Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Ryosuke, a transmigrator married to young Hinata Hyuga, trained while investigating the mysterious Progress Bar that had once strengthened his Byakugan and bloodline. After checking that the bar had not advanced, he waited for Hyuga Hiashi, intending to discuss something with him.

• Hyuga Ryosuke trained in the Main Family courtyard, and Hinata brought him watermelon and urged him to rest.
• Ryosuke praised Hinata, asked what she understood about being his wife, and told her to invite Hyuga Hiashi.
• Ryosuke used his Byakugan to check for watchers, then inspected his Progress Bar and found it still about one-third full.
• Ryosuke recalled that the bar had once triggered an evolution, strengthening his bloodline and granting him an unusually pure Byakugan linked to the Otsutsuki Clan.

Hyuga Ryosuke proved to Hyuga Hiashi that he was ready to learn the Gentle Fist, then raised the secret of his unusual Byakugan. He asked whether Kumogakure’s envoys had recently arrived in Konoha.

• Ryosuke told Hiashi he had mastered the basics of the body’s meridians and acupoints, and Hiashi tested his readiness for the Gentle Fist.
• Ryosuke used a clone and a surprise strike to send Hiashi into a tree, but Hiashi rose unharmed and praised his combat awareness.
• Hiashi agreed to teach Ryosuke the Hyuga Clan’s Gentle Fist techniques and main-family secret techniques starting the next day.
• Ryosuke pointed out that his eyes differed from the other Hyuga, and Hiashi checked the area to ensure their conversation was private.
• Ryosuke asked Hiashi whether Kumogakure’s envoys had recently arrived in Konoha.

Hyuga Ryosuke and Hyuga Hiashi guarded sleeping Hinata while waiting for Kumogakure ninja who Ryosuke had predicted would try to kidnap her. The Hyuga elites captured the intruders, and Hiashi left to handle what followed as Ryosuke stayed out of sight.

• Ryosuke used a Byakugan Genjutsu ability to calm Hinata and help her fall asleep.
• Hiashi questioned Ryosuke about his claim to have seen the future, and Ryosuke explained that the future changed after he acted on what he saw.
• Hyuga elites detected Kumogakure ninja sneaking toward Hinata's room and rushed out when the intruders opened the door.
• The Hyuga captured the Chunin and sealed the Chakra of two Kumogakure Jonin before they could escape.
• Ryosuke asked Hiashi to handle what came next while he remained unseen, and Hiashi told him to rest.

Hyuga Ryosuke took Hinata to a restaurant, where a boy’s taunting left her upset. As they ate, Ryosuke realized the boy might have bullied her before and asked her about it.

• Konoha’s upper ranks held an emergency meeting about the captured Kumogakure ninja while Ryosuke waited for news from Hyuga Hiashi.
• Ryosuke took Hinata to a popular restaurant with two Hyuga guards accompanying them.
• Hinata froze when she saw a father and son leaving the restaurant, and the boy made a face at her.
• Ryosuke ordered Souji Hyuga to confront diners who gossiped about Hinata, telling him to deliver the message in her name.
• Ryosuke noticed Hinata had eaten less than usual and asked whether the boy had bullied her before.

Ryosuke comforted Hinata after she explained how children mocked and excluded her for her Byakugan, then encouraged her to confront them. He sent her into the park to demand an apology, leaving Souji and Seisai to back her up while he watched from outside.

• Hinata told Ryosuke that children bullied her by mocking her appearance and refusing to play with her.
• Ryosuke reassured Hinata that she was cute and that the children were wrong, and she said she believed him.
• Ryosuke took Hinata to the park and encouraged her to face the three children who mocked her.
• Ryosuke told Souji Hyuga and Seisai Hyuga to follow Hinata and intimidate the children into apologizing.
• Hinata walked into the park with her head held high as Ryosuke watched, intent on raising her into a capable future partner and clan figurehead.

Hinata approached the children who had bullied her and demanded an apology, while Ryosuke watched from nearby and arranged for Ino-Shika-Cho to witness her confrontation. The bullies refused, leaving Hinata to face them with her two guards standing by.

• Ino, Sakura, Shikamaru, and Choji noticed Hinata approaching the children who often bullied her, but Shikamaru decided not to intervene.
• Ryosuke recognized Ino-Shika-Cho and Sakura and watched Hinata, expecting her actions to change how the village saw her.
• Hinata calmly confronted the three children and asked them to apologize for the hurtful things they had said.
• The children mocked Hinata and refused to apologize, while Souji Hyuga and Seisai Hyuga stood behind her without intervening.

Hinata confronted the boys who had bullied her and, under Ryosuke’s hidden Genjutsu, made them apologize. Encouraged by the experience, she asked Shikamaru and the others if she was pretty, and Ino reassured her while teasing her about Ryosuke.

• Hinata warned the three boys that she would speak to their families, while Souji Hyuga and Seisai Hyuga backed her with their killing intent.
• The boys apologized to Hinata and fled, leaving her confused about how she had stood up to them.
• Ryosuke revealed that he had used his Byakugan’s Genjutsu to control Hinata’s words, then praised her and encouraged her to hold her head high.
• Hinata approached Shikamaru and the others and asked whether they thought she was ugly.
• Ino told Hinata she was pretty, beautiful, and cute, then asked if Ryosuke was her future husband.

Ryosuke explained to Hyuga Hiashi why Konoha had accepted compensation from Kumogakure rather than risk war, while cautioning that visions of the future could not replace judgment based on reality. The conversation ended with Ryosuke warning that the Third Hokage might be more wary of the Hyuga Clan than Hiashi realized.

• Hyuga Hiashi told Ryosuke that Kumogakure would compensate the Hyuga Clan and Konoha, settling the attempted abduction quietly.
• Ryosuke said he had predicted the outcome from the Third Hokage’s cautious nature and Konoha’s weakened state after the war.
• Ryosuke revealed that the future he had seen showed Hinata being taken, though the intruders failed to leave the village.
• Ryosuke explained that future visions were uncertain and that too much information could cloud his judgment, prompting Hiashi to praise his maturity.
• Ryosuke told Hiashi that the Third Hokage’s wariness toward the Hyuga Clan might be deeper than Hiashi imagined.

Ryosuke reviewed his past life and plans for the future before beginning Gentle Fist training under Hyuga Hiashi. Hinata trained separately, and Hiashi noticed her growing confidence as Ryosuke urged him to encourage her efforts.

• Ryosuke reflected on his difficult past life, his plans to rebuild Hinata's confidence, and his expectation that his experience bar would fill when he was six.
• Hyuga Hiashi taught Ryosuke and Hinata the principles of the Gentle Fist and demonstrated how it damaged an opponent's chakra pathways and organs.
• Hiashi told Ryosuke to begin practicing the Gentle Fist, while Hinata continued physical training because her body was not yet ready for the technique.
• Hiashi noticed Hinata's new confidence, and Ryosuke explained that she was trying to earn approval and learn to become clan head.
• Ryosuke encouraged Hiashi to give Hinata praise for her efforts, and Hiashi urged Ryosuke to work hard enough to match the Uchiha prodigy.

Ryosuke mastered the Hyūga Gentle Fist Style after watching Hyuga Hiashi demonstrate it, astonishing the clan head before resting to recover his chakra. As Ryosuke trained, Hyuga Hiashi went to check on Hinata, and a younger man arrived at the Training Ground with a curious child.

• Ryosuke reviewed Hyuga Hiashi's demonstration, then replicated the Gentle Fist movements and chakra control with startling accuracy.
• Ryosuke performed Thirty-Two Palms before exhausting his chakra, and Hyuga Hiashi praised his first attempt while privately marveling at how quickly he learned.
• Ryosuke explained that he needed to refine chakra and rest, while Hyuga Hiashi hurried off to check on Hinata.
• Ryosuke sat cross-legged to recover and reflected on the mental and physical strain of learning the technique.
• A younger man resembling Hyuga Hiashi arrived at the Training Ground with a child who looked curiously at Ryosuke.

Ryosuke met Hizashi Hyuga and Neji Hyuga when they visited the Main Family grounds, and learned how a past conflict over Hinata’s training had shattered the brothers’ relationship. Hyuga Hiashi asked Ryosuke to protect the Main Family’s position, then questioned whether he should attend the Academy.

• Hizashi Hyuga visited Hyuga Hiashi with Neji to request permission for Neji to learn the Eight Trigrams Palms.
• Hizashi and Neji greeted Hinata and Ryosuke, and Neji promised to look after them when they entered the Ninja Academy.
• Ryosuke noticed Hizashi cast a complicated look at Hinata as he left, and Hyuga Hiashi explained that Hizashi had once developed killing intent toward his niece.
• Ryosuke told Hyuga Hiashi that Hinata was not to blame, but declined to promise he would preserve the Main Family’s position, citing the risks of the Ninja World.
• Hyuga Hiashi said Ryosuke seemed likely to survive a war and asked what he thought about attending school, suggesting it would waste his time.

Ryosuke persuaded Hyuga Hiashi not to give him special treatment or send him to school early, while asking for regular combat training and a chance to see real ninja. Hiashi agreed to arrange combat and entrusted him with guiding Hinata, then Ryosuke asked to learn all of the Hyuga Clan's Secret Techniques.

• Ryosuke argued that school would help him build relationships and that early graduation would draw dangerous attention from Konoha's higher-ups.
• Ryosuke asked Hyuga Hiashi to fight him once a week and help him leave the village to experience real ninja, but Hiashi refused to let him leave and agreed to arrange real combat.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked Ryosuke to guide Hinata toward becoming a qualified clan head and to ensure she did not fall too far behind Neji.
• Ryosuke agreed to guide Hinata and asked Hyuga Hiashi to teach him all of the Hyuga Clan's Secret Techniques.

Ryosuke used feints, clones, and genjutsu to try to defeat Hyuga Hiashi in their training combat, but Hiashi’s instincts and Byakugan exposed the trap. Ryosuke explained his plan after narrowly failing to land a decisive attack.

• Ryosuke evaded Hyuga Hiashi’s thrown ninja tools with precise, minimal movements as Hiashi pursued him.
• Ryosuke pretended to make a mistake, then turned and attacked while Hiashi intercepted the kunai, using a clone to approach him from behind.
• Hyuga Hiashi anticipated the rear attack and countered with Eight Trigrams Palms, but stopped when he sensed danger.
• Hyuga Hiashi activated his Byakugan and saw through Ryosuke’s genjutsu, discovering the real Ryosuke holding a kunai in his path.
• Ryosuke put away the kunai and explained that he had tried to make Hiashi run into it, but Hiashi’s combat instinct had detected the danger.

Hyuga Hiashi recognized Ryosuke’s exceptional combat instincts after their drill, though he remained unsure whether to test him in a real battle. Meanwhile, Ryosuke and Hinata walked through Konoha, and he suggested visiting the Ninja Academy to assess Neji’s classmates before they enrolled.

• Hyuga Hiashi judged Ryosuke to have remarkable combat talent after Ryosuke nearly injured him by exploiting his mindset during their drill.
• Hyuga Hiashi considered whether to test Ryosuke in a real fight, then worried that such a test could expose him to lethal danger.
• Ryosuke noticed Hinata imitating her father’s reserved manner, and Hinata explained that she thought he was a qualified clan head.
• Ryosuke suggested that he and Hinata visit the Ninja Academy, observe the students in Neji’s year, and find out what it would take to rank first.

Ryosuke brought Hinata and two guards to the Ninja Academy to learn what level she needed to reach to become first in her year. After Neji explained the Hyuga-Uchiha rivalry and placed the clan’s expectations on Hinata, Ryosuke stepped in to reassure him that she would work hard.

• Ryosuke and his group found Neji at the academy’s Training Ground, while Ryosuke searched unsuccessfully for Naruto.
• Hinata asked Neji which students in his year were worth watching, and Neji pointed out three Uchiha students.
• Neji said he had beaten the Uchiha and taken first place in his year.
• Neji warned Hinata that she must not lose to an Uchiha from her year, or she would disgrace the Hyuga Clan.
• Hinata faltered under the pressure, so Ryosuke stepped between her and Neji and said she would work hard.

Ryosuke learned from Neji that Tenten was a promising civilian student and left Hinata to return home while he went to watch Rock Lee. He found Lee struggling in a spar against an Inuzuka student, but Lee remained determined to become a ninja.

• Neji told Hinata and Ryosuke that Tenten came from a prominent merchant family that controlled most of Konoha’s ninja tool business.
• Hinata, unsettled by Neji’s remarks about the Uchiha, left for home to train, while Ryosuke sent Souji and Seisai to protect her.
• Ryosuke entered the academy’s central training grounds after spotting Rock Lee as a student worth noticing and investing in.
• Lee’s Inuzuka opponent used clones and the Substitution Technique to evade Lee and advised him that his weaknesses made becoming a ninja dangerous.
• Lee insisted he would succeed and kept attacking despite repeatedly failing to land a hit.

Ryosuke watched Rock Lee lose a sparring match, then encouraged him by praising his taijutsu and suggesting he could still become a ninja. He brought Lee to Ichiraku Ramen and hinted that others shared his situation, leaving Lee eager to hear more.

• Rock Lee lost a prolonged sparring match against an Inuzuka Clan boy, despite his superior taijutsu and physical ability.
• Ryosuke caught up with Lee after they left the academy and praised his fight, then offered to buy him food.
• Lee said he lacked the ability to become a ninja because he could not learn ninjutsu, while Ryosuke pointed out his exceptional taijutsu talent.
• Ryosuke told Lee that special talents could provide special paths to academy graduation and that other ninja had similar limitations.
• Ryosuke led Lee into Ichiraku Ramen and ordered a large bowl of Tonkotsu Chashu Ramen, while Lee pressed him to explain who else was like him.

Hyūga Ryosuke encouraged Rock Lee to seek Might Guy’s guidance and directed him to a nearby training ground where Guy trained each morning. After returning home, Ryosuke told Hyuga Hiashi that he had befriended a promising student, and Hiashi offered to support him.

• Rock Lee asked Ryosuke whether anyone who relied on taijutsu could become a ninja, and Ryosuke told him about Might Guy’s success.
• Ryosuke urged Rock Lee to find a teacher and explained where and when he could approach Might Guy.
• Rock Lee questioned Ryosuke’s knowledge and motives, and Ryosuke introduced himself as the Hyūga Clan main family’s future head and said he wanted to befriend him.
• Ryosuke parted ways with Rock Lee after their meal and returned home to speak with Hyuga Hiashi.
• Ryosuke told Hyuga Hiashi he had met a decent student, and Hiashi offered to help him build the relationship.

Ryosuke found Hinata training at night because Neji’s challenge had made her want to become first in her grade. He warned her not to pursue goals beyond her abilities, then helped her see that she could serve as a clan head through judgment and strategy rather than combat talent alone.

• Ryosuke found Hinata training in the dark and asked whether Neji’s words had upset her.
• Hinata said she wanted to become first in her grade as the future head of the Hyuga Clan, but Ryosuke told her that goal was beyond her current abilities.
• Ryosuke urged Hinata to make her own decisions instead of simply following Neji’s or Ryosuke’s demands.
• Ryosuke explained that Hinata could excel in theoretical exams and use strategic leadership to serve the Hyuga Clan.
• Hinata listened as Ryosuke described different paths to becoming a capable ninja and clan head.

After a year of Gentle Fist training, Ryosuke fought Hyuga Hiashi to a stalemate before losing when his Chakra ran low. Hiashi told Ryosuke and Hinata to rest before their enrollment the next day, and Ryosuke prepared to help Hinata practice her Chakra circulation.

• Ryosuke and Hyuga Hiashi exchanged nearly five hundred Gentle Fist strikes without landing a decisive blow.
• Ryosuke changed his fighting style and used Rotation to evade Hiashi’s attack, but Hiashi judged that Ryosuke had run out of Chakra and won.
• Ryosuke acknowledged the gap between himself and Hiashi after a year of training, and Hiashi told him and Hinata to rest before enrollment the next day.
• Hinata brought Ryosuke water and praised his performance, while he asked whether she had learned the Gentle Fist Chakra circulation method.
• Hinata asked Ryosuke to guide her practice, and he sat down to recover before helping her.