Recaps

As war spread to Iwagakure and Sunagakure, Kakashi prepared to leave for the front while Sōkyū Hatake continued training. Orochimaru visited to collect the research materials Sōkyū had promised him, then left to relocate his laboratory and join the main force.

• Kakashi told Sōkyū Hatake that Iwagakure and Sunagakure had declared war on Konoha and that he was heading to the Iwagakure front.
• Kakashi left with the assembled force before Sōkyū woke the next morning.
• Sōkyū Hatake received a daily mission to swing a sword and do frog jumps, with Tempest Kick as a reward.
• Orochimaru revealed that his laboratory work was nearly complete and that he had stayed behind using a Shadow Clone while preparing to relocate the experiment site.
• Sōkyū gave Orochimaru the promised research material, and Orochimaru left to catch up with the main force.

After completing 365 days of check-ins at Hokage Rock, Sōkyū Hatake received the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Bakusaiga, and an opportunity to perfect a skill. He ate the fruit, tested its lightning power, and used the upgrade to remove its weakness to water.

• Sōkyū Hatake checked in at Hokage Rock on his 365th day and received the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Bakusaiga, and a chance to raise one skill to perfect level.
• Sōkyū Hatake ate the entire Rumble-Rumble Fruit despite fearing its taste and felt it transform his body.
• Sōkyū Hatake released electricity from his hands and charred a nearby tree with an electrical attack.
• Sōkyū Hatake used his perfect-level upgrade on the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, removing its weakness to water.

After mastering the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s power, Sōkyū Hatake reflected on his family’s lost seat on the Council of Elders and tested his lightning on Pikachu. At Ichiraku Ramen, Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived, leaving Sōkyū suspecting the Hokage had come to watch him.

• Sōkyū Hatake recognized that the Hatake Clan’s Council of Elders seat remained vacant because he and Kakashi were minors, and he blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for enabling Sakumo’s downfall.
• Sōkyū Hatake used Thunderclap on Pikachu, who absorbed the lightning without harm and enjoyed the charge.
• Sōkyū Hatake visited Ichiraku Ramen, where Teuchi served him extra pork bones and Ayame asked him to go shopping before remembering her noodle-making lesson.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at Ichiraku Ramen for chashu ramen, and Sōkyū Hatake wondered whether the Hokage had come to keep an eye on him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi met Sōkyū Hatake at Ichiraku Ramen and tried to persuade the five-year-old to authorize him to make decisions for the Hatake Clan. The chapter left Hiruzen explaining the Council of Elders’ deadlock while angling to gain control of the Hatake seat.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Sōkyū Hatake traded remarks about Sakumo while eating ramen at Ichiraku.
• Sōkyū finished first, and Hiruzen suggested they take a walk; Teuchi stopped Hiruzen from leaving without paying, so Hiruzen paid for both meals.
• Sōkyū asked why Hiruzen had come, and Hiruzen brought up the war declared by three villages and the tied votes at Council of Elders meetings.
• Hiruzen sought Sōkyū’s signature on documents that would let the Hokage temporarily make decisions for the Hatake Clan and secure its Council seat.

Sōkyū Hatake tricked Hiruzen Sarutobi into accepting a forged signature on an agreement that would supposedly bind the Hatake Clan, then secretly tracked where Hiruzen hid it. After leaving the Hokage building, Sōkyū noticed Uchiha Fugaku shopping for supplies ahead of Uchiha Mikoto’s birth.

• Sōkyū Hatake agreed to sign Hiruzen Sarutobi’s agreement so he could attend the next Council of Elders Meeting, but imitated Hiruzen’s handwriting instead of his own.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi hid the signed agreement in a secret compartment in his office, while Sōkyū used Mantra to learn where it was kept.
• Sōkyū Hatake decided not to take the agreement yet, knowing Hiruzen could blame him for its disappearance.
• Sōkyū Hatake encountered Uchiha Fugaku, who was buying supplies because Uchiha Mikoto was six months pregnant.
• Uchiha Fugaku remained unconcerned about Konoha’s circumstances, since the Uchiha Clan had little chance to earn military merits or attend the Council of Elders.

Sōkyū Hatake approached Uchiha Fugaku to discuss reclaiming the Uchiha Clan’s Council of Elders seat and proposed that they become allies. He left Fugaku stunned after revealing that he knew Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and was losing his vision.

• Uchiha Fugaku noticed Sōkyū Hatake watching him while he shopped and asked what he wanted.
• Sōkyū Hatake congratulated Fugaku on his pregnant wife and asked whether he wanted to reclaim the Uchiha Clan’s Council of Elders seat.
• Fugaku said he would abide by the village’s arrangements, while Sōkyū revealed that the Hatake Clan had permission to attend the Council of Elders Meeting.
• Sōkyū told Fugaku he needed allies and intended to build a broader alliance, not just partner with the Uchiha Clan.
• Sōkyū revealed that Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan was beginning to cost him his vision, then walked away and left Fugaku stunned.

Sōkyū Hatake met Uchiha Fugaku at night and promised to show him a way out of the Uchiha Clan’s predicament. Their conversation turned to the clan’s exclusion from power and the Konoha Military Police Force, leaving Sōkyū poised to explain how that arrangement had contributed to the problem.

• Uchiha Fugaku entered the Hatake Clan Compound to hear Sōkyū Hatake’s proposed solution for the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan as a show of sincerity, and Sōkyū served him tea left by Hatake Sakumo.
• Uchiha Fugaku blamed the clan’s predicament on prejudice from Konoha’s leadership.
• Sōkyū challenged Fugaku’s explanation by pointing out that the Uchiha Clan had controlled the Konoha Military Police Force for years.
• Sōkyū explained that Tobirama Senju had established the force and assigned it to the Uchiha Clan, making them responsible for public order and likely to offend others.

Sōkyū Hatake explained to Uchiha Fugaku how the Konoha Military Police Force and Uchiha pride had isolated the clan from Konoha’s center of power. He urged Fugaku to resolve the clan’s internal divisions first, leaving Fugaku to consider how to act against his own clansmen.

• Uchiha Fugaku described the Konoha Military Police Force as authority granted to the Uchiha Clan, and Sōkyū Hatake argued that it had helped distance the clan from power and alienate villagers.
• Sōkyū Hatake explained how the Uchiha Clan’s history, Madara Uchiha’s departure, and the importance of public support had kept its members from becoming Hokage.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked for liquor, and Sōkyū Hatake used Soru to fetch a bottle for him.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Uchiha Fugaku that the clan needed to solve its internal problems and unite its Dove and Hawk factions.
• Uchiha Fugaku recognized that he had to face the division but hesitated to take action against his own clansmen.

Sōkyū Hatake proposed that Uchiha Fugaku reform the Uchiha Clan and broaden the Konoha Military Police Force by involving other clans. He suggested using Uchiha Yenka’s staged death as a pretext to send the Uchiha to the front lines, and Fugaku left considering the plan after agreeing to a partnership.

• Sōkyū Hatake urged Uchiha Fugaku to resolve the Uchiha Clan’s internal problems instead of letting it decline.
• Sōkyū Hatake proposed dismantling the Uchiha Clan’s exclusive control of the Konoha Military Police Force by inviting other clans to join.
• Sōkyū Hatake suggested reducing Uchiha manpower by using Uchiha Yenka’s supposed death at Kumogakure’s hands as a pretext to send the Uchiha to the battlefield.
• Uchiha Fugaku recognized the plan’s potential and agreed to consider it while shaking hands with Sōkyū Hatake.
• Uchiha Fugaku drank liquor with Sōkyū Hatake and said Uchiha Mikoto would not object to him coming home drunk.

Sōkyū Hatake received Uchiha Fugaku’s message about Uchiha Yenka and planned to use the Council of Elders Meeting as an alibi. At the meeting, Konoha’s leaders assessed the war on three fronts and the strain on its forces and supplies.

• Uchiha Fugaku sent Sōkyū Hatake a message saying Uchiha Yenka would appear in the Forest of Death at three that afternoon, and Sōkyū Hatake burned it.
• Sōkyū Hatake accompanied Hiruzen Sarutobi to the Council of Elders Meeting, where Tuan Gou Shimura worried that Hiruzen had drawn Sōkyū into his faction first.
• Chōza Akimichi welcomed Sōkyū Hatake and gave him a lollipop before Hiruzen Sarutobi opened the meeting.
• Shikaku Nara reported that Konoha faced Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure, with Killer B already on the Kumogakure front and Yugito Nii still absent.
• Utatane Koharu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Konoha’s food reserves could last a year, but a larger war might require villagers to stockpile supplies.

Hiruzen Sarutobi secured the council's approval for major clans to send personnel to the front lines, then Uchiha Fugaku arrived and demanded that the Uchiha Clan join the war against Kumogakure. The chapter ended with Fugaku declaring that the Uchiha would fight until one side was dead after accusing Kumogakure of killing Uchiha Yenka and stealing his Sharingan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked the clan heads to vote on sending ninja to the front lines, and the measure passed unanimously.
• Sōkyū Hatake voted in favor, while his lightning clone's memories revealed that Uchiha Yenka had been killed and his Sharingan removed.
• Uchiha Fugaku entered the council meeting and announced that the Uchiha Clan wanted to join the war.
• Uchiha Fugaku accused Kumogakure of killing Uchiha Yenka in the Forest of Death and gouging out his Sharingan.
• An Anbu ninja reported that lightning-nature chakra had been found at the scene, and Fugaku declared that the Uchiha would fight Kumogakure until one side was dead.

Uchiha Fugaku demanded permission to take his clan to war against Kumogakure after a Uchiha heir was killed, and offered to share control of the Konoha Military Police Force with four clans. He rejected Hyuga Hiashi’s attempt to join the force, ending the meeting in open hostility.

• Uchiha Fugaku told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kumogakure had killed the Uchiha grand elder’s grandson and demanded that the Uchiha Clan be allowed onto the battlefield.
• Hyuga Hiashi warned that sending Uchiha members to war would weaken the Konoha Military Police Force, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to ask Fugaku how he would handle it.
• Uchiha Fugaku proposed bringing members of the Inuzuka, Aburame, Sarutobi, and Yamanaka clans into the Konoha Military Police Force while most Uchiha went to war.
• Hyuga Hiashi objected to being excluded and argued that the Hyuga Clan was best suited to join the force.
• Uchiha Fugaku refused to admit the Hyuga Clan, citing the Byakugan as a threat to the force’s headquarters and mockingly suggesting that Hyuga recruits blind themselves.

Uchiha Fugaku pressed Hiruzen Sarutobi to approve the Uchiha Clan’s deployment to the Kumogakure front, using Danzo’s emergency dispatch to secure the decision. That night, Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi visited Sōkyū Hatake and confirmed their council meeting strategy had succeeded.

• Uchiha Fugaku challenged the Hyuga Clan and demanded a decision from Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Hiruzen tried to postpone the matter.
• An Anbu ninja delivered a dispatch reporting Danzo’s severe injuries, nearly a hundred casualties, and the appearance of the Two-Tails Jinchūriki at the Kumogakure front.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura supported replacing Danzo with Jiraiya, and Uchiha Fugaku secured permission to send Uchiha forces to the front.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged personnel for the Konoha Military Police Force and ended the Council of Elders Meeting.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi joined Sōkyū Hatake for tea and discussed how their apparent conflict had helped their plan succeed.

Sōkyū Hatake learned that Hyuga Hiashi and Uchiha Fugaku had secretly been close friends since their school days and had worked together on a plan. Fugaku prepared to lead the Uchiha to the battlefield, while Mikoto stayed in Konoha to guard the clan, and Sōkyū jokingly promised to care for Fugaku’s family.

• Hyuga Hiashi and Uchiha Fugaku explained that they had secretly been close friends since school and used Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Technique to meet without attracting Hiruzen Sarutobi’s suspicion.
• Uchiha Fugaku said Hyuga Hiashi had helped carry out Sōkyū Hatake’s plan and announced that he would lead the Uchiha to the battlefield the next day.
• Hyuga Hiashi warned Fugaku that Hiruzen Sarutobi might have left the Uchiha grand elder in Konoha to cause trouble, but Fugaku trusted Uchiha Mikoto to protect the clan.
• Sōkyū Hatake joked that he would care for Fugaku’s wife and children, then Fugaku and Hiashi left for home.

The Uchiha Clan joined the war against Kumogakure, leaving both sides locked in a stalemate. Back home, Kakashi visited Sōkyū Hatake before his first day of school, then arranged a private conversation with him after Obito and Rin left.

• Kumogakure deployed Killer B and Yugito Nii after the Uchiha Clan appeared on the front line, and the Third Raikage accepted that war was inevitable.
• Kakashi visited Sōkyū Hatake at the Hatake Clan Compound, claiming he had come to deliver a letter, while Obito Uchiha revealed he had returned for Sōkyū's first day of school.
• Obito Uchiha said he had saved Kakashi's life at the front, so Kakashi dragged him into the bushes and returned with him bruised.
• Kakashi asked Sōkyū Hatake about joining the Council of Elders, and Sōkyū explained that the Hokage had wanted him to represent the Hatake Clan.
• Kakashi and Sōkyū arranged to talk privately, and Rin Nohara led Obito Uchiha home after he realized the two brothers had other business to discuss.

Sōkyū Hatake convinced Kakashi that he could protect the Hatake Clan and pursue his plans by revealing his regenerative ability and the power of Bakusaiga. Kakashi accepted that his younger brother intended to reclaim their father’s honor, including confronting the Hokage.

• After Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara left, Sōkyū Hatake told Kakashi to focus on the front line and challenged him to a sword spar.
• Sōkyū Hatake teased Kakashi about marrying Rin Nohara, prompting Kakashi to attack him with Lightning Blade.
• Sōkyū Hatake guided Kakashi’s Lightning Blade through his body and showed him that the wound in his chest healed completely.
• Sōkyū Hatake demonstrated Bakusaiga’s power by slicing a tree apart and pulverizing it with a blast of sword energy.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Kakashi that his choices would not harm the Hatake Clan or tarnish their father’s honor, and vowed to reclaim that honor.
• Kakashi accepted that Sōkyū Hatake would pursue those who had persecuted their father, including the Hokage.

Sōkyū Hatake told Kakashi about his plans, and Kakashi agreed to keep them secret while asking him not to act against Konoha. The brothers visited Hatake Sakumo’s grave, drank together, and Kakashi pondered why their father had chosen his path.

• Kakashi promised not to reveal Sōkyū Hatake’s plan but asked him not to act against Konoha.
• Sōkyū Hatake and Kakashi walked through the village and discussed how its people had treated them before Kakashi gained a reputation.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Kakashi he cleaned Hatake Sakumo’s gravestone every week, and the brothers sat beside it.
• Sōkyū Hatake brought out liquor, and he and Kakashi drank while talking about the battlefield.
• Kakashi asked what Hatake Sakumo had been thinking, and Sōkyū Hatake said their father had chosen a path he believed was right.

Sōkyū Hatake enrolled in Konoha's Ninja Academy and attended Hiruzen Sarutobi's opening speech with Kakashi and Umino Iruka. The system assigned him a graduation mission with Sage Mode as the reward, requiring him to graduate after six months but within a year.

• Kakashi introduced Sōkyū Hatake to Umino Iruha and Umino Iruka before they enrolled at the Academy.
• Sōkyū Hatake and Umino Iruka were assigned to Class A alongside children from ninja clans.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave the new students a long speech, which Sōkyū Hatake found tedious while Iruka eagerly took notes.
• The system gave Sōkyū Hatake a mission to graduate after more than six months and within one year, offering Sage Mode as the reward.
• Sōkyū Hatake left to use the restroom, and Iruka offered to show him his notes from Hiruzen Sarutobi's speech.

Sōkyū Hatake escaped the Hokage’s assembly, then attended his first Academy class, where he threatened Uchida Uchiha after Uchida insulted Hatake Sakumo. Bored by the lesson, Sōkū decided to send a Shadow Clone to school, but his first clone crashed into a pillar, leaving him to make another before heading to the Forest of Death to train.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi let Sōkyū Hatake leave the assembly to use the bathroom, and Sōkū hurried away.
• Minamikawa Ōzora introduced himself as the class’s Chunin homeroom teacher and called on the students to introduce themselves.
• Uchida Uchiha insulted Hatake Sakumo, so Sōkū used Soru to put Bakusaiga to Uchida’s neck and warned him not to provoke him again.
• Mitaraishi Anko admired Sōkū, and Minamikawa Ōzora taught the class the principles of chakra extraction.
• Sōkū fell asleep during the lesson and decided to send a Shadow Clone to class while he trained.
• Sōkū’s first Shadow Clone refused to go and destroyed itself against a pillar, so Sōkū made another clone and went to train in the Forest of Death.

Sōkyū Hatake trained with Pikachu and attracted Orochimaru’s attention when he revealed he had an Uchiha’s Sharingan. They headed to a secluded place to fight, and Sōkyū Hatake tried to keep pace with Orochimaru, ending determined to show that his speed had more to offer.

• Sōkyū Hatake and Pikachu combined Thunderbolt with Thunderbird to electrocute fish in a lake, and Sōkyū Hatake ate one.
• As Sōkyū Hatake trained, Orochimaru appeared and asked for the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan that Sōkyū Hatake possessed.
• Sōkyū Hatake refused to hand over the Sharingan without a fight, so he and Orochimaru went to a secluded place.
• Sōkyū Hatake kept pace with Orochimaru using Soru, but Orochimaru surged ahead after Sōkyū Hatake challenged him not to be overtaken.
• Sōkyū Hatake resolved to prove that his lightning-enhanced speed could do more.

Orochimaru brought Sōkyū Hatake to the Valley of the End to test his combat strength, and the two began fighting. After Sōkyū Hatake’s attacks forced Orochimaru to respond, Orochimaru trapped him in a barrier and released purple gas.

• Orochimaru and Sōkyū Hatake arrived at the Valley of the End and agreed to fight there.
• Sōkyū Hatake drew Bakusaiga and attacked Orochimaru with Wind Scar.
• Orochimaru countered with Multiple Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, and the attacks collided over the lake.
• Sōkyū Hatake used Soru to close in, but Orochimaru matched his speed and evaded.
• Orochimaru formed the Four Black Snakes Formation around Sōkyū Hatake and released purple gas inside it.
• Sōkyū Hatake protested that Orochimaru was using poison against a six-year-old.

Sōkyū Hatake escaped Orochimaru’s Four Black Snakes Formation and unleashed his strongest lightning attack as Orochimaru transformed with the Eight Branches Technique, leaving their clash unresolved. At the Ninja Academy, Sōkyū Hatake’s clone vanished when Minamikawa Ōzora tried to drag him outside for punishment.

• Sōkyū Hatake used Lightning Hell to destroy Orochimaru’s Shadow Clones and escape the Four Black Snakes Formation.
• Orochimaru revealed that his charred body was a Water Clone, then attacked Sōkyū Hatake with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Sōkyū Hatake evaded Orochimaru’s thrust with Kami-e and summoned lightning armor with Thunder God Descent.
• Sōkyū Hatake launched God’s Relic as Orochimaru used the Eight Branches Technique, and their attacks collided in the Valley of the End.
• At the Ninja Academy, Sōkyū Hatake’s clone dodged Minamikawa Ōzora’s chalk and vanished in a puff of smoke when the teacher grabbed him.

Sōkyū Hatake’s Shadow Clone impressed his classmates, while the real Sōkyū recovered from a battle with Orochimaru after using a nature-powered attack. He paid Orochimaru the Sharingan he had lost in a bet, but Orochimaru still wanted to study his body.

• Sōkyū Hatake’s Shadow Clone vanished from class, surprising Minamikawa Ōzora and the students, while Uchida Uchiha resolved to surpass him.
• At the Valley of the End, Sōkyū Hatake lay exhausted after his battle with Orochimaru, who praised his powerful attack and explained that it had drained him because it harnessed nature’s power.
• Sōkyū Hatake called Pikachu to electrocute him, and the Thunderbolt restored enough strength for him to sit up and move.
• Orochimaru asked to study Sōkyū Hatake’s body, but Sōkyū refused and handed him the Sharingan he had lost in their bet.
• Orochimaru offered Sōkyū another three-tomoe Sharingan in exchange for letting him conduct research, but Sōkyū’s body remained his main interest.

Sōkyū Hatake and Orochimaru discussed Sōkyū’s plan to graduate in six months and made a bet over Orochimaru’s Substitution Technique. As Orochimaru took him back to class, they also discussed Anko and her father’s sacrifice.

• Orochimaru admired Sōkyū’s lightning body and Pikachu, while Sōkyū said he had to return to class after his Shadow Clone dispelled.
• Orochimaru asked when Sōkyū would join him on the front lines, and Sōkyū said he expected to go in about six months after graduating.
• Sōkyū challenged Orochimaru to bet on his graduation, asking for Orochimaru’s Substitution Technique if he won; Orochimaru wagered that Sōkyū would give him 2,000 cc of blood if he lost.
• Orochimaru carried Sōkyū out of the Valley of the End and told him that Anko’s father, Mitarashi Kurozuka, had died protecting him on a mission.
• Orochimaru said he had promised to take Anko as his student when she graduated because she worked hard.

Sōkyū Hatake returned to Konoha with Orochimaru, who brought him back to the Ninja Academy and said he would await him in six months. In class, Uchida Uchiha challenged Sōkyū, while Mitaraishi Anko asked whether Sōkyū was already Orochimaru’s disciple.

• Orochimaru said Mitaraishi Anko would have to pass his test before he considered taking her as a disciple, while Sōkyū Hatake insisted she would succeed.
• Orochimaru brought Sōkyū Hatake to the Ninja Academy and told Minamikawa Ōzora to keep the boy from sneaking out again.
• Orochimaru said he would be waiting for Sōkyū in six months, and Sōkyū wished him safety on the front lines before heading to class.
• Uchida Uchiha asked Sōkyū where he had learned the Shadow Clone Technique and declared that he would defeat him.
• Mitaraishi Anko asked Sōkyū whether he was Orochimaru’s disciple, and Sōkyū confirmed he had been one before enrolling.