Chapter Summaries

Hinata raided Root’s base, stole three unregistered Bizarre Creatures, and arranged Danzo’s death during the chaos. After she destroyed Danzo’s soul and returned home, the Third Hokage arrived and ordered an autopsy because Danzo’s death seemed suspicious.

• Hinata killed a Root member and took a sealed snake-like Bizarre Creature that could control Puppet Corpses.
• Hinata found that Root’s experiments combining three Bizarre Creatures had caused an explosion, then altered the laboratory’s seals so the creatures escaped.
• Hinata used spatial transfer to put Danzo in danger and staged his death as a casualty of the escaped Bizarre Creatures.
• Hinata destroyed Danzo’s soul with a Truth-Seeking Orb and returned home.
• The Anbu resealed the escaped creatures and found Danzo dead, while some Root shinobi lost their resolve or committed suicide.
• The Third Hokage examined Danzo’s corpse, confirmed his death, and ordered medical shinobi to perform an autopsy.

After Danzo's death, the Third Hokage and his advisors uncovered records of experiments fusing Bizarre Creatures and discovered Sharingan implanted in Danzo's arm, which remained alive and produced a rapidly growing sapling when its blood touched Chakra. The Hokage sent Anbu to search Root's bases for research on First Hokage's Cells, while Hinata's morning tea interrupted their exhausted investigation.

• Hinata decided against researching Bizarre Creature fusion because she did not know how to control the creatures' power.
• The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura reviewed Root's fusion experiments and ordered the records sealed.
• A ninja showed the Hokage and advisors Danzo's Sharingan-filled arm and reported that it was still alive and that its blood grew into a sapling when it touched Chakra.
• The Third Hokage assigned the ninja to investigate Danzo's body, and the advisors suspected the arm contained First Hokage's Cells.
• The Third Hokage dispatched Anbu to search Root's bases for research materials on First Hokage's Cells.
• Hinata brewed tea for the exhausted Hokage and advisors, and the Third Hokage complained that she had used too many tea leaves.

Hinata helped the Third Hokage search Root documents and learned he was looking for records about the First Hokage’s Cells. Meanwhile, Naruto and his classmates went to the village hot springs, where they caught Jiraiya peeking over the partition and claiming he was doing research.

• Hinata brewed an overly strong pot of tea with two scoops of the Third Hokage’s rare tea leaves, and he locked the remaining tea away.
• The Third Hokage told Hinata that Danzo’s Root had conducted a deadly experiment and that he was searching for records about the First Hokage’s Cells.
• The Third Hokage sent Hinata to fetch Jiraiya while he and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura continued reviewing Root documents.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Shino, Sakura, Kiba, Neji, Rock, and Tenten went to the Hidden Leaf Village Hot Springs together.
• The boys caught Jiraiya peering over the partition, and he insisted he was conducting research as the others moved toward him.

Jiraiya was summoned to help investigate the missing research materials Danzo had left behind, and Hinata accompanied him to the Hokage Building. Before they left, Hinata reunited with Naruto and her classmates, while Sasuke felt helpless about how far she seemed to be pulling ahead of him.

• Naruto and the other children restrained Jiraiya at the hot spring until a waiter said Hinata was looking for him, and Jiraiya freed himself to find her.
• Hinata told Jiraiya that Danzo had died and that the Hokage wanted him to search for the missing materials from Danzo's alarming research.
• Jiraiya recognized Uzumaki Naruto as Minato's child after learning his name and seeing his whisker marks.
• Jiraiya waited with Hinata for Naruto and the others, and Hinata promised to spend time with them soon.
• Sasuke saw Hinata's Tenseigan and felt helpless about catching up to her as she and Jiraiya departed for the Hokage Building.

Hinata helped the Third Hokage process village documents while Jiraiya was sent to bring Tsunade back. More than twenty days later, Hinata joined the Hokage and clan heads to watch the Ninja Academy test through a crystal ball, realizing it had secretly been observing her.

• The Third Hokage told Jiraiya that Danzo had researched First Hokage's Cells and ordered him to bring Tsunade back to the village.
• Hinata agreed to help the Third Hokage process documents and handled them so efficiently that her workload gradually increased.
• Hinata spent more than twenty days helping at the Hokage Building, learning about Hidden Leaf Village through its routine documents.
• Hinata, the Third Hokage, and the clan heads gathered to watch the Ninja Academy test through a crystal ball.
• Hinata recognized the crystal ball as the source of the strange gaze she had sensed during an earlier test.

The students faced a new test in which Puppet Corpses and severed limbs fell from the sky, forcing them to use a planned defense inside the school. An upgraded Skeleton Giant crashed through the ceiling, separated Naruto and Akimichi from the others, and captured Sakura.

• Puppet Corpses and Hinata's severed limbs fell onto the training ground, frightening and injuring several students.
• Shikamaru led the students toward the school, where they crippled Puppet Corpses by targeting their legs and barricaded the entrances and stairways with furniture.
• The students set up scattered furniture in the second-floor corridor, then rested on the third floor while waiting for the Skeleton Giant.
• A Giant Bone Sword repeatedly pierced the ceiling before the Skeleton Giant crashed into the group.
• The Skeleton Giant collapsed part of the floor, sending Naruto and Akimichi down to the second floor, then grabbed Sakura and placed her inside its empty chest.

Naruto and the others failed their test when the Skeleton Giant overwhelmed them, despite their attempts to rescue Sakura and use a sealing scroll. Two days later, the Third Hokage remained troubled by Jiraiya’s silence and told Hinata he had another mission for her instead of sending her to find him and Tsunade.

• Ino and Sasuke attacked the Skeleton Giant to rescue Sakura, but it knocked them aside, and Naruto’s Human Boulder also failed to stop it.
• Shikamaru prepared a sealing scroll while Neji and Rock tried to distract the giant, but their attacks could not harm it, and the team was swallowed by its shadow.
• Hinata and the clan heads watched the test, and the Third Hokage showed no concern when the group failed and later recovered.
• Naruto complained about the test, while Shikamaru warned him to stop before the teacher punished him again.
• Two days later, the Third Hokage worried that Jiraiya had not sent word and refused Hinata’s offer to find him and Tsunade, saying he had another mission for her.

Hinata joined a mission to Sunagakure, where a powerful Bizarre Creature had defeated several teams sent to seal it. On the journey, she detected and attacked a White Zetsu clone, triggering an extreme reaction in Kakashi's Sharingan.

• The Third Hokage told Hinata that Sunagakure had requested help sealing a powerful Bizarre Creature and assigned her to accompany the mission team while negotiations took place.
• Hinata left the Hidden Leaf Village with Kakashi Hatake, Hyuga Soki, Nagai Ukaku, Nara Takumi, and civilian staff bound for Sunagakure.
• Hinata spotted a White Zetsu clone spying from a tree and considered whether she could use it to locate Black Zetsu's true body.
• Hinata attacked the White Zetsu clone with the Tenseigan's Dojutsu Power and Great Void Sword Intent.
• Kakashi clutched his left eye in pain as his Sharingan spun frantically, and he suspected Hinata was connected to its sudden abnormality.

Hinata sealed Kakashi’s Sharingan, then brought a White Zetsu clone to the Third Hokage for study. Black Zetsu’s attempt to spy on the Hidden Leaf Village ended with his clone dead and his own body badly injured by Hinata’s distant mental attack.

• Hinata sealed Kakashi’s Sharingan with a complex Sealing Jutsu, letting him control its power without draining his Chakra.
• Hinata retrieved the White Zetsu clone and vanished with it, leaving Kakashi and Hyuga Soki unable to track her.
• Hinata appeared in the Third Hokage’s office and explained that she had killed the spying creature and brought its body back for research.
• Black Zetsu spotted Hinata’s Tenseigan through his Hidden Leaf Village clone and recognized that she had detected him.
• Hinata’s mental attack killed White Zetsu and struck Black Zetsu through the clone, forcing his body to the surface in agony.

Hinata and her companions discovered a Bizarre Creature gathering energy in the forest near the Land of Wind and waited nearby as it neared birth. Hinata prepared a specially forged, seal-inscribed sword but chose not to let the creature take it as its vessel, and she prepared to act before it emerged.

• Black Zetsu absorbed White Zetsu's corpse and sought a safe place to recover from Hinata's mental attack.
• Hinata returned to Kakashi and the others, and they continued toward the Land of Wind with a new awareness of her power.
• Hinata sensed a Bizarre Creature being born and led the group to a forest clearing where distorted energy was gathering.
• The group camped nearby for several days as the accumulating energy oppressed them and disturbed their sleep and Chakra training.
• Hinata forged a sword from special metal from Mount Myōboku and carved Sealing Jutsu onto its blade.
• When Hinata sensed the energy reaching a critical point, she decided not to offer the sword as the creature's vessel and prepared to intervene.

Hinata sealed the newly born Bizarre Creature inside her sword and continued to Sunagakure while Kakashi and the others pursued their own mission. In Sunagakure, she met Rasa and toured the village, drawing attention from its residents.

• Hinata condensed the energy around the newly born Bizarre Creature, sealed it into her longsword, and named the weapon the Demon Suppressing Sword.
• Kakashi sent Hinata's account of the Bizarre Creature's birth back to the Hidden Leaf Village, then continued his journey with Nagai Ukaku and Hyuga Soki.
• Hinata lent Kakashi the Demon Suppressing Sword, whose blade could immobilize anything it touched, and went on to Sunagakure with Nara Takumi and the others.
• Sunagakure's shinobi welcomed Hinata, and she met Kazekage Rasa, whose exhaustion reflected the burden of supporting his village.
• Hinata toured Sunagakure with a guide, attracted admiring looks from residents, and the guide warned them not to stare at the Hidden Leaf Village's guest.

Hinata toured Sunagakure, sensed an unseen watcher, and realized she could use the Tenseigan to create powerful self-aware puppets to protect Hanabi. Meanwhile, Kakashi's team remained trapped in a desert affected by a Bizarre Creature, unable to find its true body as night approached.

• Hinata sensed someone watching her in Sunagakure but found no suspicious person while touring the village.
• Hinata read Puppet Basics and considered using the Tenseigan to make powerful puppets to protect Hanabi.
• Nara Takumi told Hinata that negotiations had gone smoothly and trade would begin the next day, after which their group could return to the Hidden Leaf Village.
• Hinata realized Sunagakure's puppet techniques could help her learn to make advanced puppets and decided to investigate them.
• Kakashi, Hyuga Soki, and Nagai Ukaku searched a desert trapped in a Bizarre Creature's Alternate Dimension but could not find their target as evening fell.

Kakashi, Hyuga Soki, and Nagai Ukaku reached Sanshi Village, where they fought their way past powerful Puppet Corpses with Hinata’s Demon Suppressing Sword. They continued toward the village center, where the Bizarre Creature might be waiting.

• Kakashi led the team toward Sanshi Village after they realized they could not escape the ghostly domain and might be surrounded by Puppet Corpses.
• Hinata used the Tenseigan to locate Kakashi and discovered the team was close to Sanshi Village, where dozens of powerful Puppet Corpses roamed.
• Kakashi, Hyuga Soki, and Nagai Ukaku entered Sanshi Village and saw Puppet Corpses outside the Alternate Dimension.
• Kakashi split a charging Puppet Corpse with the Demon Suppressing Sword, and Hyuga Soki sealed its halves in a scroll.
• The team relied on the sword to survive repeated Puppet Corpse attacks as they advanced through the village.

Kakashi, Hyuga Soki, and Nagai Ukaku found a powerful oni hidden in the village and worked together to restrain it. They left with the oni wrapped in a sealing scroll, but its strength continued to threaten the seal.

• Kakashi, Hyuga Soki, and Nagai Ukaku found an old woman-like oni in a patch of darkness and confirmed it was not a Puppet Corpse.
• Kakashi trapped the oni in a swamp while Hyuga Soki and Nagai Ukaku bound it with ropes, but the oni snapped many of them with its scissors.
• Nagai Ukaku seized the oni’s arm as Kakashi thrust the Demon Suppressing Sword into its chest, giving them time to wrap it in a sealing scroll.
• The oni began tearing through the scroll around its right hand, so Kakashi drove the Demon Suppressing Sword into its arm and stopped the damage.

Hinata severed the connection between an Alternate Dimension and reality, then returned to the Hidden Leaf Village with Kakashi's team. After the team reported their mission and the gold they had obtained, the Third Hokage read their account of Hinata's Demon Suppressing Sword and wondered how the demon had escaped its seal.

• Hinata used her spatial abilities to close the connection between the Alternate Dimension and reality, then returned to Sunagakure.
• Hinata made a chibi doll modeled after herself for her younger sister.
• Hinata teleported her team to the gates of the Hidden Leaf Village after Sunagakure delivered the negotiated funds.
• Nara Takumi and the others reported the mission to the Third Hokage and handed over ten crates of gold.
• The Third Hokage asked Hinata about her first mission, then read Kakashi's report and wondered whether the demon's scissors had let it break free from Sealing Jutsu.

Hinata returned from her mission with a demon sealed in her sword, then helped the Third Hokage investigate a mysterious corpse and discovered Kumogakure ninja lying in ambush on the road to the Land of Wind. She worried that Kakashi and his companions might encounter them.

• Hanabi welcomed Hinata home, and Hinata told her family she had sealed a newly born demon inside a sword.
• Hizashi explained that demons belonged to the village, though Hinata would likely be allowed to keep the demon she had sealed.
• Hinata returned to helping the Third Hokage process documents and asked about Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the research on the corpse she had brought back.
• The Third Hokage said the corpse's cells resembled the First Hokage's Cells but were more stable, and Hinata denied finding any companions nearby.
• Hinata used the Tenseigan to spot Kumogakure ninja ambushing the road to the Land of Wind and realized they might be targeting her.
• Hinata remembered Kakashi and the others were taking the same road and worried they could run into the ambush.

Hinata brought Kakashi and his team back to the Hokage’s office after sensing a large group of Cloud ninja ahead, then agreed to help the village make weapons that could safely seal oni. The Third Hokage set her up with a workshop, where she began planning a weapon for Nagai Ukaku and the Water Oni sealed inside him.

• Hinata sensed twenty-four ninja, including five Jonin, lying in ambush and used her space-time ability to bring Kakashi, Hyuga Soki, and Nagai Ukaku back to the Hokage’s office.
• Kakashi reported that the mission was complete and handed over the bound oni; the Third Hokage asked Hinata to lend her Demon Suppressing Sword until the village found another way to contain it.
• The Third Hokage asked whether Hinata could reproduce the method for sealing oni inside weapons, and Hinata said she could, though the weapons would require rare materials and might last only a few years.
• The Third Hokage showed Hinata a warehouse of metals and ores, then asked her to make several oni-sealing weapons for the village.
• Hinata established a secluded workshop and learned that Nagai Ukaku’s Water Oni coated him in black water that enhanced his defense, suppressed other oni, and let him survive in the Alternate Dimension.

Hinata began preparing armor to seal the Water Oni, but realized the village blacksmiths needed to make a full-body suit before she could add the spell inscriptions. The Third Hokage was left considering whether to abandon the armor and make other weapons first.

• Hinata began forging armor from chakra-conducting metal, then decided her apprentice-level skill was not enough and asked the Third Hokage to find craftsmen to finish it.
• Hinata organized her basement into a workshop and warehouse, then collected ore from Mount Myōboku while searching for harder metals for future Immortal Artifacts.
• The Third Hokage brought Hinata a suit of armor forged overnight by the village blacksmiths.
• Hinata rejected the armor because its uncovered areas would let the Water Oni erode the wearer's life force, and explained that it needed to cover the wearer completely.
• The Third Hokage wondered whether the village could make full-body armor or whether they should forge other weapons instead.

Hinata showed Tsunade and Jiraiya the Demon Weapons she had made by sealing oni, including a blade that controlled the dead and a bow that never missed. The Third Hokage led them to a training ground to witness the weapons’ power, where skeletons began emerging from the spreading darkness.

• The Third Hokage had Hinata examine the village’s Oni People, and over half a month she made two Demon Weapons and began a third.
• Jiraiya returned to the village with Tsunade and Shizune, and Tsunade met Hinata in the Hokage’s office.
• Hinata presented a Katana that could turn slain ninja into powerful Puppet Corpses and a bow that sealed a guaranteed-hit slingshot.
• The Third Hokage took the group to a training ground and asked Hinata to demonstrate the weapons.
• Hinata planted the blade in the ground, and darkness spread as skeletons crawled out of the earth.

Hinata completed a powerful Demon Weapon armor that used the Water Oni’s black water and First Hokage’s Cells. Nagai Ukaku demonstrated how it enveloped him, leaving the gathered Hidden Leaf leaders to see the finished armor for the first time.

• Hinata demonstrated a blade that turned an Oni into piles of bones, and the Third Hokage decided the blade and bow should go to their original owners.
• Hinata told the Third Hokage that Naruto and the Nine-Tails had been cooperative, and Tsunade realized Naruto was Minato’s child.
• Hinata continued crafting Demon Weapons and designed armor that could withstand the Water Oni’s corrosive black water by incorporating First Hokage’s Cells.
• After completing the armor, Hinata arranged for Nagai Ukaku to demonstrate it before the Third Hokage, Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Jiraiya, and Tsunade.
• Red lines spread from Nagai Ukaku’s gauntlet across his body, and the armor appeared around him.