Chapter Summaries

Hagoromo spoke with Asuma about his decision to leave Konoha on a long-term mission protecting the daimyo, then realized he had forgotten a wedding gift for Kushina. Several days later, Asuma left Konoha.

• Asuma visited the recovering Hagoromo and helped him up to the hospital roof for fresh air.
• Asuma told Hagoromo he had been promoted to Jonin and had requested a long-term assignment protecting the daimyo, which could keep him away for five or ten years.
• Asuma explained that he felt lost in Konoha because of his conflict with the Third Hokage, and Hagoromo urged him to reconsider leaving to protect the daimyo.
• Asuma reminded Hagoromo that Kushina was getting married and asked whether he had prepared a wedding gift, and Hagoromo realized he had not.
• Several days later, Asuma came to say farewell and left Konoha.

Hagoromo refused a mission to deliver Minato’s Fourth Hokage appointment document, convincing the Third Hokage to let him stay in Konoha and focus on research. He told Minato and Kushina that the appointment had been approved, then accidentally revealed he had read Jiraiya’s other books.

• Hagoromo refused the Third Hokage’s mission and presented research scrolls as evidence that he needed to remain in the village.
• The Third Hokage praised Hagoromo’s research and assigned the mission to another ninja.
• Hagoromo visited Minato and Kushina, confirmed that Minato’s appointment as Fourth Hokage had been approved, and surprised Kushina with the news.
• Kushina told Hagoromo that she and Minato were discussing names for their future child, including a name from Jiraiya’s novel.
• Kushina realized Hagoromo had read Jiraiya’s other books, and Minato could not help him escape the awkward question.

On his sixteenth birthday, Kamishiro Hagoromo received a sealed technique from Kushina while guarding her during her pregnancy. After he stopped Mikoto Uchiha from asking about Kushina’s due date, Kushina said Hagoromo would teach her child ninjutsu.

• Kushina wished Kamishiro Hagoromo a happy sixteenth birthday and gave him a sealed technique to help him face certain enemies.
• Hagoromo accompanied the pregnant Kushina on a walk, joking with her about writing a book on caring for pregnant women.
• Kushina and Hagoromo met Mikoto Uchiha and her son Sasuke, and Hagoromo refused to reveal Kushina’s due date as confidential information.
• After Mikoto left, Kushina suggested that Hagoromo teach her child ninjutsu once the baby was born.

As Kushina’s delivery approaches, Hagoromo distrusts Konoha’s security and prepares his own extensive measures against the Nine-Tails and a possible space-time attack. He discusses his preparations with Kakashi, then leaves the night before the final barrier key is to be placed on Kushina.

• Hagoromo reflects on how childbirth weakens the seal containing the Nine-Tails and why Kushina’s delivery is being kept secret outside Konoha.
• Hagoromo reviews the many people guarding the Delivery Room and doubts they can stop an enemy using space-time ninjutsu.
• Kakashi finds Hagoromo muttering coordinates, and Hagoromo explains they mark a spot on his body where a piercing would kill him quickly.
• Hagoromo tells Kakashi that his barrier preparations are nearly complete after eight months and that he will place the final key on Kushina the next day.
• Hagoromo describes his arrangement as a massive Country-wide Alchemy Array designed to counter space-time ninjutsu, then goes inside to rest.

Hagoromo inscribed a powerful sealing barrier on Kushina to protect her and counter Kamui, but Minato discovered Hagoromo had secretly made himself able to activate it at the cost of his own life. The chapter left the barrier nearly complete, with Hagoromo and Minato expected to face any enemy before the last measure became necessary.

• Hagoromo began inscribing the Compound Four Symbols Seal on Kushina's back while Minato watched.
• Hagoromo's barrier combined a Reverse Four Symbols Seal with a safe inner space and could annihilate everything across a vast area, making it a counter to Kamui.
• Minato noticed Hagoromo had altered the formula so he could activate it himself, extracting the Nine-Tails' Chakra and sealing the surrounding space.
• Minato stopped Hagoromo, but released his hand after realizing what the alteration meant.
• Hagoromo resumed the nearly finished inscription and distracted Kushina by pointing out the cherry blossoms.

Hagoromo refused a mission to investigate Hanzo’s death so he could stay in Konoha and guard Kushina until she gave birth. A month and a half later, Minato’s three guards activated the Flying Thunder God and teleported Hagoromo away from the pavilion.

• The Third Hokage asked Hagoromo to infiltrate Amegakure and investigate Hanzo’s death and its consequences for Konoha.
• Hagoromo refused to leave before Kushina’s delivery, and Minato urged the Third Hokage to understand Hagoromo’s priorities.
• Hagoromo continued guarding Kushina and inspecting the sealing barrier for half a month without incident.
• Hagoromo returned to the pavilion and found Shiranui Genma, Namashi Raidō, and Tatami Iwashi waiting outside.
• The three guards activated the Flying Thunder God formula in their special kunai and teleported Hagoromo away.

Hagoromo was lured away from Kushina by a Genjutsu-triggered Flying Thunder God transfer and trapped behind a spatial barrier with the Six Paths of Pain. He activated his Chidori Current Third Stage and began breaking through, determined to get back to Kushina before the Nine-Tails seal weakened.

• Hagoromo learned that his enemies had used Genjutsu to make Minato's guard activate Flying Thunder God and transport him fifty kilometers from Konoha.
• Hagoromo realized the enemy intended to eliminate him while Kushina was vulnerable to premature labor, and he identified the six attackers as the Six Paths of Pain controlled by Nagato.
• Hagoromo bound his Chidori Current with sealing formulas to create his Chidori Current Third Stage, an offensive Nintaijutsu beyond his body's normal limits.
• Hagoromo pretended to flee to locate the spatial barrier, then struck one Pain into its edge and judged that the barrier lay about five hundred meters away.
• Hagoromo smashed a second Pain with the Iron Gourd and declared that they were blocking his way.

Hagoromo used his extreme Lightning Release speed to fight the Six Paths of Pain, testing the Deva Path’s repulsion while searching for a way to defeat the coordinated puppets. He destroyed the Human Path with a Railgun strike, but the Deva Path survived behind a summoned beast’s sacrifice.

• Hagoromo’s enhanced speed let him evade Pain’s attacks and race toward the Deva Path, though he bypassed the Human Path on the way.
• The Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to launch Hagoromo into the sky, and Hagoromo judged the repulsive force difficult to counter in his normal state.
• Hagoromo summoned Rashomon and dropped it toward Pain, but the Deva Path repelled the gate and sent it spinning away.
• Hagoromo switched out of his lightning-enhanced state and fired Railgun strikes in opposite directions, destroying the Human Path while a summoned beast blocked the shot aimed at the Deva Path.

Hagoromo fought Pain’s remaining Paths, identifying the Naraka Path as the key to their revival and trying to eliminate it. After being overwhelmed and having his chakra absorbed, he discovered how to use magnetism to eject the Preta Path’s Black Rods, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Deva Path Yahiko pulled Hagoromo close with Universal Pull, but Asura Path pierced Hagoromo’s shoulder with a Black Rod and disrupted his abilities.
• Hagoromo realized the Naraka Path had revived Asura Path and Preta Path, then targeted the Naraka Path as his priority.
• Hagoromo dodged Asura Path’s barrage, split Asura Path and Preta Path with a hand chop, and killed the Summoning Beast with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Deva Path blasted Hagoromo into the ground while Preta Path absorbed much of his chakra.
• Hagoromo used magnetism to eject the Black Rods from Preta Path, severing its link to Nagato, while the rods also wounded Hagoromo.

Hagoromo endured Pain’s attacks while secretly preparing an overload-limit technique, using his summons to buy time. He unleashed his ultimate Railgun with Rashomon as its projectile, leaving the attack’s impact on Pain unresolved.

• Hagoromo staggered back after taking Shinra Tensei but let Pain regroup and revive the remaining Paths.
• Hagoromo summoned several beasts, Katsuyu, and an irreversible Rashomon, then asked Katsuyu to buy him at least twenty seconds.
• Hagoromo released his Level 5 Electromaster power beyond its overload limit, badly damaging his own body as he charged his strongest strike.
• Hagoromo combined the Railgun with Rashomon as its projectile and launched his final attack at Pain.

Hagoromo unleashed a Super Railgun that destroyed Pain’s sealed battlefield but left him unconscious and badly injured. After the Deva Path nearly killed him, Hagoromo awakened his Mystic Eyes and used them to dismember Yahiko’s puppet.

• Hagoromo charged Rashomon with lightning and fired a Super Railgun that shattered Pain’s barrier and erased the other Pain puppets.
• The Deva Path survived by concentrating Nagato’s power on defense, then struck the unconscious Hagoromo with Black Rods.
• Hagoromo regained consciousness, broke a Black Rod, and awakened his Mystic Eyes after the Deva Path’s attack brought him near death.
• Hagoromo explained that his eyes let him perceive Death Lines and erase targets through physical contact, though using them caused intense pain.
• Hagoromo followed the Deva Path’s Death Line and dismembered the puppet, beginning with its left arm.

Hagoromo survived his fight with Nagato’s forces and continued toward Konoha, driven by rage and unable to control his still-active power. He reached Minato’s barrier and cut his way through, facing the outcome beyond it.

• Hagoromo destroyed Yahiko’s corpse and walked away as his uncontrolled power caused it to disintegrate.
• Nagato refused Konan’s offer to attack Hagoromo and ordered their group to leave, after which Konan’s Exploding Tags detonated around the barrier.
• The Masked Man confronted Hagoromo, but halted his attack when Hagoromo warned him to move, and Hagoromo passed him without looking back.
• Hagoromo reached the barrier Minato had placed near Konoha and cut through it with his lightning-covered hand.
• Hagoromo paused briefly, then continued through the barrier toward whatever awaited him beyond it.

Hagoromo reached the dying Kushina and spoke with her about his wishes, his strange new eyes, and the life ahead of him. Kushina entrusted what remained to him before she died, leaving Hagoromo alone to continue his story.

• Hagoromo found Kushina and Minato beside a wooden altar, but his injuries and Mystic Eyes prevented him from touching Kushina.
• Kushina explained that losing her Tailed Beast meant Medical Ninjutsu could not save her, and she and Hagoromo spoke about his eyes and what he had wanted.
• Hagoromo told Kushina he had sought someone of his own kind, and she asked what kind of world his new eyes showed him.
• Kushina asked Hagoromo to live on and leave the rest to him, and he promised to return to the Cherry Blossom Forest each spring.
• Hagoromo said goodbye as Kushina Uzumaki died.

After waking from his battle with Pain, Hagoromo clashed with Konoha’s leaders over custody of Minato and Kushina’s children and negotiated a deal to help turn the war around. He left Konoha alone on the day of their funeral, intending to invade Kumogakure and unleash its tailed beast.

• Two Anbu investigated the battlefield and found the immense destruction caused by Hagoromo’s attack.
• Hagoromo demanded Kushina’s inheritance and the return of her children, but Shimura Danzo refused to surrender them to him.
• Hagoromo offered to reverse Konoha’s disadvantage in the war if Minato and Kushina’s children were entrusted to him, and Konoha eventually agreed to place them temporarily with Jiraiya.
• Hagoromo used a Shadow Clone with Yuhi Kurenai’s help to seal Kushina’s body, and he decided against trying to revive her or Minato.
• Minato and Kushina’s children were named Naruto and Mirai, and Hagoromo planned to give them the Uzumaki surname.
• On the seventh day after the Nine-Tails Incident, Hagoromo skipped Minato and Kushina’s funeral and left Konoha to invade Kumogakure and release its tailed beast.

Hagoromo launched a destructive night assault on Kumogakure to reach Killer B and the Eight-Tails. He restrained Killer B and used Five Elements Unseal to free Gyūki.

• Hagoromo killed a Kumogakure patrol near the front line, using the shinobi only to further his objective.
• Hagoromo sent his three Summoning Beasts crashing into Kumogakure, igniting widespread destruction and chaos.
• Hagoromo trapped the Fourth Raikage inside a barrier of Rashomon gates, separating him from Killer B.
• Hagoromo used a slug summoning to stall Killer B, then bound him with Kushina's Adamantine Sealing Chains and made the Eight-Tails lose control with Orochimaru's drug.
• Hagoromo used Five Elements Unseal on Killer B, freeing Gyūki in Kumogakure.

Hagoromo freed the Eight-Tails from its Jinchuriki in Kumogakure, leaving Gyūki to devastate the village before he escaped to Shikkotsu Forest. News of his solo attack spread ahead of him, making the sixteen-year-old Konoha Jonin renowned as the White Yaksha.

• Hagoromo used Kushina's sealing techniques to release Gyūki from the controlled Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, while trapping the Fourth Raikage in a barrier.
• Gyūki went berserk, and Kumogakure's ninja shifted their attention from Hagoromo to the rampaging Tailed Beast.
• After Gyūki caused heavy damage and killed Kumogakure ninja, Hagoromo dismissed his summons and returned to Shikkotsu Forest with the Reverse Summoning Technique.
• Hagoromo rested in Shikkotsu Forest and prepared to travel back to Konoha on foot because Tsunade was not there to summon him.
• Reports of Hagoromo's attack reached Konoha, and he became known throughout the village as the White Yaksha.

After returning from Kumogakure, Hagoromo secured agreements concerning Uzumaki Mirai and Uzumaki Naruto, then visited the two infants in Konoha Hospital. His attempt to entertain them with a small electric arc ended with Naruto crying after Mirai bit him.

• Konoha publicized Hagoromo's past exploits and Kumogakure infiltration, welcoming him as a new hero after Minato's death.
• Hagoromo and the Hokage agreed that Uzumaki Mirai would belong to Hagoromo, that he could visit Naruto with a third party present, and that Mirai would be presented as a Hero's Child.
• Hagoromo agreed to keep Naruto's Jinchuriki identity and parentage secret, while Konoha agreed not to spread rumors distorting the truth.
• Hagoromo agreed that both infants would remain together at Konoha Hospital for now because he had no experience caring for babies.
• Hagoromo tried entertaining Naruto and Mirai with a harmless electric arc, but Naruto grabbed it and Mirai bit his hand, making him cry.

Hagoromo oversaw the dismantling of the unused sealing barrier after Minato sealed the Nine-Tails and Kushina died. He remained detached from Konoha’s growing conflict with the Uchiha and turned his attention to the reappearance of Salamander Hanzō, suspecting Akatsuki was behind it.

• Hagoromo directed an Anbu team and a Sealing Squad to dismantle the Mutually Multiplying Four Symbols Seal barrier he had prepared.
• Hagoromo recalled how Minato had severed the Masked Man’s control of the Nine-Tails, sealed one half into Naruto, and taken the other half into the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
• Konoha’s leaders blamed the Uchiha for the Nine-Tails Incident, and Danzo moved against the clan while Hagoromo chose not to interfere.
• Hagoromo learned that Salamander Hanzō had been sighted and concluded that Akatsuki was using Amegakure as a hiding place and presenting a false or controlled Hanzō.

Hagoromo recovered from his injuries while secretly electrocuting Naruto and his twin sister as infant training. When the Third Hokage organized an investigation into missing Konoha ninja, Hagoromo recognized Orochimaru as the likely culprit but chose to approach him directly instead of reporting what he knew.

• Hagoromo gave the twins daily electric shocks, and they grew accustomed to the routine while his injuries healed.
• Danzo confined the Uchiha clan to one area, increasing their resentment while they held back from open conflict.
• Hagoromo recovered without scars, astonishing the Medical Ninja who had treated him.
• The Third Hokage gathered ninja for a mission to investigate the frequent disappearances in Konoha.
• Hagoromo suspected Orochimaru was behind the disappearances but kept his suspicion to himself because Orochimaru could be useful to him.
• Hagoromo decided to go straight to find Orochimaru.

Hagoromo found Orochimaru secretly experimenting on a Konoha ninja and chose not to report or capture him. He proposed that Orochimaru use genetic engineering to awaken powers dormant in ninja bloodlines, and left him with the prospect of restoring the Senju, Uchiha, and Uzumaki clans’ inherited abilities.

• Hagoromo followed the underground passages to Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru was dissecting a dead Konoha ninja.
• Orochimaru recognized Hagoromo’s power and inferred from his calm response that he would not report him or capture him.
• Hagoromo said he would not complete the Hokage’s mission and noted that Danzo had helped Orochimaru with his First Hokage’s Cells transplant experiments.
• Hagoromo argued that Orochimaru’s cell experiments carried serious risks and asked whether dormant inherited powers could be restored through genetic engineering.
• Hagoromo proposed awakening the Senju, Uchiha, and Uzumaki clans’ ancestral powers, including their connection to the Ōtsutsuki.