Chapter Summaries

Renye killed the Long-haired Strongman, who was later destined to become the Third Raikage, after Kinkaku abandoned him during their retreat. Renye then pursued Kinkaku, determined to kill him before he could escape.

• Kinkaku and the Long-haired Strongman fled as Renye, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the others gave chase.
• Kinkaku released the Strongman and sped away, leaving him to face the Konoha ninja alone.
• Renye sent Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others after Kinkaku while he stayed to fight the Strongman.
• The Strongman asked whether Renye had killed his teacher and learned that the man had died from poison.
• Renye used his Sharingan and tachi to kill the Strongman, then went after Kinkaku.

Renye and the Konoha ninja fought Kinkaku, and Renye used his katana and Spirit Sealing Powder to weaken him. After Kinkaku wounded Renye and launched a final attack, a blue figure suddenly appeared between them, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Kinkaku targeted Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, seriously wounding Homura and knocking Koharu down.
• Renye saved Koharu and severed one of Kinkaku’s chakra tails, disrupting Kinkaku’s chakra with Spirit Sealing Powder.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō Shimura, and Kagami Uchiha joined Renye’s attack, and Renye stabbed Kinkaku and burned him with Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.
• Kinkaku wounded Renye in a reckless counterattack, then charged again as Renye used Dragon Flame Song to hold him off.
• A blue figure suddenly appeared between Renye and Kinkaku as Kinkaku reached for Renye’s throat.

Tobirama Senju arrived on the battlefield and saved Renye from Kinkaku, then killed Kinkaku and treated Renye and Homura Mitokado. Renye wondered whether his actions had finally removed the Cloud Village threats that could have killed Tobirama.

• Tobirama Senju used Water Severing Wave to cut off Kinkaku's hand and save Renye from his final attack.
• Tobirama ordered Koharu Utatane to treat Renye, then defeated and killed the badly injured Kinkaku.
• Tobirama healed Renye and revealed he had rushed to the battlefield after sensing Renye's Chakra become unstable.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others remembered Homura Mitokado, found him unconscious, and treated him.
• Homura woke, saw Tobirama, and received his teacher's praise for working hard.

After Renye killed the Long-haired Strongman and Kinkaku, the Cloud ninja fled, and his allies praised his Spirit Sealing Powder and shared in the captured Six Paths Tools. Tobirama Senju ordered the group back to camp as the conflict with the Cloud threatened to intensify.

• The Cloud ninja panicked and retreated after the Long-haired Strongman and Kinkaku died, while Konoha’s forces celebrated their victory and learned of Renye’s reputation as the Deadly Poison Master.
• Renye explained that his Spirit Sealing Powder temporarily suppressed Chakra and had been designed to counter Lightning Armor, earning praise from Tobirama Senju.
• Renye recovered the remaining Six Paths Tools from Kinkaku and lent the Gold Binding Rope and Seven Star Sword to Danzō Shimura and the Crimson Gourd to Koharu Utatane.
• Renye lent Hiruzen Sarutobi’s team the Amber Purifying Bottle, which could seal a target who answered when called by name.
• Tobirama Senju ordered everyone to return to camp, warning that the Cloud would not let the defeat go unanswered, then threatened Renye with a beating after Renye asked what he had been thinking.

Tobirama Senju arrived at Konoha’s camp and received a report on Renye’s team’s remarkable battlefield successes. After hearing that Renye and the others had gone for treatment, Tobirama wondered whether Renye could cook at the camp.

• Tobirama Senju entered the camp with Renye and told Commander Nara to brief him on the battle situation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kagami Uchiha, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado whispered about Tobirama’s affection for Renye, while Danzō Shimura resolved to avoid gossiping.
• Renye and the others went to the medical department for treatment after Homura Mitokado’s chest wound reopened.
• Commander Nara reported that Renye’s team had completed several S-rank missions and defeated four Kage-level opponents through teamwork and careful preparation.
• Commander Nara praised Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others’ performance, and Tobirama asked whether Renye could cook at the camp.

Tobirama Senju maneuvered Renye into cooking him a private meal by pretending to summon him for a strategy meeting. Renye reluctantly cooked Green Tea Rice and grilled fish in the commander's tent, while Commander Nara secretly recorded the incident for the Konoha Secret Chronicles.

• Tobirama Senju went to the cooking squad's area and sat beside Renye, who pretended not to notice him while eating.
• Tobirama Senju asked Renye about his cooking, but Renye played dumb and praised the cooking squad's food.
• Tobirama Senju claimed there was a strategy meeting and ordered Renye to take notes, then brought him to the commander's tent.
• Tobirama Senju told Renye to make Green Tea Rice and grilled fish, threatening to have him cook in front of the camp if he refused.
• Renye cooked the meal, and Commander Nara secretly wrote about him in the Konoha Secret Chronicles.

After Cloud Village’s defeat left it close to surrender, Tobirama Senju kept Renye busy cooking for him while Renye studied the Flying Thunder God Technique and fought on the front lines. Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō Shimura, and the others caught Renye eating his secret meals and threatened to expose him.

• Tobirama Senju took command of the battlefield, and Konoha’s pursuit drove the leaderless Cloud Village forces back.
• Cloud Village’s leadership, having lost several Kage-level fighters and lacking a Second Raikage candidate, prepared to elect one and surrender.
• Tobirama Senju predicted Cloud Village would surrender within three months and decided Renye would cook meals for him.
• Renye studied the Flying Thunder God Technique, killed Cloud Ninja, and secretly carried food from Tobirama Senju’s tent to his own.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō Shimura, Kagami Uchiha, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado caught Renye eating grilled fish, and Danzō Shimura threatened to expose him.

Renye was forced to cook for Tobirama Senju and his former teammates, who enjoyed his meals so much that they ordered him to prepare all three meals each day. He resigned himself to the work as the camp’s ninja admired the food from afar.

• Kagami Uchiha, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado blackmailed Renye into cooking for them, and Tobirama Senju asked for another serving.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō Shimura, Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, Kagami Uchiha, and Tobirama Senju enjoyed Renye’s meal.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō Shimura declared that Renye would cook all three meals, and Tobirama Senju made the decision final.
• Renye began rising before dawn and cooking throughout the day while the camp’s ninja smelled the food and wished they could try it.

Cloud Village surrendered to Konoha after devastating losses, and Tobirama Senju accepted the surrender while demanding that the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo negotiate reparations personally. He prepared to travel to the Land of Lightning with Renye and several others, leaving Konoha’s forces to return home in batches.

• Cloud Village sent an envoy to Konoha’s camp and formally surrendered after the Second Raikage was elected.
• Tobirama Senju accepted the surrender terms and required the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo to negotiate reparations with him in person.
• Koharu Utatane and Hiruzen Sarutobi celebrated the victory, while Danzō Shimura criticized Cloud Village for delaying its surrender.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Nara Shikaku to arrange the camp’s safe return to Konoha in batches.
• Tobirama Senju chose Renye and several others to accompany him to the Land of Lightning, and Renye vowed to protect him.

Renye joined Tobirama Senju and his disciples as they traveled to the Land of Lightning to negotiate compensation, remaining vigilant to protect the Hokage. At the Daimyo’s residence, the furious Daimyo ordered the Second Raikage to arrange Tobirama’s assassination.

• Renye prepared for the journey and joined Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō Shimura, Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, and Kagami Uchiha as Tobirama Senju set out for the Land of Lightning.
• Tobirama Senju asked Renye why he was nervous, but Renye concealed his fears and kept watch with his Sharingan activated.
• The Second Raikage told the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning that Tobirama Senju had demanded to negotiate compensation in person.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning ordered the Second Raikage to assassinate Tobirama Senju without leaving any traces.

Renye and Tobirama Senju’s group shared a camp meal on their journey to Cloud Village before discovering a squad of assassins closing in. The group repelled the opening attacks, but the assassins revealed that Renye was their true target and lunged at him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered his spicy clan sauce around the campfire, and Koharu Utatane tried it and found it painfully hot.
• Renye spotted hidden assassins approaching and quietly signaled the others to prepare while Tobirama Senju watched them handle the threat.
• Renye struck first with the Basho Fan as Hiruzen Sarutobi unleashed Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet against the attackers.
• Kagami Uchiha, Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and Danzō Shimura blocked kunai aimed at Tobirama Senju while Renye cut down another with his katana.
• Three assassins declared Renye their target and attacked him, but he dismissed their chances of killing him.

Renye and the others defeated twelve Cloud Village assassins, then Tobirama Senju explained that the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning had likely pressured the Second Raikage to send them. The group resumed their meal, but Renye remained wary as they ate grilled rabbit.

• Renye killed three assassins in quick succession while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō Shimura, and the others stopped the rest.
• Renye killed the final assassin, and the group cleared the bodies before returning to the campfire.
• Tobirama Senju explained that the Second Raikage had likely sent the Chunin assassins under pressure from the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.
• Renye correctly guessed the Daimyo had ordered the attack, and Hiruzen Sarutobi praised him while eyeing the grilled rabbit.
• Tobirama Senju and the others ate Renye's grilled rabbit as Renye watched their surroundings warily.

The Second Raikage faced pressure from the Land of Lightning Daimyo after failing to assassinate Tobirama Senju, then led six Cloud Village Elite Jonin to ambush Konoha’s delegation. The ambush began in a canyon, with the Raikage attacking Tobirama as Renye and the others engaged their opponents.

• The Land of Lightning Daimyo berated the Second Raikage for failing to kill Tobirama Senju and threatened to cut Cloud Village’s military funding by thirty percent.
• The Second Raikage intimidated the Daimyo into suspending the funding cut, then agreed to handle Tobirama Senju.
• The Second Raikage learned that Konoha’s delegation had entered the canyon and ordered six Cloud Village Elite Jonin to prepare for an attack.
• Tobirama Senju sensed powerful enemies approaching, and Renye spotted seven Cloud Village ninja ahead.
• Tobirama Senju raised a Water Wall to block the Cloud Village ninja’s kunai as Renye charged an Elite Jonin who recognized him.
• The Second Raikage attacked Tobirama Senju with Lightning Release: Lightning Storm Descent as the canyon battle began.

Renye defeated a Cloud Village Elite Jonin and then saved the badly injured Koharu Utatane from another Cloud attacker. The second attacker fell to Renye’s Sharingan genjutsu, while the other battles in the canyon continued.

• Renye fought a Cloud Village Elite Jonin and used his Sharingan, swordsmanship, and ninjutsu to pierce the jonin’s heart.
• Renye rushed to Koharu Utatane’s aid after a Cloud jonin knocked her down and seized the Crimson Gourd.
• Renye pulled Koharu out of the path of the jonin’s lightning attack, saving her despite her broken arm.
• Renye clashed with the Cloud jonin and caught him in a Sharingan genjutsu, then beheaded him.

Renye rescued Homura while Tobirama Senju defeated the Second Raikage, who revealed that the Land of Lightning's Daimyo had ordered the assassination. Tobirama asked whether the Raikage had agreed to the Daimyo's demand, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Renye rescued Homura from a Cloud Village jonin and left to check on Tobirama Senju.
• Tobirama Senju overwhelmed the Second Raikage with a Water Dragon Bullet Technique and buried him beneath falling rocks.
• The injured Second Raikage emerged from the rubble and admitted defeat, while Tobirama Senju stopped Renye from attacking him.
• Tobirama Senju identified the Raikage and learned that the Land of Lightning's Daimyo had threatened to cut Cloud Village's military funding unless the Raikage killed him.
• Tobirama Senju asked the Raikage whether he had agreed to the Daimyo's demand.

Tobirama Senju spared the defeated Raikage in exchange for a debt of gratitude, while Renye’s suggestion to remove the Daimyo prompted the Raikage to secretly plot the Daimyo’s death. Renye and the others took the wounded Raikage to the Daimyo’s residence, where Tobirama planned to demand heavy compensation.

• Renye suggested replacing the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo after the Raikage complained about military funding, and Tobirama Senju sharply rebuked him.
• Tobirama Senju explained that he spared the Raikage because a living Raikage who owed Konoha a favor was more valuable than a dead one.
• The Raikage learned that Cloud Village’s five Elite Jonin had been wiped out and decided to kill the Daimyo after Konoha’s delegation left, then blame Konoha.
• Renye and the others brought the seriously wounded Raikage to the Daimyo’s residence, where Tobirama prepared to demand a large payment.

The Land of Lightning's Daimyo ordered Tobirama Senju assassinated after the Raikage escorted him to the Daimyo's residence, but his hired guards fled with his treasury. The Daimyo then placed a two hundred million ryo bounty on Tobirama, and Kakuzu took the job, confident in his newly acquired power.

• The Land of Lightning's Daimyo ordered his hidden guards to assassinate Tobirama Senju and cut Cloud Village's military funding by forty percent.
• The scar-faced ninja and the other hidden guards decided to flee rather than attack Tobirama, and they looted the Daimyo's treasury before escaping.
• After discovering the theft, the Daimyo offered a two hundred million ryo bounty for Tobirama Senju's death.
• Kakuzu took the bounty from the black market board and set out to kill Tobirama, relying on the power of Earth Grasp.

Kakuzu charged toward Tobirama Senju to claim a bounty, but encountered Renye along the way and repaid part of an old debt. He then declared his intention to kill Tobirama, leaving Renye convinced Kakuzu was finished.

• Kakuzu raced toward Tobirama Senju, eager to claim the bounty and take Tobirama's heart.
• Tobirama sensed Kakuzu approaching, and Renye suspected the Land of Lightning's Daimyo had sent another assassin.
• Renye recognized Kakuzu, who also recognized Renye and remembered the poison and debt between them.
• Kakuzu gave Renye a scroll containing Fifteen Million Ryo toward the Thirty million ryo he owed.
• Kakuzu dismissed Renye and threatened to kill Tobirama, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others moved to protect their teacher.

Kakuzu attacked Tobirama Senju to claim his two-hundred-million-ryo bounty, while Renye revealed the secret of Kakuzu’s five hearts and their masks. Tobirama pierced one heart and fought on through steam, as Kakuzu mocked his apparently random kunai throws.

• Kakuzu declared that he would take Tobirama Senju’s head and attacked him with black tendrils.
• Renye stopped Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others from joining the fight, then warned them that Kakuzu had five hearts and five lives.
• Renye revealed that Kakuzu’s masks were his hearts and that destroying them was the way to defeat him.
• Kakuzu attacked Renye with Wind Style, but Tobirama Senju vanished and pierced one of Kakuzu’s hearts from behind.
• Kakuzu used Fire Style, Tobirama countered with a Water Formation Wall, and Tobirama threw kunai through the steam while Kakuzu mocked him.

Tobirama Senju destroyed two of Kakuzu’s hearts with the Flying Thunder God Technique, but Kakuzu escaped after surviving a strike to his back. Renye watched Tobirama’s technique and resolved to keep studying it.

• Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear beside Kakuzu and destroy two of his hearts.
• Renye watched Tobirama’s technique and thought about learning it after he mastered spatial theory.
• Kakuzu recognized the danger, pretended to attack, and fled from Tobirama Senju.
• Tobirama Senju struck Kakuzu in the back with two kunai, but Kakuzu survived by hardening his body and escaped.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Koharu Utatane, Danzō Shimura, and Renye watched Kakuzu flee.