plans for rescuing the Chinoike Clan.

Yūto rejected a plan that would sacrifice Chinoike Clan members and chose to rescue them all from Hell Valley. After assessing Kumogakure’s defenses, he planned a rapid infiltration and evacuation with Tsukimi and Sendō.

• Yūto chose Plan B and Shikaku sent him to rescue the Chinoike Clan before heading toward Konoha by way of the Land of Hot Water or another route.
• Several days later, Sendō told Yūto that Kumogakure had three sensory-ninja defensive lines guarding Hell Valley and had sealed the underground river.
• Tsukimi proposed disguising themselves as a Kumogakure patrol, and Yūto realized they could exploit the patrol’s two-hour shift changes.
• Yūto assigned Tsukimi to disrupt the inner guards with Genjutsu, Sendō to guide them, and himself to cover the rear during the rescue.
• Yūto set a goal of evacuating everyone in under ninety minutes and said they would swiftly deal with Chinoike traitors and create chaos if needed.

Yūto, Tsukimi, and Sendō infiltrated the Kumogakure camp in Hell Valley by disguising themselves as a supply squad. Just as their plan seemed to be working, Captain Fujita’s girlfriend confronted Yūto, with Yugito Nii beside her.

• Yūto spotted the supply convoy and planned to ambush it on its return, using Sharingan genjutsu to replace its personnel.
• Yūto, Tsukimi, and Sendō subdued three Kumogakure ninja and transformed themselves to impersonate the squad.
• Yūto fooled the guards by claiming that Konoha ninja had infiltrated the Land of Lightning and identifying the carts’ damp ration pills.
• Tsukimi warned Yūto about hidden sentries as the carts entered camp and the guards focused on the outer perimeter.
• A dark-skinned girl hugged Yūto and called him her darling, nearly disrupting his Transformation Technique, while Yugito Nii followed her.

Yūto, Tsukimi, and Sendō kept their disguises intact and reached the cave where the Chinoike clan members were being held. An elder let them inside after Sendō promised the Konoha allies could help them escape.

• Yūto calmed Yuki by giving her Tsukimi’s kunai pendant, then turned down her invitation by claiming he had a secret mission.
• Tsukimi grew jealous of Yuki’s kiss, while Sendō warned her not to risk exposing their disguises.
• Tsukimi produced a blank, supposedly water-damaged manifest when Yugito Nii asked to inspect it, and Yugito left with another Kumogakure ninja.
• Yūto told Sendō to lead them to the prisoners, and the three slipped through the valley toward a secluded cave.
• Sendō signaled at the cave entrance and introduced Yūto and Tsukimi to an elder, who let them inside.

Yūto and Tsukimi entered the Chinoike Clan’s underground settlement, where Sendō tried to persuade Manzō to accept Konoha’s offer of refuge. Yūto left Tsukimi to continue negotiating when Yuki found him outside, but he realized she had a knife hidden behind her back.

• Yūto and Tsukimi discovered that the Chinoike Clan lived in a warm, well-lit village inside Hell Valley.
• Sendō introduced Yūto and Tsukimi to Manzō and said Konoha would take in the Chinoike Clan.
• Manzō doubted Konoha would treat the clan differently from Kumogakure, and explained that most Chinoike taken to battle had died.
• Yūto transformed into Captain Fujita’s appearance and left Tsukimi to persuade the clan after hearing Yuki call for him.
• Yuki embraced Yūto and said she had decided to give herself to him that night.
• Yūto heard metal scrape and saw that Yuki had a knife hidden behind her back.

Yūto subdued Yuki and Yugito Nii, then carried the Two-Tails’ Jinchūriki back to the Chinoike Clan’s cave. There, he confronted the clan’s divided factions and demanded they come with him or face slaughter by Kumogakure.

• Yūto pretended to accept Yuki’s advances, then knocked her unconscious inside her tent and waited until sunset.
• Yugito Nii entered the tent, and Yūto used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to subdue her despite nearly exhausting his ocular power.
• Yūto wrapped Yugito Nii in cloth and carried her back to the cave where the Chinoike Clan was being held.
• Yūto found En and Yūna arguing over whether the clan should go with Konoha or remain where it was, while Sendō and Manzō supported opposing sides.
• Yūto revealed Yugito Nii and warned En that the clan must come with him or Kumogakure would slaughter them for abducting its Jinchūriki.

Yūto secured En’s agreement to bring the Chinoike Clan to Konoha and began evacuating them, but the shortage of Chinoike ninja left many behind as the deadline approached. He went to draw Kumogakure’s attention away from the evacuation and revealed the bound Yugito Nii to a Jonin.

• En agreed to take the Chinoike Clan to Konoha after Yūto promised they would not be treated as tools.
• Yūto realized that too few Chinoike were ninja to evacuate everyone quickly and ordered the clan to begin climbing the rock face in three groups.
• Sendō led the way, Yūna supported the middle, and En guarded the rear while Tsukimi watched over the evacuees.
• As the deadline arrived with dozens still below, Yūto left Tsukimi to monitor the group and went to return Yugito.
• Yūto attacked the Kumogakure patrol and revealed the bound Yugito Nii to a Jonin.

Yūto delayed Kumogakure long enough for the Chinoike Clan to escape Hell Valley, then fled with Yugito Nii. Several days later, in the Land of Hot Water, Yugito gave up trying to escape and asked Yūto to take her to a bathhouse.

• Yūto drew Kumogakure's ninja toward Hell Valley with a trail of fire while the Chinoike Clan escaped.
• Tsukimi ordered the clan to keep moving, while En and others offered to help Yūto.
• Yūto held off five Kumogakure Jonin, protected Yuki with a Shadow Clone, and then retreated as the guards pursued him.
• Over the next several days, Yūto evaded Kumogakure's hunters and repeatedly subdued Yugito Nii when she tried to escape.
• In the Land of Hot Water, Yugito promised not to run and asked Yūto to take her to a bathhouse.

Yūto took Yugito Nii to a hot spring, washed and dried her clothes, then left her there while he hunted. He returned with two rabbits for dinner and killed them in front of her, shattering her renewed belief that he was decent.

• Yugito Nii tried to annoy Yūto with her smell and braid, so he took her to a natural hot spring and tossed her into it.
• Yūto washed and dried Yugito Nii's clothes while she waited in the spring, then left with her clothes and warned her not to run away.
• Yūto left a shadow clone behind and studied his map as he planned to travel north to the Land of Iron to avoid Kumogakure pursuers while the Chinoike remained at risk.
• Yūto returned with two rabbits, and Yugito Nii happily accepted them as a gift before he snapped their necks for dinner.

Uchiha Yūto traveled through the misty woods with Yugito Nii, fed her roasted rabbit, and found a bear’s den for shelter. After Kumogakure pursuers tracked them to the cave, Yūto went out to confront the three ninja.

• Yūto skinned and roasted rabbits, and Yugito Nii ate the meat despite insisting it was not good.
• Yūto sent Shadow Clones to search for shelter, then told Yugito he would release her only after they reached the Land of Grass or the Land of Earth.
• Yūto led Yugito to a bear’s den, drove away its occupants with a Shadow Clone, and reinforced the cave entrance.
• Yūto covered the sleeping Yugito with his dried cloak while keeping watch over the forest.
• Yūto left a Shadow Clone in the cave and confronted three Kumogakure ninja who had tracked them.
• Yūto challenged the squad leader for looking directly into his eyes after recognizing him as an Uchiha.

Yūto and Yugito Nii reached Yugakure, where a wave of gruesome murders had troubled the village despite its reputation for peace. While Yugito enjoyed the hot springs, a silver-haired boy revealed himself as a Jashin cultist who planned to offer the pair as sacrifices.

• Yūto and Yugito Nii arrived near Yugakure, and a silver-haired boy identified the village before recognizing them as potential sacrifices for Lord Jashin.
• Yūto carried the eager Yugito into Yugakure, where he noticed fear among the villagers.
• Yūto paid for a room at a hot spring inn after Yugito demanded a stay.
• Yūto and Yugito entered the men's and women's baths, while Yūto listened to the women chatting through the partition.

Yūto and Yugito Nii were caught up in the aftermath of another murder at a hot spring inn in Yugakure. After inspecting the victim, Yūto refused the Yukage’s implied request to investigate and returned to his room with Yugito.

• Yūto and Yugito Nii heard a scream announcing another death and left their baths to find the inn’s customers gathered in fear.
• Yūto used his Sharingan to silence men staring at the women and asked the proprietor to lead him to the crime scene.
• At the VIP Hot Spring, Yūto saw the victim nailed to a wall and wondered whether a silver-haired boy he had seen resembled Hidan.
• The Yukage told Yūto that the murder was the twenty-third, but Yūto declined to investigate because he needed to continue his mission.
• Yūto carried the curious Yugito away by her yukata collar, and the Yukage recognized his claim that she was his little sister as a poor excuse.

Yūto tried to arrange passage to the Land of Iron, but discovered the shipowner had been murdered. The Yukage offered to hold off Kumogakure’s pursuers if Yūto investigated the killer, and Yūto agreed on several conditions.

• Yūto struggled to wake and wash Yugito Nii before taking her downstairs.
• Yūto asked the innkeeper about ships to the Land of Iron, and she directed him to shipowner Mr. Fujiwara.
• Yūto, Yugito Nii, and the innkeeper found a crowd gathered around Mr. Fujiwara’s home, where his corpse was nailed to the wall.
• The Yukage asked Yūto to investigate the murderer and offered to hold off the Kumogakure ninja pursuing them.
• Yūto agreed to find the killer within three days, provided the Yukage arranged a ship to the Land of Iron and watched Yugito Nii.

Yūto investigated several former Jashin Cult sites for the killer but found only abandoned hideouts and old ritual records. The chapter ended with Hidan, a surviving cultist with an immortal body, living in Yugakure and secretly killing people for sacrifices.

• Yūto studied the reports and map, then decided to search the former Jashin Cult headquarters while leaving Yugito Nii in the Yukage’s care.
• Yūto spotted disguised Kumogakure ninja watching Yugakure and slipped past them into the surrounding forest.
• Yūto searched the Jashin Cult headquarters and found signs of past activity, but no killer.
• Yūto inspected an abandoned mine and an ancient shrine, finding no recent occupants at either site.
• Hidan, an immortal Jashin Cult survivor, lived in Yugakure by stealing and killing people for sacrifices.

At the hot spring inn, Hidan revealed his violent nature by attacking Yugito Nii, and the Yukage intervened to protect her. The Yukage realized Hidan was the killer who had nailed the victims to the walls.

• The Yukage comforted the inn's proprietress and explained that Hidan was an orphan he sometimes helped.
• Hidan paid for a hot spring bath and entered the women's bath, where Yugito Nii was soaking alone.
• Hidan attacked Yugito Nii with his triple-bladed scythe, calling her a sacrifice for Lord Jashin.
• The Yukage used Water Release: Water Formation Wall to block Hidan while the proprietress pulled Yugito Nii away.
• Hidan threatened the Yukage, who recognized that Hidan had murdered the victims found nailed to the walls.

Yūto returned to the hot spring just as Hidan was about to use his ritual to kill Yugito Nii, after the Yukage had already been fatally wounded. Yūto knocked Hidan away from the ritual circle, interrupting his attack.

• Yūto saw explosions from Yugakure and hurried back, believing Hidan had lured him away to target Yugito Nii.
• The Yukage and Yugito Nii fought Hidan, who revealed that his ritual linked their injuries and wounded the Yukage with a spear.
• The Yukage recalled helping Hidan as a child and died after pleading with him not to kill anyone else.
• Yugito Nii forced out some Tailed Beast Chakra and attacked Hidan, but he reached the ritual circle and prepared to stab himself.
• Yūto arrived and knocked Hidan over with a flying kick before he could complete the attack.

Yūto recognized Hidan and led him away from the village to protect its residents, then formed a plan to use the Jashin Cult Headquarters against him. Yugito Nii ended up fighting Hidan while Yūto drew them farther from the cave, leaving her furious as he continued to retreat.

• Yūto recognized Hidan from his body paint and carried Yugito Nii away from the hot springs after confirming the Yukage had died.
• Yūto led Hidan through the woods and out of the village while Yugito Nii reported that physical attacks barely affected him and his wounds healed quickly.
• Yūto recognized the Jashin Cult Headquarters and decided to make it Hidan’s grave by preventing his immortal body from recovering.
• When Hidan caught up, Yugito Nii blocked his scythe as Yūto retreated, then Yūto used the Body Flicker Technique to draw Hidan and Yugito Nii farther away from the cave.
• Yugito Nii chased after Yūto in anger, and he snatched up a gray rabbit as he fled.

Yūto and Yugito Nii fought Hidan as they fled toward a volcano, where Yūto used a rabbit to trick Hidan’s blood ritual and sent him into the magma. Yugito Nii learned Yūto had survived and, after scolding him, agreed to eat the rabbit.

• Yūto and Yugito Nii raced toward the volcano while Hidan pursued them, and Yūto used fire to slow Hidan down.
• When Yugito Nii stumbled and Hidan nearly struck her, Yūto blocked the scythe and deliberately let Hidan draw his blood.
• Hidan used the blood to begin his ritual, but Yūto secretly substituted rabbit blood from his Ninja Tool Pouch.
• Hidan stabbed Yūto, and Yugito Nii attacked him before surrendering at the crater’s edge.
• Yūto sprang up and kicked Hidan into the magma, where Hidan’s immortal body was destroyed by the heat.
• Yūto explained the trick to Yugito Nii, who scolded him for the deception and agreed to eat the rabbit.

Yūto attended the Yukage’s funeral with Yugito Nii, then left Yugakure with her by ship for the Land of Iron. As Yugito blamed herself for the Yukage’s death and withdrew beneath the covers, Yūto began telling her a story about a prince born during a demon fox’s attack.

• Yūto attended the Yukage’s funeral, where the Yukage’s daughter honored him with a hot-spring ritual and said she would divert the Kumogakure shinobi.
• The shrine maiden gave Yugito Nii a tomoe necklace made from the Yukage’s hot-spring stones, and Yugito apologized for the Yukage’s death.
• Yūto took Yugito Nii to the southern docks, and they boarded a ship bound for the Land of Iron.
• Yūto planned to travel through the Land of Waterfalls to avoid taking Yugito through the Land of Iron toward Konoha.
• Yugito stayed beneath the covers, calling herself a jinx, so Yūto began telling her about a prince whose birth coincided with a demon fox attacking his capital.

Yūto comforted Yugito Nii with a story about a jinchūriki learning to accept help, and she began to recover. When Kumogakure pursuers attacked their ship, Yugito Nii’s response left Shiroi realizing she had targeted him.

• Yūto told Yugito Nii a story about a jinchūriki who overcame isolation with help from others, prompting her to remember people who had stood by her.
• Yugito Nii asked what happened next, and Yūto told her she would have to write the rest herself.
• Yūto and Yugito Nii went to the deck after the ship lurched, where they spotted Kumogakure pursuers led by Shiroi.
• Shiroi mistook Yugito Nii for an ally and attacked Yūto with lightning while calling for her to strike.
• Yugito Nii launched several Rat Tail Balls toward Shiroi, freezing his confident smile.

Yūto and Yugito Nii escaped the Kumogakure pursuers and traveled through the Land of Iron to the Land of Grass. At Konoha’s Iwagakure front headquarters, Orochimaru assigned Yūto a delivery mission back to the Kumogakure front.

• Yugito Nii attacked Shiroi’s group with Rat Tail Balls, and Yūto helped drive the exhausted Kumogakure ninja away from their ship.
• Yūto convinced Shiroi that he had controlled Yugito Nii with genjutsu, letting the two escape without revealing her choice to stay with him.
• Yugito Nii thanked Yūto for making her feel less alone and asked to lean on him, while Yūto kept his doubts about their future to himself.
• Yūto and Yugito Nii bypassed the Land of Iron and reached Konoha’s headquarters on the Iwagakure front in the Land of Grass.
• Orochimaru recognized Yugito Nii as Kumogakure’s Two-Tails Jinchūriki, and Yūto defended her before asking to return to the Kumogakure front.
• Orochimaru gave Yūto a sealed scroll and asked him to deliver medical supplies to the Kumogakure front.

Yūto returned to the Konoha frontline camp with Yugito Nii, where Tsukimi confronted them with jealousy and A demanded that Yugito return to Kumogakure. The chapter ended with A grabbing Yugito by the collar as Yūto and Yūna stood nearby.

• Yūto arrived at the camp with Yugito Nii, and Tsukimi challenged their closeness before Tsunade stopped the two women from fighting.
• Yūto led Yugito Nii into the camp, where Yūna thanked him for helping the Chinoike Clan and A confronted Yugito about her actions.
• Yūna revealed that A had come for peace talks, provoking him with remarks about Kumogakure's losses and the desperate fighting.
• A activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, charged at Yugito Nii, and grabbed her by the back of her collar, declaring that he would take her back to Kumogakure.

Yūto stopped A from taking Yugito Nii and attended Minato’s meeting about Kumogakure’s push for peace. The Konoha leaders argued over reparations, with Tsunade proposing a billion ryō as the discussion ended.

• Yūto used his speed to stop A from taking Yugito Nii, and A released her before leaving camp.
• Yūna told Yūto the Chinoike Clan wanted a marriage alliance, then said she would bring the prospective bride to his tent that night.
• A Konoha ninja summoned Yūto to a Jonin meeting, where Minato said Kumogakure wanted the Two-Tails jinchūriki returned and the war ended.
• Fugaku demanded at least three hundred million ryō in reparations, while Minato and Shikaku argued that Konoha needed to end the war because its other fronts were under pressure.
• Tsunade demanded a billion ryō in bereavement payments, prompting the others to support Fugaku’s lower demand.

Yūto agreed to take Yūna’s daughter Chino as his disciple after learning Danzo had been harassing the Chinoike Clan. Konoha and Kumogakure reached a peace agreement, and as Yūto returned to Konoha, he approached Fugaku to discuss the Chinoike.

• Fugaku’s plan passed the Jonin meeting, and Yūto fled Tsunade after voting against her demand for reparations.
• Yūna revealed that the proposed bride was her young daughter Chino and asked Yūto to take her as his disciple to protect the Chinoike from Danzo.
• Yūto agreed to train Chino and said he would discuss helping the clan with Fugaku.
• Konoha and Kumogakure agreed that Kumogakure would pay 350 million in reparations and Konoha would return Yugito Nii.
• Yūto and Tsunade chose to return to Konoha, and Yūto approached Fugaku to talk about the Chinoike Clan.

After returning to Konoha, Yūto helped the Chinoike Clan settle beside the Uchiha and persuaded the Third Hokage to place them under Uchiha supervision instead of Root. Danzo still threatened their safety, so Yūto devised a plan to make him famous.

• Fugaku agreed to let the Chinoike Clan settle beside the Uchiha Clan Compound because the Uchiha owed them a debt from the past.
• After returning to Konoha, Yūto learned that the Chinoike Clan had settled on vacant land east of the Uchiha compound.
• The Third Hokage told Yūto and Tsunade that Danzo wanted to incorporate the Chinoike Clan into Root to control the Ketsuryūgan.
• Yūto argued that the Chinoike Clan had accepted Uchiha protection, and the Third Hokage agreed to place them under Uchiha supervision for now.
• Yūto warned Tsunade that Danzo would keep pursuing the Chinoike Clan, then decided to make Danzo famous by turning him into the male lead of Icha Icha Paradise.