Chapter Summaries

Madara met Renye outside Konoha and asked whether anyone could treat Hashirama, but Renye said neither he nor Tobirama had a solution. They set out together to assassinate a wealthy merchant in the Land of Earth while each privately considered the other’s intentions.

• Madara waited for Renye outside Konoha and explained that Hashirama was resting in a cave because he was ill.
• Madara asked Renye and then Tobirama about treating Hashirama, but Renye said neither had a solution.
• Renye showed Madara a mission scroll for assassinating a wealthy merchant in the Land of Earth, who was guarded by several Jonin.
• Madara told Renye to lead the way and considered recruiting him into the Moon Eye Plan, or using special methods if he refused.
• Renye and Madara headed toward the Land of Earth, while Renye resolved to stay wary of Madara.

Renye and Madara Uchiha approached a wealthy merchant's heavily guarded estate in the Land of Earth to carry out an assassination. Madara charged the guards alone and killed their leading Jonin instantly, leaving Renye shaken by the gap between their strength.

• Renye and Madara Uchiha watched the estate and counted twelve Iwa ninja patrolling outside, with more guards likely inside.
• Madara decided to clear the guards quickly so they could kill the merchant and return to the Land of Fire to find Hashirama.
• Madara activated his Sharingan and charged straight at the estate gates while Renye watched from hiding.
• Madara seized the leading Iwa Jonin, asked if he wanted to dance, and killed him with a kunai before the other guards could react.
• Renye realized he was no match for Madara and hoped Madara would never turn against him.

Madara Uchiha slaughtered the Iwa ninja at a wealthy merchant’s estate and Renye retrieved the merchant’s head. They completed their mission and left the Land of Earth.

• Madara Uchiha killed several Iwa ninja who attacked him at the estate.
• The Iwa ninja leader revealed that Stone Village had ordered the merchant’s assets seized to fund its war with Mist Village.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Great Fire Annihilation, burning many Iwa ninja, then killed the survivors as they tried to flee.
• Madara Uchiha ordered Renye to find the wealthy merchant, and Renye returned with the merchant’s head.
• Madara Uchiha and Renye left the estate after declaring the mission complete.

Gengetsu Hozuki learned that the Wealthy Merchant had been killed and set sail to attack the Land of Earth, while Mu blamed Mist Village and ordered his forces to prepare. Back in the Land of Fire, Renye and Madara found Hashirama’s condition worsening, and Madara promised to let him witness peace.

• Gengetsu Hozuki received news of the Wealthy Merchant’s death and led Mist forces toward the rear coast of the Land of Earth.
• Mu learned that his guards and operatives had been killed, suspected Gengetsu Hozuki, and ordered the Iwa army to remain alert and track the Mizukage.
• Renye and Madara Uchiha returned to the cave and found Hashirama Senju’s illness worsening.
• Madara Uchiha told Hashirama Senju he would let him see the Shinobi World achieve peace.

Renye refused Madara Uchiha’s invitation to leave with him and rejected the Moon Eye Plan. Madara and the ailing Hashirama departed the cave for the Land of Iron, with Madara promising they would return someday.

• Madara invited Renye to join him, but Renye refused because he would not support the Moon Eye Plan.
• Madara let Renye leave, believing Tobirama had turned him against Madara and considering whether to kill Tobirama.
• Renye said goodbye to Madara and Hashirama and left the cave, hoping Hashirama’s condition would not worsen.
• Hashirama asked Madara where they were going, and Madara said they would travel to the Land of Iron.
• Madara and Hashirama left the cave together, and Madara promised they would return someday.

Renye returned from an S-rank mission and told Tobirama Senju he planned to stop taking missions, leaving Tobirama frustrated that his new mission rules would not keep Renye busy. After leaving the Hokage's Office, Renye ran into an angry Danzō Shimura.

• Renye reported to Tobirama Senju that he had completed his mission after spending more than ten days away.
• Tobirama Senju asked how long Renye planned to rest, but Renye said he was done taking missions for now.
• Tobirama Senju concealed his disappointment and sent Renye away, and Renye offered to bring him dinner.
• Danzō Shimura confronted Renye about taking missions alone instead of with their squad, then walked off angrily when Renye greeted him.

Renye followed Danzō and mistakenly concluded that Danzō was jealous because he secretly loved Hiruzen, then fled when Danzō questioned him. He ran into Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, and Tsunade changed her plan to treat them to something even better than barbecue.

• Renye followed Danzō while he shopped and learned that Danzō was upset because Hiruzen had found a girlfriend.
• Renye misread Danzō's jealousy as romantic interest, grew wary of him, and hurried away when Danzō told him to leave.
• Renye encountered Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, who recognized him as a war hero.
• Tsunade greeted Renye and said she would treat him, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to food even better than barbecue.

Tsunade persuaded Renye to cook for her and her friends, and Renye invited Jiraiya and Orochimaru to join them. As they headed to the market for ingredients, Jiraiya and Orochimaru bickered, while Renye saw their friendship beginning to take shape.

• Tsunade praised Renye's cooking and tried to get him to prepare a meal for her.
• Orochimaru declined to intrude on Tsunade and Renye, but Renye invited him and Jiraiya to come along.
• Renye led Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to the market to buy ingredients.
• Jiraiya asked Renye about his poisoned enemies and declared that he wanted to become a poison expert like him.
• Orochimaru called Jiraiya an idiot, and the two boys bickered as Tsunade and Renye watched.

Renye served Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru an exceptionally delicious dinner, while Orochimaru resolved to work hard so he might become Renye’s disciple. After Renye left to bring Tobirama Senju noodles, Tsunade took her new companions to the Casino, and Renye again refused to become Hokage.

• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade eagerly ate Renye’s cooking, and Renye brought out more food when they ran low.
• Tsunade asked to eat at Renye’s home again, and he reminded her that her grandmother might object.
• Renye left with a box of Plain Noodles for Tobirama Senju, while Tsunade promised Jiraiya and Orochimaru more meals and invited them to the Casino.
• Tobirama Senju questioned why Renye had brought only noodles, and Renye explained that Tsunade had eaten the dinner he had planned for him.
• Renye asked when Tobirama Senju would retire, but Tobirama said he would do so only when Renye agreed to become Hokage.

Three years of peace left Renye content with an idle life in Tobirama Senju’s household, while he grew stronger and worried Madara Uchiha might someday target him. Hiruzen Sarutobi told Renye he and Biwako were getting married next week, leaving Renye wondering how Danzō would take the news.

• Renye spent three peaceful years meeting only the minimum mission quota, cooking for Tobirama Senju, and developing poisons while the Mist Village–Stone Village war ended with Gengetsu Hozuki and Mu killing each other.
• Renye considered Hashirama Senju’s condition and avoided contacting Madara Uchiha, fearing Madara might try to use him as part of the Moon Eye Plan.
• Renye reflected that his body had grown much stronger, that he had learned the basics of the Flying Thunder God Technique, and that he wanted to protect his friends rather than awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan through their deaths.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi woke Renye and told him that he and Biwako were getting married the following week.
• Renye asked whether Danzō knew, and Hiruzen said he had not told him yet; after Hiruzen left, Renye wondered whether Danzō would be heartbroken.

At Hiruzen Sarutobi’s wedding, Renye teased Danzō about supposedly being heartbroken and faced questions about when he would marry. After the wedding, Renye followed Scar to meet Madara Uchiha, who had asked him to bring ingredients and wine.

• Renye consoled Danzō at the wedding, mistaking his confusion and irritation for sadness about Hiruzen getting married.
• Koharu Utatane, Kagami Uchiha, and Homura Mitokado joined Renye and Danzō, and Homura revealed that he had been dating someone for several months.
• Tobirama Senju urged Renye and the others to find partners, then went to serve as a witness at Hiruzen Sarutobi’s wedding.
• Renye teased Danzō about marriage, while Danzō said he had no plans to marry and focused on becoming Hokage.
• After the wedding, Renye followed Scar to a secluded alley and learned that Madara Uchiha was waiting at their usual place and wanted ingredients and wine.

Renye returned to the cave and feared Hashirama Senju had died, so Madara Uchiha falsely told him Hashirama had passed away and tried to provoke his Mangekyo Sharingan. Hashirama then returned alive with two fish, exposing Madara’s lie.

• Renye arrived at the abandoned cave where he had once lived with Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.
• Madara returned with fish and, impressed by Renye’s growth, resolved to recruit him for the Moon Eye Plan.
• When Renye asked where Hashirama was, Madara falsely claimed he had died and had been unable to return to Konoha before his death.
• Renye grieved for Hashirama, while Madara hoped the pain would awaken Renye’s Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Hashirama returned alive with two large fish and asked Renye to prepare them.

Madara Uchiha got Renye drunk during a meal with Hashirama, then revealed that he intended to recruit Renye into his plan for peace. Hashirama opposed him, while Madara resolved to wait for the right opportunity to make Renye join willingly.

• Madara Uchiha explained that he had falsely said Hashirama was dead to try to awaken Renye's Mangekyo Sharingan, and Renye accepted his explanation.
• Renye cooked a fish feast for Madara and Hashirama, who had returned to the Land of Fire after traveling through the Shinobi World.
• Madara repeatedly filled Renye's sake cup until Renye became dizzy and passed out, claiming he was training Renye's alcohol tolerance.
• Hashirama and Madara sensed a strange bloodline connection to Renye and wondered what secret he carried.
• Madara told Hashirama he intended to invite Renye to help realize peace in the Shinobi World, but Hashirama refused to let him involve Renye.
• Madara decided to wait for the right opportunity to persuade Renye to join the Moon Eye Plan of his own accord.

After waking in a cave, Renye found Hashirama Senju’s warning that Madara Uchiha planned to recruit him into the Moon Eye Plan and resolved to protect his friends. Madara confronted Hashirama about the warning and insisted that Hashirama not interfere with his plan.

• Tobirama Senju noticed that Renye had vanished without taking a mission and decided to wait two days before searching for him.
• Renye woke in the cave after getting drunk and found that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had left while he slept.
• Renye read Hashirama Senju’s note warning that Madara Uchiha wanted to draw him into the Moon Eye Plan.
• Renye decided to take Danzō Shimura and Koharu Utatane with him on missions to protect them from Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha accused Hashirama Senju of warning Renye and threatened to send him away if he interfered with the plan.

After spending the night away, Renye reassured Tobirama Senju and then gathered his teammates to arrange joint missions, hoping to protect them from Madara Uchiha. A black cat watched him make the plan from a distant rooftop.

• Renye returned before dawn and told Tobirama Senju he had gone to Yugakure to drink; Tobirama accepted his explanation and asked him to make noodles.
• After Tobirama Senju left for the Hokage's Office, Renye remembered Madara Uchiha and decided his teammates should stop taking missions separately.
• Renye woke Danzō Shimura and persuaded him to take missions with the team, interrupting Danzō's dream of becoming Hokage.
• Danzō returned to bed but could not fall asleep again, while Renye went to Koharu Utatane and got her agreement to join the missions.
• A black cat on a distant rooftop witnessed Renye arranging the plan.

Madara Uchiha planned to manipulate Renye into awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, while Black Zetsu worried that Hashirama Senju was disrupting his schemes. At the Tobirama Senju Residence, Tsunade showed Renye her perfect test score, and he suspected she had cheated.

• Madara Uchiha decided to wait for a chance to make Danzō and Koharu die in front of Renye, hoping their deaths would awaken Renye's Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Hashirama Senju kept Madara company and took him to catch fish, while Madara put off acting against Renye's companions.
• Black Zetsu discovered that Hashirama had survived and improved in health, then decided to find a way to hasten his death.
• Black Zetsu headed toward Konoha to investigate the cook rumored to be from the Senju Clan.
• Tsunade visited Renye with Jiraiya and Orochimaru and proudly showed him her test paper, which had a score of one hundred.
• Renye accused Tsunade of cheating, then studied the test while Orochimaru stopped Jiraiya from pointing out that its first question was easy.

Renye pretended to understand Tsunade’s exam after failing to make sense of its questions, while Jiraiya mistook his academic weakness for brilliance. Tsunade earned a promised dinner for her perfect score, and Jiraiya and Orochimaru both rushed to help Renye cook.

• Orochimaru tried to stop Jiraiya from speaking so he would not offend Renye, but Jiraiya failed to understand the hint.
• Renye privately struggled to understand the exam and blamed Tobirama Senju for making the academy’s academic courses harder.
• Tsunade impatiently asked Renye about the exam, and he returned her paper while pretending to assess its difficulty.
• Jiraiya praised Renye and declared him an idol, while Orochimaru recognized that Renye was bluffing.
• Tsunade asked for a reward for her perfect score, and Renye agreed to cook dinner.
• Orochimaru followed Renye to help prepare ingredients, and Jiraiya hurried after them to keep Orochimaru from getting the first taste.

Black Zetsu searched the Senju compound for the cook Hashirama and Madara had mentioned and found Renye cooking in Tobirama's residence. Seeing Renye's mixed Senju and Uchiha blood, Black Zetsu invented a theory that Tobirama was Renye's biological father, while Renye remained unaware.

• Black Zetsu followed the scent of the best food to Tobirama Senju's residence.
• Renye cooked while Jiraiya washed vegetables and Orochimaru watched his technique.
• Black Zetsu recognized Renye as the cook and noticed he seemed to possess both Senju and Uchiha bloodlines.
• Black Zetsu concluded, without evidence, that Tobirama was Renye's biological father and planned to reveal the supposed secret later.

Black Zetsu plotted to use Renye in Mother’s resurrection plan while Renye shared a meal with Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade. Black Zetsu secretly sampled the food Renye had prepared for Tobirama Senju, and Jiraiya was punished for eating most of the ribs.

• Black Zetsu considered how to manipulate Renye into becoming a pawn in Mother’s resurrection plan.
• Renye served braised pork ribs to Jiraiya and Orochimaru, encouraging Orochimaru to act more like a child.
• Renye sensed someone watching him but failed to discover Black Zetsu hiding in the wall.
• After Renye left the kitchen, Black Zetsu tasted the dishes he had prepared for Tobirama Senju.
• Tsunade confronted Jiraiya and Orochimaru about sneaking food, and Renye realized Jiraiya had eaten most of the ribs.
• Tsunade struck Jiraiya while Renye and Orochimaru turned away from his cries for help.

Renye tried to coax Orochimaru into smiling, then made the three children wash dishes after dinner. When the food he had set aside vanished, he brought Tobirama Senju a bowl of leftovers and passed them off as a new dish, unaware that Black Zetsu had already decided to recruit him as Kaguya’s personal chef.

• Renye urged Orochimaru to smile, and Orochimaru forced a stiff grin before trading insults with Jiraiya.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru finished dinner, then washed the dishes after Renye told them to help.
• Renye discovered that the food he had set aside for Tobirama Senju was gone and mixed the leftovers into a bowl instead.
• Black Zetsu devoured the food it had taken and decided to make Renye Kaguya’s personal chef, planning to tell Madara Uchiha about him.
• Renye brought Tobirama Senju the leftovers and claimed they were a new cuisine called Mixed Cuisine, and Tobirama believed him.