Chapter Summaries

Feng An punished Mitokado Homura for targeting Hinata Hyuga and rejected Konoha’s appeasement of the Cloud Village. After Utatane Koharu admitted the elders’ choice was unfair, she asked Feng An whether he wanted to become Hokage.

• Mitokado Homura offered to forgive Feng An and Hiashi Hyuga if Feng An admitted fault, but Feng An mocked him and demanded that he bow to Hiashi and Hinata.
• Mitokado Homura attacked, so Feng An used Wood Release to tear off his arm and restrained him when he continued cursing.
• Elephant and the gathered Anbu refused to capture Feng An, while Feng An allowed Utatane Koharu to leave only if she bowed to Hiashi and admitted her mistake.
• An Anbu member challenged Feng An and was killed by the wooden dragon, frightening the others into silence.
• Utatane Koharu bowed once and confessed that the elders’ decision had been unfair, and Feng An condemned their willingness to yield to the Cloud Village.
• Utatane Koharu asked Feng An if he had any desire to become Hokage.

Feng An threatened the advisers at the ruined Hokage Building while Hyuga Hiashi, Kakashi, and Might Guy rushed toward the screams. Meanwhile, Feng An confronted Fourth Raikage A in Cloud Village, where their battle left A bound by a Wood Dragon that began absorbing his Chakra.

• Feng An tore off Mitokado Homura’s other arm with the Wood Dragon and told Utatane Koharu that the advisers would suffer unless they begged his father-in-law for mercy.
• Hyuga Hiashi and a group of Hyuga clansmen hurried toward the Hokage Building after hearing the screams.
• Mizuki Izumo and Kotetsu Hagane warned Kakashi and Might Guy that the advisers were in trouble, and the two rushed toward the Hokage Building.
• Feng An opened five of the Eight Inner Gates in the Raikage’s Office and exchanged a punch with Fourth Raikage A, who then attacked him with Heavy Stream and Storm Release: Wave Motion.
• Feng An summoned a Wood Dragon that A smashed with his body, but it coiled around him and began absorbing his Chakra.

Feng An used Darkness Manipulation and Wood Release to trap and wound Fourth Raikage A, who demolished his office in an attempt to fight back. Feng An then sent A crashing into a mountain with a Wood Dragon, and A emerged demanding to know his connection to Hashirama Senju.

• Feng An blinded A with Darkness Manipulation, then stabbed him with wooden branches when A charged with Lariat.
• Feng An detonated the branches inside A's wounds, while A attacked wildly and began bringing down the Raikage's Office.
• The office collapsed, and Feng An rode a Wood Dragon out of the wreckage as A fell through the air.
• The Wood Dragon bit A and smashed him into a mountain, while Karui urged the Cloud Ninja to retreat and went to find Yugito Nii.
• A punched through the Wood Dragon's remains, emerged from the crater, and demanded to know Feng An's relationship with Hashirama Senju.

Feng An confronted the Fourth Raikage A over Cloud Village’s attempts to kidnap Hinata Hyuga and Kushina Uzumaki, then fought A using the Flying Thunder God Technique. After teleporting behind the Raikage, Feng An began preparing a powerful jutsu as A sensed danger and retreated.

• A asked Feng An about his connection to Hashirama Senju, alarming the Cloud Ninja gathered nearby.
• Feng An accused Cloud Village of breaking its peace treaty and trying to abduct Hinata Hyuga and Kushina Uzumaki.
• A realized Feng An had killed the two Cloud Ninja sent on the mission, and Feng An declared that A deserved to die even more.
• A attacked Feng An with a Lariat, but Feng An teleported away using a kunai and the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Feng An appeared behind A and formed hand seals as the earth shook, prompting A to leap backward and demand to know what he was doing.

Feng An summoned a massive Wood Arhat and crushed A’s last hope of defeating him. After making A confess his crimes to Cloud Village, Feng An killed him anyway, leaving the village to confront the truth about its past.

• Feng An summoned a fifty-meter Wood Arhat, terrifying Cloud Village and leaving A in despair.
• A unleashed his strongest Lariat against the Wood Arhat, but Feng An’s giant hand caught him with ease.
• Feng An offered A a chance to live if he confessed his actions publicly, and A agreed.
• A admitted that his greed for Konoha’s Byakugan had brought ruin to Cloud Village, prompting a young Cloud Ninja to condemn him.
• Feng An crushed A beneath the Wood Arhat’s hand after A finished his confession.

Feng An killed the Fourth Raikage and left the Cloud Village, while its surviving shinobi debated his reasons and Yugito Nii learned who had killed their leader. Back in Konoha, Feng An forced Utatane Koharu to apologize and kowtow to Hyuga Hiashi over the village's treatment of the Hyuga Clan, then threatened to kill her and Mitokado Homura if Hiashi was not satisfied.

• Feng An used a Flying Thunder God kunai to leave the Cloud Village after killing the Fourth Raikage, and the Wood Golem Technique dissipated.
• Cloud Ninja argued over why Feng An had spared them and discussed who should become the next Raikage.
• Yugito Nii arrived, learned the Fourth Raikage was dead, and heard that a red-haired Konoha boy named Red had killed him.
• Hyuga Hiashi rushed to Feng An's side in Konoha and recognized that Feng An had intimidated the Anbu by maiming Mitokado Homura.
• Feng An ordered Utatane Koharu to kneel and apologize to Hyuga Hiashi, and she apologized for the village's actions against the Hyuga Clan and Hizashi Hyuga.
• Feng An told Hyuga Hiashi he would spare Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura only if Hiashi was satisfied, otherwise he would kill them.

Hyuga Hiashi and Feng An faced Konoha’s advisors and Anbu after fighting to save Hinata, while Utatane Koharu tried to calm the conflict. The standoff grew as Hyuga clansmen and other villagers arrived, and Kiba Inuzuka learned that Akamaru smelled blood.

• Neji Hyuga and Hinata Hyuga saw that Hyuga Hiashi and Feng An were safe and hurried to join them with the Hyuga clansmen.
• Utatane Koharu apologized to Hyuga Hiashi and Feng An, while Hiashi chose not to kill Mitokado Homura.
• Kakashi and Might Guy arrived with Kotetsu Hagane and another man, and Kakashi challenged Hiashi as Might Guy questioned Feng An.
• Hyuga Hiashi said he had acted to save his daughter, and Neji Hyuga arrived with nearly ten Hyuga clansmen ready to fight.
• Konoha villagers, major clans, and Root members gathered around the standoff as Team 8, Yudzuki, and Fuka arrived.
• Kiba Inuzuka heard Akamaru bark and realized it smelled blood.

Feng An rescued Mabui and Samui, then confronted the village over its treatment of the Hyuga Clan and recounted the events behind the crisis. Shikaku Nara judged that the Hokage and advisors had acted improperly if Feng An’s account was true, leaving the gathered clans to consider whether Konoha’s leaders saw them as threats.

• Fuka, Yudzuki, and Shino Aburame learned that Feng An had caused the incident, while Kiba Inuzuka worried that he could not help because he was only a genin.
• Feng An cleared rubble from the collapsed Hokage Building, freed Mabui and Samui from the Four Pillar Prison Technique, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring them to Hyuga Hiashi.
• Feng An ordered Mabui and Samui to leave after Utatane Koharu apologized and Hyuga Hiashi accepted, but Mitokado Homura objected and Feng An attacked him with Wood Release: Wood Dragon Jutsu.
• Might Guy kicked the wooden dragon away and asked Feng An what had happened, so Feng An explained Cloud Village’s demand for Hinata Hyuga and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s actions eight years earlier.
• Shikaku Nara said the Hokage and advisors had handled the matter improperly if Feng An’s account was true, while the gathered villagers and clan leaders debated Konoha’s treatment of the Hyuga Clan.

Feng An’s confrontation with Konoha’s leaders left Utatane Koharu admitting past mistakes and departing after Hyuga Hiashi asserted his authority. Mitokado Homura tried to turn the other clan heads against the Hyuga Clan, leaving the crowd divided and the confrontation unresolved.

• Utatane Koharu admitted that Konoha’s leaders had made wrong decisions, while Mitokado Homura raged over his crippled arm.
• Feng An comforted Hinata Hyuga, and Utatane Koharu asked to leave; Feng An directed her to Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hyuga Hiashi briefly ordered Utatane Koharu to stay, then dismissed her, and she left respectfully.
• Kakashi Hatake departed while reflecting on his father’s death and questioning the Will of Fire.
• Mitokado Homura urged the Inuzuka, Yamanaka, Nara, Akimichi, and Aburame clan heads to oppose the Hyuga Clan, invoking Hiruzen’s death and the Will of Fire.

Feng An’s allies rallied to his side as Mitokado Homura tried to turn Konoha against him. Elephant rejected Homura and stood behind Feng An, leaving the furious advisor isolated as Might Guy cleared a path toward him.

• Kiba Inuzuka defended Feng An, and Yudzuki, Fūka, and Shino Aburame joined him and Hinata Hyuga.
• Shikamaru Nara stayed with Choji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka, believing his father would not attack Feng An, while Asuma Sarutobi left the crowd.
• Elephant announced that he trusted Red over conservatism and took his place behind Feng An.
• Mitokado Homura cursed the crowd and tried to recruit Might Guy to kill Feng An.
• Feng An told Might Guy to put Homura out of his misery, and Guy stepped aside to clear a path toward the advisor.

Feng An burned Mitokado Homura to death after trapping him, then the survivors left the scene and Hyuga Hiashi promised to abolish the clan’s Main Family and Branch Family divide. Feng An took the bound Cloud Ninja back to his apartment and prepared to question Mabui.

• Feng An trapped Mitokado Homura between Earth Release walls and killed him with Majestic Annihilation as the onlookers condemned Homura and praised Feng An.
• Hyuga Hiashi thanked the clan members who had come to support him and vowed to abolish the Caged Bird system, end the distinction between the Main Family and Branch Family, and open the clan’s secret techniques to members based on merit and talent.
• Hyuga Hiashi took Hinata home after Feng An said he still could not locate his original body and promised to visit her later.
• The remaining people departed, and Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring the two bound Cloud Ninja to his apartment.
• Feng An freed Mabui’s mouth by shrinking the wood with Wood Release Transformation and told her it was time to discuss serious business.

Feng An’s Wood Clone captured Mabui and Samui, then killed them with Wood Release after they each offered to trade their life for the other’s. Meanwhile, Hinata asked Hiashi to train her so she could become stronger, and Feng An’s real body continued racing back toward the Land of Fire.

• Mabui admitted that she had sent Feng An to Cloud Village, then offered to trade her life for Samui’s.
• Samui insisted that Feng An take her life instead, but Feng An teleported both women to a forest outside Konoha and buried them in a massive tree with Wood Release.
• Hinata asked Hiashi to train her because she feared becoming a burden to Feng An, and Hiashi agreed while teasing her about wanting to protect him.
• Feng An’s real body crossed the Land of Lightning and a wide stretch of ocean using Flying Thunder God Technique and Body Flicker Technique, then spotted the border of the Land of Fire.

Feng An returned to Konoha exhausted after learning what his Wood Clone had experienced, including his fight with the Fourth Raikage and the proposal that he become Hokage. Hinata grew closer to her father while preparing to stay up late, and the Akatsuki decided that Itachi and Kisame should eliminate Feng An if he interfered with their plans.

• Feng An absorbed his Wood Clone's memories, learned what had happened in the Cloud Village and Konoha, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to go home and sleep.
• Hyuga Hiashi praised Hinata's training progress, and Hinata privately decided to stay up late despite her father's warning.
• Itachi told the Akatsuki that Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique and Wood Release and might threaten their plans.
• Pain ordered Itachi and Kisame to continue pursuing the Nine-Tails Fox and eliminate Feng An if he obstructed them.

Feng An arrived late at the Hyuga Residence and found Hinata waiting for him, so he carried her through Konoha’s nighttime alleys and up to Hokage Rock. Hinata fell asleep on his back, and Feng An brought her home, where her sleepy reply revealed that she wanted to stay with him.

• Feng An rushed to the Hyuga Residence with the Flying Thunder God Technique, worried that Hinata was still waiting for him.
• Hinata greeted Feng An happily and said she was not angry because he had come despite the late hour.
• Feng An carried Hinata through the village while she repeatedly insisted she was not sleepy.
• Feng An took Hinata to Hokage Rock, where she fell asleep on his back.
• Feng An returned home with Hinata and carefully placed her on the tatami.
• Hinata murmured in her sleep that she wanted to stay with Feng An, and he gently pulled her into his arms.

After Feng An killed Mitokado Homura, Konoha residents spread rumors about the red-haired youth called C and began dyeing their hair red. Utatane Koharu worried about the village’s troubles until Kotetsu Hagane reported that the Fourth Raikage had been killed.

• Utatane Koharu held an ordinary funeral for Mitokado Homura and returned to overseeing Konoha’s reconstruction without confronting Feng An or the Hyuga Clan.
• Feng An fed Hinata skewers of tricolor dango as Konoha residents mistook red-haired youths for C and started a red-hair craze.
• Utatane Koharu dismissed two Anbu members’ suggestion to suppress rumors about C and worried about the missing Cloud Ninja and the Raikage’s response.
• Kotetsu Hagane told Utatane Koharu that the Fourth Raikage had been killed, and she demanded confirmation.

Utatane Koharu learned that the Fourth Raikage had died and feared Feng An might be involved, though she hoped Cloud Village would not risk another war. Meanwhile, Feng An and Hinata encountered a red-haired man claiming to be Red, while passersby insisted Red had fought the Elder to save Konoha rather than for his girlfriend.

• Kotetsu Hagane told Utatane Koharu that the Fourth Raikage was dead and that rumors blamed a red-haired youth, but she ordered him not to tell Kakashi and the others about the alleged culprit until the information was confirmed.
• Utatane Koharu recalled Feng An's teleportation to an unknown location and worried he might have ended up in Cloud Village.
• Feng An and Hinata ate dango together before a dark-skinned man with dyed red hair blocked their path and claimed to be Red.
• The man challenged Feng An to prove who knew Red better and argued that Red had fought the Elder to remove Konoha's parasites, not to protect his girlfriend.
• Passersby praised the man's account and mocked Feng An, leaving him wondering if he was the fake while Hinata laughed.

Feng An followed Aku to meet the Anbu called Elephant, who turned out to be the real Elephant wearing a cheap mask and telling fortunes. Elephant recognized Feng An as Red, and Aku realized he had mistaken the famous figure for his little bro.

• Aku told Feng An that Elephant had shared information about Red, and Feng An persuaded Aku to lead them to him.
• Feng An and Hinata followed Aku to a rundown shack after Hinata secured Feng An’s promise to help her train that night.
• Elephant recognized Feng An as Red when he entered the shack, then admitted he was telling fortunes.
• Elephant revealed to Aku that Feng An was Red, leaving Aku stunned and sweating as he struggled to accept it.

Feng An learned that Elephant and others had been guiding public opinion to protect him from the kind of slander that destroyed Konoha's White Fang. After thanking Elephant and leaving with Hinata, Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to vanish, while Aku realized he had missed his chance to take a picture with him.

• Aku panicked after realizing Feng An was Yi and nervously left only after Feng An gave him permission.
• Elephant told Feng An that Naruto Uzumaki was his classmate and revealed that he had been helping shape public opinion in Feng An's favor.
• Elephant explained that several others, including Anbu and former Root members led by Kino, had joined the effort voluntarily, and that Root no longer existed.
• Feng An thanked Elephant, then took Hinata's hand and left with her.
• Aku greeted Feng An and Hinata outside, and Feng An praised Aku's adaptability before disappearing with Hinata using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Aku realized Feng An had vanished and regretted not taking a picture with him.

Feng An and Hinata spent the night teasing each other before beginning their promised training, while Killer B returned to Cloud Village and learned that the Raikage had died in battle.

• Feng An gave Hinata a key to his home, and Hinata blushed after misunderstanding his comment about washing up.
• Hinata practiced controlling her Chakra with her Byakugan, accidentally glimpsed Feng An in the bathroom, and became flustered.
• Feng An and Hinata abandoned their training for a while, then agreed to bathe together before practicing.
• Darui, C, and Killer B returned to Cloud Village, where Karui told them the Raikage had died in battle.

Killer B and Yugito Nii left for Cloud-Lightning Gorge after learning of A’s death, while Darui learned that Mabui, Samui, and Omoi had been missing in Konoha for two weeks. Half a month later, Tsunade returned to Konoha and learned about Mitokado Homura’s death and the red-haired boy hailed as a village hero.

• Karui recounted A’s death, and Killer B left for Cloud-Lightning Gorge with Yugito Nii to deal with his grief and the Eight-Tails.
• Karui told Darui and C that Mabui, Samui, and Omoi had been missing in Konoha for two weeks, and Darui suspected they were dead.
• Konoha’s reconstruction neared completion, and Feng An and Hinata made little progress in their training.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha with Shizune and learned that she was expected to become the Fifth Hokage.
• Tsunade objected to the choices that had led to Mitokado Homura’s death, then learned that the red-haired boy who killed him was celebrated as a village hero.