Recaps

Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Hinata defeated Shinnō and escaped the falling Sky City, while Akane uncovered the abduction of Ranmaru and the Yamada household. Konoha and the Hyuga Clan concealed their suspicions about Root, leaving Hinata determined to find the truth herself.

• Anlus sacrificed his life to summon a forgotten god, and the arrow he sent awakened Yachidavir, who took refuge in Tang Woods’s body and searched his memories.
• Shinnō revealed the Zero-Tails and entered its body, but Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Hinata fought together and Naruto destroyed the creature with a Great Ball Rasengan.
• The group escaped Sky City by boat before it crashed, and Sakura found Yuliu unharmed but comatose as they set out for Konoha.
• Root abducted Ranmaru and staged the courtyard to look like the Sky Ninja had attacked, while Akane Higurashi witnessed the abduction and secretly sought help from Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hiashi protected Akane and suspected Danzo, while Tsunade and Danzo each chose to contain the matter rather than provoke a conflict.
• Hinata, Naruto, and Sakura returned to Konoha and reported their mission, then Hinata learned from Akane that Ranmaru had been taken.
• Tsunade blamed the incident on the Sky Ninja aftermath and ordered Sakura not to tell Hinata what she learned from a file.
• Hinata decided to investigate despite the risks and went to Senju Hanaoyu’s tailor shop to ask what she wanted to know.

Hinata investigated Danzo and demanded that Tsunade reveal Root’s location, but Tsunade refused. Hinata renounced Konoha as Shuoyue, leader of Dawn, and the resulting battle drew Konoha’s forces and other factions toward the Hokage Ruins.

• Hinata obtained Senju Hanaoyu’s documents about Naruto’s faction and Root, then investigated the changes she had noticed around her.
• Kiba, Shino, and the Rookie Nine tried to learn why Hinata had changed, while Neji investigated the Hyuga Clan and Sakura concealed what she knew.
• Hinata confronted Sakura, reminded her of the debt she owed for being rescued in the Forest of Death, and secured her silence.
• Hinata asked Tsunade about Danzo and demanded Root’s location, then punched the Hokage Building and collapsed it before Tsunade struck her.
• Hinata emerged from the rubble, activated her Tenseigan Chakra Mode, renounced Konoha, and declared herself Shuoyue, leader of Dawn.
• Hinata called for Danzo and fought Tsunade’s forces, shielding herself from their attacks and defeating most of Naruto’s Anbu guards with chakra-wrapped purple lions.
• Hinata summoned a Stone Giant while Tsunade fought her and Katsuyu engaged the giant, as Konoha’s elite forces converged on the ruins.
• Mizuki Rei and other Dawn fighters blocked Konoha shinobi, while Danzo welcomed the conflict and the major clans began to regard the Hyuga Clan as formidable.

Hinata attacked Konoha while searching for Danzo, then left the village with the Dawn Organization. As the ninja world reacted and Dawn established its base and intelligence network, Hinata received a final mission to collect Dragon Vein Chakra and every Tailed Beast’s Chakra.

• Hinata used the fused Planet-Devastators to devastate a vast area while searching for Danzo, then found the Root base empty and left after Tsunade recognized that Hinata had not meant to kill anyone.
• Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai fought Dawn members until Winter Rain gathered the group and Hinata signaled their departure from Konoha.
• Hinata flew out of Konoha with Winter Rain and the others, leaving Tsunade and the village’s ninjas to reckon with her defection and the strength they had lost.
• Hyuga Hiashi disowned Hinata to shield the Hyuga Clan from retaliation, and Tsunade agreed to list her as an S-rank rogue ninja without truly pursuing her.
• Konoha’s rookies mourned Hinata’s departure as news reached the other villages, Akatsuki, and Orochimaru, while the Fourth Raikage ordered Mabui to seek contact with Shuoyue.
• Hinata and the Dawn Organization traveled to their prepared base, where they built an intelligence network and prepared for the attention and conflicts their actions had drawn.
• Hinata asked the system about her reward, received one special character card generation, and accepted the Gate of All Beings mission to collect Dragon Vein Chakra and each Tailed Beast’s Chakra.

Hinata accepted Kabuto into Dawn while preparing to pursue the Dragon Vein in the Land of Wind. As her team set out, Yuka encountered a battle near a river.

• Hinata chose to provoke the Akatsuki Organization by targeting the Three-Tails, while Obito and Zetsu investigated Dawn’s hidden base and Black Zetsu recognized Hinata’s eyes as the Tenseigan.
• Kabuto Yakushi found Dawn’s base and revealed that Orochimaru had sent him to watch Hinata, so Hinata let him stay under Dawn’s rules and asked him to arrange a meeting with Orochimaru.
• Hinata used the Special Character Generation Card to create Yuka, then grew concerned when training disputes among Dawn’s members escalated into a fight.
• Hinata decided to search for the Dragon Vein in the Land of Wind and sent Yuka ahead to gather information and meet her near the border.
• Hinata assembled Snow Bird, Ethereal, Ye Mo, Iron Fist, and Mask for the expedition, leaving Kurama Mutsu and Kabuto behind.
• Kabuto told Hinata that Orochimaru wanted to meet her and that his health had deteriorated, then secretly sent a message by blue snake while struggling to understand Hinata’s intentions.
• Yuka sensed recent Chakra use, followed an explosion to a collapsed hill beside a river, and cautiously approached several figures fighting.