Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Makoto investigated the possibility that Kakashi was connected to the Mysterious Person and secured Jiraiya’s help in seeking Wood Release records. He then began using an unfinished technique on three Hyuga branch family members, leaving Hinata and Hanabi startled by their laughter.

• Hyuga Makoto and Shisui tested Shisui’s restored Susanoo and discussed giving his Clone more time to adapt.
• Hyuga Makoto discussed Kakashi’s investigation with Jiraiya and suggested that Kakashi’s history with Nohara Rin and the Land of Grass connected him to the Mysterious Person.
• Jiraiya hurried to inform the Hokage, while Hyuga Makoto asked him to apply for access to Wood Release records.
• Hyuga Makoto received a new quest about Obito and decided he would try to knock off his mask the next time they met.
• Hyuga Makoto and Hyuga Hiashi summoned three branch family members, and Hyuga Makoto began using an unfinished technique on them as Hinata and Hanabi arrived outside.

Hyuga Makoto reassured Sasuke about Uchiha Itachi and learned Uchiha Izumi recognized him, while Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Danzo to investigate Kakashi’s suspicions about Obito. The chapter ended with Hyuga Makoto’s Clone awakening beside Shisui in the Land of Waves.

• Hyuga Makoto told Hinata that the Hyuga clan’s future could improve as its Branch Family members trained for freedom.
• Sasuke asked Hyuga Makoto about Uchiha Itachi, and Makoto said the village would not spare the rogue ninja; Uchiha Izumi later recognized Makoto’s appearance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Kakashi’s request to investigate Kirigakure immediately and tasked Danzo with investigating the suspicions about Obito.
• Jiraiya proposed that he, Kakashi, and Hyuga Makoto prepare to go to Kirigakure, and Hiruzen Sarutobi approved.
• In the Land of Waves, Hyuga Makoto’s Clone trembled, released vast Chakra, and opened its eyes while Shisui kept watch.

Danzo sent Root to investigate Kirigakure and its surrounding regions, while Hyuga Makoto and Shisui searched the Land of Waves for Uchiha Itachi. After a week of dead ends, Makoto sensed familiar Chakra and wondered how much Itachi’s head was worth.

• Danzo received Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order to investigate Kirigakure and decided to expand the search into regions under its influence.
• Hyuga Makoto and Shisui reasoned that Uchiha Itachi might be operating in the Land of Waves and set out to investigate.
• Juzo Biwa assigned Itachi a mission in the Land of Waves, and Itachi tried to numb himself with work despite his guilt and despair.
• Makoto and Shisui spent over a week searching black markets without finding information about the Akatsuki Organization or Uchiha Itachi.
• Makoto sensed familiar Chakra and asked Shisui how much Uchiha Itachi’s head was worth.

Hyuga Makoto and Shisui ambushed Uchiha Itachi and Juzo Biwa, seeking revenge for Kakuzu and targeting Itachi’s eyes. As Black Zetsu learned of their power and prepared to alert Obito, Shisui battered Itachi while Hyuga Makoto fought Juzo, ending the chapter by calling his opponent Indra.

• Juzo Biwa warned Uchiha Itachi that someone was searching for them, then Hyuga Makoto and Shisui appeared and confronted them over Kakuzu’s attack on their associate.
• Hyuga Makoto used Wood Release to trap Juzo Biwa and Uchiha Itachi in a forest, while Shisui attacked Itachi with a green Susanoo.
• Two Root operatives noticed the battle and headed toward it, while White Zetsu told Black Zetsu that the attackers wielded Wood Release and a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Black Zetsu feared the organization’s power and ordered White Zetsu to notify Obito before they could kill Itachi.
• Shisui accused Uchiha Itachi of slaughtering his clan for power and attacked him, while Hyuga Makoto formed a huge Wood Dragon and called his opponent Indra.

Hyuga Makoto and Shisui overwhelmed Uchiha Itachi and Juzo Biwa, revealing the Core organization and a devastating Wood Release technique. Obito arrived just in time to rescue them from the blast, but Hyuga Makoto struck him in the face and mocked his appearance.

• Hyuga Makoto and Shisui questioned Itachi, then Hyuga Makoto revealed their organization was called Core and sent his Wood Dragon against him.
• Itachi expanded his Susanoo and unleashed Amaterasu, but Hyuga Makoto revealed he had been using a Wood Clone and trapped Itachi with burning vines.
• Hyuga Makoto formed a Wood Release Rasengan Tailed Beast Bomb and launched it at Itachi as Obito rushed to the battlefield through Kamui.
• Obito appeared in the path of the attack and pulled Itachi and Juzo Biwa into Kamui, but the blast left him badly burned and his clothes in tatters.
• Hyuga Makoto struck Obito in the face with a vine and mocked him for being ugly.

After Obito escaped, Hyuga Makoto and Shisui arranged for Konoha to learn about him through a Black Market bounty, while the Akatsuki Organization discussed Core and ordered its members to gather intelligence. Back in Konoha, Makoto celebrated a profitable sale and completed a side mission when a black-haired girl approached him, earning the Six Paths Technique.

• Hyuga Makoto identified the fleeing masked man as Uchiha Obito, then told Shisui to sell information about him through the Black Market so Konoha would hear of it.
• Pain informed the Akatsuki Organization that Juzo Biwa and Uchiha Itachi had been badly injured by Core members Indra and Asura, whose abilities included the Mangekyō Sharingan and Wood Release.
• Pain ordered the Akatsuki members to investigate Core, while Obito asked Black Zetsu whether his identity as Uchiha Madara was at risk.
• Hyuga Makoto reflected on Shisui's portrait of Obito selling for eighty million ryo and looked forward to completing another mission.
• Hinata and Neji noticed Makoto's cheerful mood and told him the Hyuga clan had been laughing strangely since their spirits improved.
• A black-haired girl approached Makoto, triggering a completed side mission that rewarded him with the Six Paths Technique.

Hyuga Makoto learned that Uchiha Izumi wanted to join his Anbu squad and told her what he knew about Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Itachi. At a Hokage meeting, Kakashi recognized the mysterious man as Obito, while Makoto examined the newly awarded Six Paths techniques.

• Uchiha Izumi asked Hyuga Makoto to help her join his Anbu squad so she could seek revenge and answers, and he agreed to raise the request with Hokage-sama.
• Hyuga Makoto told Uchiha Izumi that he had seen Uchiha Obito with the Mysterious Person and that Obito had claimed she could not understand his caliber.
• Jiraiya hurried Hyuga Makoto to the Hokage's office after Danzo's investigation produced information about the Mysterious Person.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Hyuga Makoto files describing Makoto and Shisui's fight with Uchiha Itachi and Juzo Biwa, along with details of their abilities and organization.
• Hyuga Makoto studied the Six Paths techniques he had received as a reward and wondered how they connected to his Otsutsuki bloodline and the Akatsuki's plans.
• Kakashi told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Mysterious Person was probably really Obito.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others confirmed Uchiha Obito’s identity and planned to investigate Kirigakure, while Hyuga Makoto learned that Danzo had spent heavily on intelligence. Meanwhile, Hyuga Shingo decided the Main Family would target Neji to provoke Makoto and reinforce the Hyuga clan rules.

• Danzo revealed intelligence identifying Uchiha Obito as the likely mastermind behind the Nine-Tails incident and reporting that Uchiha Itachi was with him.
• Hyuga Makoto suggested Obito might be controlling the Fourth Mizukage, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, Jiraiya, and Kakashi to accelerate their plans concerning Kirigakure.
• Hyuga Makoto overheard Danzo tell Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had spent one hundred and sixty million ryo obtaining intelligence.
• Hyuga Shingo dismissed the Main Family members’ complaints about the Branch Family and Hyuga Makoto’s influence.
• Hyuga Shingo ordered the Main Family to target Neji, hoping to force Makoto to intervene or break clan rules and thereby uphold the Caged Bird system.

Hyuga Makoto speculated that Hiruzen had sent his team to Kirigakure to unleash the Three-Tails, then returned to the Hyuga compound and confronted a Main Branch member who had humiliated Neji. His challenge left the Branch Family watching to see whether he would stand against the Main Branch.

• Hyuga Makoto teased Jiraiya about their mission and suggested Hiruzen might want their team to unleash the Three-Tails in Kirigakure, prompting Jiraiya to rush off and question him.
• Hyuga Makoto returned to the Hyuga compound, where he joked with Neji and sensed someone watching them.
• Branch Family members welcomed Hyuga Makoto, whose recommendation of three of them for the Anbu had inspired hope and whose reputation after the Uchiha Incident had stirred pride and embarrassment.
• A Main Branch member deliberately knocked Neji down and demanded that he apologize, invoking the clan rules and his place.
• Hyuga Makoto stepped beside Neji and asked whether Neji—or the Main Branch member and the rest of them—should apologize.

Hyuga Shingo moved to reassert Main Branch authority over the Branch Family, while Hiruzen Sarutobi considered Uchiha Izumi’s Anbu application and heard Jiraiya’s account of Hyuga Makoto’s suspicions about a plan involving Kirigakure. When Shingo activated Neji’s Caged Bird to punish him, the seal failed, and Makoto attacked Shingo.

• Hyuga Shingo told the Main Branch members to confront the Branch Family openly and use their status to restore the clan’s hierarchy.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi weighed whether to approve Uchiha Izumi’s Anbu application, then discussed Jiraiya’s report that Hyuga Makoto suspected a scheme involving Kirigakure and the Three-Tails.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Jiraiya to fetch Hyuga Makoto and ordered Kakashi’s squad to meet him over a meal.
• Hyuga Makoto challenged a Main Branch member for mistreating Neji, and Hyuga Shingo arrived to defend the Clan Rules and the Branch Family’s duty to protect the Main Branch.
• Hyuga Shingo activated the Caged Bird to punish Neji, but the seal failed and Neji remained standing.
• Hyuga Makoto condemned the Caged Bird’s use as a tool of oppression and lunged at Hyuga Shingo.

Hyuga Makoto crushed Hyuga Shingo and the Main Branch’s attempt to use the Caged Bird against Neji, then let Konoha’s Anbu take control of the confrontation. The Branch Family’s cheers turned into laughter across the Hyuga Clan as Makoto’s system announced that his exclusive mission was complete.

• Hyuga Hiashi heard the commotion in the clan and rushed toward the fighting after realizing Hyuga Shingo had activated the Caged Bird on Neji.
• Kakashi and Tenzo led the Anbu toward the Hyuga Clan, where they found Makoto attacking Shingo amid a crowd of clan members.
• Makoto sealed Shingo’s Chakra, beat him, and gouged out his Byakugan while the Main Branch’s Caged Bird technique failed to affect him.
• Makoto accused the Main Branch of crimes against the clan and Konoha, and Anbu arrived to confront the remaining Main Branch members.
• The Branch Family’s cheers became laughter that spread through the Hyuga Clan and toward Konoha, while Makoto’s system declared his exclusive mission complete.

After Hyuga Makoto helped end the Hyuga clan’s Main Branch and Branch Family system, Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed the clan’s future with him and Hyuga Hiashi. Makoto returned to the clan grounds and announced that the Hyuga would have no more distinction between Main Branch and Branch Family.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi heard Hyuga Hiashi confirm that Makoto had not provoked the Main Branch, and learned that Hiashi had quietly supported Makoto’s efforts to change the clan.
• Hiashi explained that Hizashi’s death had led him to question the Main Branch and Branch Family system, while Hiruzen praised Makoto for breaking the Caged Bird seal.
• Hiruzen asked Makoto to write a detailed report and urged Hiashi to keep the clan’s transition calm before the two Hyuga left the Hokage’s office.
• On the way back, Makoto suggested punishing the Main Branch conspirators with either eye removal or the Caged Bird, but Hiashi rejected the proposals and told Makoto to keep learning in the Anbu.
• At the Hyuga clan grounds, Hiashi asked Makoto to address the gathered Branch Family members, and Makoto announced that the clan would have no more distinction between Main Branch and Branch Family.

Hyuga Makoto received the Ten-Tails Husk as his exclusive mission reward, which strengthened his bloodline and eyes and gave him new abilities. He went to the Anbu to seek Tailed Beast chakra, then raised the possibility of testing the Fourth's technique with Kakashi.

• Hyuga Hiashi told the Branch Family that Makoto could not yet place complete seals on everyone and urged them to train for a future without the Caged Bird.
• Hyuga Makoto received the Ten-Tails Husk, discovered it was bound to him, and found that it boosted his Moon Ōtsutsuki bloodline, Tenseigan, and Yin-Yang Release.
• Hyuga Makoto decided to obtain Tailed Beast chakra and left for the Anbu the next morning.
• Tenzo and Kakashi discussed the lack of progress on Kirigakure intelligence, and Makoto joked that the Hokage wanted to recreate the Night of the Nine-Tails there.
• Hyuga Makoto asked Kakashi whether he might possess space-manipulation talent and suggested they test the Fourth's technique.

Kakashi decided to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique to prepare for Obito, and Hiruzen Sarutobi encouraged him despite the technique’s difficulty. Hyuga Makoto joined the training and revealed a simpler way to understand the technique, leaving Kakashi and Jiraiya stunned when he teleported behind them.

• Kakashi asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for permission to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique so he could counter Obito’s space-time ninjutsu, and Hiruzen agreed while warning him about its difficulty.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi realized Hyuga Makoto seemed to meet every requirement for the technique, so Makoto agreed to try learning it too.
• In Kirigakure, Obito rejected Black Zetsu’s suggestion to rein in the violence and decided to use alleged evidence of rebellion to eliminate Genji’s faction.
• Shimura Danzō reviewed intelligence about Kirigakure’s chaos, concluded that the Fourth Mizukage was likely acting under Obito’s influence, and decided to inform Hiruzen.
• At a Konoha training ground, Kakashi struggled with the Flying Thunder God’s first step while Hyuga Makoto explained that he treated its mark as a visible, lockable summoning coordinate.
• Hyuga Makoto teleported behind Kakashi and Jiraiya, leaving them dumbfounded, just as Tenzo ran over.

Hyuga Makoto revealed that he had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Hiruzen sent him, Jiraiya, and Kakashi toward the Land of Whirlpools to investigate Kirigakure and Uchiha Obito. On the way, Makoto received missions involving Kisame, the Three-Tails, and joining Akatsuki, while Kakashi asked him for help developing a new idea for his Sharingan.

• Hyuga Makoto told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, astonishing Hiruzen, Jiraiya, and Kakashi.
• Hiruzen shared intelligence suggesting Uchiha Obito had controlled the Fourth Mizukage and ordered the team to head for the Land of Whirlpools, where Mori Ibiki's squad was investigating Kirigakure's Cipher Ninja.
• Hyuga Makoto proposed using the Cipher Ninja to reach the Mizukage and launch a surprise attack involving the Three-Tails, and Hiruzen allowed the team to proceed without objecting.
• Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Makoto set out from Konoha, and Makoto received side missions concerning Kisame, the Three-Tails, and joining the Akatsuki Organization.
• Kakashi asked Makoto for help with his Sharingan, and Makoto said he had a new idea based on it.

Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Hyuga Makoto joined the Konoha camp in the Land of Whirlpools, where Makoto’s experiments helped Kakashi adapt to spatial traversal with his Sharingan. Meanwhile, Kisame and Kirigakure’s Cipher Division ninja were ambushed by Konoha, and Makoto addressed Kisame as the two sides prepared to clash.

• Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Hyuga Makoto met Mori Ibiki at the Konoha camp, then collected their winnings from a bet about Ibiki’s hair.
• Kakashi explained that repeated spatial traversals had helped his Sharingan identify patterns and let him adjust his body, though he still needed to stabilize a Curse Mark.
• Jiraiya stopped Kakashi from training further so he could rest before their mission, while Makoto advised him to study sealing techniques.
• Kisame kept his distance from the Kirigakure Cipher Division ninja, but one woman invited him to share a meal after their mission.
• Kisame detected a triggered trap and ordered the group to move, but explosions blocked their path and Mori Ibiki’s Konoha Anbu surrounded them.
• Kisame recognized Jiraiya and Kakashi among the Konoha force, then heard Hyuga Makoto call him “shark-face” and ask him for a favor.

Hyuga Makoto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to overwhelm Kisame while questioning his loyalty to Kirigakure and the truth behind his mission. He left Kisame beaten and considering whether the Mizukage and the mission were lies, offering to help him see the real Kirigakure and the real world.

• Kisame realized Konoha had assembled a formidable team and considered killing the Kirigakure Cipher Ninjas, but Hyuga Makoto exposed his thoughts and attacked him.
• Jiraiya led Kakashi and the Anbu into battle against the Cipher Ninjas while Hyuga Makoto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to strike Kisame repeatedly.
• Jiraiya and Kakashi recognized Hyuga Makoto's technique and watched as he continued to question Kisame about killing comrades and the Mizukage's rule.
• Hyuga Makoto's questions unsettled Kisame, who noticed a Cipher Ninja's worried gaze and wondered whether her concern was genuine.
• Hyuga Makoto restrained Kisame and offered to help him escape the lies surrounding the Mizukage and his mission and see the real Kirigakure and the real world.

Hyuga Makoto, Jiraiya, and Kakashi entered Kirigakure with Kisame and discovered that the village was on the brink of conflict. As Genji and Mei Terumi prepared to rebel against Obito, Obito planned to crush them and recruit Kisame into the Akatsuki Organization.

• Hyuga Makoto told Jiraiya and Kakashi that Kisame had begun questioning Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist Policy and needed to witness the village’s true state.
• Hyuga Makoto considered how Wood Release and Tailed Beast Chakra might alter his body, then worried that absorbing the power could give him horns like Otsutsuki Hamura.
• Genji asked Mei Terumi for her view, and she urged him to launch a surprise attack on the Mizukage Building before the Fourth Mizukage finished mobilizing his forces.
• Genji and the gathered ninja agreed to stake everything on an uprising, calling it rebellion if they failed and reform if they succeeded.
• Hyuga Makoto used his Byakugan to detect ninja gathering near the Mizukage Building, while he, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Kisame approached under disguise.
• Obito ordered Black Zetsu to prepare to wipe out his opponents and said he planned to recruit Kisame, even if Kisame died alongside them.

Hyuga Makoto exposed Uchiha Obito as the force controlling Karatachi Yagura and attacked him in the Mizukage Building. As Kakashi confronted Obito over Rin’s death, Makoto accused Obito of deliberately letting Kakashi kill her to awaken his eyes, and Obito unleashed the Three-Tails’ Chakra.

• Kirigakure erupted into rebellion as Kisame brought Hyuga Makoto, Kakashi, and Jiraiya to the Mizukage Office.
• Makoto sensed that Karatachi Yagura’s Chakra was distorted, identified Uchiha Obito’s hiding place, and struck him as Obito emerged from Kamui.
• Genji held Mei Terumi back from attacking the Mizukage Building while a blast tore through it and the Three-Tails’ Chakra surged out.
• Kakashi recognized Obito, and Obito blamed him for failing to protect Rin and condemned the world they had lived in.
• Makoto questioned Obito’s excuses and accused him of deliberately letting Kakashi kill Rin to awaken his eyes, prompting Obito to erupt in rage and unleash the Three-Tails’ Chakra.

Uchiha Obito unleashed the Three-Tails on Kirigakure after Hyuga Makoto accused him of causing Rin’s death, while Kakashi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Hyuga Makoto confronted Obito atop the beast and struck him down, leaving Obito to hear one last accusation about his plan for a new world.

• Uchiha Obito transformed Karatachi Yagura into the Three-Tails, which destroyed the Mizukage Building and attacked Kirigakure’s ninja indiscriminately.
• Genji sent Mei Terumi to investigate the Three-Tails and the unfamiliar voice while he stayed behind.
• Kakashi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan as Hyuga Makoto prepared to face the Three-Tails alone.
• Hyuga Makoto evaded the Three-Tails’ attacks and provoked Obito by accusing him of hiding from responsibility for Rin’s death.
• Hyuga Makoto used Flying Thunder God to reach Obito, disrupted his Kamui with Kakashi’s newly awakened eye, and struck him down with a Chakra-enhanced punch.
• As Obito’s consciousness faded, Hyuga Makoto accused him of using his new-world plan to numb himself to the fact that he killed Rin.