Recaps

Uchiha Minamoto defeated Mei Terumi, recruited her as a companion and candidate for Fifth Mizukage, and placed a Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on her to prevent her from revealing his secrets. Mei agreed that Karatachi Yagura must die, but Minamoto planned to wait until he could deal with the Mysterious Masked Man without letting him escape.

• Mei Terumi admitted defeat, and Uchiha Minamoto helped her to her feet and asked her to become his companion and the next Mizukage.
• Uchiha Minamoto placed a Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on Mei Terumi, preventing her from disclosing his secrets.
• Minamoto said Karatachi Yagura had to die so Kirigakure could move on from the Blood Mist Policy, and Mei agreed.
• Minamoto promised to extract Isobu, the Three-Tails, from Karatachi Yagura before killing him.
• Minamoto said he would delay killing Karatachi Yagura until he could account for the Mysterious Masked Man, who might otherwise escape and control others.

Uchiha Minamoto told Mei Terumi to resume her usual duties and wait for his signal while he planned to confront Karatachi Yagura and the hidden mastermind. Mei Terumi described Kirigakure’s invasion and confirmed Kakashi Hatake was likely alive, leaving Minamoto to suspect Obito Uchiha had taken him into the Kamui dimension.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Mei Terumi to act as usual, keep her subordinates in line, and leave Karatachi Yagura and the mastermind to him.
• Uchiha Minamoto’s [Heart of Great Love] recorded Mei Terumi’s Boil Release and Lava Release as S-rank Kekkei Genkai.
• Mei Terumi explained that Kisame Hoshigaki’s vanguard had breached Konoha’s eastern coast, Karatachi Yagura led the landing force, and she commanded the flanking third echelon.
• Mei Terumi said Karatachi Yagura had stopped Kisame Hoshigaki from killing Kakashi Hatake and that Kirigakure had received no body.
• Uchiha Minamoto sensed no trace of Kakashi Hatake along the eastern coast and concluded that Obito Uchiha had likely taken him into the Kamui dimension.

Uchiha Minamoto learned more about Karatachi Yagura and Kisame Hoshigaki from Mei Terumi, then confronted Kisame near the eastern coast of the Land of Fire. Samehada abandoned Kisame for Minamoto, and Minamoto overwhelmed Kisame’s sea-based attack with Blaze Release.

• Uchiha Minamoto asked Mei Terumi about Karatachi Yagura’s abilities, and she shared what she knew before he left to act immediately.
• Uchiha Minamoto appeared before Kisame Hoshigaki and the Kirigakure Vanguard Squad, then incapacitated the squad with Sage Art: Body Pathway Lightning Calamity Technique.
• Samehada absorbed Minamoto’s senjutsu chakra, survived the technique, and crawled toward him while Kisame abandoned it and jumped into the sea.
• Kisame used Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave to send a massive wave at Minamoto.
• Uchiha Minamoto countered with Sage Art: Blaze Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame, burning through Kisame’s wave and vaporizing the seawater.

Uchiha Minamoto routed Kirigakure's vanguard, drove Kisame Hoshigaki into retreat, and marked him with Divine Lightning so he could track him to Obito Uchiha. After claiming Kisame's Samehada, Minamoto judged the heavy sword a poor fit for his fighting style and considered the strange designs of Kirigakure's other ninja blades.

• Kisame Hoshigaki's Great Shark Bullet Technique evaporated against Uchiha Minamoto's Blaze Release, and Kisame fled into the sea.
• Uchiha Minamoto placed a Divine Lightning coordinate on Kisame Hoshigaki and hoped he would return to Obito Uchiha.
• The Great Love Panel rewarded Uchiha Minamoto with 800,000 points, the Great Shark Bullet Technique, and Samehada.
• Uchiha Minamoto handled Samehada, decided it was too heavy and unsuitable for him, and reviewed the unusual designs of Kirigakure's ninja blades.

Uchiha Minamoto sealed Samehada, renamed it Gouji, and executed Kirigakure’s Vanguard Squad, earning Great Love Points and deriving the A-rank technique Railgun. He then sensed scattered Kirigakure units across the Land of Fire’s eastern coast and set out to eliminate them, while other Konoha ninja remained alive in the forest.

• Uchiha Minamoto judged the remaining Ninja Blades, named Samehada Gouji, and used Contract Seal to block its summoning contract with Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Minamoto executed the unconscious Kirigakure Vanguard Squad and received 90,000 Great Love Points and Water Release: Water Gun Technique.
• Uchiha Minamoto used Heart of Great Love to derive the A-rank technique Railgun, then tested its powerful lightning projectile.
• Uchiha Minamoto sensed Kirigakure units spread across the eastern Land of Fire and moved to hunt them down.
• Several Kirigakure ninja searched a forest for surviving Konoha ninja, while Yamato and Uchiha Itachi were not the only ones who had survived.

Uchiha Minamoto rescued wounded Konoha ninja and drove Kirigakure forces back toward the coast, while Mei Terumi and Ao discussed their deal with him and sent word of his arrival to Karatachi Yagura. The chapter left the story at the Land of Whirlpools, once the Uzumaki Clan’s homeland.

• Uchiha Minamoto killed the Kirigakure squad pursuing a wounded Konoha ninja, treated him, and identified himself as the Light of Konoha.
• Uchiha Minamoto continued striking Kirigakure squads across the eastern coast, rescuing scattered Konoha Anbu and Border Defense Force ninja and pushing the battle line back toward the coast.
• Mei Terumi helped her unconscious subordinates, and Ao woke to discover that Uchiha Minamoto had taken his Byakugan.
• Mei Terumi told Ao about her deal with Uchiha Minamoto and insisted that Karatachi Yagura must die for Kirigakure to have a new future.
• Ao sent an encrypted message to Kirigakure’s rear camp in the Land of Whirlpools, informing Karatachi Yagura that Uchiha Minamoto had arrived at the Eastern Front Battlefield.

Kisame Hoshigaki reported his encounter with Uchiha Minamoto to Karatachi Yagura and Obito Uchiha, who said he would deal with Minamoto. At a temporary camp in the Eastern Land of Fire, Yamato built shelter and defenses for the wounded before spotting Itachi.

• Kisame Hoshigaki returned to the Kirigakure camp badly wounded and told Karatachi Yagura that Uchiha Minamoto had nearly killed him and taken Samehada.
• Karatachi Yagura told Kisame Hoshigaki that Mei Terumi and her force had completed their flanking mission and were resting.
• Obito Uchiha appeared in the main tent, questioned Kisame Hoshigaki about Uchiha Minamoto’s abilities, and said he would handle him.
• Yamato used Wood Release to build a house, fences, and watchtowers for the wounded Konoha survivors at a temporary camp in the Eastern Land of Fire.
• Yamato noticed Itachi in the camp and hurried over to check on him.

Uchiha Minamoto secured the Eastern Coast Defense Line, organized the wounded Konoha survivors, and prepared a battle report while withholding Mei Terumi’s information about Karatachi Yagura. He sent for Shamisen as he prepared to report the situation to the village.

• Yamato and Uchiha Itachi discussed Kakashi Hatake’s disappearance while wounded Konoha ninja blamed the Third Hokage for the losses.
• Uchiha Minamoto arrived at the camp and announced that he had wiped out Kirigakure’s Vanguard Force and secured the Eastern Coast Defense Line.
• Uchiha Minamoto ordered the Konoha ninja to rest and patrol in shifts while they waited for reinforcements and guarded against another attack.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Yamato and Uchiha Itachi that he had not sensed Kakashi Hatake’s chakra, but that they could not confirm his death without finding his body.
• Uchiha Minamoto wrote a battle report that omitted Mei Terumi’s information about Karatachi Yagura being controlled by genjutsu.
• Uchiha Minamoto used the Summoning Technique to summon Shamisen.

Uchiha Itachi wrestled with whether to tell Uchiha Minamoto that he had met the Mysterious Masked Man, while the Fourth Raikage A launched an attack on Uchiha Fugaku’s patrol in the northern forest. The chapter ended as A charged at Fugaku with a Lariat.

• Uchiha Minamoto sent Shamisen to deliver a battle report and news copy to Uchiha Hinotori, then planned to wait for Obito Uchiha to emerge.
• Uchiha Itachi kept his encounter with the Mysterious Masked Man secret and struggled with doubts about the Uchiha Clan’s future and his own loyalties.
• Fourth Raikage A learned that Uchiha Fugaku commanded the Mobile Combat Team and ordered his ninja to locate Fugaku so he could attack him.
• Uchiha Fugaku sensed an eerie silence while patrolling with Uchiha Tekka and the Mobile Combat Team.
• Fourth Raikage A appeared before Fugaku’s patrol and launched a Lariat before Fugaku could finish ordering his team to prepare for combat.

Fourth Raikage A killed Uchiha Yashiro and overwhelmed the Uchiha Mobile Combat Team until Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and drove A back. A withdrew after confirming that Konoha's northern defenses were stronger than he had expected.

• Fourth Raikage A killed Uchiha Yashiro with a single Lariat, then defeated Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Inabi as the Uchiha Mobile Combat Team attacked him.
• A mocked the Uchiha Clan, and Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and formed Susanoo.
• A battered Fugaku's first-stage Susanoo, but Fugaku tracked A's movements and expanded Susanoo into its second stage.
• Fugaku's Susanoo struck A and sent him flying, while the surviving Mobile Combat Team members cheered their clan head.
• A retreated after judging that Konoha's northern defenses were strong, even with Uchiha Minamoto absent.

Uchiha Fugaku awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and repelled Fourth Raikage A, while Uchiha Minamoto secured the Eastern Front against Kirigakure. At an emergency meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized how much Konoha depended on the Uchiha, and Uchiha Setsuna proposed honoring the fallen Mobile Combat Team members as heroes.

• Uchiha Fugaku's Susanoo collapsed after A retreated, and he fell unconscious as the Mobile Combat Team gathered the dead and sent word to Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received reports that Uchiha Minamoto had defeated Kirigakure's Vanguard Force and Uchiha Fugaku had repelled A on the Northern Front.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi called an emergency Jonin Commander's meeting and announced the victories on both fronts.
• Konoha's jonin were shocked by Fugaku's achievement, and Hiruzen Sarutobi concluded that Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Setsuna confirmed Fugaku's awakening, noted the Mobile Combat Team's casualties, and proposed that Uchiha Yashiro and the other fallen be honored as Konoha heroes.

The Konoha leadership recognized Uchiha Yashiro and his fallen comrades as heroes, then appointed Shisui Uchiha to lead reinforcements to the Northern Front. At Uchiha Minamoto’s camp, Minamoto learned that Shisui wanted to borrow Yatagarasu and told Uchiha Itachi that Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Uchiha Setsuna proposed posthumously recognizing Yashiro and the other fallen ninja, and the meeting approved their names for the Memorial Stone.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Shisui Uchiha commander of the Northern Front reinforcements and ordered him to depart for the Land of Woods.
• Shisui Uchiha asked Uchiha Minamoto to lend him Yatagarasu, and Minamoto instructed the crow to follow Shisui’s orders.
• Uchiha Minamoto reviewed the great love panel’s reward of 400,000 points and the A-rank Chidori, which he considered an unfinished technique.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Uchiha Itachi about the Northern Front battle, and Itachi’s pupils contracted when he heard that Uchiha Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Minamoto left the Northern Front and attacked Kirigakure’s main camp, where he clashed with Fourth Mizukage Karatachi Yagura. After blasting Yagura through the ground with a Sage Art Railgun, Minamoto discovered Yagura’s Coral Palm was spreading coral over his Susanoo.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Uchiha Itachi about his father, then left Yamato in charge of the camp and its defenses.
• Uchiha Minamoto appeared in Mei Terumi’s tent as a Lightning Doppelganger and told her to gather her subordinates and get out of the way.
• Uchiha Minamoto appeared above Kirigakure’s main camp, and Karatachi Yagura charged at him under Isobu’s chakra.
• Uchiha Minamoto blocked Karatachi Yagura’s punch with Susanoo’s rib cage and struck him with Sage Art: Railgun, sending him crashing into a crater.
• Karatachi Yagura healed with Isobu’s chakra as Coral Palm spread coral across Susanoo’s ribs, and the Heart of Great Love recorded the technique.

Uchiha Minamoto fought Karatachi Yagura after the Fourth Mizukage transformed into Isobu, while Mei Terumi evacuated the Kirigakure ninja. As Isobu attacked, Uchiha Minamoto evaded the stomp and began forming a Susanoo infused with natural energy.

• Uchiha Minamoto dispelled Susanoo, causing the coral from Mei Terumi’s Coral Palm to shatter, and fell toward the battlefield.
• Mei Terumi ordered Ao and the Kirigakure ninja to retreat, while Karatachi Yagura charged through and killed many ninja who tried to attack Uchiha Minamoto.
• Uchiha Minamoto dodged Karatachi Yagura’s punch and struck him with a Chidori flying kick, sending him through tents and into a watchtower.
• Karatachi Yagura transformed into Isobu, the Three-Tails, and Mei Terumi ordered the retreating ninja to move five kilometers farther away.
• Isobu stomped at Uchiha Minamoto, who escaped with Instant Prison Thunder and began forming a Susanoo infused with the Land of Whirlpools’ natural energy.

Uchiha Minamoto fought Isobu with his Senjutsu Form Susanoo, overpowering the Three-Tails on land and countering its attacks at sea. After catching Isobu’s Tailed Beast Bomb and hurling it back, he left Isobu badly injured and forced Karatachi Yagura out of his Complete Tailed Beast Transformation.

• Uchiha Minamoto used his Senjutsu Form Susanoo to seize Isobu’s tails and slam the Three-Tails into the ground.
• Uchiha Minamoto and Isobu clashed in a contest of strength until Isobu retreated into the sea to gain the advantage of its home ground.
• Isobu attacked Susanoo with Water Release: Wild Sea Shibuki, but Uchiha Minamoto countered with Sage Art: Blaze Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• Isobu fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Uchiha Minamoto’s Susanoo caught it and slammed it back onto Isobu.
• The Tailed Beast Bomb exploded against Isobu, shattering most of his shell, breaking one tail, and forcing Karatachi Yagura to return to human form.

Uchiha Minamoto defeated Karatachi Yagura, then killed Obito Uchiha with a surprise gravity slash, but Obito survived using Izanagi and retreated to the Kamui dimension. There, Zetsu urged Obito to flee.

• Uchiha Minamoto defeated Karatachi Yagura, leaving the Fourth Mizukage unconscious and gravely wounded.
• Obito Uchiha emerged behind Uchiha Minamoto and tried to pull him into the Kamui dimension, but Uchiha Minamoto struck him down with Amenotokotachi’s Open.
• Uchiha Minamoto realized Obito had survived through Izanagi and sensed that he had hidden inside the Kamui dimension.
• Uchiha Minamoto inferred that Obito had taken Kakashi Hatake into the Kamui dimension and waited to see whether Obito would take Kakashi’s left eye.
• Obito Uchiha reappeared in the Kamui dimension, lamented his defeat, and heard Zetsu advise him to flee immediately.

Obito Uchiha reclaimed Kakashi Hatake’s Sharingan and awakened dual [Kamui], then attacked Uchiha Minamoto and used [Izanagi] to survive being bisected. The chapter leaves Obito launching another [Kamui] attack as Uchiha Minamoto realizes he has four extra Sharingan in his arm.

• Black Zetsu urged Obito Uchiha to retreat, but Obito refused and went to where Kakashi Hatake lay unconscious.
• Obito Uchiha removed Kakashi Hatake’s left Sharingan, implanted it in his own empty socket, and awakened dual [Kamui].
• Obito Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake left the [Kamui] dimension, but Uchiha Minamoto appeared behind Obito and bisected him with [Open].
• Obito Uchiha used [Izanagi] to survive and emerged again, while Uchiha Minamoto sensed four additional Sharingan in his right arm.
• Obito Uchiha activated his left-eye [Kamui], creating a spatial vortex in front of Uchiha Minamoto.

Uchiha Minamoto killed Obito Uchiha repeatedly, then defeated his Perfect Susanoo with a black-flame tachi. Obito Uchiha revived again and fled through the Kamui dimension while concealing his presence, as Uchiha Minamoto waited for him to return.

• Uchiha Minamoto used a space-time mark to follow Obito Uchiha out of the Kamui dimension and pierce his heart with Sage Art: Chidori.
• After his third death, Obito Uchiha summoned a Perfect Susanoo and confronted Uchiha Minamoto, who revealed his own Perfect Susanoo.
• The two Perfect Susanoo fought across the coastal waters, and Uchiha Minamoto’s black-flame tachi burned through Obito Uchiha’s Susanoo and body.
• After his fourth death, Obito Uchiha revived, hid in the Kamui dimension, and escaped underground while using Black Zetsu’s power to conceal his presence.
• Uchiha Minamoto waited for Obito Uchiha to revive again until the Great Love Panel displayed a notification.

Uchiha Minamoto received the complete SS-rank Kamui and discovered that Obito Uchiha had escaped, likely with Black Zetsu’s help. He brought the badly injured Karatachi Yagura and Kakashi Hatake to shore and turned his attention to Kakashi’s critical condition.

• Uchiha Minamoto received ten million Great Love Points and the complete SS-rank Kamui after defeating Karatachi Yagura and routing Kirigakure’s invasion.
• Uchiha Minamoto entered the Kamui dimension, found it empty, and realized Obito Uchiha was not there.
• Uchiha Minamoto concluded that Black Zetsu had concealed Obito Uchiha’s chakra and let Obito’s escape stand for now because he had marked him with Divine Lightning.
• Uchiha Minamoto used Amenotokotachi and Divine Lightning to bring the surviving Karatachi Yagura from the sea to shore.
• Uchiha Minamoto brought Kakashi Hatake to the same rocky coast and found his condition worse than expected.

Uchiha Minamoto saved Kakashi Hatake, then entered Karatachi Yagura’s sealing space to speak with Isobu. He told Isobu he intended to kill Karatachi Yagura and offered a deal that could spare Isobu.

• Uchiha Minamoto treated Kakashi Hatake’s severe injuries, restored his condition with Mystical Palm Technique and a Soldier Pill, and earned points and the Chidori Sharp Spear formula.
• Uchiha Minamoto recognized that Obito Uchiha had placed Karatachi Yagura under a powerful Sharingan genjutsu and inspected the seal containing Isobu.
• Uchiha Minamoto found Isobu bound inside the sealing space and offered to discuss a deal.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Isobu that he planned to kill Karatachi Yagura, and Isobu warned that the jinchūriki’s death would kill him too.
• Uchiha Minamoto reminded Isobu of Matatabi as he began explaining the deal.

Uchiha Minamoto pressured Isobu into signing a Summoning Contract by offering him freedom or continued imprisonment after Karatachi Yagura died. Isobu accepted, but Minamoto only released part of his seal because Yagura could not die yet.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Isobu that Matatabi was free and living in Konoha after becoming his contracted summon.
• Minamoto offered Isobu freedom in exchange for a Summoning Contract, or forced control and continued imprisonment after Karatachi Yagura died.
• Isobu questioned whether Matatabi was still being used as a combat tool, and Minamoto described her as his partner.
• Isobu reluctantly agreed to sign the contract, and Minamoto branded him with the Summoning Contract formula.
• Minamoto said he would release only part of the Tail-Sealing Formula's restraints because Karatachi Yagura could not die yet.

Uchiha Minamoto partially freed Isobu from the Tailed Beast Sealing Method, then returned to Mei Terumi and the Kirigakure ninja after defeating Karatachi Yagura. The stunned Kirigakure group treated him as a god, while Mei Terumi addressed him with newfound respect.

• Uchiha Minamoto mastered the Tailed Beast Unsealing Method and broke the restraints binding Isobu, allowing him to move freely inside the sealing space.
• Isobu thanked Uchiha Minamoto, who promised to take him to reunite with Matatabi after Karatachi Yagura's business was settled.
• Mei Terumi and the Kirigakure ninja watched the battlefield settle and concluded that Uchiha Minamoto had defeated Yagura's cyan-blue giant.
• Uchiha Minamoto appeared before the Kirigakure group with Kakashi Hatake and the barely alive Karatachi Yagura held by an invisible force.
• The Kirigakure ninja recoiled in awe, and Mei Terumi respectfully called Uchiha Minamoto 'Lord Minamoto,' prompting him to tell her not to be so formal.

Uchiha Minamoto told Mei Terumi that the Mysterious Masked Man was Obito Uchiha, a presumed-dead Konoha ninja who had escaped with Kakashi Hatake’s other eye. With Kirigakure in disarray and fearing Obito’s return, Mei Terumi asked Uchiha Minamoto to help secure the village, and he agreed while planning to expand the Great Love Group there.

• Uchiha Minamoto handed the living Karatachi Yagura to Mei Terumi and told her that the Mysterious Masked Man had escaped because he could resurrect multiple times.
• Uchiha Minamoto identified the masked man as Obito Uchiha, a former student of Minato Namikaze who had supposedly died at Kannabi Bridge, and explained that Obito had given Kakashi Hatake his left eye.
• Mei Terumi realized Obito had recovered Kakashi Hatake’s other eye and feared he could return to control Kirigakure again.
• Mei Terumi asked Uchiha Minamoto to come to Kirigakure and help investigate Obito’s remaining forces, and he agreed.
• Uchiha Minamoto said he would also expand the Great Love Group’s influence in Kirigakure, and Mei Terumi accepted the arrangement.

Uchiha Minamoto agreed to delay killing Karatachi Yagura until he had publicly ended the war and named Mei Terumi the Fifth Mizukage. After Minamoto dispelled the genjutsu controlling Yagura, the former Mizukage remembered the atrocities he had committed and accepted that Mei should lead Kirigakure.

• Mei Terumi warned Uchiha Minamoto that killing Karatachi Yagura immediately could plunge Kirigakure into internal strife.
• Uchiha Minamoto proposed accompanying Mei to Kirigakure, where Yagura would announce the end of the war and name Mei as his successor before Minamoto executed him.
• Uchiha Minamoto dispelled the genjutsu Obito Uchiha had placed in Karatachi Yagura's mind, restoring Yagura's memories.
• Karatachi Yagura recalled the Blood Mist Policy and the suffering it caused, then broke down in remorse as Mei Terumi and the other Kirigakure ninja watched.
• Karatachi Yagura admitted he no longer deserved to be Mizukage and told Mei Terumi that Kirigakure needed her to lead it.

Karatachi Yagura resigned as Mizukage, appointed Mei Terumi as his successor, and ordered Kirigakure to withdraw from the war. As Mei gathered the surviving forces, she learned that Kisame Hoshigaki had defected.

• Karatachi Yagura named Mei Terumi the Fifth Mizukage and announced Kirigakure's withdrawal from the war.
• Karatachi Yagura apologized to Kirigakure, and Uchiha Minamoto struck him down with lightning before sending him and Kakashi Hatake into the Kamui dimension.
• Uchiha Minamoto gained the Water Mirror Technique, then promised Mei Terumi that he would return Karatachi Yagura alive.
• Mei Terumi gathered Kirigakure's scattered survivors and ordered them to withdraw from the Land of Whirlpools.
• A wounded Kirigakure ninja told Mei Terumi that Kisame Hoshigaki had attacked their logistics squad and defected.