Chapter Summaries

Heide led Timsi and Heyan underground toward what they sought, while Gaara and Hinata arrived to stop them. Camilla faced Gaara and Feng Wai confronted Hinata, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Heide ordered Camilla and Feng Wai to guard the hall, then followed Timsi and Heyan as a section of the floor descended underground.
• Gaara and Hinata entered the hall and found Camilla and Feng Wai waiting for them.
• Gaara assigned one opponent to each of them and charged at Camilla, while Feng Wai promised to help her after defeating Hinata.
• Camilla underestimated Hinata and told Feng Wai to finish her quickly as Gaara and Camilla’s fight moved farther away.

Feng Wai chased Hinata with a sword, growing increasingly furious as Hinata narrowly dodged every attack and led her away from Gaara. Trapped at a dead end, Hinata prepared to face Feng Wai’s decisive thrust.

• Feng Wai drew her sword and charged at Hinata, who instinctively took a Gentle Fist stance.
• Hinata dodged Feng Wai’s slashes and retreated away from Gaara instead of counterattacking.
• Feng Wai pursued Hinata and grew angrier as she repeatedly missed by a narrow margin.
• Hinata reached a passage with no way out and muttered that she was ready to dance.
• Feng Wai thrust her longsword straight at Hinata.

Hinata stopped Feng Wai’s attack, shattered her sword, and cornered her after she tried to flee. Feng Wai faced Hinata in a dead end, wary of the little girl’s terrifying strength.

• Feng Wai charged at Hinata with her sword, but Hinata caught the blade in her hand.
• Hinata shattered Feng Wai’s sword with a burst of strength.
• Feng Wai turned and ran, but Hinata appeared behind her and grabbed her hand.
• Hinata released Feng Wai deliberately, and Feng Wai retreated into a dead end.
• Feng Wai focused on Hinata, unsure whether her own strength could help against her.

Feng Wai transformed into a werewolf and used a powerful howl to collapse the cave and open a passage, then fled. Hinata emerged from the rubble and pursued her at full speed, leaving Feng Wai on the verge of being caught.

• Feng Wai transformed into a werewolf and unleashed a howl that shook the cave and battered Hinata with sonic blasts.
• The cave began collapsing, and Feng Wai's howl brought down a blocked wall, revealing a new passage.
• Feng Wai rushed through the passage and fled without checking Hinata's condition.
• Hinata emerged from the rubble and immediately chased Feng Wai.
• Hinata increased her speed, and Feng Wai realized she would soon be caught.

Hinata trapped Feng Wai’s sound waves inside a Planet-Devastator and let them rebound until they killed him. She buried the bloody scene and wondered how Gaara was faring against Camilla.

• Hinata pursued Feng Wai until he reached a dead end and prepared another sonic attack.
• Hinata threw a Planet-Devastator around Feng Wai before he could release his sound wave.
• Feng Wai’s sound waves struck the barrier and rebounded onto him, killing him.
• Hinata buried the scene with a small cave-in and wondered whether Gaara had defeated Camilla.

Gaara defeated Camilla after using his full strength, then sensed the ground shaking as the steel straight men approached. He faced their arrival without knowing why they had come.

• Gaara sealed his gourd after burying Camilla beneath the sand, though he did not know her name and raised no gravestone.
• Gaara recovered from the strain of fighting Camilla, whom he recognized as a capable jonin.
• Gaara sensed something approaching and grew angry as the ground and surrounding sand began to tremble.
• Gaara spotted the steel straight men to his right and wondered why they had come when his sand clone was still intact.

Gaara confronted Winter Rain after realizing she had led the steel straight men to him, but she vanished into scraps of paper. Winter Rain then met Hinata at the mineral-vein tunnel and praised her for completing the mission.

• Gaara realized that Winter Rain had controlled his sand clone and brought the steel straight men to him.
• Gaara prepared to attack Winter Rain as she charged toward him.
• Winter Rain stopped, smiled at Gaara, and dispersed into scraps of paper.
• The steel straight men turned their attention to Gaara and continued their attack.
• Hinata hesitated at the pitch-black tunnel leading to the mineral vein.
• Winter Rain arrived and told Hinata that she had done well with the mission.

Hinata and Winter Rain descended into the underground chamber while Heide and Heyan fought over Timsi’s loyalty and the Gelel Stone. Their arrival interrupted the confrontation, leaving Timsi’s choice unresolved.

• Winter Rain formed a small parachute and promised to cushion their landing with ninjutsu.
• Hinata jumped into the shaft, and Winter Rain followed her down.
• Heide urged Timsi to help him use the key to access the mineral vein, while Heyan warned Timsi that Heide might have destroyed his people’s homeland.
• Timsi cried out that he did not want to hear either of them and remained unable to choose a side.
• Hinata and Winter Rain emerged from the shaft, startling Heide, Heyan, and Timsi.

Hinata and Winter Rain declared their intention to seize the chakra-rich mineral vein for themselves, leaving Heyan and Heide stunned. Winter Rain launched the attack with Paper Release: Tide Kill.

• Hinata said she was interested in the mineral vein and was acting in her own name rather than as Konoha's representative.
• Winter Rain joined Hinata, and the two made clear they would fight for the vein.
• Heyan and Heide wondered whether the girls understood how outmatched they were.
• Winter Rain scattered paper into the air, formed a Rabbit seal, and used Paper Release: Tide Kill against Heide and Heyan.

Winter Rain attacked Heide and Heyan with a storm of paper, then divided the fight between Heyan and Hinata. Heide tried to draw on the Chakra Vein while Hinata watched, leaving his attempt uninterrupted.

• Winter Rain unleashed Tidal Slaughter, sending sheets of paper crashing into the wall as Heide and Heyan dodged.
• Winter Rain chose Heyan as her opponent and left Hinata to face Heide.
• Hinata noticed Heide stretching and curling his fingers and suspected he was trying to use the Chakra Vein's power.
• Hinata chose not to interrupt Heide and watched him with interest.

Heide gained an overwhelming new power and revealed his true arrogance, claiming he could decide everyone’s lives and deaths. He then confessed to Timsi that he had destroyed his village and killed his parents, leaving Timsi trembling in silence.

• Heide felt an immense power surge through him and declared that he would decide Hinata and the others’ lives and deaths.
• Heyan warned that Heide now had enough power to destroy the ninja world while Winter Rain attacked him with explosive paper.
• Heide turned to Timsi and revealed that he had destroyed Timsi’s village and killed his parents.
• Heide mocked Timsi for trusting and worshipping him after the murder, then said he had no reason to keep Timsi alive.

Hinata faced Heide after he betrayed Timsi and took the Gelel Stone, then activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode to confront his newfound power. The two were far apart in strength, as Heide could not yet channel the mineral vein’s energy at its full potential.

• Heide blasted Timsi away, tore a gemstone from his chest, and crushed it to claim its power.
• Heide thanked Hinata for holding back, then attacked her from behind and promised to leave her corpse intact.
• Hinata caught Heide’s punch and revealed her dazzling blue Tenseigan eyes.
• Hinata entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode, while Heide’s energy remained limited by his narrow output and reliance on Grell and the Gelel Stone.

Hinata faced Heide, whose power was limited despite its endless supply, and overwhelmed him with her presence. She struck him with a Tenseigan-enhanced punch, leaving him battered against the wall.

• Heide realized his limited burst power made him a poor match for Hinata and feared that his sacrifices had been for nothing.
• Heide watched Hinata, hoping to test her strength, while she calmly returned to the ground rather than attack from the air.
• Hinata used the Tenseigan’s ocular technique to rush at Heide and punch him in the lower abdomen.
• Heide flew into a wall, cracked it, and rolled across the ground before stopping.
• Hinata approved of the direct, flesh-on-fist style of fighting.

Hinata easily countered Heide’s attacks and repeatedly struck him, while his rapid healing let him recover from severe injuries. The chapter ended with Hinata preparing to hit him in the face again.

• Heide recovered from Hinata’s earlier punch and decided to endure her attacks until she tired.
• Heide fired streams of forceful air at Hinata, but she scattered them with a slap.
• Hinata taunted Heide and vanished before striking his chest, sending him flying with more than half of it caved in.
• Hinata warned Heide that she would hit his face next.

Heide unexpectedly used Shinra Tensei during his fight with Hinata, disrupting the other battles and knocking Hinata down. When he failed to use the move again, Hinata laughed and reflected on how much he resembled a protagonist.

• Heide recovered with the healing buff and endured several more blows from Hinata.
• Heide used Shinra Tensei, staggering Heyan and Winter Rain and knocking Hinata down.
• Hinata stood up and challenged Heide to keep fighting.
• Heide tried to use Shinra Tensei again but failed, making Hinata and the others laugh.
• Hinata wondered whether Heide had the traits of a protagonist.

Hinata stopped holding back and prepared a massive attack against Heide, while Heyan and Winter Rain fled. As Hinata’s Truth-Seeking Orbs became nine longswords and multiplied overhead, Heide remained trapped beneath them.

• Hinata realized Heide might be far more dangerous than she had assumed and decided to get serious.
• Winter Rain fled when Hinata activated levitation, and Heyan ran after her.
• Heide tried to escape but found himself firmly locked in place.
• Hinata rose twenty meters into the air and reshaped her Truth-Seeking Orbs into nine longswords.
• Hinata used Shadow Shuriken Technique to multiply the swords above the underground space.

Hinata unleashed a devastating sword attack on Heide and searched the ruined underground space to make sure he was gone. She found and kept his monocle as a trophy, believing the matter was nearly settled.

• Hinata set thousands of Truth-Seeking Orb longswords ablaze and sent them raining down on Heide with Myriad Swords Return to Origin.
• The attack triggered a massive explosion that collapsed the ground around Heide and left the underground space dark.
• Hinata used the Tenseigan to search the wreckage and sensed no living creature besides herself.
• Hinata carefully checked the area for signs Heide had survived or could return.
• Hinata found Heide's gold-trimmed monocle, kept it as a trophy, and decided the matter was nearly resolved.

As the ceiling began collapsing, Hinata realized the Gelel Stones were formed by Chakra-like power fusing with the surrounding rock. She escaped through a spatial opening to observe the danger from safety, leaving the situation unresolved.

• Hinata watched cracks spread across the ceiling as stones and huge chunks began falling.
• Hinata concluded the mineral vein’s power was like the Dragon Vein, with the rocks containing it and the Gelel Stones formed through its fusion with them.
• Hinata opened a pitch-black spatial rift and entered it to assess the situation from elsewhere.
• Hinata considered the Spatial Rift formation and her Tenseigan’s Space-Time Ninjutsu as ways to escape if the power erupted.
• Hinata estimated the eruption could destroy everything within a thousand li, but would not destroy the entire shinobi world.

Heyan revealed his long-running plan to activate the Spatial Rift’s grand formation and awaken a vast Chakra vein using Royal Family blood, the Book of Gelel, and the Gelel Stone. After Hinata emerged from the black hole, Heyan rushed toward the formation, and she let him go as she focused on stopping the energy from leaking out.

• Hinata emerged from the black hole at the entrance, where Heyan crawled out and noticed the enormous energy leaking from the path.
• Heyan hurried toward the cracking path, intent on activating the grand formation with Royal Family blood he had taken from Timsi.
• Heyan recalled how he had searched for the Book of Gelel and Gelel Stone, then manipulated Heide into finding Timsi and the Royal Family descendants.
• Heyan explained that he had waited years for the pieces of his plan to fall into place and was now ready to pursue his dream.
• Hinata did not stop Heyan and instead tried to prevent the energy from leaking out, though she wanted to study or collect some of it.

Heyan activated the summoning formation with his collected blood, opening a black void that began consuming the underground area and drawing in the unstable Chakra mass. Winter Rain used Paper Release to seal part of the Chakra, and the sphere began to compress as the story ended.

• Heyan poured his collected blood onto the open ground and retreated.
• A black summoning formation appeared, making the unstable underground space tremble and collapse.
• A black void opened and began pulling in the platform and the Chakra mass.
• Winter Rain transformed into sheets of paper and wrapped a large portion of the Chakra mass.
• Winter Rain used Paper Release, Ring Seal, to form a sphere around the Chakra and began compressing it.