Chapter Summaries

Hinata, Kiba, and Shino became genin and spent a month doing dull D-rank missions alongside the other young ninja teams. Their complaints gave way to excitement when Ino announced a movie starring the famous actress Fuji Kazekage would soon show in Konoha.

• The Third Hokage officially promoted Hinata, Kiba, and Shino to genin, and Kurenai led them to the mission hall.
• Kurenai accepted a D-rank mission to find an old woman's lost cat, prompting Kiba to complain about the assignment.
• A month later, Hinata's team and Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji lamented their repetitive chores in a Konoha park.
• Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke joined the others on the bench, and Naruto complained about meaningless missions.
• Ino announced that Princess of the Storm Adventure, starring Fuji Kazekage, would be shown in Konoha, and Kiba explained the actress's fame to Naruto.

Hinata and the other young ninja discussed going to see Fuji Kazekage’s film, while Hinata recalled a possible connection to the Land of Snow. The next day, she learned that Kakashi had already accepted the mission to escort Fuji Kazekage there, leaving the story with her considering the unexpected development.

• Naruto, Sakura, and their classmates discussed watching Fuji Kazekage’s film, and Ino persuaded Shikamaru and Choji to join them.
• Hinata wondered whether the film’s story involved the Land of Snow and planned to send her little brother, Snow Bird, to investigate.
• The groups dispersed as evening fell, with Team 7 leaving last.
• The next afternoon, Hinata heard at the ninja hall that Kakashi had accepted the mission to escort Fuji Kazekage to the Land of Snow.
• Other ninja said Kakashi had taken the C-rank mission because he had become a Guiding Jonin with three young students.

Kurenai Yuhi took Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata on a C-rank mission to eliminate bandits in a village in the Land of Fire. The team gathered at Konoha's main gate, where Gekko Hayate pretended to sleep until Kurenai arrived.

• Kurenai Yuhi accepted a C-rank mission and told her students they would face real danger while eliminating bandits in the Land of Fire.
• Kiba Inuzuka eagerly asked when they would leave, and Kurenai ordered the team to meet at Konoha's main gate in one hour.
• Hinata headed to the gate and watched Izumo Kamizuki and Gekko Hayate while she waited.
• Izumo Kamizuki tried to get Gekko Hayate to stop pretending to sleep, but Gekko Hayate ignored him.
• When Kurenai Yuhi arrived, Gekko Hayate woke and asked whether Hinata was her student, then called her cute.

Kurenai Yuhi took Team 8 on an escort mission to deal with bandits near Akiha Village, explaining the risks of encountering hostile ninja. Meanwhile, a group led by Yan learned that Konoha ninja were coming and decided to kill the man who had let the villages request help.

• Kurenai Yuhi registered the mission and left Konoha with Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame.
• Kurenai Yuhi explained that bandits had been troubling Akiha Village and nearby villages, and planned to finish the mission within three days.
• Kiba Inuzuka complained about returning so soon, and Hinata asked whether the team should stick to D-rank missions instead.
• Yan's group confronted a kneeling man who had failed to stop the villages from requesting help from Konoha.
• Yan ordered Xuemu to kill the man and burn his body after accusing him of becoming a bandit and alerting them that Konoha ninja were on their way.

Kurenai Yuhi’s team arrived at Akiha Village to investigate a bandit threat, while Hinata reflected on how dangerous and harsh the world beyond Konoha was. They set out after receiving information about the bandits, and Kurenai reminded her students that their peaceful lives had been secured by Konoha and the Will of Fire.

• Yan and Shitu questioned whether to give up their search for a treasure, and Shapi told them it seemed to have been found.
• Kurenai Yuhi woke Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame, and the team reached Akiha Village.
• Kurenai Yuhi presented their mission scroll and clarified that discovering ninja involvement would raise the mission to B-rank or allow them to abandon it.
• The village chief gave Kurenai Yuhi a map and details about the bandits, and she led her team out to begin the mission.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame that life beyond Konoha was ruthless and that their peace came from the Hokage and the Will of Fire.

Kurenai Yuhi led Hinata, Shino Aburame, and Kiba Inuzuka to a cave occupied by bandits and left them to face their first killing. The three entered the cave and debated whether they were ready to take that step.

• Hinata used her Byakugan to locate a hidden cave, and Shino Aburame's insects confirmed that nearly twenty bandits were inside and no ninja were present.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Hinata, Shino Aburame, and Kiba Inuzuka that she would leave the battle to them so they could confront the reality of killing.
• Kiba Inuzuka argued that they should approach the cave openly and make their first battle honorable, and Hinata and Shino Aburame joined him.
• Kurenai Yuhi watched the three enter the cave, believing they could withstand the ordeal and continue to grow.
• Inside the cave, Kiba Inuzuka accepted killing as a ninja's duty, Hinata questioned whether it was right to take lives, and Shino Aburame said the time to decide had come.

Kiba struggled to overcome his hesitation to kill while fighting the outlaws in the cave, as Shino and Hinata handled their own roles. The battle continued with Kiba exhausted and unable to decide whether to take the step his enemies dared him to take.

• A drunken outlaw emerged from the cave and charged at Kiba, Shino, and Hinata with a machete.
• Shino’s insects overwhelmed and killed the outlaw, drawing the other outlaws from deeper in the cave.
• The outlaws recognized the three as ninja and attacked them, while Kiba told Hinata to stop anyone who tried to flee.
• Shino fought without hesitation, but Kiba held back despite having chances to finish his opponents.
• An outlaw taunted Kiba to stab him in the throat, and Kiba dodged an incoming hammer before landing exhausted amid the fight.

Kiba Inuzuka overcame his hesitation and fought the bandits, while Hinata killed an attacker to protect herself and her teammates. She then asked to handle the remaining bandits, leaving Kiba and Shino Aburame stunned by how different she seemed.

• Kiba Inuzuka told Shino Aburame he would stop hesitating and face the bandits as part of his mission.
• Kiba overcame his reluctance during the fight and killed a burly bandit.
• A bandit attacked Hinata, and she killed him with a palm strike before Kiba and Shino could reach her.
• Hinata reflected that she had prepared herself for killing and found the first time easier than she had expected.
• Hinata asked to fight the remaining bandits, and Kiba and Shino stepped aside.
• Kiba told Shino that Hinata seemed completely different from the person they used to know.

Team 8 dealt with the bandits and left the cave, where Yan’s group entered afterward and burned away the evidence. Outside Akiha Village, Kurenai accepted the village chief’s offer to let Hinata, Kiba, and Shino wash up before they set out for Konoha.

• Hinata defeated the remaining bandits and realized she was afraid of death, while Kiba and Shino tried to comfort her.
• Kurenai embraced Hinata, Kiba, and Shino after they emerged from the cave, then led Team 8 away.
• Yan’s group returned to the cave, broke through the rubble, and found the bandits’ bodies.
• Kaimu used a Fire Style jutsu to burn the bodies and evidence before Yan’s group left.
• The village chief confirmed Team 8’s mission and offered Hinata, Kiba, and Shino a place to wash.
• Hinata, Kiba, and Shino changed into clean clothes and reunited with Kurenai.

After returning from their first mission involving killing bandits, Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame recovered and met Kurenai Yuhi for training. Kurenai surprised them by offering to take them to a movie, while the story then shifted to a young man aboard a ship bound for the Land of Snow.

• Kurenai Yuhi led Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame back to Konoha after their mission, leaving an old man pondering her words about conviction.
• At Konoha's gates, Izumo Kamizuki and Gekko Hayate noticed the faint smell of blood on the three young ninja and discussed their mission to wipe out bandits.
• Kurenai Yuhi dismissed her team for a day of rest, and Hinata slept until the next morning, reflecting on the mission and her first time killing someone.
• Hinata met Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame at the training ground, where Kiba trained with Akamaru and Shino observed insects.
• Kurenai Yuhi arrived and announced that she would take the team to a movie before their regular afternoon training.
• A handsome young man in a black trench coat lay aboard a passenger ship bound for the Land of Snow, staring at the ceiling.

Snow Bird encountered Kakashi and his team aboard a passenger ship but chose to observe them without intervening. In Konoha, Hinata reported finding an explosive tag and concealed wiring to Hiruzen Sarutobi, warning him of a serious problem.

• Snow Bird overheard Kakashi speaking with Naruto and sensed that Kakashi might have noticed him inside his room.
• Asama Sandayu summoned Kakashi and his team to discuss their journey, while Snow Bird decided to wait and report to Shuoyue.
• Kakashi signaled Sasuke, who said he had something to do and left the group.
• Hinata went with Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma, and six young prodigies to the Hokage's Office to report a threat.
• Hinata told Hiruzen Sarutobi that she had found an explosive tag and unusually concealed wiring while searching for clues during a routine mission.

Hinata and the teachers discovered that Explosive Tags connected by strange lines were planted throughout Konoha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi learned they dated back thirty years. He ordered their removal and an investigation, while he and Shikaku Nara privately settled on Danzo as the likely culprit—or the person to blame if they found no one.

• Hinata told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Explosive Tags connected by strange lines had been planted throughout Konoha, and Asuma confirmed finding them on nearby streets.
• Kurenai Yuhi showed Hiruzen Sarutobi an Explosive Tag whose symbols matched a design from thirty years earlier, and he concluded the tags had been planted then.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Team 8 and Team 10 to map and remove the tags, with Hinata locating them and other ninja assisting.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Shikaku Nara and instructed him to lead an urgent investigation with the Anbu coordinating.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shikaku Nara implicitly agreed that Danzo would be blamed if the mastermind could not be found.

Hinata mapped thousands of Explosive Tags hidden throughout Konoha, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to organize shinobi to remove them and consider confronting Danzo. Hiruzen and his advisors agreed to warn Danzo, and Hiruzen went to Root to meet him.

• Hinata used her Byakugan to locate Explosive Tags across Konoha and gave her marked map to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen called a shinobi assembly to remove the tags, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura discussed whether Danzo was responsible.
• Hiruzen said Danzo needed a warning, and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura agreed to join the response.
• Hiruzen put on his Hokage hat and went with several Anbu to Root to see Danzo.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo at Root over a major incident in Konoha and announced plans to reduce Root’s operating budget. Danzo realized Hiruzen intended to hold him responsible, and the confrontation ended with Hiruzen defending the cuts as a way to strengthen the village’s intelligence system.

• Danzo’s masked ninja reported that Hiruzen Sarutobi was on his way to Root.
• Hiruzen entered Root, sensed its watchers’ killing intent, and followed Danzo to a reception room.
• Hiruzen recounted the incident in Konoha and said he had assigned Shikaku Nara to handle it.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen to let Root take charge, but Hiruzen announced that he would cut Root’s operating budget.
• Hiruzen said the cuts were justified because Danzo had known nothing about the incident and that the money would strengthen the village’s intelligence system.

After Hinata and Konoha’s ninjas finished removing the Explosive Tags, Hinata returned home exhausted and received a free Character Generator use for a hidden achievement. She discovered the generator now had a special physique option and became convinced that the system was becoming sentient.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi concluded that Danzo was not responsible for the Explosive Tags after Danzo gave up arguing over funding.
• Hinata helped locate and remove the remaining Explosive Tags, including the final site inside the Third Hokage’s stone face.
• Hinata reported the hollowed-out stone face to Hiruzen Sarutobi and later told Kurenai Yuhi that the incident was nearly resolved.
• Hinata returned to the Hyuga Clan after two days without rest and received a free Character Generator use from the system for a hidden achievement.
• Hinata noticed the generator had added a special physique option, and the system defended the change by comparing itself to an evolving world.
• Hinata stopped questioning the system and decided it was becoming sentient.

Hinata chose Sense Manipulation and named her new female character Kurama Mutsu, then watched the system launch her into the world with spectacular effects. Mutsu emerged in the Forest of Death, called out to Hinata, and asked what she should do next.

• Hinata rejected Sage Body and Sharingan, then selected the Kurama Clan's Sense Manipulation Kekkei Genkai.
• Hinata named the female character Kurama Mutsu and learned that the system would not let her reuse the cold and aloof personality trait.
• Hinata reflected on the system's hidden achievements and the possibility of earning generous rewards from them.
• The system opened its hatch as colorful effects filled the sky and the song asdance played across Konoha.
• Kurama Mutsu emerged holding a drawing board, complained about starting in the middle of nowhere, and called out to Hinata for instructions.

Hinata summoned Kurama Mutsu to Konoha, recruited her into the Dawn Organization as Gensei, and arranged her outfit and attendance at the group’s meeting. After Hinata left, Choji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, and Ino Yamanaka watched her from outside the restaurant while dealing with their own problem.

• Hinata used the system to tell Kurama Mutsu to come to Konoha and meet her on the snack street.
• Kurama Mutsu arrived, grabbed Hinata’s hand, and explained that she was a genjutsu specialist rather than a taijutsu ninja.
• At a restaurant, Kurama Mutsu insulted the food until Hinata told her to stop talking and eat.
• Choji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, and Ino Yamanaka spotted Hinata dining with Kurama Mutsu and discussed their own problem.
• Hinata named Kurama Mutsu Gensei, sent her to Senju Hanaoyu for a custom outfit, gave her a brooch and several thousand ryo, and told her to attend the Dawn Organization’s meeting that night.
• After parting with Gensei, Hinata worried that Senju Hanaoyu might notice she was repeatedly sending Dawn Organization members to her.

Hinata returned home and later gathered Dawn’s members in the Illusionary Body Technique space to introduce new recruit Kurama Mutsu, also known as Gensei. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi investigated a strange incident in the Forest of Death and began connecting it to other recent appearances.

• Hinata returned to the Hyuga home and found that Hyuga Hiashi and Hanabi were still away.
• An Anbu reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that a squad had fallen under Genjutsu in the Forest of Death and that they found a large area bearing signs of a ninjutsu attack.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered whether the incident was connected to the earlier Ice Style expert and Might Guy’s report.
• Hinata activated the Illusionary Body Technique and met Snow Bird in the dark space.
• Hinata introduced Kurama Mutsu, also called Gensei, as Dawn’s newest member.
• Kurama Mutsu confronted Mizuki Rei after he silently looked her over, accusing him of ignoring and looking down on her.

Hinata’s team discussed Mizuki Rei’s mission in the Land of Snow and ordered him to search for Chakra Armor blueprints while rescuing Kazahana Koyuki. After their meeting, Hinata fell asleep, while Mizuki Rei continued observing the palace where Sasuke and Naruto were.

• Kurama Mutsu insulted Mizuki Rei, and Mizuki Rei told Hinata that he found Kurama Mutsu irritating too.
• Hinata asked Mizuki Rei about his mission, and he reported that Kazahana Dōtō had captured Kazahana Koyuki and that events were nearing their final stage.
• Hinata told Mizuki Rei to search Kazahana Dōtō’s residence for Chakra Armor blueprints if he could, then ordered him to return to Konoha after the mission because the Chunin Exams were approaching.
• Kurama Mutsu asked whether the team could profit from the Chunin Exams, and Hinata said they would decide later if an opportunity arose.
• After the meeting, Hinata withdrew her Tenseigan and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Mizuki Rei watched the palace in the Land of Snow before leaving to carry out Hinata’s task; Sasuke sensed someone watching, then turned toward Naruto’s startled cry about the princess.

After watching the movie based on Naruto’s mission, Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame heard a fan reveal that its final shadow was real and that the battle had actually happened. The shadow was Mizuki Rei, who was returning to Konoha while Kakashi’s team had already left on another mission to the Land of Waves.

• Kiba Inuzuka complained that Naruto had become the movie’s hero, while Hinata explained the danger and real events behind the film.
• Shino Aburame praised the movie and pointed out the fleeting shadow in its final shot.
• A blond-haired young man revealed that the movie’s events were real and that the shadow had been accidentally caught on camera, then two ninjas dragged him away.
• Hinata recalled that Mizuki Rei had watched the final battle from a snowy mountain and left just as the camera caught him.
• Mizuki Rei asked Hinata whether he should kill the film crew, and she hurriedly refused.
• Mizuki Rei headed back to Konoha, where Kakashi’s team had already departed for the Land of Waves.