Chapter Summaries

After a year hunting rogue ninja to gain experience, Yuzuru Hyuga returned to Konoha and learned that Izumi Uchiha had joined the Uchiha Clan after a mysterious attack. He reconnected with her and the Academy children, then prepared to study a new technique and grow stronger.

• Yuzuru Hyuga spent months studying the Scroll of Seals in the Forest of Death before taking a mission that let him leave Konoha.
• Yuzuru checked the black market bounty board, saw the price on his own head, and began hunting rogue ninja around the markets.
• A year later, Yuzuru returned to Konoha with 221,980 free experience points and reported to the Third, who approved Izumi Uchiha's ANBU application and asked Yuzuru to speak with Kakashi.
• Yuzuru met Izumi at the Uchiha compound, learned she had awakened her Sharingan after a mysterious attack, and gave her a sketchbook while supporting her choice to join ANBU.
• Yuzuru met Neji, Rock Lee, Naruto Uzumaki, Uchiha Sasuke, and Hinata at the Ninja Academy, then took the children to a barbecue restaurant.
• Yuzuru walked home with Neji and Hinata, promised to train them after studying a technique, and prepared to enter seclusion.

Yuzuru Hyuga spent months cultivating Life Return and absorbing natural energy, which transformed his body and Byakugan but left him at risk of turning to stone if he overused his power. On New Year’s Day, he reunited with his family and visited the Hokage Building, where he found the Third and the elders arguing about the Uchiha Clan.

• Yuzuru Hyuga used 200,000 free experience points to advance Life Return, then discovered that absorbing natural energy could numb his body and begin turning his fingers to stone.
• Yuzuru Hyuga spent months studying natural energy as his Life Return advanced, his Byakugan mutated, and his body grew taller with silver hair and blue eyes.
• Kaoru Hyuga interrupted Yuzuru Hyuga’s secluded training on New Year’s Day, and he realized he had missed several months and turned twelve.
• Yuzuru Hyuga tested his transformed strength, learned that prolonged fighting could cause a dangerous excess of natural energy, and caught up with Kaoru about Izumi and the laboratory.
• Yuzuru Hyuga reunited with his mother, Hizashi Hyuga, and Neji, then left home to visit the Third at the Hokage Building.
• Yuzuru Hyuga entered the Hokage’s office, where the Third and the elders were gathered, and asked Danzo what trouble the Uchiha Clan had caused.

Yuzuru Hyuga accepted the Third's assignment to address the Uchiha Clan's isolation, received authorization to study the Flying Thunder God, and spent New Year's comforting Naruto. Danzo then allied with Obito Uchiha against Yuzuru and the Uchiha, while Obito tried to recruit Izumi Uchiha; the chapter ended with Yuzuru confronting Izumi after she resolved to avoid him.

• Yuzuru Hyuga argued that Konoha should guide the Uchiha Clan rather than punish it, and the Third assigned him to speak with Fugaku Uchiha.
• The Third authorized Yuzuru Hyuga to study Flying Thunder God materials and arrange for a Flying Thunder God kunai to be delivered to him.
• Yuzuru Hyuga visited Kakashi, the Yamanaka family, and Naruto, then invited Naruto to spend New Year's with the Hyuga family.
• Danzo met Obito Uchiha in secret and agreed to a plan aimed at turning the Hyuga and Uchiha Clans against each other.
• Obito Uchiha gave Izumi Uchiha a scroll of training methods and taunted her about Yuzuru, prompting her to resolve to grow stronger and distance herself from him.
• The next day, Yuzuru Hyuga stopped Izumi Uchiha and asked why she was avoiding his gaze.

Yuzuru Hyuga gave Izumi Uchiha a Flying Thunder God kunai, then addressed a violent fight between Hyuga and Uchiha clansmen and warned Shisui Uchiha that the Uchiha Clan needed to change. Shisui found Fugaku Uchiha unwilling to reform the clan without first becoming Hokage, leaving Shisui isolated and unsure what to do.

• Yuzuru Hyuga stopped Izumi Uchiha from leaving, gave her a signal kunai that would summon him, and let her go when she accepted it.
• Chuntian Hyuga summoned Yuzuru to a clan meeting, where Hyuga Kou described a four-on-four fight with Uchiha members that had injured both sides.
• Yuzuru persuaded the Hyuga Clan to treat the fight as mutual brawling without apologizing or paying compensation, then went to speak with Shisui Uchiha.
• Yuzuru warned Shisui that the Uchiha Clan's combative conduct would worsen unless its members changed, and Shisui promised to restrain them.
• Shisui urged Fugaku Uchiha to apologize and discipline the fighters, but Fugaku argued that reform should wait until he became Hokage.
• After Fugaku dismissed internal reforms and Itachi Uchiha questioned Shisui about his father's ambitions, Shisui felt estranged from his clan and sat frozen in his family's living room.

Yuzuru Hyuga discussed ways to end war with Itachi, trained the Hyuga children, and continued his cultivation as Konoha’s clans drifted apart. In Konoha Year 60, Cloud Hidden Village and Stone Hidden Village signed a peace treaty, Danzo retired, and Hiruzen asked Yuzuru to become temporary Hokage.

• Yuzuru Hyuga outlined three ways to end war, and Itachi said he hoped they could end it while they were still alive.
• Yuzuru watched Hinata and Neji spar, stopped Neji’s finishing strike, and praised Hinata’s progress while teaching the children combat strategy.
• Yuzuru encouraged Neji after the match, then returned to cultivating and using Shadow Clones to study and monitor Konoha.
• Cloud Hidden Village and Stone Hidden Village signed a peace treaty, and Danzo announced his retirement due to illness.
• Hiruzen summoned Yuzuru to the Hokage’s office and asked him to serve as Konoha’s temporary Hokage.

Yuzuru Hyuga accepted the role of provisional Hokage after Hiruzen Sarutobi resigned to avert a crisis with the Uchiha Clan, then consolidated support and began reforming Konoha’s administration. Meanwhile, Fugaku Uchiha postponed rebellion, and Danzo continued a dangerous plan with Obito Uchiha while preparing for a risky operation.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi showed Yuzuru Hyuga Danzo’s confession and asked him to become provisional Hokage, and Yuzuru accepted.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced his resignation and Yuzuru Hyuga’s appointment alongside new positions for Fugaku Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha.
• Fugaku Uchiha convened the clan elders but chose to accept the appointments for now, while Shisui Uchiha warned him not to target Yuzuru Hyuga.
• Yuzuru Hyuga spent a month taking over Hokage duties, then convened Konoha’s leaders, criticized administrative failures, and proposed reforms that Nara Shikaku and Fugaku Uchiha supported.
• Yuzuru Hyuga learned that Jiraiya was returning to Konoha and left the Hokage Building to rest, while his Shadow Clone stayed behind to handle documents.
• In the Land of Rain, Obito Uchiha discussed his plans with Danzo, who began a risky procedure and vowed to kill Yuzuru Hyuga.

Yuzuru Hyuga became acting Hokage and began arranging reforms to Konoha, starting by appointing Kaoru Hyuga as his secretary and overhauling the administration. He told Shisui Uchiha he would reform the ANBU and Root regardless of the Uchiha Clan’s reaction, and Shisui left to seek Itachi’s support only to find his plan faltering.

• Yuzuru Hyuga returned home as acting Hokage, celebrated by the Hyuga Clan, and explained that he would delay his official appointment until he could earn the village’s trust in his own right.
• Yuzuru Hyuga appointed Kaoru Hyuga as his secretary, assigned Kabuto Yakushi to take over her laboratory duties, and approved the Hokage clothes and armor she had designed.
• Yuzuru Hyuga began delegating paperwork to Kaoru and a Shadow Clone while ordering a rapid reorganization of the administrative department and planning broader reforms to Konoha’s education system.
• Shisui Uchiha warned Yuzuru Hyuga that weakening Root might provoke the Uchiha Clan, but Yuzuru insisted he would proceed and invited Shisui to stand with him.
• Shisui Uchiha pledged loyalty to Yuzuru Hyuga, then sought out Itachi Uchiha to discuss resistance within the clan and grew uneasy after their private conversation.

Itachi rejected Shisui’s plan to reform the Uchiha, while Fugaku wrestled with clan troubles and realized he had neglected Sasuke. Yuzuru encouraged Naruto about his future and hinted at the truth of his parentage, then considered the risks of securing Takigakure’s Seven-Tails before Jiraiya arrived.

• Itachi dismissed Shisui’s proposal to join forces, and Shisui left determined to change things himself.
• Fugaku refused to report the missing Sharingan-wielding Uchiha to Konoha, then realized he had barely spoken to Sasuke and privately apologized.
• Itachi comforted Sasuke with dango, and Naruto asked whether Yuzuru was busy before deciding to visit him.
• Yuzuru discussed Naruto’s possible training and future as Hokage, withheld the truth about his parents until their new teacher arrived, and gave him spending money.
• Yuzuru considered reclaiming Takigakure’s Seven-Tails but decided the time was not right, then welcomed Jiraiya into his office.

Yuzuru Hyuga told Naruto Uzumaki the truth about his parents and the Nine-Tails, secured Jiraiya’s promise to train him, and sent them to find Tsunade. After Jiraiya and Naruto left, Yuzuru returned to the Hokage’s office to meet Fugaku Uchiha.

• Yuzuru Hyuga welcomed Jiraiya back to Konoha and discussed his plans to develop the village’s commerce and industry.
• Yuzuru asked Jiraiya to take Naruto as his disciple, then revealed that Naruto was Minato Namikaze’s son and the Nine-Tails’ jinchuriki.
• Naruto chose to remain in Konoha, vowed to become the Sixth Hokage, and Jiraiya agreed to train him in the Rasengan and Multi Shadow Clone Technique.
• Yuzuru assigned Jiraiya and Naruto an S-rank mission to find Tsunade and persuade her to return, giving Jiraiya a communication crystal and a Flying Thunder God kunai.
• Jiraiya left the Hyuga compound with Naruto, while Yuzuru returned to the Hokage Building and found Fugaku Uchiha waiting in his office.

Yuzuru Hyuga discussed Root’s future with Fugaku Uchiha, reassured him about the Uchiha Clan while quietly losing trust in him, and ordered changes to Root’s orphanages and research facilities. He then revealed the Akatsuki threat to Konoha’s clan leaders, outlined academy reforms, and recruited Might Guy to teach taijutsu, leaving his broader plans for the coming conflict in motion.

• Yuzuru Hyuga and Fugaku Uchiha discussed separating Root’s intelligence duties from ANBU’s combat and special-mission roles, while Yuzuru reserved judgment over dangerous suspects for the Hokage and a future Judicial Department.
• Fugaku Uchiha reported Root’s secret laboratories and orphanages, and Yuzuru ordered the facilities documented, banned secret Root research, and folded the orphanages into Konoha’s welfare system.
• Yuzuru warned Fugaku to maintain the Uchiha Clan’s standing in Konoha, but Fugaku’s immediate pledge to obey convinced Yuzuru that he could not trust him.
• Kaoru Hyuga reported that Yukimi Iburi and Gota Iburi had stable bloodlines, and Yuzuru ordered each to receive a Byakugan and monitor the Uchiha Clan in turn.
• Iruka Umino questioned Naruto’s early training with Jiraiya, and Yuzuru explained that Naruto needed to prepare for danger while promising to reform the Ninja Academy.
• Yuzuru showed Konoha’s clan leaders intelligence on the Akatsuki and other powerful ninja, rejected sharing it with other villages, announced academy reforms, and asked Might Guy to teach taijutsu at the academy.

A year into Yuzuru Hyuga’s tenure as Hokage, he sent Jiraiya and Naruto to find Tsunade and bring her back to Konoha. Tsunade refused, so Naruto challenged her to a one-finger fight; after she flicked him down for calling her Granny, the attempt to persuade her remained unresolved.

• Yuzuru Hyuga had consolidated Konoha’s power and mastered his unique Sage Mode while his body and eyes continued to evolve.
• Jiraiya and Naruto found Tsunade gambling in the Land of Tea, and Naruto urged her to return to Konoha.
• Tsunade learned that Yuzuru Hyuga was the new Fifth Hokage but refused to return, saying she no longer wanted to be a ninja.
• After sharing a meal and drinks, Tsunade agreed to return if Naruto could defeat her while she used only one finger.
• Naruto attacked with Shadow Clones and tried to form a Rasengan, but Tsunade overwhelmed him and praised his combat instincts.
• Naruto charged again, declaring his promise to Yuzuru Hyuga, and Tsunade flicked him after he called her Granny.

Naruto and Jiraiya caught up with Tsunade in the Land of Iron, where Orochimaru tried to lure her into helping him research immortality by promising to revive Nawaki and Dan. As Orochimaru’s battle with Jiraiya and Tsunade escalated, Yuzuru Hyuga arrived and confronted the reincarnated Hokage and Third Kazekage.

• Naruto insisted on continuing the pursuit of Tsunade, so Jiraiya helped him train the Rasengan as they searched for her over the next half year.
• Orochimaru and Kisame found Tsunade in the Land of Iron, and Orochimaru offered to revive Nawaki and Dan if she joined his research.
• Jiraiya fought Kisame while Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju and Senju Tobirama with Impure World Reincarnation; Tsunade faltered at the sight of the coffins and her fear of blood.
• Naruto charged in with Shadow Clones and struck Orochimaru with a Rasengan, but Orochimaru revealed it had hit an Earth Clone and tried to place a Cursed Seal of Heaven on him.
• Tsunade struck Orochimaru to protect Naruto, while Jiraiya sent for Yuzuru Hyuga; Yuzuru arrived, and Kisame fled as Orochimaru retreated.
• Yuzuru stayed to face Hashirama Senju, Senju Tobirama, and the Third Kazekage, then met their combined attacks with Rotation.

Yuzuru Hyuga defeated the reincarnated First Hokage, Second Hokage, and Third Kazekage, then spoke with the Senju brothers about Konoha’s troubles and future. After Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju returned to the Underworld, Yuzuru persuaded Tsunade to return to Konoha and ended the day at an izakaya.

• Yuzuru Hyuga outmaneuvered and repeatedly shattered the three reincarnated Kage, then helped Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju break free of their restraints.
• Yuzuru Hyuga explained Konoha’s problems, including Danzo’s role in alienating the Uchiha Clan, and discussed forbidden techniques and Konoha’s future with the Senju brothers.
• Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju sealed fragments of their souls within Yuzuru Hyuga so they could not be summoned by enemies, and Tobirama Senju apologized for his disciples’ failures before returning to the Underworld.
• Yuzuru Hyuga reassured Jiraiya about Orochimaru’s escape and praised Jiraiya’s reliability in protecting Naruto.
• Yuzuru Hyuga persuaded Tsunade to return to Konoha by promising not to force her into unwanted duties and offering to pay her gambling debts.
• Tsunade agreed to return, and Yuzuru Hyuga joined her, Jiraiya, Naruto, and Shizune at an izakaya to rest after the battle.

Yuzuru Hyuga advanced Konoha’s research and commercial reforms, then approved Sunagakure and Kirigakure’s proposal to hold the Chunin Exams near Konoha. Mei Terumi visited the Land of Fire to assess Konoha and entered the village, where its appearance stunned her delegation.

• Yuzuru Hyuga discussed research with Kabuto Yakushi, who reported progress on communication crystals and a breakthrough in the White Zetsu project.
• Yuzuru Hyuga approved Sunagakure and Kirigakure’s proposal to hold the Chunin Exams near Konoha in two years.
• Mei Terumi and Rasa discussed their plans to target Konoha during the exams, and Mei decided to visit Konoha to judge its condition herself.
• Yuzuru Hyuga allowed Mei Terumi’s delegation to enter Konoha, and she traveled through the prosperous Land of Fire while reading a booklet about the Will of Fire.
• Mei Terumi entered Konoha and stopped in shock at what she saw.

Mei Terumi toured Konoha, met Yuzuru Hyuga, and discussed hosting the Chunin Exams while Yuzuru secretly planned to use the gathering to provoke a conflict and seize a tailed beast. Afterward, Kaoru Hyuga’s doubts about her place in Yuzuru’s life led to a vulnerable reunion by the river, where they finally kissed.

• Mei Terumi was astonished by Konoha’s modern roads, orderly districts, and shops, and bought an outfit before meeting Yuzuru Hyuga.
• Yuzuru Hyuga welcomed Mei Terumi, warned that Konoha would judge Kirigakure by its actions, and negotiated preliminary arrangements for the Chunin Exams.
• Yuzuru Hyuga privately planned to turn the Chunin Exams into a conflict and take a tailed beast, while instructing Kaoru Hyuga to watch the Uchiha Clan and create an opportunity to expose its intentions.
• Kaoru Hyuga worked late, questioned whether Yuzuru valued her only for her usefulness, and went to the riverbank where they had first met.
• Yuzuru Hyuga found Kaoru asleep by the river with a fever, told her to rest, and reassured her that she was irreplaceable.
• Kaoru Hyuga kissed Yuzuru Hyuga of her own accord, and the chapter ended with them sharing a tender moment.

Yuzuru Hyuga learned that Kurama Yakumo was confined at Satomi Hill Villa because of the dangerous spirit Ido within her, and he sent Kurenai Yuhi and Kurama Unkai to reach her. When Unkai told Yakumo that Ido had killed her parents, she believed they had come to harm her and trapped them in her mental world, where she began attacking them through her paintings.

• Yuzuru reduced Kaoru Hyuga's workload and appointed Haku as his secretary to take over part of it.
• While researching souls and genjutsu, Yuzuru remembered Kurama Yakumo's powerful bloodline and summoned Kurenai Yuhi and Kurama Unkai to learn about her.
• Unkai revealed that Ido lived within Yakumo's mental world and had killed her parents, while Kurenai admitted that she had failed to help her.
• Yuzuru gave Kurenai a Flying Thunder God kunai and let her and Unkai go to Satomi Hill Villa to speak with Yakumo.
• Unkai told Yakumo that Ido had killed her parents, but she accused them of acting on the Hokage's orders and pulled them into her mental world.
• Yakumo altered her painting, causing the swamp beneath Unkai to grow hot as he and Kurenai tried to survive her attack.

Hi Uchiha helped Kurenai Yuhi and Kurama Yakumo confront Id, revealing the truth about Yakumo’s parents and leaving her recovering in the hospital. Elsewhere, Orochimaru rejected Danzo’s offer and took White Zetsu, Danzo endured another dangerous mutation, and Uchiha Shisui grew concerned by Uchiha Izumi’s increasingly ruthless conduct.

• Kurama Yakumo trapped Kurenai Yuhi and Kurama Unkai in a lethal mental world until Hi Uchiha arrived and pulled Id from her painting.
• Kurama Yakumo remembered killing her parents while controlled by Id, then reconciled with Kurenai Yuhi and fainted from grief.
• Hi Uchiha brought Kurama Yakumo to the hospital and told Kurenai Yuhi to bring her for an examination after she recovered.
• Orochimaru took Danzo’s White Zetsu body but refused to continue cooperating until Danzo supplied more bodies and bargaining power.
• Danzo’s body underwent another dangerous mutation as his Sharingan power interacted with Hashirama Cells, and Root ninja rushed to stabilize him.
• Uchiha Izumi killed a wealthy merchant and his hired rogue ninja during an ANBU mission, prompting Uchiha Shisui to decide he needed to question her about her cold behavior.

Izumi Uchiha told Yuzuru Hyuga that the supposed Madara Uchiha was Obito Uchiha, and Yuzuru assigned her an S-rank mission to pursue him. Yuzuru then revealed his true motives and feelings to Izumi, asking her to decide what their friendship would become, while he prepared to pursue his vision of remaking the world.

• Shisui Uchiha confronted Izumi Uchiha about her withdrawal and obsession with strength, and she challenged him over what he would do if the Uchiha Clan rebelled.
• Izumi Uchiha reported that the enemy who had killed her teacher and comrades was the rogue ninja Obito Uchiha, who had posed as Madara Uchiha, and asked Yuzuru Hyuga to punish her for concealing the intelligence.
• Yuzuru Hyuga assigned Izumi an S-rank mission to pursue Obito Uchiha, ordered her to seek help if she was outmatched, and allowed her to atone through the mission.
• Yuzuru Hyuga told Izumi about his past manipulation of others, his ambitions for the world, and his growing feelings for the people around him, including her.
• Yuzuru Hyuga asked Izumi to get to know the real him and promised to respond sincerely if she continued to admire him; Izumi left the office considering what her own feelings meant.
• Yuzuru Hyuga relaxed in his office while his Shadow Clone handled paperwork and declared that the time had come for him to stand above the heavens.

Tsunade returned to a transformed Konoha, where Hyuga Yuzuru offered her time to decide whether to retire or serve the village in another role. Meanwhile, Uchiha Fugaku’s clan prepared a covert operation, Shisui resolved to stop them, and Itachi urged Sasuke to find his own conviction.

• Naruto, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shizune entered Konoha, and Tsunade marveled at the village’s new buildings and developments.
• Hyuga Yuzuru welcomed Naruto and gave Tsunade a retirement application, explaining her benefits and encouraging her to consider other work before making a decision.
• Naruto visited Sasuke and promised to challenge him when school resumed, while Shizune explored the village and went shopping.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha En confirmed their plan to act when Danzo gave the signal, and Fugaku assigned Itachi to keep Konoha’s forces from interfering.
• Shisui learned that Uchiha clansmen were being moved out of Konoha and decided to remain in the compound to stop the clan if it acted.
• Itachi trained with Sasuke, then told him to seek his own conviction; Sasuke decided to buy a copy of the Will of Fire booklet.

Yuzuru Hyuga examined Yakumo Kurama’s bloodline and offered her treatment, then reinstated Tsunade as head of Konoha’s hospital and medical corps. After his Byakugan finished mutating into the Eye of God, he addressed Konoha’s new Genin at their graduation, urging them to choose their paths freely and promising to protect them.

• Yuzuru Hyuga learned that Yakumo Kurama’s powerful bloodline was weakening her body and offered Hashirama Cell surgery as a possible cure, leaving the decision to her.
• Tsunade returned to work after recovering from hemophobia, and Yuzuru appointed her director of Konoha Hospital and restored her command over the wartime medical corps.
• Yuzuru monitored the restless Uchiha Clan, then experimented with Yin Release and natural energy until his Byakugan completed its mutation.
• Yuzuru named his new eyes the Eye of God, tested their armor form and enhanced Future Sight, and began researching a larger Yin Release construct.
• At the Genin graduation ceremony, Yuzuru told the students that they could serve Konoha in many roles beyond combat and promised to bear the burden of any war himself.