Chapter Summaries

Raiga took Hinata seriously after their clash and moved toward a mountaintop to gain a tactical advantage. Hinata followed him, while Raiga resolved to survive for Ranmaru’s sake.

• Raiga began gathering ninjutsu and headed toward the mountaintop to improve his chances against Hinata.
• Raiga wondered about Hinata’s strength and suspected it might be connected to the Hyuga Clan, then forced himself to focus on the fight.
• Raiga thought of Ranmaru and resolved not to die carelessly.
• Hinata followed Raiga toward a different, steep and uneven mountain.

Raiga reached the mountain summit with Hinata close behind and offered to end their fight, arguing that neither of them had reason to risk a deadly battle. He left Hinata facing his words and the possibility that rumors about her and the Hyuga Clan would spread throughout the ninja world.

• Raiga reached the summit and gazed at the lightning gathering in the dark clouds.
• Hinata followed him and noticed that the area around the mining site had grown unusually quiet.
• Raiga praised Hinata's strength and proposed leaving without further fighting.
• Raiga explained that the conflict was not a life-or-death vendetta and urged Hinata to think for herself.
• After Raiga spoke, rumors about Hinata and the Hyuga Clan began to spread across the ninja world.

Hinata weighed whether to trust Raiga but remained determined to keep him under control, while Raiga grew angry at her evasive response. The chapter ended as he summoned lightning and charged his twin blades with power.

• Hinata considered killing Raiga rather than risking him revealing their secrets.
• Hinata judged that Tsunade and Hyuga Hiashi were unlikely to provoke a major conflict, while Hinata herself wanted to step out of obscurity.
• Hinata told Raiga that nothing was wrong, but her perfunctory reply convinced him she intended to control him.
• Raiga crossed and raised his twin blades as thunder struck overhead.
• Raiga drew lightning down through his blades, surrounding himself with it as his green hair whipped in the storm.

Hinata faced Raiga as he charged his lightning-filled twin blades on the mountaintop, judging that she had no safe place to flee or hide. The chapter left Raiga ready to unleash his attack while Hinata prepared to face it.

• Raiga gathered lightning into his twin blades until their stored energy made Hinata's heart pound.
• Hinata considered fleeing but realized she had nowhere to hide on the mountaintop.
• Hinata decided the attack posed a threat but not enough to make her run.

Hinata faced Raiga’s enormous lightning dragon and met its charge with Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven. The two techniques remained locked in a clash as lightning and sparks spread through the surrounding storm.

• Raiga crossed his charged twin blades and shaped the lightning pouring from them into a colossal dragon.
• The lightning dragon charged Hinata, who prepared herself and activated Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven as it approached.
• Hinata’s rotating chakra sphere collided with the dragon in a thunderous impact.
• Lightning leaked from the dragon during the deadlock, forming a miniature thunderstorm as sparks scattered in the fierce winds.

Hinata strained to hold back Raiga’s Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Tornado with Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven, while Raiga recovered from summoning the lightning and realized how powerful she was. As the clash began to break through her defense, Hinata activated the Tenseigan and prepared to dodge.

• Hinata and Raiga landed on dry grass as flames erupted around them.
• Raiga knelt, gripping his twin blades as he caught his breath after summoning the lightning dragon.
• Raiga watched Hinata withstand his attack and recognized that her strength exceeded his expectations.
• Hinata reached her limit, activated the Tenseigan to assess the situation, and prepared to dodge.
• Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven began to crack under the lightning dragon’s pressure.

Hinata survived Raiga’s Thunder Dragon attack, which blasted a huge crater into the mountain and left it unstable. As Raiga fled the collapsing mountain, Hinata used her Tenseigan to pursue him, determined to continue their fight.

• Raiga watched cracks spread across Hinata’s Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven before his Thunder Dragon swallowed it and exploded.
• The blast carved a huge pit into the small mountain, causing the ground to shake and the mountain to tilt.
• Raiga chose a path away from the collapsing mountain and fled to save himself.
• Hinata appeared where Raiga had been and mocked him for running away.
• Hinata opened a dark portal with her Tenseigan and floated through it to pursue Raiga.

Tenten and Rock Lee escaped a collapsing mountain and watched a barrage of rocks devastate the area. Once they recovered from the shock, Tenten began questioning what had happened after Raiga separated them from Hinata.

• After Raiga left, the mountain collapsed, and Tenten and Rock Lee came to their senses as the mist cleared.
• Tenten and Rock Lee fled from the rocks raining down around them and safely reached another mountain summit.
• They watched the falling stones obliterate the area they had just escaped.
• Tenten recalled Raiga separating her, Rock Lee, and Hinata, but realized she could not remember what she had done afterward.

After escaping the strange state caused by the mountain’s collapse, Tenten realized Hinata was missing and questioned Rock Lee. The two decided to investigate despite the storm and their uncertainty about what had happened to Hinata.

• Tenten recovered and asked Rock Lee whether he had seen Hinata while they fled.
• Rock Lee said he had not seen Hinata and suggested she might have escaped in another direction.
• Tenten accepted Rock Lee’s reassurance despite doubting it and holding on to hope that Hinata was safe.
• Rain washed away the dust from the mountain’s collapse as Rock Lee and Tenten discussed what to do.
• Rock Lee and Tenten decided to investigate, reasoning that the Kurotsuchi Clan and their captured laborers might have abandoned the area.

Tenten and Rock Lee searched the ruined mine for clues about Hinata but found nothing, while Raiga concluded she had likely died in the mountain’s collapse. The story left Hinata’s fate unknown, though her absence from the site gave Tenten and Rock Lee hope that she had survived.

• Tenten and Rock Lee carefully searched the devastated area around the mine entrance for traces of Hinata.
• They found no clues and concluded that Hinata was not at the mine, which gave them hope she had survived.
• Raiga watched the small mountain collapse and reasoned that his Lightning Dragon Tornado had struck a weak point above a cavern.
• Raiga believed Hinata had probably perished in the collapse because he had not seen her escape.

After fighting Hinata, Raiga hurried through the rain to find Ranmaru, worried that the boy would suffer inside the black bag. Hinata followed Raiga and waited for a chance to capture him and protect Ranmaru.

• Raiga felt overwhelmed after his battle with Hinata and hurried through the rain to find Ranmaru.
• Raiga worried that Ranmaru's frail body would not withstand being left in the black bag during the storm.
• Hinata silently followed Raiga because she had not yet seen Ranmaru and was waiting for the right moment to act.
• Hinata planned to take out Raiga and secure Ranmaru, her mission target, while remaining cautious about his unfamiliar Kekkei Genkai.
• Hinata resolved to protect Ranmaru and considered asking the system for help investigating the titles that had caught her interest.

Hinata decided to find Ranmaru before confronting Raiga, fearing that killing Raiga first could drive Ranmaru to take his own life. As Raiga hurried toward Ranmaru, Ranmaru watched from inside the backpack and begged someone not to do this.

• Hinata decided not to question the system and chose to search for Ranmaru before dealing with Raiga.
• Hinata considered the possibility that Ranmaru might witness Raiga's death and take his own life.
• Hinata floated unseen through the rain while Raiga grew increasingly worried about Ranmaru and hurried toward him.
• Ranmaru watched Raiga struggle through the darkness inside the backpack and tearfully asked why someone was doing this.

Hinata found Ranmaru and struck Raiga before he could reach him. Raiga recovered from the blow and faced Hinata, who was prepared to spare him only if Ranmaru pleaded for mercy.

• Raiga rushed toward Ranmaru, while Hinata remained difficult to track even as he sensed her nearby.
• Hinata spotted the black bundle near Ranmaru and attacked Raiga, sending him crashing into a boulder.
• Hinata considered making Raiga join the Dawn Organization or using the Tenseigan to erase his and Ranmaru's memories.
• Raiga painfully got to his feet and saw Hinata floating before him in pale blue Chakra Mode.

Hinata confronted Raiga, who realized she had come for Ranmaru and feared he could not escape. After explaining that her eyes were an evolved form of the Byakugan rather than the Rinnegan, Hinata left Raiga to make a final attempt to gather his Chakra.

• Raiga realized Hinata was targeting Ranmaru and suspected she had learned about him.
• Raiga recognized Hinata's power and asked whether her eyes were the Rinnegan.
• Hinata explained that her eyes had evolved from the Byakugan, unlike the Rinnegan.
• Raiga began gathering Chakra for one last stand and thought Ranmaru might live an ordinary life without him.

Raiga unleashed a lightning attack against Hinata and her companions, but Hinata calmly formed a blue sword from a Truth-Seeking Orb to meet it. The chapter ended as she prepared to face Raiga with the newly shaped weapon.

• Raiga sensed that Hinata and the others would not harm Ranmaru, but refused to compromise.
• Raiga surrounded himself with purple lightning and sent pillars of it charging toward Hinata and the others.
• Hinata chose not to dodge Raiga’s attack and drew a Truth-Seeking Orb into her hand.
• Hinata reshaped the orb into a three-foot-long blue sword as the lightning approached.

Hinata cut through Raiga’s lightning pillars with her sword, then avoided his follow-up Earth Running attack by flying backward. Raiga’s assault continued, but Hinata remained confident that her strength surpassed his.

• Hinata slashed apart the lightning pillars, which faded away without exploding.
• Hinata flew forward and cut down three more pillars.
• Raiga drove his twin blades into the ground and used Lightning Release: Earth Running against Hinata.
• Hinata decided not to risk being affected by the wide-range attack and flew backward using an invisible force.

Hinata avoided Raiga’s massive lightning attack and returned to test a new technique. She reshaped four of her Tenseigan Truth-Seeking Orbs into wings and hovered with them behind her as Raiga prepared another powerful move.

• Raiga’s Lightning Release: Earth Running struck the mountain after Hinata dodged, then faded when it lost his Chakra supply.
• Hinata flew back and praised Raiga’s strength while he remained silent and looked stifled.
• Hinata decided to test a new attack as Raiga gathered strength for another powerful move.
• Hinata sent four Tenseigan Truth-Seeking Orbs behind her and reshaped them into wings that began to flap.

Hinata attacked Raiga with her new wings and Tenseigan Truth-Seeking Orbs, but Raiga unleashed an expanding storm of lightning to counter her. The chapter ended as his attack grew stronger and spread across the battlefield.

• Hinata tested her wings and easily controlled the four Tenseigan Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Hinata raised her longsword and surged toward Raiga as a streak of blue light.
• Raiga gathered lightning around himself and his twin blades, creating a defense that covered every angle.
• Raiga crossed his blades and shouted, "Lightning Burial, Feast of Lightning!"
• Raiga's lightning spread across the battlefield, absorbing ions and growing more powerful as it expanded.

Hinata abandoned her plan to finish Raiga with a quick attack after his lightning spread across the battlefield. She accelerated through the storm and, unable to dodge the arcs near him, raised her sword to strike the lightning directly.

• Raiga sent electric arcs racing indiscriminately toward Hinata, forcing her to retreat.
• Hinata worried the fight would drag on until Tenten and Rock Lee woke up and decided to get serious.
• Hinata used her Tenseigan-created wings to charge at Raiga, weaving through the lightning and closing the distance.
• When the lightning left no room to maneuver seven or eight meters from Raiga, Hinata slashed at an adjacent arc with her longsword.

Hinata broke through Raiga’s lightning and charged him with her sword, but he easily deflected her inexperienced strike. She attacked again as Raiga retreated and prepared his next move.

• Hinata cut through Raiga’s lightning arcs and reached him in an instant.
• Raiga blocked her sword and redirected the strike, leaving Hinata to carve a crater into the ground.
• Hinata accepted her lack of sword skill and charged Raiga again.
• Raiga leaped away from his position and made his next move.