Chapter Summaries

A Hyuga traitor gained control of the clan's hidden Giant Tenseigan, which maintained the Caged Bird Seal and drained the Branch Family's Byakugan chakra. Hyuga Kagami sensed the activation, suspected the traitor, and headed toward the village to pursue the Giant Tenseigan as a possible step toward Kekkei Mōra.

• The Hyuga ancestors had sealed the Giant Tenseigan, which sustained the Caged Bird Seal and secretly drew chakra from Branch Family members.
• A shadow used a forbidden incantation from a map to control the Giant Tenseigan and gain authority over the Caged Bird Seal.
• The shadow sensed multiple observers and sealed the Giant Tenseigan to cut off their surveillance.
• Hyuga Kagami detected the resonance, concluded it came from a Giant Tenseigan separate from the one on the moon, and suspected either the Main Branch or the traitor who stole ancient texts.
• Hyuga Kagami decided the clan's Giant Tenseigan could help him reach Kekkei Mōra, organized the revised Yin Seal draft, and hurried toward the village.

Hyuga Kagami investigated Hyuga clan members who had left Konoha after detecting the Giant Tenseigan’s activation, then followed a mysterious invitation to meet a cloaked puppet. The puppet claimed it could remove his Caged Bird Seal and demanded that he become its subordinate.

• Hyuga Kagami reviewed the Shadow Clone’s memories, found no unusual activity, and asked Hizashi for a list of clan members who had left the village recently.
• Hyuga Kagami compared lists from the clan, Anbu, and Uchiha Police Force, identified three branch family members still away on missions, and sent Itachi to investigate them.
• Hyuga Kagami found a note at his home inviting him to meet alone in a secluded grove to discuss removing the Caged Bird Seal.
• Hyuga Kagami followed the invitation and discovered that the cloaked figure was an ordinary puppet rather than a living person.
• The puppet called itself God, claimed it could remove the Caged Bird Seal, and urged Hyuga Kagami to become its subordinate.

Hyuga Kagami rejected Hyuga Aoki’s offer to submit, destroyed the puppet he was using, and realized he could remotely control puppets with the Giant Tenseigan. Hyuga Aoki remained in the clan grounds and sent another puppet toward the Uchiha Clan Grounds.

• Hyuga Aoki’s puppet claimed the Caged Bird Seal could be broken and urged Hyuga Kagami to submit to him.
• Hyuga Kagami challenged the puppet to meet face-to-face, then struck and shattered it when it refused to reveal Hyuga Aoki’s location.
• Hyuga Kagami searched for a spirit body but found no trace, and concluded Hyuga Aoki had remotely controlled the puppet with the Giant Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Aoki, in his wheelchair within the Hyuga Clan Grounds, vowed to conquer the clan, the village, and the ninja world.
• Another puppet stood up elsewhere in the village and headed toward the Uchiha Clan Grounds.

Hyuga Aoki used a puppet to try to recruit Fugaku into an alliance against the Hyuga Main Branch, but Fugaku delayed his answer until a clan meeting. Aoki left intending to manipulate the Uchiha and Konoha into conflict, then encountered Hyuga Kagami and prepared to attack him.

• Hyuga Aoki controlled a puppet that confronted Fugaku and offered to help the Uchiha Clan take the Hokage's seat in exchange for help overthrowing the Hyuga Main Branch.
• The puppet overpowered Fugaku by draining his chakra, then urged him to accept the alliance.
• Fugaku refused to decide without a clan meeting, so the puppet gave him one day to respond and left.
• Hyuga Aoki revealed that he planned to use the Uchiha and the Hokage Faction against each other, believing the Giant Tenseigan had made him powerful enough to manipulate the shinobi world.
• Hyuga Kagami blocked the puppet's path near the Uchiha Compound, and Aoki decided to teach him a lesson with the Tenseigan.

Hyuga Kagami tested the clan’s Giant Tenseigan and swiftly destroyed the puppet controlled by Hyuga Aoki. Enraged, Hyuga Aoki sent a swarm of puppets to attack, drawing Konoha shinobi and the Uchiha Police Force toward the forest.

• The puppet used the clan’s Giant Tenseigan to blast Hyuga Kagami with repulsive force, and Hyuga Kagami judged its power weaker than the Giant Tenseigan on the moon.
• Hyuga Kagami used his speed and Kusanagi Blade to sever the puppet’s arms and cut apart its body.
• Hyuga Aoki, furious at Hyuga Kagami’s contempt, activated more than a dozen puppets hidden throughout the village.
• The puppets surrounded Hyuga Kagami and fired chakra spheres at him, causing a series of explosions.
• Konoha shinobi rushed toward the forest, while Fugaku led Uchiha Police Force elites to the scene.

Hyuga Kagami defeated Hyuga Aoki’s puppets and ordered Itachi to help search the Hyuga Branch Family for the traitor. Aoki fled Konoha through a secret passage, while Otsutsuki Toneri continued searching the Land of Fire for the Giant Tenseigan.

• Hyuga Kagami destroyed the puppet controlled by Hyuga Aoki, whose chakra-draining technique failed against him.
• The Uchiha Police Force, Konoha shinobi, and Anbu arrived, and Hyuga Kagami sent them away while Itachi stayed behind.
• Hyuga Kagami told Itachi to pause his previous investigation and help screen the Hyuga Branch Family for the traitor.
• Hyuga Aoki tested his chakra-draining ability on a Branch Family prison guard, knocked the guard unconscious, and escaped Konoha through a secret passage.
• Otsutsuki Toneri searched the Land of Fire with Soul Descent but could only narrow down the Giant Tenseigan’s location to a general area.

Hyuga Kagami discovered that Hyuga Aoki had escaped the clan prison and suspected he was the mole, but Aoki had already fled the village. Aoki encountered Otsutsuki Toneri by a stream and mistook him for Yama of the God Organization.

• Hyuga Kagami realized Hyuga Aoki's disability explained his secrecy and urged Hizashi to investigate him, but they found Aoki had escaped the prison.
• Hyuga Kagami and Hizashi concluded they had to report the escape to the Main Branch, while Kagami considered whether Aoki might be a decoy.
• Hyuga Aoki fled west from the village, using Rotation to fly, and stopped to rest beside a stream.
• Otsutsuki Toneri approached Aoki, who mistook the boy for Yama and accused him of tracking him from the village.
• Hyuga Aoki explained his mistaken belief that the God Organization was the moon's Ōtsutsuki Clan and that he had fled to avoid being exposed by them.

Toneri and Hyuga Aoki clashed over the Giant Tenseigan, each mistaking the other’s identity and status. Toneri revealed his plan to destroy and remake the ninja world, and Hyuga Aoki attacked him with a scroll of Explosive Tags.

• Toneri demanded to know where the Giant Tenseigan was, and Hyuga Aoki resisted with the Giant Tenseigan’s Rotation against Toneri’s attraction.
• Hyuga Aoki concluded that Toneri was Yama, while Toneri mistook Aoki for a servant and demanded to meet his master.
• Toneri said he intended to destroy and remake the ninja world in accordance with his ancestors’ final wish.
• Hyuga Aoki realized he had uncovered the God Organization’s true purpose and warned Toneri that underestimating him would be a mistake.
• Hyuga Aoki unfurled a Scroll and sent countless Explosive Tags toward Toneri, ending their conversation in a series of blasts.

After Hyuga Aoki defected, the Main Branch plotted to discredit Hyuga Kagami and replace him as Ninja Academy principal. Hyuga Kagami confirmed that news of the Giant Tenseigan had not leaked and sent a message to Karatachi Yagura to search for Aoki.

• Otsutsuki Toneri watched Hyuga Aoki flee and muttered, "Yama..."
• Hiashi and the Main Branch elders discussed Aoki's defection and suspected that Hyuga Kagami had encouraged the Branch Family to defy them.
• A Main Branch elder proposed having Mizuki accuse Hyuga Kagami of spying for Orochimaru, then appointing Ko as principal in his place.
• Itachi told Hyuga Kagami that someone had secretly contacted his father, and Hyuga Kagami concluded Aoki had not revealed the Giant Tenseigan to Fugaku.
• Hyuga Kagami sent a message to Karatachi Yagura, ordering Kirigakure's ninja to search secretly for Hyuga Aoki.

Hyuga Kagami completed the improved Yin Seal and began testing its chakra storage capacity, finding that it held far more chakra than he expected. He also realized the seal could help him train the Eight Inner Gates by quickly exhausting his body.

• Hyuga Kagami sent Kirigakure Anbu to investigate Hyuga Aoki’s whereabouts while searching for Danzo.
• Hyuga Kagami finished revising the improved Yin Seal and cultivated it on his Yin Release original body, confirming it did not conflict with the Caged Bird Seal.
• Hyuga Kagami transferred his chakra into the Yin Seal and recorded an initial storage efficiency of about ninety percent.
• Hyuga Kagami estimated that one day’s worth of chakra occupied roughly 0.1 percent of the seal’s capacity and confirmed the estimate using an Earth Clone Technique.
• Hyuga Kagami realized the Yin Seal could rapidly exhaust his body and thereby make training the Eight Inner Gates more efficient.

Hyuga Kagami continued improving his Yin Seal before attending a high-level meeting convened by the Third Hokage. A Hyuga Main Branch elder and Mizuki accused him of meeting an unidentified person and discussing Orochimaru and intelligence gathering, leaving the officials to consider a possible threat to Konoha.

• Hyuga Kagami raised the Yin Seal’s chakra-storage efficiency to 95% through days of testing and refinement.
• An Anbu summoned Hyuga Kagami to a high-level meeting in the Hokage Building.
• The Third Hokage began the meeting, and a Hyuga Main Branch elder and Mizuki entered as unexpected witnesses.
• The Main Branch elder said the Hyuga Clan had called the meeting over a discovery that might endanger the village.
• Mizuki accused Hyuga Kagami of meeting an unidentified person at the Ninja Academy and discussing Orochimaru and gathering intelligence.
• The Main Branch elder said the Hyuga Clan would not protect any clansman suspected of a crime.

At a high-level meeting, Mizuki accused Hyuga Kagami of conspiring with Orochimaru, while the Hyuga Main Branch tried to use the accusation to remove him as Ninja Academy principal. Hyuga Kagami demanded the truth, and Uchiha Shisui stood and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• The Main Branch elder accused Hyuga Kagami, and Konoha's leaders recognized the accusation as part of the growing conflict between the Hyuga Main Branch and Branch Family.
• Fugaku saw a chance for Shisui to replace Hyuga Kagami as principal and expand Uchiha influence over the village.
• Mizuki demanded that Hyuga Kagami explain himself, but Hyuga Kagami dismissed the charge as false and said Mizuki would not have survived if he had truly seen him meeting Orochimaru's people.
• Hyuga Kagami called for the truth, and Shisui stood up, activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, and approached Mizuki, who backed away in fear.

At the high-level meeting, Uchiha Shisui used his Mangekyō Sharingan to put Mizuki under genjutsu after Mizuki tried to frame Hyuga Kagami. Mizuki confessed to conspiring with the Hyuga Main Branch elder and revealed his connection to Orochimaru, leaving the meeting’s attendees shocked.

• Mizuki panicked when Shisui approached him with his Mangekyō Sharingan activated, and the Main Branch elder stepped aside under Shisui’s pressure.
• Shisui used genjutsu on Mizuki at Hyuga Kagami’s request while the meeting’s attendees and Anbu watched without intervening.
• Mizuki confessed that he had conspired with the Main Branch elder to frame Hyuga Kagami because he resented being driven out of the Ninja Academy.
• Mizuki revealed that Orochimaru had warned him about Hyuga Kagami, shocking the attendees and exposing Mizuki as an Orochimaru spy.

Mizuki confessed under genjutsu to conspiring with Orochimaru and framing Hyuga Kagami, and Hyuga Kagami ordered his execution. After the meeting, Fugaku confronted Shisui for supporting Hyuga Kagami and decided to pursue control of the Ninja Academy through Itachi.

• Mizuki confessed that Orochimaru had recruited him and that he had agreed to conspire with him, alarming the senior officials and the Main Branch elder.
• Hyuga Kagami asked Shisui to name the punishments for Mizuki’s crimes, and Shisui answered that both carried the death penalty.
• Mizuki walked out of the Hokage Building under genjutsu and soon died by suicide outside; the Third Hokage accepted the report without challenging Hyuga Kagami.
• Hyuga Kagami ended the meeting after leaving the terrified Main Branch elder waiting, while the officials reassessed his influence.
• Fugaku questioned Shisui for using his Mangekyō Sharingan to help Hyuga Kagami, and Shisui left without explaining himself.
• Fugaku decided to send Itachi into the Ninja Academy and wait for a chance to take the principal’s position.

After the village covered up the accusations against Hyuga Kagami, he focused on training and developing his Earth Clone Technique, struggling to control Dust Release. Meanwhile, Hiashi received a letter from Otsutsuki Toneri requesting a private meeting, leaving the Main Branch elders uncertain about their distant lunar relatives’ sudden contact.

• The village classified Mizuki’s death as a sudden illness and concealed the meeting that had accused Hyuga Kagami, causing higher-ups to reassess him and the Main Branch elders to keep a low profile.
• Hyuga Kagami trained with the Yin Seal and Eight Inner Gates while developing his Earth Clone Technique, using a schedule that let his body recover in a nutrient tank.
• Hyuga Kagami tried to master Dust Release by finding the right fusion ratio of earth, fire, and wind chakra, but he could only produce brief, uncontrolled bursts.
• Hiashi read a letter from Otsutsuki Toneri, who identified himself and requested a private meeting with the Hyuga Clan head.
• The Main Branch elders remained silent when Hiashi asked what they thought of the letter, since the clan had not contacted its lunar relatives for centuries.

Hiashi agreed to meet the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon, but the Main Branch elders arranged for Hizashi to take his place. Hizashi accepted the assignment and left to prepare, while the elders forbade him from involving Hyuga Kagami.

• Hiashi decided to keep the appointment with the Otsutsuki Clan despite the risks.
• The Main Branch elders insisted that Hizashi replace Hiashi at the meeting, and Hiashi reluctantly agreed.
• Hizashi read Otsutsuki Toneri's letter and accepted the task after realizing Hiashi supported the elders' decision.
• Hizashi suggested consulting Hyuga Kagami, but a Main Branch elder rejected the idea and declared the meeting a clan secret.
• Hizashi promised Hiashi he would handle the meeting properly and left the study to prepare.

Deidara left the former Root base with Kurenai and Asuma, while continuing to deny that he was Jizo of the God Organization. That night, Hizashi prepared for an important mission and promised Neji he would watch his taijutsu assessment if the mission went smoothly.

• Deidara met Kurenai and Asuma at the base exit, and Kurenai thanked him for saving her and Hayate in the Land of Hot Water.
• Deidara denied being Jizo, then challenged Kurenai and Asuma to keep up with him as he set off on an Explosive Clay Bird.
• Kurenai showed Deidara the Clay Bird Hyuga Kagami had given her, and Deidara activated it so she and Asuma could follow him.
• Hizashi gathered ninja tools and headed to train for his important mission the next day.
• Neji told Hizashi he planned to defeat Sasuke in the school's taijutsu assessment, and Hizashi said he would attend if his mission went smoothly.

Hizashi met Ōtsutsuki Toneri at a remote mountain summit, where Toneri demanded the Tenseigan and attacked the Hyuga delegation. After Toneri incapacitated the two Hyuga Chunin, Hizashi fled toward the sea to buy time for the clan to learn what had happened.

• Hizashi led two Hyuga Chunin to a remote mountain in the eastern Land of Fire for a secret meeting with the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Hizashi and the Chunin searched the summit and waited through the evening, but no one arrived until a figure descended from the sky.
• Ōtsutsuki Toneri introduced himself and demanded that Hizashi hand over the Tenseigan, which Hizashi said he did not know about.
• Toneri accused the Hyuga of being sinners, then stopped the two Chunin in midair and twisted their bodies when they attacked him.
• Hizashi fled toward the sea to delay Toneri and give the distant Hyuga squad time to report back to the clan.

Neji and Sasuke prepared to compete in the monthly Academy assessment, while Hizashi fled Otsutsuki Toneri after their encounter on the moon and reached a cliff by the coast. Toneri moved to seize Hizashi’s Byakugan, but a figure on the beach drew his attention.

• Neji arrived early at the Ninja Academy and found Sasuke warming up, while Rock Lee ran laps and Naruto meditated atop Hokage Rock.
• Neji and Sasuke challenged each other to win the assessment, each determined not to disappoint his father.
• Hizashi fled Toneri through the forest, hoping his squad had carried news of the Otsutsuki Clan back to the Hyuga Clan.
• Toneri caught up with the exhausted Hizashi at a coastal cliff and declared that no one could save him.
• Hizashi noticed a figure on the beach, and Toneri used Rotation to pull that person toward him.

Hyuga Kagami intervened when Otsutsuki Toneri attacked Hizashi, rescuing the injured Hyuga clan leader from a cliffside explosion. After recognizing Toneri was controlling a puppet, Kagami faced him on the beach, while Hizashi warned him of Toneri’s power.

• Toneri used Rotation to pull a figure from the beach and threatened Hizashi, demanding the Hyuga Clan’s Tenseigan.
• Hizashi apologized respectfully to the captured figure, who revealed himself as Hyuga Kagami and said he wanted a sparring partner.
• Hyuga Kagami attacked Toneri with a Clay Centipede, then carried the injured Hizashi to the beach as an explosion engulfed the cliff.
• Toneri emerged unharmed, and Hizashi warned Kagami that Toneri’s powerful attraction and repulsion abilities made him difficult to defeat.
• Hyuga Kagami examined Toneri and realized that Toneri was projecting himself into a mechanical puppet, much as Kagami was controlling a biological clone.