Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Mirai disguised himself as Kimori, hypnotized another version of himself, and gave him a ring engraved with Otsutsuki Hamura’s name. The other Hyuga Mirai returned to the compound energized by the ring and told Hyuga Kiyomi about meeting Kimori, while the original watched from afar.

• Hyuga Mirai questioned the younger Hyuga Mirai under an Illusion Technique and used the Spirit Transformation Technique to inspect his memories.
• Hyuga Mirai gave the younger Hyuga Mirai a ring engraved with Otsutsuki Hamura’s name, then vanished before he could be followed.
• The younger Hyuga Mirai put on the ring, felt renewed energy, and ran back to the Hyuga compound.
• Hyuga Mirai watched from a rooftop as the younger Hyuga Mirai entered the compound and went to see Hyuga Kiyomi.
• The younger Hyuga Mirai told Hyuga Kiyomi about meeting the kind stranger, while her missing right eye left her unable to smile.

Hyuga Mirai learned through his ring that Hyuga Kiyomi and the local 'Hyuga Mirai' had been disgraced after losing a Byakugan to Kirigakure, and he decided to use his counterpart to change this world. After shaking off Shisui Uchiha, he infiltrated Orochimaru's secret laboratory and confronted him with an offer of a deal.

• The local 'Hyuga Mirai' told Hyuga Kiyomi about the ring he had received, and she promised to teach him Gentle Fist.
• Hyuga Mirai received information through the ring about the Hyūga Clan's punishment of Hyuga Kiyomi and her remaining guard after the Byakugan was stolen.
• After eating at a barbecue restaurant, Hyuga Mirai evaded Shisui Uchiha, who mistook him for an enemy spy and hurried to alert the Military Police Force.
• Hyuga Mirai located and broke through the barrier around Orochimaru's secret laboratory.
• Hyuga Mirai faced Orochimaru in the underground passage and offered to make a deal, warning him against starting a fight.

Hyuga Mirai traded Orochimaru an improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu for Hashirama Cells and an Eight-Tails Horn, then secured Orochimaru's promise to train Hyuga Mirai of the Hyuga Clan. After Mirai left Konoha, Shisui reported the suspected intruder, while Hyuga Mirai woke with vivid memories of Gentle Fist training from his dream.

• Hyuga Mirai gave Orochimaru the improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu in exchange for Hashirama Cells and an Eight-Tails Horn.
• Hyuga Mirai promised Orochimaru a Hashirama Cell transplantation method and knowledge of Natural Energy if Orochimaru took Hyuga Mirai of the Hyuga Clan as his disciple.
• Orochimaru accepted the deal, studied the transplantation method, and decided he would take Hyuga Mirai as a disciple.
• Hyuga Mirai left Konoha after killing Shisui Uchiha's watching crows, and Shisui rushed to inform Hokage-sama about the suspected spy.
• Hyuga Mirai woke after dreaming of Gentle Fist techniques and considered practicing them or asking Kiyomi-sama.

Hyuga Mirai told Hyuga Kiyomi about a dream in which he learned the Gentle Fist, and she confirmed his improved skill during a spar. After Orochimaru intervened when Branch Family members harassed Kiyomi, he offered to make Mirai his disciple, and Mirai accepted.

• Hyuga Mirai described his dream’s Gentle Fist techniques to Hyuga Kiyomi, who recognized the methods and tested him in a spar.
• Hyuga Kiyomi saw that Mirai’s Gentle Fist skill had improved and gave him scrolls of training advice, warning him not to tell anyone about his dream.
• Hyuga Mirai confronted Branch Family members who insulted Hyuga Kiyomi, and she arrived as the argument escalated.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered the troublemakers to leave after arriving with Orochimaru, who recognized Mirai and offered to take him as a disciple.
• Hyuga Kiyomi urged Mirai to accept, and he agreed to become Orochimaru’s disciple.

Hyuga Mirai trained under Orochimaru while publishing books that spread red ideology across the Ninja World. After sensing that Android 18 was close to locating his space-time, he transferred his armor’s control system to a ring and sent the armor away, triggering his return as the seal shattered.

• Hyuga Mirai complained to Hyuga Kiyomi about a dream that taught him political ideology, then left to begin training with Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru sent Hyuga Mirai on two C-rank missions, while his own research advanced toward recreating Hashirama Senju’s abilities.
• Hyuga Mirai traveled to the Land of Waves, took control of Gato, and used Gato’s company to publish ideological books disguised as ninja travelogues.
• Hyuga Mirai made a Branch Family boy in Konoha fall unconscious and placed a Curse Mark on his head, then decided to send Orochimaru the method for refining Natural Energy.
• Hyuga Mirai sensed that Android 18 was nearing his space-time and transferred his armor’s control and AI system to a ring before discarding the armor.
• The Dragon Vein in Rōran shattered Hyuga Mirai’s seal, and a flash of white light returned him to his own space-time.

Hyuga Mirai returned to Rōran after being drawn into the Dragon Vein and learned that Android 18 had placed the country under semi-forced control. He tried to persuade Queen Sara to open Rōran to change and cooperation, leaving her wavering over her duty to the Dragon Vein and her people.

• Android 18 reported that Rōran had been placed under her control while Hyuga Mirai was away, and that the Uzumaki Company and Orochimaru had faced trouble from Root.
• Hyuga Mirai asked Android 18 about the situation, then went with her and Uzumaki Ayaka to meet Queen Sara.
• Hyuga Mirai apologized to Sara for the disruption in Rōran and offered compensation, easing her suspicion of him.
• Hyuga Mirai praised the previous Queens’ efforts to protect Rōran and urged Sara to consider opening the country to outside goods and ideas.
• Hyuga Mirai warned Sara that Sandstorm Erosion could spread across Rōran within ten years and asked whether she wanted her people driven from their homeland.

Queen Sara agreed to give Hyuga Mirai access to the Dragon Vein in exchange for the Yasunori Trading Company’s support and benefits for Rōran’s people. As reconstruction began, Mirai arranged research plans with Orochimaru and prepared Uzumaki Ayaka to study Sage Art in Rōran.

• Queen Sara accepted Hyuga Mirai’s proposal, allowing him to control the Dragon Vein Tower and the surrounding area in return for support for Rōran.
• Uzumaki Ayaka said Nohara Rin was behaving normally and agreed to remain in Rōran while monitoring her remotely.
• Sara announced Rōran’s cooperation with the Yasunori Trading Company, and citizens praised the new jobs, supplies, education, and protection.
• Hyuga Mirai let Sara observe the Dragon Vein Tower with up to two people at a time, while Android 18 began Rōran’s reconstruction.
• Hyuga Mirai contacted Orochimaru, learned that he had found Kaguya Kimimaro, and requested Kimimaro’s cell genes and information on Yuki Clan descendants.
• Hyuga Mirai arranged for Uzumaki Ayaka to receive genetic modification equipment so she could study Sage Art while staying in Rōran.

Namikaze Minato considered the Ninja Game’s effect on Academy students while reviewing the rising generation and approved Hyuga Kiyomi’s promotion to Jonin. Kaminari Kaede’s squad welcomed Sarutobi Asuma, who was left discouraged after Yuhi Kurenai slipped away using an illusion.

• Namikaze Minato worried that the Ninja Game was distracting some Academy students from real training, though he found the new generation of Ninja promising.
• Namikaze Minato approved Hyuga Kiyomi’s Jonin promotion after she completed three A-rank missions, and noted Yuhi Kurenai’s promotion to Special Jonin.
• Namikaze Minato considered forming an elite squad for difficult missions and reviewed the strengths of the rising Ninja.
• Kaminari Kaede told Kinoshita Hikaru and Yuhi Kurenai that Sarutobi Asuma would join their squad before they took on more A-rank missions.
• Sarutobi Asuma arrived, met his new teammates, and learned that the squad would gather the next day for a mission.
• Yuhi Kurenai left behind an illusion clone that fooled Sarutobi Asuma, who regretted how far he felt behind her.

Yuhi Kurenai continued training as Kaminari Kaede's squad undertook a secretive protection mission in Kawaki Town. When Root attacked the decoy shipment, the hired ninja fought back, and Konan joined the battle as Kaminari Kaede ordered Yuhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma to act.

• Yuhi Kurenai trained with her father and sought Might Guy's advice on Taijutsu, while refusing his clothing suggestions.
• Kaminari Kaede briefed Yuhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Asuma, and Kinoshita Hikaru on their mission to protect merchant associations from attackers targeting their managers and goods.
• Kaminari Kaede's squad met Lord Sakai in Kawaki Town, where Yuhi Kurenai sensed thirteen nearby ninja, including one with a large amount of Chakra.
• Kaminari Kaede, Yuhi Kurenai, and Sarutobi Asuma left Kinoshita Hikaru behind and went to watch the shipment, where Root ninja attacked the decoy goods.
• The hired ninja fought the Root members, and Konan used Dance of the Shikigami against them as Kaminari Kaede ordered Yuhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma to attack.
• Yuhi Kurenai scattered into cherry blossoms and trapped Konan among illusory cherry trees.

Konan defeated Konoha’s attempt to capture Root ninjas, then reported the incident to the Sakai Company, whose patriarch refused to meet Kaminari Kaede’s squad. Meanwhile, Hyuga Mirai advanced his Shikotsumyaku research, and Namikaze Minato confronted Danzo over Root’s attack on a merchant company.

• Konan used Exploding Tags to injure Sarutobi Asuma and kill a Root ninja, then let Kaminari Kaede and his squad live and flew away.
• Kaminari Kaede’s squad confirmed the captive’s Root identity, but the Sakai Company patriarch refused to see them, so they prepared to leave for Konoha.
• Hyuga Mirai concluded that Shikotsumyaku cells could increase his gene count, considered transplanting Byakugan cells into Kimimaro, and sent his findings to Orochimaru.
• Uzumaki Ayaka asked Hyuga Mirai to teach her Sage Art, but he directed her to Ichikishimahime instead.
• Namikaze Minato presented Kaminari Kaede’s mission report to Konoha’s elders and demanded that Danzo explain Root’s attack on the merchant company.

Namikaze Minato restricted Root after Danzo defended its attack on the Uzumaki Company, while the leaders agreed to handle the fallout with the Land of Fire nobles. Hyuga Mirai received Kimimaro and Haku in Rōran and prepared to study their abilities, leaving his research into the Byakugan’s potential ascension ongoing.

• Danzo showed photographs linking Orochimaru and Uzumaki Ayaka through their wristwatches, arguing that the Uzumaki Company could lead Konoha to the rogue ninja.
• Namikaze Minato placed Root’s missions under his review, and Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to explain the situation to the nobles and investigate the unfamiliar female ninja.
• Orochimaru told Hyuga Mirai that Kimimaro and a Yuki Clan survivor named Haku were being sent to him, and described his plans for a research base and village in the Land of Rice Fields.
• Hyuga Mirai continued researching how to fuse Shikotsumyaku genes with his body and considered whether the Byakugan’s ocular power could ascend.
• Orochimaru sent Kimimaro and Haku to Rōran, where Haku gave Hyuga Mirai an ice flower and pledged to grow stronger.

Konan reported Akatsuki’s progress to Nagato, while Obito learned that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki would give birth in four months and planned to exploit the opportunity. In Rōran, Hyuga Mirai modified Kimimaro and awakened the Tenseigan, but could sustain it only briefly before it reverted to the Byakugan, prompting him to hasten his trip to the moon.

• Konan told Nagato that Konoha’s Root had been involved in the Land of Fire incident, and Nagato reaffirmed his plan to impose peace through pain.
• White Zetsu revealed that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki would give birth in four months, and Obito ordered increased surveillance of Konoha so he could extract the Nine-Tails.
• Hyuga Mirai modified Kimimaro with gene serum and transplanted Hyuga Hirin’s Byakugan, repairing the strain caused by Shikotsumyaku.
• After Kimimaro returned to the Tea Country, Hyuga Mirai injected himself with Shikotsumyaku gene serum and awakened the Kekkei Genkai.
• Hyuga Mirai’s eyes evolved into the Tenseigan, but it soon reverted to the Byakugan because his ocular power was insufficient, so he decided to move up his trip to the moon.

Hyuga Mirai planned to travel to the moon to absorb the Tenseigan’s eye power and began preparing to secure the Nine-Tails around Kushina’s childbirth. Meanwhile, Tsunade lost heavily at a casino and met Jiraiya, who questioned her about Hyuga Mirai’s Sage Art; she told him Shikkotsu Forest had never produced Sage Art.

• Hyuga Mirai calculated that he could sustain Tenseigan Chakra Mode for about fifteen minutes and planned to travel to the moon in four months to absorb the Tenseigan’s eye power.
• Android 18 told Hyuga Mirai that Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was expected to give birth in 106 days, so he ordered a reminder and decided Uzumaki Ayaka needed to master Sage Art and sealing techniques.
• Tsunade lost one hundred million at a Tanzaku Street casino, then went to an izakaya with Shizune and Tonton and asked Jiraiya to pay their bill.
• Jiraiya asked Tsunade where Hyuga Mirai had learned Sage Art, explaining that Mount Myoboku’s sages could not identify it as Ryūchi Cave’s inherited art.
• Tsunade said no Sage Art had ever come from Shikkotsu Forest because its training was too difficult for ordinary people.

Tsunade became concerned about the prophecy linking Hyuga Mirai to a threat and tried to investigate, while Jiraiya briefed Namikaze Minato on the Uzumaki Company and set out for the Land of Fire's capital. Months later, Hyuga Mirai returned to Konoha with Uzumaki Ayaka and told her to prepare to seal the Nine-Tails if its jinchuriki was attacked.

• Tsunade called for Shizune to investigate intelligence, but she got drunk on the way and Shizune carried her to an inn.
• Jiraiya gave Namikaze Minato his gathered intelligence, learned about Root's suspicions surrounding the Uzumaki Company, and decided to investigate it in the capital.
• Jiraiya warned Namikaze Minato about the powerful ninja protecting the Daimyo Manor, then left him a book as a gift for his unborn child.
• After three months of training, Uzumaki Ayaka gained a Ryūchi Cave contract, learned Tagorihime's White Passion Technique, and strengthened her Adamantine Sealing Chains with Sage Chakra.
• Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka entered Konoha in disguise, and he told her to prepare to seal the Nine-Tails if its jinchuriki was attacked.
• Hyuga Mirai explained that Kushina might survive extraction briefly because of her Uzumaki vitality, and Uzumaki Ayaka complained that he still called her only a subordinate.

Hyuga Mirai disguised himself in Konoha and waited with Uzumaki Ayaka for the Nine-Tails’ attack, then used Tobirama Senju’s Flying Thunder God marks to reach the battle. He arrived as Uzumaki Ayaka revealed herself to the dying Uzumaki Kushina.

• Hyuga Mirai disguised himself as a goods inspector and avoided recognition when Yuhi Kurenai sensed something familiar about him.
• Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka waited on a rooftop, and Ayaka sensed two powerful Ninja fighting south of Konoha.
• Hyuga Mirai summoned Tobirama Senju as the Nine-Tails appeared at Konoha Gate and attacked the village.
• Namikaze Minato teleported the Nine-Tails away, and Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka used a Flying Thunder God mark to follow it.
• Uzumaki Ayaka appeared outside the Adamantine Sealing Barrier and answered Uzumaki Kushina, who recognized her in disbelief.

Uzumaki Ayaka and Hyuga Mirai forced Namikaze Minato to choose how to handle the Nine-Tails, and Minato split its Chakra between Naruto and Mirai. Ayaka sealed the remaining Nine-Tails into herself as Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived, leaving the Third Hokage unable to stop them.

• Uzumaki Ayaka urged Kushina to leave Konoha, but Kushina refused and said it was her home.
• Hyuga Mirai offered Namikaze Minato three choices for the Nine-Tails, and Minato chose to seal half into Naruto and surrender the other half.
• Ayaka raised a Sage-powered Adamantine Sealing Barrier while Minato used the Reaper Death Seal and Double Four Symbols Seal on Naruto.
• The Nine-Tails attacked after its Chakra was split, but Ayaka bound it with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived and tried to break through Ayaka's barrier, but the chains repelled him.
• Ayaka used the Four Symbols Seal to seal the remaining Nine-Tails into herself, and told Mirai she could handle it.

Hyuga Mirai explained his rebellion to Namikaze Minato, then thwarted Minato and Sarutobi Hiruzen when they attacked him. Minato died from the clash, while Mirai saved Kushina and left with Uzumaki Ayaka as Konoha forces approached.

• Hyuga Mirai restrained Namikaze Minato and explained that he had left Konoha to pursue peace across the Ninja World on his own terms.
• Uzumaki Ayaka’s Nine-Tails Chakra erupted, weakening her barrier, and Sarutobi Hiruzen smashed through it as Minato broke free and attacked Mirai.
• Mirai revealed his blue eyes, restrained Minato with Chakra Threads, and used Repulsive Force to send him into Sarutobi Hiruzen’s Adamantine Staff.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen caught the mortally wounded Minato, who died after being pierced through the chest.
• Mirai restored Kushina’s life with Chakra, and Uzumaki Ayaka gave her blood to help save her.
• Mirai told Kushina to consider whom she resented and thanked, then left with Uzumaki Ayaka as Konoha forces arrived.

After the Nine-Tails' Rampage, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to Konoha with Kushina and Naruto while Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka escaped with half the Nine-Tails. As Konoha assessed its losses, Hiruzen faced pressure from Danzo and the Advisors over Naruto's training and the threat posed by Hyuga Mirai and the Uchiha.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen chose not to pursue Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka, then arranged for the injured Kushina and Naruto to return to Konoha together.
• Kushina refused to be separated from Naruto, while Hiruzen's forces recovered Minato's and the Anbu's bodies.
• After daybreak, Hiruzen reviewed Konoha's casualties and resolved to investigate the Sharingan that had controlled the Nine-Tails.
• Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura questioned Hiruzen about Minato's death and the Nine-Tails' release, and Hiruzen blamed Minato's fatal wound on Hyuga Mirai.
• Danzo demanded custody of Naruto to train him as Konoha's Jinchuriki, but Hiruzen refused and said he would discuss Naruto's training with Kushina.

After the Nine-Tails' Rampage, Konoha's clans received new territory assignments, while Kushina remained in critical condition after giving birth to Naruto. Kushina recounted the masked enemy's attack and refused Hiruzen's offer to raise Naruto, choosing to teach him herself.

• Konoha's clans accepted new territory assignments, but Fugaku was angered that the Uchiha had been moved near Konoha Prison, and Hiashi was displeased with the Hyūga relocation.
• Kimura told Hiruzen that Kushina's condition was critical and sustained by an unknown Chakra, while Naruto was stable; Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to search for Tsunade.
• Hiruzen and the three Advisors visited Kushina, apologized, and asked her to explain the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
• Kushina described the masked attacker and named Madara, but Danzo and Hiruzen suspected the enemy was an Uchiha impersonating him.
• Hiruzen offered to care for and train Naruto, but Kushina refused and said she would teach him what Mito had taught her.

After the Nine-Tails' rampage and Namikaze Minato's death, Konoha faced growing pressure from rival villages while Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo disagreed over how to conceal the Nine-Tails' whereabouts. Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka traveled toward the Capital of the Land of Fire, with Mirai explaining why he had left Uzumaki Kushina in Konoha.

• Fourth Raikage A wanted to exploit Konoha's weakened state, but Mabui urged him to probe gradually and avoid sending B into battle.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen proposed publicizing that the Nine-Tails had been taken and raising Hyuga Mirai's bounty, but Danzo warned that revealing the Nine-Tails' absence could provoke war.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Danzo and Root responsibility for dealing with rogue ninja and the Nine-Tails, while Danzo continued to covet Uzumaki Naruto.
• Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka traveled toward the Capital of the Land of Fire as Ayaka struggled to control the Nine-Tails' chakra.
• Hyuga Mirai told Uzumaki Ayaka that he had left Uzumaki Kushina in Konoha so her resentment could be directed toward whoever threatened Uzumaki Naruto.