Chapter Summaries

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.

Hyuga Akira ambushed Ōnoki’s retreating Iwa Ninja with long-range flame attacks, then collected the drops from the battle. His haul completed his Fire Dragon Slayer Magic and Giant Dragon Set, and he ended the chapter considering how to spend his experience on genjutsu.

• Ōnoki hurled a massive platform at Hyuga Akira, destroyed the mountaintop, and ordered the Iwa Ninja to retreat rather than pursue him.
• Hyuga Akira returned under the cover of dust and attacked the withdrawing Iwa Ninja with flaming spears, killing several Jonin and their nearby comrades.
• Ōnoki raised a stone giant to block the attacks and hurried his troops out of Hyuga Akira’s range.
• Hyuga Akira returned to Bibu Mountain and used the Furnace to melt unwanted drops, gaining essence and collecting the pieces of the Fire Dragon Slayer Magic and Giant Dragon Set.
• Hyuga Akira equipped the Giant Dragon Set, assessed his increased strength, and checked his experience before turning his attention to his genjutsu skill.

Hyuga Akira upgraded his genjutsu to prepare his incarnation to travel through the Shinobi World without being linked to him. After spending much of his experience, he had maxed out Mirror Heaven and Earth Change, while Tree Binding Death and further upgrades remained.

• Hyuga Akira decided to give his incarnation different skills and began upgrading his genjutsu.
• He maxed out four D-rank genjutsu and selected traits including Erasure, Dazzling, World, and Pain.
• Hyuga Akira maxed out four C-rank genjutsu and chose Fox Demon Contract, Complete Hypnosis, Disorientation, and Materialization as their traits.
• He spent 128,000 experience to max out Demonic Illusion: Mirror Heaven and Earth Change, leaving Tree Binding Death still to upgrade.

Hyuga Akira chose Reflection, tested his powerful genjutsu with his rebellious clone, and returned the unconscious Sannin to Konoha. After learning the war was nearly over, he traveled to the devastated Land of Rain to investigate Nagato's situation, where a young shinobi confronted him.

• Hyuga Akira selected Reflection and created an External Body Clone, whose genjutsu repeatedly trapped him until the clone used another clone to break the illusion.
• The clone's attacks destroyed a repaired training ground and left the Konoha Sannin unconscious in cat-claw-shaped craters.
• Hyuga Akira reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who questioned his supposed kekkei genkai and said the war was about to end.
• Hyuga Akira realized Jiraiya had stayed with the Sannin on the front lines instead of teaching Nagato and the others, then went to the Land of Rain to check on Nagato.
• Hyuga Akira surveyed the ruined, impoverished city, and a young shinobi pointed an iron rod at him and ordered him to leave.

Hyuga Akira found Nagato’s orphan community and revealed himself as Nagato’s former teacher, Muyu, after using genjutsu to reach their base. He stayed with the group and offered to train them, while secretly intending to confront Madara Uchiha.

• Hyuga Akira used genjutsu to make Takuji lead him to Nagato’s base while disguised as an older Yahiko.
• After the real Yahiko appeared, Hyuga Akira released Takuji from the genjutsu and asked the group for Nagato.
• Nagato doubted Hyuga Akira’s identity until he revealed Muyu’s face and recalled details from their past.
• Hyuga Akira recognized Nagato’s Rinnegan and explained that his own eyes were the Byakugan, easing Nagato’s suspicion.
• Nagato introduced Hyuga Akira as Muyu, and the group welcomed him as their teacher.
• Hyuga Akira accepted a room in the village and offered to instruct the children.

Hyuga Akira taught Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to awaken and control chakra nen, then began testing their chakra affinities. The three succeeded in becoming Chakra Users and were left to learn what their new power could do.

• Nagato told Hyuga Akira how his parents died during the fighting between Konoha and Amegakure, and Yahiko explained how he and Konan had built a community with him.
• Hyuga Akira accepted Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan as students and offered to awaken their chakra nen, warning that they might die.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan each touched one of Hyuga Akira's blue spheres, causing powerful chakra to erupt from their bodies.
• Yahiko and Konan controlled their chakra nen first, and Nagato eventually stabilized his despite his enormous chakra reserves.
• Hyuga Akira declared that all three had become Chakra Users and prepared a water-and-leaf test to check their affinities.

Hyuga Akira’s Incarnation taught Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan the Nen categories and fundamentals, while the original Hyuga Akira grew frustrated that his clone was teaching instead of gaining experience. As the students began practicing and Yahiko celebrated his victory over Nagato, the Incarnation challenged him to fight.

• Hyuga Akira’s Incarnation tested Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan, identifying them as Enhancement, Specialization, and Conjuration users and explaining the difference between Shinobi techniques and Nen applications.
• Hyuga Akira’s Incarnation told the students to learn Ninjutsu by taking it from others, while the original Hyuga Akira watched from Konoha and complained that his clone was neglecting experience farming.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō argued over reparations from the other villages, while Hyuga Akira and Hiruko followed Danzō out of the Hokage’s Office.
• Nagato and Yahiko practiced combat, Konan trained in Zetsu, and Hyuga Akira’s Incarnation warned her that sight, heartbeat, and breathing could reveal her presence.
• Yahiko celebrated defeating Nagato, and Hyuga Akira’s Incarnation challenged him to fight, noting that he was a Transmuter.

Hyuga Akira watched Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan defeat a group of wandering ninja, then criticized their fighting skills and promised proper training. At Konoha, Danzo ended Akira’s recruitment mission and paid him for his work, while Akira was told to resume persuading Orochimaru.

• Yahiko ordered the children to hide when Hyuga Akira sensed approaching chakra, and he, Nagato, and Konan confronted the wandering ninja.
• The three children defeated more than ten attackers using chakra-enhanced blows, and Yahiko’s back repelled a sneak attack.
• Hyuga Akira criticized the children’s reckless fighting and said he would give them proper instruction.
• At Root, Hyuga Akira saw Hiruko’s experiment with Hashirama Cells fail as a captive’s body turned to wood.
• Danzo explained that Hyuga Akira’s presence had helped Root recruit the Aburame and Yamanaka clans, then told him to resume persuading Orochimaru.
• Hyuga Akira demanded payment for his mission, and Danzo ordered Aburame Ryoma to pay him the rate for an A-rank mission.

Hyuga Akira forced Orochimaru to join Root by threatening him in the hospital, then returned to Danzo to claim his reward. Danzo made Akira the leader of Root’s Second Squad and warned him not to target the Uchiha Clan.

• Hyuga Akira visited the hospitalized Sannin, where Tsunade thanked him for rescuing them and Jiraiya thanked him as well.
• Hyuga Akira asked Orochimaru to join Root, and Orochimaru explained that Danzo had previously refused to let him join.
• When Orochimaru declined, Hyuga Akira pinned his blanket down and set it on fire until Orochimaru agreed.
• Hyuga Akira reported Orochimaru’s agreement to Danzo, who appointed him leader of Root’s Second Squad.
• Danzo warned Hyuga Akira not to target the Uchiha Clan, and Hyuga Akira pretended not to hear him.

Hyuga Akira took command of Root's Second Squad, a unit tasked with killing Shinobi from Konoha, and eagerly welcomed its grim missions. He granted five capable subordinates new powers, winning their apparent allegiance as he began consolidating control of the squad.

• Aburame Ryoma explained that the Second Squad had twenty members and was responsible for surrounding and killing targets from their own village, while Hyuga Akira reacted with excitement.
• Aburame Ryoma appointed Hyuga Akira as captain, and Hyuga Akira inspected the squad before selecting five Shinobi who claimed they could fight and kill a Jonin.
• The five introduced themselves as Yamawaro, Umizatou, Earth Spider, Hatsu Oni, and Rain Woman, and Hyuga Akira used the Phantom Troupe's Curse to grant them new abilities.
• The five kneeled and offered their service, but Hyuga Akira told them to prove their loyalty and revealed his identity and Black-Blue Flames.

Hyuga Akira tried to secure more Root missions so he could earn experience, but Danzo rejected his proposed quotas and walked away. Akira then went to the Hokage's Office, where Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to receive the Four Great Ninja Villages' delegations with Danzo.

• Hyuga Akira offered to accept even one Root mission per month after Danzo rejected his proposal to target a hundred Shinobi.
• Danzo left rather than continue discussing Akira's plans to kill Konoha Shinobi for Root's supposed quota.
• Hyuga Akira went home briefly before jogging to the Hokage's Office, where he found Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo.
• Hyuga Akira considered robbing Orochimaru because Orochimaru had not taught him anything, and Orochimaru realized Akira was eyeing him.
• Danzo arrived at the Hokage's Office and found Hyuga Akira there; Hiruzen Sarutobi then said they would receive the Four Great Ninja Villages together.