Chapter Summaries

Shinichi Hyuga challenged Keisuke Hyuga to a spar and used Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu with Gentle Step Twin Lion Fist to defeat him. After promising to help Keisuke grow stronger, Shinichi gained his sincere respect and recognized how powerful the Forbidden Jutsu was when combined with Gentle Fist.

• Shinichi invited Keisuke to spar, and Hiashi encouraged Keisuke to accept.
• Shinichi summoned Shadow Clones and sent them against Keisuke with Gentle Step Twin Lion Fist.
• Keisuke destroyed many clones but was overwhelmed by hundreds, which sealed his Chakra and forced him to concede.
• Shinichi praised Keisuke and promised to help him become stronger, earning Keisuke's sincere respect.
• Shinichi realized Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu worked exceptionally well with the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist.

Shinichi Hyuga decided to focus on mastering Flying Thunder God and went to Minato and Kushina’s home to begin training. After Hyuga Hanako brought gifts and left Mio Hyuga as Shinichi’s attendant, Kushina introduced sensing as the first stage of learning Flying Thunder God.

• Shinichi concluded that learning powerful jutsu, especially Flying Thunder God, would improve his strength more quickly than ordinary training.
• Hyuga Hanako brought Shinichi to Kushina’s home with gifts from the Hyuga Clan and asked Kushina to teach him.
• Hanako introduced Mio Hyuga as Shinichi’s attendant, and Mio stayed behind to help in the house.
• Kushina told Shinichi that Flying Thunder God training began with learning a sensing secret technique and improving his ability to sense Chakra.

Kushina taught Shinichi the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, and his first attempt let him sense the Nine-Tails sealed inside her. After Shinichi reassured Kushina that he feared the Tailed Beast, not her, she hoped her future child would feel the same.

• Kushina explained how Sensing Jutsu worked and began teaching Shinichi the Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• Shinichi focused his Chakra and sensed a powerful, warm presence filled with a violent aura inside Kushina.
• The Nine-Tails awoke in Kushina's sealing space and roared until Kushina's chains silenced him.
• Shinichi realized he had sensed the Nine-Tails and told Kushina that he was afraid of the beast, not of her.
• Kushina smiled and said she hoped her future child would not be afraid of their mother.

Shinichi’s newly learned Sensing Jutsu let him detect a powerful Chakra signature at Konoha Cemetery, where he saw young Itachi Uchiha. He told Kushina he had sensed a masked, disfigured evil ninja whose face resembled Obito Uchiha, leaving her to consider the apparent threat.

• Shinichi expanded his Perception Field across Konoha’s central district and sensed several powerful Chakra signatures, including one at the Cemetery.
• Shinichi used his Byakugan to investigate the Cemetery and saw Itachi Uchiha standing before the Memorial Stone.
• Shinichi reflected on Itachi’s ideals and his willingness to sacrifice his family for the village.
• Kushina noticed Shinichi using his Byakugan, and Shinichi claimed he had detected a powerful, evil Chakra signature.
• Shinichi told Kushina the figure wore a tiger-striped mask and had a face split between normal and disfigured halves.
• Shinichi pointed to a photo of Team Minato and said the figure’s normal half resembled Obito Uchiha.

Shinichi Hyuga told Kushina Uzumaki that a masked man he had seen resembled Obito Uchiha, prompting Kushina to recount Obito’s supposed death and consider that he might have survived. The chapter left Kushina wondering whether Obito was being controlled, while Shinichi believed he had exposed the person acting behind the scenes.

• Shinichi pointed out Obito’s photograph and said the masked man resembled him, including his damaged face and Sharingan.
• Kushina struggled to believe Obito could be alive and told Shinichi how Obito supposedly died saving Kakashi at Kannabi Bridge.
• Shinichi argued that Obito’s appearance and missing body supported the possibility that he had survived and might be hostile to Konoha.
• Kushina considered whether someone who had saved Obito was controlling or threatening him, recalling Rin’s forced role as the Three-Tails’ jinchūriki.
• Shinichi privately concluded that Obito was the mastermind and questioned whether he could keep hiding behind Madara Uchiha’s name.

After Kushina told Minato that Shinichi had sensed the Tiger-Striped Mask at the cemetery and recognized him as resembling Obito, Minato considered whether Obito was alive and why he had remained hidden. Minato decided to investigate while letting the man be if he truly wanted a peaceful life, and planned to place a Flying Thunder God Trap at Rin’s grave.

• Kushina waited anxiously for Minato, then told him that Shinichi had sensed Obito’s Chakra at Konoha Cemetery.
• Minato agreed that the masked man could be Obito, but worried about why he had stayed away and who had helped him.
• Minato told Kushina they should leave Obito alone if he wanted peace, but investigate if the man was someone else.
• Minato planned to watch Rin’s grave with a Flying Thunder God Trap in case Obito returned.
• Shinichi put the matter aside, and time passed as Kushina and Hana’s pregnancies progressed.

As Kushina’s due date approached, Shinichi continued training in the Flying Thunder God Technique while Konoha prepared for her childbirth. He finished a marked kunai as a gift for Naruto, and Kushina reassured him before preparing for the delivery.

• Jiraiya returned to Konoha to visit Minato and Kushina, but Hiruzen’s plans for the childbirth left him outside the protection detail, and he soon departed again.
• Tsunade examined Kushina’s healthy fetus, while Hiruzen arranged Anbu and Hyuga Clan guards for the delivery.
• Shinichi began a break from school and continued practicing the Flying Thunder God, taking about seven and a half seconds to carve each mark.
• Kushina encouraged Shinichi to be patient with his progress and said she would prepare for childbirth as her due date neared.
• Shinichi gave Kushina a marked kunai as a gift for Naruto, and they shared an affectionate moment while looking forward to the baby’s future.

Kakashi visited Rin Nohara and Obito Uchiha’s graves to share the news of Minato and Kushina’s coming child. Obito appeared at the cemetery, triggered a hidden Cursed Seal, and vanished as Minato and Shinichi sensed the trap activate.

• Kakashi brought flowers and cleaned Rin Nohara’s grave while telling her that Minato and Kushina’s child would soon be born.
• Kakashi tended Obito Uchiha’s grave and left the cemetery, still grieving his friend.
• Obito appeared at Rin’s grave, threw aside Kakashi’s flowers, and blamed Kakashi and Minato for failing to protect Rin.
• A hidden Cursed Seal activated beneath Obito and transported him away from the cemetery.
• Minato sensed the activation and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave the stone cave, while Shinichi detected the chakra fluctuation and recognized the technique.

Minato Namikaze trapped the masked man who appeared near Rin’s Grave and confirmed he was Obito Uchiha. Obito rejected Minato’s concern, blamed him for failing to protect Rin, and escaped while declaring his plan to create a world with her.

• Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha were transported to Training Ground No. 3 after Obito triggered a trap near Rin’s Grave.
• Minato addressed the masked man as Obito, and Obito removed his mask to reveal his identity.
• Minato expressed relief that Obito was alive, but Obito insisted that Obito Uchiha was dead and called himself Uchiha’s avenger.
• Obito accused Minato of failing to protect Rin and declared that he would create a world with her and reclaim everything he had lost.
• Obito used his Sharingan’s spatial ability to escape, believing his plans and Mangekyō Sharingan technique remained secret.

After Obito Uchiha escaped with Space-Time Ninjutsu, Minato Namikaze warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that Obito was alive and might target the Scroll of Seals. Minato decided to meet Fugaku that night to find out whether the Uchiha Clan knew about Obito.

• Minato Namikaze realized Obito Uchiha had survived and suspected he might seek a forbidden revival technique in the Scroll of Seals.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God to reach the Hokage's Office and told Hiruzen Sarutobi about Obito's appearance and Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Hiruzen wondered whether the Uchiha Clan knew Obito had been hiding in Konoha, but Minato trusted the clan and proposed asking Fugaku directly.
• Minato reassured Hiruzen that Kushina's condition was stable and agreed to meet Fugaku with Hizashi accompanying him.

Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Fugaku Uchiha to ask about the supposedly dead Obito Uchiha, who had returned with powerful Space-Time Ninjutsu. Fugaku agreed to search for him while concealing his suspicion that Obito had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and resolved to protect the Uchiha Clan from the fallout.

• Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi visited the Uchiha Clan Compound and met with Fugaku Uchiha.
• Minato told Fugaku that Obito Uchiha was alive and described his encounter with him, leaving out Shinichi Hyuga's involvement.
• Fugaku denied knowing Obito's whereabouts and offered to have the Uchiha elite search for him.
• Fugaku inferred that Obito might have awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan but kept his suspicion from the Hokage.
• After Minato and Hiruzen left, Fugaku's Sharingan changed into windmill-shaped pupils, and he vowed to stop Obito from endangering the Uchiha Clan.

Shinichi Hyuga prepared for Kushina’s delivery by warning Hizashi about Obito Uchiha and helping the Hyuga secure close protection duty. As the Nine-Tails’ chakra began leaking before labor, Minato reinforced Kushina’s seal while the guards braced for the delivery.

• Shinichi told Hizashi about the masked man he had seen and explained Obito Uchiha’s space-time abilities.
• Shinichi gave Hizashi eight Flying Thunder God-marked Kunai to pass to the Hyuga guards.
• Shinichi sensed that two Hyuga ninja had been reassigned to guard near Kushina and felt reassured.
• Kushina’s Nine-Tails chakra began overflowing before labor, and Biwako urged Minato to reinforce the seal.
• Minato reinforced Kushina’s seal, while Hizashi, Daiki Hyuga, and four Anbu remained on alert inside the Delivery Room.

On October 10th, Shinichi Hyuga prepared for danger as Konoha’s guards watched over Kushina’s childbirth. After Obito Uchiha killed the Anbu guards and entered the delivery room, Naruto was born, and Obito reached for him while Hizashi Hyuga attacked.

• Shinichi Hyuga meditated to recover his strength and Chakra while Konoha remained on alert.
• Fugaku Uchiha investigated Obito Uchiha’s traces at Naka Shrine and suspected that Obito had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Mikoto Uchiha left to bring Fugaku dinner, while Itachi Uchiha watched over Sasuke and promised to protect him.
• Obito Uchiha killed the four Anbu guarding the cave and infiltrated the delivery room as Kushina gave birth to Naruto.
• Hizashi Hyuga warned Minato Namikaze of the intruder, then attacked Obito as he reached for the newborn Naruto.

Obito seized the newborn Naruto to force Minato and Hizashi to stop attacking him. He tossed Naruto into the air, leaving Kushina and Minato in alarm.

• Minato threw a Flying Thunder God Kunai at Obito while continuing to reinforce Kushina’s seal.
• Hizashi attacked Obito in a rapid series of moves, redirected the Kunai, and rescued Biwako from danger.
• Obito became tangible long enough to grab Naruto, allowing the Kunai to pierce his arm without drawing blood.
• Hizashi and Minato stopped their attacks when Obito threatened to kill Naruto.
• Obito tossed Naruto into the air as Kushina cried out for him.

Obito used Naruto as a diversion to get Minato away from Kushina, but Hizashi stopped him from reaching her. Hizashi protected Kushina as Minato realized Obito’s real target was the Nine-Tails and rushed back.

• Obito tossed Naruto into the air with explosive tags hidden in his swaddling cloth, and Minato used Flying Thunder God to carry him to safety.
• Minato left Naruto at a prepared Safe House, realized Obito was targeting Kushina and the Nine-Tails, and teleported back to the cave.
• Obito rushed toward Kushina, but Hizashi intercepted him and was caught in the pull of Kamui.
• Hizashi used Kaiten to strike Obito while his body was tangible, sending him into the cave ceiling and halting Kamui.
• Hizashi shielded Kushina as the Anbu and Daiki Hyuga closed in on Obito.

Obito Uchiha fought Hizashi Hyuga, Daiki Hyuga, and the Anbu while using White Zetsu’s spores to hinder them. He abducted Kushina into the Kamui Space and escaped just as Minato Namikaze arrived.

• Obito Uchiha countered Daiki Hyuga and the Anbu with Storm Dance, then evaded their Earth Release attacks using Kamui.
• White spores spread over Daiki Hyuga and several Anbu, draining their Chakra and immobilizing them.
• Hizashi Hyuga realized Obito’s attacks were meant to draw him away from Kushina and identified the Nine-Tails as the likely target.
• White Zetsu emerged behind Hizashi, and while Hizashi struck him with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, Obito appeared beside Kushina and grabbed her.
• Obito pulled Kushina into the Kamui Space and escaped despite Hizashi’s attempt to stop him.
• Minato Namikaze arrived before Hizashi and stared at the place where Obito had vanished.

Shinichi and Hiashi prepared the Hyuga Clan for a threat to Kushina after Obito abducted her and released the Nine-Tails. Minato rescued Kushina from the beast’s first attack, and Shinichi sensed her Flying Thunder God Kunai move and teleported toward her.

• Shinichi told Hiashi that Kushina’s Flying Thunder God mark had vanished, and Hiashi ordered warnings, evacuations, and the mobilization of the Hyuga Clan’s elite ninja.
• Shinichi said he could use Flying Thunder God to transfer hundreds or thousands of people as the Hyuga prepared for the worst.
• Obito released Kushina on a lake outside Konoha and broke the seal holding the Nine-Tails inside her.
• Obito controlled the newly freed Nine-Tails with his Mangekyo Sharingan and sent its claw toward Kushina.
• Minato flashed onto the reef and rescued Kushina, while Obito phased away from the lake.
• Shinichi sensed Kushina’s Flying Thunder God Kunai move, stopped preparing to teleport the Hyuga elites, and used Flying Thunder God to go to her.

Minato brought the dying Kushina and newborn Naruto to a Safe House, where Shinichi told him that resealing the Nine-Tails into Kushina might save her. When the Nine-Tails appeared in Konoha, Minato left Kushina in the Hyuga Clan’s care and rushed to confront it.

• Minato brought Kushina and Naruto to the Safe House, where Kushina held her newborn son as her life force faded.
• Hyuga Hiashi and nearly a hundred Hyuga ninjas arrived, led by Shinichi, and Hiashi realized the Nine-Tails had been extracted from Kushina.
• Shinichi told Minato that Kushina’s Uzumaki vitality gave them time to seal the Nine-Tails back into her and potentially save her.
• The Nine-Tails’ Chakra appeared in Konoha, and Shinichi urged Minato to go while the Hyuga Clan protected Kushina.
• Minato entrusted Kushina to Hiashi and the Hyuga Clan, then vanished to confront the Nine-Tails.

The Nine-Tails attacked Konoha under Obito Uchiha’s control, and Minato Namikaze saved Hokage Rock and moved the beast away from the village. After witnessing the devastation, Shinichi Hyuga resolved to grow strong enough to protect himself and his family.

• The Nine-Tails rampaged through Konoha, killing ninja and civilians as villagers fled for shelter.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma and struck the Nine-Tails beyond Konoha’s walls.
• The Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Hokage Rock, but Minato Namikaze absorbed it into the Other Dimension.
• Minato Namikaze summoned Gama Bunta and transferred the Nine-Tails away from Konoha.
• Shinichi Hyuga watched the battle from the Safe House and vowed to grow stronger to control his and his family’s fate.

Minato and the Hyuga elites fought to restrain the Nine-Tails while protecting Kushina and the newborn Naruto. When Obito attacked Kushina, Minato used the Flying Thunder God to counter him and blasted apart the right half of his body with a Rasengan.

• Minato returned to the battlefield with Kushina, Naruto, Shinichi, and Hyuga elites while the three giant toads fought the Nine-Tails.
• Kushina bound the Nine-Tails with her Adamantine Sealing Chains as Minato prepared to search for Obito.
• Obito appeared beside Kushina and tried to seize her, but Minato and Hiashi attacked him with Flying Thunder God techniques.
• Hiashi used his Byakugan to track Obito while Minato baited him into becoming tangible for a counterattack.
• Minato teleported behind Obito and struck him with a Rasengan, blasting apart the right half of his body.