Recaps

Uchiha Minamoto partially loosened Matatabi’s seal, allowing the Two-Tails to briefly control Yugito Nii’s body and experience freedom. Matatabi trusted him enough to sign a Summoning Contract, and Inoichi Yamanaka, Shibi Aburame, and Inuzuka Gaku arrived after the battle.

• Uchiha Minamoto altered the [Iron Armor Seal], letting Matatabi’s chakra pass through and giving her a chance to control Yugito Nii’s body.
• Matatabi took over Yugito Nii’s battered body, stood briefly, then returned to the sealing space and fell back into a coma.
• Matatabi told Uchiha Minamoto she trusted him and signed a Summoning Contract with him.
• Yatagarasu brought Inoichi Yamanaka, Shibi Aburame, and Inuzuka Gaku down to the ruined forest, where they congratulated Uchiha Minamoto for defeating the Two-Tails Jinchūriki.

Uchiha Minamoto captured Yugito Nii alive and routed the allied forces of Kumogakure and Hayashi Village, then received a major reward from the Great Love Panel. He judged the newly acquired Tailed Beast Bomb crude compared with the Rasengan and celebrated the four million Great Love Points he had earned.

• Inoichi Yamanaka, Shibi Aburame, and Inuzuka Gaku praised Uchiha Minamoto for capturing Yugito Nii and defeating the enemy forces.
• Uchiha Minamoto ordered Inoichi Yamanaka to search Yugito Nii's mind for intelligence and sent Shibi Aburame and Inuzuka Gaku to search the battlefield for survivors.
• The Great Love Panel awarded Uchiha Minamoto four million Great Love Points and the S-rank Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Uchiha Minamoto studied the Tailed Beast Bomb and considered its mechanics primitive compared with the Rasengan.
• Uchiha Minamoto focused on his new Great Love Points and concluded that war was a far more efficient way to earn them than simply doing good deeds.

After the peace negotiations, Uchiha Minamoto spent Great Love Points to strengthen his body and develop new techniques. He ended the chapter with two million points remaining and a greatly improved ability panel.

• Uchiha Minamoto used one million Great Love Points to derive the S-rank [Source Flow Sage Body], boosting his life energy, chakra reserves, regeneration, and natural energy affinity.
• Uchiha Minamoto derived [Cleave], which used his Mangekyō Sharingan to unleash invisible gravitational slashes at targets within sight.
• Uchiha Minamoto combined [Instant Prison Thunder] with the [Flying Thunder God Technique] to create [Divine Lightning], allowing him to teleport to coordinates within sensory range without markings.
• Uchiha Minamoto tested [Divine Lightning] and returned to his original position without Inoichi Yamanaka, Shibi Aburame, or Inuzuka Gaku noticing.
• Uchiha Minamoto kept two million Great Love Points in reserve and checked his updated abilities and overall Super Kage Level evaluation.

Uchiha Minamoto's squad finished securing the battlefield and uncovered intelligence from Yugito Nii about Kumogakure's jinchūriki training and the Akatsuki's involvement in the war. The chapter left Minamoto learning that the Akatsuki operatives included Juzo Biwa, Kakuzu, and an unidentified puppeteer.

• Shibi Aburame reported that nine enemies had survived, including Kumogakure prodigy C, while Inuzuka Gaku gathered valuable chakra-metal weapons.
• Uchiha Minamoto assigned the surviving enemies and collected bodies to Inoichi Yamanaka for interrogation and examination, and shared the recovered weapons with his teammates.
• Inoichi Yamanaka revealed Kumogakure's jinchūriki training system, including Turtle Island and the Waterfall of Truth.
• Inoichi Yamanaka reported that red-cloud-cloaked ninja had fought for Iwagakure against Kumogakure, prompting Uchiha Minamoto to recognize the Akatsuki.
• Inoichi Yamanaka identified two Akatsuki operatives as Juzo Biwa and Kakuzu, and said the third was an unidentified puppeteer suspected to be from Sunagakure.

Uchiha Minamoto sent battlefield intelligence to Konoha and arranged for the Great Love Newspaper Office to publicize his victory over Kumogakure. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisors received a report that Minamoto had been ambushed, and Utatane Koharu warned that his death could turn the Uchiha Clan against the village.

• Uchiha Minamoto ordered Inoichi Yamanaka to compile and send a new battle report to Konoha.
• Inuzuka Gaku, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Shibi Aburame joked about the village’s reaction to the reports of the ambush and Minamoto’s victory.
• Uchiha Minamoto summoned Shamisen and sent a news article to Uncle Hinotori at the Great Love Newspaper Office.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Inoichi Yamanaka that he wanted the victory publicized to strengthen the reputations of the Uchiha Clan and Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read a report claiming Kumogakure had ambushed the Konoha force and Uchiha Minamoto’s fate was unknown.
• Utatane Koharu warned Mitokado Homura that Minamoto’s death could provoke the Uchiha Clan’s fury against both Kumogakure and Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha Jonin worried that Uchiha Minamoto and the Advance Squad had been trapped by Kumogakure after peace negotiations were restarted. A victory report arrived, revealing that Minamoto had seen through the ambush and led a counterattack.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ended the argument in his office and ordered the Jonin meeting to begin.
• Shikaku Nara and other Jonin criticized the decision to resume peace talks as they feared for the Advance Squad and Uchiha Minamoto.
• An Anbu Ninja brought a victory report from the Advance Squad into the meeting room.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisors read the report in stunned silence.
• Shikaku Nara read aloud that Kumogakure and Woods Hidden had attacked the unit, but Uchiha Minamoto had recognized their plan and launched a counterattack.

Konoha learned that Uchiha Minamoto had annihilated the combined forces of Kumogakure and Woods Hidden, captured Yugito Nii alive, and suffered no casualties. The victory sparked celebrations across the village, while spies from other villages also read the urgent newspaper edition reporting it.

• Shikaku Nara announced Uchiha Minamoto's victory to the Jonin, and the gathered shinobi erupted in cheers.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi celebrated the victory as villagers outside the Hokage Building bought newspapers praising Minamoto.
• Naruto Uzumaki brought newspapers to the Ninja Academy and challenged Sasuke Uchiha to compare their brothers' achievements.
• Naruto and Sasuke argued over who could claim Minamoto as their big brother.
• Spies from other villages lurking in Konoha saw the urgent newspaper edition.

After learning that Uchiha Minamoto had destroyed Kumogakure’s forces and captured Yugito, Fourth Raikage A restrained his anger and ordered peace negotiations with Konoha. He prepared Kumogakure for war if negotiations failed and summoned Killer B back to the village.

• Fourth Raikage A erupted in fury after Mabui showed him the report that Kumogakure’s forces had been wiped out and Yugito captured alive.
• Mabui warned A that an all-out war could lead Uchiha Minamoto to kill Yugito, causing the Two-Tails to die with her.
• A ordered the resumption of peace negotiations and offered an apology and the highest ransom Kumogakure could pay for Yugito.
• A told Mabui to prepare for emergency war if Konoha refused negotiations or talks broke down, and to have the front lines stop attacking Iwagakure.
• A ordered Mabui to bring Killer B back from the Valley of Clouds and Lightning.

Ōnoki and Rasa assessed the consequences of Uchiha Minamoto’s victory over Kumogakure, each reconsidering their village’s position against Konoha. Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s jinchūriki to avoid Minamoto, while Rasa felt relieved that Sunagakure had not gone to war with Konoha.

• Ōnoki read that Uchiha Minamoto had defeated Kumogakure and the Woods Hidden forces, captured Yugito Nii, and suffered no casualties among his subordinates.
• Remembering Madara Uchiha’s strength, Ōnoki feared Minamoto could become another monster and decided Iwagakure should avoid getting involved in the conflict.
• Ōnoki ordered an Iwagakure Anbu Ninja to warn Roshi and Han to retreat immediately if they encountered Minamoto.
• Rasa reflected on Sunagakure’s financial troubles and his failed attempt to test Gaara by having Yashamaru assassinate him.
• After comparing Minamoto’s victory over Yugito Nii with Gaara’s unreliability, Rasa felt relieved that Sunagakure had not fought Konoha.

Rasa decided to send a diplomatic mission to Konoha while Sunagakure stayed out of the wars. At an Akatsuki meeting, Pain learned the Two-Tails Jinchūriki was alive and planned to retrieve her and the Nine-Tails, while Obito Uchiha grew impatient with the threat posed by Uchiha Minamoto.

• Rasa considered Sunagakure's chance to develop during the wars and ordered a diplomatic mission to Konoha.
• White Zetsu reported Uchiha Minamoto's victory in the Land of Woods, shocking the Akatsuki members who heard of it for the first time.
• White Zetsu confirmed that the Two-Tails Jinchūriki was alive but comatose, and Pain said he would personally take the Two-Tails and the Nine-Tails when the time came.
• Orochimaru warned that Uchiha Minamoto might use the Two-Tails as a weapon, while Black Zetsu privately regretted choosing Obito Uchiha over him as Madara Uchiha's successor.
• Obito Uchiha learned that Pain would wait until necessary to retrieve the Two-Tails and complained that the plan was too slow.

Uchiha Minamoto returned to the Third Outpost after defeating the forces that ambushed his peace mission, and announced a decisive victory to the Border Defense Force. He then asked the captured Two-Tails, Matatabi, what she wanted to happen to her jinchūriki, Yugito Nii.

• Obito Uchiha feared that Uchiha Minamoto might become Konoha's Fifth Hokage, then summoned Fourth Mizukage Karatachi Yagura to sow chaos.
• Uchiha Minamoto and the Advance Squad returned to the Third Outpost, where the Border Defense Force asked about the peace talks.
• Uchiha Minamoto revealed that Kumogakure and Hayashi Village had ambushed the Advance Squad and that he had defeated their forces and captured the Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• The Border Defense Force celebrated Uchiha Minamoto's victory as he declared the Land of Woods Campaign over and vowed to punish anyone who attacked Konoha.
• Uchiha Minamoto entered the sealing space inside Yugito Nii and asked Matatabi what she wanted to do about her jinchūriki.

Uchiha Minamoto negotiated with Matatabi over Yugito Nii’s fate, then permanently crippled Yugito while agreeing to spare her life. Meanwhile, Uchiha Fugaku arrived at the Third Outpost with the Uchiha mobile unit and found it unexpectedly calm.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Matatabi that Yugito Nii would die unless Matatabi left some chakra behind, and explained that he considered Yugito an enemy but would spare her life at Matatabi’s request.
• Matatabi asked Uchiha Minamoto to spare Yugito, and he agreed to destroy Yugito’s ability to fight and seal some of her memories.
• Uchiha Minamoto disrupted Yugito’s nervous system and chakra pathways, leaving her ninja career over.
• Uchiha Fugaku reached the Third Outpost with Yashiro, Inabi, Tekka, and the Uchiha mobile unit, expecting to prepare for battle.
• Inuzuka Gaku greeted Uchiha Fugaku and said that he was too late, leaving Fugaku confused.

Uchiha Fugaku’s Mobile Combat Team arrived in the Land of Woods after Uchiha Minamoto had already destroyed Kumogakure’s main force and captured the Two-Tails Jinchūriki. Minamoto sent Fugaku’s team to clear out the remaining enemy units, and the chapter ended with the threat to the Land of Fire’s border defenses eliminated.

• Inuzuka Gaku told Uchiha Fugaku that Uchiha Minamoto had defeated Kumogakure and Hayashi Village’s forces and captured the Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked Minamoto to give the Mobile Combat Team a dangerous mission in the next battle.
• Inoichi Yamanaka reported that small Kumogakure supply units and remnants of Hayashi Village’s Hannya Corps remained in the Land of Woods.
• Uchiha Minamoto assigned Fugaku’s team, Inuzuka Gaku, and Shibi Aburame to clear the remaining enemy forces.
• Inuzuka Gaku and Chachamaru broke a Kumogakure squad’s formation, and the Uchiha ninja defeated the squad and captured its commander.
• The Mobile Combat Team defeated the remaining supply units and cleared the last threat to the Land of Fire’s border defenses.

Uchiha Minamoto gained nearly a hundred thousand Great Love Points as his subordinates wiped out Kumogakure’s remaining forces. At Konoha’s peace negotiations, the leaders rejected Kumogakure’s demand to reclaim Yugito Nii and asked Minamoto to return so they could decide what to do.

• Uchiha Minamoto’s subordinates eliminated Kumogakure’s remnants and the Hannya Corps in the Land of Woods, earning him points and a C-rank Lightning Release technique.
• Dodai returned to Konoha and blamed the Land of Woods’ Hannya Corps for the conflict before proposing compensation, an alliance treaty, and a ransom for Yugito Nii.
• Tsunade denounced Mitokado Homura for supporting the return of the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, and Shisui Uchiha lost respect for the advisor.
• Shikaku Nara argued that the decision should depend on Uchiha Minamoto’s opinion, and Tsunade and Shisui agreed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered a message sent to the front asking Uchiha Minamoto to return to Konoha for a discussion.
• Uchiha Minamoto remained at the Third Outpost on the Land of Fire’s border, keeping watch beside Yugito Nii.

Uchiha Minamoto returned to Konoha after receiving orders to attend a high-level meeting about renewed peace negotiations with Kumogakure. On the journey, he evolved Yatagarasu into an S-rank chakra lifeform that could absorb natural energy, and he arrived to a cheering crowd at Konoha Gate.

• Inoichi Yamanaka delivered the Hokage's order for Uchiha Minamoto to attend a meeting about Kumogakure peace negotiations, and Minamoto distrusted the offer.
• Uchiha Minamoto handed border affairs to Inoichi Yamanaka and Uchiha Fugaku, then left for Konoha with the unconscious Yugito Nii aboard Yatagarasu.
• Uchiha Minamoto spent 1.8 million great love points to evolve Yatagarasu, raising her chakra strength to S-rank and giving her the ability to absorb natural energy and produce senjutsu chakra.
• Yatagarasu transferred senjutsu chakra to Uchiha Minamoto and flew several times faster toward Konoha.
• Uchiha Minamoto arrived at Konoha Gate, where villagers and ninja cheered his return as a hero.

Uchiha Minamoto returned to Konoha with Yugito Nii captured and learned that Kumogakure had requested peace talks after its earlier betrayal. At a meeting with Konoha’s leaders and envoy Dodai, Minamoto challenged Kumogakure’s claims and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to force Mitokado Homura back into his seat.

• Uchiha Minamoto handed Yugito Nii over to the Military Police Force and ordered them to guard her and monitor her condition.
• Shisui Uchiha told Minamoto about the peace negotiations, including Mitokado Homura’s proposal to ransom Yugito Nii and Tsunade’s rebuke of him.
• Minamoto and Shisui went to the Hokage Building, where Hiruzen Sarutobi convened Konoha’s leaders to discuss Kumogakure’s peace offer with Dodai.
• Minamoto accused Dodai of disguising another ambush as a sincere peace effort and mocked Kumogakure’s claim that Hayashi Village had orchestrated the previous attack.
• Mitokado Homura objected to Minamoto’s insults, but Minamoto invoked his Mangekyō Sharingan and crushed Homura back into his seat, breaking the chair beneath him.

Uchiha Minamoto turned the peace talks into an ultimatum, demanding that Kumogakure accept its own proposed treaty with the villages reversed. Dodai appealed to Hiruzen Sarutobi to prevent war, and the Third Hokage began by excusing Minamoto’s behavior.

• Uchiha Minamoto knocked Mitokado Homura to the floor, silencing the conference room while Utatane Koharu failed to challenge him.
• Uchiha Minamoto showed Dodai Kumogakure’s Thunder and Fire Security Treaty and demanded that Kumogakure accept the same terms with the village names swapped.
• Dodai called the reversed treaty unequal and offered compensation and a ransom for Yugito Nii, but Minamoto insisted the treaty come first and demanded a higher price for Yugito.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Dodai to return to Kumogakure and bring back Fourth Raikage A, warning that Konoha would give Kumogakure either peace or war.
• Dodai appealed to Hiruzen Sarutobi to avert war, and Hiruzen asked him to remain calm while excusing Minamoto as a young man fresh from battle.

Uchiha Minamoto rejected Dodai’s threats during the peace talks and ordered Shisui to escort the Kumogakure envoys out. He then turned his attention to Mitokado Homura, beginning to publicly question his past support for negotiations that led to a Kumogakure ambush.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi backed Minamoto’s call for Kumogakure to prove its desire for peace through concrete action.
• Dodai threatened war if Konoha refused to return the Two-Tails, but Minamoto said he welcomed the Fourth Raikage coming in person.
• Minamoto ordered Shisui Uchiha to escort Dodai out, and the Kumogakure envoys left the conference room.
• Konoha’s clan heads and Tsunade applauded Minamoto, while Hiruzen watched in silence.
• Minamoto stopped Mitokado Homura from leaving and asked him to answer for supporting earlier peace talks that ended in a Kumogakure ambush.

Uchiha Minamoto publicly accused Mitokado Homura of repeatedly backing peace talks with Kumogakure and exposed incriminating statements attributed to him in Shimura Danzō’s interrogation records. He then linked the Mysterious Masked Man to Danzō and Root, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi under renewed scrutiny.

• Uchiha Minamoto confronted Mitokado Homura over his repeated support for peace talks with Kumogakure, and Hiruzen Sarutobi offered no defense.
• Uchiha Minamoto accused Mitokado Homura of endangering Konoha and asked about his relationship with Shimura Danzō; Homura tried to distance himself by calling Danzō a missing-nin.
• Uchiha Minamoto read interrogation records in which Shimura Danzō accused Mitokado Homura of protecting his clan and pushing for peace at others’ expense.
• Utatane Koharu started to defend Mitokado Homura, but Uchiha Minamoto warned her and she fell silent.
• Uchiha Minamoto described the Mysterious Masked Man’s Sharingan, Izanagi, and First Hokage cells, then argued that Root’s allies remained active in Konoha and looked toward Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Uchiha Minamoto had Mitokado Homura arrested and then proposed taking the vacant Hokage Advisor position. Hiruzen Sarutobi challenged Minamoto’s age, but Minamoto answered by citing the failures of the village’s older leaders.

• Uchiha Minamoto demanded a renewed investigation into the Nine-Tails' Attack and named Mitokado Homura as a target.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the investigation, and Shisui Uchiha took Mitokado Homura into custody.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi declared Mitokado Homura unfit to serve as an advisor and raised the need to fill the vacant position.
• Uchiha Minamoto questioned the need for Hokage Advisors and volunteered to become one.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi objected that Minamoto was only thirteen, and Minamoto pointed to the misconduct of Shimura Danzō and Mitokado Homura.

The clans at Konoha’s meeting backed Uchiha Minamoto’s bid to become a Hokage Advisor, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi isolated. By the end, nearly every clan had declared its support while the Sarutobi Clan remained silent.

• Utatane Koharu decided to stop speaking, and Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled to respond to Uchiha Minamoto’s proposal.
• Shimura Nozomi became the first to support Uchiha Minamoto, declaring the Shimura Clan’s backing.
• Hyuga Hiashi stood and announced that the Hyuga Clan also supported Uchiha Minamoto.
• Shisui Uchiha declared the Uchiha Clan’s support, followed by Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and representatives of other clans.
• Nearly every clan supported Uchiha Minamoto, while the Sarutobi Clan remained silent and Princess Tsunade laughed at the scene.

Uchiha Minamoto was appointed Hokage Advisor after the assembly supported him and Hiruzen Sarutobi approved. He then directed Konoha to plan for renewed war with Kumogakure, and Shikaku Nara outlined preparations while identifying Minamoto as the decisive force.

• Tsunade and Utatane Koharu supported Uchiha Minamoto's appointment as Hokage Advisor.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced Minamoto's appointment, and the assembly applauded.
• Minamoto thanked the assembly and began discussing peace talks with Kumogakure, arguing that the village sought peace only because Konoha had hurt it.
• Minamoto told Shikaku Nara to plan on Kumogakure rejecting peace and starting another war.
• Shikaku Nara proposed strengthening the Northern Border, stockpiling war supplies, and contacting Iwagakure and Sunagakure, then said Minamoto could decide the war's outcome.

Uchiha Minamoto took control of Konoha’s meeting and then discussed the Two-Tails Jinchūriki with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade. He proposed returning Yugito Nii to Kumogakure while keeping the Two-Tails in Konoha, prompting Tsunade to ask whether he could separate the jinchūriki from the tailed beast.

• Uchiha Minamoto directed the meeting, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi and Utatane Koharu as spectators.
• After the meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed Utatane Koharu and asked Tsunade to join a private discussion.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Uchiha Minamoto how he planned to handle the Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Uchiha Minamoto said Yugito Nii could be returned to Kumogakure, but the Two-Tails would remain in Konoha.
• Tsunade asked whether Uchiha Minamoto could separate Yugito Nii from the Two-Tails.

Uchiha Minamoto told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had cracked Yugito Nii’s seal and could release the Two-Tails, then reviewed intelligence on surviving Uzumaki Clan members with Tsunade. The chapter left Hiruzen considering the Two-Tails’ next Jinchūriki while Tsunade pressed Minamoto on what would happen after the beast was unsealed.

• Uchiha Minamoto admitted that he had fully analyzed the Iron Armor Seal and could unseal the Two-Tails from Yugito Nii.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi celebrated the prospect of taking the Two-Tails and finding it a new Jinchūriki, then showed Minamoto intelligence gathered by Shimura Danzō’s Root.
• Uchiha Minamoto and Tsunade read the intelligence scroll and found entries for Karin and her mother, Momo-hime, in Kusagakure.
• Tsunade challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi over Konoha’s failure to protect the Uzumaki Clan and its role in the Senju Clan’s decline, but he avoided answering.
• Uchiha Minamoto said he would unseal the Two-Tails and leave Yugito Nii to Konoha, and Tsunade demanded to know what would happen afterward.

Uchiha Minamoto agreed to become the Fifth Hokage, then freed Matatabi from Yugito Nii’s seal in the Empty District. The Great Love Panel rewarded him with the SS-rank Kekkei Tōta Blaze Release.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed that Konoha would take charge of Yugito Nii, while Minamoto said he would unseal the Two-Tails outside the village.
• Tsunade asked Minamoto if he wanted to become the Fifth Hokage, and he openly confirmed that he did.
• Minamoto used Divine Lightning to bring the unconscious Yugito Nii from the Konoha Military Police Force to the Empty District.
• Minamoto unraveled the Iron Armor Seal, allowing Matatabi to emerge while leaving some chakra inside Yugito Nii.
• Matatabi thanked Minamoto for freeing her, and the Great Love Panel awarded him ten million Great Love Points and the SS-rank Blaze Release.