Chapter Summaries

Hizashi and the Hyuga Clan believed he might have died after his encounter with Otsutsuki Toneri, but Hyuga Kagami arrived and fought Toneri on the beach. Toneri summoned a stone giant, and a white flash pierced through it toward him.

• Hiashi learned that Hizashi had fought Otsutsuki Toneri, his attendants had died, and Hizashi's fate was unknown.
• Hyuga Kagami appeared beside Hizashi on the beach, and Toneri dismissed him as unable to change the outcome.
• Toneri pulled Hyuga Kagami and Hizashi toward him, but Hyuga Kagami detonated clay butterflies and was hurled across the sand with Hizashi.
• Hyuga Kagami surprised Toneri with a Clay Clone that exploded and damaged the cliff, leaving Toneri scorched and angry.
• Toneri formed a stone giant from scattered rocks, and a white flash pierced through it toward him.

Hyuga Kagami used a white beam to destroy Otsutsuki Toneri’s arm and escaped with Hizashi, then lured Toneri into a massive explosion. Deidara arrived at the blast site and found a battered survivor crawling from the rubble.

• Hyuga Kagami’s white beam pierced the stone giant and erased Otsutsuki Toneri’s right arm, allowing Hyuga Kagami and Hizashi to flee on a Clay Bird.
• Otsutsuki Toneri hurled stones at the Clay Bird, striking its wing and sending Hyuga Kagami and Hizashi crashing into a coastal forest.
• Hyuga Kagami connected his chakra to the fallen Clay Bird and triggered an explosion that engulfed much of the forest.
• Hyuga Kagami told the injured Hizashi that Otsutsuki Toneri’s Byakugan habits would make it difficult for him to find their cave.
• Deidara reached the crater, praised the explosion, and saw a battered figure crawl from the rubble.

Hyuga Kagami explained the differences between his individual Tenseigan and the Giant Tenseigan while waiting with the injured Hizashi in a cave. After explosions signaled that his plan had drawn Otsutsuki Toneri and Deidara into a fight, he sent Hizashi back to Konoha on a Clay Bird.

• Hyuga Kagami explained that the Giant Tenseigan held far more Chakra and could transmit and extract Chakra remotely, while his individual Tenseigan alone could activate Tenseigan Chakra Mode and create Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Explosions sounded outside the cave, and Hyuga Kagami realized that Otsutsuki Toneri and Deidara had begun fighting after he used a Clay Clone as bait.
• Hyuga Kagami gave the wounded Hizashi a hemostatic agent and led him away from the fighting.
• Hyuga Kagami sent Hizashi toward Konoha aboard a Clay Bird, and Hizashi drifted toward sleep as he considered Jizo's unusual kindness.

Ōnoki and the other Kage pursued Deidara after he left Konoha, suspecting he might be meeting the God Organization. They found an injured Hizashi returning on a Clay Bird, and Deidara soon arrived after surviving a fierce battle, where Hizashi thanked him.

• Ōnoki led the other Kage, their guards, and Konoha shinobi through the forest to find Deidara, whom they suspected was connected to the God Organization.
• Ōnoki intercepted a Clay Bird carrying a badly injured Hizashi, and Konoha medical shinobi treated him.
• Fugaku pressed Hizashi for an explanation, and Hizashi said Jizo had rescued him after he encountered a powerful enemy, concealing Otsutsuki Toneri's identity.
• An Anbu spotted another Clay Bird, and Ōnoki intercepted Deidara, who was battered and complained that a lunatic had nearly killed him.
• Hizashi stood and sincerely thanked Deidara, leaving Deidara confused.

Hyuga Kagami assessed Otsutsuki Toneri’s strengths and fatal arrogance after watching him drive Deidara into retreat. Back at the Aerial Fortress, he examined Karin’s newly awakened Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, while Gaara offered to take on the mission of reviving him instead of Karin.

• Hyuga Kagami watched Otsutsuki Toneri’s puppet defeat Deidara, who escaped despite being forced onto the defensive.
• Hyuga Kagami returned to the Aerial Fortress and concluded that Toneri’s arrogance was his most dangerous weakness, though he was rapidly adapting in battle.
• Hyuga Kagami decided that defeating Toneri’s puppet would not harm his true body and began considering a trap that would require the Hyuga Clan’s Giant Tenseigan.
• Karin and Gaara visited Hyuga Kagami in the laboratory, where he appeared using his Earth Clone Technique and asked why they were not training.
• Karin revealed her recovered Sharingan, and Hyuga Kagami identified them as an orthodox Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Gaara told Hyuga Kagami that Karin was too foolish for the responsibility of reviving him and offered to undertake the mission himself.

Hyuga Kagami explained why Gaara could not safely bear the Rinnegan and reassured him that Karin had a strong chance of surviving the Rinne Tensei Technique. Karin confirmed her resolve to help Hyuga Kagami, and he prepared to examine her before beginning the eye-fusion surgery.

• Karin argued with Gaara after he tried to take the dangerous Revival Plan mission from her.
• Hyuga Kagami told Gaara that he lacked the bloodline needed to withstand the Rinnegan, then explained that Karin’s healing constitution gave her a high chance of surviving the Rinne Tensei Technique.
• Hyuga Kagami brought Karin to the operating room and said he would examine her before implanting the other pair of Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and starting the fusion.
• Karin said she wanted to become useful to Hyuga Kagami and agreed to lie on the operating table for the examination.
• Karin told Hyuga Kagami that she already knew Gaara had argued with her because he wanted to protect her.

Hyuga Kagami transplanted Danzo's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan into Karin to begin fusing the Rinnegan, but the procedure caused her severe pain and revealed that her body could not withstand the strain. He concluded that Karin needed a Six Paths-level Sage Body and began considering a risky plan to strengthen her.

• Hyuga Kagami confirmed Karin was healthy and implanted Danzo's pair of Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan into her eye sockets.
• Karin suffered intense head pain as the eyes began fusing, and Hyuga Kagami injected fusion fluid to suppress the violent reaction.
• Hyuga Kagami realized that even Karin's strong Uzumaki constitution could not comfortably support the Rinnegan fusion.
• Hyuga Kagami compared Karin's condition with Uchiha Madara, Danzo, and Nagato, and concluded that she needed a Six Paths-level Sage Body.
• Hyuga Kagami considered transplanting First Hokage Cells into Karin but recognized that her unstable condition made the surgery highly dangerous.

Hyuga Kagami sought a way to help Karin endure her unstable Rinnegan fusion and decided to create biological armor inspired by Obito’s partnership with Tobi. After finding a way around the First Hokage cells’ instability, he began designing armor made mostly from his own Yin Release body’s cells.

• Hyuga Kagami explained that biological armor could support Karin’s Rinnegan fusion while boosting her strength and defense, and Karin promised to hold on.
• Hyuga Kagami retrieved White Zetsu cells and began analyzing them while designing armor that would not require an independent consciousness or a specially modified White Zetsu clone.
• Hyuga Kagami realized that First Hokage cells needed another cell type to suppress their aggression, but he could not find a suitable candidate or reproduce Madara’s method in time.
• Hyuga Kagami concluded that his Tenseigan-transformed Yin Release body’s cells might suppress the First Hokage cells and considered supplying Tenseigan chakra if needed.
• Hyuga Kagami designed Type One Biological Armor with seventy percent of his own Yin Release body’s cells and thirty percent First Hokage cells.

Hyuga Kagami created a Type-One Bio-Armor to stabilize Karin’s chakra and help her fuse with the Rinnegan, spending tens of millions after more than ten thousand failed cell-fusion attempts. The hastily made armor worked when Karin put it on, easing her head pain and balancing her chakra.

• Hyuga Kagami repeatedly replaced failed culture dishes until one cell fusion succeeded after more than ten thousand attempts.
• Hyuga Kagami shaped the fused cells into a human form and grew them in a nutrient tank, while noting the experiment could support future attempts to create a Yang Release clone.
• Hyuga Kagami realized the experiments and repairs to the Aerial Fortress had nearly exhausted his funds.
• Hyuga Kagami completed the Type-One Bio-Armor and brought it to Karin, who was suffering on the operating table.
• Hyuga Kagami fitted the bio-armor onto Karin, and she felt warmth as her head pain stopped and her chakra fluctuations settled.

Hyuga Kagami tested Karin’s Type-One Bio-Armor and discovered it boosted her Yang Release chakra, while also realizing he could use it to control her and the Rinnegan without possessing her body directly. Neji returned to the Hyuga compound after winning the Academy’s taijutsu assessment, but grew worried when he found the clan in an unusually tense mood and remembered his father had left on a mission.

• Hyuga Kagami found that Karin’s Type-One Bio-Armor enhanced her Yang Release chakra and eased her discomfort from the Rinnegan fusion.
• Hyuga Kagami warned Karin that the First Hokage Cells could consume her body if they went unchecked, and explained that his Tenseigan chakra would suppress them.
• Hyuga Kagami told Karin the bio-armor would draw nutrients from her body, so she would need to eat more, then sent her back to rest.
• Hyuga Kagami realized he could use the Soul Descent Technique to control the bio-armor and the Rinnegan without occupying Karin’s body.
• Neji returned to the Hyuga compound after defeating Sasuke in the taijutsu assessment, but found the clan members troubled and feared something had happened to Hizashi, who had left on a mission.

The Hyuga Clan’s secrecy over its meeting with the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon strained its relationship with Konoha, while confusion over Deidara’s encounter with a mysterious opponent stirred the village’s other powers. In a cave in the Land of Iron, a mysterious puppet offered the Akatsuki information about the God Organization’s leader in exchange for Sasori building it the strongest puppet in the ninja world.

• Hiashi and the Hyuga elders disagreed over whether to tell Konoha about the Otsutsuki Clan and the Tenseigan, increasing tensions as Anbu watched the Hyuga Clan Grounds.
• Deidara could not explain his fight with the mysterious person, leaving Ōnoki uncertain whether Deidara was the God Organization’s Jizo as Konoha’s factions and visiting Kage investigated the incident.
• A puppet arrived at an Akatsuki gathering in a cave in the Land of Iron and said it wanted to make a deal.
• The puppet asked Sasori to build it the strongest puppet in the ninja world in exchange for information about the God Organization’s leader.
• Sasori, Konan, and the Deva Path reacted with surprise, while Shinichi narrowed his eyes and let murderous intent show.

Hyuga Aoki negotiated an alliance with Akatsuki by demonstrating his Giant Tenseigan puppet’s power and offering information about the God Organization. After leaving the cave, he was confronted in the Land of Waterfalls by Uchiha Shinichi, who had secretly followed him to protect Hyuga Kagami’s identity.

• Hyuga Aoki offered Akatsuki intelligence on the God Organization in exchange for the strongest puppet.
• Hyuga Aoki and Nagato’s Deva Path clashed with repulsive forces, revealing the puppet’s formidable strength.
• The Deva Path accepted Hyuga Aoki’s deal, and Sasori asked what kind of puppet he wanted.
• Hyuga Aoki left the cave and raced to the Land of Waterfalls, keeping watch for anyone following him.
• Uchiha Shinichi emerged from hiding after Hyuga Aoki detected him, and Shinichi admitted he had followed him.

Uchiha Shinichi attacked Hyuga Aoki to protect the God Organization’s secrets, but Hyuga Aoki escaped using an unknown technique. Biwa Jūzō, Kisame, Lotus, and Ryu arrived and confronted Shinichi over his apparent betrayal of Akatsuki.

• Hyuga Aoki dismissed Uchiha Shinichi’s Mangekyō Sharingan and repelled his surprise attack with Rotation.
• Shinichi inferred that Hyuga Aoki belonged to the Hyuga Clan and trapped his puppet with hidden Steel Wire.
• Shinichi’s Shadow Clone vanished, and his real body threatened Hyuga Aoki’s puppet, but the puppet collapsed as Hyuga Aoki escaped with an unknown ability.
• Shinichi failed to identify how Hyuga Aoki had escaped and realized he had lost his trail.
• Biwa Jūzō arrived with Kisame, Lotus, and Ryu and accused Shinichi of betraying Akatsuki.

Biwa Jūzō let Shinichi escape rather than raise his blade against his old friend, but Obito intercepted Shinichi in the forest and captured him with Wood Release and his space-time vortex.

• Biwa Jūzō hesitated to fight Shinichi, and Shinichi thanked him before escaping while the mist squad argued about pursuing him.
• Obito intercepted Shinichi and accused him of leaking information about Akatsuki’s Amegakure base.
• Obito demanded to know who had sent Shinichi to infiltrate Akatsuki, but Shinichi refused to reveal his backer.
• Obito used roots infused with Wood Release chakra to restrain Shinichi, then pulled him into his vortex.

Shinichi escaped Obito's Kamui ambush with Timehold, but Obito confronted him and forced him to use the ability again during their battle. Obito gained the upper hand by amplifying his Great Fire Annihilation with his war fan, and Shinichi restored his burns while facing questions about how much eyesight he had left.

• Shinichi rewound time to escape Obito's Kamui space, but Obito tracked him down and blocked his path.
• Obito revealed that he knew about Shinichi's Mangekyō abilities and offered to restore Yui through the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Shinichi vowed to avenge her.
• Shinichi and Obito exchanged shuriken before Shinichi sprang a Steel Wire and Explosive Tag trap.
• Obito survived the explosions without using his Mangekyō ability and amplified Great Fire Annihilation with his war fan.
• The flames badly burned Shinichi, so he used Timehold to rewind time and restore his injuries; Obito asked how much eyesight he had left.

Shinichi fled Obito after his deteriorating eyesight made continued fighting too dangerous, but Obito pursued him with Kamui while Shinichi repeatedly used Timehold to survive. The chase ended in the Land of Fire, where Uchiha Fugaku and other Uchiha clan members arrived as Obito cornered the exhausted Shinichi.

• Shinichi recognized that his vision and ocular power were failing, so he fled rather than continue fighting Obito.
• Obito provoked Shinichi and used Kamui to erase part of his leg, but Shinichi restored it with Timehold.
• Shinichi escaped into a river to obstruct Obito’s line of sight, and Obito pursued him downstream, repeatedly attacking whenever he surfaced.
• The chase carried them across the border into the Land of Fire, where Shinichi’s exhaustion forced him out of the river.
• Obito declared the fight over as Shinichi collapsed on the riverbank, but Uchiha Fugaku and several Uchiha clan members arrived from Konoha.

The Uchiha rescued Shinichi from Obito and returned to the village, while Hyuga Kagami received news of the rendezvous and considered how Hyuga Aoki’s dealings with the Akatsuki might expose him. Hyuga Kagami then resumed studying bio-armor data to develop a safer model for Karin’s Rinnegan fusion.

• Obito recognized Fugaku, Itachi, and Shisui as they arrived to meet the defecting Shinichi, and he retreated rather than risk fighting Shisui or the God Organization.
• Fugaku ordered the Uchiha to carry the exhausted Shinichi back to the village without delay.
• Hyuga Kagami received Shisui’s message confirming that the Uchiha had rendezvoused with Shinichi and destroyed the scroll.
• Hyuga Kagami reasoned that Hyuga Aoki’s cooperation with the Akatsuki likely stemmed from pressure from Otsutsuki Toneri, and he planned to use the search for a powerful puppet to expose Aoki.
• Hyuga Kagami studied the Type-One Bio-Armor data and began working on an improved model to support the safe fusion of the Rinnegan in Karin’s eye sockets.

Hyuga Kagami showed Shinichi that he had kept Uchiha Yui’s body preserved and promised to revive her after completing his preparations for the Bloodline Fusion Ritual. Shinichi accepted that the resurrection could take up to three years, leaving him to continue waiting for his girlfriend’s return.

• Hyuga Kagami led Shinichi through his old underground laboratory to the storage room where Uchiha Yui’s body was preserved.
• Shinichi saw Yui’s body and quietly cried while Hyuga Kagami left him alone.
• Shinichi thanked Hyuga Kagami, who explained that he could not yet revive Yui.
• Hyuga Kagami estimated that he could complete the preparations to revive Yui within three years.
• Shinichi accepted the wait, noting that it would still fall within their original fifteen-year agreement.

Hyuga Kagami questioned Shinichi about Akatsuki and learned that the organization was gathering intelligence on several Jinchuriki while making unexplained preparations. Shinichi remained unsure how Akatsuki was handling its captured Jinchuriki, and Hyuga Kagami concluded that Nagato and Obito were building strength against the God Organization.

• Shinichi told Hyuga Kagami that Akatsuki had kept him under surveillance and that he knew little about its recent activities beyond reports of new recruits and preparations.
• Shinichi said Akatsuki was gathering intelligence on the Three-Tails, Six-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, prompting Hyuga Kagami to worry about their safety after the Five Kage Summit.
• Shinichi noted that Nagato had not replaced the five Paths of Pain destroyed by Danzo, leaving only the Deva Path active.
• Shinichi told Hyuga Kagami that Sasori had taken the Two-Tails Jinchuriki from his guard, and he had not sensed her chakra at Akatsuki's base since.
• Shinichi wondered how Akatsuki was restraining its captured Jinchuriki while Nagato and the Masked Man remained free to move, and Hyuga Kagami concluded that Akatsuki was gathering strength to face the God Organization.

Hyuga Kagami planned to restore Shinichi and Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan by implanting First Hokage Cells, while preparing safeguards for the dangerous surgery. He made Shinichi a member of the God Organization as the Flame Demon and warned him that Akatsuki remained a threat.

• Hyuga Kagami concluded that Akatsuki still believed the One-Tail had died, giving him several years to prepare for the Bloodline Fusion Ritual.
• Hyuga Kagami told Shinichi that his eyesight had deteriorated and promised to arrange First Hokage Cell surgery for him and Itachi in a month or two.
• Hyuga Kagami explained that the surgery required careful preparation and that Karin’s Rinnegan would help control any rampaging First Hokage Cells.
• Hyuga Kagami gave Shinichi a flame-patterned mask and black cloak, naming him the God Organization’s Flame Demon.
• Hyuga Kagami warned Shinichi that Akatsuki would not let him go easily, and Shinichi trusted Konoha and Hyuga Kagami to protect him.