Recaps

Yubi built Sunagakure’s medicine industry, arranged the Third Kazekage’s death, and helped push the village into war with Konoha. As Sunagakure’s invasion advanced, Yubi and Sasori prepared an ambush for Minato’s approaching vanguard.

• Yubi expanded Sunagakure’s medicine business, secured trade and ingredient supplies, and won the support of village leaders despite Rasa’s concern about his growing prestige.
• Yubi and Sasori poisoned and killed the Third Kazekage, then helped conceal his death while Chiyo took charge of the village.
• Yubi strengthened his abilities, prepared Sunagakure for war, and persuaded its leaders to blame Konoha publicly while secretly planning an attack.
• Orochimaru attacked Yubi in Sunagakure but escaped, and Yubi convinced Chiyo to proceed with the invasion without alerting Konoha.
• Yubi led Sunagakure’s forces through the Land of Rivers, directing attacks on Konoha outposts and intercepting messengers before they could warn the village.
• Yubi organized ambushes for Konoha’s reinforcements while Konoha mobilized against threats from Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure.
• Yubi and Sasori hid beside a road to intercept Konoha’s vanguard, but Minato detected them and attacked as Yubi landed.

Yubi and Sunagakure turned the war against Konoha through guerrilla tactics, medical support, and attacks on key targets. After capturing Uchiha and taking their Sharingan, Yubi failed to reproduce the eyes and began considering other ways to strengthen himself and Sunagakure.

• Yubi killed Tsume Inuzuka and Inoichi Yamanaka, escaped Minato Namikaze, and returned to Sasori with the bodies of two Sarutobi jonin.
• Yubi and Hideki harassed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s advancing army, then used traps, genjutsu, mobile medical squads, and scattered combat units to inflict heavy losses on Konoha.
• Sunagakure withdrew after its campaign in the Land of Rivers, while Yubi and Arai prepared for continued fighting and Yubi deduced that Minato had stolen their medicines.
• Yubi refused to rescue Sunagakure leaders trapped behind Konoha lines, then learned that Hiruzen had left the front and arranged for Kumogakure’s informant to hear the news.
• Uchiha Himeki led his clansmen into battle against Yubi, who killed two Uchiha, captured five, and took the dead men’s Sharingan-bearing heads before confronting Minato.
• Yubi returned with the prisoners, extracted Sharingan for study, and ordered Arai to prepare for Konoha’s likely attack.
• Yubi’s experiments failed to awaken a regrown Sharingan, so he considered developing his own body and pursuing other ways to strengthen Sunagakure.

Yubi defeated the Third Raikage, became the Fourth Kazekage, and used Sunagakure’s medical resources to strengthen the village and reshape its position in the war. As the other great villages shifted their forces, Yubi turned his attention to Kirigakure and was summoned to see the ailing Daimyo of the Land of Wind.

• Kazuto’s forces clashed with Sunagakure while Minato tried to rescue the Uchiha, but Yubi had used the prisoners as bait and defeated Hyuga Irie before withdrawing with them.
• Yubi proposed Arai as the next Kazekage and returned to Sunagakure when the Third Raikage’s forces invaded, leaving Sasori and Arai to face Konoha.
• Yubi fought the Third Raikage and A, killed the Third Raikage with ROOM, and returned to Sunagakure with his body as A escaped.
• Sunagakure’s people called for Yubi to become Kazekage, and Chiyo arranged his appointment as the Fourth Kazekage.
• Yubi challenged the Daimyo’s demands for control of Sunagakure’s industries, cut off profits to the court, and secretly injected the sleeping Daimyo with a substance only he could treat.
• Yubi negotiated to sell medicine to Ōnoki at twice the market rate, then ordered Sunagakure’s forces to avoid decisive battles and preserve their strength.
• Yubi proposed pensions, healthcare, education, training, and medical services to grow Sunagakure’s population and resources while the other villages were at war.
• Kumogakure named A its Fourth Raikage as Iwagakure invaded the Land of Lightning and Konoha attacked Kumogakure, and Yubi judged Kirigakure the main threat and learned that the Daimyo had fallen seriously ill.

Yubi strengthened Sunagakure through migration, construction, medicine, and carefully negotiated ceasefires while preparing to take the Land of Rain. As he planned the coming campaign, he also set out to meet Yahiko and face Madara and Black Zetsu directly.

• Yubi used the daimyo’s funding to expand Sunagakure, attract civilians, build institutions and factories, and recruit skilled workers from small nations.
• Yubi traveled secretly to Kirigakure, brought Haku’s mother and four Kaguya Clan members to Sunagakure, and respected Honoka’s decision to stay in the Land of the Sea.
• Yubi integrated Megumi and the Kaguya Clan members into the village, established overseas medical teams, and negotiated medicine deals with Iwagakure and Kirigakure.
• Yubi ordered Sunagakure to attack Konoha, helped turn suspicion for the Third Kazekage’s death toward Konoha, and arranged for Sasori to receive the Third Kazekage’s remains.
• Yubi secured Deidara for Sunagakure in exchange for medicine, welcomed him into the village, and later negotiated a ceasefire with Konoha that recognized the Uchiha and Hyuga clans in Sunagakure.
• Yubi secured further ceasefires and medicine agreements with Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Kumogakure, then withdrew Sunagakure from the war and set plans to invade the Land of Rain.
• Yubi assigned preparations for the campaign, began Sharingan transplants for Sunagakure Jonin, and prepared Byakugan transplants for Yashamaru and Pakura.
• Yubi learned that Yahiko’s Akatsuki was active in the Land of Rain, decided to meet him, and secretly left Sunagakure to confront the threat from Madara and Black Zetsu.