Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Seisen continued picking off the pursuing rogue ninja with long-range arrows while leading them through the forest, and Inada Takuma ordered his squad to press the chase. Baiyun Zaojian arrived at Hino Kisuke’s corpse and raced up the mountain after discovering the trail of one-strike kills.

• Inada Takuma berated Mizutani Yuhachi after learning Hyuga Seisen had killed five men from long range, then ordered three ninja to maintain the Hardening Technique as the squad advanced.
• Hyuga Seisen shot down two more pursuers, and Inada Takuma urged the remaining men to charge and avenge their comrades.
• Baiyun Zaojian found Hino Kisuke dead from a spear wound and followed the trail of slain rogue ninja up the mountain.
• Hyuga Seisen killed another pursuer with an arrow that curved around the three men using the Hardening Technique.
• Mikami Haruna sensed that Hyuga Seisen was leading the squad in circles, and Inada Takuma ordered her to keep tracking him.

Hyuga Seisen used speed and chakra arrows to turn the pursuit against Inada Takuma’s bounty team, leaving only seven survivors. Inada ordered a retreat and killed Mizutani Yuhachi, while Seisen followed the fleeing group and Hyuga Kaze prepared to join him.

• Hyuga Seisen kept circling the team and shot down its members as they struggled to adjust their formation.
• Mizutani Yuhachi convinced Inada Takuma that Seisen was tiring, and Inada offered the bounty reward to encourage the remaining men to attack.
• Seisen appeared to slow down, then used Hirenkyaku to evade the charge and shot the three leading ninjas with chakra arrows.
• Inada realized Seisen had been feigning exhaustion and ordered the seven survivors to retreat, then stabbed Mizutani Yuhachi when he protested.
• Hyuga Seisen signaled Hyuga Kaze, who set out with Yuhi Kurenai to meet him, while Seisen followed Inada’s fleeing group.
• Leaves ahead of Inada Takuma and his six surviving subordinates began to whirl and gather over the path.

Baiyun Zaojian intercepted Inada Takuma and his surviving men, defeating them and pursuing Inada after he escaped. As Baiyun was about to strike again, a mysterious blue-and-white arrow pierced Inada and left him gravely wounded.

• Inada Takuma fled down the mountain with his surviving subordinates but encountered Baiyun Zaojian blocking the road.
• Inada ordered his six men to attack Baiyun, who cut through their assault and wounded the group while keeping them alive.
• Inada used Earth Pillar Explosion to escape, killing one of his companions, and Baiyun sent a shadow clone to watch the remaining prisoners before pursuing him.
• Baiyun caught up with Inada, who evaded successive sword strikes with the Substitution Technique and an Earth Clone.
• As Baiyun prepared another strike, a blue-and-white arrow flew past him and pierced Inada through the chest.

Baiyun Zaojian discovered that the long-range arrow that killed Inada Takuma had been fired by Hyuga Seisen, an Academy student with a newly awakened Kekkei Genkai. Seisen demonstrated his Spirit Bow, leaving Zaojian stunned by the boy’s power.

• An arrow killed Inada Takuma, and Baiyun Zaojian examined it before sealing the body and arrow in a scroll.
• Hyuga Seisen, Hyuga Kaze, and Yuhi Kurenai arrived, and Zaojian asked whether they knew of a powerful long-range arrow technique.
• Hyuga Seisen admitted that he had fired the arrow that killed Inada Takuma.
• Baiyun Zaojian struggled to believe an Academy student could wield such a devastating technique.
• Hyuga Seisen gathered chakra and manifested a Spirit Bow before Baiyun Zaojian.

Hyuga Seisen demonstrated a long-range chakra-arrow technique that impressed Baiyun Zaojian, while Konoha’s garrison at Wind Abyss Bridge struggled with repeated attacks by the rogue ninja Ghost Spider. Across the canyon, Sag and Gōriki deliberately let the attacks continue, hoping to provoke Konoha into a confrontation.

• Hyuga Seisen used his Byakugan and Spirit Bow to strike a falling kunai with a chakra arrow, and Baiyun Zaojian recognized the technique’s battlefield potential.
• Baiyun Zaojian restored Inada Takuma’s body, shared the recovered items with Hyuga Seisen and his father, and escorted the captives with them.
• Chiba Xun was brought to Konoha’s garrison at Wind Abyss Bridge with an earth-yellow arrow in his abdomen after Ghost Spider attacked him.
• Uchiha Inaho urged Uchiha Yashiro to strike back, but Yashiro warned that crossing the border could trigger a political crisis and restricted genin from patrols.
• At the Land of Lightning’s garrison, Sag and Gōriki celebrated Ghost Spider’s attack and planned to keep provoking Konoha until its personnel retaliated.

Uchiha Yashiro’s team planned to lure Ghost Spider toward the canyon so Shibi Aburame could attack it with Kikaichū without crossing the border. Meanwhile, Hyuga Seisen spent his Energy Crystals to open the Stone Gate, upgraded his Quincy imprint, and discovered the Spirit-Dispersing Glove had been concealed on him.

• Uchiha Yashiro, Yamanaka Yuichi, Hyuga Iroha, and Shibi Aburame agreed to lure Ghost Spider to the canyon and ambush it with remotely controlled Kikaichū.
• Hyuga Seisen collected Favor rewards that included Earth Release techniques, Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, Basic Swordsmanship, and 1,300 Energy Crystals.
• Hyuga Seisen used enough Energy Crystals to open the Stone Gate and upgraded his Quincy imprint to Mixed Blood with a 10% fusion rate.
• Hyuga Seisen gained Ransōtengai, Saint's Beheading, Green Cup, Five-Clawed Restraint, information about Silver Cylinders, and the Kōkaku bow, which merged into his Quincy Cross engraving.
• Hyuga Seisen discovered that the Spirit-Dispersing Glove had been transformed into a concealed engraving and panicked at the prospect of wearing it.

Uchiha Yashiro’s team failed to capture Ghost Spider after Sag’s lightning strike destroyed Shibi Aburame’s Kikaichū, while Hyuga Seisen demonstrated his swordsmanship and drew Baiyun Zaojian’s interest. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shikaku Nara considered a covert route to assassinate Ghost Spider, leaving Hiruzen aware of another possible long-range attacker.

• Uchiha Yashiro’s team lured Ghost Spider toward Shibi Aburame’s Kikaichū ambush, but Sag’s lightning dispersed the insects and let Ghost Spider escape.
• Uchiha Yashiro confronted Sag at the checkpoint, where Sag admitted his men had attacked the Kikaichū and taunted Yashiro about Kumogakure’s intentions.
• Hyuga Seisen tested his Spirit Bow and then sparred with Baiyun Zaojian, who praised his solid swordsmanship foundation and offered to teach him Konoha Style Swordsmanship.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shikaku Nara discussed Kumogakure’s provocations and planned to infiltrate the Land of Frost to assassinate Ghost Spider.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered that Konoha did have someone capable of long-range attacks like the Aburame Clan.

Hyuga Seisen mastered Konoha Style Swordsmanship and shared his new footwork techniques with Baiyun Zaojian before Zaojian was recalled to Konoha. After learning that Seisen’s Sacred Arrow could kill a Jonin, Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Zaojian’s request to bring him on a mission to eliminate Ghost Spider and ordered Seisen to report to him when he returned.

• Hyuga Seisen advanced his Konoha Style Swordsmanship to Proficient level after two days of training with Baiyun Zaojian.
• Seisen gave Zaojian a scroll describing his Kekkei Genkai-based footwork, but Zaojian received urgent orders to return to Konoha and left Seisen to escort the captured rogue ninjas.
• While guarding the prisoners, Seisen studied chakra nature transformation and considered ways to make his Sacred Arrow faster and more powerful.
• Baiyun Zaojian met with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shikaku Nara, then requested Hyuga Seisen’s support for an infiltration mission against Ghost Spider.
• Zaojian confirmed that Seisen’s Sacred Arrow had killed an enemy Jonin instantly, and Hiruzen ordered Seisen to meet him upon returning to the village.

Hyuga Seisen proposed enhancing Sacred Arrow with Lightning Release so he could attack Ghost Spider across the canyon, and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to teach him the transformation. Afterward, Baiyun Zaojian gave Seisen his notes on Konoha Body Flicker, and Seisen hurried home with both scrolls.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Hyuga Seisen whether Sacred Arrow could reach Ghost Spider, and Seisen determined the canyon was in range but the forests were too far away.
• Hyuga Seisen suggested adding Lightning Release chakra nature transformation to Sacred Arrow, and Hiruzen agreed to teach him before the mission.
• Hiruzen gave Hyuga Seisen a scroll of Lightning Release fundamentals and told him to begin training at the Hokage Building the next morning.
• Baiyun Zaojian praised Seisen's help with Hirenkyaku and gave him a scroll containing his insights on Konoha Body Flicker.
• Hyuga Seisen thanked Baiyun Zaojian, tucked both scrolls into his robes, and hurried home to study them.

Hyuga Seisen studied Lightning Release under Hiruzen Sarutobi and successfully added its chakra nature transformation to Sacred Arrow. After witnessing the arrow’s immense range and power, Hiruzen told him to rest before traveling to the Land of Hot Water for his mission.

• Hyuga Seisen set aside the difficult Konoha Body Flicker scroll and studied the Lightning Release chakra nature transformation scroll from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hyuga Seisen trained with Hiruzen Sarutobi, quickly learned the basics of Lightning Release, and used three Lightning Release ninjutsu to understand how to apply it.
• Hyuga Seisen demonstrated Sacred Arrow with Lightning Release in the Death Forest, where it pierced several trees and struck far away with a flash of lightning.
• Hyuga Seisen suggested adding explosive tags to the arrow, but Hiruzen Sarutobi said its power was already sufficient to kill Ghost Spider.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Hyuga Seisen to rest and said Baiyun Zaojian would accompany him to the Land of Hot Water the next day.

Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Inaho learned that Baiyun Zaojian and Academy student Hyuga Seisen had arrived to deal with the Kumogakure threat. The chapter ended with Hyuga Iroha questioning how Seisen could kill Ghost Spider from beyond the gorge, beyond the range of Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

• Uchiha Inaho complained about the exhausting patrols and accused the village of slighting the Uchiha when he learned an Academy student was coming as reinforcement.
• Uchiha Yashiro warned Uchiha Inaho against talk of rebellion and went to greet Baiyun Zaojian and Hyuga Seisen.
• Hyuga Iroha arrived and was surprised to learn that Hyuga Seisen had come on a mission.
• Baiyun Zaojian asked Uchiha Yashiro to have Hyuga Iroha and Shibi Aburame identify Ghost Spider's chakra and witness the operation.
• Hyuga Iroha questioned how Hyuga Seisen could kill Ghost Spider across the gorge when even Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm could not reach that far.

Hyuga Seisen prepared a secret long-range attack on Ghost Spider while Hyuga Iroha and Shibi Aburame monitored the target from afar. As the attack took shape, Iroha struggled to resist his curiosity about Seisen’s hidden ability.

• Baiyun Zaojian assigned Hyuga Iroha and Shibi Aburame to locate Ghost Spider and confirm his death after Seisen attacked.
• Uchiha Yashiro led the group to the forest beyond Kumogakure, where Iroha and Shibi found Ghost Spider in a small house across the gorge.
• Baiyun Zaojian ordered Iroha and Shibi to move away while Hyuga Seisen prepared a confidential long-range strike.
• Hyuga Seisen formed his Quincy Cross spirit pattern, summoned the Arc Sparrow Spirit Bow, and began gathering chakra and natural energy into an arrow.
• Uchiha Yashiro stopped Iroha and Shibi at a distance where they could keep watching Ghost Spider without observing the secret preparations.
• Hyuga Iroha wondered what Seisen was doing and imagined that his Byakugan might accidentally reveal it.

Hyuga Seisen killed Ghost Spider from extreme range with a Chakra arrow, completing the mission. The group confirmed Ghost Spider’s death, while Seisen noted that the arrow’s lightning explosion still needed adjustment.

• Hyuga Iroha widened his Byakugan’s field of vision and saw Hyuga Seisen charging a powerful Chakra arrow.
• Hyuga Seisen fired the Demon-Breaking Arrow, which pierced trees and tore through Ghost Spider inside the wooden house.
• The arrow’s lightning explosion destroyed the nearby tree and wooden house, and Shibi Aburame reported that the Kikaichū had sensed Ghost Spider’s death.
• Hyuga Iroha told Uchiha Yashiro that Ghost Spider had been killed by Seisen’s Lightning Release, easing Yashiro’s worry.
• Hyuga Seisen criticized the explosion’s timing, then told Baiyun Zaojian that the target was dead and the mission was complete.

Hyuga Seisen killed Ghost Spider with his powerful Spirit Bow, and Baiyun Zaojian and the others returned to the garrison. The patrols resumed and the exhausted shinobi prepared to return to the village, while Hyuga Iroha kept the details of the kill secret.

• Hyuga Seisen reminded Hyuga Iroha to keep what he had seen secret, and Iroha hurried back to the garrison.
• Uchiha Inaho and Chiba Xun questioned Iroha about Ghost Spider’s death, but he refused to reveal the confidential details.
• Uchiha Yashiro announced that Ghost Spider had been killed and patrol missions would return to normal, prompting the garrison to celebrate.
• Uchiha Yashiro told Hyuga Iroha and Shibi Aburame they could return to the village with Baiyun Zaojian, then thanked Baiyun Zaojian and Hyuga Seisen for their support.

Hyuga Seisen sparred with Hyuga Iroha and then Uchiha Inaho, revealing formidable Gentle Fist skills and surprising close-combat ability. The chapter ended with the spectators realizing Seisen had also trained in the Strong Fist.

• Uchiha Yashiro thanked Hyuga Seisen for killing Ghost Spider and promised to remember the favor.
• Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Iroha sparred, and Seisen repeatedly subdued Iroha with his Gentle Fist forms.
• Uchiha Inaho challenged Seisen after Iroha left the sparring area, intent on proving the Uchiha were Konoha's strongest clan.
• Baiyun Zaojian reassured Uchiha Yashiro that Seisen could handle himself as Inaho and Seisen fought evenly.
• Uchiha Inaho used a Body Flicker to attack Seisen from behind, but Seisen struck him in the abdomen without opening his eyes.
• Hyuga Iroha realized Seisen had trained in the Strong Fist as well as mastering the Gentle Fist.

Hyuga Seisen defeated Uchiha Inaho again after Inaho activated his Sharingan, prompting Hyuga Iroha to rethink what he knew about Seisen and the Gentle Fist. Inaho then challenged Seisen to a sword match, and the chapter ended as a ninja hawk landed on Uchiha Yashiro's shoulder.

• Hyuga Iroha realized that Hyuga Seisen blended Strong Fist and Gentle Fist, and wondered whether he could learn to fight that way.
• Uchiha Inaho activated his Sharingan and attacked Seisen, but Seisen matched his speed and kicked him down again.
• Inaho discovered that Iroha had been hiding bruises from their earlier spar, while Iroha reconsidered the rumors about Seisen.
• Inaho challenged Seisen to a sword fight, and Seisen summoned his sword from below the stage with an unexplained power.
• A ninja hawk landed on Uchiha Yashiro's shoulder as Seisen and Inaho faced each other with swords drawn.

Hyuga Seisen and the others learned that Kumogakure’s army was returning, and the outpost prepared for an attack. The enemy struck before the reinforcements arrived, leaving the defenders to fight a much larger force.

• Hyuga Seisen used an adapted Hirenkyaku technique to pull a ninja sword into his hand, impressing those watching his spar with Uchiha Inaho.
• Uchiha Yashiro received orders warning that Kumogakure’s army was returning from Sunagakure and was told to hold the outpost until reinforcements arrived.
• Uchiha Yashiro put the outpost on Level Two Alert and assigned patrol, trap-setting, supply, and scouting duties.
• An explosion announced an enemy attack, and Hyuga Iroha and Hyuga Seisen reported that Sag’s forces had breached the bridge guard and that more than three hundred enemies were approaching.
• Hyuga Seisen used Fire Release to knock three enemies off the outer wall, while Uchiha Inaho turned to fight another attacker.

Konoha’s defenders repelled the first wave of Kumogakure attackers on the outer wall, but Sag’s three hundred reinforcements arrived and left the battered survivors despairing. Hyuga Seisen drew his Spirit Bow and fired a powerful Lightning Release arrow as the reinforcements crowded onto the bridge, while Sag sensed danger.

• Uchiha Yashiro organized the defenders on the outer wall and ordered them to hold key positions as Sag mocked him from below.
• Sag ordered Kumogakure’s Ninjutsu Squad to bombard the wall with ninjutsu and explosive tags, but Uchiha Yashiro and the other defenders resisted.
• Hyuga Seisen, Uchiha Inaho, and Baiyun Zaojian fought back against the attackers, helping Konoha gain the upper hand despite heavy casualties.
• Kumogakure’s reinforcements arrived, and the outnumbered Konoha survivors despaired until Hyuga Seisen said they could reduce the enemy’s numbers.
• Hyuga Seisen formed a Spirit Bow, charged an arrow with Lightning Release chakra, and fired as the Kumogakure reinforcements filled the bridge.
• Sag saw the blue flash from the wall and felt a fatal danger rushing toward him.

Hyuga Seisen unleashed a devastating Lightning Release Arrow that killed dozens of enemies on the bridge, but the reinforcements adapted by crossing in small groups. Yoshikawa Iwa arrived, berated Sag for his failures, and ordered his men to regroup as the assault continued.

• Sag taunted Uchiha Yashiro while leading a renewed assault on the base.
• Hyuga Seisen fired a Lightning Release Arrow across the bridge, killing most of the densely packed enemies and blasting a crater into the bridge deck.
• Yoshikawa Iwa ordered the reinforcements to cross in groups of no more than five, and Hyuga Seisen stopped preparing another arrow.
• Uchiha Inaho asked Hyuga Seisen to destroy the bridge, but Seisen and Baiyun Zaojian explained that it would be difficult and would not prevent shinobi from crossing.
• Yoshikawa Iwa crossed the bridge, kicked Sag for losing men, and ordered him to gather the troops and reorganize the assault.

Hyuga Seisen fought off the Kumogakure force from the high wall, using his arrows and ninjutsu to protect the defenders. As the remaining enemies began their assault, he leaped into the air and unleashed a fiery Sacred Arrow: Scattershot.

• Yoshikawa Iwa dodged Hyuga Seisen’s first arrow, so Seisen shifted his aim to ordinary Kumogakure shinobi and killed them with repeated shots.
• Yoshikawa Iwa ordered his long-range fighters to suppress Seisen, and both sides exchanged ninjutsu as Seisen evaded attacks and continued shooting.
• Yoshikawa Iwa sent a lightning dragon at Seisen, who countered with a water dragon that crashed into the Kumogakure attackers and electrified them.
• After all the Kumogakure forces crossed the bridge, Yoshikawa Iwa ordered the remaining troops to spread out and assault the high wall, where the defenders prepared for a decisive battle.
• Hyuga Seisen jumped from the wall, drew a fiery arrow in midair, and released Fire Release: Sacred Arrow: Scattershot at the advancing enemies.