Chapter Summaries

Obito and Zetsu planned to stop Kirigakure from recovering by targeting the Fourth Mizukage, while Hyuga Kagami prepared to infiltrate Hiruko’s bloodline fusion ritual and develop a new Kekkei Genkai. At his laboratory, Kagami confronted the conscious Uchiha Ryota, who was deliberately delaying his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan fusion and demanded a fair fight.

• Zetsu told Obito that Madara had infiltrated Kirigakure and that the Fourth Mizukage’s guards were their people, so Obito agreed to target the Mizukage.
• Hyuga Kagami learned from Shinichi’s report that Hiruko would complete his bloodline fusion ritual during an aurora in about fifty days, and he began considering how to infiltrate the site.
• Hyuga Kagami struggled to adapt his female clone body, whose Fire and Lightning chakra natures had no known Kekkei Genkai combination.
• Hyuga Kagami confronted Uchiha Ryota after discovering he was conscious and deliberately holding back the fusion of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Ryota admitted he was delaying the fusion and demanded that Hyuga Kagami defeat him in a fair fight.

Uchiha Ryota forced Hyuga Kagami to let him awaken and test his newly fused Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan before they fought. In the Land of Tea, Ryota unleashed an enormous golden Susanoo and transformed it into the nearly hundred-meter-tall Susanoo-no-Mikoto, while Kagami prepared to face him.

• Uchiha Ryota used the fact that the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan required his cooperation to demand a chance to wield it, and Hyuga Kagami agreed to fight him.
• Several days later, Uchiha Ryota removed the sterile cloth and awakened his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan in the Land of Tea.
• Uchiha Ryota recognized Hyuga Kagami, who revealed that his evolved Byakugan gave him his extraordinary abilities.
• Uchiha Ryota summoned a golden Susanoo that grew beyond forty meters and flew into its forehead.
• Uchiha Ryota activated the forbidden technique Susanoo-no-Mikoto, enlarging the Susanoo to nearly a hundred meters and covering it in golden armor and flames.

Hyuga Kagami and Uchiha Ryota fought as Ryota unleashed his golden Susanoo, while Kagami tested its strength and prepared to exploit its weakness to the Truth-Seeking Orbs. Kagami’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion pierced Susanoo’s defense, and he intensified the attack as Ryota’s left arm began to shatter.

• Uchiha Ryota summoned a nearly hundred-meter golden Susanoo and challenged Hyuga Kagami to defeat him to claim his eyes.
• Hyuga Kagami entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode and formed five Truth-Seeking Orbs around his hand.
• Uchiha Ryota attacked with Susanoo’s flaming swords, but Hyuga Kagami dodged and circled the giant.
• Hyuga Kagami struck Susanoo from behind with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Uchiha Ryota blocked with its left arm.
• Hyuga Kagami added two more Truth-Seeking Orbs to his attack as Susanoo’s left arm cracked under the brilliant light.

Hyuga Kagami defeated Uchiha Ryota by breaking through his Susanoo and took his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. Ryota asked why he had lost and why Kagami wanted his eyes, but Kagami kept the decisive secret to himself.

• Uchiha Ryota filled his Susanoo with golden flames, but Hyuga Kagami scattered them with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Hyuga Kagami severed the Susanoo's head with his golden sword, rescued Uchiha Ryota from the sea, and threw him onto shore.
• Hyuga Kagami removed Uchiha Ryota's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan while Ryota asked how his Susanoo had been defeated.
• Hyuga Kagami told Uchiha Ryota that few people could break through his Susanoo, but refused to explain his technique or why he wanted the eyes.

Hyuga Kagami explained to Uchiha Ryota why the Uchiha rebellion would doom the clan, but Ryota killed himself. A week later, Shinichi received Kagami’s order to escort a mysterious girl to observe Hiruko’s bloodline fusion ceremony, and she revealed herself as Uchiha Homura.

• Hyuga Kagami told Uchiha Ryota that the rebellion would destroy Konoha and endanger the Uchiha, while Ryota doubted Shisui’s plan could save the clan.
• Uchiha Ryota took his own life, and Hyuga Kagami reflected that the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan could lead to even more powerful ocular bloodlines.
• Fortune-Bringer delivered Kagami’s confidential Scroll to Uchiha Shinichi, who learned he was to meet someone and bring them to watch Hiruko’s bloodline fusion ceremony.
• Uchiha Shinichi met a mysterious girl at the Land of Rain and Land of Fire border and questioned her identity and reason for coming.
• The girl named herself Uchiha Homura, and Shinichi challenged her claim before she silently activated her Sharingan.

Hyuga Kagami, disguised as Uchiha Homura, passed Uchiha Shinichi’s test and followed him into Akatsuki’s hideout to observe Hiruko’s experiment. There, he recognized Shennong and noticed an unfamiliar woman who seemed familiar, while she studied him and Shinichi.

• Hyuga Kagami claimed Uchiha Homura’s identity, and Shinichi tested her combat skills before accepting her strength.
• Shinichi warned Hyuga Kagami about dangerous Akatsuki members, including Sasori, Kakuzu, Hiruko, and the masked man calling himself Uchiha Madara.
• Shinichi and Hyuga Kagami entered the Land of Rain and went to an Akatsuki hideout in Amegakure.
• Hyuga Kagami encountered Shennong and noticed a beautiful woman behind him who seemed familiar, while she studied Hyuga Kagami and Shinichi.

Shinichi brought Hyuga Kagami into Akatsuki’s secret base, where Kagami recognized Shennon’s new assistant Oto as Orochimaru. Days later, Kagami and the assembled Akatsuki members gathered on a mountain in the Land of Earth to witness Hiruko’s bloodline fusion ritual, which was about to begin as Orochimaru watched Kagami.

• Shinichi introduced Hyuga Kagami to Shennon as a subordinate who had been undercover in Konoha, and Kagami met Shennon’s assistant Oto.
• Shinichi warned Kagami that Oto seemed hostile, and Kagami realized she was Orochimaru in a new body who was interested in the Chimera Technique and his and Shinichi’s eyes.
• Hyuga Kagami met Shinichi’s partner Biwa Jūzō at the base, and several days later he traveled with Shinichi and other Akatsuki members to Hiruko’s ritual site in the Land of Earth.
• The group found Hiruko waiting among giant mirrors on a mountaintop, and Pain and Konan arrived after sudden rain clouds covered the sky.
• Pain announced that no watchers were nearby, Hiruko prepared to begin the ritual, and Kagami exchanged a look with Orochimaru while searching for Obito and Zetsu.

Hiruko began his Bloodline Fusion Ritual under a strange celestial phenomenon, using the Chimera Technique to absorb five captured bloodline ninja. The ritual was underway as the victims screamed and their bodies dissolved into Hiruko’s gelatinous substance.

• Obito and Zetsu discussed the danger of Hiruko’s experiment and the presence of Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru at the ritual.
• Hiruko summoned five execution devices bearing captured bloodline ninja, including Uchiha Hiiragi.
• A green curtain of light formed in the sky, and beams focused on Hiruko as his chakra grew violently stronger.
• Hiruko used the Chimera Technique to engulf the five ninja, whose bodies began dissolving as they screamed.
• Hiruko laughed and urged the victims to despair as they merged with him.

Hiruko absorbed the souls of the five bloodline ninja, triggering a violent collapse of his body and mind as his Chimera Technique repeatedly repaired him. He survived the fusion ritual and fixed his gaze on Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru.

• Hyuga Kagami and the others watched as Hiruko absorbed the chakra clusters left by the five bloodline ninja, which contained their souls.
• Hiruko clutched his head in pain as his body broke apart, while the Chimera Technique’s gelatinous substance pieced his flesh and tissue back together.
• As the aurora and the green light dimmed, Hiruko’s howling stopped and his chaotic chakra gradually stabilized.
• Hiruko absorbed the gelatinous substance into his body, survived the fusion, and stared at Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru.

After completing the Bloodline Fusion Ritual, Hiruko tested his new powers by fighting Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru. The pair held him to a standstill until Hiruko unleashed Storm Release and Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru countered with Fire and Earth Release techniques.

• Hiruko finished dressing after the ritual, and Akatsuki members cleared the platform as he prepared to test his strength against Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru.
• Hiruko used his speed and steel-hard body to attack Hyuga Kagami and suppress Orochimaru in close combat.
• Hyuga Kagami joined Orochimaru, and their combined attacks exposed Hiruko's inexperience and brought the fight to a standstill.
• Zetsu mocked Hiruko's performance, but Obito pointed out that Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru were unusually capable opponents.
• Frustrated, Hiruko leaped away and used Storm Release: Lightning Cloud Wave as Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru prepared Fire Release and Earth Release counters.

Hiruko absorbed Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru’s ninjutsu, then used his fused bloodline abilities to withstand their counterattack. The fight took a dangerous turn when Hiruko revealed Sharingan powerful enough to subdue Orochimaru with genjutsu.

• Hiruko absorbed Hyuga Kagami’s Great Fireball Technique and Orochimaru’s Clay Quicksand with Dark Release.
• Hiruko unleashed Storm Release, but Hyuga Kagami spotted its convergence point and diverted the lightning with her sword.
• Hyuga Kagami bound Hiruko with steel wire and attacked his vital points with Explosive Tag kunai, while Orochimaru restrained him after Steel Release snapped the wires.
• The Explosive Tags detonated, but Hiruko appeared largely unharmed and used Swift Release to close in on Orochimaru.
• Hiruko’s scarlet Three Tomoe Sharingan caught Orochimaru in genjutsu, revealing that his ocular power had reached the level of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Hyuga Kagami used a trick with rebounding Kunai to free Orochimaru from Hiruko’s Sharingan genjutsu, while probing the mystery of Hiruko’s immense ocular power. Pain stopped Hiruko’s attack, leaving him humiliated as the Akatsuki members mocked his failure to defeat two young women.

• Hyuga Kagami confirmed that Hiruko’s eyes were only Three Tomoe Sharingan, yet wondered why his ocular power rivaled the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hyuga Kagami threw Kunai that Hiruko dodged, but their ricochets forced Hiruko to turn and gave a Kunai enough time to wound Orochimaru’s throat and break the genjutsu.
• Orochimaru escaped the genjutsu and grew wary of Hiruko’s Sharingan, while feeling humiliated that Hyuga Kagami had saved him.
• Pain ordered Hiruko to stop, saying he had seen enough of his performance.
• Sasori and the other Akatsuki members mocked or looked down on Hiruko, leaving him furious and unable to explain his failure.

Hyuga Kagami worked out why Hiruko’s Three Tomoe Sharingan had power comparable to a Mangekyō Sharingan, then left the mountaintop after Hiruko’s ritual. As Hyuga Kagami traveled through the Land of Fire, Orochimaru revealed that she had been following her.

• Hyuga Kagami concluded that Hiruko’s ritual had succeeded by chance because his absorbed bloodlines collectively included Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements, strengthening his five Kekkei Genkai without granting him Kekkei Mōra.
• Hyuga Kagami left with Shinichi while the Akatsuki members dispersed, and Orochimaru departed with Shennong after giving Hyuga Kagami a possessive look.
• Hyuga Kagami told Shinichi to seek Hiruko’s Chimera Technique through Shennong and warned him to watch for hidden dangers in Hiruko’s fusion method.
• Hyuga Kagami used the Body Flicker Technique to leave Shinichi and traveled through the Land of Earth and the Land of Grass into the Land of Fire.
• Hyuga Kagami sensed someone following her, stopped in a forest, and confronted Orochimaru as she emerged from behind a tree.

Hyuga Kagami used a Crow Clone Technique to evade Orochimaru, who tried to seize his body for its Sharingan, while the real Hyuga Kagami returned to Konoha. After reviewing what he learned from Hiruko’s bloodline fusion ritual, Hyuga Kagami received a Scroll from Orochimaru requesting information about Uchiha Homura.

• Orochimaru confronted Hyuga Kagami in the woods and attacked him with a venomous snake, intending to take his body.
• Hyuga Kagami revealed that he was a Crow Clone and taunted Orochimaru for pursuing him despite his obvious interest in the Sharingan.
• Orochimaru recognized the Crow Clone Technique and vowed to remember Uchiha Homura, while the clone dispersed.
• The real Hyuga Kagami returned to Konoha and reviewed his observations of Hiruko’s bloodline fusion ritual.
• The One-eyed Viper delivered Orochimaru’s Scroll asking Hyuga Kagami to investigate Uchiha Homura.

Hyuga Kagami traded a promise to investigate Uchiha Homura for Orochimaru’s cell fusion technology, then reviewed the dangers and insights he had learned from Hiruko’s bloodline fusion ritual. He concluded that medical ninjutsu and natural forces might be essential to making his own fusion safer, as snow began falling over Konoha.

• Hyuga Kagami sent Orochimaru a message agreeing to investigate Uchiha Homura in exchange for cell fusion technology.
• Hyuga Kagami reflected that Hiruko’s fusion had been perilous, required perfect balance among seven chakra attributes, and had weakened his original body as the ritual’s core.
• Hyuga Kagami considered how the celestial phenomenon had aided Hiruko and wondered whether medical ninjutsu, possibly learned from Tsunade, had helped him withstand the bodily collapse.
• Hyuga Kagami watched heavy snow fall over the village and realized another year had passed, bringing him close to turning eighteen.

Hyuga Kagami and Shisui guarded Naruto during a heavy snowfall and discussed Hiruko’s theft of Uchiha Hiiragi’s Sharingan and his growing power. After Naruto was rejected by the village children, he ran to defend a young Hyuga Main Branch girl whom other children were taunting.

• Hyuga Kagami joined Kakashi, Guy, and Shisui on Team 11’s protection duty outside Naruto’s home, and Kakashi and Guy went to rest nearby.
• Hyuga Kagami told Shisui that Hiruko had killed Uchiha Hiiragi and taken his Sharingan through a Kekkei Genkai fusion ritual, and warned Shisui not to underestimate him.
• Hyuga Kagami said he had anonymously sent information about Hiruko to the Hokage Building, while Shisui urged him to notify the village.
• Naruto rushed outside to play in the snow but was rejected and driven away by villagers who feared him as the demon fox.
• Shisui objected to the villagers’ treatment of Naruto, then noticed children mocking a young Hyuga Main Branch girl for her white eyes.
• Hyuga Kagami stopped Shisui from intervening as Naruto ran toward the girl and shouted, “Stop!”

Naruto and Hinata were bullied by other children until Sasuke drove them off, then insulted Hinata and Naruto before leaving. Hyuga Kagami and Shisui watched from a tree and discussed the Uchiha Clan’s troubles and the threat Hiruko might pose to Konoha.

• Naruto confronted a group of children, but they punched him into the snow and mocked him as a fox demon.
• Hinata came to Naruto’s aid, and the children insulted them both as a Byakugan monster and a fox demon.
• Sasuke introduced himself as an Uchiha and drove the children away with a display of strength.
• Sasuke dismissed Naruto as pathetic and disparaged the Hyuga Clan before walking away.
• Hyuga Kagami and Shisui discussed the Uchiha Clan’s growing arrogance and the problems facing its leaders.
• Hyuga Kagami warned that Hiruko might soon target Konoha, and Shisui asked if he meant Hiruko.

Hyuga Kagami predicted Hiruko would soon attack Konoha and used a chance meeting to build a bond with Naruto over ramen. After leaving Naruto, Kagami sensed Yakushi Kabuto following him and confronted him about Orochimaru.

• Hyuga Kagami warned Shisui that Hiruko would retaliate against Konoha, likely with Obito pushing him to act.
• Hyuga Kagami invited a lonely Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen, explaining that Hinata was his younger sister and treating him to three bowls.
• Naruto admitted that Second Pillar, not him, had saved Hinata, and Kagami said he would thank the other boy another day.
• Naruto asked whether they were friends, and Kagami agreed before leaving without drawing undue attention from the Third Hokage.
• Hyuga Kagami detected Yakushi Kabuto in an alley, and Kabuto confirmed that Orochimaru had sent him.

Hyuga Kagami learned from Kabuto Yakushi that Orochimaru and Danzo had resumed working together, and that Haku had been taken back to Orochimaru. After Itachi apologized for Sasuke’s rudeness, he asked Hyuga Kagami whether he should accept an Anbu recruitment offer, and Hyuga Kagami warned that the offer might not have come from the Hokage.

• Kabuto Yakushi told Hyuga Kagami that Orochimaru had another intelligence source, and Hyuga Kagami deduced that Danzo’s Root was helping him.
• Kabuto Yakushi revealed that he had sent Haku back to Orochimaru, prompting Hyuga Kagami to worry that Haku might remember his Soul Descent technique.
• Itachi visited Hyuga Kagami to apologize for Sasuke’s rude behavior toward Hinata, and Hyuga Kagami accepted the apology.
• Itachi asked whether he should accept an Anbu recruitment offer, and Hyuga Kagami advised him against joining because of his sensitive position between the Uchiha Clan and the village.
• Hyuga Kagami warned Itachi that the recruiter might be Danzo rather than the Hokage.

Itachi asked Hyuga Kagami to help save the Uchiha and was offered an assessment to join his group with Shisui. The next day, Itachi arrived at the assessment site and saw a masked figure approaching.

• Itachi told Hyuga Kagami that he wanted to save the Uchiha.
• Hyuga Kagami refused to let Itachi get involved because he was too weak, but offered him an assessment for joining the group.
• Hyuga Kagami asked Itachi whether he knew of the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror, and Itachi said he did not.
• Hyuga Kagami suspected the artifacts were spiritual weapons tied to the Sage of Six Paths and Sasuke's protection.
• The next day, Itachi arrived alone at a forest outside the village for his assessment and saw a masked, cloaked figure with a longsword approaching.