Chapter Summaries

Hinata cut off a piece of the Nine-Tails’ chakra, kicked Naruto away, and joined the others while Shibi Aburame waited with Minato Namikaze’s marked kunai. Minato reached the center ahead of Winter Rain, who said Minato could not change the outcome, and the two waited for the result.

• Hinata cut off the Nine-Tails’ toe, which turned into a wriggling mass of orange chakra.
• Naruto regained some clarity, but Hinata kicked him away and called him trash.
• Hinata told Shibi Aburame and Choza Akimichi to move on, while Shibi stayed behind with Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God kunai.
• Minato Namikaze reached the center before Winter Rain and stopped to face him.
• Winter Rain said Minato could not change anything and that he could not stop him, so they waited for the result.

Minato Namikaze concealed the Dragon Vein, causing Hinata and her group to vanish from his time. Hinata returned to the underground space beside the vanished Dragon Vein, with Minato Namikaze, Naruto, and the others nowhere to be seen.

• Minato Namikaze continued sealing the Dragon Vein while keeping watch on the others.
• Minato Namikaze's technique made the Dragon Vein disappear by separating it from reality rather than directly affecting it.
• Winter Rain realized how Minato Namikaze's method had concealed the Dragon Vein without making it go berserk.
• Hinata and her group vanished before Minato Namikaze's stunned eyes when the Dragon Vein disappeared.
• Hinata regained consciousness beside the empty Dragon Vein pit and found that Minato Namikaze, Naruto, and the others were gone.

Hinata and her companions left the ruins after deciding to move against the Akatsuki Organization and accelerate events in the ninja world. The story then shifted to Deva Path Pain and the other four Paths standing in Amegakure’s sewers.

• Hinata considered how to obtain the Chakra of the remaining tailed beasts and concluded that most were already in the Akatsuki Organization’s hands.
• Hinata decided to target the Akatsuki Organization and accelerate the plot, leaving the details of her plan to her companions.
• The group left the ruins behind and disappeared into the wind and sand.
• Deva Path Pain and the other four Paths stood in the cold, damp sewers of Amegakure.

After Jiraiya’s death, Nagato and Xiao Lan discussed how his actions had exposed the Akatsuki Organization and could bring war with the Five Great Nations and Five Great Ninja Villages. Nagato ordered the organization’s members to return, while Xiao Lan began to raise a matter concerning Itachi.

• Deva Path Pain looked at the remains and Jiraiya’s corpse, said, “Teacher, may you rest in peace,” and left.
• Xiao Lan followed Pain and the other four paths out of the sewers after reflecting on Jiraiya’s death.
• Nagato told Xiao Lan that Jiraiya had disrupted their plans and that the Akatsuki Organization’s existence and danger might be exposed.
• Xiao Lan noted that some of their goals and plans were still incomplete, but Nagato argued that the remaining variables might work in their favor.
• Nagato ordered Xiao Lan to notify the other members of the organization to return immediately, and Xiao Lan began to bring up Itachi.

Nagato learned that Itachi had died after helping Sasuke awaken the Eternal Mangekyo and ordered Xiao Lan to assess whether Sasuke and the Dawn Organization could be recruited or posed a threat. In Konoha, Tsunade heard hurried footsteps and closed a document titled “Loulan Country Elimination Plan,” sensing that something bad had happened.

• Xiao Lan told Nagato that Itachi had fulfilled Sasuke’s wish and helped him awaken the Eternal Mangekyo, and that Itachi had sealed Orochimaru with the Totsuka Blade.
• Nagato dismissed Itachi’s loss and told Xiao Lan to judge whether Sasuke could be brought into the Akatsuki Organization.
• Xiao Lan described the Dawn Organization’s known members and suspected the Hyuga Clan was behind its hidden power and possible plans against Konoha.
• Nagato ordered Xiao Lan to send someone to contact the Dawn Organization and prepare to eliminate it if their interests conflicted.
• Tsunade heard hurried footsteps in the Hokage Building, felt that something bad had happened, and closed the Loulan Country Elimination Plan.

Tsunade received intelligence brought back by Jiraiya and read it in private. Shizune rushed in expecting to find Tsunade devastated, but found her standing calmly by the window.

• A female intelligence commander delivered Jiraiya’s report to Tsunade, who demanded the letter and sent her away.
• The intelligence commander waited outside the office, shaken by the report’s contents.
• Shizune arrived, learned what the report concerned, and hurried into Tsunade’s office.
• Shizune found Tsunade calmly holding a cup of water by the window.

Tsunade sent Shizune to warn the other Great Ninja Villages about a threat beyond Konoha, then mourned Jiraiya alone. Elsewhere, Obito reflected on the shinobi world's unpredictability before asking Zetsu for an update.

• Tsunade told Shizune to send intelligence to the other Four Great Ninja Villages because the crisis threatened the entire shinobi world.
• After Shizune left, Tsunade silently wept, wiped her eyes, and told Jiraiya to rest in peace.
• Obito stood on an unknown mountain peak, reflecting on the chaotic era and how events had exceeded his expectations.
• Zetsu asked whether Obito was thinking about Itachi, and Obito said Itachi was only part of the reason.
• Obito asked Zetsu about the situation in the shinobi world, and Zetsu said he had forgotten to mention something.

Obito discussed the threat posed by Jiraiya's leaked intelligence and considered how Nagato and the Five Great Ninja Villages might respond. After Hinata returned to headquarters, she learned that Orochimaru and Itachi were dead.

• Obito said Jiraiya had infiltrated Amegakure and sent out information about the Akatsuki Organization, which could lead the ninja villages to investigate them.
• Obito warned that Nagato might seize the chance to change his course and said they should prepare for the worst.
• Obito speculated that the Hyuga Clan had deliberately split off Dawn to protect its ambitions and plans.
• Black Zetsu inferred that Konoha's higher-ups may have noticed the Hyuga Clan's movements, prompting the clan to cut off Dawn as a public front for its future plans.
• Hinata and the others returned to headquarters and found Kabuto Yakushi much thinner.
• Wu Zhu told Hinata that Itachi had killed Orochimaru and Sasuke had killed Itachi.

Hinata recruited Kabuto Yakushi by offering him freedom to conduct research and a chance to bring Orochimaru back to life. Kabuto accepted despite the danger, and Hinata explained that he would need to gather Orochimaru's traces and use his own body as a medium.

• Hinata asked Kabuto Yakushi about his plans after Orochimaru's death and offered him a place working for her.
• Hinata promised not to restrict Kabuto's actions and proposed a mission that might revive Orochimaru.
• Kabuto agreed to join Hinata, even after she warned that he might have to trade his life for Orochimaru's.
• Hinata told Kabuto to collect Orochimaru's traces, especially from the place where Orochimaru had fought Itachi, and use his body as a medium to reshape Orochimaru's body.

Hinata told Kabuto Yakushi how to help revive Orochimaru and assigned him tasks to grow stronger and contact the Akatsuki Organization. Kabuto left with Wu Zhu to revisit the place where he had fought Orochimaru, while Hinata wondered where Kurama Mutsu had gone.

• Hinata explained that Orochimaru's soul had to be released from the Totsuka Blade and that he could return in a weakened state.
• Hinata ordered Kabuto Yakushi to become stronger, master Impure World Reincarnation, and seek fair cooperation with the Akatsuki Organization.
• Kabuto Yakushi accepted the tasks, focused on reviving Orochimaru, and resolved to stay cautious.
• Hinata sent Wu Zhu with Kabuto to the site of Kabuto's fight with Orochimaru so they could search for clues.
• After they left, Hinata noticed Kurama Mutsu was missing, and Huimina stepped forward.

Hinata learned that Kurama Mutsu had left the base to travel and develop her Sense Manipulation. After deciding to rest before getting involved in the tangled events around her, Hinata considered investigating the Three Great Sage Lands and their hidden power.

• Hinata asked Huimina whether Kurama Mutsu was looking for Gensei.
• Huimina told Hinata that Kurama Mutsu had left the base that morning and wanted to go for a walk.
• Hinata reasoned that Kurama Mutsu needed to travel and experience the world to strengthen her Sense Manipulation.
• Hinata decided to sleep before considering how to act, since the current events were not directly connected to her or the Ninja World War.
• Hinata planned to investigate the Three Great Sage Lands and wondered how they had remained powerful through the ages.

Hinata considered the power and longevity of the Three Great Sage Lands and suspected the Gate of All Beings was connected to the answers she sought. Sasuke formed Hawk Team and set his sights on Shimura Danzō and the Konoha higher-ups implicated with him.

• Hinata wondered where the Three Great Sage Lands' accumulated power had gone and recalled the enormous toad stomach Jiraiya had summoned.
• Hinata suspected the Gate of All Beings, the system's final reward, might answer her questions and decided to seek another lead.
• Sasuke established Hawk Team with Hozuki Suigetsu, Karin, and Jugo.
• After learning of his brother's hardships and Orochimaru's downfall, Sasuke added Shimura Danzō and the implicated Konoha higher-ups to his list of enemies.

Sasuke formed Hawk Team and announced that they would travel across the ninja world to pursue freedom, though he remained intent on taking revenge against Danzo. The team prepared for an unknown arrival after Jugo heard a birdcall in the distance.

• Sasuke told Hawk Team that they had broken free from Orochimaru, though only Karin and Jugo believed him.
• Sasuke proposed that Hawk Team travel across the ninja world and discover its beauty.
• Karin cheered, while Suigetsu objected and dodged her punch by turning into water.
• Karin scolded Suigetsu for calling her by her given name, then made an exception for Sasuke.
• Jugo heard a birdcall and warned the others that someone was approaching.

Hinata confronted Sasuke and his team in the mountain forest, claiming she needed their help but refusing to explain her purpose. She attacked Karin, leaving the reason for her visit unresolved.

• A birdcall alerted Sasuke and his team that someone had arrived, and Hinata emerged from the forest.
• Sasuke questioned Hinata's reason for coming, while Hinata remarked on his subordinates and identified Karin as a member of the Uzumaki Clan.
• Karin and Hozuki Suigetsu challenged Hinata's dismissive attitude, and Sasuke demanded that she state her purpose or leave.
• Hinata said she needed Sasuke's help and claimed they first had to do something else.
• Hinata announced she would teach Sasuke that only a fist was the hard truth, then punched Karin and sent her flying.

Hinata fought Sasuke’s team, knocking Karin and Hozuki Suigetsu aside before confronting Jugo in his transformed state. She used the Gentle Fist Style to strike Jugo repeatedly, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Hinata sent Karin flying, then dodged Hozuki Suigetsu’s attack and punched him in the face, sending him crashing near Karin.
• Jugo transformed and charged at Hinata, but his hardened body withstood her punch and forced her to dodge his counterattack.
• Hinata activated her Byakugan and took the Gentle Fist Style’s opening stance.
• Hinata slipped past Jugo’s fists and struck him with four full sets of Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.

Hinata defeated Sasuke’s attackers, including Jugo, and dismissed Sasuke’s boast about his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. A day later, Konoha investigated the attack while the Hyuga Clan recognized the threat to its Byakugan.

• Hinata’s strikes forced Jugo out of his Cursed Seal state, and he collapsed.
• Sasuke praised Hinata’s strength, then revealed his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and claimed she could not challenge him.
• Hinata said Sasuke’s eyes had not yet evolved into the Rinnegan.
• Tsunade announced that Konoha would investigate the attack and pursue the mastermind.
• The Hyuga Clan treated the attack as a warning that its Byakugan remained a target despite its standing.

After the Byakugan incident, Hinata and Hanabi met Tsunade and returned safely to the Hyuga Clan. That night, Hinata activated the Tenseigan and joined a gathering of projected figures, where Mizuki Rei and Kurama Mutsu noticed the new arrival.

• Hinata, Hanabi, and Konohamaru visited Tsunade at the Hokage Building, and Hinata briefly recounted what had happened.
• Hinata and Hanabi left the Hokage Building under the protection of dozens of Hyuga Clan members and returned to the clan settlement.
• The Hyuga Clan members saluted Hinata and Hanabi before dispersing, leaving the elders to handle the captured intruders.
• Later that night, Hinata woke, activated the Tenseigan, and used the Illusionary Body Technique to project herself into a gathering.
• Mizuki Rei and Kurama Mutsu noticed Hinata's arrival, and Mizuki Rei nodded at Winter Rain.

Hinata introduced Winter Rain as a new member of the Dawn Organization and assigned the members to destroy Hundred Slaughter Hunting Group branches along their routes. After ending the meeting, she found that her increased Chakra had reduced the strain of using the Illusionary Body Technique.

• Hinata introduced Winter Rain, whose codename was Ethereal and who possessed the Paper Release Kekkei Genkai, to Mizuki Rei and Kurama Mutsu.
• Kurama Mutsu said she was in the Land of Sea, Mizuki Rei said she was in the Land of Rivers, and Winter Rain said she was still in the Land of Birds.
• Hinata ordered the three members to destroy Hundred Slaughter Hunting Group branches in the countries they traveled through and said she would provide their locations.
• Kurama Mutsu suggested leaving a mark, and Hinata proposed a silver crescent moon belonging to the Dawn Organization.
• After the meeting ended and Hinata dispelled the Illusionary Body Technique, she realized her increased Chakra had lessened the discomfort it caused.

Hinata and Hanabi learned that the Anbu had finished interrogating the four people who attacked the Hyuga main family, and that the Hyuga elders had taken charge while Hyuga Hiashi was away. Hinata stayed out of the matter, puzzled by the silence of Hiashi’s most loyal followers.

• An unnamed Hyuga ninja reported the interrogation results to Hinata and Hanabi during their Gentle Fist practice.
• The Hyuga elders took charge of the investigation after Hinata and Hanabi left the Hokage Building.
• The elders used Hyuga Hiashi’s absence to act more freely, while remaining expected to fall back in line when he returned.
• The interrogation ended shortly after one in the morning, and all four captives confessed nearly everything.
• The Anbu delivered the first report to Tsunade, the second to the elders, and the third to the Hyuga ninja who informed Hinata.
• Hinata wondered why the Hyuga members most loyal to Hyuga Hiashi had fallen silent.

Hinata’s warning about the Rinnegan made Sasuke briefly tense, though he quickly hid his reaction and trusted in the strength of his Eternal Mangekyo. The chapter ended with Sasuke still wanting the Rinnegan but unable to meet its conditions.

• Hinata spoke to Sasuke about the Rinnegan.
• Sasuke’s pupils contracted when he heard Hinata’s words.
• Sasuke quickly concealed his reaction.
• Sasuke wanted the Rinnegan but believed his Eternal Mangekyo still represented his strength.