Chapter Summaries

Iwa-nin commander Higashishinin chose to fight Konoha in a decisive battle as the Grass Ninja’s alliance with Konoha and Hyuga Mirai’s medical support strained his forces. At the River Country front, Jiraiya joined the battered Konoha troops, and Namikaze Minato secretly warned him about Orochimaru’s future betrayal, leaving Jiraiya to investigate.

• Higashishinin learned that the Grass Ninja had allied with Konoha and that Konoha still had around four hundred fighters, aided by Hyuga Mirai’s medical abilities.
• After Morohiru ruled out infiltrating Konoha’s camp, Higashishinin decided the Iwa-nin would fight Konoha in a decisive battle.
• The Suna-nin released Shukaku after Namikaze Minato injured the Fourth Kazekage, and Minato was hurt while covering Konoha’s retreat.
• Jiraiya arrived at the River Country camp to support the retreating Konoha forces and reassured the injured Namikaze Minato.
• Namikaze Minato told Jiraiya that Orochimaru would defect and kill the Third Hokage, and Jiraiya promised to investigate while keeping the warning secret.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Advisors decided to remove Danzo as commander after a Root member was caught in the Finance Minister’s killing, while allowing Danzo to keep control of Root under new restrictions. At the Grass Country camp, Danzo announced his replacement and left for Konoha as Hyuga Mirai continued developing the Hundred Herbs Company and the Uzumaki Company’s projects.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen discussed the battlefronts with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, then explained that a captured Root member had implicated Root in the Finance Minister’s death.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Advisors agreed to strip Danzo of his front-line command, summon him to Konoha, and require higher-ups’ approval for Root’s expansion after the war.
• Hyuga Mirai learned that Android 19 had produced medicine for the Hundred Herbs Company and instructed Android 18 to begin selling it while negotiating computer and game sales with other countries.
• Hyuga Mirai told Android 18 to make Uzumaki Ayaka practice Sealing Technique, then returned to camp after Android 18 arranged a miniature communication earpiece for him.
• Danzo announced that Jonin Mimura Hamaki would take over as Grass Country commander, then departed for Konoha with two Anbu.

After Danzo’s departure, Iwa-nin forces launched an attack on Konoha’s Grass Country camp, and Mimura Hamaki chose to meet them head-on. Hyuga Mirai returned to the Medical Camp as the battle began and the first wounded arrived for treatment.

• Hyuga Kiyomi urged Hyuga Mirai to take control of the Medical Camp, but he declined and focused on treating the wounded.
• Higashishinin learned that Danzo had likely been recalled and ordered the Iwa-nin to attack the Konoha camp with reinforcements led by Bakushū.
• Mimura Hamaki ordered Konoha’s forces to repel the Iwa-nin directly, while Hyuga Mirai doubted the plan but could not sway the commanders.
• Hyuga Mirai told Aoki about the battle plans, and Aoki entrusted him with more responsibility in the Medical Camp.
• The Iwa-nin launched a nearby Earth Style attack, and the Medical-nin began treating the first wounded as they arrived.

Danzo was recalled to Konoha and barred from leaving after being blamed for the Finance Minister’s murder, ending his bid to gain fame and compete for Hokage. In Grass Country, Hyuga Mirai detected an Iwa-nin force approaching the Konoha camp from the rear, warned Aoki, and raised the alarm as the attackers hurried forward.

• Danzo angrily denied ordering the Finance Minister’s murder, but Sarutobi Hiruzen confined him to Konoha and stripped him of his positions.
• As the battle in Grass Country intensified, Hyuga Mirai noticed that the Iwa-nin were fighting fiercely despite the number of Konoha wounded returning to battle.
• Hyuga Mirai used his Byakugan to spot forty or fifty Iwa-nin approaching the camp from behind and warned Aoki that the camp should prepare.
• Aoki ordered the camp’s remaining ninja to go on alert, send out scouts, and relocate the wounded.
• Hyuga Mirai left on a reconnaissance mission, confirmed the approaching force was Iwa-nin, and fired a Signal Flare toward the camp.
• Bakushū saw the Signal Flare, suspected Konoha had discovered the unit, and ordered the Iwa-nin to rush toward the camp.

Hyuga Mirai drew an Iwa-nin pursuit squad away from the rear camp and used his released gravity seal, speed, and Byakugan techniques to defeat them. He concealed the battlefield afterward and waited before returning to see whether the camp had survived.

• Aoki evacuated the wounded and Supplies from the rear camp and sent a messenger to notify the front line after the Signal Flare appeared.
• Bakushū recognized Hyuga Mirai as a likely target from Iwa-nin intelligence and ordered his forces to capture him while he led the rest toward the camp.
• Hyuga Mirai lured the pursuing Iwa-nin through the camp’s trapped surroundings, then released his threefold gravity seal and fought them.
• Hyuga Mirai killed the pursuit squad in under ten minutes, using his Body Flicker Technique and Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.
• Hyuga Mirai used Shadow Clones to conceal the battlefield and planned to wait before returning to the camp.

Konoha's camp suffered heavy losses in an Iwa-nin raid, and the reinforcements returned too late to prevent the deaths and destruction. Hyuga Mirai returned safely after killing his pursuers, but with the front line weakened and Medical-nin scarce, Mimura Hamaki ordered Konoha to avoid direct clashes until support arrived.

• Bakushū led the Iwa-nin in retreat after claiming they had captured Hyuga Mirai, while Konoha discovered the camp's severe losses and Hyuga Kiyomi was prevented from pursuing them.
• Hyuga Mirai returned to camp unharmed and told Aoki and Hyuga Kiyomi that he had lured the pursuing Iwa-nin into traps and killed them.
• The front-line battle ended with the Iwa-nin withdrawing, and Konoha counted nearly two hundred wounded and fewer than ten Medical-nin able to work.
• Mimura Hamaki recovered twelve Iwa-nin corpses and told the council he would report the losses to Hokage-sama and avoid direct clashes until reinforcements arrived.

Sarutobi Hiruzen organized reinforcements and medical supplies as Konoha struggled on multiple fronts, purchasing medicine from the Hundred Herbs Company. At Android 18’s underground laboratory, Uzumaki Ayaka tested the newly completed Nano-Armor, which vanished into her body.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Utatane Koharu to arrange care for the wounded and Mitokado Homura to procure supplies, while Danzo remained silent and resentful.
• Kimura tested medicine from Nineteen’s Hundred Herbs Company, and Konoha ordered one hundred million worth after confirming its claimed effects.
• Android 18 expanded the Uzumaki Company’s sales into four small countries by signing agreements with seven merchants.
• Uzumaki Ayaka showed Android 18 her Adamantine Sealing Chains, but Android 18 refused to report that she had mastered them to Hyuga Mirai.
• Android 18 fitted Uzumaki Ayaka with the first Nano-Armor, which flowed over her and disappeared into her body before testing began.

Android 18 completed tests on Uzumaki Ayaka’s Nano-Armor and sent Hyuga Mirai its combat data while considering future laboratories and research. Meanwhile, Iwa-nin reinforcements threatened the Land of Fire, and Konoha’s commanders struggled to agree on how to defend the front.

• Android 18 tested Uzumaki Ayaka’s T1 Nano-Armor, measured its Chakra-powered flight, and designed a combat mode with twelve weapons.
• Android 18 sent Hyuga Mirai the Nano-Armor data and videos, and weighed locations for new laboratories and medicinal herb cultivation.
• Iwa-nin forces crossed Grass Country, and Higashishinin forced Kusagakure to accept an alliance, vassal treaties, and heavy compensation.
• Mimura Hamaki told Konoha’s leading Jonin that the Iwa-nin outnumbered them and that reinforcements would take three days to arrive.
• Hyuga Mirai said the Medical-nin could not support three battlefields alone, prompting a Hyuga Main House Ninja to rebuke him before Mimura Hamaki ended the dispute.

Hyuga Mirai discussed plans with Android 18, including new bases and missions for Uzumaki Ayaka, before Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Kiyomi visited him at the Medical Camp. He warned them that he expected Konoha to lose the Grass Country campaign under Mimura Hamaki’s command.

• Hyuga Mirai learned from Android 18 that the Nano-Armor was ready and Uzumaki Ayaka had mastered the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Hyuga Mirai ordered a Nano-Transformation Communicator and approved laboratories in Hot Spring Country and Tea Country, naming Tea Country the main base.
• Hyuga Mirai chose Gato to manage the Third Company and ordered Android 18 to make three Nano Mechanical Guards to monitor him.
• Uzumaki Ayaka told Hyuga Mirai she was ready to take on missions and complained that Uzumaki Kushina would not leave Konoha to rebuild Whirlpool Country.
• Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Kiyomi visited Hyuga Mirai, and Kurenai brought him braised meat from Iza Cafe.
• Hyuga Mirai told Kurenai and Kiyomi that he had little hope for the war because Mimura Hamaki was leading the front.

Hyuga Mirai struggled to manage an overcrowded medical camp while Konoha fought the Iwa-nin in the Grass Country. After learning that Namikaze Minato’s team would target the Iwa-nin supply line at Kannabi Bridge, Mirai questioned why Medical-nin Nohara Rin was assigned to the mission, and Rin chose to go with her teammates.

• Hyuga Mirai ordered stable wounded to return to the village and told the Medical-nin to conserve Chakra because the camp had run out of Healing Tags and space.
• Hyuga Mirai met Namikaze Minato’s team and urged Mimura Hamaki to send more wounded home, but Mimura said reinforcements would bring only medicine.
• Obito mentioned a mission to destroy the Iwa-nin supply line, and Hyuga Mirai recognized Kannabi Bridge as the target.
• Hyuga Mirai questioned why Nohara Rin had to join the mission, prompting Obito to defend her and Mimura to explain that Minato commanded the team.
• Minato let Rin decide whether to join the mission or stay at camp, and Rin chose to go with Kakashi and Obito.

Kakashi and his team departed to destroy Kannabi Bridge while Hyuga Mirai prepared the Medical Camp for a possible final Iwa-nin assault. After the bridge was destroyed and the team returned, Mirai treated wounded allies and examined Kakashi’s transplanted Sharingan, proposing a sealing technique to stop it from remaining active.

• Kakashi argued that Rin should remain at the Medical Camp because her combat skills were limited, and Minato rebuked Obito and Kakashi before leading the team toward Kannabi Bridge.
• Hyuga Mirai told the medical-nin that no more reinforcements were coming and ordered them to conserve half their Chakra in case the Iwa-nin launched a final attack.
• Sakai reported that Minato’s team had destroyed Kannabi Bridge and rescued a group of Ninja, raising hopes that the Iwa-nin would soon withdraw.
• Hyuga Mirai treated the wounded Kiyomi and Kurenai after they arrived from the rescue, then examined Kakashi’s left eye and explained why the transplanted Sharingan would not close.
• Hyuga Mirai suggested sealing off the Chakra supply to Kakashi’s left eye so the Sharingan would retain only normal vision, and said he would investigate another possible solution after they returned to Konoha.

Hyuga Mirai advised Nohara Rin to accept the risks of her battlefield decision and focus on her role as a Medical-nin, while Konoha’s forces defeated the Iwa-nin and prepared to return home. Back in the village, Mirai awaited the distribution of his remarkable war merits as the war continued on other fronts.

• Hyuga Mirai told Nohara Rin that her medical role and lack of combat strength made joining the mission behind enemy lines dangerous, and urged her to look ahead.
• The Iwa-nin launched a desperate attack on Konoha’s Defense Line, but Konoha ambushed them, and Namikaze Minato killed many of them.
• The Iwa-nin admitted defeat and withdrew, and Konoha’s troops prepared to return to the village.
• Hyuga Kiyomi asked Hyuga Mirai to let her use his war merits for the clan, and he agreed because he had little use for them.
• Konoha welcomed the returning Ninja, handled casualties and memorials, negotiated with the Iwa-nin, and began distributing war rewards.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen prepared to award Hyuga Mirai, whose merits were exceptionally high and whose reputation as a Medical Saint had spread among civilian Ninja.

Hyuga Mirai transferred his battlefield merits to Hyuga Kiyomi, then used a short rest to investigate the Caged Bird Seal and expel its foreign chakra from his soul. Less than half a month later, Sarutobi Hiruzen sent him back to the front as the medical leader in the war against Kumo-nin.

• Hyuga Mirai gave all his battlefield merits to Hyuga Kiyomi instead of choosing a technique from the Book of Seals.
• Hyuga Mirai went fishing and used the Spirit Transformation Technique with Sage Chakra to examine and remove the Caged Bird Seal's chakra from his soul.
• Hyuga Mirai caught a fish and returned to resting, while his Sage Chakra continued to accumulate slowly.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Hyuga Mirai and appointed him medical leader for the intense war against Kumo-nin, despite Mirai asking to serve as a deputy.
• After Hyuga Mirai left, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura discussed his suitability and wondered whether Tsunade had taught him.

After Sunagakure and Iwagakure withdrew, Konoha’s leaders debated peace terms and whether to replace Orochimaru, ultimately leaving him in command against Kumogakure. Hyuga Mirai reunited with Orochimaru and gave him a communication Snake Scale, but Orochimaru suspected Mirai had helped create the Ninja Game version of him.

• The Iwa-nin and Suna-nin retreated, easing Konoha’s situation and leaving Kumo-nin and mist ninja as its remaining threats.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen proposed replacing Orochimaru as commander, but Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura argued that Orochimaru should remain, and Hiruzen agreed.
• Orochimaru used poison and tactics to exploit the Kumo-nin’s temperaments, with Hyuga Mirai’s poisonous mist helping threaten the Fourth Raikage’s forces.
• Hyuga Mirai met Orochimaru at the Hot Spring Country battlefield and gave him a Snake Scale that could summon Mirai’s aid and reveal its location.
• Orochimaru said the Ninja Game’s version of him matched his real combat habits and hinted that he suspected Hyuga Mirai was behind it.

Hyuga Mirai exchanged jutsu with Orochimaru and used his medical troops to help Konoha wear down Kumo-nin until the Fourth Raikage agreed to seek peace. Meanwhile, Uzumaki Ayaka helped the Hundred Herbs Company in Tea Country and received permission to continue traveling in her T1 Armor.

• Hyuga Mirai traded the Spirit Transformation Technique cultivation method and Yin Release Chakra knowledge to Orochimaru for an incomplete Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, then sent a copy to Android 18 for study.
• Hyuga Mirai's medical troops helped Orochimaru keep Konoha's wounded returning to battle, and the Fourth Raikage agreed to end the war and make peace with Konoha.
• Android 19 forced trade routes open for the Hundred Herbs Company in Tea Country, and Uzumaki Ayaka used her T1 Armor to defeat nobles and wandering ninja attacking the company.
• Uzumaki Ayaka called Hyuga Mirai and received permission to keep traveling as long as she concealed her identity and sought Android 18's help if needed.
• Uzumaki Ayaka flew off in her T1 Armor, imagining Hyuga Mirai praising her, while the armor veered through the sky.

Uzumaki Ayaka recovered the Uzumaki Clan’s inherited Sealing Techniques from a hidden chamber and discovered that Nohara Rin had become the Three-Tails’ Jinchuriki. On Hyuga Mirai’s orders, Ayaka abducted Rin from the battle between Kirigakure and Konoha, leaving Kakashi and a pale-skinned creature searching for her.

• Uzumaki Ayaka found and opened a sealed Secret Chamber in Uzushio Village, then recorded the Uzumaki Clan’s inherited Sealing Techniques.
• While flying back, Uzumaki Ayaka sensed a Tailed Beast’s Chakra and identified Nohara Rin as its Jinchuriki amid a battle with Kirigakure Ninja.
• Hyuga Mirai ordered Uzumaki Ayaka to bring Nohara Rin back without revealing her identity.
• Kakashi fought off Kirigakure Anbu and urged Nohara Rin to flee as he prepared to attack with Chidori.
• A sudden blast of light accompanied Nohara Rin’s disappearance, and a pale-skinned creature emerged from a tree and realized Madara’s plan was in danger.

Uzumaki Ayaka rescued Nohara Rin, disrupting Madara Uchiha’s plan to drive Obito into darkness, while Hyuga Mirai returned to Konoha with the war nearing its end. At a Hyuga Clan meeting, Hyuga Kiyomi tried to secure Mirai a say in the clan’s decisions, but he left before the elders discussed the matter.

• Madara learned that Nohara Rin had disappeared and sent a White Zetsu carrying his will and an implanted Sharingan illusion ahead of Obito to preserve his plan.
• Hyuga Mirai explained that Uzumaki Ayaka had rescued Nohara Rin and ordered her sealed and examined by Android 18, while postponing any decision about the Three-Tails.
• With Kumo-nin withdrawn and the war nearing its end, Hyuga Mirai asked Orochimaru about his plans, and Orochimaru said he would pursue the Hokage position and fulfill his promise to Danzo.
• Hyuga Mirai returned to Konoha and was welcomed by crowds before Hyuga Kiyomi escorted him to a Hyuga Clan meeting about distributing war gains.
• Hyuga Kiyomi urged the clan to ask Hyuga Mirai for his opinion, but Hyuga Hirin rebuked her and the Fourth Elder sent Mirai away before the discussion continued.

After the war, Konoha began choosing a Fourth Hokage as Hyuga Mirai learned that Hyuga Kiyomi and Hyuga Hirin were undertaking clan missions outside the village. The chapter ended with an explosion drawing them toward a distant clash, while Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen went to confront Orochimaru over evidence of human experimentation.

• Hyuga Mirai questioned whether the end of the war truly meant peace, while Yuhi Kurenai reassured him that the Peace Accords would prevent further fighting.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen began the selection of the Fourth Hokage, and the meeting settled on Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato, and Uchiha Fugaku as candidates.
• Hyuga Kiyomi told Hyuga Mirai that she would lead one clan mission to claim promised benefits, while Hyuga Hirin would visit the Kaguya Clan.
• Danzo urged Orochimaru to oppose Sarutobi Hiruzen, but Orochimaru refused to follow his plan and Danzo ordered Root to destroy evidence of their dealings and stop covering for Orochimaru’s experiments.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen showed Jiraiya intelligence linking Orochimaru to human experimentation and missing villagers, and Jiraiya set out with him to confront Orochimaru.
• After Hyuga Hirin insulted Hyuga Mirai and the Branch Family, an explosion erupted nearby, and the Hyuga group moved toward the disturbance.

Jiraiya pursued Orochimaru after discovering his human experiments and attempted defection, but Orochimaru turned the confrontation into an ambush with Hyuga Mirai. The chapter ended with Mirai openly admitting he had killed Hyuga Hirin and attacked the other Hyūga, while Jiraiya and Kiyomi faced him in shock.

• Jiraiya confronted Orochimaru over his experiments and tried to persuade him to return to Konoha, but Orochimaru escaped past Jiraiya and Kakashi.
• Jiraiya and two Anbu pursued Orochimaru, using a combined Fire and Wind technique before Orochimaru summoned Rashomon and two Ryuchi Cave Great Snakes.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, and five Hyūga arrived, seemingly closing off Orochimaru’s escape.
• Orochimaru broke a purple Snake Scale, and an unseen attacker killed Hyuga Hirin, severely injured two Branch Family guards, and sent Hyuga Kiyomi flying.
• Hyuga Kiyomi and Jiraiya identified the attacker as Hyuga Mirai, who calmly admitted killing Hirin and attacking the others.

Hyuga Mirai revealed his overwhelming strength while protecting Hyuga Hirin’s corpse from Konoha’s forces. After defeating Kakashi and stopping Hyuga Kiyomi, he faced her demand to explain why he had acted this way.

• Hyuga Mirai asked Orochimaru to take Hyuga Hirin’s corpse, and Orochimaru summoned a giant snake to carry it away.
• Kakashi attacked Hyuga Mirai with Chidori, but Hyuga Mirai released his training weights, caught Kakashi’s wrist, and broke one of his arms with a kick.
• Hyuga Kiyomi rushed at Hyuga Mirai with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, but he caught her wrist and criticized her opening moves.
• Hyuga Kiyomi recalled Hyuga Mirai’s earlier training advice and demanded to know why he had done this.