Chapter Summaries

Danzo explained to Aburame Ryoma that Minato had removed him from power but deliberately given him time to destroy records that could implicate Hiruzen and destabilize Konoha. After reaffirming Ryoma’s loyalty and planning to act before Root’s forces were handed over, Danzo’s former subordinate returned to the Hyuga grounds, where Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin waited with orders from the Hokage.

• Danzo told Aburame Ryoma that Minato’s public punishment of him was political and that the Hokage had left time for Root’s incriminating evidence to be destroyed.
• Aburame Ryoma recalled the records, specimens, and mission files he had helped eliminate, then pledged to keep following Danzo.
• Danzo considered Root’s remaining loyalists and covert resources, then said there were things to do before his soldiers were handed over.
• Hyuga Seisen returned to the clan grounds after working through the night at Konoha Hospital and treating injured shinobi.
• Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin waited for Hyuga Seisen with orders from the Hokage, and Seisen welcomed them into the front hall.

After the Nine-Tails’ attack left Konoha weakened, Hyuga Seisen briefed Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin on Minato’s orders to reinforce the borders and deter neighboring villages. He assigned Go to lead a mobile squad with Shin under his command, and they prepared to join Ryosuke and Fire Gate at the northwestern outpost.

• Hyuga Seisen told Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin that neighboring villages would probe Konoha’s borders after the Nine-Tails’ rampage.
• He explained that Minato wanted the Hyuga Clan to investigate enemy movements and demonstrate Konoha’s remaining strength, while prioritizing reconnaissance and avoiding deep pursuit.
• Hyuga Seisen revealed that Ryosuke and Fire Gate had already left for the northwestern outpost with the first recovered Sternritter members.
• He ordered Hyuga Go to lead a second mobile squad and assigned Hyuga Shin to serve under his brother because Shin was too eager to attack Kumogakure shinobi.
• Hyuga Seisen told the brothers to restock supplies, rendezvous with Ryosuke and Fire Gate, and send a signal through the Spirit Particle Space if they faced a crisis.

Minato and Hiruzen learned that Danzo had secretly left Konoha with Root members and sealing supplies, while Root’s records were being destroyed. Danzo’s group headed northwest toward the Land of Grass, where Seisen’s Sternritter were stationed, leaving Minato to suspect a larger scheme.

• An ANBU reported that Seisen had sent Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin to the border, and Minato and Hiruzen discussed their value as mobile long-range defenders.
• The ANBU revealed that Danzo had secretly led more than a dozen Root members out of Konoha about an hour after the pair departed.
• The ANBU reported that Danzo’s group initially headed northwest, carried numerous sealing scrolls, and had left through four concealed routes.
• The ANBU added that Root’s base showed signs of burning and sealing activity, while records in underground vaults Three and Five had diminished.
• Minato dismissed the ANBU and studied the border map, noting that Danzo’s group was heading toward the Land of Grass where the Sternritter were establishing defenses.

Minato ordered the ANBU to monitor Danzo rather than pursue him, warning that he would intervene if Danzo left the Land of Fire. Meanwhile, Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin raced toward the northwestern border as Shin lamented his limited Reishi Control.

• Minato reminded Hiruzen that he had given Danzo a chance by stripping him of his position without arresting him or putting him on trial.
• Minato ordered an ANBU to track Danzo's movements and gave him a Flying Thunder God kunai to activate if Danzo left the Land of Fire.
• Minato instructed the ANBU to record Danzo's personnel, routes, contacts, techniques, and belongings without approaching or provoking Root's remnants.
• Minato told Hiruzen that what happened next depended on Danzo's choices, and Hiruzen accepted his decision.
• Hyuga Shin followed Hyuga Go through the forest toward the border and complained that he could not travel through Spirit Particle Space like the captain.
• Hyuga Shin's expression suddenly changed while he and Hyuga Go raced through the treetops.

Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin were intercepted by masked ANBU claiming to escort them to the border under the Hokage’s orders, but their suspicious behavior made Go suspect they were Root operatives. The pair followed the group while covertly signaling each other, and the chapter left them under close guard as Go considered Shimura Danzō’s possible involvement.

• More than a dozen masked ANBU surrounded Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin and ordered them to deactivate their Byakugan.
• The dog-masked leader claimed the Hokage had ordered the escort and said the border route had changed, but refused to specify their destination or provide written authorization.
• Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin followed the ANBU’s tight formation while questioning their orders and enduring threats from the escorts.
• Hyuga Shin signaled that something was wrong, and Hyuga Go understood the warning while keeping his pace unchanged.
• Hyuga Go concluded the group was not under the Fourth Hokage’s command and suspected Shimura Danzō and Root were behind the interception.

Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin escaped a Root-led ANBU squad using Hirenkyaku, only to find Danzo blocking their route and more pursuers closing in. They turned toward a cliffside river valley that could lead to Lord Seisen’s Spirit Particle Space anchor point.

• Hyuga Go refused to fight the masked ANBU escort, while Hyuga Shin challenged the dog-faced leader’s authority and was warned to keep quiet.
• Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin used Hirenkyaku to break out of the escort’s encirclement and flee through the air as the ANBU pursued them.
• Hyuga Go spotted Danzo and sensed two strange chakra signatures, so he and Hyuga Shin turned back rather than risk passing him.
• Hyuga Go realized pursuers had been lying in ambush and assessed their limited escape routes.
• Hyuga Shin proposed a dry river valley below a nearby cliff, and Hyuga Go agreed to head there toward the Spirit Particle Space anchor point.

Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin fought off Root's pursuit with a barrage of explosive arrows, but Danzo intercepted them at the valley entrance and struck Hyuga Go. The two were left facing Danzo with their escape route blocked.

• Root's seventeen pursuers used Wind Release to close in as Hyuga Go created a one-handed Spirit Bow and fired test arrows to gauge his aim.
• Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin launched a hundredfold barrage of explosive arrows, killing two Root ninjas and injuring several others, but the survivors continued the chase.
• Danzo ordered Root to pursue the pair and capture them alive, then had the barrier withdrawn so its maintainers could join the pursuit.
• Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin raced toward the caves at the valley entrance, hoping to reach an anchor point and summon Lord Qingchuan.
• Danzo appeared at the valley entrance, asked how far the Byakugan could see, and struck Hyuga Go, sending him crashing into a tree and spitting blood.

Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin used a distress signal to coordinate an escape from Shimura Danzō and his Root ninja. Two Inspection Squad ANBU watched from above, and their captain ordered a written report accusing Danzō of attacking Konoha ninja and acting against the village.

• Shimura Danzō tried to recruit Hyuga Go into Root and disparaged Hyuga Shin as a weakness.
• Hyuga Go exchanged their agreed distress signal with Hyuga Shin, then attacked the Root ninja holding him and helped his brother break free.
• The brothers fled in opposite directions through the river valley, pursued by Root ninja despite their injuries.
• Two Inspection Squad ANBU watched from a cliff, and their captain dictated a report identifying Danzō's attack on Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin as an act of treason.

Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin tried to escape through the Spirit Particle Space anchor, but Shimura Danzō intercepted them and demanded Hyuga Seisen’s secrets. After overpowering both men, Danzo reached for Go’s eyes, only for the wounded Go to awaken and form a Spirit Bow.

• Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin reached the Spirit Particle Space anchor, where Shimura Danzō was waiting to block their escape.
• Danzo demanded that the brothers reveal Hyuga Seisen’s secrets, but they refused and attacked him.
• Hyuga Shin used explosive flame arrows to counter Danzo’s wind blades while Hyuga Go fired a powerful Demon-Breaking Explosive Flame Arrow.
• Danzo caught and crushed Go’s arrow, then struck Go unconscious and wounded Shin with a wind blade.
• Danzo approached Go and reached for his eyes, but Go suddenly awoke and formed a Spirit Bow.

Hyuga Go sent a signal before Danzo nearly killed him and Hyuga Shin, summoning Hyuga Seisen through a spatial rift. Seisen arrived furious and blocked the first Root attacks with his Blut Vene.

• Hyuga Go fired two spirit-particle arrows that vanished into a shadow on the cliff, delivering a signal as Danzo crushed his chest.
• Danzo seized Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin and ordered Root to withdraw, but a spatial rift opened in the cliff.
• Hyuga Seisen stepped through the rift and confronted Danzo after seeing Hyuga Go's injuries and Hyuga Shin's condition.
• Danzo ordered Root to kill Seisen, and four Root jonin attacked with combined fire and wind techniques and sword strikes.
• Hyuga Seisen formed an Outer Shell Blut Vene shield that made the incoming fireball vanish.

Hyuga Seisen rescued Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin from Danzo and Root, then faced their summoned beasts and attacks. He began cutting through the assault, leaving the battle underway as his Mini Sacred Arrows flew toward the combined Wind-Fire technique.

• Seisen killed two Root jonin with his bare hands after their swords failed to pierce his Blut Vene.
• Seisen rushed Danzo through his Vacuum Spheres, caught Hyuga Go, and broke Danzo’s arm and injured him with a kick.
• Seisen caught Hyuga Shin, laid both brothers down, and healed their life-threatening injuries with his healing ability.
• Danzo ordered Root to kill Seisen, and the remaining ninjas summoned armored hounds and snakes while unleashing a barrage of attacks.
• Seisen formed a Spirit Bow and drew Seele Schneider, then sliced an armored ninja hound in half with one strike.
• Seisen fired three Mini Sacred Arrows into the combined Wind-Fire technique.

Hyuga Seisen massacred Shimura Danzō’s Root forces in the river valley with his spirit weapons and powers. The battle ended with Danzō alive and newly coveting Seisen’s destructive energy.

• Seisen shattered a fireball attack and killed the Root squad leader and two jōnin with Seele Schneider and Spirit Bow.
• Seisen charged through Root ninja and summoned beasts, killing them with arrows, sword strikes, and an axe kick.
• Shimura Danzō’s broken arm regenerated through the power of the Hashirama Cells.
• Danzō watched Seisen’s weapons destroy chakra and wished he could obtain that power.
• Seisen killed the final Root jōnin, leaving the river valley silent.

Hyuga Seisen forced Shimura Danzō to reveal the Sharingan implanted in his right eye and arm, then exposed his crimes to concealed ANBU witnesses. After Danzō’s genjutsu failed and Seisen struck him down, Danzō unleashed Wood Release against him.

• Seisen faced Danzō after defeating Root elites and summoned beasts, and Danzō uncovered his Sharingan and the Sharingan embedded in his arm.
• Seisen accused Danzō of deserting the village, attacking Konoha ninja, stealing Sharingan, and experimenting with First Hokage cells while ANBU recorded the scene.
• Danzō attacked Seisen with a visual genjutsu and a kunai, but Seisen resisted the genjutsu and slapped Danzō into the riverbed.
• Danzō activated the Hashirama Cells in his arm and used Wood Release: Violent Gun Tree to send massive trees lunging at Seisen.

Hyuga Seisen dismantled Danzo’s Wood Release and apparently killed him, but Danzo repeatedly returned through Izanagi. Seisen identified the forbidden technique and challenged Danzo to keep using the Sharingan on his arm, while the ANBU observers recorded the revelation.

• Seisen sliced apart Danzo’s Wood Release with Seele Schneider and told him borrowed power could not make him the First Hokage.
• Danzo attacked Seisen with Wind Release, but Seisen appeared behind him and pierced his heart with a Holy Annihilation Arrow.
• Danzo’s corpse vanished, and he reappeared behind Seisen to strike at his neck, but Seisen’s defense deflected the blow and his counterattack cut off Danzo’s head.
• Danzo and his severed head faded away, and Danzo reappeared nearby as another Sharingan on his arm went blind.
• Seisen identified Danzo’s technique as Izanagi and explained how it turned death into a dream at the cost of a Sharingan.
• The ANBU captain ordered the young observer to write down Seisen’s explanation as Danzo trembled in fear.

Hyuga Seisen overwhelmed Shimura Danzō, defeating his attacks and killing him repeatedly as Danzō used Sharingan to resurrect. Seisen removed Danzō’s final two Sharingan and sealed them away.

• Shimura Danzō suppressed his fear and attacked Hyuga Seisen with wind blades and poisoned shuriken, but Seisen intercepted them with spirit particle beams.
• Danzō used Earth Release to approach underground, but Seisen detected him with the Byakugan and pierced him with Multiple Sacred Arrows, causing his third death.
• Danzō re-formed after another Sharingan resurrection, and Seisen used Hirenkyaku to close the distance before Danzō could escape.
• Seisen gouged out the Sharingan in Danzō’s right eye and the final Sharingan on his arm, then sealed both in a scroll.

Danzo unleashed the Baku and his out-of-control Hashirama Cells to trap Hyuga Seisen in the river valley. As Wood Release closed in, Seisen activated Blut Vene, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Danzo summoned the Baku, whose Wind Release suction pinned Seisen in place.
• Danzo released the restraints on the Hashirama Cells in his right arm, triggering a berserk Wood Release that consumed his body and filled the valley with trees.
• The ANBU watching from the cliff realized the combined attacks had trapped Seisen, while their captain silently watched.
• As a wooden spike neared his chest, Seisen activated Blut Vene, covering his body in dark-blue patterns.

Hyuga Seisen defeated Shimura Danzō after nullifying his Wood Release and Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique. Danzō died, the battle site fell silent, and Seisen noticed two ANBU witnesses hiding nearby.

• Seisen's Blut Vene destroyed Danzō's Wood Release, leaving him unable to harm Seisen.
• Danzō severed his Wood Release-consumed right side and launched the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique as a final attack.
• Seisen expanded his Outer Shell Blut Vene, which blocked and annihilated Danzō's sealing formulae.
• Danzō died as his body crumbled into ash, while Baku vanished and the Wood Release forest withered.
• Two ANBU recorded the battle, and Seisen spotted them hiding on the cliff.

Hyuga Seisen spared two ANBU, then demonstrated his overwhelming strength by punching a massive hole through a cliff while searching for something hidden there. He found nothing and confronted the injured ANBU, who feared he had come to kill them.

• Hyuga Seisen charged past the two ANBU on the cliff without harming them.
• Hyuga Seisen unleashed a powerful punch that shattered the cliff wall and sent the ANBU flying into the trees.
• The captain realized that Hyuga Seisen had not used his full strength against Danzo.
• Hyuga Seisen searched the enormous hole but found nothing, then spotted the ANBU hiding in the thicket.
• Hyuga Seisen approached the injured ANBU, and the young ANBU dropped to his knees and addressed him as Seisen-sama.

Hyuga Seisen forced the ANBU to record Danzo’s death as the backlash of his own technique, then healed Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin and opened a spatial rift to take them away. Before leaving, he searched the crater for the presence that had seemed to watch him, but found no trace of anyone.

• Hyuga Seisen told the ANBU captain to amend the report so it stated that Danzo died from his own technique’s backlash, and the captain complied.
• Hyuga Seisen carried the two ANBU to Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin, then healed both men’s injuries.
• Hyuga Seisen opened a spatial rift, and Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin led the ANBU through it.
• Hyuga Seisen searched the crater with his Byakugan for the presence that had watched him, found no trace, and entered the rift before it closed.

After defeating Danzo, Hyuga Seisen brought the others back to the Hyuga clan grounds through a spatial passage while remaining wary of a hidden watcher. Far below the ruined battlefield, an unseen being revealed itself and studied the unfamiliar power Seisen had used.

• Hyuga Seisen led Hyuga Go, Hyuga Shin, and two ANBU through a strange passage that the ANBU captain recognized as far beyond the Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Hyuga Seisen suspected that the watcher he had sensed at the river valley had hidden its presence from Reishi detection and considered the possibility that it was an Ōtsutsuki.
• Hyuga Seisen and the others emerged in a secluded courtyard on the Hyuga clan grounds, leaving the two ANBU stunned by how quickly they had returned from the Land of Fire's northwestern border.
• After the river valley fell silent, a pair of eyes opened on a pitch-black box buried nearly a hundred meters underground.
• The hidden watcher, concealed within Daikokuten, examined the lingering traces of Hyuga Seisen's energy and found its destructive effect on Chakra interesting.