Chapter Summaries

Hidezawa convinced Tsunade that his golden chakra form came from combining Yang Release with Natural Power, while Jiraiya brought news about Kabuto and Nonō and announced an upcoming mission to Kirigakure. After Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed Danzo and Hidezawa’s influence with Jiraiya, Hidezawa considered using White Zetsu’s body to help Tsunade.

• Hidezawa showed Tsunade his golden chakra form and let her believe it was a Sage Mode created by combining Yang Release with Natural Power.
• Pakura learned that Chiyo and Ebizo planned to send her to Kirigakure with an escort to negotiate and stabilize Sunagakure’s situation.
• Jiraiya told Hidezawa and Tsunade that Kabuto and Nonō were safe in Anbu custody, then warned Hidezawa to prepare for a Kirigakure mission.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Jiraiya to help counter Danzo’s influence on Hidezawa, while questioning how to handle Danzo himself.
• Hidezawa considered giving Tsunade White Zetsu’s body to test whether its Hashirama Senju cells could benefit her.

Hidezawa weighed his plans for White Zetsu cells, Danzo, and the Uchiha while reconnecting with Yakushi Nonō and Kabuto and navigating rival schemes around him. As he prepared for a possible Kirigakure mission, he asked Tsunade whether she wanted to experience mastering Wood Release.

• Hidezawa avoided approaching Orochimaru for White Zetsu experiments and visited Kakashi at the Anbu, where they discussed Itachi Uchiha’s surveillance assignment and the coming Kirigakure deployment.
• Hidezawa reunited with Yakushi Nonō and Kabuto, promised Nonō she would no longer need to take missions, and heard Kabuto vow to kill Shimura Danzō.
• Orochimaru, Pain, Konan, and Kakuzu discussed drawing Hidezawa toward Akatsuki, while Danzo sent Aburame Ryūma to deliver Hidezawa a scroll and investigate Uzuki Yugao.
• Hidezawa read Danzo’s message, considered his many pending plans, and learned from Tsunade that they might leave for Kirigakure in a week.
• Hidezawa asked Tsunade whether she wanted to experience mastering Wood Release, leaving her stunned.

Hidezawa proposed using his Wood Release cells to help Tsunade awaken Wood Release, leaving her conflicted about the consequences. He then traveled with Jiraiya and the others toward Kirigakure, where his suspicions about Obito’s influence on the village grew, and the group encountered familiar Sunagakure shinobi.

• Hidezawa offered his blood and cells as a possible way for Tsunade to awaken Wood Release, but she told him to keep the proposal secret while she considered it.
• Hidezawa told Tsunade a story about a monk and a prized robe, prompting her to reflect on what Wood Release could mean for her and the Senju Clan.
• In Kirigakure, Black Zetsu urged Obito to accept Sunagakure’s request to end their standoff, and Obito agreed to negotiate while seeking intelligence on Hidezawa and Danzō.
• Hidezawa departed for Kirigakure with Jiraiya, Yugao, Kakashi, and Tenzō, and suggested Obito might control a high-ranking Kirigakure official and be using policy to destroy the village from within.
• As the group traveled inland from the port, Hidezawa sensed several familiar people from Sunagakure.

Pain and Obito planned to exploit the conflict between Konohagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure, while Hidezawa’s group met Pakura’s disguised party and was surrounded by Mist Ninja. As Akatsuki arrived, Hidezawa summoned a Wood Dragon and faced a figure in the sky that Jiraiya recognized as resembling Yahiko.

• Pain asked Akatsuki members for recommendations to help manage Rain Country and prepared a recruitment operation in Kirigakure, assigning Biwa Jūzō to assist.
• Black Zetsu informed Obito that Hidezawa had gone to Kirigakure, and they planned to use Genji’s group and Sunagakure’s visitors to frame Hidezawa and Konohagakure.
• Hidezawa recognized Pakura among Sunagakure’s disguised party, challenged them for secretly meeting Kirigakure, and learned that Mist Ninja were closing in.
• Hidezawa blocked the Mist Ninja’s Water Release with a massive Earth Release technique, then helped Jiraiya’s group and Pakura’s party flee together.
• Hidezawa sensed Akatsuki ahead, summoned a Wood Dragon, and confronted a figure in the sky that Jiraiya said looked like Yahiko.

Shihara Hidezawa fought Nagato’s Deva Path Pain while the battle spread across the Kirigakure and Sunagakure forces below. After Hidezawa deduced Pain’s abilities and uncovered clues about Nagato’s identity, Nagato unleashed a gigantic force that swept through the battlefield, leaving Zabuza staring at a monstrous figure.

• Nagato revealed that he led the Akatsuki, and Hidezawa attacked him before he could finish speaking.
• Mei Terumi ordered the Kirigakure ninja to engage the Sunagakure forces, while Jiraiya fought Orochimaru and Kakashi, Tenzō, and Yugao faced Kakuzu and Biwa Jūzō.
• Hidezawa analyzed Pain’s repulsion and attraction techniques, fought him in the air, and knocked him into the ground.
• Hidezawa deduced that Pain was Yahiko’s body and that Nagato controlled it remotely, then tracked Nagato’s Chakra and prepared to find him.
• Nagato used Super Almighty Push, devastating the area and sweeping away a Kirigakure patrol led by Zabuza, who saw a gigantic monster at the center of the destruction.
• Zabuza and his loyal followers continued toward the battle while keeping their plan to kill the Fourth Mizukage secret.

Hidezawa survived Nagato’s devastating Shinra Tensei, rescued the wounded Pakura, and captured Mei Terumi, Ao, and Zabuza as he investigated the attack on the Sand delegation. The chapter ended with Pakura revealing that the Fourth Mizukage had approved their visit, raising suspicions about who had ordered the assault.

• Nagato used Shinra Tensei against Hidezawa, then retreated with Konan after realizing Hidezawa had exposed their location.
• Hidezawa sent Yugao, Kakashi, and Tenzō to safety and searched for Jiraiya and survivors from Sunagakure.
• Hidezawa found the badly wounded Pakura and treated her, and Pakura agreed to cooperate with him as long as the village was not involved.
• Mei Terumi, Ao, and Zabuza went looking for clues but were captured by Hidezawa’s Wood Clones and brought to his cave.
• Pakura showed Mei Terumi a passage scroll and said the Fourth Mizukage had approved their visit, leaving the Kirigakure ninja alarmed by the attack.

Hidezawa exposed Kirigakure’s internal crisis and warned Mei Terumi, Ao, and Zabuza that Obito Uchiha was likely taking revenge on the village. After the group left to report their suspicions, Hidezawa gained Yang Release Chakra Mode and prepared to brief Jiraiya on the trouble they had encountered.

• Hidezawa used Pakura’s scroll and his intelligence about Kirigakure to convince Mei Terumi, Ao, and Zabuza that the interception had exposed a power struggle between the Mizukage and Elder Genji.
• Hidezawa revealed secrets about Zabuza and Haku, then told the Kirigakure group about Obito Uchiha’s crimes, Rin Nohara’s death, and the possibility that Obito was manipulating Kirigakure’s policies through the Fourth Mizukage.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu watched the battlefield from the Kamui Dimension and discussed their plan to exploit Hidezawa and eliminate Genji’s followers.
• Mei Terumi, Ao, and Zabuza traveled toward Kirigakure, where Zabuza admitted Haku’s identity and Mei decided they needed to report the situation to Lord Genji.
• Hidezawa told Pakura he had marked the three Kirigakure ninja with Flying Thunder God Marks, then discovered the system had recorded Yang Release Chakra Mode and that it could be upgraded without additional Free Points.
• Jiraiya arrived at the cave, and Hidezawa began telling him that they might have run into trouble.

Kirigakure’s leaders and the Konoha-Suna team investigated the destructive battle and negotiated a plan against Obito Uchiha. The chapter ended with Genji asking the team to take the Fourth Mizukage to Konohagakure if they succeeded, while Jiraiya and Hidezawa discussed the danger and teased each other.

• Kisame Hoshigaki learned from Suikazan Fuguki that powerful intruders had caused nearly a hundred casualties in the Water Country.
• Mei Terumi told Genji that Hidezawa had identified Obito Uchiha and knew details about Zabuza, while Genji warned her and Ao that Hidezawa might have marked them with Flying Thunder God seals.
• Jiraiya agreed to keep the team near Kirigakure and prepare to act after Hidezawa reminded him that their mission report could expose Jiraiya’s past involvement with his former students.
• Genji met Hidezawa, Jiraiya, and Pakura at the battle site, discussed compensation and future negotiations, and asked them to lead an operation against the Fourth Mizukage.
• Genji requested that the team take the Fourth Mizukage to Konohagakure if they succeeded, and Hidezawa and Jiraiya later discussed using Zabuza to lead the charge.
• Jiraiya teased Hidezawa about his interest in Yugao, but Hidezawa turned the joke back on Jiraiya’s visits to drinking houses and brothels.

Obito Uchiha confronted Hidezawa inside the Mizukage Building, but Hidezawa deduced Obito's role in Kirigakure's Blood Mist Policy and unleashed Wood Release, bringing down the building. As the village descended into chaos, Genji and Mei Terumi watched the fighting and Ao revealed that the Fourth Mizukage had been controlled by genjutsu.

• Black Zetsu warned Obito that Hidezawa's group might exploit Kirigakure's unrest, and Obito agreed to have Nagato and the others move around.
• Nagato and Konan suspected Obito was hiding within Kirigakure, while Zabuza prepared to lead an assault against the Mizukage.
• Jiraiya ordered Hidezawa's group to move out as alarms sounded and fighting erupted across Kirigakure.
• Orochimaru and Kakuzu headed for the Mizukage Building, where they encountered Konan, Biwa Jūzō, and the Konoha group.
• Obito attacked Hidezawa inside the Mizukage Building, but Hidezawa wounded him and explained how he had traced the Blood Mist Policy back to him.
• Hidezawa unleashed Wood Release and a massive tree burst through the Mizukage Building; as Genji and Mei watched the village, Ao reported that the barrier had failed and the Fourth Mizukage was under genjutsu.

Hidezawa fought Obito Uchiha after Ao confirmed that Obito had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, and the battle brought the Three-Tails into Kirigakure. Hidezawa overwhelmed the beast with Wood Release, but Obito forced it to fire a Tailed Beast Ball, and the chapter ended as their clash erupted in a blinding blast over the village.

• Ao used his Byakugan to confirm that Obito Uchiha had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, and Genji ordered him to inform Kirigakure’s shinobi and prioritize the village’s stability.
• Obito summoned the Three-Tails from the ruined Mizukage Building, while Kisame hurried back to Kirigakure and Nagato watched the battle from concealment.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru fought above the village as Kakashi, Tenzō, Yugao, and Pakura clashed with Konan, Biwa Jūzō, and Kakuzu.
• Hidezawa used a Wood Human, Wood Dragon, and Tree World Advent to restrain and drain the Three-Tails while Obito struggled to control it.
• Obito forced the Three-Tails to form a Tailed Beast Ball, and Hidezawa drove the Wood Human into the beast as the blast produced a vast shockwave and mushroom cloud over Kirigakure.

Hidezawa defeated Obito Uchiha’s control over Karatachi Yagura and confronted Nagato, persuading the weakened Mizukage to flee south while they fought. After Kirigakure acknowledged the truth behind the Mizukage’s actions, Hidezawa’s group prepared to leave, and his system awarded him a special reward for exposing Obito’s identity.

• Genji told the Mist shinobi that the Fourth Mizukage had been controlled, while Hidezawa emerged from the damaged Wood Human after surviving the Three-Tails’ attack.
• Karatachi Yagura broke free of Obito Uchiha’s genjutsu, recognized that Kirigakure could no longer accept him, and fled south at Hidezawa’s instruction.
• Nagato arrived to face Hidezawa, who challenged his plans and warned him that Obito was using him; their staged fight continued as Hidezawa revealed what he knew about Nagato’s past and the Rain Country.
• Jiraiya and the others met the exhausted Karatachi Yagura, then Genji arranged their departure and said Kirigakure would negotiate over the Mizukage and the Three-Tails.
• Hidezawa’s system announced that he had completed a mission to expose Obito Uchiha’s identity and awarded him the special reward Kaguya Otsutsuki’s Son.

Hidezawa and Jiraiya returned to Konohagakure with the Fourth Mizukage, and Hidezawa reported the mission’s findings to Hiruzen Sarutobi. After hearing about Akatsuki and the Mizukage’s arrival, Hiruzen collapsed, leaving Jiraiya and Hidezawa to face the fallout.

• Hidezawa examined the Kaguya Otsutsuki's Son reward, which would grant him Black Zetsu's Yin-Yang Release abilities once he fused Yin Release and Yang Release.
• Hidezawa explained to the team why Konohagakure could not casually expel or harm Karatachi Yagura, while Pakura continued observing him and the group headed back with the Sunagakure survivors.
• Nagato told Konan everything Hidezawa had said during their meeting, and the two discussed Akatsuki's danger, Hidezawa's motives, and the political ideas he had raised.
• Obito and Black Zetsu left the Water Country after their base was exposed, and Black Zetsu worried about Hidezawa's unexplained power and possible connection to Asura's Chakra.
• Hidezawa reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Obito Uchiha had controlled Karatachi Yagura and that Akatsuki included Nagato and Konan, prompting Hiruzen to suspect Danzo's involvement in the Rain Country tragedy.
• Hidezawa revealed that Jiraiya had brought the Fourth Mizukage to Konohagakure, and Hiruzen Sarutobi fainted at his desk.

Hidezawa spent his mission reward strengthening Yang Release Chakra Mode and gained the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion technique, while Danzo moved to contact him and Tsunade warned him about Konoha’s growing troubles. The chapter ended with Shisui arriving at Hidezawa’s home just as Hidezawa spotted a significant line in an ancestral scroll.

• After the Third Hokage fainted, Hidezawa returned home and discovered that his new Ninja World Scientist ability could develop techniques compatible with his existing abilities.
• Hidezawa raised Yang Release Chakra Mode and used Ninja World Scientist to create Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, then spent more Free Points improving his abilities and physical constitution.
• Danzo learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had been hospitalized and ordered Aburame Ryūma to find Hidezawa discreetly.
• Tsunade warned Hidezawa about pressure from the Cloud Village and Iwagakure and the Uchiha Clan’s growing unrest, while Hidezawa questioned Itachi Uchiha’s conduct and considered visiting Shisui.
• Itachi Uchiha told Shisui that the team pursuing Obito Uchiha had returned, prompting Shisui to seek Hidezawa.
• As Hidezawa read the Senju Clan’s historical scrolls, Shisui called for him from downstairs, and Hidezawa noticed a revealing line in the scroll.

Hidezawa passed Shisui clues about Akatsuki, considered investigating a Senju record that might concern the Uchiha, and encouraged Danzo to pursue the Byakugan in Kirigakure. As the village faced mounting tensions, Shisui met Danzo at a deserted temple and warned that Danzo had little time left.

• Hidezawa told Shisui about Akatsuki's defeat eight years earlier and hinted that only two people had survived the operation with Hanzō, giving Shisui a clue for his upcoming meeting with Danzo.
• Hidezawa found an old Senju record describing an operation that had badly damaged the Uchiha Clan and resolved to investigate it, while he studied his Bloodline Mutation and delayed meeting Danzo.
• Hidezawa urged Danzo to recover Ao's Byakugan from Kirigakure, arguing that it could earn the Hyuga Clan's goodwill and help guard against Mangekyō Sharingan control; Danzo then gave him a scroll reporting that Yakushi Nonō and Yakushi Kabuto were suspected of being killed by Orochimaru.
• Tsunade agreed to consider experimenting with Wood Release after Hidezawa demonstrated his Yang Release Chakra, and Hidezawa suggested that they leave Konohagakure to conduct the experiment and search for treasure.
• Kakashi told Hidezawa that he, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Tenzō would travel to Whirlpool Country, while Hidezawa remained in Konohagakure as the village's tensions with Kirigakure and the Uchiha grew.
• Shisui met Danzo at a deserted temple, watched for hidden enemies, and warned him that he did not have much time left.

Shisui confronted Danzo over his persecution of the Uchiha and appeared to kill him, but Danzo revived using Izanagi. Hidezawa joined the battle, secretly worked with Shisui, and unleashed overwhelming golden power as Itachi arrived and Konoha felt the blast.

• Shisui accused Danzo of framing and isolating the Uchiha, then used his Mangekyō Sharingan to attack him.
• Shisui decapitated Danzo and fought off Root, but Danzo revived with Izanagi and revealed he had taken Kagami Uchiha's Sharingan.
• Hidezawa appeared and attacked Shisui with Wood Release while Danzo's Root forces withdrew; he quietly signaled Shisui to cooperate with him.
• Shisui explained that he had planned to die after assassinating Danzo to protect the Uchiha, and Hidezawa told him to strengthen his Susanoo while they staged the fight.
• Hidezawa unleashed a golden power that split Shisui's Susanoo and devastated the forest, while Itachi arrived and Danzo watched in awe.

After Hidezawa defeated Shisui’s Susanoo and secretly rescued him, he urged Shisui to confront the Uchiha Clan’s internal failures as well as Danzo’s persecution. Shisui’s letter left Itachi with the choice of how to resolve the conflict, and Itachi decided to pursue peace for the village in his own way.

• Konoha’s clans investigated the devastated forest, suspected Danzo’s involvement, and failed to find Shisui’s body.
• Danzo praised Hidezawa, offered him Root intelligence and authority, and promised to help him pursue revenge against Orochimaru.
• Hidezawa revealed that Shisui had survived and challenged him to consider how the Uchiha Clan’s leadership and internal divisions had contributed to its crisis.
• Hidezawa warned Shisui to remain hidden and encouraged him to lead a renewed Uchiha Clan, while Fugaku ordered a search for the missing Shisui.
• Itachi found Shisui’s letter, read his plan to kill Danzo and make Itachi a hero, then resolved to settle the conflict between the Uchiha and Konohagakure in his own way.

Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Danzo had attacked Shisui, while the Uchiha Clan searched for their missing clan member and Fugaku restrained calls for retaliation. After Hiruzen confronted Danzo and Tsunade returned to Konohagakure, she planned a trip with Hidezawa, Yugao, and Shizune, leaving Hidezawa eager to investigate White Zetsu cells and rob graves.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi read an urgent report about a devastating battle in Konohagakure and suspected Danzo had targeted Shisui Uchiha, then fainted from anger.
• Fugaku Uchiha ordered Yashiro Uchiha to keep the clan calm while they searched for Shisui, and a hidden observer watched them discuss their plans.
• Hidezawa told Yugao that Wood Release could affect their future together, kissed her, and got bitten on the lip; a month passed before Tsunade returned.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo over Shisui's disappearance, but Danzo defended his actions and claimed no body or eyes had remained.
• Tsunade discussed the Uchiha situation with Hidezawa and Yugao, then announced that she would take them and Shizune away from the village for a while.
• Hidezawa welcomed the trip because it would let him experiment with White Zetsu cells and rob graves.

Hidezawa took Tsunade and the others into the Land of Fire forest to test White Zetsu material and search for a sealed treasure, while Itachi warned Hiruzen of a possible Uchiha rebellion. After helping Tsunade stabilize the material and awaken Wood Release, Hidezawa uncovered a sealed coffin, leaving Tsunade stunned by the young Uchiha girl inside.

• Hiruzen agreed to Tsunade and Hidezawa leaving the village, and Itachi reported a possible Uchiha rebellion to the Hokage.
• Hidezawa built a forest house with Wood Release, then told Tsunade he had chosen the remote site for experiments and to investigate a treasure mentioned in a scroll.
• Hidezawa injected Tsunade with White Zetsu material; when its power began awakening Wood Release too strongly, he used Yin Release to balance it.
• Hidezawa left camp to search the forest, found an Uzumaki-style seal, and Tsunade followed him to the site.
• Hidezawa opened a sealed coffin and revealed a young girl dressed in Uchiha clothing, shocking Tsunade.

Hidezawa and Tsunade freed a century-old Uchiha girl, whose hatred of the clans that sealed her awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan. As the Uchiha crisis deepened, Obito approached Itachi with an offer of help, while Hidezawa tried to persuade the girl and Tsunade to investigate the roots of the Senju-Uchiha conflict and gave her the name Uchiha Hikari.

• Hidezawa and Tsunade discovered an Uchiha girl sealed in an ancient coffin, and she awakened with a Mangekyō Sharingan after Hidezawa mentioned the Senju and Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that Shisui might be dead, and Obito considered intervening in the Uchiha crisis and helping a village-loyal Uchiha.
• The girl recalled that her clan had used her as a weapon before the Senju, Uzumaki, and Sarutobi clans sealed her away, and she vowed to destroy the world.
• Hidezawa sealed the girl's Chakra, empathized with her past, and suggested that the Senju-Uchiha feud might have originated in a conflict over Ninshū's inheritance.
• Itachi drove off three Uchiha clansmen who accused him of failing to investigate Shisui's fate, then met Obito, who offered help and described his plan to create a peaceful world where everyone was alive.
• Hidezawa named the girl Uchiha Hikari, prompting Tsunade to remind him that he had earlier said he wanted to see the Uchiha burn to ashes.

Hidezawa warned that the Uchiha Clan was approaching disaster and tried to redirect Hikari toward investigating the roots of her suffering. He later brought Kabuto to meet the supposedly dead Shisui and prepare for the Uchiha crisis, while Konan arrived in Konoha seeking a meeting with Hidezawa.

• Hidezawa told Tsunade and the others that the Uchiha Clan's conflict with Konoha could end in its destruction, and Tsunade ordered them to keep the discussion secret.
• Obito decided to contact the Akatsuki and help Itachi slaughter the Uchiha, hoping to guide Itachi into accepting their plan afterward.
• Konan told Nagato she would visit Konoha as a Rain Country representative and meet Hidezawa face-to-face, despite Nagato's unease.
• Hidezawa urged Hikari to investigate what had caused her tragedy rather than condemn the entire world, then received ten free points for revealing the Senju-Uchiha secret.
• Hidezawa took Kabuto to Shisui, revealed that Shisui had survived the attack carried out under Danzo's orders, and warned them to prepare for the Uchiha crisis.
• Konan arrived at Konoha with the Rain Country's ninja and declared that she hoped her sincerity would earn a worthy reward.