Recaps

Danzo explained the clash over Shisui to Hiruzen Sarutobi and blamed a masked intruder, while Hiruzen cut Root's funding and strength. Hyuga Makoto checked on the badly injured Shisui and received a reward for saving his life.

• Danzo told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had attacked Shisui over Kotoamatsukami and claimed a masked Uchiha-like intruder had also targeted Shisui.
• A Root shinobi delivered intelligence about another red-cloud-cloaked figure moving between the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers, lending weight to Danzo's claims.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reduced Root's size and cut its funding in half, warning Danzo to act more carefully.
• Hyuga Makoto returned to the valley, confirmed Shisui's serious injuries were under control, and considered how to use the Mangekyo Sharingan and Danzo's flesh.
• Hyuga Makoto's system announced that he had completed the quest to save Uchiha Shisui and rewarded him with Shisui's Yin Release and some of his traits.

Hyuga Makoto gained a large amount of Yin Release, improved his Tenseigan and Puppet Technique, and acquired a Kotoamatsukami-like ability to permanently correct one person's will. Meanwhile, Pain ordered Orochimaru to team up with Scorpion for their next mission.

• Hyuga Makoto's reward strengthened his bones and eyes, and he suspected his bones were developing the Shikotsumyaku trait.
• Hyuga Makoto created a Mental Sphere with the trait of long-term self-will correction, allowing him to control one person even after he stopped using the technique.
• Hyuga Makoto concluded that his deception had led Danzo to blame the Akatsuki Organization and resolved to keep advancing his main quest.
• Orochimaru received a summons from the Akatsuki Organization, where Deva Path Pain questioned him about his encounter with a Konoha ninja and his lack of reports.
• Deva Path Pain ordered Orochimaru and Scorpion to work together, and Orochimaru agreed to meet Scorpion in the Land of Rivers.

Hyuga Makoto trained Neji and Hinata while the Branch Family sought his favor after learning he had joined the Anbu. He agreed to train Naruto as well, but an Anbu shinobi interrupted their meal with a summons from the Hokage.

• Branch Family members warmly greeted Hyuga Makoto, hoping he would recommend them, and Neji and Hinata praised his influence and demanding training.
• Makoto explained that Uchiha Shisui was believed dead and privately considered how to help Shisui, who was alive but had lost both eyes.
• Makoto continued planning a laboratory and ways to fund it, including having Shisui help with work and Black Market missions.
• Makoto met Naruto, offered to buy him ramen, and agreed to train him after Naruto asked to join.
• After Naruto paid for a meal that left him shocked by the pile of bowls, an Anbu shinobi summoned Makoto to see the Hokage.

Hyuga Makoto joined Kakashi, Tenzo, and Uchiha Itachi for a mission to investigate Orochimaru’s accomplice in the Black Markets of the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers. After learning the accomplice might have extraordinary powers of observation, Makoto began considering an early debut of his own, while Itachi recalled the person who had killed his companions.

• Kakashi asked Hyuga Makoto to look after Naruto, explaining that Naruto was a Jinchūriki and that his upbringing was meant to build resilience.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Kakashi, Tenzo, Uchiha Itachi, and Makoto to investigate Orochimaru’s accomplices, including a target active in the Black Markets of the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers.
• Makoto’s system offered him a choice between defeating Orochimaru and Scorpion or helping them eliminate Anbu.
• Makoto considered using the mission to make his debut and gather people around himself without revealing his abilities.
• Makoto questioned Itachi about missing Uchiha and unrecovered bodies, prompting Hiruzen to refocus him on the mission.
• Itachi remembered the person who had killed his companions and forced him to awaken his Sharingan, suspecting that person was still watching him.

Hyuga Makoto’s team tracked Orochimaru to a Black Market trading post, where Makoto secretly prepared a disguised Shadow Clone while his teammates set up observation posts. As Orochimaru and Scorpion approached, they sensed a tail in the forest and Orochimaru attacked with Earth Release.

• Hyuga Makoto, Kakashi, Tenzo, and Uchiha Itachi discussed why Orochimaru might have joined an organization and continued toward the Black Market trading post.
• The team reached the Land of Grass and agreed to split up to observe the barrier-protected trading post.
• After Kakashi and the others departed, Hyuga Makoto disguised himself and created a Shadow Clone, intending to test how the main storyline changed.
• Orochimaru and Scorpion argued about their conflicting ideas of immortality as they traveled toward the trading post.
• Orochimaru and Scorpion sensed the Konoha team’s tail in the forest, and Orochimaru used Earth Release: Earth Flow to attack.

Hyuga Makoto alerted Kakashi, Tenzo, and Uchiha Itachi that Orochimaru and Scorpion were approaching, but the enemy discovered them and launched a fierce attack. As the group battled the two Akatsuki members, Makoto activated Tsukuyomi and drew power and information from the giant Tenseigan on the moon.

• Hyuga Makoto detected Orochimaru and Scorpion three kilometers away and summoned Kakashi, Tenzo, and Uchiha Itachi.
• Orochimaru and Scorpion discovered the group and attacked with a sand wave, senbon, poisoned weapons, puppets, and snakes.
• Hyuga Makoto identified Scorpion as Sasori of the Red Sands, while Scorpion recognized Kakashi and targeted him.
• Tenzo and Uchiha Itachi fought Orochimaru as Kakashi and Hyuga Makoto faced Scorpion's attacks; Itachi held back from using his newly acquired power.
• Hyuga Makoto activated Tsukuyomi and resonated with the giant Tenseigan on the moon, receiving a surge of Chakra and information.

Hyuga Makoto and Kakashi fought Scorpion’s puppets until Scorpion unleashed the Third Kazekage puppet and its iron sand. Before Scorpion and Orochimaru could finish them, a mysterious figure appeared, seized control of the puppets, and attacked with a golden Chakra-wrapped prayer bead.

• Hyuga Makoto and Kakashi struggled against Scorpion’s puppet army as Kakashi’s Chakra ran low.
• Scorpion revealed that he had killed the Third Kazekage and turned him into a human puppet, then attacked Makoto and Kakashi with iron sand.
• Hyuga Makoto rescued Kakashi from Scorpion’s iron-sand assault, while Scorpion prepared to kill them both.
• Orochimaru confronted Uchiha Itachi and Tenzo, but Scorpion’s puppets suddenly went out of control and attacked Orochimaru.
• A mysterious figure appeared in the sky, asked why Asura’s Chakra clung to them, and hurled a golden Chakra-wrapped prayer bead that pierced Scorpion’s iron-sand wall and struck both Scorpion and Orochimaru.

Hyuga Makoto tested the amplified power of the Lunar Tenseigan against Orochimaru and Scorpion, who fought back with summons, puppets, and combined ninjutsu. As the battle escalated, Makoto began unleashing a new technique while glancing toward the sky.

• Hyuga Makoto, Kakashi, Tenzo, and Uchiha Itachi retreated from the Mysterious Person and regrouped at a safer distance.
• Orochimaru and Scorpion were blasted through the forest, then joined forces against the airborne Hyuga Makoto.
• Hyuga Makoto used repulsive force and a Chakra Bead to pressure Orochimaru, Scorpion, and the summoned Manda.
• Orochimaru and Scorpion launched combined ninjutsu, but Hyuga Makoto remained unharmed and began forming three Chakra Beads.
• Scorpion deployed his puppets and Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon as Hyuga Makoto prepared Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

Hyuga Makoto used the Tenseigan-powered Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to devastate the battlefield and defeat Orochimaru and Scorpion. After the energy was cut off, he left with a puppet head and received his quest reward, while a startled black-and-white figure emerged from the ruined ground.

• On the moon, the elders failed to identify who was controlling the Tenseigan and decided to cut off its energy, which was meant for Toneri.
• Hyuga Makoto unleashed the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, stripping Scorpion of control over his puppets and destroying Orochimaru's three Rashomon gates.
• The storm overwhelmed Orochimaru and Scorpion and erased part of the forest and a nearby town, while its shock wave knocked Kakashi and his team off their feet.
• Kakashi led Hyuga Makoto, Tenzo, and Uchiha Itachi back toward the village to report their important intelligence.
• Hyuga Makoto returned toward his Shadow Clone with a puppet head and received part of Kakashi's Yin Release as his completed quest reward.
• After Hyuga Makoto left, a black-and-white head emerged from the barren ground and wondered what had happened.

Black Zetsu inferred that a powerful stranger may have descended alongside Kaguya and been sealed or gravely wounded, while Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed Kakashi’s team’s mission and considered how to use their intelligence about Orochimaru and Scorpion. The chapter ended with Hyuga Makoto proposing that Konoha sell the information about Scorpion to Sunagakure.

• Black Zetsu questioned White Zetsu about the Mysterious Person and learned that Orochimaru and Scorpion had escaped the encounter.
• Black Zetsu guessed that Kaguya may have descended with another immortal being, whom Hamura and Hagoromo might have sealed, and decided to investigate and report his theory.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi heard Kakashi, Hyuga Makoto, Tenzo, and Uchiha Itachi report on their mission and noted their dangerous encounters with Orochimaru and Scorpion.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to investigate the Mysterious Person and inform Sunagakure about Scorpion, who had killed the Third Kazekage.
• Hyuga Makoto suggested selling the intelligence about Scorpion to Sunagakure and using the payment for the village and his reward.

After defeating Orochimaru and Scorpion, Hyuga Makoto reflected on the power he had gained and headed back to give Shisui a Sharingan, only to run into Naruto. In Kirigakure, White Zetsu’s report led Uchiha Obito to investigate the mysterious attacker after he learned Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi had been present.

• Kakashi, Tenzo, and Uchiha Itachi questioned Hyuga Makoto about his fixation on money, and he explained the costs of building a family.
• Hyuga Makoto left the Anbu base pleased with the mission and considered using his new Yin Release and Tenseigan abilities to create Chakra Beads.
• Hyuga Makoto planned to return and give Shisui the Sharingan he had acquired, but Naruto confronted him on the way.
• Black Zetsu reported to Uchiha Obito that a mysterious person with Rinnegan-like abilities had defeated Orochimaru and Scorpion.
• White Zetsu revealed that Kakashi had led Konoha’s Anbu team and Uchiha Itachi had been with them, causing Uchiha Obito to fall silent and think.

Hyuga Makoto reassured Naruto that he saw him as kind and urged him to keep pursuing his dream, then went to Shisui’s hiding place to replace his eyes. After the transplant, Makoto examined the Yin Release he had obtained from Kakashi and reacted strangely to what he sensed.

• At Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto complained that Makoto had abandoned their training, and Makoto teased him while telling him not to worry about village rumors.
• Makoto told Naruto he considered him kind and said they were alike as people others viewed as monsters without families; Naruto was moved despite Makoto’s insults.
• Makoto created a Shadow Clone and went to the cave where Shisui was hiding, learning that Shisui still had his own thoughts but was completely inclined toward Makoto.
• Makoto told Shisui the Uchiha believed he had committed suicide, then replaced his eyes with Sharingan obtained outside the village and planned to relocate them.
• After Shisui adapted to his new eyes, Makoto examined the Yin Release he had gained from Kakashi and found his reaction unexpectedly strange.

Hyuga Makoto discovered that Kakashi’s Yin Release had awakened his ability to perceive spatial fluctuations, and his Tenseigan let him see space more clearly. After Shisui adapted to his new Three Tomoe eyes, Makoto urged him to train, but a strange distortion in space appeared just as they prepared to leave.

• Hyuga Makoto noticed spatial ripples after absorbing Kakashi’s Yin Release and used his Tenseigan to perceive layers of space.
• Hyuga Makoto saw that his main quest progress had risen to six percent and attributed the increase to Naruto and his discoveries about Orochimaru and Sasori.
• Uchiha Shisui adapted to his transplanted Three Tomoe eyes and said his strength had declined, though he had not yet tested himself in combat.
• Hyuga Makoto urged Shisui to try using Susanoo and train to support Makoto’s plans, while Shisui vowed to serve him and trusted Itachi to handle the clan.
• As Hyuga Makoto prepared to leave with Shisui, he spotted an uncanny distortion in space above them.

Uchiha Obito came to Konoha to assess Uchiha Itachi and investigate Uchiha Shisui’s suicide, while his unexpected concern about Kakashi drew him back toward memories of Rin. Hyuga Makoto visited Kakashi at the cemetery and gave him Icha Icha Paradise, leaving Kakashi to reflect on the value of comrades.

• Obito appeared over Konoha and told Black Zetsu and White Zetsu that he intended to observe Uchiha Itachi and investigate Shisui’s apparent suicide.
• Obito left, privately acknowledging that hearing Kakashi’s name had made him realize how long it had been since he visited Rin.
• Hyuga Makoto bought Icha Icha Paradise for Kakashi and went to the cemetery, after learning Obito had entered Konoha.
• Makoto gave Kakashi the book, placed flowers by the Memorial Stone, and said that comrades were the ones most worth cherishing.

Hyuga Makoto visited the Memorial Stone with Kakashi, then persuaded him to visit Obito's old home in the Uchiha compound. There, Makoto used his Byakugan to locate Uchiha Itachi and discovered that he was with a masked man who had a Sharingan.

• Hyuga Makoto reminded Kakashi that Obito and Rin had sacrificed themselves to protect their companions, and Kakashi shared memories of them.
• Makoto pointed out that Kakashi had never visited Obito's or Rin's old homes, so Kakashi agreed to visit Obito's preserved residence with him.
• On the way, Makoto gave Kakashi a book by Jiraiya, and Kakashi began reading it despite his embarrassment.
• Kakashi and Makoto entered the Uchiha compound, where residents watched them with hostility, and Makoto remarked on the tragedy of Uchiha Shisui's suicide.
• Makoto activated his Byakugan to find Uchiha Itachi and spotted him in the rear mountains with a man wearing an orange spiral mask and a Sharingan.

Uchiha Obito watched Uchiha Itachi train while Hiruzen Sarutobi investigated reports of a masked figure near the Uchiha. Hiruzen assigned Kakashi and Hyuga Makoto to a special operations team, leaving Makoto with permission to seek new techniques in the village’s secret vault.

• Uchiha Obito observed Uchiha Itachi training and considered whether Itachi might eventually work for him.
• Hyuga Makoto and Kakashi showed Hiruzen Sarutobi a drawing of the masked figure they had seen with Itachi, and Hiruzen compared it with Danzo’s matching profile.
• Hiruzen ordered Kakashi and Hyuga Makoto to investigate Itachi and the masked figure in secret.
• The Sensory Team captain reported another barrier crossing, and the compiled sightings placed the intruder near the Uchiha area.
• Hiruzen asked Hyuga Makoto to recommend a Hyuga for the Anbu, then agreed to let Makoto visit the secret vault to learn useful techniques.

Hyuga Makoto entered the Hokage secret vault with Kakashi to study its jutsu and clan techniques, while jokingly suggesting Kakashi carve enemies’ loved ones into his Earth Release walls. Hiruzen Sarutobi later watched through a crystal ball and was stunned to see a powerful chakra aura and two markings on Makoto’s face that resembled the Yin Seal.

• Kakashi escorted Hyuga Makoto to the secret vault and urged him to focus on studying the jutsu Hiruzen had made available.
• Hyuga Makoto asked Kakashi why he did not use his Earth Release walls to carve statues of enemies’ Kage or loved ones and distract them in battle.
• Hiruzen finished reviewing documents about Uchiha Itachi and used a crystal ball to check on Kakashi and Makoto in the vault.
• Hiruzen saw that Makoto had examined several scrolls and then froze when he noticed markings on Makoto’s face and a powerful chakra aura around him.

Hyuga Makoto impressed Hiruzen Sarutobi by mastering the Yin Seal in a single afternoon, then considered how to develop it into a way for the Hyuga Branch Family to escape the Caged Bird. He left excited about his gains and realized his plans might start a “Tattoo Era” early.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Hyuga Makoto about mastering the Yin Seal, and Makoto confirmed he had learned it but still needed to accumulate chakra.
• Hyuga Makoto admitted he had secretly studied Sealing Jutsu because he belonged to the Hyuga Branch Family, and Hiruzen encouraged him to develop the Yin Seal further.
• After Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi departed, Hyuga Makoto celebrated learning secret techniques such as Five Layered Rashomon, Adamantine Sealing Chains, and the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• Hyuga Makoto decided to combine the principles of the Yin Seal and Orochimaru's Curse Mark to create versions that could affect the Caged Bird and strengthen the Hyuga Branch Family.
• Hyuga Makoto considered making a version that stored natural energy, then realized his plans might bring forward the start of the Tattoo Era.

Hyuga Makoto trained Hinata, Neji, and Naruto while discussing the Hyuga clan’s Caged Bird seal with Hyuga Hiashi. Their conversation hinted that Makoto might be able to remedy past regrets, but it was interrupted by approaching Anbu members.

• Hyuga Makoto pushed Hinata, Neji, and Naruto through training, then encouraged them with the story of a hard-working Jonin before teasing them about how easily he had learned as a child.
• Hyuga Hiashi watched the children train and thanked Hyuga Makoto for helping Hinata and Neji improve.
• Hyuga Makoto told Hyuga Hiashi that Neji might be suited for the Anbu and said he needed Hiashi’s help.
• Hyuga Makoto asked Hyuga Hiashi how he viewed the Caged Bird, and Hiashi acknowledged that the seal had become distorted and caused Hizashi’s death.
• Hyuga Makoto suggested that some regrets might still be remedied, but he and Hyuga Hiashi turned toward several Anbu members approaching them.

Danzo decided to send Anbu after Orochimaru to learn about the Mysterious Organization. Hiruzen assigned Kakashi and Hyuga Makoto to investigate Orochimaru in the Land of Fields, and the pair left after Makoto reframed the mission as a trap for the organization.

• Danzo grew furious that Orochimaru had withheld information about the Mysterious Organization and decided to use Anbu to investigate him.
• Kakashi and Hyuga Makoto received an urgent summons from Hiruzen, interrupting their vacation.
• Hiruzen assigned them to investigate signs of Orochimaru in the Land of Fields and said Jiraiya was already on his way from the Land of Hot Water.
• Makoto argued that including Uchiha Itachi and Jiraiya would pressure the Mysterious Organization to reveal itself, and Hiruzen accepted his interpretation of the plan.
• As Kakashi and Makoto prepared to depart, Hiruzen suggested that they burn incense first for good luck and a safe return.

Kakashi’s team traveled to the Land of Fields, where Hyuga Makoto considered a new mission involving the Akatsuki and White Zetsu. Uchiha Obito and Zetsu prepared to observe Uchiha Itachi, while Black Zetsu remained unsettled by a strange familiarity he sensed in Makoto.

• Tenzo teased Kakashi and Hyuga Makoto about burning incense before their mission, and Kakashi told the team to focus and hurry after Jiraiya.
• Hyuga Makoto noticed Uchiha Obito’s covert surveillance and considered how to use the new mission to join the Akatsuki and obtain White Zetsu.
• Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu emerged in the Land of Fields and discussed observing Uchiha Itachi after Orochimaru’s exposure.
• Obito decided to summon Juzo Biwa as reinforcement, while Black Zetsu warned that Jiraiya and the Mysterious Person could complicate the mission.
• White Zetsu questioned Black Zetsu about his interest in Hyuga Makoto, and Black Zetsu admitted that Makoto felt strangely familiar.

Kakashi's team met Jiraiya in the Land of Fields and set out to find Orochimaru. After Hyuga Makoto detected chakra-marked snakes in the forest, the group prepared for an attack, and several figures appeared around them.

• Kakashi greeted Jiraiya, who joked about the Hyuga and Uchiha members on Kakashi's team before asking where Orochimaru was.
• Kakashi showed Jiraiya a map marking Orochimaru's likely location, and the group headed into the forest.
• Hyuga Makoto noticed chakra traces on numerous snakes and warned that Orochimaru's forces seemed to know their route.
• Kakashi and Hyuga Makoto suspected that someone had begun acting against them, and Kakashi wondered if there was an insider among the group.
• Hyuga Makoto called the team to battle as several figures landed in the surrounding trees and one insulted them.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya fought while Kakashi’s group clashed with Scorpion and Juzo Biwa. Hyuga Makoto revealed a strange Curse Mark and overwhelmed Juzo Biwa, leaving Uchiha Obito puzzled and Black Zetsu stunned.

• Jiraiya confronted Orochimaru and attacked him after demanding that he return to Konoha.
• Scorpion sent iron-sand attacks against Kakashi’s group, but Hyuga Makoto deflected them with Rotation.
• Juzo Biwa engaged Hyuga Makoto while Scorpion’s puppets fought Kakashi, Tenzo, and Uchiha Itachi.
• Hyuga Makoto’s Curse Mark spread as he broke the Kubikiribōchō and shattered Juzo Biwa’s Water Dragon Bullet.
• Hyuga Makoto struck Juzo Biwa with overwhelming force, while Uchiha Obito wondered about his power and Black Zetsu reacted in shock.

Black Zetsu concluded that Hyuga Makoto might be one of a mysterious clan member’s former vessels, while Makoto continued using his fight with Juzo Biwa to mislead those watching. As Juzo unleashed a Great Waterfall Technique, Makoto created a Shadow Clone and disappeared beneath the water.

• Black Zetsu grew alarmed by Makoto’s Chakra and Curse Marks, then connected them to Kaguya’s vessel technique and suspected Makoto had once been a candidate.
• Black Zetsu reasoned that a surviving member of Kaguya’s clan had experimented on multiple candidates and might be hiding in the Shinobi World.
• Makoto battered Juzo Biwa, whose Water Clone and broken Kubikiribōchō could not keep him from being thrown through trees.
• Makoto assessed Juzo’s weakened state and considered how to mislead Black Zetsu and give Uchiha Obito a chance to cover for him.
• Juzo unleashed Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique, and Makoto produced a Shadow Clone before his real body vanished into the rushing water.

Jiraiya and Orochimaru prepared to fight seriously before a strange force interrupted them. Kakashi and his team nearly fell to Scorpion, but the masked man appeared, recognized Scorpion as a descendant of Kaguya, and attacked him with a black sphere.

• Jiraiya questioned Orochimaru about his organization and its goals, but Orochimaru refused to explain and said he wanted the organization's interesting pair of eyes.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru stopped their duel after sensing something unusual in the sky.
• Scorpion sent his puppets and Iron Sand against Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, and Tenzo, while Kakashi used a carving of Scorpion's parents to distract him.
• Kakashi struck toward Scorpion's core with Lightning Cutter, but Scorpion counterattacked with Iron Sand and tried to take them both down.
• The Iron Sand froze, and the masked man appeared, called Scorpion a descendant of Kaguya, and launched a black sphere that produced a strange explosion.
• The masked man tumbled from the sky in a sorry state as a mushroom cloud rose without causing apparent damage.