Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Akira joined a newly formed mission squad led by Tsunade, despite being assigned as Hyuga Hiashi’s sworn guard. His killing intent toward Hiashi divided the team before they had even begun working together.

• Hyuga Dema told Hyuga Akira he would guard Hyuga Hiashi, but Akira dismissed the Caged Bird Seal and the assignment.
• Akira killed a sparrow, gained experience and a feather, and checked his game panel while thinking about escaping his guard role and changing classes to deal with the seal.
• At Training Ground Two, Tsunade met Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga as the squad’s jonin leader and asked where Akira was.
• Akira dropped from a tree, introduced himself to the squad, and directed killing intent at Hiashi and Hizashi.
• Tsunade warned Akira not to direct killing intent at teammates, while Hizashi moved in front of Hiashi and Hiashi glared at Akira.

Tsunade led Hyuga Akira, Hyuga Hiashi, and Hizashi Hyuga out of the village on a C-rank mission, while Akira reflected on his game-like abilities and the drops he wanted to obtain. Tensions between Akira and the Hyuga brothers escalated on the journey, and Tsunade forced them to stop fighting as they continued toward the mission.

• Tsunade subdued Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga, then assigned the squad a C-rank mission to eliminate bandits.
• Hyuga Akira learned the squad would leave immediately, prepared himself, and followed Tsunade and the brothers out of the village.
• As they traveled through the woods, Hyuga Akira considered his skills and the items needed to evolve the Byakugan, deciding he would rather pursue Sharingan drops.
• Hizashi Hyuga urged Hyuga Akira to accept the Branch Family's duty to protect the Main Family, but Akira rejected the idea and threw a shuriken at him.
• Hyuga Akira confronted Hyuga Hiashi and accused him of trying to make Akira serve him, while Hiashi began forming the hand sign for the Caged Bird Seal.
• Tsunade smashed a tree to stop the confrontation, ordered the three to behave until the mission was complete, and Hyuga Akira promised not to clash with them in front of her.

Hyuga Akira ignored Hyuga Hiashi’s orders, attacked the bandits alone, and then fought both Hyuga brothers when Hiashi challenged him. He knocked Hiashi unconscious and ran into the mountain, leaving Hizashi to carry his brother.

• Tsunade explained that the squad’s mission was to drive away bandits and told Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga to handle the fight themselves.
• Hyuga Akira walked straight toward the bandit entrance, killed six bandits with a spiked club and shuriken, and collected 8 ryo.
• Hyuga Hiashi confronted Hyuga Akira for ignoring his orders, but Akira threatened the brothers and Hiashi attacked him.
• Hyuga Akira blocked Hiashi’s Gentle Fist with his spiked club, injured his hand, and knocked him unconscious.
• Hizashi Hyuga attacked Akira, but Akira dodged, spared him, and ran up the mountain while Hizashi carried Hiashi away.

Hyuga Akira killed the bandits on the mountain to gain experience, money, and equipment, then was ambushed by two bandit bosses. He survived their attack with a shield-based Substitution Technique and grew angry that they had interrupted his hunt for more drops.

• Hyuga Akira stopped throwing shuriken after killing more than thirty bandits, collected 96 ryo and crafting materials, and equipped two pieces of the Bandit Set.
• Hyuga Akira killed more bandits as they emerged from hiding, using his Byakugan to find those who remained and noticing that many had fled.
• A bandit boss attacked Hyuga Akira with Fire Release: Twin Dragon Fire while a short man with steel claws leaped at him.
• Hyuga Akira blocked both attacks with a shield used in his Substitution Technique, then kicked it into the short man and sent him flying beside the fire user.
• Hyuga Akira confronted the two bosses for interrupting his effort to collect the remaining Bandit Set pieces.

Hyuga Akira killed the two bandits with explosive tags, gained a Fire Release skill book and equipment, then found that the remaining bandits had escaped before he reached the mountaintop. After the mission, he collected his scattered kunai and returned to the village with Tsunade and the Hyuga brothers.

• Hyuga Akira lured the two bandits onto explosive tags and killed them, collecting their drops, including a Fire Release: Unknowing Fire skill book.
• Hyuga Akira learned Unknowing Fire, tested its ability to set a shuriken alight, and equipped the bandit gear he had collected.
• Hyuga Akira reached the mountaintop and found Tsunade, Hyuga Hiashi, and Hizashi Hyuga waiting; Tsunade told him the remaining bandits had fled.
• Hyuga Akira left to collect his scattered kunai, and after spending the day picking up loot, he had several stacks of ninety-nine kunai in his backpack.

After returning to Konoha, Hyuga Akira faced the prospect of punishment from the Hyuga Main Family for his actions on the mission. The Main Family summoned him to the Council Hall, and he went without expecting help from the Branch Family.

• Hyuga Akira finished gathering the items on the mountain, and he, Tsunade, Hyuga Hiashi, and Hizashi Hyuga returned to Konoha.
• Tsunade warned Hyuga Akira that the Hyuga Clan would not overlook his conduct, but he said they could neither kill nor cripple him.
• At the Hyuga Clan Compound, Hyuga Hiashi offered to protect Hyuga Akira from punishment if Akira agreed to submit should Hiashi defeat him; Akira scoffed and walked on.
• Hyuga Akira returned to his home and waited until two Hyuga members arrived to summon him before the Main Family.
• The two escorts led Hyuga Akira toward the Council Hall as Branch Family members watched and worried, but none intervened.

Hyuga Akira was sentenced to confinement for fighting Hyuga Hiashi, but Hiashi’s plea reduced the punishment to three days. While Akira prepared to endure the dungeon, Tsunade visited the Hyuga Clan and requested that he receive special training in Medical Ninjutsu.

• Hyuga Masayuki sentenced Hyuga Akira to confinement, then reduced it to three days after Hyuga Hiashi pleaded for him.
• Two clansmen took Hyuga Akira to the dungeon, where he used his Inventory for light and food and began exercising.
• Tsunade visited Hyuga Masayuki and said she wanted to give Hyuga Akira special training.
• Tsunade offered to let Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Hizashi train alongside Akira in Medical Ninjutsu, leaving Masayuki in a difficult position.

Hyuga Akira was released from the Hyuga dungeon after Tsunade intervened, but he rejected Hyuga Hiashi’s offer of cooperation and continued provoking the Main Family. Tsunade warned that she could protect him for only a year, while Akira looked ahead to the coming war and settled into a dusty rental home with Nawaki.

• Tsunade told Hyuga Masayuki that Hyuga Akira was her subordinate, and Masayuki agreed to release him rather than make an enemy of her.
• Hyuga Hiashi released Hyuga Akira from confinement and offered to work together, but Akira knocked his hand away and refused.
• Hyuga Akira taunted Hyuga Hi and caused the elder to faint before leaving the compound with Tsunade.
• Nawaki joined Hyuga Akira outside, and Tsunade warned Akira that the Hyuga Clan would leave him alone for at most one year while he learned Medical Ninjutsu.
• Hyuga Akira anticipated the Second Shinobi World War and his chance to grow stronger, then asked Nawaki to help him find a place to live.
• Hyuga Akira and Nawaki rented a home in a remote area and found it full of dust.

Hyuga Akira set up a paid Genin fighting ring to earn money and experience, defeating two challengers before Hizashi Hyuga stepped forward. The chapter ended as the two Hyuga prepared to fight.

• Hyuga Akira and Nawaki opened a street fighting ring where Genin paid one thousand ryo for a chance to win fifty thousand.
• Hyuga Akira defeated the first challenger with Eight Trigrams: Mountain Crusher and gained experience.
• Sosuke Uchiha challenged Hyuga Akira but was quickly knocked out, yielding only one experience point.
• Hizashi Hyuga entered the ring, and he and Hyuga Akira activated their Byakugan and took fighting stances.

Hyuga Akira defeated Hizashi Hyuga by evading his Gentle Fist techniques and countering with Strong Fist, then used his accumulated experience to level up. He left Hizashi unconscious and went to check on him as Nawaki and Sōsuke Uchiha reacted to the fight.

• Nawaki and Sōsuke Uchiha watched Hyuga Akira and Hizashi Hyuga fight, while Sōsuke explained that Hizashi had been a member of Team 10.
• Hizashi Hyuga used Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, but Hyuga Akira evaded every strike with his self-developed Gentle Fist: Willow Fluff.
• Hizashi Hyuga tried Eight Trigrams Palms: Heavenly Spin, but Hyuga Akira dodged it and taunted him about his brother and the Hyuga Main Family.
• Hyuga Akira struck Hizashi Hyuga with Crushing Fist and Strong Fist, knocking him unconscious and gaining experience.
• Hyuga Akira spent his experience to reach level 13, replenished his chakra, and then approached the unconscious Hizashi Hyuga and slapped his face twice.

Hyuga Akira used his earnings from fighting ninjas to upgrade his Substitution Technique, Gentle Fist, and Fire Release: Unknowing Fire. After testing his new abilities and deciding to keep gaining experience, he went to sleep, while Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Tsunade to his office.

• Hyuga Akira knocked Hizashi Hyuga unconscious, collected the day's earnings, and gained enough experience to improve his skills.
• Hyuga Akira raised Substitution Technique to level ten and chose the Swap trait, which let him switch places with an item in use.
• Nawaki told Hyuga Akira he would miss their stall work because classes started the next day, then went home.
• Hyuga Akira tested Substitution Technique at an inn, raised Gentle Fist to level five and Unknowing Fire to level four, and planned to keep farming experience.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi called Tsunade to his office in the middle of the night, and she demanded to know what he wanted.

Tsunade confronted Hyuga Akira over his troublemaking and forced him to begin learning Medical Ninjutsu at Konoha Hospital. There, she was called to treat a critically wounded shinobi who appeared to have been poisoned.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tsunade that Hyuga Akira had caused a disturbance with his fighting ring and urged her to assign him more missions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on using Akira to gain influence over the Hyuga Clan, while Shimura Danzō argued for creating another God of Shinobi and left after Hiruzen refused.
• Tsunade attacked Akira outside his inn after he sparked rumors about her, then carried him to Konoha Hospital and ordered him to learn Medical Ninjutsu.
• Tsunade hurried to the emergency department when she heard wounded shinobi had arrived and began treating a patient whose skin had turned purplish-black.

Tsunade forced Hyuga Akira to become her apprentice after seeing his talent for the Mystical Palm Technique, despite his refusal to pursue Medical Ninjutsu. She took him to live at her house and ordered him to study her medical records, while Akira dragged Nawaki into sharing his lessons.

• While treating patients, Tsunade taught the Mystical Palm Technique, and Hyuga Akira quickly learned its level-one form.
• Tsunade asked Hyuga Akira to become her apprentice, but he refused because Medical Ninjutsu was not his ninja way.
• Tsunade knocked Hyuga Akira unconscious and, after he awoke, ordered him to study her case records and research materials at her house.
• Tsunade told Hyuga Akira he would accompany her to the hospital by day and study at night, threatening him with her Monster Strength if he failed her test.
• Hyuga Akira stopped Nawaki from leaving and insisted he study alongside him.
• Kushina returned home and asked Tsunade about Nawaki's cries, then went upstairs to see Grandma Mito.

Hyuga Akira became a medical ninja and learned that Tsunade would soon take their team to establish defensive lines as tensions rose between the great villages. Before the mission, he took Nawaki’s savings and planned to give him special training, while Nawaki gathered several children to join them.

• Hyuga Akira synthesized Medical Ninjutsu, became Konoha Hospital’s second-best medical ninja, and jokingly urged Nawaki to defect and conquer the shinobi world with him.
• Tsunade caught Nawaki chanting about defeating her, punished him, and told Hyuga Akira that their team would leave for the front lines in three days.
• Hyuga Akira worried about the coming war and Hyuga Hiashi’s place on their team, while Tsunade explained that their assignment would focus on defensive lines and treating the wounded.
• After Tsunade left, Hyuga Akira took Nawaki’s fifty thousand ryo and told him to take three days off school for special training.
• At first light, Hyuga Akira led the group outside and hesitated when he saw the little children gathered behind Nawaki.

Hyuga Akira began a three-day survival training exercise for Nawaki, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki in the Forest of Death, using traps to punish careless moves. Nawaki repeatedly charged ahead and fell into traps, while Minato and Kushina hid and tried to ambush Akira.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Nawaki had built rival factions at the Ninja Academy and ordered Tsunade brought to him after Nawaki took leave.
• Hyuga Akira, Nawaki, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki entered the Forest of Death for three days of special training.
• Hyuga Akira told the three trainees they could earn supplies and treatment by catching him, then started the exercise.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki hid in the bushes while Nawaki charged at Hyuga Akira and was blasted away by a defective explosive tag.
• Nawaki charged again, fell into a concealed pit, and triggered another explosive tag that injured his arm as Minato and Kushina attempted an ambush.

Hyuga Akira lured the brown bear that had once wounded him out of its cave and killed it, then used its blood to attract more beasts. Meanwhile, Nawaki and Kushina repeatedly fell into Akira’s traps, while Minato Namikaze watched over them.

• Hyuga Akira left Nawaki, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze behind and headed deeper into the Forest of Death to hunt.
• Hyuga Akira drew the brown bear out of its cave and fought it with Flame Shuriken, Substitution Technique, and his Bronze Battle Blade.
• Hyuga Akira killed the brown bear with a blade enhanced by Pseudo Monstrous Strength and collected its Bear Grappling Fist skill book.
• Hyuga Akira spread the brown bear’s blood to attract more beasts and entered the darkness as green eyes appeared around him.
• Minato Namikaze helped Nawaki heal his broken arm, but Nawaki and Kushina kept triggering Akira’s traps and ended up hanging upside down from a tree.

Hyuga Akira finished training Nawaki, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze in the Forest of Death, then led them back to Konoha, where they celebrated with ramen. Minato had made the greatest improvement, while Akira considered venturing deeper into the forest to find more beasts.

• Hyuga Akira used traps to ambush Nawaki, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze, then gave them buns after they managed to wrap wire around his foot.
• Hyuga Akira spent two more days hunting beasts and training the three, gaining experience as Minato Namikaze's strength improved.
• Hyuga Akira led Nawaki, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze out of the Forest of Death after the outer area had been nearly cleared of beasts.
• Nawaki mourned the loss of his pocket money, and Kushina offered to treat everyone to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Kushina and Nawaki devoured multiple bowls of ramen while Hyuga Akira explained that people with lots of chakra generally ate a lot.

Hyuga Akira gave Nawaki a strength-boosting gauntlet and prepared to leave on a mission with Tsunade and Orochimaru. As the group gathered at the plaza, Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga arrived too.

• Hyuga Akira and Nawaki talked about their ambitions, and Akira stopped Nawaki from loudly declaring plans to conquer the shinobi world.
• Tsunade worried that Hyuga Akira would lead Nawaki astray, while Orochimaru offered to keep an eye on Nawaki as his future teacher.
• Hyuga Akira gave Nawaki a Bandit's Right Gauntlet that boosted the chakra in his hand by fifty percent and told him to keep it secret.
• Tsunade woke Hyuga Akira and led him out to begin their all-day mission journey.
• Hyuga Akira and Tsunade met Orochimaru at the Konoha meeting plaza, where Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga soon joined them.

Hyuga Akira joined Tsunade, Hyuga Hiashi, and Hizashi Hyuga on an A-rank supply mission to the Land of Rain, where he hoped to find a way to undo his Caged Bird Seal. After scouts spotted five enemy ninja, the team assigned opponents and prepared to attack.

• Orochimaru explained that the team would deliver supplies to the Land of Rain and establish a defensive line, and Hyuga Akira showed interest in the destination.
• Tsunade led Hyuga Akira, Hyuga Hiashi, and Hizashi Hyuga toward the Land of Rain in a standard formation, carrying strategic supplies.
• At a mountain camp, Tsunade warned that the remaining route was dangerous and said she would keep watch while the others rested.
• The next day, the team spotted five enemy ninja, assessed them as one Jonin, two Chunin, and two Genin, and Tsunade assigned the team to engage them.
• Hyuga Akira asked to fight the two Genin, while Hyuga Hiashi volunteered to hold off one Chunin, and Tsunade signaled the start of the operation.

Tsunade and the Konoha ninja ambushed Xi'an’s Cloud squad, while Hyuga Akira used powerful shuriken attacks and traps to kill two genin and help bring down a chunin. After Akira killed the wounded chunin, he attacked Hizashi Hyuga for trying to take the final blow, leaving Hizashi demanding an explanation.

• Tsunade struck Xi'an from above and pursued him as their fight began, while Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga attacked the other Cloud ninja.
• Hyuga Akira used Kumate-enhanced shuriken to drive two genin through the forest, then killed them with shuriken and Fire Release: Unknowing Fire.
• Akira joined Hizashi’s fight against a chunin, used a Substitution Technique and explosive tag to severely wound the enemy, and prepared to finish him.
• Akira killed the wounded chunin and collected his drops after Hizashi tried to finish the enemy first.
• Akira accused Hizashi of stealing his kill and threatened him, while Hizashi demanded to know why Akira had attacked him.