Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Minamoto exposed Kumogakure’s peace talks as an ambush, survived its concentrated attack, and incapacitated nearly the entire delegation with a Sage Art. As Yugito Nii faced him alone, his allies received the Shadow Clones’ memories and prepared to report the betrayal to Konoha.

• Uchiha Minamoto revealed that he had seen through Kumogakure’s trap, and Yugito Nii ordered the hidden forces to attack.
• Uchiha Minamoto survived the barrage with Lightning Release Transformation Technique after the Shadow Clones of Inoichi Yamanaka, Shibi Aburame, and Inuzuka Gaku were destroyed.
• Uchiha Minamoto used Sage Art: Body Pathway Lightning Calamity Technique to knock out the concealed Kumogakure ninja and Hannya Corps members, leaving only Yugito Nii standing.
• Inoichi Yamanaka, Shibi Aburame, and Inuzuka Gaku received their Shadow Clones’ memories aboard Yatagarasu and realized the peace talks had been an ambush.
• Inoichi Yamanaka began recording the betrayal in a sealing scroll to report it to Konoha, while Inuzuka Gaku wondered what the Third might do.

In the Land of Woods, Yugito Nii confronted Uchiha Minamoto after Kumogakure’s ambush force was wiped out, but his strange lightning-like ability and repulsive force overwhelmed her partial transformation. She drew on more of the Two-Tails’ chakra and began transforming into the enormous blue-flamed beast.

• Inoichi Yamanaka, Inuzuka Gaku, and Shibi Aburame discussed Konoha’s past compromise with Kumogakure and believed Uchiha Minamoto’s strength could change the outcome this time.
• The three jonin sensed the Two-Tails’ chakra from the north, and Inoichi Yamanaka sent an intelligence scroll back to Konoha.
• Yugito Nii faced Uchiha Minamoto after the Kumogakure and Hannya Corps forces were wiped out, then used Partial Tailed Beast Transformation to attack him with Cat Claw and Cat Tail.
• Uchiha Minamoto’s body turned into silvery-white lightning when Yugito Nii’s attacks passed through him, and Amenotokotachi hurled her through the forest.
• Yugito Nii ignored the Two-Tails’ warning, demanded more power, and began changing into a huge, two-tailed beast covered in blue flames.

Uchiha Minamoto forced Yugito Nii to unleash Matatabi’s full power so Heart of Great Love could scan the Two-Tails’ abilities. He defeated Yugito with reflected lightning and Blaze Release, leaving her alive so Matatabi would not die with her.

• Uchiha Minamoto provoked Yugito Nii until she entered her Complete Tailed Beast Transformation as Inoichi Yamanaka, Shibi Aburame, and Inuzuka Gaku watched from above.
• Yugito attacked with Fire Rat Ball and Rat Tail Ball, but Uchiha Minamoto evaded the ghostly blue flames with Instant Prison Thunder.
• Yugito fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, which Uchiha Minamoto absorbed with Sage Art: Righteous Thunderbreak and reflected back at Matatabi as lightning.
• Uchiha Minamoto struck the weakened Matatabi with Sage Art: Blaze Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique, forcing Yugito out of her complete transformation.
• Uchiha Minamoto left Yugito alive because Matatabi would die with her and might take an unknown amount of time to revive.

Uchiha Minamoto defeated Yugito Nii and entered her sealing space to meet the Two-Tails, Matatabi. He offered to undo her seal if she would sign a summoning contract with him, but Matatabi grew wary of his Uchiha eyes and questioned whether he intended to control her like Madara Uchiha.

• Uchiha Minamoto knocked Yugito Nii unconscious and refused to kill her.
• Uchiha Minamoto scanned Yugito Nii, recorded the Iron Armor Seal, and entered its sealing space.
• Uchiha Minamoto met the weakened Two-Tails, Matatabi, and offered to remove the seal in exchange for a summoning contract.
• Matatabi recalled how Hashirama Senju captured and sold the tailed beasts, and how Madara Uchiha had forcibly controlled Kurama.
• Matatabi questioned whether Uchiha Minamoto planned to enslave her with his Mangekyō Sharingan, citing Madara Uchiha as a warning.

Uchiha Minamoto offered Matatabi freedom in exchange for a Summoning Contract, but explained that he could not remove her from Yugito Nii yet because Konoha needed her alive and he was still scanning Matatabi. Matatabi agreed to trust him for now and asked his name.

• Uchiha Minamoto offered Matatabi a fair deal: he would free her from the sealed space if she signed a Summoning Contract and answered his calls.
• Matatabi questioned why she should trust an Uchiha, and Minamoto mentioned that he had recently met Kurama.
• Minamoto said he would not remove Matatabi from Yugito Nii yet, since doing so would kill her and Konoha needed her intelligence.
• Minamoto's [Heart of Great Love] continued scanning Matatabi's abilities while he spoke with her.
• Matatabi agreed to trust Minamoto for now, then asked his name as he began introducing himself.

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.