Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka encountered Tsunade, who attacked him for being a rogue ninja. Mirai fought back and gained the upper hand, leaving Tsunade battered but still standing after he hurled her through several trees.

• Hyuga Mirai told Uzumaki Ayaka that Nohara Rin refused to evacuate before helping the vulnerable, and he sent Ayaka to collect her from the capital.
• Tsunade ambushed Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka, but Ayaka’s Adamantine Sealing Chains repelled her long enough for Mirai to send Ayaka away.
• Tsunade activated the Yin Seal and Strength of a Hundred Seal, then struck Hyuga Mirai with her Monstrous Strength.
• Hyuga Mirai endured Tsunade’s attacks, countered with Gentle Fist strikes, and disrupted her attempt to use the Disorderly Disturbance Technique.
• Hyuga Mirai spun Tsunade in Revolving Heaven and hurled her through five or six trees.

Hyuga Mirai defeated Tsunade and implanted a Curse Mark in her before escaping from Jiraiya. Jiraiya stayed behind to help Tsunade, leaving the consequences of the mark unresolved.

• Hyuga Mirai outmaneuvered Tsunade through their battle, while she exhausted her Chakra and stamina healing from his attacks.
• Hyuga Mirai struck Tsunade with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, sealing her Chakra and leaving her unable to fight back.
• Jiraiya arrived with a toad, attacked Hyuga Mirai, and summoned Gamahiro and Gamaken to protect Tsunade.
• Hyuga Mirai implanted a Curse Mark in Tsunade using Sage Chakra and Sealing Technique, causing her to cry out in pain.
• Hyuga Mirai escaped and forced Jiraiya to choose between pursuing him and saving Tsunade; Jiraiya chose to help Tsunade.

After Tsunade sealed the Curse Mark Mirai had placed on her, Jiraiya told her about Minato’s death and the Nine-Tails’ rampage, and she agreed to return to Konoha. Mirai returned to Rōran with Ayaka and Rin, confined Rin, and made plans for Haku and Ayaka’s Nine-Tails training.

• Tsunade used the Evil Sealing Method to suppress the Natural Energy-infused Curse Mark, though it continued to erode her seal.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that the Nine-Tails had rampaged and Minato had died, and she agreed to go back to Konoha with him.
• Mirai met Ayaka and Rin at the coast, arranged passage to Rōran, and decided to confine Rin when they returned.
• After arriving in Rōran, Mirai asked about Haku and planned to have him adapt to Sage Mode before transferring a Tailed Beast.
• Mirai asked Ayaka to leave him some Nine-Tails Chakra for research and warned that he might erase the beast’s consciousness; Kurama roared in anger from within her Sealing Space.

Tsunade returned to Konoha but planned to leave after seeing Kushina, while Jiraiya agreed to stay as the village faced renewed threats and investigated the Uzumaki Company. In Rōran, Hyuga Mirai perfected a method for cultivating Nine-Tails Chakra and introduced a Medical Machine, leaving Queen Sara to wonder how she could still serve her people.

• Tsunade returned to Konoha, criticized Sarutobi Hiruzen, and said she would leave after seeing Kushina.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Jiraiya about tensions with Kumo-nin and Suna-nin, the Nine-Tails' Rampage, and the Uchiha Clan's relocation; Jiraiya agreed to remain in Konoha.
• Jiraiya discussed the Uzumaki Company with Sarutobi Hiruzen, who concluded that it was connected to Hyuga Mirai and had several top-tier Medical-nin.
• Hyuga Mirai completed a method for cultivating Nine-Tails Chakra using Natural Energy and considered making Pseudo Jinchuriki for his subordinates.
• Queen Sara asked Hyuga Mirai to teach her Medical Ninjutsu, but he showed her the completed Medical Machine and promised to leave two in Rōran.
• Sara thanked Hyuga Mirai for the machines, then asked what she could do for Rōran's people.

Hyuga Mirai planned to use Rōran and the Medical Machine to expand his influence into the Land of Wind, while recruiting Sasori to approach Sunagakure’s elders. In Konoha, Tsunade took Kushina to Shikkotsu Forest to seek help with her fragile condition.

• Hyuga Mirai persuaded Sara to consider foreign negotiations and planned to use her departure to reshape Rōran as a base for entering the Land of Wind.
• Hyuga Mirai assigned Android 18 to manage the Medical Machine and Medical Talisman plans, then checked on Haku and Uzumaki Ayaka in the Dragon Vein Training Room.
• Sasori told Hyuga Mirai that he had upgraded the Third Kazekage puppet, and agreed to try winning over Chiyo and Ebizo for Hyuga Mirai’s plans.
• Tsunade examined Kushina in Konoha Hospital and said she could not safely alter the Sealing Jutsu that was keeping Kushina’s body stable.
• Tsunade had Kushina sign a contract with Shikkotsu Forest, then summoned them both there to consult Sage Katsuyu.

Pakura escorted Yasunori Sakai to Sunagakure, where he sold Rasa the Medical Talisman manufacturing method on behalf of the Yasunori Family. Hyuga Mirai planned to spread Medical Talisman production across the ninja villages to expand the reach of the Medical Machine, which Android 18 could control and use to collect data.

• Pakura accepted parting gifts from Yasunori Sakai and agreed to escort him to Sunagakure.
• Yasunori Sakai traveled with Pakura's squad to the Kazekage's office and offered Rasa information about Medical Talismans.
• Rasa bought the manufacturing method after learning Sunagakure could not reproduce the talismans from captured examples alone.
• Hyuga Mirai had Android 18 send Medical Talisman information to other ninja villages, exaggerating its benefits to encourage wider production and circulation.
• Hyuga Mirai intended the spread of Medical Talismans to increase reliance on Medical Machines, which Android 18 could control and use to record ninja health data.

At Shikkotsu Forest, Katsuyu told Kushina that her Sage Chakra would run out in about six years, so Kushina chose to risk learning Shikkotsu Forest Sage Art to extend her life. Katsuyu could not remove Tsunade’s Curse Mark, while in Konoha the Daimyo’s envoys warned that nobles would cut trade if Konoha kept targeting the Uzumaki Company’s leaders.

• Katsuyu examined Tsunade and Kushina and warned that Kushina would die in about six years unless she found a way to preserve her life.
• Katsuyu offered Shikkotsu Forest Sage Art as a dangerous alternative, and Kushina decided to train while remaining in Konoha near Naruto.
• Katsuyu said she could not remove Tsunade’s Curse Mark because it contained another person’s spiritual energy, and Tsunade noticed her Evil Sealing Method had weakened.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to meet envoys sent by the Daimyo.
• The envoy told Danzo that forty-three Noble families would stop trading with Konoha if it continued targeting the Uzumaki Company’s leaders, and the Daimyo might reconsider the alliance treaty.

Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to negotiate with the Daimyo after nobles protested Danzo’s arrests of Uzumaki Company managers, while ordering Root to stop targeting ordinary people. Hyuga Mirai discovered Hashirama Senju’s Edo Tensei body had reverted to its sacrifice and arranged to reincarnate him again as his research continued.

• A Daimyo Manor envoy told Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen that nobles demanded Konoha stop arresting Uzumaki Company managers, or the Daimyo would reconsider the Konoha Pact.
• Danzo threatened to resist the nobles’ demands, but Sarutobi Hiruzen promised to visit the Daimyo and discuss the dispute.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Root to investigate Uzumaki Ayaka and Hyuga Mirai but stop targeting ordinary people, then confirmed Uzumaki Naruto was being cared for by Kimura.
• Hyuga Mirai sensed that Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju’s Edo Tensei bodies had collapsed and learned Hashirama Senju’s body had reverted to its sacrifice.
• Hyuga Mirai ordered Android 18 to retrieve the corpse and arrange another sacrifice for Hashirama Senju, while planning to have Orochimaru complete Tobirama Senju’s research.

Hyuga Mirai put Hashirama Senju and plans to reincarnate Tobirama Senju to work, pursued research on an improved Spirit Transformation Technique, and directed Android 18 to undermine the Fire Daimyo and prepare a Moon mission. Meanwhile, Konoha’s conflicts with Kumo-nin and Suna-nin remained tense, and Hyuga Kiyomi chose to stay on the battlefield despite her injuries so she could grow stronger.

• Hyuga Mirai summoned Hashirama Senju to cultivate medicinal herbs and promised him daily rest time with Tobirama Senju, whom he planned to reincarnate for transportation duties.
• Hyuga Mirai continued developing the Improvement of Spirit Transformation Technique to help future Pseudo Nine-Tails Jinchuriki control their chakra.
• Android 18 reported Konoha and Daimyo Manor’s agreement and the clashes between Kumo-nin and Konoha; Hyuga Mirai ordered her to sell goods while gradually taking control of roads and authority from the Daimyo.
• Hyuga Mirai instructed Android 18 to gather intelligence on the Moon and prepare for a Moon landing as he continued his research.
• Konoha’s forces held their ground against Kumo-nin and Suna-nin, while Hyuga Kiyomi rejected an offer to return to the village and decided to remain at the front to strengthen herself.

Hyuga Mirai subdued Otsutsuki Toneri, claimed the moon’s Giant Tenseigan, and brought it to Rōran to study how to absorb its power. As he prepared to pursue the Six Paths, he learned that the Ninja Cats had approached his trading company and decided to seek a meeting with Uchiha Clan Head Fugaku.

• Hyuga Mirai and Android 18 reached the moon, where Hyuga Mirai quickly subdued Otsutsuki Toneri and ordered the moon developed as a space station.
• Hyuga Mirai transported the Giant Tenseigan from the moon to Rōran with Tobirama Senju and sealed it before beginning his research.
• Hyuga Mirai found that ordinary methods could not absorb the Giant Tenseigan’s ocular power and concluded he would need to use Yin-Yang Release.
• Android 18 told Hyuga Mirai that the Ninja Cats wanted to buy thirty percent of the Yasunori Trading Company’s metal ore reserves.
• Hyuga Mirai agreed to the sale but asked to meet Uchiha Clan Head Fugaku, hoping to establish contact with the Uchiha Clan.

Hyuga Mirai completed the Spirit Transformation Clone Technique and considered using it to refine ocular power, while checking on Android 18. Meanwhile, the Uchiha Clan faced worsening tensions in Konoha, and Tsunade left the village after rejecting Sarutobi Hiruzen’s plea to stay.

• Hyuga Mirai tested his new Spirit Transformation Clone Technique, documented its risks and abilities, and uploaded it to the terminal for exchange.
• Hyuga Mirai summoned Android 18 from Rōran to inspect how the Star Stone’s chakra affected her core program.
• The Ninja Cat Clan informed Uchiha Fugaku that the Yasunori Trading Company wanted to meet him, and he decided to send a trusted subordinate.
• Uchiha Fugaku worried about growing hostility toward the Uchiha Clan and searched for the person who had controlled the Nine-Tails.
• Tsunade told Kushina she planned to leave Konoha, then rejected Sarutobi Hiruzen’s attempt to persuade her to stay and departed with Shizune.

Hyuga Mirai discovered that Star Stone Chakra had transformed Android 18 into an artificial lifeform and began testing whether he could absorb power from the Giant Tenseigan. Meanwhile, Sunagakure struggled with the limitations of Medical Talismans, and Uchiha Fugaku ordered an investigation after learning the Yasunori Trading Company knew detailed information about the Uchiha Clan.

• Hyuga Mirai confirmed Android 18 had become an artificial lifeform, ordered her to disclose future changes, and decided to inspect her regularly.
• Hyuga Mirai used the Spirit Transformation Clone Technique to absorb ocular power from the Giant Tenseigan and found that his Byakugan and spiritual energy had improved.
• Hyuga Mirai asked Android 18 to scan his body as he prepared to continue cultivating with the Giant Tenseigan's ocular power.
• A Sunagakure Medical-nin told Rasa that Medical Talismans worked best in the hands of Medical-nin, and Rasa accepted that the village could neither train enough specialists nor return the purchase.
• Uchiha Tekka reported that the Yasunori Trading Company knew detailed information about the Uchiha Clan, so Uchiha Fugaku ordered him to search around the Military Police Force and question its members.

Uchiha Fugaku accepted the Yasunori Trading Company's proposal for cooperation and assigned Uchiha guards, while keeping the mission arrangement discreet. In Sunagakure, Yasunori Sakai demonstrated a Medical Machine that impressed Chiyo and Rasa with its ability to heal injuries and replace much of a Medical-nin's work.

• Uchiha Fugaku agreed to work with the Yasunori Trading Company, folding mission compensation into future Exploding Tag business.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered Uchiha Tekka to send three Jonin, five Chunin, and four Genin to assist the Yasunori Family.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Fugaku that he planned to apply for early graduation, and Fugaku allowed him to try.
• Yasunori Sakai told Rasa that the Yasunori Trading Company had developed a Medical Machine and demonstrated it to Sunagakure's leaders and healers.
• Chiyo tested the Medical Machine on injured people and herself, then confirmed to Rasa that it could replace ordinary Medical-nin in many treatments.

Hyuga Mirai expanded the Yasunori Trading Company's influence while Uzumaki Ayaka mastered Nine-Tails Mode. He tested her new abilities in a sparring match and defeated her, leaving her request unclaimed.

• Android 18 told Hyuga Mirai that Sunagakure could afford only two Medical Machines, and he directed her to promote the machines and monitor the Medical Talisman market.
• The Yasunori Trading Company strengthened its ties with the Uchiha Clan and Ninja Cat Clan while expanding its trade in supplies, medicine, weapons, and ninja tools across several countries.
• Uzumaki Ayaka showed Hyuga Mirai her Nine-Tails Mode after more than a year of training, and he challenged her to a sparring match with a request as the prize for victory.
• In the desert outside Rōran, Uzumaki Ayaka attacked with her enhanced speed and Adamantine Sealing Chains, while Hyuga Mirai countered with Shikotsumyaku and Gentle Fist.
• Hyuga Mirai used Gentle Fist: Sixteen Palms to seal Uzumaki Ayaka's Chakra points and tap her on the head, declaring that she had lost.

Hyuga Mirai sent Uzumaki Ayaka and Bai to gain experience with Orochimaru while he continued training to strengthen his Tenseigan and Yin-Yang Release. As Medical Machines spread through the Ninja World, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konan each dispatched representatives to the Land of Fire to investigate or buy them.

• Hyuga Mirai refused Uzumaki Ayaka’s request for another chance and told her to train in the Spirit Transformation Clone Technique with Bai.
• Hyuga Mirai sent Uzumaki Ayaka and Bai to assist Orochimaru and gain experience in the Land of Rice Fields.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Medical Talismans and Medical Machines were spreading, then sent Kimura with guards to buy machines for Konoha to study.
• Konan told Nagato about the Medical Machines, and he agreed that Akatsuki could purchase some.
• Konan traveled alone to the border town where the Yasunori Trading Company sold Medical Machines.

Kimura tested the Medical Machine in Hirakawa Town and bought four for Konoha, while Konan placed an order for Amegakure. In the Hot Spring Country, Tsunade met Orochimaru and invited him to drink, and he offered information about the Curse Mark on her neck.

• Kimura tested the Medical Machine, then ordered four for Konoha at a cost of 1.2 billion ryo.
• Konan arrived after the Konoha group left and signed a contract to buy a Medical Machine for Amegakure.
• Tsunade and Shizune headed for the hot springs but encountered Orochimaru and Guren in the forest.
• Tsunade invited Orochimaru to an Izakaya, where he offered to tell her about the Curse Mark he had researched.

Tsunade reconsidered Orochimaru’s invitation to join Hyuga Mirai’s organization while Konoha prepared to sign a Peace Accord with Kumogakure. The Cloud delegation arrived amid Konoha’s peace festival, and its members began plotting a nighttime operation.

• Orochimaru told Tsunade that Hyuga Mirai had planted her Curse Mark to win her over and urged her to look beyond Konoha; Tsunade decided to handle something important with Shizune.
• Jiraiya left Konoha to gather intelligence but found no useful information about Hyuga Mirai.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and his advisers arranged security for the Cloud envoy, who was due to arrive in three days.
• Kimura prepared a proposal to screen Ninja Academy students for Yang Release Chakra talent using the Medical Machine.
• Nara Shikaku welcomed the Cloud delegation during Konoha’s festival celebrating peace and arranged its accommodations.
• After Shikaku left, the Kumo-nin cast a Soundproof Barrier and discussed exploiting the festival to carry out their plan that night.

Hyuga Mirai learned that Kumo-nin envoys planned to abduct Hyūga clan members and target Naruto during the peace negotiations. Kushina stopped an intruder at Naruto’s home, while the Hyūga clan killed the three who infiltrated its compound.

• Android 18 showed Hyuga Mirai intelligence indicating that the Raikage likely authorized the Kumo-nin’s plan to abduct Hyūga clan members and target Naruto.
• After midnight, four Kumo-nin left their inn and moved toward their targets while Kushina practiced Sage Art at home.
• Katsuyu warned Kushina of an approaching intruder, and Kushina bound the Kumo-nin with Adamantine Sealing Chains and knocked him outside before comforting Naruto.
• Anbu confirmed the intruder was a Kumo envoy, left one member to guard Naruto, and sent another to report the attack to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• At the Hyūga compound, Hyuga Hiashi, the Branch Family Guards, and Hyuga Kiyomi killed the three Kumo-nin who had infiltrated it.

Konoha’s leaders debated how to answer Kumo’s demands after an attempted abduction and the deaths of Kumo envoys threatened the Peace Accord. The Hyuga Main House proposed handing over Hyuga Hizashi as a substitute, but Hyuga Kiyomi challenged the decision.

• Kumo’s surviving envoys spread news of the deaths, while Nara Shikaku and the village leaders discussed the risk of war and the failed attempt to uncover evidence.
• Uzumaki Kushina condemned the Anbu for failing to protect Naruto and threatened Danzo after he proposed placing Naruto in Root.
• Mitokado Homura revealed that Kumo demanded Uzumaki Naruto and the Hyuga Clan’s Patriarch as the killers; Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others refused to surrender them but sought peace through concessions.
• The Second Elder of the Hyuuga Main House proposed handing over Hyuga Hizashi’s corpse, saying Hizashi had agreed to die to protect the Byakugan and preserve peace.
• Hyuga Kiyomi objected that Hizashi should not be sent to his death and demanded to know what he had done wrong.

Hyuga Kiyomi challenged the elders and Konoha’s leaders over their plan to sacrifice Hizashi Hyuga to appease Kumo, but Hizashi chose to give his life himself and asked Kiyomi to take Neji as her disciple. After Hizashi died, Kiyomi questioned Sarutobi Hiruzen about the Will of Fire, leaving him unable to answer.

• Hyuga Kiyomi rejected Hyuga Sōun’s claim that Hizashi Hyuga had a duty to die and challenged Danzo to offer his own life for peace.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen promised to seek peace without sacrificing anyone, but Hizashi stepped forward and volunteered to die.
• Hizashi asked Hyuga Hiashi to make Neji Hyuga Kiyomi’s disciple, and Kiyomi agreed.
• Hizashi used his Chakra to destroy his heart meridians, and his death caused the Caged Bird Seal to vanish and his Byakugan to be destroyed.
• Uzumaki Kushina watched Hizashi’s death and questioned what Konoha had become.
• Hyuga Kiyomi asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to explain the Will of Fire, and he could not respond.