Chapter Summaries

Neji left the Revolutionary Army’s new headquarters with Izumi and returned to Punk Hazard. The next morning, he studied a moving red dot on his navigation chart and speculated about Zou, Zunesha, and the identity of Uranus.

• At the headquarters celebration, Neji told Dragon he was leaving, and Izumi helped him sober up before they departed.
• Neji and Izumi returned to Punk Hazard, where Izumi cared for him and they slept together.
• The next morning, Neji saw a red dot moving on his chart and wondered if it marked Zou’s location.
• Neji told Izumi he would take her to see the Mink Tribe and the giant elephant Zunesha.
• Neji considered clues about the Ancient Weapons and concluded Uranus might be a living person born ten years before Shirahoshi, while dismissing the rumor that Nami was Uranus.

Neji and Izumi traveled to Zou, where Neji gathered power from the Red Roadsign Poneglyph while Raizo hid nearby. They left without revealing themselves, and Raizo remained concealed, worried about the Mink Tribe and Wano.

• Neji and Izumi teleported to the New World and approached the colossal elephant carrying Zou.
• Neji spoke to the elephant, sensing its immense awareness, then brought Izumi down to Zou and searched the white whale tree.
• Neji and Izumi entered the hollow beneath the tree, where Raizo hid behind the Red Roadsign Poneglyph.
• Neji touched the Poneglyph and drew out its power, gaining twelve Sands of Time while Izumi kept watch.
• Neji and Izumi departed unseen, and Raizo emerged only after their footsteps faded, still concerned for the Mink Tribe.

Neji used Sands of Time to open a new destination through the Gate of Time and Space and arrived in the modern world of Your Lie in April. He cured Kaori Miyazono’s illness, then left her waking with feeling in her legs.

• Neji told Izumi he was leaving and used Sands of Time to unlock another destination through the Gate of Time and Space.
• Neji stepped through the Gate of Time and Space and found himself in a modern hospital at night.
• Neji found Kaori Miyazono unconscious in the hallway after she struck her legs in despair.
• Neji used Medical Ninjutsu and the Tenseigan to cure Kaori Miyazono’s illness and repair her body.
• Kaori Miyazono woke as nurses examined her and realized she could feel her legs again, while Neji departed through the Gate of Time and Space.

Neji entered a new world, caught Lucy after she was thrown from a cruise ship, and watched as her summoned Spirit Aquarius flooded the ship and nearby city. Natsu and Happy arrived, and Natsu urged everyone to leave the scene.

• Neji sent Izumi back to the base, then entered another world through the Gate of Time and Space.
• Neji caught Lucy as she flew from the cruise ship and returned her golden keys to her.
• Lucy summoned Aquarius, who unleashed a wave that smashed the cruise ship into the shore and flooded the city.
• Neji protected himself and Lucy inside an orange barrier while Lucy worried about paying for the damage.
• Natsu and Happy arrived, and Natsu praised Lucy before telling them to get out of there.

Natsu brought Lucy and Neji to Fairy Tail, where they witnessed the guild’s chaotic members and met its master, Makarov. After scolding the guild for their destruction, Makarov rejected the Magic Council’s authority and urged everyone to follow their own path.

• Natsu led Lucy and Neji from the wrecked harbor to the Fairy Tail guild, where a brawl broke out around them.
• Loke approached Lucy, then promptly left when Neji said she was a Spirit Mage.
• Mirajane welcomed Lucy and Neji, and Neji caught a chair that nearly struck her.
• Makarov transformed into a giant to stop Natsu and Gray’s fight, then returned to normal and greeted the newcomers.
• Makarov read out the guild members’ many offenses and burned the Magic Council’s reports, which Natsu ate.
• Makarov urged the guild to ignore the councilors and follow their own paths, and Lucy and Neji smiled as the members cheered.

Lucy and Neji joined Fairy Tail, but Neji soon left the guild to confront Ultear at the Magic Council. He trapped Ultear in a changed space after identifying Zikrain as a thought projection, and she demanded to know who he was.

• Lucy received a Fairy Tail mark, and Neji joined the guild after Makarov confirmed he would not harm it.
• Neji teased Lucy into paying for his cocktail, then left the guild while Natsu set off to take a job.
• Neji traveled to the Magic Council to meet Zikrain and his assistant, Ultear.
• Neji called Zikrain a thought projection, then changed the surroundings around Ultear into a dim, stone-strewn space.
• Ultear raised her crystal ball and threatened Neji with the Council's authority.

Neji confronted Ultear and took her magic after revealing details about her past and warning her about the Tower of Paradise and Galuna Island. Ultear returned to the office confused and planned to investigate the truth about Lyon, Deliora, and the Rime Under the Moon ritual.

• Neji summoned seats for Ultear and said he wanted her magic, then questioned her hatred of her mother, Ur.
• Neji revealed Ultear's hidden past and urged her to stop the Tower of Paradise plan, free Jellal from his control, and tell Fairy Tail's Second Guild Master the truth about Grimoire Heart.
• Neji used his power to take Ultear's memories of learning magic and obtain her Lost Magic Tempo Arc and Ice-Make.
• Neji told Ultear that Lyon was trying to kill his master with the Rime Under the Moon ritual on Galuna Island, then sent her back to the office.
• Ultear declined to answer Jellal's questions and decided to investigate Galuna Island, Deliora, Lyon, and the ritual.

Neji entered the world of K after drawing Fairy Tail, arriving amid a standoff between the Red and Blue Clans. He landed between their kings and asked them to wait, leaving both sides watching him.

• Neji experimented with Ultear’s Tempo Arc magic and learned to reverse the movement of two stones.
• Neji returned to his tavern, used a Sands of Time draw, and entered the world of K.
• Neji recognized the Fiery Sword of Damocles and spotted the Golden King near the Slate.
• Neji fell into the street between Suoh Mikoto and Munakata Reisi, interrupting their impending confrontation.
• Munakata Reisi asked Neji who he was, but Neji told him to wait.

Neji demonstrated his power to the Red and Blue Kings and persuaded them to accompany him to meet Kunikida Dōjaku, the Second Royal Authority. The Gold Clan welcomed them at the tower where Dōjaku and the slate were waiting.

• Neji used Tempo Arc to restore the rubble around the pit, then asked Suoh Mikoto and Munakata Reisi to take him to Kunikida Dōjaku.
• Suoh Mikoto challenged Neji, but Neji erased his flames with Tempo Arc and warned him to pay attention to his companions.
• Munakata Reisi agreed to accompany Neji, and Suoh Mikoto decided to join them as well.
• Neji, Suoh Mikoto, and Munakata Reisi traveled to the Gold Clan's tower, where a masked Gold Clan member said Kunikida Dōjaku was ready to receive them.

Neji met Lu Dajue, learned that the Dresden Stone Slab had created the Royal Authorities and Espers, and agreed to remove it from their world. He took the slab through the Gate of Time and Space, leaving the clans and Royal Authorities losing their powers.

• Lu Dajue welcomed Neji, Munakata Reisi, and Suoh Mikoto and led them to the sealed Dresden Stone Slab.
• Lu Dajue explained that the slab had produced the world’s powers and that he feared its influence would unleash chaos after his death.
• Neji spoke to the slab’s consciousness and told Lu Dajue and the others that removing it would cause them to lose their powers.
• Lu Dajue agreed that Neji should take the slab, citing the catastrophe caused by Kagutsu Genji.
• Neji broke the seal, lifted the Dresden Stone Slab, and gained seven Sands of Time as its power flowed into him.
• Neji carried the Dresden Stone Slab through the Gate of Time and Space, and the powers of the clans and Royal Authorities began to fade.

Neji returned to Konoha, resumed work as Hokage through a clone, and visited Tenten at her family’s shop. He took her to their usual training spot and hinted that he had something to show her.

• Neji returned to Konoha through the Gate of Time and Space and left a new clone to handle Hokage duties.
• Neji walked through the renovated village, praised a new dango flavor, and drew customers to the shop.
• Neji surprised Tenten at her family’s weapons shop and joked about buying her as a humanoid weapon.
• Neji reassured Tenten that his clone was handling work and brought her to their usual training spot.
• Neji gave Tenten the new-flavored dango, then said he would show her something nice.

Neji gave Tenten a pendant that transformed her into a striking qipao outfit, then used his Chakra to replace her tattoo seal with one tailored to her body. After half an hour of adjustments, Tenten adapted to the new seal and felt its power.

• Neji gave Tenten a pendant and told her to channel Chakra into it, transforming her hair and clothes into a qipao outfit with black-and-gold details.
• Tenten examined her appearance in a summoned mirror, admired the outfit, and accidentally shattered the mirror while testing her movements.
• Neji explained that the outfit worked with a new tattoo, then pressed his Chakra into Tenten and transformed her Chakra pathways and acupoints to replace her previous seal.
• Neji guided Tenten through fine adjustments as she moved her own Chakra to regain control of her body.
• After about half an hour, Tenten adapted to the seal and recognized that Neji had designed its new power specifically for her.

Tenten confessed her feelings to Neji, and they agreed to face the dispute over his marriage together. After Hanabi revealed that the advisers demanded Neji marry a woman from outside the Hyuga Clan if he married Hinata, Neji summoned everyone involved to the Hokage Office.

• Tenten asked Neji if she still had a chance with him, and Neji told her he liked her.
• Tenten declared that Neji was her man and said she would not accept him marrying Hinata just because of the Hyuga Clan.
• Hanabi told Neji that Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura would oppose his marriage to Hinata unless he also married a woman from outside the clan.
• Hinata admitted she did not mind sharing Neji, and Tenten said she did not mind either.
• Neji summoned Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Hyuga Hiashi, Hinata Hyuga, and Hanabi Hyuga to the Hokage Office, where they noticed Tenten's changed appearance.

Neji discussed his engagement to Hinata and Tenten with them in the Hokage's office, where Hinata revealed she had suggested the arrangement so Neji would not have to choose between them. The three agreed to move forward together, but Hanabi overheard only part of their conversation and demanded to be included.

• Neji sent Hanabi aside and set up a soundproof barrier so he could speak privately with Hinata and Tenten.
• Hinata told Neji and Tenten that she had suggested Neji marry someone outside the clan because she knew he and Tenten cared for each other.
• Hinata explained that she had agreed to the arrangement to spare Neji from having to choose between her and Tenten.
• Tenten thanked Hinata, embraced her, and showed her support.
• Neji embraced Hinata and Tenten, promised not to let them down, and held their hands as they agreed to move forward together.
• Hanabi leapt onto Neji's back after discovering the barrier had kept her from hearing their conversation, and demanded to be included.

Neji finalized Konoha’s reconstruction plan after negotiating with Sazuko over the Uchiha Clan’s land. As he turned to preparations for the first joint Chunin Exams among the five great ninja villages, he realized Naruto was still a genin.

• After Hinata, Tenten, and Hanabi left, Neji summoned Uchiha Sasuke to discuss the reconstruction plan.
• Neji showed Sazuko the proposed redevelopment of the Uchiha Clan’s territory, and she asked him to leave the core clan grounds untouched.
• Neji marked out the Uchiha core grounds and allocated the remaining land to Sasuke without monetary compensation, on terms matching the Hyuga Clan’s.
• Sazuko asked Neji if he had anything to say to her, but he failed to understand what she meant, and she left.
• Neji turned to planning the upcoming joint Chunin Exams and discovered Naruto’s Chunin Examination Application Form, realizing Naruto was still a genin.

Neji rejected Naruto’s Chunin Exam application and told him that he and Sasuke would receive other arrangements later. Neji then went to his base in the Land of Waves, where he reunited with Karin and reviewed the modernized city his organization had developed.

• Naruto confronted Neji at the Hokage Office after his Chunin Exam application was rejected, but Neji told him to wait for other arrangements with Sasuke.
• Naruto left the office, and Neji began preparing for the joint Chunin Exam before departing with a clone behind.
• Neji found Karin relaxing in the base, stopped her from lunging at him, and ordered her to change clothes and summon Kimimaro, Zabuza, and Haku.
• Neji looked over the modernized Land of Waves, which Izumi, Zabuza, and Haku had helped transform into a hub for entertainment, trade, and new products.

Neji reviewed the progress of his organization, ordered targets to be killed or placed under bounty, and visited Orochimaru, Kabuto, and Sasori as they tested a giant snake against a Gundam. He recruited Sasori and Orochimaru to create trouble in the ninja world with their inventions.

• Karin reported that everyone had arrived, and Neji asked Zabuza about the underground exchange; Zabuza said the infiltration was complete, and Neji ordered it shut down in three days.
• Haku told Neji that Amegakure had become a trade hub and that the redirected rivers were helping transform the Land of Wind's deserts.
• Neji gave the group lists of targets, ordering them to kill those marked in red and post high bounties for those marked in yellow.
• Neji visited the underground testing grounds, where Orochimaru, Kabuto, and Sasori recorded a battle between a giant snake and a Gundam.
• Neji asked Orochimaru and Sasori to play villains again, and they agreed to create new inventions for the ninja world to witness.

Neji left the Land of Waves after sending Orochimaru and Sasori to establish control over the underworld, then returned to Punk Hazard in the Pirate World. After reuniting with Izumi, he learned the island’s renovation was progressing slowly and decided to seek Devil Fruit powers and visit the upcoming World Conference.

• Neji sent Orochimaru and Sasori to operate freely in the smaller countries and govern the underworld.
• Neji opened a Gate of Time and Space and traveled to Punk Hazard in the Pirate World.
• Neji reunited with Izumi at the base and embraced her after learning the puppets and facilities had been improved.
• Izumi told Neji that the Ice-Snow Peninsula base was complete, while work on the Flame Peninsula was only one-third finished.
• Neji decided to seek Devil Fruit users to accelerate construction and planned to visit the World Conference, where Wapol had likely arrived.

Neji reviewed reports and learned that the Straw Hat Pirates had not yet caused trouble in Whole Cake, while the Vinsmoke Family's alliance with Germa remained a rumor. He took Izumi aboard a custom aircraft and set course for Cake Island, intending to enjoy a vacation while pursuing the Road Poneglyph and Vinsmoke science.

• Neji asked Xiao Ai for reports on the World Conference, the Straw Hat Pirates, Whole Cake, and Charlotte Linlin.
• Xiao Ai reported no news of the Straw Hats in Whole Cake but noted a rumor about an alliance between Germa and the Vinsmoke Family.
• Neji told Izumi he would take her to Whole Cake and planned to wait until Sanji's wedding was over before approaching the Vinsmoke Family.
• Neji and Izumi boarded a modified Cloud Iron aircraft at the base's landing pad.
• Neji ordered Xiao Ai to plot a route to Cake Island, and the aircraft launched from the snowy mountain.

Neji and Izumi arrived at Cake Island and watched Luffy fight Cracker before exploring the island and heading into Cake Castle. Inside the Mirror World, Chopper and Carrot struggled to escape until a phone-like object fell from Chopper’s clothes.

• Neji and Izumi watched Luffy battle Cracker in the Forest of Temptation while Nami was chased by the King of the Forest.
• Neji and Izumi wandered through Cake Island, sampling candy and overhearing preparations for the Tea Party and the Vinsmoke Family’s arrival.
• Neji explained the Mirror World’s travel abilities to Izumi, and they entered Cake Castle unseen.
• Chopper and Carrot dragged their iron balls through the Mirror World as they searched for an exit.
• Chopper dropped a phone-like object from his clothes, and Carrot picked it up.