Chapter Summaries

Obito and Black Zetsu considered recruiting escaped Danzo to help them destroy the Uchiha Clan. In Konoha, Uchiha Hikari restored Shisui’s Sharingan to Three Tomoe and discovered she could boost other clan members’ eyes, leaving them hopeful for her promised reward.

• Obito agreed to consider recruiting Danzo after Black Zetsu explained that Danzo hated Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Hikari watched the younger Uchiha perform and copied Itachi’s shuriken-throwing technique.
• Uchiha Hikari injected eye power into Shisui, restoring his Sharingan to Three Tomoe, and gave him Susanoo power and two Transcription Seal: Amaterasu for the clan’s protection.
• Uchiha Hikari tested her technique on other clan members and helped Inaho and Izumi awaken Three Tomoe, while improving others’ Ninjutsu abilities.
• Uchiha Hikari told the clan that outstanding performances could earn them her eye-enhancing reward, then planned to visit Miko World for Kikyo to purify her evil thoughts.

Uchiha Hikari gave the Uchiha clan training manuals and planned to confront those attacking its members. She visited Miko and Kikyo, and after Kikyo purified her again, Bulma remarked on how familiar the two seemed with the process.

• Uchiha Hikari gave Fugaku manuals on Breathing Techniques and Nintaijutsu training plans, and asked him to share Beast Breathing with the Inuzuka Clan.
• Uchiha Hikari told Fugaku to request nearby missions for Uchiha members and said she would leave the village to speak with their attackers.
• Uchiha Hikari visited Miko, who showed her talismans she had learned to draw from Kikyo.
• Uchiha Hikari asked Miko for tunnel locations, went to the suburbs to feed, and then traveled to the Inuyasha world.
• Uchiha Hikari met Kohaku, whom Kikyo and Bulma had brought along, and asked Kikyo to purify her malicious thoughts.
• After Kikyo collapsed from the purification, Uchiha Hikari helped her to a couch, prompting Bulma to comment that the two seemed practiced at it.

Uchiha Hikari continued gathering Shikon Jewel shards while searching for Ryukotsusei and a stronger weapon. She attacked the Hyakki Bat clan and ended the chapter facing their leader, Daiyokumaru.

• Bulma examined Hikari's eyes, and Hikari said one or two more rounds of Kikyo's purification might complete her Eternal Mangekyo evolution.
• Hikari chose Ryukotsusei as a target, hoping to use his scales and fangs to have Toto Sai forge her a powerful weapon.
• After a week of searching for Ryukotsusei's seal, Hikari spotted the Hyakki Bat clan attacking a village and jumped from the helicopter with Shadow Clones.
• Hikari's clones used Thunder Breathing to slay nearly a hundred bat yokai in a lightning-fast attack she called Hundred Thunder Lights.
• Daiyokumaru confronted Hikari while holding his granddaughter Shiori, and Hikari declared that she had come to take his life.

Uchiha Hikari and Kikyo defeated Daiyokumaru after Shiori learned that her grandfather had killed her father. Shiori and her mother agreed to leave with Hikari and Bulma, and Shiori gave Hikari the Blood Coral.

• Uchiha Hikari attacked Daiyokumaru with Susanoo and a Crimson Flame Slash, but the Blood Coral barrier blocked the strike.
• Kikyo explained the Blood Coral's power, and Hikari taunted Daiyokumaru by revealing that he had killed Shiori's father.
• Shiori's Demonic Power erupted and expelled Daiyokumaru from the barrier, allowing Hikari to use Tsukuyomi and Yachihoko to drain his Demonic Power.
• Kikyo purified Daiyokumaru with an arrow, and Hikari absorbed his remnant soul before Kikyo warned her about its malice.
• Bulma suggested that Shiori and her mother leave with them, and Shiori agreed to move somewhere safer.
• Shiori gave Hikari the Blood Coral as thanks for avenging her father, and Hikari accepted it.

Uchiha Hikari learned to use Shiori’s Blood Coral, then traveled with Shiori and her mother to Maple Village and reunited with Inuyasha’s group. After leaving the village, Hikari finally found Ryukotsusei.

• Kikyo explained that Shiori activated the Blood Coral with her blood, and Hikari used a Senzu Bean to heal Shiori afterward.
• Hikari tested the Blood Coral’s barrier, then traveled with Shiori, her mother, Bulma, and Kikyo to Maple Village by helicopter.
• Kikyo reunited with Granny Kaede and introduced Shiori and the others, while Inuyasha’s group returned to the village and met her again.
• Hikari asked Inuyasha and Kagome about Toto Sai and Ryukotsusei, then touched Inuyasha’s ears and provoked his protest.
• After staying in Maple Village for a day and a half, Hikari’s group departed, and Hikari found Ryukotsusei.

Uchiha Hikari and Kikyo defeated Ryukotsusei, and Hikari arranged for Toto Sai to forge weapons and armor from its remains. She learned to draw out Spiritual Power before returning to Konoha.

• Uchiha Hikari and Kikyo broke Ryukotsusei's seal, fought the awakened demon, and killed it after a hard battle.
• Uchiha Hikari sealed Ryukotsusei's remains and asked Toto Sai to forge weapons and armor from them.
• Uchiha Hikari practiced Spiritual Power as Kikyo warned her to adapt gradually and promised to share training methods.
• Uchiha Hikari asked Kikyo about teaching Purification Light, then said goodbye to Bulma, Kikyo, and Kohaku.
• Uchiha Hikari withdrew from the Inuyasha world and returned to Konoha.

Uchiha Hikari left Konoha for the Rice Country, where Orochimaru had established Otogakure, and Erii joined her on the Flying Nimbus. After spotting a battle near Kusagakure, Hikari brought Erii down to investigate and encountered a ninja who recognized her red hair as a sign of the Uzumaki Clan.

• Uchiha Hikari asked Fugaku about the clan, checked on Naruto, and left Konoha without seeking official permission.
• Hikari flew toward the Rice Country and discussed Tanjiro's training with the group, promising to help him pursue the Transparent World when she had time.
• Erii joined Hikari on the Flying Nimbus, bringing serum injections and a bundle of belongings.
• Erii spotted a battle near Kusagakure, and Hikari recognized the possibility that Karin Uzumaki and her mother were nearby.
• Hikari and Erii descended into Kusagakure, where a ninja approached them and asked whether Erii belonged to the Uzumaki Clan.

Uchiha Hikari and Erii entered Kusagakure and discovered Grass ninja abusing an Uzumaki woman for her healing blood. When the ninja lunged at Erii, she spoke an ancient word: “Death!”

• Uchiha Hikari kicked Kenta into a wall and swiftly knocked down the other Grass ninja who tried to seize Erii.
• Uchiha Hikari protected herself and Erii with the Blood Coral Barrier as they continued through Kusagakure.
• Uchiha Hikari and Erii reached the Hidden Grass Hospital, where they saw a red-haired woman being tortured for her blood.
• Grass ninja attacked the woman and planned to take Erii’s blood to heal the wounded.
• As a Grass ninja lunged at Erii, she tightened her grip on Uchiha Hikari’s hand and said, “Death!”

Erii unleashed Word Spirit: Judgment in Hidden Grass Hospital, killing dozens of Grass ninja before Uchiha Hikari stopped her and helped the wounded Uzumaki woman. When Karin Uzumaki appeared and the gathered Kusagakure ninja threatened them, Hikari summoned her Fourth Form Susanoo.

• Erii used Word Spirit: Judgment twice, destroying the Grass ninja and much of the hospital corridor while Hikari suffered severe injuries protecting her from further use.
• Hikari calmed Erii, then gave a Senzu Bean to the nearly blind, dying Uzumaki woman who kept calling Karin’s name.
• Karin Uzumaki arrived crying for her mother, but a burly Grass ninja grabbed and restrained her as nearly a hundred Kusagakure ninja surrounded Hikari and Erii.
• Hikari confronted the threatening ninja and summoned her Fourth Form Susanoo.

Uchiha Hikari rescued Karin Uzumaki and her mother by destroying the Kusagakure ninja who had attacked them. Afterward, Karin reunited with her recovering mother, and Hikari introduced herself and Erii.

• Uchiha Hikari summoned her Fourth Form Susanoo, demolishing Hidden Grass Hospital and terrifying the Kusagakure ninja gathered there.
• Hikari used Marked Tsukuyomi and Yachihoko to immobilize the ninja and drain their Chakra.
• Hikari's Susanoo killed nearly a hundred Kusagakure ninja with one strike and Amaterasu's black flames.
• Hikari revealed that Erii and Misae Uzumaki had survived the hospital's collapse inside a Blood Coral barrier.
• Erii apologized for attacking the Kusagakure ninja to protect Hikari, and Hikari reassured her while warning her not to use her power casually.
• Karin Uzumaki found that her mother was recovering, and Hikari introduced herself and Erii to Karin.

Uchiha Hikari rescued Karin and her mother from Kusagakure and brought them along to Rice Country, where she considered training Karin as a scientific assistant. White Zetsu reported Hikari’s appearance to Black Zetsu and Obito, while Hikari prepared to find Otogakure.

• Hikari took Karin and Misae away from Kusagakure after burning down the Grass ninja who tried to stop them.
• Hikari introduced herself to Karin and Misae, invited them to travel with her, and they agreed.
• White Zetsu watched the aftermath in Kusagakure, suspected Hikari was the Uchiha they sought, and went to inform Black Zetsu and Obito.
• Three days later, Hikari reached Rice Country and used Tsukuyomi on its Daimyo to learn Otogakure’s approximate location.
• Hikari helped Erii get dressed, then joined Erii, Misae, and Karin for dinner.
• Hikari asked Karin whether she knew science, gave her a copy of 100,000 Whys, and offered to find her an introductory teacher.

Uchiha Hikari confronted Orochimaru in Otogakure and offered him a place in her personal force in exchange for access to unusual research materials. She demonstrated the regenerative abilities of Daki and Gyutaro, leaving Orochimaru intrigued by them.

• Uchiha Hikari entered Otogakure and used a loudspeaker to summon Orochimaru after Guren refused to let her meet him.
• Erii attacked Orochimaru when he appeared, and Uchiha Hikari immobilized him before Erii cut him in two.
• Orochimaru regenerated from the attack, recognized Uchiha Hikari as the Uchiha Clan's Grand Ancestor, and asked why she had come.
• Uchiha Hikari offered Orochimaru special experimental materials in exchange for his loyalty to her personally.
• Uchiha Hikari released Daki and Gyutaro and cut them apart, but they healed and fled; Orochimaru showed interest in their regeneration.

Uchiha Hikari revealed that she had trapped Orochimaru and the others in her Tsukuyomi world, then offered him a choice: serve her and continue his research under ethical restrictions, or face death and the destruction of his will. Orochimaru asked whether her own blood and cells could be used as experimental materials.

• Uchiha Hikari demonstrated her gravity-controlling Kotodama and produced a private jet from a capsule, but Orochimaru remained unconvinced.
• Hikari revealed that she had already trapped Orochimaru, Daki, her brother, and the others in her Tsukuyomi world, where she controlled their surroundings and time.
• Hikari exposed Orochimaru's Living Corpse Reincarnation research and threatened to kill him or erase his will if he refused to serve her.
• Hikari offered Orochimaru a chance to continue his scientific research under rules protecting test subjects and requiring informed consent and legitimate purposes.
• Orochimaru asked whether the experimental materials could include Hikari's blood and cell samples.

Uchiha Hikari secured Orochimaru’s loyalty by negotiating terms inside Tsukuyomi, then toured Otogakure and asked him to investigate Erii’s Word Spirit affliction. Orochimaru began examining her condition, while Hikari considered future plans involving Kirigakure and its shinobi.

• Uchiha Hikari refused to give Orochimaru her own blood but offered samples from other Uchiha, and they agreed on rules for research and experiments.
• Orochimaru pledged loyalty to Uchiha Hikari, who ended Tsukuyomi and accepted his invitation to tour the base.
• Orochimaru declared Uchiha Hikari the new master of Otogakure, and Guren reluctantly greeted her.
• Uchiha Hikari learned about Otogakure’s small population and underground base, and discussed Kirigakure and Akatsuki with Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Hikari showed Orochimaru reports on Erii’s Word Spirit affliction, and he proposed taking blood samples to investigate.

Uchiha Hikari enlisted Orochimaru to study Erii’s dangerous hybrid blood and Herzog’s evolutionary serum while she stayed at his base. After offering scientific books and research materials in exchange for Ryūchi Cave’s summoning scroll, she and Orochimaru speculated that Sage Mode and Dragon blood might share a connection through their corruption by natural energy.

• Orochimaru examined Erii’s blood as Uchiha Hikari explained how hybrid blood and Herzog’s serum worked.
• Orochimaru began testing the samples and asked Erii to cooperate with examinations, while Hikari stayed to support her treatment.
• Hikari used Shadow Clones to train, search for Tenbin Jugo, teach Karin, and check Otogakure’s situation.
• Hikari showed Orochimaru mathematics books from another world, and he expressed interest in receiving more.
• Hikari offered books, demon specimens, and Uchiha blood samples in exchange for Ryūchi Cave’s scroll.
• Hikari and Orochimaru speculated that Sage Mode’s natural energy and Dragon blood might have a common source of corruption, and Orochimaru suggested asking the White Snake Sage.

Uchiha Hikari signed Orochimaru’s summoning contract, subdued Manda, and received Orochimaru’s proposed treatment plan for Erii. After sharing Dr. Brief’s suppressant research with him, she agreed to pass correspondence between the doctors while searching for the samples needed to develop a cure.

• Uchiha Hikari signed the summoning contract and summoned Manda, then challenged him to a fight.
• Uchiha Hikari spent several days overpowering Manda until he became fearful of her, though he still called her the “evil Uchiha brat.”
• Orochimaru reported that he had isolated components that could be used to make a suppressant for Erii’s condition.
• Uchiha Hikari shared Dr. Brief’s research notes with Orochimaru, who praised the work and asked to meet him.
• Uchiha Hikari offered to carry letters between Orochimaru and Dr. Brief, and Orochimaru warned that samples from dead servants and pureblood dragons were still needed to find a cure.
• Uchiha Hikari considered seeking blood from Fenrir or his second-generation older sister to obtain the required samples.

Uchiha Hikari arranged research funding and personnel for Orochimaru’s projects, then received Jugo and absorbed the senjutsu Chakra her Shadow Clone had taken from him. She planned to study the unusual Chakra before deciding whether to visit Ryūchi Cave.

• Orochimaru gave Uchiha Hikari a long letter for Dr. Brief and offered to teach Karin about research, while Hikari allowed limited study of Karin and her mother under strict conditions.
• Orochimaru presented a budget for new research equipment and staff, and Uchiha Hikari supplied two chests of treasure for Otogakure to sell.
• Uchiha Hikari considered bringing Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō to Otogakure, and weighed how she might persuade Tsunade to join them.
• Uchiha Hikari’s Shadow Clone returned with Jugo, explaining that it had absorbed some of his Chakra with Yachihoko and accidentally taken too much.
• Uchiha Hikari examined the Shadow Clone, dispelled it, and received its memories and Jugo’s filtered senjutsu Chakra.
• Uchiha Hikari found the Chakra unlike ordinary Chakra and planned to study it before deciding whether to go to Ryūchi Cave.

Uchiha Hikari settled Jugo beside Karin and arranged for Karin and Misae Uzumaki to study under Orochimaru and learn Uzumaki techniques. Orochimaru then brought Hikari news that something had happened in Kirigakure.

• Orochimaru recognized Jugo's Sage-like cursed seal ability as valuable, but Hikari kept Jugo under her own arrangements rather than handing him over freely.
• Hikari introduced Jugo to Misae Uzumaki and Karin, explaining that he could lose control and assigning Karin to help restrain him with sealing techniques and grappling training.
• Hikari told Karin and Jugo to visit Orochimaru's laboratory as their mentor and gave Misae scrolls of Uzumaki ninja techniques and Sealing Techniques.
• Hikari reassured Misae that she and Karin could leave if they wished, then left the house and met Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru told Hikari that intelligence from the Land of Water indicated something had happened in Kirigakure.

Orochimaru told Uchiha Hikari that the Kaguya Clan was likely to rebel in Kirigakure and asked to leave Otogakure for a month and a half. Hikari agreed, then secretly decided to head to the Land of Water herself, bringing Erii along.

• Orochimaru explained that the Kaguya Clan, angered by failed attacks on Konoha and the Mizukage's decisions, might soon revolt.
• Hikari approved Orochimaru's departure and allowed Jugo to accompany him in his research.
• Hikari asked Erii to return home while she handled dangerous business, but agreed to bring her home after their trip to the Land of Water.
• Orochimaru left a Shadow Clone in Otogakure and departed; Hikari also left a Shadow Clone, then set off with Erii on the Flying Nimbus.

Uchiha Hikari infiltrated the Kaguya Clan settlement to rescue Kimimaro and discovered Zabuza was conspiring with the clan to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage. After freeing Kimimaro, she disguised herself as Uchiha Madara and faced the Kaguya clansmen at the cave entrance.

• Uchiha Hikari found the Kaguya Clan settlement and left Erii hidden under a Blood Coral Barrier before infiltrating the guarded caves.
• Zabuza told Kaguya Hiroko that he would help assassinate Karatachi Yagura while the clan tied down the Mizukage's forces.
• A tremor shook the caves when Uchiha Hikari destroyed the seals imprisoning Kimimaro.
• Uchiha Hikari knocked out Kimimaro and carried him toward the cave entrance as Kaguya clansmen approached.
• Uchiha Hikari transformed her clothes, put on an Orange Vortex Mask, and identified herself as Uchiha Madara.