Recaps

After Danzo questioned Neji about his laboratory, Neji reasoned that Danzo might target him, the Hyuga Clan, and Tsunade’s authority. He decided to strike first against Danzo, but the chapter ended with someone calling out to him as he left Ichiraku Ramen Shop.

• Danzo sent Neji away and ordered Root to investigate Neji’s past and laboratory, while warning that the Hyuga Clan might need to be punished.
• Neji went to Ichiraku Ramen Shop and ordered a hundred bowls of ramen while thinking about Little Tuan Tuan’s motives and Danzo’s questions.
• Neji suspected Danzo might use accusations against him to weaken the Hyuga Clan and pressure Tsunade, especially after her redistribution of authority and personnel.
• Neji decided he could not let Little Tuan Tuan cause trouble and would have to act against him first.
• Neji finished the ramen, paid Teuchi, and left the shop, but someone called out to him.

Neji met with Shikaku and discussed the trouble caused by Danzo and the danger he posed to Tsunade’s reforms. The chapter ended with Shikaku asking Neji how he would treat a tree whose roots had rotted.

• Shikamaru brought Neji to his home to speak with Shikaku.
• Neji and Shikaku played shogi, and Shikaku recognized Neji’s skill and judgment.
• Shikaku warned Neji that Tsunade’s reforms were progressing too quickly and unsettling some people.
• Neji argued that stubborn problems had to be cut away, and Shikaku realized Neji had encountered Danzo.
• Neji described Danzo’s roots as rotten and said they were stealing nutrients from the new leaves.
• Shikaku asked Neji, as a Medical Ninja, how he would treat the tree.

Neji coordinated with Shikaku and Tsunade on a plan to weaken Danzo’s influence, then headed to the Hyuga Clan to involve Hiashi. Tsunade agreed to support the plan while warning that Neji should stay safe.

• Neji left the Nara clan home after discussing plans with Shikaku, then forced Shikamaru into a miserable training session.
• Neji visited his Laboratory, activated prepared countermeasures, and was summoned to the Hokage Building by an Anbu messenger.
• Tsunade asked Neji about Danzo’s visit and agreed that they should dismantle Danzo’s influence from within, with Kakashi as a possible ally.
• Neji left to coordinate with Hiashi, while Tsunade and Shizune suspected he planned to set a trap for Danzo and ordered precautions to protect him.
• A system announced that Neji completed the Neon District check-in mission and received full talent fusion with Yasuo the Swift Blade.

Neji and Hiashi agreed to help expose Danzo, while Neji planted a glimpse of a pair of Three Tomoe Sharingan to draw Danzo’s attention. At the Hokage Office, Tsunade used endless paperwork and pointed questions to keep Danzo from leaving, then suggested he retire, but he refused.

• Neji told Hiashi about Danzo and outlined his plan, and Hiashi agreed to help despite the risks.
• Neji carried a sealed jar into the Laboratory, letting a Root ninja glimpse the Three Tomoe Sharingan inside.
• The Root ninja reported the eyes to Danzo, who wondered whether Neji had shown them deliberately.
• Tsunade repeatedly vetoed Danzo’s proposals and tried to make him stay to handle a mountain of documents.
• When Danzo claimed he was unwell, Tsunade offered to examine him, and Might Guy appeared to support him.
• Tsunade suggested Danzo retire, but he insisted he still had the energy to continue working.

Danzo sent Root to investigate Neji’s laboratory and discovered the missing Sharingan from the Uchiha massacre, then had Neji arrested without Tsunade’s approval. Tsunade challenged Danzo’s authority as Hiashi arrived, and both sides waited to learn who would take custody of Neji.

• Angered by Homura and Koharu’s suspicions, Danzo ordered Root to verify whether the item in Neji Hyuga’s laboratory was real.
• Root members entered the laboratory and confirmed that its basement contained the missing Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Danzo decided to use the Sharingan discovery to damage Tsunade and demand an explanation from the Hyuga Clan.
• The next morning, Anbu took Neji away despite Hiashi’s objection, and Hiashi hurried to the Hokage Building while Hanabi worried about her brother.
• Tsunade confronted Danzo for arresting Neji without her orders, and Hiashi joined them as they waited to see who would take custody of Neji.

Hiashi rescued Neji from Root after a Root shinobi tried to kill him, and Tsunade confronted Danzo over the incident. Danzo accused Neji of hiding stolen Sharingan, but Neji’s surveillance equipment had been destroyed when they went to check it.

• Hiashi arrived as Root tried to kill Neji and subdued the Root members, while an Anbu captain reported that Hiashi’s strike had killed the Root captain.
• At the Hokage Building, Hiashi and Tsunade demanded answers, and Danzo claimed Neji had stolen Sharingan and hidden them in his Laboratory.
• Neji denied the accusation, but jars in his basement contained Sharingan that Danzo said had been planted there by Root.
• Neji proposed checking his surveillance recordings, and Tsunade and Hiashi agreed to inspect them.
• Neji led everyone upstairs, where they found the surveillance equipment destroyed and Danzo smiled.

Neji used footage from the damaged monitor to prove that Root had replaced fake eyes with real Sharingan, then exposed Danzo’s Sharingan-covered arm. Tsunade stripped Danzo of his advisor position and ordered his arrest and Root’s disbandment, leaving Danzo to decide whether to resist.

• Neji explained that the monitor had been destroyed only hours earlier, then recovered its stored footage and showed Root agents swapping the eyes in the jar for real Sharingan.
• Tsunade and Hiashi confronted Danzo, who denied responsibility, apologized to Neji, and tried to leave.
• Neji grabbed Danzo’s sleeve, slipped, and tore away the bandages covering his arm.
• Tsunade ordered Danzo’s clothes opened, revealing an arm covered in Sharingan and pale skin, and Danzo claimed he had done it for Konoha.
• Tsunade removed Danzo as advisor and ordered his arrest and Root’s disbandment; Danzo warned her not to force him as she condemned his use of her grandfather’s cells.

Tsunade confronted Danzo over his Sharingan arm and his attempt to frame Neji, while Danzo defended his actions as being for Konoha. The two advisors arrived to intervene, and Neji mocked Danzo as the confrontation continued.

• Tsunade ordered the Anbu to arrest Danzo, who escaped through a window before she blocked his path by smashing through a wall.
• Danzo claimed he had acted to protect Konoha and argued that Neji would become a threat like Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi.
• Hiashi challenged Danzo's claim that Neji should be eliminated based on a prediction, while Tsunade demanded Danzo surrender.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu arrived with Root members and questioned Tsunade's attempt to remove Danzo from his position.
• After seeing Danzo's Sharingan-covered arm, the advisors demanded an explanation, and Neji mocked Danzo by wondering whether his other arm held Byakugan.

Tsunade ordered Danzo’s arrest after the advisors agreed to disband Root, then nearly resigned as Hokage before Neji and the others persuaded her to stay. Danzo was imprisoned with little further punishment, and from his cell he secretly set a plan in motion.

• Tsunade condemned the advisors for protecting Danzo and threatened to resign, prompting them to strip him of his advisor position, disband Root, and order his arrest.
• Danzo ordered Root to surrender, and the Anbu took him and the Root members into custody.
• Tsunade announced she was no longer Hokage, but Neji, Shizune, Hiashi, Kakashi, and the advisors persuaded her to remain.
• Tsunade ordered Danzo sent to Konoha Prison and told him to have Root cease resisting; Root headquarters was destroyed, and most Root members joined the Anbu.
• Because Danzo surrendered and the evidence was destroyed, he received no further punishment beyond imprisonment.
• From his cell, Danzo insisted he had been right and ordered a hidden figure to set something in motion.

Neji completed the Tenseigan transformation in his underground Konoha laboratory, reaching level 50 and undergoing a powerful awakening that changed his body and hair. After the disturbance subsided, he opened his new eyes and told Izumi he felt good.

• Over two years, Neji advanced his training and projects, completing research into the Shikotsumyaku and beginning to activate the First Hokage's Wood Release bloodline.
• Neji watched the Byakugan he had cultivated transform into a Tenseigan, and the experience from the process brought him to level 50.
• Neji's Awakening activated, causing surges of wind and lightning as his Nen, Chakra, body, and bloodline changed.
• Izumi watched the sealed laboratory contain the disturbance as Neji's hair turned white and he sensed Nature Energy.
• When the transformation ended, Neji opened his Tenseigan and reassured Izumi that he felt good.

Neji reassured Izumi about her Sharingan and tested the Nen and Repulsive Force he had gained after leaving the Tenseigan behind. After stopping the training ground’s returned blast, he decided it was time to act.

• Neji noticed Izumi had awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan, comforted her, and promised she would evolve normally.
• Neji left the Tenseigan storage area with Izumi and headed to the training ground to learn his new power.
• Neji reviewed his Nen skills, found he could control Nen more precisely, and tested a Charged Nen Cannon against the reinforced wall.
• Neji ordered the training ground to fire its stored pressure at him, then froze the blast with his Repulsive Force and crushed the cannon muzzle.
• Neji judged that his power was enough to deal with Pain and decided to begin acting.

After testing his new power, Neji began his plan and brought Izumi and his team to the Land of Water to capture Three-Tails Isobu. As the team prepared a barrier around the lake, Neji wondered whether collecting all nine tailed beasts would be enough to assemble the sub-page fragments.

• Neji ended his strength test and decided it was time to begin his plan, while waiting for Naruto to meet his father before going to Rōran himself.
• Neji and Izumi teleported to the Land of Waves, where Karin greeted Neji and the team gathered to follow him.
• Neji teleported the team to the Land of Water and ordered them to prepare a barrier, with Karin as its core controller.
• Neji revealed that they would capture Three-Tails Isobu, and the team put on masks and took their assigned positions around the lake.
• Neji entered the lake and considered using Three-Tails to strengthen Zabuza, while wondering whether the nine tailed beasts could provide all the fragments he needed.

Neji confronted wild Three-Tails Isobu at the bottom of a lake and unleashed his Golden Lightning Tiger after overpowering Isobu’s attacks. The chapter ended with the tiger’s claw striking Isobu, while the outcome remained unknown.

• Neji discovered Three-Tails Isobu beneath the lake and ordered Karin and the others to seal the area with a barrier.
• Isobu emerged from the lake and attacked Neji with his three tails, but Neji stopped and repelled them with Repulsive Force.
• Isobu summoned waterspouts to strike Neji, who gathered Nen and summoned the Golden Lightning Tiger.
• The Golden Lightning Tiger shattered Isobu’s waterspout attacks and roared, then charged at him with a lightning-wreathed claw.
• The Golden Lightning Tiger’s claw struck Isobu’s shell.

Neji defeated Three-Tails Isobu, absorbed it into himself, and learned that ten fragments were needed, with the final one likely tied to the Ten-Tails. He abandoned his plan to disrupt the tailed-beast hunt and began revising a new plan that would lead toward the Fourth Shinobi World War and Black Zetsu.

• Neji overpowered Three-Tails Isobu, extracted a fragment, and concluded that ten fragments were needed to complete the image.
• Neji sealed Three-Tails Isobu inside himself and left with his companions after announcing that the mission was complete.
• White Zetsu and Black Zetsu investigated Isobu's disappearance, discussed the mysterious D Organization, and decided to report the incident.
• Neji listened to their conversation through his mask and reflected on his earlier interference with Fū and Han.
• Neji decided to revise his plans, pursue the route involving the Ten-Tails, and target Yugito, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

Pain ordered Akatsuki to begin capturing the Tailed Beasts after learning that Neji had taken the Three-Tails. At Neji's Land of Waves base, he discussed Akatsuki's plans with Izumi and prepared to target the Two-Tails next.

• Konan warned Pain that the D Organization had a hidden intelligence network and had repeatedly interfered with Akatsuki's Tailed Beast captures.
• Pain ordered Akatsuki members to assemble, begin the capture plan, and search for the missing Three-Tails.
• Neji showed Izumi the tiny Isobu, whose power he had absorbed, and teased the helpless Three-Tails when it tried to bite him.
• Neji told Izumi that he had considered making Zabuza Isobu's Jinchuriki but had changed his mind because Akatsuki also sought the Tailed Beasts.
• Neji explained that Akatsuki had been deceived about the Moon Eye Plan and planned to pursue the Two-Tails Jinchuriki next.

Neji learned that Naruto had returned to Konoha and left Izumi with the subdued Three-Tails Isobu before heading back. Naruto reunited with Kakashi and Sakura, then was startled by Neji's white hair and height.

• Neji learned through a dispelled Shadow Clone that Naruto had returned, left the Three-Tails Isobu clone with Izumi, and headed back to Konoha.
• Naruto entered Konoha with Jiraiya and reunited with Kakashi, giving him a new copy of Hot Paradise.
• Jiraiya told Kakashi he needed to gather intelligence because Akatsuki might soon make a move.
• Naruto ran into Sakura and complimented her without noticing the change she had hoped he would see.
• Naruto finally recognized Neji and reacted with surprise at his white hair and increased height.

Naruto and Sakura reunited after more than two years, and Sakura quickly punched Naruto for showing off a new erotic jutsu. Kakashi began a bell test for Naruto and Sakura, while Jiraiya discussed Neji’s growth with Tsunade before leaving to investigate Akatsuki.

• Sakura noticed Naruto had grown taller, and Konohamaru greeted them by performing the Sexy Jutsu.
• Naruto tried to demonstrate his newly developed erotic Ninjutsu, so Sakura struck him into the ground and shook him angrily.
• Kakashi announced that Naruto and Sakura were now equal Konoha ninja and challenged them to take his bells in a test at the training ground.
• Jiraiya praised Neji’s strength and learned that he had become a jonin and that his hair had turned white overnight.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade he was leaving to investigate Akatsuki, and Tsunade then assigned Neji more work.

Neji took over the remaining Chunin Exams arrangements with Temari and walked her through Konoha before seeing her off. Sakura and Naruto joined them, and Naruto learned that he was the only genin left among their peers.

• Tsunade assigned Neji to finish the Chunin Exams arrangements with Temari and see her off.
• Neji and Temari completed the remaining work, then walked through Konoha as Temari asked why his hair had turned white.
• Sakura spotted Neji and Temari and called them over to join her and Naruto.
• Naruto joked that Neji and Temari were on a date, then heard Neji explain their assignment.
• Neji and Sakura revealed they were a jonin and a chunin, respectively, leaving Naruto stunned that he was still a genin.

Neji saw Temari off and gave her a necklace that would let him sense danger and teleport to her. On his way back, he met Hanabi, who worried about his newly white hair and insisted on bringing him home to the Hyuga Clan.

• Neji encouraged Naruto and Sakura to spend time together, and Sakura told Naruto to take her to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Neji and Temari exchanged farewells at Konoha's gates, where Neji gave her a necklace containing a marker and protective barrier.
• Temari accepted the necklace and left, while Neji hoped it might help him witness Chiyo's Life Transfer Jutsu and thought about collecting the remaining page fragments.
• Neji examined the fragments he had collected from the One-Tail, Three-Tails, Five-Tails, and Seven-Tails and resolved to gather the rest.
• Hanabi found Neji, noticed his snow-white hair, and hurried to take him back to the Hyuga Clan despite his reassurance that he was fine.

Team Kakashi was sent to Sunagakure after the Akatsuki abducted Gaara, while Neji revealed his evolved eyes and showed Hiashi an improved Caged Bird Seal. Hiashi accepted the seal and hinted at Neji and Hinata’s future together, leaving Neji stunned.

• A coded message from Sunagakure revealed that Akatsuki had abducted Gaara, and Tsunade sent Team Kakashi to investigate and support the Sand Ninja.
• Temari stopped at a waystation, felt an ominous premonition, and clutched the necklace around her neck for reassurance.
• Hiashi recognized Neji’s unusual eyes and warned him to keep their existence secret from anyone else.
• Hiashi explained the Hyuga Clan’s legends about the moon branch and the origins of the Caged Bird Seal.
• Neji presented Hiashi with an improved Caged Bird Seal that protected the Byakugan without restricting its growth.
• Hiashi celebrated Neji’s awakening and the improved seal, then suggested Neji and Hinata’s future children would have stronger bloodlines, leaving Neji stunned.

Neji silently accepted Hiashi’s plan for him and Hinata to unite the Hyuga Clan, while privately struggling with his feelings and his history with Tenten. After demonstrating his evolved Tenseigan to Hinata and Hanabi, he continued monitoring events in Sunagakure through his Contact Lens.

• Neji decided not to reject Hiashi’s plan, reasoning that speaking up would hurt Hinata and that his changed bloodline eased his concerns.
• Hiashi told Neji that he would prepare the Hyuga Clan for reform and entrust its future to Neji and Hinata.
• Neji showed Hanabi how his Tenseigan could control attraction and repulsive force, then teased her until Hinata stopped him.
• Hanabi hinted that Hinata would be with Neji in the future, and Hinata silenced her with a sealing technique.
• Neji watched the sisters spar and used his Contact Lens to monitor the situation in Sunagakure.

Neji reassured Hinata after learning she accepted the decision about their future, then answered Tsunade’s summons. Tsunade revealed that Gaara had been captured by the Akatsuki and sent Neji’s Team 3 to support Team 7.

• Neji watched Kankuro’s younger brother fight Sasori’s puppet, get poisoned, and collapse, but sensed someone heading to help him.
• Neji comforted Hinata, assured her she did not need to fear losing anything, and asked whether she hated the decision; she said she did not.
• An Anbu summoned Neji to the Hokage Building, where Tsunade worried over her lottery win and a cracked cup.
• Tsunade told Neji that Gaara had been captured by the Akatsuki and that she had sent Team 7 to investigate.
• Tsunade ordered Neji’s Team 3 to support Team 7, and Neji promised to give the mission everything he had.

Team 3 diverted toward the Land of Rivers after Pakkun reported Akatsuki’s location, while the organization began extracting the One-Tail from Gaara. Pain sent Kisame, Hidan, and Kakuzu to intercept Team 3 as they approached, and the chapter ended with both sides preparing to fight.

• Tsunade sent Might Guy, Rock Lee, Neji Hyuga, and Tenten to Sunagakure to join Team Kakashi.
• Sakura treated Kankuro and prepared an antidote, while Chiyo learned that Sasori had been among the two attackers.
• Sasori and Deidara brought Gaara to an Akatsuki hideout, where Pain’s phantoms began the three-day extraction of the One-Tail.
• Pakkun told Team 3 that Akatsuki was in the Land of Rivers, so Might Guy led the team there to investigate.
• Zetsu reported Team 3’s approach, and Pain assigned Kisame, Hidan, and Kakuzu to stop them.
• Neji sensed the three enemies closing in, and both teams prepared to clash.

Kisame flooded the desert and attacked Might Guy’s team while Hidan fought Neji, who effortlessly dodged every swing. Hidan grew furious and called on Kakuzu to help him.

• Kisame emerged from the sand and taunted Neji, while Might Guy failed to recognize him until Neji reminded him of their earlier encounter.
• Kisame flooded the desert with water and charged at Might Guy, but Rock Lee knocked Samehada from his hand and Tenten shot through his robe.
• Kisame dodged the attack by shedding his outer shell and hiding beneath the water, then recognized Might Guy’s team as a dangerous, coordinated group.
• Hidan attacked Neji with his triple-bladed scythe, but Neji predicted and dodged every strike without fighting back.
• Hidan, unable to hit Neji, called for Kakuzu to take him down and offered to help capture high-bounty targets.

Neji effortlessly dodged Hidan’s attacks, then used Kakuzu’s own lightning strike to incapacitate Hidan and overwhelm Kakuzu’s masked creatures. Kakuzu’s clone was destroyed, but he warned Neji that the fight was not over as his consciousness returned to his main body.

• Kakuzu watched Hidan fail to land a hit on Neji and decided to intervene when Hidan demanded help.
• Kakuzu released his Earth Grudge Fear masked creatures and attacked Neji and Hidan with Lightning Release: False Darkness.
• Neji used Flash Step: Shave and Eagle Stomp to knock Hidan into Kakuzu’s lightning, leaving Hidan scorched and submerged in the lake.
• Neji struck Kakuzu’s Water Flow Wall with Thunderclap Palm, then Kakuzu’s masked creatures launched combined Fire, Wind, and Lightning attacks.
• Neji’s torrential Thunderclap Palm swallowed Kakuzu’s attacks and destroyed his clone, prompting Kakuzu to warn that the fight was not over before his consciousness returned to his main body.