Chapter Summaries

The jonin preliminary selection began, and Yuan defeated Anko before watching Long face Asuma Sarutobi in the second round. Long gained the upper hand with a surprise strike and launched a Great Fireball Technique at Asuma.

• The candidates drew numbered balls, and Yuan discovered that he and Anko would face each other in the first round.
• Kakashi announced the selection rules, and Might Guy, Asuma Sarutobi, and others won their first-round matches.
• Yuan defeated Anko by remotely controlling a kunai to trip her, and more than forty chunin advanced to the second round.
• The candidates drew new numbers, and Long faced Asuma Sarutobi in the opening match of the second round.
• Long struck Asuma Sarutobi with a wind-wreathed hand blade, then launched a Great Fireball Technique before Asuma could use his Wind Release ninjutsu.

Uchiha Long defeated Sarutobi Asuma in the jonin selection, while Yuan guided Hyuga Ling to briefly use the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven before defeating her. As Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to treat the Uchiha as a threat over the Shinigami Mask and Wood Release Cells, the chapter left the Uchiha and Hyuga clan heads exchanging wary looks.

• Uchiha Long used a Shadow Clone to surprise Sarutobi Asuma and won their match before an ANBU rescued Asuma from his fire attack.
• Yuan recorded Asuma's battle data in the Illusion Space as the audience wondered how strong the Uchiha Clan had become.
• Danzo told Hiruzen Sarutobi that an Uchiha chunin had Wood Release Cells and suggested the Uchiha might have stolen the Shinigami Mask; Hiruzen chose to investigate rather than attack them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Uchiha Long had easily defeated Asuma and decided to attend the selection in person.
• Yuan coached Hyuga Ling through releasing Chakra from her body's acupoints, and she briefly performed Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven before losing control and falling from the arena.
• Uchiha Yuan won the match, while Hyuga Hiashi and Uchiha Fugaku exchanged wary looks about their clans' intentions.

After the Chunin selection, Yuan prepared to leave for the war, said farewell to those close to him, and arranged for Tobirama's Laboratory to be protected and upgraded. Although he had been assigned to the Land of Rice Fields, ANBU led him and the other Chunin to the Land of Moon, where Nara Shikaku awaited reinforcements amid reports that the Hidden Cloud might send the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi congratulated the victorious Chunin, and Danzo briefed them on the front and assigned their missions; Yuan's group was secretly redirected to the Land of Moon.
• Yuan visited Laboratory Number Four, learned Orochimaru would go to the front, and shared a farewell kiss with Kurama Shion.
• Yuan told his grandmother and Izumi about his departure, then walked with Anko and Ling, who gave him a medical pack and protective charm.
• Yuan trained the Old Baboon Sage in genjutsu, arranged for the sage to guard Tobirama's Laboratory, and summoned the Two-Tailed Cat to obtain research equipment.
• Kakashi's ANBU led Yuan and the other Chunin to Suisei Town, where Nara Shikaku and Akimichi Choza waited for reinforcements amid uncertainty about the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

Yuan infiltrated the Hidden Cloud Village assault, killed its Magnet Release ninja Toroi, and confronted Orochimaru, who had been stalking the same target. After demonstrating his power and discussing village-backed research, Yuan asked whether Orochimaru still wanted to become Hokage.

• Kakashi ordered the Jonin promotion squad to disguise themselves as Hidden Cloud Village ninja and attack the enemy’s leading Jonin, while Hyuga Mori reported that the command center was surrounded.
• Nara Shikaku explained that the threatened command center was bait in his plan to draw out Hidden Cloud Village forces, then joined the battle with Akimichi Choza.
• Yuan found Toroi with Orochimaru following him in disguise, used the Spiritualisation Technique to stun nearby ninja, snapped Toroi’s neck, and stored his corpse in a scroll.
• Orochimaru demanded that Yuan return Toroi as experimental material, but Yuan argued that genetic research could advance faster if the whole village supported it.
• Yuan used his Mangekyo technique to cut down approaching Hidden Cloud Village ninja, then asked Orochimaru whether he still wanted to become Hokage.

Yuan reframed the meaning of Hokage for Orochimaru, prompting his teacher to embrace genetic research while still seeing himself as serving Konoha. After Orochimaru helped rout Kumogakure forces in the Land of Moon, Hiruzen ordered Danzo to reinforce the Land of Rice Fields as the Two-Tails Jinchuriki advanced toward the Land of Moon.

• Orochimaru admitted he still wanted to become Hokage, and Yuan argued that anyone devoted to Konoha and its future could embody the title.
• Orochimaru accepted Yuan’s idea of genetic research and said he would try it after the war with Hidden Cloud Village.
• Orochimaru and the Chunin promotion squad helped destroy Kumogakure’s elite forces in the Land of Moon, while Nara Shikaku briefed him on the battle’s cost and the enemy’s retreat.
• Yuan noticed Kakashi secretly investigating the Uchiha Clan and gave him an approving smile that left Kakashi uneasy.
• Hiruzen learned that the Two-Tails Jinchuriki had led a large force toward the Land of Moon and ordered Danzo to gather clan forces for the Land of Rice Fields.
• Danzo accepted the risky assignment, knowing he would likely bear the clans’ anger if the operation failed.

Danzo maneuvered the Uchiha and Hyuga clans into sending forces to the war as Hidden Cloud advanced on the Land of Moon. Yuan drew Yugito Nii away from the battlefield and unveiled his giant, Susanoo-armored Beast of Prey, preparing to test it against her.

• Fugaku agreed to submit a Police Force roster for the front after Danzo showed him battle reports and the Hyuga mobilization plan.
• Raikage A headed for the Land of Moon while Dodai dispatched ANBU and made preparations for Killer B.
• Orochimaru and Nara Shikaku discussed the threat of Yugito Nii and the possibility of another Hidden Cloud Jinchuriki joining the fight.
• The Fourth Raikage attacked the Hidden Leaf forces, then Yugito arrived transformed as the Grudge Cat; Yuan lured her away from the battle.
• Yugito pursued Yuan to the coast, where he transformed into the giant Beast of Prey and covered it with golden Susanoo armor.

Yuan fought the Two-Tails Matatabi, absorbed her Chakra, and used the battle to disrupt the Hidden Cloud Village forces. After defeating Yugito and confronting Matatabi in her mental space, Yuan agreed to spare Yugito in exchange for Matatabi’s Chakra and declared that they could become allies of Uchiha Yuan.

• Beast of Prey battled the Grudge Cat, endured its Tailed Beast Bomb, and absorbed the attack with the Demonic Statue Fragment.
• Yuan redirected the weakened Tailed Beast Bomb into the Hidden Cloud Village ninja forces, allowing the Hidden Leaf Village forces to counterattack.
• After absorbing Matatabi’s Chakra, Yuan became faster and struck the Grudge Cat until it released Tailed Beast Transformation and Yugito appeared.
• Yuan used the Flying Thunder God mark and Chakra absorption to overpower Yugito, then cast Mangekyo genjutsu while entering Matatabi’s Mental Space.
• Yuan threatened to kill Yugito and Matatabi, but Matatabi offered her Chakra in exchange for Yugito’s life.
• Yuan accepted the deal and told Matatabi that she and Yugito could become allies of Uchiha Yuan rather than tools.

Yuan captured Yugito, rescued the Nara and Akimichi forces, and joined Orochimaru’s battle against Fourth Raikage A in the Land of Moon. As Yuan’s Mangekyō ability wounded A, he and Orochimaru faced the Raikage’s counterattack.

• Yuan subdued Yugito, carried her from the battlefield, and used Matatabi’s Chakra to burn the Hidden Cloud ninja besieging Nara Shikaku and Akimichi Choza.
• Yuan raced across the battlefield assassinating Hidden Cloud ninja while Kakashi’s promotion squad continued hunting enemy leaders and spotted him approaching A and Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya led exhausted civilian ninja toward a Hidden Cloud command stronghold, where Sarutobi Kensei’s clan claimed credit for supporting them and urged them to keep fighting.
• Yuan appeared beside Orochimaru and A with Yugito over his shoulder, prompting A to attack Orochimaru while demanding to know what Yuan had done to his subordinate.
• Yuan activated his Mangekyō Sharingan’s Toyokumo Field and silently sliced away much of A’s left shoulder, but A quickly flashed to Yuan’s side.

Yuan defeated and captured Fourth Raikage A with Susanoo, then released him and let the Hidden Cloud Village army retreat. As Hidden Leaf Village pursued the retreating forces, Sarutobi Kensei and Jiraiya arrived with reinforcements and charged after them.

• Yuan evaded Raikage A’s attacks, then trapped him in Susanoo after blocking his strongest Lightning Release strike.
• Over a thousand Hidden Cloud shinobi attacked Susanoo to rescue Raikage A, while Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb exploded in the forest as a warning.
• Yuan told Raikage A to return to Hidden Cloud Village and released him, and A ordered his army to retreat.
• Nara Shikaku led Hidden Leaf Village’s exhausted shinobi in an orderly pursuit as the Hidden Cloud army withdrew from the Land of Moon.
• Sarutobi Kensei and Jiraiya arrived with around two hundred Hidden Leaf shinobi, and Kensei urged them to charge after the retreating enemy.

Yuan kept Susanoo standing as the Hidden Leaf Village forces pursued the retreating Hidden Cloud Village army, then stopped the fighting by deflecting Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb and negotiating peace with Fourth Raikage A. The Hidden Cloud Village withdrew, and the Leaf army acclaimed Yuan and the Uchiha Clan for their role in the victory.

• Sarutobi Kensei led his clan’s forces in a deadly pursuit of the Hidden Cloud Village rearguard while the Uchiha and other Leaf ninjas treated the wounded and watched Yuan’s Susanoo.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru recognized the danger when Killer B approached with a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Fourth Raikage A prepared to counterattack Sarutobi Kensei’s forces.
• Yuan used Susanoo to redirect the Tailed Beast Bomb into the sky, then arrived carrying the captured Yugito and asked Fourth Raikage A to end the war.
• Fourth Raikage A acknowledged Yuan as the strongest fighter in the war and agreed to peace before leading the Hidden Cloud Village forces away.
• Sarutobi Kensei returned with Yuan and declared victory, but the Leaf ninja army acclaimed the Uchiha Clan instead.

After the Hidden Leaf army celebrated its victory, commanders discussed what to do with the captured Yugito while Yuan began pressuring her to accept her status as a prisoner. Yuan gained ground by making her fear experimentation and being used against Hidden Cloud, then spoke with Matatabi about their plan to keep her alive.

• The Hidden Leaf shinobi celebrated Yuan for defeating the Fourth Raikage and saving the army, then relocated to a backup command post to escape the range of Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Nara Shikaku and the commanders discussed Yugito, with Sarutobi Kensei suggesting she could serve Hidden Leaf Village and Jiraiya and Orochimaru supporting Yuan's custody of her.
• Yuan confronted the restrained Yugito, reminded her that Matatabi was the reason she remained alive, and forced her to face her status as a prisoner.
• Yuan warned Yugito that Hidden Leaf might experiment on her or use her against Hidden Cloud, and she agreed to let him do what he wanted if he protected her from those outcomes.
• Yuan put Yugito to sleep with genjutsu and met Matatabi in her Mental Space, where Matatabi asked whether he could protect Yugito from the Konoha Higher-Ups.

Yuan weighed how to keep Yugito and the Two-Tails out of the Konoha Higher-Ups’ hands, while Danzo convinced the other leaders that the Uchiha Clan had secretly plotted against the village. Danzo then went to Tobirama’s Laboratory, where the Old Baboon Sage attacked him and his Root ninja.

• Yuan decided that the Uchiha Clan needed to secure Yugito, despite the Konoha Higher-Ups’ interest in the Two-Tails.
• Danzo showed Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura battlefield intelligence and argued that the Uchiha Clan had orchestrated the Nine-Tails’ rampage and hidden Uchiha Yuan’s strength.
• Hiruzen rejected Danzo’s accusations as speculation, but Danzo left determined to find evidence, and the three remaining leaders resumed their negotiations with Hidden Cloud in a subdued mood.
• Danzo led Root ninja and a Hyuga Clan branch-family ninja from Snow Plum Village toward Tobirama’s Laboratory, while Fugaku prepared to patrol the nearby mountains after reports of troublesome baboons.
• The Old Baboon Sage attacked Danzo’s group, knocked down the Root ninja with Sage Mode and genjutsu, then countered Danzo’s Wind Release with a Sage-powered fireball and reached for his neck.

Yuan returned to Konoha with the captured Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito, and argued with the village leadership over whether to use her as a weapon or return her to Kumogakure. Danzo arrived injured and accused the Uchiha Clan of treachery, leaving Yuan and Danzo in a tense confrontation.

• Yuan and the newly promoted Jonin squad escorted Yugito back to Konoha, where villagers and Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed the victorious shinobi.
• Hiruzen questioned Yuan about Yugito, and Yuan said she could be used by Konoha and that he had spared her for that reason.
• Utatane Koharu proposed reinforcing Yugito's seal and imprisoning her, while Yuan argued against returning the Jinchuriki to Kumogakure and said she could use Tailed Beast Transformation and a Tailed Beast Bomb under his control.
• Danzo entered the council chamber battered and accused the Uchiha Clan of occupying Tobirama's laboratory while Root shinobi were bypassed.
• Yuan challenged Danzo's claim that the Uchiha Clan harbored evil intentions, and the two stared each other down as tension mounted.

Yuan persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to let the Uchiha train Yugito and learn Hidden Cloud’s Jinchuriki methods, despite Danzo’s objections. Hiruzen assigned ANBU to support the plan, while the missing Uchiha Madara corpse and the Old Baboon Sage’s disappearance left new questions behind.

• Yuan challenged Danzo’s accusation that the Uchiha Clan harbored ill intent and argued that the clan had continued protecting Konoha after Nine-Tails Night.
• Yuan proposed using Hidden Cloud’s Jinchuriki training methods to train Konoha’s Jinchuriki, and Hiruzen decided to pursue the plan with ANBU rather than Root.
• Yuan returned to the Uchiha compound with Yugito, and Fugaku praised his battlefield performance before discussing Tobirama’s Laboratory and the missing Old Baboon Sage.
• Hiruzen learned from Kakashi that the Police Force Chunin had fought bravely and marked several shinobi, including Uchiha Shisui, for possible ANBU recruitment.
• Fugaku told Yuan that the Police Force had taken control of Tobirama’s Laboratory and that Uchiha Madara’s corpse was gone, while the Old Baboon Sage had disappeared after being badly injured.

Yuan urged Fugaku to improve the Uchiha Clan’s standing by sharing the Police Force, while keeping the captured Yugito under his control. Shisui decided to join ANBU and observe the Konoha Higher-Ups, and the chapter ended when Kurama Shion arrived at Yuan’s home and found Yugito at the door.

• Yuan advised Fugaku to open Police Force recruitment to civilians and other clans and to share some Fire Release Ninjutsu, and Fugaku returned to draft a proposal.
• Yuan told Yugito that she could survive if she became his weapon, and Yugito accepted his terms while Grandma Obito comforted her with food.
• Shisui told Yuan he disliked being assigned to ANBU, then concluded that the Konoha Higher-Ups might not represent the village’s interests and chose to join so he could keep watching them.
• Yuan teased Yugito about Hidden Cloud Village’s politics, and she revealed that the Raikage had executed clans that caused trouble.
• Kurama Shion arrived at Yuan’s home, where Yugito answered the door and told her Yuan had been waiting for her.

Yuan reunited with Ziyun, Ling, Anko, and Yugito, then established an Uchiha laboratory to train Yugito to control Matatabi. After Yugito completed Tailed Beast Transformation, Yuan requested leave as Orochimaru returned from the Land of Moon front.

• Ziyun visited Yuan, where she and Yuan kissed until Yugito interrupted them, and Ling and Anko arrived soon after.
• Anko told Yuan that Danzo had canceled the Laboratory Number Four assignment, so Yuan offered the squad work in a new Uchiha laboratory tasked by the Hokage.
• Five days later, the Third Hokage, the advisors, and the assistant inspected the experimental site near the Valley of the End, then left Kakashi and ANBU to supervise.
• Yuan studied Kumogakure's Jinchuriki training method with Yugito, and on the sixteenth day she transformed with Matatabi's cooperation.
• Konoha's leaders saw Yugito's transformation as a potential bargaining weapon against Kumogakure, but Yuan requested leave, claiming Obito's grandmother was sick, as Orochimaru returned from the Land of Moon.

Yuan discussed the village’s reliance on Tailed Beast weapons and his plans for the shinobi world with Orochimaru, then returned to the Police Force to manage the Uchiha’s opening to other applicants. He left Long with instructions to help Root shinobi pass their interviews, while the other clans stayed away.

• Yuan visited Orochimaru before he left the village and argued that continued use of Tailed Beasts as weapons would make war inevitable.
• Yuan asked Orochimaru for Uzumaki sealing techniques and a way to undo the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, offering Toroi’s corpse and possible Mangekyō Sharingan material in exchange.
• Orochimaru agreed to provide sealing scrolls, admitted he had no solution for the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, and suggested Yuan visit the ruins of Whirlpool Country with Anko.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō learned that Orochimaru had incapacitated the ANBU monitoring his conversation with Yuan, but Mitokado Homura redirected their attention to peace talks with Kumogakure and threats from Iwagakure.
• Yuan learned from Long that Uchiha clan members were uneasy about sharing Police Force positions, though Fugaku had persuaded most to compromise.
• Yuan gave Long a list of Root shinobi and told him to ensure they passed their interviews, despite Long’s objections.

Yuan developed and tested an improved Hashirama Cells Inner Armor that let him maintain Sage Art energy, then traveled with Anko, Kakashi, and Shisui to the Uzushio Village Ruins. As Anko fished beside a pool, bubbles began rising from the water.

• Long realized that Yuan had the Root ninjas’ identities and agreed to watch them closely inside the Police Force.
• Yuan used Old Baboon Sage to produce Sage Art-charged armor, then improved it with sealing formulas so it could absorb Natural Energy for longer.
• Yuan tested the improved armor against Old Baboon Sage and found that its Sage Art Chakra supply could outlast the baboon’s genuine Sage Mode.
• Yuan prepared to release the Yin Nine-Tails sealed within the Shinigami Mask and searched the Uzushio Village Ruins with Anko, Kakashi, and Shisui for a solution to the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
• Anko fished for dinner beside a pool in the ruins, where bubbles began rising from the water.

Yuan captured Zabuza Momochi and Hozuki Mangetsu at the Uzushio Village Ruins, then learned from Mangetsu about an underwater altar tied to the Shinigami Masks and the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. After revealing he had stolen the masks to Kakashi, Yuan urged him to judge for himself whether Yuan intended to harm the Hidden Leaf Village.

• Anko was taken hostage by Hozuki Mangetsu, while Shisui interrogated Zabuza Momochi and learned about the Kirigakure squad's mission.
• Kakashi attacked Mangetsu, but Mangetsu used his Water Transformation Technique to seize Kakashi before Yuan arrived and drained his Chakra.
• Shisui freed Anko and Kakashi, and Yuan interrogated Mangetsu, learning about an underwater altar with twenty-seven mask-shaped indentations.
• Yuan recognized the altar as the key to the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and decided to dive down with the Shinigami Masks from his storage scroll.
• Yuan handed Kakashi the masks and admitted his connection to their theft, then told him to use the Sharingan in his left eye if he did not trust him.

Yuan led Kakashi, Shisui, and Anko to the Death God Altar, where they recovered a scroll containing the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and the Book of Scarlet Moon. He released Minato Namikaze’s soul and used the Impure World Reincarnation, then subdued and sealed the Yin half of the Nine-Tails into a Demonic Statue Fragment.

• Kakashi agreed to assist Yuan after learning that the Shinigami Masks could help save Minato Namikaze’s soul and that Yuan sought the Nine-Tails.
• Yuan and the others placed the Shinigami Masks on the Death God Altar, and Anko activated its mechanism with her blood.
• Yuan opened the altar’s metal box and found a Dead Demon Consuming Seal scroll and the Book of Scarlet Moon, then shared the scroll’s release method with the others.
• Yuan used a White Zetsu body and the Impure World Reincarnation to restore Minato Namikaze, then released the seal holding the Yin Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails took control of Minato Namikaze’s body and attacked Yuan, but Yuan restrained it with Susanoo and controlled it with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yuan sealed half of the Nine-Tails into the Demonic Statue Fragment with the Four Symbols Seal.