Chapter Summaries

Black Zetsu decided to help Hyuga Makoto grow stronger while Obito and the Akatsuki planned to investigate him. After Jiraiya reported that Makoto had nearly killed the Fourth Raikage, Hiruzen and the other great villages reacted with alarm and began preparing for possible war as Makoto’s group returned to Konoha.

• Black Zetsu resolved to support Hyuga Makoto’s growth and told the Akatsuki that the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack was a lost Hyuga Clan technique.
• Obito ordered the Akatsuki to investigate Makoto and find his weakness, while Black Zetsu agreed and Obito asked whether the Fourth Raikage had died.
• Hiruzen read Jiraiya’s report that Makoto had badly injured the Fourth Raikage during an Akatsuki ambush, leaving Tsunade to decide whether to kill him or bring him to Konoha.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to gather troops, while Chiyo, Ebizo, and Rasa discussed investigating Makoto and preparing Sunagakure’s forces.
• Rasa told Chiyo that Sunagakure lacked the money for both troop mobilization and further investigations.
• Hyuga Makoto and his group returned to Konoha as the Shinobi World prepared for upheaval.

Hyuga Makoto returned to Konoha with the unconscious Fourth Raikage, while Tsunade and Jiraiya took responsibility for dealing with the political fallout. Back at home, Makoto began studying the information on Divine Sky Strike and started developing a powerful technique of his own.

• Hyuga Makoto brought the group and the unconscious Fourth Raikage back to Konoha using Flying Thunder God, and he told Tsunade that a special power meant the Raikage would survive.
• Tsunade asked to visit the Hyuga Clan to discuss Makoto's abilities, while Jiraiya agreed to explain the incident to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hyuga Makoto left to examine the information on Divine Sky Strike, and Kakashi and Uchiha Izumi returned home as well.
• Jiraiya carried the Fourth Raikage into a high-grade hospital ward, where he encountered Hiruzen Sarutobi and was scolded for his actions.
• Hyuga Makoto returned to his home and began studying the Divine Sky Strike information, surrounding himself with dense Chakra as the space around him started to twist.

Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Hyuga Makoto had defeated the Fourth Raikage and planned to use the captive Raikage to negotiate with Kumogakure for Hizashi Hyuga’s remains, only to discover Dodai had died. Meanwhile, Makoto walked with Hinata and Neji, reflected on developing a new fighting style, and revealed its name: the Divine Sky Strike, also known as the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya told Hiruzen Sarutobi how Makoto defeated the Fourth Raikage with an enhanced Yin Seal, leaving Hiruzen astonished by the technique.
• Hiruzen ordered Konoha to announce that the Fourth Raikage was alive and in its care, summon Kumogakure for negotiations, and demand Hizashi’s remains in exchange for restraint.
• Tsunade told Hiruzen that Dodai had died in the aftermath of Makoto’s attack, and Hiruzen scolded Jiraiya for his bad luck.
• Makoto took Hinata and Neji to Ichiraku Ramen and teased Neji about skipping class while they discussed Hizashi’s possible return.
• Makoto considered adapting the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack into a new Gentle Fist system and told Hinata and Neji that he had named it the Divine Sky Strike.

Jiraiya asked Gamamaru about Orochimaru’s claims of a Person from the Heavens and the Otsutsuki, provoking an explosive reaction from the Great Toad Sage. At the Ninja Academy, Neji and Hinata learned that Hyuga Makoto had defeated the Fourth Raikage, then recognized the technique used; Makoto visited the hospitalized Raikage and greeted him.

• Jiraiya asked Gamamaru to clarify a strange prophecy, but Gamamaru could only describe indistinct figures and said he did not know whether anyone had a Byakugan.
• Jiraiya told Gamamaru that Orochimaru had mentioned a Person from the Heavens, an existence spanning ancient and modern times, and the Otsutsuki, and Gamamaru erupted with Chakra and wondered if someone from the heavens had descended.
• Neji and Hinata met Naruto and the others at the Ninja Academy and learned that the Fourth Raikage had ambushed a Hyuga shinobi to steal the Byakugan, but had been defeated and left critically injured.
• Neji and Hinata recognized the name Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack as Hyuga Makoto’s technique and realized he was the person who had defeated the Fourth Raikage.
• Hyuga Makoto visited the hospitalized Fourth Raikage and asked, “Yo, you’re still alive?”

Hyuga Makoto discussed the captured Fourth Raikage’s fate with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who demanded compensation and Hizashi Hyuga’s remains while warning Kumogakure against war. At his underground laboratory, Makoto told Shisui he intended to kill the Raikage under the Akatsuki Organization’s name and asked him to find the bounty on the Raikage’s head; a new side quest then offered Makoto a choice between helping the Raikage return safely or killing him.

• The Fourth Raikage awoke in Konoha Hospital, and Makoto provoked him by proposing that Konoha let his enemies and bounty hunters kill him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi demanded compensation and the return of Hizashi Hyuga’s remains, then warned the Fourth Raikage not to die in Konoha.
• Makoto told Shisui that the Raikage’s death could cause internal conflict in Kumogakure and that he planned to kill him while disguised as the Akatsuki Organization.
• Makoto asked Shisui to find out the Black Market bounty on the Fourth Raikage’s head.
• A new side quest gave Makoto the choice of ensuring the Fourth Raikage returned safely or killing him.

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.