Chapter Summaries

Yūto learned that the Elder would lead the Uchiha to the battlefield alongside him, and he struggled with his feelings about leaving Konoha. After buying supplies for the orphanage, he noticed Nonō seemed troubled when he arrived.

• The Elder stopped Minato from taking Yūto alone and agreed to lead the Uchiha clan's elite to rendezvous with Minato's squad in five days.
• The Elder ordered Yūto to kill at least a hundred enemies in the war, while privately realizing he had begun to worry about his student.
• Yūto decided to visit the orphanage and bought extra food and necessities before leaving for the battlefield.
• Yūto found Nonō in the orphanage garden, noticed her unease, and asked what was wrong.

After the village cut the orphanage’s funding by seventy percent, Yūto decided to write an intimate novel and donate its royalties to support the children. His research trip with Tsukimi brought them to a secluded spot beside the bathhouse, where they froze at the sound of girls bathing.

• Nonō told Yūto that the village’s war mobilization had led to a seventy-percent cut in the orphanage’s funding.
• Yūto comforted the children, then wondered whether writing an intimate novel could earn enough to help the orphanage.
• Yūto struggled to write because he kept thinking about Nonō and decided to do research instead.
• Tsukimi caught Yūto preparing to leave with binoculars and agreed to keep watch after he explained his plan.
• Yūto led Tsukimi to a concealed viewing spot outside the bathhouse, where she offered to be his research material and he called them good friends.
• Yūto and Tsukimi froze when they heard girls talking and splashing water inside the bathhouse.

Yūto was caught peeping at Tsunade while gathering material for a novel, but Tsukimi explained that he hoped to donate the royalties to the orphanage after its funding was cut. After Nonō confirmed the cut, Tsunade spared Yūto and went to confront Hiruzen Sarutobi, leaving their argument unresolved.

• Yūto and Tsukimi hid from an ANBU patrol, then Yūto spotted Tsunade through his binoculars and was caught peeping at her in the bathhouse.
• Tsunade smashed through the bathhouse wall and sent Yūto crashing through three trees, but Tsukimi defended him and explained his plan to write a novel to help the orphanage.
• Tsunade summoned Nonō, who confirmed the orphanage's funding had been cut by seventy percent after the village prioritized the war effort.
• Tsunade let Yūto go with a warning, and Nonō hugged him while Tsukimi helped take him home.
• Tsunade stormed into Hiruzen Sarutobi's office and demanded to know why he had cut the orphanage's funding.

Tsunade confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over the orphanage’s funding, prompting him to order its restoration after learning Danzo had cut it. As Yūto prepared to leave for the battlefield, he sold his manuscript and arranged for most of its royalties to support the orphanage.

• Tsunade demanded that Hiruzen Sarutobi restore the orphanage’s funding and increase it by twenty percent, and he agreed to investigate and ensure payment.
• Hiruzen summoned Danzo, learned he had cut the orphanage’s funding by seventy percent, and ordered him to restore it or lose half of Root’s funding.
• Yūto finished writing Icha Icha Paradise and, with one day left before he left for the battlefield, brought the manuscript to the Konoha bookstore.
• Yūto negotiated a seventy-percent share of sales and instructed the bookstore owner to send all his royalties to Director Nonō at the orphanage.
• The bookstore owner promised to deliver the royalties to the orphanage, while Yūto privately reflected that Konoha was only forty-seven years old.

Yūto joined Minato’s forces at the Land of Tō’s border and faced a Kumogakure reconnaissance squad with Team Kakashi. He repeatedly tried to get himself killed, but Kakashi kept rescuing him, and the battle ended with Yūto and Kakashi fighting together to defeat the squad.

• The Uchiha Clan arrived at the Land of Tō’s border, where Minato briefed the Elder and Yūto on Kumogakure’s forces and Dodai’s command.
• After a Kumogakure squad was spotted, the Elder sent Yūto to test his training, and Yūto set out with Obito, Rin, and Kakashi.
• Yūto charged the six Kumogakure chunin and tried to draw their attacks, but he dodged them while Kakashi repeatedly protected him and Obito.
• Yūto attacked recklessly with Phoenix Flower Jutsu, forcing the Kumogakure ninja to retreat, then joined Kakashi in a coordinated assault that killed them.

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.