Recaps

Hyuga Makoto learned about the Hyuga Clan’s plans and was assigned to escort the Fourth Raikage during Konoha’s exchange with Kumogakure. As the mission approached, Ōnoki considered a way to plunge Kumogakure into chaos.

• Hyuga Hiashi told Hyuga Makoto that the Hyuga Clan would hold a celebration and discuss choosing its future Patriarch and joining Konoha’s Police Department.
• Neji thanked Hyuga Makoto for defeating the Fourth Raikage and returning Hizashi’s remains, while Hyuga Hiashi objected when Makoto joked that Neji should call him his sworn father.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Hyuga Makoto and Uchiha Izumi that Konoha and Kumogakure had agreed on compensation, secret techniques, and the return of Hizashi’s remains.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Hyuga Makoto and Uchiha Izumi to escort the Fourth Raikage to the exchange point and told Makoto to operate under his own name.
• Ōnoki learned that the Fourth Raikage would return to Kumogakure and asked Kitsuchi what could deter others from provoking the village while throwing it into internal chaos.

Hyuga Makoto escorted the bound Fourth Raikage toward the exchange, while hinting to Uchiha Izumi that she could awaken a power like Uchiha Itachi’s by protecting the people she loved. As Ōnoki prepared an ambush and Makoto and Shisui disguised themselves as Akatsuki, Makoto named their operation “Exterminate Insects, Shoot the Sun.”

• Hyuga Makoto told the Fourth Raikage he planned to reveal the Raikage’s past robberies to the villages and clans he had targeted, though the Pervy Sage had likely spoiled the scheme.
• Uchiha Izumi explained that the Uchiha Clan now made decisions together and lacked a confident Patriarch, and Makoto told her that love and the desire to protect could awaken eyes like Uchiha Itachi’s.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to prepare an ambush on the Fourth Raikage, arguing that his death would benefit Iwagakure and leave Kumogakure distracted and vulnerable.
• Hyuga Makoto and Shisui disguised themselves as Akatsuki members and planned to leave one survivor whose memories Shisui could alter with genjutsu.
• Hyuga Makoto named their operation “Exterminate Insects, Shoot the Sun,” referring to the Raikage’s reinforcements as insects and the Raikage as Kumogakure’s sun.

Hyuga Makoto, disguised as a masked member of an organization, ambushed the injured Fourth Raikage and his escort on their way back to Kumogakure. As Ōnoki and others arrived, they found Makoto and another masked fighter standing over the Raikage and Yugito with a wooden giant and Susanoo.

• The Fourth Raikage learned from Yugito Nii that Kumogakure was unsettled after his capture and Dodai’s death, while B and Darui were trying to stabilize the village.
• A masked man blocked the group’s route and claimed his organization had been hired to kill them, then revealed Wood Release by impaling a Kumogakure Anbu with vines.
• Hyuga Makoto’s Wood Release bound and drained the Kumogakure Anbu as the Fourth Raikage attacked him and failed to break through a wooden wall.
• Another masked man used Fire Release to ignite the vines, while Yugito transformed into the Two-Tails and Makoto summoned a towering wooden giant with a Wood Dragon.
• The second masked man manifested Susanoo, leaving the Fourth Raikage and Yugito in despair as Ōnoki and his companions arrived and declared the sight impossible.

Hyuga Makoto and Shisui overwhelmed the Fourth Raikage and Yugito with Wood Release and Susanoo, while Ōnoki struggled to understand their powers. As Makoto prepared to finish them with a Tailed Beast Bomb, a white light arrived and someone accused him of being Uchiha Madara disguised as Senju Hashirama.

• Ōnoki recognized the Wood Release and Susanoo as powers associated with Konoha and ordered Kitsuchi and the others to retreat.
• The Two-Tails charged the Wood Human Technique, but it punched her aside and sent Ōnoki's group flying with the shockwave.
• Shisui attacked the Fourth Raikage with Susanoo while Makoto used vines to restrain Yugito and drain the Two-Tails' Chakra.
• Yugito struggled to protect the Fourth Raikage, but Makoto's Wood Release bound her and stopped her attack.
• Makoto trapped the Fourth Raikage and began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb, intending to finish him and Yugito.
• A white light rushed toward Makoto, and a furious voice accused him of being Uchiha Madara disguised as Senju Hashirama.

Hyuga Makoto and Shisui survived Ōnoki’s Dust Release ambush, and Makoto killed the Fourth Raikage while concealing his identity. Back in Konoha, Makoto received insights into Ōnoki’s Dust Release and began absorbing the Two-Tails’ Chakra.

• Ōnoki’s Dust Release attack devastated the forest, but Hyuga Makoto and Shisui survived, and Makoto realized Ōnoki had tried to kill the Fourth Raikage too.
• Hyuga Makoto refused to reveal his face to the dying Fourth Raikage and killed him, completing his quest and avenging Hizashi Hyuga.
• Hyuga Makoto told Shisui that Ōnoki’s testimony would help frame the attack as the work of the Akatsuki Organization, and Shisui revealed Ōnoki’s bounty was one billion ryō.
• Ōnoki fled with Kitsuchi, ordered an investigation into the Akatsuki Organization, and directed his son to secretly spread news of the Fourth Raikage’s bounty.
• Back in Konoha, Hyuga Makoto received insights into Ōnoki’s Dust Release and swallowed pills made from the Two-Tails’ Chakra before absorbing more from a scroll.

Hyuga Makoto absorbed the Two-Tails’ chakra, awakening the Ten-Tails Husk’s second eye and bringing his Tenseigan closer to a second stirring. The elders on the moon planned to use the Tenseigan’s energy channel to locate and attack him, while Konoha learned that the Fourth Raikage had been killed by the Akatsuki Organization.

• Hyuga Makoto drained the Two-Tails’ chakra, causing the Ten-Tails Husk’s second eye to open and increasing his Tenseigan development to 27%.
• Hyuga Makoto sensed signs of a second stirring and felt his eyes resonate with the Tenseigan on the moon.
• The grand elder and the other Otsutsuki elders decided to increase the Tenseigan’s power output to track and attack Hyuga Makoto, and they accelerated Toneri’s training.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Hyuga Makoto bickered in the Hokage’s Office after Jiraiya brought Makoto in following his hospital discharge.
• Shikaku Nara reported that the Fourth Raikage had died and that the Akatsuki Organization had attacked him using Wood Release and the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Hyuga Makoto, and Shikaku Nara agreed to send someone to pay respects and help recover the Fourth Raikage’s remains.

The Akatsuki Organization discussed its losses to Hyuga Makoto and planned to recruit more members, then learned that the Nucleus Organization had killed the Fourth Raikage and sold his body for a bounty. In Kumogakure, Samui organized the response and ordered investigations into both the Akatsuki Organization and Konoha, while the chapter ended with Hyuga Makoto facing eager shinobi at a Konoha training ground.

• Nagato led an Akatsuki Organization meeting where Black Zetsu reported that Hyuga Makoto had resolved the Caged Bird issue and become the Hyuga's likely next Patriarch.
• Nagato and Black Zetsu prioritized recruiting Shinno, seeking Hiruko and an Immortal in the Land of Hot Water, and continuing to raise funds.
• White Zetsu revealed that the Nucleus Organization had ambushed and killed the Fourth Raikage, then exchanged his body for a bounty, prompting Obito to vow vengeance.
• Darui, Killer B, Yugito, and Samui mourned the Fourth Raikage as Samui ordered them to recover his body, stabilize Kumogakure, and investigate the Akatsuki Organization and Konoha.
• Samui and the others focused suspicion on Konoha and Hyuga Makoto, while Makoto addressed Konoha shinobi and Branch Family members gathered at a training ground.

Hyuga Makoto sparred with Jiraiya before Konoha’s shinobi, unveiling his enhanced Rotation and a power that erased Jiraiya’s flames. The fight ended with Makoto blasting through the barrier and suggesting that their enemies had ambushed them at one of their four destinations.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged for Hyuga Makoto to demonstrate his new technique by sparring with Jiraiya before Konoha’s shinobi.
• Hyuga Makoto overwhelmed Jiraiya in taijutsu, then used Curse Marks and Rotation to escape Jiraiya’s swamp and deflect his flames.
• Hyuga Makoto shattered Jiraiya’s earthen wall and absorbed his Fire Dragon Flame Bullet with a strange power that astonished the onlookers.
• Hyuga Makoto questioned how their enemies had ambushed them at the Land of Fire, the Land of Rain, the Land of Fields, and the Land of Hot Water.
• Hyuga Makoto unleashed a devastating attack that shattered the barrier, then told Jiraiya he suspected the ambush had been set at one of those places.

Hyuga Makoto demonstrated the Divine Sky Strike and Flying Thunder God Technique, impressing the Hyuga Clan and Konoha’s Jonin. After Makoto suggested the Land of Rain as a likely Akatsuki hideout, Hiruzen decided to send Danzo to meet Hanzo, while Black Zetsu learned that Makoto had narrowed the Akatsuki’s location to the Land of Rain or the Land of Fields.

• Hyuga Makoto unleashed the Divine Sky Strike, thrilling the Hyuga Clan and stunning the watching Jonin with its power and his use of the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Tsunade questioned Hyuga Makoto about his Yin Seal, and he invited her to visit the Hyuga Clan to discuss it.
• Hyuga Makoto told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Obito’s ambush suggested the attackers had followed them, and he proposed investigating the Land of Rain and the Land of Fields.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Hyuga Makoto and Jiraiya to investigate the Land of Fields and decided that Danzo would visit Hanzo in the Land of Rain to collect on an old favor.
• Black Zetsu learned that Hyuga Makoto had narrowed the Akatsuki Organization’s possible hideouts to the Land of Rain or the Land of Fields.

Danzo accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s request to investigate the Land of Rain, while Black Zetsu proposed using Danzo and Orochimaru’s village as part of a plan to conceal Akatsuki’s headquarters and manipulate Konoha’s intelligence. Hyuga Makoto received new missions to rescue Shimura Danzō and strike against the Akatsuki Organization, leaving him bewildered.

• Danzo blamed Uchiha Obito for Root’s decline, hid his documents about Orochimaru from Hiruzen Sarutobi, and agreed to go to the Land of Rain to seek Ibuse.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Danzo that Hyuga Makoto had concluded the Akatsuki Organization was hiding in the Land of Fields or the Land of Rain.
• Pain and the Akatsuki Organization discussed how to keep Amegakure from being exposed, and Obito proposed drawing Konoha to the Land of Fields.
• White Zetsu revealed that Orochimaru had secretly built a village in the Land of Fields, prompting the Akatsuki members to consider using it as a false headquarters.
• Black Zetsu proposed killing Danzo and replacing him to gain access to Konoha’s intelligence and resources, while using Orochimaru’s village to mislead other villages.
• Hyuga Makoto received new missions to rescue Shimura Danzō and attack the Akatsuki Organization, and wondered what they meant.

Hyuga Makoto reached twenty percent progress on his quest to become Konoha’s world nucleus, considered the Akatsuki’s plans for Danzo, and discussed Yin Seal and Yang Release research with Tsunade. The chapter ended as Jiraiya arrived to tell Makoto that Danzo had set out for the Land of Rain.

• Hyuga Makoto reviewed his quest progress and suspected the Akatsuki planned to use Danzo’s death to divert attention toward the Land of Fields.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked Hyuga Makoto to persuade Tsunade to take Hinata as a disciple, and Hinata said she would trust Makoto’s judgment.
• Hyuga Makoto and Tsunade discussed the Yin Seal and Yang Release, and Makoto proposed developing Tsunade’s Yang Release if they could fund the research.
• Pain, Orochimaru, Black Zetsu, and the other Akatsuki members planned to kill Danzo, take his intelligence and resources, and impersonate him.
• Danzo accepted Orochimaru’s meeting terms and ordered his Root squad to depart for the Land of Rain.
• Jiraiya arrived and told Hyuga Makoto to prepare to leave because Danzo had already made his move.

Danzo was ambushed in the Land of Rain by Pain and his allies, who planned to replace him with a double and use him to infiltrate Konoha. In the Land of Fields, Hyuga Makoto and Uchiha Izumi spotted Kimimaro, leaving Makoto’s reconnaissance mission with a new lead.

• Hyuga Makoto, Jiraiya, and Tsunade joined an operation to follow Danzo and investigate the Land of Fields.
• Pain, Konan, Orochimaru, Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Itachi, Scorpion, and Kakuzu surrounded Danzo in the Land of Rain after killing his Root subordinates.
• Danzo attacked Pain, but Pain overwhelmed him and explained that the group intended to keep him alive as a means to misdirect Konoha and gather resources and intelligence.
• A figure who looked exactly like Danzo emerged and announced that he would replace Shimura Danzō, while Pain prepared to kill the original.
• In the Land of Fields, Hyuga Makoto and Uchiha Izumi wandered while Jiraiya and Tsunade gambled and visited local establishments.
• Hyuga Makoto noticed one of Orochimaru’s devoted white-haired followers and identified him as Kimimaro.

Black Zetsu and the Akatsuki Organization prepared to use Danzo’s identity and memories to advance their plans, while Hyuga Makoto recognized Kimimaro’s unusual condition in the Land of Fields. Jiraiya and Tsunade joined Makoto’s group, where they were confronted by Pain, who greeted Jiraiya as his former teacher.

• Black Zetsu reviewed Danzo’s memories, and Itachi asked him to use Danzo’s identity to cultivate Sasuke Uchiha in Konoha.
• Black Zetsu and Pain discussed their plans for the Land of Fields, where Jiraiya and Hyuga Makoto’s group were investigating Orochimaru’s people.
• Hyuga Makoto suspected that Kimimaro belonged to the Kaguya Clan and sensed that an uncontrollable force of Yang Release was harming him.
• Orochimaru met Kimimaro in the forest, told him to prepare to leave, and allowed him to stay and observe the coming confrontation.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Tenzo met with Hyuga Makoto, and the Akatsuki Organization emerged from a distortion in space.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade recognized Pain as one of the children they had met in the Land of Rain, and Pain addressed Jiraiya as his teacher.

Jiraiya confronted Pain and learned that Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan had founded the Akatsuki after Hanzo betrayed them, while Hyuga Makoto provoked Nagato and Obito into a battle. As the fights broke out, White Zetsu reported that Makoto was overpowering Nagato and searching for his real body, prompting Black Zetsu to rush to protect the Rinnegan.

• Pain revealed to Jiraiya that he and his comrades had founded the Akatsuki after Hanzo's betrayal, and Makoto explained that Pain was a puppet controlled from afar by Nagato.
• Makoto taunted Nagato about his plans and his failure to confront Hanzo, then provoked Obito by condemning his role in Rin's death.
• Nagato attacked Makoto as the others split into fights: Orochimaru stopped Jiraiya, Scorpion faced Tsunade, Obito clashed with Kakashi, and Itachi and Kakuzu faced Izumi and Tenzo.
• In a secret chamber, Black Zetsu told Juzo Biwa that the mission was meant to lure Konoha's forces out, while White Zetsu reported that Makoto had Nagato pinned down and was searching for his real body.
• Black Zetsu hurried to the battlefield, fearing Makoto would seize Nagato's Rinnegan.

Hyuga Makoto fought Deva Path Pain and overwhelmed him with powerful taijutsu, while Kakashi struck Obito with Chidori and the other Konoha fighters battled their opponents. Pain survived the beating and began gathering chakra for Super Shinra Tensei.

• Pain flew into a rage at Makoto’s remarks about Yahiko, but Makoto blocked his black rod and battered him through the forest.
• Pain used Shinra Tensei against Makoto, but Makoto continued attacking while Pain detected his Flying Thunder God mark and countered his approach.
• Obito tried to pull Kakashi into Kamui, but Kakashi escaped using Minato’s Flying Thunder God mark and pierced Obito’s chest with Chidori.
• Kakuzu overwhelmed Tenzo, while Izumi taunted Itachi about killing his family and made him worry that the village would target Sasuke.
• Makoto sent Pain crashing into a mountainside, and Pain gathered chakra to unleash Super Shinra Tensei.

Hyuga Makoto clashed with Nagato’s Super Shinra Tensei, and the collision devastated the forest and surrounding mountains. As Nagato and Konan tried to escape the resulting storm, Makoto appeared beside Nagato and began extracting his Chakra.

• Tsunade struggled to approach Scorpion because her fear of blood kept her from fully attacking, while Jiraiya pressed Orochimaru for answers about the Fourth Raikage, the Mizukage, and Hanzo.
• A tremendous blast and a dazzling white light erupted near Hyuga Makoto’s battle, disrupting Scorpion’s puppets and shaking the other battlefields, including Kakuzu and Tenzo’s.
• Kakashi wondered how Obito survived his attack, while Obito removed his damaged Sharingan in Kamui Space, recalled the pain of Rin’s death, and prepared to return.
• Hyuga Makoto met Nagato’s Super Shinra Tensei with a powerful palm strike, and the collision shattered the mountain behind Pain and sent a devastating storm through the forest.
• Nagato and Konan prepared to withdraw, but the storm broke their protective barrier; Makoto appeared beside Nagato and began draining the Chakra in his body and eyes.

Hyuga Makoto overwhelmed Nagato, extracted powers from him, and escaped the resulting blast with Jiraiya and the others using Flying Thunder God. The chapter ended with Nagato surviving elsewhere and furiously cursing Hyuga Makoto.

• Black Zetsu sensed Hyuga Makoto’s Natural Force, Yin-Yang Release, and other powers, and decided to take the endangered Kimimaro to Nagato.
• Hyuga Makoto weakened Nagato with Sacrificial Alchemy and formed a pill containing Nagato’s Yang Release and the Rinnegan’s Yin Release.
• Konan attacked Hyuga Makoto as Nagato’s Chakra returned, but Hyuga Makoto teleported away with Nagato’s stone shelter just before a huge gale struck.
• Hyuga Makoto used Flying Thunder God to evacuate Jiraiya, Tsunade, Tenzo, Kakashi, and Uchiha Izumi, while the blast swallowed Nagato, Obito, and Black Zetsu.
• Hyuga Makoto received Kimimaro’s special Yang Release as a quest reward and thought his growing powers were bringing him closer to Otsutsuki Hamura.
• Nagato emerged in a safe location in the Land of Hot Water and shouted angrily at Hyuga Makoto.

After the Akatsuki regrouped and Konoha debated their identity and whereabouts, Hiruzen praised Hyuga Makoto and agreed to consider funding his Yin and Yang Release research team. A disguised Danzo returned toward Konoha while Makoto began absorbing Kimimaro’s Yang Release, whose power stirred changes in his body.

• Obito blamed Makoto for his injuries, while Nagato concealed that Makoto had taken something vital from him; the Akatsuki members discussed investigating Makoto and using Danzo’s identity against him.
• Hiruzen, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and the others discussed the Akatsuki’s connection to Konoha and whether its base was in the Land of Rain or the Land of Fields.
• Hiruzen told Makoto to prepare for greater responsibility, then heard his request to establish a research team studying Yin Release and Yang Release and learned it would require substantial funding.
• In the Land of Rain, Black Zetsu and the others sent a Danzo impersonator back to Konoha with White Zetsu Root members after giving him Danzo’s memories.
• Makoto activated his room’s seals and barriers, swallowed the pill he had extracted, and instructed the system to import Kimimaro’s Yang Release.
• Kimimaro’s Yang Release surged through Makoto, making his bloodline turbulent as unusual changes began in his eyes, body, and forehead.

Hyuga Makoto’s power surged, strengthening his Byakugan, healing, and bone techniques, while Gamamaru and the moon’s elder sensed the unusual Otsutsuki power and worried over its source. The chapter ended with Black Zetsu and White Zetsu disguised as Shimura Danzō entering Hiruzen’s office.

• Toneri sensed that the Tenseigan was excited and waiting for someone, but the grand elder insisted it was waiting for Toneri alone.
• Gamamaru detected a faint, hidden Otsutsuki power and resolved to find its source before it recovered or threatened the world again.
• Hyuga Makoto’s Byakugan gained greater insight as his body developed dark-gray bone spikes, stronger recovery, and increased defense and Chakra.
• Hyuga Makoto checked his status and saw that his Moon Ōtsutsuki bloodline was at 49 percent and his Tenseigan was at 29 percent.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, disguised as Shimura Danzō, entered the Hokage’s Office and greeted Hiruzen.

Black Zetsu returned to Konoha disguised as Danzo and convinced Hiruzen that Hanzo had survived the Akatsuki’s destruction, while Hiruzen remained suspicious of Danzo’s behavior. Later, Hyuga Makoto took the children fishing and learned that Hizashi’s burial and the Hyuga Clan Meeting would take place next week, as he struggled to hide horns forming on his forehead.

• Black Zetsu, disguised as Danzo, told Hiruzen that Hanzo had survived and described how Hanzo had betrayed the Akatsuki, but admitted Konoha had helped him attack the organization.
• Hiruzen argued with Danzo over his role in the Akatsuki’s destruction and warned that the organization threatened Konoha; Danzo left after revealing he could not tell whether Hanzo was controlled.
• Hiruzen wondered whether Danzo and Hanzo were hiding what had happened, while Black Zetsu celebrated passing his first test and planned to cultivate Hyuga Makoto and prepare for the Uchiha’s future.
• Hyuga Makoto took Naruto, Neji, Sasuke, Hinata, and Hanabi fishing, where everyone but Makoto caught fish and Naruto worried about Makoto’s ominous promise about his Genin years.
• Hyuga Makoto learned from Hinata that Hizashi’s burial and the Hyuga Clan Meeting were scheduled for the following week, then privately worried about hornlike growth spreading across his forehead and possibly developing into a third eye.

Hyuga Makoto accepted Uchiha Izumi into his Yin Release experiment team after she vowed to unite her clan and reshape its view of the Mangekyo Sharingan. As the other villages considered investigating the Land of Fields and convening a Five Kage Summit, Makoto’s Clone revealed that the Fourth Raikage’s corpse had finally become useful.

• Naruto ate a fish he had caught himself while Makoto took Izumi aside to speak privately.
• Izumi asked to join Makoto and Tsunade’s experiment, hoping Yin Release could help her awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan and overcome Itachi.
• Makoto warned Izumi about the clan leadership and the Uchiha’s fear of Mangekyo power; Izumi pledged to unite the clan, and Makoto welcomed her to the Experiment Team.
• Darui and Samui discussed proposing a Five Kage Summit to pressure Konoha for information about the Land of Fields, while Ōnoki ordered an investigation.
• Rasa authorized an investigation after Chiyo and Ebizo pressed him, and Genji sent Mei Terumi to arrange intelligence-gathering with Kisame and in the Land of Fields.
• In a secret laboratory in the Land of Hot Water, Makoto’s Clone looked at another body in a nutrient tank and said the Fourth Raikage’s corpse had finally paid off.

Hyuga Makoto prepared his new Clone to learn a Kekkei Tōta while helping shape the Hyuga Clan’s future and honoring Hizashi. In the Land of Hot Water, the Clone unexpectedly mastered Dust Release, leaving Makoto puzzled by the power awakening in both bodies.

• Hyuga Makoto inspected his Wood Release Clone, asked Shisui about his Mangekyo awakening for Uchiha Izumi’s sake, and planned to help Shisui recover his eyes in the Land of Fields.
• Hyuga Makoto gave the Clone a Curse Mark to strengthen it, then attended Hizashi Hyuga’s burial with the Hyuga Clan and let Neji lay flowers first.
• Hyuga Makoto advised Hyuga Hiashi to share clan responsibilities, hold people accountable, and train members according to their different talents.
• Hyuga Makoto paid his respects at Hizashi’s memorial stone and asked him to bless his fortune and obey him if he returned to life.
• In the Land of Hot Water, Shisui brought Hyuga Makoto the notes on his Mangekyo insights, then watched the Clone fuse three chakra natures and unleash Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World.
• Hyuga Makoto sensed the Clone’s bloodline boiling, while his original body in Konoha also reacted strangely.

Hyuga Makoto investigated the effects of fusing Dust Release and sent a Clone toward the Land of Fields as the Akatsuki Organization and other villages moved to expand their operations there. He and Shisui headed to investigate the Akatsuki, with Makoto planning to use his new body, codenamed Ishikawa, to cause trouble for Ōnoki.

• Hyuga Makoto sensed Dust Release transforming his Clone and stirring his own bloodline, then decided to send the Clone to the Land of Fields to investigate the Akatsuki Organization.
• Black Zetsu, disguised as Danzo, told Hiruzen Sarutobi that several villages were taking an interest in the Land of Fields and secured more funding and permission to choose his own Anbu escort.
• Nagato and the Akatsuki Organization reviewed Black Zetsu's intelligence, discussed recruiting Shinno, Hiruko, Hidan, and Raiga Kurosuki, and sent Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Obito, and Juzo Biwa to recruit new members.
• Orochimaru raised the possibility that the Nucleus Organization might also turn its attention to the Land of Fields, worrying the Akatsuki Organization.
• Hyuga Makoto practiced flying with his Dust Release body while traveling with Shisui and proposed impersonating the Akatsuki Organization or Iwagakure if they found no useful leads.
• Hyuga Makoto told Shisui that his body's codename was Ishikawa, the name of Ōnoki's grandfather.

Hyuga Makoto and Shisui discussed selling Akatsuki intelligence to Konoha and Izumi’s Mangekyo experiment while Akatsuki recruited Raiga Kurosuki and learned that the Nucleus Organization was approaching. In the Land of Fields, shinobi from four villages discovered an Iwagakure figure using Dust Release, while Makoto realized the newcomers might provide a chance to test his skills.

• Makoto told Shisui he planned to sell Akatsuki intelligence to Konoha, mentioned his suspicions about Danzo, and said Izumi’s Mangekyo experiment had begun.
• Itachi and Juzo Biwa persuaded Raiga Kurosuki to join their organization, then Obito arrived with Hidan, who eagerly praised Itachi and wanted to join the Jashin Cult with him.
• White Zetsu warned Obito that Indra and an unknown companion from the Nucleus Organization were in the Land of Fields looking for Akatsuki.
• Wenya, Yura, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Toroi gathered to exchange intelligence, but a distant blast interrupted their discussion.
• The gathered shinobi saw a flying figure use the Third Tsuchikage’s Light-Weight Rock Technique and Dust Release, exposing Iwagakure’s connection to the incident.
• In Konoha, Makoto noticed the developments and thought he could use the newcomers to test his skills before Tsunade called out to him.

Hyuga Makoto discovered that Obito and the Akatsuki had ambushed his Clone in the Land of Fields while he conducted experiments with Tsunade and Uchiha Izumi. After Obito trapped the Clone and tried to absorb him with Kamui, Makoto unleashed Dust Release and began attacking the others.

• Makoto discussed his experimental findings with Tsunade and persuaded Uchiha Izumi to try a procedure involving her eyes.
• Makoto's Clone and Shisui were ambushed by Uchiha Itachi, Hidan, Raiga Kurosuki, and Obito in the Land of Fields.
• Shisui fought Hidan while Makoto's Clone dodged lightning and fire attacks from Raiga Kurosuki and the two Uchiha.
• Obito used Wood Release to restrain Makoto's Clone and activated Kamui, but the Clone broke free and unleashed Dust Release, disintegrating Obito.
• Makoto's Dust Release destroyed a hill and spread toward Uchiha Itachi and the others as they tried to flee.