Chapter Summaries

Yubi discussed how Minato Namikaze’s theft of Sunagakure’s medicine exposed a weakness in their defenses, then used Iwagakure’s entry into the war to advance his plan against Konoha. When Sunagakure’s leaders trapped in the Land of Fire requested rescue, Yubi decided to abandon them while pretending the village would save them.

• Yubi ordered future medicine shipments sealed in scrolls and kept in his custody to prevent Minato Namikaze from stealing them again.
• Konoha’s battlefield performance improved after its forces used the stolen medicine, but Yubi remained confident in his broader strategy.
• After learning Iwagakure had deployed troops, Yubi sent word for Sunagakure’s hidden force in the Land of Fire to attack Konoha.
• The hidden leaders attacked Konoha and then requested that Sunagakure’s frontline forces break through to rescue them.
• Yubi refused Arai’s proposed rescue, arguing that the leaders’ sacrifice should be honored, and told Arai to falsely promise that the army was opening an escape route.

Konoha’s leaders debated Sunagakure’s subdued border attacks before learning that a Sunagakure force had infiltrated the Land of Fire and attacked the village. After Konoha repelled the raid, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Minato and Shikaku to intercept the fleeing enemy and called for the Hyuga and Uchiha clans to arrive ahead of schedule.

• Shikaku, Minato, and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed Sunagakure’s harassment raids, and Shikaku suspected the enemy was stalling or coordinating with Konoha’s other foes.
• Hiruzen ordered Kazuto to send the remaining Sunagakure medical supplies to Konoha’s other two fronts.
• A subordinate reported that Sunagakure had attacked the village, though Konoha had repelled the raid and begun pursuing the enemy.
• Hiruzen sent Minato and Shikaku to intercept the fleeing Sunagakure force, which Uchiha Fugaku’s team was pursuing toward the border.
• Hiruzen told Kazuto to summon the Hyuga and Uchiha clans ahead of schedule.

Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to Konoha, leaving Kazuto to command the front and deploying the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans to counter Sunagakure. Yubi realized the Hokage had withdrawn and planned to exploit the opportunity to capture the clans’ dōjutsu.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kazuto to keep his departure secret and left the battlefield for Konoha.
• The Uchiha and Hyuga Clans joined the fighting, and Sunagakure suffered its worst losses in a small-scale clash, with only six of more than fifty shinobi surviving.
• Yubi treated the wounded Sunagakure shinobi with Reverse Cursed Technique and concluded that Hiruzen Sarutobi had left the front.
• Yubi ordered Arai to inform Kumogakure’s informant that the Hokage had withdrawn.
• Yubi anticipated acting with Sasori against the Uchiha and Hyuga to seize their eyes and use Sunagakure’s pharmaceutical resources as the war intensified.

Uchiha Himeki and his clan members confronted Commander-in-Chief Kazuto for leaving them out of a tactical meeting, accusing the Konoha leadership of underestimating their strength. Himeki stayed to join the planning, but the meeting's atmosphere remained strained.

• Uchiha Himeki led several Uchiha into Kazuto's tent without waiting to be announced.
• Himeki challenged Kazuto for discussing defensive plans with Hyuga Irie without informing the Uchiha, and Kazuto explained that he had wanted them to rest after fighting.
• An Uchiha mocked Kazuto's account of Sunagakure's strength, claiming the Uchiha had routed its forces and that Blood Medic Yubi had gone into hiding.
• Kazuto defended the threat posed by Blood Medic Yubi and Sasori of the Red Sands, then invited Himeki to join future tactical planning.
• One Uchiha suggested Himeki replace Kazuto as commander, but Himeki rebuked him and the other Uchiha left.
• Himeki stayed to discuss tactics with Kazuto and the others, while Shikaku and Minato exchanged a glance in the tense meeting.

Yubi led Sunagakure troops in a major offensive against Konoha and drew Uchiha Himeki and several clansmen toward him. Seeing the small Uchiha group arrive without a larger force, Yubi welcomed the chance to fight them.

• Yubi's forces routed Konoha troops at the Land of Rivers border while Sasori attacked along a separate route.
• Kazuto learned that Yubi had entered the battle and discovered Himeki and the others had already gone after him.
• Himeki led several Uchiha clansmen toward Yubi, determined to prove his clan's value by killing him.
• Yubi noticed the Uchiha group counterattacking his troops and confirmed that no larger Konoha force was nearby.
• Yubi smiled at the seemingly isolated Uchiha squad and looked forward to the fight.

Uchiha Himeki and his squad confronted Yubi while Sunagakure surrounded the surviving Konoha Ninja. Yubi abruptly struck down two Uchiha, leaving the others stunned by his speed and power.

• Yubi halted the battle and approached Uchiha Himeki and the six other Uchiha surrounding the Konoha survivors.
• Uchiha Himeki mocked Yubi and boasted that his squad could hold out until reinforcements arrived.
• Yubi warned the Uchiha that their attempt to buy time would fail and that he would not hold back.
• Uchiha Himeki swung at Yubi, but Yubi evaded the strike and decapitated two of his clansmen in an instant.
• Yubi revealed one scarlet, gold-glowing eye as the remaining Uchiha stared at him in shock.

Yubi used his Blood Release and dōjutsu to defeat the Uchiha squad, killing two and capturing the other five. Minato arrived after Sunagakure had withdrawn and pursued Yubi to prevent him from keeping the surviving Uchiha prisoners.

• Yubi unleashed Flying Star, wounding the Uchiha and the surrounding Konoha Ninja with a dense barrage of blood.
• Yubi used his Ketsuryūgan to disrupt Uchiha Himeki’s attack and immobilize him, then knocked the wounded Uchiha unconscious.
• Yubi left two dead Uchiha behind, took their Sharingan-bearing heads, and ordered the Sunagakure force to withdraw with the five captives.
• Minato Namikaze reached the battlefield, inferred that Sunagakure had taken the surviving Uchiha, and set off in pursuit.

Yubi captured several Uchiha Clan members and intercepted Minato Namikaze as he pursued Sunagakure’s retreating troops, intending to stop a rescue attempt. After warning Minato that Konoha was in a weakened position, Yubi left with the prisoners, while Minato was left weighing the danger of pursuing them.

• Yubi realized the captured Sharingan could help strengthen Sunagakure’s combat power and led his troops back toward their combat zone.
• Yubi sensed Minato Namikaze following them and turned back to intercept him while his deputy hurried the troops onward.
• Yubi attacked Minato with Blood Release: Blood Dragon Drill, but Minato dodged the assault and faced him on the grassland between their combat zones.
• Yubi told Minato that he would not let him reach the Uchiha Clan members and warned that Konoha lacked the strength to threaten Sunagakure without the Third Hokage.
• Yubi invited Minato to try infiltrating Sunagakure’s combat zone, then departed as Minato remained behind, troubled.

Yubi brought several Uchiha prisoners to Sunagakure and told Arai he planned to take their Sharingan. As Konoha prepared to attack, Yubi left battlefield command to Arai and Sasori and began experimenting on the captives.

• Yubi returned to camp with several living Uchiha, and Arai realized their capture could provoke Konoha into a major attack.
• Yubi told Arai he wanted the Uchiha's eyes and ordered him to prepare Sunagakure's defenses against Konoha's likely assault.
• Yubi predicted Konoha might draw Sunagakure's main force away so Minato Namikaze could rescue the prisoners, and he left the battle to Arai and Sasori.
• Yubi extracted four Sharingan from two dead Uchiha and stored the eyes and tissue samples for study.
• Yubi awakened a restrained Uchiha and observed how his fury triggered chakra activity in his brain and restored his two-tomoe Sharingan.

Yubi experimented on an Uchiha prisoner’s brain and eyes, hoping to reproduce Sharingan with Reverse Cursed Technique, but the regrown eye did not awaken. He left the prisoner obedient to his commands and considered how to use his knowledge of chakra and cellular biology to develop stronger bodies and improve Sunagakure’s fighting strength.

• Yubi operated on the Uchiha’s brain and tested whether emotional stimulation could advance his two-tomoe Sharingan, but it had no effect.
• Yubi removed one Sharingan and regrew the eye with Reverse Cursed Technique, but the replacement remained unawakened, so his plan to mass-produce Sharingan failed.
• Yubi restored the Uchiha’s skull and ordered him to move aside, leaving him with little awareness and able to follow only commands.
• Yubi reflected on how ninja biology and chakra differed from ordinary human biology, using Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal as an example of cellular modification and its risks.
• Yubi considered developing his body through Crimson Scale Pulse and blood manipulation, while also viewing experiments like the Uchiha operation as a possible route to strengthening Sunagakure.

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.