Chapter Summaries

Konoha’s defenders fought Danzo’s Wood Human after Kaito’s death, while Hiashi evacuated the Hyuga Clan and Asuma was kept away from the battlefield. Jiraiya and Orochimaru struck together, but Danzo survived Orochimaru’s sword wound with help from the White Zetsu.

• Asuma sent Ino-Shika-Cho to safety, then turned back after Sarutobi Anbu blocked his path and escorted him away from the Wood Human.
• Hiashi hugged Hanabi, then led the surviving Hyuga Clan members to Training Ground Six after learning the branch family had gathered there.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade dodged the Wood Human’s attacks as Hiruzen supported them from the side and Orochimaru prepared his Kusanagi Sword.
• Jiraiya used Sage Art: Earth Release: Yellow Springs Swamp to make the Wood Human sink into a vast swamp.
• Orochimaru drove his Kusanagi Sword through Danzo’s chest, but five White Zetsu transferred Chakra to Danzo and closed the wound.

Tsunade stopped short of killing Danzō when he claimed that Hiruzen Sarutobi had arranged Nawaki and Dan Katō’s deaths, but Hiruzen tried to silence him. After Danzō revived and named Hiruzen as the culprit, Tsunade attacked her former teacher while Jiraiya intervened.

• Tsunade broke Danzō’s arms and injured him, but paused when he offered to reveal who had arranged Nawaki’s death.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi killed Danzō with Enma’s Adamantine Nyoi-bo, but Danzō revived nearby using Izanagi alongside fifteen White Zetsu.
• Tsunade struck Hiruzen when he approached Danzō and ordered Jiraiya to keep everyone from touching him until Danzō explained himself.
• Danzō accused Hiruzen of arranging Nawaki’s and Dan Katō’s deaths, and said Orochimaru could verify his claims by reviving Dan Katō.
• Tsunade attacked Hiruzen, but Jiraiya pulled him out of the way and shielded him while asking Tsunade to deal with Danzō first.

Danzo used White Zetsu to replenish his Chakra and unleashed Wood Style: Flowering Forest, forcing Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to work together to stop it. As Danzo prepared to retreat, Hiruzen Sarutobi attacked him, but Danzo used Izanagi to revive himself and the White Zetsu, leaving Orochimaru ready to unleash the Eight-Headed Serpent Technique.

• Danzo replenished his Chakra with White Zetsu and created a vast Wood Style: Flowering Forest, while revealing that Hiruzen Sarutobi had ordered human experiments against the Senju Clan.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru combined their attacks to burn the trees, but Danzo summoned Baku to blow the flames back toward them.
• Jiraiya, the two Sage of the Toads, and Orochimaru used Water Release to extinguish the flames and protect Konoha.
• Danzo sent Baku away and prepared to retreat, but Hiruzen Sarutobi burst from underground and attacked him with the Adamantine Nyoi-bo.
• Danzo used Izanagi to survive a fatal blow and revive the White Zetsu, while Orochimaru prepared to use the Eight-Headed Serpent Technique if Danzo unleashed Wood Release again.

Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Reaper Death Seal to kill Danzo, sacrificing himself to protect the Sarutobi Clan. Tsunade learned that both men’s souls were gone, while Tobi escaped with Danzo’s corpse and Orochimaru was left to deal with the aftermath.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi hid near Danzo and prepared the Reaper Death Seal with the help of the Adamantine Nyoi-bo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi trapped Danzo in a cage, seized his soul with the Reaper Death Seal, and died after sealing him away.
• Tsunade arrived and demanded that Orochimaru revive Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, but Orochimaru explained that the Shinigami had taken both souls.
• Tsunade attacked Jiraiya in grief and anger over the deaths of her brother and the Senju Clan.
• Tobi used the Floating Technique to escape underground with Danzo’s corpse, which Orochimaru revealed was controlled by a White Zetsu.
• Tsunade withdrew from the Hundred Healings Jutsu, and Orochimaru faced the ruined battlefield and the escaped test subject.

Hiashi arrived at Training Ground Six to find the branch family devastated by deaths caused by Kaito’s Caged Bird seal, including Hizashi Hyuga, while Neji survived but lost his sight. As Hyuga Hayato led the surviving branch members in demanding an explanation, Hiashi faced a growing threat of mutiny.

• Hiashi found the branch family grieving dozens of dead, including Hizashi Hyuga, and saw that Neji had survived but was blind.
• Hyuga Teru confronted Hiashi over the branch family’s losses and accused the main family of making them pay for its traitor.
• Main family members brought in the Third Elder’s corpse, and Hyuga Teru mocked his death.
• Hyuga Kanade activated the Caged Bird seal against Hyuga Teru, but Hiashi stopped him by striking him down and threatening to execute him.
• Hyuga Hayato led the branch family before Hiashi and demanded an explanation for the disaster.

Orochimaru arrested Hiashi and ordered the Hyuga Main Family investigated after the Branch Family confronted him over the Caged Bird and Hizashi’s death. As the surviving Branch Family members returned to their compound, Iori learned that villagers were already being told the Third Hokage had died a hero and suspected someone was manipulating public opinion.

• Neji demanded that Hiashi explain why the Secret Seal Curse had killed his father, while the Branch Family confronted the Main Family.
• Orochimaru blamed Hiashi for the Hyuga Clan’s rebellion and the Third Hokage’s death, then had Anbu arrest him despite Hanabi’s pleas.
• Orochimaru ordered the Main Family children questioned, the corpses examined, and the Police Department members to remain in Konoha pending investigation.
• Hayato led the surviving Branch Family members back to the clan compound to check on their families.
• Iori received reports that the Fourth Elder had joined Danzo and that the Third Hokage had died stopping them, then questioned why his heroic death was already being publicized.

After the Third Hokage and many Hyuga Clan members died, Orochimaru took control of Konoha and began investigating the Hyuga. Natsuki learned that Neji was blind but alive, returned to Konoha to save someone, and met Orochimaru, who explained that White Zetsu had assimilated Hyuga Kaito and triggered the massacre.

• Orochimaru reorganized Konoha's security, assigned Jiraiya to investigate the Hyuga Clan, and sent Natsuki a message.
• Natsuki received the news that the Third Hokage, Danzo, and Hizashi had died and that Neji was blind, then left Itachi and Fugaku in charge of the Uchiha Clan.
• Natsuki returned secretly to Konoha and learned from Iori that the battle had taken place inside the Hyuga Main Family and that the Sarutobi Clan might be shaping public opinion.
• Natsuki met Orochimaru in the secret room and discovered that Orochimaru had imprisoned Hiashi while examining Hyuga corpses.
• Orochimaru told Natsuki that Hyuga Kaito had been assimilated with White Zetsu and that his consciousness had likely been consumed, causing him to use the Caged Bird to kill Hyuga Clan members.

Natsuki and Orochimaru uncovered how the Caged Bird worked and discussed using Hizashi’s revival to abolish the Hyuga Clan’s Main and Branch Family system. The chapter ended with Natsuki preparing to remove Hizashi’s Byakugan and the nerve tissue carrying the seal.

• Orochimaru told Natsuki how Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi had been involved in the past events, and Natsuki suspected the Sarutobi Clan was testing Orochimaru’s intentions.
• Natsuki examined Hizashi’s body while Orochimaru explained that the Caged Bird was embedded in brain tissue connected to the Byakugan and could not be removed without fatal consequences.
• Natsuki proposed removing Hizashi’s Byakugan and Caged Bird tissue, then reviving him, and revealed that he wanted to use the opportunity to end the Hyuga Main and Branch Family system.
• Natsuki and Orochimaru discussed bringing Hyuga Clan members into the Uchiha nation and dealing with the Sarutobi Clan depending on its behavior.
• Natsuki pointed to Hizashi and said he would first remove his eyes and the piece of cranial nerve containing the Caged Bird.

Natsuki visited the devastated Hyuga Clan compound and persuaded the grieving Neji to come with him by promising to save Hizashi. At Orochimaru's laboratory, Natsuki brought Neji to be examined, and Orochimaru began trying to neutralize the Caged Bird seal.

• Natsuki sneaked into the Hyuga compound and found Hayato, who told him where Neji was.
• Natsuki found Neji grieving over Hizashi and offered to save his father in exchange for Neji's life.
• Neji agreed, and Natsuki knocked him unconscious, carried him away in a sack, and left a note.
• Orochimaru removed Hizashi's Caged Bird nerve section and Byakugan while waiting for Natsuki to return.
• Natsuki brought Neji to Orochimaru, who put him into suspended death to try to remove his Caged Bird seal.

Natsuki and Orochimaru revived Hizashi using Living Corpse Reincarnation and Izanagi. Hizashi woke to learn of the Hyuga Clan’s deaths and Neji’s sacrifice, and feared the clan would descend into conflict.

• Natsuki had Orochimaru transplant a Sharingan into his left eye, then healed the wound with his own ability.
• Natsuki used Living Corpse Reincarnation to restore Hizashi’s soul and life force, then activated Izanagi to survive the process.
• Hizashi woke up alive and learned that the Hyuga Clan’s Fourth Elder had caused sixty-five deaths, including Neji’s.
• Hizashi grieved for Neji and feared that the weakened branch family and the main family would soon fight.
• Natsuki told Hizashi that he and Orochimaru had revived him, but Hizashi questioned why he had been brought back when he could not prevent the clan’s conflict.

Orochimaru offered to save Neji in exchange for Hizashi persuading Hiashi to abolish the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family and Branch Family system and the Caged Bird. After Hizashi agreed, Orochimaru and Natsuki treated Neji, who woke able to see again.

• Hizashi found Neji’s warm but seemingly lifeless body and begged Orochimaru to save him.
• Orochimaru demanded the abolition of the Caged Bird and threatened to execute the Main Family if Hiashi refused.
• Hizashi agreed to speak to Hiashi after Natsuki told him the Third Hokage was dead and that the Hyuga Clan had no other way out.
• Orochimaru removed the brain tissue affected by the Caged Bird and implanted the First Elder’s Byakugan into Neji.
• Natsuki used his Healing Power on Neji, who woke up and exclaimed that he could see.

Neji reunited with the resurrected Hizashi, and Natsuki revealed that Neji’s eyes had been restored and his Caged Bird removed. Orochimaru confronted Hiashi with the Hyuga Clan’s losses and demanded an end to the Main Family and branch family system, leaving Hiashi alone with Hizashi to discuss the clan’s future.

• Neji embraced Hizashi, while Natsuki offered branch family members who could not let go of their hatred a place in the Uchiha Clan.
• Natsuki told Neji that he had given him a pair of Byakugan and removed his Caged Bird, then received rewards for changing Neji’s and Hizashi’s life trajectories.
• Natsuki and Orochimaru visited Hiashi in prison, where Orochimaru reported the deaths and warned that he could execute either the Main Family or part of the branch family.
• Orochimaru demanded that Hiashi abolish the Caged Bird and the Main Family and branch family system, offering to put the matter behind them if he agreed.
• Natsuki brought the resurrected Hizashi to Hiashi, and the brothers were left alone to talk about the Hyuga Clan’s future.

The Uchiha Clan rested on the Land of Fire coast while awaiting enough ships, and its members planned the institutions and education system for their future home. Meanwhile, Minato led Team Seven to confront Gato in the Land of Waves, intending to train Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata along the way.

• The Uchiha Clan waited for ships, while Nagato considered replacing his eyes with Byakugan and studied Wood Style scrolls with Yahiko.
• The Uchiha Clan planned a Police Force, mission system, hospital, school, and other departments for its future nation.
• Minato's Team Seven encountered an ambush by Hidden Grass shinobi, which Hinata exposed with her Byakugan.
• After reaching the Land of Waves, Minato agreed to protect Dazna while pursuing Gato's money.
• Minato decided to lead Team Seven to Gato's base and train Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata, whose softheartedness and restraint he had observed.

Minato put Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata in command of a mission to kill the gang members in Gato's building. After scouting the building and planning an ambush, the three set it on fire, but their intrusion was discovered and the gang began to react.

• Minato told Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata that they would lead the mission to kill everyone in Gato's building and bear the consequences of their decisions.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to map the building, locate Gato and the guards, and identify the exits and two genin among the gang.
• Naruto proposed sneaking in and clearing the floors, while Sasuke decided to use lamp oil and fire to drive the gang toward the rear stairs.
• After nightfall, the three entered the building and approached the stairway guards, but Naruto's side made noise and alerted the gang.
• Sasuke killed a guard who came downstairs, then set the lamp oil alight with his Great Fireball Technique as the gang raised the alarm.
• Hinata observed the fire spreading through the building as the gang struggled to put it out.

Team Seven fought Gato’s men while Minato eliminated the reinforcements at the seaside warehouse. Sasuke and Naruto defeated the Hidden Grass Village ninja, but Naruto was wounded when a thug Hinata had knocked unconscious woke and attacked him.

• Sasuke attacked the men descending the stairs while Naruto used Shadow Clones and Hinata fought with the Gentle Fist.
• Minato returned after killing Gato’s men at the warehouse, leaving Gato without reinforcements.
• Naruto and Sasuke challenged the two Hidden Grass Village ninja, and Sasuke killed his opponent with the Kusanagi Sword.
• A thug Hinata had knocked unconscious woke up and cut Naruto’s calf, prompting Hinata to warn him.
• Naruto used a red Chakra cloak to kill one Hidden Grass Village ninja, Sasuke killed the other with Chidori, and Hinata struck the thug who injured Naruto.
• Hinata checked on Naruto, who reassured her that his wound was not serious.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata defeated Gato’s gang, but Minato secretly killed Kosuke and Yusuke after the team let them go. When Sasuke and Naruto learned the two had tortured and murdered people, they realized their mistake as Dazna and the villagers came to see Gato’s burning headquarters.

• Kurama healed Naruto’s leg, and Hinata apologized for his injury.
• Kosuke and Yusuke betrayed Gato and begged Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata to spare them, so Sasuke let them leave.
• Minato captured Gato and then killed Kosuke and Yusuke after discovering their wanted-list records.
• Sasuke questioned the surviving thugs and learned that Kosuke and Yusuke had tortured and killed people, including Inari’s adoptive father, Kaido.
• Hinata told Dazna that Gato’s headquarters had fallen, and he brought villagers to inspect the burning building.

After defeating Gato’s forces, Minato ordered Team Seven to return to the village because something had happened there. He reprimanded Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata for their mistakes and revealed that the crisis involved the Hyuga Clan.

• Dazna told Sasuke and Naruto that Gato had more than two hundred subordinates at a northwest warehouse, and Hinata used her Byakugan to find them dead.
• Sasuke and Naruto found Gato’s corpse among the dead thugs and realized Minato had killed them; the villagers celebrated Gato’s death and thanked Team Seven.
• Minato returned with the bodies of Kosuke and Yusuke, then ordered Team Seven to head back to the village because something had happened there.
• As Minato led them back, he reprimanded Sasuke for failing to assess the enemy’s numbers, Hinata for leaving an enemy able to escape, and Naruto for trusting appearances.
• Minato told Hinata that something had happened in the Hyuga Clan.

Hiashi agreed to Orochimaru’s demands after the Hyuga Clan’s disaster, and Orochimaru transplanted Main Family Byakugan into Hizashi. The Branch Family gathered to discuss its losses and growing anger, with Hyuga Teru and others ready to rebel rather than continue living under the Caged Bird seal.

• Hiashi agreed to hand the harmed Branch Family members over to Natsuki and let Orochimaru take twelve pairs of Main Family Byakugan for research.
• Orochimaru revealed that Neji and Hizashi had received Main Family Byakugan, and he transplanted a pair into Hizashi.
• Natsuki sent Hiashi and Hizashi to address the Branch Family crisis while keeping the remaining Main Family members locked up.
• Hyuga Hayato reported that the Branch Family had lost sixty-five people, compared with thirteen Main Family members.
• Hyuga Teru and other Branch Family members considered overthrowing the Main Family or seeking death rather than risk more deaths from the Caged Bird seal.

Hizashi returned alive and stopped Hyuga Teru and the Branch Family members from seeking revenge for their dead relatives. He announced Orochimaru’s order that the Main Family must abandon the Caged Bird seal or face execution, while the Branch Family’s existing seals would remain for now.

• Hizashi returned to the Branch Family courtyard, where he comforted Hyuga Teru as Teru grieved for his dead brother, Asahi.
• Hizashi had Hayato secure the area before explaining that Hyuga Kaito’s body had been possessed by an enemy and that Kaito had acted with the rogue ninja Shimura Danzō.
• Hizashi announced that Orochimaru had ordered the Main Family to abandon the Caged Bird seal, warning that the Main Family would otherwise be executed.
• Hizashi told the Branch Family that their existing Caged Bird seals could not yet be removed, but Orochimaru would execute any Main Family member who used one.

Hiashi apologized to the branch family and ended the Caged Bird for future generations, while allowing clan members to leave Konoha without punishment. Fifty-seven chose to leave, and Hizashi arranged for them to join Uchiha Natsuki; later, Natsuki reunited Neji with Tenten and Rock Lee and took the three of them with him.

• Hiashi apologized for the deaths caused by Kaito and announced that the Hyuga Clan would stop placing the Caged Bird on younger generations.
• Hiashi offered branch family members permission to leave Konoha, and fifty-seven remained behind to depart from the clan.
• Hizashi told the departing members that Uchiha Natsuki would welcome them, and Hyuga Teru thanked him on their behalf.
• Tenten and Rock Lee worried about Neji while training at Training Ground Nine.
• Neji returned with Natsuki, and Tenten and Rock Lee greeted him with relief.
• Natsuki took Tenten, Rock Lee, and Neji with him, intending to introduce the children to Tsunade.