Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Seisen unleashed a vast barrage of flaming arrows that engulfed the Cloud ninja in a sea of fire, then escaped their counterattack and returned unharmed to the high wall. Yoshikawa Iwa watched his force falter and turned his rage on Sag.

• Hyuga Seisen fired a sky-filling storm of flaming arrows that pierced the charging Cloud ninja and set the battlefield ablaze.
• Yoshikawa Iwa ordered his ninja to use Water Release against the flames and attack Hyuga Seisen with combined ninjutsu.
• Hyuga Seisen blurred away from the incoming attacks and returned safely to the high wall as the enemy techniques collided in midair.
• Uchiha Yashiro, Baiyun Zaojian, Uchiha Inaho, and Hyuga Iroha watched in shock as Hyuga Seisen's power reshaped the battle.
• Yoshikawa Iwa kicked Sag and berated him for standing idle while his men fought.

Hyuga Seisen helped repel the Cloud Ninja’s second attack at Wind Abyss Bridge, then used the battle’s rewards to strengthen his abilities. He raised his Hybrid Mark Fusion Rate to 40% and unlocked a new race skill, whose identity was not yet revealed.

• Yoshikawa Iwa ordered the battered Cloud Ninja to retreat across Wind Abyss Bridge, while Hyuga Seisen stopped firing after exhausting his chakra.
• Uchiha Yashiro, Baiyun Zaojian, and the other defenders praised Hyuga Seisen, and the Chunin who had mocked him apologized.
• Hyuga Seisen reviewed the battle rewards, gaining Energy Crystals, new techniques and attributes, and the Water Release Mastery emblem.
• Hyuga Seisen spent Energy Crystals to raise his Hybrid Mark Fusion Rate to 40%, unlocking a new race skill.

Hyuga Seisen unlocked Rain of Light, increased his Fusion Rate, and entered Sage Mode to recover from exhaustion. Meanwhile, Yugito Nii arrived at the failed Cloud Ninja assault, berated Yoshikawa Iwa and Sag, and planned to infiltrate the forward base to deal with Seisen.

• Hyuga Seisen unlocked Rain of Light and spent his remaining Energy Crystals, raising his Fusion Rate to 57.90%.
• Hyuga Seisen discovered he could precisely control his Natural Energy intake and entered Sage Mode to restore his strength.
• Baiyun Zaojian, Hyuga Iroha, Uchiha Inaho, and Uchiha Yashiro discussed Seisen's Sage Mode and its dangers.
• Yugito Nii confronted Yoshikawa Iwa over the failed assault and criticized his tactics.
• Yoshikawa Iwa brought Sag before Yugito Nii, who learned Seisen was a handsome Hyuga and ordered her forces to prepare for her infiltration.

Hyuga Seisen used Senjutsu Chakra to survive Yugito Nii’s ambush and counterattack, while Konoha’s fighters joined the battle. As Yugito was cornered by their combined assault, she began drawing on Matatabi’s power.

• Yugito Nii ambushed Hyuga Seisen with Chakra-coated claws, but his heightened senses and Hirenkyaku let him evade her strike.
• Yugito bombarded Seisen with Rat Tail Balls, and he blocked them all with a Senjutsu-powered Water Formation Wall.
• Seisen struck Yugito with an invisible force, and Matatabi warned her that he had used Natural Energy.
• Baiyun Zaojian and Uchiha Yashiro attacked Yugito, but she dodged their blades and tried to ambush Seisen from behind.
• Seisen evaded Yugito and wounded her shoulder with an arrow as Uchiha Inaho’s Fireball Jutsu helped corner her.
• Yugito called on Matatabi, and her dark blue Chakra swelled and erupted.

Yugito Nii fought Hyuga Seisen and Baiyun Zaojian on the city wall, escalating her Partial Tailed Beast Transformation to two tails before withdrawing when Kumogakure’s army approached. Back at Yoshikawa Iwa’s encampment, she ordered his men to evacuate and called on Matatabi.

• Yugito Nii used her Partial Tailed Beast Transformation to attack Hyuga Seisen, who dodged and treated a wound from her Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Hyuga Seisen and Baiyun Zaojian coordinated attacks against Yugito Nii, but she released a second tail, shattered the arrows lodged in her, and healed her wounds.
• Yugito Nii fought Hyuga Seisen and Baiyun Zaojian in a rapid clash atop the city wall, then broke off when she noticed Kumogakure’s approaching army.
• Hyuga Seisen reported to Uchiha Yashiro that Kumogakure’s army was five kilometers away, while no reinforcements had appeared on his side.
• Yugito Nii returned to Yoshikawa Iwa’s encampment, ordered him to withdraw his men, and called out to Matatabi.

Hyuga Seisen led Uchiha Yashiro and the others to flee as Yugito Nii transformed into the Two-Tails and destroyed their wall and base with a Tailed Beast Bomb. After healing Baiyun Zaojian’s minor wounds, the group prepared to rendezvous with the reinforcements.

• Hyuga Seisen noticed Yugito Nii’s chakra surging and ordered everyone to flee, then changed direction to avoid the Two-Tails’ attack.
• Yugito Nii fully transformed into the Two-Tails and formed a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• The Tailed Beast Bomb obliterated the wall, base, traps, and surrounding terrain, leaving a vast ravine.
• Hyuga Seisen used the Spirit Bow to stop Baiyun Zaojian’s minor wounds from bleeding.
• Uchiha Yashiro ordered the group to move at full speed and rendezvous with the reinforcements.

Hyuga Seisen received a blessing that granted him new techniques and advanced his swordsmanship, then joined the others as they fled through the Land of Hot Water. During a rest stop, he asked Baiyun Zaojian how to improve his swordsmanship, and Baiyun revealed that his own advanced technique was Vacuum Sword.

• Hyuga Seisen received Basic Swordsmanship and Konoha Style Swordsmanship experience, Vacuum Sword, Konoha Body Flicker, the Lightning Release Chakra Stimulation Body Tempering Method, and 600 Energy Crystals.
• Hyuga Iroha took over scouting while Hyuga Seisen considered how to explain his newly acquired Vacuum Sword and resolved to ask Baiyun Zaojian to teach it to him.
• Uchiha Yashiro ordered the exhausted group to rest in a forest, where Baiyun Zaojian noticed Hyuga Seisen brooding beneath a tree.
• Hyuga Seisen demonstrated his mastery of Konoha Style Swordsmanship and told Baiyun Zaojian he could not figure out how to advance it further.
• Baiyun Zaojian explained that swordmasters developed personal styles by combining Konoha Style Swordsmanship with their own abilities and experience.
• Hyuga Seisen asked Baiyun Zaojian about his advanced sword technique, and Baiyun Zaojian identified it as Vacuum Sword.

Baiyun Zaojian explained Vacuum Sword to Hyuga Seisen, who mastered it almost immediately and then discussed combining Uchiha and Konoha swordsmanship with him. After learning that the outpost had fallen and the conflict had become a war, the group was ordered to rendezvous at Yugama Pass, but Hyuga Iroha detected a fast-moving enemy search squad nearby.

• Baiyun Zaojian demonstrated Vacuum Sword and explained how Wind Release chakra was compressed and released through a sword.
• Hyuga Seisen quickly reproduced Vacuum Sword, leaving Baiyun Zaojian stunned by his talent.
• Hyuga Seisen and Baiyun Zaojian discussed adapting Uchiha Style Swordsmanship techniques for Konoha Style Swordsmanship.
• Uchiha Yashiro received orders for the group to shake off pursuit and rendezvous with reinforcements at Yugama Pass, where they would join the frontline forces.
• Hyuga Iroha detected a five-person search squad about three kilometers away, including one enemy whose chakra might belong to a jonin.

Hyuga Seisen and Uchiha Yashiro reached Yugama Pass after reporting that Kumogakure's main force was moving, where Seisen reunited with Hattori Yoshiko and was summoned to meet the new commander, Orochimaru. Orochimaru praised Seisen's defense of the outpost and offered him two ninjutsu scrolls, but Seisen asked to exchange the reward for ninja-tool crafting materials.

• Hyuga Seisen spotted Kumogakure's main force passing nearby, and Uchiha Yashiro sent a ninja hawk with the intelligence before leading the group to Yugama Pass.
• At Yugama Pass, Hyuga Seisen reunited with Hattori Yoshiko, who offered to transfer him to the medical camp, but he chose to remain on the front lines.
• Uchiha Yashiro took Hyuga Seisen to meet the new commander, Orochimaru, who said he had studied Seisen and praised his performance at the outpost.
• Orochimaru offered Hyuga Seisen two ninjutsu scrolls as a reward, and Seisen asked to exchange them for ninja-tool crafting materials.

Hyuga Seisen made a Silver Cylinder, raised his Quincy Fusion Rate, and developed a Spirit Blade for close combat. He then saw newly arrived reinforcements at the pass, including Obito, Kakashi, Rin, and other young Konoha shinobi.

• Orochimaru approved Hyuga Seisen's request for materials, and Uchiha Yashiro escorted him to the logistics warehouse to choose them.
• Three days later, Hyuga Seisen completed a Silver Cylinder and considered using sealing techniques to store chakra and Senjutsu Chakra for battle.
• Hyuga Seisen spent 600 Energy Crystals to raise his Fusion Rate to 63.90%.
• Hyuga Seisen reshaped his Spirit Bow into a Spirit Blade and tested it until it could hold its own against a ninja blade.
• Hyuga Seisen heard a commotion outside and saw newly arrived Konoha reinforcements, including Obito, Kakashi, Rin, Might Guy, and Yuhi Kurenai.

Hyuga Seisen arrived at the battlefield with other young ninja and was assigned to the genin formation despite not having graduated from the Academy. The chapter left Uchiha Inaho and Hyuga Iroha arguing over who would team up with him, then challenging each other to a race.

• Yuhi Kurenai told Hyuga Seisen that the genin had been sent to handle patrol and logistics work, and he spotted Uchiha Shisui among the assembled ninja.
• Suzuki Shinji lectured the ninja and separated them by rank, but Hyuga Seisen remained in the middle because he had not graduated.
• Several former classmates mocked Hyuga Seisen, while Yuhi Kurenai defended him and Hyuga Ryosuke and Might Guy glared at his taunters.
• Suzuki Shinji ordered Hyuga Seisen to join the genin and explained that chunin would choose genin teammates for patrol and logistics duties.
• Uchiha Inaho and Hyuga Iroha argued over which of them should team up with Hyuga Seisen and challenged each other to a race.

As the chunin began choosing genin for teams, several people rushed to recruit Hyuga Seisen, whose strength had caught Uchiha Shisui’s attention. The chapter ended with Shisui joining the crowd around Seisen while Hyuga Ryosuke stared in disbelief.

• Uchiha Shisui surveyed the genin and decided Hyuga Seisen and Might Guy were the strongest candidates to join his team.
• Hyuga Ryosuke worried that Seisen would be left without a chunin, while Might Guy and Nohara Rin also planned to stand by him.
• Suzuki Shinji ended the meeting and invited the chunin to choose their teams.
• Yuhi Kurenai, Uchiha Tetsuka, Uchiha Inaho, and Hyuga Iroha rushed to Hyuga Seisen, and Inaho and Iroha argued over who had reached him first.
• Uchiha Shisui joined the gathering around Seisen, prompting Hyuga Ryosuke to marvel at how many people wanted to team up with him.

Uchiha Shisui defeated Uchiha Inaho and Hyuga Iroha in a brief spar to secure Hyuga Seisen as his teammate. Shisui chose Might Guy for the squad’s final spot, and Suzuki Shinji grew suspicious of Seisen’s background.

• Uchiha Shisui proposed sparring Uchiha Inaho and Hyuga Iroha together to decide who would team up with Hyuga Seisen.
• Uchiha Shisui overwhelmed both chunin with his speed, knocking down Hyuga Iroha and stopping Uchiha Inaho in ten seconds.
• Uchiha Inaho and Hyuga Iroha admitted defeat, leaving Uchiha Shisui as the squad’s chunin captain.
• Uchiha Shisui chose Might Guy to fill the squad’s last spot.
• Suzuki Shinji registered the team and wondered whether Hyuga Seisen had influential family, deciding to investigate his background.

Hyuga Seisen and Uchiha Shisui sparred to assess each other’s abilities, while Might Guy also tested himself against Shisui. The spar ended with Seisen and Shisui clashing swords and activating their Byakugan and Sharingan.

• Uchiha Shisui, Might Guy, and Hyuga Seisen introduced their abilities and agreed to spar for a clearer sense of their strengths.
• Might Guy fought Shisui with taijutsu, but Shisui used his speed to counter him and force him back.
• Might Guy prepared to open a Gate, but Hyuga Seisen stopped him and reminded him that the match was only a simple spar.
• Hyuga Seisen and Shisui exchanged fast taijutsu attacks, impressing the watching genin with their skill and speed.
• Shisui proposed a swordsmanship match, and Seisen summoned a blue-white Spirit Blade formed from chakra.
• Seisen and Shisui struck each other’s swords and activated their Byakugan and Sharingan.

Hyuga Seisen demonstrated his strength in a spar with Uchiha Shisui, countering Shisui’s Phantom Body Flicker Technique with a massive Water Release that flooded the training field. The onlookers were left stunned, and Shisui learned that the attack was not even Seisen’s greatest in range.

• Uchiha Shisui attacked Hyuga Seisen with his ninja blade, then used the Phantom Body Flicker Technique to surround him with identical phantoms.
• Hyuga Seisen leaped above Shisui’s phantoms and unleashed Water Release: Super Great Waterfall Technique, flooding the training field.
• Suzuki Shinji raised an Earth-Style Wall to contain the flood and protect the genin, while Kakashi carried Rin Nohara and Obito Uchiha out of its reach.
• After the water receded, Uchiha Shisui asked whether the technique was Seisen’s wide-area attack, and Hyuga Seisen said it was not his greatest range.
• Uchiha Inaho and Hyuga Iroha told Shisui that Seisen had an even more outrageous attack, while Kakashi watched Seisen thoughtfully.

Hyuga Seisen, Uchiha Shisui, and Might Guy served together on patrol as Konoha and Kumogakure fought to a stalemate near Yugama Pass. Orochimaru summoned their squad to headquarters and revealed a hidden Kumogakure supply cache, leaving them awaiting their assignment.

• Uchiha Shisui and Hyuga Seisen stopped fighting, and the remaining shinobi formed new teams; Obito Uchiha asked Seisen to teach him a powerful ninjutsu, but Seisen brushed him off.
• A month later, Seisen, Shisui, and Might Guy used their skills to eliminate Kumogakure scouts during a patrol near Yugama Pass.
• The fighting between Konoha and Kumogakure stalled as Orochimaru slowed the offensive and requested reinforcements.
• A Konoha ANBU summoned Seisen's First Patrol Squad to the front-line command headquarters by Orochimaru's order.
• Orochimaru told the squad that Kumogakure had hidden strategic supplies in an abandoned mine southwest of Konoha's former forward base.

Orochimaru assigned Hyuga Seisen, Uchiha Shisui, and Might Guy to infiltrate enemy territory and destroy supplies, relying on Seisen’s abilities despite having no jonin to lead them. After securing training materials and the Explosive Seal scroll, Seisen began studying sealing techniques to prepare for the mission.

• Orochimaru ordered the patrol squad to destroy enemy supplies behind the lines and confirmed that no jonin would accompany them.
• Hyuga Seisen bargained for sealing knowledge and training support for Uchiha Shisui and Might Guy before agreeing to the mission.
• Orochimaru gave Seisen the Explosive Seal scroll and a note allowing the squad to select training materials from the logistics warehouse.
• Shisui chose a B-rank genjutsu and swordsmanship insights, while Guy chose the Dynamic Body Technique.
• Seisen encouraged Guy to master lightning nature transformation, promising it would help him with physical stimulation training.
• Back at the barracks, Seisen began studying basic sealing techniques so he could learn the Explosive Seal quickly.

Hyuga Seisen perfected a technique that fired explosive-seal arrows in rapid succession, then joined his team in investigating an abandoned mine after Orochimaru launched an assault. The chapter ended with Seisen sensing something was wrong inside the mine.

• Hyuga Seisen used the Explosive Seal to make explosive tags, then discovered he could inscribe the seal onto arrows and detonate them on impact.
• Hyuga Seisen mastered firing many explosive-seal arrows at once, but his test caused widespread destruction and drew Uchiha Inaho, Yuhi Kurenai, and Uchiha Tetsuka to investigate.
• Hyuga Seisen extinguished the spreading forest fires with Water Release, explained that he had been testing a ninjutsu, and returned to camp after the others resumed patrol.
• Three days later, Orochimaru launched a frontal assault, and Hyuga Seisen and his companions left Yugama Pass to investigate the abandoned mine identified by Uchiha Yashiro.
• Hyuga Seisen used his Byakugan to inspect the mine but found his vision blocked by a Kumogakure barrier and sensed only a few weak chakra signatures inside.

Hyuga Seisen, Uchiha Shisui, and Might Guy uncovered the real Kumogakure supply warehouse after identifying the mine as a decoy. They infiltrated the guarded complex and prepared to destroy its stores of grain with Hyuga Seisen’s unusually powerful explosive tags.

• Hyuga Seisen spotted concealed wheel tracks beneath the soil and deduced that the mine was a decoy hiding the route to the real warehouse.
• Hyuga Seisen followed the hidden tracks through the forest with Uchiha Shisui and Might Guy, locating a disguised warehouse complex about three kilometers away.
• The three found that the complex held large quantities of grain and was guarded by numerous patrols, then used a brief blind spot to slip inside.
• Uchiha Shisui worried that their explosive tags would not destroy the reinforced bunkers, so Hyuga Seisen handed him and Might Guy extra tags he had made himself.
• Hyuga Seisen told Shisui and Guy to split up and prepare to destroy the supplies.

Hyuga Seisen used his Spirit Bow to bombard the hidden core warehouse district with explosive flame arrows, breaking its genjutsu barrier and overwhelming its defenders. As he shifted the attack toward the warehouses, their defensive walls began to collapse.

• Hyuga Seisen discovered a concealed core warehouse filled with ninja tools and explosive supplies, but judged its guards too numerous to infiltrate.
• Hyuga Seisen gave his explosive tags to Uchiha Shisui and Might Guy, then went to a hillside overlooking the district.
• After Shisui and Might Guy finished tagging the outer supplies, Hyuga Seisen summoned his Spirit Bow and fired a barrage of explosive flame arrows at the disguised forest.
• The arrows shattered the genjutsu barrier and devastated the core district, while Yoshikawa Iwa and other veteran ninjas organized defenses.
• Hyuga Seisen shifted his bombardment toward the warehouses, and the sturdy defensive walls cracked and collapsed.