Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Akira and Tsunade’s group recovered after defeating the disguised enemy ninjas, while Hizashi Hyuga became wary of Akira’s intentions toward Hyuga Hiashi. Akira gained equipment and improved his skills, but Hiashi’s decision to abandon controlling him left Akira expecting harsher punishment from the Hyuga Clan after they returned.

• Tsunade saved Hyuga Hiashi and told Hyuga Akira to take over his treatment, but Hizashi Hyuga blocked Akira and insisted his brother did not need it.
• Tsunade found an Iwagakure forehead protector on one enemy, while Hyuga Akira recognized from his item drops that the ninjas were likely from Sunagakure.
• Hyuga Akira equipped a Genin Kunai, Recovery Ring, and Chakra Ring, then spent experience to improve Kumate and Medical Ninjutsu.
• The group rested overnight and continued their journey the next day, with Hyuga Hiashi looking at Akira coldly.
• Hyuga Akira realized Hiashi had abandoned his plan to control him and feared the Hyuga Clan would punish him with the Caged Bird Seal.

Hyuga Akira and his team encountered a large enemy force, so Tsunade ordered them to split up and retreat. Pursued by five Chunin, Akira set traps and counterattacked before continuing to flee, leaving an Explosive Tag on a tree as the sensory ninja failed to notice it.

• Hyuga Hiashi spotted numerous enemy chakra signatures, and Hyuga Akira warned Tsunade that at least five Jonin were among them.
• Tsunade ordered the team to split up and rendezvous within seven days, and Hyuga Akira fled alone as the enemy pursued him.
• Hyuga Akira confirmed that five Chunin were chasing him, then slowed down and prepared to attack them.
• Hyuga Akira used wires, Shuriken, and a surprise barrage to disrupt the pursuers, then targeted the sensory ninja while evading the others.
• Hyuga Akira continued fleeing and planted an Explosive Tag on a tree as the pursuing ninja jumped onto it, unnoticed by their sensory ninja.

Hyuga Akira killed a sensor ninja and fought the remaining Cloud Ninja, using his level-up and an Explosive Tag frozen in his backpack to survive their attacks. He ended the chapter badly injured but ready to attack the two wounded Cloud Ninja.

• Hyuga Akira killed the female sensor ninja with an Explosive Tag and received experience.
• Hyuga Akira leveled up, healed his wounds, and replenished his chakra as the other two unknown ninja left.
• Hyuga Akira attacked the two Cloud Ninja, who countered his Substitution Technique with the Lightning Body Flicker Technique.
• Hyuga Akira stored an Explosive Tag just before it detonated, then threw it back at the Cloud Ninja and was caught in the blast.
• Hyuga Akira treated his injuries, approached the wounded Cloud Ninja, and launched a Shuriken attack after one asked whether he was Hyuga Hiashi or Hizashi Hyuga.

Hyuga Akira defeated Cloud Ninja, learned two dropped skills, and continued toward a village after escaping the forest. He discovered that ninja had seized the village, killed the men who confronted him, and faced the rest of their group.

• Hyuga Akira killed two Cloud Ninja, leveled up, and learned Naufra and Niko Style · Flame Sky Form from their drops.
• Hyuga Akira collected a Ninja Longsword, confirmed the scroll was genuine, disguised himself, and followed the road to a village.
• Hyuga Akira killed two men at the village entrance after they looked at him, then learned from the old man that ninja had seized the village.
• Seven or eight armed men rushed out to avenge their companions, and Hyuga Akira killed them for little experience and useless drops.

Hyuga Akira hunted down the bandits near the village to collect experience and equipment, killing their chief and driving the survivors from the mountain. After gathering his Shuriken and drops, he completed the bandit set.

• Hyuga Akira questioned and killed a rogue ninja, then rested in the village overnight.
• Hyuga Akira found the bandits on the road and killed them with a barrage of Shuriken, gaining experience, money, and health potions.
• Hyuga Akira sneaked through the mountain stronghold and killed bandits until the bandit chief rushed to confront him.
• Hyuga Akira killed the bandit chief before he could use ninjutsu, then continued attacking as the remaining bandits fled.
• Hyuga Akira recovered his Shuriken, collected equipment drops, and completed the bandit set.

Hyuga Hiashi attacked Hyuga Akira and activated the Caged Bird Seal, but Akira endured the pain and threatened him with a blade. Tsunade intervened, reprimanded them, and ordered both confined after declaring their squad would disband following its handover.

• Hyuga Akira reached the Konoha military camp near the Land of Rain and used his Byakugan to scout it while waiting for Tsunade and the Hyuga brothers.
• Hyuga Hiashi attacked Akira, but Akira knocked him back with Bear Grappling Fist and used experience to upgrade Naufra.
• Hyuga Hiashi activated the Caged Bird Seal, but Akira endured its pain, threatened him at knifepoint, and dared him to destroy his eyes and brain before Akira killed him.
• Tsunade broke up their confrontation, backed Akira, and warned Hiashi that she would report his actions to his father.
• Tsunade ordered the squad to disband after the handover and sent both Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Akira to confinement in the camp prison.

Hyuga Akira sought a year in custody to find a way to remove his Caged Bird Seal, but Hiruko soon arrived and became his Jonin instructor. After Akira learned his team had been the supply transport rather than bait, Konoha’s commanders discussed infiltrating Amegakure to obtain timely intelligence on Iwagakure and Sunagakure.

• Hyuga Akira asked Tsunade to let him remain in the cell for a year, while Tsunade warned him not to become a rogue ninja.
• Hyuga Akira refused to explain his plans to Hyuga Hiashi and considered how to adapt his tactics to the [Cheap Shot] skill.
• Hiruko arrived and introduced himself as Hyuga Akira’s Jonin instructor, then took Akira and the Sealing Scroll to the command tent.
• Hyuga Akira asked whether his team had been transport or bait, and Hiruko explained that Orochimaru and Jiraiya’s teams had served as bait.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru discussed obtaining intelligence from Amegakure, and Orochimaru proposed sending an undercover agent there.

Hyuga Akira was chosen to infiltrate Amegakure and gather peripheral intelligence, despite his objections. After taking a large cache of ninja tools from the supply tent, he learned the Summoning Technique from Hiruko and waited for help establishing his identity before entering the Land of Rain.

• Orochimaru proposed sending a spy to Amegakure, and Tsunade and the others selected Hyuga Akira for the mission.
• Hiruko let Hyuga Akira take ninja tools from the supply tent, then stopped him after his Ninja Tool Pouch swallowed a huge amount of supplies.
• Hiruko gave Hyuga Akira a Summoning Technique scroll and taught him the technique so he could send intelligence back to Konoha.
• Hiruko chased Hyuga Akira from camp, then returned to help arrange his identity before he entered the Land of Rain.

Hyuga Akira went undercover in Amegakure by taking the place of the Rain Ninja Muyu, then pretended to have amnesia when he met his superior, Kusen. The chapter ended with Akira overpowering Kusen after Kusen tested him with an attack.

• Hyuga Akira used his Byakugan to locate two Amegakure genin watching the city entrance, and Hiruko and Akira captured Muyu and learned his identity and mission.
• Hiruko ordered Hyuga Akira to replace Muyu and gather intelligence for Konoha.
• Hyuga Akira killed Muyu, took his appearance, and detonated an Explosive Tag to stage an attack by a Konoha ninja before Hiruko escaped.
• Hyuga Akira woke up in Amegakure and told Kusen, his superior, that he was Musen and had lost his memory.
• Kusen attacked Hyuga Akira with shuriken and a knee strike, but Akira dodged, kicked Kusen into a wall, and beat him with repeated punches.

Hyuga Akira maintained his act of having amnesia and erratic behavior, convincing Kusen and the Amegakure ninja that he was Muyu. After being released from restraints and assigned intelligence work, he clashed with his coworker Shisui, who accused him of using his memory loss as an excuse to avoid work.

• Kusen accepted the medical explanation for Muyu's memory loss, lack of pain, and violent behavior after Hyuga Akira staged a fight.
• Kusen told Hyuga Akira that he served Hanzo and explained that Shōzō currently controlled Amegakure and ordered its ninja to avoid conflicts.
• Kusen freed Hyuga Akira and brought him back to duty after Hyuga Akira promised loyalty to Hanzo.
• Hyuga Akira joined Kusen's intelligence team and said he would rather kill strong enemies than learn ninjutsu.
• Hyuga Akira sat polishing a bronze-colored blade instead of organizing intelligence, and Shisui confronted him for pretending that amnesia excused his inaction.

Hyuga Akira killed Shisui, continued his undercover work in Amegakure, and accepted a mission to assassinate Kojima Kōji. He then hunted Wandering Ninja for experience and encountered the frightened young Nagato.

• Hyuga Akira killed Shisui, summoned his body to Hiruko’s camp, and took the Low-Level Magic Potion he dropped.
• Kusen warned Hyuga Akira not to kill comrades and gave him a mission to assassinate Kojima Kōji, along with a Water Release: Wild Water Wave scroll.
• Hyuga Akira learned that Kojima Kōji was protected by a Chunin and several Genin, agreed to attempt the assassination, and left to hunt Wandering Ninja for experience.
• Hyuga Akira broke into a house where Wandering Ninja had killed a family and killed the eight occupants with shuriken, gaining experience and a Special Kunai.
• Hyuga Akira sensed a large chakra presence behind a tree, confronted a red-haired boy, and recognized him as Nagato.

Hyuga Akira urged Kusen to commit fully to Hanzo’s side and joined him on a mission at the city lord’s residence. While Kusen went to carry out the assassination, Akira drew the guards’ attention by slaughtering them with shuriken.

• Hyuga Akira wiped out most of the wandering ninja in the city and collected EXP, potions, money, and a Lightning Release skill book.
• Kusen confronted Hyuga Akira after Shōzō learned of the killings and planned to send someone to replace him.
• Hyuga Akira persuaded Kusen to support Hanzo decisively and complete his mission before dealing with the replacement.
• Kusen and Hyuga Akira went to the city lord’s residence at night, where Kusen planned to distract the guards while Akira assassinated the target.
• Hyuga Akira jumped among the guards and unleashed a barrage of shuriken, drawing their attention as Kusen vanished in a puddle of water to carry out the assassination.

Hyuga Akira killed the Rain Ninja attackers at the mansion and obtained an Exorcist Skill Fragment, which could eventually remove the Caged Bird Seal. He then wiped out the soldiers guarding his mission target and collected a Rose, while Kusen remained locked in battle with a Chunin.

• Hyuga Akira used Shuriken and Explosive Tags to defeat the Rain Ninja, then killed their older Shinobi leader and obtained an Exorcist Skill Fragment.
• Hyuga Akira saw Kusen fighting a Chunin and rushed toward the group fleeing through the mansion’s back gate.
• Hyuga Akira killed the armored soldiers guarding the noble who was his mission target.
• Hyuga Akira collected the noble’s Rose and wondered whether he could still obtain Cozy Home.

Hyuga Akira killed Shuaiyu during his fight with Kusen, then chose not to kill the poisoned Kusen so he could preserve his undercover work. After they confirmed Kojima Kōji's death and returned to the tower, Akira stored Shuaiyu's unusable Nen Stitching skill drop.

• Hyuga Akira ambushed Shuaiyu with a timed explosive tag and finished him with shuriken after the blast left him alive.
• Hyuga Akira collected Shuaiyu's Nen Stitching skill drop and considered killing the poisoned Kusen, but put away his shuriken to protect his undercover mission.
• Kusen took a detoxification pill, questioned Akira about the explosion, and ordered him to walk ahead while they checked Kojima Kōji's body.
• Kusen and Akira found a surviving person, then left through the back door and returned to the tower after confirming the target's death.
• Kusen went to his room, and Hyuga Akira returned to his own.

Hyuga Akira chose the Mass trait for his max-level Transformation Technique and tested its ability to turn him into water, only to exhaust his chakra. After recovering and disguising himself as Muyu, he made Kusen include his contribution in the mission report before Kusen sent it to Hanzo.

• Hyuga Akira spent experience to raise Transformation Technique to its maximum level and chose the Mass trait over Authenticity and Simulation.
• Hyuga Akira transformed into water, discovered he could pass his hand through his body, and collapsed after the technique drained his chakra.
• Hyuga Akira drank a Low-Level Magic Potion, recovered, and changed back into Muyu with a more convincing transformation.
• Hyuga Akira confronted Kusen over leaving him out of the mission report and watched as Kusen added his contribution.
• Kusen sent the completed report to Hanzo using a Summoning Scroll while Hyuga Akira observed his technique.

Hyuga Akira and Kusen prepared to intercept the replacement squad assigned to the city, while Akira continued training and handling Rain intelligence. The chapter left them concealed in a mountain forest as Akira laid traps before the squad arrived.

• Hyuga Akira unnerved Kusen by appearing at his doorway with a Bronze Blade, prompting Kusen to move to one of his safe houses.
• The next day, Akira trained while Kusen told him that a Chunin and three Genin would arrive to take over the assignment.
• Akira reviewed the Rain intelligence, sent a report back to Hiruko, and burned Hiruko’s scolding letter.
• Before dawn, Kusen led Akira into a mountain forest to ambush the replacement squad using information from Lord Hanzo.
• Akira ignored Kusen’s questions about the squad’s arrival time and began setting shuriken-wire traps and Explosive Tags across the trees.

Hyuga Akira and Kusen ambushed Akishima’s group of Rain Ninja, turning a factional handover into a fight. Akira killed the captured boy and watched from hiding as Kusen faced Akishima’s Waterfall Clone Technique.

• Akishima led the Rain Ninja group toward the handover and told the boy traveling with him that he expected no fight.
• Akishima’s group triggered Akira’s traps; after one Genin was caught and an explosion went off, Kusen attacked Akishima with Water Release.
• Akishima tried to reason with Kusen, but Kusen declared his loyalty to Hanzo and attacked with Wild Water Wave and Rain Shower Senbon.
• Akira captured the boy, explained the factional conflict, and killed him after he thrust himself toward Akira’s kunai.
• Akishima and Kusen continued fighting, and Akishima used the Waterfall Clone Technique to surround Kusen with apparent copies.

Kusen defeated Akishima with the help of Hyuga Akira’s traps, but after the battle Akira revealed that he intended to kill Kusen too. The chapter ended with Kusen realizing the flames spreading through the trap wires were part of Akira’s attack.

• Kusen fought Akishima’s Waterfall Clone Technique until he lured Akishima into Hyuga Akira’s traps and injured him with explosive tags.
• Kusen charged Akishima while avoiding the traps, but Akishima used a clone to escape the trapped area.
• Hyuga Akira intercepted Akishima in a tree and struck him with the Gentle Fist: Mountain-Breaking Strike, sending him into wires and explosive tags that killed him.
• Kusen asked about the other enemies, and Hyuga Akira told him they were all dead and that only the two of them remained.
• Hyuga Akira ignited the wires around them, and Kusen realized Akira planned to kill him.

Hyuga Akira killed Kusen after revealing his Gentle Fist, then collected the drops from Kusen and the other dead ninja. He reached level 16 and, having exhausted the area’s available targets, faced a choice between protecting his standing with Konoha and finding new sources of experience and ninjutsu.

• Hyuga Akira explained that Kusen had outlived his usefulness and challenged the weakened Chunin to test his own strength.
• Kusen attacked with Water Release, but Hyuga Akira defeated him with his flame-enhanced Eight Trigrams technique, killing him in twenty-three palm strikes.
• Hyuga Akira collected an Exorcist Skill Fragment from Kusen and a Nanika’s Wish List Fragment from Akishima, then picked up three cards dropped by the Genin.
• Hyuga Akira spent 3,999 experience to reach level 16, leaving 569 experience in his pool.
• Hyuga Akira realized he had exhausted the city’s available targets and worried that killing hidden Konoha ninja would ruin his reputation with Konoha.

Hyuga Akira covered up Kusen’s death, reported the mission to Hanzo under the name Muyu, and secured an invitation to meet him. When a Rain Ninja asked where Kusen was, Akira said he had died on a mission.

• Hyuga Akira destroyed Kusen’s charred corpse with an explosive tag and took his belongings.
• Hyuga Akira wrote Hanzo a report crediting Muyu with leading the ambush, while claiming Kusen had died using explosive tags against Akishima.
• Hyuga Akira sent the report through Kusen’s Summoning Scroll after finding little money and equipment in Kusen’s pouch.
• Hanzo read the letter, recognized Muyu’s ambition, and ordered a Rain Ninja to summon him for a meeting.
• A Rain Ninja returned to report and asked Hyuga Akira where Kusen was; Akira said Kusen had died on a mission, and the ninja handed over the day’s intelligence report.