Chapter Summaries

Minato drove Obito away and freed the Nine-Tails from his control, but the beast immediately went berserk. Unable to fully seal it in Kushina alone, Minato proposed splitting its power between Kushina and Naruto with the Reaper Death Seal and Eight Trigrams Seal.

• Shinichi watched Minato fight Obito and studied his use of the Flying Thunder God and Rasengan.
• Minato revealed that he had marked Obito with a Flying Thunder God Mark and used the Contract Seal to sever Obito’s control over the Nine-Tails.
• Obito escaped through his Sharingan’s spatial vortex, while Minato blamed himself for failing as Obito’s teacher.
• The Nine-Tails regained control of itself and struggled against the Adamantine Sealing Chains, so Hyuga Hiashi ordered the Hyuga Clan ninja to help restrain it.
• Minato decided to divide the Nine-Tails with the Reaper Death Seal and seal its halves separately inside Kushina and Naruto.

Minato prepared to use the Reaper Death Seal on the Nine-Tails, but Shinichi condemned the plan as selfish and warned that Minato’s death would endanger his family and Konoha. Minato listened to Kushina’s pleas and promised to stay with her and Naruto.

• Kushina begged Minato not to use the Reaper Death Seal and offered to help restrain the Nine-Tails with her Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Minato explained that he planned to divide the Nine-Tails’ Chakra so Kushina and Naruto could wield its power, and stood ready to act.
• Shinichi called Minato weak and selfish, arguing that he distrusted Kushina and himself and that his death would leave Konoha vulnerable to Obito and other villages.
• Shinichi cited Cloud Ninja’s success in raising a Perfect Jinchuriki as evidence that Konoha could find another way to seal the Nine-Tails.
• Kushina pleaded with Minato to let her, Jiraiya, and the Third Hokage seek a solution together, and Minato embraced her and promised to stay with her and Naruto.

Minato resealed the Nine-Tails inside Kushina, saving her life, while Shinichi helped avert disaster and earned Minato’s gratitude. As the crisis ended, Hiashi praised Shinichi and recommended him for Special Jonin, urging him to prepare for combat missions.

• Minato used the Eight Trigrams Seal to return the Nine-Tails to Kushina, stopping her life force from draining away.
• Hiashi confirmed that Kushina was asleep and her Chakra was stabilizing, and Minato thanked Shinichi for saving his family.
• Hiruzen arrived after the battle, heard that the crisis had been resolved, and questioned Hiashi, who kept the details broad.
• Hiashi praised Shinichi for strengthening the Hyuga clan’s ties with Minato and recommended him for Special Jonin and future combat missions.

After the Nine-Tails attack, Hiashi discussed Shinichi’s future and proposed recommending him as a Special Jonin, with carefully chosen missions to build his experience without disrupting his training. Shinichi accepted the plan, and the Hyuga returned to their compound as Konoha Hospital filled with victims of the disaster.

• After Minato, the Third Hokage, and the Anbu departed, Hiashi discussed Shinichi’s future arrangements with him.
• Hiashi explained that the Hyuga Main Family could protect Shinichi from unwanted missions while selecting suitable assignments to temper him.
• Shinichi agreed to let Hiashi recommend him as a Special Jonin, provided missions would not take too much time away from training.
• Shinichi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring the Hyuga clan members back to the Clan Compound.
• Hiashi dismissed the clan members after giving them instructions, while Konoha Hospital remained packed with victims of the Nine-Tails attack.

After the Nine-Tails Attack, Shinichi Hyuga saw the devastation in Konoha as Hiashi took him to the Hokage Building. There, Fugaku Uchiha defended his clan against suspicion over Obito Uchiha, and Minato Namikaze promised that Obito’s actions would not affect them.

• Hiashi comforted Shinichi after they passed through a bloodstained, disaster-stricken street and urged him to grow strong enough to protect those he cared about.
• Minato and Hiruzen met with Fugaku and Konoha’s leaders to discuss the attack and its losses.
• Danzō demanded that the Uchiha Clan hunt down Obito and blamed them for the danger, while privately considering how to counter their power.
• Hiashi brought Shinichi into the Hokage’s Office, where the gathered ninja remained focused on Fugaku and the Uchiha’s ability to control the Nine-Tails.
• Fugaku promised to investigate and capture Obito, while insisting that the Uchiha Clan had known nothing about his actions.
• Minato assured Fugaku that Obito’s actions would not affect the Uchiha Clan, easing Fugaku’s worries.

Fugaku pledged that the Uchiha would pursue Obito, while Minato assigned the clan an open-ended mission and summoned its head for a village defense meeting. Hiashi recommended Shinichi for Special Jonin, and Minato accepted the recommendation and promised to appoint him personally.

• Fugaku assured Minato that the Uchiha would do everything they could to apprehend Obito, and Minato gave the clan an open-ended special mission.
• Minato sent Fugaku back to prepare the Uchiha and asked him to attend the village's defense meeting next Monday.
• Hiashi gave Minato a letter recommending Shinichi for Special Jonin, prompting Homura to object to Shinichi's age.
• Hiruzen asked Shinichi whether he had completed a certain technique, and Minato endorsed his appointment, promised to select his team, and urged him to be cautious.

After Shinichi became Konoha’s youngest Special Jonin, his success strengthened the Hyuga Clan’s standing and eased tensions between its Main and Branch Families. Minato assigned him an unusual team, leaving Shinichi to wonder who would cause Shisui Uchiha to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Konoha’s officials approved Shinichi’s promotion to Special Jonin while keeping his mastery of the Flying Thunder God secret.
• Shinichi’s rise boosted the Hyuga Clan’s prestige, improved its cohesion, and eased Hizashi’s resentment toward his Branch Family status.
• Konoha’s higher-ups moved the Uchiha Clan Compound to the village’s edge while leaving the Hyuga Clan Compound in the center.
• Minato chose Shibi Aburame as Shinichi’s team captain and assigned Shisui Uchiha and Might Guy as his teammates.
• Shinichi recognized that his team was unusual and wondered who would help Shisui awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Shinichi Hyuga met his new teammates, Shisui Uchiha and Shibi Aburame, at their first squad gathering. Just as they began getting acquainted, Might Guy made a dramatic entrance.

• Minato Namikaze formed Shibi Aburame’s squad with Shinichi Hyuga, Shisui Uchiha, and Might Guy for reconnaissance support missions.
• Shibi Aburame arrived early at Konoha Training Ground No. 1 and reviewed the dossiers on his three subordinates.
• Shisui Uchiha arrived and quickly established a warm rapport with Shibi, who asked him to call him Brother Shibi.
• Shinichi Hyuga joined Shibi and Shisui, greeted them, and felt reassured by their friendly welcome.
• Might Guy descended from above and announced his arrival as Konoha’s Azure Beast.

Shinichi Hyuga, Shisui Uchiha, Might Guy, and Shibi Aburame met as a newly formed squad and introduced their abilities before beginning sparring matches. Shisui and Guy faced Shibi and Shinichi, and Shinichi moved to mark Shibi with the Flying Thunder God Technique as the battle began.

• Might Guy arrived with an exuberant greeting, and Shibi Aburame introduced him to Shinichi Hyuga and Shisui Uchiha.
• Shibi explained that the squad would train together to build coordination before taking missions, and each member described their skills.
• Shinichi named the Byakugan, Gentle Fist, and Flying Thunder God Technique as his main strengths, surprising Shisui and Guy.
• Shibi paired himself with Shinichi against Guy and Shisui for sparring.
• Shibi sent a swarm of Kikaichū at his opponents, and Shisui answered with the Great Fireball Technique while Guy took cover beside him.
• Shinichi flashed to Shibi's side, branded him with a Flying Thunder God Mark, and scattered kunai across the battlefield.

Shinichi tested Flying Thunder God against Shisui, Might Guy, and Shibi, but Shisui caught him in Sharingan Genjutsu. Shinichi broke free with Shibi's help as the spar continued, with Guy trapped in Shibi's Insect Ball.

• Shinichi scattered marked kunai and used Flying Thunder God to attack Might Guy and Shisui in rapid succession.
• Shisui blocked Shinichi's strike, then caught his gaze and trapped him with Genjutsu: Demonic Binding.
• Shibi raised an insect wall to block Shisui's flames and used an insect chain to pull the immobilized Shinichi away.
• Shinichi began forming hand seals and broke free of Shisui's Genjutsu.
• Might Guy pressed Shibi with taijutsu, but Shibi escaped as an insect swarm and wrapped Guy in Insect Ball.

Shinichi Hyuga fought Shisui Uchiha and Shibi Aburame, using Kaiten to break through Shisui’s unusual technique and then unleashing a devastating airborne attack. Shisui survived by misleading Shinichi about which figure was his original body, while the battle’s aftermath remained unclear.

• Shisui Uchiha created seven physical-looking figures and sent them to attack Shinichi Hyuga.
• Shinichi Hyuga used Eight Trigrams Palm: Kaiten to knock all seven figures away, then identified the one that seemed to react with pain as Shisui’s original body.
• Shinichi used Flying Thunder God to appear above a Kunai near Shisui and struck him with an airborne Kaiten.
• Shibi Aburame released Might Guy from the Insect Ball and shouted for Shisui as the blast threw up sand and stones.
• Shisui revealed that he had misled Shinichi about his original body, dispelled the Phantom Body Flicker Technique, and looked toward Shinichi emerging from the storm.

Shinichi Hyuga discovered the destructive potential of using Kaiten in midair, then ended his spar with Shisui Uchiha after realizing he had been fooled by Shisui’s technique. After his team bonded and received gifts from Shibi Aburame, Shinichi’s sister Hyuga Hinata was born, making him an older brother.

• Shinichi unleashed a powerful midair Kaiten, but realized he had struck one of Shisui’s Phantom Body Flicker Technique clones and apologized for using an uncontrolled attack.
• Shibi Aburame ended the spar and proposed that the team build coordination through simple missions.
• Shibi invited the team to his home and gave Might Guy Dragon Mouth Nunchucks, Shinichi Custom Half-Armor, and Shisui Uchiha a Chakra Short Sword.
• Shinichi trained in his new armor while the team waited for mission orders.
• Hyuga Hanako gave birth to a daughter on December 27, and Hiashi told Shinichi that caring for Hyuga Hinata was his responsibility as her older brother and the clan’s future heir.

After Hinata’s birth, Shinichi grew closer to his family as the Third Shinobi World War’s fronts shifted and Konoha began to recover. Shinichi’s team received its first mission, a B-Rank assignment to suppress a bandit gang, and prepared for his first experience with killing.

• Shinichi spent time each day helping Hana care for Hinata and increasingly felt responsible for his little sister.
• Konoha’s victories and shifting alliances reduced pressure on several fronts, while Kirigakure remained its main enemy.
• Minato assigned Shibi’s team a B-Rank mission to suppress a gang led by three Konoha Rogue Ninja.
• Minato explained that the mission would build the team’s coordination and give Shinichi and Shisui experience with combat and killing.
• Hiashi warned Shinichi to do his best, and Shinichi agreed despite feeling no eagerness for bloodshed.

Shinichi read the briefing for his first mission, which sent his team to Jalan City to eliminate three rogue ninja responsible for a village massacre. After preparing his gear, he said goodbye to Hana and Hinata and promised to return safely.

• Shibi Aburame instructed the team to prepare for a three-to-five-day mission and urged Shinichi to be especially thorough because it was his first.
• Shinichi studied the rogue ninja’s Ability Charts and learned that the former Konoha ninja had massacred nearly two hundred villagers and were hiding in Jalan City.
• Shibi Aburame told the team to meet at the village gate in two hours, then dismissed them.
• Shinichi used the Flying Thunder God to return to the Hyuga Clan residence and packed clothes and ninja tools for the mission.
• Hana asked Shinichi to be careful and return safely, and he reassured her before leaving to collect Explosive Tags.

Shibi Aburame's squad traveled to Jalan City to meet an informant and hunt rogue ninja, while Shibi taught Shinichi Hyuga practical ninja skills along the way. After arriving, they met a monk offering free lodging, and Shinichi used his Byakugan to follow two children who stole the monk's alms bowl and sold it to a man in a dark alley.

• Kotetsu Hagane learned from Izumo Kamizuki that Shinichi Hyuga's first mission was B-rank and wished the squad a safe return.
• Shibi Aburame led Shinichi Hyuga, Might Guy, and Shisui Uchiha toward Jalan City, teaching Shinichi tracking, trap recognition, and other ninja skills during the journey.
• The squad reached Jalan City at sunset and entered the city, where temples, pilgrims, and monks filled the streets.
• A middle-aged monk offered the squad free rooms at his temple in exchange for simple cleaning work.
• Two beggar children knocked the monk down, stole his alms bowl, and fled; the monk stopped a young monk from chasing them.
• Shinichi Hyuga followed the children with his Byakugan and saw them sell the bowl to a man in a dark alley.

Shibi Aburame’s team arrived at a temple, where Shibi sensed that the abbot, Wuzhen, was unusually strong. They met their informant, Tano Hayata, but instead of discussing the mission, he begged them to find his missing ten-year-old daughter.

• Shibi Aburame warned the team that Wuzhen was strong, and Shisui Uchiha wondered why such a monk had been robbed by beggars.
• Shibi Aburame said the team would meet their informant and act that night, then led them out of the temple while leaving their belongings behind.
• A monk reported the team’s departure to Wuzhen, who said they would return.
• Shibi Aburame and the others found Tano Hayata, who recognized them after receiving their letter and invited them inside.
• Tano Hayata begged the Konoha ninjas to find his missing daughter, and Shibi Aburame asked him to explain what had happened.

Shinichi Hyuga learned that Hayata’s daughter Kawa had disappeared and that Hayata’s report about a bandit group had led to the team’s mission. Frustrated by the lack of useful leads, Shinichi left the investigation, only to be ambushed in an alley.

• Hayata told Shibi Aburame, Shinichi, Shisui, and Might Guy that his daughter Kawa had been missing for half a month and showed them her photograph.
• Hayata explained that a group of outsiders had dined and dashed at his restaurant, threatened him, and bragged about their crimes, prompting him to report them to Konoha.
• Shinichi realized neither Hayata nor Konoha had provided enough information to locate the bandits and decided he would not waste time searching for them.
• Shinichi left Hayata’s house despite Shibi’s surprise, and Shibi apologized to Hayata while Might Guy went after Shinichi.
• As Shinichi walked through a dim alley, he heard footsteps behind him, turned around, and saw a black sack coming down over his head.

Shinichi Hyuga was abducted by traffickers and brought to an underground prison holding dozens of children. He recognized Kawa, the missing daughter of an informant, and vanished from his cell after promising to rescue the children.

• A trafficker knocked Shinichi Hyuga unconscious, stuffed him in a sack, and carried him away while Might Guy searched for him nearby.
• The traffickers threw Shinichi into a cell with six other imprisoned children and discussed how they had captured him.
• Shinichi escaped the sack and used his Byakugan to survey the prison, discovering nearly fifty children held across eight cells.
• A boy identified Kawa as the longest-imprisoned child, and Shinichi recognized her as the informant's missing daughter.
• Shinichi promised the children he would get them out, then vanished from the cell, prompting the traffickers to approach after hearing their cries.

Shinichi Hyuga and his team rescued the children held by traffickers, then discovered that a group of buyers and a skilled masked fighter were involved. The masked fighter escaped before Shinichi could identify them.

• A trafficker searched the cell for Shinichi Hyuga and attacked Kawa when she said Shinichi had disappeared.
• Shisui Uchiha killed the trafficker with a Kunai, and Shinichi, Shibi Aburame, Shisui, and Might Guy revealed themselves as Konoha ninja rescuing the children.
• Shisui put the children to sleep with Genjutsu, while Shinichi marked them for transport and Shibi and Might Guy guarded the dungeon entrance.
• Shinichi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the warehouse after hearing weapons clash, where he found Might Guy restraining a richly dressed man and Shibi Aburame facing a black-robed fighter.
• Might Guy identified the richly dressed man’s group as buyers, and the black-robed fighter used Body Flicker to escape.

Shinichi Hyuga and Shibi Aburame’s team rescued abducted children but failed to track the powerful rogue ninja connected to the trafficking ring. After returning to Konoha, Minato accepted their report and kept Shibi behind.

• Shinichi used his Byakugan to confirm that the man in black had escaped, while Shibi questioned the captured middle-aged merchant about the man and the trafficking ring.
• Shinichi sent the rescued children to Wuzhen’s temple, and Shibi reported the unfamiliar ninja and requested that the village take over the investigation.
• A fire broke out in the Slums of West Jalan City that night, and the team’s covert search for the rogue ninja produced no leads before they were ordered to withdraw.
• Shinichi realized his first mission had failed, and Shisui comforted him by reminding him that the team had returned safely.
• Shinichi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring the team back to Konoha, where Minato accepted their mission documents and kept Shibi behind.