Chapter Summaries

Yui used Mito’s Contract Seal and a Blood Contract to bind Hakutaku to herself, then sensed Xiao You was with Nai Hyuga and went to check on them. Nai Hyuga was stopped by Mito under a new curfew and tried to conceal Xiao You, but Mito called her back to question her.

• Nai Hyuga headed toward the sea but encountered Mito and Tsunade, who told her that a curfew had begun across the Land of Whirlpools.
• Yui worried about Nai Hyuga’s earlier remarks, then decided to make Hakutaku summonable so she would not need to carry it.
• Yui used a Contract Seal and her blood to form a Summoning Contract with Hakutaku.
• Yui sensed that Xiao You was with Nai Hyuga on an eastern street and went out to check whether they were in danger.
• Nai Hyuga tried to leave after agreeing to obey the curfew, but she stopped Xiao You from calling for help.
• Mito ordered Nai Hyuga to wait because she had questions for her.

Mito confronted Nai Hyuga about eavesdropping and learned she wanted the Nine-Tails’ power. Nai Hyuga offered to protect the Land of Whirlpools in exchange for a deal, and Mito returned to hear her out.

• Mito sent Tsunade home and accused Nai Hyuga of eavesdropping on the Reception Room’s roof.
• Nai Hyuga broke free when Mito seized her wrist and admitted she wanted the Nine-Tails’ power.
• Mito refused to give Nai Hyuga the Nine-Tails and guessed she had planned to warn the ninja outside the village.
• Nai Hyuga realized Mito needed help protecting the Land of Whirlpools and offered to make a deal.
• Mito turned back and asked whether Nai Hyuga could protect everyone in the Land of Whirlpools.

Nai Hyuga persuaded Mito to give her half of the Nine-Tails so she could protect the Land of Whirlpools. Yui arrived before Mito could finish making another request, while Xiao You complained that Nai Hyuga had mistreated her.

• Mito agreed to give Nai Hyuga half of the Nine-Tails, saying she could not hand over all of it without betraying Konoha and the Uzumaki Clan.
• Nai Hyuga accepted after deciding she could not control the complete Nine-Tails with her current chakra.
• Mito thought of Yui Hyuga's strength and began to ask that Yui be involved as well.
• Yui arrived with Tsunade, and Xiao You rushed to her, tearfully accusing Nai Hyuga of mistreating her.
• Nai Hyuga claimed she and Xiao You had been role-playing and that Xiao You was upset because she lost.

Yui learned that Nai Hyuga planned to obtain a tailed beast through a deal with Mito, and she chose to respect Nai Hyuga’s decision. Mito asked Yui to protect the entire Land of Whirlpools, leaving Yui to consider whether the request would bind her to the land.

• Yui noticed Nai Hyuga was hiding something after Mito and Nai Hyuga each tried to pull her away.
• Nai Hyuga admitted her plan to obtain a tailed beast and explained her deal with Mito, and Yui said she would respect her choice.
• Mito explained that splitting off half of the Nine-Tails would ease the burden on her seal, and Tsunade agreed to keep the plan secret.
• Mito revealed that her remaining condition was for Yui to protect the entire Land of Whirlpools.
• Yui agreed, recalling her earlier promise to protect the Uzumaki Clan, while Mito clarified that she wanted the land never to face destruction again.

Yui Hyuga and Nai Hyuga agreed with Mito to protect the Land of Whirlpools in exchange for half of the Nine-Tails, which they would transfer in seven days. After Mito warned Yui about Uesugi Io, Danzo learned that Yui and Nai were in the Land of Whirlpools and ordered them watched.

• Mito agreed to give Yui and Nai half of the Nine-Tails in return for help defending the Land of Whirlpools three times, with the current crisis counting as one.
• Yui explained to Nai that she accepted because the Nine-Tails was a rare chance to obtain a tailed beast’s power.
• Yui attacked and killed a hidden ANBU watcher to keep the arrangement secret.
• Mito scheduled the Nine-Tails transfer at the Uzumaki Clan Shrine for seven days later and warned Yui to be careful of Uesugi Io.
• Danzo learned that Yui and Nai had met Mito and ordered his subordinates to track the two women.

Danzo learned that three of his Root ninja had vanished and suspected Yui Hyuga had killed them. Back at home, Yui avoided Nai Hyuga and considered how to grow stronger, turning her attention to the Tenseigan and the pair of pseudo-Tenseigan eyes she had obtained.

• Liujia reported that three of the eight Root ninja sent on missions had disappeared, leaving only white dust and scattered tools behind.
• Danzo ordered Liujia to investigate discreetly, then suspected Yui Hyuga had killed the missing ninja because they wore Konoha ANBU uniforms.
• Yui locked herself in her room to avoid Nai Hyuga, while Xiao You urged her in its sleep to beat Nai the next day.
• Yui worried that Nai would soon gain the Nine-Tails' power and began searching for a way to become stronger.
• Yui found a Byakugan scroll, summoned two bottles containing Byakugan, and recalled that Hyuga Feng had used them to create pseudo-Tenseigan.

Yui tested whether her bloodline could resonate with the pseudo-Tenseigan, and the blood-soaked Byakugan transformed overnight into crystal-like eyes. The next morning, Uesugi Yuri came to ask for Yui’s guidance about her mother’s trouble, leaving Yui wary of the request.

• Yui speculated that Hyuga Feng had created a pseudo-Tenseigan and wondered whether her own bloodline could wield its power.
• Yui dripped her blood onto the Byakugan in two Crystal Bottles, and both eyes briefly shone with white light.
• Yui poured enough blood into the bottles to submerge the eyes, then fainted from exhaustion without seeing them react.
• After Yui fell asleep, the Byakugan absorbed all the blood, shone brightly, and shattered the Crystal Bottles.
• Yui found the eyes transformed into cool, crystal-like spheres, then opened the door to Uesugi Yuri, who said her mother needed guidance.
• Yui questioned why Uesugi Yuri had come instead of her mother, and Uesugi Yuri admitted she had decided to ask on her own.

Yui went with Uesugi Yuri to meet Uesugi Io, suspecting that Io’s boxed meal had been part of a plan involving her power. Io welcomed Yui and asked for help with the Wind-Riding Technique, while Yuri resolved to stop her mother’s scheme.

• Yui agreed to accompany Uesugi Yuri and discreetly put away the two Byakugan eyes.
• Yui asked Yuri why Io’s boxed meal had made her thirsty, and Yuri panicked before admitting she had warned Yui not to drink water.
• Yuri realized Io planned to take Yui’s power and hurried after her, determined not to betray Yui.
• Uesugi Io practiced the Wind-Riding Technique, lost control of the wind, and fell back to the ground.
• Uesugi Io welcomed Yui and said she still could not control her wind release chakra, but Yui insisted that proper chakra control should make the technique work.

Yui confronted Uesugi Io about the suspicious boxed lunches and learned that the Uesugi Family’s kekkei genkai, Transference, could steal a shinobi’s ninjutsu talent for three years. Io revealed that the technique only worked while its target remained unaware, leaving Yui to consider what danger might still be approaching.

• Uesugi Io tried to make Yui eat another boxed lunch, but Uesugi Yuri said Yui had already eaten breakfast and offered to take it herself.
• Yui refused the lunch, accused Io of drugging it, and asked why the previous meal had made her mouth and throat dry.
• Io admitted her plan had failed and explained that the Uesugi Family possessed a secret kekkei genkai called Transference.
• Io told Yui that Transference stole a shinobi’s ninjutsu talent for three years, but only if the target remained unaware.

Yui confronted Uesugi Io after discovering Io had drugged her and tried to steal her ninjutsu talent, then spared her because she was Yuri’s mother and advised her on learning flying ninjutsu. Back in her lodgings, Yui examined the altered Byakugan and considered transplanting the Pseudo-Tenseigan into herself.

• Yui questioned Uesugi Io, who admitted that fear for Yuri and her inability to learn flying ninjutsu had led her to use her dormant bloodline ability and drug Yui.
• Yui spared Uesugi Io but warned her not to target Yui or her friends again.
• Uesugi Io asked Yui for guidance, and Yui told her to calm her mind and practice patiently; Io then realized her impatience had hindered her.
• Uesugi Io told Yuri she did not blame her and praised Yui as someone extraordinary.
• Yui returned to her lodgings, examined the glowing Byakugan, and considered transplanting the Pseudo-Tenseigan into her own eye sockets.

Yui discovered that feeding chakra into the Byakugan activated a powerful beam that injured her and devastated her room. After the beam stopped, Mito ordered Yui to share a room with Nai Hyuga, while Danzo saw the blast as a chance to target Yui.

• Yui injected chakra into a Byakugan, which fired a white beam and tore a chunk of flesh from her waist.
• The Byakugan rolled across the floor, cutting through walls before its beam shot into the sky and frightened the people of the Land of Whirlpools.
• Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, Mito, and Tsunade rushed toward the beam, while Danzo recognized the Byakugan's power and decided to seize the chance to attack Yui.
• Yui healed her wound and identified the technique as the pseudo-Tenseigan's Byakugan Beam; Nai Hyuga arrived and reacted fearfully to the eyes.
• Mito and Tsunade questioned Yui about the ruined room, and Mito told her she would have to share a room with Nai Hyuga.

Mito and Tsunade met Yui and Nai Hyuga after Yui’s Ninjutsu damaged her house, and Yui refused Nai’s offer to share a home. Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo recognized the two fugitives in the Land of Whirlpools, but their reunion was interrupted by a Wind Release attack aimed at Yui.

• Nai Hyuga invited Yui to live with her, but Yui refused and began repairing her damaged house.
• Mito and Tsunade prepared to leave as Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo arrived to investigate the commotion.
• Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo recognized Yui Hyuga, and Nai Hyuga recognized them in turn.
• Orochimaru identified Yui and Nai as the fugitives who had been hiding in the Land of Whirlpools, while Hatake Sakumo greeted Yui as a former classmate.
• Hatake Sakumo began to tell Yui he had something to give her, but a Wind Release attack burst through the wall and someone shouted for Yui to die.

Danzo ambushed Yui to take the Byakugan, but Nai protected her and Yui chose to fight him herself. As Yui fought Danzo’s Root ninja, Mito feared the clash would endanger the Land of Whirlpools.

• Danzo attacked Yui with Wind Release and demanded she hand over the Byakugan, but Nai used Rotation to shield her from the collapsing house.
• Nai struck Danzo with Ice Release, and he escaped injury when blazing fireballs melted the spikes.
• Yui stopped Nai from charging Danzo and said she wanted to test her strength and the Byakugan’s power.
• Danzo sent six Root fighters after Yui, who summoned Hakutaku and cut down several with Water Release Sword Aura.
• Mito called for Yui and Danzo to stop, fearing casualties would put the Land of Whirlpools in danger.

Yui fought Danzo’s Root ninja and considered killing him after he joined the battle. Danzo demanded Hyuga Feng’s Byakugan, and Yui prepared to test the power of the Pseudo-Tenseigan against him.

• Yui killed several Root ninja, using Water Release and the mist to gain an advantage.
• Danzo scattered the mist with Wind Release, and Yui decided she might kill him to avoid future trouble.
• Danzo ordered his two surviving Root ninja to gather the others, then demanded that Yui hand over Hyuga Feng’s Byakugan.
• Yui learned that Danzo knew the Byakugan’s power and suspected its side effects, while he assumed she was nearly exhausted.
• Yui and Danzo clashed with Wind Release techniques, and Yui resolved to end the fight by testing the Pseudo-Tenseigan.

Yui switched to the Pseudo-Tenseigan’s Byakugan Storm and badly wounded Danzo, but Mito and Orochimaru intervened before she could finish him. Danzo escaped, and Yui then noticed that Nai Hyuga was missing.

• Yui changed the Pseudo-Tenseigan’s technique to Byakugan Storm and blasted Danzo with a column of wind.
• The attack shredded Danzo’s clothes, wounded him, and drove him into a house wall, but he survived.
• Yui prepared a Water Arrow to kill Danzo, but Mito and Orochimaru blocked her and insisted that Danzo could not die.
• Danzo fled, leaving blood behind, and Yui failed to locate him with Sensory Ninjutsu.
• Yui looked around and asked where Nai Hyuga was.

Yui and the others raced after Nai Hyuga, who was pursuing the wounded Danzo, while Tsunade stopped to rescue Xiao You from a collapsed wall. Nai Hyuga’s attack was intercepted by a mysterious Black-Robed Ninja, leaving Danzo’s fate uncertain.

• Yui spotted Nai Hyuga chasing Danzo and rushed after her, while Mito, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo followed.
• Tsunade stayed behind to investigate a cry for help and found Xiao You trapped inside a slab of rubble.
• Tsunade healed Xiao You, then carried the little beast as they hurried after Yui and the others.
• Nai Hyuga pursued Danzo and attacked him with Ice Spikes that slowed his movements.
• Nai Hyuga fired an Ice Needle toward Danzo’s heart, but a Black-Robed Ninja appeared and blocked it.

Nai Hyuga nearly killed Danzo, but he escaped using a smoke sphere that blocked her Byakugan. Yui and Nai defeated the Black-Robed Ninjas who remained behind, and the chapter ended with Nai lamenting that Danzo had gotten away.

• Nai Hyuga broke through the Black-Robed Ninjas surrounding her and pursued Danzo, striking his arm with an ice needle.
• Danzo severed his freezing arm, threw a white sphere that filled the area with vision-blocking smoke, and escaped.
• Yui intercepted the Black-Robed Ninjas as their leader retreated, and she fought off the soldiers sent to delay her.
• Nai Hyuga slaughtered the Black-Robed Ninjas surrounding her while Yui defeated those attacking her.
• Mito and the others arrived after the fighting, and Yui checked on Nai, who regretted failing to kill Danzo.

After Danzo escaped, Yui and Mito discussed protecting the Land of Whirlpools, and Mito departed with Orochimaru. Hatake Sakumo gave Yui the Wave Breaker Sword Technique and took her broken sword fragments, promising to try to repair them.

• Yui regretted that Danzo had escaped, while Mito questioned why she wanted him dead and worried about protecting the Land of Whirlpools.
• Yui assured Mito that she and her allies could protect the Land of Whirlpools once Nai Hyuga's matter was settled, and Hatake Sakumo promised to help bring Mito safely to Konoha.
• Mito told Nai Hyuga to prepare for their arrangement, then left with Orochimaru, leaving Yui, Nai Hyuga, and Hatake Sakumo on the rooftop.
• Hatake Sakumo gave Yui the Wave Breaker Sword Technique and learned that Wave Breaker had broken during a fight.
• Yui showed Hatake Sakumo the sword fragments, and he took them to attempt repairs, promising to return in seven or eight days.

Yui gave Nai Hyuga the Wave Breaker Sword Technique and planned to discuss the Nine-Tails Transfer with Mito, but Xiao You exposed her plot to spank Nai. Meanwhile, Danzo learned that only three Root ninja remained and decided to ask Sarutobi for reinforcements.

• Yui gave Nai Hyuga the Wave Breaker Sword Technique and offered her the Wave Breaker sword if it could be repaired.
• Yui realized she had forgotten Xiao You, then found the little Summoning Beast safe with Tsunade, who scolded her for leaving it behind.
• Yui returned to the ruined residence and claimed she was going to see Mito, but Nai Hyuga suspected she was trying to avoid her.
• Xiao You revealed Yui's plan to spank Nai Hyuga, and Nai's expression darkened as Yui tried to deny it.
• Danzo learned that only three Root ninja had survived in the Land of Whirlpools and decided to write to Sarutobi for reinforcements.

Danzo sent Murakami to deliver a scroll to Sarutobi and summon Root ninjas while Yui unlocked the Moon Style Twelve Dances after practicing Moon Art. Yui returned late to Nai Hyuga’s home and found Nai with Uesugi Yuri and another girl.

• Danzo gave Murakami a scroll for Sarutobi and ordered him to bring available Root ninjas to the Land of Whirlpools.
• Yui tried to clear her mind by practicing Moon Art swordsmanship after memories of the previous night distracted her.
• A streak of light entered Yui’s forehead, and she passed out as the Moon Style Twelve Dances appeared in her memories.
• Yui discovered that the memory scroll revealed the secret technique Full Moon Moment and that the figures on her kraft paper had become written instructions.
• Yui avoided the night patrols and went to Nai Hyuga’s home, where she found Nai, Uesugi Yuri, and another long-haired girl.