Chapter Summaries

Kawaki Aoba survived an attack by Danzo’s subordinates, agreed to serve Konoha, and faced renewed scrutiny over the Byakugan he had lost. He and Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai reached the Hokage Office to discuss a matter Kawaki believed concerned the safety of the Shinobi World.

• Danzo confronted Kawaki Aoba after his black-clad subordinates failed to defeat him, while Kawaki’s companions accompanied him to the Hokage Building.
• Root and Anbu searched Kawaki Aoba’s house but found no trace of the Byakugan, then continued monitoring him.
• Kawaki Aoba told Danzo he was willing to sacrifice himself for Konoha and began receiving Danzo’s training and guidance.
• The Hyuga Clan appeared in Konoha to reclaim the Byakugan, while Kawaki Aoba recovered and vowed to become strong again.
• A Root captain inspected Kawaki Aoba, Sarutobi Asuma, and Yuhi Kurenai’s ninja tool pouches before allowing them into the Hokage Building.
• Kawaki Aoba and his companions reached the Hokage Office, where the Hokage invited them inside.

Kawaki Aoba and his companions set out to search for clues about the missing Byakugan, then became caught up in a dispute between the Hyuga Clan's Second Elder and Danzo. After the Hokage intervened, a masked Akatsuki member confronted them, saying he had come to find someone.

• Kawaki Aoba, Yuhi Kurenai, and Sarutobi Asuma received the Hokage's permission to search for clues to the missing Byakugan and planned to gather trustworthy companions.
• The Hyuga Clan's Second Elder accused Kawaki Aoba of interfering in clan affairs after a young Hyuga activated his Byakugan, while a brat nearby showed off a drink made from Military Ration Pills.
• Kawaki Aoba returned to the Hokage Office and overheard the Second Elder accuse Danzo of secretly causing the young Hyuga to awaken his Byakugan.
• The Hokage ordered the Second Elder and Danzo to stop arguing and said he would investigate whether anyone had tampered with the boy's Byakugan.
• A masked man told Kawaki Aoba and the others that he belonged to the Akatsuki and had come to find someone.

Kawaki Aoba denied taking the Byakugan and claimed a mysterious Hyuga member was responsible, then helped the Hokage and Hyuga Clan recover it from Root and rescue captured clan members. Later, after his eyes were blinded by Hyuga shinobi, he publicly called on the Hokage and villagers to demand justice from the Hyuga Clan.

• Kawaki Aoba told the Hokage and the Hyuga elders that a masked Hyuga member had taken the Byakugan while he was investigating Hyuga Hinata's disappearance.
• Kawaki Aoba and the Hokage's forces uncovered Root's involvement, defeated its leader, and recovered the Byakugan for the Hyuga Second Elder.
• Kawaki Aoba joined a squad that defeated the remaining Root members and rescued captured Hyuga Clan members.
• Two Hyuga elders confronted Kawaki Aoba in Konoha, and he denied involvement with the Byakugan while recalling that Shimura Danzō had advised him to deny everything without proof.
• Kawaki Aoba accused Hyuga shinobi of blinding him and called on the Hokage and gathered villagers to demand justice from the Hyuga Clan.

Kawaki Aoba accused the Hyuga clan of blinding him, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō to investigate the attack and confront the clan elders. As the dispute over the Byakugan continued, Danzō demanded an explanation from the Hyuga Second Elder on the village’s behalf.

• Kawaki Aoba rejected the Hyuga elders’ offer to settle privately and appealed publicly for justice before following the Hokage’s guard into the Hokage Building.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen promised to investigate Kawaki Aoba’s claim, and a month later the investigation confirmed that two Hyuga ninja had blinded him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced severe punishment and the loss of some Hyuga authority, but relented after the Hyuga clan head pleaded for a chance to reform.
• Kawaki Aoba recounted an embellished version of the attack to Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō, who summoned the Hyuga elders and ordered an investigation.
• The Hyuga clan head disputed parts of Kawaki Aoba’s account, while Sarutobi Hiruzen said he would personally supervise the investigation and Shimura Danzō objected.
• Shimura Danzō accused the Hyuga clan of attacking comrades and demanded that the Hyuga Second Elder explain the clan’s conduct.

Sarutobi Hiruzen investigated Kawaki Aoba’s blindness after Kawaki accused Hyuga ninja of being involved, and the inquiry found evidence linking a Hyuga ninja to the incident. Hiruzen imposed severe punishment on the Hyuga clan, including stripping it of some authority and status, while Hyuga Second Elder continued to deny wrongdoing.

• Hyuga Second Elder confronted Kawaki Aoba, but Sarutobi Hiruzen intervened and asked whether Kawaki had evidence that Hyuga ninja had blinded him.
• Kawaki said he had circumstantial evidence, including a prior conflict with two Hyuga ninja and rumors linking the clan to his blindness.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered an investigation, while Hyuga Second Elder denied the accusation and claimed someone was framing the clan.
• The investigation found clues sufficient to establish that a Hyuga ninja was implicated in Kawaki Aoba’s blindness.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced severe punishment for the Hyuga clan and removed some of its authority and status.
• Hyuga Second Elder rejected the findings and continued to argue that Kawaki’s evidence was only speculation.

Sarutobi Hiruzen investigated the attack that blinded Kawaki Aoba and learned that Hyuga Second Elder had sent the two Hyuga ninjas after him, though he claimed he only meant to teach him a lesson. The chapter left the Hyuga elder facing blame and a Uchiha representative’s challenge as tensions between the clans rose.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped Hyuga Second Elder from making accusations and promised to investigate Kawaki Aoba’s blinding.
• Kawaki Aoba said he had captured the two Hyuga ninjas, and Danzo sent Root to question them after raising doubts about the Uchiha Clan Police Force.
• Root’s reports and further investigation established that Hyuga Second Elder had ordered the attack, though he denied instructing the ninjas to use lethal force.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen called for further investigation and ordered Hyuga Second Elder to cooperate; the investigation found the elder had intended to teach Kawaki Aoba a lesson, but the ninjas’ attack shattered his goggles and blinded him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen convened clan representatives, who agreed the Hyuga Clan should compensate Kawaki Aoba and punish Hyuga Second Elder.
• The Uchiha Clan representative mocked Hyuga Second Elder’s claim that he had only wanted to teach Kawaki Aoba a lesson, and the elder demanded to know whether the representative was provoking his clan.

Kawaki Aoba challenged the Hyuga Second Elder’s claim that Aoba belonged to the Hyuga Clan because of an alleged Byakugan, and appealed to Sarutobi Hiruzen for protection. Sarutobi promised to investigate and give a fair judgment, while Aoba left the meeting under warning to stay careful.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the Hyuga Clan to compensate Kawaki Aoba and said the Hyuga Second Elder would face punishment for arranging the ambush.
• Kawaki Aoba argued that the Hyuga Second Elder had treated village affairs as clan business and condemned the clan’s conduct toward civilian ninja.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected the Second Elder’s claim that Aoba was automatically Hyuga because he supposedly had the Byakugan, demanding conclusive evidence before the clan could act against him.
• The Hyuga Second Elder threatened Aoba and vowed to find evidence, while Aoba denied awakening the Byakugan and refused to admit to the accusation.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said he would personally investigate and judge the matter by village rules, then told Aoba to leave and seek his help if the Hyuga Clan troubled him again.

The Hokage investigated Kawaki Aoba’s Byakugan after the Hyuga Second Elder tried to claim him for the Hyuga Clan. Witnesses confirmed that Kawaki had awakened the Byakugan, but Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized him as a member of Konoha and promised him training, leaving the Second Elder’s attempt to claim him thwarted for now.

• The Hyuga Second Elder plotted to bring Kawaki Aoba back to the Hyuga Clan, while Sarutobi Hiruzen investigated whether Kawaki possessed the Byakugan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned the Hyuga Clan head, who admitted that he did not know why the Second Elder insisted Kawaki belonged to the clan.
• The Hyuga Second Elder named Miyamura Ayano as a witness, and Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned her team to testify that Kawaki had activated the Byakugan on a mission.
• After four members of Miyamura Ayano’s team confirmed what they had seen, Sarutobi Hiruzen told the Hyuga Second Elder to follow evidence and proper rules.
• Kawaki Aoba said he did not know how he awakened the Byakugan and declared that he wanted to protect Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted Kawaki as a member of Konoha and promised him specialized training, while the Hyuga Second Elder outwardly offered the clan’s support.

The Hokage investigated Kawaki Aoba’s Byakugan and concluded it had awakened because of distant Hyuga ancestry, while Miyamura Ayano reflected on her struggles as a civilian ninja. Ayano later tried to gain the Hyuga Clan’s support by secretly selling them village intelligence, but the Anbu arrested her and began interrogating her.

• The Hokage questioned Miyamura Ayano’s team about Kawaki Aoba awakening the Byakugan, then investigated his background after the Hyuga Second Elder raised concerns.
• The Hokage explained that Kawaki Aoba’s Byakugan came from bloodline awakening linked to his ancestors’ ties with the Hyuga Clan, and reassured the team that Kawaki Aoba was safe.
• Miyamura Ayano took the Hokage’s advice to heart, and later reunited with Kawaki Aoba, who told her his Byakugan was stable and he was training to grow stronger.
• Miyamura Ayano decided to seek the Hyuga Clan’s protection and secretly passed village intelligence to its members in hopes of joining the clan.
• The Anbu arrested Miyamura Ayano on suspicion of selling village intelligence, then interrogated her about her contacts and the information she had shared.

Miyamura Ayano cooperated with the Anbu and denied telling Hyuga Second Elder that Kawaki Aoba had the Byakugan, while Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered an investigation. The evidence confirmed Kawaki Aoba possessed a powerful Byakugan but had not used it on the mission, leaving Hyuga Second Elder unable to claim him; the chapter ended as Kawaki Aoba mocked the elder in the Hokage Office.

• Miyamura Ayano feared the consequences of defecting, then agreed to help the Anbu expose the Hyuga clan’s secrets in exchange for a chance to start over.
• When Hyuga Second Elder accused her of lying about Kawaki Aoba’s Byakugan, Miyamura Ayano denied ever seeing him activate it, and Sarutobi Hiruzen backed her and called for an investigation.
• The Anbu confirmed that Kawaki Aoba possessed a powerful Byakugan but had not activated it during the mission, so Sarutobi Hiruzen declared him a Konoha ninja and ordered that he be protected.
• Kawaki Aoba thanked Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Hyuga Second Elder accepted the decision outwardly and reconsidered his plan to take Kawaki Aoba to the Hyuga clan.
• Kawaki Aoba mocked Hyuga Second Elder for threatening a Konoha ninja in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the Hokage set down his pipe.

Sarutobi Hiruzen reprimanded the Hyuga Second Elder for threatening a fellow shinobi, then accepted his guard’s testimony that Miyamura Ayano had deceived him. As Miyamura Ayano plotted to eliminate Kawaki Aoba and seize control of the Hyuga clan, Kawaki trained, investigated her, and finally infiltrated her residence to launch a surprise attack.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted the Hyuga Second Elder and warned him to stop threatening Konoha shinobi.
• The Hyuga Second Elder’s guard testified that Miyamura Ayano had given him false intelligence, and Sarutobi Hiruzen let the elder go with a warning.
• Miyamura Ayano secretly watched the hearing and planned to get rid of Kawaki Aoba so she could take control of the Hyuga clan.
• Kawaki Aoba trained to improve his abilities and gathered information in search of Miyamura Ayano’s weakness.
• Kawaki Aoba quietly infiltrated Miyamura Ayano’s residence, preparing to surprise her.

Kawaki Aoba defeated Miyamura Ayano, while Yuhi Shinku persuaded Sarutobi Hiruzen to let Aoba remain in Team 8 until he matured before transferring him to the Anbu. After the decision was made, the Hyuga Clan’s Second Elder confronted Hiruzen about Aoba assaulting a clan member, and Hiruzen challenged his presumption.

• Kawaki Aoba exploited Miyamura Ayano’s inflexible attacks, defeated her, and left her residence.
• Yuhi Shinku asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to keep Kawaki Aoba in Team 8, arguing that the child was not ready for the Anbu’s harsh missions.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen consulted the village’s senior officials and agreed to keep Kawaki Aoba in Team 8 for now, with a future transfer to the Anbu once his strength and mindset matured.
• Yuhi Shinku told Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino that Kawaki Aoba might join Team 8, and they welcomed the prospect.
• The Hyuga Clan’s Second Elder accused Kawaki Aoba of assaulting a clan member and demanded that Sarutobi Hiruzen handle the matter; Hiruzen rebuked him for trying to dictate his work.

Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted the Hyuga Clan’s Second Elder, then used Kawaki Aoba’s connection to Hyuga Hinata as leverage while keeping Kawaki in the village. Kawaki tried to escape but was intercepted by an Anbu ninja, while Shimura Danzō raised rumors of Hyuga unrest before Sarutobi Hiruzen and Hyuga Tenrin.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen refused to let the Hyuga Clan’s Second Elder interfere in Konoha’s handling of Kawaki Aoba, and the elder left after warning that the clan would demand a price.
• Hyuga Hinata visited Kawaki Aoba to check on him, and he confessed that he liked her; she said she needed time to think before leaving.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Kawaki, questioned him about his closeness with Hyuga Hinata, and told him to remain in the village while he recovered.
• Kawaki secretly planned an escape, but an Anbu ninja and a squad intercepted him near the village gate, and he defeated the first attacker.
• Shimura Danzō told Sarutobi Hiruzen that rumors linked the Hyuga Clan to unrest, as Hyuga Tenrin and Yuhi Shinku were present in the Hokage Office.

Sarutobi Hiruzen exposed Shimura Danzō’s plot to spread rumors against the Hyuga Clan, but the feud escalated when Danzō confronted Hyuga Tenrin at the clan compound. Meanwhile, Kawaki Aoba’s sacrifice system detected his Byakugan as an offering, leaving him to decide whether to trade his sight for a chance at power.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Yuhi Shinku to investigate Shimura Danzō’s accusations against the Hyuga Clan, while Hyuga Tenrin denied the clan had plotted against the village.
• Yuhi Shinku uncovered that Shimura Danzō had fabricated the rumors, and Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Danzō with the findings.
• Shimura Danzō brought Root ninja to the Hyuga compound and demanded a public apology and compensation from Hyuga Tenrin.
• Kawaki Aoba learned that the All Things Sacrifice System could accept his Byakugan, but sacrificing it would leave him blind.
• Kawaki Aoba hesitated over sacrificing his only available offering, then considered risking it for a chance to change his fate.

Kawaki Aoba sacrificed his Byakugan to the System Altar and received max-level Observation Haki, then left Konoha after the Hyuga Clan sent people after him. In a Root interrogation room, he revealed that he had swallowed the Byakugan, alarming the Root ninja who had come to retrieve him.

• Kawaki Aoba gouged out his Byakugan and sacrificed it to the System Altar, which rewarded him with Observation Haki (Max Level).
• Kawaki Aoba used Observation Haki to sense the Hyuga Clan's plans to capture him and received a hidden mission to defect from the village.
• Kawaki Aoba told Uzumaki Naruto he was leaving Konoha, then departed and received the Two-Tomoe Sharingan as a mission reward.
• Hyuga Clan members caught up with Kawaki Aoba outside the village and demanded that he stop.
• A Root ninja offered to release Kawaki Aoba if he handed over the Byakugan, but Kawaki Aoba revealed he had swallowed it and left the Root ninja alarmed.

Kawaki Aoba absorbed the Byakugan’s power, overpowered a Root ninja, and warned Root to keep the incident secret. At the Hokage Building, he joined Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai for his ninja test, while Sarutobi Hiruzen greeted him warmly.

• Kawaki Aoba absorbed the Byakugan’s power and defeated the Root ninja who tried to stop him.
• Kawaki Aoba warned the Root ninja not to reveal what happened and left the interrogation room alive.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned from an Anbu ninja that Kawaki Aoba had awakened and absorbed the Byakugan’s power, then ordered Root to bring him in.
• Kawaki Aoba met Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai, who took him to the Hokage Building for his ninja test.
• Sarutobi Asuma brought Kawaki Aoba to Sarutobi Hiruzen’s office, where the Hokage praised the boy for meeting the standards for ninja graduation.

Kawaki Aoba completed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s calligraphy test, then entered Danzo’s argument with the Hyuga Second Elder and extorted money from him. Later, Aoba appeared before Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō to report that Hyuga ninja had ambushed him, leaving Hiruzen shocked.

• Kawaki Aoba wrote impressive calligraphy during Sarutobi Hiruzen’s first ninja test.
• Kawaki Aoba entered the Hokage Office with Haruno Sakura and Shizune while Danzo and the Hyuga Second Elder argued over the Branch Family’s rights.
• Kawaki Aoba threatened to tell Danzo about the Hyuga Second Elder’s affairs unless the elder paid him, and the elder agreed.
• Kawaki Aoba met Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō and said he had come to seek justice over a matter involving the Hyuga clan.
• Kawaki Aoba reported that two Hyuga ninja had ambushed him during a mission about a month earlier, shocking Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Kawaki Aoba reported that Hyuga Clan ninjas had blinded his left eye, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō to investigate despite finding no evidence. A month later, Danzō publicly accused the Hyuga Clan over a separate clash involving Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga, leaving Hiashi to wonder why Danzō was targeting his clan.

• Kawaki Aoba showed Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō his injured eye and said two Hyuga Clan ninjas had attacked him, but he had no evidence.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered a secret investigation, while Kawaki Aoba learned at Konoha Hospital that his left eye could not recover and continued training.
• Shimura Danzō's investigators found no proof of an attack, but he continued watching the Hyuga Clan.
• A month later, Danzō confronted Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Second Elder in a plaza, accused their clan of attacking a comrade, and refused to let Hiashi investigate the matter himself.
• Hyuga Hiashi returned to the clan estate with Hyuga Second Elder and Hizashi Hyuga, then privately tried to understand Danzō's motives.

Danzo asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to help locate Naruto, while Naruto continued training in the Land of Water. In Konoha, Kawaki Aoba fought the Hyuga clan over Hinata’s whereabouts, was defeated by Neji’s Curse Mark power, and was summoned to the Hokage’s office.

• Danzo visited Sarutobi Hiruzen and asked him to find Naruto and bring him back to Konoha; Hiruzen said he had already sent people to investigate.
• Naruto trained in the Land of Water, mastered Rasengan and Shadow Clone Technique, and received praise from Terumī Mei.
• Kawaki Aoba argued with the Hyuga elders, defeated two Hyuga ninjas, and fought the elders who attacked him.
• Neji arrived with the Curse Mark’s power, overpowered Kawaki Aoba, and demanded that he reveal Hinata’s whereabouts; Kawaki refused.
• Haku, now a Konoha ninja and Hokage subordinate, escorted Kawaki Aoba to the Hokage’s office.

Kawaki Aoba denied stealing the Hyuga clan's Byakugan and challenged the Hyuga Second Elder's unsupported accusations before Sarutobi Hiruzen. Elsewhere, Shimura Danzō violently asserted Root's authority at the Hyuga headquarters, leaving Hyuga Hiashi unable to challenge his claim that two slain clan members had plotted against Konoha.

• Kawaki Aoba told Sarutobi Hiruzen he had gone home to sleep after leaving the Hyuga Main House, and the Hyuga Second Elder could not produce anyone to confirm or disprove his alibi.
• The Hyuga Second Elder accused Kawaki Aoba of injuring his grandson, but he could not provide evidence or name witnesses when Kawaki denied the charge.
• Shimura Danzō killed a Root ninja who questioned his claim that the Uchiha and Hyuga clans might be covering for each other.
• Shimura Danzō brought two of Hyuga Hiashi's trusted subordinates before him and killed them both at the Hyuga headquarters.
• Shimura Danzō claimed the two Hyuga ninjas had confessed to conspiring with the Uchiha clan to overthrow Konoha, and Hyuga Hiashi could not challenge his accusation.