Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Seisen worked at Konoha Hospital, using his Byakugan to examine patients while training with Might Guy and learning Rotation from Hyuga Yata. After earning new medical skills from his exhausting work, he encountered an injured Yuhi Kurenai and asked what had happened to her.

• The hospital assessed Hyuga Seisen and kept him on as an intern, using his Byakugan to examine patients and his Healing Technique to treat minor wounds.
• Hyuga Seisen trained with Might Guy and learned Rotation from Hyuga Yata by bringing him homemade beer.
• Hyuga Seisen spent more than half a month examining emergency patients and follow-up patients at Konoha Hospital, including a pregnant woman.
• Hyuga Seisen gained Intermediate Medical Knowledge, improved his Healing Technique and Yang Release, and obtained the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique.
• Yuhi Kurenai arrived with Yuhi Shinku, visibly injured and unsteady, and Hyuga Seisen asked what had happened to her.

Yuhi Kurenai arrived at the hospital with a trapped and injured leg, where Hyuga Seisen examined her after she accused him of spending time with other girls. He discovered that the wound had poisoned her bone and began treating her with the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique.

• Yuhi Shinku brought the injured Yuhi Kurenai to Hyuga Seisen, who offered to use his Byakugan to examine her leg.
• Yuhi Kurenai refused the examination and accused Hyuga Seisen of going out with other girls because he looked exhausted.
• Hyuga Seisen explained that hospital work had worn him out, but Yuhi Kurenai called him a liar and left with Yuhi Shinku to seek an examination elsewhere.
• After hospital staff brought Yuhi Kurenai back in a wheelchair, Hyuga Seisen examined her and found a slight fracture and toxins spreading into the bone.
• Hyuga Seisen assured Yuhi Shinku that he could treat the injury and formed hand seals to use the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique.

Hyuga Seisen treated Yuhi Kurenai’s poisoned leg and later raised his Quincy fusion rate to 73.52% before sleeping for a day. After waking, he found Hyuga Kaze returning home with a badly bleeding arm.

• Hyuga Seisen used the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique to remove poison from Yuhi Kurenai’s wound, then healed her leg.
• Yuhi Kurenai and Yuhi Shinku thanked Hyuga Seisen, and Kurenai chatted with him before leaving with her father.
• Hyuga Seisen spent 120 Energy Crystals to raise his fusion rate from 67.52% to 73.52%, gaining a slight improvement to his Quincy skills and chakra control.
• Hyuga Seisen went home, slept through a day and night, and woke to find Hyuga Kaze arriving with blood running from his injured arm.

Hyuga Seisen healed his father, built up his medical skills through exhausting hospital work, and considered leaving for a frontline medical unit. After learning that Itachi Uchiha had been born, he realized war was approaching and resolved to grow stronger before it began.

• Hyuga Seisen used the Healing Technique to treat Hyuga Kaze's wound, and Hyuga Kaze declined to quit dangerous missions despite his son's offer to support the family.
• Over the next month and a half, the hospital recognized Hyuga Seisen's talent and assigned him to toxin-related surgeries while giving him access to more medical ninjutsu.
• Hyuga Seisen earned over 400,000 ryo in wages and more than 100,000 ryo in bonuses, gained new medical techniques, and considered transferring to a frontline medical unit.
• After recovering from his exhausting workload, Hyuga Seisen resumed his daily routine and encountered Hyuga Ryosuke on his way to train with Might Guy.
• Hyuga Ryosuke told Hyuga Seisen that the Uchiha Clan was celebrating the birth of its young clan head, Itachi Uchiha.
• Hyuga Seisen connected Itachi Uchiha's birth to the coming war and resolved to build up his strength while the conflict remained local.

Root's captain punished Night Owl for reporting unreliable intelligence about Hyuga Seisen, then went underground to meet Aburame Ryoma outside Orochimaru's laboratory. Orochimaru's experiment ended with the test subject's heart stopping, leaving Danzo demanding to know why the chains were empty.

• Night Owl reported supposed talents to Root's captain, including a claim that Hyuga Seisen could hit a target from five hundred meters away.
• The captain accused Night Owl of gathering false intelligence, kicked him, and reassigned him to investigate the Land of Water.
• The captain entered Root's underground facility and found Aburame Ryoma guarding a room where Orochimaru operated on a test subject under Danzo's watch.
• Orochimaru's instruments signaled that the test subject had died, and he stopped the experiment.
• Danzo confronted Orochimaru and demanded to know why the chains that had held the test subject were empty.

Danzo demanded results from Orochimaru’s experiments, but Orochimaru said the research into the First Hokage’s cells and Ghost Spider’s bloodline required more time and test subjects. After learning that suppliers were being killed and ANBU had begun investigating the disappearances, Danzo heard that Kakashi’s squad had been near one supplier’s death.

• Danzo confronted Orochimaru over the missing test subjects and lack of results from experiments with the First Hokage’s cells.
• Orochimaru showed Danzo a report on Ghost Spider’s cells and said cloning was possible, but he had not yet found a way to integrate them into Danzo’s body.
• Danzo said he wanted Ghost Spider’s Spider War Bow combined with the First Hokage’s cells, while Orochimaru warned that fusing too many bloodline limits could cause problems.
• Danzo told Orochimaru that he could not provide many more test subjects because nearby orphans had been taken and residents were becoming wary.
• Aburame Ryoma reported that several suppliers had been killed and that ANBU were investigating the missing children.
• Ryoma told Danzo that Kawata Nao had been killed by a chest wound and that one of the two nearby mission squads had been led by Kakashi.

Danzo ordered Root to investigate Kakashi and sent an agent to question Hyuga Seisen about the bounty ninja, bringing Seisen into Root’s sights. At the hospital, Seisen learned that his group leaders might have gone to a medical squad selection.

• Danzo told Aburame Ryoma to focus the investigation on Kakashi and to sound out Hyuga Seisen about the bounty ninja.
• Danzo said Root should accept Hyuga Seisen into its ranks if Hiruzen offered him, then use the curse mark to control him.
• A disguised Root agent questioned Hyuga Seisen about his squad’s deaths and the bounty ninja, but Seisen gave his prepared account and revealed no useful intelligence.
• Hyuga Seisen suspected Root had ties to the bounty ninja and hurried to the hospital after the questioning.
• Hyuga Seisen attended a long case discussion and noticed Hattori Yoshiko and Ishida Yuki were absent.
• Chiba Yuzu suggested that Hattori Yoshiko and Ishida Yuki might have gone to the medical squad selection, startling Hyuga Seisen.

Hyuga Seisen learned that the Medical Corps selection had already ended and hurried to Sarutobi Biwako’s office to seek a chance to join. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi visited his overworked wife, who complained that Tsunade had left her with all the paperwork.

• Chiba Yuzu told Hyuga Seisen that the Medical Corps selection had begun, and he rushed to the hospital’s administrative buildings.
• Hattori Yoshiko and Ishida Yuki told Hyuga Seisen that the selection was over and reminded him that only full-fledged doctors were eligible.
• Hyuga Seisen asked where Sarutobi Biwako’s office was and went to find her.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Sarutobi Biwako, and she scolded him for smoking in the hospital and complained about her workload.
• Sarutobi Biwako complained that Tsunade had left her to handle the paperwork, and Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to comfort her.

Hiruzen Sarutobi checked on Sarutobi Biwako’s preparations for a medical reserve unit as the Land of Rain battlefield worsened. Hyuga Seisen asked to join the selection and stunned Biwako by demonstrating advanced medical techniques, leaving her speechless.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the selection assessment had ended and that Sarutobi Kaito was evaluating candidates’ survival skills.
• Hyuga Seisen entered Sarutobi Biwako’s office and asked to join the medical unit selection despite being an intern.
• Hyuga Seisen argued that his medical skills were already among the hospital’s best and deserved an exception.
• Hyuga Seisen demonstrated a Healing Technique, Detoxification Technique, Delicate Illness Extraction Technique, and Chakra Scalpel.
• Sarutobi Biwako was shocked by Hyuga Seisen’s skill and asked when he had learned the techniques.

Sarutobi Biwako tried to keep Hyuga Seisen out of the medical corps by requiring him to pass a combat assessment, but he readily accepted. After Seisen left, Biwako arranged for Sarutobi Kaito to assess him and ordered Kaito to make sure he failed.

• Sarutobi Biwako changed the selection requirements to include combat ability, and Hiruzen Sarutobi reluctantly agreed with her.
• Hyuga Seisen accepted the assessment and left to wait by the river for it to begin in half an hour.
• Biwako told Hiruzen that Seisen had mastered medical techniques and knowledge to an extraordinary level, and explained why she feared sending him to the front lines.
• Sarutobi Kaito arrived, and Biwako ordered him to use the water-walking and combat assessments to keep Seisen from passing.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted Biwako as she told Kaito that Seisen could be hurt if necessary.

Hyuga Seisen underwent a Medical Corps combat assessment, where Sarutobi Kaito tested his chakra control and reflexes with increasingly dangerous water attacks. The test escalated to Water Release techniques, and Seisen continued dodging as Hiruzen Sarutobi watched.

• Sarutobi Biwako refused to let Hyuga Seisen go to the battlefield and brought him to the river for his assessment.
• Hyuga Seisen stayed on the river for thirty minutes, calmly evading Sarutobi Kaito’s waves and concealed splashes.
• Seisen used the Body Flicker Technique on the water and maneuvered through towering waves.
• Sarutobi Kaito unleashed the Water Dragon Bullet Technique, sweeping Seisen into the air, but Seisen dodged the dragon’s bites and landed back on the water.
• Sarutobi Kaito followed with the Water Bullet Technique.

Hyuga Seisen passed Sarutobi Kaito’s first test after evading his powerful Water Style attacks and showing exceptional skill with ninjutsu. Hiruzen Sarutobi postponed the second test until the next day, then went to retrieve Hyuga Seisen’s file.

• Sarutobi Kaito unleashed a barrage of water bullets and a massive waterfall, but Hyuga Seisen escaped with a Water Clone Technique.
• Hyuga Seisen used a Water Formation Wall with altered currents to evade a water dragon, impressing Hiruzen Sarutobi with his understanding of ninjutsu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped Sarutobi Kaito, and Sarutobi Biwako confirmed that Hyuga Seisen had passed the first test.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi scheduled the second test for the next day, and Hyuga Seisen left to rest.
• Sarutobi Biwako scolded Sarutobi Kaito for hitting too hard, while Hiruzen Sarutobi went to the Hokage Building and requested Hyuga Seisen’s file.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Sarutobi Biwako reviewed Hyuga Seisen’s records and medical exam, becoming increasingly interested in his abilities. For Seisen’s combat assessment, Biwako told Sarutobi Kaito to prevent him from passing, and the test was set at thirty minutes instead of the expected three.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi requested Hyuga Seisen’s file and the delayed personnel requisition approval for Danzo, then reviewed Seisen’s poor academy rankings and chose not to summon him.
• Sarutobi Biwako graded an intern doctor exam and found Hyuga Seisen’s answers clear, practical, and impressively rigorous.
• Sarutobi Biwako told Sarutobi Kaito to keep Seisen from passing the combat assessment, even if he got hurt, and Hiruzen Sarutobi supported her instruction.
• Hyuga Seisen arrived for the assessment and learned he had to last thirty minutes against Kaito, rather than the three minutes he had expected.

Hyuga Seisen and Sarutobi Kaito fought in the second assessment, using taijutsu and ninjutsu before Seisen struck Kaito with a powerful arrow technique. After they treated Kaito, Seisen asked whether he had passed the assessment.

• Hyuga Seisen agreed to face Sarutobi Kaito and fought defensively, using the Byakugan and Gentle Fist to evade and seal Kaito’s acupoints.
• Sarutobi Kaito increased the pressure, and the two exchanged taijutsu attacks while Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Seisen’s broad combat skills.
• Seisen and Kaito tried to create distance with Earth Pillar Explosion and Water Dragon Bullet Technique, but both were caught in the resulting blasts and waves.
• Seisen drew a massive blue bow in midair and struck Kaito with a glowing arrow, prompting Sarutobi Biwako and Hiruzen Sarutobi to rush to his aid.
• Seisen released Kaito’s sealed acupoints and helped treat his injuries; Hiruzen declared the mission complete, and Seisen asked if he had passed the second assessment.

Hyuga Seisen passed the medical corps selection after defeating the examiner, and Sarutobi Biwako reluctantly accepted that he would go to the front lines. He demonstrated his long-range Chakra Spirit Bow to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who recognized its potential, then told Seisen to finish his studies while he chose a jonin to lead him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Sarutobi Biwako to confirm Hyuga Seisen's passing, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Sarutobi Biwako warned Seisen to protect himself on the battlefield, while Hiruzen Sarutobi promised he would serve in the reserve medical corps until needed.
• Hyuga Seisen demonstrated his Chakra Spirit Bow and explained that it needed no hand seals and could reach six hundred meters with a long charge.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assessed the bow's value for long-range attacks and asked how Seisen had learned his techniques.
• Sarutobi Kaito received a message from his mother and left to go home for dinner.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Seisen to finish his studies while he decided which jonin would lead him.

Hyuga Seisen passed a medical assessment, gained Quincy-related rewards, and raised his fusion rate to unlock Sacred Arrow: Scattershot. He tested his stronger Sacred Arrow and new rapid-fire skill in the Death Forest before heading home.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Hyuga Seisen he had to continue his studies because his grades were too poor for early graduation, and Seisen agreed.
• After passing the medical assessment, Hyuga Seisen received Water Release techniques, improved Water Release skills, Konoha-Style Taijutsu, and Energy Crystals.
• Hyuga Seisen spent his Energy Crystals to raise his Quincy fusion rate to 80%, unlocking Sacred Arrow: Scattershot, then increased it to 94.02%.
• Hyuga Seisen went to the Death Forest and tested a Sacred Arrow with a range of 700 meters, blasting through a distant tree.
• Hyuga Seisen activated Scattershot and peppered a fan-shaped area with light arrows, bringing down several trees before stopping and returning home.

Hyuga Seisen returned to school and shared the meat buns his grandmother had made with Hyuga Ayane. During the class’s throwing exam, Hyuga Ayane used Rotation to deflect a stray kunai, and Seisen pinned it to a target with a precise throw, impressing Kakashi and the other students.

• Hyuga Seisen arrived at school and gave Hyuga Ayane the bag of meat buns his grandmother had packed for him.
• Kakashi arrived as the village’s observer for the students’ throwing exam, and Inoue Lingyue introduced him before calling students to their targets.
• A student’s missed kunai flew toward Kobayashi Hong, and Uchiha Shinichi and Kakashi threw kunai to change its course.
• The deflected kunai flew toward Hyuga Ayane, who used Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation to send it away.
• Hyuga Seisen threw a kunai through the tumbling weapon’s ring and pinned it to the bullseye, earning a score of one hundred from Kakashi.
• Hyuga Seisen praised Hyuga Ayane’s quick use of Rotation, and she blushed and asked whether she had looked fierce.

Hyuga Seisen’s exam performance earned him a new Rotation skill level, while his newly revealed abilities drew Shimura Danzō’s attention. Danzō confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi to claim Seisen for Root, but Hiruzen refused and the two ended the chapter still arguing over him.

• Hyuga Seisen received Rotation experience and Energy Crystals after stopping a flying kunai, then agreed to let Hyuga Ayane treat him to barbecue.
• Hyuga Kaze asked Seisen to join him on another C-rank mission so he could qualify for a Special Jōnin evaluation, and Seisen reluctantly agreed.
• Aburame Ryoma reported Seisen’s long-range Kekkei Genkai and multi-attribute ninjutsu to Shimura Danzō, who ordered Root to investigate and went to claim him using an earlier approval scroll.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed the exam results, praised Seisen’s perfect score, and thought it was fortunate he had not let Danzō take him earlier.
• Danzō demanded that Hiruzen hand Seisen over to Root, while Hiruzen refused and challenged Danzō over Root’s surveillance at the river.

Shimura Danzō failed to persuade Hiruzen Sarutobi to hand over Hyuga Seisen or Kakashi, while Hiruzen ordered the cost of the broken door deducted from Danzo’s salary. The next day, Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Ayane enjoyed a meal together, leaving Akimichi Hanahana convinced that Seisen had gotten together with another girl.

• Shimura Danzō demanded that Hiruzen Sarutobi give him Hyuga Seisen, then Kakashi, but Hiruzen refused both requests.
• Shimura Danzō broke Hiruzen’s door as he left, and Hiruzen ordered the repair cost deducted from Danzo’s salary.
• Hyuga Seisen met Hyuga Ayane at the Akimichi clan’s barbecue restaurant, where she ordered numerous plates of meat.
• Akimichi Hanahana made a sarcastic remark about Seisen bringing another girl, but Hyuga Ayane firmly challenged her.
• Hyuga Seisen praised Ayane, and the two continued eating and chatting until Hanahana quit her shift and went home.
• Akimichi Hanahana told Yuhi Kurenai that Seisen had gotten together with another girl, describing the girl’s large figure.

Yuhi Shinku received a mission to investigate life near the Land of Wind’s border, with Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Seisen assigned to his team. Meanwhile, Shimura Danzō told Orochimaru that Seisen had awakened a new bloodline limit capable of forming a chakra bow with a range of six hundred meters.

• Yuhi Kurenai comforted Akimichi Hanahana, who cried because Hyuga Seisen had eaten with other girls.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed Uchiha Tetsuka’s performance with Yuhi Shinku and gave him a mission to investigate civilians near the Land of Wind’s border.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Hyuga Seisen to Yuhi Shinku’s team, and Yuhi Kurenai eagerly accepted the mission despite her father’s misgivings.
• Yuhi Kurenai ran off to tell Hyuga Seisen about the mission while Yuhi Shinku worried about their closeness.
• Shimura Danzō gave Orochimaru a sample of Hyuga Seisen’s hair and explained that Seisen could form a chakra bow with a six-hundred-meter range.