Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Kei’s forces killed Fourth Kazekage Rasa and began a plan to infiltrate Sunagakure, while Kei, Karin, and Uchiha Hikari entered Konoha disguised as Sound ninja for the Chunin Exams. Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Karin was an Uzumaki and decided to demand that the Sound Village hand her over after the exams.

• Hyuga Kei, Kabuto Yakushi, and Kimimaro ambushed and killed Fourth Kazekage Rasa, then planned for Kabuto and Orochimaru to impersonate him in Sunagakure.
• Hyuga Kei dispelled his Shadow Clone and traveled to Konoha with Karin and Uchiha Hikari, disguised as Sound ninja entering the Chunin Exams.
• Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane checked the trio’s passes and let them into Konoha, where Karin sensed they were being followed.
• An Anbu reported Karin’s red hair and strong chakra to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who decided to make the Sound Village surrender her after the Chunin Exams.

Hyuga Kei took Karin Uzumaki and Uchiha Hikari to Ichiraku Ramen, where they met Kakashi and Team 7. He hinted that he knew about Naruto’s parents but refused to reveal the secret, then left with the promise that they had come to save Naruto.

• Hyuga Kei took Karin Uzumaki and Uchiha Hikari to Ichiraku Ramen for breakfast.
• Kakashi and Team 7 arrived, and Hyuga Kei introduced himself and his companions as foreign examinees for the Chunin Exams.
• Naruto learned from Hyuga Kei that the Land of Whirlpools had been destroyed and the Uzumaki Clan scattered by Kirigakure.
• Hyuga Kei hinted that Naruto’s parents appeared in Leaf Village mission records, but Kakashi stopped him from revealing the secret.
• Naruto begged Hyuga Kei to tell him about his parents, but Hyuga Kei apologized, paid for the meal, and left with Karin and Hikari.
• Karin felt sorry for Naruto, and Hyuga Kei told her they had come to save him.

Naruto confronted Kakashi over Konoha forbidding him to search for his parents, while Hyuga Kei secretly returned to Konoha and prepared for Kabuto Yakushi’s plan. After visiting his parents’ graves, Kei learned that several villages’ teams had arrived for the upcoming competition and ordered Kabuto to delay killing Danzo until the night before the plan began.

• Naruto demanded that Kakashi let him search for his parents, and Kakashi knocked him unconscious when red chakra began to emerge.
• Kakashi took Naruto home without reporting the incident to the Third Hokage and blamed himself for his past failures.
• Hyuga Kei toured Konoha with Hikari and Karin, then secretly visited his parents’ graves and the shared grave of Hizashi and his wife.
• Neji Hyuga found fresh flowers at the graves and used his Byakugan to investigate, while Kei watched him from hiding.
• Kei encountered Kumogakure genin Karui, Atsui, and Omoi, then received Kabuto Yakushi’s report that he had found Danzo’s base.
• Kei ordered Kabuto to kill Danzo the night before their plan began, warned him about Kotoamatsukami, and reviewed the participating teams and Neji’s record.

Hyuga Kei staged a public confrontation with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, then overwhelmed Sasuke to demonstrate his speed and strength. Naruto and Sasuke learned that Hyuga Kei would share clues about Naruto’s parents during the second round if they passed the first exam.

• Hyuga Kei met Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura on the way to the Chunin Exams gathering point, and Naruto asked about his parents.
• Hyuga Kei secretly instructed Naruto to provoke him, pretend to be knocked out, and meet him during the second round for his guesses about Naruto’s parents.
• Hyuga Kei defeated Naruto and then struck Sasuke repeatedly, stopping his final blow just before it hit Sasuke’s neck.
• The gathered examinees, including Gaara, Rock Lee, and Neji, watched Hyuga Kei leave with Hikari and Karin after the fight.
• Naruto told Sasuke that passing the first exam would earn him clues about Naruto’s parents, and Sasuke became eager to continue.

Hyuga Kei and his companions took the first Chunin Exam, with Karin secretly transmitting answers to Kei and Uchiha Hikari. The exam ended with Naruto refusing to withdraw, inspiring the other examinees to stay, while Kei considered how to recruit him to his own plans.

• Hyuga Kei told Karin to use her Mind's Eye of the Kagura and Sound Transmission Secret Technique to help him and Uchiha Hikari cheat, and he revealed that Naruto, Sasuke, and his younger brother were targets of his plan.
• Morino Ibiki began the written exam, and a proctor removed an examinee who challenged his authority.
• Hinata offered Chiba Kishu a glimpse of her answers, but he declined, then Karin transmitted the answers to Kei and Hikari.
• Ibiki announced that anyone who answered the tenth question incorrectly would remain a genin forever, while withdrawing would eliminate their teammates too.
• Several examinees withdrew, but Naruto declared that he would never back down and would become Hokage even if he stayed a genin.
• Naruto's resolve encouraged the remaining examinees to stay, and Hyuga Kei considered trying to win Naruto over.

Hyuga Kei’s intimidating companion disrupted the Chunin Exam, prompting Konoha to replace Anko with Jiraiya for the next stage. Naruto dreamed of living with his parents, awoke in tears, and Kei then set out to visit Sasuke’s house.

• Anko introduced the Forest of Death as the second exam site, but Hikari deflected her shuriken and unleashed Killing Intent that terrified the examinees.
• Kei left with Hikari and Karin, and Ibiki reported their strength to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who ordered Jiraiya to replace Anko as chief examiner.
• Naruto saved his treasured ramen for Kishu, then fell asleep and dreamed that Kushina and Minato were his parents.
• Naruto woke from the dream crying after remembering his father and mother.
• Kei watched Naruto through the window, then told a loyal White Zetsu to lead him to Sasuke’s house.

Hyuga Kei met Naruto and Team 7 in the Forest of Death and showed Naruto photographs of his parents, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. After encouraging Naruto with the possibility of reviving the dead, Kei agreed to share dinner with the team as they continued the exam.

• Jiraiya replaced Anko Mitarashi as the second-stage chief examiner and explained the Heaven and Earth Scroll survival exam.
• Hyuga Kei gave Karin Uzumaki and Uchiha Hikari the Heaven Scroll and sent them ahead while he waited for Naruto and Team 7.
• Hyuga Kei showed Naruto photographs of Minato and Kushina, including their Ninja Academy graduation and wedding pictures, and Naruto wept as he looked at them.
• Hyuga Kei told Naruto and Sasuke that the dead might be revived through powerful ninjutsu, inspiring them to keep training.
• Naruto thanked Hyuga Kei with a limited-edition chicken broth ramen, and Kei joined Team 7 for dinner after they agreed to hunt a wild boar.

Hyuga Kei shared the group’s dreams around a campfire, gave Naruto an Uzumaki sealing technique, and implanted Sasuke with a Sage Art Cursed Seal that greatly increased his abilities. The chapter ended with Kei telling Naruto that his Uzumaki physique might let him learn true Sage Mode in the future.

• Hyuga Kei asked Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura about their dreams, then gave Naruto a scroll of Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Hyuga Kei explained his Sage Art Cursed Seal to Sasuke and, after Sasuke agreed, implanted the seal on his shoulder.
• Sasuke activated the seal and tested its boosts to his physical abilities, Sharingan, ninjutsu, and reaction speed against Hyuga Kei.
• Hyuga Kei warned Sasuke not to use or reveal the cursed seal casually because it burdened his body.
• Naruto asked whether he could receive a cursed seal, but Hyuga Kei said Naruto’s Uzumaki Sage Body might let him master true Sage Mode instead.

During the Forest of Death exam, Hyuga Hinata, Kiba, and Shino watched Gaara kill three Rain ninja before he trapped them as well. Hyuga Kei arrived disguised as Chiba Kishu, rallied the trio, and attacked Gaara with sound waves that pierced his sand defense.

• At an Akatsuki meeting, Pain asked where Hyuga Kei was, but Black Zetsu said he did not know, so Pain assigned the tasks without him.
• In the Forest of Death, Gaara killed three Rain ninja with his sand while Hinata, Kiba, and Shino watched from hiding.
• Gaara trapped Hinata, Kiba, and Shino with sand, but Hyuga Kei arrived disguised as Chiba Kishu and freed them by knocking down a tree for them to escape on.
• Hyuga Kei outlined a plan for the group to fight Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, assigning Kiba and Hinata to Temari and Shino to disrupt Kankuro’s chakra threads.
• Hyuga Kei struck Gaara’s sand defense with his bracers, sending sound waves through it and causing Gaara intense pain.

Hyuga Kei defeated Gaara, suppressed the One-Tail’s chakra, and returned him to Temari and Kankuro. He then joined Hinata’s team on the way to the Central Tower, leaving Hinata encouraged by his gentle attention.

• Temari warned Gaara to disperse his sand shield as Hyuga Kei dragged him away, while Hinata, Kiba, and Shino fought Temari and Kankuro.
• Gaara attacked Hyuga Kei with sand, but Kei shattered his defenses and used Corpse Seal to suppress the Tailed Beast chakra, leaving Gaara unconscious.
• Hyuga Kei returned Gaara to Temari and Kankuro, gave them the Heaven Scroll, and explained that Gaara would sleep for several days.
• Hyuga Kei apologized to Kiba’s team for giving away their spoils, then offered to travel with them and rest before continuing to the Central Tower.
• Hyuga Kei and Hinata caught and cleaned fish together, and Kei encouraged her by praising her gentle nature and saying she would make a good wife.

Kei stopped to face Rock Lee on the way to the Central Tower, but Lee withdrew before they could fight at full strength. Inside, Team 8 and the other Konoha genin discussed Kei’s strength before Karui provoked Naruto and Sasuke.

• Rock Lee challenged Kei to a fight while Kiba, Hinata, and Shino continued on to the Central Tower.
• Kei caught and flung Lee’s opening kick, then told him that his speed and strength were not enough to challenge him without special techniques.
• Neji and Tenten stopped Lee from removing his leg weights, and Lee apologized for ending the spar before fighting at full strength.
• Team 8 entered the Central Tower, where Naruto called Kei “Brother Kishu” and Shino recounted Kei’s clash with Gaara’s team.
• The Konoha genin reacted to learning that Kei’s techniques had caused a vast sandstorm, and Karui mocked them as Naruto and Sasuke bristled.

Hyuga Kei intervened when Atsui insulted him and the Konoha group, then swiftly defeated Atsui and Karui. After Jiraiya dismissed Karui’s complaint, Kei returned to his room, where Karin helped restore his strength.

• Hyuga Kei arrived as the Konoha Twelve Shinobi and three Kumogakure ninja faced off, and Atsui insulted him as a Konoha lackey.
• Hyuga Kei stopped the Konoha group from attacking, shattered Atsui’s blade, and knocked him unconscious with his bracer.
• Omoi caught Atsui as he fell from the tower, while Hyuga Kei punched Karui and left her badly hurt.
• Karin Uzumaki and Uchiha Hikari joined Hyuga Kei, and the Konoha group watched him leave, with Neji admitting that Kei was faster and stronger than he was.
• Karui complained to Jiraiya, who blamed the Kumogakure team for starting the conflict and said he would report what happened to the Raikage.
• Back in the resting room, Karin urged Hyuga Kei to bite her arm, and he regained strength from her life force.

The Chunin Exams preliminary matches began, with several examinees advancing or being eliminated. Neji defeated Hinata, and Hyuga Kei healed her before she was taken for a medical examination.

• Karin Uzumaki and Uchiha Hikari withdrew from the preliminaries, following Hyuga Kei's order.
• Sasuke defeated Atsui with a copied version of Hyuga Kei's Chiba Consecutive Strikes, while Naruto beat Kiba using a foul fart.
• Omoi easily defeated an unknown opponent, and Aburame Shino and Kankuro eliminated each other after Kankuro poisoned his tools.
• Neji defeated Hinata after trying to persuade her to quit, and Hyuga Kei healed her burns and revived her.
• Hyuga Kei persuaded Hinata to undergo another examination before returning to the stands.

After the preliminaries ended, Hinata wrestled with Neji’s advice to focus on rebuilding the Hyuga clan and accepted Hanabi’s encouragement to pursue someone she liked. Hyuga Kei received Hinata’s dinner invitation and used his false identity and a charm-enhancing technique to strengthen her feelings for him, then returned to the inn where Karin greeted him resentfully.

• Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka drew, Temari, Tenten, Gaara, and Rock Lee won their matches, and Shikamaru Nara advanced after Choji Akimichi surrendered first.
• Gekko Hayate assigned the ten successful candidates to groups for the third stage, which would begin in a month.
• Hinata worried over Neji’s advice, and Hanabi persuaded her that she could pursue love while Hanabi trained to avenge their family.
• Hanabi invited Hyuga Kei to dinner on Hinata’s behalf, and he planned to use his false identity to make Hinata fall for him before revealing who he was.
• Hyuga Kei used Bewitching Sage Mode, brought white roses and fruit to Hinata’s home, and shared dinner with her.
• Hyuga Kei returned to the inn, where Karin looked at him resentfully for flirting with other women.

A wounded Anbu told Naruto that Sarutobi Hiruzen had concealed his identity and arranged his parents’ deaths, then left him documents as evidence. After Anbu came to question him, Naruto read the papers and vowed to avenge his parents, deciding to destroy Konoha.

• A wounded Anbu visited Naruto, claimed Sarutobi Hiruzen had orchestrated his parents’ deaths, and gave him documents before disappearing.
• Several Anbu questioned Naruto about seeing anyone, and he denied it while hiding the documents.
• Naruto read the papers, which accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of coveting power and Uchiha Obito of causing the Nine-Tails’ Rampage.
• Naruto mourned his parents, swore to avenge them, and resolved to destroy Konoha.

Hyuga Kei manipulated Naruto into believing Konoha had wronged him, setting him up to make a scene during the Chunin Exams. He reunited with Neji and prepared to meet Danzo, while planning to take Neji away the next day.

• Naruto agreed with the Nine-Tails to cause trouble in Konoha during the following day's important event, unaware that Hyuga Kei had fabricated much of the intelligence he saw.
• Hyuga Kei praised Kabuto Yakushi's performance, promised him a chance to deal with Danzo, and went to visit Neji.
• Hyuga Kei showed Neji through a genjutsu how the Hyuga Main House had forced his parents into their deaths, then told him he would take him away.
• Neji agreed to leave with Hyuga Kei and planned to act normally until Hyuga Kei came for him the next day.
• Kabuto Yakushi told Hyuga Kei that Danzo had agreed to meet them, and the two went to see him.

Hyuga Kei and Kabuto Yakushi attacked Danzo in Root’s underground base, where Hyuga Kei tore out Shisui’s Sharingan and fought Danzo while Kabuto faced Torune. Danzo used Izanagi to survive repeated lethal attacks, but Hyuga Kei overwhelmed him and ended the chapter claiming he had already seen how Danzo would die.

• Danzo prepared to negotiate with Orochimaru’s subordinate, but Hyuga Kei burst into his room and stole Shisui’s Sharingan.
• Kabuto Yakushi joined Hyuga Kei and confronted Danzo, who activated Izanagi and ordered Torune to fight Kabuto.
• Hyuga Kei repeatedly killed Danzo, forcing him to spend Sharingan on Izanagi, while Kabuto fought Torune.
• Danzo summoned the Baku, but Hyuga Kei knocked it down and detonated the Explosion Release chakra he had planted inside it.
• Danzo survived the blast with Izanagi, and Hyuga Kei told him he had already seen how he would die.

Hyuga Kei killed Danzo after exhausting the Sharingan revivals in his arm, then took Danzo’s stored Sharingan and forged a treasonous treaty to frame him. As the Chunin Exams approached, Sarutobi Hiruzen sensed danger and ordered extra security.

• Hyuga Kei killed Danzo seven more times, exhausted his revivals, and prevented him from using the Reaper Death Seal: Four Symbols.
• Hyuga Kei handed Danzo to Kabuto Yakushi, then raided the Root base’s secret chamber and took its stored Sharingan.
• Hyuga Kei ordered Kabuto Yakushi to forge a humiliating alliance treaty that implicated Danzo and could be revealed to Konoha during their plan.
• Hyuga Kei returned to his room to wash, while Kabuto Yakushi continued preparing for the next day’s events.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen woke with a sense of dread and ordered the Anbu to reinforce security at the Chunin Exams.

At the Chunin Exams, Naruto fought Gaara while Hyuga Kei’s plan pushed him toward losing control of the Nine-Tails’ chakra. Naruto’s transformation escalated from one tail to four, and he attacked the Konoha Sealing Force as the spectators fled.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen received the visiting nobles and Raikage A while the disguised Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi sat as the Kazekage.
• Shikamaru Nara noticed Naruto seemed gloomy, and Gekko Hayate announced that Sasuke would forfeit if he did not arrive by the second match.
• Naruto and Gaara began their match, and Naruto called on the Nine-Tails to lend him chakra.
• Naruto’s enhanced speed broke through Gaara’s sand defenses, while Gaara attempted to awaken One-Tail Shukaku.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the spectators evacuated and sent the Sealing Force to contain Naruto as his chakra formed multiple tails.
• Naruto transformed into a four-tailed beast and hurled the approaching Sealing Force ninja away.

Orochimaru and Kabuto trapped Sarutobi Hiruzen on the rooftop while the invasion and Tailed Beast battle erupted below. Chiba Kishu confronted Konoha’s shinobi and defended his decision to fight for the oppressed people of the Land of Rice.

• Orochimaru bound Sarutobi Hiruzen and sealed the rooftop with the Four Violet Flames Formation, then summoned Senju Hashirama and Tobirama Senju.
• Tobirama warned Sarutobi Hiruzen that Kabuto Yakushi controlled Orochimaru, but Kabuto took control of Tobirama before he could finish.
• Gaara’s False Awakening Technique summoned Shukaku, who attacked Naruto as Naruto fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at him.
• Hatake Kakashi directed the shinobi to evacuate civilians and seek reinforcements while Hyuga Kei’s Shadow Clone took Neji and Tenten away on puppet Flying Eagles.
• Chiba Kishu identified himself as the Sound Village leader and told Hinata, Jiraiya, and the Konoha shinobi that he was fighting for the people of the Land of Rice, whom Konoha had oppressed.