Chapter Summaries

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.

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.