Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Wuye accepted Kushina’s confession only to break up with her immediately, awakening eye power and discovering he could analyze and copy her Body Replacement Technique. When he activated his new eyes, he revealed a one-tomoe Sharingan to an Anbu ninja, leaving him exposed as a Hyuga Clan member with an unexpected bloodline.

• Kushina confessed her love, and Hyuga Wuye agreed to date her before breaking up with her, awakening his eye power.
• Kushina stabbed Hyuga Wuye in the chest in anger, but his wound quickly healed at the cost of some of his lifespan.
• Hyuga Wuye explained that he preferred romantic ambiguity, and Kushina ran away crying after he admitted he planned to pursue someone else.
• Hyuga Wuye analyzed Kushina’s Body Replacement Technique and used it to extract chakra and switch places with a stone.
• Hyuga Wuye tried to activate the Byakugan but instead awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan as an Anbu ninja arrived and recognized it.

Hyuga Wuye discovered that his mixed Hyuga and Uchiha blood gave him the Sharingan and the potential to awaken an even greater ocular power. After the Third Hokage learned of his eyes, Wuye agreed to hide them and enter the Anbu after graduating, while privately planning to keep the Hokage from watching him too closely.

• An Anbu informed Hyuga Wuye that the Hokage had ordered him to break up with Uzumaki Kushina, and Wuye claimed his Sharingan was only colored contacts.
• Wuye realized his body carried Uchiha blood as well as Hyuga blood and could evolve its ocular power beyond the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, visited Wuye and asked whether he had awakened the Sharingan.
• Wuye showed Hiruzen his single-tomoe Sharingan, and Hiruzen told him to hide his eyes and keep his awakening secret from the Hyuga Clan.
• Hiruzen promised to arrange for Wuye to join the Anbu after graduating from the Ninja Academy, and Wuye agreed while resolving to avoid attracting attention.

Kushina learned from Mito Uzumaki that village politics might have driven Hyuga Wuye to reject making their relationship official, and Mito urged her to seek someone who could ease the loneliness of becoming a jinchuriki. The next evening, Wuye returned home to find a maid sent by the Hyuga elders, whose first task of cooking a live fish quickly went awry.

• Kushina told Mito Uzumaki that Hyuga Wuye liked her but refused to make their relationship official, and Mito suggested Hiruzen might be preventing a jinchuriki from becoming close to the Hyuga Clan.
• Mito told Kushina she would become the next Nine-Tails jinchuriki in three days and urged her to find someone who made her feel at peace.
• Kushina considered whether Wuye could be that person and worried about her future.
• The following evening, Wuye returned to his courtyard and found a girl who said the Hyuga elders had sent her to care for him.
• Wuye gave the maid a live fish to stew, then found her preparing to put it straight into the pot.

Hyuga Wuye discovered that the clumsy maid helping him was Kushina in disguise and explained that he could not reconcile with her yet because his Sharingan would lose its power. Kushina asked him to spend their day off together as a real couple, and he agreed before she hurried away in tears.

• Hyuga Wuye took over cooking and cleaning after Kushina made a mess in the kitchen and living room, then treated her bruised forehead and shared dinner with her.
• Hyuga Wuye recognized the disguised maid as Kushina by her habits, and she dispelled her Transformation Technique.
• Kushina told Hyuga Wuye she wanted to be with him and accused the Third Hokage of keeping them apart.
• Hyuga Wuye's system warned that reconciling before his next Sharingan tomoe appeared would make his current ocular power disappear.
• Kushina asked Hyuga Wuye to spend their day off together like a real couple, and he promised to do so before she left in tears.

Hyuga Wuye and Minato Namikaze discussed the strain between Wuye and Kushina, while Wuye hid his doubts about their future. The next day, Wuye intervened when a newly graduated genin and his younger brother attacked Kushina, and the confrontation was left unresolved.

• Minato Namikaze pressed Hyuga Wuye about his silence with Kushina, but Wuye dodged the questions and left with him to practice shuriken.
• Kushina waited at the market district the next morning and encountered a classmate she had beaten up and his older brother, a genin.
• The older brother threatened Kushina, removed his forehead protector to avoid attracting the Uchiha Police Force, and grabbed her hair when she tried to run.
• The older brother dodged Kushina's punch and tried to kick her knee, but Hyuga Wuye stepped in, seized his wrist, and ordered him to let go.
• The older brother turned his anger on Wuye and demanded to know who he was.

Hyuga Wuye fought a genin who bullied Kushina, but Nawaki intervened in the name of peace and Kushina joined the fight herself. The confrontation ended when a young blonde woman called for Nawaki from the intersection.

• Hyuga Wuye overpowered the genin boy after he grabbed Kushina's hair and demanded that he kneel and apologize.
• Nawaki arrived and tried to reconcile the boys, but Wuye argued that the genin should face consequences for bullying Kushina.
• While Wuye kept Nawaki occupied, Kushina knocked the genin down and punched him.
• Nawaki used the Body Replacement Technique to escape Wuye's attack, then stopped Kushina from continuing the fight.
• A young woman with a pale blond ponytail called to Nawaki from the intersection.

Hyuga Wuye and Kushina left Nawaki and Tsunade after a dispute, then Akimichi Torifu treated them to barbecue. The chapter left Wuye and Kushina heading out hand in hand after their meal.

• Nawaki tried to mediate after Wuye and Kushina beat a genin, but Kushina rebuked him and Wuye became distracted by Tsunade.
• Tsunade comforted Nawaki, advised him to beat people into submission before lecturing them, and reacted coldly when she learned Wuye belonged to the Hyuga Clan.
• Wuye took Kushina's hand and led her away, while Nawaki asked Tsunade about his dream and received a smack for lecturing her.
• Akimichi Torifu brought Wuye and Kushina to his barbecue restaurant and invited them to eat as much as they wanted.
• Wuye and Torifu discussed a past business opportunity over the meal, then Torifu saw them off and invited Wuye to come to him for help making money.

Hyuga Wuye recalled how Akimichi Torifu had once fed him when he was a hungry child, then went with Kushina to meet her grandmother, Mito Uzumaki. Mito sensed malice in Wuye, approved of the young couple, and asked Kushina to demonstrate her Adamantine Sealing Chains.

• Kushina asked why Akimichi Torifu treated Wuye so well, and Wuye recalled meeting Torifu when he was three and starving.
• Wuye and Kushina held hands as they decided how to spend the afternoon, and Kushina took him to meet her grandmother.
• Kushina and Wuye found Mito Uzumaki atop a pavilion, where two Anbu helped her descend into a wheelchair.
• Mito held Wuye's hand and sensed that he harbored malice, then reassured Kushina and praised Wuye's warm chakra.
• Mito told Wuye to call her Grandma, asked about Kushina's Adamantine Sealing Chains training, and requested a demonstration.

Kushina showed Mito Uzumaki her Adamantine Sealing Chains as Mito prepared her to become the next Nine-Tails jinchuriki. After spending the afternoon touring Konoha with Kushina and Wuye, Mito reflected on the hope for lasting peace, while Tsunade later took an interest in Wuye because he lacked both the Byakugan and the Caged Bird seal.

• Kushina demonstrated her Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Mito told her she would need to complete the final seal herself.
• Mito asked Wuye to push her wheelchair as she toured Konoha with Kushina and spoke about hoping the next generation would achieve true peace.
• At the Senju Clan estate, Wuye comforted Kushina with an embrace before she went inside, and the Third Hokage worried that she might become too closely connected to the Hyuga Clan.
• Tsunade questioned Wuye about his lack of the Byakugan and Caged Bird seal, thanked him for accompanying Mito, and privately considered how his unusual status might help her recover a lost wager.

Hyuga Wuye learned to form Kushina’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, but his limited chakra let him produce only a short chain before it ran out. Meanwhile, Kushina’s Nine-Tailed Fox transfer reached its decisive moment, and the Fox exploited her fear as the sealing began.

• Hyuga Wuye analyzed Kushina’s technique and produced a half-meter Adamantine Sealing Chain by converting his chakra into Yin attribute chakra.
• Wuye tested the chain against a shuriken, which it shattered, then lamented that the technique drained all his chakra.
• The next day, Wuye sensed tension in Konoha but could not determine its cause as he searched the village for food.
• Mito Uzumaki began transferring the Nine-Tailed Fox into Kushina in a sealed cave while Konoha’s leaders and defenses stood on alert.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox taunted Kushina about the emptiness in her heart, and its dark crimson chakra overwhelmed her as Mito urged her to complete the seal.

As Kushina lost control during the Nine-Tails sealing, Mito Uzumaki summoned Hyuga Wuye to reach her and soothe the emptiness in her heart. When the Nine-Tails struck Wuye with its malicious power, his Sharingan awakened and pushed back the attack, leaving him facing Kushina with spinning tomoe.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, and Danzo Shimura recognized that Kushina had lost control, while Mito Uzumaki ordered Hiruzen to bring Hyuga Wuye.
• Hiruzen found Wuye with his sensory technique and brought him to Mito, who told him to reassure Kushina that he would stay by her side.
• Wuye held Kushina's hand and spoke to her, causing the Nine-Tails chakra around her to recede as Kushina heard his voice.
• The Nine-Tails retaliated by attacking Wuye's mind, and Danzo urged Hiruzen to let Wuye die to provoke Kushina and keep her from the Hyuga Clan.
• Wuye's Sharingan awakened under the mental assault, calmed his spiritual power, and rebounded the Nine-Tails' malicious will as he faced Kushina.

Hyuga Wuye entered Kushina’s sealing space and helped her learn to create multiple Adamantine Sealing Chains so she could seal the Nine-Tails. When Kushina ran out of chakra, Wuye stepped forward to try sealing it himself.

• Hyuga Wuye entered Kushina’s sealing space and found Mito Uzumaki and Kushina confronting the restrained Nine-Tails.
• Kushina linked three Adamantine Sealing Chains with Mito Uzumaki’s chains after Hyuga Wuye pointed out how to divide her chakra.
• The Nine-Tails broke one restraint and attacked Kushina, but Hyuga Wuye rolled her out of the way while Mito Uzumaki restrained its paw again.
• Kushina said she lacked the chakra to complete the seal, and Mito Uzumaki explained that sealing it herself would leave Kushina unable to use the Nine-Tails’ chakra.
• Hyuga Wuye stepped in front of Mito Uzumaki and asked to try sealing the Nine-Tails himself.

Hyuga Wuye used his Adamantine Sealing Chains and a life-consuming technique to help Mito Uzumaki seal the Nine-Tails inside Kushina. After the sealing succeeded, Wuye collapsed, and Danzo argued that he should join Root rather than the Hokage’s direct Anbu.

• Wuye stabbed himself with a kunai, accelerated his chakra by burning his life force, and formed Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Wuye’s chains joined Mito Uzumaki’s inside Kushina’s sealing space, binding the Nine-Tails and completing the seal.
• The seal connected Wuye and Kushina with matching marks on their palms before Mito’s figure disappeared.
• Wuye collapsed from mental exhaustion, and Kushina caught him and concealed his chest wound while bandaging him.
• The Third Hokage said Wuye would join his direct Anbu after graduation, but Danzo argued that Root could conceal him better.

Mito Uzumaki entrusted Hyuga Wuye’s future to the Third Hokage before dying, and Konoha held her memorial three days later. Danzo continued trying to recruit Wuye into Root, but Wuye asked for more time as Danzo ominously began to threaten him.

• Danzo argued that Wuye should join Root, while the Third Hokage and the advisors planned to send him to the Hokage’s Anbu and arrange his early graduation.
• Mito told the leaders that Wuye was suited to accompany Kushina and urged the Third Hokage to trust and tolerate him before she died.
• Kushina wept beside Mito, and three days later Wuye attended Mito’s memorial while wondering whether his absent mother had returned.
• Danzo appeared at Wuye’s home and offered him forbidden clan techniques and records to persuade him to join Root.
• Wuye said he would consider Danzo’s offer, and Danzo began to threaten him before vanishing.

Hyuga Wuye weighed whether to join the Hokage’s forces or Root after Danzo threatened him, while worrying that either choice would ruin his plans to live openly and pursue a breakup. At school, Kushina acted affectionate toward him, and he realized the Third Hokage had arranged the day’s combat practice with him in mind.

• Hyuga Wuye considered joining the Hokage’s forces, entering Root, or risking the consequences of refusing both, and joked that he could become Ichiraku Otsutsuki’s disciple if he were crippled.
• Minato Namikaze checked on Hyuga Wuye’s injury and suggested he rely on his taijutsu, while Kushina pulled Wuye away and Minato proposed their complementary strengths would make a good team.
• During class, Kushina secretly held Hyuga Wuye’s hand, and he wondered why she had stopped acting conflicted about their breakup.
• The teacher announced an afternoon combat practice observed by the Third Hokage and said a student who challenged a graduating student could qualify for early graduation.
• Hyuga Wuye recognized the combat practice as an arrangement the Third Hokage had made specifically for him.

At a Ninja Academy combat exercise, Tsunade asked Orochimaru to consider teaching her younger brother Nawaki, while Hyuga Wuye, Kushina, and Minato discussed challenging the graduating class. The chapter ended with Kushina stepping into the central field and choosing a graduating student to fight.

• Hyuga Wuye spotted Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya at the training grounds and learned that Tsunade wanted Orochimaru to assess Nawaki as a potential student.
• The Third Hokage arrived and began the combat exercises, with students from the six grades fighting in separate areas.
• Hyuga Wuye told Minato he wanted to test himself against the graduating class, and Kushina said she wanted to challenge them too.
• Kushina leaped into the central field, challenged the graduating class, and pointed to a boy beside Nawaki as her opponent.

Kushina overwhelmed Mitsui with repeated Clone Techniques and won their spar, while Minato stepped in to face Nawaki after Nawaki challenged him and Wuye. Minato's speed and reflexes left Nawaki under pressure as the fight continued.

• Kushina used repeated Clone Techniques to overwhelm Mitsui, then beat him until the instructor stopped the fight and declared her the winner.
• Nawaki helped Mitsui and tried to preach about caring for classmates, but Kushina ran behind Wuye to avoid him.
• Nawaki challenged Wuye and Kushina to settle their disagreement in a fight, and Wuye stepped forward to accept.
• Minato stopped Wuye and volunteered to fight Nawaki, saying Wuye and Kushina were his best friends.
• Minato attacked Nawaki with rapid movements and strikes, suppressing him with his speed and reflexes.

Nawaki defeated Minato by overwhelming him with repeated Water Clones, then agreed to fight Hyuga Wuye despite the instructor’s warning. Wuye opened their match with his unconventional All-Shuriken Toss Technique, leaving the spectators debating its merits.

• Nawaki used repeated Water Clones to wear Minato down until Minato ran out of chakra and conceded.
• Minato warned Wuye that Nawaki’s reserves and the water-covered training ground made him a dangerous opponent, but Wuye insisted on fighting.
• The instructor suggested Wuye choose someone else, but Nawaki said he was ready and Wuye formed the Seal of Confrontation with him.
• Wuye announced his self-created ninjutsu and threw more than a dozen shuriken in scattered directions.
• Jiraiya praised the technique’s practicality, while Tsunade called it Fool’s Ninjutsu and Orochimaru said Nawaki had only backed away in surprise.

Hyuga Wuye and Nawaki battled in a spar, with Nawaki gaining the upper hand through water clones and a surprise Water Release attack. As Nawaki rushed to finish the match, Wuye revealed a Sharingan, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Kushina explained that Wuye had scattered his shuriken to distract Nawaki before engaging him in close combat.
• Nawaki created water clones and used a transformed shuriken as cover to launch a Violent Water Wave that injured Wuye’s knee.
• Nawaki charged at the kneeling Wuye with his kunai as Minato and Kushina believed Wuye had lost.
• Wuye roared that he would not lose, and the spectators saw a pair of scarlet Sharingan eyes.

Hyuga Wuye defeated Nawaki after revealing his Sharingan and Adamantine Sealing Chains, drawing the attention of Konoha’s clans and leaders. Nawaki mourned his grandmother and urged Wuye to put the village before his clan, while Orochimaru chose to take Nawaki as his disciple and Jiraiya considered taking Minato Namikaze.

• Hyuga Wuye used his Sharingan to track Nawaki, bound him with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and won their match.
• The Third Hokage worried that Wuye’s revealed abilities would draw the Hyuga and Uchiha clans into the struggle over him and Kushina.
• Orochimaru considered making Wuye his disciple but withdrew and decided to take Nawaki instead, while Jiraiya turned his attention to Minato Namikaze.
• Wuye and Nawaki formed the Reconciliation Seal, and Nawaki confessed to Tsunade that he feared he had failed his late grandmother’s hopes.
• Tsunade encouraged Nawaki to learn a ninja’s restraint, and Nawaki told Wuye to put the village before his clan before walking away.