Chapter Summaries

On the Ninja Academy’s opening day, Chiyo sensed a spatial disturbance above Konoha and discovered a mysterious mirror-wielding woman targeting the village and its children. Kaguya transported the woman, Chiyo, and herself to an icy dimension, where Chiyo’s first attack was reflected back and the woman prepared to retaliate.

• Sasuke, Mirai, Chiemi, Naruto, and Karin arrived at the Ninja Academy with their families to begin their studies.
• After the children entered the school, Chiyo detected an abnormal spatial fluctuation above Konoha, and Kaguya confirmed that its source was approaching the Academy.
• A woman emerged from a spatial rift, demanded Chiyo’s Demonic Blade and Rinnegan, and declared that Konoha’s people would become exhibits in her Mirror Palace.
• Kaguya used Amenominaka to transfer the woman, Chiyo, and herself to an icy dimension before the attacker could reach the village.
• Chiyo attacked with Demonic Blade: Great Blade, but the woman’s Mirror Reflection technique rebounded his strike, and she announced that it was her turn to attack.

Chiyo and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya destroyed the mirror-wielding enemy’s clone and Mirror Heart, forcing her to retreat while warning that her true body would return. They returned to Konoha, but the enemy’s true body sent a new clone into a world from the Warring States Period to gather power.

• The mirror woman filled the Ice and Snow Space with solid clones, refracted Chiyo’s ice attacks, and began pulling the collapsing space into a giant mirror.
• Kaguya restrained the giant mirror with Yomotsu Hirasaka while Chiyo used Amaterasu, Kamui, and the Demonic Blade: Great Blade to expose its weakness.
• Chiyo struck the back of the woman’s circular mirror with All-Killing Ash Bones, destroying her Mirror Heart and causing her clones to vanish.
• The dying mirror woman warned that her true body would return, but Kaguya erased the clone with a Super Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Chiyo and Kaguya returned to Konoha, where Chiyo planned to pick up Chiemi and Mirai from the Ninja Academy; the Demonic Blade gained a shattered-mirror mark.
• The woman’s true body awakened in the mirror world and sent a clone into a world from the Warring States Period to gather souls and power.

At the Ninja Academy opening ceremony, Chiyo urged the new students to use their strength to protect others and preserve peace. Afterward, Hinata told him she wanted to free the Hyuga branch family from its oppressive system, and left with his encouragement and training scroll, determined not to disappoint him.

• Chiyo gave the new students a speech about shinobi choosing to protect their families, comrades, and peace rather than serve as tools for killing.
• The students and teachers applauded, and the children chanted, “Fight for protection!”
• Hinata asked Chiyo whether the Hyuga main-branch system and Caged Bird Seal truly represented protection, and said they were restraints imposed through fear.
• Chiyo explained that genuine protection came from love and choice, and told Hinata the Hyuga clan placed its system above the freedom and dignity of its members.
• Hinata declared that she wanted to free the branch family and make the Hyuga a true family, and Chiyo encouraged her and gave her a scroll on Chakra Control and Gentle Fist techniques.
• Hinata left determined to grow stronger and told Chiyo she did not want to disappoint him.

Kushina reflected on how peaceful life had become and told Chiyo she wanted to grow strong enough to protect Konoha and stand beside him. Chiyo agreed to take her to Shikkotsu Forest the next day to learn sage arts, leaving Kushina excitedly addressing Kurama.

• Kushina joined Tsunade and Mikoto in preparing dinner and spoke about wanting to protect the peaceful life the younger generation enjoyed.
• Chiyo came home with Chiemi and Mirai, and the family shared a warm dinner together.
• After dinner, Kushina told Chiyo she wanted to improve her strength so she could help him and protect Konoha and the Federation.
• Chiyo suggested sage arts as a difficult and dangerous path for Kushina to grow stronger.
• Chiyo agreed to take Kushina to Shikkotsu Forest the next day, and Kushina excitedly told Kurama that Chiyo could not refuse her.

Kushina trained in Shikkotsu Forest to sense and balance Nature Energy, using Shadow Clones to speed up her attempts. With Kurama’s help, she formed senjutsu Chakra for the first time, and Chiyo said she still needed practice before she could enter Sage Mode at will.

• Chiyo taught Kushina to sense Nature Energy and suggested she use Shadow Clones to discover how to guide and balance it.
• Kushina’s first two rounds of Shadow Clones failed, but their returned experiences helped her identify a promising approach.
• Kurama found a ratio that let his Chakra settle, and he passed the insight to Kushina as Nature Energy began responding to the clones.
• Seven of Kushina’s clones stabilized a balance among her Chakra, Nature Energy, and Kurama’s Chakra before releasing themselves.
• Kushina absorbed the clones’ experience and formed senjutsu Chakra, crossing the threshold into senjutsu.
• Chiyo congratulated Kushina and told her to keep training; they headed back to Konoha to eat.

Kushina tested her newly fused Nine-Tails Sage Chakra against Chiyo and proved she could combine Sage Art, tailed-beast power, and sealing techniques. After Chiyo declared her the winner, the two left Shikkotsu Forest together, with Kushina determined to grow strong enough to stand by his side.

• Kushina activated her Nine-Tails Sage Chakra Mode and blocked Chiyo's Shinra Tensei and follow-up attacks.
• Kushina trapped Chiyo in a Sage Art sealing cage, then unleashed a massive spiraling Tailed Beast Ball that devastated part of Shikkotsu Forest.
• Chiyo admitted Kushina had won because her sealing technique could have given her time to land the final strike.
• Kushina celebrated Chiyo's praise, and Kurama grudgingly called her passable.
• Chiyo and Kushina walked toward Konoha together, and Kushina vowed to become strong enough to stand by his side.

After returning to Konoha, Chiyo shared a peaceful evening with Kushina before meeting Yakumo Kurama painting beside the Naka River. He encouraged Yakumo to join the Federation Special Ability Research Department, and she resolved to develop her abilities and contribute to Konoha.

• Chiyo and Kushina returned to Konoha and stopped for dumplings while Kushina discussed what she had learned from their sparring.
• Kushina kissed Chiyo on the cheek by the Naka River, told him she was happy to stand beside him, and left to help Mikoto.
• Chiyo found Yakumo Kurama painting a night view of Konoha with a small figure resembling him beneath a cherry blossom tree.
• Yakumo showed Chiyo her Genjutsu, which could create a butterfly that transformed into cherry blossoms, and told him her health and control had improved.
• Chiyo invited Yakumo to join the Federation Special Ability Research Department, and she agreed to learn to control her abilities and help Konoha.
• Yakumo added figures of herself and Chiyo to her painting and titled it "Moonlight and Cherry Blossoms."

Yakumo Kurama joined Konoha’s research department and demonstrated her powerful Five Senses Dominion genjutsu to her new teachers and teammates. After successfully coordinating with Haku and Kaguya Kimimaro in training, she began to feel safe and welcomed among them.

• Kurenai Yuhi escorted Yakumo through the barrier into the training compound and introduced her to Haku, Kaguya Kimimaro, and Yamato.
• Yakumo used Five Senses Dominion to overlay an illusory cherry-blossom courtyard on the Training Ground, disrupting even Kimimaro’s Chakra sensing.
• Kurenai arranged a coordination exercise in which Yakumo supported Haku and Kimimaro against Yamato.
• Yakumo created a snowy forest illusion and changed the perceived trajectory of Haku’s Ice Dragon Bullet, letting it strike past Yamato’s defense.
• Yamato praised the team, and Haku and Kimimaro encouraged Yakumo as she realized the compound could be a place where she belonged.

Yakumo trained to sustain her reality-altering creations and chose to use her ability to bring comfort and hope to others. In Shikkotsu Forest, Kushina developed a powerful sealing and senjutsu technique, then began working to make it faster so she could stand beside Chiyo.

• Yakumo created a cherry blossom forest for five minutes during training with Kurenai Yuhi before it collapsed and left her exhausted.
• Yakumo told Kurenai Yuhi she wanted to use her ability to create beautiful scenes that eased pain and restored hope.
• Kushina combined the Nine-Tails' Chakra, Sealing Jutsu, and senjutsu to create a stable technique she named Sage Sealed Tailed Beast Ball.
• Kushina tested the technique in Trial Valley, where it silently erased a deep, smooth hollow through a rock wall while consuming thirty percent of her Chakra.
• The Nine-Tails suggested challenging Chiyo once Kushina mastered the technique, but Kushina said she wanted to stand by his side and began practicing an instant-cast version.

Kushina joined the Special Ability Research Division as an instructor after mastering new Sage Art and sealing techniques, and began training Yakumo, Haku, and Kimimaro. Later, Chiyo encountered Hinata training late at night, gave her advice and a scroll on Chakra control, and left her determined to grow strong enough to change the Hyuga clan.

• Kushina demonstrated her improved Sage Sealed Tailed Beast Ball and modified Adamantine Sealing Chains to Chiyo, who invited her to teach at the Special Ability Research Division.
• Kushina accepted the instructor position and began teaching Yakumo, Haku, and Kimimaro about foundations and tactical thinking.
• Chiyo found Hinata practicing Gentle Fist at the Third Training Ground after four hours of nighttime training.
• Chiyo explained how focused Chakra could improve her Gentle Fist and gave Hinata a scroll on fine Chakra control and point attacks.
• Hinata told Chiyo she wanted to protect the people she loved and change the Hyuga clan, then promised she would not disappoint him.

The Federation New Generation Ranking Tournament began in Konoha, bringing together five hundred graduates from across the Shinobi World. As the contestants entered a thirty-minute free-for-all preliminary round, Mirai and Chiemi Uchiha stood out as favorites, while Hinata believed the other competitors could still make the contest unpredictable.

• Minato Namikaze welcomed the spectators and explained that the tournament would use preliminaries, elimination rounds, and final ranking matches.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno discussed the tournament as they watched the contestants gather.
• Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame noted Mirai and Chiemi Uchiha's exceptional records and Special Jonin-level abilities, while Shikamaru predicted one of them would win.
• Hinata Hyuga said the other contestants had improved and that the tournament would be interesting.
• Chiyo, Tsunade, Mikoto, and other Federation leaders watched from the VIP section as Minato announced a thirty-minute free-for-all preliminary round.
• The barrier sealed the arena, and the contestants scattered as the first round began.

Five hundred young shinobi fought for points in a thirty-minute arena melee, displaying their skills as the rankings shifted. When time ran out, Mirai Uchiha and Chiemi Uchiha led the scoreboard, and Minato Namikaze announced that the selected candidates would be revealed next.

• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Mirai, and Hinata Hyuga defeated opponents and collected score tags with their signature techniques.
• Mirai and Chiemi Uchiha worked together to defeat eight opponents, while Kaguya Kimimaro rescued Yakumo Kurama and helped her overcome two attackers with her self-created Genjutsu.
• Kimimaro, Hinata, Sasuke, and others joined the top ten as the scoreboard settled with Mirai at 48 points and Chiemi at 45.
• Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Choji Akimichi coordinated a late push to gain points.
• Naruto and Sasuke teamed up with Hinata to break through Gaara's sand defense, but Minato Namikaze ended the melee before their attacks landed.
• Minato announced that the list of selected candidates would be revealed.

The elimination rounds began with a three-person team format, and Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji faced Kimimaro, Haku, and Yakumo. Shikamaru’s team was defeated when Yakumo unleashed a powerful Chakra-draining Genjutsu, and the chapter ended with Chiyo considering whether Yakumo’s ability could be developed against the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Hinata told Neji she wanted to understand other ninjas and change the Hyuga clan’s future, not merely win points.
• Minato announced the team-based elimination format and assigned Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji to face Kimimaro, Haku, and Yakumo in the first Division A match.
• Shikamaru coordinated a plan that used Ino’s mental interference, Choji’s defense, and his own shadow techniques to disrupt Yakumo and Haku and bind Kimimaro.
• Yakumo broke Shikamaru’s restraints by trapping his team in Mental Prison, a Genjutsu that drained their Chakra, and Minato declared Kimimaro’s team the winner.
• Chiyo praised the match and wondered whether Yakumo could incorporate senjutsu Nature Energy into her Genjutsu to use against the Otsutsuki Clan.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin faced Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro in the elimination round, with Karin supporting her teammates while they battled the Sand siblings. Naruto and Sasuke combined the Rasengan with Lightning Release to shatter Gaara’s Absolute Defense, leaving Gaara injured as the fight’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Minato Namikaze announced that Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin would fight Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, and the teams prepared their strategies.
• Temari and Kankuro attacked Karin, but Naruto disrupted Temari’s wind blades and Sasuke cut the Chakra Threads controlling Kankuro’s Raven puppet.
• Gaara trapped Naruto’s clones with sand and blocked Naruto’s Rasengan and Sasuke’s Chidori, while Karin sensed Sealing Jutsu within his sand defense.
• Temari attacked Karin, but Karin used the Uzumaki Clan’s Sealing Jutsu to break through the wind blast, allowing Naruto to counterattack.
• Naruto and Sasuke combined the Rasengan and Lightning Release into a Combination Ninjutsu that shattered Gaara’s Sand Shield and wounded him.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin defeated Gaara’s team by finding and striking the sandstorm’s chakra node, and the next elimination match began between Hinata’s team and Kurotsuchi’s. Hinata revealed her powerful defensive Gentle Fist technique, but Kurotsuchi changed the battlefield and called for a new plan.

• Karin identified the sandstorm’s chakra node, and Naruto held the sand back while Sasuke struck its weak points with Chidori Senbon.
• Gaara conceded defeat to Naruto and Sasuke, then shook Naruto’s hand and agreed to fight him again.
• Minato announced Hinata Hyuga, Neji Hyuga, and Shino Aburame would face Kurotsuchi, Suigetsu Hozuki, and Sakura Haruno.
• Shino’s insects and Neji’s Gentle Fist pressured Kurotsuchi, while Suigetsu used his Hydrification Technique and Kubikiribōchō to draw Neji into a defense.
• Kurotsuchi and Suigetsu targeted Hinata, but Hinata used Eight Trigrams, One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms to redirect Kurotsuchi’s attack and begin sealing her meridians.
• Kurotsuchi raised stone pillars to divide the arena and restrict the Byakugan’s view, then ordered her teammates to switch to another plan.

Hinata defeated Kurotsuchi's team by using a new Gentle Fist technique to disrupt their attacks without destroying them, then described the Gentle Fist as a way to protect and connect people. Neji accepted her hand and asked to accompany her on future missions, while Chiyo suggested Hinata's path could oppose the Otsutsuki's power.

• Kurotsuchi changed the battle plan, sending Suigetsu to occupy Neji while she attacked Hinata and Sakura supported them.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to disrupt Suigetsu's water whip and identify Kurotsuchi's Earth Release, but Kurotsuchi's terrain-altering attacks cornered Hinata, Neji, and Shino.
• Hinata resonated with Nature Energy and used a modified Eight Trigrams, One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms to neutralize the lava, Rock Pillars, and Kurotsuchi's defenses without harming her opponents.
• After Hinata's team won, she told Neji that the Gentle Fist should protect and connect the Hyuga Clan, and Neji took her hand and agreed to accompany her on a future mission.
• Kurotsuchi accepted her loss and challenged Hinata to a private spar, while Hyuga Clan members stood to watch Hinata leave the arena with Neji and Shino.
• Chiyo told Tsunade and Mikoto that Hinata's path could stand against the Otsutsuki, and Yakumo smiled at the words she had written: "True strength is letting even your enemies see the light."

Mirai, Chiemi, and Tenten defeated Kimimaro, Haku, and Yakumo with a combination of ninja tools, Sharingan insight, and a powerful Sage Chakra Slash. After the match, Chiyo and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya left to investigate an undisclosed threat, while Mikoto secretly activated her Mangekyō Sharingan to protect the arena.

• Mirai, Chiemi, and Tenten fought Kimimaro, Haku, and Yakumo as Kimimaro attacked with bone techniques and Haku and Yakumo supported him with Ice Release and Genjutsu.
• Chiemi identified the Chakra threads sustaining Yakumo's illusions, and Mirai broke the Mindscape Labyrinth with a powerful punch.
• Haku and Kimimaro unleashed an ice-and-bone attack, and Tenten released more than a hundred puppets from her Scroll to defend the team.
• Mirai and Chiemi combined Nature Energy and Chakra into a Sage Chakra Sword and defeated the opposing team with their World Breaker Slash.
• Minato declared Team D-04 the winner, while Chiyo and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya left through separate space-time passages to investigate a serious matter.
• Mikoto assured Tsunade she would protect the arena and secretly activated her Mangekyō Sharingan.

Chiyo and Kaguya confronted Ōtsutsuki Urashiki after he emerged from a space rift near Konoha, and they discovered his unusual time-based abilities. Urashiki revealed a crimson, six-tomoe Rinnegan and opened a spatial gate behind Chiyo, launching another attack.

• Chiyo and Kaguya investigated a spatial disturbance in Konoha Forest and watched Ōtsutsuki Urashiki emerge from a rift.
• Urashiki attacked Chiyo with Chakra-draining fishhooks, but Chiyo used Kamui and Shinra Tensei to evade and repel him.
• Kaguya recognized Urashiki, who said he had come to retrieve the Chakra Fruit and clean up the planet's problems.
• Urashiki accelerated time to attack Kaguya, but Chiyo's Shadow Clone caught his fishhook and Chiyo struck at him with Amaterasu flames.
• Urashiki used Time Rewind to escape the flames, then revealed a crimson six-tomoe Rinnegan and attacked Chiyo through a spatial gate.

Chiyo and Kaguya fought Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, who transformed into Crane Form after escaping Chibaku Tensei and overwhelmed them with time-based powers. Chiyo exposed the weakness of Urashiki’s Time Rewind, stopped him from activating it, and killed him with the World-Breaking Blade.

• Chiyo and Kaguya trapped Urashiki with sealing techniques and attacks, but he escaped by using Time Shift and Paper Crane Body Flicker Technique.
• Chiyo redirected Urashiki’s Tensō Ryūsei Mei fishhooks with Fleeting Bloom, then sealed him inside a Sage Art: Chibaku Tensei.
• Urashiki broke out by swallowing his Red-Light Fish Basket along with his Rinnegan, evolving into Crane Form and unleashing powerful attacks against Chiyo and Kaguya.
• Chiyo and Kaguya moved the battle into Kaguya’s Ice and Snow Space, where Chiyo explained that Urashiki’s Time Rewind accumulated temporal distortion in his body.
• Chiyo used Fleeting Bloom to make Urashiki’s attempt at Time Rewind fail while Kaguya attacked, then cut him down with the World-Breaking Blade.

After Chiyo and Kaguya killed Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, Kaguya absorbed his power and gained limited time-based abilities. Chiyo returned to Konoha’s ranking matches, warned the Federation to prepare for the Otsutsuki Clan, and watched the young contestants grow stronger as Kaguya continued consolidating her new strength.

• Kaguya absorbed Urashiki’s remains and gained Time Rewind, Paper Crane Body Flicker, and Tensō Ryūsei Mei.
• Chiyo told Kaguya that the Otsutsuki Clan would return, and they clasped hands before traveling back near Konoha.
• Chiyo reunited with Tsunade and Mikoto, revealed Urashiki’s identity, and ordered the Federation to raise its alert levels.
• Mirai and Chiemi won their match, while representatives from other nations discussed the threat and prepared to grow stronger.
• Sasuke, Naruto, and Karin defeated their Takigakure opponents after Sasuke shattered their Chakra-absorbing ninja tool; Chiyo noted that Sasuke’s Sharingan was close to evolving.
• Kaguya sat beneath the veranda as her aura steadied and her strength began to surge.