Recaps

Yūto secretly arranged for Chino, Izumi, and Itachi to learn about Asama Sandayu and a secret passage into the Daimyō’s Mansion, then encouraged the three to rescue the Daimyō and Princess without him. As Chino and Izumi prepared to infiltrate the mansion, Itachi suspected Yūto had orchestrated the suspiciously convenient events.

• Yūto and the others entered the Capital, where Snow Ninja let them pass after he claimed they were a tour group.
• Yūto met Asama Sandayu in a basement and learned the Daimyō and Princess were trapped in the mansion’s dungeon, with only three to five days before it might fall.
• Yūto arranged for Snow Ninja to chase Asama, and Chino and Izumi rescued him while Itachi followed them outside.
• Asama told the group about a secret passage, and Chino and Izumi proposed using it to infiltrate the mansion and rescue the captives.
• Yūto said he would not take part but urged Chino and Izumi onward, while Itachi grew suspicious that Yūto had arranged the events.

Chino, Izumi, and Itachi discovered that Yūto had sent them on an S-rank mission to rescue Kazahana Sōsetsu and Princess Koyuki from Kazahana Dōtō. They escaped the mansion with Asama Sandayu, but five Snow Ninja ambushed them near the secret passage.

• Asama led Chino, Izumi, and Itachi through a secret passage into the Daimyō's Mansion, where they learned they had come as reinforcements for an S-rank mission.
• The guard captain and Kazahana Sōsetsu doubted the children until they revealed their kekkei genkai and Sharingan.
• Sōsetsu asked the children to protect Koyuki, then decided to escape with her so Dōtō could not claim legitimate rule.
• Chino promised to keep Koyuki safe and told Sōsetsu that Yūto had three wives, prompting him to worry about leaving his daughter with Yūto.
• Asama led the group out of the dungeon, but Itachi stopped him when five Snow Ninja dropped from a rooftop and revealed that Dōtō had anticipated their escape.

Nadare Rōga, Fuyuguma Tōu, and Kazahana Dōtō overwhelmed Izumi, Chino, and Itachi during their attempt to protect Kazahana Sōsetsu. Just as the children were cornered and Izumi was captured, their teacher appeared.

• Nadare Rōga and Fuyuguma Tōu attacked the group, and Izumi, Chino, and Itachi struggled against their Chakra Armor and Ice Release.
• Chino urged Asama Sandayu and Kazahana Sōsetsu to escape, but they were forced back when Kazahana Dōtō arrived.
• Kazahana Dōtō struck Izumi and Chino, while Itachi briefly restrained him and Izumi’s fire melted his ice wall.
• Nadare Rōga froze Izumi’s arm and grabbed her, while Fuyuguma Tōu blocked Chino and Itachi from reaching her.
• Chino called for her teacher, and a young man appeared beside a kunai, asking whether he was too late.

Yūto rescued Kazahana Sōsetsu and defeated the Snow Ninja, killing Fuyuguma Tōu and capturing Kazahana Dōtō. At a celebratory banquet, Kazahana Sōsetsu privately asked Yūto to see the Land of Snow’s treasure.

• Chino angrily confronted Yūto for disguising a dangerous mission as a vacation, while Fuyuguma Tōu challenged him.
• Yūto incinerated Fuyuguma Tōu with a massive fire technique, and Nadare Rōga dropped Izumi and surrendered.
• Yūto caught Kazahana Dōtō by the throat, while Nadare Rōga claimed he had been secretly loyal to the Land of Snow.
• Kazahana Dōtō recognized Yūto as Konoha’s Red Catastrophe, and Yūto spared him; the remaining Snow Ninja surrendered.
• Kazahana Sōsetsu thanked Yūto and held a banquet, where Chino and Izumi befriended Kazahana Koyuki.
• Kazahana Sōsetsu quietly asked Yūto to visit the Land of Snow’s treasure after the banquet.

Yūto and the others witnessed Sōsetsu's geothermal generator transform a snowy valley into spring, and Yūto suspected its energy came from an ancient God Tree root. After the Konoha group left, Koyuki was heartbroken, so Sōsetsu promised to take her to visit them in Konoha once the Land of Snow was in order.

• Sōsetsu led Yūto, Chino, Izumi, Itachi, and Koyuki to a valley and used Koyuki's hexagonal ice crystal to activate the geothermal generator, restoring the valley to spring.
• Sōsetsu explained that the generator drew energy from a root-shaped mineral vein beneath the Land of Snow, leading Yūto to suspect the vein was connected to the God Tree.
• That night, Yūto told Sōsetsu that the group would return to Konoha the next morning, and they departed before Koyuki woke.
• Koyuki discovered that Chino and Izumi had left and cried to Sōsetsu, asking whether they disliked her.
• Sōsetsu comforted Koyuki by promising to take her to visit Konoha once affairs in the Land of Snow were settled.

Yūto returned to Konoha after completing the Land of Snow mission and reunited with Pakura, Tsukimi, and Maki. After Pakura and Tsukimi wore him out, he learned that Tsunade was developing a potion to slow his Mangekyō vision loss, but Pakura planned to claim Tsunade’s share of his attention.

• Yūto dismissed Chino, Izumi, and Itachi after returning to Konoha, then reported that Kazahana Sōsetsu and his daughter were safe and Dotō had been captured.
• Yūto told Minato he had taken the three youngsters along to let them see the world, while privately assessing their abilities.
• Yūto returned home and found Maki reading manga; Pakura and Tsukimi soon came back from shopping and embraced him.
• Pakura shut the curtains and joined Tsukimi in keeping Yūto occupied for several hours, until he refused to continue.
• Pakura told Yūto that Tsunade was developing a potion to help his worsening vision, then announced she would collect Tsunade’s share on her behalf.

Tsunade continued failing to develop medicine to heal Yūto’s Mangekyō damage, so he told her about a woman from the Uzumaki Clan in Kusagakure whose ability could heal injuries. They traveled to Kusagakure to find her, where a tavern owner denied she existed and a woman’s scream sounded nearby.

• Tsunade’s medicine failed for the 127th time, and she explained that it lacked the regenerative power to repair Yūto’s Mangekyō.
• Yūto told Tsunade about a red-haired woman from the Uzumaki Clan in Kusagakure who could heal other people’s injuries, and Tsunade decided to leave the next morning.
• Yūto and Tsunade visited Minato Namikaze at the Hokage’s Office to tell him they were traveling to the Land of Grass, and Minato misunderstood the reason for their trip.
• Several days later, Yūto and Tsunade reached Kusagakure, where a tavern owner denied that a healing red-haired woman lived there and tried to drive them away.
• As Yūto and Tsunade discussed the tavern owner’s reaction, a woman screamed nearby.

Tsunade and Yūto rescued Uzumaki Ying Shao from Grass Ninja who were exploiting her healing ability, but her hatred of Konoha made her resist their help. Yūto forced her to leave with Tsunade, and after she agreed to stay with them, the Grass Ninja leader vowed revenge on Konoha.

• Tsunade and Yūto found two Grass Ninja draining the pale, injured Uzumaki Ying Shao and drove them off.
• Ying Shao condemned Konoha for failing to save the Land of Whirlpools, then more Grass Ninja arrived and Yūto defeated them.
• When Ying Shao refused to go with Tsunade, Yūto slapped her until she tearfully agreed to leave with them.
• Tsunade healed Ying Shao's cheek, learned her name, and promised to protect her, and Ying Shao nodded.
• The Grass Ninja leader learned Ying Shao had been taken away and vowed to make Konoha pay.

Kusagakure hired Kakuzu to capture Yíngsháo, concealing that Tsunade and Yūto were escorting her. Kakuzu found the group on the road to Konoha and realized he had been deceived when Yūto greeted him.

• A Grass Ninja chief ordered an envoy to hire Kakuzu to bring Yíngsháo back to Kusagakure.
• Kakuzu accepted the job for ten million after the envoy falsely described Tsunade and Yūto as ordinary Konoha Jonin.
• As they traveled toward Konoha, Yíngsháo asked Tsunade about her relationship with Yūto and told her that people in Kusagakure had only valued her healing ability.
• Kakuzu confronted Tsunade, Yūto, and Yíngsháo on a forest path and realized the Grass Ninja envoy had sent him into a dangerous fight.
• Yūto recognized Kakuzu and greeted him.

Yūto forced Kakuzu to reveal that Kusagakure had hired him to capture Yíngsháo, then decided to use Hozuki Castle to punish the Grass Ninja without openly attacking them. Yūto, Tsunade, and Yíngsháo returned to Kusagakure, where an explosion announced an attack on the village.

• Yūto threatened Kakuzu until he disclosed that Kusagakure had hired him to bring back Yíngsháo.
• Tsunade became furious at Kusagakure’s attempt to reclaim Yíngsháo, while Yūto took Kakuzu’s deposit and passed it to Tsunade.
• Yūto proposed sending Kusagakure’s leaders to Hozuki Castle, and Tsunade agreed that the plan would punish them without drawing the allies’ alarm.
• Yūto, Tsunade, and Yíngsháo changed direction and headed back to Kusagakure.
• The Grass Ninja leader discussed Kakuzu’s mission and planned to exploit Yíngsháo, but an explosion shook the village before he learned who was attacking.

Yūto forced the Kusagakure leader to admit that the village had hired Kakuzu to capture Yíngsháo, then demanded prison terms and compensation. When the leader pleaded poverty, Yūto declared that Kusagakure had no need to exist.

• The Grass Ninja leader denied hiring Kakuzu and demanded evidence from Tsunade.
• Yūto used Genjutsu to make the Grass Ninja leader confess that Kusagakure had hired Kakuzu to bring Yíngsháo back because her ability was valuable.
• The Grass Ninja leader and the other Grass Ninja dismissed the confession as Genjutsu, but Yūto threatened to make him kill himself until he admitted guilt.
• Yūto demanded that Kusagakure's senior officials serve ten years in Hozuki Castle and pay Yíngsháo one hundred million for the ten years she had spent in the village.
• The Grass Ninja leader pleaded that Kusagakure could not afford the compensation, and Yūto declared that the village had no need to exist.

Yūto forced Kusagakure’s leader to pay Yíngsháo a hundred million ryō and take the village’s leaders to Hozuki Castle after demonstrating his devastating Fire Release. The group arrived at the prison, where the Grass Ninja leader awkwardly admitted they had come to turn themselves in.

• Yūto burned a vast forest into scorched earth and magma, terrifying the Grass Ninja leader and Yíngsháo.
• The Grass Ninja leader agreed to pay a hundred million ryō and have Kusagakure’s leadership serve ten years in Hozuki Castle.
• Yūto gave the compensation to Yíngsháo, who accepted it after he insisted she deserved it for her unpaid work.
• Yūto exposed the Grass Ninja leader’s plan to rely on Kusagakure’s ties to Hozuki Castle, and Tsunade ordered the group to leave at once.
• Yūto and Tsunade escorted the leaders by boat to Hozuki Castle, where the Grass Ninja leader told the guards they had come to turn themselves in.

Mui learned that Kusagakure’s leader and senior officials had arrived at Hozuki Castle to surrender after hiring Kakuzu to attack Tsunade and Yūto. As Mui came to investigate, Yūto noticed the children Ryūzetsu and Muku near the gates.

• Mui obsessed over opening the Box of Ultimate Bliss, believing its power could change Kusagakure’s fate.
• A guard told Mui that Kusagakure’s leader and senior officials had come to Hozuki Castle to turn themselves in, and Mui hurried to the gates.
• Yūto recognized the purple-eyed girl as Ryūzetsu and suspected the boy beside her was Muku, Mui’s son.
• Mui confronted Kusagakure’s leader, who admitted that they had hired Kakuzu to attack Tsunade and Yūto.
• A guard laughed derisively at the Grass Ninja leader’s embarrassing confession.

Mui arranged for the Grass Ninja leader and officials to be imprisoned while secretly hoping to use Yūto’s chakra to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss. Yūto accepted Mui’s invitation to stay overnight at Hozuki Castle and followed him to the guest rooms.

• Mui ordered the Grass Ninja leader and officials taken into Hozuki Castle, then applied Fire Release: Heavenly Prison to them after Yūto pointed out the required admission procedure.
• Yíngsháo sensed malice deep within Hozuki Castle and urged Tsunade and Yūto to leave.
• Mui invited Tsunade, Yūto, and Yíngsháo to stay overnight, citing the danger of traveling by sea after dark.
• Yūto accepted Mui’s invitation and followed him with Tsunade and Yíngsháo to adjoining guest rooms in the visitor residential area.

Yíngsháo accidentally walked in on Yūto and Tsunade sharing a room, while Mui and the Grass Ninja leader secretly planned to use Yūto to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss. The next morning, Mui invited Yūto, Tsunade, and Yíngsháo on a tour of Hozuki Castle, and Yūto recognized his hidden motive.

• Yūto slipped into Tsunade's room, and Yíngsháo later opened the door without knocking and caught them together.
• Mui told the imprisoned Grass Ninja leader that Yūto's vast Chakra could open the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and they discussed capturing him.
• The Grass Ninja leader proposed using Mui's son Muku as bait to lure Yūto into the box, and Mui reluctantly agreed.
• Mui brought breakfast to Yūto, Tsunade, and Yíngsháo, then invited them to tour Hozuki Castle.
• Yūto realized that Mui intended to use the tour to pursue the castle's secret, the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

Yūto realized Mui intended to use his and Tsunade’s chakra to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss, so he planned to pretend they knew nothing during the tour. To keep Yíngsháo from revealing their suspicions, Yūto used genjutsu to erase her memory of their conversation, and the group went to meet Mui.

• Yūto delayed Mui’s tour by claiming Tsunade needed more time to get ready, then told Tsunade he suspected Mui was plotting against them.
• Yūto explained that Mui wanted their chakra to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss, which contained a monster that consumed sacrifices to grant twisted wishes.
• Yūto told Tsunade and Yíngsháo to act as though they knew nothing, but Yíngsháo became too frightened to hide her suspicions.
• Yūto used his ocular power to seal away Yíngsháo’s memories of their discussion and left her unaware of Mui’s plan.
• Yūto, Tsunade, and Yíngsháo went to meet Mui for the tour of Hozuki Castle.

Mui tried to maneuver Yūto into entering the Box of Ultimate Bliss by staging Muku’s disappearance, but Yūto saw through the plan before reaching the door. The chapter ended with Yūto naming the box and confronting Mui.

• A guard reported that Muku was missing, and Mui ordered a search before inviting Yūto, Tsunade, and Yíngsháo to help.
• Yíngsháo used the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura to sense Muku deep inside Hozuki Castle, and Mui led the group toward him.
• Mui’s jutsu forced Muku to walk into the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and its door shut before Mui could reach him.
• Mui claimed the box drained its occupant’s chakra and urged Yūto to force it open, prompting Yūto to approach the door.
• Yūto stopped and suggested bringing others to help, then identified the box as the Box of Ultimate Bliss, freezing Mui’s expression.

Yūto exposed Mui’s plan to use the Box of Ultimate Bliss and defeated him, then agreed to help save Muku by turning the scheme against Kusagakure’s leaders. The leaders believed Mui had trapped Yūto, but Yūto appeared behind them and revealed the deception.

• Mui denied knowing what the Box of Ultimate Bliss was, but Yūto revealed he had understood the plan before arriving at Hozuki Castle.
• Mui attacked Yūto with Fire Release: Great Fire Heavenly Prison, but Yūto’s Shukaku-powered claw struck him through a wall.
• Yūto offered to help save Muku, and Tsunade healed Mui so he could pretend the plan had succeeded.
• Mui led the Grass Ninja higher-ups to the Box of Ultimate Bliss, where they celebrated what they thought was Yūto’s capture.
• Yūto emerged from the shadows and revealed he had never entered the box, while the Grass Ninja higher-ups begged him for mercy.

Uchiha Yūto punished the Grass Ninja leaders who plotted against him, while Mui freed his son Muku and entered the Box of Ultimate Bliss. When the box began releasing Satori, Yūto burned it back inside and sealed the box before taking Muku and Tsunade home.

• Uchiha Yūto revealed he had never been inside the box and tossed the Grass Ninja higher-ups into it one by one.
• Mui restrained the Grass Ninja leader with Heavenly Prison and threw him into the Box of Ultimate Bliss, then asked Yūto to find Muku a safe family before entering the box himself.
• The Box of Ultimate Bliss released the unconscious Muku and began summoning Satori.
• Uchiha Yūto used Gale-Flamed Calamity to burn Satori and heat the box until it withdrew the monster.
• Uchiha Yūto covered the Box of Ultimate Bliss in three layers of Shukaku's Curse Mark Seal and told Tsunade it was time to go home.

After returning from Kusagakure, Yūto entrusted Muku to Ryūzetsu’s family, brought Yíngsháo to Konoha, and reunited with Pakura before Minato summoned him. The chapter ended with Minato delighted to learn that Yíngsháo was an Uzumaki survivor and eager for Kushina to meet her.

• Yūto erased Muku’s memories of Mui and the Box of Ultimate Bliss, then entrusted him to Ryūzetsu’s parents in Kusagakure.
• Yūto returned to Konoha with Tsunade and Yíngsháo, and Tsunade took Yíngsháo to her laboratory to study her constitution.
• Yūto went home and learned that Tsukimi had become a Jonin squad leader and taken Maki on a mission; that night, Pakura and Tsunade left him exhausted.
• A Konoha ANBU member summoned Yūto to Minato’s office, where Yūto explained that he had rescued Yíngsháo, a surviving Uzumaki Clan member.
• Minato was delighted that Kushina could meet another Uzumaki and said he would have her visit Yíngsháo.

Yūto learned from Minato that children had been disappearing in and around Konoha and accepted command of a joint ANBU and Konoha Military Police Force investigation. He gathered the available ANBU at their hidden outpost and announced the investigation, while suspecting Danzo and Orochimaru were behind the abductions.

• Yūto told Minato that Mui and Kusagakure’s elders had tried to sacrifice him to the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and Minato promised to handle the remaining affairs involving Kusagakure and the Land of Grass.
• Minato asked Yūto to investigate the disappearances of children in and around Konoha, and Yūto suspected the abductions were connected to Danzo and Orochimaru’s Wood Release experiments.
• Yūto asked how many ANBU squads were under his direct command and learned that only two were explicitly assigned to him, while the others remained under the Third’s coordination.
• Yūto went to a concealed ANBU outpost and ordered all available members on garrison duty, patrols, or rest to assemble there.
• Kakashi and Shisui joined the gathered ANBU, and Yūto announced that ANBU would lead a special investigation team alongside the Konoha Military Police Force.

Yūto began coordinating the ANBU investigation into the disappearances of children with Fugaku and the Konoha Military Police Force. After Fugaku agreed to cooperate, Yūto hinted that he had an even more important matter to discuss.

• Yūto sent the ANBU teams to investigate the missing children cases and decided to coordinate responsibilities with Fugaku.
• Yūto visited Fugaku's home, but Mikoto told him Fugaku was at the Police Force and advised Yūto to moderate his relationships with his three lovers.
• Yūto hurried to the Police Force and told Fugaku that Minato had ordered the ANBU to lead a joint investigation with the Police Force.
• Fugaku agreed to assign Police Force personnel and cooperate fully with the ANBU.
• Yūto told Fugaku that he had something even more important to discuss.

Yūto persuaded Fugaku to target Orochimaru and Danzo while keeping the investigation within legal bounds and leaving the Hokage to handle its political consequences. Fugaku authorized a joint ANBU and Konoha Military Police Force investigation under Yūto’s command, and the two awaited its results.

• Yūto told Fugaku he suspected Orochimaru and Shimura Danzō were behind the children’s disappearances and proposed that the Hokage take responsibility for any arrest and its aftermath.
• Yūto urged Fugaku to eliminate Danzo and Root, citing their threat to the Hokage’s authority and claiming Danzo had collected Uchiha Sharingan, including a Mangekyō from Kagami Uchiha.
• Fugaku agreed to work with Yūto to kill Danzo after hearing about the stolen Sharingan.
• Fugaku summoned three Konoha Military Police Force captains, including Tekka, and announced a joint investigation led by Yūto.
• Fugaku ordered the captains to prioritize recovering the missing children, proceed cautiously, and gather reliable personnel; afterward, he and Yūto waited for the investigation’s results.

Yūto presented Minato with evidence linking Danzo and Root to abducted children, forbidden experiments, and the collection of Uchiha Sharingan, then persuaded Minato to authorize an Uchiha-led arrest operation. Minato gave Yūto authority to deploy ANBU and Military Police personnel, and called after him as he left to prepare.

• Orochimaru learned that ANBU and the Konoha Military Police Force were patrolling his laboratory and decided he would soon have to leave.
• Yūto received evidence locating Orochimaru’s laboratory and implicating Danzo and Root in the child experiments.
• Yūto added claims that Danzo and Root had collected Uchiha Sharingan, including Kagami Uchiha’s Mangekyō, to strengthen the case for Uchiha involvement.
• Yūto delivered the evidence to Minato and argued that the Uchiha Clan must lead the operation against Danzo.
• Minato authorized Yūto to lead arrests at Root’s base and deploy ANBU and Military Police personnel, while insisting on proper procedure and conclusive evidence.
• Yūto left to prepare the operation, but Minato called him back.

Yūto led the Uchiha police force and ANBU to surround and raid Danzo’s Root stronghold, acting on Minato’s order to arrest Danzo alive. After Danzo attacked, Yūto overwhelmed him with his Partial Tailed Beast Transformation, but Danzo used Izanagi to reappear behind him and stab at his back.

• Minato ordered Yūto to bring Danzo back alive, and Yūto agreed after realizing Danzo’s Sharingan arm could serve as evidence against him.
• Yūto assembled the Uchiha police force and ANBU, ordering the ANBU to seal off Root while the police force stormed the stronghold.
• Danzo emerged from Root and tried to leave, but Yūto presented Minato’s arrest order and blocked his way.
• Danzo attacked Yūto with Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere, and Yūto used his Partial Tailed Beast Transformation to smash him into the ground.
• Danzo activated Izanagi, appeared behind Yūto, and stabbed at his back with a kunai, but the kunai broke.