Chapter Summaries

Neji Hyuga transferred into Touma Kamijou’s class, revealed his unusual eyes, and offered Touma his contact information. After school, Touma encountered Mikoto Misaka again, and she angrily called after him as he walked past.

• Komi Tsukuyomi introduced Neji Hyuga to the class, and Fukiyose Seiri challenged him for wearing sunglasses.
• Neji removed his sunglasses to show his pale blue-white Tenseigan, explained why he hid them, and accepted Fukiyose Seiri’s apology.
• Motoharu Tsuchimikado recognized that Neji’s eyes were Magic Eyes and began considering his identity.
• Neji greeted Touma Kamijou, gave him his contact information, and told him to call if he ran into trouble at night.
• After school, Touma entered Neji’s number into his repaired phone and saw Mikoto Misaka ahead on his route home.
• Touma walked past Mikoto without answering her call, and Mikoto’s anger flared.

Touma Kamijou and Mikoto Misaka argued before malfunctioning Cleaning Robots chased them apart. Mikoto reached her secluded vending-machine spot, where she encountered Neji and challenged him over their score from the previous day.

• Mikoto Misaka confronted Touma Kamijou and threatened to electrocute him, while Touma complained about the damage from her attack the previous day.
• Three malfunctioning Cleaning Robots locked onto Touma Kamijou and Mikoto Misaka, forcing them to flee until they got separated.
• Mikoto Misaka kicked a faulty drink vending machine and took a drink to her usual spot, where she found Neji waiting nearby.
• Mikoto Misaka accidentally sprayed her drink at Neji, but Neji blocked it and formed the spray into a ball of water.
• Mikoto Misaka challenged Neji to settle their previous score, and Neji insulted her flat chest, making her blush and spark with electricity.

Neji diverted Mikoto Misaka’s lightning and watched her hurry home, while Touma Kamijou confronted a magician over the injured Index. The magician explained that Index held 103,000 Grimoires in her memory and claimed his group had come to protect her, leaving Touma furious and unconvinced.

• Mikoto Misaka attacked Neji with lightning, but he redirected the bolt into the sky.
• Mikoto Misaka threatened Neji before leaving for home, and Neji decided to walk to a fireworks festival.
• Touma Kamijou confronted the man who had appeared behind him while Index lay injured at the doorway.
• The man explained that Index had memorized 103,000 Grimoires and that reading one could cause a mental breakdown.
• The man said his group had come to protect Index from people seeking the Grimoires, but Touma Kamijou rejected that claim.

Stiyl Magnus attacked Touma Kamijou with magic, but Touma discovered that his right hand could erase the flames. Stiyl summoned his powerful Innocentius, and Touma erased that as well.

• Touma confronted Stiyl Magnus after hearing him speak casually about torturing Index, and Stiyl introduced himself by his magic name, Fortis931.
• Stiyl ignited a cigarette into a burst of flames and engulfed Touma with the attack he called Gift that gives pain to giants.
• Touma emerged unharmed and realized his right hand could erase Stiyl’s magic, then shattered a blade of flame with it.
• Stiyl recognized Touma as the possessor of a legendary power that could erase mysterious forces and summoned King of Witch Hunters Innocentius.
• Touma swept his arm through the flaming creature and erased it.

Neji Hyuga intervened when Touma Kamijou struggled against Stiyl and the reborn King of Witch Hunters, using repulsive force to defeat Stiyl and remove his rune papers. Touma knocked Stiyl unconscious, then carried the injured Index out of the ruined dormitory, while a tall woman fell from a high-rise elsewhere.

• Index explained that the King of Witch Hunters would keep returning as long as Stiyl’s runes remained in the building.
• Neji Hyuga appeared with one of Stiyl’s rune papers and agreed to help Touma Kamijou.
• Neji deflected Stiyl’s flame blades with repulsive force, then slammed Stiyl and the King of Witch Hunters into a wall.
• Neji gathered Stiyl’s rune papers, causing his spell to fail, and Touma destroyed the King of Witch Hunters with a palm strike.
• Neji released Stiyl from the repulsive force, and Touma knocked him unconscious with a punch.
• Touma carried the injured Index out of the dormitory, while a tall woman fell from a high-rise elsewhere.

Kanzaki Kaori and Stiyl confronted Neji, who revealed that he came from another world and claimed the church had lied about Index’s memories. Neji departed through a Gate of Time and Space, leaving Kanzaki and Stiyl to consider checking his claims.

• Kanzaki found Stiyl unconscious after the apartment-building incident and carried him away as the fire department responded.
• Neji waited for Kanzaki in a park, identified her background and abilities, and said he wanted to prevent the situation from becoming chaotic.
• Neji told Kanzaki that Index did not need her memories erased and that her memorized grimoires would not make her head explode.
• Stiyl woke after Kanzaki kicked him and warned her that Neji had suppressed him and controlled his runes.
• Neji left through a Gate of Time and Space, and Kanzaki and Stiyl discussed verifying what he had told them.

Izumi challenged Esdeath to test her strength and loyalty, and the two fought in the tavern’s backyard. Esdeath broke free of Izumi’s Genjutsu after narrowly avoiding a lethal strike, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Esdeath told Neji that she accepted his having multiple wives and concubines because he had conquered her, prompting Izumi to challenge her.
• Neji followed Izumi and Esdeath into the backyard, where Esdeath transformed the warm grassland into a frozen plain.
• Esdeath attacked with ice pillars and her sword, but Izumi used her Sharingan, substitution, kunai, and Explosion Tags to counter her.
• Izumi opened the First and then the Third Gate, strengthening her Taijutsu as she blocked Esdeath’s ice spikes and evaded her sword.
• Esdeath believed she had stabbed Izumi, but Izumi’s Genjutsu made the attack seem real and left a kunai near Esdeath’s neck.
• Esdeath recognized the illusion and escaped before Izumi could land a potentially lethal blow.

Neji stopped Esdeath and Izumi from fighting, then heard Esdeath declare her desire to make him her man. After Esdeath agreed to leave her world behind, Neji granted her access to the One Piece World, where she awakened Conqueror’s Haki.

• Neji ended the clash between Esdeath and Izumi and brought them into the tavern.
• Esdeath told Neji she had returned to find him and intended to conquer him and make him her man.
• Neji told Esdeath that following him meant abandoning her world, and Esdeath agreed without hesitation.
• Esdeath said she had already settled matters with her subordinates and was ready to leave.
• Neji used the Sands of Time to grant Esdeath permission to enter the One Piece World and cultivate there.
• Esdeath awakened Conqueror’s Haki, and Neji considered whether she might one day rival Hancock.

Neji brought Esdeath to the Pirate World to learn its powers and prepared to act ahead of the World Conference. After arranging a visit to Fish-Man Island, he set out toward a place he believed was nearing destruction.

• Neji and Izumi watched Esdeath sense her new Conqueror's Haki, and Neji invited her to test her strength in another world.
• Esdeath entered the Gate of Time and Space with Neji and Izumi and chose the Pirate World.
• At Punk Hazard, Neji gave Esdeath information about the Pirate World and Devil Fruit users while he reviewed recent events with Izumi.
• Neji examined a document about the World Conference and decided to make a move before it began.
• Izumi told Neji that Fish-Man Island trusted them after they shared a Sound Shell containing Luffy's words, and Neji prepared to leave for the island.

Neji brought Esdeath and Izumi to Fish-Man Island to negotiate its future with Neptune before the World Conference. He offered the kingdom protection in either Whole Cake Island or Sky Island, leaving Neptune to weigh the choices.

• Neji ordered Izumi to prepare the base for a full deployment and gave Esdeath a pendant that guided her through the new world.
• Neji, Esdeath, and Izumi teleported to Dragon Palace, where Shark Star welcomed them and led them to Neptune.
• Neptune asked Neji whether Izumi's previous account was true, and Neji confirmed it.
• Neji offered Fish-Man Island protection in Whole Cake Island's territory or on Sky Island, or the choice to refuse and face the consequences.
• Neji reminded Neptune that Luffy's protection and his connection to Revolutionary Army leader Dragon gave him reason to decide quickly.

Neptune chose Sky Island as Fish-Man Island’s new home, accepting the Revolutionary Army’s protection after Neji promised to transplant a Sunlight Tree and provide for their needs. Neji began moving Fish-Man Island and brought Neptune to Sabaody, where Neptune chose Tree Number One as the site for their settlement.

• Neptune accepted Neji’s offer to relocate Fish-Man Island to Sky Island and said he would skip the World Conference to place his bet on Neji.
• Neji used his projected Rinnegan to envelop Fish-Man Island in a massive vortex as Neptune sent Shark Star and his brothers to calm the citizens.
• Neji and Neptune left for the Sabaody Archipelago while Izumi and Esdeath stayed behind to reassure the ministers.
• Neptune chose Tree Number One, where the human auction house stood, so Fish-Man Island’s people would remember their history of oppression.
• Neji took Neptune to Tree Number One and raised his palm to unleash Shinra Tensei at the auction house.

Neji moved Tree No. 1 to the sky and joined it to Fish-Man Island, creating a new home for the fish-men. Neptune and the island’s residents watched as the gates opened and they emerged onto the Sky Island.

• Neji used Shinra Tensei to clear the Tree No. 1 district and removed it before Kizaru arrived.
• The Marines and World Government reacted to the vanished district by tightening security around Sabaody Archipelago.
• Neji brought Neptune to the sky and formed a Sky Island around Tree No. 1 using Island Cloud and Sea Cloud.
• Neji brought Fish-Man Island out of a vortex and placed its bubble on the Sea Cloud beside Tree No. 1.
• Neji grew trees whose roots secured Fish-Man Island’s bubble to the Sky Island, and the gates opened as soldiers, princes, and citizens emerged.

Neji arranged for the Revolutionary Army to take charge of Fish-Man Island, then told Dragon he would attack Holy Land Mary Geoise before the World Conference. He joined Sabo and the other captains beneath the Red Line, canceled their infiltration plan, and sent them back to prepare for his wedding.

• Neji told Dragon that Fish-Man Island and its people had joined the Revolutionary Army, and Dragon agreed to handle the remaining matters.
• Neji warned Dragon about Imu and the World Government’s power, then said he would attack Holy Land Mary Geoise before the World Conference began.
• Neji bid farewell to Dragon and said he looked forward to Dragon helping arrange his wedding.
• Morley continued excavating the Red Line Continent while Sabo and the other captains waited inside it.
• Neji emerged with Izumi and Esdeath, canceled the infiltration plan, and announced that he would destroy Holy Land Mary Geoise and the Red Line beneath it.
• Neji sent Sabo and the captains back to prepare for his wedding while he went to attack.

Neji sent Sabo and the commanders to Sabaody Archipelago, then prepared to destroy Holy Land Mary Geoise and the Red Line Continent with his full power. As sea creatures fled and a man at Sabaody foresaw the coming destruction, Neji gathered his attack and the world braced for what was coming.

• Sabo and the commanders chose to go to Sabaody Archipelago, and Neji sent them to Shakky's Rip-off Bar.
• Neji took Izumi and Esdeath to Holy Land Mary Geoise, then sent them away in an aircraft as he prepared to attack.
• Neji activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and combined Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion with Moonlight Nen Blast to build enough power to destroy the Red Line Continent.
• Fish, Sea Kings, and the Kraken fled from the Red Line Continent, while Sea Kings pulled the ark toward the dark seas.
• A man at Sabaody Archipelago collapsed, predicted the destruction of Holy Land Mary Geoise, and announced that something was coming.

Neji annihilated Mary Geoise with a massive energy attack, then left as the world began plunging into chaos. The chapter ended with the Marines surveying the destruction and Akainu ordering them to prepare for the crisis ahead.

• Neji unleashed his Level 80 Energy-Gathering Nen Cannon, destroying Mary Geoise and the lowest section of the Red Line, while fewer than ten people escaped.
• Neji's level rose to 87, and Izumi helped him back onto the aircraft as he told her to warn Sabo and the others to stay out of the coming conflict for now.
• Elder Nyon warned the Snake Princess that the Calm Belt's upheaval and the disturbed Sea Kings were extraordinary, and the Snake Princess ordered Sandersonia and Marigold to calm the people.
• The destruction of the Red Line created a vast abyss that swallowed seawater and damaged the New Marine Headquarters, leaving Akainu and the other Marines to assess the disaster.
• Akainu ordered the Marines to search for the people responsible and prepare to protect civilians and fight pirates as the crisis began.

After the seas were disrupted, Neji withdrew from the Pirate World and left Esdeath in charge of his base while he returned to the Naruto World with Izumi. A year into his tenure as Hokage, he saw how dramatically Konoha and the ninja world had changed.

• The Revolutionary Army prepared for an opportunity while Neji searched for Poneglyphs and Blackbeard spread Rocks's philosophy amid the upheaval.
• Neji gave Esdeath the highest authority over his base on Punk Hazard, and she accepted the chance to grow stronger in the Pirate World.
• Neji and Izumi left through the Gate of Time and Space, and Neji explained Esdeath's situation to Izumi at Seria's Tavern.
• Neji and Izumi returned to the Naruto World and found Konoha transformed by new buildings, technology, and changes to daily life.
• Neji reflected that he had been Hokage for a year and that the ninja world had changed so much that some people struggled to adapt.

Neji left the Hokage Building to explore Konoha’s busy new food district while the joint Chunin Exams brought visitors and business to the village. As the new generation of Kage admired Konoha’s prosperity, Gaara reflected on Temari’s feelings for Neji and called out to Kankuro.

• Neji left a clone in the Hokage office with Izumi and went out to explore Konoha on a skateboard.
• Neji visited the new Ichiraku Ramen shop, ate a bowl of noodles, and passed two Amegakure girls discussing the Chunin Exams.
• Neji reflected that the Five-Nation Joint Chunin Exams had drawn visitors and attention to Konoha, creating a major source of profit and missions.
• The new generation of Kage looked around Konoha and envied the prosperity the joint exams had brought.
• Gaara watched Temari and Kankuro shop, recalled his past fight with Neji, and realized Temari still liked him before calling Kankuro.

Gaara and Kankuro planned to help Temari pursue Neji Hyuga by proposing a political marriage through Konoha’s elders. Temari remained unaware of their scheme and led her brothers to Neji’s hot pot restaurant, leaving them determined to help her.

• Gaara told Kankuro he wanted to help Temari avoid regretting her feelings for Neji, and Kankuro agreed to support her.
• Gaara explained that Neji already had Tenten and the Hyuga Clan’s eldest daughter as betrothed, but Temari might still have a chance because Neji was Hokage.
• Gaara proposed that he write to Konoha’s two elders under the pretext of strengthening the alliance, asking them to arrange Temari’s political marriage to Neji.
• Temari approached her brothers, heard Kankuro’s remark about someone having it too good, and accepted their explanation that they had been discussing something unimportant.
• Temari chose Neji’s hot pot restaurant, recalling his promise to let them eat there for free, and Gaara and Kankuro resolved to see their plan through.

Neji visited his hot pot restaurant in Konoha and unexpectedly reunited with Temari, who joined him for dinner and reminisced about their past. Gaara and Kankuro saw them together and decided to tell Konoha’s two elders about Temari’s apparent feelings for Neji.

• Neji visited his busy restaurant, ordered an enormous meal, and chose a window seat upstairs.
• Neji overheard Temari complaining about him in a nearby private room but quietly placed his order without disturbing her and her brothers.
• After hearing that Neji was dining alone, Temari went to his table, and they ate hot pot together while recalling the past.
• Kankuro found Temari chatting and laughing with Neji, and Gaara joined him at the doorway to watch.
• Gaara and Kankuro agreed to tell Konoha’s two elders about Temari and Neji the next day.

Gaara and Kankuro negotiated with Konoha’s elders about strengthening relations through Temari’s marriage, while Neji showed Temari their discussion. Temari left in a fury to confront her brothers, and the chapter ended with Naruto watching Sasuke and Sakura together, looking troubled.

• Temari caught Gaara and Kankuro hiding their discussion, and Gaara said Kankuro would meet Konoha’s elders about a matter that could not be discussed with Neji.
• Gaara and Kankuro met Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, who agreed to consider the Sand Ninja’s proposal while raising concerns about the details.
• Gaara nearly left before the elders could clarify their conditions, then agreed to continue negotiating for Temari’s happiness.
• Neji showed Temari a live broadcast of Gaara and Kankuro discussing the proposal, and Temari left angrily to hunt down her brothers.
• Neji reflected on the women being pushed toward him, while Naruto watched Sasuke training as Sakura looked on.