Chapter Summaries

After Hikawa defeated Obito Uchiha and subdued Isobu, Kirigakure began recovering from the devastation, and Mei Terumi took charge of the aftermath. Hikawa gained a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and went home with Mei, where their teasing continued over dinner.

• Karatachi Yagura regained control and learned that Madara Uchiha had made him attack Kirigakure, while Genji assigned Mei Terumi to handle the post-battle work.
• Hikawa gained the Turtle Turtle entry for defeating Isobu and the Three-Tomoe Sharingan entry for killing Obito Uchiha, then activated his new Sharingan.
• Mei Terumi told Hikawa that Kirigakure lacked the money and Medical Ninja needed for recovery, and Hikawa asked her to extend her time as his maid in return for his help.
• Hikawa teased Mei Terumi as they walked to her home, where he took her hand and later cooked dinner for her.
• Mei Terumi tasted Hikawa's food and found it even more delicious than the meal he had made during her previous visit to Konoha.

Hikawa spent the night at Mei Terumi’s home, teased her about serving as his maid, and asked her to find Ice Release ninjutsu. Black Zetsu learned that Hikawa had killed Obito Uchiha and began considering how to revive Madara Uchiha, while Mei went to a jonin meeting where she was appointed Acting Mizukage.

• Mei Terumi admitted she had not decided how long to extend her maid service, while Hikawa teased her about becoming Mizukage and staying his maid in private.
• Hikawa stayed at Mei’s apartment, where he noticed her intimate garments and later caught her stockinged thigh when she approached him in a maid dress.
• Black Zetsu learned that Hikawa had killed Obito Uchiha using the Flying Thunder God Technique and considered controlling Nagato to revive Madara Uchiha.
• Mei woke to Hikawa’s breakfast, agreed to search for Ice Release ninja, and received a Flying Thunder God Kunai from him.
• Mei went to the Hidden Mist Village Hospital for a jonin meeting and discovered that the first agenda item was appointing her Acting Mizukage.

Hikawa returned from Kirigakure with Ice Release and reported the white creature behind the Three-Tails incident to Tsunade, while their closeness grew. After Kumogakure's delegation arrived with ninjutsu scrolls, Hikawa arranged for the imprisoned Raikage and others to be released and continued drawing Samui closer.

• Hikawa obtained an Ice Release scroll from Mei Terumi, said goodbye to her at Kirigakure's entrance, and used Flying Thunder God to return to Konoha.
• Hikawa told Tsunade that a white creature had controlled Karatachi Yagura and caused the Three-Tails to go berserk, and Tsunade ordered Anbu to search for such creatures.
• Tsunade accompanied Hikawa to the Casino, then returned home with him and showed a new warmth toward him over dinner.
• Hikawa planned an Anbu examination to copy techniques with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and reviewed genjutsu records left by Tobirama Senju.
• Samui, Mabui, Atsui, and the Kumogakure delegation arrived in Konoha with ninjutsu and secret techniques, and Hikawa arranged their accommodations beside Anbu headquarters.
• Hikawa confirmed that the Fourth Raikage and the other prisoners would be released, kissed Tsunade on the cheek, and told Samui to meet him in a cheongsam the day after tomorrow.

Hikawa planned to obtain the Box of Paradise and spent the next day alone with Samui, who wore her red cheongsam and black stockings. The chapter ended with Samui agreeing to become Hikawa’s secretary if he became Raikage.

• Hikawa considered controlling Muwi to steal the Box of Paradise and decided to investigate whether Kazuma had Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Haru told Hikawa that the Fourth Raikage and the others were leaving for Kumogakure that afternoon, and Hikawa continued his training.
• Samui skipped wearing her cheongsam in the morning but later changed into it before joining Hikawa for an outing.
• Hikawa used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Samui to a quiet hillside behind Hokage Rock, where they shared a bento.
• Hikawa put Samui’s black stockings on her and said he would make her his secretary if he became Raikage, and Samui agreed.

Hikawa copied more ninjutsu, arranged for Hatake Sakumo’s team to recover the Nine-Tails Chakra, and infiltrated Hozuki Castle to steal the Box of Paradise. After activating the box with the Nine-Tails Chakra, he wished to obtain the Nine-Tails and summoned the Black Nine Tails.

• Hikawa copied techniques during Anbu sparring and comforted Samui after Mabui and the others returned to Kumogakure.
• Hikawa told Tsunade that Kazuma was collecting Nine-Tails Chakra to create a pseudo Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Tsunade ordered him to retrieve it.
• Hikawa assigned the recovery mission to Hatake Sakumo’s team and sent an Anbu ninja into Hozuki Castle so he could mark the ninja with Flying Thunder God.
• Hikawa controlled Muwi, learned that Kusagakure’s four elders held the Box of Paradise activation technique, and stole the box from Hozuki Castle.
• Hikawa obtained the activation technique in Kusagakure, then used Nine-Tails Chakra to activate the Box of Paradise and wished to obtain the Nine-Tails.
• The Box of Paradise granted Hikawa’s wish by forming the Black Nine Tails.

Hikawa defeated Goku, the Black Nine-Tails created by the Box of Paradise, and gained the Mangekyō Sharingan and a new chakra-boosting entry. After Rasa left, Hikawa returned to Konoha, still considering which ocular techniques to choose.

• Hikawa used Water and Wood Release techniques to fight the Black Nine-Tails, eventually restraining it with five wooden dragons.
• Rasa approached after observing the battle with a Sand Eye, but Hikawa dismissed him, and Rasa left.
• As the Box of Paradise shattered, Goku disappeared, and Hikawa obtained the Box of Paradise entry and synthesized it with Genjutsu Jōnin to gain the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hikawa considered choosing dual Kamui, Kotoamatsukami, or Yachihoko as his ocular techniques, then used Obito Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan to upgrade his entry to Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Hikawa gained the Fake Fox entry, which increased his chakra limit and bodily self-healing ability, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to Konoha.

Hikawa celebrated his birthday with Konoha’s elite, kissed Tsunade, and planned a mission to hunt Hiruko with Kurenai and Rin. After Tsunade denied remembering their first kiss, she kissed Hikawa again, leaving their relationship uncertain but newly intimate.

• Hikawa awakened the skeletal form of his white Susanoo and completed his Jōnin traits for Lightning, Wind, and Fire Release.
• Hikawa gave Kurenai information about Hiruko, then celebrated his birthday with Tsunade and other Konoha shinobi; he suggested the name Sasuke for Fugaku and Mikoto’s newborn son.
• Hikawa took a drunken Tsunade home, where she initiated their first kiss, then reviewed Shinnō’s application and ordered Crow to monitor him without interference.
• Samui gave Hikawa a birthday gift of outfits, kissed him, and learned that her Kumogakure squad could accept Konoha missions.
• Hikawa told Tsunade he would leave the next day with Kurenai and Rin to pursue Hiruko, then kissed Tsunade when she claimed not to remember their earlier kiss.
• Tsunade insisted she still did not remember and wrapped her arms around Hikawa’s neck to kiss him again.

Hikawa became a jonin, arranged jonin promotions for Yuhi Kurenai and Rin Nohara, and set out with them on a mission to find Hiruko. The group left Konoha and camped near the Land of Fire’s southeastern border, where Hikawa built them a wooden house with Wood Release.

• Tsunade approved Hikawa’s jonin promotion, and they shared an intimate farewell in the Hokage Office before he left.
• Hikawa collected his jonin vest and identification, promoted Yuhi Kurenai and Rin Nohara, and learned that Mukade was hiding in Sunagakure while Shinnō had approached Might Guy.
• At Konoha’s gates, Hikawa told Yuhi Kurenai she was a jonin and gave her the certification he had arranged for her.
• Yuhi Kurenai asked to travel with Hikawa and Rin Nohara instead of using Flying Thunder God, so the three left Konoha together.
• At night, Hikawa used Wood Release: Four-Pillar House to build a wooden house for the group to camp in.

Hikawa, Yuhi Kurenai, and Rin Nohara traveled toward the Land of Water to pursue Hiruko, while the upgraded Three-Person Trip entry improved Hikawa’s one-handed Hand Seal speed. Kurenai faced Hiruko on an unnamed island, where he revealed his Dark Release and Chimera Technique abilities and counterattacked her with absorbed water.

• Hikawa helped Yuhi Kurenai and Rin Nohara bathe and dry their hair, and the Three-Person Trip entry upgraded to increase his one-handed Hand Seal speed by 100%.
• Hikawa received an Anbu note identifying Hiruko’s location, then sped up the boat carrying himself, Kurenai, and Rin toward the Land of Water.
• Hikawa located Hiruko on an unnamed island, and Kurenai eagerly went ahead to fight him while Hikawa and Rin followed.
• Hiruko used Swift Release to dodge Kurenai’s shuriken and absorbed her Water Dragon Bullet Technique with Dark Release before returning it to her.
• Hiruko summoned a Chimera Technique beast, absorbed Kurenai’s Water Trumpet Technique, and then returned it with Dark Release: Evil Self-Destruction Fight.

Yuhi Kurenai killed Hiruko, and Hikawa claimed the Chimera Technique before returning to Konoha with Kurenai and Rin Nohara. He arranged for Uchiha Shisui to use Kotoamatsukami on Orochimaru, then reunited with Tsunade, who lured him into leaving work early for the casino.

• Yuhi Kurenai used water techniques and genjutsu to kill Hiruko after he destroyed his summoned beast.
• Kirigakure Anbu recognized Hikawa and fled without claiming Hiruko's body; Hikawa retrieved the Chimera Technique scroll and burned the corpse.
• Mei Terumi learned that Hikawa had killed Hiruko in the Land of Water and grew angry that he had left without visiting her.
• Back in Konoha, Hikawa asked Uchiha Shisui to use Kotoamatsukami to make Orochimaru loyal to Konoha, and Shisui agreed.
• Hikawa gave Orochimaru the Chimera Technique scroll to improve, then found Tsunade asleep in the Hokage Office and kissed her.
• Tsunade persuaded Hikawa to leave work early and go to the casino with her.

Hikawa attended Yamanaka Ino’s birth celebration, then visited Samui before she returned to Kumogakure and spent the night with her. The next morning, Samui postponed her departure by an hour while Hikawa stayed with her.

• Haru told Hikawa that Shinnō had infiltrated the Hokage Building, and Hikawa ordered her to ignore him.
• Hikawa received an invitation to Yamanaka Ino’s birth celebration, trained in Storm Release, and then attended the luncheon.
• Hikawa spoke with Namikaze Minato about Kushina and the name Namikaze Naruto, then met the newborn Yamanaka Ino and said goodbye to Sarutobi Asuma.
• Hikawa visited Samui at the Kumogakure Mission Hall and learned that she was due to return to Kumogakure the next day.
• Samui changed into a secretary uniform, and she and Hikawa spent the night together.
• Atsui came to summon Samui the next morning, and Samui told him to wait another hour.

Hikawa saw Samui off to Kumogakure with a way to contact him, while Black Zetsu pushed Nagato toward expanding Akatsuki. After mastering Storm Release, Hikawa gained the S-rank Invincible Shadow entry and began planning to obtain Takigakure’s Hero Water and pursue its Seven Tails Jinchuriki.

• Hikawa told Samui to return to Kumogakure with the arriving squad and gave her Flying Thunder God Marks so they could meet again; she left after bathing and changing.
• Black Zetsu, impersonating Madara Uchiha, urged Nagato to recruit powerful rogue ninjas and oppose Konoha, while Nagato persuaded Yahiko and Konan to consider recruiting them without formally bringing them into Akatsuki.
• At the edge of the Death Forest, Hikawa used Storm Release: Storm Demon Dragon and acquired the Seven Bloodline Limits entry.
• Hikawa synthesized Seven Bloodline Limits with Seven-Attribute Jōnin to obtain the S-rank Invincible Shadow entry, boosting his Chakra refinement speed and maximum Chakra.
• Hikawa decided to pursue Takigakure’s Hero Water and considered either joining Suien’s attack or helping Takigakure under his Konoha identity; he noted that Takigakure had the Seven Tails Jinchuriki.

Hikawa resumed Sage Mode training and began sensing Natural Energy, then tracked down Kakuzu in the Wind Country to recruit him. Their meeting ended with Kakuzu attacking Hikawa, and the fight was underway.

• Hikawa ordered Eagle to find Suien and Kakuzu, then asked Slug to summon him to Shikkotsu Forest for Sage Mode training.
• Hikawa sensed Natural Energy for the first time, and his Sage Mode progress reached 1% before rising to 20% over the next two weeks.
• Eagle reported that Suien was gathering rogue ninjas in the Land of Birds while Kakuzu was hunting a bounty target in the Wind Country.
• Hikawa traveled to the Wind Country, found Kakuzu, and offered him more money than he could spend in exchange for following him.
• Kakuzu rejected Hikawa's offer, but Hikawa's Water Ball Technique destroyed Kakuzu's Earth Flow Wall and forced him to defend himself with Earth Grudge Fear.
• Kakuzu used Wind Style: Pressure Damage to send a sandstorm charging toward Hikawa.

Hikawa defeated Kakuzu and recruited him to help pursue lucrative ventures, then manipulated Mukade and Suien to advance his plans. Back in Konoha, Konan apologized for Akatsuki breaking its alliance and prepared to ask Hikawa for help.

• Hikawa defeated Kakuzu with Susanoo and powerful techniques, then persuaded him to become his subordinate by promising a path to great wealth.
• Hikawa revealed his identity to Kakuzu, visited Mukade, and used the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to plant memories that would lead him to investigate the Dragon Vein.
• Hikawa told Kakuzu to infiltrate the Artisan Hidden Village and learn about its leadership so they could trade ninja tools.
• Hikawa controlled Suien and ordered him to attack Takigakure in two days, then returned to the Konoha Anbu base.
• Konan visited Hikawa, apologized for Akatsuki breaking its alliance with Konoha, and hesitated before preparing to ask him for help.

Hikawa negotiated the Akatsuki’s help against Madara Uchiha and planned to expand his operations through Orochimaru and a novel. After growing closer to Tsunade, he traveled to Takigakure with Suien to fight its Seven Tails Jinchuriki and obtain the Hero Water.

• Konan told Hikawa that a ninja claiming to be Madara Uchiha had influenced Nagato, and Hikawa agreed to help if the Akatsuki worked for him for three years.
• Hikawa gave Konan a Flying Thunder God Kunai and told her to contact him before Nagato mastered the Rinnegan.
• Hikawa asked Orochimaru to move his experiments to the Land of Rice Fields and establish a hidden village, offering to fund him.
• Hikawa began writing Demon Slayer, and Tsunade read his manuscript before sharing an intimate moment with him and asking to spend Ōmisoka together.
• Hikawa arrived at Takigakure with Suien and thirty-six wandering shinobi, intending to fight the Seven Tails Jinchuriki and obtain the Hero Water.

Hikawa defeated Takigakure’s Seven Tails Jinchuriki, Hong Feng, and obtained the Hero Water. Back at the Anbu base, he decided to save most of the water for Orochimaru to study and turned his attention to promoting Demon Slayer.

• Hikawa and Suien entered Takigakure, where the village’s leader ordered his ninja to attack them.
• Hikawa used Earth Release techniques to injure the attacking ninja, then headed toward the tree that produced the Hero Water.
• Hong Feng confronted Hikawa, but he injured her with Storm Release and an enhanced Water Disruption before she transformed into the Seven Tails and fired a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Hikawa evaded the Tailed Beast Ball and knocked Hong Feng unconscious, so Takigakure’s leader gave him the Hero Water in exchange for sparing her.
• Hikawa gained the Fluttering Moth trait, which let him fly, and returned to the Anbu base with the Hero Water.
• Hikawa decided to give some Hero Water to Orochimaru for research, then asked Haru whether any Konoha ninja could use Super Beast Imitating Drawing to promote Demon Slayer.

Hikawa persuaded Tsunade to back Pakura for Sunagakure’s Fourth Kazekage, and Chiyo’s support secured Pakura the position over Rasa. Hikawa waited at Konoha’s gates for Samui to arrive.

• Hikawa studied the Sealing Fire Method Seal with Minato, then received Pakura’s agreement to their deal and learned Samui was returning to Konoha.
• Hikawa persuaded Tsunade to support Pakura’s bid for Kazekage, and Tsunade wrote a message to Chiyo.
• Hikawa told Tsunade about Shinnō, Angkor Fortress, Zero-Tails, and his forbidden medical techniques before returning to his work.
• Chiyo backed Pakura as Kazekage for Sunagakure’s stability, forcing Rasa to relinquish the position and leaving a rift between him and Pakura.
• Hikawa waited at Konoha’s gates for Samui.

Hikawa reunited with Samui, brought her into the Anbu as his masked secretary, and learned about Shinnō’s escape and Orochimaru’s progress with the Fuma Clan. He planned a mission to recover Konoha’s stolen techniques and ended the day with Yuhi Kurenai, who noticed another woman’s scent on him.

• Hikawa welcomed Samui and the Kumogakure delegation, then declined Pakura’s invitation to her Kazekage Inauguration Ceremony.
• Hikawa read reports about Shinnō stealing a Sealing Technique and learning the Eight Gates, and about Sasori joining Akatsuki.
• Hikawa and Samui reunited privately, and he offered her an Anbu role as his secretary; she accepted and chose a dragon mask.
• Hikawa gave Tsuchihashi his completed Demon Slayer manuscript and arranged for it to be adapted and published as a manga.
• Hikawa drafted an S-rank mission to retrieve the stolen Sealing Technique and Eight Gates, then received Orochimaru’s report that he had subdued the Fuma Clan.
• Hikawa invited Samui on the upcoming mission, then visited Yuhi Kurenai, who noticed a scent that was not Tsunade-sensei’s.

Hikawa grew closer to Yuhi Kurenai, sharing her first kiss and beginning a relationship while continuing to cultivate and work. He led an Anbu squad to the ruins of Sky Village, where he confronted Shinnō and battled him after Shinnō opened the Eighth Gate.

• Hikawa teased Yuhi Kurenai at home, cooked her dinner, and took her flying, where they shared her first kiss.
• Hikawa spent the night with Samui, then learned from Anbu intelligence that Shinnō had imprisoned villagers to create Dark Chakra and had likely made the Zero-Tails.
• Hikawa departed with Yuhi Kurenai, Rin Nohara, Samui, and the Anbu First Squad to investigate Angkor Fortress, which lay beneath the ruins of Sky Village.
• Hikawa sent Yuhi Kurenai, Rin Nohara, and Samui to seize Angkor Fortress while he went to find Shinnō in a nearby village.
• Shinnō used Body Regeneration and Body Revitalization to transform and flee toward Angkor Fortress, but Hikawa intercepted him and defeated him after he opened the Eighth Gate.
• Shinnō's Eight Gates trial period ended, leaving him an exhausted old man as Hikawa assessed the techniques' severe physical and lifespan costs.

Hikawa defeated Shinnō, seized Angkor Fortress, and brought it to Konoha, where Tsunade approved plans to form a Sky Ninja Corps. On New Year’s Eve, Tsunade gave Hikawa the romantic reward he wanted, and they spent the night together.

• Hikawa controlled Shinnō, treated his injuries, and brought him to Angkor Fortress, where he captured Zero-Tails and activated the flying fortress.
• Hikawa returned Angkor Fortress to Konoha, and Tsunade approved his proposal to create a Sky Ninja Corps and accepted Shinnō’s forbidden medical techniques for study.
• Hikawa gained a Medical Ninjutsu boost after defeating Shinnō, received Konan’s report that Nagato had mastered the Asura and Naraka Paths, and continued planning Angkor Fortress’s renovation.
• Hikawa visited the Hyuga Clan’s celebration for newborn Hinata Hyuga and gave her a bracelet bearing a Flying Thunder God Mark.
• On New Year’s Eve, Hikawa spent the day gambling with Tsunade, and they went home together and spent the night in an intimate embrace.