Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Hyuga Seisen a personal reward, and Seisen asked to learn Tsunade’s Yin Seal to store energy for his long-range fighting style. Hiruzen agreed to ask Tsunade to teach him, leaving Seisen poised to develop even greater combat power.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Hyuga Seisen a personal reward, including the chance to learn a powerful ninjutsu.
• Hyuga Seisen decided the Yin Seal would help him store energy and sustain his long-range attacks.
• Hiruzen balked at Seisen’s request, citing the technique’s difficulty and the fact that Tsunade alone knew it.
• Seisen argued that useful techniques had no gender and said he would learn it to protect his comrades.
• Hiruzen agreed to ask Tsunade to teach Seisen the Yin Seal and advised him to keep its mark inconspicuous.

Hyuga Hiashi visited Hyuga Seisen’s impoverished branch-family home after hearing of his return, hoping to enlist him as a force against the elders who constrained his authority. After Hyuga Kaze and Grandma exposed the branch family’s neglect, Hiashi was left alone with Seisen and began discussing the clan’s need for fresh blood.

• Hyuga Hiashi learned that Hyuga Seisen had returned and decided to visit him in person.
• At Hyuga Kaze’s home, Hiashi heard how unpaid pensions had nearly left the family destitute, and Grandma recalled being denied rice while the main family’s ninja cats were well fed.
• Hyuga Seisen returned with discounted rice balls, and Hiashi greeted him warmly after Seisen explained that the Hokage had only offered encouragement.
• Hyuga Kaze took Grandma out to give Hiashi and Seisen privacy, while Hizashi Hyuga stood guard outside.
• Seisen asked why Hiashi had come, and Hiashi praised his battlefield performance before saying the Hyuga Clan needed fresh blood.

Hyuga Hiashi recruited Hyuga Seisen to help build support among the branch family against Yasushi Hyuga, offering him authority as their Gentle Fist instructor. Seisen accepted and immediately asked to access the clan archives, but Hiashi postponed the request and hurried away.

• Hyuga Hiashi offered Seisen access to the clan archives and secret Gentle Fist techniques, but Seisen asked what he was expected to do in return.
• Hiashi explained that he wanted Seisen to become the Branch Family Gentle Fist Instructor and gather young branch-family members into a force against Yasushi Hyuga.
• Seisen accepted the position, concealing his excitement at gaining a chance to recruit members for his own Sternritter.
• Seisen asked to go to Hiashi's residence and examine the archives immediately, but Hiashi said to return the next day and left in a hurry.
• Hyuga Kaze and his grandmother returned from the market, and Hiashi took Hizashi Hyuga away, promising to explain the meeting later.

Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga discussed Hyuga Seisen’s new role and Hiashi’s fear that Seisen was too powerful and calculating to control. After promising to continue opposing the elders, Hiashi gave Seisen access to the main family archive and entered the clan’s hidden, thousand-year-old repository.

• Hyuga Hiashi told Hizashi Hyuga that Hyuga Seisen had agreed to become the branch family’s Gentle Fist instructor.
• Hyuga Hiashi admitted that Seisen’s maturity, cunning, and strength made him fear he could not control him.
• Hyuga Hiashi reassured Hizashi Hyuga that their dream of removing Yasushi Hyuga and the other elders had not changed.
• Hyuga Hiashi arranged for Seisen to enter the main family archive starting the next day.
• Hyuga Hiashi opened a concealed passage and entered the Hyuga Clan’s ancient archive.

Hyuga Hiashi hid the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird research in separate locations before Hyuga Seisen could access the archive. Meanwhile, Ieyasu learned that Seisen had returned and was far more powerful than expected, and he erupted at his own subordinates for failing to report it.

• Hyuga Hiashi concealed five cultivation scrolls in a hidden compartment and reflected on how he had divided the Caged Bird research among secret archive locations.
• Hyuga Lu told Ieyasu that Seisen had returned two days earlier and that Hyuga Hiashi had personally visited him.
• Ieyasu ordered Hyuga Lu to bring Seisen in, but Hyuga Lu warned that reports from the front described Seisen’s great strength.
• Hyuga Lu recounted that Seisen had used Saturation Bombardment to suppress Kumogakure forces and had confronted Killer B and A alongside Minato.
• Ieyasu seized Hyuga Lu by the collar, demanded confirmation, then cursed his subordinates for failing to keep him informed about Seisen.

Yasushi Hyuga learned that Hyuga Seisen had become a powerful asset and ordered his family’s withheld support restored so he could draw Seisen to his side. Uchiha Fugaku discovered signs that Sharingan had been deliberately taken or destroyed and wondered how Madara would handle the Uchiha clan’s growing crisis.

• Yasushi Hyuga decided that Hyuga Seisen must not fall into Hiashi’s or Danzo’s hands and ordered the restoration of Seisen’s family pension and provisions.
• Yasushi told Hyuga Lu to wait until Seisen received the restored support before inviting him to pay respects and hear what Yasushi could offer.
• A clan member reported that five Sharingan users had died in battle, but the Uchiha had recovered only three pairs, including one three-tomoe pair.
• The clan member told Uchiha Fugaku that Shota and Ryota’s eyes had been destroyed by fire, and Fugaku suspected someone had deliberately targeted the Sharingan.
• Fugaku refused to confront ANBU and planned to raise the matter with the Hokage, while ordering the report kept secret from the clan.
• Fugaku looked at the Uchiha crest and asked what Lord Madara would do.

Hyuga Seisen’s strength and influence continued to grow as he was appointed the branch family’s Gentle Fist instructor and summoned by Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen told him that Tsunade had agreed to teach him the Yin Seal.

• Hyuga Seisen trained with Might Guy, whose determination to work harder rekindled after Seisen outlasted him.
• Ming Hyuga returned the compensation money he had withheld from Hyuga Seisen’s family, along with the amount owed under the clan’s highest compensation standard.
• Hizashi Hyuga told Seisen that he had been appointed the branch family’s Gentle Fist instructor and that the ceremony would take place in five days.
• An ANBU operative summoned Seisen to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi, interrupting Hizashi’s visit.
• Hiruzen told Seisen that Tsunade had agreed to teach him the Yin Seal.

Hyuga Seisen went to the Senju compound to take Tsunade’s test for learning the Yin Seal, but found her drunk and asleep. The chapter ended as he tried to wake her and she suddenly demanded to know who he was and what he was doing.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Hyuga Seisen that Tsunade required him to pass a test to prove he had the talent to learn the Yin Seal.
• Hyuga Seisen agreed to the test and went to the Senju compound at the appointed time.
• Hyuga Seisen found the Senju ancestral home deserted and entered the main house after receiving no answer.
• Hyuga Seisen discovered Tsunade passed out drunk at a table amid liquor bottles and gambling cards.
• Hyuga Seisen moved to wake Tsunade, and she suddenly asked who he was and what he was trying to do.

Hyuga Seisen arrived to study the Yin Seal, but Tsunade challenged his chakra control by asking him to revive a dead fish. He used spirit particles to make it swim flawlessly, leaving Tsunade and Shizune stunned.

• Shizune found Hyuga Seisen beside the unconscious Tsunade and learned that the Hokage had sent him to study with her.
• Shizune woke Tsunade by warning that casino debt collectors had arrived, and Tsunade mistook Seisen for a collector.
• Tsunade questioned Seisen's ability to learn the Yin Seal and challenged him to make a dead fish swim naturally.
• Seisen controlled spirit particles to make the dead fish swim gracefully around the basin, astonishing Tsunade and Shizune.

Hyuga Seisen demonstrated his medical ninjutsu by restoring a goldfish that Tsunade had judged dead, astonishing Tsunade and Shizune. Tsunade concealed her excitement behind a dismissive verdict, leaving Seisen waiting to hear whether he had passed.

• Hyuga Seisen used Mystical Palm Technique on the goldfish after Tsunade identified its vital signs as negligible.
• The goldfish kept swimming after Seisen withdrew his chakra, and Tsunade and Shizune realized he had restored it to life.
• Tsunade examined the fish and found its cells, heartbeat, and damaged gill tissue fully recovered.
• Tsunade imagined using Seisen to handle medical work for her, then called his chakra control barely acceptable.

Hyuga Seisen agreed to become Tsunade’s special medical assistant in exchange for access to the Senju Clan Archive, hoping to study its inherited knowledge. After returning home, he began reading a manuscript by Tobirama Senju, while Yasushi Hyuga learned that Seisen had accepted Hiashi’s offer to teach the branch family Gentle Fist.

• Tsunade offered Hyuga Seisen a position as her medical assistant, assigning him patients and paperwork in exchange for observing her research and training.
• Hyuga Seisen accepted and negotiated permission to freely enter the Senju Clan Archive.
• Tsunade agreed to the request and offered Hyuga Seisen a room at the Senju Main House, but he went home that evening.
• Hyuga Seisen read a scroll titled <Detailed Guide to Precise Chakra Control, Volume One · Written by Tobirama Senju>.
• Yasushi Hyuga questioned Hyuga Lu about Seisen accepting Hiashi’s arrangement to become a Gentle Fist instructor for the branch family.

Yasushi Hyuga learned that Hiashi had appointed Hyuga Seisen to the branch family's training unit, with the inauguration set for five days later, and decided to intercept Seisen before the ceremony. He ordered Hyuga Lu to summon Seisen to his private residence, where he planned to use the Caged Bird and his authority to break him.

• Hyuga Lu told Yasushi that Hiashi had appointed Seisen and scheduled an inauguration ceremony five days later.
• Hyuga Lu explained that Yasushi had discarded the invitation among waste paper, and Yasushi blamed him for not reporting the matter verbally.
• Yasushi realized that Hiashi had followed procedure and that objecting publicly would damage his own standing.
• Yasushi ordered Hyuga Lu to bring Seisen to his private residence the next morning, bypassing Hiashi and the official ceremony.
• Yasushi said he would use the Caged Bird and a mix of kindness and force to make Seisen obedient.

Hyuga Seisen visited Yasushi Hyuga, who tried to buy his loyalty with money and a booklet before invoking the branch family's duty to the main family. Seisen turned Yasushi's words against him by pledging loyalty to Clan Head Hyuga Hiashi, and Yasushi responded by warning that Hiashi might not remain Clan Head.

• Hyuga Lu brought Hyuga Seisen to Yasushi Hyuga's lavish residence.
• Yasushi praised Seisen's service and offered him money and a booklet as a reward.
• Seisen accepted the gift politely but refused to show the loyalty Yasushi expected.
• Yasushi lectured Seisen about the branch family's duty to serve the main family.
• Seisen declared that he would obey Hiashi and defend the Clan Head's dignity, angering Yasushi.
• Yasushi dropped his benevolent pretense and warned that Hiashi's position was uncertain.

Hyuga Seisen confronted Yasushi Hyuga and Ieyasu’s attempt to overpower him, revealing that he had already restrained Hyuga Hu with a sealing technique. The chapter ended with Seisen pinning Yasushi’s face to the table and warning him not to activate the Caged Bird mark.

• Yasushi Hyuga declared that he alone was the Hyuga Clan’s true cornerstone, and Hyuga Seisen dismissed him as a remnant of the past.
• Yasushi ordered Hyuga Hu to slap Seisen, but Hu’s raised hand stopped inches from Seisen’s face.
• Black curse marks spread across Hyuga Hu, and Yasushi recognized them as Danzo’s Self-Curse Binding Technique.
• Yasushi tried to activate the Caged Bird curse mark, but Hyuga Seisen vanished and stomped his head onto the table.
• Hyuga Seisen warned Yasushi not to try activating the mark.

Hyuga Seisen pinned Yasushi Hyuga beneath his foot after exposing his overwhelming speed and Root technique, then considered whether to kill or control the Grand Elder. As Yasushi pleaded and offered concessions, Seisen prepared to brand him with a Caged Bird curse mark, but noticed someone rushing toward them.

• Hyuga Seisen sealed the room against sight and sound, then pinned Yasushi Hyuga beneath his foot with startling speed.
• Yasushi accused Shimura Danzō of recruiting Seisen into Root and teaching him the Self-Curse Binding Technique, then begged Seisen not to kill him.
• Yasushi offered Seisen half the Elders' Council's authority, his connections, businesses, and the women in his courtyard in exchange for his life.
• Hyuga Seisen decided to put Yasushi under control and formed a Caged Bird curse mark in his palm.
• Hyuga Seisen prepared to brand Yasushi, but spotted a familiar figure rushing toward them.

Hyuga Seisen stopped Yasushi Hyuga from implanting a curse seal on Hyuga Hu and warned Yasushi to keep the incident secret. Hyuga Hiashi broke into the Elder Council to save Seisen, then confronted Yasushi as Hu attacked him.

• Hyuga Seisen dispelled the curse seal and warned Yasushi Hyuga that revealing his humiliation would destroy his authority.
• Hyuga Seisen released Hyuga Hu from the Self-Curse Binding Technique, and Hu swung at him under his master's last command.
• Hyuga Hiashi rushed to the Elder Council, broke through its doors, and blocked Hyuga Hu's strike against Seisen.
• Hyuga Hiashi disabled one of Hu's arms with a Gentle Fist Chakra Point Strike, then demanded that Yasushi control him.
• Yasushi Hyuga realized he was destined to suffer the consequences of the day's events.

Hyuga Hiashi arrived in time to stop Hyuga Hu from attacking Hyuga Seisen, then mistook the battered Yasushi Hyuga for someone indulging in a bizarre fetish. After Hiashi accused Yasushi of endangering the clan’s future, Yasushi swallowed his anger rather than reveal that Seisen had overpowered him.

• Yasushi Hyuga ordered Hyuga Hu to retreat, easing the confrontation.
• Hyuga Hiashi checked that Hyuga Seisen was unharmed, then noticed the state of Yasushi’s clothes and the toe prints on his cheek.
• Hyuga Hiashi concluded that Yasushi had been caught indulging in a fetish and confronted him for using Hyuga Hu against Seisen.
• Yasushi Hyuga nearly retorted, but Seisen’s presence and his fear of being defeated again silenced him.

Yasushi Hyuga withdrew after clashing with Hyuga Seisen, then raged in private and blamed Danzo for the humiliation. He sent Hyuga Lu to deliver a letter to Root and summoned Hyuga Takeo.

• Yasushi Hyuga suppressed his anger, ordered Hyuga Hu to leave with him, and retreated to the rear courtyard.
• Hyuga Hiashi checked Seisen for injuries and told him to refuse private meetings with main-family members unless they had Hiashi’s written order.
• Seisen thanked Hiashi and promised to perfect the Gentle Fist teaching method, earning the clan head’s approval.
• Yasushi smashed antiques and drove his concubines and servants from the room as Hyuga Lu returned to the wrecked compound.
• Yasushi wrote and sealed a letter accusing Danzo of orchestrating the humiliation, then ordered Hyuga Lu to deliver it personally to Root.
• Yasushi stopped Hyuga Lu as he left and ordered him to bring Hyuga Takeo.

Hyuga Seisen upgraded his Byakugan eye power to Translucent and collapsed, leaving his family worried while Tsunade treated him. Three days later, he woke to find his father asking whether the upgrade had caused lasting harm.

• Hyuga Seisen received rewards for the Hyuga clan’s successes, including mastery of three Gentle Fist techniques, the Caged Bird Curse Mark activation technique, and 20,000 Energy Crystals.
• Hyuga Seisen chose to upgrade his Byakugan eye power from Complete to Translucent, then collapsed as energy gathered in his eyes.
• Shimura Danzō received a letter from Yasushi Hyuga and discovered it contained the insult, “Danzō, fuck your mother!!!”
• Three days after Hyuga Seisen collapsed, Hyuga Kaze and his mother watched over him while Tsunade and Shizune stood nearby.
• Hyuga Kaze explained that he had begged Tsunade to save Seisen, then asked whether Seisen would suffer any aftereffects.

Hyuga Seisen woke after three days of bloodline-induced hibernation with his Byakugan greatly enhanced, then attended the ceremony where Hyuga Hiashi appointed him as a Gentle Fist instructor for the branch family. Grand Elder Yasushi Hyuga planned to retaliate against Seisen during the ceremony.

• Tsunade told Hyuga Kaze that Seisen was unharmed and had entered protective hibernation because of bloodline agitation.
• Seisen reassured Hyuga Kaze and Grandma, secretly confirmed his Byakugan had become far clearer and wider-ranging, and then ate ravenously.
• Hyuga Hiashi arrived, relieved to find Seisen safe, and revealed that he had nearly confronted Ieyasu over fears that Seisen had been harmed.
• Hyuga Hiashi sensed that Seisen's Byakugan seemed more translucent, but dismissed the impression as an illusion.
• At the appointment ceremony, Yasushi Hyuga resented Seisen and resolved to make him leave the training grounds injured.
• Hyuga Hiashi announced that Hyuga Seisen would become a specially appointed instructor for the branch family Gentle Fist training unit.