Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Seisen spent his Energy Crystals raising his Quincy Fusion Rate and unlocked Spirit Network, a new sensing skill that complemented his Byakugan. While walking through Konoha, he sensed someone following him and was approached by a masked ninja who identified himself as an ANBU-affiliated member named Wildcat.

• Hyuga Seisen assessed his combat limitations and used ninety Energy Crystals to raise his Fusion Rate to 40%, unlocking Spirit Network.
• Hyuga Seisen used Spirit Network to sense people nearby, including his grandmother and his father, Hyuga Kaze, and compared the skill's perception with the Byakugan.
• Hyuga Seisen spent ten more Energy Crystals to raise his Fusion Rate to 40.52%, leaving him with none.
• Hyuga Seisen walked through Konoha and sensed a gaze following him without revealing that he had noticed it.
• A masked ninja called down to Hyuga Seisen, approached him, and introduced himself as an ANBU-affiliated member with the codename Wildcat.

Hyuga Seisen passed an ANBU inquiry about the mission squad’s deaths, then trained with Might Guy and encountered Hyuga Ryosuke. On the village’s main street, he saw wounded troops returning from the borders and found his father anxiously searching for Hara Shunpei and Oizumi Ryo.

• Wildcat questioned Hyuga Seisen about Mission Squad Aoi-4511001, accepted his consistent account, and left using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Hyuga Seisen trained with Might Guy, exhausted himself with laps, and recovered by refining senjutsu chakra.
• Hyuga Ryosuke told Hyuga Seisen that his uncle had borrowed heavily to buy a house in the village center and was making him help renovate it.
• Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Ryosuke saw battered ninja returning from border skirmishes, heightening Seisen’s concern about the coming war.
• Hyuga Seisen found Hyuga Kaze asking returning troops whether Hara Shunpei and Oizumi Ryo were among them.

After learning that his close friends Hara Shunpei and Oizumi Ryoya had been killed on an intelligence mission, Hyuga Kaze fell into grief and prepared to take a bandit-elimination mission alone. Hyuga Seisen offered to help, but his father dismissed him, leaving Seisen determined to prove his new strength.

• Hyuga Kaze searched a returning ninja column for Hara Shunpei and Oizumi Ryoya, then learned from their captain that they had been ambushed and sacrificed while gathering intelligence in enemy territory.
• Hyuga Kaze spent the next several days dazed and grieving over his two friends.
• After dinner on the fifth day, Hyuga Kaze put on his ninja tools and headed out, prompting Hyuga Seisen to suspect he planned to take the bandit mission alone.
• Hyuga Seisen offered to help and claimed his archery had improved enough to cover enemies who escaped, but Hyuga Kaze refused and continued toward the training ground.
• Hyuga Seisen decided he would have to demonstrate his new strength to change his father's opinion of him.

Hyuga Kaze was nearly killed by a surprise attack at the training ground, only to discover that his attacker was his son, Hyuga Seisen. Seisen revealed a chakra spirit bow he had developed through an awakened bloodline limit, and Kaze eagerly asked how he had learned the Body Flicker Technique.

• Hyuga Kaze practiced Gentle Fist and shuriken throwing at the training ground, realizing he had become rusty.
• A chakra arrow nearly struck Hyuga Kaze, and an unknown attacker rushed from the forest to fight him.
• Hyuga Kaze recognized his attacker as Hyuga Seisen after forcing him back and stopping his own attack.
• Hyuga Seisen demonstrated a spirit bow and arrows made from chakra and explained that his bloodline limit gave him the control needed to use them.
• Hyuga Kaze praised Seisen’s apparent talent and asked when he had learned the Body Flicker Technique.

Hyuga Seisen reassured his father, Hyuga Kaze, that he had improved through training, and Kaze embraced him with pride before scolding him for shooting an arrow near his ear. The next day, they investigated Mountain Pool Village for a C-rank mission, discovered signs of a bandit raid, and entered the village cautiously.

• Hyuga Seisen told Hyuga Kaze that training with Guy had improved his abilities, and Kaze embraced him, moved by his son's promise to support the family.
• Hyuga Seisen fled when Kaze demanded to know why he had shot an arrow near his ear.
• Hyuga Kaze took Seisen to investigate Mountain Pool Village and used his Byakugan to scout the area.
• Hyuga Seisen found signs that bandits had plundered the village, and Kaze explained why high-reward missions often involved complications and why shinobi rarely returned to have their rank changed.
• Hyuga Kaze and Hyuga Seisen activated their Byakugan and slipped into the village to investigate.

Hyuga Kaze and Hyuga Seisen defeated two rogue ninja who had been terrorizing a village and questioned the survivor about Mountain Dragon Stronghold. After learning the stronghold was likely near Mountain Pool Creek, they set out to find it.

• Hyuga Kaze charged the two rogue ninja, defeated one with Gentle Fist, and pursued the other while Hyuga Seisen shot through the man’s leg with his Spirit Bow.
• Hyuga Kaze pinned down the wounded rogue ninja and questioned him about Mountain Dragon Stronghold, then killed him when he tried to use a poisoned kunai.
• Hyuga Seisen searched the rogue ninja and returned with his father to ask the villagers about the stronghold.
• The village chief said the stronghold was likely near Mountain Pool Creek, and Hyuga Seisen gave the villagers the money taken from the rogue ninja.
• Hyuga Kaze and Hyuga Seisen set off toward the mountains to locate Mountain Dragon Stronghold.

Hyuga Kaze and Hyuga Seisen wiped out the bandits at Mountain Dragon Stronghold, then discovered the hideout had been used by spies from the Land of Earth to collect intelligence on the Land of Fire. As they hurried to report their discovery to the Hokage, an unknown attacker struck them with Earth Style: Earth Pillar Explosion.

• Hyuga Kaze and Hyuga Seisen found Mountain Dragon Stronghold and confirmed it matched the bandits named in their mission.
• Hyuga Kaze killed the bandits outside while Hyuga Seisen used his Spirit Bow to stop those who fled, and together they defeated the two bandits inside the cave.
• Hyuga Kaze and Hyuga Seisen searched the cave and found hidden scrolls, including a Chakra Refinement Technique, an Earth Flow Wall Technique, and unfinished maps of the Land of Fire.
• Hyuga Seisen realized the stronghold had been occupied by spies from the Land of Earth who had gathered geographical intelligence.
• Hyuga Kaze and Hyuga Seisen rushed out to report to the Hokage, but an unknown attacker unleashed Earth Style: Earth Pillar Explosion at the cave entrance.

Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Kaze were ambushed by two Iwagakure ninja, and Seisen fled into the forest with Mo Lin in pursuit. Seisen’s crude-looking traps led Mo Lin into a carefully prepared ambush, where Seisen struck him in the head with an arrow from his Spirit Bow.

• Hyuga Seisen used Water Formation Wall to protect Hyuga Kaze from the Earth Pillar Explosion, then pulled him out of the cave.
• Big Earth and Mo Lin confronted Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Kaze, recognizing their Byakugan and preparing to fight them.
• Hyuga Kaze urged Seisen to escape, and Seisen ran into the forest while Big Earth stayed behind to fight Kaze.
• Mo Lin pursued Seisen and mocked the crude traps, then deduced that the next trap was meant to make him jump from a tree branch.
• Seisen waited beyond the tree with his Spirit Bow and shot Mo Lin in the head as he leaped past the trunk.

Hyuga Seisen returned to Mountain Dragon Stronghold and rescued his badly injured father, Hyuga Kaze, by defeating Big Earth with repeated shots from his spirit bow. Afterward, he told Hyuga Kaze that he had also killed Mo Lin, and tried to help him up.

• Hyuga Seisen confirmed through the Spirit Network that Hyuga Kaze was still at Mountain Dragon Stronghold and rushed to him after finding Mo Lin dead.
• Big Earth prepared to kill the helpless Hyuga Kaze, but Hyuga Seisen struck him with a spirit arrow and cut off his forearm.
• Big Earth charged Hyuga Seisen, who wounded him with more arrows and repeatedly retreated beyond his throwing range.
• Hyuga Seisen used a Water Clone to evade Big Earth's kunai, then kept firing until Big Earth could no longer pursue him.
• Hyuga Seisen charged a final arrow and killed Big Earth with a shot to the head.
• Hyuga Seisen told Hyuga Kaze that Mo Lin was dead and offered to help him up, but Hyuga Kaze warned him not to touch his broken arms.

Hyuga Seisen rescued his injured father after defeating the bandits and discussed the Gentle Fist and the Hyuga clan’s restrictions on learning other techniques. After Stone Gate rewarded him with new skills and earth-related abilities, he freed the captives and headed for Konoha with Hyuga Kaze.

• Hyuga Seisen splinted Hyuga Kaze’s broken arms, gave him supplies, and praised his fight against Big Earth.
• Hyuga Kaze urged Hyuga Seisen to keep mastering the Gentle Fist and warned him not to reveal his new abilities to the clan.
• Hyuga Kaze suspected the Hyuga clan discouraged members from learning techniques beyond the Gentle Fist to control the branch family.
• Stone Gate rewarded Hyuga Seisen with Body Flicker Technique and Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms experience, earth-attribute chakra, and several Earth Style techniques.
• Hyuga Seisen freed the women held in the bandit stronghold, shared some of the seized money, looted Mo Lin and Big Earth, and burned the stronghold.
• Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Kaze began traveling toward Konoha, with Hyuga Kaze planning to teach him about traps, concealment, and tracking.

After returning to Konoha with intelligence from their mission, Hyuga Seisen received a reward and began the new school term in a reorganized class. His new deskmate was Hyuga Ayane, who offered to share her food.

• Hyuga Seisen returned to Konoha with Hyuga Kaze, reported their findings to Hiruzen Sarutobi, and received a subsidized hospital stay, an A-rank mission record, and 150,000 ryo.
• Hyuga Seisen went home to reassure his grandmother, then found his name on the new class assignment list the following morning.
• Inoue Lingyue introduced Hyuga Seisen to his new class, where his handsome appearance drew excited reactions from the girls and hostile looks from the boys.
• Hyuga Seisen took the empty seat beside Hyuga Ayane, who had been hiding under the desk and eating bread.
• Hyuga Ayane introduced herself, and Hyuga Seisen asked whether they had met before; she could not remember and then offered to share her food.

Hyuga Seisen attended his first morning classes, received a blessing for studying diligently, and returned to the academy after lunch. In the afternoon, he began reading a book on medical ninjutsu.

• Hyuga Ayane offered Hyuga Seisen snacks, but he declined before class began.
• Hyuga Seisen listened attentively, while Kobayashi Hong invited him to dinner and he politely refused.
• Uchiha Tsukasa and Uchiha Shinichi discussed Hyuga Seisen and planned to judge his skills in practical class.
• Hyuga Seisen received proficient Substitution Technique and Clone Technique skills and twenty Energy Crystals for studying diligently.
• After lunch and a short rest at home, Hyuga Seisen returned to the academy and opened Medical Ninja Overview.

Hyuga Seisen studied medical ninjutsu as a safe career path, then used his increased Quincy Fusion Rate to improve his chakra control and simplify ninjutsu seals. After a humorous exchange with his grandmother, he went out for ramen and unexpectedly spotted Hyuga Ayane at Ichiraku.

• Hyuga Seisen decided that learning medical ninjutsu could keep him away from dangerous frontline duties while complementing his Quincy abilities.
• Hyuga Seisen raised his Quincy Fusion Rate to 67.52% with his Energy Crystals, improving his light arrows and chakra control.
• Hyuga Seisen practiced Water Formation Wall with fewer hand seals and demonstrated a small water curtain to his grandmother after she scolded him for wasting water.
• Hyuga Seisen refilled his grandmother's water vat and left to eat out, eventually choosing Ichiraku Ramen.
• Hyuga Seisen arrived at Ichiraku and recognized Hyuga Ayane sitting behind the curtain.

Hyuga Seisen watched Hyuga Ayane devour ramen, then helped Tian Lu treat Hyuga Kaze and considered her suggestion that he work at the hospital. The next day, he went to class, where Inoue Lingyue announced a surprise test.

• Hyuga Seisen saw Hyuga Ayane eating at Ichiraku Ramen and joined her for a bowl.
• Hyuga Seisen left Hyuga Ayane to eat more and brought a serving of ramen to the hospital for Hyuga Kaze.
• Tian Lu healed Hyuga Kaze’s muscles with Hyuga Seisen’s help and suggested that he consider working at the hospital after graduation.
• Hyuga Kaze said he felt well enough to leave the hospital, and Hyuga Seisen told him to handle the discharge paperwork the next day.
• Hyuga Seisen went to school, where Inoue Lingyue announced a surprise test and ordered the students not to cheat.

Hyuga Seisen took an unexpectedly advanced medical ninja test and finished it easily, while most of the class struggled. Afterward, he learned Hyuga Ayane had studied the same book after seeing him read it, and he suspected the test was part of the village’s effort to select future medical ninjas.

• Inoue Lingyue introduced Hyuga Shen as the proctor and warned the students not to cheat before handing out the medical ninja test.
• The students struggled with questions about medical ninjutsu, while Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Ayane wrote steadily; Seisen finished early using knowledge from the book he had read.
• Hyuga Shen saw the two Hyuga students answering and thought their effort would have been better spent training Gentle Fist.
• After the test, Ayane told Seisen she had read his copy of Medical Ninja Overview and offered him dried fish.
• Seisen considered whether the test was part of the village’s plan to train more medical ninjas as war approached.
• Uchiha Tsukasa and Uchiha Shinichi watched Seisen and Ayane share dried fish and criticized Ayane’s appearance.

Inoue Lingyue announced the results of a test that selected three students for the new basic medical training class, naming Hyuga Seisen, Uchiha Tsukasa, and Hyuga Ayane. As the class celebrated, an indignant student protested that the selection was unfair.

• Uchiha Tsukasa and Uchiha Shinichi complained about the test and vowed that the Uchiha should not be denied opportunities, while Shinichi declared he would become Hokage.
• Hyuga Ayane told Hyuga Seisen that she had spent all her allowance for the month, then disappeared as soon as class was dismissed.
• Inoue Lingyue announced that Hyuga Seisen scored 98, Uchiha Tsukasa scored 89, and Hyuga Ayane scored 86, qualifying them for the medical training class.
• Uchiha Shinichi challenged Tsukasa about his score, and Tsukasa claimed that his answers had defended the Uchiha Clan's reputation until Shinichi accepted his explanation.
• The students cheered for the selected students, especially Hyuga Seisen, before an indignant voice called the selection unfair.

Inoue Lingyue defended the medical training exam’s results while reassuring the unsuccessful students that more opportunities might come. Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Ayane enrolled for training, and Uchiha Tsukasa secretly obtained an application form.

• Yoshimura Katsuyuki challenged Inoue Lingyue over the exam, but she rebuked him and the other students for failing to study Medical Ninja Overview.
• Inoue Lingyue told the students that another training opportunity might come, and Hyuga Seisen gained Yang Release Chakra after earning Favor.
• Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Ayane applied for medical training, and Inoue Lingyue told them to report to Konoha Hospital next Saturday for a possible assessment.
• Hyuga Seisen listened closely to Sarutobi Tomoyuki’s Will of Fire lesson, then left school to visit Hyuga Kaze.
• Uchiha Tsukasa privately asked Inoue Lingyue for a medical training application and asked her to keep his application secret.

Hyuga Seisen witnessed Uchiha Shimizu enforcing stall regulations harshly and suspected Danzo had put the Uchiha in a role that would make them enemies. More than a week later, Seisen reported to Konoha Hospital for a medical-ninja selection test, where Chiba Yuyin introduced a chakra-control challenge.

• Uchiha Shimizu fined a vendor for setting up a stall, confiscated his goods, and threatened to take him to the Security Command despite his pleas and connections.
• Hyuga Seisen watched the incident and thought Danzo’s arrangement would soon make the Uchiha unpopular.
• Seisen completed another nearby C-rank mission with Hyuga Kaze but received only twenty energy crystals.
• At Konoha Hospital, Seisen joined candidates from different backgrounds for a medical-ninja selection test run by Chiba Yuyin.
• Chiba Yuyin explained that candidates would trace a fish pattern through glass using chakra, with three attempts and a passing score above forty.

Hyuga Seisen observed the chakra-control test and advised Hyuga Ayane on stabilizing her output before taking the test himself. He traced the pattern with exceptional precision and scored 88, leaving the others stunned.

• Xiong Jie repeatedly failed the chakra-control tests after his chakra output became unstable and strayed beyond the pattern.
• Hyuga Seisen explained to Hyuga Ayane how to use one hand and seal most of its acupoints to stabilize her chakra output.
• Most of the candidates failed the difficult tests, even when some switched to using one hand.
• Hyuga Seisen used his right hand to trace the pattern precisely and earned a score of 88.
• The candidates below cheered and praised Hyuga Seisen's remarkable performance.

Hyuga Seisen retook the chakra-control examination using his Byakugan and earned 98 points, then advanced rapidly through Yang Release training and medical ninjutsu. His remarkable skill delighted Konoha Hospital, which was desperately short on medical resources.

• Hyuga Seisen used his Byakugan to spot details he had missed and retook the test, scoring 98 points.
• Uchiha Tsukasa accused Hyuga Seisen of cheating, but Chiba Yuyin upheld the result and told Uchiha Tsukasa to take the exam with his Sharingan once he awakened it.
• Uchiha Tsukasa passed with 52 points, while Hyuga Ayane passed with 63 after using the technique Hyuga Seisen had taught her.
• Hyuga Seisen gained Basic Medical Knowledge, the Healing Technique, and thirty Energy Crystals after impressing the crowd with his chakra control.
• Hyuga Seisen quickly mastered Yang Release nature transformation and learned the Healing Technique after seeing it once, delighting Konoha Hospital.