Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Akira visited Nawaki and Minato Namikaze in the hospital and prepared them for the coming negotiations, while Kakashi mourned Hatake Sakumo and despaired of ever avenging him. At the negotiation table, Konoha pressed for surrender documents, but Rasa and Karatachi Yagura resisted, and Rasa warned that Konoha could not fight all the villages at once.

• Kakashi placed flowers at Hatake Sakumo's grave and admitted he lacked the strength to avenge his father against Hyuga Akira.
• Hyuga Akira visited Nawaki and Minato Namikaze, urged Minato to recover, and reminded them that negotiations would begin soon.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Kushina joined the hospital visit, where Orochimaru protested being called a freak and Kushina showed anger toward Hyuga Akira.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi opened the negotiations by asking the village representatives whether their surrender documents were ready.
• Hyuga Akira's killing intent pressured the delegates, but Rasa and Karatachi Yagura insisted on discussing the terms.
• Rasa warned that Konoha could not withstand simultaneous attacks from the other villages, unsettling Hiruzen Sarutobi before Hyuga Akira withdrew his killing intent.

Hyuga Akira withdrew from negotiations as Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted limited reparations rather than risk another war. Meanwhile, Akira’s clone directed Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to spread Chakra User power and prepare to intercept the departing village representatives.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s negotiators met after the first day, but Akira refused to urge war and said he would not attend the remaining sessions.
• Akira met Orochimaru atop Hokage Rock, hinted at plans to change the Shinobi World, and withdrew his Dark Battle Blade after threatening him.
• Akira’s clone ordered Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to recruit people in the Land of Rain and spread Chakra User power.
• The three-day negotiations ended with Konoha receiving only enough reparations to cover wartime losses, while Hiruzen Sarutobi continued to avoid another war.
• Akira invited Minato Namikaze and Nawaki to eat with him after criticizing the negotiation outcome.
• Akira’s clone told Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to disguise themselves and intercept the departing representatives, assigning each a village to target.

Hyuga Akira and the Akatsuki spread Nen abilities among the surviving Cloud, Mist, Sand, and Stone ninja, leaving training manuals for them. After his clone returned, Akira planned to use their growing strength to prepare the Akatsuki to confront the shinobi world.

• Hyuga Akira, disguised as Hasagi, attacked the Cloud Ninja, gave survivors Nen power and a training booklet, and told them to grow stronger and take revenge on Konoha.
• Yahiko gave Karatachi Yagura and the Mist Ninja Nen power; Yagura's chakra became easier to control, and a training booklet remained behind.
• Nagato sent chakra balls past Rasa's defenses to strike the Sand Ninja and left Rasa a booklet before flying away.
• Konan bombarded the Iwagakure group with paper rocks that channeled chakra into them, then left a Nen training manual.
• Hyuga Akira told Yahiko and the others that the villages were too exhausted for war to break out soon and urged the Akatsuki to grow strong enough to confront the shinobi world.
• Hyuga Akira's original body opened his eyes and received his clone's memories, realizing that the spread of Nen would increase his power as the ninja trained.

Hyuga Akira’s supporters waited as Konoha began choosing a successor to Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Akira sealed off the Hyuga compound and confronted the clan over its Main Family. The chapter left the clan divided, with Akira threatening those who continued to defend the Main Family.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced the start of the Hokage selection, as supporters of Hyuga Akira, Minato Namikaze, and Nawaki struggled for influence.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō discussed the selection before an Anbu reported that Root personnel had sealed off the Hyuga compound.
• Minato Namikaze and Nawaki saw the barrier around the compound and decided not to intervene against Akira.
• Hyuga Akira entered the compound with Machi and Yakushi Nonō, while Machi used puppet filaments to make two guards resume their posts.
• Akira gave the Hyuga members a choice between defending the Main Family and returning to their homes, then froze one outspoken opponent with insects.
• Some Hyuga members began retreating, prompting a loyalist to demand what they were doing.

Hyuga Akira and his forces crushed the Main Family loyalists who resisted, while allowing other Hyuga members to stay in their homes. Hyuga Dema confronted Akira over the massacre and admitted his support for the Main Family, leaving their conflict poised to turn deadly.

• Hyuga Akira stopped a Hyuga clansman from attacking those who wanted to withdraw, then gave them one hour to return to their rooms while Root and the Hundred Demons surrounded the holdouts.
• Root and the Hundred Demons overwhelmed the resisting Hyuga members, and Hyuga Akira ordered the deaths of anyone still outside after the hour passed.
• Hyuga Dema left the Branch Family members guarding him and asked to see Hyuga Akira, naming Hyuga Debang as his successor as Branch Family elder.
• A Hundred Demons member escorted Hyuga Dema through the massacre to Hyuga Akira, who said he was clearing away the Main Family's influence and would lead the Hyuga Clan to strength.
• Hyuga Dema recognized Hyuga Akira's pale-blue eyes as resembling Hyuga Tennin's, then declared that he was a supporter of the Main Family and had helped its influence spread.

Hyuga Akira confronted the Hyuga Main Family elders and destroyed their forces after uncovering their plan to move Branch Family members out of Konoha. He claimed the clan head’s seat, but Hyuga Hi warned that the Main Family system would remain difficult to uproot.

• Hyuga Akira hypnotized Hyuga Dema and went to confront the Main Family elders, accusing them of oppressing talented Branch Family members.
• Hyuga Akira revealed that he knew the elders were arranging for Hyuga Branch Family members to leave Konoha.
• Hyuga Hikaru intercepted Hyuga Xiao and his escort, killed the escort, and took Xiao with him.
• The Main Family members attacked Hyuga Akira, who engulfed them and their meeting room in deep blue flames.
• Hyuga Akira declared himself the Hyuga Clan head, and Hyuga Hi warned that destroying the Main Family would not erase its system.

Hyuga Akira took control of the Hyuga Clan after killing Hyuga Hi, ended the Main Family system, and agreed to marry Hyuga Xia Nai. As the village prepared for a wider war, Akira’s incarnation began dealing with the Land of Fire’s nobles.

• Hyuga Hi died after persuading Hyuga Akira to marry Hyuga Xia Nai, and Akira’s flames consumed the corpses and wreckage.
• Hyuga Akira claimed leadership of the Hyuga Clan, promised to end the Caged Bird Seal for future generations, and challenged anyone seeking to restore the old system.
• Hyuga Xia Nai accepted Hyuga Hi’s wish to marry Akira, and Akira agreed to marry her in the future.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo discussed Akira’s growing influence over Root, while Nawaki and Minato Namikaze considered the coming war for unification.
• Hyuga Akira’s incarnation selected a woman at the Daimyo Mansion and told a noble to send her to his room that night.

Hyuga Akira redefined the Hyuga Clan’s Main and branch family roles, promised to protect their Byakugan, and prepared to marry Hyuga Xia Nai. After taking control of the clan’s assets and secrets, he considered researching Byakugan evolution while plotting how to manage Danzo and Root.

• Hyuga Akira declared himself the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family and set new rules that freed the branch family from the Caged Bird Seal while making Main Family members bear the clan’s burdens.
• Hyuga Akira ordered the clan to retrieve or destroy any Byakugan taken by outsiders and announced that he would marry Hyuga Xia Nai.
• Hyuga Xia Nai showed Hyuga Akira the hidden store of preserved Byakugan and the clan’s secret techniques and research, including failed experiments to fuse Byakugan.
• Hyuga Akira took control of the Hyuga Clan’s finances, personnel, and supplies, then considered whether he could use the stored eyes to evolve his own Byakugan.
• Machi told Hyuga Akira that Danzo had noticed problems in Root and might purge its members; Hyuga Akira said he would not take over Root yet and planned to direct Danzo toward his own people.

Hyuga Akira moved into the Hyuga compound, ordered Root to kill people spreading rumors about him, and attended Konoha’s Hokage assembly as Nawaki and Minato Namikaze remained closely matched. The selection began with Akira refusing to support either candidate, while their followers gathered around them.

• Hyuga Akira finished clearing his former house and told Nawaki he would stay neutral in the Hokage election.
• After Nawaki worried that Akira might harm villagers, Akira joked about wiping out their families, then ordered Machi to kill those spreading rumors about him.
• Root killed the rumor-mongers, and fear of Akira spread through Konoha as the Hokage assembly approached.
• At the assembly, Orochimaru told Akira that Nawaki and Minato Namikaze were evenly matched, while Akira said the result would not affect his position.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and other officials arrived, and Uchiha Fugaku greeted Akira respectfully.
• Nawaki and Minato Namikaze entered with their respective supporters, whose rivalry left both candidates looking helpless.

Konoha’s jonin and elite shinobi voted for the next Hokage, and Nawaki defeated Minato Namikaze to become the Fourth Hokage. After the inauguration, Hyuga Akira and Tsunade reflected on Nawaki’s new position, while Minato looked ahead to competing for Fifth Hokage.

• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Uchiha Fugaku, a Root member, and Hyuga Akira nominated Nawaki, Minato Namikaze, Hyuga Akira, Orochimaru, Danzo, and Danzo, respectively.
• The jonin vote eliminated Danzo, Orochimaru, and Hyuga Akira, while Nawaki and Minato Namikaze tied and advanced to the second round.
• The elite shinobi voted thirteen to eight for Nawaki over Minato Namikaze, making Nawaki the next Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi handed Nawaki the Hokage hat, and Nawaki vowed to protect Konoha with his life.
• Minato Namikaze said he would compete for Fifth Hokage, while Hyuga Akira and Tsunade discussed Nawaki becoming Hokage.

Hyuga Akira discovered that Asura Chakra had affected Nawaki’s soul and left Nawaki as Hokage while he searched for a way to save him. As Nawaki’s advisers challenged his authority, Minato Namikaze visited Akira, who judged that the Asura-influenced Hokage would struggle to deal with them.

• Nawaki became Hokage and told Hyuga Akira and Minato Namikaze that he would pursue peace without starting a war.
• Hyuga Akira drew Nawaki’s soul from his body and found it wrapped in Asura Chakra, then returned it and said Nawaki would need to die and be resurrected to be saved.
• Hyuga Akira told Machi that the Sage of Six Paths was alive and observing the world, and blamed him and the other scheming figures for targeting Nawaki.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu proposed an elders’ council, while Danzo kept control of Root; Hyuga Akira declined to intervene and left Nawaki to handle the advisers.
• Minato Namikaze visited Hyuga Akira and explained that Nawaki knew the advisers were testing him but could not act ruthlessly because Asura had influenced him.

Hyuga Akira confronted the elders opposing Nawaki, then held his wedding to Hyuga Xia Nai. After the celebrations, he left Xia Nai in charge of the Hyuga Clan and told her how to contact him if trouble arose.

• Hyuga Akira and Minato Namikaze arrived at the Hokage's Office, where Tsunade and Orochimaru were challenging Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.
• Hyuga Akira set the two advisers alight, but stopped when Nawaki ordered him to as Hokage; Tsunade then noticed Nawaki seemed changed.
• Hyuga Akira married Hyuga Xia Nai, while guests including Minato Namikaze, Kushina, Tsunade, and others attended.
• After the wedding, Hyuga Akira told Hyuga Xia Nai to manage the Hyuga Clan and use the Summoning Technique to contact him if anything happened.

Hyuga Akira created a Dungeon in the Land of Rain, spending nearly all his saved essence to form it. Inside, he found the dead he had summoned—including the Third Raikage—and demonstrated that he could control their bodies and souls.

• Hyuga Akira left Hyuga Xia Nai in charge and traveled to Amegakure, where Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko guided him to a high mountain in the Land of Rain.
• Hyuga Akira used his Awakening Skill to form a castle Dungeon, restoring himself by leveling up as it drained his essence.
• Hyuga Akira entered the Dungeon with Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko and discovered that its limited space allowed only a few hundred Shinobi to be summoned at once.
• The Third Raikage confronted Hyuga Akira, but Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko restrained him before Hyuga Akira rendered him helpless and welcomed the assembled dead into his world.
• The Third Raikage refused to serve Hyuga Akira, who showed that he could stop his movements and control his body and soul.

Hyuga Akira discovered that defeated enemies dropped their learned skills and that the dungeon could revive people at the cost of its energy reserves. He admitted Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan as dungeon members, then began setting rules for the revived shinobi, who could leave to see their families if they obeyed him.

• Hyuga Akira took Lightning Release Chakra Mode from Third A’s drops, learned its memories, and watched Third A begin a thirty-day revival.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan joined the dungeon after Hyuga Akira accepted their requests, and he explained that revival consumed energy.
• Hyuga Akira warned the three not to die carelessly, struck Yahiko when he asked Nagato to kill him, and found no entry for Madara Uchiha.
• Hyuga Akira stopped the revived shinobi from escaping and explained that they were dungeon monsters under his control.
• Hyuga Akira offered the shinobi a chance to live outside and visit their families if they followed his rules, including not killing one another and killing every player who entered.

Hyuga Akira let Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan challenge his Dungeon, where they easily defeated its monsters and collected abilities and enhancements. After reaching the final room, they found Akira waiting as the boss, and he shut the doors when they tried to leave.

• Hyuga Akira explained the Dungeon’s rules to the Shinobi monsters and assigned them rooms and patrol shifts.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan entered the Dungeon to find the room leading to its lower floor.
• The trio swiftly defeated the monsters they encountered and collected ninjutsu, chakra, and a physical enhancement.
• Hyuga Akira considered the Dungeon’s energy costs and how to manage its revived monsters.
• The trio found the final room, where Hyuga Akira greeted them as the boss and said they had to defeat him to clear the Dungeon.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan tried to leave, but Hyuga Akira slammed the doors shut.

Hyuga Akira fought Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan in the Dungeon to test their abilities and resurrection, defeating Yahiko despite his twelvefold amplification. He then battled Nagato and Konan’s Six Paths, and the chapter ended as he charged up a powerful two-sword technique against them.

• Hyuga Akira attacked Yahiko and the others, testing whether they could resurrect after being killed in the Dungeon.
• Yahiko’s angel ability amplified him twelvefold, but Hyuga Akira overwhelmed him with his flames and twin blades, burning him to ash.
• Hyuga Akira checked the Dungeon screen and saw that resurrecting Yahiko would cost twenty thousand energy points, then turned to face Konan and Nagato.
• Nagato and Konan attacked Hyuga Akira with repulsive force, chakra absorption, and paper weapons, while their Paths repeatedly fought and revived one another.
• Hyuga Akira cut down Asura Path again and began charging a secret two-sword technique as Naraka Path prepared to resurrect him.

Hyuga Akira killed Nagato and Konan, collected their drops, then revived them and Yahiko and bound the Akatsuki to his dungeon. Back in Konoha, he learned Nawaki wanted to discuss Root, leaving him considering Danzo’s removal and a new leader for the organization.

• Hyuga Akira destroyed Naraka Path, Nagato, and Konan, then collected Nagato’s drops, including a Pain Crystal and the Uzumaki Clan Bloodline.
• Hyuga Akira considered how to obtain the Senju bloodline and use Impure World Reincarnation to bring back Tobirama Senju, then revived Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato.
• Yahiko asked to let other Akatsuki members join the dungeon, and Hyuga Akira agreed on the condition that they accept his control.
• Hyuga Akira returned to Konoha and learned from Minato Namikaze that Nawaki had complaints about Root and its inhumane practices.
• Hyuga Akira decided Danzo no longer needed to remain and considered finding Root a new leader.

Hyuga Akira worried over his drunken night with Tsunade while preparing for the birth of his child, and learned that Miroku's son Araya possessed dangerous powers. Nawaki then asked Akira to take over Root because of its extreme ideology.

• Hyuga Akira warned Minato Namikaze that Kushina's seal would be unstable during childbirth and privately planned to obtain the Nine-Tails' chakra without letting Kushina die.
• After drinking with Tsunade, Hyuga Akira woke with her wrapped around him and fled, unsure what had happened the night before.
• Hyuga Akira and Hyuga Xia Nai discussed names for their unborn child, while he wondered whether their daughter might be Hinata Hyuga.
• In the Land of Demons, Araya accidentally destroyed a house with his black flames, and Miroku urged him to grow strong enough to reclaim his divine father.
• Nawaki told Hyuga Akira that Tsunade had left the village with Shizune Kato and asked him to become Root's leader because the organization's ideology treated shinobi as tools.

Hyuga Akira arranged for Danzo to receive false intelligence that drew him into the Land of Rain, intending to eliminate him and take control of Root. After arriving in Amegakure, Akira asked Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato whether Danzo had entered the country.

• Nawaki asked when Hyuga Akira would act, and Akira said he would settle matters outside the village within a few days.
• Danzo received a request for aid from Hanzo and decided to send Root into the Land of Rain, seeing an opportunity to expand Root and purge his ranks.
• Hyuga Akira told Yakushi Nonō that Danzo had taken the bait, then ordered Hyuga Sora to prepare to take over Root and deal with those who resisted.
• Hyuga Akira traveled to Amegakure, where Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato joked with him before he asked whether Danzo had entered the Land of Rain.
• A child stepped forward and asked Hyuga Akira what Danzo looked like.

Hyuga Akira lured Danzo into the Dungeon by impersonating Hanzo, then revealed himself and confronted him over his secret dealings in the Land of Rain. Danzo tried to escape after his Reverse Summoning Technique failed, while Akira’s flames struck down the two Root Shinobi guarding him.

• Yota reported that Danzo and his forces had entered the Land of Rain, and Akira told Yahiko to wait for Danzo to make contact before luring him to the Dungeon.
• Danzo investigated the Land of Rain, found Akatsuki had displaced Amegakure across much of the country, and arranged to meet Hanzo at a castle.
• Danzo followed the disguised Akira into the Dungeon, where the doors closed behind him as he pressed Hanzo to seek Konoha’s help against Akatsuki.
• Akira revealed his identity, challenged Danzo’s claim that he had come in response to an Amegakure request, and explained that he had sealed the space to block Danzo’s Reverse Summoning Technique.
• Danzo ordered the two Root Shinobi to attack Akira and fled toward the open entrance, while Akira engulfed the attackers in ghostly blue flames.