Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Kei agreed to join Obito’s Akatsuki after negotiating for the God Tree’s fruit, then left with Uchiha Izumi, Karin Uzumaki, and Uzumaki Yuka for the Land of Rain. On the way, his visions warned him that war was coming and showed Pain unleashing Shinra Tensei.

• Obito found Hyuga Kei and invited him to join Akatsuki, but Hyuga Kei demanded to hear what Obito could offer.
• Obito used genjutsu to explain his plan to gather the Tailed Beasts and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Hyuga Kei agreed to cooperate in exchange for the God Tree’s fruit.
• Hyuga Kei learned that Obito had given the Rinnegan to Akatsuki’s leader and that Obito used the name Tobi in the organization.
• Hyuga Kei told Uchiha Izumi, Karin Uzumaki, and Uzumaki Yuka to pack, then took them by carriage toward the Land of Rain.
• Hyuga Kei sensed that war was coming and told Karin Uzumaki that the country’s god would protect it.
• Hyuga Kei saw a vision of Pain standing above the battlefield and using Shinra Tensei.

Hyuga Kei joined Akatsuki as Sora and was assigned a mission with Sasori to recruit Deidara. They reached Deidara's home in the Land of Earth, where he rejected their invitation and insisted on pursuing his art.

• Konan welcomed Hyuga Kei and his companions to Amegakure, gave him the Sora ring and Akatsuki equipment, and agreed to enroll Karin in the Ninja Academy.
• At an Akatsuki meeting, Hyuga Kei met the other members and volunteered with Sasori to recruit Deidara.
• Hyuga Kei told Uzumaki Yuka and the others to stay in Amegakure, then traveled toward the Land of Earth with Sasori.
• During the journey, Hyuga Kei asked Sasori for mass-producible puppet designs and learned enough to make a usable puppet.
• Hyuga Kei and Sasori found Deidara outside Iwagakure and invited him to join Akatsuki, but Deidara refused.

Hyuga Kei recruited Deidara into the Akatsuki and learned about Explosion Release while traveling to the Land of Rain. After reaching the organization, Kei confronted Uchiha Itachi over Izumi and Shisui, and Itachi left to protect Sasuke from Orochimaru.

• Hyuga Kei defeated Deidara with genjutsu, recruited him into the Akatsuki, and introduced him to Sasori.
• Deidara carried Hyuga Kei and Sasori toward the Land of Rain on his Clay Giant Bird and taught Kei how Explosion Release fused earth- and fire-nature chakra.
• Uchiha Izumi asked Hyuga Kei why she felt familiar with Itachi, and Kei told her to treat Itachi as a stranger.
• Uchiha Itachi confronted Hyuga Kei about Izumi, and Kei admitted he had changed her memories and absorbed Uchiha Shisui's corpse.
• Uchiha Itachi warned Kei to stay away from Sasuke, but Kei cautioned him that Orochimaru might target his brother.
• Uchiha Itachi decided to return to Konoha and place Transcription Seals containing Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi on Sasuke's Sharingan.

As the Five Great Nations entered a new war, Akatsuki met to decide how to protect the Land of Rain without exposing its plans. Pain appointed Hyuga Kei wartime commander of Amegakure’s forces, while Konan agreed to monitor him.

• Iwagakure and Sunagakure attacked Konoha, Kumogakure joined the fighting, and Kirigakure waited for a chance to strike Konoha from behind.
• Pain convened Akatsuki and asked whether the organization should join the war or stay out of it.
• Sasori and Hyuga Kei argued that Akatsuki should avoid revealing itself and defend the Land of Rain in Hanzo’s name if foreign forces entered.
• Pain appointed Hyuga Kei wartime commander of Amegakure and assigned Sasori and Kisame Hoshigaki to support him.
• Pain ordered Zetsu to monitor the Five Great Nations and told Akatsuki members on missions to return to Amegakure.
• Konan questioned Hyuga Kei’s loyalty, so Pain ordered her to captain the Rain Ninja and monitor him.

Hyuga Kei arranged an ambush for advance forces from Sunagakure and Iwagakure, disguising himself as Hanzo’s disciple to protect the Land of Rain and intimidate Konoha. The battle began with heavy enemy losses, and Hyuga Kei stunned the survivors by repelling several elite ninja’s attacks with a sword strike.

• Hyuga Kei told Uchiha Itachi that he wanted Konoha’s leaders to know he could destroy them, then took command of the Land of Rain’s defenses under the alias Kimura Takuya.
• Hyuga Kei planned an ambush with Konan, Kisame, and Sasori, assigning Kisame to secretly amplify his Water Dragon Bullet Technique and Konan to lead the Rain ninja’s attack.
• After Uchiha Itachi’s intelligence reached him, Hyuga Kei led the Rain ninja to surround the advance forces from Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
• Hyuga Kei triggered Explosive Tags, summoned Ibuse to poison the enemy, and used Kisame’s hidden water dragons to kill many ninja.
• When several enemy ninja attacked Hyuga Kei at once, he used the Tenseigan’s repulsion to make his sword strike shatter their ninjutsu.

Hyuga Kei used his Kimura Takuya disguise to drive Iwagakure and Sunagakure forces out of the Land of Rain, prompting the Five Great Nations to consider him a threat. He then succeeded in developing Explosion Release techniques for a puppet and ended the day sharing a barbecue with his companions and Konan.

• Konan used paper spears mixed with Explosive Tags to stop the attackers, and Hyuga Kei led the Rain Ninja in driving the two nations' forces from the Land of Rain.
• Hyuga Kei thanked Konan and told her to spread the warning that the Land of Rain would retaliate against anyone who brought war into its territory.
• Ōnoki, Rasa, and Sarutobi Hiruzen received reports about Kimura Takuya and considered how the Land of Rain's apparent new Demigod might affect the war.
• Hyuga Kei successfully used Explosion Release to make a boulder explode, then infused a humanoid puppet with a Spirit Orb and made it detonate in the woods.
• Konan came to investigate the explosions, accepted Hyuga Kei's invitation to eat, and joined him, Uchiha Izumi, Karin Uzumaki, Deidara, and the others for a barbecue.

Hyuga Kei discovered that Uchiha Hikari had been sealed in a time-frozen space and learned that blood from Senju and Sarutobi descendants was needed to undo the seal. He asked the Akatsuki for Princess Tsunade’s location so he could obtain her blood, leaving preparations for the mission underway.

• Hyuga Kei searched his pre-transmigration memories for information about Uchiha Hikari and asked Uzumaki Yuka to find her sealing record.
• Hyuga Kei and Yuka found the account describing Hikari’s Time-Locking Seal and Blood-Recognition Seal, which required blood from Senju and Sarutobi descendants to break.
• Hyuga Kei decided to seek Princess Tsunade and obtain Asuma Sarutobi’s blood as part of his plan to free Hikari.
• At an Akatsuki meeting three days later, Hyuga Kei asked Zetsu for Princess Tsunade’s location and said he wanted her blood for research.
• Deidara and Sasori offered to accompany Hyuga Kei, but he declined and said he could handle the mission alone.

Hyuga Kei confronted Tsunade at a casino, used her hemophobia to capture her, and took her blood before escaping from Jiraiya. After Jiraiya persuaded Tsunade to return to Konoha, she learned that Kei sought bloodlines and wondered whether his abilities might produce another Senju.

• Hyuga Kei found Tsunade gambling and offered her a suitcase of money in exchange for her blood, but she refused and tried to leave.
• Hyuga Kei’s puppets crushed bags of blood, triggering Tsunade’s hemophobia, and captured her while he collected two bags of her blood.
• Jiraiya arrived, rescued Tsunade and Shizune, and tried to stop Hyuga Kei, who escaped on a puppet eagle.
• Jiraiya persuaded Tsunade to return to Konoha to hear the Third Hokage’s explanation about Danzo, and she agreed.
• Shizune revealed that Hyuga Kei had left the money as payment for Tsunade’s blood, and Tsunade asked about his ability to absorb bloodlines.

Hyuga Kei obtained Asuma Sarutobi's blood and Kazuma's Earth Style Reincarnation Technique, then used the blood to open Uchiha Hikari's seal. He showed Uzumaki Yuka and Uchiha Izumi Hikari's past and prepared to persuade her to join them.

• Hyuga Kei flew to the Daimyo's Mansion and demanded Asuma's blood and Kazuma's Earth Style Reincarnation Technique.
• The daimyo ordered the Guardians Twelve to hand over the requested items, then decreed a recruitment drive to build his own ninja guard.
• Hyuga Kei returned to the Land of Rain and brought Uzumaki Yuka and Uchiha Izumi with him to find Uchiha Hikari's sealed chamber.
• Hyuga Kei used Tsunade's and Asuma's blood to break the Blood-Recognition Seal and open the stone door.
• Hyuga Kei showed Uzumaki Yuka and Uchiha Izumi Hikari's story through a genjutsu, and the three agreed to try to recruit her.

Hyuga Kei freed Uchiha Hikari from her stone coffin and used comfort and genjutsu to persuade her to join his group. After bringing her to the Land of Rain, he settled her into their home while Black and White Zetsu considered how to exploit him for the Moon Eye Plan.

• Hyuga Kei opened the coffin, and Uchiha Hikari awakened and punched him before he embraced and comforted her.
• Hyuga Kei showed Hikari her parents’ hopes for her and then his group’s painful pasts through genjutsu, persuading her to join them.
• Hyuga Kei led Hikari onto the puppet Flying Eagle and took her with the group to the Land of Rain, privately revealing that he had planned to win her loyalty and gain access to Yachihoko.
• A day later, Hyuga Kei gave Hikari a room in the group’s apartment, and Uzumaki Yuka introduced her to Karin Uzumaki as a new family member.
• Black and White Zetsu recognized Hikari’s Yachihoko and considered making Hyuga Kei an executor of the Moon Eye Plan.

After the Fourth Great Ninja War ended, Hyuga Kei resumed his training until the Akatsuki ordered him to kill Orochimaru in the Land of Rice. He confronted Orochimaru and four reanimated Kage, then faced their combined attack in Tenseigan Chakra Mode.

• Kirigakure surrendered after Yagura died, and the Five Great Nations formally ended the year-long Fourth Great Ninja War with peace talks and reparations.
• Hyuga Kei returned to a quiet life in the Land of Rain and continued digesting the Tenseigan’s pupil power until Zetsu delivered a mission to kill Orochimaru.
• Hyuga Kei traveled alone to Orochimaru’s cave, where Orochimaru recognized him and summoned Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, the Third Kazekage, and the Third Raikage with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru erased the reanimated Kage’s self-awareness, while Hyuga Kei activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and formed three Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Hashirama, the Third Kazekage, Tobirama Senju, and the Third Raikage attacked Hyuga Kei with Wood Release, Sand Iron, Flying Thunder God, and Hell Stab.

Hyuga Kei used his Truth-Seeking Orbs and newly awakened Mangekyō dojutsu to overcome Orochimaru and his Impure World Reincarnation fighters. He captured Orochimaru and Kabuto and entered Orochimaru’s cave to discuss something with Kabuto.

• Hyuga Kei blocked the Kage’s combined attack with his Truth-Seeking Orbs and destroyed the Third Raikage’s body with a Truth-Seeking Orb shuriken.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto used Rashomon, iron sand, and the Wood Dragon to delay Hyuga Kei and separate him from his Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Hyuga Kei awakened his Mangekyō dojutsu, Time Eye: Lock, froze time, escaped the Wood Dragon, and released Hashirama and Tobirama’s souls.
• The Third Kazekage broke free of Orochimaru’s control and returned to the Pure Land after Hyuga Kei resumed time and genjutsu immobilized Orochimaru.
• Hyuga Kei captured Orochimaru and Kabuto, then led them into Orochimaru’s cave to speak with Kabuto.

Hyuga Kei subdued Orochimaru and persuaded Kabuto Yakushi to become his subordinate by restoring Kabuto’s memories and promising to help revive Yakushi Nonō. After taking Orochimaru’s research and binding Kimimaro to his service, Hyuga Kei left Kabuto in charge of establishing Otogakure and continuing his research.

• Hyuga Kei placed a Spirit Orb inside Orochimaru, making him obey, then pressured Kabuto Yakushi to choose whether to serve him.
• Hyuga Kei used a Sharingan genjutsu to restore Kabuto’s memories, and Kabuto agreed to serve him in exchange for help reviving Yakushi Nonō and reclaiming his bonds.
• Hyuga Kei gave Kabuto research records for a resurrection technique and absorbed Orochimaru’s Hashirama Cells, strengthening his Sage Body and mastering Wood Release.
• Hyuga Kei altered Kimimaro’s memories so he would serve him, ordered Kabuto to preserve Kimimaro’s blood, and took Ryūchi Cave’s Summoning Scroll.
• Hyuga Kei tasked Kabuto with establishing Otogakure, researching Impure World Reincarnation, gathering powerful people’s remains, and pursuing Orochimaru’s goals.

Hyuga Kei traveled to Ryūchi Cave to learn senjutsu and passed Tagorihime’s first trial after seeing through her genjutsu and overpowering her. He entered Ichikishimahime’s chamber and tricked her into a dice game, leaving their contest ongoing.

• Hyuga Kei returned home, reunited with Hikari and Karin, and told Izumi and Yuka he would be leaving for a while.
• Hyuga Kei used Reverse Summoning Jutsu to reach Ryūchi Cave and saw through Tagorihime’s illusion of a golden palace and its offerings.
• Hyuga Kei smashed Tagorihime into the ground, breaking the genjutsu, and she directed him toward the second trial.
• Hyuga Kei followed a white figure through the mist and entered Ichikishimahime’s chamber, where a stone door sealed behind him.
• Hyuga Kei proposed a dice game with Ichikishimahime, lost the first round, and let her drain some of his chakra.
• Hyuga Kei invited Ichikishimahime to keep playing, intending to use the game to get her to teach him a sage technique.

Hyuga Kei passed Ryūchi Cave’s trials and learned to control natural energy, achieving Perfect Sage Mode under the White Snake Sage’s guidance. The White Snake Sage sent him to retrieve a giant snake’s reverse scale, and Tagorihime led him deeper into the cave.

• Hyuga Kei passed Ichikishimahime’s dice trial and continued into the mist for the next test.
• Tagitsuhime bit Hyuga Kei, triggering hallucinations that he dismissed by sensing and extinguishing the senjutsu chakra in his body.
• Hyuga Kei entered the temple, met the White Snake Sage, and began learning to balance natural, physical, and spiritual energy.
• Hyuga Kei suppressed his snake transformation with the Tenseigan and eventually absorbed natural energy on his own, achieving Perfect Sage Mode.
• The White Snake Sage assigned Hyuga Kei to take the reverse scale from a giant snake, and Tagorihime volunteered to guide him.

Hyuga Kei trained in Ryūchi Cave, defeated Garaga to obtain its reverse scale, and learned Sage Arts from the snake women. After Kabuto Yakushi recruited Amado, Hyuga Kei joined an Akatsuki mission to destroy Iwagakure and Sunagakure border outposts, and Deidara prepared to demonstrate his C2· Dragon.

• Hyuga Kei entered Sage Mode, defeated Garaga, took its reverse scale, and healed the serpent.
• The White Snake Sage praised Hyuga Kei and assigned Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime to teach him Ryūchi Cave's Sage Arts.
• Kabuto Yakushi asked to change how Orochimaru was controlled and recruited Amado, who wanted his daughter's illness cured.
• Pain told Hyuga Kei that Iwagakure and Sunagakure had threatened the Land of Rain, and Hyuga Kei advised Akatsuki to intimidate them by striking their border outposts.
• Pain assigned Hyuga Kei, Deidara, and Sasori to attack Sunagakure's outposts while Pain, Kakuzu, and Hidan targeted Iwagakure's.
• Deidara formed his C2· Dragon from explosive clay as Sasori criticized its appearance.

Hyuga Kei, Deidara, and Sasori destroyed Sunagakure border outposts before clashing with the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, and his forces. After returning to the Akatsuki base with the mission complete, they were paid, and Kakuzu resolved to pursue Rasa for his Gold Dust.

• Hyuga Kei, Deidara, and Sasori bombed several Sunagakure border outposts, killing the survivors with Deidara’s clay dragon and Hyuga Kei’s precise attacks.
• Rasa ambushed the group with Gold Dust, but Hyuga Kei deflected the explosive-tag arrows while Deidara’s clay dragon attacked the Sunagakure forces.
• Deidara detonated the clay dragon in a massive explosion, and Hyuga Kei discovered that Rasa had escaped through a tunnel.
• Hyuga Kei, Deidara, and Sasori returned to the Akatsuki base, where Pain paid them for completing the mission.
• Kakuzu examined the Gold Dust on their shoes, asked Sasori about using Rasa as a puppet to obtain gold, and added Rasa to his kill list.
• Hyuga Kei prepared to leave and declined Deidara’s request to show his own art, saying there would be another chance.

Hyuga Kei reassured Uzumaki Yuka that he would protect her and Karin after she misunderstood his refusal of the stored blood, then began a relationship with her. Meanwhile, Sunagakure struggled to save Rasa, and Ōnoki hired the Akatsuki Organization to investigate the very group Pain led; Hyuga Kei volunteered to feed him fabricated intelligence.

• Hyuga Kei told Uzumaki Yuka he no longer needed stored blood, prompting her to fear he would abandon her and Karin.
• Hyuga Kei comforted Uzumaki Yuka, clarified that he still wanted her in the household, and began a relationship with her.
• Chiyo examined the unconscious Rasa in Sunagakure and operated to save his life after finding severe burns on him.
• Ōnoki learned that the border outposts along the Land of Rain had been destroyed and ordered Kitsuchi to hire the Akatsuki Organization to investigate the attackers.
• Pain presented the mission to the Akatsuki Organization, and Hyuga Kei volunteered to provide Ōnoki with fabricated intelligence.

Hyuga Kei fabricated intelligence, then learned that Black Zetsu wanted him to replace Obito as the executor of the Moon Eye Plan. He left for Ryūchi Cave to continue training and challenged Ichikishimahime to dice for senjutsu instruction.

• Hyuga Kei finished forging intelligence while Uzumaki Yuka and Uchiha Izumi discussed his relationship with them.
• Hyuga Kei gave the forged reports to Zetsu, and Black Zetsu revealed that Obito had stopped obeying and urged Kei to replace him as the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hyuga Kei agreed to wait for an opportunity to kill Obito, then privately considered seeking help from Nagato and Konan.
• Hyuga Kei said farewell to Uzumaki Yuka and Uchiha Izumi and used the Reverse Summoning Jutsu to travel to Ryūchi Cave.
• Hyuga Kei rejected Tagorihime's advances and challenged Ichikishimahime to dice, wagering a bite for her and senjutsu instruction for him.

Neji Hyuga graduated early to investigate the truth behind his clan’s massacre and his brother’s grievances. After defeating Sasuke in a public duel, Neji urged him to investigate Uchiha history and reconsider whether Itachi’s love for him had been false.

• Neji Hyuga gained Sarutobi Hiruzen’s approval to graduate early, though he could only train alone and accept missions up to C-rank until a team became available.
• News of Neji’s graduation reached the academy, where Sasuke grew frustrated that he was still far from avenging his clan.
• Sasuke challenged Neji to a duel, and Neji agreed as students and teachers gathered to watch.
• Neji defeated Sasuke with the Eight Trigrams Palm after countering Sasuke’s Great Fireball Technique and Substitution Technique.
• Neji told Sasuke that Uchiha Itachi had loved him deeply and advised him to investigate Uchiha history before drawing conclusions.