Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Kagami rescued Gaara from the execution ground and learned that Shukaku’s torment had driven him to despair. After temporarily sealing Shukaku and bringing Gaara to the Aerial Fortress, Hyuga Kagami entered Gaara’s mindscape, where Shukaku confronted him.

• Hyuga Kagami told Gaara that he had saved him, and Gaara explained that he saw no reason to keep living.
• Hyuga Kagami promised to deal with Shukaku and placed a Four Symbols Seal on Gaara, silencing Shukaku but temporarily cutting off Gaara’s access to its chakra.
• Hyuga Kagami took Gaara to the Aerial Fortress and used a Fire Clone under the name Uchiha Homura to approach him.
• Hyuga Kagami activated his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and entered Gaara’s mindscape, where Shukaku attacked him and raged at the sight of the Sharingan.

Hyuga Kagami subdued Shukaku inside Gaara’s inner world and showed Gaara that the Tailed Beast could be controlled and punished. Gaara found new resolve to become strong and not disappoint Lord Kagami.

• Hyuga Kagami used the Four Symbols Seal to bind Shukaku and silence its roars in Gaara’s inner world.
• Hyuga Kagami brought Gaara out of his hiding place and explained that a Jinchuriki had to show a Tailed Beast they were not to be trifled with.
• Hyuga Kagami burned Shukaku with golden flames while it struggled against the seal, and Gaara watched in fear.
• Hyuga Kagami encouraged Gaara to face Shukaku and told him he could learn to subdue it too.
• Gaara asked whether Lord Kagami truly acknowledged his ability, then resolved to become strong and not disappoint him.

Hyuga Kagami used his golden flames to punish One-Tail Shukaku and secure Gaara time to grow stronger. Gaara asked him to spare Shukaku, and afterward Hyuga Kagami began considering other promising children to train, settling on Karin as a possibility.

• Hyuga Kagami intensified the golden flames burning One-Tail Shukaku and explained to Gaara that they could keep burning by consuming Shukaku's chakra.
• One-Tail Shukaku panicked and demanded that Hyuga Kagami stop the flames, but resisted the idea of yielding to Gaara.
• Gaara promised Shukaku that he would prove his strength someday and asked Hyuga Kagami to spare him.
• Hyuga Kagami extinguished the flames, returned from Gaara's inner world, and told Gaara to thank Lord Kagami.
• Hyuga Kagami considered training more promising children and thought of Karin, who had Uzumaki Clan blood.

Hyuga Kagami began building a loyal power base and traveled to Kusagakure to recruit Karin, an Uzumaki child with exceptional potential. After tracking unusual Uzumaki chakra to a dilapidated house, he encountered a bandaged Grass Ninja complaining that Karin’s healing had weakened.

• Hyuga Kagami decided to cultivate loyal subordinates, drawing lessons from Orochimaru’s methods and Madara’s failures.
• Hyuga Kagami settled Gaara in the Aerial Fortress and assigned the Third Kazekage Human Puppet to oversee him.
• Hyuga Kagami flew to Kusagakure to find Karin and bring her under his guidance, hoping she would become Gaara’s companion.
• Hyuga Kagami surveyed Kusagakure and followed two nearby sources of Uzumaki chakra to a dilapidated house.
• A bandaged Grass Ninja left the house, cursed Karin, and complained that biting her no longer healed his injuries as well.

Hyuga Kagami discovered that Kusagakure was exploiting Karin’s mother for her healing ability, draining her life force while Karin lived in neglect. He offered to take Karin and her dying mother away, and Karin’s mother entrusted her daughter to him before she died.

• Hyuga Kagami entered the house and found Karin feeding her gravely weakened mother, whose body bore numerous bite marks.
• Hyuga Kagami used his Byakugan to determine that Karin’s mother’s life force had been depleted by excessive healing.
• When an injured Grass Ninja entered and challenged him, Hyuga Kagami killed him with Rotation.
• Hyuga Kagami offered to take Karin away, and Karin asked him to bring her mother too.
• Karin’s mother agreed to entrust Karin to Hyuga Kagami, then died as Karin silently cried.

Hyuga Kagami buried Karin’s mother with Karin, brought the grieving girl to the Aerial Fortress, and planned training for her and Gaara. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage prepared a secret meeting to coordinate a raid on Akatsuki, unaware that Hyuga Kagami’s true body was following him.

• Hyuga Kagami comforted Karin as she mourned at her mother’s grave, then took her to the Aerial Fortress.
• Karin met Gaara, and Hyuga Kagami planned taijutsu training for Gaara while allowing Karin time to recover before training her in taijutsu, sealing, and clone techniques.
• Kakashi and Guy reported that the Fourth Raikage had agreed to join the raid on Akatsuki, and the Third Hokage assigned Team 11 to guard him at the secret meeting.
• The Third Hokage left Konoha with Anbu Team 11 and Jiraiya to meet the Kazekage and Raikage, while Hyuga Kagami’s true body followed him.

The Third Hokage, the Kazekage, and the Raikage agreed to personally lead a joint surprise attack against Akatsuki, while Hyuga Kagami assessed the assembled forces and considered taking the Rinnegan. The chapter left him planning how to use his own forces to influence the coming battle.

• The Third Hokage shared Hyuga Kagami’s intelligence on Akatsuki with the Kazekage and Raikage, who recognized the threat and blamed Konoha for allowing it to grow.
• The Third Hokage, the Kazekage, and the Raikage each committed to joining the attack, with the Raikage bringing Killer B and Yugito Nii.
• Jiraiya asked Hyuga Kagami whether Akatsuki’s leader had the Rinnegan, then suspected the leader might be Nagato, his former student.
• Hyuga Kagami confirmed Orochimaru’s presence on the intelligence report, having deliberately left Orochimaru and Shennong listed to encourage a stronger response.
• Hyuga Kagami assessed the Kage-level fighters and other shinobi gathered for the operation, then considered seizing the Rinnegan amid the chaos.
• Hyuga Kagami weighed his available Mangekyō Sharingan users, clones, and Third Kazekage Human Puppet, concluding that his forces could sway the battle.

Hyuga Kagami failed to persuade the Kage to launch a surprise attack on Amegakure without reconnaissance, so he joined a team that infiltrated the village. After the team split up, a signal flare exposed their mission, and Konan intercepted Hyuga Kagami as he tried to escape.

• The Third Hokage, the Raikage, and the Kazekage rejected Hyuga Kagami's proposal to attack Amegakure directly and formed a reconnaissance team led by Chiyo, with Jiraiya, Hyuga Kagami, and Yugito Nii.
• Jiraiya brought the team into Amegakure through its waterways, where Hyuga Kagami detected chakra in the rain and warned that it might be a reconnaissance technique.
• Chiyo ordered the team to split up, and Hyuga Kagami used his Byakugan to locate a likely tower where Pain was hiding and sketch the village layout.
• A signal flare went up, so Hyuga Kagami abandoned his notes and rushed toward it to help the team withdraw.
• Konan blocked Hyuga Kagami's path and pursued him with sheets of paper; after he cut through them, the paper began igniting as Explosive Tags.

Hyuga Kagami and Chiyo escaped Amegakure after the reconnaissance mission failed and Yugito Nii was captured, while Jiraiya remained missing. As the major villages prepared to assault Akatsuki, Hyuga Kagami told Shisui to ready Itachi and the God Organization for support, saying he would face Akatsuki's leader himself.

• Hyuga Kagami survived Konan's explosive-tag attack, and Shinichi intervened to cover his retreat while Konan flew to the battle involving Yugito Nii.
• Hyuga Kagami and Chiyo met at the rendezvous point, learned Yugito Nii had been exposed and Jiraiya was missing, then escaped Amegakure through its underground waterways.
• Pain, Konan, and Obito concluded that the major villages knew Akatsuki's intelligence, and Pain vowed to make them feel pain.
• The Raikage, Hokage, and Kazekage agreed to launch an assault on Amegakure after learning Yugito Nii had been captured and Jiraiya had disappeared.
• Hyuga Kagami told Shisui to prepare Itachi and the Third Kazekage Human Puppet to support the coming battle, and said he would defeat Akatsuki's leader himself.

As the Three Kage launched their raid on Amegakure, Hyuga Kagami led Team 11 into the village to find Jiraiya while waiting for Shinichi’s message. Explosions erupted before the planned assault, and the chapter ended with the raiding force apparently intercepted outside Amegakure.

• Itachi met the Third Kazekage Human Puppet, who took him toward the mission while more than ten Konoha Anbu left the village.
• Suikazan Fuguki led Kisame Hoshigaki, Momochi Zabuza, and Utakata toward Amegakure under Yagura’s order, as they privately questioned the Fourth Mizukage’s recent behavior.
• The Raikage, Third Hokage, and Kazekage sent their forces toward Amegakure and split the raid into three directions, despite Hyuga Kagami’s objections.
• The Third Hokage ordered Team 11 to infiltrate Amegakure and find Jiraiya, and Hyuga Kagami guided Kakashi, Guy, and Shisui through the waterways.
• Hyuga Kagami waited with Shisui for Shinichi’s message and warned him about the danger posed by the Akatsuki member who might resist Kotoamatsukami.
• Explosions broke out before the planned raid, and Shisui sensed that the allied forces had been intercepted outside Amegakure.

Kumogakure launched its surprise attack on Amegakure early, while Hiruko fought the Fourth Raikage and Obito ambushed the Konoha force. Sunagakure was delayed by Kirigakure and then confronted by Sasori and Kakuzu.

• Hiruko killed a Kumogakure Anbu scout, and the Fourth Raikage ordered Killer B to begin the assault while he stayed to fight Hiruko.
• The Fourth Raikage struck Hiruko with Heavyweight, but Hiruko survived, poisoned him, and recovered as they clashed again.
• Obito abducted the Konoha Anbu carrying the signal flare, prompting the Third Hokage to summon Enma and confront him.
• Suikazan Fuguki and Utakata held off the Fourth Kazekage while Zabuza and Kisame pursued the advancing Sunagakure force; Pakura went to intercept them.
• Sasori and Kakuzu appeared before the Sunagakure force, and Sasori told Chiyo she should not have come.

Chiyo and Sasori began their puppet duel as Akatsuki intercepted the allied raid forces, while Hyuga Kagami waited in Amegakure for a chance to target Nagato. The chapter left Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Guy facing three of Pain’s bodies as Hyuga Kagami searched for Nagato’s real location.

• Chiyo confronted Sasori over his fall into evil, and Kakuzu blocked her kunai before leaving to fight the Sunagakure ninja.
• Hyuga Kagami and Shisui watched the battle from a tower, where Hyuga Kagami identified Killer B’s Kumogakure force entering Amegakure.
• Konan appeared overhead, and Hyuga Kagami spotted the Animal Path and recognized it as one of Nagato’s remotely controlled puppets.
• The Animal Path summoned Split Dog, turning the battle against Kumogakure, while Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Guy moved into position.
• Jiraiya attacked the Animal Path, but an explosion threw him from the tower, where the Animal, Preta, and Asura Paths appeared together.

Jiraiya, Kakashi, Guy, and Killer B fought Pain’s forces in Amegakure, but Deva Path Pain unleashed Planetary Devastation and trapped the main fighters beneath a mass of rubble and steel. Watching from hiding, Shisui decided to intervene, and Hyuga Kagami no longer held him back.

• Animal Path recognized Jiraiya as his former sensei and summoned three enormous beasts to attack him and his allies.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamaken, who fought the giant bird and centipede while Jiraiya called on Fukasaku and Shima.
• Preta Path absorbed Kakashi’s Chidori, then Guy opened six of the Eight Inner Gates as missiles pursued them.
• Killer B reached Jiraiya and asked about Yugito Nii, but Deva Path Pain appeared and used Planetary Devastation to seal Jiraiya, Killer B, the sages, and Gamaken inside rubble.
• Shisui resolved to rescue the trapped fighters, and Hyuga Kagami stopped restraining him.

Hyuga Kagami watched Nagato’s overwhelming Planetary Devastation trap Jiraiya, Killer B, and their allies, while Shisui struggled to free them. As the Six Paths of Pain overwhelmed the gathered Konoha shinobi, they suddenly collapsed, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Hyuga Kagami realized Nagato’s power had exceeded their estimates and tried to identify where he was hiding.
• Shisui used Susanoo to cut open Planetary Devastation, freeing Jiraiya and the two Toad Sages before Killer B pushed them beyond its range.
• Jiraiya began gathering natural energy with Fukasaku and Shima while trying to persuade Pain and Konan to abandon their plan.
• The Six Paths of Pain attacked Jiraiya, Shisui, Kakashi, and Guy, defeating the reinforcements and leaving everyone close to death.
• All six Paths of Pain suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed.

Hyuga Kagami ambushed Nagato with the Four Symbols Seal to sever his control over the Six Paths of Pain, then fought him with Tenseigan Chakra Mode and Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. The battle escalated when Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, leaving the forces gathered in Amegakure watching in shock while the conflict continued.

• Hyuga Kagami sealed Nagato's wooden cart with the Four Symbols Seal and countered Nagato's Shinra Tensei with Rotation.
• The Six Paths of Pain and their summoned beasts collapsed, allowing Jiraiya, Shisui, Kakashi, Guy, and the Kumogakure survivors to regroup.
• Konan realized Nagato's true body was in danger and flew to support him, while Uchiha Shinichi recognized Yama as Hyuga Kagami.
• Hyuga Kagami's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion clashed with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, devastating Amegakure's steel towers.
• Raikage and Hiruko watched the battle from outside Amegakure as Obito and the Third Hokage surveyed the casualties from their own fight.

Obito and the Third Hokage faced off outside Amegakure while Orochimaru and Kabuto watched the battle inside, where Hyuga Kagami struggled against Nagato and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Hyuga Kagami resisted Nagato’s Phantom Dragon Nine Consort Seal and released the seal on his gourd artifact, preparing to draw on the Ryumyaku.

• Obito used Wood Release against the Third Hokage, and Zetsu told him the God Organization’s leader had attacked Amegakure.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto watched the battle and concluded that Pain was fighting an opponent they could not identify.
• Hyuga Kagami’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion failed to defeat the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and he was blown away by the clash of their attacks.
• Hyuga Kagami tried to pull Nagato toward him with Rotation, then attacked as Nagato was caught in the statue’s grasp.
• Nagato’s Phantom Dragon Nine Consort Seal struck Hyuga Kagami’s spirit, but Hyuga Kagami recovered and resisted it with Tenseigan chakra.
• Nagato poured more chakra into the phantom dragon, and Hyuga Kagami released the seal on his gourd artifact to draw on the Ryumyaku.

Hyuga Kagami and Nagato clashed with their sealing techniques and ocular power while each searched for an advantage, and Hyuga Kagami realized Nagato had been sustaining the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with his own chakra. The Six Paths of Pain joined the fight, but Hyuga Kagami destroyed four of them with his Truth-Seeking Orb, and Nagato’s attempt to revive them failed.

• Hyuga Kagami released the gourd artifact’s seal, replenished his chakra, and used the Four Symbols Seal to bind Nagato’s Phantom Dragon Nine Consort Seal.
• Nagato intensified the attack with his Rinnegan, creating nine dragon-shaped phantoms, while Hyuga Kagami powered up his Tenseigan and sealed them into a stalemate.
• Hyuga Kagami realized Nagato had been using his body and chakra to restore the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, leaving it stocked with chakra he could draw on in an emergency.
• The Six Paths of Pain revived and attacked Hyuga Kagami while he remained restrained, but his Truth-Seeking Orb destroyed the Animal, Asura, Human, and Preta Paths.
• Nagato used the Deva Path to feed the destroyed Paths into the King of Hell, but none of them emerged to be revived.

Hyuga Kagami and Nagato were trapped together when Jiraiya used a Sage Mode sound genjutsu to exploit their stalemate. Shisui overwrote Jiraiya’s genjutsu to free Hyuga Kagami, while Nagato remained trapped and vulnerable.

• Nagato discovered that the Truth-Seeking Orbs had permanently destroyed four Paths of Pain, while Jiraiya and the others arrived and watched the leaders’ battle.
• Hyuga Kagami realized he needed to escape as Ryumyaku chakra’s natural energy increasingly threatened to turn his body to stone.
• Jiraiya trapped Hyuga Kagami and Nagato in a sound-based genjutsu, leaving their bodies defenseless as Konan, Shisui, and Shinichi moved to intervene.
• Konan rescued Nagato and the Deva Path Pain while attacking Jiraiya, and Shisui and Shinichi tried to dispel the genjutsu on Hyuga Kagami.
• Shisui used his Mangekyō Sharingan to overwrite Jiraiya’s genjutsu, while Hyuga Kagami also began escaping with help from the Ryumyaku; Nagato remained trapped.

Hyuga Kagami used the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to strike Nagato, but his petrifying body made him miss a vital point and left him unable to attack again. As Konan prepared to make a final stand, Zetsu helped Nagato rise, and a blood-covered Masked Man emerged from a twisting vortex.

• Konan used a Paper Clone to distract Jiraiya while rescuing Nagato, but she could not dispel Jiraiya’s genjutsu.
• Hyuga Kagami entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode and formed an unstable Truth-Seeking Orb while his body petrified from excess Ryumyaku chakra.
• Hyuga Kagami transformed the orb into a golden sword and struck Nagato, severing his lower body but failing to kill him.
• Nagato regained consciousness, and Konan stopped his bleeding and prepared to die fighting Hyuga Kagami.
• Zetsu emerged and had a White Zetsu clone support Nagato as a blood-covered Masked Man stepped out of a vortex.

Hyuga Kagami held Akatsuki at bay while Jiraiya and the Allied Forces rescued Killer B from Nagato’s Planetary Devastation. With the rescue complete and the Allied Kage assembled, Akatsuki withdrew from Amegakure, leaving the surprise attack a failure.

• Hyuga Kagami kept Nagato and Obito focused on him as Jiraiya and Kakashi sought a way to free Killer B and Gamaken.
• The Fourth Raikage and Hiruko arrived, and Nagato stopped Hiruko from attacking Hyuga Kagami.
• The Third Hokage arrived and sent Jiraiya skyward with the Adamantine Staff to attack the Planetary Devastation sphere.
• Jiraiya and the toad sages shattered the sphere, and Jiraiya caught the unconscious Killer B before landing safely with him.
• Obito and Nagato ordered Akatsuki to withdraw, while the Third Hokage dissuaded the Raikage from pursuing them.