Chapter Summaries

Hinata led Sasuke into the Hyuga Clan Grounds and explained that their teachers had arranged a contest between them. Meanwhile, the branch family’s uprising against the main family gathered strength, and Hyuga Cang Yue appeared as they reached the main family district.

• Izumi escorted Sasuke to the sound-isolating barrier around the Hyuga Clan Grounds, where Hinata met him.
• Hinata told Sasuke that they were standing in for their teachers, rival high-ranking members of Tenshukaku, and led him inside with a mask to conceal his identity.
• Hinata and Sasuke followed armed branch family members as they purged main-family loyalists across the clan grounds.
• Nearly nine hundred branch family members gathered at the main family district, determined to win freedom from the Caged Bird.
• Hyuga Cang Yue appeared on a streetlight and told Hinata that she was too slow.

Hinata Cang Yue led the branch family against the Hyuga main family and revealed that she had removed her Caged Bird Cursed Seal. She began taking revenge on Hinata Ryosuke and rejected the Great Elder’s offer to make peace.

• Hinata Cang Yue ordered the branch family to surround the area and confronted Hinata Sōji and the main family.
• Hinata Ryosuke recognized Hinata Cang Yue and demanded that she be handed over, but the Great Elder slapped him and confronted her about Sage Mode.
• Hinata Cang Yue removed her disguise, and the Great Elder realized that her Caged Bird Cursed Seal was gone.
• Hinata Cang Yue shot through Hinata Ryosuke’s thigh with Chakra and taunted him over the pain he had inflicted on her.
• The Great Elder offered Hinata Cang Yue a place in the main family and even the position of clan head if she would let the conflict go, and her response left everyone silent.

Hinata Cang Yue launched an assault to end the Hyuga Clan’s main-family and branch-family distinction, while Hinata helped kill the Great Elder and the branch family fought the main family’s supporters. The battle continued as Hinata and masked Sasuke were assigned to capture Hinata Ryosuke, and Hinata Cang Yue confronted Hinata Sōji.

• Hinata Cang Yue stabbed the Great Elder and declared that the Hyuga Clan would no longer distinguish between the main family and branch family.
• Hinata agreed to kill the Great Elder, while Hinata Sōji tried to shame her and the Second Elder ordered the main family’s supporters to attack.
• The elders’ Caged Bird seals failed to affect the branch family, whose members rushed to fight the main family and its supporters.
• Hinata stabbed the Great Elder through the heart and explained that he had not protected her or her sister after Hyuga Hiashi died.
• Hinata Cang Yue ordered Hinata and masked Sasuke to capture Hinata Ryosuke, then faced Hinata Sōji as he challenged her to a fight.

Hinata Cang Yue overwhelmed Hinata Sōji and revealed that she had prepared an escape route for the branch family after their rebellion. Meanwhile, Hinata used the Vacuum Palm to defeat Hinata Ryosuke, leaving Sasuke stunned as the fighting began to subside.

• Hinata Cang Yue defeated Hinata Sōji in a Gentle Fist clash, then blasted him with Mountain Shattering Strike.
• Hinata Cang Yue told Hinata Sōji she could lead the branch family out of Konoha, and he realized the Tenshukaku's master might be helping them.
• The branch family continued its assault on the main family while its elders and children gathered, relying on a Secret Pill to remove the Caged Bird mark.
• Sasuke cleared a battlefield with Great Fireball Technique while Neji engaged Hinata Ryosuke and Hinata concealed her presence.
• Hinata struck Hinata Ryosuke with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and sent him flying, shocking Sasuke and helping the fighting die down.

After the Hyuga main family was massacred, Hinata Cang Yue took the supplies and prepared the branch family’s escape from Konoha. Hinata led fewer than two thousand relatives south as fires were set across the village, beginning the Konoha Escape.

• Hinata Cang Yue ordered Hinata to collect the Hyuga main family’s supplies and dealt with the surviving father and son, Hinata Sōji and Hinata Ryosuke.
• Hinata returned with the supplies and saw Sasuke and the others beside the remains of the two tortured survivors.
• Hinata Cang Yue confirmed that Hinata would lead the escape and told her to follow the plan.
• Hinata led the branch family out of their district through areas prepared with Black Oil.
• Hinata gathered fewer than two thousand relatives and led them south, declaring that they were moving for freedom.

Hinata Cang Yue recruited Sasuke as her disciple and arranged for him to seek power through Orochimaru. Meanwhile, she began the Hyuga Clan’s escape from Konoha under her Akatsuki identity, but the fleeing group encountered an enormous obstacle at the village’s edge.

• Hinata Cang Yue told Sasuke that his lack of resources, rather than talent, explained his weakness and promised to provide them if he completed her task.
• She instructed Sasuke to act jealous of Naruto and develop his Heavenly Cursed Seal so Orochimaru would recruit him, then gave him a Natural Force potion.
• Hinata Cang Yue changed into her Akatsuki disguise to help the Hyuga Clan leave Konoha.
• A fire engulfed Konoha and the Hyuga Clan Grounds, letting more than two thousand disguised Hyuga Clan members escape amid the chaos.
• The fleeing group reached the edge of the village and found an enormous obstacle blocking their way.

Hinata Cang Yue disguised herself as an Akatsuki mercenary and agreed to extract Hinata and nearly three thousand clan members for double the fee. She attacked Konoha’s southern wall, drawing Tsunade to the scene, where another figure blocked Tsunade’s charge.

• Hinata calmed the frightened group and reasoned that Tenshukaku had not abandoned them, while the disguised Hinata Cang Yue offered to help for twice the original payment.
• Hinata agreed to pay, and Hinata Cang Yue struck the fortified wooden wall but failed to break through with her first attack.
• Hinata Cang Yue activated her Tenseigan and unleashed a Triple Godly Vacuum Attack, shaking the wall and splitting the ground as Hinata moved the group farther back.
• Konoha’s Barrier Team detected the disturbance, and Tsunade left Jiraiya to lead the firefighting response while she rushed to the southern wall.
• Tsunade saw Hinata Cang Yue preparing another attack and charged her, but a slender figure blocked the way with Heavenly Spin.

Hinata Cang Yue demonstrated the devastating power of her Six-Fold Godly Vacuum Attack while Hinata Hyuga and the branch family held off Tsunade to buy time for their escape. Tsunade failed to persuade them to stay, and as she prepared to use force, an unidentified figure stepped between her and the Hyuga.

• Hinata Hyuga used Heavenly Spin to withstand Tsunade's Monster Strength until Hinata Cang Yue completed her attack.
• Hinata Cang Yue unleashed the Six-Fold Godly Vacuum Attack, disintegrating a huge section of the wooden wall and the ground beyond it.
• Tsunade questioned Hinata Hyuga about the clan's intentions, and Hinata said the Caged Bird wanted to fly free.
• Neji and the other branch family ninja stood with Hinata Hyuga, determined to hold Tsunade back while their clansmen escaped.
• Tsunade offered to provide a satisfactory explanation, but Hinata rejected her assurance and Tsunade prepared to stop the group by force.
• An unidentified figure stepped in front of Tsunade before she could act.

Hinata Cang Yue stayed behind to hold off Tsunade and Konoha’s pursuers while the Hyuga group fled toward their waiting airship. Tsunade released her Yin Seal as their fight entered a more dangerous second round.

• Hinata Cang Yue confronted Tsunade while the Hyuga branch family’s rear guard blocked Konoha’s Anbu and the rest of the group retreated.
• Tsunade attacked with Pain Sky Kick, but Hinata Cang Yue floated above the shattered ground and countered with gravity manipulation.
• Hinata Cang Yue ordered Hinata and Neji to leave, then killed several pursuing Anbu with her Dong Dong Wave.
• Tsunade and Hinata Cang Yue exchanged close-range blows, with neither able to land a decisive attack.
• Tsunade released her Yin Seal, raising her Chakra toward Hinata Cang Yue’s as their second round began.

Hinata Cang Yue fought Tsunade and Konoha's forces, using her abilities and knowledge of Tsunade to gain an early advantage. After Katsuyu rescued Tsunade and reinforcements surrounded her, Hinata Cang Yue prepared to unleash her ultimate move.

• Tsunade activated the Hundred Healings Technique and attacked Hinata Cang Yue, but Feather Garment deflected her punch while Hinata Cang Yue drained her Chakra and controlled her body.
• Hinata Cang Yue tried to kill Tsunade with a Kunai, but Katsuyu blocked the strike and wrapped Tsunade in its body.
• Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza arrived, and Choza blocked Hinata Cang Yue's Dong Dong Wave at the cost of a bloody wound.
• Shikaku tried to negotiate while Tsunade was carried away, but Hinata Cang Yue refused to surrender and Naruto lunged at her before Shikamaru and Choji held him back.
• Shikaku ordered an attack, and Kakashi, Yamato, and Guy moved in as Asuma disappeared; surrounded, Hinata Cang Yue prepared to unleash her ultimate move.

Hinata Cang Yue fought Konoha forces while posing as an Akatsuki member and blamed the attack on the organization. As Jiraiya joined the battle, Tang Ping refused to help the village elders, and Hinata Cang Yue began stalling while the Konoha 11 and Anbu disappeared.

• Hinata Cang Yue used Shinra Tensei to repel Konoha's attacks, devastating the battlefield and injuring several Anbu.
• Shikaku identified her as a member of the Shell Organization, but Hinata Cang Yue claimed to be with Akatsuki and revealed that its leader, Pain, could flatten Konoha.
• Jiraiya arrived on the Toad Brothers Three, and Tang Ping, Izumi, Yamaa Koji, Naruko, Karin, and the others appeared nearby to establish that they had been outside the burning Guild Hall.
• Utatane Koharu ordered Tang Ping and Yamaa Koji to help defend Konoha, but Tang Ping refused, mocked her, and was restrained from arresting him by Mitokado Homura.
• Hinata Cang Yue began stalling against the encircling Konoha forces, while Tang Ping noticed that the Konoha 11 and a group of Anbu had disappeared.

Hinata and the Hyuga branch family fought Konoha forces while retreating toward the Tenshukaku, determined to prove their value and secure freedom from the Caged Bird. Naruto and the others caught up with Hinata, who refused to return and prepared to fight Naruto.

• Hinata and Neji ordered the branch family to keep fighting the pursuing Konoha forces and show the Tenshukaku their sincerity.
• Hinata explained that freedom from the Caged Bird would require contributions, and Neji agreed to pass her orders along.
• Akamaru led Naruto and eight others to Hinata, and Naruto demanded that she return with them.
• Hinata refused, saying she and Neji could never go back, while Naruto threatened to bring her back by force.
• Hinata struck Choji with Sixteen Palms, sealing his Chakra pathways, and badly injured several of the others.
• Naruto activated his Demon Fox Cloak as Sasuke used the Great Fireball Technique, setting up a fight between Naruto and Hinata.

Hinata fought Naruto as he tried to take her back, using her Byakugan and newly learned Chakra Blade while holding back because she felt guilty toward him. Naruto’s Nine-Tails cloak grew to two tails, and just as his attack threatened to hit her, reinforcements arrived.

• Naruto attacked Hinata at high speed, but she blocked him and struck him with Gentle Fist Art: Mountain Shattering Strike.
• Hinata warned Naruto to leave, but he refused and continued fighting despite Shikamaru urging him to retreat.
• Hinata formed a Chakra Blade as Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra began changing his appearance.
• Naruto vanished and struck Hinata from behind with a Chakra tail, sending her crashing through a tree.
• Naruto grew a second tail and attacked Hinata with both tails, but reinforcements arrived just before the blows could land.

Shion and Hozuki Suigetsu intervened in the battle, helping Hinata escape and stopping Naruto’s Two-Tails transformation. They fled by airship after Shion exhausted her Priestess Power, leaving the Konoha 11 behind.

• Shion and Hozuki Suigetsu appeared in masks and attacked the Konoha 11, with Suigetsu using his massive sword to smash through Sasuke’s substitute.
• Shion used her Purifying Spirit Dance to restrain Naruto and soothe the Nine-Tails, while Hinata protected her.
• Naruto’s tailed-beast cloak vanished, and he collapsed as Sakura moved to protect him.
• Shion and Hinata retreated, and Suigetsu used Water Release to keep the Konoha 11 from stopping them.
• Suigetsu escaped into the water, the Hyuga branch members withdrew, and the pursuit ended.

Jiraiya confronted Tang Ping over his refusal to help stop the Akatsuki member, while Konoha counted the military and economic damage from the fire and the escaped Hyuga branch members. The group then learned that Root had rescued Danzo from prison, and Root and Danzo soon appeared after Tang Ping had settled in for the night.

• Jiraiya demanded to know why Tang Ping had not joined the battle, and Tang Ping claimed he and Koji were injured.
• Naruko and Hinata Cang Yue argued that they had no obligation to help Konoha, while Tang Ping rejected Utatane Koharu's criticism.
• An Anbu reported that Root had attacked Konoha Prison and freed Danzo, whose whereabouts were unknown.
• Tang Ping mocked Danzo for running away, then stopped when the Hokage faction glared at him.
• After Tang Ping and the others found a new place to stay and rested, Root and Danzo appeared.

Danzo returned to Konoha with Root and Orochimaru’s subordinates to assassinate Uchiha Tang Ping, using the operation to regain his standing if successful while keeping Konoha uninvolved. The Sound Four raised a strengthened Four Violet Flames Formation around the building, and Danzo ordered the attack to begin.

• Danzo assembled more than a hundred Root Ninja and Root Blades near the building and ordered them to eliminate Uchiha Tang Ping.
• Kabuto reminded Danzo of his deal with Orochimaru, which involved helping Danzo in exchange for support in taking Sasuke.
• Kabuto ordered Tayuya, Jirobo, Sakon and Ukon to activate Orochimaru’s modified Four Violet Flames Formation using scrolls filled with Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Root added a soundproof barrier outside the formation, and Danzo gave the order to attack.

Karin sensed Root’s assassination force approaching, and Tang Ping’s group prepared to meet Danzo’s attack. Tang Ping recognized Aburame Torune’s Nano Poison Insects and moved outside as Yamaa Koji demolished the building to open the battlefield.

• Karin woke Naruko after sensing enemies, and they joined Tang Ping, Izumi, Yamaa Koji, and Hinata Cang Yue in the living room.
• Danzo entered with Root Ninja and towering Root Blade troops, declaring that Tang Ping would die that day.
• Tang Ping stopped Izumi from attacking and used Fire Release: Flame Mantle after Hinata Cang Yue detected Aburame Torune’s Nano Poison Insects.
• Danzo ordered the attack, and Tang Ping retreated outside with Hinata Cang Yue while Yamaa Koji punched the small building apart.

Tang Ping and his companions were trapped by a Four Violet Flames Formation as Danzo attacked them with Root, while Tang Ping suspected someone in Konoha had arranged the ambush. Izumi fought Danzo and his forces, revealing that Orochimaru’s improved Hashirama-cell technology had given Danzo abilities beyond what their intelligence described.

• Tang Ping questioned who had helped Danzo and suspected Utatane Koharu, while Naruko and Karin withdrew to safety as Yamaa Koji opened the Gate of View.
• Izumi used Shisui’s Phantom Body Flicker Technique to confuse Danzo and kill Root Ninja, while Danzo ordered his forces to stay together.
• Danzo exposed the Sharingan embedded in his arm and used Wood Release to attack Izumi, but she evaded his Great Forest Technique.
• Tang Ping realized Orochimaru’s enhanced technology had given Danzo dozens of Sharingan and potentially more abilities than they had anticipated.

Izumi and Yamaa Koji overwhelmed Danzo’s Root forces during an attempted assassination, with Izumi using a brief Mangekyo genjutsu and summoning Thousand Colors to create an opening. As the flames cleared, Izumi struck Danzo through the heart.

• Izumi used a momentary Mangekyo genjutsu to make Yamanaka Fu overlook her real body, then killed him with a blade through the heart.
• Root’s coordinated counterattack failed when Izumi’s figures proved to be phantoms, and she emerged outside the encirclement to challenge Danzo.
• Yamaa Koji used the Sixth Gate and an Earth-Shattering Strike to bury more than a hundred Root Blade Modified Humans, leaving their force badly depleted.
• Izumi summoned Thousand Colors, whose Flame Arrow engulfed Danzo and Aburame Torune in a towering blaze.
• Izumi used the flames to conceal her movement, then stabbed Danzo through the heart as he dodged the attack.

Izumi killed Aburame Torune, but his corpse unleashed a plague of Nanoweed that threatened everyone trapped inside Danzo’s barrier. Tang Ping burned the insects away, and Danzo escaped by using Izanagi as the barrier fell.

• Izumi used a weakened Kotoamatsukami to make Aburame Torune accept a kunai through his heart, then avoided Danzo’s revived attack with the Phantom Body Flicker Technique.
• Aburame Torune’s corpse activated the Jar Poison Technique, spreading Nanoweed through the Root Ninja, Modified Humans, and other bodies nearby.
• Tang Ping warned his allies about the Nanoweed and used Flame Garment to raise the barrier’s temperature, burning the insects to ash.
• Danzo recognized that his plan had failed and used Izanagi to escape as the Four Violet Flames Formation was lifted.
• The Konoha Military Police Force arrived after the barrier came down.