Recaps

Uchiha Minamoto recruited allies, helped Tsunade take Naruto as her student, and led Konoha’s response to Kumogakure’s invasion. After defeating the ambush at the peace talks and overpowering Yugito Nii, he began negotiating a summoning contract with Matatabi.

• Uchiha Minamoto recruited Yakushi Nonō, secured Tsunade’s agreement to train Naruto, and enlisted Cat Granny to lead the Ninja Tool Development Bureau.
• Kumogakure invaded Konoha’s northern border, and Uchiha Minamoto formed an advance squad to drive back its forces and gather intelligence.
• Uchiha Minamoto’s squad learned that Kumogakure had deployed multiple forces and Yugito Nii, then fought through the Land of Woods as Konoha prepared for war.
• Dodai and Yugito Nii offered treaties during peace negotiations, but Uchiha Minamoto exposed Kumogakure’s hidden forces and defeated the ambush.
• Uchiha Minamoto defeated Yugito Nii’s Two-Tails transformation, left her alive, and entered her sealing space to speak with Matatabi.
• Uchiha Minamoto offered to free Matatabi in exchange for a summoning contract, and Matatabi agreed to trust him for now.

Uchiha Minamoto defeated Kumogakure’s forces, captured Yugito Nii, and forced Konoha to confront the terms of peace. After becoming a Hokage Advisor and declaring his ambition to become Fifth Hokage, he freed Matatabi while leaving Yugito in Konoha’s care.

• Matatabi briefly took control of Yugito Nii, signed a Summoning Contract with Uchiha Minamoto, and Minamoto’s team celebrated his victory over the Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Uchiha Minamoto gained new abilities and intelligence about the Akatsuki, while news of his victory spread through Konoha and alarmed the other villages.
• Fourth Raikage A resumed peace negotiations and ordered preparations for war, while Ōnoki and Rasa chose to avoid conflict with Konoha.
• Uchiha Minamoto returned to the Third Outpost, spared Yugito Nii at Matatabi’s request, and sent Uchiha Fugaku’s team to clear the remaining enemy forces.
• At Konoha’s peace conference, Uchiha Minamoto rejected Dodai’s offer, demanded that Kumogakure accept a reversed security treaty, and confronted Mitokado Homura over his role in the failed negotiations.
• Uchiha Minamoto secured support from Konoha’s clans and became a Hokage Advisor, then directed the village to prepare for renewed war with Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Minamoto revealed he could separate Matatabi from Yugito Nii, and he declared to Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade that he wanted to become Fifth Hokage.
• Uchiha Minamoto freed Matatabi outside Konoha while leaving chakra inside Yugito Nii, and the Great Love Panel awarded him ten million Great Love Points and SS-rank Blaze Release.

After freeing Matatabi, Uchiha Minamoto watched Konoha face attacks from Kumogakure and Kirigakure while he strengthened his position in the village. When Kirigakure’s invasion left Kakashi missing, Minamoto went east, met Mei Terumi, and defeated her as she sought his help to free Kirigakure from Karatachi Yagura’s control.

• Uchiha Minamoto freed Matatabi, brought her to the Empty District, and warned her about the dangers posed by Shisui Uchiha, the Mysterious Masked Man, and the Akatsuki.
• Fourth Raikage A prepared Kumogakure for war while Obito Uchiha directed Karatachi Yagura to attack Konoha, and Mei Terumi and Ao discovered Yagura was controlled by genjutsu.
• Uchiha Minamoto confronted Mitokado Homura, gained his cooperation against Hiruzen Sarutobi, and helped Shimura Nozomi establish the Ninja Clan Commander Squad.
• Kisame Hoshigaki led Kirigakure’s assault on Konoha’s eastern coast, where Kakashi Hatake killed Kisame but was defeated by Karatachi Yagura, and Obito Uchiha took Kakashi into the Kamui dimension.
• After learning of the eastern front’s losses, Uchiha Minamoto left for the coast, treated Uchiha Itachi, and heard from Yamato that Mei Terumi wanted to meet him.
• Uchiha Minamoto incapacitated Mei Terumi’s Kirigakure followers, and Mei explained that Yagura was controlled by genjutsu and asked Minamoto to save him.
• Mei Terumi offered Kirigakure’s withdrawal, compensation, and an alliance, but Uchiha Minamoto demanded that she become the Fifth Mizukage and prove her worth by fighting him.
• Mei Terumi attacked with Boil Release and Lava Release techniques, but Uchiha Minamoto resisted her attacks and paralyzed her with his lightning form, declaring her defeated.

Uchiha Minamoto defeated Kirigakure’s invasion, fought Obito Uchiha, and secured Isobu’s freedom through a contract. Karatachi Yagura named Mei Terumi the Fifth Mizukage and withdrew Kirigakure from the war, while Obito escaped and Kisame Hoshigaki defected.

• Uchiha Minamoto defeated Kisame Hoshigaki’s vanguard and drove back Kirigakure’s forces along Konoha’s eastern coast, while Mei Terumi agreed to help end Karatachi Yagura’s rule.
• Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to repel Fourth Raikage A, prompting Konoha to send Shisui Uchiha as Northern Front reinforcements.
• Uchiha Minamoto attacked Karatachi Yagura, defeated Isobu in battle, and fought Obito Uchiha, who survived repeated fatal blows and escaped using the Kamui dimension.
• Uchiha Minamoto rescued Kakashi Hatake, treated his injuries, and negotiated a Summoning Contract with Isobu in exchange for freedom from imprisonment.
• Uchiha Minamoto brought Karatachi Yagura back to Mei Terumi and revealed that Obito Uchiha had controlled him with genjutsu, then dispelled the genjutsu and restored Yagura’s memories.
• Karatachi Yagura named Mei Terumi the Fifth Mizukage and announced Kirigakure’s withdrawal from the war, after which Uchiha Minamoto struck Yagura down and sent him and Kakashi Hatake into the Kamui dimension.
• Mei Terumi ordered Kirigakure’s survivors to withdraw from the Land of Whirlpools, and a wounded ninja reported that Kisame Hoshigaki had attacked their logistics squad and defected.