Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Akira raised his level to 36 and unlocked the Furnace, then used it to smelt unwanted items into essence and synthesize a stronger Wind Hole. He began another synthesis using the Phantom Troupe’s skills, Hisoka’s Bungee Gum, and Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist.

• Hyuga Akira gained experience from the Iwa Ninja retreat and wondered how to kill uninjured Jonin.
• Hyuga Akira spent experience to reach level 36 and unlocked a secondary profession, the Furnace, and Awakening.
• Hyuga Akira smelted low-level equipment and duplicate items into 5216 essence.
• Hyuga Akira synthesized several accessories into a Furnace Wind Hole that increased all attributes by 100, then equipped it on his chest.
• Hyuga Akira placed the Phantom Troupe’s skills, Hisoka’s Bungee Gum, and Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist into the Furnace for another synthesis.

Hyuga Akira synthesized the Phantom Troupe's Curse, chose the doctor secondary profession, and awakened the Nen skill Game Instance after spending most of his experience. He ended the chapter preparing to hunt for enough experience to level up and looking for a way to kill Jonin.

• Hyuga Akira learned Phantom Troupe's Curse and considered using it to build a faction whose members could capture shinobi for him.
• Hyuga Akira chose doctor as his secondary profession, merged Diagnosis and Treatment into Medical Ninjutsu, and raised it to level four.
• Hyuga Akira entered keywords for his awakening skill, spent experience raising Nen Ability to level five, and awakened Game Instance, which cost three thousand chakra to use.
• Hyuga Akira received an increase to his maximum chakra but complained that the new ability would leave him nearly drained.
• Hyuga Akira spent most of his remaining experience raising Fire Release: Unknowing Fire to level seven and resolved to find a way to kill Jonin.

Hyuga Akira developed the Long-Range Fire Dragon Strike and used it to kill Iwagakure jonin during the renewed assault. After spotting an underground Iwa squad preparing to ambush him at the watchtower, he laid out explosives and faced their attack.

• Hyuga Akira combined his abilities into the Long-Range Fire Dragon Strike, a powerful attack that consumed substantial chakra.
• When Iwagakure attacked the next morning, Hyuga Akira farmed experience by hurling fireballs at the advancing shinobi.
• Hyuga Akira killed one Iwagakure jonin with the new technique, then struck another jonin and leveled up as the battle continued.
• Hyuga Akira detected powerful chakra signatures approaching underground and realized an Iwa squad was trying to ambush him.
• Hyuga Akira used Gallery Fake to create Explosive Tags and threw real kunai around the watchtower.
• An Iwagakure jonin emerged and sent an Earth and Stone Dragon surging toward the watchtower.

Hyuga Akira survived an attack by six Iwa Jonin, leveled up to recover from his injuries, and escaped long enough for Konoha reinforcements to arrive. After helping defeat the remaining Iwa Ninja, he collected their drops and equipped new armor and emblems.

• Hyuga Akira fought six Iwa Jonin, killed two in a close-range explosion, and leveled up to recover just before falling clay struck him.
• Hyuga Akira used Uvogin’s Big Bang Impact and his Kunai-based Substitution Technique to escape the four remaining Iwa Jonin.
• Konoha reinforcements trapped the four Iwa Jonin, and Hyuga Akira helped kill them when they were weakened.
• Hyuga Akira collected the dropped skills and equipment, then equipped Dragon Armor, the Fairy Tail Emblem, and the Ten Wizard Saints’ Emblem.

After the Iwagakure Shinobi retreated, Hyuga Akira used Lovely Ghostwriter to reveal a prophecy that predicted Ōnoki would attack the front and Crow would die. Unable to leave the battlefield, Hyuga Akira prepared for Ōnoki’s arrival and spent experience upgrading Unknowing Fire.

• Hyuga Akira and Crow discussed the Iwagakure retreat and expected a fiercer attack, though Crow thought Ōnoki would remain occupied by Ino-Shika-Cho.
• Hyuga Akira used Lovely Ghostwriter to write a prophecy poem about Crow’s fate, and Crow interpreted it as predicting Ōnoki’s arrival and his own death.
• Hyuga Akira warned Crow to eat something nice, while Crow left to make plans after accepting that the prophecy might be true.
• Hyuga Akira decided he could not abandon Konoha’s battlefield but began considering how to escape if the front collapsed.
• Hyuga Akira set aside experience for emergencies and upgraded Fire Release: Unknowing Fire to level nine.

Hyuga Akira chose Satan's Flame, which let his Unknowing Fire burn souls and produce flames, but Iwagakure's reduced attacks slowed his experience gains. Ōnoki annihilated Konoha's trenches with Dust Release, and Akira escaped by substitution before Iwa Ninja began hunting the fireball thrower.

• Hyuga Akira selected Satan's Flame and gained the ability to see and burn souls, as well as create blue fireballs.
• Iwagakure reduced its attacks and sent smaller groups around Konoha's positions, slowing Hyuga Akira's experience gains.
• Ōnoki trapped Konoha's trenches in a Dust Release barrier and annihilated most of the shinobi inside.
• Hyuga Akira used a prepared substitution prop to escape the Dust Release before it destroyed the battlefield.
• Iwa Ninja charged into the forest to hunt the blue-fireball thrower, while Hyuga Akira appeared deep in the woods with a clone.

Hyuga Akira trapped an Iwa Ninja squad inside his newly awakened Game Instance World, where the rules forced them into a fight to the death. He began attacking from range and killed a Chunin, while the rest remained confined in the forest.

• Hyuga Akira considered turning back to attack more enemies, and an Iwa Ninja squad followed his trail into the forest as a hidden Shadow Clone counted five Jonin and seven Chunin.
• Hyuga Akira activated his Awakening Skill: Game Instance, enclosing the Iwa Ninja in a dome and explaining that they could escape only by killing him or being killed.
• The Game Instance separated the Iwa Ninja into restricted circles and displayed their health and Chakra, while Hyuga Akira waited for the skill to restore his Chakra.
• Hyuga Akira used his Byakugan to locate the trapped enemies and launched a fireball at a Chunin from a distance.
• The Chunin blocked the first fireball and escaped his circle, but a second fireball pierced his head and emptied his health bar.

Hyuga Akira used his growing chakra reserves and combined abilities to defeat the Iwa ninja, then fought several more opponents at once. After striking one down with a massive palm technique, he unleashed his Nine-Headed Dragon Technique on another ninja attempting a rescue.

• Hyuga Akira killed three chunin and two special jōnin with kunai and Long-Range Fire Dragon Strikes.
• Hyuga Akira used his abilities and the Dark Battle Blade to defeat an Iwa jonin, cutting through his mud clone and killing his real body with a flaming slash.
• Hyuga Akira taunted the remaining jonin and attacked four Iwa ninja at once with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Hyuga Akira dodged an Iwa ninja's Rock Fist Technique, then struck him with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and Kumate.
• Hyuga Akira unleashed the Nine-Headed Dragon Technique as another Iwa ninja tried to rescue the badly wounded fighter.

Hyuga Akira defeated the remaining Iwa Ninja in the barrier, but Ōnoki appeared after the match and recognized Akira’s Flying Thunder God escape. Akira fled toward the Land of Fire using a consumable, only for Ōnoki to catch him and knock him out of the air.

• Hyuga Akira used the Substitution Technique to evade an S-rank Wind Release and killed its caster with his blue-flaming blade.
• Hyuga Akira found the last Iwa Ninja underground, transformed into gas to reach him, and killed him with a chakra-charged slash.
• The barrier declared Hyuga Akira the winner, collapsed into a palm-sized ball, and Ōnoki appeared beside him.
• Hyuga Akira located his chakra marker and used Flying Thunder God to escape, prompting Ōnoki to pursue him.
• Hyuga Akira used Again G-380 to race toward the Land of Fire, but Ōnoki caught up and shattered the stream of air with a rock-coated fist.
• Hyuga Akira fell toward the ground and slapped kunai down with Kumate to plant them below him.

Hyuga Akira escaped Ōnoki’s pursuit after Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived to protect him, then reported the collapse of the northeastern front. Konoha’s forces regrouped at the central defensive line, and Hyuga Akira rested to check his gains.

• Ōnoki pursued Hyuga Akira across the battlefield, forcing him to rely on his Substitution Technique to evade deadly attacks.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with Crow and stopped Ōnoki from striking Hyuga Akira, prompting Ōnoki to retreat as Konoha shinobi approached.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Hyuga Akira about the collapsed northeastern front and discovered that his Substitution Technique worked like the Flying Thunder God.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi led the shinobi to the central camp, where Nara Rokuji explained that Ōnoki’s Earth Clone had distracted the defenders while Iwagakure attacked the other fronts.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the forces to reorganize and said he would hold the position himself, while Hyuga Akira went to rest and inspect his gains.

Hyuga Akira spent his experience strengthening Fire Release and drew Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attention to the Hyuga Clan’s battlefield potential. After Hiruzen arrived on the Iwa Ninja front, the war settled into an uneasy lull, and he tried to persuade Akira to focus on Fire Release rather than learning Impure World Reincarnation.

• Hyuga Akira salvaged three useful drops, including Arc of Time, and tested its ability to return a thrown kunai to his hand.
• Hyuga Akira spent most of his experience leveling the Great Fireball Technique and Great Flame Technique to strengthen his Fire Release.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed intelligence about Akira’s long-range fighting style and realized the Hyuga Main Family’s control over branch family members kept most of the clan from learning ninjutsu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at the Iwa Ninja front, where Konoha and Iwagakure settled into a tense lull after he and Ōnoki fought to a draw.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Akira’s powerful Fire Release techniques, shared the Nine-Headed Dragon Technique with Konoha, and opened the village’s ninjutsu collection to Akira.
• Hyuga Akira tried to choose Impure World Reincarnation, but Hiruzen Sarutobi forced him to select several Fire Release techniques instead.

Hyuga Akira complained that the Iwa Ninja front was too quiet to earn experience, then used his stored experience to upgrade his Fire Release techniques and select new traits. As he prepared to return to the watchtower, Crow told him that the Hokage had approved his return to Konoha to rest.

• Hyuga Akira argued with Hiruzen Sarutobi, demanding that Konoha kill its enemies, but Hiruzen refused to permit him to stir up conflict.
• Hyuga Akira reviewed his experience and Fire Release techniques while complaining that the Iwa Ninja were too afraid to attack because of his fireballs.
• Hyuga Akira maxed out the Great Fireball Technique, chose Vitality to give his fire dragon life, and chose Pyromania to stun opponents after repeated fire damage.
• Hyuga Akira spent most of his remaining experience raising the Great Flame Technique to level nine and calculated how long it would take to upgrade his other skills.
• Crow told Hyuga Akira that the Hokage had specially approved his return to Konoha to rest and recuperate.

Hyuga Akira returned to Konoha from the Land of Grass and was assigned to a new team led by Orochimaru. He met teammates Nawaki and Aburame Chūki, whose stories revealed that he and Nawaki had terrorized the Ninja Academy.

• Hyuga Akira was ordered to escort wounded shinobi back to Konoha, despite wanting to remain on the battlefield and gain experience.
• After returning safely, Hyuga Akira went home, summoned Machi to clean, and promised to show her the world later.
• Mitokado Homura told Hyuga Akira to report to Training Ground Seven to meet his new team.
• Hyuga Akira met Orochimaru, Nawaki, and Aburame Chūki, who introduced herself by offering him a purple bug to eat.
• Aburame Chūki reminded Hyuga Akira and Nawaki that they had beaten her at the Ninja Academy, and Orochimaru demanded to know what they had done there.

Hyuga Akira fought Orochimaru in a bell test, revealing an array of powerful techniques and nearly overpowering his teacher. The fight remained unresolved as Orochimaru questioned why Akira was trying to defeat him instead of taking the bells.

• Orochimaru explained that there were only two bells and warned the squad that they would need to fight with lethal determination.
• Aburame Chūki and Nawaki hid while Hyuga Akira activated his Byakugan and attacked Orochimaru directly.
• Hyuga Akira used Rhythm Echo, Demon Back, and Eight Trigrams Thirty-Six Palms, but Orochimaru escaped with his substitution technique and countered with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.
• Hyuga Akira burned Orochimaru's snakes, deflected shuriken with Rotation, escaped Earthless Cage, and pursued Orochimaru with a controlled Great Fireball.
• Hyuga Akira stunned Orochimaru with Fire Devourer and battered him with Snake Alive: Whip Strike, but Orochimaru recovered and cut Akira's cheek with a lengthening blade.

Hyuga Akira, Nawaki, and Aburame Chūki formed a squad under Orochimaru after passing his test, then learned they had each lost former teammates on the battlefields. Orochimaru revealed the team had been created for the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams, and Hyuga Akira heard children shouting at someone in an alley as he walked home.

• Hyuga Akira fought Orochimaru to a draw, so Orochimaru declared him strong enough to qualify as a Jonin.
• Orochimaru tested Nawaki and Aburame Chūki, and both passed despite ending up bruised and bound.
• The new squad celebrated at a yakiniku restaurant, where Hyuga Akira asked why it had been formed.
• Nawaki and Aburame Chūki explained that their former teammates had died on the Cloud Ninja and Sand Ninja battlefields, while Orochimaru described the ongoing war.
• Orochimaru said the squad was formed to enter the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams, and Hyuga Akira promised not to kill all the other participants.
• Walking home, Hyuga Akira heard children shouting that a white-eyed monster should be beaten to death.

Hyuga Akira took in Hyuga Xia Nai after she fled an arranged engagement, then learned that Hyuga Masayuki’s death had triggered a struggle over power in the Hyuga Clan. The Chunin Ninja Exams began under Orochimaru, who explained the first test as an answer sheet inside a locked building.

• Hyuga Akira stopped children from bullying Hyuga Xia Nai, and she asked him to take her in rather than return home.
• Hyuga Xia Nai explained that she had run away to avoid becoming Hyuga Hiashi’s fiancée, and Hyuga Akira agreed to let her stay if she cooked and cleaned.
• Orochimaru told Hyuga Akira that Hyuga Masayuki had died after fighting the Raikage, and Hyuga Akira realized Hyuga Hi’s engagement plan was tied to a Hyuga Clan power struggle.
• Hyuga Akira, Nawaki, and Aburame Chūki attended the Chunin Ninja Exams, where Orochimaru announced that contestants had to enter the building and complete an answer sheet.

Hyuga Akira led Nawaki and Aburame Chūki through the first exam, completed their mission, and openly challenged the other examinees to take their scroll. After beating two Uchiha guards, the team reached the Arena, where Jiraiya explained that one-on-one assessments would follow.

• Hyuga Akira recognized that the first exam tested detection, cooperation, trust, and competition, then assigned Nawaki and Aburame Chūki to adjacent rooms while he inspected them with his Byakugan.
• Hyuga Akira knocked down three Shinobi who challenged the rooms, and the three teammates earned matching scores of 60 before receiving their mission scroll and map.
• Hyuga Akira displayed the scroll and dared the other examinees to take it, but they backed away and Nawaki and Aburame Chūki dragged him from the venue.
• Hyuga Akira handed the scroll to two Uchiha guards, then knocked them unconscious after confronting them and entered the Arena with Nawaki and Aburame Chūki.
• Jiraiya congratulated the team and told them that the next round would consist of one-on-one duels judged on their suitability to become Chunin.

Hyuga Akira convinced Orochimaru to let him assess the Chunin candidates by having his Shadow Clones face them, while Jiraiya learned how formidable Akira was. The battle began with Akira’s clones overwhelming candidates and testing Nawaki and Aburame Chūki, and it remained underway as Akira used Fire Release against Chūki.

• Hyuga Akira proposed assessing the candidates himself, and Orochimaru approved a test in which Akira’s Shadow Clones would each face one candidate.
• Orochimaru said Akira would be promoted directly to Chunin through the assessment, and Akira raised his Shadow Clone Technique to level five.
• Hyuga Akira created clones across the platform and challenged the candidates to see how long they could last against him.
• Akira’s clones fought the candidates, with one defeating an Inuzuka Shinobi and another evading a Nara Shinobi’s Shadow Imitation Technique.
• Akira’s clone faced Nawaki and Aburame Chūki; Nawaki attacked while Chūki used insects, but Akira dodged their moves and substituted away from her insect bindings.
• Hyuga Akira landed and used Fire Release: Flame Bullet against Aburame Chūki.

Hyuga Akira’s clones overwhelmed the Chunin exam candidates, but six examinees were promoted alongside him. While he waited eagerly for battlefield orders, a visitor named Machi appeared at his home and restrained Hyuga Xia Nai.

• Hyuga Akira’s clones defeated the remaining candidates, ending the Chunin Ninja Exams and raising his experience value.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya gave chunin vests to six examinees, while Hyuga Akira asked when they would be sent to the battlefield.
• Orochimaru told the newly promoted chunin to train while they waited for missions, and Hyuga Akira’s teammates soon disappeared for their own reasons.
• Hyuga Akira returned home to find Machi holding Hyuga Xia Nai in nen threads while eating the dessert Xia Nai had made.

Hyuga Akira received a Root mission to kill eight Konoha Shinobi planning to defect, and complained that Root did not pay him for his work. He began carrying out the assignment by killing Chunin Fujiwara Qianshu, who wanted to flee the war.

• A Root Shinobi delivered Hyuga Akira a mission to eliminate five Chunin and three Genin who intended to defect from Konoha.
• Hyuga Akira demanded payment for his previous missions and threatened to quit Root, but decided to pursue the new mission for experience and confront Danzo about his wages afterward.
• Hyuga Akira reviewed the targets’ information and reflected that his lack of loyalty to Konoha might keep him from becoming a Jonin.
• Fujiwara Qianshu drank alone while fearing another deployment to the battlefield and wishing to escape the war.
• Disguised with the Transformation Technique, Hyuga Akira killed Fujiwara Qianshu with Whip Strike: Snake Alive and left the restaurant unnoticed.
• Hyuga Akira gained experience, Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique, and Konoha Armor.