Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Kazuya prepared to train the Daimyo’s ninja force and tested a mysterious crystal, discovering it could store and replenish chakra and might be a Gelel Stone. He decided to give it to Momona to help protect her as war approached.

• Hyuga Kazuya concluded that his deal with the Daimyo would let him train ninja using a modified Eight Gates method supported by medical treatment and Sealing Jutsu.
• Hyuga Kazuya borrowed a village laboratory using his status as Tsunade’s disciple and examined the crystal he had obtained.
• Hyuga Kazuya found that the crystal was exceptionally hard, slightly increased chakra, emitted faint radiation, and could store and replenish energy.
• Hyuga Kazuya suspected the crystal was a Gelel Stone and filled its reserves with his chakra.
• Hyuga Kazuya decided to give the stone to Momona so she could use it to survive more dangerous missions as war drew near.

Hyuga Kazuya gave Momona the Gelel Stone and exchanged for two ninjutsu at the Hokage Building, where Hiruzen Sarutobi offered him an S-rank mission against Kumogakure. Kazuya accepted the mission, which could earn him promotion to Jonin, and was told to gather with the Anbu the next day.

• Hyuga Kazuya gave Momona the Gelel Stone and warned her to keep it sealed away unless she truly needed it.
• Hyuga Kazuya exchanged for Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and Earth Release: Quicksand Technique, explaining that he planned to teach one to Momona and use the other for company matters.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Hyuga Kazuya an S-rank mission to assist the Anbu in confronting Kumogakure, promising to promote him to Jonin if he completed it by the New Year.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Fire Cat to contact Hyuga Kazuya and instructed Kazuya to gather at the Hokage Building the next day.
• Hyuga Kazuya received the ninjutsu Scrolls, said farewell to Hiruzen Sarutobi, and left the Hokage Building.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Hyuga Kazuya on a long mission, while Orochimaru unexpectedly made him a disciple and gave him a Scroll. Before leaving the next day, Kazuya gave Momona a Wind Release Scroll and said goodbye to his acquaintances.

• Fire Cat questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about sending Hyuga Kazuya to the battlefield, and Hiruzen explained Kazuya's strength and independence.
• Orochimaru offered to take Hyuga Kazuya as his disciple, and Kazuya accepted and received an unknown Scroll.
• Hyuga Kazuya gave Momona a Wind Release: Great Breakthrough Scroll and reassured her about his upcoming long mission.
• Hyuga Kazuya visited Teacher Minato, Teacher Tsunade, and Kakashi before leaving, then beat Kakashi in a friendly fight.

Hyuga Kazuya read Orochimaru’s clue to records about the Caged Bird in the Main Family Shrine, but decided to delay investigating until he could prepare stronger Sealing Jutsu. He also considered cloning many Byakugan as a backup way to evolve his eyes and escape the Caged Bird.

• Hyuga Kazuya read Orochimaru’s Scroll, which said records about the Caged Bird were in the last room on the right in the Main Family Shrine basement.
• Hyuga Kazuya judged that investigating immediately was too dangerous and burned the Scroll to leave no trace.
• Hyuga Kazuya planned to use his New Year “Enlightenment” to develop Sealing Jutsu that could conceal its blockage from the Byakugan before investigating the shrine.
• Hyuga Kazuya considered evolving his Byakugan as another way to address the Caged Bird and ruled out Toneri’s method because he lacked the required lunar branch bloodline.
• Hyuga Kazuya settled on cloning many Byakugan as a possible backup plan, but recognized that he still needed cloning knowledge and answers about the risks and effects.

Hyuga Kazuya joined the Anbu under the mask name Peppa and traveled with Fire Cat to a secret base in the Land of Hot Springs. There, they learned that Cloud ninja Toroi had ambushed and killed every member of the Fourth Squad.

• Hyuga Kazuya decided to focus on studying Sealing Jutsu and medical ninjutsu.
• Hyuga Kazuya met Fire Cat at the Hokage Building, chose a pig mask, and took the name Peppa.
• Hyuga Kazuya declined teammates and traveled with Fire Cat to the Anbu base in the Land of Hot Springs.
• Fire Cat brought Hyuga Kazuya to a meeting where Elephant revealed that Toroi had killed the entire Fourth Squad.

Hyuga Kazuya volunteered to hunt down Toroi’s Cloud Anbu squad after the Land of Hot Springs Anbu hesitated over the risks. With the Hokage’s backing and intelligence in hand, he set out toward the northeast to find the Cloud Anbu.

• Fire Cat and the other Anbu leaders hesitated to pursue Toroi because his squad was powerful and the mission might be a trap.
• Hyuga Kazuya offered to complete the mission and said the Hokage had specially assigned him.
• Fire Cat confirmed Hyuga Kazuya’s status, and Elephant gave him a Scroll containing intelligence on Cloud Anbu in the Land of Hot Springs.
• After Hyuga Kazuya left, Fire Cat told the leaders that the Hokage had assessed him as stronger than two Fire Cats combined, exciting the group.
• Hyuga Kazuya reviewed the Scroll, found little useful information about Toroi, and headed northeast toward the Land of Lightning.

Hyuga Kazuya found Toroi’s four-person squad and discovered Cloud reinforcements nearby. After weighing the risk of their arrival, he decided to attack the squad anyway.

• Toroi prepared his squad for a Konoha counterattack and said his senbon would kill whoever came, as his teammates stayed alert for an approaching enemy.
• Hyuga Kazuya used his Byakugan to locate the four Jonin-level targets and began circling the area to check for traps and ambushes.
• Toroi sensed an enemy nearby and discreetly warned his squad to stay on guard, but the minutes passed without an attack.
• Hyuga Kazuya spotted three Cloud reinforcement squads, twelve ninja in all, including an Elite Jonin, ten kilometers from Toroi’s squad.
• Hyuga Kazuya judged that he could kill the four targets before the reinforcements arrived and decided to attack.

Hyuga Kazuya ambushed Toroi’s squad with Vacuum Arrows, killing three Jonin while Toroi survived through Magnet Release. As Toroi closed in, Kazuya defended himself with Revolving Heaven, and Toroi escalated the fight by launching two magnetized Fuma Shuriken.

• Hyuga Kazuya attacked Toroi with a triple Vacuum Arrow, but Toroi deflected the first shot with a Magnet Release shield and sent up a distress signal.
• Kazuya fired at Toroi’s teammates and killed three Jonin with four Vacuum Arrows.
• Toroi charged toward Kazuya, using Magnet Release to evade another arrow and reach close range.
• Toroi sent magnetized Square Shuriken at Kazuya, who blocked them with Revolving Heaven.
• Toroi launched two magnetized Fuma Shuriken at Kazuya.

Hyuga Kazuya defeated and killed Toroi after activating Lightning Style Chakra Mode and using Eight Trigrams, Empty Palm to break through Toroi’s Magnet Release attacks. With Cloud reinforcements only 2.3 kilometers away, Kazuya took Toroi’s corpse and fled, leaving his fallen arrows and Chakra Metal behind.

• Hyuga Kazuya activated Lightning Style Chakra Mode and the Third Gate, then charged at Toroi while knocking the Fuma Shuriken off course with Empty Palm.
• Toroi tried to evade Kazuya and attack him with Magnet Release-controlled weapons, but Kazuya’s Empty Palm sent the kunai and shuriken flying back into Toroi.
• Hyuga Kazuya struck Toroi with another Empty Palm, destroying his internal organs and killing him before he could use his ultimate move.
• Hyuga Kazuya activated Byakugan and discovered Cloud reinforcements were about 2.3 kilometers away.
• Hyuga Kazuya stored Toroi’s corpse and departed, leaving his arrows and Chakra Metal behind.

Hyuga Kazuya defeated Toroi and returned Toroi’s corpse to the Land of Hot Springs Anbu base, while Cloud’s reinforcements abandoned their pursuit near Konoha territory. After confirming the kill, Kazuya left for the company in the southern Land of Fire to begin the training he had promised the Daimyo.

• The Cloud Anbu captain found the battlefield, then ordered part of his team to pursue the traces Hyuga Kazuya had left behind.
• The captain halted the pursuit when the trail led into territory controlled by Konoha and withdrew with his team.
• Hyuga Kazuya waited to see if the Cloud Anbu would follow, then carried Toroi’s corpse toward the Land of Hot Springs Anbu base.
• Elephant and Fire Cat inspected Toroi’s corpse and realized Hyuga Kazuya had defeated him.
• Hyuga Kazuya left the base and raced south toward the company near the Land of Bears to begin training.

Hyuga Kazuya reviewed his fight with Toroi and decided to seek new ninjutsu, setting his sights on Hoshigakure and its Mysterious Peacock Method. He visited the southeastern company site and learned that the Daimyo had granted the company control over a town and nearby villages, leaving Mata excited about their newfound status.

• Hyuga Kazuya reflected on defeating Toroi and concluded that he needed to improve his archery, Taijutsu, and ninjutsu.
• Hyuga Kazuya chose Hoshigakure as a target, hoping to obtain its ninjutsu and the meteorite-backed Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Hyuga Kazuya traveled to the company's southeastern site in disguise and found Hyuga Mata using the Byakugan.
• Mata told Hyuga Kazuya that the Daimyo's soldiers were restless because the promised training had not begun.
• Mata explained that the Daimyo had moved the company's land and granted it a town and nearby villages to manage, making them nobles over the area.

Hyuga Kazuya inspected the company’s land-reclamation work and the Daimyo-funded barracks, then introduced himself to the soldiers as their new instructor, Tianpeng. After demonstrating his strength, he won their respect and set their first training for the next morning.

• Hyuga Kazuya learned from Mata that the company’s farmers were well fed and that nearby villagers were eager for work, then ordered dormitories built near the farm.
• Hyuga Kazuya disguised himself and toured the company with Mata, who showed him the reclaimed land, its Grassroots Leaders, and the barracks funded by the Daimyo.
• Mata assembled the one hundred soldiers and introduced Hyuga Kazuya as their new instructor.
• Hyuga Kazuya called himself Tianpeng and blasted the air with a punch, convincing the soldiers to obey him.
• Kinyoshi saluted Tianpeng on behalf of the soldiers, and Tianpeng ordered everyone to assemble for training at seven the next morning.

Hyuga Kazuya prepared soldiers for Eight Gates training, strengthened the company’s reforms, and infiltrated Hoshigakure to investigate its Meteorite and ninjutsu scrolls. He reached the Temple at the crater’s bottom without being detected, but had not yet entered it.

• Hyuga Kazuya planned to condition the soldiers before using Lightning Style and the Eight Gates to develop them into Taijutsu-type Chunin.
• Hyuga Kazuya helped the company clear difficult land, while its administration began reforms that won support from the farmers.
• Hyuga Kazuya secretly mapped Hoshigakure and located the Meteorite in the crater, though he did not know where the village kept its ninjutsu scrolls.
• Hyuga Kazuya crossed Hoshigakure’s poisonous gorge during a guard shift change and slipped through the village unseen.
• Hyuga Kazuya used the Visual Concealment sealing technique to descend into the crater and quietly reached the Temple, where barriers blocked the Byakugan’s view inside.

Hyuga Kazuya broke into Hoshigakure's Temple to seize the Star after realizing he could not borrow it while the village constantly used it. He escaped the Star's guards and grew determined to obtain the Mysterious Peacock Method as well.

• Hyuga Kazuya used Sealing Jutsu to weaken the Temple's barrier and scouted the Star and the Hoshigakure Ninja cultivating around it with his Byakugan.
• Hyuga Kazuya decided to steal the Star to draw guards away from Hoshikage Building, then prepared for the right moment.
• Hyuga Kazuya burst through the Temple's walls with Empty Palms, shattered the barrier around the Star, and grabbed the meteorite.
• The Star Hidden ninja attacked Hyuga Kazuya with weapons and the Mysterious Peacock Method's Bear Demon, but their strikes failed to stop him.
• Hyuga Kazuya pierced the Bear Demon with powerful Empty Palms, saw it survive in a diminished form, and resolved to obtain the Peacock Secret Method.

Hyuga Kazuya stole the Star and Scrolls containing the Mysterious Peacock Method from Star Hidden Village, then escaped and waited nearby to ensure he had not been tracked. By the following afternoon, he had confirmed the Scrolls were safe and identified the Mysterious Peacock Method techniques he had taken.

• Hyuga Kazuya stole the Star from its training room and escaped the pursuing Star Hidden ninja.
• Hyuga Kazuya returned to Star Hidden Village and used the distraction at the meteor crater to infiltrate Hoshikage Building.
• Hyuga Kazuya found the Secret Vault, took Scrolls on the Mysterious Peacock Method and several high-level ninjutsu, then left the village through the unguarded canyon.
• Hyuga Kazuya sealed the Star and hid in a nearby valley, while Star Hidden discovered both the Star and its Secret Vault had been robbed.
• Hyuga Kazuya checked the Scrolls for tracking marks and found four Scrolls on the Mysterious Peacock Method, including Bear, Shift, and Wing.

Hyuga Kazuya studied the Mysterious Peacock Method and realized its techniques could let chakra directly affect reality, though cultivating them depended on the Star. He began testing the Star’s energy on his summoned Wild Boar and found that its chakra absorbed the energy only gradually.

• Hyuga Kazuya examined the Mysterious Peacock Method scrolls and recognized the extraordinary potential of Bear, Wing, and Shift.
• Hyuga Kazuya realized the Star was essential to cultivating the method and that taking it had likely deprived Star Hidden Village of a way to train new practitioners.
• Hyuga Kazuya returned to the company, secured his apartment with barriers, and studied the Star using his Byakugan.
• Hyuga Kazuya summoned his Wild Boar and discovered it had grown much larger and turned white since he last saw it.
• Hyuga Kazuya had the Wild Boar absorb the Star’s energy and observed that the energy remained distinct from its chakra while slowly being assimilated.

Hyuga Kazuya absorbed the Star’s energy, then used his newly activated chakra to cultivate the Mysterious Peacock Method and manifest a Bear Demon. He left the chapter testing the enormous chakra construct’s power from a cockpit-like position atop its head.

• Hyuga Kazuya absorbed the Star’s energy for several hours and found that his chakra had become more cooperative and his control had improved slightly.
• Hyuga Kazuya studied the Mysterious Peacock Method and began cultivating it during the recovery periods after absorbing the Star’s energy.
• Hyuga Kazuya manifested a chakra Bear Demon that roared and pounded its chest without his instruction.
• Hyuga Kazuya spent eleven cards of chakra enlarging the Bear Demon to sixty meters, then observed that movement drained the chakra sustaining it.
• Hyuga Kazuya flew to the Bear Demon’s head, declared, “Bear Demon Mecha, sortie!”, and punched a small hill.

Hyuga Kazuya developed the Mysterious Peacock Method into more powerful chakra constructs and imagined using it to challenge Madara Uchiha once he had enough chakra. The next morning, he began the first round of Lightning Style stimulation on the Daimyo's one hundred soldiers.

• Hyuga Kazuya tested the Bear construct, then created a giant blade that carved a deep trench while consuming 3.4 cards of chakra.
• Hyuga Kazuya discovered that chakra constructs could be designed as functional devices, demonstrated a spinning electric fan, and considered building an air cannon.
• Hyuga Kazuya weighed whether he could defeat the elderly Madara Uchiha but decided to wait and play it safe.
• Hyuga Kazuya gathered the one hundred soldiers after ten days of training and ordered Kinyoshi to send them into a room in groups of ten.
• Hyuga Kazuya entered the room, formed a chakra tentacle to shut the door, and frightened the first ten soldiers who came inside.

Hyuga Kazuya used Lightning Style stimulation and punishing training to strengthen the Daimyo’s soldiers, eventually winning their admiration and loyalty. He wondered whether they might hesitate to follow orders against him, while the soldiers’ growing devotion suggested their allegiance could shift away from the Daimyo.

• Hyuga Kazuya restrained ten soldiers and used Byakugan-guided Lightning Style stimulation, adjusting its intensity and treating those who were badly affected.
• Hyuga Kazuya and his Shadow Clones stimulated and trained the remaining soldiers until all one hundred had undergone the process.
• Over the next two months, Hyuga Kazuya repeated the stimulation and pushed the soldiers through increasingly difficult training, while healing them when necessary.
• The soldiers grew to respect and admire Hyuga Kazuya, and he wondered whether they would hesitate before pointing their weapons at him.
• Hyuga Kazuya realized that his care, the strength he gave the soldiers, and his stories about peace had made them deeply loyal to him.

Hyuga Kazuya returned from the Land of Hot Springs Anbu base and investigated Hoshigakure after visiting his company. He learned that Akaboshi was plotting a coup and decided to wait for the right moment to take control of the village.

• Hyuga Kazuya handed Elephant the Cloud Village forehead protectors he had collected and said his mission was over because Lord Hokage had summoned him back.
• Hyuga Kazuya flew toward his company, transformed into Instructor Tianpeng, made a few arrangements, and then headed for Hoshigakure.
• Hyuga Kazuya infiltrated Hoshigakure and gathered intelligence, discovering that Akaboshi had assembled followers to overthrow the Third Hoshikage.
• Hyuga Kazuya decided not to intervene yet and planned to act after Akaboshi's coup, when he could take over Hoshigakure under the Third Hoshikage's authority.