Chapter Summaries

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.

Yubi secured the daimyo’s funding and drove Sunagakure’s expansion, recruitment, and institutional planning while keeping the village out of the fiercest fighting. Battle reports showed the other villages locked in escalating battles as Sunagakure continued to appear largely absent from the war.

• Yubi visited the daimyo, who gave Sunagakure the funds intended for expanding the pharmaceutical factories, and the daimyo’s illness improved.
• Yubi mobilized Sunagakure’s villagers and shinobi, hired craftsmen from friendly small nations, and planned the expanded village’s buildings and land use.
• Yubi worked with the daimyo’s administration to bring civilians from the Land of Wind to Sunagakure and screen them, laying the groundwork for future recruitment.
• Yubi placed expanding the Ninja Academy and hospital, refining their systems, and building two pharmaceutical factories among his priorities.
• Yubi learned that Iwagakure’s medicine-supported forces were taking Land of Lightning territory from Kumogakure, while Konoha pushed Blue B’s forces back toward the border.
• Yubi received reports that Kirigakure had launched surprise offensives against the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, while Sunagakure remained mostly out of sight.

Yubi traveled secretly to negotiate resource deals with small nations, using Sunagakure’s growing importance as a medicine supplier to secure partnerships. He recognized that these nations had valuable technological skills and considered bringing some of their people to teach in Sunagakure once the village was stable.

• Yubi met with leaders of small nations to arrange exchanges of construction materials and other resources for Sunagakure.
• A guard reported that General Mifune of the Land of Iron had agreed to produce specialized construction machinery and escort minerals to the Land of Wind, though delivery would take time.
• Yubi traveled with four guards, including Baki and Yura, while keeping his meetings secret because his position as Kazekage made him a target.
• Yubi and his guards discussed how small nations developed strengths beyond military power, including technology and household goods.
• Yubi reflected that small nations might have valuable skills and considered hiring their people to teach in Sunagakure after the village became stable.

As Sunagakure faced less pressure than the other great villages, Yubi managed its affairs and arranged to search for Uzumaki survivors. After hearing reports of unrest in Kirigakure, he decided to personally seek out an Ice Release user.

• Yubi learned that Konoha had graduated its Academy students early and sent them to fight in the war.
• Yubi ordered Sunagakure's intelligence department to focus on the Land of Grass and offer a high price for any Uzumaki Clan survivors.
• An Anbu reported that Kirigakure was tightly guarded and that uncertainty around the Third Mizukage had fueled factional clashes and clan unrest.
• Yubi considered targeting Ice Release and Shikotsumyaku users but judged Kirigakure too unstable for negotiations.
• Yubi decided to travel to the Land of Water himself to find an Ice Release user and ordered the Anbu to keep his trip secret.

Yubi checked on Sunagakure’s test subjects after they received the Third Raikage’s cells, then secretly traveled to the coastal front to see his former students. The chapter left him leading Pakura, Yashamaru, Sakamoto, and Fukushima Taki away from their squad to meet him.

• Yubi examined Sunagakure ninja who had received the Third Raikage’s cells and learned that one could already use lightning-nature chakra, though none had obtained Black Lightning.
• Yubi told Chiyo he was leaving to handle village business, then departed Sunagakure alone without revealing his destination.
• Yubi reached the coastal front, where Pakura, Yashamaru, Sakamoto, and Fukushima Taki had adapted well to fighting Kirigakure.
• Yubi tossed Pakura the kunai she had given him, and she recognized it and spotted him outside the rock shelter.
• Pakura woke Yashamaru, Sakamoto, and Fukushima Taki and led them out after Yubi.

Yubi met with his students Pakura, Yashamaru, Sakamoto, and Fukushima Taki on the battlefield, praised their growth, and promised to give Pakura the Kazekage position if she became strong enough to protect the village. After gathering information about Kirigakure, he set out alone to infiltrate the Land of Water.

• Yubi met the four students in the Gobi Desert, and they greeted him as their teacher and the Fourth Kazekage.
• Yubi praised Pakura and Yashamaru for their battlefield records, while Sakamoto and Pakura bickered and Yashamaru made peace between them.
• Yubi told Pakura he would step aside for her if she became strong enough to protect the village, and she blushed before leaving.
• Yubi questioned the students about Kirigakure and reminded them to prioritize their safety before departing alone.
• Yubi planned to control Kirigakure shinobi, disguise himself, and cross through the Land of Artisans or the Land of Bears to reach the Land of Water.