Chapter Summaries

After Akatsuki withdrew, Hyuga Kagami stalled the Allied Shinobi Forces with an offer to help defeat Akatsuki before leaving with Itachi and the Third Kazekage Human Puppet. As the survivors searched the battlefield, Hyuga Kagami discovered that Sunagakure’s force had also been ambushed, with the Fourth Kazekage and a wounded Kirigakure shinobi among the casualties.

• Hyuga Kagami proposed that the God Organization take a commission to help the Allied Shinobi Forces fight Akatsuki, then flew away with Itachi and the Third Kazekage Human Puppet.
• The Third Hokage ordered Konoha shinobi to search for survivors, while the Fourth Raikage sent Kumogakure shinobi to find Yugito Nii.
• The Third Hokage told Jiraiya that an Akatsuki member with a spiral mask used Wood Release, and they agreed to inform Tsunade.
• Kakashi summoned ninja hounds to search the ruins for Hyuga Kagami, while Shisui pointed them toward the tower wreckage.
• Hyuga Kagami sent Itachi to impersonate him and meet Shisui in Amegakure, then redirected the Third Kazekage Human Puppet toward Sunagakure’s route.
• Hyuga Kagami found the Fourth Kazekage gravely wounded, a bloodied Kirigakure shinobi beside Samehada, and another injured Kirigakure shinobi limping away.

Hyuga Kagami assessed the failed attack on Amegakure, where Akatsuki and Kirigakure forces had inflicted heavy losses on the allied villages, then returned to the Aerial Fortress to recover. As he reviewed the operation’s costs, Nagato’s willingness to accept White Zetsu’s aid made him wonder what would happen if Nagato absorbed the First Hokage’s cells.

• Hyuga Kagami recognized the fleeing Utakata as Kirigakure’s Six-Tails Jinchuriki, abandoned the idea of pursuing him or taking Samehada, and ordered the Third Kazekage Human Puppet away.
• Zabuza killed the unconscious Suikazan Fuguki, claimed Samehada, and left the battlefield while plotting to overthrow the Fourth Mizukage.
• Jiraiya found the poisoned, unconscious Chiyo, while Pakura found the wounded Fourth Kazekage; the survivors regrouped and entered Amegakure.
• The Third Hokage urged the Fourth Raikage and Fourth Kazekage to withdraw, promised compensation for the losses, and told Jiraiya to find Tsunade to treat Chiyo.
• Hyuga Kagami returned to the Aerial Fortress, examined his severe but contained petrification, and concluded that recovery would take about a month.
• Hyuga Kagami reviewed the operation’s losses, including exposed Tenseigan combat information and Shisui’s depleted eyesight, then worried about Nagato accepting White Zetsu’s help and possibly absorbing First Hokage cells.

Hyuga Kagami considered whether Nagato could safely transplant the First Hokage Cells and realized Shisui might also be a candidate. Meanwhile, Itachi infiltrated the withdrawing Allied forces while disguised as Hyuga Kagami, and the failed attack on Akatsuki triggered a political reckoning in Konoha that ended with the Third Hokage questioning Danzo about his transplant experiments.

• Hyuga Kagami concluded that Nagato’s Uzumaki Sage Body and Rinnegan would let him suppress the First Hokage Cells, and considered offering Shisui the risky transplant if his eyesight had deteriorated.
• Itachi disguised himself as Hyuga Kagami, joined Team 11 beneath Shisui’s cover, and denied seeing Obito when the Third Hokage asked him about the masked Akatsuki member.
• The Allied forces withdrew from the Land of Rain, and Jiraiya set out with the poisoned Elder Chiyo and several Sunagakure ninja to search for Tsunade.
• Konoha’s elder advisors confronted the Third Hokage over his secret failed attack on Akatsuki, while Danzo urged him to recall retired clan ninja and strengthen the village.
• The Third Hokage asked Danzo whether he had concealed anything about the First Hokage Cell transplant experiments.

The Third Hokage uncovered Danzo’s secret First Hokage Cell experiments and disbanded Root, while Danzo planned to preserve its core and pursue a successful transplant. Back in Konoha, Hyuga Kagami arranged medical leave with Itachi’s genjutsu and learned of the Hokage’s mobilization orders, then advised Itachi to refuse another Anbu invitation.

• The Third Hokage confronted Danzo about a Wood Release user, and Danzo admitted that Orochimaru had secretly experimented with First Hokage Cells and taken away a successful test subject.
• The Third Hokage received Yamato’s files, disbanded Root, and placed its members under Anbu’s command; Danzo ordered his researchers to complete their transplant work within a week.
• After two days of recovery in the Aerial Fortress, Hyuga Kagami returned to Konoha and used Itachi’s genjutsu to register his injuries and obtain three weeks of leave.
• Itachi told Hyuga Kagami that the Hokage had ordered an intelligence debriefing, called retired shinobi back into service, and invited Itachi to rejoin Anbu.
• Hyuga Kagami advised Itachi to decline the Anbu invitation, assuring him that the village could not afford to lose the Uchiha Clan’s support.

After returning injured from the failed attack on Akatsuki, Hyuga Kagami reassured Itachi and Rin while considering how to strengthen Rin before she could safely undergo genetic reorganization. Shisui visited and, after revealing his worsening vision, heard that Hyuga Kagami might have a way to restore his ocular power.

• Hyuga Kagami advised Itachi that the Third Hokage was unlikely to move against the Uchiha Clan and told him to refuse the offer to join Anbu.
• Rin helped Hyuga Kagami inside and worried over his injuries, prompting him to consider ways to improve her ability to defend herself.
• Hyuga Kagami reasoned that the limited chakra reserves of the world could make Tenseigan increasingly difficult to obtain, and decided Rin needed Tsunade's guidance.
• Hyuga Kagami persuaded Rin to learn medical ninjutsu and said he would find her the best teacher.
• Shisui apologized for the failed surprise attack and admitted that his vision had worsened to the point of double vision after using Susanoo.
• Hyuga Kagami warned Shisui to stop using the Sharingan and said he might have a way to restore his ocular power.

Hyuga Kagami explained the risks and prospects of transplanting First Hokage Cells, and Shisui agreed to undergo the procedure to preserve his combat strength. After discussing Konoha’s anti-Akatsuki tactics and its effort to train Kakashi in the Flying Thunder God Formation Technique, Hyuga Kagami prepared a hidden Fire Clone for protection and brought out White Zetsu tissue for experiments.

• Hyuga Kagami told Shisui that his Uchiha bloodline and strong ocular power could improve the chances of surviving a First Hokage Cell transplant, and Shisui firmly agreed to try it.
• Hyuga Kagami told Shisui to conserve his Sharingan while he conducted pre-transplant experiments, and Shisui explained that he had spent the day simulating Hiruko for Konoha’s special tactical drills.
• Shisui described Konoha’s countermeasures against Hiruko and Obito, while Hyuga Kagami noted that Akatsuki was likely devising tactics against him and hoped Shinichi would provide intelligence.
• Shisui told Hyuga Kagami that Kakashi was among the shinobi chosen to train in the Flying Thunder God Formation Technique, and Hyuga Kagami considered Kakashi’s chances of mastering it.
• After Shisui left, Hyuga Kagami released his Fire Clone Technique from a storage Scroll, hid it beneath his bed, and placed sealing formulas around it to conceal it from the Byakugan.
• Hyuga Kagami took experimental apparatus and a piece of tissue from a captured White Zetsu clone out of another storage Scroll.

Hyuga Kagami researched a White Zetsu clone’s cells while recovering, then learned Tsunade had returned to Konoha and began planning to make her Rin’s mentor. He also learned of Kusagakure’s split and its radicals’ ties to the Akatsuki, recognizing that their confidence rested on the dangerous Box of Bliss.

• Hyuga Kagami examined the White Zetsu clone’s highly active cells and began fusion tests with Shisui’s cells before considering a transplant.
• Kakashi and Guy visited Hyuga Kagami, told him the village would reward Anbu members for the raid, and revealed that Tsunade had returned to Konoha.
• Hyuga Kagami planned to earn the village’s support for Rin’s apprenticeship by persuading the Hyuga Clan to cooperate with the village’s mobilization.
• Kakashi explained that Kusagakure’s conservative faction had sought Konoha’s aid against radicals who were trying to cooperate with the Akatsuki.
• Hyuga Kagami recalled that Kusagakure possessed the Box of Bliss, which could release the uncontrollable monster Satori if supplied with enough chakra.
• Hyuga Kagami told Rin he wanted Tsunade to take her as a disciple, and Rin agreed that she wanted to study under Tsunade but doubted she would be chosen.

After recovering from his injuries, Hyuga Kagami was promoted to captain of Anbu Team 7 and learned that his new team would investigate Kirigakure. He studied intelligence suggesting the village was nearing a coup, leaving him to wonder whether Zabuza or Mei Terumi would lead it.

• Hyuga Kagami returned to the Anbu and was promoted to captain of the newly formed Team 7, while Kakashi and Guy received new assignments and Shisui took over Team 11.
• Hyuga Kagami met his new teammates, Yuhi Kurenai, Gekko Hayate, and Uzuki Yugao, and warned them that Akatsuki could defeat any shinobi village in a direct confrontation.
• Hyuga Kagami encountered Ryūran of Kusagakure outside the Hokage Building and sensed her unusual, powerful chakra.
• The Third Hokage ordered Hyuga Kagami to study Kirigakure and lead Team 7 on an infiltration mission after one week of preparation.
• Hyuga Kagami learned from Konoha's intelligence that Kirigakure was unstable after Zabuza and Utakata disappeared, and he wondered whether Zabuza or Mei Terumi would attempt a coup.

Hyuga Kagami tested Team Seven and easily defeated Kurenai, Hayate, and Yugao, then told them to try again the next day. He met Shizune to find a way for Rin to study medical ninjutsu under Tsunade and suspected Tsunade’s debts could help persuade her.

• Hyuga Kagami decided to assess Team Seven before taking them on a difficult mission in Kirigakure.
• Kurenai, Hayate, and Yugao attacked Hyuga Kagami together, but he used a Shadow Clone and his speed to knock Yugao unconscious, seal Kurenai’s chakra, and kick Hayate away.
• Hyuga Kagami declared Team Seven’s assessment a failure and left the injured trio to prepare for another test the next day.
• Hyuga Kagami met Shizune and asked her to find out whether Tsunade would take Rin as a disciple.
• Shizune explained that Tsunade had no plans to teach, but agreed to ask; Hyuga Kagami offered to pay and suspected Tsunade’s debts might give him leverage.

Hyuga Kagami secured Hiashi’s support for Rin’s apprenticeship to Tsunade, then agreed to pay Tsunade seventy million with the condition that she fully train Rin. He also received a warning about the Main Branch’s schemes and continued testing his Anbu team, while the identity of the person targeting the Hyuga Clan remained unresolved.

• Hyuga Kagami visited Hiashi, who explained why the clan had stayed away during his recovery and offered thirty-five million for Rin’s apprenticeship gift.
• Hyuga Kagami found a note detailing the Main Branch’s covert investigation and plans to replace him in the Anbu, and suspected it came from the person behind the elder’s murder and the vault break-in.
• Hyuga Kagami defeated Kurenai, Hayate, and Yugao again, and Yugao and Hayate concluded they needed to treat him as a real enemy to improve their chances.
• Shizune told Hyuga Kagami that Tsunade was inclined to accept Rin as her apprentice and requested a fifty-million gift.
• Hyuga Kagami offered seventy million on the condition that Tsunade treat Rin as a true disciple, and Shizune assured him that Tsunade would train Rin fairly.

Hyuga Kagami tested Shisui’s chances of receiving First Hokage Cells, defeated Team 7’s coordinated ambush, and was ordered to investigate a coup in Kirigakure. As he prepared to leave, he considered making Zabuza his puppet and putting him on the Mizukage’s throne.

• Hyuga Kagami agreed to pay Tsunade seventy million for Rin’s apprenticeship and asked Shizune to keep the gift secret.
• Hyuga Kagami’s experiments suggested Shisui had over a forty percent chance of surviving a First Hokage Cell transplant.
• Hayate, Kurenai, and Yugao ambushed Hyuga Kagami at the training ground, but he defeated their teamwork and told Team 7 to begin missions after a day’s rest.
• An Anbu summoned Hyuga Kagami, and the Third Hokage ordered him to go to Kirigakure to investigate the coup and confirm the Fourth Hokage’s ties to the Akatsuki.
• Hyuga Kagami considered turning Zabuza into a puppet and placing him on the Mizukage’s throne.

Hyuga Kagami explained the Kirigakure mission to Itachi, then led Team Seven toward the Land of Water. After Kirigakure shinobi ambushed them in dense mist, Team Seven won but suffered heavy injuries, leaving Kagami to continue the mission alone.

• Hyuga Kagami chose the Fire Clone Technique for the mission and asked Itachi to assist him in Kirigakure.
• Itachi agreed to help and accepted a separate task from Hyuga Kagami before Team Seven left Konoha.
• Team Seven reached the former site of the Land of Whirlpools and planned to infiltrate the Land of Water by sea.
• Kirigakure shinobi attacked Team Seven under cover of thick mist, and the ensuing battle lasted about forty minutes.
• Team Seven defeated the twelve attackers, but Kurenai and Yugao were badly injured and Hayate was exhausted.
• Hyuga Kagami ordered Team Seven to return to the Land of Fire while he continued the mission alone.

Hyuga Kagami sent his injured Team Seven members back, then infiltrated Kirigakure alone while Itachi waited nearby for orders. As Zabuza prepared a coup against the Fourth Mizukage, Terumi Mei and Ao watched Kirigakure’s fractured defenses and wondered whether the Mizukage was even still himself.

• Hyuga Kagami refused to let Kurenai, Hayate, and Yugao continue the mission, and they retreated toward the Land of Fire.
• Hyuga Kagami ordered Itachi to infiltrate Kirigakure and wait at a safe house, with instructions to withdraw if he received no word within a week.
• Hyuga Kagami switched bodies aboard the Aerial Fortress and entered Kirigakure alone, where he saw signs of disorder and lax security around the Mizukage Building.
• Zabuza gathered more than sixty followers and announced that they would launch their coup that night.
• Ao told Terumi Mei that Zabuza had assembled sixty or seventy people and that the Mizukage Building’s defenses had not changed.
• Terumi Mei reviewed a report of strangers entering Kirigakure, while Ao and a Kirigakure Anbu noted that the village’s intelligence and Anbu forces had become badly fragmented.

A rebellion erupted in Kirigakure as Obito recruited Kisame, Ryu, and Lotus into Akatsuki and ordered them to deal with the rebels without killing Zabuza. Meanwhile, Hyuga Kagami infiltrated the underground palace to loot Kirigakure’s treasury, where Obito appeared behind him as he examined the Seven Ninja Swords of the Mist.

• Ninja launched coordinated attacks around the Mizukage Building, while Hyuga Kagami used his Fire Clone Technique to enter the building unseen.
• Obito revealed that he had controlled Karatachi Yagura with genjutsu and persuaded Kisame, Ryu, and Lotus to join Akatsuki.
• Obito told Kisame, Ryu, and Lotus to end the rebellion at the right moment and spare Zabuza.
• Hyuga Kagami found the underground palace entrance, defeated its guards with Susanoo, and shattered the treasury’s sealing barrier.
• Hyuga Kagami examined the Seven Ninja Swords of the Mist as Obito teleported into the treasury and reached toward him.

Hyuga Kagami was ambushed by Obito in the underground palace but used Susanoo to sever Obito’s left arm and reveal himself as Flame Demon of the God Organization. The two faced off again, with Hyuga Kagami realizing he had to force Obito to attack while remaining wary of others nearby.

• Hyuga Kagami examined the display of Kirigakure’s seven ninja swords and wondered where the missing swords were.
• Obito ambushed Hyuga Kagami with Kamui, but Hyuga Kagami stayed focused and activated Susanoo.
• Hyuga Kagami’s Susanoo struck Obito and severed his left arm, forcing him to cancel Kamui and retreat.
• Obito recognized Hyuga Kagami as Flame Demon and said he wanted his Mangekyō Sharingan and information about the God Organization.
• Obito charged at Hyuga Kagami, phased through him, and turned to face him again as Hyuga Kagami considered how to make Obito attack.

Hyuga Kagami and Obito fought in Kirigakure's hidden repository as each tried to exploit the other's weaknesses. Obito's Wood Golem broke through Susanoo, but Hyuga Kagami continued to resist with kunai as Obito advanced.

• Hyuga Kagami and Obito cautiously assessed each other's abilities and weaknesses in the repository.
• Hyuga Kagami attacked with Susanoo, while Obito pretended to dodge and threw swords to make him expend ocular power.
• Obito confronted Hyuga Kagami and used Wood Release to form a Wood Golem that wrestled with Susanoo.
• Obito's Wood Golem tore open Susanoo's chest, and Obito entered the golden giant.
• Hyuga Kagami stepped back and threw kunai at Obito in an apparently futile attempt to resist.

Hyuga Kagami turned Obito’s Kamui attack against him, empowering his Susanoo and striking Obito down with a golden greatsword. Suspecting Obito could survive through Izanagi, Hyuga Kagami set the storage vault ablaze and kept searching for him.

• Obito bound Hyuga Kagami with Wood Release and began pulling him into the Kamui space.
• Hyuga Kagami activated Heavenly Rock Door to weaken Wood Release’s suppression, then used Susanoo-no-Mikoto to empower his Susanoo.
• As Obito and Hyuga Kagami raced to complete their techniques, Heavenly Rock Door briefly slowed Kamui and Hyuga Kagami’s golden greatsword struck Obito.
• Hyuga Kagami burned the storage vault with Blaze Release, searching for any sign of Obito in case he had survived using Izanagi.

Hyuga Kagami waited in the burning armory for Obito to revive, then realized Izanagi could have a delayed activation and exhausted much of his chakra. Elsewhere, Obito’s death freed the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, from genjutsu, and he attacked Kisame, Ryu, and Lotus as they mistook him for Obito’s puppet.

• Hyuga Kagami turned the armory into a sea of golden flames and waited for Obito to revive nearby, but Obito did not appear.
• Hyuga Kagami realized a true Uchiha could delay Izanagi’s activation, leaving Obito’s revival time uncertain, and he dropped to one knee from chakra and eye-power strain.
• Karatachi Yagura broke free of Obito’s genjutsu when Obito died and hurried out of the secret chamber to stop the coup.
• Kisame, Ryu, and Lotus mistook Karatachi Yagura for Obito’s puppet, but Ryu realized he had broken free and warned them.
• Karatachi Yagura created a water mirror that sent copies of Kisame and Lotus charging at them.

Kisame, Ryu, and Lotus fought the Fourth Mizukage while Mei Terumi and the elders watched Zabuza’s coup unfold. The Fourth emerged from the Mizukage Building transformed into a Tailed Beast and roared across Kirigakure.

• The Fourth Mizukage used the Water Mirror Technique to attack Kisame and Lotus, and Kisame accused him of being a puppet himself.
• Ao reported that Zabuza’s rebels had the advantage, while Mei Terumi hesitated to intervene and learned that shinobi from several villages had infiltrated Kirigakure.
• Itachi watched the chaos from a residence and wondered when his seniors would contact him before a crow called outside.
• Zabuza led his shinobi into the Mizukage Building, offering the position of elder advisor to whoever killed the Fourth.
• An explosion blasted Kisame, Ryu, and Lotus from the building, and the Fourth Mizukage emerged cloaked in Tailed Beast chakra and roared.

The Fourth Mizukage fought Kisame, Ryu, Lotus, and Zabuza at the Mizukage Building, forcing them to retreat as Kirigakure's elder faction mobilized. Hyuga Kagami returned to Itachi with a collection of stolen blades, including Hiramekarei, and offered Itachi one.

• Ao confirmed that the Fourth Mizukage had transformed into the Three-Tails and was fighting Kisame, Ryu, and Kaguya Clan remnants, prompting Mei Terumi to lead the elder faction toward the Mizukage Building.
• Lotus held off the Fourth Mizukage while Kisame and Ryu struggled against him, and Zabuza joined the fight.
• Samehada pierced Zabuza's palm, abandoned him, and went to the Fourth Mizukage, who took up the sword and threatened his opponents.
• Ryu warned that Kirigakure ninja were approaching, so Kisame, Ryu, and Lotus fled, followed by Zabuza.
• Hyuga Kagami arrived at Itachi's hiding place after fighting Obito and presented him with a collection of blades, including Hiramekarei.