Chapter Summaries

Ryosuke explained that Konoha would stop surveilling Shanks as the Akatsuki captured tailed beasts, while the Hyūga expanded their intelligence network. In the Land of Rain, Kusagi Kai reopened negotiations over alliance terms after a powerful ninja clan offered to settle there, and Iroha Hyuga arrived to represent the clan.

• Ryosuke told Shanks that Konoha would stop watching him because the Akatsuki had captured Shukaku, Matatabi, and Kokuō, and Shanks asked to witness a tailed-beast battle.
• Ryosuke declined Shanks's request for the Hyuga Intelligence Agency to predict the Akatsuki's movements and explained that only a small group of elite members captured tailed beasts.
• Ryosuke asked Sagi Ki whether the Sagi Family had considered relocating to another country, leaving Sagi Ki startled.
• Kusagi Kai rejected the allied nations' proposed resource discount and announced that the Land of Rain also wanted to renegotiate its land cession terms because a famous ninja clan intended to settle there.
• Kusagi Kai introduced Iroha Hyuga, who said he had temporary authorization from the Hyuga Family Head to assist in the negotiations.

Iroha Hyuga announced that the Hyuga clan would leave Konoha and settle in the Land of Rain, prompting Utatane Koharu to try to stop him. In Konoha, Jiraiya asked Hyuga Hiashi to reconsider, but Hiashi said the clan needed room to grow elsewhere while remaining Konoha’s friend.

• Iroha Hyuga presented the clan head’s order to relocate the Hyuga to the Land of Rain, and the alliance meeting was suspended so the factions could verify the news.
• Utatane Koharu accused Iroha of conspiring to disrupt the meeting and tried to poison him, but Iroha revealed he had anticipated her tactic and refused to fight.
• Iroha warned that harming him or the other Hyuga would not stop the clan’s departure, and Utatane Koharu left to report the matter to Konoha.
• Jiraiya visited Hyuga Hiashi in the Hyuga compound and asked whether the clan could remain in Konoha.
• Hyuga Hiashi said the Hyuga needed a larger stage beyond the Land of Fire, but would remember its bonds with Konoha and remain its friend.

Jiraiya tried to persuade Hyūga Hiashi to keep the Hyūga in Konoha, but they agreed only to remain friends and cooperate through the alliance as they moved to the Land of Rain. After the decision became public, Konoha’s clans worried about losing the Hyūga’s battlefield vision, while many villagers expected the village to carry on as usual.

• Jiraiya warned Hyūga Hiashi that the Akatsuki’s renewed activity and the threat of war made the Hyūga’s departure dangerous, but Hiashi said the clan would remain in the alliance and cooperate with Konoha.
• Jiraiya offered the position of Sixth Hokage to Hyūga Ryosuke, then agreed to hand the office to a suitable Hyūga candidate if the clan upheld the Will of Fire and treated Konoha’s people equally.
• Hyūga Hiashi declined Jiraiya’s offer without deception, and the two parted hoping Konoha and the Hyūga would remain friends.
• Ryosuke told Hyūga Hiashi that the Land of Rain could give the clan greater freedom to develop, and explained that Shanks had left with Sagi Ki while the Hyūga’s cooperation with the Sagi Family was already secured.
• Jiraiya reported the Hyūga’s departure to Utatane Koharu and convened a meeting, while news spread through Konoha and left the major clans anxious about losing the Byakugan’s battlefield surveillance.

As nations competed to recruit the Hyuga after learning of their planned move to the Land of Rain, Hyuga Hiashi rejected their offers and Ryosuke’s attempts to recruit Konoha allies met limited success. With the clan’s relocation underway, Hinata struggled with leaving Konoha and wondered whether she could eventually stand on her own.

• The Land of Iron and Land of Soup ordered secret efforts to recruit the Hyuga, while other nations sent delegations to Konoha.
• Kazahana Dōtō offered Hyuga Hiashi advanced Chakra Armor technology and equipment, but Hiashi declined because the Hyuga had already agreed to settle in the Land of Rain.
• Hyuga Hiashi politely rejected recruitment offers from the Land of Snow and other powers, while Ryosuke invited Rock Lee to leave Konoha and Lee refused because Might Guy could not leave.
• Ryosuke, Hinata, and others approached their Konoha connections, but few agreed to join the Hyuga as Konoha’s leaders reassured the village’s residents.
• Hinata told Ryosuke she felt uneasy about leaving Konoha in two weeks, and she privately questioned whether she could someday grow beyond his protection.

Ryosuke oversaw the Hyuga Clan’s slow relocation from Konoha amid repeated ambushes, while Seisai and Souji reported that the clan’s takeover of the Land of Rain was progressing smoothly. The chapter left the Hyuga Clan consolidating control across the country as more members arrived.

• Tamio Hyuga reported that Seisai’s relocation team had defeated an ambush by six Chunin-level fighters and seventeen Genin, and Ryosuke ordered the recovered bodies preserved for his examination.
• Ryosuke declined Tamio’s suggestion to spread rumors about captured Tailed Beast Jinchuriki and welcomed Yamanaka Clan members who had agreed to relocate.
• Seisai met Souji on the Land of Rain’s shore, where he explained that Kusagi Kai was an ordinary person who led surviving Amegakure ninja and had offered the country’s control to the Hyuga Clan.
• Souji learned that Old Cat was Ryosuke’s disciple and addressed him respectfully while Seisai explained that she was teaching him ninja knowledge.
• Souji told Seisai that Hyuga members were replacing local officials, construction of their future capital was underway, and the Land of Rain’s situation had stabilized.

Hinata asked Ryosuke to help her gain the power of a Tailed Beast so she could protect herself while leading the Hyūga Clan, and he agreed to find a way to strengthen her. Meanwhile, Konoha prepared to organize a Five Kage Summit against the Akatsuki Organization, whose forces might already control as many as six Tailed Beasts.

• Hinata showed Ryosuke intelligence confirming that the Akatsuki Organization's capture of the Seven-Tails had exposed its hunt for Tailed Beasts to the Ninja World.
• Hinata explained that she wanted a Tailed Beast to maintain combat power without neglecting her future duties as head of the Hyūga Clan, and Ryosuke promised to help her become stronger.
• Konoha's leaders discussed organizing a Five Kage Summit, while Shikaku Nara explained that Kirigakure had lost control of its two Tailed Beasts and that the Akatsuki Organization might possess six.
• Jiraiya reassured the Konoha meeting that the remaining villages and their three Tailed Beasts could oppose the Akatsuki Organization even if Kirigakure did not attend.

Jiraiya and Tsunade discussed Itachi Uchiha’s uncertain loyalty and the danger Sasuke might pose if he learned the truth, while Naruto chose to remain in Konoha as the Hyuga family prepared to relocate. Naruto reunited with Hinata and told Ryosuke that he had begun longing for companionship; Ryosuke then considered asking Naruto about his bond with the Nine-Tails before deciding how to proceed with the Akatsuki Organization’s plans.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Konoha had lost contact with Itachi Uchiha and worried about how the village would face Sasuke if he learned the truth.
• Naruto explained to Ryosuke that he would stay in Konoha, partly to avoid putting Tsunade in a difficult position as the Hyuga family relocated.
• Hinata greeted Naruto, and he remarked on how much she had changed before she returned to the Hyuga compound for a meeting called by her father.
• Naruto told Ryosuke that working alongside the Hyuga team had shown him the value of companions, and he admitted he envied Ryosuke and Hinata’s relationship.
• Naruto asked Ryosuke to contact him before leaving Konoha so he could thank him with a meal.
• Ryosuke considered asking Naruto about his relationship with the Nine-Tails and thought he might use Minato Namikaze’s half of the beast if Naruto was unwilling to give up his own.

Ryosuke led the Hyūga Clan’s final relocation convoy from Konoha toward the Land of Rain, protecting it with his Tenseigan’s surveillance. After the Sagi Family joined the convoy, several hundred attackers ambushed them, but Ryosuke crushed them and extracted their intelligence.

• Hyuga Hiashi and Jiraiya bid farewell to Ryosuke, Hinata, and the Hyūga Clan as their largest relocation group left Konoha with the clan’s most valuable secrets and supplies.
• Ryosuke used his abilities to surveil the convoy continuously while it traveled by land through the Land of Wind and the Land of Soup toward the Land of Snow.
• Ryosuke detected Sagi Yu and a small Sagi Family party approaching, and Hyuga Hiashi welcomed them as prospective partners in governing the Land of Rain.
• That night, several hundred attackers descended on the convoy’s campsite, and Ryosuke used the Tenseigan to pull them in, pin them down, and mentally control their leaders.
• Ryosuke searched the attackers’ memories for information, then crushed the surviving figures with his powers and returned to the convoy.

The Hyūga convoy reached the Land of Rain, where Ryosuke discussed the clan’s future and learned about the damaged country’s challenges. The chapter left him asking where former ruler Kusagi Kai and his associates were.

• Hinata comforted Hanabi about leaving Konoha and explained that the Hyūga had come to make the Land of Rain their home.
• Ryosuke urged Hanabi to build a country of her own if she still disliked the Land of Rain as an adult, and argued that clan members should expand beyond their family’s holdings.
• After more than a week, the convoy reached the former capital and saw ruins and signs of continued unrest.
• Souji Hyuga reported that the inner city and the ancestral residence were ready, but clan members disliked the climate and the clan lacked administrators and workers.
• Ryosuke explained that the Land of Rain’s population had scattered after Amegakure’s defeat and asked where Kusagi Kai and the former rulers were.

The Hyūga discussed the Land of Rain’s collapse and delayed giving Sagi Yu the authority and manpower to govern while they assessed the former Amegakure’s remaining loyalists. Ryosuke then met Kusagi Kai and directly asked whether he came from another world and used a false name.

• Hyuga Hiashi explained that the Sagi Family and Kusagi Kai’s people would handle civil affairs while the Hyūga controlled military and cultural matters.
• Sagi Yu urged Hyuga Hiashi to let him begin restoring the economy, but Hiashi and Ryosuke told him to wait while the Hyūga dealt with security concerns.
• Hyuga Hiashi warned Sagi Yu not to interfere in military or cultural affairs, and Ryosuke explained that the Hyūga needed to distinguish former Amegakure loyalists from other rain ninja.
• After the Hyūga inner city was completed, Ryosuke met Kusagi Kai and asked whether he was from another world and whether his name was fake.

Ryosuke met Kusagi Kai and his bodyguard, Mikasa, and became increasingly suspicious that they were Otherworld Visitors despite Kusagi Kai’s convincing account of his past. After Mikasa left to deliver a calling card to the Sagi Estate, Ryosuke identified her as Mikasa Ackerman and ordered Souji to investigate her and the people around Kusagi Kai.

• Ryosuke questioned Kusagi Kai about his background and heard how war and hardship had shaped his life in the Land of Rain.
• Ryosuke suspected Kusagi Kai was guiding their conversation but set aside his doubts and agreed to work with him for peace and stability.
• Souji Hyuga warned Kusagi Kai to follow the Sagi Family’s etiquette, so Kusagi Kai asked Mikasa to deliver a calling card to the Sagi Estate.
• Ryosuke told Souji that Mikasa was definitely an Otherworld Visitor and ordered him to investigate her and Kusagi Kai’s associates.
• Ryosuke recognized Mikasa as Mikasa Ackerman and wondered whether Kusagi Kai was connected to Eren or another figure from Attack on Titan.

Ryosuke uncovered that Kusagi Kai was actually Armin, who had taken the identity of a dead boy, and recruited Armin, Mikasa, and Eren to help the Hyūga purge opposition in the Land of Rain. He offered them Hyūga support and the possibility of returning to their world, leaving the three considering a future where they could confront the Titans with ninja power.

• Ryosuke studied intelligence on Mikasa and Eren and concluded that Armin had assumed the identity of Kusagi Kai after the real Kusagi family was killed.
• Ryosuke summoned Armin, Mikasa, and Eren and asked them to identify and remove people in the Land of Rain who opposed Hyūga rule.
• The three accepted Hyūga forehead protectors, but Ryosuke revealed Armin's identity and told him to stop pretending to be Kusagi Kai.
• Armin warned Mikasa and Eren not to attack and asked Ryosuke who he was and whether he had met other people like them.
• Ryosuke offered the three Hyūga protection, power, and a possible way home, then explained that they could use ninja abilities to defeat Titans and save people in their world.

Ryosuke dismissed the Titans as weak and wondered where Shanks had gone while the Shinobi Alliance met to coordinate against the Akatsuki Organization. At Konoha’s camp, Sasuke prepared to fight Itachi, while Naruto worried that Sasuke could not withstand the truth behind his brother and clan’s history.

• Ryosuke saw Eren and the others off, judged Titans to be easy targets for ninjas, and wondered why Shanks had not met the Sagi Family as promised.
• At the Five Kage Summit, Ōnoki challenged Konoha’s security and argued with Darui and Mabui before the leaders shared intelligence about the Akatsuki Organization.
• Darui, Jiraiya, and Ōnoki revealed that their villages had brought the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto, and another Jinchuriki to the summit.
• Rasa reported Sunagakure’s encounters with Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, and the leaders discussed the Akatsuki’s strength and the risks of using the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Ōnoki urged Konoha to deal with its surviving Uchiha, but Jiraiya rejected his demand and privately worried about Sasuke.
• At Konoha’s camp, Sasuke declared his determination to kill Itachi, while Naruto concealed the truth about Itachi’s role and asked whether Sasuke could defeat him himself.

Naruto tried to make Sasuke consider what he would do after avenging the Uchiha Clan, but their conversation was interrupted by approaching Kirigakure ninja. Kakashi met the group and learned that Mei Terumi, Kirigakure’s newly appointed Fifth Mizukage, had come to discuss subjugating the Akatsuki Organization.

• Sasuke calmed himself and explained that he would seek new abilities and training to prepare for revenge against Itachi Uchiha.
• Naruto asked Sasuke what he would do after getting revenge, and Sasuke admitted he had never considered it.
• Naruto began to question whether Itachi’s actions on the night the Uchiha Clan was destroyed had another explanation, but he sensed approaching figures before he could finish.
• Sasuke identified the approaching group as Kirigakure ninja, and he and Naruto fired a signal flare before Kakashi, Might Guy, and Asuma arrived.
• Kakashi and the others approached the group and recognized Mei Terumi, Zabuza, Ao, and Genji.
• Mei Terumi introduced herself as Kirigakure’s newly appointed Fifth Mizukage and said she had come to discuss subjugating the Akatsuki Organization.

Mei Terumi told Jiraiya that Akatsuki had taken control of Kirigakure and planned to attack Konoha while the Five Kage Summit was underway. Konoha prepared for the threat, and at the resumed summit Mei declared that Kirigakure’s forces would abandon their village and fight its defenders as enemies.

• Mei Terumi explained that Akatsuki had backed Karatachi Yagura in a coup, driving her faction from Kirigakure, and warned that Akatsuki planned an attack on Konoha within the week.
• Mei asked Jiraiya to release the Kirigakure prisoners in exchange for her warning, and Jiraiya agreed to arrange their release if the intelligence proved true.
• Jiraiya contacted Maruboshi Kosuke, who evacuated Konoha’s civilians and organized the village’s defenses.
• At the resumed summit, Mei said Akatsuki’s base was in Kirigakure and that the Fourth Mizukage and the Three-Tails were in Akatsuki’s hands.
• Mei warned the Allied Forces that Akatsuki knew its base had been exposed and declared that Kirigakure would treat those who remained loyal to Yagura as enemies.

Mei Terumi’s group approached Konoha as the Allied Shinobi Forces sailed toward Kirigakure, while the Akatsuki prepared to target the army and capture its Jinchuriki. Nagato assigned Obito to attack Iwagakure, and Obito agreed after confronting Nagato’s motives.

• Mei Terumi’s group concealed their intention to defect to Konoha while marching with the Allied Shinobi Forces toward the Land of Water.
• Kakuzu, White Zetsu, Itachi Uchiha, Konan, and Nagato discussed the exposed Akatsuki base and Nagato rejected retreating from the approaching army.
• Nagato ordered the Akatsuki to disrupt the Allied Shinobi Forces and capture the Jinchuriki, declaring that he could defeat the army himself.
• Nagato stopped Tobi, revealed he wanted him to attack Iwagakure, and tested him with Banshō Ten'in.
• Obito resisted Nagato’s pull, challenged his intentions, and then agreed to go to Iwagakure.

Ryosuke assigned Mikasa, Eren, and Old Cat a mission to take 124 corpses to Kumogakure and announce the Hyūga’s retaliation for covert attacks. He also revealed that Eren possessed a powerful, non-Chakra force, while explaining that the Hyūga planned to use competition in the Ninja World to strengthen the clan before exploring other worlds.

• Ryosuke chose Mikasa and Eren to deliver a declaration to Kumogakure, with Armin staying in the Land of Rain to help Sagi Yu restore the country.
• When Mikasa and Eren argued over who should go, Ryosuke revealed that Eren had a hidden power that might awaken in a life-or-death crisis.
• Ryosuke assigned Mikasa, Eren, and Old Cat to display 124 corpses in Kumogakure and warn that the Hyūga would bring another 124 corpses there in two months to exact a price.
• Mikasa requested to go alone, but Eren insisted he would follow if she left him behind, and Ryosuke sent them out to settle the matter themselves.
• Old Cat asked if the Hyūga planned to unify the Ninja World, and Ryosuke said they instead intended to cultivate the clan through controlled competition and eventually explore other worlds.

As Ryosuke waited restlessly for the Gate of Time and Space, Hinata shared the burdens of managing the Hyūga and the Land of Rain with him. On the mission to the Land of Lightning, Old Cat revealed that the Hyūga intended to cultivate rivals in the Ninja World and eventually expand into other worlds.

• Ryosuke listened as Hinata described the clan’s administrative and training problems, and he suggested youth groups as a way to prepare children for service in the corps.
• Hinata apologized for venting to Ryosuke, who admitted that the peaceful wait for the Gate of Time and Space was frustrating and called for Black Zetsu to hurry.
• While riding toward the Land of Lightning, Eren and Mikasa questioned Old Cat about the Hyūga’s plans and the mission against Kumogakure.
• Old Cat explained that the Hyūga wanted competitors to drive the Land of Rain’s development, then intended to send capable forces to other worlds through Space-Time Gates.
• Old Cat promised Eren that he could decide how to rule his world if the Hyūga found a gate to it, provided he had the strength to occupy it.

Nagato sought Black Zetsu’s commitment to the Akatsuki’s plan as the Allied Forces approached the Land of Water, while Obito infiltrated Iwagakure and launched a Wood Release attack. At Kumogakure, Eren and Mikasa delivered the Hyūga’s declaration that they would kill 2,480 ninja there in two months, leaving the gathered crowd facing the bloody contents of their scrolls.

• Nagato pressed White Zetsu and Black Zetsu to confirm their loyalty, and Black Zetsu argued that their shared goals justified their cooperation.
• Nagato questioned whether Tobi was truly Madara Uchiha, but Black Zetsu avoided answering directly.
• Obito infiltrated Iwagakure while its main force was away, revealed himself in the village center, and unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
• Eren told Kumogakure ninja that he and Mikasa represented the Hyūga and had come to deliver a message to the Fifth Raikage.
• Eren announced that the Hyūga would send fifty ninja to kill 2,480 Kumogakure ninja in two months, and Mikasa opened the Storage Scrolls, releasing a stench of blood.

Eren and Mikasa delivered the Hyūga’s challenge at Kumogakure’s gates, then fled as Kumogakure ninja pursued them. Mikasa planned to hide Eren and draw the pursuers away alone, leaving their escape and reunion uncertain.

• Mikasa poisoned the Kumogakure ninja and concealed the area in mist while Eren publicly announced the Hyūga’s demand for repayment and their challenge in two months.
• The Kumogakure ninja dispersed the mist, found the injured civilians and Genin, and sent a Chunin and others to pursue Eren and Mikasa.
• As Eren struggled to keep running, Mikasa carried him and explained that she would leave him in a hidden pit near a cave while she lured the pursuers away.
• Mikasa told Eren that Old Cat would accompany him to a nearby village and wait for Hyūga reinforcements, then called on Old Cat to carry out her plan.