Chapter Summaries

The factions watched Matatabi’s Tailed Beast Bomb explode in the sky before she began preparing another one. Winter Rain and Mizuki Rei retreated, and Hinata entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode as the attack came toward her.

• The Tailed Beast Bomb destroyed most of the paper cranes and exploded high above the arena, sending down a brief wave of scorching heat.
• Matatabi began gathering another Tailed Beast Bomb, alarming the factions watching from the arena.
• Winter Rain and Mizuki Rei stepped back from the fight, recognizing that facing a Tailed Beast was too dangerous for them.
• Hinata stepped forward and entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode as the Tailed Beast Bomb flew toward her.

Hinata used Planet-Devastator to swallow the Tailed Beast Bomb without an explosion, leaving the spectators stunned by her power. The battle continued as Hinata faced the confused Tailed Beast.

• Hinata fused two Truth-Seeking Orbs and used Planet-Devastator against the incoming Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Planet-Devastator swallowed the Tailed Beast Bomb, and a blinding white light flashed across the area.
• The spectators realized the mysterious fighter was exceptionally powerful and decided they had to uncover her identity.
• Hinata looked toward the confused Tailed Beast as the battle continued.

Hinata repeatedly neutralized Matatabi’s Tailed Beast Bombs and grew confident that she could crush Tailed Beasts by countering their attacks. The Dawn Organization’s arrival had yet to be announced to the ninja world.

• Hinata continued moving as she prepared to show everyone her strength and make the Dawn Organization known.
• Matatabi fired several more Tailed Beast Bombs at Hinata, but Hinata neutralized each one with the same method.
• Hinata judged Matatabi weak and predictable, and became increasingly confident in her own ability.
• Hinata reasoned that powerful shinobi could dominate Tailed Beasts by catching or redirecting their Tailed Beast Bombs, citing Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, and Minato.

Hinata grew bored of wearing down Matatabi and attacked with a Planet-Devastator that trapped the Tailed Beast inside a white barrier. After a series of explosions battered Matatabi, the barrier disappeared, leaving her wounded but still standing.

• Hinata decided to end the fight against Matatabi and return home afterward.
• Hinata formed a Planet-Devastator, opened a spatial passage, and struck Matatabi with it.
• The Planet-Devastator enclosed Matatabi in a white barrier, blocking her wild attacks.
• Hinata snapped her fingers, setting off explosions throughout the barrier.
• The barrier vanished, revealing Matatabi covered in wounds but still standing.

Hinata used her reality-altering power to strike Matatabi with lightning and reshape the battlefield, while making herself seem even more mysterious. She then prepared to finish the fight from a distance, and space rippled around one of Matatabi’s tails.

• Hinata estimated that defeating Matatabi with one blow would require about four Gentle Fist strikes, and Matatabi instinctively moved away after breaking free.
• Hinata called for lightning, and Kurama Mutsu secretly aimed at Matatabi’s image on her drawing board, causing bolts of lightning to strike the real battlefield.
• Hinata conjured more lightning, violent winds, collapsing mountains, and splitting earth to make her power seem unfathomable.
• Hinata apologized to Matatabi for wandering onto the wrong set and declared herself Dawn, the true protagonist and director.
• Hinata stayed where she was and looked at Matatabi, causing space to ripple around one of Matatabi’s tails.

Hinata severed one of Matatabi’s tails, and Winter Rain wrapped and took it away. Hinata then unleashed a devastating sword attack on Matatabi, leaving the surrounding area in ruins.

• Hinata used Dimensional Distortion to sever one of Matatabi’s tails.
• Winter Rain wrapped the severed tail in paper and carried it off as the Kumogakure group watched angrily from a distance.
• Hinata turned several Truth-Seeking Orbs into blue-flamed swords and multiplied them across the sky.
• Hinata shouted “Myriad Swords Return to Origin” and sent the swords raining down on Matatabi.
• The attack devastated everything within several kilometers, leaving the Artisan Ninja Village facing costly repairs.

Hinata watched the ruins of the Artisan Ninja Village after suppressing Matatabi and reflected on her unexpected strength. The gathered ninja waited for her to speak, leaving the encounter’s aftermath unresolved.

• Hinata’s actions destroyed the Artisan Ninja Village and left no trace of Matatabi.
• Hinata floated alone above the ruins and felt surprised by how powerful she had become.
• The Three Great Ninja Villages had joined forces against the rampaging Two-Tails after Kumogakure’s Jinchuriki went berserk.
• The gathered ninja remained silent and waited for Hinata to state her position.

The leader of the Dawn Organization announced the group’s name before leaving, making its first official declaration in the ninja world. The gathered shinobi reacted with confusion and shock as Konoha realized Dawn was a hidden force they had previously only traced through clues.

• The leader presented herself as Dawn’s mysterious figure and announced, “Dawn,” before departing.
• Iwagakure and Kumogakure questioned what Dawn was, though Iwagakure recognized the Akatsuki and had cooperated with it.
• Konoha’s shinobi recalled clues about Dawn from past operations and realized their earlier assumptions had been wrong.
• The gathered shinobi noted that Dawn’s first two members had displayed Kekkei Genkai, and Hinata’s actions undermined the suspicion that they were Kirigakure shinobi.

Hinata left the battlefield with Wu Zhu, Mizuki Rei, and Winter Rain after the crisis involving Yugito and the Two-Tails. Akatsuki watched Dawn depart and realized how powerful and secretive the group was, while Sasori recalled a phrase tied to Dawn.

• Hinata returned to Wu Zhu, Mizuki Rei, and Winter Rain and said they would meet Kurama Mutsu before finding a place to talk.
• Hinata and her companions left the Great Ninja Villages, with a silver crescent moon behind them.
• Akatsuki watched Dawn depart and silently considered the group's hidden strength and Hinata's power.
• Sasori broke the silence by saying, "Dawn breaks at daybreak; Akatsuki breaks Dawn," recalling Zetsu's earlier words.

The Akatsuki members suspected Nagato and Konan were hiding information about the newly emerged Dawn, then set out to pursue the Four Heavenly Phenomena. After the battle, the surviving ninja withdrew or searched the ruins, and Kumogakure found Yugito.

• Deidara and Kisame Hoshigaki voiced suspicions about the organization’s leader after Zetsu stirred distrust over the newly emerged Dawn.
• Itachi Uchiha led Deidara and Kisame Hoshigaki to pursue the Four Heavenly Phenomena, whom Deidara said he could track.
• The Artisan Ninja Village elders lamented the casualties and damage, while Konoha and the Stone Ninja began withdrawing.
• Kumogakure’s ninja searched the ruins for their Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito.
• A ninja called out that Yugito had been found.

After the battle, Mabui took the unconscious Yugito and led the Cloud Ninja away, furious at the Dawn Organization for taking Chakra from Matatabi. Hinata and her companions regrouped with Kurama Mutsu, traveled away from the others, and stopped to discuss their next steps.

• Mabui found Yugito unconscious in a crater and carried her away with Atsui and Samui.
• Mabui blamed the Dawn Organization for Kumogakure’s losses and vowed that the grudge would not end there.
• Hinata and her companions regrouped with Kurama Mutsu after the battle ended.
• Hinata led the group in a random direction until they had put distance between themselves and the others.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to check for pursuers, then the group began discussing matters.

After Hinata’s intervention made every faction suspect the Dawn Organization, the group looked to Wu Zhu to decide what to do next. Wu Zhu did not seem to understand why they had stopped.

• The group reflected that their prior plans had become useless after events changed so quickly.
• Hinata accepted that she had acted on impulse and decided to listen to Wu Zhu from then on.
• Everyone turned toward Wu Zhu for guidance.
• Hinata asked Wu Zhu what they should do next, and he replied that he did not know what she meant.

Wu Zhu explained that their faction could use its actions during the tailed beast rampage to establish itself as an organization that took paid missions, despite acting without prior notice. He left the details of how to frame their intervention unstated, but the group understood his point.

• Hinata hinted that they should take a detour, regroup, and return at night to collect the spoils.
• Kurama Mutsu urged Wu Zhu to explain his plans clearly, teasing him for speaking in a way the others could not follow.
• Wu Zhu asked the group to consider what they were, and Winter Rain described them as a powerful, mysterious faction.
• Wu Zhu said the ninja world would search for information about them after the incident, and that their faction had made a serious effort.
• Wu Zhu explained that they had suppressed the tailed beast and could present themselves as a paid organization that had already resolved the crisis.

Hinata agreed to seek payment from the Artisan Ninja Village’s conservatives and use force if necessary to obtain weapons. Meanwhile, the Four Heavenly Phenomena regrouped in the wilderness and reaffirmed their plan to revive the ultimate weapon and dominate the ninja world.

• Hinata agreed that her group would approach the Artisan Ninja Village’s conservatives and demand weapons in exchange for resolving the crisis.
• Hinata accepted the plan to injure the conservatives if they resisted, while avoiding killing them.
• Black Eagle, Green Snake, Peacock, and Brown Bear regrouped in the wilderness after losing their force but keeping the four weapons needed to revive the ultimate weapon.
• The Four Heavenly Phenomena recalled their plan to seize the Two-Tails Jinchuriki as a sacrifice and use the ultimate weapon to dominate the ninja world.

The Four Heavenly Phenomena planned to regroup and search for a chance to capture a Jinchuriki after losing their power. Their plans were interrupted when Akatsuki members surrounded them, leaving Black Eagle to plead for mercy.

• The Four Heavenly Phenomena decided to travel the ninja world and wait until the uproar had died down before preparing another attempt to capture a Jinchuriki.
• They put their hopes in their four ninja tools because their strength had declined after losing their power.
• A pursuer caught up with them, and Black Eagle realized the group was in grave danger.
• Itachi Uchiha, Deidara, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Sasori surrounded the Four Heavenly Phenomena from four directions.
• Black Eagle stepped forward and asked the four Akatsuki members to spare them.

Black Eagle offered to reveal everything it knew about the ultimate weapon in exchange for being allowed to live, while the Akatsuki Organization silently considered the offer. Shino Aburame enjoyed his brief moment of attention as Sakura and Hinata began their fight.

• Black Eagle offered the ultimate weapon’s secrets in exchange for survival.
• The Akatsuki Organization’s four members studied Black Eagle without responding.
• Shino Aburame’s Presence Experience Card expired, and he began planning how to gain attention again.
• Sakura opened the fight by throwing kunai and shuriken at Hinata, then charged with a kunai.
• Hinata dodged Sakura’s attack with an iron bridge, while Sakura tried to avoid letting Hinata land a blow.

Sakura unleashed a fierce series of attacks against Hinata, who seemed overwhelmed but calmly endured them. Hinata was sent flying by Sakura’s punch, leaving Sakura worried that she had hurt her.

• Sakura pressed her attack with a low kick, and Hinata recognized that Sakura’s talent was held back by her insecurities around Naruto and Sasuke.
• Sakura anticipated Hinata’s flip and aimed a punch at where she would land.
• Sakura’s punch struck Hinata and sent her flying several meters before she hit the ground and rolled twice.
• Sakura watched Hinata uneasily and regretted using so much strength in case she had injured her.

Hinata recovered from a heavy blow in her match against Sakura, while observers questioned whether she had shown her true strength. The match continued as Hinata formed a hand seal and called out “Kudanshiki.”

• Hinata shakily got back to her feet after being struck, and Sakura and spectators breathed a sigh of relief.
• Hanabi worried that Hinata might lose, while Hyuga Hiashi reminded her to be cautious and said Hinata had not yet used her Byakugan.
• Neji watched Hinata closely and doubted that she could have been hurt so easily, recalling the strength she had shown against him.
• Sakura noticed determination beneath Hinata’s battered appearance as the match continued.
• Hinata took several heavy breaths, formed a hand seal, and softly called out “Kudanshiki.”

Sakura faced Hinata after Hinata activated the Byakugan, which made Sakura’s planned techniques ineffective and left her relying on evasion and a backup plan. Elsewhere, Four Heavenly Phenomena’s attempt to interest the Akatsuki Organization in an ultimate weapon met with silence.

• Hinata activated the Byakugan, and Sakura recognized that its vision would expose her techniques and give Hinata an advantage.
• Hinata rushed Sakura with a palm strike, and Sakura dodged rather than risk being hit by her Gentle Fist Style.
• Sakura considered using a backup plan to shift the one-sided battle somewhat in her favor.
• Four Heavenly Phenomena tried to draw the Akatsuki Organization’s interest with an ultimate weapon, but no one answered.

The Akatsuki Organization defeated Black Eagle and the Four Heavenly Phenomena, with Peacock falling last to Sasori. The Akatsuki members took the four weapons as proof for Iwagakure, which had paid a substantial deposit.

• Black Eagle realized his group had little chance of surviving but chose to fight.
• The Akatsuki Organization members quickly defeated the Four Heavenly Phenomena, and Sasori killed Peacock with Hiruko’s stinger.
• The Akatsuki members waited briefly, then removed the Infinite Armor, Peacock Twin Swords, Dragon Eye Retractable Sword, and Light Sword from their defeated opponents.
• The Akatsuki members took the four items as proof to report back to Iwagakure.