Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Wuye and Hyuga Kaguya forced the Sand Village jonin to abandon their attack on Konoha, then planned to resume pursuit after resting. Danzo learned of the retreat and ordered them back to the Land of Rain battlefield, forbidding further pursuit.

• Hyuga Wuye carried the recovering Hyuga Kaguya as they kept pace with the Sand Village force, and the enemy lost another jonin in an ambush three hours later.
• Scorpion's Father ordered the Sand Village jonin to abandon the mission and retreat toward the Land of Wind.
• Hyuga Kaguya asked whether they should keep attacking, but Hyuga Wuye said they should wait until the Sand Village force neared the Land of Rivers border and recover in the meantime.
• A Root ninja told Danzo that the Sand Village force had retreated, and Danzo concluded Hyuga Wuye had devised the tactics that forced them back.
• Danzo ordered Hyuga Wuye and Hyuga Kaguya to return to the Land of Rain battlefield and forbade them from pursuing the retreating Sand Village ninja.

Danzo sent Hyuga Wuye and Kaguya after Chiyo and the Sand Village raiding force, which was still moving through the Land of Fire. When the raiders burned villages to force a confrontation, Wuye resolved to stop them despite the cost to his vitality, while Kaguya opposed his sacrifice and offered to risk herself instead.

• Danzo learned Chiyo was heading toward the border and ordered Wuye and Kaguya to attack the Sand Village raiding force.
• Wuye and Kaguya pursued the raiders, who lost more jonin to their attacks and began traveling close together to avoid being isolated.
• Wuye and Kaguya discovered the Sand Village ninja burning villages to force them into a decisive battle.
• Wuye decided to fight even if he had to spend three days of vitality, but Kaguya objected and insisted he find a safer plan.
• Kaguya offered to face the raiders alone at the cost of irreversible damage, and Wuye refused to let her take that risk.

Hyuga Wuye and Kaguya planned how to delay the Sand Village jonin, and Wuye devised an underhanded strategy. Their ambush split the enemy, but Scorpion's Father and Scorpion's Mother held off Kaguya with their puppets.

• Hyuga Wuye asked how many Shadow Clones Kaguya could make while preserving her strength, and she said two more, or five ordinary clones for about five minutes.
• Hyuga Wuye came up with a dirty tactic and explained his plan to Kaguya, who called it underhanded.
• Scorpion's Father led nine Sand Village jonin toward another village, but Hyuga Wuye's Curse Binding Technique and explosive tags separated them without injuring them.
• Six of Kaguya's clones engaged the scattered jonin while Kaguya's true body confronted Scorpion's Father and Scorpion's Mother, who summoned six puppets.
• Hyuga Wuye's underground clones severed puppet-control threads, but Scorpion's Father and Scorpion's Mother destroyed two clones with poisoned needles and pressed Kaguya with their puppet assault.
• Kaguya evaded the six puppets with her Byakugan and taijutsu as the battle continued across the divided battlefield.

Hyuga Wuye and Kaguya defeated Sasori's parents and injured the Sand Village jonin with sealing chains and explosive clones. After a trapped puppet nearly killed them, they got back to their feet, only to see Chiyo and three other ninja arrive.

• Sasori's parents used hidden chakra threads and six linked puppets to disrupt Kaguya, but she escaped their attack and Wuye trapped the puppets inside Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Kaguya's explosive-tag-covered clones charged the Sand Village jonin, badly injuring several of them.
• Wuye's explosive-tag-covered Earth Clones detonated beneath Sasori's parents and knocked them unconscious after Kaguya blocked their counterattack.
• Kaguya tackled Wuye away from a trapped puppet, which exploded, and then scolded him for touching it.
• Wuye teased Kaguya while lying on top of her, and she grabbed his ear until he agreed to get up.
• Wuye and Kaguya saw Chiyo and three other ninja rush toward Sasori's parents.

Wuye and Kaguya watched Chiyo attempt to revive Sasori’s parents, and Kaguya deduced how the sacrifice-based jutsu worked. When Chiyo recognized Kaguya as the killer, she prepared to attack, but a wounded Sand jonin accused Wuye of killing the couple as well.

• Chiyo tried to heal Sasori’s parents, and Kaguya realized Chiyo was communicating with the Pure Land through an unfinished revival jutsu.
• Kaguya inferred that reviving a soul required sacrificing another, while Wuye urged her not to use such a technique.
• Wuye and Kaguya teased each other, then noticed Chiyo glaring at them and remembered that she had lost her son and daughter-in-law.
• Kaguya admitted that she had killed Sasori’s parents and stepped in front of Wuye as Chiyo summoned the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu.
• A wounded Sand jonin told Chiyo that Wuye had also killed the couple, prompting her to turn her killing intent toward him.

After Chiyo spared Kaguya and Wuye, the two returned to Konoha’s headquarters, where Kaguya was celebrated for defeating Sand Village’s assault force. Danzo sent Kaguya to support the fight against Hanzo, while a report revealed that Sand Village had placed a thirty-five-million-ryo bounty on Wuye.

• Chiyo put away her puppets, let Kaguya and Wuye leave, and treated the wounded Sand Village ninjas because the village could not afford another enemy.
• Kaguya and Wuye returned to the Land of Rain front, where headquarters’ ninjas greeted Kaguya as a hero.
• Danzo said Kaguya had been named the Byakugan Princess and confirmed he had credited her with the victory to protect Wuye.
• A report said Hanzo had offered to negotiate a ceasefire, while the Third Raikage had launched a surprise attack on Iwagakure.
• Danzo ordered Kaguya to support Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru and look for a chance to kill Hanzo.
• A spy reported that Sand Village had placed a thirty-five-million-ryo bounty on Wuye.

The Third Kazekage used a bounty and new orders to spread Hyuga Wuye’s name and make him a target, while Danzo worried about his growing fame. Back at the command center, Wuye reunited with Kushina and Minato, then considered whether they could join his next mission.

• The Third Kazekage ordered Sand Village squads to risk no punishment for failing missions after encountering Hyuga Wuye, intending to publicize his name and eventually arrange his assassination.
• Danzo learned that Wuye had killed Sand Village squad leaders and sent Wuye and Kaguya away to finish the Rain Ninja Village battlefield campaign.
• Kushina leaped onto Wuye when he and Kaguya left the command center, and Minato greeted them.
• Wuye told Kushina and Minato that he and Kaguya had another mission, while the pair were expected to continue their escort assignment.
• Kushina asked Kaguya to let her and Minato join the mission, but Kaguya said Kushina would have to stay farther away from Wuye.

Kaguya, Wuye, Minato, and Kushina arrived at the Rain Ninja Village battlefield and discovered Hanzo had unleashed a poisonous salamander on more than five hundred Konoha ninja. As Tsunade tried to save the poisoned survivors, Kaguya rushed to stop the salamander, and Wuye prepared to follow her with Kushina’s help.

• Kaguya’s squad learned that Konoha forces had broken into the Rain Ninja Village while Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya fought Hanzo.
• Wuye detected Hanzo’s salamander underground and realized it was about to poison the Konoha ninja inside the village.
• The salamander released a cloud of poison that engulfed the center of the village, apparently killing hundreds of Konoha ninja almost instantly.
• Tsunade sent her summoned slugs to isolate the poisoned survivors while Kaguya drank one of Wuye’s few antidote doses and entered the mist to stop the salamander.
• Wuye drank another antidote and prepared to follow Kaguya, but Kushina insisted on helping and grasped his hand, causing his eyes to flash red.

Hanzo battled Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Kaguya while Wuye waited for a chance to attack the Salamander. Wuye sealed Hanzo’s summon and left Hanzo furious as the fight continued without the Salamander.

• Hanzo fought Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru while asking how they had resisted his poison mist.
• Kaguya joined the battle and confronted Hanzo over Kotone, but Hanzo unleashed the Salamander’s poison mist and Explosive Flame Formation.
• Wuye emerged from underground and used chakra chains to bind the Salamander, sealing himself inside the chains with it.
• Hanzo struck the chains, nearly draining Wuye’s borrowed Nine-Tails chakra, but Wuye completed the Contract Seal and severed Hanzo’s bond with the Salamander.
• The Salamander vanished, and Hanzo angrily prepared to attack Wuye with his swordsmanship.

Hyuga Wuye joined the battle against Salamander Hanzo, helping create an opening for Hatake Sakumo to sever Hanzo’s arm before Hanzo escaped. After Tsunade treated Wuye, he reassured Kaguya and Tsunade that he had rushed in because he was worried about them.

• Hanzo’s attack shattered Wuye’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, but Wuye used his Sharingan to dodge the killing blow and was wounded across the chest.
• Kaguya used her Byakugan to restrain Hanzo, giving Hatake Sakumo an opening to cut off Hanzo’s left arm.
• Hanzo used Wuye’s hand and his own blood to perform Reverse Summoning and escape, while Tsunade’s missed kick sent Wuye flying and worsened his injuries.
• Tsunade treated Wuye, and he gave Hatake Sakumo his last antidote for Hanzo’s poison mist.
• The group praised Wuye’s role in the battle, and he told Tsunade he had acted because he was worried about her.
• Wuye told Kaguya that Hanzo was also his enemy because he had killed his mother, then admitted he had been worried about her too, prompting Orochimaru to tease Jiraiya.

Kaguya asked Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo to conceal Wuye’s role in the battle with Hanzo, while Tsunade devised a way to detoxify the wounded Konoha ninja. As Tsunade and Kaguya argued over whether Wuye should help despite his exhausted chakra, he ran outside to ask Kushina for another shot of essence.

• Kaguya asked Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo not to report Wuye’s part in taking Hanzo’s arm, and they agreed.
• Tsunade explained that she could use her summoned slugs’ corrosive mucus to dissolve salamander venom and then remove it with medical ninjutsu.
• Wuye pretended he was too weak to stand and asked Tsunade for a kiss, but Kaguya pulled him away before Tsunade could kiss him.
• Tsunade grabbed Wuye and insisted he help detoxify the five or six hundred wounded ninja, while Kaguya objected that he needed to recover his chakra.
• Wuye slipped away from their argument, found Kushina and Minato outside the Rain Ninja Village, and asked Kushina for another shot of essence.

Hyuga Wuye helped rescue poisoned Konoha ninja after the battle with Hanzo, while Danzo publicly celebrated Konoha’s victories and new heroes. The chapter ended with news that Hanzo had raised Wuye’s bounty to fifty million ryo.

• Wuye downplayed his role in defeating Hanzo, then used chakra from Kushina to create shadow clones that treated the poisoned Konoha ninja.
• The slugs released the poisoned ninja, and Wuye’s clones extracted the toxins as Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Sakumo watched.
• The Konoha ninja recovered and thanked Wuye, then spent a day gathering supplies in Rain Ninja Village before returning to the command post.
• Danzo welcomed the returning forces, announced the war’s large-scale campaigns had ended, and gave titles to five elite ninja.
• A Konoha ninja reported that Hanzo had increased Wuye’s bounty to fifty million ryo, shocking Danzo and the assembled Konoha ninja.

Danzo ordered Hyuga Wuye to remain on the Land of Rain battlefield while Kushina and Minato returned to the village, hoping to limit Wuye’s growing reputation and separate him from Kushina. As the group prepared to part, Kushina threatened to learn Tsunade’s Monster Strength, but Tsunade explained she was not ready; Kaguya then brushed the dirt off Wuye.

• Danzo ordered Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Sakumo to return to the village, while Kaguya and Hyuga Wuye stayed in the Land of Rain to watch Hanzo; Kushina and Minato were also sent home.
• Hyuga Wuye comforted the upset Kushina by drawing a pig-faced picture of Minato with her, then promised to visit the village regularly.
• Kushina warned Wuye not to act ambiguously with Kaguya or anyone else, and Wuye crouched and asked her to hit him.
• Kushina announced she would learn Tsunade’s Monster Strength, prompting Wuye to offer to escort her toward the Land of Fire border.
• Tsunade explained that Kushina lacked the chakra control for Monster Strength and that Wuye would need to wait for more chakra before learning it or the Summoning Technique.
• Kaguya lifted Wuye and brushed the dirt from his clothes, drawing silent reactions from Kushina and Tsunade.

Hyuga Wuye and his companions encountered Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato near the border of the Land of Fire, where Orochimaru learned that Konoha ninjas had killed Konan’s mother. Wuye asked Konan how her mother died, leaving the group waiting for her answer.

• Hyuga Wuye joked with Jiraiya about ideas for Make-Out Paradise until Tsunade pulled him away and warned him to stay away from Jiraiya.
• Kaguya spotted three wandering civilian children, but the group initially continued without stopping.
• Yahiko told Konan to stay quiet because the travelers wore the same forehead protectors as the ninja who killed her mother.
• Orochimaru suggested killing the children, while Jiraiya argued that they deserved to live.
• Hyuga Wuye approached Konan and asked how her mother had died.

Hyuga Wuye confronted Konan’s grief after Konoha shinobi killed her mother and tried to bring her somewhere safe. Konan begged the shinobi to let her and her friends leave, then collapsed from exhaustion, and Wuye began treating her and trying to feed her.

• Konan told Hyuga Wuye that her mother had been killed while trying to reach the Land of Fire, and Wuye apologized as Yahiko and Nagato grieved.
• Hyuga Wuye asked Tsunade if he could take Konan to Konoha or the Land of Fire, but Konan refused both offers.
• Yahiko urged Konan to go with Wuye, and she asked to hug him before sobbing that she hated shinobi, war, and the great nations.
• Konan knelt and begged Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and the others to spare them and let them leave, then fainted from hunger and exhaustion.
• Hyuga Wuye treated Konan with the Mystical Palm Technique and prepared fruit water, but when she could not drink, he took a mouthful himself.

Hyuga Wuye prepared a bath for Konan and explained how chakra transformed into ninjutsu. After Jiraiya asked about his feelings for Tsunade, Wuye said he never wanted her to get hurt, and Jiraiya walked away in silence.

• Yahiko and Nagato returned to their cabin while Jiraiya warned Hyuga Wuye and Konan not to do anything reckless.
• Hyuga Wuye used Water Release and Fire Release to fill and heat a wooden tub for Konan.
• Konan worried the bathwater had come from Wuye's mouth, so he showed her how chakra became water when released as ninjutsu.
• Wuye waited outside while Konan bathed, then Jiraiya asked what he felt for Tsunade.
• Wuye said he did not want Tsunade to get hurt, and Jiraiya silently returned to his room when Konan finished bathing.

Hyuga Wuye spent a rainy night sharing a room with Konan, then left for town to restock supplies. He returned to find Yahiko hungry, Nagato and Konan waiting quietly, and Jiraiya writing.

• Hyuga Wuye told Konan to sleep wrapped in her bath towel because her wet clothes were not dry, and they went to sleep in the same room.
• In the morning, Hyuga Wuye realized his hand had ended up beneath Konan’s towel; he quietly warmed her clothes and left while she pretended to sleep.
• Hyuga Wuye traveled to town using his Byakugan, avoided other countries’ ninjas, and refilled ten scrolls with supplies.
• Hyuga Wuye returned to find Nagato watching the rain, Yahiko wandering, Jiraiya writing, and Konan sitting by the window.
• Yahiko greeted Hyuga Wuye happily and immediately asked whether he had brought food because he was starving.

Hyuga Wuye indulged Konan with origami supplies, flowers, and thoughtful attention, while Yahiko and Nagato watched her cabin become a beautiful retreat. The chapter left the children comparing Konan’s cozy home with their rough life alongside Jiraiya.

• Yahiko complained that Jiraiya had fed them only a bitter pill for breakfast, and Wuye revealed that he had left dried fruit for Konan instead.
• Wuye prepared minced meat porridge and went into Konan’s cabin, while Jiraiya assured Yahiko that Wuye had not spied on Konan bathing.
• Wuye gave Konan fine origami paper and showed her how to fold a paper crane, but she made an even more exquisite one herself.
• Wuye pinned a paper flower into Konan’s hair, and she thanked him with a smile.
• Wuye brought Konan vases and flowers, and over time she decorated her cabin with paper-crane wind chimes and fresh flower arrangements.
• Yahiko and Nagato saw Konan’s cozy cabin take shape and compared it with their rough life beside Jiraiya.

Hyuga Wuye trained Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan in chakra control and basic ninjutsu while growing especially close to Konan. After she struggled with standard techniques, he guided her to channel chakra into origami, and she finally discovered her own path.

• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan learned to extract chakra, then practiced tree climbing and water walking under Wuye's instruction while Jiraiya left to gather intelligence.
• Yahiko and Nagato discussed the barriers between Konan and Wuye, and Nagato worried that their villages' hatred meant their relationship could have no future.
• A shadow attached itself to Nagato while the group practiced, but it withdrew without making a move; Wuye and Konan spent a peaceful day watching clouds after fishing with the others.
• Yahiko and Nagato mastered the Three Basic Techniques and began elemental training, while Konan struggled, so Wuye encouraged her to discover a talent suited to her.
• Wuye guided Konan in injecting chakra into origami, and she broke through and felt as if she had opened the door to a new world.

Konan independently developed a chakra-powered origami technique, and Hyuga Wuye showed her how it could be used to attack. The group discussed ways to expand the technique and their different strengths, while Wuye urged Yahiko to guide Nagato.

• Konan infused origami with chakra and made it transform into shapes such as cranes, butterflies, and flowers.
• Hyuga Wuye turned paper into a shuriken and demonstrated that he could launch it and control it back to his hand.
• Yahiko and Nagato failed to channel chakra into origami, and Wuye revealed that Konan had developed the technique herself while he had learned it by watching her.
• Wuye suggested that Konan learn to turn objects into origami and disguise origami as other objects.
• Wuye advised Yahiko to develop his abilities in a balanced way, told Nagato to avoid bullying him, and said Yahiko would be needed to guide Nagato.