Recaps

Hyuga Tianyi used his connection to his homeland to gain supplies and support while proving his medical talent in the Land of Rain. After joining Nawaki and Moonlight Kaede on a mission, he fought off a Hidden Rain Village outpost’s defenders and collapsed as Orochimaru arrived.

• Fang Tianyi established contact with his homeland through the Book of Ten Thousand Worlds, and officials began protecting the incident and sending him supplies.
• Hyuga Tianyi reached the Leaf camp, survived a Rain ninja attack, and joined the Medical Corps after using modern knowledge to save critically wounded patients.
• Tianyi sent medical scrolls, a poison sample, and biological samples to Commander Tian, while researchers on Blue Star began studying chakra and Hanzo’s toxin.
• Tsunade assigned Tianyi to the front-line medical team, and he quickly learned basic medical techniques under Aoba Tachibana and Mitarai Aoi.
• Danzo asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to pair Tianyi with Nawaki, and Orochimaru assigned Tianyi, Nawaki, and Moonlight Kaede to the same squad.
• Orochimaru sent the three Genin to clear a Hidden Rain Village outpost, where Tianyi used his Byakugan to identify the defenders and planned their attack.
• The outpost’s Chunin badly wounded Nawaki and Moonlight Kaede, but Tianyi realized the enemy’s enhanced strength was fading and told Kaede to retreat with Nawaki.
• Tianyi used smoke, a clone, and grenades to kill the defenders, then collapsed from his injuries as Orochimaru arrived and confirmed Nawaki would survive.

Hyuga Tianyi developed new techniques, helped defeat Hidden Rain forces, and became Tsunade’s disciple, while his defiance of the Main House put him in greater danger. He sought stronger training and traded cloning research with Orochimaru, then began learning Shadow Clones as Nawaki challenged him in a spar.

• Orochimaru and Tsunade treated Tianyi after an ambush, while Orochimaru secretly eliminated suspected spies linked to Amegakure.
• Tianyi developed Water Release: Waterline Slash with technical guidance from his homeland, while Commander Tian’s twelve Chakra Substrate volunteers became the Thunder Squad and attacked White Elephant outposts.
• During Hanzo’s poisonous assault, Tianyi used antivenom, explosives, and Waterline Slash to kill a Rain Jonin and destroy the Little Sansho Fish, helping save the Leaf forces.
• Tsunade accepted Tianyi as her disciple after he described how he had prepared the anti-poison injections, and he improved his Three-Body Technique and Waterline Slash.
• Hinata Tokugen tried to activate Tianyi’s Caged Bird seal, but Tianyi severed the arms of three guards and wounded Tokugen before ordering the Main House visitors to leave.
• Commander Tian ordered experts to develop a device that could shield Tianyi’s Caged Bird seal from activation signals, while Tianyi traded cloning research to Orochimaru for Lightning Release instruction and two technique scrolls.
• Tianyi persuaded Tsunade to teach him Shadow Clones under her supervision, and he used a clone and Hidden Mist Technique in a spar with Nawaki.

Hyuga Tianyi helped the Leaf counter Chiyo’s puppet forces with his new electromagnetic sensing, but Rasa’s ambush killed Mitarai Aoi and left Tianyi determined to bring her back. Meanwhile, Rabbit Nation prepared a covert operation against an advancing multinational fleet.

• Tsunade brought Tianyi to the Land of Wind, where he helped treat Chiyo’s poison casualties and used his Byakugan and electromagnetic sensing to locate hidden puppet squads.
• Hatake Sakumo used Tianyi’s reconnaissance to destroy the puppet forces, while Chiyo’s spies learned about Tianyi’s abilities and Rasa prepared a Gold Dust trap.
• Tianyi detected false signals near the Medical Corps, but Rasa surrounded him and the Leaf forces with Gold Dust, gravely wounding Tianyi.
• Mitarai Aoi carried Tianyi through the Gold Dust forest and died after throwing him to safety, while Rasa fled when Tianyi’s sniper fire broke his defenses.
• Tianyi asked Commander Tian how he could revive Aoi, then strengthened his Magnet Release and developed a powerful attack that nearly depleted his chakra and melted his kunai.
• Chiyo summoned Bunpuku to the front as the Sand considered using a Tailed Beast, while Tianyi’s support team assessed the risks of his trauma and possible return from the shinobi world.
• Rabbit Nation’s leaders ordered the Thunder Squad to infiltrate an advancing carrier fleet, and Wang Qiang’s team approached the ships by glider and across the water.

Wang Qiang’s team sabotaged the Eagle Nation carrier and triggered an international crisis, while Hyuga Tianyi helped Konoha defeat the Sand forces and capture Shukaku. After returning to Konoha, Tianyi killed an elder who tried to control him, defied the Main House, and received an ANBU offer and a choice of S-rank ninjutsu.

• Wang Qiang and Thunder Squad infiltrated the carrier, copied its combat plans, planted explosives, and escaped before detonating them, crippling the command center.
• Eagle Nation blamed Rabbit Nation for the attack as classified fleet intelligence leaked, while Rabbit Nation announced a nearby military exercise and Eagle Nation’s leaders tried to contain the crisis.
• Bunpuku unleashed Shukaku against the Leaf camp, but Tianyi warned the defenders and survived the Tailed Beast Ball that devastated their position.
• As the Sand forces attacked the retreating Leaf survivors, Tianyi wounded Rasa and used ambushes to kill Sand shinobi until Shukaku emerged in full form.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with reinforcements, injured Shukaku by forcing an incomplete Tailed Beast Ball into his mouth, and led the Leaf forces in sealing him inside Bunpuku.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Third Kazekage signed a ceasefire, and reports of Tianyi’s abilities spread as he returned to Konoha with the victorious Leaf forces.
• The Hyuga Main House elders summoned Tianyi and tried to discipline him, but he killed Hyuga Xuande and severed the hands of elders who attempted to activate the Caged Bird seal.
• Tianyi rejected the Main House’s authority and left the clan, then Hiruzen Sarutobi promoted him to Special Jonin, offered him an ANBU position and an S-rank ninjutsu, and Tianyi chose to examine the Flying Thunder God Technique.