Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Mirai was summoned to Orochimaru’s meeting and proposed allocating military supplies according to mission danger, earning responsibility for managing the camp’s supplies. After he organized the stores, Konoha’s second wave of reinforcements arrived, led by deputy commander Namikaze Minato.

• Orochimaru summoned Hyuga Mirai to a meeting with seven elite Jonin to discuss the camp’s rapidly dwindling military supplies.
• Hyuga Mirai proposed assigning supplies according to mission rank and danger, with higher allocations for missions involving major nations.
• Nara Shikaku agreed that Hyuga Mirai’s plan was worth trying, and Orochimaru assigned Mirai to manage military supplies when he was not treating patients.
• Hyuga Mirai informed Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Kiyomi about his new duties, then inventoried and organized the supplies.
• Five hundred Ninja, a large shipment of military supplies, and deputy commander Namikaze Minato arrived as Konoha’s second wave of reinforcements.

Namikaze Minato arrived to serve as Orochimaru’s deputy, while Hyuga Mirai focused on his research plans and arranged to meet his friends. He joined Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai for a team spar against Obito, Kakashi, and Rin.

• Namikaze Minato joined Orochimaru’s camp, and Konoha’s commanders planned to move their defensive camp into the River Country.
• Hyuga Mirai plotted to divert military funds for his research and sent Orochimaru a message requesting permission to leave camp.
• Yuhi Kurenai told Hyuga Mirai that Obito and Hyuga Kiyomi had agreed to a three-on-three spar after an argument.
• Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai took Hyuga Mirai to the sparring location after he left a Shadow Clone to guard the supplies.

Hyuga Mirai’s squad faced Kakashi’s group in a squad showdown, while Hyuga Kiyomi sought a chance to challenge Kakashi. By the time the squads engaged, Yuhi Kurenai had already incapacitated Nohara Rin and Uchiha Obito, leaving Kakashi to face Kiyomi.

• Sarutobi Asuma nervously greeted Yuhi Kurenai, while Uchiha Obito challenged Hyuga Kiyomi and she focused on Kakashi.
• Hyuga Kiyomi asked Kakashi to face her one-on-one as her teammates created an opening, and Hyuga Mirai used his Byakugan to reveal Obito and Nohara Rin’s positions and traps.
• Kakashi realized Obito’s traps were useless against the Byakugan and drew his short sword as Kiyomi approached.
• Namikaze Minato and Kaminari Kaede watched from a tree and discussed the squads’ teamwork and strength.
• Yuhi Kurenai returned with Nohara Rin, who had fallen to an Illusion Technique, and said she had knocked Uchiha Obito unconscious.

Yuhi Kurenai quickly defeated Obito and Nohara Rin, then Hyuga Kiyomi and Kakashi Hatake began their duel. Kakashi nearly struck Kiyomi with Chidori, but Namikaze Minato intervened and declared Kakashi the loser.

• Yuhi Kurenai returned carrying Nohara Rin after swiftly defeating her and Obito, impressing Shiranui Genma and Sarutobi Asuma.
• Hyuga Kiyomi and Kakashi Hatake began their duel, and Kakashi used shuriken, smoke, and Shadow Clones to attack her.
• Hyuga Kiyomi dispersed Kakashi's Shadow Clones with Gentle Fist techniques and blocked his Earth Style attack with Revolving Heaven.
• Kakashi used Sarutobi Asuma and Shiranui Genma to obstruct Kiyomi's Byakugan, then prepared to attack her with Chidori.
• Namikaze Minato appeared in front of Kakashi, grabbed his Chidori-bearing wrist, and declared the duel over with Kakashi defeated.

Hyuga Mirai’s team defeated Kakashi’s team in a sparring match, and Namikaze Minato stopped Kakashi before the fight turned dangerous. Two days later, Orochimaru moved the camp into River Country to prepare for war with the Suna-nin, giving Mirai hope of earning more income managing military Supplies.

• Namikaze Minato stopped Kakashi’s Chidori attack after pointing out that Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Mirai had prepared to support Hyuga Kiyomi.
• Kakashi admitted defeat, and Hyuga Mirai’s team ended the sparring match and returned to camp.
• Hyuga Mirai warned Hyuga Kiyomi that she should have avoided blocking Kakashi’s Chidori head-on, then returned to managing military Supplies.
• Orochimaru told Hyuga Mirai to wait for a mission before going out alone.
• Two days later, Orochimaru relocated the camp into River Country to prepare to resist the Suna-nin’s advance.

Hyuga Mirai left the Konoha camp on a C-rank supply mission, using Shadow Clones to handle the official trip while he took the intercepted military supplies to the black market. He set out for the Waterfall Country Money Exchange, planning to sell the goods and then shop in the Grass Country before his seven-day mission ended.

• Hyuga Mirai sent a small purple snake to urge Orochimaru, who soon summoned him and assigned him a solo mission to procure military supplies in the Capital of the Land of Fire.
• Hyuga Mirai arranged a handover of supply duties, left the camp, and created three Shadow Clones to carry out the official mission while he pursued his own plans.
• Hyuga Mirai went to his buried cache and had a Ryuchi Cave Great Snake load the intercepted weapons and supplies into its stomach.
• Hyuga Mirai studied Orochimaru's black-market information and headed for the Waterfall Country Money Exchange to sell the goods before traveling to the Grass Country.

Hyuga Mirai sold military supplies and eleven puppets with their techniques and blueprints to the Waterfall Country Black Market, securing 120 million ryo. He arranged for the manager to buy some laboratory materials and deliver them near Moriki Mountain, while other items would require him to visit the Grass Country Black Market himself.

• Hyuga Mirai hid the military supplies outside the Black Market and entered in disguise to negotiate a sale.
• Hyuga Mirai rejected the manager’s offer of sixty percent of Three Stone Company's price and bargained for a better deal.
• Hyuga Mirai revealed the Black Mountain Puppet and offered eleven puppets along with their blueprints, control methods, and poison formulas.
• The Black Market bought the puppets and related methods for 90 million ryo and purchased the military supplies for 60 million ryo, half of which went to Orochimaru.
• Hyuga Mirai gave the manager a list of laboratory materials, paid a deposit for items available locally, and arranged delivery near Moriki Mountain in Chuannan Prefecture.

Hyuga Mirai finished his Black Market business and reflected on the Grass Country and his conflict with the Hyuga Main Family. He recognized Uzumaki Ayaka being abused by Kusagakure ninja, and arrived just as she called for help.

• Hyuga Mirai spent nearly one hundred million ryo on parts, arranged delivery of prosthetic-limb components, and placed a bounty on Hoshigakure's Star Stone.
• Hyuga Mirai observed the Grass Country and concluded that Konoha's politics and the Caged Bird Seal made it difficult for him to remain in the village.
• Hyuga Mirai spotted Uzumaki Ayaka with three Kusagakure ninja and rushed toward her.
• Yoshimoto and the other Kusagakure ninja dragged Uzumaki Ayaka from her home and tried to take her back to Kusagakure.
• Uzumaki Ayaka recognized Hyuga Mirai's familiar Chakra and called for him to save her.
• Hyuga Mirai appeared behind Yoshimoto, and Yoshimoto lost consciousness after turning to face him.

Hyuga Mirai pushed Uzumaki Ayaka through a nonstop journey and taught her to awaken and use her Chakra. After they reached a town, he arranged lodging and food, then gave her scrolls to study while he turned to the Scientific Template System.

• Hyuga Mirai warned Uzumaki Ayaka not to fall behind and told her to sense and use her Chakra as they traveled.
• When Uzumaki Ayaka lagged, Hyuga Mirai threw a Shuriken past her, and she awakened her Chakra in her desperation to catch up.
• Uzumaki Ayaka used Chakra to run faster and followed Hyuga Mirai to a town before nightfall.
• Hyuga Mirai rented a suite at a Hot Spring Inn and ordered dinner for them, while Uzumaki Ayaka ate quietly.
• Hyuga Mirai gave Uzumaki Ayaka two scrolls and money, told her to study without disturbing him, and activated the Scientific Template System.

After absorbing Tony Stark’s Scientist Template, Hyuga Mirai gained expertise in numerous fields and began planning how to fund his research. He arranged for Uzumaki Ayaka to continue her training under his supervision, then left to return to the front line camp in River Country.

• Hyuga Mirai absorbed Tony Stark’s knowledge, gaining top-tier expertise in fields including nuclear energy, artificial intelligence, and engineering.
• Hyuga Mirai found Uzumaki Ayaka studying and eating the sushi she had bought for him, then asked how her training was progressing.
• Uzumaki Ayaka said she had memorized the scrolls and learned one of the Three-Body Techniques, and Hyuga Mirai told her not to rush.
• Hyuga Mirai gave Uzumaki Ayaka money and training scrolls, warned her to keep her abilities secret, and sealed Chakra within her to monitor and protect her.
• Hyuga Mirai left Uzumaki Ayaka and headed for the front line camp in River Country to complete his mission.

Hyuga Mirai returned from a supply mission and was assigned to develop antidotes for Suna-nin poison at the front-line camp. He found his injured teammates Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Kiyomi at the Medical Camp and began treating them while clones helped the other wounded.

• Hyuga Mirai reported that Konoha's logistics personnel would send military supplies to the River Country camp.
• Nara Shikaku explained that the Fourth Kazekage's large assault had inflicted heavy losses, while Rasa and Grandma Chiyo had kept Namikaze Minato and Orochimaru occupied.
• Nara Shikaku asked Hyuga Mirai to counter Suna-nin poison and develop antidotes because Konoha lacked enough Medical-nin to treat the poisoned.
• Orochimaru directed Hyuga Mirai to use Tsunade's antidote research room at Kikyo Castle and request the equipment he needed.
• Hyuga Mirai found Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Kiyomi injured at the Medical Camp, then used three clones to arrange equipment and treat the wounded while he treated them.

Hyuga Mirai treated wounded ninja at the Medical Camp before leaving for Kikyo Castle to prepare antidotes and resume his secret research. After receiving and securing the research equipment, he planned to create a Bio-Mechanical Assistant using Eight-Tails Cells and Hashirama Cells.

• Hyuga Mirai removed most of the poison from Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai, gave them antidotes, and helped treat the other wounded ninja.
• Medical Jonin Aoki thanked Hyuga Mirai for easing the Medical Camp's workload, and Hyuga Mirai said he was glad to help his comrades.
• Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai waited outside the camp with food, and Hyuga Mirai told them he would be going to Kikyo Castle for an antidote-preparation mission.
• Hyuga Mirai sent Orochimaru the bankbook containing their military Supplies resale earnings through Xiao Zi.
• Anbu delivered Hyuga Mirai's requested research equipment to Kikyo Castle, where he inspected it and planned to install barriers and sealing techniques.
• Hyuga Mirai planned to study the Suna-nin's poison while developing a Bio-Mechanical Assistant from Eight-Tails Cells and Hashirama Cells.

Hyuga Mirai developed an antidote for a new Suna-nin poison while completing preparations for his Bio-Mechanical Assistant and advancing Purple Snake’s growth. He learned that the Star Stone he needed had been secured and planned to visit Uzumaki Ayaka to continue her training.

• Hyuga Mirai received a sample of a new Suna-nin poison and assigned Shadow Clones to develop an antidote while he worked on his Bio-Mechanical Assistant.
• Hyuga Mirai reflected on the assistant’s need for a power source and artificial intelligence, and on his plans to help Purple Snake grow and qualify for Sage Art.
• Hyuga Mirai developed the antidote and delivered it with its formula to a Konoha Ninja, who left to bring it to Jonin Aoki at the Medical Camp.
• Hyuga Mirai visited a Black Market and learned that the bounty for the Star Stone had been completed and that it would arrive in roughly three days.
• Hyuga Mirai planned to visit Uzumaki Ayaka and give her low-level Sealing Techniques and Barrier Techniques after noting her rapid progress in ninja training.

Chiyo learned that Konoha had developed another antidote, while Rasa decided to seek Iwagakure’s help and deploy the One-Tail Jinchuriki. At Kikyo Castle, Hyuga Mirai studied the Star Stone and found it could supply the energy reactor he needed for his Bio-Mechanical Assistant.

• Chiyo questioned who had countered Sunagakure’s poisons, and Rasa said Tsunade was in Hot Spring Country and could not have reached the River Country battlefield.
• Rasa told Chiyo he would seek an alliance with Iwagakure and had summoned Master Bunbuku to bring the One-Tail Jinchuriki into the battle.
• Hyuga Mirai found that Uzumaki Ayaka had spent most of her money on food, gave her more, and checked her training progress.
• After three days, Hyuga Mirai obtained the Star Stone from the Black Market and returned safely to Kikyo Castle.
• Hyuga Mirai studied the Star Stone, discovered its unusual living properties and energy, and had his Shadow Clone calculate how to turn it into an energy reactor.

Ōnoki delayed Sunagakure’s proposed alliance until Iwagakure could deal with Kumogakure, while Hyuga Mirai completed his Bio-Mechanical Assistant. After its successful activation and testing, he named it Android 18.

• Ōnoki told Kitsuchi to stall Sunagakure and explain that Iwagakure could not help attack Konoha while it was fighting Kumogakure.
• Ōnoki considered how to stop the Third Raikage’s raids from further damaging Iwagakure’s reputation.
• Hyuga Mirai’s Shadow Clones installed the Star Stone Energy Furnace, and the Bio-Mechanical Assistant activated successfully.
• Hyuga Mirai arrived at the mountain hollow, examined the assistant, and reviewed its energy and vision-blocking test results.
• Hyuga Mirai named the Bio-Mechanical Assistant Android 18, and it accepted the name.

Hyuga Mirai tested Android 18’s weapons, supplied it with technological knowledge, and sent it out to build a merchant association and carry out other missions. Afterward, he turned to modifying Purple Snake so he could study Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Art.

• Hyuga Mirai tested Android 18’s thermal beam and electromagnetic pulse, finding that its close-combat abilities still needed more data.
• Android 18 requested upgraded computing and communications equipment, but Hyuga Mirai told it to rely on its own chip and help establish a merchant association to raise funds.
• Hyuga Mirai returned to Kikyo Castle and used six Shadow Clones to load Ginos’s and Tony Stark’s inventions into Android 18’s chip.
• Hyuga Mirai set Android 18’s energy precautions, made a wristwatch subsystem for communication, and assigned it to find Uzumaki Ayaka, monitor and teach her, and sell technology products.
• Hyuga Mirai changed Android 18’s appearance into a young blonde woman, then chose to modify Purple Snake and study Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Art.

Hyuga Mirai examined his altered genes and considered seeking more clan bloodline samples for comparison, while Rasa ordered intelligence gathering on the Konoha Medical-nin who had neutralized Suna's poison. Meanwhile, Naruto, Sakura, and Yamato appeared in the Land of Wind after another time-travel mishap and argued about Naruto's tampering with the seal.

• Hyuga Mirai gave Purple Snake Gene Accelerator and Optimization Serum, checked its condition, and sent it back to Ryūchi Cave to hunt.
• Hyuga Mirai's examination found changes in his Gene Sequence resembling Ancestral Return, prompting him to consider collecting more Uchiha, Kaguya, and other bloodline samples.
• A Suna-nin Anbu told Rasa that Hyuga Mirai, a medical genius in Kakashi's class, had formulated the antidote to Suna's poison.
• Rasa ordered the Anbu to gather information on Hyuga Mirai and Konoha's deployment at Kikyo Castle, and told them to keep the matter from Elder Chiyo.
• Naruto, Sakura, and Yamato encountered Suna-nin in the Land of Wind, and Sakura blamed Naruto for tampering with the seal and causing them to travel through time again.

Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Yamato traveled through the Land of Wind and River Country in search of the Fourth Hokage and a way to return to their own time. Near the Land of Fire border, Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai intercepted them, uncertain whether they were impostors.

• Yamato explained that the sealed Dragon Vein could send them home, but they needed the Fourth Hokage to undo its seal.
• The trio evaded or fought Suna-nin squads and crossed from the Land of Wind into the River Country.
• Yamato warned that the River Country was also dangerous because Konoha and Sunagakure were at war, then led the group toward the Land of Fire.
• Hyuga Kiyomi detected the approaching trio with her Byakugan, and Yuhi Kurenai hid nearby to support her.
• Hyuga Kiyomi recognized their Konoha forehead protectors but suspected they might be disguised Suna-nin, so she stopped them with shuriken and demanded their registration numbers and mission.

Yamato, Naruto, and Sakura were mistaken for enemy infiltrators by Konoha ninja and fought their way through an ambush. As Minato arrived to take over, the three remained surrounded and their attempt to escape was unresolved.

• Yamato claimed he was an Anbu ninja looking for Namikaze Minato, but Hyuga Kiyomi recognized his story as false and signaled Yuhi Kurenai.
• Hyuga Kiyomi’s group attacked the three with traps, shuriken, and kunai, then sent up a wartime enemy-contact signal.
• Yamato used Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique against Hyuga Kiyomi and told Naruto and Sakura to retreat.
• Yuhi Kurenai trapped Naruto with Wood Release and nearly stabbed him, but Sakura’s punch drove her back and reunited the three.
• Namikaze Minato appeared beside Yuhi Kurenai and told her he would handle the rest.

Namikaze Minato arrived in time to protect Yuhi Kurenai, while Hyuga Mirai prepared to leave the front with the returning Konoha group. Their journey was interrupted when an Anbu in a Kitsune mask showed hostility toward Mirai, who questioned whether the Hokage had ordered it.

• Namikaze Minato reassured Yuhi Kurenai, sent her to check on Hyuga Kiyomi, and pursued Yamato and the other fleeing enemies.
• Hyuga Mirai finished packing his medical instruments and joined the rotation group, where Sasaki and other Ninjas thanked him for saving and treating them.
• Hyuga Mirai learned that the group would meet Orochimaru in Kawaki Town before returning to Konoha.
• Hyuga Mirai and Sasaki encountered Namikaze Minato traveling with three Anbu, and Minato said a little accident had brought him there.
• A yellow-haired Anbu wearing a Kitsune mask recognized Hyuga Mirai and tried to form hand seals, but two people restrained him.
• Namikaze Minato called it a misunderstanding, and Hyuga Mirai calmly asked whether the Hokage had ordered it.