Recaps

Might Guy stopped the coup at the Daimyo's Palace, subdued the remaining attackers, and declined the daimyo's offer to lead the Twelve Guardian Ninja. He left with Chiriku and Asuma, carrying the unconscious Sora, while Hyuga Yuma stayed behind to handle the aftermath.

• Chiriku and Asuma greeted Guy, who revealed that he had come to protect the daimyo and defeated Kazuma when he tried to flee.
• Guy subdued Kazuma, and the remaining Guardian Ninja surrendered rather than fight him.
• Guy told En Kosei that the Fourth Hokage had sent him to protect the daimyo, and En Kosei offered him Hefeng's position as leader of the Twelve Guardian Ninja.
• Guy declined the position, explaining that his rogue-ninja status made it unwise to remain at the Daimyo's Palace.
• Guy left with Chiriku and Asuma, carrying Sora, while En Kosei ordered Hyuga Yuma to clean up the battlefield.

Guy took Sora into his care after helping Asuma and Chiriku survive the conflict at the Daimyo's Palace, then asked Chiriku to join a new organization he had established. The chapter ended as Chiriku paused in surprise at Guy's offer.

• Asuma reunited with Guy and learned that Shibi had sent him to check on the situation.
• Guy said he would take the unconscious Sora to Spirit Mountain and train him.
• Asuma decided to return to Konoha, expecting the Hyuga Clan to reinforce the Daimyo's Palace.
• Chiriku planned to return to the Fire Temple because Master Huiyan's health was worsening, and Guy offered to help him.
• Guy invited Chiriku to join his new organization, leaving Chiriku momentarily stunned.

Guy invited Chiriku to join Spirit Mountain, but Chiriku chose to return to the Fire Temple to protect it. Before leaving with Sora, Guy taught Chiriku how to improve his techniques and gave him the Seven Heavens Breathing.

• Chiriku declined Guy's invitation to join Spirit Mountain because the Fire Temple needed his protection.
• Guy coached Chiriku on improving his Golden Bell Shield and Lion's Roar, then gave him the Seven Heavens Breathing technique.
• Guy told Asuma that Chiriku could teach him the breathing technique, and Asuma eagerly accepted.
• Asuma said he would recommend life imprisonment for Hefeng and Kazuma, and Guy left with the unconscious Sora.
• Asuma and Chiriku reflected on Guy's strength, and Asuma resolved to train harder.

Guy brought Sora, newly awakened after his rampage, toward a new life in Konoha after explaining that his father had been imprisoned. At the village gate, Guy learned that envoys from the Land of Lightning had arrived to sign a peace agreement and suspected they might be planning to kidnap Hinata.

• Sora woke in the forest, and Guy told him that Kazuma had staged a failed coup and been imprisoned.
• Sora feared he might hurt Guy, but Guy reassured him that he had subdued Sora during his rampage and invited him to come to Konoha and meet new friends.
• Guy disguised his face and entered Konoha with Sora using merchant papers from the Land of Rice Fields.
• Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane told Guy that security was tighter because envoys from the Land of Lightning had arrived to sign a peace agreement.
• Guy recalled that Kumogakure's peace envoys had once tried to kidnap Hinata for her Byakugan and hurried into Konoha with Sora.

Guy returned to Konoha with Sora, learned the Land of Lightning delegation was led by the Fourth Raikage’s son, and warned Minato Namikaze that the delegation might threaten the Land of Fire. He left the Hokage Building and headed for the Hyuga Clan Compound as Hinata’s birthday approached.

• Guy brought Sora to the Konoha Orphanage, where Might Duy welcomed them and Naruto befriended Sora.
• Guy sensed the Nine-Tails’ chakra react to Sora when Naruto approached him.
• Guy met Kakashi outside the Hokage’s office and then told Minato Namikaze that the Land of Lightning had abducted Gaara, prompting Minato to place the delegation under heightened suspicion.
• Guy discussed Rin, Obito, and the Uchiha Clan’s recent disappearances with Kakashi, who advised him to stay out of the matter.
• Guy warned Kakashi to stay alert and left for the Hyuga Clan Compound.

Guy disguised himself and watched the Hyuga Main House, then intervened when two Land of Lightning ninja tried to kidnap Hinata Hyuga. He escaped with Hinata and the attackers after defeating Hyuga Hiashi’s defenses, claiming he had been sent by Lord A.

• Guy disguised himself as a traveling merchant and kept watch on Land of Lightning scouts outside the Hyuga Main House before Hinata Hyuga’s birthday.
• At midnight, two Land of Lightning ninja infiltrated the estate, drugged Hinata, and carried her from her room.
• Hyuga Hiashi confronted the intruders, defeated both in battle, and demanded they surrender Hinata.
• Guy appeared in disguise, shattered Hyuga Hiashi’s Rotation with a kick, took Hinata, and grabbed both injured ninja.
• Guy escaped over the courtyard wall with Hinata and the two ninja, telling them that Lord A had sent him as backup.

Might Guy carried Hinata out of Konoha with two Lightning ninja, then discovered that the real A, Killer B, and Samui were waiting beyond the village. He revealed his identity to A, leaving the two enemies face-to-face.

• Might Guy carried the sleeping Hinata past Konoha's guards while the two Lightning ninja followed him.
• Minato Namikaze spotted Guy escorting the enemy but trusted his plan and disappeared without raising the alarm.
• After leading the two ninja beyond Konoha, Guy sensed a group ahead and stopped as A, Killer B, and Samui emerged from the shadows.
• Guy realized the public peace envoy was a fake A and that Kumogakure had planned to abduct Hinata or use a failed mission to demand Hyuga Hiashi's head.
• A questioned Guy, who removed his disguise and transformed back into his own appearance, prompting A to recognize him as Might Guy.

Might Guy confronted A and Killer B after exposing their plan to abduct Hinata during peace talks. With Hinata secured on his back, Guy prepared to fight them as they charged at him.

• A recognized Guy and threatened to kill him, while Samui feared Guy's strength.
• Guy revealed that A's men had planned to abduct Hinata, then secured the sleeping girl against his back.
• Two black-clad attackers lunged at Guy, and he knocked them down with Konoha Great Whirlwind.
• A activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Killer B cloaked himself in tailed beast chakra, and Samui retreated.
• Guy opened the fifth gate and activated Seven Heavens Breathing: Second Activation as A and Killer B charged him.

Guy fought A and Killer B while protecting Hinata, using nunchaku to counter Killer B’s swordplay and enduring A’s Liger Bomb. As A and Killer B launched their combined Lariat, Guy activated the Indestructible Vajra Technique.

• A attacked Guy with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop, but Guy evaded the blow.
• Killer B attacked with his seven-sword style, and Guy used nunchaku to block and counter his strikes.
• A seized Guy and tried to grab Hinata, so Guy let A hit him with Liger Bomb rather than risk harming her.
• Guy emerged from the crater with only torn clothes, astonishing Samui and leaving A and Killer B to coordinate their next attack.
• A and Killer B struck Guy with their combined Lariat, but Guy released golden armor and called out the Indestructible Vajra Technique.

Guy tested the Indestructible Vajra Technique against A and Killer B, then overwhelmed them with the Sixth Gate and Seven Heavens Breathing. Bound by Killer B’s tentacles, Guy met A’s Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite with his Vajra Finger, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Guy’s golden Indestructible Vajra Technique cracked under A and Killer B’s combined Lariat, but he drove them back with Dragon Howl.
• Guy opened the Sixth Gate and activated the Third Activation of Seven Heavens Breathing, then struck A with enough force to send him crashing through trees and a boulder.
• Killer B entered Complete Tailed Beast Transformation and bound Guy with chakra tentacles while A charged with Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite.
• Guy formed his Vajra Finger and met A’s left index finger head-on, and the two attacks collided in a burst of golden light and lightning.

Might Guy decisively defeated A in their clash, breaking A’s left index finger and then repelling his headbutt without injury. A ended the confrontation bloodied, bald, and seemingly in tears as Samui watched.

• A and Guy’s clash unleashed a devastating blast that stripped away their clothes and ravaged the surrounding area, while Guy protected Hinata and Killer B held on.
• When the blast cleared, A’s left index finger had been shattered, but Guy’s hand remained uninjured.
• Overcome with rage and humiliation, A charged Guy with a headbutt.
• Guy used the Iron Head Technique and sent A flying, leaving him with a swollen, bleeding forehead while Guy remained unharmed.
• A stared at Guy in disbelief as a tear ran down his cheek, and Samui wondered if Lord A was crying.

Guy stopped Killer B, A, and Samui from fleeing after defeating A, while Killer B struggled to protect his brother. Minato Namikaze arrived, leaving the Kumogakure group facing both Guy and the Fourth Hokage.

• Killer B abandoned his fight with Guy and carried the dazed A away, using a tentacle to drag Samui along.
• Guy appeared in their path and refused to let them escape, while Killer B considered using Complete Tailed Beast Transformation to protect A.
• Killer B slapped A and urged him to flee with Samui, but A remained motionless and stared at his empty left hand.
• Guy considered killing A and Killer B to prevent future trouble as Killer B prepared to fight him.
• Minato Namikaze arrived behind Guy, and Killer B and Samui recognized that they were now facing both Guy and the Fourth Hokage.

Samui tried to deter Minato Namikaze from killing the Lightning envoys by warning that their deaths would provoke war, but Minato refused to yield to the threat. The confrontation ended with Minato’s decision still pending as Guy waited for him to choose whether to kill them.

• Samui argued that killing A and Killer B would make the Land of Lightning retaliate, while Guy dismissed her defense and said Konoha knew about their scheme.
• Minato Namikaze declared that Konoha would not submit to threats and was prepared to go to war over the attempted abduction of Hinata.
• Guy pointed out that the Land of Lightning had also been blamed for abducting Gaara and said the attempt to take Hinata was undeniable.
• Samui fell silent as Killer B saw no way to escape and A remained dazed; Guy waited for Minato Namikaze to decide whether to kill them.

Minato Namikaze let Killer B and Samui return to Kumogakure but kept A in Konoha as leverage. After Hyuga Hiashi thanked Guy for saving Hinata and others, Guy asked the Hyuga Clan to teach him the Eight Trigrams Palm to help overcome a training bottleneck.

• Minato Namikaze kept A in Konoha while Killer B and Samui left to report the events to the Third Raikage.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga arrived, found Hinata safe, and thanked Guy for saving her and helping the Hyuga Clan.
• Guy received a system reward for changing Hizashi Hyuga's fate, and Hinata woke briefly before falling asleep in her father's arms.
• Minato Namikaze took A away, and Hyuga Hiashi promised that the Hyuga Clan would assist Guy whenever they could.
• Guy asked to learn the Eight Trigrams Palm, and Hyuga Hiashi agreed to arrange his instruction.

Guy learned the principles behind Hyuga Hiashi’s Eight Trigrams Palm by feeling its strikes and using his own heightened senses to perceive space. After reproducing the Sixty-Four Palms on his first attempt, he began forming an Eight Trigrams Domain and launched into the 128 Palms.

• Hyuga Hiashi explained that without the Byakugan he could teach Guy only the Eight Trigrams Palm’s consecutive strikes and force generation.
• Hyuga Hiashi demonstrated the Sixty-Four Palms, then struck Guy from different angles so he could feel how the palm force moved.
• Guy understood the technique as controlling space from a central point and using his body’s sensory acuity in place of the Byakugan.
• Guy reproduced the Eight Trigrams Palm up to Sixty-Four Palms, astonishing Hyuga Hiashi.
• Guy formed an Eight Trigrams Domain and shouted, “Eight Trigrams: 128 Palms!”

Might Guy mastered the Eight Trigrams 128 Palms after watching the Hyuga Clan, then used the technique’s yielding force to break through the Flower-Twirling Finger’s bottleneck. He awakened the divine ability One Flower, One World and obtained a Random Ultimate Skill Pack.

• Might Guy unleashed the Eight Trigrams 128 Palms, devastating the training ground and shocking Hyuga Hiashi and the watching clansmen.
• Hyuga Hiashi recognized the technique and marveled that Guy had learned it without the Byakugan in such a short time.
• Might Guy realized the Eight Trigrams Palm’s yielding force could help him make the Flower-Twirling Finger’s force flow continuously rather than burst rigidly from his fingertips.
• Might Guy gently pushed out three fingers, producing a golden poluo flower that appeared and vanished without stirring the dust.
• The system announced that Might Guy had broken through the Flower-Twirling Finger’s bottleneck, awakened One Flower, One World, and received a Random Ultimate Skill Pack.

Guy discovered that Flower-Twirling Finger could disrupt an enemy’s body and senses with little chakra, then thanked Hyuga Hiashi and offered to guide Neji in the future. After the Hyuga clan departed, Guy opened his special technique gift pack and reacted with surprise to its contents.

• Guy realized Flower-Twirling Finger’s ability was an enhanced form of Body Pathway Derangement that could confuse an enemy’s body, senses, and perception of space while costing almost no chakra.
• Guy thanked Hyuga Hiashi for teaching him the Eight Trigrams Palm and praised the Hyuga clan’s foundations and younger generation.
• Guy reassured Hyuga Hiashi about Hinata and told Hizashi Hyuga that Neji had excellent potential and that he might guide him in the future.
• Hyuga Hiashi left with the clan, carrying a sleepy Hinata, while Hizashi thanked Guy for offering to teach Neji.
• After the Hyuga clan had gone, Guy sensed the refined force between his fingers and opened his special technique gift pack, surprised by what appeared.

Guy obtained the Eighteen Arhat Hands, a supreme technique that could be performed by one person or as an eighteen-person formation, and told Might Duy he planned to leave with several children. The chapter ended with Guy and Might Duy quietly sparring in the orphanage courtyard.

• Guy obtained the Eighteen Arhat Hands and considered how the technique could strengthen Spirit Mountain’s defenses.
• Guy visited Might Duy at the Konoha Orphanage and told him he planned to leave after his birthday.
• Guy named Kimimaro, Haku, Karin and her mother, and Might Nosuke as children he wanted to take with him, and asked Might Duy to discuss Tayuya and Kidomaru joining them.
• Guy asked Might Duy to teach Naruto well, then told him to treat Naruto as he had treated Guy when he was young.
• Guy and Might Duy sparred in the back courtyard using physical strength alone.

Guy reunited with Kabuto at the orphanage and met Moyochi En, who brought supplies as a gift. Guy then led Moyochi En to the Hokage Building, leaving him stunned and convinced the Venerable One might be turning himself in.

• Kabuto returned to the orphanage as a newly promoted Chunin and stayed beside Guy, who taught him during the visit.
• Moyochi En arrived at the orphanage with attendants carrying medicine, clothes, and food for the children.
• Guy recognized Moyochi En and told Might Duy that he was a friend, easing Duy’s suspicions about accepting the supplies.
• Moyochi En explained privately that he had come to Konoha to discuss a partnership with Clan Head Uchiha Obito and had brought supplies after thinking of Guy’s identity.
• Guy took Moyochi En through Konoha and led him to the Hokage Building, where Moyochi En wondered if Guy was about to turn himself in.

Guy met with Minato to discuss cooperation between Konoha and Hidden Spirit Village, then spent the day visiting old friends and Kurenai before leaving Konoha. Kurenai gave him a braided bracelet for his birthday and asked him to visit her first whenever he returned.

• Guy took Moyochi En to meet Minato and discussed an alliance, trade, and liaison officers between their villages.
• Guy told Moyochi En to stay in Konoha until they left together on January 2, then visited Shiranui Genma and Ebisu at a tea shop.
• Guy visited Tsunade, Shizune, and Anko at Konoha Medical Hospital, then met Kakashi in an alley.
• Guy met Kurenai, kissed her, and told her he was leaving the morning after tomorrow; he promised to fetch her once he had settled matters in Hidden Spirit Village.
• Kurenai gave Guy a bracelet woven with her hair and wished him a happy birthday, then told her father Yuhi Shinku that the wind had made her lips swell.

Guy returned to the Fire Temple with the children and reunited with the dying Huiyan, who welcomed him and entrusted the temple to Chiriku. Huiyan passed away after Guy arrived, leaving Guy to mourn and promise Chiriku his support.

• Guy brought Moyochi En, Karin and her mother, Kimimaro, Haku, Tayuya, Kidomaru, Sora, and Might Nosuke to the Fire Temple, where the monks welcomed him as Chief Seat.
• Guy met Chiriku and went with him to see Huiyan, whose body had weakened from old age.
• Huiyan praised Guy's work, named Chiriku his successor as Abbot, and asked Guy to support Chiriku when needed.
• Huiyan died while Guy held his hand, and the Fire Temple monks mourned him.
• Guy told Chiriku to seek him at Spirit Mountain if he needed help, then bid Huiyan farewell.

After Huiyan died, Guy and the monks held a simple funeral before Chiriku succeeded him as abbot of the Fire Temple. That night, Guy asked Chiriku to follow him to the mountain behind the temple so he could tell him something important.

• Guy and the children attended Huiyan’s overnight mourning ceremony, and Chiriku helped bury him the next morning.
• Chiriku kept his succession ceremony simple and did not invite the Daimyo of the Land of Fire or Konoha’s Hokage.
• Chiriku led the temple procession and delivered a daylong Dharma sermon using Buddhist art-Lion's Roar before declaring that he had succeeded Huiyan as abbot.
• After the ceremony, Guy found Chiriku and led him toward the mountain behind the temple to discuss something important.

On the back mountain, Guy tested Chiriku’s Compassionate and Wrathful Forms, then taught him the Kasaya Demon-Subduing Art as a powerful sealing technique to protect the Fire Temple. He announced that he would next teach Chiriku the Eighteen Arhat Hands.

• Guy asked Chiriku to demonstrate Thousand-Armed Murder and saw that his Senju Guanyin’s Compassionate Form had exceptional defensive power.
• Chiriku demonstrated his weaker Wrathful Vajra Form, and Guy explained that Chiriku’s gentle nature limited its offensive strength.
• Guy told Chiriku that the temple needed lethal power as well as defense, then offered to teach him two protective techniques.
• Guy demonstrated the Kasaya Demon-Subduing Art by using Chiriku’s kasaya to gather up the sea of clouds, and said the technique could eventually seal a Tailed Beast.
• Guy named the next technique he would teach Chiriku: the Eighteen Arhat Hands.

Guy returned to Spirit Mountain with Uzumaki Yui and the children, where Kakuzu told him that a boy seeking to become his disciple had arrived. Guy recognized Ziro, accepted him as a disciple, and gathered the children as he considered them candidates for Spirit Mountain’s Eighteen Arhats, though he knew their number was still insufficient.

• Guy returned to Spirit Mountain with Uzumaki Yui and the children, and told them it would be their home.
• Kakuzu told Guy that a gray-haired boy had arrived seeking to become his disciple, and Guy recognized him as Ziro.
• Ziro greeted Guy as his teacher, and Guy accepted him as a disciple after seeing his injuries and hearing how he had gotten lost on the journey.
• Moyochi En brought Sand Wukong, Yota, and Chino to Guy, who gathered them with the other children at the foot of Spirit Mountain.
• Guy considered the children candidates for the Eighteen Arhats, but realized there were not yet enough.

Guy gathered fourteen children at Spirit Mountain and prepared to begin training them, still needing four more to complete his envisioned Eighteen Arhats. He led the group up the mountain, leaving the search for the remaining children unresolved.

• Kakuzu told Guy that Jirobo and Dosu Kinata were promising prospects, while Kagero recommended Fūma Arashi.
• Kakuzu and Kagero brought Jirobo, Dosu Kinata, and Fūma Arashi to meet Guy.
• Guy welcomed the three newcomers and counted them with the eleven children already gathered, making fourteen in total.
• Guy called the children together and told them to follow him up Spirit Mountain for training.
• Ziro led the children in following Guy up the mountain as Guy reflected that four more encounters remained.