Recaps

Hyuga Akira used Nawaki’s enormous chakra to unleash devastating fire and blue-flame attacks against the Cloud Ninja trapped in his Game Instance. Meanwhile, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade confronted Blue B, and Akira’s meteor-like strike left the Cloud Jonin facing a deadly attack.

• Hyuga Akira accepted chakra from Nawaki and Aburame Chūki, then used the desert map’s fire boost to attack the Cloud Ninja.
• Hyuga Akira’s fire dragons killed many Cloud Ninja, while eighteen Cloud Jonin countered with Water Release.
• Hyuga Akira transformed into a flame-like form and attacked the surviving Jonin, whose attacks passed through him.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade confronted Blue B, revealing that the Mysterious Fireball had been bait to locate him.
• Hyuga Akira used Unknowing Fire: Meteor Slash to send a gigantic blue-flaming attack toward the Cloud Jonin.

Hyuga Akira defeated the Cloud Ninja trapped in his Game Instance and kept one alive, then considered the danger waiting outside the barrier. He spent his experience upgrading his Fire Release skills before the chapter ended.

• Hyuga Akira used his fire dragons to kill ten Cloud Ninja, then struck down seven more with his blade and kept the last one alive after cutting off his limbs and tongue.
• Hyuga Akira explained to Jutsu, Aburame Chūki, and Nawaki that the barrier concealed them from the Cloud Ninja outside and that ending it could leave them under attack.
• Hyuga Akira ordered Nawaki and Aburame Chūki to watch the surviving Cloud Ninja while he opened his panel and prepared to use his experience.

Hyuga Akira spent his accumulated experience maxing out Fire Release skills, selected Demonic Flame, and fused the skills into a new Fire Release talent. After leveling it up, he approached the stunned Cloud Ninja, ready to use his new Kekkei Genkai on the chaotic battlefield.

• Hyuga Akira maxed out his Fire Release skills and chose traits including Infernal, Fireball, Explosion, Enchantment, and Demonic Flame.
• Hyuga Akira fused his Fire Release skills into a level-one Fire Release talent with several traits, including Satan's Flame, Vitality, and Demonic Flame.
• The fusion changed Hyuga Akira's body and spread black-and-blue flames over Nawaki, who had been gossiping about him with Aburame Chūki.
• Hyuga Akira concluded that his Fire Release had become an exclusive Kekkei Genkai and used experience to raise it to level five.
• Hyuga Akira walked toward the disbelieving Cloud Ninja, who realized the Hyuga Clan had gained a new Kekkei Genkai.

Hyuga Akira emerged from a barrier that had consumed over a hundred Cloud Ninja, revealing his black-blue flames to both armies before charging into the chaotic battle. Meanwhile, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru continued struggling against Blue B, whose Tailed Beast Bomb devastated the battlefield.

• The barrier disappeared, and Hyuga Akira appeared with Aburame Chūki and Nawaki amid black-blue flames, leaving the fate of the trapped Cloud Ninja unclear to onlookers.
• Hyuga Hiashi watched Hyuga Akira’s apparent kekkei genkai with frustration, while Akira focused on the ongoing battle.
• Hyuga Akira killed a charging Cloud Ninja with a black-blue flame tornado and told Nawaki and Aburame Chūki to escape; Nawaki used Earth Release: Subterranean Voyage to take them underground.
• Hyuga Akira charged into the battlefield to fight more Cloud Ninja as his chakra began to run low.
• Blue B overpowered Tsunade’s team, knocked Jiraiya’s toad away, and forced Orochimaru to dodge a Tailed Beast Bomb with help from Jiraiya’s hair.
• Blue B’s Tailed Beast Bomb devastated the surroundings after Manda canceled its Summoning Technique.

Hyuga Akira slaughtered Cloud Ninja with his black-and-blue flames, collected their drops, and gained experience and new Breathing skills. Blue B conceded the battle, and the Cloud Ninja withdrew, leaving Konoha to recover its dead.

• Hyuga Akira continued his rampage, using spreading, explosive flames to kill Cloud Ninja until his chakra and essence ran low.
• Hyuga Akira leveled up, used his Nine-Headed Dragon Technique to guard himself, and gathered dropped items to feed into the Furnace.
• Hyuga Akira kept useful equipment and learned Thunder Breathing, while the Furnace converted most of the other drops into essence.
• Blue B, badly injured and struggling against the Eight-Tails, told Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya that Konoha had won this battle and warned that it would not always win.
• Hyuga Akira gained more experience and completed Stone Breathing as the Cloud Ninja withdrew; Konoha’s shinobi remained to clear the battlefield and retrieve their fallen comrades.

Hyuga Akira helped Tsunade treat the critically wounded at the Cloud Ninja front and gained experience as his medical ninjutsu improved. With the Cloud Ninja temporarily withdrawn, Orochimaru and Tsunade assigned Akira to remain at the front while they left for another battlefield.

• Orochimaru praised Hyuga Akira’s new Fire Release kekkei genkai but refused to spar with him because its flames were too dangerous.
• Hyuga Akira and Orochimaru saw the many wounded Konoha shinobi at the main camp, and Akira joined Tsunade in treating them.
• Akira treated critically wounded patients with growing skill, and his medical ninjutsu reached level five as he gained experience.
• Tsunade and Akira finished treating the patients on the verge of death, though many wounded shinobi had already died.
• Orochimaru said the Cloud Ninja had withdrawn and suffered heavy losses, then Tsunade assigned Hyuga Hikaru to command the front and Akira to treat the wounded.
• Akira objected to being left behind, but Orochimaru explained that the front needed him to defend it while the others went to another battlefield.

Hyuga Akira treated hundreds of wounded shinobi while the Cloud Ninja remained inactive, then returned to his tent and reviewed his accumulated experience and skills. He decided to spend his resources upgrading Thunder Breathing, which had reached its maximum level and offered him a trait to select.

• Orochimaru warned Hyuga Hikaru that Akira would take command if the Cloud Ninja attacked, and Akira revealed that his Caged Bird Seal had changed as he asked whether Hikaru would defy the Main Family if the seal could be made ineffective.
• Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya secretly left the camp, while Akira and Hikaru remained behind.
• Akira operated on wounded shinobi and told one man that his reattached legs were too damaged for him to continue as a shinobi.
• Akira noted that the Cloud Ninja had shown no movement and earned substantial experience from treating the wounded, while Nawaki lamented having little to do.
• Aburame Chūki said she was going to warm Akira's bed, prompting Nawaki to angrily order the two of them to train.
• Akira rested in his tent, checked his resources and skills, and chose to max out Thunder Breathing.

Hyuga Akira chose Previsualization for Demon Brain and used it to create a phantom pillow, then went with Nawaki and Aburame Chūki to investigate Cloud Ninja activity. He secretly separated from them, disguised himself as a Cloud Ninja, and confronted Hyuga Hiashi’s party, where Hyuga Youzhi attacked him.

• Hyuga Akira chose Previsualization as Demon Brain’s trait and discovered that it could conjure an enemy-shaped phantom from a pillow.
• After Konoha received word of unusual Cloud Ninja activity, Hyuga Hikaru sent Hyuga Akira to investigate with Nawaki and Aburame Chūki.
• Hyuga Akira left a scorched mark on a branch, used a substitution, and transformed himself into a Cloud Ninja.
• Hyuga Akira found Hyuga Hiashi with the branch-family jonin Hyuga Zuozhi and Hyuga Youzhi, then revealed that he recognized their Main Family and Branch Family roles.
• Hyuga Youzhi rushed Hyuga Akira and unleashed a barrage of Gentle Fist strikes.

Hyuga Akira killed Hyuga Youzhi, Hyuga Zuozhi, and Hyuga Hiashi, then discovered that a Cloud Ninja had also been waiting to murder the Hyuga Main Family. Hyuga Hikaru offered to become Akira’s blade, but Akira rejected his submissive approach.

• Hyuga Akira dodged Hyuga Youzhi’s Gentle Fist attacks and killed him with a strike to the neck.
• Hyuga Zuozhi urged Hyuga Hiashi to flee, then attacked Akira and was killed by Akira’s Thunder Breathing sword technique.
• Hyuga Akira caught up with Hyuga Hiashi, revealed his identity, and explained his grievances against the Main Family before killing him.
• Hyuga Akira collected Hyuga Hiashi’s Byakugan and Rotation skill, then called out to a hidden observer in the forest.
• Hyuga Hikaru emerged, criticized Akira for killing the brothers, and offered to become his blade; Akira rejected his kneeling submission.

Hyuga Akira removed Hyuga Hikaru’s Caged Bird Seal, killed Hyuga Hiashi, and arranged a cover story that blamed Cloud Ninja. Back at the frontline camp, Akira openly admitted the killing to an enraged group of Hyuga Clan members.

• Hyuga Hikaru agreed to defy the Hyuga Main Family if Hyuga Akira freed him, and Akira removed his Caged Bird Seal.
• Hyuga Akira left Hikaru to handle the aftermath, then used a substitution and dispelled his Shadow Clone to maintain his alibi.
• Hyuga Akira returned to camp with Nawaki and heard that Hyuga Hiashi had been killed and his Byakugan taken.
• Hyuga Hikaru led the Hyuga Clan’s search for the murderer while preventing them from confronting the Cloud Ninja.
• Hyuga Clan members surrounded Hyuga Akira and accused him, and he admitted that he had killed Hyuga Hiashi.
• The enraged Hyuga Clan members shouted for Akira to be killed.

Hyuga Akira beat the Hyuga clansmen who attacked him, then treated their injuries while making them suffer for it. As the war quieted on most fronts, he maxed out the Shadow Clone Technique and chose the External Body Clone trait; the next chapter began with him creating a clone.

• Hyuga Akira used Demon Form and Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms to knock out the Hyuga clansmen without killing them.
• Hyuga Hikaru told Hyuga Akira that he understood he had not killed the young master, but warned him to remember his place as a Branch Family member.
• Hyuga Akira treated the injured Hyuga clansmen, deliberately causing them extra pain, and they spent nearly a month recovering before anyone dared trouble him again.
• Hyuga Akira reviewed the fighting on the other fronts and concluded that the war might soon end if Tsunade and her companions defeated Hanzo.
• Hyuga Akira raised Shadow Clone Technique to level ten and selected External Body Clone over Shadow Army and Replacement.
• Hyuga Akira used Shadow Clone Technique, and one person became two.

Hyuga Akira returned to Konoha after the war and was welcomed as a hero, then went home to find Hyuga Xia Nai sitting in Machi’s lap. The chapter left him bewildered by the unexpected scene.

• Hyuga Akira tested his External Body Clone, which immediately complained about being the fake and wanting the original dead, before he dismissed it.
• Hanzo defeated Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, spared them, and named them the Konoha Sannin.
• Konoha’s victory ended the major fighting, and Hyuga Akira was recalled from the front with a Root intelligence scroll warning that the Hyuga Clan planned to move against him.
• Hyuga Akira returned to Konoha amid villagers’ cheers and squeezed through the crowd to get home.
• Hyuga Akira opened his door and found Hyuga Xia Nai sitting in Machi’s lap as they watched television.

Hyuga Akira sent Aburame Chūki home and learned that Hyuga Xia Nai had stayed because her family arranged a fiancé for her. After six Hyuga Clan Jonin tried to seize him, he defeated them and dragged them toward the Hyuga Clan Compound.

• Hyuga Akira ordered Aburame Chūki to leave and told Hyuga Xia Nai she could go home now that Hyuga Hiashi was dead.
• Hyuga Xia Nai left happily, and Machi told Hyuga Akira she had gathered information about the world and had caused no trouble.
• Six Hyuga Clan Jonin burst into Hyuga Akira's home and ordered him and Machi to be taken away.
• Hyuga Akira defeated all six Jonin without using his abilities, then tied them up with Wire.
• Hyuga Akira dragged the unconscious Jonin toward the Hyuga Clan Compound, and the Anbu withdrew rather than interfere.

Hyuga Akira dragged the captured Hyuga Jonin into the clan compound, where the Main Family tried to imprison him and seize his kekkei genkai. He resisted their coercion, and the chapter ended with his fiery Rotation striking two Main Family attackers.

• Hyuga Akira dragged six captured Hyuga Jonin through Konoha and into the Hyuga Clan Compound while other clans watched.
• A Main Family member attacked Hyuga Akira with Gentle Step: Twin Lion Fists, but Akira evaded the strike and escaped the flames with Rotation.
• Hyuga Hi accused Hyuga Akira of killing Hyuga Hiashi and demanded that he surrender his kekkei genkai in exchange for avoiding life imprisonment.
• Hyuga Hi activated the Caged Bird Seal, but it failed to affect Hyuga Akira, who covered himself in black-blue flames and challenged the Main Family.
• Two Main Family members charged Hyuga Akira, who used Gentle Fist Art: Rotation: Fire Star to send them flying and set them ablaze.

Hyuga Akira defeated the Hyuga Main Family members who tried to seize him, and Danzo intervened to take him away under Root’s protection. The Main Family accepted that Akira was beyond its control, while Akira left still seeking Sharingan and asking Danzo about the Uchiha and Root.

• Hyuga Akira killed two Hyuga Main Family fighters and defeated Hyuga Hi in a clash of Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists.
• Danzo arrived with Root members, confirmed that no shinobi on the register had died, and claimed Akira as one of his men.
• Hyuga Huangku called the confrontation a misunderstanding and let Danzo take Akira away.
• After Root left, Hyuga Hi confronted Hyuga Huangku, who admitted that the Main Family could no longer control Akira and ordered Branch Family members to stay away from him.
• Hyuga Akira asked Danzo when they would move against the Uchiha, but Danzo rebuked him and redirected the conversation.

Hyuga Akira prepared for his Jonin exam while dealing with Hyuga Xia Nai’s return and learning that her family wanted her to marry Hizashi Hyuga. Hiruzen Sarutobi addressed Akira’s conflict with the Hyuga Clan by imposing a token restriction, leaving Akira free to continue studying in the village.

• Danzo told Hyuga Akira to focus on his Jonin exam before returning to Root missions and promised to bring him to Root afterward.
• Hyuga Akira returned home to study and found Hyuga Xia Nai cleaning; she explained that her grandfather wanted her to marry Hizashi Hyuga.
• Machi used Nen Threads to quiet Hyuga Xia Nai and told her to make lunch while Akira resumed studying.
• An Anbu member summoned Hyuga Akira to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who asked about the conflict with the Hyuga Clan.
• Hyuga Akira said the clan had wanted his Kekkei Genkai and to use him as breeding stock, and Hiruzen Sarutobi confirmed that the clan had been punished and ordered Akira not to leave the village until he became a Jonin.

Hyuga Akira bargained with Hiruzen Sarutobi for access to Konoha’s ninjutsu repository rather than permission to remove the Branch Family’s Caged Bird Seals, then took the written Jonin exam. Shimura Danzō overruled the Hokage Advisors and declared Akira a Jonin, leaving the advisors furious and Akira openly defiant.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Hyuga Akira not to remove the Branch Family’s Caged Bird Seals, and Akira demanded Impure World Reincarnation before settling for eight genjutsu and access to the ninjutsu repository.
• Hyuga Akira postponed choosing techniques until after his Jonin exam and explained that he wanted to study genjutsu.
• Hyuga Akira took the written Jonin exam in the Hokage’s office and earned a passing mark.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu objected to Hyuga Akira’s promotion because of his behavior and attitude toward his superiors.
• Shimura Danzō stamped the exam paper and declared Hyuga Akira a Jonin, while Hiruzen Sarutobi let the decision stand.

After becoming Konoha’s youngest Jonin, Hyuga Akira chose eight genjutsu from the village’s scroll collection. Hiruzen Sarutobi sent him away before he could pursue Impure World Reincarnation, and Root members escorted him to Danzo’s hidden base.

• Hyuga Akira became a Jonin at thirteen after Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu withdrew from their dispute with Danzo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi showed Hyuga Akira Konoha’s underground collection of ninjutsu scrolls.
• Hyuga Akira selected eight genjutsu scrolls and asked about learning Impure World Reincarnation, but Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered him to leave.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Hyuga Akira that his Jonin assignment would arrive soon and explained that Orochimaru was busy on the front lines.
• Root members summoned Hyuga Akira on Danzo’s orders and escorted him through the sewers to Root’s mountain base, where Danzo was waiting.

Hyuga Akira toured Root Base with Danzo, then accepted a mission with Hiruko to kill three Uchiha Jonin and frame Kirigakure. As they traveled to intercept the Uchiha squad, Akira learned Ninjutsu from scrolls on the move and demonstrated a genjutsu that fooled Hiruko.

• Danzo showed Hyuga Akira and Hiruko Root’s laboratories, training rooms, and treasury, then assigned them a mission to kill three Uchiha Jonin and leave evidence pointing to Kirigakure.
• Hiruko accepted the mission rather than face Root’s punishment, and he and Hyuga Akira left Konoha through Root’s sewer passage.
• As they raced through the forest toward the Uchiha squad’s route, Hyuga Akira read a Ninjutsu scroll and claimed he had learned its technique.
• Hyuga Akira used flames to conceal a genjutsu that made him appear to burn away, and Hiruko dispelled it only after searching for him.

Hyuga Akira spotted three Uchiha shinobi from ten kilometers away and hurled a black-blue flaming spear at them. The strike killed Uchiha Tenkai, and Akira rushed to attack one of the surviving Uchiha.

• Hyuga Akira learned two genjutsu, raised Demonic Illusion: Mirror Heaven and Earth Change to level eight, and considered ways to increase his chakra.
• Hyuga Akira used his Byakugan to spot three Uchiha shinobi about ten kilometers away, astonishing Hiruko with his range.
• Hyuga Akira launched a black-blue flaming spear with Fire Release: Extreme Fire Spear at the approaching Uchiha.
• The spear exploded among the three Uchiha, killing Uchiha Tenkai before he could fully activate his Sharingan.
• An Uchiha survivor recognized the black-blue flames as Hyuga Akira's, and Akira rushed in with Steel Fist: Heaven-Shaking Cannon.

Hyuga Akira killed Uchiha Huohu and another Uchiha jonin, collected their drops, and helped Hiruko retrieve the Sharingan for their mission. After burning the bodies, Akira spotted three Mist Ninja witnesses fleeing from the bushes.

• Hyuga Akira reflected Uchiha Huohu's genjutsu and killed him, then collected his drops and those of the first dead Uchiha.
• Hyuga Akira freed Hiruko from a genjutsu and killed the Uchiha jonin with black-blue flames.
• Hiruko retrieved the three pairs of Sharingan, while Hyuga Akira collected drops including an Uchiha bloodline, an Uchiha Emblem, and a medium Chakra Fruit.
• Hyuga Akira ate the Chakra Fruit and burned the three Uchiha bodies to ashes after Hiruko declared the mission complete.
• Hyuga Akira warned Hiruko about silencing witnesses, and three Mist Ninja fled from the bushes.

Hyuga Akira killed a fleeing Kirigakure Jonin, obtained a Devil Fruit fragment, and was assigned by Danzo to persuade Orochimaru to join Root in exchange for partial command. While waiting for Orochimaru to return, Akira discussed Machi’s undocumented status, and Nawaki arrived at his home with Aburame Chūki, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina.

• Hyuga Akira killed two Chunin with flaming spears and caught and killed a fleeing Kirigakure Jonin, while Hiruko watched.
• Hyuga Akira found a Devil Fruit fragment and calculated that he would need fifty fragments to obtain a Mythical Zoan.
• Danzo praised the mission, assigned Hyuga Akira to persuade Orochimaru to join Root, and promised him partial command if he succeeded.
• At home, Hyuga Akira told Machi that Orochimaru could help resolve her undocumented status, and Hyuga Xia Nai learned Machi had no official identity.
• Hyuga Akira wondered why his promised assignment had not arrived, then answered the door when Nawaki came by with Aburame Chūki, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina.

Nawaki challenged Hyuga Akira to test his improvement, but Akira defeated him after Nawaki forced him to use his blue-black flames. Akira claimed the experience from the unconscious Nawaki, then fled when the training ground caretaker confronted them about the damage.

• Nawaki visited Hyuga Akira with a promotion gift and challenged him to a rematch, while Kushina, Minato Namikaze, and Aburame Chūki chose sides with banners.
• At Training Ground No. 10, Nawaki used Earth Release techniques to attack Akira, who dodged his first strikes and shattered a stone fist with a punch.
• Nawaki trapped Akira between two stone fists, prompting Akira to unleash his blue-black flames and destroy them.
• Akira praised Nawaki's improvement, then knocked him unconscious with a tap to the forehead and gained experience from him.
• When the caretaker demanded an explanation for the ruined training ground, Akira blamed Nawaki and ran off with Kushina and Minato Namikaze before returning to leave them behind.

Hyuga Akira was summoned to rescue the Sannin, who were trapped by Ōnoki and nearly a thousand Iwa Ninja at Bibu Mountain. He disguised himself as an Iwa Ninja and approached the battle while considering how to overcome the odds.

• Hyuga Akira woke to find Aburame Chūki in his bed and accidentally knocked her unconscious with a waist-lock suplex.
• Hyuga Akira argued with Hyuga Xia Nai, Machi, and Aburame Chūki over the misunderstanding before an Anbu delivered the Hokage’s order to reinforce the Sannin alone.
• Hyuga Akira left Konoha and used his Byakugan to survey the Sannin’s battle against Ōnoki and nearly a thousand Iwa Ninja.
• Hyuga Akira disguised himself as an Iwa Ninja and headed toward Bibu Mountain, weighing the risks of rescuing the Sannin while Ōnoki was present.
• Tsunade launched a full-strength punch at Ōnoki, who evaded it by rising into the air.

Hyuga Akira rescued Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru from Ōnoki’s encirclement, then fled to Bibu Mountain to fight Iwa Ninja and gain experience. Ōnoki caught up and stopped Akira’s Nine-Headed Dragon Technique, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Ōnoki and the Iwa Ninja attacked the exhausted Sannin, who refused to surrender and fought on despite being close to defeat.
• Hyuga Akira disguised himself as an Iwa Ninja and used Kumate to send Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru away from the battlefield.
• Ōnoki pursued Akira, who escaped with the Substitution Technique and reappeared on Bibu Mountain.
• Akira unleashed the Nine-Headed Dragon Technique against the Iwa Ninja and gained experience as the flames consumed many of them.
• Ōnoki arrived and used Dust Release to break down Akira’s technique, while Akira vanished from inside the flames.