Recaps

Hoshino successfully turned the Ice Release corpse into a remotely controlled puppet and learned that the Storm Release corpse was too unstable to modify. He also built a Swift Release puppet, confirmed a control range of about ten kilometers, and decided to disguise both puppets as people.

• Hoshino modified the Ice Release corpse into a puppet that could use Ice Release techniques and control it remotely through Divine Machine Hundred Refinements.
• Hoshino sent a Shadow Clone to test the Ice Release puppet outside Sunagakure while he studied the Storm Release and Swift Release corpses.
• Hoshino's Storm Release experiment failed when the corpse's unstable Chakra system collapsed and turned it to sludge.
• Hoshino successfully modified the Swift Release corpse into a small, wiry puppet.
• The Shadow Clone reported that Hoshino could control a puppet from about ten kilometers away, and Hoshino decided to make the Swift Release puppet resemble himself and the Ice Release puppet look ordinary.

Hoshino, operating through his modified Swift Release puppet, asked Rasa for Kekkei ninja and arranged to send a puppet and instructions to a Konoha spy. He then proposed targeting the Land of Wind’s nobles by using the rampant desert bandits as cover, leaving Rasa to weigh the dangerous scheme.

• Hoshino left his real body secured in the Reform Society laboratory and visited Rasa in the Kazekage Building using his modified puppet.
• Hoshino asked Rasa to obtain at least five Kekkei ninja for his project to make Kekkei removable, including examples from Kirigakure, Konoha, and Iwagakure.
• Hoshino gave Rasa a sealing scroll containing a puppet and instructions for a Konoha spy, and Rasa sent it to Guiya through an Anbu.
• Hoshino proposed making money by targeting the nobles and suggested blaming the Land of Wind’s rampant desert bandits.

Hoshino persuaded Rasa to approve a scheme for Sunagakure ninja to pose as sand bandits and profit from the nobles’ caravans and missions. In Konoha, Guiya received Bingkui, who questioned him about the Uchiha and Hyuga clans and ordered him to monitor the Uchiha.

• Hoshino proposed that Sunagakure ninja raid nobles’ caravans in disguise, then accept missions to suppress the supposed bandits.
• Rasa weighed Hoshino’s plan and concerns about Konoha, then authorized it and ordered the intelligence department to cooperate.
• Guiya returned to his home in Konoha with a sealing scroll, released a corpse, a note, and a radio device, and saw the corpse awaken as Bingkui, an Ice Release puppet.
• Bingkui asked Guiya about the Hyuga and Uchiha clans, and he described the Hyuga’s isolation and the Uchiha’s growing conflict with Konoha’s leadership.
• Bingkui concluded that the Uchiha Clan Massacre was approaching, ordered Guiya to watch the clan and wake her every three days, then returned to her lifeless state.

Kankuro promoted the Reform Society’s Spirit Puppet-Style Prostheses in Sunagakure, advertising their abilities and prices until Temari interrupted him and accused him of overcharging the villagers. The argument ended with Temari challenging Kankuro’s pricing in front of the crowd.

• Kankuro demonstrated that the Spirit Puppet-Style Prosthesis could move like a real limb and store three Ninjutsu.
• Kankuro presented custom, ninja, and civilian versions of the prosthesis at different prices.
• Kankuro explained that using stored Ninjutsu required Chakra Crystals, each of which cost 10,000 ryo and enabled three releases.
• Temari emerged from the shop, took the prosthesis from Kankuro, and accused him of deceiving the villagers.
• Temari told Kankuro that his prices were too high and that the Reform Society should serve Sunagakure rather than profit from its people.

Temari’s aggressive discounts, promotions, and Rasa’s endorsement drew a crowd of buyers to the Spirit Puppet-Style Prosthesis shop, while Hoshino and Rasa discussed the technology’s risks and Sunagakure’s transformation. Hoshino dismissed concerns about spies from other villages, confident that Chakra Crystal technology would remain secure.

• Temari lowered the prices of the three prosthesis editions and announced a Chakra Crystal deal despite Kankuro’s protests.
• Ceremonial cannons, falling streamers, and a banner showing Rasa endorsing the prosthesis excited the crowd, and Temari launched a prize drawing.
• Villagers rushed to buy prostheses and Chakra Crystals as Temari and Kankuro recognized Hoshino’s marketing scheme and the crystals’ high profit margin.
• At the Kazekage’s Office, Rasa warned Hoshino that people might maim themselves for prostheses and become dependent on external aids.
• Hoshino called the prostheses part of Sunagakure’s necessary transformation and said spies could spread the word as long as Chakra Crystal technology stayed secret.

Hoshino and Rasa discussed Sunagakure’s uncertain future and the risks of relying on prosthetics to survive a war. In Konoha, Bingkui began operating under a fabricated identity, observed Naruto being bullied, and noticed the Uchiha clan.

• Hoshino told Rasa that Sunagakure might be crippled or destroyed by war, but that its people would at least not disappear unnoticed.
• An Anbu operative summoned Rasa to meet Elder Ebizo, and Rasa urged Hoshino not to disappoint him or Sunagakure.
• Guiya gave Bingkui a fabricated identity as his distant cousin, and she left to explore Konoha.
• Bingkui saw children throw mud and slop at Naruto, but she avoided intervening to protect her cover.
• Bingkui sat near the Uchiha compound and watched Uchiha clan members pass by.

At a tense clan meeting, Fugaku agreed to prepare the Uchiha for war against Konoha. Itachi arrived amid accusations and learned that Fugaku had a task for him.

• Inabi showed the clan photographs and records documenting surveillance and mistreatment of Uchiha members.
• Yashiro and other clan members urged Fugaku to lead an armed resistance, and Fugaku ordered them to prepare for war.
• Fugaku assigned Yashiro, Inabi, and Yakumi tasks to obtain weapons, organize a special operations team, and prepare medical supplies.
• Itachi entered the meeting and faced angry accusations, including Inabi's claim that Shisui had been killed.
• Fugaku stopped the arguments, invited Itachi to sit, and said he had a task for him.

Uchiha Itachi left the clan meeting without choosing a side as the Uchiha prepared for a possible confrontation with Konoha. In the Hokage's office, Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to crush the Uchiha and invade Sunagakure for its prosthetic and Chakra Crystal technology, but Hiruzen refused.

• Uchiha Fugaku asked Uchiha Itachi to choose between the clan and Konoha, and Itachi said he needed time to think before leaving amid his clansmen's insults.
• Uchiha clansmen openly trained for battle and confronted Anbu surveillance as unrest spread through the compound.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the Uchiha's preparations and recognized the danger of a crisis erupting.
• Shimura Danzō entered Hiruzen's office and demanded immediate action against the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen showed Shimura Danzō a report on turmoil and new technology in Sunagakure, but Danzō argued that Konoha should eliminate the Uchiha and invade the Land of Wind.
• Hiruzen rejected Danzō's proposal, and Danzō warned him that he would regret it before Hiruzen asserted, "I'm the Hokage."

Shimura Danzō pressured Uchiha Itachi into agreeing to wipe out the Uchiha Clan in exchange for Sasuke’s safety, and Itachi recruited the Masked Man to help. Meanwhile, Hoshino learned the massacre was imminent and headed east toward Konoha.

• Shimura Danzō told Uchiha Itachi that Root would attack the Uchiha Clan in three days and promised Sasuke would live if Itachi killed the clan himself.
• Uchiha Itachi accepted Danzō’s demand, insisting that Sasuke survive and never learn the truth.
• Uchiha Itachi met the Masked Man at Naka Shrine and arranged for them to divide the Uchiha Clan Compound during the massacre.
• After the Masked Man left, Uchiha Itachi fell to his knees and sobbed beneath the eaves.
• Hoshino learned from his Shadow Clone that the Uchiha coup was likely underway, then flew east toward Konoha.

Guiya monitored the Uchiha Clan Compound as Root prepared to surround it, but Uchiha Itachi detected his fly puppets and attacked him with Tsukuyomi. Bingkui gathered the intelligence and destroyed the house to hide the evidence before escaping.

• Guiya saw Root ninja replace Anbu at observation posts and seal off routes into the Uchiha Clan Compound as Uchiha members gathered near Naka Shrine.
• Uchiha Itachi spotted and destroyed Guiya's fly puppets, then found another puppet watching him with Uchiha Izumi at the training ground.
• Uchiha Itachi used Tsukuyomi on Guiya, who pressed an alarm before losing consciousness.
• Bingkui found Guiya dead, took the map and documents, and planted Explosive Tags around the house.
• Bingkui detonated the tags and escaped through the rear window as the blast engulfed the house.

Bingkui escaped Kakashi Hatake and the Anbu after a fire and was suspected of being a spy with Ice Release. She reached Uchiha Izumi and claimed Izumi supported the Uchiha coup, asking her for a favor.

• Bingkui used a poisonous smoke bomb to escape Kakashi Hatake and the Anbu, who could not track her.
• Uchiha Itachi reported that a Sunagakure reconnaissance puppet had spied on the Uchiha Clan, while Kakashi Hatake reported finding traces of Ice Release.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected the possibility that the spy came from Kirigakure and ordered Kakashi Hatake to bring Danzo to him.
• Bingkui reached the outskirts of the Uchiha Clan Compound and met Uchiha Izumi, who confronted her with an Explosive Tag.
• Bingkui asked Uchiha Izumi for a favor and claimed that Izumi supported the Uchiha coup.

Bingkui told Uchiha Izumi that Uchiha Itachi had betrayed the clan and warned that the massacre was two days away, then vanished before Itachi arrived. Izumi was left doubting Itachi while Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Shimura Danzō about the Ice Release shinobi and Sunagakure.

• Bingkui showed Uchiha Izumi Konoha's knowledge of the coup plans and claimed Uchiha Itachi had agreed to the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
• Bingkui asked Izumi to bring Uchiha Yashiro to discuss cooperation and told her to open a gap in the compound's eastern defenses the next night.
• Bingkui vanished as Uchiha Itachi approached, and Izumi hid the signs of their meeting before speaking with him.
• Uchiha Itachi warned Izumi about a spy from another village, and she struggled to believe Bingkui's accusation as her Sharingan painfully began to change.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Shimura Danzō about the Ice Release shinobi, and Danzō blamed Sunagakure before Hiruzen demanded he explain what he was hiding.

Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Danzo to surrender Kinoe and find Hoshino, while secretly assigning Kakashi and the Intelligence Division to investigate. Meanwhile, Bingkui concealed her appearance and Chakra as she blended into Konoha, where she spotted Hinata Hyuga and considered abducting her.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo about his human experiments and demanded that he hand over the Wood Release ninja, Kinoe.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo suspected Hoshino had created a lifelike Human Puppet and argued over Danzo's plans concerning the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered an Anbu ninja to have Kakashi take charge of Kinoe and secretly recheck the records of recent entrants to Konoha.
• Bingkui disguised her face and concealed her Chakra before strolling through Konoha and buying dango.
• Bingkui recognized Sakura and Ino, then noticed Hinata Hyuga and considered taking her with her when she left Konoha.

Bingkui decided not to pursue Hinata’s Byakugan to avoid provoking a war between Konoha and Sunagakure. Kakashi helped Tenzo experience ordinary life through food and companionship, leaving Tenzo eager to keep exploring it.

• Bingkui reconsidered taking Hinata’s Byakugan, deciding the consequences could force Konoha and Sunagakure into war.
• Bingkui gave Hinata dango and gently encouraged her to join Sakura and Ino.
• Kakashi stopped Tenzo from forming Hand Seals and reminded him that he was off duty and should learn to live like an ordinary person.
• Kakashi took Tenzo to a dango shop, where Tenzo tried choosing and tasting dango for the first time.
• Tenzo told Kakashi he wanted to live like an ordinary person and asked to come back, while Kakashi offered to take him for ramen and other food.

Bingkui met with Uchiha Yashiro to bargain for Sharingan, revealing evidence that Uchiha Itachi and Root planned to exterminate the clan the following night. Yashiro remained wary of Sunagakure’s offer to rescue twenty Uchiha, and Bingkui invoked the Reform Society and Hoshino to build his trust.

• Bingkui slipped into the Uchiha Clan Compound and met Uchiha Yashiro at his residence.
• Bingkui revealed that she was a puppet and offered a scroll in exchange for at least ten pairs of Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yashiro read evidence that Uchiha Itachi would work with Root to exterminate the clan at midnight the next night.
• Bingkui offered to help twenty Uchiha escape from Konoha, but Yashiro doubted Sunagakure could protect them.
• Bingkui asked whether Yashiro knew of the Reform Society or Hoshino, whose name he recognized from the weapons trade and black market.

Bingkui negotiated with Uchiha Yashiro to evacuate thirty Uchiha, including fifteen children, to Sunagakure in exchange for Sharingan and Izanagi instructions. After receiving some of the promised eyes and the scroll, she asked Yashiro to bring someone from the Forest of Death to the hidden meeting place.

• Bingkui revealed that she was Hoshino and described a plan to make the Uchiha escape look like a joint Kirigakure and Kumogakure operation.
• Uchiha Yashiro demanded passage for thirty Uchiha, at least fifteen of them children, and offered Sharingan eyes and knowledge of the clan's secret jutsu.
• Bingkui agreed to the terms after Yashiro offered five pairs of Sharingan first, including two pairs with Three-Tomoe.
• Uchiha Yashiro returned with two pairs of Three-Tomoe, one pair of Two-Tomoe, two pairs of One-Tomoe, and a scroll recording Izanagi hand seals and precautions.
• Uchiha Yashiro led Bingkui to a hidden basement and promised to bring the chosen Uchiha there before sunset the next day.
• Bingkui asked Uchiha Yashiro to meet someone at the edge of the Forest of Death and bring him in.

Uchiha Yashiro launched a violent breakout to escort fifteen Uchiha children from Konoha while Sunagakure spies plunged the village into chaos. As Uchiha Fugaku realized the Uchiha leadership had planned to draw pursuit away from the children, Uchiha Itachi ordered him to stop the rebellion.

• Bingkui told Uchiha Yashiro to begin the evacuation, and he led a force of 127 Uchiha ninjas into battle to clear a path for the children.
• Sunagakure spies attacked Konoha’s hospital, granaries, and civilians as fighting and fires spread across the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Hyuga Hiashi, Akimichi Chōza, and Shimura Danzō mobilized their forces in response to the chaos.
• Uchiha Fugaku learned that Yashiro had led clansmen out of the compound and charged into the burning streets with twelve Jonin.
• Uchiha Fugaku recognized that Yashiro was drawing the Anbu and Root forces toward the Forest of Death, while Uchiha Itachi ordered him to stop the rebellion and revealed that Sasuke was still at school.

Uchiha Fugaku confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi as Root ninja massacred the Uchiha compound, then rushed back to defend his clansmen. Uchiha Itachi headed to the Forest of Death, where he faced Uchiha Yashiro and the remaining Uchiha fighters protecting their escaping clansmen.

• Uchiha Fugaku ordered his Jonin to defend the compound while he went to confront Uchiha Yashiro, but Uchiha Itachi tried to stop him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and urged Uchiha Fugaku to end the fighting, but Root ninja began slaughtering Uchiha clansmen inside the compound.
• Uchiha Fugaku accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of allowing the massacre, unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame, and charged back into the compound.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Uchiha Itachi and Kakashi Hatake to the Forest of Death to stop Uchiha Yashiro and the defectors.
• At the Forest of Death, Uchiha Yashiro's fighters held off Anbu and Root while more than fifty Uchiha clansmen, including fifteen children, escaped through the barrier.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived with Kakashi Hatake and Anbu, and Uchiha Yashiro confronted him with grief before Itachi told him to step aside.

Uchiha Itachi and Kakashi Hatake pursued the Uchiha defectors, killing the clansmen who stayed behind to cover their escape. Near the coast, they learned the fleeing group had clashed with border troops and was supported by a powerful ninja using Swift Release.

• Uchiha Itachi and Kakashi Hatake defeated Uchiha Yashiro and his clansmen, and an explosive-tag array destroyed the battlefield.
• Uchiha Itachi ordered the pursuit to continue, while Kakashi Hatake sent Anbu to block the southern coast and restrict departing vessels.
• Uchiha Itachi and Kakashi Hatake caught five Uchiha covering the retreat and killed them, with Itachi telling a dying ninja, “They shouldn't have defected.”
• Uchiha Itachi and Kakashi Hatake found Konoha ninja impaled by ice spikes, and Kakashi suspected Kirigakure ninja were involved.
• An Anbu reported that two hundred border troops were fighting the defectors ten li away and could barely hold back a powerful ninja with Swift Release, prompting Kakashi to suspect Kumogakure involvement.

Kakashi Hatake and the Konoha forces fought the Uchiha as they tried to escape by ship, but Uchiha Itachi overwhelmed their defenders. The ship pulled away with Uchiha Inabi and the survivors aboard, while reinforcements emerged to attack it.

• Kakashi Hatake battled a Swift Release puppet whose speed and golden defensive barrier thwarted his attacks.
• Uchiha Itachi broke through the Uchiha rearguard and destroyed the Ice Release puppet Bingkui with Amaterasu as she held off the pursuers.
• Uchiha Inabi led the surviving Uchiha onto the ship while Bingkui’s ice techniques slowed the Konoha forces.
• The Swift Release puppet escaped onto the departing ship, and Kakashi Hatake pursued it with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Thirty ninja led by a Hyuga Branch Family member emerged and attacked the ship with their techniques.

Kakashi Hatake and nearly a hundred Konoha ninjas pursued the ship carrying Uchiha survivors, while Uchiha Izumi awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan and confronted Uchiha Itachi. Their Susanoo clashed over the sea, and Izumi’s attack struck past Itachi’s Yata Mirror to damage his Susanoo’s Chakra Cloak.

• Kakashi Hatake led the Konoha pursuers toward the ship as the Swift Release puppet attacked them and Uchiha Inabi prepared to defend the survivors.
• Uchiha Izumi volunteered to face Uchiha Itachi, and Inabi led the other Uchiha fighters against the pursuing ninjas.
• Izumi attacked Itachi with Fire Style, but he evaded her flames and pierced her shoulder with a kunai.
• As Itachi prepared a fatal strike, Izumi awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned Susanoo, prompting Itachi to summon his own.
• Izumi’s Susanoo attacked Itachi’s Susanoo, then landed a blow around the Yata Mirror that damaged its Chakra Cloak.

Uchiha Izumi used her Dōjutsu to force Uchiha Itachi to confront his guilt, creating an opening before their Susanoo battle resumed. Elsewhere, the Swift Release puppet overwhelmed Konoha’s fighters while Uchiha Inabi’s dwindling force struggled to protect the children.

• Uchiha Izumi lost her left arm to the Totsuka Blade and activated her right eye’s Dōjutsu, trapping Uchiha Itachi in memories of his betrayal.
• Uchiha Itachi faltered under the illusion, and Uchiha Izumi struck his Susanoo before he acknowledged her power and resumed their fight.
• Kakashi Hatake and other clan fighters attacked the Swift Release puppet, but its golden barrier repelled their techniques.
• The Swift Release puppet killed an Aburame ninja and knocked a Hyuga ninja into the sea, turning the battle against Konoha’s fighters.
• Uchiha Inabi urged his remaining Uchiha ninja to keep fighting so the children could escape, despite their heavy losses.

Uchiha Izumi used her life-burning Mangekyō technique to save the Uchiha Clan and kill Uchiha Itachi. Obito Uchiha stole Itachi’s eyes, but Izumi’s final arrow struck Itachi, and the Uchiha ships escaped across the sea.

• Uchiha Izumi transformed her Susanoo and fired her first arrow, sending a wave of black-flamed water into the shore forces and pushing the Uchiha ships toward the open sea.
• Uchiha Izumi’s first arrow pierced Uchiha Itachi’s Susanoo, and her second arrow filled his mind with memories of their past.
• Uchiha Izumi fired her final arrow and turned to ash as Uchiha Itachi abandoned his defenses.
• Obito Uchiha emerged from Kamui, took Uchiha Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and pushed him into the arrow’s path before escaping back into the Kamui Dimension.
• Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Izumi turned to ash in the crimson light as the Uchiha Clan’s ships vanished beyond the horizon.

Kakashi Hatake’s force returned from a failed mission with devastating losses as the Uchiha Clan was eliminated in Konoha. Uchiha Fugaku secretly entrusted his Mangekyō Sharingan to a black cat for Sasuke Uchiha, while a masked man abducted Sasuke and vanished with him.

• Kakashi Hatake ordered the seven surviving clan ninja to collect their comrades’ bodies and return to Konoha after the mission failed.
• Uchiha Fugaku used Amaterasu on Shimura Danzō’s Shadow Clone, then summoned a black cat and gave her his Mangekyō Sharingan for Sasuke before dying.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned the Uchiha Clan had been eliminated and ordered an investigation into the missing Mangekyō Sharingan while announcing the clan had been suppressed for rebellion.
• A masked man appeared at the Ninja Academy, knocked Iruka away, and told Sasuke Uchiha that his family was dead.
• The masked man used spatial ripples to abduct Sasuke as wooden spikes killed three pursuing Anbu Ninja.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzō’s demand to start a war with Sunagakure and ordered Jiraiya to return while Konoha dealt with the Uchiha massacre and searched for Sasuke and the masked man. On the ship carrying the Uchiha survivors, the boy regretted losing Uchiha Izumi’s Mangekyō Sharingan and prepared to move on with the rescued clan members.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the masked man use Wood Release and suspected he possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan and had taken Sasuke.
• Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura confronted Hiruzen over the failed pursuit and urged action against Sunagakure.
• Hiruzen refused to start a war, instead ordering a delegation to protest Sunagakure and prioritizing the search for Sasuke and the masked man.
• Hiruzen ordered Jiraiya to return to the village after Danzō and the advisers left.
• Uchiha Inabi stayed on deck despite his wounds as the rescued children were comforted aboard the ship.
• The boy emerged from the cabin, regretted that Uchiha Izumi had died with Uchiha Itachi, and watched the Swift Release puppet’s Spirit Control Beads wrap around his wrist.