Chapter Summaries

Shinichi returned to the Hyuga Clan Compound with Toneri, a Byakugan-bearing orphan from the moon, and revealed that his own Byakugan had evolved into a Tenseigan. Hiashi adopted Toneri into the clan, while Shinichi rejected the Caged Bird Seal for him and agreed to arrange a Byakugan transplant; Hiashi also hinted that Shinichi’s marriage would soon be discussed.

• Hiashi and the Hyuga Clan members waited for Shinichi and Toneri, then reacted with shock when Shinichi’s eyes appeared changed.
• Shinichi explained that his Byakugan had evolved and introduced Toneri as an orphan with the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan whom he had accepted as his younger brother.
• After learning Toneri’s origins and hearing that Hamura had entrusted him to Shinichi, Hiashi adopted Toneri and gave him standing in the Hyuga Clan.
• Shinichi asked Hiashi and Elder Shin to provide a Main Family Byakugan for Toneri to attempt to awaken the Tenseigan.
• Elder Shin suggested placing the Caged Bird Seal on Toneri first, but Shinichi refused and promised to take responsibility for him.
• Hiashi agreed to arrange Toneri’s room, Academy enrollment, and eye transplant, then told Shinichi that his marriage would be put on the agenda after the New Year.

Shinichi Hyuga welcomed Toneri into his family, told Minato Namikaze about the Otsutsuki threat, and brought Toneri to the Hyuga Ancestral Hall to receive a Byakugan transplant. As the eye began transforming, Toneri released a powerful chakra that drew the attention of strong individuals.

• Shinichi introduced Toneri to Hana and Hanabi, and Toneri began to feel at home with his new family.
• Shinichi told Minato about Toneri’s origins and warned him that Isshiki and other Otsutsuki could threaten Earth.
• Minato promised to prepare for the threat and offered to support Shinichi regarding the Hyuga birthday banquet and marriage system.
• Hinata met Toneri after returning home, and Hana prepared a welcoming dinner for the family.
• Shinichi brought Toneri to the Hyuga Ancestral Hall, where Toneri kowtowed to the ancestors and a Medical Ninja transplanted a Byakugan into his left eye.
• Toneri’s new eye began to transform, releasing a chakra surge sensed by powerful individuals.

After Toneri’s Byakugan began transforming into a Tenseigan, its chakra drew attention across Konoha. Minato visited the Hyuga Clan, learned the clan was developing a talented child’s bloodline, and Shinichi took Naruto to find Hinata; meanwhile, an Ōtsutsuki appeared outside Konoha.

• Toneri’s transplanted eye began transforming into a Tenseigan, and Shinichi told him to rest while the transformation took nearly a week.
• Minato and Kushina sensed the chakra from the Hyuga Compound, and Minato brought Naruto to visit the clan.
• Shinichi told Hiashi that Minato could be trusted, and Hiashi explained that a child returned with Shinichi might awaken a Kekkei Genkai like his.
• Minato accepted Hiashi’s explanation, and Shinichi took a bored Naruto to find Hinata.
• An Ōtsutsuki opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka outside Konoha and emerged from the spatial gate.

Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki infiltrated the Hyuga compound to steal Toneri’s eye, but Shinichi confronted him and transported their fight far from Konoha. Shinichi unveiled his powerful chakra form and questioned whether Ryushiki was Urashiki Otsutsuki’s Human Pill.

• Naruto and Hinata sparred at the Hyuga training ground, and Naruto praised her strength despite losing.
• Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki entered Toneri’s room through Yomotsu Hirasaka and tried to take his eye.
• Toneri’s Rinnegan stirred in his sleep, but Ryushiki knocked him unconscious before Shinichi arrived.
• Ryushiki declared himself the Hyuga Clan’s ancestor and attacked Shinichi, who grabbed his wrist and used Flying Thunder God to take them to a distant forest.
• Ryushiki severed his arm and detonated it as a Chakra bomb, but Shinichi emerged from the flames in a green chakra form with nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Shinichi blocked Ryushiki’s earthen spikes and asked whether he was Urashiki Otsutsuki’s Human Pill.

Shinichi Hyuga confronted Ōtsutsuki Ryoshiki, an Otsutsuki hiding on Earth who sought the Ten-Tails and the power of the Tenseigan. Ryoshiki escaped through a space-time portal and tried to use Kara-tsuchi to travel back in time, but Shinichi followed him and took the treasure.

• Shinichi deduced that Ōtsutsuki Ryoshiki was Urashiki Otsutsuki's Human Pill and considered capturing him for Orochimaru to study.
• Ōtsutsuki Ryoshiki attacked with a Chakra Spear, but Shinichi overwhelmed him with his speed and strength.
• Ryoshiki absorbed Shinichi's Mini Tailed Beast Bomb with his Rinnegan and narrowly escaped Shinichi's attacks through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Ryoshiki reached his underground base, retrieved Kara-tsuchi from the Mini God Tree, and planned to travel twenty years into the past to seize Shinichi's Tenseigan.
• Shinichi appeared behind Ryoshiki and took Kara-tsuchi before Ryoshiki could activate it.

Shinichi Hyuga tracked Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki to his secret base, took Kara-tsuchi, and defeated him. Shinichi left with the time-traveling Ninja Tool, while other potential threats to the Shinobi World remained.

• Shinichi Hyuga used the Flying Thunder God mark he had placed on Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki to reach his secret base and take Kara-tsuchi.
• Shinichi stored Kara-tsuchi in an Other Dimension as Ryushiki attacked him with a dark crimson spear.
• Shinichi's Truth-Seeking Orb destroyed Ryushiki's spear and pierced his chest, preventing his wound from regenerating.
• Ryushiki dodged Shinichi's next Truth-Seeking Orbs and attacked through the smoke, but Shinichi evaded his short spears.
• Shinichi punched through Ryushiki's chest and spine, then withdrew his hand as Ryushiki collapsed.

Shinichi Hyuga discovered Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki had branded him with Karma and entered Ryushiki’s Spiritual World to destroy his remaining soul. Afterward, the Karma disintegrated and greatly increased Shinichi’s Chakra and Dojutsu Power.

• After killing Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki, Shinichi Hyuga found a black Karma mark on his palm and considered using Kara-tsuchi to alter the past if future enemies proved too strong.
• Shinichi Hyuga used his Tenseigan to enter Ryushiki’s Spiritual World and confronted Ryushiki’s surviving soul.
• Shinichi Hyuga overpowered Ryushiki in his own consciousness and destroyed his soul with the Tenseigan’s Dojutsu Power.
• Shinichi Hyuga returned to the cave and found Ryushiki’s corpse reduced to dust as the Karma turned gold and disintegrated.
• Shinichi Hyuga sensed his Chakra and Dojutsu Power surge, then identified Ryushiki as a Human Pill.

Shinichi Hyuga killed Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki, saved Toneri, and claimed the Otsutsuki time-and-space treasure Kara-tsuchi. A week later, Toneri began attending the Ninja Academy, where Hinata and Ino talked about him and Shinichi.

• Shinichi escaped Ryushiki's exploding underground base and returned to the Hyuga Clan, where he healed the unconscious Toneri.
• Toneri woke in fear and attacked Shinichi, but recognized him, embraced him, and learned that Shinichi had killed Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki.
• Shinichi considered the power he had gained from Ryushiki and examined Kara-tsuchi, but could not figure out how to use it.
• Hiashi arranged for Toneri to attend the Ninja Academy, and Shinichi prepared him for starting in the most basic class among much younger students.
• Hiashi, Hana, Shinichi, and Hinata accompanied Toneri to school, where teacher Mizuki led him inside.
• Ino asked Hinata about Toneri, admitted she found him handsome, and chased Hinata toward class after Hinata teased her about Sasuke.

Toneri settled into life in Konoha while Shinichi Hyuga was drawn into clan duties and the search for a wife. At his birthday banquet, Hyuga Yui challenged Shinichi’s apparent lack of choice and left, forcing him to reconsider his assumptions about the girls.

• Toneri advanced to a higher Ninja Academy class and continued studying with Hana’s help.
• Hiashi introduced Shinichi to Konoha’s influential clans and political circles as the Hyuga succession drew closer.
• Hana arranged Shinichi’s birthday banquet with six carefully selected Branch Family girls as potential wives.
• Shinichi found the girls’ uniform manners disappointing and wondered whether he had to choose a wife from among them.
• Hyuga Yui accused Shinichi of lacking sincerity and free will, then left the banquet despite her parents’ protests.
• Shinichi watched Yui go and reconsidered his assumption that the girls were all blank and alike.

After Hyuga Yui left Shinichi Hyuga’s birthday banquet, Shinichi recognized that he wanted to choose his own partner, while Hiashi urged him to take his time and respect the clan’s traditions. Years later, Neji graduated from the Ninja Academy and joined Might Guy’s team, reminding Shinichi that the events of the story were approaching.

• Hyuga Yui’s departure chilled the banquet, but Hyuga Hiashi reassured the guests and Shinichi kept the gathering going.
• Hana asked Shinichi which girl he liked, and he said he wanted to wait until the girls were older and he knew them better.
• Hiashi advised Shinichi that love could grow within a traditional marriage, while reminding him that some clan rules could not be changed.
• In Konoha’s Year 60, Hyuga Neji graduated and was assigned to Team Three with Rock Lee and Tenten under Might Guy.
• Might Guy visited Shinichi to ask about Neji’s training plans, and Shinichi realized the timeline was nearing the story’s events.

Shinichi Hyuga discussed Neji’s training with Might Guy, emphasizing physical conditioning and the Eight Inner Gates while leaving ninjutsu instruction to the Hyuga Clan. After Guy left, Neji revealed he had listened and promised to train hard, while Shinichi urged him to stay alive as the man who would become his right-hand man.

• Might Guy asked Shinichi Hyuga about the Hyuga Clan’s plans for Neji and how he should develop him as Team Three’s Jonin Instructor.
• Guy praised Neji’s taijutsu, ninjutsu, and combat ability, then noted that Neji struggled to coordinate with teammates.
• Shinichi explained that Neji’s fighting style differed from a typical Hyuga’s and asked Guy to focus on his physical training and help him work toward opening the Eight Inner Gates.
• Guy promised to take Neji’s training seriously, and Shinichi learned that Rock Lee and Tenten were also on Neji’s team.
• After Guy left, Neji emerged from behind a screen, thanked Shinichi, and promised to protect the Hyuga Clan’s reputation.
• Shinichi told Neji to train hard and not die, calling him the man who would become his right-hand man.

As the story year approached, Shinichi reflected on the enemies he could not find and the mysteries of reincarnation, while Neji and Lee trained under Might Guy and began learning the Eight Inner Gates. Neji opened the Gate of Opening, and Konoha’s jonin turned their attention to Naruto’s impending graduation and the chance to lead his team.

• Shinichi considered how much the future had changed, worried about hidden enemies and the Sage of Six Paths, and decided to observe Naruto and Sasuke while he waited for an opening.
• Might Guy trained Team Three, and Neji completed the demanding physical exercises alongside Lee while Tenten trained at her own pace.
• After months of training, Guy taught Neji and Lee the Eight Inner Gates, and Neji used his Byakugan to open the Gate of Opening first.
• Guy later judged his disciples ready for harder missions and planned to enter them in the Chunin Exams the following year.
• As Ninja Academy graduation season approached, Konoha’s jonin competed for the chance to become the instructor of Naruto, the Fourth Hokage’s son.

As Konoha prepared for graduation season, Shinichi learned that the village’s jonin were vying to become Naruto’s instructor and discussed Hinata’s plans after the Ninja Academy with her. Minato assigned Kakashi to lead Team Seven with Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata, while Sakura joined Team Eight with Shino and Kiba.

• Shinichi learned from Hiashi that Konoha’s jonin hoped to become Naruto’s Jonin Instructor so they could gain Minato’s favor.
• Shinichi asked Hinata about graduation and suggested the Sensory Platoon or Medical Platoon, but Hinata insisted she wanted to be an ordinary genin.
• Hiashi recalled how Naruto and Hinata had led their classmates in beating older students who bullied Choji.
• After the April graduation exams, Minato asked Hiashi to advise him as he assigned graduates to squads.
• Minato recalled Kakashi from the Anbu and appointed him Jonin Instructor of Team Seven, with Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata as members.
• Minato assigned Sakura to Team Eight with Shino and Kiba, under Kurenai’s instruction.

Minato assigned Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to Team 7 under Kakashi, hoping the team would help Naruto grow and bring their families closer. As Kakashi finally arrived to meet them, Shinichi watched anxiously, unsure whether the three would pass Kakashi’s selection test.

• Minato and Hiashi assigned Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to Kakashi’s team, while Asuma took the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.
• Minato hinted at a future marriage between Naruto and Hinata, and Hiashi agreed to let the children’s relationship develop naturally.
• Hiashi told Hinata about her assignment, and she was delighted to be teamed with Naruto; Shinichi wondered how the changed team would affect the future.
• The graduates gathered at the Ninja Academy as Jonin instructors collected their teams, leaving Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata waiting until nearly noon.
• Kakashi arrived to meet the three Genin, and Shinichi worried whether they would pass Kakashi’s selection criteria.

Kakashi told Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata that they had to pass his survival exercise to become qualified genin, then set a bell-snatching test at Training Ground Three. After making the team wait for hours, he revealed that there were only two bells, and Hinata immediately launched an attack.

• Kakashi challenged Team Seven to a survival exercise, explaining that only nine of the twenty-seven graduates would become genin.
• Hinata questioned Kakashi and confidently accepted the test, then worried that failure would separate her from Naruto.
• Shinichi learned that Hyuga Hiashi and the Fourth Hokage had jointly silenced calls to brand Hinata with the Caged Bird Seal.
• Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke waited four hours at Training Ground Three before Kakashi arrived and explained the two-bell test.
• Hinata charged Kakashi and called for Naruto to attack alongside her.

Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke coordinated their attacks against Kakashi during the bell-training exercise, using their abilities to surprise and pressure him. Hinata knocked the bells into Naruto’s hands before Kakashi subdued her, leaving the exercise’s result unresolved.

• Hinata opened the exercise with a taijutsu feint while Naruto burrowed underground and tried to take Kakashi’s bells, but Kakashi threw Naruto into Hinata.
• Sasuke attacked Kakashi with the Great Fireball Technique, allowing the three students to hide while Hinata used her Byakugan to track Kakashi.
• Naruto used an explosive-tagged Kunai to force Kakashi from the forest, but Sasuke’s follow-up Shuriken attack was substituted and Kakashi trapped Sasuke underground.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clones attacked Kakashi while Naruto freed Sasuke, and Hinata continued striking Kakashi with Gentle Fist.
• Kakashi moved to subdue Hinata, but she used Eight Trigrams: Air Palm to knock the bells into Naruto’s hand before she lost consciousness.

Hinata helped Naruto secure both bells, but Kakashi tested whether Team Seven would share food and stand by one another. Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke chose to act as companions, so Kakashi declared that all three had passed, while Shinichi resolved to pay more attention to Hinata’s training.

• Hinata used Air Palm to knock a bell to Naruto, and Kakashi realized she had intended to help him pass.
• Kakashi tied Hinata and Sasuke to posts and told Naruto not to share his lunch, but Naruto freed Hinata by giving her a bell.
• Naruto offered food to Sasuke and explained that the three of them were companions; Hinata also offered Sasuke her lunch.
• Kakashi caught the three sharing food, but after they defended one another, he announced that all of them had passed.
• Shinichi watched Team Seven and recognized Hinata’s talent, resolving to pay closer attention to her training.

Hinata asked Shinichi Hyuga for the Kaiten scroll so she could strengthen Team Seven’s defenses, then began training to master the technique on her own. After watching her struggle, Shinichi secretly used his Dojutsu Power to help her feel Kaiten’s protective barrier.

• Hinata and Sasuke sparred while Team Seven discussed its lack of defensive techniques.
• Hinata asked Shinichi Hyuga to teach her Kaiten, explaining that she wanted to protect Team Seven and help make it the strongest genin team.
• Shinichi gave Hinata the Kaiten scroll, and she chose to learn the technique by herself.
• Hinata trained at the training ground, repeatedly failing as she struggled with Kaiten’s demanding Chakra control.
• Shinichi secretly used his Dojutsu Power to steady Hinata’s Chakra Wall, allowing her to experience Kaiten’s barrier taking shape.

Hinata made progress learning Kaiten as Shinichi considered how to support her growth, and Team Seven received its first C-rank mission escorting Jonaz to the Land of Waves. After leaving Konoha, the team encountered an unexpected incident on the road.

• Hinata learned to stabilize herself while spinning and began forming a thin Chakra barrier with Kaiten.
• Minato assigned Team Seven a C-rank escort mission for Jonaz, whose doubts Kakashi answered as the team's leader.
• Shinichi decided to secretly observe Team Seven during the mission and not intervene unless something unexpected happened.
• Naruto arrived at the village gate with a huge pack, and Kushina appeared, scolded him, and told him to protect Hinata.
• Hinata used a storage Scroll to lighten Naruto's load, and Team Seven set out for the Land of Waves.
• Less than a kilometer from Konoha, Hinata frowned after the team crossed two small puddles.

Team Seven was ambushed by Mist Ninja during Jonaz’s escort mission, and Hinata’s Byakugan helped the young ninja counter their attacks. Kakashi revealed he had survived his staged death and rescued Jonaz, while his suspicions shifted toward the client as the attackers’ true target.

• Two Mist Ninja attacked Kakashi with chains, then tried to kill Naruto, but Hinata saved him and used the attackers’ weapons to block their strike.
• Sasuke protected Jonaz and attacked the Mist Ninja, who recognized Hinata as a Hyuga and covered the road in dense mist with the Hidden Mist Technique.
• Hinata located the enemies through the fog and guided Naruto as his Shadow Clones disrupted a chain attack, but the Mist Ninja then targeted Sasuke and Jonaz.
• Kakashi emerged from hiding and killed the two Mist Ninja just before they could strike Jonaz, dispersing the mist.
• Kakashi praised Team Seven’s performance but suspected Jonaz might have been the attackers’ real target, and Jonaz avoided his gaze.