Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Wuye comforted Tsunade as she struggled between her feelings for him and her loyalty to Konoha, where leaving seemed necessary to prevent conflict. The chapter ended with the two drinking together and kissing beneath the falling cherry blossoms.

• Hyuga Wuye asked Tsunade what she wanted, but she leaned against him and asked what he liked about her.
• Hyuga Wuye recalled falling for Tsunade when they first spoke and explained how his time pretending to be Kazumiya Yukihime had influenced her feelings.
• Tsunade stopped Wuye's advances and said she would not go further, prompting him to ask whether she was leaving to sever their ties.
• Hyuga Wuye embraced Tsunade and offered her liquor, recognizing that she wanted to cut off their relationship for the village.
• Tsunade took the bottle and drank with Wuye, and they kissed while sharing the liquor.

At the Senju Estate, Hyuga Wuye and Tsunade consummated their relationship while Kaguya watched from outside, torn between jealousy and sympathy. Kaguya chose not to interrupt, and Tsunade and Wuye rested together afterward.

• Kaguya saw Wuye and Tsunade kissing while she trained Hiashi and Hizashi, then rushed to the Senju Estate.
• Kaguya told Kushina not to follow her and went alone to Sakura Garden, where she saw Wuye and Tsunade together.
• Kaguya recalled Tsunade's troubles and their rivalry, decided to let the pair have their final intimacy, and shed a tear without noticing.
• Wuye and Tsunade joked about their first time, and Tsunade reassured him that their shared experience mattered more than how long he lasted.
• Wuye carried the tired, tipsy Tsunade to the bath, and they washed, went to her room, and fell asleep together.

Tsunade wrote Wuye a farewell letter explaining her grief, her political disillusionment with Konoha, and her decision to leave. She departed promising herself that when she returned, she would live for him alone, while Kaguya watched her go.

• Tsunade woke beside Wuye and wrote him a letter about her losses, her love for him, and her belief that she was cursed.
• Tsunade explained that her duties as a Senju heir and her conflict with the Third Hokage had become unbearable, and that she was leaving Konoha.
• Tsunade wished Wuye happiness and imagined returning in three, five, or ten years, when he might have risen to power.
• Tsunade slipped out of Wuye's embrace, dressed, took her luggage, and left the room.
• Kaguya stopped Tsunade at the doorway and asked if she was leaving, and Tsunade thanked her.

Tsunade left Wuye a letter, the Slug Summoning Contract, and other parting gifts before departing with Shizune. After reading her note, Wuye decided to bring her back.

• Kaguya warned Tsunade that leaving would hurt Wuye, but Tsunade chose to go and take Shizune with her.
• Tsunade departed in the morning, leaving Kaguya outside the house.
• Wuye woke and found Tsunade gone, then read her letter and learned she had left him the Slug Summoning Contract and details about the Yin Seal.
• Kaguya entered and found Wuye calmly dressing after he finished reading the letter.
• Wuye picked up the summoning contract and told Kaguya he was going to bring Tsunade back.

Hyuga Wuye summoned Slug hoping to contact Tsunade, but learned that she had left and would not summon Slug or contact him until she returned. Overcome with grief, Wuye awakened his three-tomoe Sharingan, and Kaguya comforted him as she witnessed memories of his relationship with Tsunade.

• Hyuga Wuye signed the summoning contract, but the scroll erased the Hyuga characters from his name, leaving only Wuye.
• Wuye summoned Slug and learned that her divided bodies shared one consciousness, allowing her to relay messages between summoners.
• Slug told Wuye that Tsunade had entrusted her with information and would not summon her or contact him before returning.
• Wuye collapsed in grief and repeatedly struck his chest, while Kaguya stopped him and stayed by his side.
• Wuye's Sharingan changed to three tomoe, showing Kaguya memories of his life and farewells with Tsunade.
• Kaguya broke free of Wuye's genjutsu, held his head against her, and told him to cry if he was hurting.

Hyuga Wuye left Konoha for Shikkotsu Forest to pursue dangerous natural-energy training, determined to become strong enough to protect the people he loved. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage faced growing estrangement from Jiraiya and Orochimaru as the village’s balance of power shifted.

• Hyuga Wuye comforted Kaguya, then asked Slug to take him to Shikkotsu Forest so he could become stronger; Kaguya reluctantly agreed after he promised to keep her informed.
• Slug used the Reverse Summoning Technique to transport Hyuga Wuye to Shikkotsu Forest, leaving Kaguya behind in Konoha.
• At the Hokage Building, Jiraiya questioned why Tsunade had left, while the Third Hokage said she and Wuye might still return.
• Jiraiya rejected the Third Hokage’s political approach, while Orochimaru agreed to help in exchange for experimental materials, subject to the Hokage’s restrictions.
• Hyuga Wuye recovered from the disorienting journey and learned from Slug that he was standing on its enormous main body.

Hyuga Wuye visited Shikkotsu Forest to learn about natural energy, but rejected the Slug Sage’s cautious three-year training plan and asked for a direct injection. After absorbing the energy and devising a way to draw in more, he entered Sage Mode instantly, leaving the Slug Sage to wonder if he was the Master.

• The Slug Sage told Hyuga Wuye that Tsunade had asked her to teach him to sense natural energy safely over three years.
• Hyuga Wuye insisted on receiving natural energy directly, but the Slug Sage refused until he calmed down and agreed to a tiny test injection.
• Hyuga Wuye absorbed the tiny thread of natural energy and realized he needed an antenna to draw it into his body.
• Hyuga Wuye covered his hair with dark markings, creating many antennas that pulled natural energy into him and triggered instant Sage Mode.
• The Slug Sage failed to draw out the energy and watched in shock as Hyuga Wuye assimilated it, asking if he was the Master.

Hyuga Wuye spent three months transforming into a body of nature, and Slug recognized him as her master. He discovered that natural energy gave him immense vitality and regeneration but could not grant him Sage Mode, so he stayed in Shikkotsu Forest to adapt and develop new fighting methods.

• Hyuga Wuye awoke after three months with a body of nature, and the Slugs bowed to him as their master.
• Slug explained that she submitted to nature and agreed to notify Wuye whenever Tsunade summoned her.
• Wuye tried to enter Sage Mode but found that natural energy became vitality and replenished his chakra instead of forming senjutsu chakra.
• Wuye realized his body could regenerate from severe injuries and no longer needed to eat, though he could still be killed by certain attacks.
• Wuye decided to remain in Shikkotsu Forest for several more months to master his new abilities and develop new ways to fight.

Hyuga Wuye returned to Konoha after six months of training in Shikkotsu Forest, where he had absorbed so much natural energy that Slug had shrunk. He reunited with Kaguya and claimed he might now be stronger than her, only to be kicked into the ceiling when he mentioned teaching his new method to Kushina and Konan.

• Hyuga Wuye thanked Slug for looking after him, and she complained that his absorption of natural energy had made her shrink by a meter.
• Hyuga Wuye returned to the Hyuga residence and used the Body Flicker Technique to reach the training room.
• Hyuga Wuye pounced on Kaguya and kissed her cheek while Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Hizashi watched in shock at his speed.
• Hyuga Wuye told Kaguya that his training had gone well and suggested he might be able to beat her, while Kaguya believed him.
• Hyuga Wuye mentioned teaching his method to Kushina and Konan, and Kaguya kicked him into the ceiling.
• Hyuga Wuye and Kaguya embraced again, and she told him she would always be there for him before noting that he was pressing against her.

Hyuga Wuye reunited with Kushina and learned that Uchiha Mikoto had traced rumors against him and Tsunade to ninja family members, including people connected to Root. He planned to become a jonin so he could access the classified evidence and expose Danzo’s scheme.

• Hyuga Wuye surprised Kushina at a dessert shop, and she embraced him while Uchiha Mikoto watched jealously.
• Uchiha Mikoto told Hyuga Wuye that months of investigation had identified ninja family members spreading rumors about him and Tsunade.
• Uchiha Mikoto gave Hyuga Wuye a list of names, and he recognized Torune Aburame and Yamanaka Fu as Root ninja.
• Uchiha Mikoto explained that she had used the Uchiha Security Force’s jealousy to keep the investigation going and preserve evidence as leverage.
• Hyuga Wuye thanked Uchiha Mikoto and decided to become a jonin so he could obtain the classified records and expose Danzo.

Hyuga Wuye and his teammates received an S-class mission to Loulan as the final stage of their jonin assessments, then learned that Jiraiya planned to leave Konoha after receiving a false report that Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan had died. Jiraiya departed to search for the Child of Destiny, while Wuye realized the report was false and resolved to confront Konoha’s higher-ups when he returned.

• The Third Hokage assigned Hyuga Wuye, Minato Namikaze, and Akimichi Choza an S-class mission against Hundred Feet and added Uchiha Mikoto to their squad for her special jonin assessment.
• Wuye asked Minato about the Flying Thunder God Technique, learned it still had a one-second preparation time, and challenged him to spar before their mission.
• Wuye, Minato, Choza, and Mikoto visited Ichiraku Ramen, where they found Jiraiya drinking and grieving over intelligence that said Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan had been killed.
• Jiraiya told Minato and Wuye that he was leaving Konoha to search for the Child of Destiny, then walked out of the ramen shop.
• Wuye recognized that the report about Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan was false, reassured Minato, and secretly vowed to deal with Konoha’s higher-ups after returning.

Hyuga Wuye infiltrated Rouran to find Anrokuzan and investigate the Dragon Vein, but his rescue of Queen Sara led to an unexpected reunion with a grown-up Hanabi Hyuga. Hanabi recognized him as her uncle and embraced him, leaving Wuye baffled about their future relationship.

• Minato Namikaze gave the team marked kunai, and Hyuga Wuye sent everyone into Rouran City to investigate separately.
• Wuye watched Sara fall from a tower, caught her, and demanded to know where Minister Anrokuzan was.
• Sara distrusted Wuye and accused him of trying to kidnap her, while he told her Anrokuzan had killed her mother.
• Hanabi Hyuga appeared and struck Wuye with an Eight Trigrams Air Palm as she defended Sara.
• Hanabi recognized Wuye as her uncle, embraced him, and asked how they had become separated.

Hyuga Hanabi claimed she had traveled back from the future, where Hyuga Wuye was her husband and the clan head. Wuye pressed her about what happened to Kaguya and his future life, but Hanabi concealed the details and left him uncertain.

• Hyuga Hanabi recognized Hyuga Wuye, tested whether she had traveled to the past, and claimed he was her future husband.
• Wuye rejected Hanabi's advances because he believed they were uncle and niece, but Hanabi insisted they were not related by blood.
• Hanabi accidentally revealed that Wuye became the clan head, alarming him as he asked what had happened to Kaguya.
• Hanabi denied that anything bad had happened and threatened to reveal where Wuye had moles until he claimed to believe her.
• Wuye asked Hanabi how he had lived in the future and whether he had been happy.

Hyuga Wuye learned that clan tensions had worsened after the elders increased the share of mission rewards taken for expenses. Kaguya asked whether his promise to marry no one but her still stood, and Wuye reaffirmed it as he carried her away.

• Hyuga Hizashi told Hyuga Wuye that the clan had raised its cut of mission rewards from ten percent to twenty percent, provoking widespread complaints against Hyuga Hizashi's brother.
• Kaguya embraced Hyuga Wuye and asked whether he still meant his promise to marry no one but her; Wuye firmly said he would marry no one else.
• Uchiha Mikoto revealed her feelings through her reaction, and Kaguya told her she would no longer interfere in Wuye's marriage before declaring she would never marry.
• Hyuga Wuye asked Uchiha Mikoto to deliver the mission report to the Hokage and tell Kushina he would visit the next day, then carried Kaguya away to stay with her.
• Uchiha Mikoto returned to the Hokage Building, where the Third Hokage gave her and Wuye their appointment letters and told her to follow Wuye's orders.

After reuniting with Kushina, Hyuga Wuye went to the Police Force and used his new jonin appointment to demand its case files. He found a dossier about the people spreading rumors of him and Tsunade, but three Uchiha jonin confronted him and disputed his authority.

• Wuye reassured Kaguya that he would search for her if she ever disappeared, and she fell asleep beside him.
• Kushina reunited with Wuye after waiting outside his room through the night, and he comforted and kissed her.
• Wuye noticed tension between the Hyuga Clan’s main and branch families, then heard townspeople repeating rumors about him and Tsunade.
• Wuye showed his jonin appointment document to enter the Police Force with Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto led him to the case files.
• Wuye found a dossier naming people who had spread the rumors, but three Uchiha jonin blocked him and claimed he was no longer a jonin of the Police Force.

Hyuga Wuye defeated three Uchiha jonin by reflecting their genjutsu with his three-tomoe Sharingan, leaving the Police Force in awe. After the jonin fled, Wuye ordered the Uchiha clansmen to follow him on a major mission.

• Hyuga Wuye refused to leave the Police Force when three Uchiha jonin confronted him.
• Hyuga Wuye revealed his three-tomoe Sharingan and reflected the middle jonin's genjutsu, making the three jonin fight each other.
• An Uchiha special jonin asked Hyuga Wuye to dispel the genjutsu, and Wuye released the three jonin.
• The Uchiha jonin realized they had been defeated and fled, prompting other Uchiha ninja to leave as well.
• Hyuga Wuye stopped the Uchiha clansmen and told them to follow his command on a major mission.

Hyuga Wuye sent Uchiha squads to arrest people accused of spreading rumors about him and Tsunade, promising to take responsibility for the fallout. He then began teaching Kushina the Rasengan and planned to give Minato a sealing technique to use with the Flying Thunder God.

• Hyuga Wuye assigned Uchiha ninja to arrest the people listed in the police force's files, arguing that the clan should eliminate the leverage held over it.
• The Uchiha squads eagerly set out, while Wuye reassured Mikoto that the arrests were within the police force's authority.
• Wuye demonstrated the Rasengan to Kushina and offered to teach her using water balloons.
• Kushina worried that they were secretly learning Minato's ninjutsu, but Wuye said he would give Minato a sealing technique suited to the Flying Thunder God.

Hyuga Wuye reassured Uchiha Mikoto that she could use the ninjutsu he had copied, while Mikoto dodged Kushina’s questions about their relationship. Meanwhile, the Uchiha Police Force arrested families tied to Root, prompting Danzo and the Third Hokage to confront the crisis as Uchiha leaders reconsidered their plans for Wuye.

• Hyuga Wuye told Uchiha Mikoto she could use the ninjutsu, and Mikoto and Kushina bickered over Mikoto’s age after she explained that she and Wuye had traveled three years into the future.
• The Konoha Police Force arrested the families of people who had spread rumors, leaving villagers unsure where the suspects worked.
• Root subordinates told Danzo that their families had been arrested, and Danzo ordered them to pressure the Uchiha while he went to see the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage rebuked Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yuxiong for failing to enforce the rules, and Yuxiong agreed that Wuye should bear responsibility for his own actions.
• Uchiha Yuxiong told Fugaku that Mikoto needed to act faster to bring Wuye into the Uchiha Clan, while Fugaku worried that the arrangement might be a bad deal.

Hyuga Wuye enforced fines and labor sentences against Root members who spread rumors about Tsunade, while the Third Hokage refused to stop him and offered Danzo increased funding. Danzo came to the Konoha Police Force to intervene, but Wuye publicly rejected his attempt to speak privately and continued with the case.

• Danzo confronted the Third Hokage over Wuye's actions, and the Third said he would not suppress enforcement of the village regulations.
• The Third offered to increase Root's next year's funding by thirty million ryo, and Danzo accepted the compromise before leaving.
• Wuye sentenced Root members who had spread rumors about Tsunade to fines of one million ryo and six months of labor detention.
• Danzo arrived at the Konoha Police Force and claimed he had brought an order from the Third Hokage to speak with Wuye privately.
• Wuye said he would ask the Hokage directly about the order, then refused Danzo's request to talk until he had finished handling the case.

Hyuga Wuye humiliated Danzo over Root’s slander campaign, then told Kushina and Mikoto that Danzo was the true culprit. The confrontation ended with Wuye accidentally holding Mikoto’s hand, leaving both women flustered and Kushina questioning him.

• Hyuga Wuye fined the Root shinobi and made them seek compensation from the person who ordered their actions, enraging Danzo.
• Danzo rejected Wuye’s offer to visit the Third Hokage together and left using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto asked Wuye why he had targeted Danzo, and he said Danzo was the real culprit.
• Wuye mistakenly grabbed Mikoto’s hand instead of Kushina’s, and Mikoto blushed as she pulled away.
• Wuye tried to explain the accident to Kushina, but Mikoto said she did not mind.