Chapter Summaries

Tamura Hiroshi pushed the despairing Karura to accept a future for herself, then used Uzumaki blood to heal most of her injuries. He left with her after deciding that restoring her remaining damage would require Yang Power.

• Tamura Hiroshi tried to comfort Karura by describing the First Hokage’s self-healing, then threatened to expose her condition to her family when she lost hope.
• Karura agreed to make puppet prosthetic legs and work in Tamura Hiroshi’s shop after he told her he had already learned Sunagakure’s secrets.
• Tamura Hiroshi forced Karura to drink treated blood from an Uzumaki corpse, and it healed her injuries except for her missing legs.
• Karura vomited after absorbing the blood’s life force, while Tamura Hiroshi removed her bandages and considered using Yang Power to help her recover further.
• Tamura Hiroshi gave Karura water, cleaned the room, and prepared to take her to complete her discharge procedures.

Tamura Hiroshi brought the scarred Karura to an apartment building he had bought and helped her regain some confidence by giving her sand to cover her body. As Karura questioned the purpose of ninja and war, she asked Tamura Hiroshi whether war could be avoided.

• Tamura Hiroshi brought Karura to his apartment building, showed her a collection of damaged puppets, and let her choose puppet legs.
• When Karura removed her bandages and despaired at her scars, Tamura Hiroshi barged into the bathroom and pretended to photograph her to deter her from harming herself.
• Tamura Hiroshi gave Karura a bottle of sand she had refined, and she used it to cover her scars and restore her familiar appearance.
• Karura explained that she had rescued both Sunagakure ninja and Uzumaki Ninja because she believed the invasion was wrong.
• Tamura Hiroshi described how competing interests and different perspectives led to war, and Karura asked whether war could be avoided.

Tamura Hiroshi explained that lasting peace required unifying the Ninja World through strength and strict laws, then uncovered signs that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was alive and asked Black Zetsu about an ancient Uchiha weapon. Black Zetsu agreed to investigate Kara and help pit Isshiki against the Sage of Six Paths, but the location of the weapon Nameless remained unknown.

• Tamura Hiroshi argued to Karura that only unification backed by strength and strict laws could end the Ninja World’s wars, then told her to recover and work at his store.
• Tamura Hiroshi trained with the Sword of the Thunder God before waking to find Black Zetsu and a scroll containing Uchiha Clan heritage.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Black Zetsu that a Kumogakure researcher carried Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s chakra in a Cursed Seal, and Black Zetsu concluded Isshiki had survived through an incomplete Kāma.
• Tamura Hiroshi suggested using Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to draw the Sage of Six Paths into a conflict, and Black Zetsu agreed to investigate Kara and other scientific research forces.
• Tamura Hiroshi asked Black Zetsu where the Uchiha’s ancient Mangekyō weapon Nameless had fought after hearing about it in Enma’s memories.

Tamura Hiroshi learned that the Uchiha had five Mangekyō pairs and that Mito Uzumaki could wield all nine Adamantine Sealing Chains, while Black Zetsu explained how chakra and bloodline hierarchy shaped power. Black Zetsu left to investigate scientific research forces, while his hidden split body watched Tamura Hiroshi and approved of his resolve to rescue their mother.

• Black Zetsu identified Uchiha Hikari as a failed experiment and warned Tamura Hiroshi about Uchiha Naori, the strongest of the five Mangekyō users.
• Black Zetsu said Mito Uzumaki could use all nine Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Tamura Hiroshi recognized her as far stronger than ordinary Mangekyō users.
• Black Zetsu explained that chakra and inherited bloodlines determined power, then suggested Tamura Hiroshi might have been shaped to resist Ōtsutsuki bloodline suppression.
• Black Zetsu reminded Tamura Hiroshi that the sealing scroll contained the Sword of Totsuka and left to investigate scientific research forces.
• Tamura Hiroshi privately complained about Black Zetsu's appearance, while Black Zetsu's hidden split body heard him and resolved to help him rescue their mother.

Tamura Hiroshi examined the Uchiha heirlooms Black Zetsu had delivered and discovered that the Sword of Totsuka held a vast store of ancestral Sharingan power. He purified the Kaguya Phantom and Little Ten-Tails by removing their negative energy, then planned to use that energy to draw Lord Danzo into his scheme and set out to investigate Uchiha Hikari.

• Tamura Hiroshi opened the scroll and found hundreds of preserved Sharingan alongside the Uchiha Clan’s heirlooms.
• Tamura Hiroshi identified the gourd as the physical Sword of Totsuka and stored it and the Sharingan in his sealing space.
• The Little Ten-Tails absorbed the Sharingan and drew a massive supply of Dojutsu Power from the Sword of Totsuka.
• Tamura Hiroshi separated the Kaguya Phantom and Little Ten-Tails’ negative energy and sealed it inside the Sword of Totsuka, leaving their Sharingan bright red.
• Tamura Hiroshi considered using the negative energy and one of Lord Danzo’s arms to transform Lord Danzo into the embodiment of shinobi evil.
• Tamura Hiroshi decided to investigate whether Uchiha Hikari was still alive so he could obtain her Mangekyo power and techniques.

Tamura Hiroshi persuaded Third Raikage to let him search Jinlu River for the sealed Mangekyō Sharingan’s remaining Dojutsu Power, demonstrating that he could gain Sharingan abilities through his connection to Little Ten-Tails. With Fukai, three ANBU, and Uzumaki Tamayou as escorts, he set out for the Land of Fire by a concealed sea route.

• Tamura Hiroshi asked Third Raikage for permission to search Jinlu River for the Dojutsu Power of Uchiha Hikari’s Mangekyō Sharingan, but Third Raikage initially refused because the journey was dangerous.
• Tamura Hiroshi demonstrated his newly acquired Sharingan and explained that he had gained its power by having Samehada swallowed and sealed within him, leading Third Raikage and Dodai to accept his explanation.
• Tamura Hiroshi argued that Uzumaki Tamayou’s Mind’s Eye of the Kagura and a quick search would limit the risks, and Dodai supported the plan.
• Third Raikage ordered Fukai to take three ANBU and escort Tamura Hiroshi to Jinlu River, while ensuring his safety.
• Fukai chose three ANBU from the Yozuki clan, and the group set off by ship, planning to enter the Land of Fire from the south while Tamura Hiroshi trained his Lightning Release on the voyage.

Tamura Hiroshi and his group found a Senju corpse sealed beneath a river in the Land of Fire and released the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing. Among the released bodies, they discovered a still-breathing young woman, who awakened and used Tsukuyomi as they prepared to capture her.

• Tamura Hiroshi and the others traveled through the Land of Whirlpools and searched the upper reaches of the Jinlu River for the sealed site.
• Uzumaki Tamayou sensed Senju chakra beneath a riverbend and identified the seal as the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing.
• The ANBU ninja retrieved a stone-like Senju corpse from the river, and Uzumaki Tamayou released the seal, spilling out mud, rocks, water, and several corpses.
• Tamura Hiroshi recognized Senju and Sarutobi clan crests among the bodies and ordered Uzumaki Tamayou to seal the surviving young woman's chakra.
• The young woman opened her eyes and used Tsukuyomi on the group.

Tamura Hiroshi captured the exhausted Uchiha girl after her Tsukuyomi ended, then helped Uzumaki Tamayou attempt to save her with a heart transplant. As four enemy ninja approached, Tamura went to confront them alone.

• Tamura Hiroshi forced the girl to release Tsukuyomi, and Fukai and the others recovered from its effects with severe headaches.
• The girl’s Mangekyo overtaxed her body until her heart stopped, so Tamura Hiroshi asked Uzumaki Tamayou to replace it with Senju Tobirama’s heart.
• Uzumaki Tamayou began the transplant using a Shadow Clone while warning that one chunin and three genin were approaching.
• Tamura Hiroshi entered the woods, drew on the Little Ten-Tails and the Kaguya Phantom, and prepared to fight the approaching squad.

Tamura Hiroshi ambushed a Konoha patrol led by an Inuzuka Clan shinobi and killed the team, using his Sharingan, Chakra Threads, and prepared traps to prevent them from signaling for help. He erased the evidence and left the area without revealing more about himself.

• The Inuzuka captain and his Ninja Dog tracked a blood drop and detected Tamura Hiroshi, who attacked and killed two Genin before killing the third with his blade.
• Tamura Hiroshi redirected the captain’s signal flare with Chakra Threads, then used a fake explosive-tag threat to stop the captain from reuniting with his Ninja Dog.
• The captain tried to reach a signal flare while his Ninja Dog blocked Tamura Hiroshi, but Tamura Hiroshi cut the dog down and the captain’s damaged flares failed to launch.
• Tamura Hiroshi trapped the captain with an Adamantine Sealing Chain and killed him after disabling his remaining weapons.
• Tamura Hiroshi sealed the bodies in storage scrolls, removed bloodstained ground, erased tracks, and neutralized the smell of blood.

After returning from eliminating a Konoha patrol, Tamura Hiroshi and his allies rested while he harvested new Mangekyō abilities from Uchiha Hikari. He left Uchiha Hikari with the Yachihoko seal to purify her chakra and redirect the chakra she used, advancing his plan to evade the Sage of Six Paths’ influence.

• Tamura Hiroshi returned to Fukai and the others after killing the four Konoha patrol members, warning that they had only about a day before reinforcements might find them.
• Fukai explained that Uchiha Hikari had survived surgery while Uzumaki Tamayou had collapsed from the memory shock of a dispelled shadow clone, so Tamura Hiroshi took watch as the others rested.
• Tamura Hiroshi extracted Uchiha Hikari’s Mangekyō power and refined it with the Kaguya Phantom and Little Ten-Tails, awakening Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu, Yachihoko, and Ōnamuchi abilities between them.
• Tamura Hiroshi used Yachihoko on Uchiha Hikari, extracting and purifying her chakra before returning it to her and setting her ninjutsu chakra to flow back to the Little Ten-Tails.

Hyuga Hiashi led Hizashi Hyuga and Inuzuka Sho to investigate the disappearance of Inuzuka Jin, following the enemy’s trail until it was lost at a river. Tamura Hiroshi then sensed the six pursuers approaching and realized three of them had chakra on par with elite Jonin.

• Hyuga Hiashi learned that Inuzuka Jin had gone missing and decided to lead a search party despite Hizashi Hyuga’s warning.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Hizashi Hyuga, Inuzuka Sho, and three Hyuga clansmen found the battle site and followed the fresher trail.
• The group lost the trail at a river, returned to the branching point, and continued along the other route.
• Tamura Hiroshi detected the six Konoha pursuers, including three whose chakra rivaled elite Jonin.
• Fukai questioned why Konoha had three elite Jonin in the area and suspected their presence was no coincidence.

Tamura Hiroshi’s group discovered that Hizashi Hyuga’s pursuers were protecting a Hyuga Main Family member, so they summoned the Third Raikage to seize his Byakugan. The Third Raikage arrived and took Hizashi’s eyes, while the Hyuga tried to flee with the young clan leaders on a summoned eagle.

• Tamura Hiroshi identified the pursuers as Hyuga Ninja and sent a message to the Third Raikage requesting support.
• Dodai pinpointed the group’s location, and the Third Raikage used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to reach the Land of Fire.
• The Third Raikage raced along the Jinritsugawa River and blinded Hizashi Hyuga before removing his Byakugan and preserving them in a nutrient jar.
• Hizashi Hyuga suspected that their intelligence had been leaked, while a Hyuga Jonin summoned Blackwing to carry the two young clan leaders away.
• The Third Raikage charged after Blackwing as Fukai and the others threw Kunai at the eagle.

Tamura Hiroshi pursued Inuzuka Sho and fought him in a life-or-death battle while Fukai watched. Hiroshi defeated Sho’s ultimate technique, but the fight left Sho dead and his Ninja Dog badly wounded.

• The Third Raikage knocked out three Hyuga Ninja and watched Black Wing carry two people into the sky.
• Tamura Hiroshi chased Inuzuka Sho into the woods, where Fukai intercepted Sho and let Hiroshi face him alone.
• Inuzuka Sho and his Ninja Dog attacked Hiroshi with Fang Over Fang, but Hiroshi used his enhanced vision and Twin Blades to wound them.
• Inuzuka Sho transformed with his Ninja Dog into a two-headed wolf and unleashed Fang Wolf Fang.
• Hiroshi pierced a wolf head with Big Meow, causing the attack and transformation to collapse; Sho died, the Ninja Dog was badly wounded, and Hiroshi was thrown into a tree without injury.

Tamura Hiroshi used the Little Ten-Tails to devour three Hyuga Ninja and gained a basic Byakugan ability, while discovering that their souls carried powerful chakra linked to the Caged Bird Seal. He planned to pursue swordsmanship training in the Land of Iron after improving his sealing and Lightning Release skills.

• Tamura Hiroshi sent the bodies of a slain Ninja Dog and its master to the Sealing Space for the Little Ten-Tails to devour.
• The Third Raikage gave Tamura Hiroshi three Hyuga Ninja bodies after explaining that Kumogakure had already exhausted its research into the Caged Bird Seal.
• The Little Ten-Tails devoured the Hyuga Ninja, including their souls, and caused the Kaguya Phantom and itself to develop Byakugan eyes with powerful green chakra.
• Tamura Hiroshi tested his new ability and found that he could see distant details, including veins in leaves up to a hundred meters away.
• Tamura Hiroshi told the Third Raikage he planned to study swordsmanship in the Land of Iron after making progress in Sealing Techniques and Lightning Release Ninjutsu.

After the Third Raikage escaped with Hiashi Hyuga’s Byakugan, Munemasa Hyuga arranged a replacement pair for his eldest son and forced Hizashi Hyuga to surrender his own eyes to preserve the clan’s succession. Black Zetsu secretly stole the Hyuga Clan’s stored Byakugan and planned to obtain Hamura’s descendants on the moon next.

• The Third Raikage returned to the Land of Lightning by sea while Hiashi and Hizashi returned to the Hyuga Clan Compound.
• Munemasa told Hiashi he would receive a pair of ancestral Byakugan and ordered Hizashi to stay behind.
• Munemasa explained that the Cloud shinobi’s use of the stolen Byakugan could harm the village, then Hizashi gouged out his own eyes to protect his brother’s position as heir.
• Munemasa entered the Hyuga Clan’s hidden ground and took his great-grandfather’s exceptionally pure Byakugan for Hiashi.
• Black Zetsu’s clone secretly entered the hidden ground, stole all the stored treasures, and used Summoning Technique to rejoin his main body.
• Black Zetsu planned to obtain the main branch of Hamura’s bloodline on the moon after Madara Uchiha awakened the Rinnegan and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Tamura Hiroshi returned to Kumogakure with Uchiha Hikari and discovered that Karura and Uzumaki Kushina had transformed his apartment building into a lavish home with a massive, hundred-floor underground base. After Kushina presented him with a bill for three hundred million ryo, Karura justified the expense as space for future residents’ training and research, and Uchiha Hikari demanded three floors of her own.

• Tamura Hiroshi reached Kumogakure after learning from Third Raikage about Lightning Release nature transformation and brought Uchiha Hikari to his apartment building.
• Uzumaki Kushina slammed the door on Tamura Hiroshi, but Karura welcomed him inside and showed him the extensively renovated building.
• Uzumaki Kushina presented Tamura Hiroshi with a three-hundred-million-ryo bill for materials and labor.
• Karura explained that the renovations included a hundred-floor underground base for training grounds, laboratories, and workshops.
• Uchiha Hikari asked for three floors of the base, hoping Tamura Hiroshi would lose more money.

Tamura Hiroshi proposed that Karura develop Human Puppets to research growing replacement limbs and organs, then introduced Uchiha Hikari as a new resident of Kumogakure. He marked Karura and Uzumaki Kushina with chakra that improved their control, and revealed that Uchiha Hikari's eyesight was recovering thanks to Tobirama Senju's heart.

• Tamura Hiroshi offered Karura a Kaguya Clan ninja corpse so she could develop Human Puppets and study using Shikotsumyaku to grow transplantable body parts.
• Karura agreed to begin with low-grade Human Puppets after developing a Chakra Core, then prepared dinner for Tamura Hiroshi.
• Tamura Hiroshi introduced Uchiha Hikari to Karura and Uzumaki Kushina, explaining that she would live in the village.
• Tamura Hiroshi placed the Little Ten-Tails' marks on Karura and Uzumaki Kushina, and both noticed their chakra control had improved.
• Uchiha Hikari warned Tamura Hiroshi about the blindness caused by Mangekyo use, and he asked whether her eyesight had recovered.
• Uchiha Hikari wondered whose heart was in her chest, and Tamura Hiroshi identified it as Tobirama Senju's and considered her a future weapon against Uchiha Obito.

Tamura Hiroshi examined the Hyuga Clan’s stolen treasures and studied the Secret Manual of the Gentle Fist to learn how its chakra control produced rapid strikes. Black Zetsu planned to exploit Hamura’s eye and draw the moon’s descendants into conflict, while Tamura focused on adapting the Gentle Fist’s speed technique to his own fighting style.

• A Black Zetsu clone delivered the Hyuga Clan’s hidden treasures and discussed the Caged Bird Seal’s chakra and Hamura’s possible connection to it with Tamura Hiroshi.
• Tamura Hiroshi proposed using Hamura’s eye as the Ten-Tails’ eye, and Black Zetsu agreed to pursue the plan and manipulate Kumogakure against Hamura’s descendants on the moon.
• Tamura Hiroshi found Byakugan, more than a hundred pounds of Chakra Conductive Metal, and other valuable items among the Hyuga Clan’s hidden treasures.
• Tamura Hiroshi sealed the Byakugan away for Little Ten-Tails and Kaguya Phantom to devour, then opened the Secret Manual of the Gentle Fist.
• Tamura Hiroshi learned that the Gentle Fist’s chakra control enabled rapid strikes and that the Hyuga Clan’s chakra could penetrate defenses and suppress opponents’ chakra.

Karura reflected on her new purpose and explained to Uzumaki Kushina why Tamura Hiroshi had helped the Uzumaki clan despite his harsh behavior. The chapter ended with Tamura punishing Kushina again, leaving her furious and Karura embarrassed.

• Karura looked at the old camera and realized Tamura had used harsh methods to pull her out of her despair, inspiring her to help people recover with prosthetic limbs.
• Uzumaki Kushina came to sleep with Karura, and Karura advised her to reconsider her hatred of Tamura and recognize how he had helped the Uzumaki clan.
• Karura recounted how Sunagakure’s leaders, including Elder Chiyo, had attacked Uzushio Hidden Village, and Kushina reconsidered who had truly been good or cruel.
• Tamura Hiroshi entered and gave Kushina ten smacks as punishment, warning her not to provoke trouble again.
• Kushina called Tamura a despicable big bastard while Karura struggled to respond.

Tamura Hiroshi analyzed reports about Shimura Danzō’s transplanted arm and concluded Orochimaru had likely helped him. Kumogakure’s leaders decided to use information about the Sharingan and the Sage of Six Paths to entice Orochimaru into trading his transplantation method.

• Tamura Hiroshi read a report describing Shimura Danzō holding his own against the Third Kazekage and suspected his transplanted arm carried a Kekkei Genkai.
• Dodai agreed that Danzō’s arm likely belonged to a Swift Release ninja, and Tamura connected Orochimaru’s presence at the front to the transplant.
• After reviewing Orochimaru’s intelligence, Tamura argued that Orochimaru had the skills to modify Danzō and proposed seeking his Kekkei Genkai transplantation method for Kumogakure’s Shikotsumyaku research.
• Tamura suggested exploiting Orochimaru’s interest in power by offering information about the Sharingan and the First Hokage’s power.
• The Third Raikage instructed Dodai to assemble plausible intelligence from Uzumaki and Kumogakure records and use it to negotiate with Orochimaru.