Chapter Summaries

Toru Kujyo, Hinata, and Shino Aburame began Kurenai Yuhi’s bell-seizure survival test, using coordinated attacks to challenge her. After Kurenai evaded their first moves, Hinata tracked her position as Toru moved in to close the distance.

• Toru Kujyo sparred with Hinata and encouraged her before they rested by the river and ate grilled fish.
• The next morning, Toru Kujyo, Hinata, and Shino Aburame met Kurenai Yuhi for a one-hour test to seize her three bells.
• The three students vanished at the start of the test, and Hinata and her shadow clone attacked Kurenai with an Empty Wall Palm shock wave.
• Shino sent chakra-absorbing insects toward Kurenai, but she detected the students and substituted a log to evade the insects.
• Hinata activated her Byakugan, located Kurenai moving southeast, and reported that Toru was closing in on her.

Toru Kujyo, Hinata, and Shino outmaneuvered Kurenai Yuhi in their team test and passed, officially forming Team 8. On their first D-rank mission, Toru demonstrated his skill by walking on water and using Wind Release to clear rubbish from an irrigation channel.

• Hinata and Shino followed Toru Kujyo's signal, and the three coordinated their attack on Kurenai Yuhi.
• Toru Kujyo used a Shadow Clone and a Great Dragon Fire Technique to distract Kurenai Yuhi while his teammates helped secure her bells.
• Kurenai Yuhi declared the trio had passed, and Toru Kujyo kept the secret of how he resisted her genjutsu.
• Kurenai Yuhi took Team 8 to celebrate, then asked Toru how his Shadow Clone had escaped her genjutsu, but he refused to reveal his secret.
• The next day, Team 8 began a D-rank mission clearing an irrigation channel alongside Team 7.
• Toru Kujyo walked on the water and used Wind Release: Minor Breakthrough to blow rubbish onto the bank.

After Team 8 completed its cleanup mission, Toru Kujyo’s eyes suddenly erupted in pain as his kekkei genkai began to awaken. He asked Hinata to keep the awakening secret and help conceal his condition while he recovered.

• Hinata and Shino Aburame used their chakra skills to help Toru Kujyo clean the canal, leaving Kurenai Yuhi to rethink her training plan.
• After Team 8 collected its mission payment, Toru Kujyo invited Hinata to celebrate their team’s formation by cooking at his home.
• Toru Kujyo collapsed in pain outside his house and told Hinata that his kekkei genkai was awakening.
• Toru Kujyo explained that the Kujyo family’s rare kekkei genkai could skip generations and asked Hinata to hide it from the Third Hokage and the Hyuga Clan.
• Hinata bandaged Toru Kujyo’s eyes, and he instructed her to use a Shadow Clone to cover his missions and keep Hanabi away while he recovered.

After two weeks of Hinata caring for him while he was blind, Toru Kujyo’s eye pain disappeared and his Byakugan evolved into the Tenseigan. He tested its new abilities with Hinata and began learning to control them.

• Hinata promised to prepare Toru Kujyo’s meals and look after him while he recovered.
• For two weeks, Hinata cared for Toru while her Shadow Clone and Shino handled Team 8’s missions.
• Toru’s eye pain subsided, and Hinata removed his bandages to reveal his newly evolved Tenseigan.
• Toru discovered that the Tenseigan greatly extended his vision and let him see through objects in color.
• Toru accidentally pulled Hinata toward him while testing attraction, then used repulsion and remote object control to shatter a vase and move its pieces into a trash can.

After stabilizing his Tenseigan, Toru Kujyo returned to Team 8, whose members excelled at D-rank missions and chose to pursue their own training paths rather than study Kurenai Yuhi’s genjutsu. After earning praise for their work, the team went to the Hokage Office to receive a higher-rank mission.

• Toru Kujyo’s Tenseigan stabilized over two weeks, giving him a powerful new bloodline ability.
• Toru Kujyo rejoined Team 8, and Shino Aburame’s insects reacted fearfully to his presence.
• Team 8 completed D-rank missions efficiently, earning praise from villagers and strengthening their reputation.
• Hinata, Shino, and Toru each declined Kurenai Yuhi’s offer to teach them genjutsu and explained their preferred training paths.
• Kurenai Yuhi trained Team 8 in teamwork and mission analysis, where the three Genin showed strong ability.
• After Team 8 completed its D-rank missions with distinction, Kurenai Yuhi brought them to the Hokage Office to accept a higher-rank mission.

Team 8 accepted its first C-rank mission escorting refined iron ore to the Land of Rivers, where bandits and Wandering Ninja threatened the route. The team met its client and prepared to depart, while Hinata resolved to become strong enough to choose a future with Toru Kujyo.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Kurenai Yuhi's team to escort a mining convoy to the Land of Rivers, noting the team's sensory abilities.
• Toru Kujyo used his Tenseigan to see that the client's cargo was valuable refined iron ore, and Shino Aburame warned that the shipment might attract attackers.
• Kurenai Yuhi told the team to gather supplies and meet at Konoha's gate the next morning.
• Hinata offered Toru Kujyo help carrying supplies, and later resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside him despite her clan's rules.
• Toru Kujyo and Shino Aburame arrived at the gate before Hinata, and Hinata straightened Toru's collar when she joined them.
• Kurenai Yuhi introduced Mr. Nishimura and his four-wagon convoy to Team 8, and he praised Hinata's Byakugan.

Team 8 traveled into the Land of Rivers, where Hinata discovered her Byakugan could scout an extraordinary twenty kilometers and Kurenai warned the team to keep that ability secret. The chapter ended with Hinata facing her first real fight against bandits and struggling with the sight of Toru Kujyo killing an enemy.

• Kurenai Yuhi led Team 8 and Mr. Nishimura's convoy out of Konoha, and Hinata and Shino Aburame found the first town they visited far less exciting than they had expected.
• After eight days of travel, Team 8 crossed into the Land of Rivers, where Hinata reported that her Byakugan could detect targets within twenty kilometers.
• Kurenai Yuhi warned Hinata, Toru Kujyo, and Shino Aburame to keep Hinata's unusual scouting range secret to protect her from danger.
• Team 8 used Hinata's Byakugan to spot bandits in a forest, and Kurenai Yuhi directed Toru Kujyo and Shino to flank them while she drew their attacks.
• Hinata incapacitated a bandit with the Gentle Fist, but she felt sick when Toru Kujyo slashed another bandit's throat as Shino's insects drained their enemies' chakra.

Hinata detected Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara approaching, prompting Kurenai Yuhi to order the group to retreat. Toru Kujyo sent a Shadow Clone with the group and secretly flew off to confront the Akatsuki, while Hinata kept his departure hidden; he then appeared before Sasori and Deidara as they searched for mineral deposits.

• Hinata spotted two powerful chakra signatures and identified their black cloaks with red clouds, leading Kurenai Yuhi to recognize Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara and order an immediate retreat.
• Toru Kujyo decided to pursue Sasori of the Red Sands for his puppet techniques, created a Shadow Clone, and slipped away toward the two Akatsuki members.
• Hinata noticed that the Toru Kujyo beside her was a Shadow Clone, understood his request not to expose him, and concealed her worry from the others.
• After three days searching the mountains for the Black Zetsu Family's mineral deposits, Deidara complained that they had found no clues.
• Toru Kujyo appeared before Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara, and Sasori launched poisoned needles at him.

Toru Kujyo detected Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara near the mining convoy and left Team 8 to confront them. He summoned a massive meteor that destroyed their mountain hideout, and Deidara praised the explosion.

• Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara attacked a mysterious man, but he stopped their weapons and began preparing new Ninjutsu.
• The man unleashed a powerful chakra technique before stopping and preparing another one.
• A blazing sphere struck a mountain near Team 8, and Toru Kujyo detected two powerful enemies thirty kilometers ahead.
• Toru Kujyo left Kurenai Yuhi, Shino, Hinata, and the convoy to confront the enemies alone.
• Toru Kujyo summoned a flaming meteor that obliterated the mountain hiding Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara.
• Deidara admired the resulting destruction as the dust cleared over a vast crater.

Toru Kujyo met Deidara and Sasori in the Land of Rivers, acknowledged Deidara’s art, and took Sasori’s puppet technique and human puppet scrolls. He then led Team 8 around a dangerous mountain region while a Shadow Clone tested the Tenseigan’s destructive power.

• Deidara and Sasori argued over whether fleeting explosions or eternal beauty made the greater art while Toru Kujyo watched.
• Deidara invited Toru Kujyo to join their organization, but Sasori stopped him from revealing its identity.
• Toru Kujyo asked Sasori for his puppet techniques and human puppet methods, and Sasori agreed to hand over three scrolls.
• Toru Kujyo used an invisible gravitational pull to draw the scrolls into his hand, then departed as Deidara recognized a resemblance to the leader’s jutsu.
• Toru Kujyo sensed powerful chakra ahead and persuaded Kurenai Yuhi to take Team 8 and the mining crew around the mountains.
• A Shadow Clone tested the Tenseigan by tearing apart a mountaintop and pulling a meteor from the sky onto a distant peak.

Toru Kujyo planned to combine Sasori’s Human Puppet technique with the Tenseigan to create a remotely controlled puppet army, then returned to Konoha with Team 8 after their escort mission. After sharing a tender moment with Hinata, he gathered his savings and went to an old photography shop, apparently to begin pursuing his plan.

• Toru Kujyo studied Sasori’s Human Puppet records and conceived an army of chakra-powered puppets controlled with the Tenseigan and black rods.
• Team 8 delivered Mr. Nishimura safely, and Kurenai Yuhi praised Hinata’s Byakugan scouting after learning an S-Rank rogue ninja and an unknown chakra presence had been nearby.
• Team 8 returned to Konoha, collected their mission payment, and received three days off from Kurenai Yuhi.
• Toru Kujyo kissed Hinata on the forehead as she left to rest, embarrassing her when a passerby witnessed them.
• Toru Kujyo broke open his childhood piggy bank, gathered his savings and mission earnings, and went to an old photography equipment shop.

Toru Kujyo bought a vintage camera and used it to preserve happy moments with Hinata and Hanabi. The chapter ended with Toru and Hinata taking a photograph in their childhood forms, recalling when they first met.

• Toru Kujyo spent his money on a camera and photographic supplies, leaving himself broke.
• Toru photographed Hinata and Hanabi at home and taught them how to develop the picture.
• Toru, Hinata, and Hanabi took a group photo as Team 8's first keepsake.
• Toru and the Hyuga sisters spent the following days photographing their time together around the village.
• Hinata asked Toru to take a picture of them as children, and Toru and Hinata posed together in their younger forms.

After Sasori reported Toru Kujyo’s powers to Pain, the Akatsuki began a secret hunt to identify and eliminate him. Toru remained unaware of the threat as his three-day break with the Hyuga sisters ended and Team 8 assembled again.

• Sasori told Deva Path Pain that Toru Kujyo wielded powerful attraction and repulsion, could summon meteors, and had forced him to hand over his Puppet Technique and Human Puppet method.
• Pain ordered Black Zetsu and White Zetsu to investigate Toru, suspecting he might possess the Rinnegan and plan to create his own Six Paths of Pain.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu relayed Sasori’s report and Pain’s orders to Obito Uchiha in the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito agreed to hunt Toru, and Black Zetsu sent White Zetsu Clones to monitor powerful shinobi across the Shinobi World.
• Toru spent his break exploring Konoha with the Hyuga sisters and taking photographs, unaware that the Akatsuki had targeted him.
• After the three-day break, Team 8 assembled again as Toru packed away his camera and developed the photographs.

Toru Kujyo took Hinata and Hanabi out to photograph Hinata at work, then recognized Tazuna and recalled the danger of the upcoming Land of Waves mission. He met Team 7 and redirected their curiosity toward Kakashi’s reputation, leaving Kakashi under pressure to explain why he had not taught them powerful ninjutsu.

• Hinata offered Toru Kujyo her mission pay, but he refused it, and she resolved to earn more money instead.
• Toru Kujyo spotted Tazuna and remembered that Team Kakashi’s future Land of Waves mission would pit them against Zabuza Momochi and Haku.
• Toru Kujyo asked Hinata about the chunin ninja exams, and she said she wanted to enter so she could become a jonin quickly.
• Toru Kujyo, Hinata, and Hanabi encountered Team 7, and Sasuke teased Toru Kujyo about being on a date with Hinata.
• Kakashi praised Toru Kujyo’s abilities and hinted at his romantic success, so Toru Kujyo praised Kakashi’s thousand ninjutsu and training under the Fourth Hokage.
• Naruto and Sakura demanded that Kakashi teach them powerful ninjutsu, pointing out that they had only learned tree climbing and water walking.

Toru Kujyo used the Tenseigan to discover a brief gap in Konoha’s barrier and left the village undetected to confront Gato and Zabuza in the Land of Waves. He appeared at Gato’s villa, where Haku sensed his overwhelming chakra and Zabuza welcomed the prospect of a worthy opponent.

• Toru Kujyo activated the Tenseigan and found a momentary gap in Konoha’s barrier whenever the Sensor Division changed shifts.
• Toru Kujyo watched Team 7 leave with Tazuna and decided to target Gato for his wealth and test his strength against Zabuza Momochi.
• Toru Kujyo bought storage scrolls, slipped out of Konoha during a shift change, and flew toward the Land of Waves.
• Toru Kujyo found Gato’s villa and overheard Gato berating Zabuza over his mission to kill Tazuna.
• Toru Kujyo appeared on the villa balcony and mocked Zabuza, while Haku warned that he could not sense the limits of Toru’s chakra.
• Zabuza eagerly accepted the challenge, and Gato ordered him to kill Toru for double or triple pay.

Toru Kujyo overpowered Zabuza Momochi, Haku, and Gato, then destroyed Gato’s villa and plundered his hidden fortune. He left Zabuza and Haku alive and under treatment as he finished collecting the treasure.

• Toru Kujyo used gravity to pull Gato toward him, and Zabuza Momochi threw Kubikiribōchō at both of them.
• Toru Kujyo stopped Kubikiribōchō in midair and used Shinra Tensei to demolish Gato’s villa, leaving Zabuza Momochi and Haku badly injured.
• Toru Kujyo sent a Shadow Clone to treat Zabuza Momochi and Haku while he checked on the unconscious Gato.
• Toru Kujyo found Gato’s underground safe, tore its door off with Banshō Ten'in, and discovered a hoard of valuables.
• Toru Kujyo packed the money, gold, jewels, antiques, property deeds, and bonds into storage scrolls, then looked toward the recovering Zabuza Momochi and Haku.

Toru Kujyo spared Zabuza and Haku, then went to the black market to acquire materials for Human Puppets and chakra cores. Black Zetsu reported the purchase to Obito, who mobilized the Six Paths of Pain and called on Itachi to help eliminate Toru Kujyo.

• Toru Kujyo gave Zabuza the choice to die or join him, and Haku accepted on their behalf.
• Toru Kujyo sent a Shadow Clone to hide the unconscious Gato and took Zabuza and Haku to the black market.
• Black Zetsu paid an information broker to track transactions involving Human Puppet materials.
• Three days later, Toru Kujyo ordered rare puppet-making supplies and chakra-core materials from a black-market merchant, threatening him if he delivered inferior goods.
• After learning of the purchase, Obito decided Toru Kujyo had to be eliminated, and Deva Path Pain assembled the Six Paths for an all-out fight.
• Obito contacted Uchiha Itachi and asked him to help with a mission.

Toru Kujyo sent Haku to Sunagakure to buy rare materials after revealing his Uzumaki healing ability. After Haku and Zabuza left, Toru prepared for the approaching enemies.

• Obito recruited Itachi to help the Six Paths of Pain eliminate Toru Kujyo, while Toru searched for lodgings with Zabuza and Haku.
• Toru found Zabuza and Haku tied up and ordered Haku to travel to Sunagakure to buy materials in exchange for their freedom.
• Toru confirmed Haku was male and healed his injured calf by letting Haku bite him, revealing his Uzumaki bloodline.
• Haku and Zabuza left to carry out the task, and Toru began preparing for the uninvited guests he expected.

Toru Kujyo sent Haku and Zabuza toward the Land of Wind, then concealed himself in a cave and used the Tenseigan to watch for enemies. Konan arrived with Nagato, bringing the confrontation Toru Kujyo had anticipated closer.

• Toru Kujyo gave Haku thirty million ryo to buy supplies and refused to heal Zabuza, keeping him alive as leverage.
• Haku and Zabuza left for the Land of Wind, while Toru Kujyo dispatched a Shadow Clone to watch them.
• Toru Kujyo settled in a secluded cave and used the Tenseigan to survey the Land of Fire as he anticipated Obito, Nagato, and Black Zetsu.
• Konan flew into the Land of Fire on a paper bird and formed a Paper Tree that concealed her and Nagato from perception.
• Nagato appeared within the Paper Tree, connected to the Six Paths of Pain.

Toru Kujyo evaded an Akatsuki ambush, met Haku and Zabuza to collect materials, and established a home and clothing shop in the Land of Fire. He then traveled toward the Land of Rivers, where he came upon a battle between a sword-wielding man and wounded local ninja.

• Toru Kujyo noticed White Zetsu spying on him in the Black Market and fled with the unconscious Zabuza Momochi, avoiding the assembled Akatsuki fighters.
• After waiting in vain for three days, Obito, Deva Path Pain, and Itachi abandoned their search for Toru Kujyo.
• Six days later, Haku delivered the requested materials to Toru Kujyo, and Zabuza decided to make money by robbing criminals with Haku.
• Toru Kujyo bought a villa and a clothing store in the Land of Fire, then created a Shadow Clone to learn the shop's tailoring techniques.
• Toru Kujyo traveled toward the Land of Rivers and spotted a burly man fighting several wounded ninja with electrified swords.