Chapter Summaries

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.

Hyuga Makoto used a clone's Dust Release to devastate the battlefield and drive off the Akatsuki members, then returned to Konoha and helped Uchiha Izumi awaken her Mangekyo Sharingan. The chapter ended as her three tomoe merged into a new pattern.

• Hyuga Makoto unleashed Dust Release, destroying the forest and overwhelming Uchiha Itachi, Raiga Kurosuki, Juzo Biwa, and the Akatsuki members.
• Hozuki Mangetsu, Wenya, Toroi, and Yura witnessed the devastation, recognized Uchiha Obito, and decided to report what they had seen.
• Raiga Kurosuki was erased by the Dust Release, and Uchiha Itachi lost half his body as Juzo Biwa fled; Uchiha Obito escaped using his space-time technique.
• Hyuga Makoto ended his connection to the clone and returned his attention to Uchiha Izumi, explaining how her protective emotions shaped her Yin Release.
• Hyuga Makoto guided Uchiha Izumi's Yin Release, and her three tomoe spun together into a complex triangle as her Mangekyo awakened.

Akatsuki planned to draw the Five Great Shinobi Villages and the Nucleus Organization into conflict in the Land of Fields, while Hyuga Makoto helped Uchiha Izumi awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan through a new path. The chapter left Hiruzen Sarutobi convinced that Izumi’s awakening could resolve the Uchiha problem and strengthen Konoha.

• Black Zetsu learned that Obito, Uchiha Itachi, and Juzo Biwa had been badly injured by a new Nucleus Organization member wielding Dust Release.
• Black Zetsu proposed using the planned Five Kage Summit and the villages’ interest in Dust Release to bring them into the Land of Fields and provoke a clash with the Nucleus Organization.
• Nagato agreed to prepare for battle and planned to go to the Land of Fields with all his bodies, while Obito refused to explain how he would handle Uchiha Itachi’s injuries.
• Hyuga Makoto explained to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Izumi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan through a different emotional path, and Izumi described her resolve to protect her clan and village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to publicize Izumi’s awakening, arranged for her to study with Jiraiya and Tsunade, and asked her, Makoto, and Kakashi to assist in the Hokage’s Office.
• After Makoto and Izumi left, Hiruzen celebrated the prospect of controlling the Mangekyō’s interpretation and resolving the Uchiha problem.

After a mysterious masked man used Dust Release against the Akatsuki, the Five Great Shinobi Villages moved toward holding a summit. In Konoha, Hyuga Makoto planned to use the gathering to reveal the Otsutsuki’s power, then recruited Naruto for an unexplained trip to a paint shop.

• Ōnoki learned that a mysterious white-robed man had used Dust Release against the Akatsuki and concluded that a Five Kage Summit was necessary.
• Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizo discussed joining the other villages against the Akatsuki, while Genji worried about choosing a Kirigakure representative and questioned why the Raikage had been killed but the Mizukage spared.
• Samui persuaded Killer B, Yugito Nii, and Darui to support calling a Five Kage Summit rather than rushing into battle against the Akatsuki and the mysterious man.
• At Ichiraku, Hyuga Makoto told Naruto and Sasuke that Uchiha Izumi had taken a different path, prompting Sasuke to hurry home and learn what had happened.
• Hyuga Makoto decided the summit would be an ideal stage to demonstrate the Otsutsuki’s power, then invited Naruto to come with him to a paint shop.

Uchiha Izumi announced a new beginning for the Uchiha, declaring that profound love could awaken the Mangekyo and that it was not a curse. Meanwhile, Hyuga Makoto planned to use an Ōtsutsuki identity to force the Shinobi World to unite, while Naruto joined him in a prank on the Hokage statues.

• Uchiha Izumi addressed the clan and declared that the Mangekyo was no longer their curse, with an elderly Uchiha accepting that the clan needed a fresh start.
• Sasuke hurried toward the Uchiha Compound after hearing strange laughter erupt from within.
• Hyuga Makoto persuaded Naruto to paint the Hokage statues, then secretly photographed Naruto as they began their prank.
• Hyuga Makoto apologized to Shisui for forgetting him, told him where both of his Mangekyo eyes were, and revealed that Uchiha Izumi had awakened hers.
• Hyuga Makoto explained that he planned to appear as a terrifying enemy to push the villages toward unity, and Shisui accepted the plan as a way to help the Shinobi World.

Naruto and Hyuga Makoto were confronted by Hiruzen Sarutobi over their graffiti on Hokage Rock, while the Five Kage Summit preparations drew the Akatsuki and Nucleus Organization into a looming conflict. Makoto created a golden pill from chakra condensed in Tsunade’s necklace, but the necklace shattered in his hand.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi scolded Naruto for defacing the Fourth Hokage’s portrait, then showed him how Makoto had carefully colored the First and Second Hokage’s portraits.
• Hiruzen let Naruto avoid punishment if he cleaned the Fourth Hokage’s portrait, and Makoto admitted he had deliberately let Naruto take the blame as a lesson.
• Hiruzen told Makoto the Five Kage Summit would take place in the Land of Hot Water in half a month and agreed to give him half an allowance after Makoto asked for money to help Tsunade.
• Black Zetsu reported the summit’s attendees to the Akatsuki, and Pain ordered the organization to prepare at Otogakure while Orochimaru revealed he planned to experiment with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Black Zetsu planned to approach Makoto by helping him develop the Otsutsuki’s Byakugan, while Makoto used Sacrificial Alchemy on Tsunade’s necklace to create a golden pill.
• Makoto realized the necklace had shattered under the strain of his chakra extraction.

Hyuga Makoto shattered Tsunade’s necklace while extracting its power, then swallowed the resulting Pill and awakened a Divine Technique as his strength increased. He was assigned to accompany Danzo on an intelligence exchange in the Land of Hot Water, where he realized the mysterious contact might be his own Clone.

• Hyuga Makoto extracted Asura’s power from Tsunade’s necklace, accidentally drawing out Senju Hashirama’s chakra and shattering it.
• Hyuga Makoto persuaded Tsunade to teach Hinata and Izumi by promising support from the Hyuga and Uchiha clans, but Tenzo’s arrival interrupted her questions about the necklace.
• Tenzo told Hyuga Makoto that Danzo had requested him for an intelligence exchange, and Hyuga Makoto accepted the mission.
• Hyuga Makoto returned to his room, swallowed the Pill, and gained power that awakened a Divine Technique and increased his bloodline and Tenseigan levels.
• Shisui told Hyuga Makoto’s Clone that he had leads on his missing eyes, and the Clone agreed to accompany Hyuga Makoto to meet Konoha’s intelligence buyer.
• Hyuga Makoto read the mission scroll ordering him to protect Danzo during a secret exchange in the Land of Hot Water and suspected the mysterious ninja was his own Clone.

Hyuga Makoto followed Danzo on a mission and suspected that Black Zetsu was controlling or impersonating him, but he saw an opportunity to gain Kaguya-related knowledge and resources. After setting up a costly intelligence sale with Shisui, Makoto reunited with Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Uchiha Izumi in the Land of Hot Water, appearing pleased with how the mission had gone.

• Hyuga Makoto sensed unusual chakra within Danzo and grew suspicious, while Black Zetsu worried that Makoto had detected him.
• Black Zetsu posing as Danzo explained his reasons for recruiting Makoto, offered him a scroll about the Byakugan, and tried to win the Hyuga's support.
• Hyuga Makoto concluded that Black Zetsu was behind Danzo and decided to exploit his knowledge while testing his new Divine Technique: Great Imperial Lord.
• Makoto's clone told Shisui to raise the price of their intelligence, and Shisui recognized Danzo as the man who had taken his eye.
• Makoto arrived at the izakaya where Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Uchiha Izumi were waiting, and said the mission was over as he smiled at his ninja tool pouch.

Hyuga Makoto sold intelligence on the Akatsuki and the Nucleus Organization, and the Five Kage agreed to investigate the Nucleus Organization while preparing a joint assault on the Akatsuki in the Land of Fields. As the Akatsuki also prepared for the approaching forces, Makoto received two new side quests urging him to make his name or kill everyone.

• Hyuga Makoto gave Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Uchiha Izumi intelligence on the Akatsuki and the Nucleus Organization, revealing that he had sold it for just under a billion ryo.
• At the Five Kage Summit, the leaders argued over their villages' missing-nin and the Nucleus Organization, then agreed to investigate it while prioritizing a joint attack on the Akatsuki in the Land of Fields.
• Nagato told the Akatsuki that Konoha and the other villages were mobilizing, while Obito and Orochimaru confirmed that their preparations were nearly ready.
• Hyuga Makoto's Clone told Shisui that the Five Kage had decided to attack the Land of Fields and discussed how they would act during the operation.
• Hyuga Makoto's system displayed two new side quests: make his name known throughout the world, or kill everyone.