Chapter Summaries

Kyosuke and Saori Hyuga traveled through a hidden passage to the moon to investigate why Saori had not awakened the Tenseigan. The Otsutsuki Clan escorted them to the Moon Palace, where Saori asked clan head Mahiro Otsutsuki about the unrest on the moon.

• Kyosuke and Saori passed through pools and dispelled a Genjutsu before reaching the moon.
• Kyosuke and Saori headed toward the Otsutsuki settlement, but Saori sensed the clan’s ninjas approaching them.
• The Otsutsuki ninjas recognized Saori as a Hyuga and invited her to the Moon Palace because the moon was not peaceful.
• Kyosuke and Saori rode a flying stone platform to the palace and met clan head Mahiro Otsutsuki.
• Saori asked Mahiro to explain what had happened on the moon.

Mahiro Otsutsuki explained the Moon Clan’s conflict, and Kyosuke and Saori agreed to support the Main House while Kyosuke researched the Tenseigan. Meanwhile, Hagoromo Otsutsuki ordered a secret mission to capture two Hyuga members, and his agent set off for Konoha.

• Mahiro Otsutsuki explained that the Branch Family planned to seize Hamura’s weapon and destroy the Shinobi World, while the Main House hoped for peace.
• Kyosuke and Saori promised to help Mahiro defeat the Branch Family, and Kyosuke requested permission to study the Otsutsuki Clan’s physiques.
• Mahiro welcomed Kyosuke and Saori to the Moon Palace, where Kyosuke began researching how to awaken the Tenseigan.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki ordered an agent to secretly bring back two Hyuga members so the Branch Family could try to awaken the Tenseigan.
• The agent evaded the Main House guards, reached the Land of Fire, and headed toward Konoha.

Kyosuke injected Saori with a formulation he had developed to modify her Sage Body and help her awaken the Tenseigan. Saori successfully awakened the legendary eyes, though their power would require further training to master.

• Kyosuke finished developing a transparent formulation intended to help Saori awaken the Tenseigan.
• Kyosuke injected the formulation into Saori, whose body endured intense pain as it fused with the Hashirama Cells.
• Saori resolved to protect Kyosuke from Dark Owl, whom she knew was Uchiha Nagisa, and to kill her if she could not be persuaded.
• Saori experienced the Tenseigan's first fetal movement, which increased her Eye Power and awakened its initial ability.
• Saori opened her eyes to reveal blue pupils glowing white, and Kyosuke confirmed that the Tenseigan had awakened.

After awakening her Tenseigan, Saori tested its abilities with Kyosuke and learned she could control puppets and manipulate people while extracting their memories and Chakra. The Main House and Branch Family armies finally met, and the Branch Family’s huge puppet army shocked both their opponents and Kyosuke and Saori.

• Kyosuke helped Saori test her Tenseigan, confirming its puppet-control and green-orb abilities.
• Kyosuke persuaded Saori to delay fighting the Branch Family and let the Main House take the lead while their strength dwindled.
• A week later, Mahiro Otsutsuki led several hundred Main House fighters toward the Branch Family, which had gathered to fight rather than retreat.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki ordered the Branch Family to march against the Main House, bringing over a thousand fighters and a massive puppet army.
• The two armies met on a plain, where the sight of the puppets unsettled the Main House forces and enraged Saori Hyuga.

Kyosuke and Saori Hyuga joined the battle against Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s Branch House forces, whose puppet attacks overwhelmed the unprepared Main House troops. Saori fought Hagoromo directly and broke his strongest attack, leaving him defeated but alive.

• Kyosuke held back Saori at first, but after the puppets inflicted heavy losses on the Main House forces, he ordered her to attack.
• Saori charged through puppets and Branch House ninja while Kyosuke cut down enemy fighters with the Murakumo Blade.
• Saori confronted Hagoromo Otsutsuki and demanded to know where he had obtained his Byakugan.
• Saori struck Hagoromo and tore Chakra from his chest, then mocked him after he struggled back to his feet.
• Hagoromo used Blazing Flame Thousand Slashes, but Saori froze him with a dragon-like roar and shattered the blades with Gentle Fist Art: Crushing Dragon Strike.
• Saori kicked Hagoromo away and called him a disappointment.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki absorbed his clansmen’s Chakra to unleash Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack against Saori Hyuga. Saori broke through the attack with Divine Phoenix Sky Drive and stood bloodied before him, leaving their confrontation at its decisive moment.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki drained Chakra from a subordinate and nearby clansmen to increase his power.
• Saori Hyuga grew wary of Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s Chakra surge and prepared to fight at full strength.
• Kyosuke arrived beside Saori, but she told him not to interfere, and he returned to the enemy formation.
• Saori formed the phoenix-shaped Divine Phoenix Sky Drive as Hagoromo Otsutsuki unleashed Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Saori charged through the phantom fists, shattered the final strike, and approached the blank-faced Hagoromo Otsutsuki covered in blood.

After Hagoromo Otsutsuki killed himself, Mahiro Otsutsuki led the Main House to victory over the Branch House, while Kyosuke and Saori prepared to seize control. Kyosuke’s forces then encircled the survivors and began slaughtering the Main House, leaving the fate of Otsutsuki Toneri and Hagoromo’s warning unresolved.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki used the Tenseigan to kill himself and destroy his eyes after warning Saori Hyuga that a greater terror was coming.
• Saori invaded captured Branch House members’ minds but learned nothing, then told Kyosuke what Hagoromo had said.
• Mahiro Otsutsuki celebrated the Main House’s victory and led a massacre of the Branch House holdouts as Kyosuke secretly formed a hand seal.
• Saori spotted more than thirty figures arriving, and Kyosuke’s forces surrounded the Otsutsuki Clan survivors.
• Mahiro offered the Moon Palace to Kyosuke, but Kyosuke refused and challenged the survivors to fight for their lives.
• Kyosuke’s forces began slaughtering the Main House survivors.

Kyosuke seized the Moon Palace and planned to bring trusted Uchiha and Hyuga clan members there. Meanwhile, Toneri sought help from a hidden, ancient palace and left with three restored warriors to reclaim the Moon Palace.

• Kyosuke ordered the Uchiha Secret Ninjas to take over the Moon Palace and eliminate any remaining enemies.
• Kyosuke told Saori Hyuga they could bring more trusted clan members to settle on the moon.
• Toneri reached a hidden mountain gate and crossed a vast passage into an enormous palace filled with meditating figures.
• The ancient man at the palace read Toneri's memories and restored three figures with concentrated Yang Release Chakra.
• The ancient man sent the two men and one woman with Toneri to drive out Kyosuke's forces and help him regain control of the Moon Palace.

Toneri returned to the Land of Fire border mountains and met a powerful woman and her two companions, who decided to explore the Shinobi World before completing their mission. In the Land of Rice Fields, Anko clashed with the woman, and Shisui recognized the danger just as Anko launched an attack.

• Toneri told the woman and her companions about the current state of the Shinobi World and its villages.
• The woman overpowered Toneri with her aura when he questioned her plans, then set off to visit the Shinobi World and its hot springs.
• Anko stole dumplings from a roadside stall, and Shisui paid the vendor while Yamato explained that their search for the mission target had dragged on.
• Anko collided with the woman, was knocked to the ground, and argued with her over who was at fault.
• Shisui and Yamato arrived, and Shisui sensed the woman's terrifying aura as Anko attacked her.

Shisui, Yamato, and Anko faced a woman whose strength overwhelmed their attacks, and Shisui tried to negotiate after realizing they could not defeat her. The woman demanded that Anko kowtow and threatened the others, while the three children waited for their teacher, Kyosuke, to arrive.

• The woman struck Anko down in one exchange, and Shisui and Yamato attacked her with Wood Style and a sword, but she broke free and stopped Shisui’s blade with two fingers.
• The woman recognized Shisui as Indra’s descendant, while Shisui used his Sharingan and sword techniques against her without causing damage.
• Shisui offered to end the conflict, but the woman demanded that Anko kowtow three times and threatened to kill Shisui and Yamato.
• Anko agreed to kowtow to protect her companions, but Shisui told her to ignore the threat and said Kyosuke would come to save them.
• The woman decided to torment the three children and planned to defeat Kyosuke when he arrived.

The woman crippled Yamato and overwhelmed Shisui and Anko, but Anko took a blow meant for Shisui and he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in grief and rage. Shisui wounded the woman with an illusion-assisted attack, and their fight continued as she retaliated.

• The woman subdued Yamato, cut off his right arm, and drove him away before Shisui attacked her with Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• Shisui used his speed and swordsmanship against the woman, but she countered his attacks with her Byakugan and Gentle Fist.
• Anko used the Body Flicker Technique to block the woman's fatal strike against Shisui, then took a pill Kyosuke had prepared and fell into suspended unconsciousness.
• Believing Anko might be dead, Shisui awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and charged the woman, whose Byakugan could not detect him within his illusion.
• Shisui distracted the woman with Genjutsu and cut her back, but she struck at him and he vanished into another illusion.

Shisui trapped the woman in an increasingly powerful Genjutsu and used Kotoamatsukami: Radiance to crush her Spiritual Power. The Illusionary Space vanished, but the woman blocked Shisui’s follow-up sword strike with her palm.

• The woman tried to seize Yamato, only to be stabbed by an illusion and then attacked by a false Shisui.
• The woman realized she had been trapped in Shisui’s Genjutsu since seeing his Mangekyo and that the apparent escape had been an illusion.
• Shisui restrained the woman and invoked Kotoamatsukami: Radiance, sending a dark-red sun crashing down on her Spiritual Power.
• Shisui poured his Eye Power and Spiritual Power into the Illusionary Space to hasten the sun’s descent, destroying the space and returning them to the real world.
• Shisui lunged at the woman with his sword, but she blocked the strike aimed at her heart with her palm.

Kyosuke arrived in time to save Anko and praised Shisui and Yamato for protecting one another. He fought the mysterious Hyuga woman, whose unusual techniques countered his attacks, and the battle remained unresolved as she prepared to change tactics.

• Kyosuke reached the children, checked Anko’s wounds, and handed her to Shisui after confirming she would survive.
• Kyosuke praised Shisui, Yamato, and Anko, then demanded the woman reveal where she came from.
• Kyosuke wounded the woman with a sword, but their next close-range clash ended in a stalemate.
• Kyosuke recognized the woman’s Chakra-coated palm as a Hyuga technique and charged with his Sharingan, Sage Mode, and Seven Swords Style.
• The woman used Byakugan: Intimidation to trap Kyosuke in an Eight Trigrams Formation and battered his Susanoo with more than a hundred palm strikes.
• The woman retreated when she failed to break through Susanoo and her injuries and depleted Spiritual Power limited her strength.

Kyosuke defeated a Hyuga woman but kept her alive after noticing her distress signal, waiting to see who would come to rescue her. Her flying companion arrived, and Kyosuke discovered that he was a Human Puppet controlled remotely by a Puppet Master hiding at a hot spring.

• The Hyuga woman activated a wooden doll as Kyosuke broke free and struck her with the Murakumo Blade.
• Kyosuke shocked and subdued the woman, marking her with a Flying Thunder God coordinate after noticing the doll’s signal.
• A cloaked figure flew in and demanded that Kyosuke release the woman, but Kyosuke refused and challenged him.
• Kyosuke’s Sharingan revealed that the cloaked figure was a Human Puppet with Chakra concentrated around its heart.
• At a hot spring, the Puppet Master controlled the Human Puppet while his companion offered to help, and the Puppet Master chose to see how things went.

Kyosuke fought a cloaked Human Puppet and a woman who used Hyuga techniques, allowing her to escape so he could investigate their mysterious group. The woman returned to Mr. Gate for treatment, while Otsutsuki Toneri arrived and left to gather intelligence.

• A cloaked Human Puppet used Sage Art: Storm Release Light Fang, and the woman counterattacked with Heavenly Spin before escaping on another puppet.
• Kyosuke spared the woman to learn about the force behind her and defeated the remaining puppet, sealing its violently surging core with the Hobi Technique.
• Shisui offered to take the children back and said Kyosuke was too strong to have let the enemy escape by accident.
• The injured woman returned to Mr. Gate, who sent a medical puppet to treat her.
• Otsutsuki Toneri brought daily necessities, saw the woman's injuries, and left to gather intelligence for Mr. Gate.

Mr. Gate and his companions planned to infiltrate Konoha with the Cloud Ninja delegation, while Kyosuke tracked them and learned they were heading there. Danzo set out for Amegakure to pursue the Sage's Eye, forcing Kyosuke to choose between confronting the delegation and intervening in Nagato's danger.

• Mr. Gate decided to disguise himself and join the Cloud Ninja delegation traveling to Konoha, rejecting Toneri's suggestion to reclaim the Moon Palace first.
• Kyosuke tracked the three enemies to the Cloud Ninja delegation and decided to let them continue toward Konoha, where he expected to stop the Raikage's scheme.
• Danzo, enraged by Kyosuke and Minato's strength, resolved to obtain the Sage's Eye and left for Amegakure to meet Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Kyosuke learned that Danzo had secretly headed toward the Land of Rain, where Obito was preparing to move against Nagato, and faced a choice between that crisis and the approaching enemies.

Kyosuke stayed in Konoha to guard against the Cloud Ninja while sending Fugaku, Ukyo, Genbo, Saori, and Shisui to Amegakure to thwart Danzo’s plan for the Sage Eye. The group prepared to leave that night, and Shisui revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Kyosuke arranged Hashirama Cell transplants for Anko, Yamato, and Shisui, strengthening them and restoring Yamato's arm.
• Kyosuke told Fugaku, Ukyo, Genbo, and Saori about Danzo's mission to Amegakure and the plan involving Nagato's Sage Eye.
• Kyosuke explained that he would remain in Konoha because three powerful enemies had joined the Cloud Ninja delegation.
• Saori understood that Kyosuke also wanted her to bring Dark Owl back from Amegakure, and she prepared to confront her if necessary.
• Kyosuke ordered the group to depart that night and offered to send them out of the village with Flying Thunder God.
• Shisui revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan, shocking Fugaku and the others.

Kyosuke warned Minato Namikaze and Kushina that an unknown powerhouse had infiltrated the Cloud Ninja delegation, prompting Minato to secretly prepare for trouble. Meanwhile, Akatsuki celebrated Hanzo of the Salamander’s invitation to peace negotiations, but Nagato felt an unexplained sense of foreboding as the meeting approached.

• Kyosuke visited Minato Namikaze and Kushina, shared the details of the attack on the three youngsters, and warned that the Cloud Ninja delegation’s diplomatic visit could turn dangerous.
• Minato Namikaze agreed to make secret preparations with Kyosuke in case the situation worsened.
• Konan brought Yahiko a letter from Hanzo of the Salamander proposing peace negotiations between Akatsuki and the three great nations of Fire, Wind, and Earth.
• Yahiko and the other Akatsuki members celebrated the invitation and thanked Nagato for helping them reach this point.
• As Akatsuki prepared for its first official negotiation with Hanzo, Yahiko fretted over his appearance and Nagato went outside, troubled by a sense of foreboding.

The Cloud Ninja Delegation arrived in Konoha while Mr. Gate and two companions infiltrated the Uchiha Clan Grounds. After learning Kyosuke Uchiha was alone in the Council Hall, they prepared to attack him.

• Mr. Gate told his companions that Konoha's peace was temporary and urged them to stay true to their organization's purpose.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze learned that the three they were tracking were somewhere within the delegation.
• Bulaza led the Cloud Ninja Delegation into Konoha, while his subordinates prepared a covert operation and the Third Raikage readied forces nearby.
• Mr. Gate and his two companions evaded surveillance and entered the Uchiha Clan Grounds as members of the Cloud Ninja Delegation also slipped out at night.
• The trio captured a Uchiha patrolman, used Mangekyo Genjutsu to learn that Kyosuke Uchiha was working alone in the Council Hall, and headed there to attack.

Mr. Gate and his allies tried to assassinate Kyosuke Uchiha at the Council Hall, but Kyosuke had anticipated their attack and Minato Namikaze overwhelmed the Mangekyō Uchiha. Minato explained that he had used the Third Stage of the Flying Thunder God, the Space-Time Barrier, as the fight left one enemy still in their hands.

• Mr. Gate sent a Human Puppet disguised as a patrol officer to approach Kyosuke, then attacked with a beam from the puppet's chest core.
• A Byakugan-wielding woman and a Mangekyō Uchiha attacked Kyosuke, but their strikes hit his Wood Style Clone instead.
• Kyosuke used the Flying Thunder God to fatally wound the woman, then teleported away when the Mangekyō Uchiha controlled her blood to force him back.
• Minato Namikaze interrupted the Mangekyō Uchiha's attempt to rescue the woman and repeatedly struck him with a Rasengan until he lost consciousness.
• Kyosuke asked how Minato had moved so quickly, and Minato explained the Space-Time Barrier, the Third Stage application of the Flying Thunder God.