Chapter Summaries

Yubi suspected the newcomer Tobi was Obito Uchiha and tried to lure him into investigating Yoru, while Obito grew suspicious of Yoru and tried to influence Akatsuki’s leadership. After Yahiko rejected his ideas, Obito turned toward Nagato and Konan, then used Kamui to leave when White Zetsu reported that Yoru had gone out.

• Yubi recognized the newcomer as Obito Uchiha, judged that Madara was dead, and decided to kill Obito by drawing him into a trap.
• Yubi examined Obito’s chakra with his eyes, but Obito noticed and began suspecting that Yoru possessed a dōjutsu.
• Obito gained Yahiko’s trust and tried to push him toward harsher attacks on Amegakure, but Yahiko repeatedly rejected his ideas.
• Obito shifted his efforts toward Nagato and Konan, whose views showed some agreement with his own.
• White Zetsu told Obito that Yoru had left the base, and Obito activated Kamui to enter another dimension.

Yubi ambushed Obito and revealed that he knew both the Fourth Kazekage’s identity and Obito’s plans for the Akatsuki. He confronted Obito, Black Zetsu, and White Zetsu with a choice: kill him or risk having their secrets exposed.

• Yubi used a chakra double to mislead Obito, then attacked him with a blood beam and blood projectiles when he caught up.
• Obito used Kamui to evade Yubi’s attacks, while White Zetsu tried to bind Yubi with the Spore Technique and drain his chakra.
• Yubi turned White Zetsu’s growth into tainted blood, and Black Zetsu and White Zetsu revealed themselves beside Obito.
• Obito recognized Yubi as the Fourth Kazekage and threatened to expose him to the Akatsuki before attempting to flee.
• Yubi removed his mask, identified Obito as Obito Uchiha, and disclosed that he knew about Obito’s plan to control the Akatsuki and collect the tailed beasts.
• Yubi declared that he had prepared the encounter as a battlefield and challenged Obito to kill him or be killed.

Yubi summoned the Third Raikage with Impure World Reincarnation to keep Black Zetsu occupied while he fought Obito. Obito used Kamui to evade Yubi’s attacks and identified a possible weakness in his blood-based armor, leaving him confident that his abilities gave him the advantage.

• Yubi summoned the Third Raikage and controlled him with a talisman, sending him to fight Black Zetsu.
• Yubi and Obito clashed as White Zetsu clones swarmed Yubi and Obito used wood techniques, genjutsu, and a chain to attack him.
• Yubi cut through Obito’s wooden defenses with blood threads and a blood spear, but Obito escaped into another dimension with Kamui.
• Yubi turned toward Black Zetsu, but Obito reappeared and attacked him with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Yubi survived the flames inside hardened blood-crystal armor, and Obito noticed that the heat melted some of it.
• Obito evaded Yubi’s blood projectile with Kamui and concluded that his intangibility and Mangekyō gave him an advantage.

Yubi defeated Obito by revealing that his apparent exhaustion had been a deception, then captured Black Zetsu and forced him to cooperate. He ordered Black Zetsu to take him to the hideout and Madara’s corpse, leaving the Akatsuki’s plans in ruins and Black Zetsu under his watch.

• Obito used Kamui to survive Yubi’s relentless attacks, then struck him with Wood Release after Yubi appeared to run out of chakra.
• Obito believed he had killed Yubi, but Yubi revived with the Yin Seal released, decapitated Obito, and killed him after Izanagi’s protection was spent.
• Yubi used his Op-Op Fruit ability to capture Black Zetsu and sealed him with a talisman made by Bunpuku.
• Yubi revealed that he knew Black Zetsu’s connection to Kaguya and offered to cooperate, while ordering him to take him to the hideout and Madara’s corpse.
• Black Zetsu agreed to follow Yubi, who stored Obito’s corpse and resolved to keep Black Zetsu under his control.

Yubi killed Obito and left Akatsuki, believing he had thwarted Madara and Black Zetsu’s plans and changed the fate of the shinobi world. Konan and Nagato found Yoru’s broken mask at the battlefield, while Yubi continued toward the Land of Grass with Zetsu.

• Konan and Nagato searched the devastated battlefield for Yoru and found his broken mask.
• Yubi traveled toward the Land of Grass with Zetsu after killing Obito, deciding that Konan and Nagato no longer needed to intercept him.
• Yubi received the system’s maximum negative experience reward for killing Obito and gained 60 Hatred Points from an unidentified character.
• Yubi considered how Obito’s death might alter events involving Konoha, Kirigakure, and Akatsuki, and decided he could shape future events to benefit Sunagakure.
• Black Zetsu concealed his resentment and fear of Yubi, while Yubi configured the Op-Op Fruit’s Room Transplant ability.

Yubi forced Black Zetsu to cooperate, visited Madara’s hideout in the Land of Grass, and took Madara’s corpse and grave goods from a mountain in the Land of Fire. He left Black Zetsu and the White Zetsu to monitor the Shinobi World and ordered Black Zetsu to return with him to Sunagakure.

• Black Zetsu decided to cooperate with Yubi and guided him to Madara’s underground hideout in the Land of Grass.
• Yubi examined the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and questioned Black Zetsu about Madara’s Sharingan.
• Black Zetsu told Yubi that Madara’s Sharingan were with his corpse, hidden in a remote mountain in the Land of Fire.
• Yubi found Madara’s remains, took the corpse and its grave goods, and considered the risks of reviving him.
• Yubi ordered Black Zetsu to return to Sunagakure with him while the White Zetsu and Demonic Statue remained at the hideout.

Yubi prepared Sunagakure’s forces and genetic research for an invasion of the Land of Rain. After learning that Akatsuki was about to negotiate with Amegakure, he set out to join the army at the border.

• Yubi transplanted Sharingan into Sunagakure Jonin and helped Saori develop a Kaguya bone-cell serum that reduced the drawbacks of their kekkei genkai.
• Yubi planned three types of injectable genetic serum and considered whether combining Uchiha blood with Hashirama and Uzumaki cells could eventually produce the Rinnegan.
• Yubi kept Obito Uchiha’s spent Mangekyō Sharingan, declined Zetsu’s suggestion to transplant an eye, and ordered Zetsu to wear Sunagakure’s forehead protector.
• Arai reported that Sunagakure’s army had reached the Land of Rain’s border, and Yubi ordered him to set out with him.
• Yubi learned through White Zetsu that Akatsuki was about to negotiate with Amegakure and prepared to take the first step toward reshaping the Shinobi World.

Hanzō and Danzo ambushed Akatsuki and forced Nagato to choose between killing Yahiko and Konan's life. Yubi, Rasa, and Sasori arrived from Sunagakure just in time to save Akatsuki, leaving Hanzō and Danzo facing the new opponents.

• Yahiko led Akatsuki into Hanzō's trap, where Amegakure and Konoha forces surrounded them and captured Konan.
• Hanzō threatened Konan and ordered Nagato to kill Yahiko, while Nagato anxiously asked where Sunagakure's forces were.
• Yahiko lunged toward Nagato's kunai, but he teleported away before it could strike him.
• Yubi appeared with Rasa and Sasori, used his domain to bring Konan to safety, and challenged Hanzō and Danzo.

Yubi confronted Hanzō after Sunagakure intervened to save the Akatsuki, while Yahiko learned that Konan and Nagato had sought Sunagakure’s help. Hanzō forced a battle to begin, and Yubi countered Ibuse’s poison with a spreading red mist.

• Yubi accused Amegakure of colluding with Konoha, and Sasori and Yubi challenged Hanzō’s authority over the Land of Rain.
• Konan told Yahiko that she and Nagato had accepted Sunagakure’s help to defeat Hanzō, but Yahiko objected to relying on an outside power.
• Danzo ordered the Root forces to retreat, but Hanzō summoned Ibuse and attacked to keep Konoha from withdrawing.
• Konoha ninja formed a protective wall around Danzo as Amegakure forces charged Yubi, Sasori, Rasa, and the Akatsuki.
• Yubi raised a vast wave of blood, released a thick red mist, and warned Hanzō that he would join him in using poison.

Yubi and the Sunagakure fighters devastated the Amegakure forces, and Yubi killed Hanzō in a swift exchange. As the Konoha troops charged him, Yubi unleashed a tide of blood across the high ground.

• Yubi's blood poison spread through the battlefield, while Hanzō used explosive tags and fire to weaken the Bloody Mist.
• Rasa buried Amegakure ninja with gold dust, while the Third Raikage and Sasori's puppets attacked Hanzō's forces and Ibuse.
• Yubi evaded Hanzō's attacks, stole his chain sickle, and used his spatial ability to leave Hanzō vulnerable at close range.
• Yubi severed Hanzō's head and caught it as the Konoha troops watched in shock.
• The Konoha commander led his troops in a charge, and Yubi swept across the high ground with a tide of blood.

Yahiko and Nagato watched Sunagakure’s forces overwhelm Amegakure after the Fourth Kazekage killed Hanzō, while Danzo fled toward the Land of Fire. Arai’s Sunagakure squad ambushed Danzo and his Root escort, revealing that every member had a Sharingan before attacking.

• Yahiko and Nagato stayed behind as Konan led Akatsuki’s members away from the battle, where the Fourth Kazekage and Hanzō had begun fighting.
• Yubi, Sasori, and Rasa attacked Amegakure’s forces with blood techniques, puppets, and Gold Dust while Rasa replenished his chakra with a Senzu Bean.
• Danzo withdrew with a Root escort, concluded that Sunagakure had planned its attack on the Land of Rain, and resolved that Konoha needed to curb the village’s rise.
• Arai and twenty Sunagakure ninja ambushed Danzo’s group in the forest and challenged Konoha’s claim that Sunagakure had broken their ceasefire.
• Arai revealed that every Sunagakure ninja in the squad had a Sharingan, then said the Fourth Kazekage had sent them to repay Danzo for past attacks and signaled them to charge.

Yubi defeated Hanzō and confronted Yahiko’s Akatsuki, insisting that the Land of Rain become territory of the Land of Wind under their prior agreement. Yahiko accepted that he had little choice and asked what Yubi wanted the Akatsuki to do.

• After Hanzō died, the Amegakure forces broke and fled, while Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan regrouped with the Akatsuki.
• Yahiko assessed Sunagakure’s victory and concluded that the Akatsuki could not defeat Yubi, Rasa, and Sasori.
• Yubi gained 5,000 experience points for killing Hanzō and considered saving more points to configure Room Scan.
• Yubi told Yahiko and the others that Sunagakure was seizing Amegakure and that the Land of Rain would belong to the Land of Wind.
• Konan objected, but Yubi invoked their agreement and threatened the Akatsuki with the Cursed Seal he had placed inside her.
• Yahiko accepted the situation and asked Yubi what he wanted the Akatsuki to do.

Yubi forced Akatsuki to accept Sunagakure’s temporary rule over the Land of Rain, taking Nagato’s Rinnegan in exchange for removing Konan’s cursed seal. Akatsuki remained independent and resolved to grow stronger while Yubi prepared for the wider backlash his plans could provoke.

• Yubi offered Yahiko a five-year period for Sunagakure to restore peace in the Land of Rain, and Yahiko agreed while reserving Akatsuki’s right to reclaim sovereignty if conditions did not improve.
• Yubi demanded Nagato’s eyes to remove Konan’s cursed seal, and Nagato agreed; Yubi took the Rinnegan, restored Nagato’s ordinary eyes, and removed Konan’s seal.
• Yubi warned Akatsuki not to interfere in the coming fighting, then left with Sasori and Rasa while explaining that he intended to use Akatsuki as a political counterweight against other villages.
• Yubi anticipated that Sunagakure’s expansion into the Land of Rain could provoke the other great villages and lead to a war against Sunagakure.
• Yahiko acknowledged Akatsuki’s weakness and resolved to keep pursuing peace while building strength, and his companions pledged to continue following him.

Yubi learned that Danzo had escaped wounded and that Sunagakure’s assault on Amegakure was close to overwhelming its defenders. As Danzo returned to Konoha vowing to destroy the Uchiha, Yubi headed toward Amegakure to oversee its capture.

• Arai told Yubi that Danzo had escaped with serious wounds, and Yubi revealed that the attack had been meant to deepen Danzo’s hostility toward the Uchiha.
• Zetsu reported that Amegakure’s defenses were crumbling while Hanzo and the village’s main force were away, so Yubi decided to go there.
• Shimizu directed Sunagakure forces through Amegakure, ordered troops to pursue fleeing defenders and protect villagers, and moved to join Pakura’s assault on Hanzo’s residence.
• Danzo was carried back toward Konoha, blaming Hiruzen for Sunagakure’s acquisition of Sharingan and renewing his resolve to eliminate the Uchiha.
• Danzo recognized Yubi’s strategy but expected Sunagakure to suffer from the Uchiha’s presence, and resolved to warn the other villages about Sunagakure’s ambitions.

Yubi’s forces captured Amegakure, and he ordered a harsh crackdown while negotiating Sunagakure’s control with the villagers’ elders. As Sunagakure began planning its occupation of the Land of Rain, Ōnoki learned of the conquest and ordered Iwagakure to protest and demand talks.

• Yubi ordered the execution of Amegakure’s major clans’ remaining members and arranged for village elders to negotiate with Sunagakure.
• Yubi’s forces agreed that Sunagakure would control and transform Amegakure, while planning operations to subdue the Land of Rain’s regional powers and armed groups.
• Yubi left Sasori and Rasa in charge of the occupied village and instructed them to kill anyone who resisted.
• Yubi returned to Sunagakure to receive the Fuma Clan, which was preparing to relocate there.
• Ōnoki learned that Sunagakure had captured Amegakure and suspected it had cooperated with the Akatsuki.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to contact the Third Hokage and send Sunagakure a stern protest demanding an explanation and talks.

Yubi welcomed the Fuma Clan as it settled in Sunagakure, while discussing the village’s political isolation and plans to counter it with Chiyo. He recognized a Fuma Clan member who was destined to become the first male Animal Path in the original story.

• Baki and Yura escorted Fuma Masahide and more than fifty Fuma Clan members toward Sunagakure.
• Masahide considered joining Sunagakure a gamble but hoped the clan’s move would raise his standing in the village.
• Yubi and Chiyo discussed how Sunagakure would dismiss other villages’ objections and blame Danzo for colluding with Hanzō.
• Yubi welcomed Masahide at the village gates and shook his hand, though Masahide left him with a bad impression.
• Yubi spotted a long-haired Fuma Clan member he recognized as the future first male Animal Path.

Yubi welcomed the Fuma Clan into Sunagakure but withheld promises of power, ordering an assessment and surveillance as the clan settled into its new compound. Masahide’s followers plotted to gain influence, while Fuma Hayato doubted their judgment.

• Yubi toured Sunagakure with Fuma Masahide and the Fuma Clan, whose members were pleased with their new compound and began demanding positions and preferential treatment.
• Yubi and Ebizo reminded the Fuma Clan that they would have to follow village rules and prove their strength; Masahide apologized for his people’s demands.
• Yubi told Baki to assess the Fuma Clan’s abilities the next day and have Anbu watch them closely.
• Masahide led a meeting where Fuma Clan members discussed using their strength to secure authority and resources, agreeing to wait until they had entered village institutions before pushing harder.
• Fuma Hayato watched the clan leaders plot and thought they were a bunch of fools.

Sunagakure assessed the Fuma Clan’s ninja in combat, revealing how far most of them lagged behind the village’s trained fighters. Fuma Masahide and three others earned Jonin ranks, while Yubi studied Masahide’s Curse Binding Mandala.

• Yubi watched as Sunagakure Jonin defeated Fuma Ken and Fuma Ryoya, who was promoted to Special Jōnin after Yubi intervened.
• Fuma Masahide fought the exhausted Sunagakure Jonin and won by trapping him with Curse Binding Mandala, earning the Jonin rank.
• Yubi analyzed the spatial barrier technique and noted its lethal effect and the time and precision needed to use it.
• Two more Fuma Clan members, including Fuma Hayato, earned Special Jōnin ranks for their abilities and experience.
• The day’s assessments ended with four Fuma Clan members promoted to Jonin, leaving the clan disappointed by how weak most of its members were compared with Sunagakure’s ninja.

Yubi sent the newly arrived Fuma Clan to the Land of Rain front, presenting the mission as a chance to prove themselves and gain standing in Sunagakure. After learning that Fuma Masahide planned to seek clan benefits, Yubi ordered Fuma Hayato to take over as clan head once Masahide died.

• Yubi told Fuma Masahide that the clan needed battlefield experience to earn important positions and sent them to the Land of Rain.
• Zetsu revealed that Yubi knew Masahide planned to use the clan's growing influence to demand favorable terms from Sunagakure.
• Yubi questioned Fuma Hayato about his views, and Hayato criticized Masahide for putting the clan's interests ahead of loyalty to the village.
• Yubi told Hayato that Masahide would die in the Land of Rain and ordered Hayato to take over as clan head.
• Yubi ordered Zetsu to have Sasori and Rasa eliminate any Fuma Clan members who resisted the handover or obstructed the mission.

Sunagakure’s brutal campaign crushed resistance across the Land of Rain, while Shimizu and Sasori blocked Konoha and Iwagakure from gathering intelligence. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi considered how to respond to Sunagakure’s expansion as the village faced other pressing problems.

• Rasa ordered Sunagakure forces to kill everyone at a suspected rebel base, including civilians, as they swept through the Land of Rain.
• Yahiko learned that Sunagakure’s campaign had caused civilian deaths, while Konan noted that its brutality was driving armed groups to withdraw.
• Shimizu intercepted Konoha ninja at the border and warned them to leave, declaring that the Land of Rain was now the Land of Wind.
• Sasori ordered Sunagakure ninja to erase evidence after he killed more than a dozen Iwagakure ninja, and he continued turning Hanzo of the Salamander’s body into a puppet.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed Sunagakure’s advance with Konoha’s leaders, while Danzo proposed an alliance with other ninja villages and Sarutobi asked Minato and the others for their views.