Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Kagami and Shisui helped the Miko prepare to seal Moryo in the dangerous interior of Mount Fengmo. When Moryo arrived and began tempting the Miko to join with it, Shisui revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and summoned Susanoo while Hyuga Kagami attacked from above.

• Hyuga Kagami and Shisui asked the Miko to keep their forbidden techniques secret, then helped her prepare for Moryo's arrival.
• The Miko set up concealed sealing formulas throughout Mount Fengmo as Hyuga Kagami warned Shisui that the unstable ground made the battlefield dangerous.
• Moryo entered the cave and tried to persuade the Miko to unite with it, but she refused and stalled for time.
• Hyuga Kagami and Shisui revealed themselves, and Shisui used Susanoo to restrain Moryo.
• Hyuga Kagami arrived above Moryo on Iron Sand with an unfamiliar iron-winged ninja and drove an iron spear into Moryo's mouth.

The Miko resumed activating the sealing formation while Hyuga Kagami and Shisui restrained Moryo in the collapsing cave. Moryo’s Dark Secret Technique failed against both of them, leaving it baffled as the sealing proceeded.

• The Miko began activating the sealing formation, and Moryo struggled as Shisui’s Susanoo fought it inside the shaking cave.
• Hyuga Kagami used the Third Kazekage Human Puppet’s Magnet Release, Satetsu Kaiho, to pin Moryo down with iron spears.
• Moryo cast Shinma Xianshian on Shisui and ordered him to attack Hyuga Kagami, but Shisui resisted and struck Moryo with Susanoo.
• Moryo cast Shinma Xianshian on Hyuga Kagami, but the technique had no effect, and Hyuga Kagami asked the Miko how long the sealing would take.
• The Miko resumed the sealing formation while Moryo roared in disbelief that both Shisui and Hyuga Kagami had resisted its Forbidden Technique.

Hyuga Kagami, Shisui, and the Miko sealed Moryo’s body in the cave on Mount Fengmo, but Moryo’s soul escaped its shell and fled toward the entrance.

• Pakura and the Iwagakure captain fought Terracotta Puppets outside the cave as Kakashi and Guy worried about the battle within.
• Hyuga Kagami took over from the exhausted Shisui and used the Third Kazekage Human Puppet to pin Moryo down.
• The Miko activated the sealing array, and Hyuga Kagami exhausted his chakra to restrain Moryo through its final struggle.
• The Miko sealed Moryo’s weakened body inside a cocoon covered in Sealing Jutsu inscriptions.
• Moryo’s soul burst from a crack in the ground and fled toward the cave entrance.

Hyuga Kagami, Shisui, and the Miko stopped Moryo’s soul from escaping and sealed it in a wooden box. After the battle, they exchanged secrets and agreed to keep the Third Kazekage Human Puppet’s origin quiet, while Hyuga Kagami considered asking the Miko to teach him sealing techniques.

• Hyuga Kagami used Rotation to pull Moryo’s soul away from the tunnel entrance, allowing the Miko to seal it in a wooden box.
• The exhausted Miko thanked Hyuga Kagami and Shisui, and Hyuga Kagami said he had fulfilled his promise.
• Shisui asked about Hyuga Kagami’s puppet, and Hyuga Kagami revealed that it was the Third Kazekage Human Puppet and explained how he had obtained it.
• Hyuga Kagami warned Shisui and the Miko not to reveal the puppet’s origin, and both promised to keep the secret.
• Shisui revealed that his Mangekyō Sharingan technique was Susanoo, and the three grew closer after sharing secrets.
• The Miko planned to secure Moryo’s soul in a new sealing formation, while Hyuga Kagami considered asking her to teach him sealing techniques.

After Moryo was sealed, Hyuga Kagami recovered in the Land of Demons and reflected on the dangers of exhausting his chakra. Unable to learn the Miko Lineage's Sealing Jutsu, he asked the Miko to teach him the Uzumaki sealing formulas from his Artificial Tailed Beast materials.

• Hyuga Kagami and Shisui emerged from the cave, where Guy and Kakashi had been waiting, while the Sunagakure and Iwagakure ninja watched them with wary interest.
• The Miko thanked the ninja for their help, and they escorted her back to the Land of Demons before the Sunagakure and Iwagakure teams departed.
• Hyuga Kagami stayed in the Miko's palace to recover and realized that his Tenseigan's compatibility with him had helped protect him from the consequences of exhausting his chakra.
• The Miko told Hyuga Kagami that outsiders could not learn the Miko Lineage's Sealing Jutsu, so he gave her the sealing formulas from the Artificial Tailed Beast materials instead.
• The Miko studied the Uzumaki Clan's formulas, mastered them, and began guiding Hyuga Kagami in Sealing Jutsu.

Hyuga Kagami learned the Sealing Jutsu formulas and planned to combine Uzumaki and Miko sealing methods to make an artificial Tailed Beast safer. As Team 11 traveled home through the Land of Bears, explosions engulfed them in a sudden ambush.

• Hyuga Kagami mastered the Sealing Jutsu formulas, and the Miko explained that her seals specialized in stable external suppression while the Uzumaki Clan’s focused on internal sealing.
• Hyuga Kagami devised a double-layered seal that would contain an artificial Tailed Beast inside a ritual vessel.
• Kakashi and Team 11 returned from their search with only some outer-circle Yomi Cultists eliminated, while the injured cult leader remained missing.
• The Miko gave Hyuga Kagami nearly a ton of Purple Mud Glue, and the four members of Team 11 left the Land of Demons for home.
• As Team 11 crossed a forest in the Land of Bears, Hyuga Kagami sensed a trap, and explosions suddenly swallowed the group.

Team 11 was ambushed by Iwagakure shinobi, and Iwamata separated Hyuga Kagami from his teammates to fight him. After Iwamata injured Hyuga Kagami with a trap involving muddy water, Hyuga Kagami used an unexplained force to pull him out of the ground.

• Kakashi shielded Team 11 from an explosive-flame attack with Water Release, but earth spikes and further blasts scattered the team through the forest.
• Hyuga Kagami encountered Iwamata, captain of the Iwagakure Decapitation Unit, who revealed that his ninja beast Biru had tracked their scent.
• Iwamata said he regretted failing to kill Hyuga Kagami before and attacked him to prevent Konoha from producing another Yellow Flash.
• Iwamata used Earth Release and a Great Waterfall Technique to turn the ground to mud, then struck Hyuga Kagami with mud pellets and dragged him from a tree with muddy whips.
• Hyuga Kagami fell hard and coughed blood, but as Iwamata tried to retreat underground, an enormous force of attraction yanked him out.

Hyuga Kagami fought Iwamata while badly injured, using the Third Kazekage Human Puppet’s Magnet Release to attack and defend. Iwamata unleashed a forbidden technique to break the chakra seals, and the chapter ended with both fighters wounded by their simultaneous attacks.

• Hyuga Kagami struck Iwamata with Gentle Fist, but both men remained able to fight.
• Hyuga Kagami summoned the Third Kazekage Human Puppet and attacked Iwamata with Iron Sand Drizzle.
• Iwamata activated his Blood Explosion Technique, broke the chakra pathway seals, and unleashed three Earth Release techniques.
• Hyuga Kagami protected himself and the puppet with Iron Sand Defense, then chose to end the battle quickly with Satetsu Kaiho.
• Iwamata was pierced by branching iron spears, while an earthen spear slipped through Hyuga Kagami’s defenses and pierced his right leg.

Hyuga Kagami defeated Iwamata but suffered severe injuries when Iwamata detonated explosives hidden beneath his skin. After surviving the blast, Hyuga Kagami faced the remaining Iwagakure and rogue ninja forces, newly resolved to fight without fear.

• Iwamata feigned a retreat, then grabbed Hyuga Kagami and triggered the Explosive Tags implanted beneath his skin.
• Shisui and Kakashi finished their fights against nine enemies each, then hurried toward the explosion, while Guy followed the enemy force that abandoned him.
• Hyuga Kagami used Rotation to push Iwamata away from the blast, survived with serious injuries, and recovered Iwamata's shattered forehead protector.
• Hyuga Kagami finished bandaging his wounds as the Iwagakure Decapitation Unit member and eight rogue ninjas arrived and demanded to know where Iwamata was.
• Hyuga Kagami told them Iwamata had lost because he had faced him, then charged at the group.

Team Eleven recovered in the Land of Birds after defeating Iwamata and his forces, then returned to Konoha and reported their mission to the Third Hokage. He sealed the report and ordered the team to keep both Moryo and the ambush secret.

• Kakashi recounted the strength of the Iwagakure Decapitation Unit and explained that the Fourth Hokage had destroyed two of its units, leaving three remaining.
• Hyuga Kagami concealed his suspicions about why Iwamata had targeted him and worried that revealing the fight could expose his Tenseigan.
• Shisui and Guy took turns keeping watch while Team Eleven recovered, then the team traveled safely back to Konoha.
• Team Eleven reported the demon Moryo and the ambush in the Land of Bears to the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage classified the mission report in the secret Archive and imposed a gag order on Team Eleven.

After returning from the Land of Demons, Hyuga Kagami considered the chakra source for his artificial Tailed Beast and decided to investigate the Ryumyaku at Rōran. He went to the Forest of Death to gather poisons and discovered a wild boar taking the venomous snake he had just killed.

• Team 11 returned to Konoha, and the Third Hokage gave them half a month of leave after their S-rank mission.
• Hyuga Kagami concluded that the Third Hokage had not tested him and reviewed the gains he had made in the Land of Demons.
• Hyuga Kagami rejected Moryo as a chakra source and settled on the Ryumyaku at Rōran, whose chakra seemed stable and lacked strong self-awareness.
• Hyuga Kagami decided to visit Rōran to identify and break the Fourth Hokage's seal, and considered bringing the Queen of Roran.
• Hyuga Kagami entered the Forest of Death to collect venom and poison glands, then killed a cobra beside a pond and took its venom sac.
• A mottled little wild boar returned to grab the cobra's corpse, and Hyuga Kagami shouted that it was poisonous.

Hyuga Kagami researched toxins and agreed to support a Hyuga clan member in a Jonin promotion vote. The next morning, Uchiha Shinichi confronted him and demanded a spar.

• Hyuga Kagami gathered poisons and tested combinations on white mice, discovering that moth toxin and scorpion venom could nearly paralyze them.
• Rin brought Hyuga Kagami food and learned that he was researching toxins.
• Hizashi Hyuga asked Hyuga Kagami to support an experienced Special Jonin from the clan in the upcoming promotion vote, and Hyuga Kagami agreed.
• Uchiha Shinichi confronted Hyuga Kagami over his defeat of Shisui and insisted they spar, despite Hyuga Kagami's refusal.

Hyuga Kagami defeated Uchiha Shinichi’s challenge and then gathered poison in the Forest of Death, where he discovered that the Little Wild Boar had survived and gained chakra. The chapter ended with the boar swallowing a venom sac whole, piquing Hyuga Kagami’s interest.

• Hyuga Kagami used the Tenseigan to disrupt Uchiha Shinichi’s chakra and knocked him unconscious after Shinichi’s Genjutsu failed to stop him.
• Uchiha Shisui collected the defeated Shinichi and promised that the Uchiha clan’s next challenger would not come for several days.
• Hyuga Kagami went to the Forest of Death and gathered twice his previous amount of venom sacs and poison glands.
• Hyuga Kagami encountered the Little Wild Boar again and noticed it had survived and developed a faint trace of chakra.
• Hyuga Kagami tossed the Little Wild Boar a venom sac, and it leaped up and swallowed it whole.

Hyuga Kagami prepared compound poisons for testing and practiced techniques needed for his Artificial Tailed Beast plan. Meanwhile, Itachi considered the Uchiha’s defeat by Hyuga Kagami, as Yugito Nii led a Kumogakure squad deeper into the Land of Fire.

• Hyuga Kagami noticed that a wild boar had swallowed a venom sac and decided to use it as a subject for poison tests.
• Hyuga Kagami formulated five paralytic toxins and five lethal toxins, then planned to test them on the boar the next day.
• Itachi heard Uchiha clan members discuss Shinichi’s defeat by Hyuga Kagami and told Uchiha Fugaku that the loss might be good for the clan.
• Hyuga Kagami practiced the formulas and techniques required for creating an Artificial Tailed Beast shell.
• Yugito Nii and a Kumogakure squad advanced into the Land of Fire after killing a Konoha ninja, intending to meet Killer B within two days.

Hyuga Kagami tested several toxins on a poison-resistant little boar, then prepared to spar with Uchiha Hiiragi in taijutsu. The chapter ended as Hiiragi charged with his sword and Kagami met him with the Eight Trigrams Palms.

• Hyuga Kagami fed the little boar meat strips dosed with five paralytic toxins, but it showed no effects and eagerly ate them all.
• Hyuga Kagami gave the boar a strip containing a compound lethal toxin, then returned home and discarded his toxin formulas.
• Hyuga Kagami spent the following days reformulating toxins while the little boar grew fat from the tests.
• Uchiha Hiiragi confronted Hyuga Kagami at his door, and Kagami accepted his challenge to compete in taijutsu.
• Uchiha Hiiragi drew his short sword and charged, while Hyuga Kagami activated the Eight Trigrams Palms and met him head-on.

Hyuga Kagami defeated Uchiha Hiiragi in a taijutsu match by exploiting his impatience and taking his short blade. Afterward, he warned Shisui that a stronger Uchiha challenger could be difficult to handle.

• Hyuga Kagami used the woods to draw out Uchiha Hiiragi’s attacks and wear him down.
• Hyuga Kagami and Uchiha Hiiragi fought across a lake as Hiiragi’s swordsmanship grew more reckless.
• Hyuga Kagami feinted a punch, struck Hiiragi’s sword hand, and seized his short blade.
• Hyuga Kagami returned the blade and declared Hiiragi defeated.
• Shisui met Hyuga Kagami afterward and said the clan probably would not send another challenger soon.

Hyuga Kagami reflected on the Uchiha’s role in the village and speculated about how Itachi might find the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror, while keeping his focus on the Artificial Tailed Beast Plan. After a paralytic toxin experiment succeeded, he was urgently summoned by the Hokage and suspected Iwagakure was making trouble for Konoha.

• Rin asked Hyuga Kagami whether the rumors about the Uchiha challenging him were true, and he confirmed that he had defeated them.
• Hyuga Kagami considered why the Uchiha had become isolated in the village and concluded that their survival served his interests by diverting attention from him.
• Hyuga Kagami speculated that the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror were ancient spiritual weapons and decided that Itachi would be the best person to search for them later.
• Hyuga Kagami tested his eighth paralytic toxin on a wild boar, which became immobile for several minutes before recovering.
• A messenger urgently summoned Hyuga Kagami to the Hokage, and he wondered whether Iwagakure had come to provoke Konoha.

After Kumogakure attacked the Land of Fire, the Third Hokage ordered Konoha’s elite shinobi to form a vanguard and gave Team 11 special permission to apply to learn advanced ninjutsu. A masked man intercepted a messenger hawk carrying a message to Jiraiya, leaving him unaware of the emergency.

• Hyuga Kagami joined Team 11 at the Hokage Building, where nearly a hundred Chunin and Jonin had gathered for an emergency summons.
• The Third Hokage announced that Kumogakure had attacked the Land of Fire’s border and named Killer B, Aida, and Yugito Nii among the raiding force’s leaders.
• The Third Hokage appointed Shikaku Nara as temporary vanguard commander and Hizashi Hyuga as deputy, then ordered the assembled shinobi to prepare.
• The Third Hokage gave Hyuga Kagami, Guy, and Shisui special permission to apply to learn an A-rank or B-rank ninjutsu.
• A masked man shot down Konoha’s messenger hawk and took its Scroll, saying Jiraiya would not receive the message.

Hyuga Kagami chose to study the Four Symbols Seal in the Hokage Building’s Confidential Archive, while Shisui selected a B-rank Fire Release technique and Guy declined the opportunity. After leaving the archive, Hyuga Kagami asked Shisui to teach him the Shadow Clone Technique.

• Hyuga Kagami decided to use the Third Hokage’s offer to study advanced Sealing Jutsu rather than request the Shadow Clone Technique from the clan.
• Guy gave up his chance to learn advanced ninjutsu, while Shisui chose a B-rank Fire Release technique so Hyuga Kagami would not be the only one studying.
• Hyuga Kagami observed the Hokage Building’s security as he followed the Third Hokage and Shisui to the Confidential Archive.
• Hyuga Kagami selected the Four Symbols Seal, and the Third Hokage gave him and Shisui their chosen Scrolls with instructions to return or destroy them within the required time.
• Hyuga Kagami asked Shisui about learning the Shadow Clone Technique, and Shisui was surprised that he had not already mastered it.

Hyuga Kagami prepared for Team 11’s secret mission, received the Kusanagi Blade from Rin, and traveled with his teammates toward the Land of Hot Water. Kakashi revealed that their target was a Kumogakure supply warehouse in enemy territory, whose defenses were unknown.

• Shisui taught Hyuga Kagami the Shadow Clone Technique, which Kagami quickly mastered by observing Shisui’s chakra flow with the Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Kagami stocked up on weapons, explosive tags, poison, antidotes, and medical supplies before departing on the mission.
• Rin gave Hyuga Kagami the Kusanagi Blade on behalf of Hyuga Hiashi and warned him to be careful.
• Hyuga Kagami met Shisui, Guy, and a late-arriving Kakashi at the assembly point, then Team 11 set out without learning the mission details.
• After a week of avoiding Kumogakure troops, Kakashi showed Team 11 a map and identified a secret Kumogakure warehouse near the Land of Lightning and the Land of Moon as their target.
• Kakashi explained that the warehouse held ninja tools and food, but the Intelligence Division knew nothing about its guards, leaving Team 11 to prepare for the worst.