Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu offered to remove Neji’s Caged Bird Seal after Hiashi admitted it had become a way for the Main Family to control the Branch Family. He learned the removal method and began performing it on Neji, leaving the result unresolved.

• Zhang Yu challenged Hiashi to explain why only the Branch Family bore the Caged Bird Seal, and Hiashi admitted it controlled them.
• Hiashi said he could try to stop the next generation from receiving the seal but believed existing seals could not be removed.
• Zhang Yu claimed he could remove Neji’s seal safely, and Neji agreed to try.
• Zhang Yu bought the exclusive removal method from the System Shop and memorized it.
• Neji removed his Forehead Protector as Zhang Yu formed forty-eight hand signs and gathered green Chakra in his palm.

Zhang Yu removed Neji’s Caged Bird Seal without harming him, freeing him from the Main Family’s control. He then pretended to be exhausted and rested in Hinata’s arms while Hyuga Hiashi and Neji went to prepare lunch.

• Zhang Yu precisely severed the Caged Bird Seal’s structure on Neji’s forehead, leaving his brain, Byakugan, and Chakra pathways unharmed.
• Hyuga Hiashi confirmed the seal was completely gone, and Neji realized the Main Family could no longer control him through it.
• Zhang Yu feigned exhaustion and collapsed into Hinata’s arms, claiming he could not move for half an hour.
• Hyuga Hiashi sent Neji to arrange lunch and told Hinata to let Zhang Yu rest without moving him.
• Zhang Yu said he felt better leaning against Hinata, who adjusted her arms and admitted she wanted the moment to last longer.

After removing Neji’s Caged Bird Seal, Zhang Yu was left too weak to move without help, so Hinata supported him and brought him to her room to rest. Hinata stayed beside him, growing nervous about what her family might think, when someone knocked and called out to her.

• Hyuga Hiashi returned to Hinata’s cottage, saw Hinata supporting Zhang Yu, and learned that the Caged Bird Seal had been removed safely.
• Zhang Yu pretended to be too weak to stand, and Hyuga Hiashi told Hinata to take care of him before leaving.
• Hinata helped Zhang Yu into her room, where he rested on her bed and teased her about repaying him for saving Neji and the Hyuga Clan.
• Hinata sat beside Zhang Yu and worried about her family discovering him in her room.
• Someone knocked at Hinata’s door and called out that they were her younger sibling.

Hanabi Hyuga visited Hinata and met Zhang Yu, whose conjured pastries quickly won her over. After asking Zhang Yu to teach her Ninjutsu, Hanabi tearfully pleaded for him to take her as his disciple, leaving him at a loss.

• Hanabi rushed into Hinata's room, noticed Hinata's flushed face, and asked why Zhang Yu was resting on her bed.
• Zhang Yu offered Hanabi a conjured pastry, and she and Hinata ate several more as Hanabi asked him questions.
• Hanabi asked Zhang Yu to teach her Ninjutsu so she could make snacks and defeat everyone, including her father.
• Hanabi pleaded with Zhang Yu to take her as his disciple, and he was left unsure how to respond.

Zhang Yu accepted Hanabi as his disciple and invited Hinata to train at his tavern, while Hyuga Hiashi considered how to end the divide between the Main and Branch Families. Hiashi gave Neji his father’s farewell letter, revealing that Hizashi had chosen to die in Hiashi’s place of his own free will.

• Zhang Yu agreed to train Hanabi at his tavern, and Hinata accepted his invitation to train alongside her.
• Hyuga Hiashi saw Hinata and Hanabi happily laughing with Zhang Yu and led them to a feast after checking that he had recovered.
• After the meal, Hiashi kept Hanabi behind to discuss her discipleship and summoned Neji.
• Hiashi gave Neji the farewell letter Hizashi had left before going to Kumogakure.
• Neji read that Hizashi had chosen to die in Hiashi’s place to protect his brother, the Hyuga Clan, and Konoha, and began to cry.

Neji learned the truth about his father’s death, released some of his hatred toward the Main Family, and accepted that Zhang Yu had removed his Caged Bird Seal. Hinata then asked Zhang Yu to help the other Branch Family members, but the chapter ended before he answered.

• Neji read Hyuga Hiashi’s explanation of Hizashi’s final choice and said he no longer blamed Hiashi for his father’s death, though he still opposed the Main and Branch Family system.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Neji agreed not to ask Zhang Yu to remove more seals because the first removal had left him weak, and Hiashi said no new Branch Family children would receive the seal.
• Hinata overheard them and insisted on asking Zhang Yu herself whether there was another way to remove the other Branch Family members’ seals.
• That night, Hinata asked Zhang Yu to remove the remaining Caged Bird Seals and began to cry; she explained that she had come on her own because Hiashi and Neji feared for Zhang Yu’s health.

Zhang Yu revealed that he had been pretending to struggle and could make Unsealing Scrolls to remove the Hyuga Branch Family’s Caged Bird Seals. After preparing dozens of scrolls, he gave Hyuga Hiashi instructions for their distribution and warned that removing the seals would not resolve the clan’s deeper divisions.

• Zhang Yu told Hinata that he had pretended to be weak and could make scrolls to remove the Caged Bird Seals, but said Hyuga Hiashi should vet recipients.
• The next morning, Hinata found dozens of Unsealing Scrolls on the table and joined Zhang Yu, Hyuga Hiashi, and Neji in the courtyard.
• Zhang Yu explained how to use the scrolls and assured Neji they would cause no harm or aftereffects.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered the clan to compile a list of Branch Family members and distribute scrolls only to those deemed trustworthy.
• Zhang Yu warned Hyuga Hiashi that removing the seals would not end conflict unless the Main Family and Branch Family addressed their underlying rift.

As the Hyuga Clan prepared to remove the Caged Bird Seal, Hyuga Hiashi proposed that Zhang Yu marry Hinata when she was older. Zhang Yu said the choice belonged to Hinata, and she declared that she was willing and would never leave him.

• Hyuga Hiashi promised to call a clan meeting and redefine the Main Family and Branch Family's duties without relying on the Cursed Seal.
• Hinata thanked Zhang Yu for making the unsealing scrolls, and Hyuga Hiashi and Neji observed how close the two were.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked Neji whether Zhang Yu and Hinata suited each other, and Neji said they were a perfect match.
• Hyuga Hiashi proposed marrying Hinata to Zhang Yu when she grew up, while making clear he would not force Zhang Yu to agree.
• Zhang Yu said the marriage depended on Hinata's wishes, and Hinata declared that she was willing and would not leave him.

Zhang Yu delivered the summer festival invitations to the Hyuga Clan and discussed the Caged Bird Seal, while Hiashi accepted Hinata’s feelings and treated her marriage to Zhang Yu as settled. Neji asked Zhang Yu to resurrect his father, Hizashi, and the system revealed a hidden pairing achievement after Zhang Yu called Neji his brother-in-law.

• Hiashi declared Hinata’s marriage to Zhang Yu settled, and Tobirama arrived to request Hyuga Clan members’ help with the summer festival.
• Zhang Yu gave Hiashi, Hinata, Hanabi, and Neji festival invitations and said the scrolls for addressing the Caged Bird Seal were ready.
• Neji knelt before Zhang Yu, who called him his brother-in-law and assured him they would be family.
• Neji asked Zhang Yu to bring his father, Hizashi Hyuga, back to life, and Zhang Yu listened as Neji explained how much he wanted to see him again.
• The system unlocked a hidden pairing achievement with an initial reward of 200,000 gold coins and explained that targets had to accept CP Gold Medals and voluntarily become partners.

Zhang Yu agreed to resurrect Hizashi Hyuga after Neji asked him, bringing Neji and Hyuga Hiashi to tears. Hyuga Hiashi pledged the clan’s loyalty to Zhang Yu, who began preparing to perform the resurrection.

• Zhang Yu realized that the CP pairing rules let people form multiple partnerships and considered pairing several characters for gold medals.
• Zhang Yu agreed to resurrect Hizashi Hyuga when Neji asked, telling him they were family and he could repay him gradually.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Tobirama returned and learned Zhang Yu had agreed to bring Hizashi back.
• Hyuga Hiashi thanked Zhang Yu, pledged the Hyuga Clan’s loyalty, and offered Hanabi’s future marriage to him.
• Zhang Yu said recalling the dead would take some time, and Hyuga Hiashi told him to proceed with the technique.

Zhang Yu summoned Hizashi Hyuga back to life, reuniting him with Hyuga Hiashi and Neji. As the family embraced, Zhang Yu pretended to collapse into Hinata's arms, leaving everyone worried that the revival had exhausted him.

• Zhang Yu used elaborate hand seals and secretly ordered the system to summon Hizashi Hyuga.
• Hizashi Hyuga appeared alive and embraced his brother, Hyuga Hiashi, after they recognized each other.
• Neji reunited with his father and told him he had read the letter explaining Hizashi's choice to sacrifice himself.
• Hinata watched the reunion with growing affection for Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu feigned weakness and collapsed into Hinata's arms, prompting the others to worry that reviving Hizashi had drained him.

Zhang Yu collapsed after reviving Hizashi, and Hinata helped him rest in her room. Meanwhile, Hizashi learned what had happened, discovered Neji’s Caged Bird Seal had been removed, and had his own seal removed with an Unsealing Scroll.

• Hiashi sent Hinata to help Zhang Yu into her room, where Zhang Yu rested with his head on her lap.
• Hiashi explained the Undead Tavern, the resurrected figures, and Zhang Yu’s deeds to Hizashi.
• Hizashi found that Neji’s Caged Bird Seal had been removed and learned Zhang Yu had made scrolls to free the Branch Family.
• Hiashi promised to revise the clan rules, and Hizashi rejoiced that the Branch Family’s children would no longer be controlled by the seal.
• Hiashi activated an Unsealing Scroll on Hizashi’s forehead, breaking the Caged Bird Seal without pain or damage to his Byakugan.

Zhang Yu resurrected Hizashi Hyuga, removed the Caged Bird Seals from him and Neji, and gave the Hyuga brothers badges that would keep Hizashi in the world. The brothers reunited and began speaking about Hizashi’s death, while Zhang Yu discovered that their strengthening bond could earn him repeated system rewards.

• Hizashi Hyuga confirmed that his Caged Bird Seal was gone, and Hyuga Hiashi stopped him from thanking Zhang Yu until Zhang Yu had rested.
• After Zhang Yu came out with Hinata, Hizashi Hyuga thanked him, and Zhang Yu told Hizashi to stay by Neji’s side.
• Zhang Yu explained that two golden badges would stabilize Hizashi’s connection to the world, so Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga accepted and bound the badges.
• The system awarded Zhang Yu 250,000 gold coins for the Hyuga brothers’ CP pairing, and it confirmed that stronger relationships could earn repeat pairing rewards.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked Hizashi Hyuga how he had died, and Hizashi recalled sacrificing himself in Hiashi’s place when Kumogakure sought a Main Family member’s body.

Zhang Yu joined the Hyuga family for a feast celebrating Hizashi Hyuga’s return and the brothers’ reconciliation. As the family toasted him, Hizashi approved of Hinata marrying Zhang Yu, while Hanabi declared she would marry him when she grew up.

• Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga reaffirmed their bond, and Hizashi promised Neji he would not leave him again.
• Hyuga Hiashi invited Zhang Yu to a lavish feast, where the family thanked him for reviving Hizashi and protecting the Hyuga Clan.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Hizashi Hyuga, and Neji repeatedly toasted Zhang Yu, while Hinata and Hanabi shared food with him.
• After drinking heavily, Hizashi Hyuga praised Hinata’s match with Zhang Yu and enthusiastically approved their marriage.
• Hanabi asked what marriage meant, then said Hinata could marry Zhang Yu first and she would marry him when she grew up.

Zhang Yu stayed overnight at the Hyuga residence after strengthening the brothers’ relationship, then completed his mission and continued delivering summer festival invitations. At Ino’s flower shop, he gave her an invitation, and she teased him about remembering exactly how long it had been since they last met.

• Hizashi and Hiashi agreed that Hinata and Hanabi could marry Zhang Yu, and the brothers’ improved relationship earned Zhang Yu 50,000 gold coins.
• Hiashi and Neji took the drunken Hizashi home, while Zhang Yu agreed to stay overnight at the Hyuga residence.
• The next morning, Hinata and Hanabi saw Zhang Yu off, and Hanabi asked him to teach her Ninjutsu and bring her snacks at the tavern.
• Zhang Yu received 500,000 gold coins and an undead summon for resolving the Hyuga Clan’s threat of internal conflict, bringing his balance to one million coins.
• Zhang Yu delivered a summer festival invitation to Ino at her flower shop, and Ino teased him for remembering that seven days and three hours had passed since their last meeting.

Zhang Yu helped Ino handle the summer festival rush at her flower shop by recommending bouquets, while Tobirama Senju and Indra waited outside for hours. After Ino accepted the festival invitation and agreed to join the cosplay photos, Tobirama and Indra entered the shop to buy flowers.

• A system mission prompted Zhang Yu to stay and help Ino run the busy flower shop.
• Zhang Yu recommended flowers to customers while Ino arranged bouquets and handled payments, and the two cleared the waiting customers together.
• Tobirama Senju and Indra waited around the corner, watching Zhang Yu help customers and deciding he had stayed because of a system mission.
• Ino thanked Zhang Yu, accepted the summer festival invitation, and agreed to take part in cosplay photos.
• Tobirama Senju and Indra entered the shop, and Zhang Yu asked why they had come.

Tobirama bought all the flowers at Ino’s shop to decorate the summer festival, then used Flying Thunder God to escape Zhang Yu’s questions with Indra. Zhang Yu returned to the Undead Tavern and found Tobirama, Indra, and Hashirama together, leaving him even more confused about their relationships.

• Tobirama bought all of Ino’s fresh flowers for the summer festival, completing Zhang Yu’s daily mission and earning him 20,000 gold coins.
• Zhang Yu questioned Tobirama and Indra about waiting outside the flower shop for hours, and Tobirama grabbed Indra’s hand and teleported away with him.
• Zhang Yu noticed Indra’s red ears and wondered whether Tobirama, Indra, and Izuna were caught in a love triangle.
• At the Undead Tavern, Indra asked Tobirama to release his hand, and Hashirama arrived and saw them standing together with flowers.
• Zhang Yu teleported to the tavern, saw Tobirama, Indra, and Hashirama together, and concluded the situation involved even more people than he had thought.

Zhang Yu invited Sakura to the Undead Tavern summer festival and photo shoot as the gift she had promised him. After delivering the invitation, he planned whom to invite next, but Might Guy’s loud challenge to Kakashi interrupted his thoughts.

• Hashirama asked Zhang Yu to help decorate for the summer festival, but Zhang Yu hurried away to deliver invitations.
• Sakura told Zhang Yu she still had not chosen a gift, so he invited her to join the festival cosplay photo shoot as her gift to him.
• Sakura happily accepted the invitation, then blushed and ran off while onlookers gossiped about her encounter with Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu reviewed which Konoha residents still needed invitations and considered where to find them.
• Might Guy shouted a challenge to Kakashi in the street and attacked with Konoha Strong Whirlwind.

Zhang Yu agreed to race Might Guy and Kakashi to the top of the First Hokage Rock, with invitations to the Undead Tavern Summer Festival and a free day of food and drinks at stake. Guy accepted without asking what he would owe Zhang Yu if he lost, and the three prepared to start.

• Might Guy kicked Kakashi into a wooden post during one of their contests, and Zhang Yu silently approached and stopped Guy.
• Guy challenged Zhang Yu to a contest, and Zhang Yu agreed, prompting Guy to pull Kakashi into a three-way competition.
• Guy proposed a race from their street to the top of the First Hokage Rock, and Kakashi and Zhang Yu accepted.
• Zhang Yu offered two festival invitations and a free day at the Undead Tavern as the prize, while the losers would owe him a favor.
• Guy accepted the wager without asking what Zhang Yu wanted, and passersby cleared the street as the three prepared to race.

Zhang Yu used Space-Time Ninjutsu to reach the First Hokage Rock before Might Guy and Kakashi, then waited for them with tea. Guy admitted defeat, while Kakashi recognized how Zhang Yu had won.

• Guy and Kakashi sprinted ahead when Zhang Yu dropped a pebble to start the race.
• Zhang Yu activated his Sharingan and used Space-Time Ninjutsu to teleport to the First Hokage Rock.
• Zhang Yu used Wood Release to make a table and chairs, then prepared tea while waiting.
• Guy arrived first, followed by Kakashi, and Guy claimed he had beaten Zhang Yu as well.
• Guy saw Zhang Yu waiting with tea, learned he had arrived as soon as the race began, and admitted defeat.
• Kakashi identified Zhang Yu's Space-Time Ninjutsu and recognized the skill required to use it.