Recaps

Konoha launched a major offensive to force Sunagakure to surrender the surviving Uchiha, while Minato's team infiltrated the enemy camp to locate them. The chapter ended with Minato preparing to reach the prisoners, who were alive and gathered inside the medical unit's tent.

• Kazuto ordered Konoha's forces into a head-on battle with Sunagakure and sent Minato, Hyuga Irie, and Horikawa to find the surviving Uchiha.
• Kazuto learned that Yubi was absent from the battlefield, then saw Sasori use puppets made from Tsume Inuzuka and Inoichi Yamanaka to attack Konoha with poisoned senbon.
• Kazuto recognized the toxin as Yubi's poisonous blood and ordered Konoha's forces to retreat from Sasori's puppets.
• Minato led Irie and Horikawa through familiar routes toward Sunagakure's camp, where Irie used his Byakugan to locate the Uchiha inside a tent in the medical unit.
• Irie reported that the Uchiha were alive, their chakra was active, and they appeared to be in a combat state, so Minato asked him to map the camp's personnel.

Minato entered the Sunagakure tent to rescue Uchiha Himeki and the other captives, but they attacked him. Yubi ambushed Irie and Horikawa outside, while Irie fought to hold him off as Yubi prepared to capture him before Minato returned.

• Minato found Himeki and the other four Uchiha standing stiffly with numb expressions, and Himeki attacked him as the others joined in.
• Irie saw the Uchiha attack Minato, but Yubi ambushed Irie and Horikawa with a throwing knife and a cutting wire.
• Yubi revealed that he had used the Uchiha as bait because he had anticipated Minato's rescue attempt.
• Irie broke free of Yubi's Temporary Paralysis Technique and used Eight Trigrams Palms: Heavenly Spin to shield Horikawa from Yubi's throwing knives.
• Irie counterattacked and charged Yubi, who activated Crimson Scale Pulse and Wing King before Irie unleashed Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

Yubi defeated Hyuga Irie and used the Reverse Cursed Technique to revive him after the Caged Bird Seal destroyed his original eyes and brain, removing the seal’s control. Minato Namikaze arrived, but Yubi escaped with Irie and warned the injured Minato that Sunagakure shinobi were closing in.

• Yubi copied Hyuga Irie's Gentle Fist and struck his chakra points, leaving the Jonin defeated and badly injured.
• Yubi discovered Irie's Caged Bird Seal and let it activate by allowing Irie to die, then revived him with new brain tissue and Byakugan eyes.
• Yubi confirmed that Irie's newly grown brain was free of the Main Family's cursed seal and control.
• Minato Namikaze appeared and tried to touch Irie, but Yubi kept moving to prevent Minato from using the Flying Thunder God Technique on him.
• Yubi taunted the injured Minato and warned him that Sunagakure shinobi were approaching.

Yubi kept the six altered Uchiha and Hyuga prisoners at the base instead of joining Sunagakure’s battle against Konoha, then planned to bring them secretly to the village. After the battle ended in a costly draw, Yubi concluded that the next Kazekage had to be one of himself, Arai, or Sasori to protect the plan.

• Yubi stopped the Sunagakure ninja from pursuing Minato, operated on Hyuga Irie, and decided to send the six test subjects back to the village in secret.
• An intelligence ninja reported that Sunagakure and Konoha had fought to a devastating draw, with Konoha withdrawing after failing to rescue the Uchiha.
• Arai and Sasori returned to the base, where Arai questioned whether Yubi’s brain surgery had truly removed the prisoners’ independent awareness.
• Yubi explained that he had left the bodies of two Uchiha with Konoha to deepen the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha High Command.
• Sasori asked to take the Uchiha and Hyuga prisoners, but Yubi refused and outlined his plan to conceal them until a new Kazekage took office.
• Yubi told Arai that the next Kazekage had to be one of the three of them for the plan to remain secure.

Yubi asked Arai to become the Fourth Kazekage while revealing that he and Sasori had killed the Third Kazekage. Arai agreed to serve as a figurehead for Yubi’s plans, and they left the succession question unresolved as Yubi promised he had a way to secure the position.

• Yubi explained that Sunagakure needed to recruit talent and strengthen its combat power, then proposed Arai as the Fourth Kazekage instead of himself or Sasori.
• Yubi admitted to Arai that he and Sasori had killed the Third Kazekage and had also targeted members of the Third Kazekage’s faction.
• Arai warned that his seniority and war record might not be enough to win support, and that other villages would question his lack of Kage-level strength and reputation.
• Sasori told Arai that becoming Kazekage would not give him authority over Yubi or control of the village’s direction.
• Arai agreed to become Kazekage if it helped Sunagakure and Yubi, while Yubi said he had a way to make it happen.

After learning that the Third Raikage was leading a Kumogakure strike force toward Sunagakure, Yubi recognized that the village had been deceived and decided to return to defend it. He left Arai and Sasori to face Konoha’s expected offensives and prepared to spend his accumulated system points on items before setting out.

• An intelligence ninja warned Yubi and Arai that the Third Raikage and his son A were leading an elite Kumogakure unit through the Land of Rain toward Sunagakure, while Killer B remained on another front.
• Yubi concluded that Kumogakure had used its apparent cooperation with Sunagakure as a smokescreen and was targeting the village’s medicinal resources while its armies were occupied.
• Yubi explained that moving troops from any front to defend Sunagakure would leave Sunagakure vulnerable to Konoha and Iwagakure, and Arai warned him about facing the Third Raikage.
• Yubi decided to return to Sunagakure, leaving Arai and Sasori to handle Konoha’s coming attacks, and reassured Arai that they only needed to drive the Kumogakure unit back.
• Yubi returned to his tent and spent his accumulated positive experience points on system items before preparing to leave with several Uchiha.

Yubi gave Arai healing supplies and instructions to hold off Konoha while he left for the Land of Wind. Meanwhile, the Third Raikage led a Kumogakure force toward Sunagakure, hoping to exploit its weakened defenses before Yubi could return.

• Yubi exchanged his remaining points for Senzu Beans and a one-use group-healing scroll, then gave them to Arai and explained their functions.
• Yubi warned Arai to defend the camp, conserve the supplies, and watch for Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Yubi left the front with Uchiha Himeki and the others, telling Sasori that he was the only one who could handle Minato Namikaze.
• The Third Raikage led more than ten Kumogakure shinobi toward Sunagakure after learning that Sunagakure had inflicted heavy losses on Konoha.
• The Third Raikage focused on Blood Medic Yubi as a major threat and urged his squad to move faster across the desert.

Yubi weighed how to strengthen himself against the Third Raikage and considered recycling March of the Dead to afford a powerful ability. A day later, the Third Raikage attacked Sunagakure and demanded its medical resources and research data, while Chiyo prepared to resist him.

• Yubi assessed the danger posed by the Third Raikage and the future Fourth Raikage, then searched the system for a major combat upgrade.
• Yubi considered recycling March of the Dead for 1,500 negative experience points but decided to use it once more before giving it up.
• The Third Raikage and his Kumogakure squad smashed through Sunagakure's gates and overwhelmed the village shinobi who confronted them.
• Chiyo gathered several hundred Sunagakure shinobi and surrounded the attackers.
• The Third Raikage demanded Sunagakure's medical resources and research data, threatening to kill Chiyo and her forces if they refused.
• Chiyo rejected the demand and sent the Sunagakure shinobi charging at the enemy.

Yubi returned to Sunagakure during Kumogakure’s surprise attack and found the village badly damaged, with Chiyo struggling to hold off the Third Raikage. He reached the pharmaceutical factory and confronted Fourth Raikage A and two Kumogakure Jonin as they seized its supplies.

• The Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage A led Kumogakure forces into Sunagakure, while A’s squad targeted the pharmaceutical factory and other key facilities.
• Fourth Raikage A and four Kumogakure Jonin reached the factory and attacked Ebizo’s combat unit.
• Yubi hurried back to Sunagakure, saw the devastation, and identified Kumogakure fighters at the factory, office building, and hospital.
• Yubi sent Uchiha Himeki and the others toward the hospital, then headed for the factory as Chiyo kept the Third Raikage occupied.
• At the factory, Yubi found two Kumogakure Jonin taking medicines and supplies while Fourth Raikage A blocked his blood attack.
• Yubi charged at Fourth Raikage A and the two Jonin.

Yubi fought Fourth Raikage A during Kumogakure’s attack on Sunagakure, then caught up with A and the Third Raikage as they tried to retreat. He sent Chiyo and the surviving Sunagakure shinobi away and pursued the two Raikage alone, leaving them determined to kill him.

• Yubi clashed with Fourth Raikage A, used Blood Release to block the factory exit, and killed one Kumogakure jonin while A escaped with another.
• Yubi caught up to the Third Raikage and A on the battlefield where the Third Raikage had nearly defeated Chiyo’s group.
• A Kumogakure jonin exploded after Yubi’s genjutsu took effect, and Yubi ordered Chiyo and the surviving Sunagakure shinobi to withdraw.
• The Third Raikage and A fled toward the outskirts of Sunagakure, but Yubi pursued them after using March of the Dead to strengthen his body.
• The Raikage and A realized Yubi was keeping pace with them and decided to find a place to kill him.

Yubi fought the Third Raikage and A, using his Dōjutsu, Blood Release, and Medical Ninjutsu to survive their attacks and wound the Raikage. The Raikage took Yubi seriously and charged at him alongside A.

• The Third Raikage and A ambushed Yubi in a canyon, but Yubi used a clone and his Dōjutsu to counterattack and nearly strike A with a Chakra Scalpel.
• The Third Raikage saved A, then used Black Lightning and Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite to pierce Yubi and bury him beneath a collapsing mountain.
• Yubi survived his fatal injuries through Medical Ninjutsu and struck the Third Raikage with a streak of blood when the two lowered their guard.
• Yubi realized that concentrated Blood Release could penetrate the Raikage’s and A’s defenses if he created an opening in their Lightning Release Armor.
• The Third Raikage recognized Yubi’s extraordinary Medical Ninjutsu, and he and A charged at him together.

Yubi fought the Third Raikage and A, then used a Senzu Bean to restore his chakra and baited them into committing to a finishing attack. As they charged, Yubi activated Room, springing the trap he had prepared to turn the battle around.

• The Third Raikage and A relentlessly attacked Yubi, who focused his counterattacks on A while healing his injuries with Reverse Cursed Technique.
• With his chakra nearly depleted, Yubi unleashed Blood Release: Sharp Spear Forest, forcing the Raikage and A to defend themselves in midair.
• Yubi ate a Senzu Bean and returned to peak condition, revealing the trump card he had saved.
• The Third Raikage and A realized chakra exhaustion would not defeat Yubi and resolved to inflict irreversible damage.
• As the two charged, Yubi activated Room at the moment he had been waiting for.

Yubi used ROOM: Shambles to bypass the Third Raikage’s defenses and kill him, though A escaped. After Sunagakure shinobi arrived and found the Raikage’s corpse, Yubi prepared to return to the village with it.

• Yubi activated ROOM and exchanged places with a pebble, then cut the Third Raikage in half while the Raikage wounded him with a lightning-coated strike.
• Yubi’s blood flooded the Raikage’s exposed organs, and the dying Raikage urged A to run while unleashing Black Lightning at Yubi.
• Yubi pulled A’s backpack, containing the sealing scroll taken from Sunagakure, to his side, but let A escape because his chakra was too depleted to pursue him.
• Yubi healed his injuries and explained that ROOM consumed far more chakra than expected, then approached the Third Raikage’s lifeless body.
• Sunagakure shinobi arrived and were stunned to find the Third Raikage dead, and Yubi told them to return to the village with the body.

Yubi returned to Sunagakure with the Third Raikage’s corpse and used a speech to rally the village after the attack. The crowd began calling for him to become Kazekage, so Yubi fled before the gathering could get out of hand, leaving Chiyo to take charge.

• Chiyo and Ebizo waited anxiously for Yubi while keeping the unresponsive Konoha shinobi surrounded at the hospital.
• A messenger reported that Yubi had returned safely and summoned the village’s ninja, civilians, and merchant caravans to the main gate.
• Chiyo and Ebizo saw the Third Raikage’s corpse beside Yubi and realized Yubi had killed him.
• Yubi apologized for Sunagakure’s losses, announced the Third Raikage’s death, and declared the village’s resolve to defend itself.
• The crowd cheered and began chanting for Yubi to become Kazekage and Fourth, so he ended his speech and hurried away with the corpse.
• Chiyo stepped forward to manage the crowd and decided to act as Yubi vanished.

After treating Sunagakure’s wounded, Yubi gained new Op-Op Fruit powers and reached Kage-level strength. Chiyo and Ebizo appointed him the Fourth Kazekage, and he accepted the role, vowing to make Sunagakure the strongest village in the Shinobi World.

• Yubi treated Chiyo and Ebizo, gaining experience points that let him add ROOM: Takt to his Op-Op Fruit abilities.
• Yubi realized his strength had reached Kage level, but noticed that villagers and visitors had begun treating him with unusual fervor after he killed the Third Raikage.
• A Sunagakure Anbu summoned Yubi to meet Chiyo, where he found Ebizo and another senior official beside a Kazekage robe and hat.
• Chiyo told Yubi that his inauguration as the Fourth Kazekage was scheduled for a week later and rejected his attempt to refuse the position.
• Yubi accepted the Kazekage hat and vowed to make Sunagakure the strongest in the Shinobi World.

After killing the Third Raikage, Yubi was appointed Fourth Kazekage, and news of his rise unsettled Rasa while boosting morale among Sunagakure’s forces. Konoha’s commanders recognized the danger of Yubi’s strength but saw his departure from the front as an opportunity to attack Sunagakure.

• Rasa received news that Yubi had killed the Third Raikage and been appointed Fourth Kazekage, and he questioned whether he could ever match Yubi’s strength.
• Arai and Sasori welcomed Yubi’s appointment, and Arai urged Sunagakure’s troops to defend their sector and counter Minato Namikaze’s attacks.
• Kazuto told Konoha’s commanders that Yubi had defeated the Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage A, leaving A as the sole survivor of the Kumogakure squad.
• An Uchiha Jonin dismissed Yubi’s victory as the result of underhanded tactics, but Minato doubted that explanation.
• Shikaku argued that Yubi’s absence from the front weakened Sunagakure and recommended that Konoha attack while he served as Kazekage.

After Yubi killed the Third Raikage and became the youngest Kazekage, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ōnoki assessed the consequences for the war. Ōnoki ordered an attack on weakened Kumogakure while learning that Sunagakure’s scarce medicine was difficult and expensive to obtain.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered how Yubi’s victory over the Third Raikage and rise to Kazekage strengthened Sunagakure.
• Ōnoki and Kitsuchi discussed how quickly Yubi had taken office after the fight, suggesting he had not suffered serious injuries.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to pull forces back from the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire and attack the Land of Lightning.
• Kitsuchi reported that Iwagakure had only enough indirectly purchased Sunagakure medicine for short-term use on one battlefield.
• Ōnoki concluded that Sunagakure was controlling medicine supplies and murmured about the Fourth Kazekage.

Yubi became Sunagakure’s Fourth Kazekage at a ceremony attended by the villagers and the Daimyo of the Land of Wind. After taking up his new duties, Yubi met with Chiyo and the Daimyo for a private discussion, suspecting the Daimyo had come to pursue the village’s industries.

• Yubi walked onto the platform as Sunagakure’s new Kazekage and received cheers from the gathered villagers.
• Encouraged by the crowd, Yubi thanked the villagers for their trust and promised to lead the village toward a better future.
• After the ceremony, Yubi returned to the Kazekage office and received a stack of work documents from an administrative shinobi.
• The shinobi told Yubi that Chiyo had asked him to meet with the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, and Yubi suspected the Daimyo wanted access to Sunagakure’s industries.
• That evening, Yubi went to the Daimyo’s residence and found only Chiyo and the Daimyo there with him.

Yubi negotiated with the Daimyo of the Land of Wind over expanding Sunagakure’s pharmaceutical industry and firmly rejected the Daimyo’s attempt to control it. The Daimyo left the discussion furious after Yubi asserted that he answered only to the village.

• Chiyo told Yubi that the Daimyo wanted to discuss Sunagakure’s industry.
• The Daimyo praised the village’s pharmaceutical success and proposed funding factories throughout the Land of Wind.
• Yubi agreed to expansion only if Sunagakure managed every branch, limited their number, and received eighty percent of the profits.
• Yubi explained that controlling production protected the village’s earnings, research, and security, while arguing that the Daimyo’s household had no right to dictate terms.
• The Daimyo demanded obedience, but Yubi declared that he answered only to Sunagakure and called them partners who owed each other their security.
• The Daimyo slammed the table and stood up in anger at Yubi’s defiance.

Yubi retaliated against the Daimyo of the Land of Wind by secretly giving him an illness only Yubi could cure, then prepared to keep Uchiha and Hyuga bloodlines in Sunagakure. Chiyo warned that this could provoke Konoha while Kumogakure and Kirigakure threatened the village, but Yubi said he had a countermeasure.

• Yubi rejected the Daimyo's threats and ordered Chiyo to stop sending pharmaceutical factory profits to the Daimyo's court.
• Yubi secretly injected the sleeping Daimyo with a substance intended to cause a serious illness only Yubi could treat.
• The Daimyo left Sunagakure early the next morning, while Yubi remained unconcerned about his threatened retaliation.
• Yubi met Chiyo and other officials to discuss Uchiha Himeki, his four companions, and Hyuga Irie, deciding to continue their bloodlines in Sunagakure.
• Chiyo warned that incorporating Uchiha and Hyuga bloodlines could provoke Konoha while Kumogakure and Kirigakure threatened Sunagakure, and Yubi assured her he had a countermeasure.

Yubi planned to exploit Sunagakure’s pharmaceutical resources and shifting alliances to pressure the other villages into concessions while keeping Sunagakure out of the worst fighting. As Sunagakure suffered losses against Konoha in the Land of Rivers, he focused on preserving the village’s strength and recruiting talent during the war.

• Yubi ordered contact with Ōnoki to discuss pharmaceutical cooperation, explaining that he intended to draw Iwagakure into pressuring Konoha and Kumogakure.
• Yubi told Sunagakure’s senior officials that he would use medicine to negotiate concessions from the villages as the war drained their strength, while avoiding a decisive fight.
• The officials recognized the risks and potential rewards of Yubi’s plan as he left the secret chamber where Uchiha Himeki and the others were detained.
• Yubi considered reports from the Land of Rivers showing that Arai and Sasori were struggling against Konoha’s reinforcements, including Minato Namikaze.
• Yubi concluded that Sunagakure needed to preserve its population and military strength, pursue reforms, encourage births, and recruit talent while other villages were occupied by war.

Yubi and Ōnoki met secretly to discuss Sunagakure selling medicinal supplies to Iwagakure. Yubi explained that Sunagakure wanted to ease pressure from other villages, and Ōnoki asked him to name a price.

• Ōnoki and Kitsuchi waited with Iwagakure Jonin for Yubi and Sunagakure’s delegation to arrive for secret negotiations.
• Yubi arrived with Chiyo, and Ōnoki complained about the delay before Chiyo challenged his dismissive attitude.
• Chiyo threatened to end the talks, prompting Ōnoki to rein in his anger and continue negotiating with Yubi.
• Ōnoki asked why Sunagakure was offering medicine, and Yubi explained that the village faced pressure from Konoha, Kirigakure, and possibly Kumogakure.
• Ōnoki asked whether Sunagakure wanted Iwagakure to withdraw, but Yubi said trade and war could continue separately.
• Ōnoki told Yubi to name his price.

Yubi negotiated a costly medicine partnership with Iwagakure and reorganized Sunagakure’s battlefront strategy to protect its forces and profit from the war. Rasa began to question his own hard-line beliefs after seeing the long-term thinking behind Yubi’s plans.

• Ōnoki accepted Yubi’s offer to sell medicine at twice the market rate after Yubi explained Iwagakure’s need for Sunagakure’s supplies.
• Ōnoki warned Kitsuchi and the other Iwagakure Jonin to be cautious when dealing with Yubi.
• Yubi met Rasa, Shimizu, and the others at Sunagakure’s border front and ordered forces reassigned to support the front against Konoha.
• Yubi told Rasa he could become the next Kazekage after the war, briefly startling everyone in the command tent.
• Yubi instructed Rasa and the others to preserve their troops, avoid a decisive battle with Konoha, and prolong the war to gain value from Sunagakure’s medicinal resources.
• Rasa recognized that Yubi’s strategy served the village better than his own hard-line approach, though he struggled to accept that his views might be wrong.

Yubi outlined sweeping reforms to develop Sunagakure during a brief lull in the war, despite concerns about the cost. He revealed plans to fund the reforms through daimyo support and by sending trained healthcare workers to other villages and countries, though Chiyo questioned whether the promised funding was real.

• Yubi assessed the military situation and concluded Sunagakure had a brief opportunity to develop while other villages were occupied with war.
• Yubi gathered senior officials and capable administrators and proposed pensions, free healthcare, expanded public facilities, more education, vocational training, and recruitment of Land of Wind residents.
• Chiyo warned that Sunagakure could not afford to implement all the reforms at once, but Yubi insisted that the village establish the new systems as quickly as possible.
• Yubi proposed training ordinary healthcare workers and sending them to smaller villages, countries, and nobles in exchange for income while promoting Sunagakure's medical services and pharmaceuticals.
• Yubi claimed the daimyo's residence would soon provide substantial funding, and Chiyo questioned how he could secure it given his poor relationship with the Daimyo of the Land of Wind.

After Kumogakure came under attack from Iwagakure and Konoha, Yubi assessed the war and identified Kirigakure as Sunagakure’s greatest uncertainty, partly because of its possible connection to Madara. The chapter ended with Yubi receiving a request to visit the seriously ill daimyo.

• Kumogakure appointed the Third Raikage's son, Fourth Raikage A, as its leader, and Ōnoki invaded the Land of Lightning with an Iwagakure army.
• Konoha launched a major offensive against Kumogakure and sent Minato Namikaze to join Orochimaru in the Land of Rice Fields, while Sunagakure faced less pressure in the Land of Rivers.
• Yubi concluded that the Uchiha Clan’s refusal to leave the Land of Rivers showed its determination to force Sunagakure to answer for its captured clansmen.
• Yubi judged Kirigakure to be the main threat Sunagakure needed to watch, and worried that Madara might be manipulating the Third Mizukage and preparing to use Obito.
• A messenger told Yubi that the daimyo had suddenly fallen seriously ill and wanted him to visit.