Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Kazuya studied the Eight Gates and Lightning Style Training Method, identifying serious flaws in the latter and hoping his next Enlightenment could help him complete both techniques. On his way to dinner at Minato Namikaze’s house, he reunited with Hyuga Momona and invited her to come along.

• Hyuga Kazuya studied the Eight Gates scroll and decided to wait for his next Enlightenment before attempting to open a gate.
• Hyuga Kazuya found that the Lightning Style Training Method lacked defense and ways to prevent or replenish the vitality its training consumed.
• Hyuga Kazuya left the clan grounds for dinner and learned Kakashi had gone to Minato Namikaze’s house.
• Hyuga Kazuya remembered he had not visited Hyuga Momona since returning and turned back, but Momona found him in the marketplace.
• Hyuga Kazuya invited Momona to join him for dinner at Minato Namikaze’s house, and they walked there together.

Hyuga Kazuya and Hyuga Momona shared dinner with Minato, Kushina, and Kakashi, then Kazuya encouraged Kakashi about his role in the mission. On their walk home, Kazuya kissed Momona and asked her to become his wife; she agreed, and he returned home with an important task awaiting him the next day.

• Kushina welcomed Hyuga Kazuya and Hyuga Momona to Minato's home, where Minato cooked them a lavish dinner and Kakashi read Jiraiya's novel.
• Kakashi asked Kazuya if he was useless for contributing little during the mission, and Kazuya reassured him that needing Kakashi to fight would mean everyone was in danger.
• Kazuya left Minato's home with Momona and asked what Kushina had told her, but Momona blushed and stammered that it was nothing.
• Kazuya kissed Momona, asked if she would be his wife someday, and heard her quietly agree.
• Kazuya walked Momona back to the Hyuga Clan grounds, then returned home because he had something important to do the next day.

Hyuga Kazuya entered his predicted enlightenment and used it to master Vacuum Arrow, develop the Longevity Breathing Technique, and complete the Lightning Style Chakra Mode. Seven seconds remained for him to work on the Eight Gates.

• Hyuga Kazuya told his Uncle he would study ninjutsu in the backyard, and his Uncle agreed to keep him undisturbed.
• Hyuga Kazuya reviewed Wind Style Bow and Arrow, the Lightning Style Training Method, and the Eight Gates before enlightenment began.
• Hyuga Kazuya deduced and preliminarily mastered Vacuum Arrow, a silent, fast technique that fired arrows through a vacuum.
• Hyuga Kazuya found ways to mitigate the Lightning Style Training Method’s bodily damage and mastered the Longevity Breathing Technique.
• Hyuga Kazuya completed the Lightning Style Chakra Mode, leaving seven seconds of enlightenment for the Eight Gates.

Hyuga Kazuya used Overclocking to simplify the first three Eight Gates and theorize about the source of his enlightenment. After returning to normal, he recorded his discoveries and felt that his ambitions were within reach.

• Hyuga Kazuya reasoned that gradual, fractional stages of gate opening could reduce bodily damage and help a person adapt to the Eight Gates.
• Hyuga Kazuya redesigned the opening key and completed simplified versions of the first three gates, dividing them into fractional stages.
• Hyuga Kazuya used his final second of Overclocking to speculate that enlightenment might connect his soul to a great existence, and drafted a report weighing possible explanations.
• Hyuga Kazuya exited Overclocking without discomfort and wrote his discoveries, including Vacuum Arrow, the Longevity Breathing Technique, the potion ingredients, and the simplified Eight Gates, in a notebook.
• Hyuga Kazuya reviewed his substantial gains and believed his future ambitions were within reach.

Hyuga Kazuya sought a way to increase his chakra without exposing himself to the Hyuga Clan, and decided to ask Uzumaki Kushina for a sealing technique that would block Byakugan inspection. He told Kushina and Minato Namikaze that his bloodline had undergone Bloodline Reversion, leaving them shocked.

• Hyuga Kazuya returned the two Sealing Scrolls to the village, then practiced Lightning Style Chakra Mode and realized his chakra reserves limited his training.
• Kazuya worried the Hyuga Clan would exploit or eliminate him if they learned his chakra had grown abnormally, so he decided to seek Kushina’s help with Sealing Jutsu.
• Kazuya stopped at Ichiraku Ramen, but the Legendary Sannin left before he finished his five bowls.
• Kazuya visited Minato Namikaze and asked to see Kushina, explaining that he wanted a seal to prevent the Byakugan from examining the chakra inside his body.
• Kazuya revealed that his bloodline seemed to have undergone Bloodline Reversion, and Minato Namikaze and Kushina reacted with shock.

Hyuga Kazuya asked Minato Namikaze and Kushina to help conceal his unusually large chakra reserves so he could train without the Hyuga Main Family noticing. Kushina applied an Isolation Seal and gave him a Scroll with instructions, while she and Minato worried about how the Main Family might react as Kazuya grew stronger.

• Hyuga Kazuya explained that he wanted to refine more chakra but needed to hide his reserves from the Hyuga Main Family.
• Kushina applied an Isolation Seal to Kazuya and warned that using a large amount of chakra could break through it.
• Kushina gave Kazuya a Scroll containing study materials for the Isolation Seal so he could learn to reinforce it himself.
• Hyuga Kazuya asked Minato Namikaze about Jiraiya, then left Minato and Kushina's home with the Scroll.
• Kushina worried that the Hyuga Main Family might cause trouble as Kazuya grew stronger, and Minato reassured her that the village would not stand by.

Hyuga Kazuya struggled to learn the Isolation Seal, then practiced the Longevity Breathing Technique and considered how to balance his packed training schedule. He resolved to pursue fame in the coming Third Shinobi World War, transform the Hyuga Clan, and eventually help build a peaceful, technologically advanced Shinobi World.

• Hyuga Kazuya read Kushina's Sealing Jutsu Scroll and struggled to understand the calculations required for the Isolation Seal.
• Hyuga Kazuya paused his sealing studies and practiced the Longevity Breathing Technique, carefully limiting his absorption of Natural Energy.
• Hyuga Kazuya realized his many training goals left little time for rest and decided to reduce his sleep.
• Hyuga Kazuya imagined a peaceful Shinobi World advancing toward space exploration and saw the Hyuga Clan as the first step toward that future.
• Hyuga Kazuya planned to gain fame in the Third Shinobi World War, establish prestige within the Hyuga Clan, and lead its transformation.

Hyuga Kazuya celebrated Spring Festival by decorating his home, then spent the day exploring Konoha with Hyuga Momona. After they crossed paths with Minato, Kushina, and Kakashi, Kazuya walked Momona home.

• Hyuga Kazuya’s training over the past month greatly increased his strength and chakra, though he still struggled to learn Sealing Jutsu and had to reinforce his Isolation Seal every few days.
• Kazuya and the Maids decorated the compound for Spring Festival, and Uncle encouraged him to go see Momona.
• Kazuya found Momona, and they spent the day shopping, playing games, and sampling street food around Konoha.
• Kazuya and Momona met Minato Namikaze, Kushina, and Kakashi, and Kushina teased the pair about their date.
• Kazuya and Momona strolled through a park before he escorted her home.

Hyuga Kazuya’s strength and techniques continued to improve, but he recognized that he lacked combat experience and decided to pursue missions. While searching for Minato, he told Kushina he had mastered the Isolation Seal, and she offered to teach him Sealing Jutsu before he found Minato with Jiraiya.

• Hyuga Kazuya improved his Taijutsu, chakra, and Sealing Jutsu, mastered the Isolation Seal, and made the Wild Boar he had used for practice his Summoning Beast.
• Hyuga Kazuya decided that missions would help him gain combat experience, build a record, and advance to Jonin, but he was unsure how to take missions alone as a Genin.
• Hyuga Kazuya went to Minato’s home, found it empty, and headed to the Sealing Squad headquarters to ask Kushina where Minato was.
• Hyuga Kazuya told Kushina he had mastered the Isolation Seal, and she praised him, made herself his Sealing Jutsu teacher, and promised to prepare materials.
• Kushina told Hyuga Kazuya that Minato was with Jiraiya at the Back Mountain Training Ground, where Hyuga Kazuya found them and greeted them.

Hyuga Kazuya asked to take missions alone, and Jiraiya offered to arrange it if Kazuya proved himself in a spar. Kazuya unleashed his Lightning Style Chakra Mode and Eight Gates, then struck with enough force to make Jiraiya raise an Earth Style Wall; Minato sealed off the training ground as the battle began.

• Hyuga Kazuya asked Minato Namikaze for permission to take missions alone, but Minato refused because Genin could not accept missions by themselves.
• Jiraiya offered to help Kazuya get permission if he sparred with him, and Minato agreed to oversee the match.
• Kazuya activated Lightning Style Chakra Mode and opened the first two gates of the Eight Gates, creating an overwhelming pressure around the training ground.
• Kazuya threw a straight punch that sent a powerful shockwave toward Jiraiya, who blocked it with Earth Release: Earth Style Wall.
• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to place seals around the training ground and raised a barrier to contain the fight.

Hyuga Kazuya sparred with Jiraiya, learning how much a Kage-level veteran’s defense, speed, and ninjutsu outmatched his own combat experience. After Jiraiya ended the fight, he told Kazuya to wait for news the next day.

• Kazuya tested his strength against Jiraiya’s Needle Jizo and injured his fist when his punch struck the hair armor, though Jiraiya was only lightly hurt.
• Jiraiya trapped Kazuya in the Swamp of the Underworld and attacked with Dance of the Lion-Head, forcing Kazuya to disrupt the swamp with Lightning Style Chakra Mode and defend himself with Revolving Heaven.
• Jiraiya stopped the spar after Kazuya held off the attack, and Kazuya praised his skill.
• Jiraiya promised to have someone notify Kazuya the next day, leaving him relieved as he headed back to wait for news.

Hyuga Kazuya admitted his Lightning Style Chakra Mode came from Cloud, while Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya suspected the pressure around him indicated a Hyuga bloodline reversion. After Kazuya left, Jiraiya revealed his injuries to Minato, then set off to find Tsunade and promised to seek Kazuya’s promotion to Chunin.

• Jiraiya asked Hyuga Kazuya about his crackling Lightning Style, and Kazuya admitted it was a Cloud ninjutsu.
• Minato Namikaze told Kazuya that activating the Eight Gates and Lightning Style Chakra Mode had produced a pressure that seemed to suppress people on the level of their life force.
• Minato and Jiraiya speculated that the pressure might be linked to the bloodline reversion Kazuya had mentioned, though Kazuya said he had felt nothing.
• Kazuya left the training ground, and Jiraiya began coughing blood as Minato supported him and reproached him for continuing the spar while injured.
• Jiraiya refused to go to the hospital and decided to find Tsunade, while promising Minato he would ask the old man to promote Kazuya directly to Chunin.

Hyuga Kazuya visited Konoha Hospital to treat his injured hand and met Doctor Mikawa Ryoko, who healed its surface with the Mystical Palm Technique. After learning that medical ninjutsu could consume a person’s lifespan, he asked to study it, and Mikawa offered to ask Tsunade, hinting that a bribe might improve his chances.

• Hyuga Kazuya went to Konoha Hospital with a severe hand injury from sparring and met Mikawa Ryoko.
• Mikawa Ryoko mistook Hyuga Kazuya for a bullied child, but he insisted that he had also sent his sparring partner crashing through several trees.
• Mikawa Ryoko used the Mystical Palm Technique to heal the surface of Hyuga Kazuya’s hand, though tiny bone injuries remained.
• Mikawa Ryoko explained that medical ninjutsu stimulated the body’s recovery and could consume a person’s lifespan.
• Hyuga Kazuya asked to learn medical ninjutsu, and Mikawa Ryoko offered to ask Tsunade, suggesting that a gift could improve his chances.

Hyuga Kazuya planned to ask Tsunade to take him as a disciple so he could learn Medical Ninjutsu, which he hoped to combine with his ability to replenish vitality. Meanwhile, Tsunade treated Jiraiya’s injuries and learned that a newly graduated, little-known ninja had hurt him.

• Hyuga Kazuya decided to give his gift directly to Tsunade and learned from Mikawa Ryoko that Tsunade usually visited the hospital in the afternoon.
• Hyuga Kazuya considered how Medical Ninjutsu and the Life Breath Technique might let him recover from severe injuries, even after opening the Eight Gates, and resolved to discuss a gift for Tsunade with his uncle.
• Jiraiya visited Tsunade and told her that a young ninja who had recently graduated from the Ninja Academy had injured him.
• Tsunade examined Jiraiya, found a bruise and a slight fracture, and healed most of his injuries with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Tsunade considered which recent graduate could have injured Jiraiya and thought of someone after ruling out Kakashi.

Jiraiya praised Hyuga Kazuya’s strength to Tsunade, then went to the Hokage Building to ask Hiruzen Sarutobi to promote him to Chunin so he could take missions alone. Hiruzen weighed the risks of sending a young prodigy into danger before making his decision.

• Tsunade treated Jiraiya, who told her Hyuga Kazuya was close to the Kage of each village despite being only thirteen or fourteen.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed the village’s young talent and its shortage of medical personnel, and Jiraiya promised to support her.
• Tsunade sent Jiraiya out, and he left for the Hokage Building to help Hyuga Kazuya carry out missions alone.
• Jiraiya asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to promote Hyuga Kazuya to Chunin, explaining that he was exceptionally strong but lacked combat experience.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered the danger of sending Hyuga Kazuya on solo missions against the need for him to gain experience, then made a decision.

Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Hyuga Kazuya’s promotion to Chunin and authorized him to take missions below S-rank, while acknowledging he could not quickly solve the village’s shortage of medical ninja. Back home, Kazuya waited for his Uncle and spoke confidently about his direction in life, leaving his actual request still unspoken.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi began arranging Hyuga Kazuya’s Chunin promotion after Jiraiya confirmed Minato Namikaze had confidence in him.
• Jiraiya asked about the shortage of medical ninja, and Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that limited funding, resources, and manpower prevented an easy solution.
• Jiraiya took a Scroll to update Hyuga Kazuya’s records so he could accept missions below S-rank.
• Hyuga Kazuya decided to ask his Uncle for money and resolved to demonstrate his value before making the request.
• Hyuga Kazuya waited at home until his Uncle returned, then told him he had already found his direction and would die without regrets.
• Hyuga Kazuya’s Uncle praised his confidence, then asked what he had wanted to discuss.

Hyuga Kazuya taught his uncle the Life Breath Technique, which restored his vitality, then asked for money to offer Tsunade as a gift for taking her as his master and studying Medical Ninjutsu. His uncle agreed to provide thirty million for now.

• Hyuga Kazuya guided his uncle through the Life Breath Technique and watched him absorb natural energy.
• His uncle finished practicing, felt several years younger, and described how his body became saturated after about half an hour.
• Hyuga Kazuya asked his uncle for money because he intended to study Medical Ninjutsu under Tsunade.
• His uncle questioned whether Medical Ninjutsu would hinder Kazuya's strength, then offered thirty million for the gift for taking a master.

Hyuga Kazuya went to Konoha Hospital to ask Tsunade to teach him Medical Ninjutsu, and she immediately agreed to make him her disciple. Tsunade gave him a stack of books and scrolls to study, leaving Kazuya facing a demanding course of preparation.

• Kazuya wondered whether his Life Breath Technique and body were abnormal, and decided he needed more data from trusted people who learned the technique.
• Kazuya collected thirty million from his uncle and headed to Konoha Hospital to meet Tsunade.
• Mikawa Ryoko brought Kazuya to Tsunade’s office, where Tsunade asked Ryoko to leave them alone.
• Kazuya asked Tsunade to teach him Medical Ninjutsu, and she agreed to take him as her disciple.
• Tsunade gave Kazuya books and scrolls to study, calling him a genius, and Kazuya promised to work hard.

Hyuga Kazuya became Tsunade’s disciple and received medical texts to study independently, while Tsunade planned to draw on his talent to improve Konoha’s medical knowledge. He was also promoted to Chunin, received Kushina’s sealing materials, and ended the day arguing with Uncle over how to use the thirty million.

• Tsunade told Hyuga Kazuya to study the medical books and Scrolls on his own, accepted him as her disciple, and let him keep the thirty million.
• After Hyuga Kazuya left, Tsunade revealed that she hoped his genius would help advance Konoha’s medical field and planned to teach him her ninjutsu and some Senju Clan techniques.
• Hyuga Kazuya told Mikawa Ryoko about his apprenticeship, then decided he would discuss investing the thirty million with Uncle because he had no time to run a business himself.
• Hyuga Kazuya visited Minato Namikaze, received Kushina’s Sealing Jutsu basics, and learned that he had been promoted to Chunin so he could accept missions independently.
• Hyuga Kazuya returned home and told Uncle about becoming Tsunade’s disciple and keeping the thirty million, but they disagreed over what to do with the money.

Hyuga Kazuya told his Uncle he wanted to use thirty million to start an agriculture business near the sea, combining seafood with greenhouse-grown off-season produce. His Uncle agreed to help with Clan resources and assigned Mata to assist him, leaving Kazuya to find a way to earn Mata’s loyalty.

• Kazuya refused to take the thirty million as a gift and told his Uncle he wanted to start a business.
• Kazuya chose agriculture near the sea, planning to grow valuable off-season vegetables and fruits in greenhouses while also relying on seafood.
• His Uncle warned that Kazuya would have to manage his own profits and losses, though the Clan would provide some support.
• His Uncle promised to send a capable Branch Family member to help, hinting that the man might not be loyal to Kazuya personally.
• The next day, his Uncle introduced Mata, a Branch Family member whose wife was about to give birth, and told Kazuya that Mata would support him.