Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Kazuya spent the day with Momona, who realized that the man in the village over the past month had been his clone and agreed to keep the secret. After a clone brought him troubling memories from Orochimaru's laboratory, Kazuya learned that someone claiming to be from the Anbu had summoned him.

• Hyuga Kazuya admitted to Momona that his clone had stayed in the village, and she asked him to tell her in advance when he needed to use one.
• Hyuga Kazuya and Momona spent the day playing, shopping, eating, and training before he escorted her home.
• A clone appeared to Hyuga Kazuya on his way back and transferred its memories before vanishing.
• Hyuga Kazuya reviewed the clone's memories and saw that a researcher at Orochimaru's base had reported an Anbu visitor looking for him.
• Hyuga Kazuya followed the researcher toward the visitor, uneasy but reassured by the power of the Great Tenseigan.

Hyuga Kazuya was lured to a secret Root meeting, where Oni-Face threatened to expose his Byakugan research unless he joined. Kazuya left with a day to consider, while Oni-Face’s exchange with Orochimaru revealed that Orochimaru wanted him to pressure Kazuya despite Danzo’s instructions.

• Hyuga Kazuya followed a guide through a tunnel beneath Konoha and entered a hidden room near the Forest of Death.
• Oni-Face revealed that he belonged to Root and threatened to tell the Hyuga Main Family about Kazuya’s Byakugan research with Orochimaru unless Kazuya joined Root.
• Kazuya asked for time to consider, and Oni-Face gave him one day to answer.
• After Kazuya left, the guide told Oni-Face that Danzo had instructed them not to pressure Kazuya too much.
• Oni-Face reported to Orochimaru, who told him to pressure Kazuya anyway.

Hyuga Kazuya decided that he would not let Danzo or anyone else interfere with his Byakugan research, and formed a plan to bring Danzo under the Great Tenseigan's control. Suspecting Orochimaru had engineered the situation to test him, Kazuya returned home and asked his Uncle for Barrier Stones.

• Hyuga Kazuya weighed the costs of joining Root and resolved to treat anyone who obstructed his research as an enemy.
• Hyuga Kazuya planned to approach Danzo and secretly weaken his resolve so the Great Tenseigan could control him.
• Hyuga Kazuya suspected Orochimaru was testing him by provoking Danzo into acting against him.
• Hyuga Kazuya went to his Uncle's study and asked for Barrier Stones.

Hyuga Kazuya prepared Barrier Stones for his plan to confront Danzo and learned that he had to train in the Flying Thunder God Technique himself. He pretended to join Root and followed a masked ninja into its underground base.

• Hyuga Kazuya's uncle gave him all the Barrier Stones stored at home and assured him that the clan stood behind him.
• Hyuga Kazuya inscribed barriers into the stones, then learned from his Shadow Clone that only his real body could properly train in the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Hyuga Kazuya resolved to train with Minato Namikaze himself and spent the night preparing more Barrier Stones.
• The next day, Hyuga Kazuya told the Ghost Face Mask Ninja that he would join Root and followed him out of the village.
• The Ghost Face Mask Ninja opened a hidden entrance in a northwestern forest and led Hyuga Kazuya into Root's vast underground base.

Hyuga Kazuya descended to Root’s 50th floor and met Danzo after agreeing to join Root under coercion. As Danzo questioned him, Kazuya considered attacking him and waited for a chance to strike.

• Hyuga Kazuya followed the Ghost Face Mask Ninja down to Root’s 50th floor, where the ninja went inside to inform Danzo.
• The Ghost Face Mask Ninja told Danzo that Kazuya had agreed to join after being threatened with exposure, and Danzo punished him with the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal for acting without permission.
• Orochimaru’s modifications made the seal’s punishment more painful, but the Ghost Face Mask Ninja survived and Danzo ordered him to bring Kazuya in.
• Hyuga Kazuya entered, addressed Danzo respectfully, and was left alone with him after the Ghost Face Mask Ninja departed.
• Hyuga Kazuya assessed Danzo’s hidden Sharingan and considered attacking him while waiting for Danzo to come closer.

Hyuga Kazuya pretended to accept Danzo’s offer to join Root so he could get close enough to attack him. He severed Danzo’s Sharingan-covered right arm with a Truth-Seeking Orb sword and trapped his calls for help behind Barrier Stones.

• Hyuga Kazuya agreed to join Root and let Danzo persuade him that Root would help break the Caged Bird.
• Danzo told Hyuga Kazuya that Root members received a Cursed Seal, and Hyuga Kazuya pretended to accept it.
• Hyuga Kazuya approached Danzo, then activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and Lightning Style Chakra Mode.
• Hyuga Kazuya formed a Truth-Seeking Orb sword and severed Danzo’s right arm before he could react.
• Danzo tried to flee and shouted for help, but Hyuga Kazuya’s Barrier Stones blocked his cries from reaching anyone outside.

Hyuga Kazuya defeated Danzo, removed his remaining Sharingan, and immobilized him before using the Spirit Ball to alter his memories and bring him under control. He repeatedly revived Danzo when he lost consciousness, continuing the alteration until it was complete.

• Hyuga Kazuya used the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to pull Danzo in and gouged out his right-eye Sharingan.
• Hyuga Kazuya struck Danzo with the Eight Trigrams: One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms, sealing his chakra points and leaving him unable to fight.
• Hyuga Kazuya noticed Danzo reaching for his chest and stopped him from using the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing.
• Hyuga Kazuya put a Spirit Ball into Danzo to tamper with his memories and thoughts, causing him to scream before losing consciousness.
• Hyuga Kazuya used Medical Ninjutsu to revive Danzo and continued the Spirit Ball’s memory alteration until it was complete.

Hyuga Kazuya successfully used the Spirit Ball to control Danzo, then secured his cooperation and joined Root. He left the Root Base after ordering Danzo to arrange secret laboratories and collect forbidden jutsu, finding only an underground escape route at the base's deepest level.

• Hyuga Kazuya revived Danzo repeatedly while using the Spirit Ball to alter his memories, and finally sensed that its control had taken effect.
• Hyuga Kazuya healed most of Danzo's injuries, woke him, and convinced him that attackers from the Akatsuki Organization had ambushed him and that Hyuga Kazuya had recovered his arm and Sharingan.
• Danzo accepted Hyuga Kazuya's account and agreed to arrange his membership in Root, establish secret laboratories, and collect copies of the village's forbidden jutsu.
• Hyuga Kazuya told Danzo to maintain their usual public roles, completed his Root enrollment, and explored the base down to its seventieth floor, where he found an underground river leading outside the village.

Hyuga Kazuya left Root after subduing Danzo, then returned to studying the Byakugan while his main body went to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique from Minato Namikaze. Minato brought Kakashi to join the lesson, and the chapter ended with Kakashi learning that they would be taught the secret technique.

• Hyuga Kazuya left Root after making Danzo work for him and decided Danzo could handle cleaning up the scene.
• Hyuga Kazuya sent a clone back to Orochimaru's research base and went to meet Minato Namikaze to study the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Minato Namikaze brought Kakashi to the training ground, and Hyuga Kazuya questioned whether Kakashi was ready to learn the difficult technique.
• Hyuga Kazuya set up a barrier, and Minato Namikaze announced that he would teach both students the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Kakashi was astonished that Minato Namikaze could teach the technique, and Minato told him to keep it hidden and avoid reckless use.

Minato Namikaze began teaching Hyuga Kazuya and Kakashi the Flying Thunder God Technique by exposing them to repeated spatial jumps, while Kazuya’s clone returned to Orochimaru’s research base. Orochimaru questioned Kazuya about Danzo and grew intrigued by his calm response to Root receiving the Cloned Byakugan research.

• Minato Namikaze took Hyuga Kazuya and Kakashi through more than a dozen short-distance spatial jumps, leaving Kakashi badly disoriented and Kazuya pale.
• Minato Namikaze assigned Kakashi to train with him and Hyuga Kazuya to train with his clone.
• Orochimaru asked Hyuga Kazuya whether Danzo had caused trouble, and Kazuya said Danzo had invited him to join Root and offered support.
• Hyuga Kazuya ended the conversation and returned to his laboratory experiments, leaving Orochimaru puzzled by Danzo’s behavior and Kazuya’s lack of concern about handing Root the Cloned Byakugan technology.

Hyuga Kazuya and Orochimaru refined their Byakugan-cloning work, and Kazuya produced an eye with seventy-three percent strength. After a month of further research across two facilities, however, the clones remained too weak to meet his goal of immediately awakened Byakugan.

• Hyuga Kazuya and Orochimaru changed their experiments from cloning whole bodies to growing Byakugan directly from extracted cells.
• Hyuga Kazuya cultivated a Byakugan with seventy-three percent strength using Z2-Type Culture Fluid and estimated it would need a month to reach the awakening standard.
• Hyuga Kazuya studied the Flying Thunder God Technique under Minato Namikaze while his clone continued Byakugan research at Orochimaru's base.
• Root's research base began operating, and Hyuga Kazuya equipped it for Byakugan-cloning experiments.
• After a month, Hyuga Kazuya's clones remained at about eighty-two percent strength, leaving him with semi-finished eyes that would need careful nurturing before they could awaken.

Hyuga Kazuya mastered the basics of the Flying Thunder God Technique while Kakashi remained stuck developing Space Perception Ability. At the training ground, Kazuya taught Momona the Wind Chasing Arrow, then retrieved the Gelel Stone he had previously given her.

• Hyuga Kazuya learned the basics of the Flying Thunder God Technique after gaining Space Perception Ability, while Kakashi struggled to develop the same ability.
• Hyuga Kazuya taught Momona to channel wind chakra into arrows and demonstrated the Wind Chasing Arrow's power.
• Momona learned the Wind Chasing Arrow in one day and accurately struck a leaf from a hundred meters away.
• Hyuga Kazuya asked Momona for the Gelel Stone he had given her, and she returned it to him.
• Hyuga Kazuya pulled Momona into his arms and savored the warm moment.

Hyuga Kazuya ordered Danzo and Root to search for the Gelel Stone, hoping its energy and life-altering properties could aid his stalled Byakugan research. He then left the village for Rōran to inspect Anrokuzan’s preparations and arrange for mining puppets.

• Hyuga Kazuya showed Danzo the Gelel Stone and ordered Root to find more of it.
• Hyuga Kazuya told Danzo the stone might come from near the Land of Wind and suggested searching for a Circus with a special Snow Ferret and a descendant of the Ancient Empire.
• Danzo agreed to lead Root’s search for the Gelel Stone.
• Hyuga Kazuya considered using the stone to strengthen the Byakugan or study how it changed people’s bodies.
• Hyuga Kazuya left for Rōran to inspect Anrokuzan’s underground base, prepare barriers and Sealing Jutsu, and arrange for mining puppets.

Hyuga Kazuya arrived in Rōran City and found its residents living well under Anrokuzan’s management. He discovered Anrokuzan developing a Dragon Vein-powered Flying Machine and left after questioning its design and capabilities.

• Hyuga Kazuya reached Rōran City and used his Byakugan to confirm that its residents were doing well.
• Hyuga Kazuya found Anrokuzan researching a puppet in an underground workshop.
• Anrokuzan showed Hyuga Kazuya a prototype Flying Machine and explained that it could draw unlimited energy from the Dragon Vein but had an untested speed and limited range away from it.
• Hyuga Kazuya questioned Anrokuzan’s plans to enlarge and mass-produce the machine, raising concerns about its flight performance, construction, and shape.
• Anrokuzan said he would make changes if problems arose and argued that sufficient chakra could make the Flying Machine work.

Hyuga Kazuya ordered Anrokuzan to prioritize Mining Puppets that could operate without Dragon Vein energy and inspected the completed Dragon Vein Crossing Defense Base. The fortress was heavily armed, but its barriers were not yet installed, so Kazuya prepared to set them up.

• Hyuga Kazuya suggested that Anrokuzan shape his Flying Machines like fish and birds, and Anrokuzan agreed to consider it.
• Hyuga Kazuya ordered Anrokuzan to produce Mining Puppets that did not rely on Dragon Vein energy, and Anrokuzan reluctantly obeyed.
• Anrokuzan reported that the Dragon Vein Crossing Defense Base had been completed with layered walls, energy cannons, and thousands of combat puppets on standby.
• Anrokuzan explained that the Dragon Vein Energy Cannons could rival B-rank Fire Release but did not know how much energy they consumed.
• Hyuga Kazuya learned that the barriers had not been installed and sent Anrokuzan to fetch the Barrier Stones and other supplies.

Hyuga Kazuya finished fortifying the Dragon Vein defense base and sealing space throughout Rōran City, then traveled to his company in the Land of Fire to check on its progress. There, he quietly met with Hyuga Mata and listened to his report.

• Hyuga Kazuya completed layers of barriers throughout the Dragon Vein underground defense base.
• Hyuga Kazuya created a space-sealing barrier across Rōran City to restrict spatial jumps.
• Hyuga Kazuya instructed Anrokuzan to carry out his tasks and report any suspicious activity around the Dragon Vein.
• Hyuga Kazuya left Rōran and traveled to his company near the Land of Bears.
• Hyuga Kazuya met with Hyuga Mata in the office and listened to his report on the company’s recent developments.

Hyuga Kazuya learned that the Daimyo’s soldiers had left after their training and that the Daimyo had invited him to the mansion. After resting in Konoha, Kazuya headed to Kyoto City, eager to learn about the Temple of Fire’s secret arts.

• Mata reported that the company was running smoothly and its employees were progressing in their studies.
• Mata told Hyuga Kazuya that the Daimyo’s soldiers had left after reaching a training bottleneck, and that the Daimyo’s envoy had invited Kazuya to the mansion.
• Mata said Kinyoshi had become as strong as an ordinary Jonin in Taijutsu, and Kazuya noted that he still lacked formal ninja training.
• Hyuga Kazuya returned to Konoha, checked the memories of his clone, and went to sleep early.
• The next morning, Kazuya sent a clone to the laboratory and set out for Kyoto City to visit the Daimyo and seek the Temple of Fire’s secret arts.

Hyuga Kazuya visited the Daimyo's Mansion to collect the reward promised for training the Daimyo's soldiers. He accepted the Daimyo's offer to continue cooperating in exchange for access to the Temple of Fire's histories and the Land of Fire's resources.

• Hyuga Kazuya arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion disguised and claimed he was from the Temple of Fire to gain an audience.
• Hyuga Kazuya reminded the Daimyo of their earlier deal, and the Daimyo recognized him and praised the soldiers he had trained.
• Tokugawa Gen handed Hyuga Kazuya a Scroll containing the reward prepared for him.
• The Daimyo asked Hyuga Kazuya to continue training soldiers, and Hyuga Kazuya agreed after the Daimyo offered Temple of Fire histories and Land of Fire resources.
• Hyuga Kazuya and the Daimyo discussed the details of future cooperation, though Hyuga Kazuya treated the conversation as a formality.

Hyuga Kazuya read the Temple of Fire Sage Clan Secret Technique Scroll and found that his Life Breath Technique might make its first stages easy to master. He began practicing in his backyard and sensed strange waves of energy flowing through the world.

• Hyuga Kazuya studied the Scroll and learned that cultivating the secret technique required inner calm, understanding nature, and eventually forming a Sage Body to use Sage Arts.
• Hyuga Kazuya realized that his Life Breath Technique already gave him a calm mind and daily exposure to natural energy, so he believed he could master the early stages.
• Hyuga Kazuya wondered whether the technique’s Thousand-Armed Killing was related to Hashirama’s Sage Mode and True Several Thousand Hands, and considered asking Hashirama through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hyuga Kazuya set barriers around his backyard, entered the Life Breath Technique state, and used the Scroll’s method to sense nature.
• Hyuga Kazuya perceived natural energy as invisible ripples and shifting layers, and wondered why it resembled waves.

Hyuga Kazuya began the Temple of Fire’s method for condensing a Sage Body, which required slowly circulating and acclimating his body to natural energy before synthesizing Sage Art Chakra. When his first strand of natural energy vanished almost immediately without harming him, he suspected his aptitude was exceptional and absorbed another strand to test it.

• Hyuga Kazuya used the Life Breath Technique to calm his mind and begin condensing the Sage Body.
• Hyuga Kazuya followed the Temple of Fire’s secret art, guiding a strand of natural energy through his meridians and gradually releasing his control.
• Hyuga Kazuya felt brief, intense pain as the natural energy’s aura escaped, but the pain and the strand disappeared almost at once.
• Hyuga Kazuya found his body unharmed and wondered whether his aptitude let him absorb natural energy and condense a Sage Body unusually quickly.
• Hyuga Kazuya drew in another strand of natural energy to test his theory.