Recaps

Hyuga Kazuya graduated, joined Minato Namikaze’s team, and strengthened his combat skills while building a partnership with Kakashi. The squad left Konoha on a two-part mission and began investigating a weapons factory in the Land of Artisans.

• Hyuga Kazuya passed the graduation exam with the Gentle Fist, received his Ninja Headband, and obtained Chakra Metal from his uncle for a bow and arrows.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Hyuga Kazuya to Minato Namikaze’s team, where he met Kakashi and defeated him in a spar.
• Hyuga Yang taught Hyuga Kazuya Revolving Heaven, and Kazuya mastered the technique before testing his new bow and Wind Release arrows in the Forest of Death.
• Minato Namikaze tested Hyuga Kazuya and Kakashi in combat, then brought them together with Uzumaki Kushina and Hyuga Momona for dinner.
• Minato Namikaze took the squad on an S-rank investigation into weapons production in the Land of Artisans and a B-rank mission to eliminate bandits.
• Hyuga Kazuya and Kakashi cleared the bandit stronghold, then traveled with Minato to the Land of Artisans and received intelligence about Sunagakure’s weapons order.
• Minato Namikaze infiltrated the Ninja Tool Factory while Hyuga Kazuya and Kakashi searched for the Sunagakure traders, and Kazuya considered starting a merchant association.

Hyuga Kazuya helped Minato Namikaze sabotage Sunagakure’s weapons delivery, then used his reward to develop new techniques and conceal his growing chakra. After mastering the Isolation Seal and seeking permission for solo missions, he impressed Minato and Jiraiya with his power in a sparring match.

• Hyuga Kazuya and Minato Namikaze investigated Sunagakure’s arrival in the Land of Artisans and discovered Pakura’s team and hidden reinforcements.
• Kirigakure ambushed Pakura’s team, but Rasa rescued Pakura and drove the attackers to withdraw.
• Hyuga Kazuya killed Daisei with an arrow and destroyed the Storage Scroll, allowing Minato Namikaze to teleport them away.
• Minato Namikaze reported the mission to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who rewarded Kazuya with the Eight Gates notes and Kumogakure’s incomplete Lightning Style Training Method.
• During enlightenment, Kazuya developed Vacuum Arrow, the Longevity Breathing Technique, Lightning Style Chakra Mode, and fractional versions of the first three Gates.
• Kazuya asked Kushina to conceal his expanded chakra reserves, learned the Isolation Seal, and grew closer to Hyuga Momona during their Spring Festival date.
• After mastering the Isolation Seal and summoning a Wild Boar, Kazuya asked Minato Namikaze to let him take missions alone, but Minato refused.
• Jiraiya offered to help Kazuya gain permission through a spar, and Kazuya activated Lightning Style Chakra Mode and opened the first two Gates as Minato raised a barrier around the training ground.

Hyuga Kazuya became Tsunade’s disciple, started arranging a coastal agricultural company, and pursued missions to gain the Shadow Clone Jutsu. The stretch ended with him attacking a powerful group of Kirigakure Missing-nin and firing a second arrow at their wounded captain.

• Hyuga Kazuya sparred with Jiraiya, survived his techniques, and later learned that Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya thought Kazuya’s unusual pressure might be connected to bloodline reversion.
• After Mikawa Ryoko treated his injured hand, Hyuga Kazuya asked to study Medical Ninjutsu, gave Tsunade a gift, and became her disciple.
• Jiraiya convinced Hiruzen Sarutobi to promote Hyuga Kazuya to Chunin and let him take missions independently, while Kazuya’s uncle gave him thirty million to pursue medical training.
• Hyuga Kazuya chose to start an agricultural business near the coast and recruited Mata, promising to help him with the Caged Bird seal.
• Hyuga Kazuya and Mata negotiated with the Daimyo for coastal land, offering to train the Daimyo’s people in exchange for support and the Temple of Fire’s Secret Technique Inheritance.
• Hyuga Kazuya taught the Life Breath Technique to his uncle and Momona, then accepted solo missions from Hiruzen Sarutobi in exchange for the Shadow Clone Jutsu.
• Hyuga Kazuya killed the defector Yogizai and defeated a Cult of suspected Cultists at Yunze Gorge, rescuing surviving civilians and collecting a bounty.
• Hyuga Kazuya tracked five Kirigakure Missing-nin to a cave and shot their captain through the wall, then fired a second Vacuum Arrow when the captain survived.

Hyuga Kazuya completed his Cloud Anbu mission, stole Hoshigakure’s Star and secret techniques, and used the Star to develop the Mysterious Peacock Method. He trained the Daimyo’s soldiers into loyal fighters and returned to Hoshigakure, where he planned to exploit Akaboshi’s impending coup.

• Hyuga Kazuya returned to Konoha with proof of his mission, received the Shadow Clone Jutsu from Hiruzen Sarutobi, and began using clones to accelerate his studies and training.
• Hyuga Kazuya examined the crystal he had found, recognized it as a likely Gelel Stone, and gave it to Momona for emergencies before accepting an S-rank mission against Kumogakure.
• Hyuga Kazuya joined Orochimaru as a disciple, then traveled with Fire Cat to the Land of Hot Springs and volunteered to hunt Toroi after learning Toroi had killed the Fourth Squad.
• Hyuga Kazuya killed Toroi and three other Jonin, delivered Toroi’s corpse to Elephant and Fire Cat, and then traveled to his company to begin training its soldiers.
• Hyuga Kazuya infiltrated Hoshigakure, stole the Star and Scrolls on the Mysterious Peacock Method and other ninjutsu, then tested the Star’s energy and developed giant chakra constructs.
• Hyuga Kazuya used Lightning Style stimulation and demanding training to strengthen the company’s one hundred soldiers, who grew deeply loyal to him.
• Hyuga Kazuya gave Elephant the Cloud forehead protectors and returned to Hoshigakure, where he discovered Akaboshi was gathering followers to overthrow the Third Hoshikage.
• Hyuga Kazuya decided to wait for Akaboshi’s coup before acting, planning to take control of Hoshigakure under the Third Hoshikage’s authority.