Chapter Summaries

After Minato Namikaze learned that Obito had caused the Nine-Tails' attack, he confronted his former student and heard Obito condemn the ninja system. Yuan urged Minato to kill Obito, leaving Minato to decide how to respond.

• Minato Namikaze agreed to have the Yin Nine-Tails extracted and questioned Kakashi about the village and Naruto.
• Yuan prompted Kakashi to unleash his left Mangekyo Sharingan, drawing Obito out of the Kamui Dimension.
• Minato Namikaze struck Obito with a Big Ball Rasengan and removed his mask, discovering that the supposed Uchiha Madara was Obito.
• Minato Namikaze and Kakashi questioned Obito, who said he wanted to create a world where Rin could live happily and accused Minato of failing to change the ninja world.
• Minato Namikaze argued that reform had to happen step by step, while Obito called him a fallen Hokage.
• Yuan told Minato Namikaze that killing Obito would avert many future crises and offered to reveal another potential enemy of the Hidden Leaf Village.

Obito died after explaining the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Yuan transferred Minato Namikaze’s soul into Obito’s body so he could investigate Akatsuki under the identity of Uchiha Madara. In the Rain Country, Nagato and Black Zetsu encountered the new 'Obito,' while the Hidden Leaf Village’s elders considered showing their power to the other villages.

• Obito described the Eye of the Moon Plan to Minato Namikaze and Kakashi, then died without persuading them.
• Minato Namikaze chose to remain alive and investigate Obito’s companions, so Yuan transferred his soul into Obito’s corpse and treated him with Anko’s help.
• Yuan told Minato Namikaze to pose as Uchiha Madara and make the Rain Country his home.
• Black Zetsu urged Nagato to join him, but the new 'Obito' appeared and regarded Nagato’s Rinnegan with interest.
• At the ruins of Uzushio Village, Kakashi told Yuan he trusted him, and Yuan said they shared the same goal of serving the Hidden Leaf Village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other elders discussed Iwagakure’s military buildup and agreed that it was time to display the Hidden Leaf Village’s Jinchuriki weapons.

After returning from the Uzushio Village ruins, Yuan reported progress on the Jinchuriki taming plan to Hiruzen, who ordered him to demonstrate the tailed beasts’ power during Hidden Cloud’s peace talks. Yuan also secretly influenced Asuma, while the chapter ended with a hint that the Hyuga crisis might arrive early.

• Yuan planted suggestions in Hozuki Mangetsu and Zabuza Momochi before leaving them at the Uzushio Village ruins, and Mangetsu later told Zabuza that he had driven Konoha’s ninja away.
• While Yuan and the others were away, the Jinchuriki taming plan paused, and Konoha’s young ninja gathered at Barbecue Q to discuss Yuan, the peace talks, and the village’s foreign policy.
• Yuan told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Two-Tails Jinchuriki would soon be able to launch Tailed Beast Bombs under genjutsu control, and Hiruzen ordered him to continue the plan and display that power during the peace talks.
• Yuan encountered Asuma Sarutobi after the gathering and secretly used Mind Disrupting Surge on him while asking whether he liked taking walks.
• After Yuan reunited with Anko, Ziyun, and Ling, Ling remembered that Neji’s third birthday was approaching, prompting Yuan to consider whether Hidden Cloud’s attempt to seize the Byakugan might happen ahead of schedule.

Yuan successfully guided Yugito and Matatabi through a Tailed Beast Bomb test, demonstrating Konoha’s new tailed beast weapon. The blast interrupted the peace talks with Hidden Cloud Village, whose envoy realized Konoha might be using its captured Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Yugito asked Yuan to let her release the Tailed Beast Bomb without genjutsu, but he continued directing her transformation.
• Kurama met Matatabi in her Mental Space, then Yuan appeared and siphoned Kurama’s Chakra for the experiment.
• Yuan stabilized Matatabi’s Tailed Beast Bomb with Kurama’s Chakra and Sharingan, then fired it toward the coast.
• The blast raised a massive cloud and confirmed the experiment’s success, leaving Yugito exhausted as Yuan carried her away.
• The blast disrupted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s meeting with the Hidden Cloud Village envoy, who suspected Konoha was turning Yugito into its own tailed beast weapon.

As Konoha and Hidden Cloud Village struggled to negotiate peace, Danzo secretly manipulated the envoy and prepared Root to provoke conflict, while Yuan uncovered his scheme. Elsewhere, Konoha and Hidden Stone Village mobilized amid reports of attacks, and the Hidden Cloud envoy secretly followed Hizashi Hyuga and young Neji through the Hyuga district.

• The Hidden Cloud delegation head demanded Yugito Nii's return, but negotiations stalled until Danzo revealed that Konoha had tamed the Two-Tails and offered the envoy a chance to obtain Sharingan, Byakugan, or a Genjutsu Bloodline.
• Danzo ordered Aburame Ryoma to prepare Root ninja in the Police Force for the battlefield and ensure a particular man died at their hands, while Yuan used his genjutsu on Ryoma to learn Root's movements.
• Sarutobi Kensei dismissed intelligence about Hidden Stone Village's apparent military buildup as a bluff, but an enemy attack struck the Konoha army's position as Kitsuchi received news of heavy casualties.
• Hizashi took Neji out before the boy's third birthday and the Caged Bird Curse Mark ceremony, while the Hidden Cloud delegation head secretly followed them through the village.
• Asuma followed Kurenai through the street and asked why she was angry that he had not invited her for a walk.

A Hidden Cloud Village ninja leader kidnapped Neji Hyuga during the peace talks, but Uchiha Yuan rescued him and killed the attacker. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō used the incident to justify war with Hidden Cloud Village and planned to send the Uchiha into battle.

• The Hidden Cloud Village ninja leader, controlled by Danzo's genjutsu, attacked Hizashi Hyuga and seized Neji Hyuga, claiming the child had been traded for Yugito.
• The attacker wounded Asuma Sarutobi, but Uchiha Yuan severed his hands, rescued Neji, and crushed him with Susanoo.
• Anko denounced the peace as false, and Konoha's villagers rallied behind Yuan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō discussed the Tailed Beast Taming Plan and the street attack, with Danzo blaming the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen decided to go to war with Hidden Cloud Village and planned to use the Uchiha against its forces.

Uchiha Yuan used the Hidden Cloud envoy’s killing to set the Uchiha Clan on a path toward war while concealing its true strength from Konoha’s higher-ups. He infiltrated Root, defeated Danzo, took his Mangekyo, and left Danzo to be killed by his own subordinates.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Konoha higher-ups discussed the growing risk of fighting both Hidden Stone and Hidden Cloud, and Danzo argued that the Uchiha Clan could face Hidden Cloud.
• Yuan explained to Fugaku and Long that he had used Danzo’s scheme to provoke the conflict, while Fugaku tested the Sage Art version of the Hashirama Cells Inner Armor.
• Danzo congratulated Aburame Ryoma for the envoy’s death, but Root shinobi under genjutsu gathered around him as Yuan appeared at the Root base.
• Danzo attacked Yuan with his Mangekyo technique and Wind Release, but Yuan resisted the genjutsu and countered with stronger wind blades that wrecked the Root base.
• Yuan removed Danzo’s Mangekyo, then used genjutsu to direct Root shinobi to kill Danzo with their ninja tools.

After taking control of Root and uncovering Danzo’s secrets, Yuan’s actions fueled tensions over war with the Hidden Cloud Village and resistance within the Hyuga Clan. At a meeting in the Hokage Building, Fugaku declared the Uchiha Clan was willing to fight.

• Yuan made Root’s ninja accept him as their new master, took Danzo’s corpse, and claimed Root’s intelligence files.
• Asuma and his classmates debated Yuan’s killing of the Hidden Cloud Village envoy, while Kurenai praised Yuan and showed interest in him.
• Hiashi delayed Neji’s Caged Bird Curse Mark after Ryo and Hizashi took Neji out, then questioned Ryo about her defiance and desire for freedom.
• Three days later, Hiruzen presented the Fourth Raikage’s demands for Yugito, the Byakugan, and the Sharingan as the price of peace.
• Fugaku told Hiruzen that the Uchiha Clan was willing to go to war against the Hidden Cloud Village.

Uchiha Fugaku agreed that the Uchiha Clan would take responsibility for the failed peace talks and fight Hidden Cloud Village, while Yuan, disguised as Shimura Danzō, steered the meeting toward that outcome. Afterward, the higher-ups discussed transferring the Police Force’s duties to the Hyuga Clan, and Hyuga Hiashi weighed the opportunity against his clan’s objections.

• Fugaku told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Uchiha Clan would bear the consequences of Yuan killing the Hidden Cloud Village envoy.
• Yuan arrived disguised as Shimura Danzō and challenged Fugaku to prove the Uchiha Clan could fight Hidden Cloud Village alone, while Hiruzen supported sending them with village aid.
• The jōnin voted overwhelmingly for the Uchiha Clan to face Hidden Cloud Village, and news of the decision spread through Konoha Hidden Village.
• The higher-ups kept Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi behind and asked Hiashi whether the Hyuga Clan would take over the Police Force while the Uchiha went to war.
• Hiashi considered the benefits of taking over the Police Force despite opposition from the Hyuga main-family elders, while Yuan thought the clan was too old-fashioned.

Hyuga Hiashi agreed to share control of the Police Force with Root, while Yuan secretly kept the force and Yugito under his control and prepared Root for the coming conflicts. The chapter ended with Yuan meeting Minato Namikaze near Naruto Uzumaki’s residence and asking whether something had happened in the Rain Country.

• Hyuga Hiashi accepted the transfer of the Police Force, and Danzo proposed that Root and the Hyuga Clan manage it together.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo withheld the tailed beast weapon from Fugaku as they discussed the Uchiha Clan’s war against Hidden Cloud Village.
• Yuan instructed Root Ninja to protect the Uchiha women and children, watch Yugito, and prepare for events on the Hidden Leaf Village–Hidden Stone Village front.
• Yuan returned to his true body, left Root, and secretly entered a residence under ANBU surveillance while Kakashi distracted the guards.
• Yuan found Minato Namikaze watching his sleeping son, Naruto Uzumaki, and asked whether something had happened in the Rain Country.

Minato Namikaze discovered how badly Naruto had been abused, while Yuan urged him to investigate and exposed village secrets to Kakashi. Kakashi began to suspect the Third Hokage had persecuted his father and asked Yuan what he wanted from him.

• Minato Namikaze refused to trust the Akatsuki and saw the marks covering baby Naruto, then carried him away to protect him.
• Yuan trapped Kakashi and two ANBU in an illusion and gave Kakashi records revealing the truth behind his father's death.
• Yuan questioned why the Third Hokage watched Naruto and suggested Kakashi might have become a threat to the Hokage if Kushina had survived.
• Kakashi connected his father's fate to the Third Hokage's ambitions and asked Yuan what he wanted from him.

Yuan pushed the Uchiha Clan toward confronting Hidden Cloud Village, while Kakashi agreed to care for Naruto after learning that the Third Hokage had failed to protect the infant. Raikage A mobilized for war after Uchiha Yuan killed the peace envoys, and Yuan and Fugaku arrived as the battered Hidden Leaf forces retreated, with the Raikage and Killer B approaching.

• Yuan told Kakashi he wanted to test the Uchiha Clan's limits and change Konoha, then offered the truth about White Fang's death in exchange for something Kakashi could provide.
• Minato asked Kakashi to arrange safer care for Naruto, and Kakashi agreed to take personal responsibility for the infant.
• Kakashi found that Naruto's nanny had been killed, released two ANBU from genjutsu, and received the Third Hokage's approval to care for Naruto himself.
• Shennong traded the Eight Gates Release technique to Raikage A for Hidden Cloud's Lightning Release Ninja Body Technique, and Dodai reported that Uchiha Yuan had killed the peace envoys.
• Raikage A ordered Hidden Cloud's forces to resume the war, and they routed the Hidden Leaf forces across the Land of Moon, the Land of Rice Fields, and the Land of Hot Water.
• Yuan and Fugaku reached the retreating Hidden Leaf forces, where Fugaku promised the Uchiha Clan would buy them time as Yuan sensed the approaching Raikage and Killer B.

Fugaku led fewer than a hundred Uchiha ninja to hold back the advancing Hidden Cloud Village army while the Leaf forces retreated and prepared a border defense. Yuan empowered the Uchiha's fire technique with Sage Art Chakra, and the chapter ended with the Fourth Raikage A and Killer B facing the charging Uchiha.

• Fugaku told Jiraiya, Nara Shikaku, and Yamanaka Inoichi that fewer than a hundred Uchiha ninja would confront the Hidden Cloud Village army.
• A scout reported that the Hidden Cloud Village army was charging, and the commanders began retreating while the Uchiha assembled to fight.
• Jiraiya, Nara Shikaku, and Yamanaka Inoichi received orders to build a defensive line at the Land of Fire border and keep watch on the Uchiha.
• Yuan used Wind Style and Sage Art Chakra to amplify the Uchiha's Great Fireball Technique into a massive advancing wall of flames.
• Killer B countered the flames with Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique, and the Fourth Raikage A arrived beside him.
• The Fourth Raikage A and Killer B saw nearly a hundred Uchiha charging through the steam and realized that the Sharingan-wielding clan was vastly outnumbered.

The Uchiha Clan launched a coordinated assault on the Hidden Cloud army, using Yuan and Fugaku to disrupt its command and formations. Fugaku captured Dodai, while Yuan drew Fourth Raikage A and Killer B away from the main battle; after surviving their Tailed Beast Bomb barrage, Yuan faced the brothers again.

• Fourth Raikage A planned to seize the Sharingan as the Uchiha Clan advanced, but the Uchiha used Shadow Clones to lure the Hidden Cloud Nintaijutsu unit into Yuan’s azure flames.
• Yuan summoned his crimson-gold armored Beast of Prey and struck the Hidden Cloud formation, while Uchiha squads attacked the army’s flanks and rear.
• Uchiha Fugaku broke through to Dodai’s platform, trapped Dodai with genjutsu, and captured him, causing the Hidden Cloud army’s coordinated defense to falter.
• Killer B dragged Yuan away from the battlefield, and the two fought in a distant forest while Fourth Raikage A joined the battle.
• Killer B and Fourth Raikage A unleashed a barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs, but Yuan redirected them with Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder and emerged largely unharmed.
• Fourth Raikage A and Killer B prepared to face Yuan again as Yuan vanished and reappeared before them.

Uchiha Yuan battled Fourth Raikage A and Killer B, then entered the Demonic Statue Fragment to negotiate with Kurama and Gyuki. Kurama agreed to lend Yuan Chakra, and Yuan returned to the battlefield in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.

• Fourth Raikage A and Killer B ambushed Yuan, but he used sealing techniques and the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape their attacks and turn them against each other.
• Yuan entered the Demonic Statue Fragment and offered Kurama freedom in exchange for help, showing it the Chakra of other tailed beasts and his vision for the shinobi world.
• Yuan connected Kurama and Gyuki in a shared consciousness space, where Gyuki declined to help because of its bond with Killer B.
• Kurama agreed to lend Yuan some of its Chakra as an investment in freedom, while warning him not to deceive it.
• Yuan returned to the battlefield in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and struck the ground, shattering the earth around Fourth Raikage A and Killer B.

Yuan defeated the Hidden Cloud Village forces and captured Killer B after preventing his escape with the Heavenly Transfer Technique. He learned the technique from Kakui, sent Killer B to his Land of Grass laboratory, and reunited with Shisui, Long, and Tekka as they reported the Hidden Cloud Village's defeat.

• Yuan overwhelmed Killer B and Fourth Raikage A, forcing them to retreat from the battlefield as the Hidden Cloud Village army scattered.
• A and Killer B reached Kakui's squad and began preparing the Heavenly Transfer Technique, but Yuan arrived and interrupted Killer B's escape.
• Shennong betrayed the Hidden Cloud Village by killing Kakui, then revealed that he recognized Yuan from his past dealings with Orochimaru.
• Yuan used genjutsu to subdue Killer B and the Eight-Tails, then ordered Shennong to heal Kakui and learned the Heavenly Transfer Technique from him.
• Yuan sent Killer B to his Land of Grass laboratory, and Shisui, Long, and Tekka arrived to report that the Hidden Cloud Village forces had been defeated.

After the Hidden Leaf defeated Hidden Cloud’s army, its commanders prepared to invade the Land of Lightning, while Yuan returned with prisoners and warned them about the risks of attacking Hidden Cloud Village. Yuan then revealed he intended to use Shennong and the Sky Ninja Village’s technology to give the Hidden Leaf an advantage in the mountainous campaign.

• Jiraiya, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Uchiha Fugaku agreed to press their victory by invading the Land of Lightning, with Fugaku volunteering the Uchiha Clan for the mission.
• Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi discussed the rapid reversal of the war and the political complications the Uchiha Clan’s victories could create for the Third Hokage.
• Yuan returned to camp with Shennong and more than a dozen Hidden Cloud prisoners, then told Shennong to prioritize treating Hidden Leaf ninja skilled in Wind Release.
• Yuan told Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi that attacking Hidden Cloud Village could be dangerous because of its mountainous terrain and strong defenses, then requested Wind Release ninja for a new task.
• Yuan confronted Shennong about his Sky Ninja Village background and secret army, and Shennong realized Yuan wanted the village’s Flying Ninja Tools and other technology for the campaign against Kumogakure.

Yuan confronted Shennong and the Hidden Sky Ninja Army at the Pyramid Ruins while Konoha’s pursuit of Kumogakure was halted by the village’s Scattering Chakra Cannon. After trapping the Hidden Sky ninjas, Yuan entered the ancient fortress and activated its control console with Nine-Tails Chakra.

• Yuan forced Shennong to lead him to the Hidden Sky Ninja Army and its Flying Ninja Tools, while Shennong secretly planned to escape his control.
• Jiraiya and Fugaku led Konoha’s army through the Land of Lightning, but Kumogakure’s Scattering Chakra Cannon obliterated a hill and forced them to halt and retreat.
• Fourth Raikage A used a second cannon shot to stop Konoha’s advance, rallied Kumogakure’s villagers, and learned that Killer B had not returned.
• Shennong ordered the Hidden Sky ninjas to attack Yuan, but Yuan used Susanoo and genjutsu to trap them while Shennong was struck down by kunai.
• Yuan entered the Pyramid Ruins, injected Nine-Tails Chakra into the ancient control console, and caused the Floating Fortress to rumble as it prepared to rise.

Yuan took control of the Floating Fortress and used it to attack Kumogakure, while Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Hidden Leaf forces to continue their invasion. As Fugaku and the other commanders prepared their assault, Yuan broke through Kumogakure’s mountain defenses and set his sights on the Scattering Chakra Cannon.

• Yuan imprisoned the Hidden Sky Ninja Army soldiers, set the Floating Fortress toward the Land of Lightning, and studied its weapons and facilities.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisors reviewed the Uchiha Clan’s victory and agreed to continue the attack on Kumogakure.
• Fugaku accepted the Hokage’s order to invade, and Jiraiya, Nara Shikaku, and Yamanaka Inoichi discussed how to approach Kumogakure’s defenses.
• Dozens of explosions rose near Kumogakure, prompting the commanders to realize that someone else had attacked the village.
• Yuan used the Floating Fortress’s Chakra cannons to break through Kumogakure’s mountain walls, then aimed at the Scattering Chakra Cannon and decided he wanted to capture it.

Yuan attacked Kumogakure from a Floating Fortress and fought Fourth Raikage A, who had opened the Eight Gates to defend his village. Yuan killed A with Toyokumo Field, leaving Kumogakure stunned and its future uncertain.

• Raikage A ordered Darui to deal with elders’ families who were trying to flee Kumogakure.
• A Floating Fortress appeared over the village, and Yuan used genjutsu to disable the Scattering Chakra Cannon’s operators.
• Raikage A attacked Yuan and fought him with Lightning Release and the Eight Gates while Kumogakure villagers watched.
• Yuan revealed that his first opponent had been a Shadow Clone, then returned in person as A opened the Gate of Death.
• A unleashed a final barrage of attacks, but Yuan used Toyokumo Field to cut him down, and the villagers realized their Raikage was dead.