Chapter Summaries

After Danzo’s ritual was interrupted, his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan reverted from its near-Rinnegan state, but he unleashed a deadly blood mist that corroded the cavern. Orochimaru summoned the First and Second Hokage with Impure World Reincarnation, and their immense chakra revealed his backup plan as they faced Danzo.

• The chakra transfer stopped, forcing Danzo’s eyes to regress from their near-Rinnegan state to Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
• Orochimaru mocked Danzo, who flew into a rage and unleashed a corrosive blood mist from his Susanoo.
• Hyuga Kagami escaped the blood mist and demanded that Orochimaru deal with the danger he had helped create.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon the First and Second Hokage without restraints.
• The First and Second Hokage emerged with overwhelming chakra, and the Second recognized Danzo.

The First and Second Hokage recognized Danzo’s Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and learned from Orochimaru that Danzo had seized power and endangered over a thousand Konoha ninja. As they prepared to stop Danzo, the First Hokage noticed Hyuga Kagami’s eyes and the Second Hokage connected his clothing to Wind Chime’s organization, leaving Orochimaru worried that Kagami might reveal their role in the ritual.

• The First and Second Hokage identified Danzo’s eyes as Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and the Second Hokage demanded to know how he had obtained them.
• Danzo briefly recognized his former mentor, but Orochimaru urged the Hokage brothers to focus on the present and accused Danzo of ousting Sarutobi Hiruzen and harming Konoha ninja.
• The Second Hokage confronted Danzo, who insisted that Hiruzen was unfit to be Hokage and that he deserved the position.
• The First Hokage concluded that Danzo had lost his mind and joined the Second Hokage in deciding to stop him.
• The First Hokage noticed Hyuga Kagami’s Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, while the Second Hokage recognized his attire as belonging to the same organization as Wind Chime.
• Orochimaru feared that Hyuga Kagami might reveal that they were involved in the Bloodline Fusion Ritual, since he could no longer control the Hokage brothers.

Hyuga Kagami claimed he had tracked Danzo while investigating missing Uchiha, as Orochimaru’s plans for Danzo became clear. The First and Second Hokage attacked Danzo, but Danzo evaded the Second Hokage’s soul-extraction technique, and Orochimaru warned them of Danzo’s many abilities.

• Hyuga Kagami told the First and Second Hokage that Danzo had abducted Uchiha clan members and stolen their Sharingan.
• Hyuga Kagami realized Orochimaru planned to use the Hokage to subdue Danzo and seize his body, while intending to keep Danzo’s Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan for himself.
• Danzo declared that the ninja world would belong to him, and the Second Hokage vowed to stop him.
• The First Hokage bound Danzo’s Susanoo with Wood Release, but Danzo tore through the first wooden dragon before two more restrained him.
• The Second Hokage used Earth Release to enter Danzo’s Susanoo and attempted Soul Extraction, but Danzo vanished before he could touch him.
• Orochimaru warned the Hokage that Danzo possessed Wood Release, Sharingan, Swift Release, Dark Release, Boil Release, Crystal Release, and Storm Release.

Danzo ambushed the Second Hokage, triggered explosions, and sealed the lava cave entrance as the volcano began to collapse. The First Hokage stabilized the cave, and he and Tobirama prepared to fight seriously while the Fourth Raikage set a short deadline to move toward the Konoha gathering.

• The Second Hokage examined the Bloodline Fusion Ritual before Danzo struck him with a high-speed ambush.
• Danzo threatened the survivors, detonated his Explosive Tags, and sealed the cave exit with Crystal Release.
• The volcano began to crack, distracting the Konoha and Root ninja outside, while Kakashi remained unaware of what had happened inside.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered his forces to depart in ten minutes despite warnings that they were greatly outnumbered.
• The First Hokage used Wood Release to brace the collapsing cave, then told Tobirama he was getting serious.

The First Hokage, Hyuga Kagami, and Orochimaru joined forces against Danzo, whose new powers let him fight multiple opponents at once. As the battle threatened to destroy the lava cavern, Orochimaru attacked Danzo’s Susanoo with the Eight Branches Technique.

• The First Hokage trapped Danzo’s Susanoo with Wood Release, then struck it with a Wood Golem before Danzo used Crystal Release to restrain the Golem and fought back.
• Danzo’s Susanoo unleashed a soul-piercing roar that injured Hyuga Kagami and made Orochimaru vomit blood.
• Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru agreed to attack together, and Hyuga Kagami severed Danzo’s Susanoo’s right arm with his golden Susanoo.
• Danzo sent Wood Release trees after Hyuga Kagami, who countered by using Blaze Release with his Susanoo to burn them back.
• Orochimaru transformed into an eight-headed white serpent and attacked Danzo’s Susanoo through the corrosive blood mist.

Danzo was overwhelmed by the First Hokage, Hyuga Kagami, and Orochimaru, and the Second Hokage severed him at the waist. As Orochimaru released the Impure World Reincarnation and lunged for Danzo’s body, Hyuga Kagami warned him, but Orochimaru declared that he had won.

• The First Hokage, Hyuga Kagami, and Orochimaru drove Danzo’s Susanoo and Wood Release into retreat with the Wood Golem, Golden Flame, and Eight-Headed Serpent.
• The First Hokage and Orochimaru shattered Danzo’s dark-red Susanoo under their combined assault.
• The Second Hokage appeared behind Danzo and severed him at the waist with a compressed Water Release attack.
• Orochimaru lunged toward Danzo’s divided body while forming the seals to release the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hyuga Kagami warned Orochimaru not to act, but Orochimaru glanced back and said that he had won.

Orochimaru tried to claim Danzo’s body, but Danzo used Izanagi to revive behind Hyuga Kagami, who struck him into the lava. Hyuga Kagami warned Orochimaru that Danzo still had eight lives left, while his own Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan sensed their rivalry over the path to the Rinnegan.

• Orochimaru rushed toward Danzo’s body after the First Hokage and Second Hokage departed their reanimated bodies.
• Danzo’s corpse vanished before Orochimaru could reach it, and Hyuga Kagami swung his golden Susanoo at the spot where Danzo revived.
• Danzo screamed as lava flooded the trenches, and Hyuga Kagami explained that Danzo had used Izanagi to survive the Second Hokage’s attack.
• Orochimaru admitted Danzo had nine Sharingan, and Hyuga Kagami told him they would have to kill Danzo seven more times without the First Hokage and Second Hokage’s sealing jutsu.
• Hyuga Kagami sensed that Danzo’s Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan had become his mortal enemy because each needed the other’s ocular power to evolve into the Rinnegan.

Hyuga Kagami lured Danzo into a magma pool to exploit the weakness of his Susanoo and emerged victorious. He climbed out holding Danzo’s severed right arm, which was embedded with Sharingan.

• After Orochimaru dispelled the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, the First Hokage and Second Hokage disappeared, and the volcano began to collapse.
• Danzo attacked Hyuga Kagami with his Susanoo, and Hyuga Kagami dragged both of them into a magma pool.
• Hyuga Kagami used his Blaze Release to withstand the magma while it restricted Danzo’s Susanoo and suppressed its blood mist.
• Orochimaru waited anxiously as the fight in the magma pool fell silent.
• Hyuga Kagami climbed out of the pool holding Danzo’s severed right arm, which contained numerous Sharingan.

Hyuga Kagami interfered with Danzo’s Izanagi, causing his severed Sharingan arm to remain while Danzo revived, and then watched Danzo destroy the volcano and flee. Danzo’s sudden changes in expression and behavior left Hyuga Kagami realizing that the person escaping was not Danzo.

• Danzo ambushed Orochimaru from behind with his restored right arm and killed him.
• Hyuga Kagami explained that his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan had interfered with Danzo’s Izanagi, leaving Danzo revived but making the Sharingan on his restored arm disappear.
• Hyuga Kagami sealed the remaining Sharingan arm into a storage Scroll and approached the weakened Danzo.
• Danzo shut off his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, used Crystal Release to destroy the supports holding up the volcano, and escaped with Swift Release.
• Hyuga Kagami realized that the person who had fled was not Danzo.

Hyuga Kagami hesitated as Danzo fled the collapsing lava cavern, leaving him trapped beneath the rubble. Outside, Kakashi rescued unconscious Konoha shinobi while Danzo escaped, killed a Root subordinate, and collided with the Fourth Raikage, who accused him of abducting Kumogakure bloodline shinobi.

• Hyuga Kagami realized Danzo’s Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan was both his prey and the sole condition for his own evolution into the Rinnegan, then hesitated as Danzo fled.
• The lava cavern collapsed, forcing Hyuga Kagami to endure the falling rocks with Susanoo.
• Kakashi used Flying Thunder God to remove unconscious Konoha shinobi from the chakra transmission array and save them from the collapse.
• Danzo emerged from the volcano, killed a Root subordinate who approached him, and fled while Orochimaru followed from a distance.
• The Fourth Raikage confronted Danzo over the abducted Kumogakure bloodline shinobi, and the two clashed at high speed.
• The Fourth Raikage accused Danzo of undergoing the same ritual as Hiruko and vowed to eliminate him, while Danzo warned him not to push him.

Danzo massacred Kumogakure ninja with Swift Release and Boil Release, survived the Fourth Raikage’s Liger Bomb, and then claimed Hamui had taken control of his body. As Root ninja approached, Hamui urged the Raikage to leave immediately.

• Danzo used Swift Release to kill Kumogakure ninja while the Fourth Raikage struggled to stop him without endangering his own men.
• The Fourth Raikage struck Danzo with a Liger Bomb and assumed he was dead, but Danzo emerged from the crater apparently unharmed.
• Danzo unleashed Boil Release: Skilled Mist Technique, then pursued the retreating Kumogakure ninja and killed several more.
• Danzo ambushed a Kumogakure Elite Jonin but suddenly stopped, claimed he was Hamui, and said Danzo’s ritual had temporarily let him take control of the body.
• The Fourth Raikage questioned Hamui’s claim, and Hamui warned that Root ninja were approaching and urged everyone to leave.

After the Bloodline Fusion Ritual ended, Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru parted ways without pursuing Danzo. Back in his laboratory, Hyuga Kagami recorded the trial’s results and concluded that the ritual could reach Kekkei Mōra, but its chakra requirements posed a major obstacle.

• Orochimaru asked Hyuga Kagami why he had not pursued Danzo, and both admitted nothing as they hid their exhaustion.
• Hyuga Kagami warned Orochimaru not to reveal the ritual before their cooperation ended and Orochimaru left.
• Hyuga Kagami returned to the Aerial Fortress and documented every detail of the Bloodline Fusion Ritual.
• Hyuga Kagami concluded that the new Demon Bud and ritual setup had worked, though the altar needed reinforcement and low temperatures were necessary to control the Demon Bud.
• Hyuga Kagami estimated that reaching Kekkei Mōra would require a chakra transmission array powered by at least fifty thousand elite ninja.

Hyuga Kagami considered ways to obtain the chakra needed for his Bloodline Fusion Ritual and inspected ten promising Earth Release clones. In Iwagakure, Deidara returned after his defeat and asked Ōnoki to teach him Dust Release.

• Hyuga Kagami rejected using the Infinite Tsukuyomi to gather chakra and listed safer alternatives, including natural energy, special medicines, forbidden techniques, and the Giant Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Kagami inspected ten Earth Release clones and found that two had exceptional potential, crediting Deidara's cells.
• Deidara apologized to Ōnoki after returning to Iwagakure, while Ōnoki privately felt relieved that his talented disciple had come back.
• Deidara asked Ōnoki to teach him Dust Release, saying he had realized that Dust Release was also art.

Hyuga Kagami analyzed Danzo’s erratic behavior and concluded that several independent wills were sharing Danzo’s body after the interrupted ritual. He planned to recover Danzo’s Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan but arranged for Karin to hold a pair of Rinnegan as insurance in case the Bloodline Fusion Ritual killed him.

• Hyuga Kagami suppressed his urge to seize Danzo’s Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and considered how to reduce the risks of obtaining the Rinnegan.
• Hyuga Kagami decided that a pair of Rinnegan entrusted to Karin could let him revive himself if his ritual went wrong.
• Hyuga Kagami reasoned that Orochimaru’s Curse Mark and the interrupted ritual had weakened Danzo’s soul and left the souls fused into his body unmerged.
• Hyuga Kagami identified four independent wills in Danzo, each associated with a different Kekkei Genkai and fused shinobi.
• Hyuga Kagami sent a message to Karatachi Yagura so he would be alerted if the Boil Release wielder took control of Danzo and returned to Kirigakure.
• Hyuga Kagami judged that Danzo’s Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan would help Danzo’s own soul regain control if one of the other wills threatened to expose it.

Hyuga Kagami returned to Konoha and learned that the village had mobilized after the Third Hokage pursued Danzo’s Bloodline Fusion Ritual. As he planned to hunt Danzo and train in the Yin Seal and Eight Inner Gates, Shisui arrived with news that the Hokage had defected.

• Hyuga Kagami left the Aerial Fortress, returned to Konoha, and slipped past its heightened security.
• Hyuga Kagami learned from his Shadow Clone’s memories that the Third Hokage had led shinobi out of the village to respond to Danzo’s ritual.
• Hyuga Kagami resolved to learn the Yin Seal and Eight Inner Gates while developing the Earth Clone Technique and hunting Danzo.
• Hyuga Kagami decided to ask Rin to help him obtain the Yin Seal technique from Tsunade.
• Shisui rushed into Hyuga Kagami’s office and announced that the Hokage had defected.

Konoha’s leaders learned that Danzo had fled to Kumogakure after conducting a deadly Bloodline Fusion Ritual, and they reinstated the Third Hokage. Hyuga Kagami reflected on his own responsibility for the ritual’s casualties and reaffirmed his determination to control his fate.

• The Third Hokage confirmed that Danzo’s ritual had killed hundreds of Konoha ninjas and that Danzo had escaped to Kumogakure.
• Tsunade and Utatane Koharu condemned Kumogakure for taking Danzo in, while Shikaku Nara urged the village to choose a Hokage immediately.
• Konoha’s upper echelon unanimously restored the Third Hokage to his position, and he ordered negotiations with Kumogakure.
• Hyuga Kagami recognized that he and Orochimaru had underestimated the ritual’s chakra demands and shared responsibility for the wounded and dead.
• Hyuga Kagami resolved to seize control of his own life and death, refusing to let even God decide his fate.

Hyuga Kagami asked Rin to obtain Tsunade's Yin Seal scroll, then was confronted by Tsunade after Rin handed it over. Tsunade accused him of stealing her Forbidden Technique, and Hyuga Kagami invited her to set a condition.

• Hyuga Kagami waited for Rin at Konoha Hospital, then discussed the casualties caused by Danzo and heard how Kakashi had saved many people.
• Hyuga Kagami asked Rin to obtain the Yin Seal, and Rin agreed to try.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen resumed the Hokage position, while Hyuga Kagami ordered Kirigakure and his former Anbu subordinates to search for Danzo.
• Rin persuaded Tsunade to give her the Yin Seal scroll and lent it to Hyuga Kagami after he promised not to share the technique.
• Tsunade confronted Hyuga Kagami in an alley, and he admitted he wanted to practice the Yin Seal and told her to set a condition.

Tsunade caught Hyuga Kagami with the Yin Seal Forbidden Technique Scroll and agreed to let him keep it for seven days if he helped secure the Hyuga Clan’s support for the Hokage faction and kept Shisui out of the Uchiha Clan’s plot. Hyuga Kagami accepted and left with the scroll, confident he could learn the Yin Seal.

• Tsunade confronted Hyuga Kagami over stealing the Yin Seal Forbidden Technique Scroll, but he calmly asked what she wanted.
• Tsunade explained that the Uchiha Clan was discussing a bid for the Hokage position and asked Hyuga Kagami to influence the Hyuga Clan to support the village.
• Hyuga Kagami agreed to influence the Hyuga Clan and to keep Shisui from joining the Uchiha Clan’s plot.
• Tsunade allowed Hyuga Kagami to keep the scroll for seven days, then required him to return it to Rin and keep the matter secret.
• Hyuga Kagami placed the scroll in his Ninja Tool Pouch as Tsunade left, confident he could master the Yin Seal.

Hyuga Kagami studied the Yin Seal and discovered that, despite successfully inscribing its mark, he could not connect it to his body's chakra pathways. Suspecting the technique was incompatible with male anatomy, he realized Tsunade had underestimated him and prepared to pursue another approach.

• Hyuga Kagami examined the Yin Seal scroll and recognized it as a highly refined Uzumaki Clan sealing technique that demanded exceptional sealing skill and chakra control.
• Hyuga Kagami concluded that the Yin Seal had become suited to women's bodies and began trying to cultivate it.
• Hyuga Kagami inscribed the Yin Seal mark on his forehead, but it failed to connect with the meridians throughout his body or store chakra.
• Hyuga Kagami repeated the process and found no mistakes, then suspected differences between male and female meridians were preventing him from mastering the technique.
• Hyuga Kagami realized Tsunade had expected him to fail and pulled out the storage Scroll containing his sealed Fire Clone Technique.

Hyuga Kagami returned Rin’s Forbidden Technique Scroll after using his Fire Clone to gain initial mastery of the Yin Seal and begin identifying ways to adapt it for men. At the Ninja Academy, he learned that Danzo had fought Kumogakure and escaped, and realized Danzo’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan would soon become known across the shinobi world.

• Hyuga Kagami returned the Yin Seal scroll to Rin, who was surprised he had learned the technique so quickly.
• Hyuga Kagami reflected on how his Fire Clone had mastered the Yin Seal and how his sealing knowledge could help him modify it for male cultivators.
• Hyuga Kagami went to the Ninja Academy and reviewed reports that Konoha’s delegation and Kumogakure had accused each other of provoking conflict.
• Konoha’s spies reported that an unfamiliar dark crimson Susanoo appeared during a battle in Kumogakure, after which the Fourth Raikage and Killer B left to pursue someone.
• Hyuga Kagami concluded that Danzo had fought Kumogakure, used his Susanoo, and escaped, making it likely that the shinobi world would soon learn of his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.