Chapter Summaries

Renye abandoned his trip to the ruined Sand Village and headed for the Land of Wind’s capital instead. Madara and Hashirama arrived, initially mistook the destruction for Renye’s work, then learned a tailed beast had caused it.

• Renye decided not to enter the Sand Village after Shukaku’s attack and marked it off his map.
• Renye chose to travel to the Land of Wind’s capital with Fat Cat, while Scar went to report the change of plans to Madara.
• Madara and Hashirama reached the devastated village and assumed Renye had destroyed it, with Madara suspecting he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Hashirama joined the rescue effort and learned from villagers that a tailed beast had destroyed the village.
• Madara realized Renye had not awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and considered ways to help him awaken it, while Renye felt a brief, ominous shiver on the road.

Renye and Scar traveled through the impoverished, scorching capital of the Land of Wind, where Renye reflected on the Shinobi World's resource shortages and Madara's plan. Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju caught up with Renye and announced they would travel with him, leaving him dreading the loss of his freedom.

• Renye and Scar entered a teahouse in the Land of Wind's capital to get food and water.
• Renye noticed the owner carried a Sand Village kunai and reflected on the country's poverty and the pressures that could lead to war.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju arrived at Renye's table after Scar revealed where he had gone.
• Madara Uchiha praised Scar and ended the Summoning Contract, prompting Renye to worry that Madara and Hashirama would follow him instead.
• Hashirama Senju said he and Madara had come to travel with Renye, and Renye realized his trip would no longer be his own.

Months later in the Land of Iron, Hashirama begged Madara to let him gamble, then lost all the money Renye gave him while Renye profited by betting against him. The trio left the gambling house, where the owner wondered how Hashirama and Madara could still be alive.

• Hashirama stopped outside a gambling house and pleaded with Madara to let him play, so Madara gave Renye money for him to gamble with.
• Hashirama bet on big, lost, and Renye won by betting on small.
• Hashirama kept gambling and lost all his money while Renye collected more winnings.
• Hashirama asked Madara for more money, but Madara refused, and Renye persuaded him to cut his losses.
• Hashirama, Madara, and Renye left the gambling house as its owner wondered whether the two men had died long ago.

Renye, Hashirama Senju, and Madara Uchiha dealt with a Casino Boss who had recognized the supposedly dead men, while keeping their identities hidden. When Renye passed on Mito’s message asking Hashirama to visit, the group decided to return to the Land of Fire.

• The Casino Boss’s story about seeing Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha was dismissed as a rumor, and an angry crowd smashed his Casino.
• Madara Uchiha learned from Renye that he had arranged the staged destruction and confirmed that Renye had just over a week left on his leave.
• Renye thought about returning to the village and worried that his companions might suffer if he failed to join Madara’s Moon Eye Plan.
• Hashirama Senju asked Renye to send Mito his regards, and Renye remembered that she had asked Hashirama to visit the village more often.
• Madara Uchiha decided that they would return to the Land of Fire after Hashirama realized he had been away from Mito for half a year.

Tobirama Senju prepared for Renye’s return and encouraged Danzō Shimura and Hiruzen Sarutobi as rival Hokage candidates. Meanwhile, Renye traveled with a frightened Hashirama Senju, who worried about facing Mito, while Madara Uchiha mocked him.

• Tobirama Senju counted down the days until Renye returned and planned to keep him in the village cooking meals during future vacations.
• Tobirama Senju told Danzō Shimura that Renye had recommended him for Hokage, then urged him to surpass Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Tobirama Senju gave Hiruzen Sarutobi similar encouragement to surpass Danzō, hoping competition would motivate both candidates.
• Renye comforted Hashirama Senju as they traveled, while Hashirama feared facing Mito and blamed Renye for forgetting her instructions.
• Madara Uchiha disdainfully mocked Hashirama and declared that women only slowed down hand signs.

Renye returned to Konoha and told Mito Uzumaki that Hashirama had spent months gambling with Madara Uchiha instead of coming home. Mito grew furious and wanted to find Hashirama, while a baby’s cry from inside the house left Renye startled.

• Hashirama Senju asked Renye to explain his absence to Mito Uzumaki, while Madara Uchiha teased Hashirama about being afraid to go home.
• Renye returned to Konoha, and Tobirama Senju welcomed him eagerly, hoping he would cook proper meals instead of Military Rations Pills.
• Renye scolded Tobirama Senju for his poor health and promised to make him nourishing medicinal cuisine before leaving the Hokage's Office.
• Renye told Mito Uzumaki that he had met Hashirama months earlier but delayed passing on her message because Hashirama never mentioned returning home.
• Mito Uzumaki grew angry and asked where Hashirama was, then decided to go find him herself.
• Renye persuaded Mito Uzumaki to wait a couple of days, but a baby suddenly cried inside the house.

Renye met Nawaki, Tsunade’s newborn brother, at Mito Uzumaki’s home and decided to keep an eye on him. Back at the Senju residence, Danzō told Renye that Tobirama intended to let him pursue the Hokage position, leaving Renye to hope Danzō could earn it without turning against the village.

• Renye mistook the sound of a baby crying at Mito Uzumaki’s home for evidence that she had a child with Hashirama.
• Mito explained that Fujin and Sakurako had entrusted their newborn, Nawaki, to her, and Renye resolved to watch over him.
• Renye returned home and found Danzō waiting to discuss Tobirama’s plan for him to become Hokage.
• Danzō said he would govern the village seriously and make it the strongest shinobi village if he became Hokage.
• Renye encouraged Danzō while privately worrying that failure to gain the position might turn him against the village.

Renye questioned Tobirama Senju about whether Hiruzen or Danzō was more likely to become the Third Hokage, then tried to hide his connection to several bizarre reports while reviewing documents. When Tobirama suspected him of robbing a bounty office, Renye announced that he was a billionaire.

• Renye asked Tobirama Senju to compare Hiruzen's and Danzō's performances and learned that Tobirama had not chosen a successor.
• Renye noticed a report claiming Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had been seen in the Land of Iron, but Tobirama dismissed it as fake and sent Anbu to investigate.
• Renye read reports about a runaway Sand Village jinchuriki, Hanzo's disappearance, and a looted bounty office, recognizing that they seemed connected to him.
• Tobirama suspected Renye had been involved in the bounty office robbery, and Renye declared that he was a billionaire.

Renye used the Mysterious Boss’s fortune to build laboratories and invest in businesses across Konoha, becoming a major taxpayer. Three years later, Hiruzen and Danzō still waited for Tobirama’s assessment, while Nawaki’s antics ended with Renye drinking the juice he wanted.

• Renye spent a billion ryo on village construction, renovated the Senju residences, and built laboratories for himself and Tobirama Senju.
• Renye bought shops and invested in clan businesses, tying more than sixty percent of Konoha Village’s businesses to himself.
• Tobirama Senju told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō nothing about the assessment he had been conducting for three years, so they asked Renye what it meant.
• Nawaki arrived wanting Renye’s juice, and Hiruzen Sarutobi pulled him into his arms and teased him until he began to cry.
• Renye drank all his juice while Nawaki watched, making the child cry louder and leaving Hiruzen pleading with him to stop.

Renye spent the day teasing Nawaki while Hiruzen and Danzō visited him. Tobirama Senju summoned the three men to announce the results of the three-year Hokage assessment, but the chapter ended before he revealed them.

• Mito Uzumaki took Nawaki away after Renye refused to give him fruit juice and teased him by drinking some in front of him.
• Renye threatened to visit Hiruzen’s house and bully Shinnosuke, making Hiruzen stop scolding him.
• An Anbu summoned Renye, Hiruzen, and Danzō to meet Tobirama Senju.
• Hiruzen and Danzō eagerly anticipated the final assessment results, while Renye hoped Danzō would become Hokage.
• Tobirama Senju began announcing the results but had not yet named the candidate when the chapter ended.

Tobirama Senju announced that both Danzō and Hiruzen had passed his three-year evaluation, then chose Danzō as Hokage Assistant and named Hiruzen his fellow aide. He said he was ready to retire and left the future Hokage position to whoever proved capable.

• Tobirama Senju announced that Danzō had passed the evaluation, and Danzō and Hiruzen congratulated each other.
• Tobirama Senju revealed that Hiruzen had passed too, surprising Danzō and lifting Hiruzen's spirits.
• Renye urged Tobirama Senju to stop hesitating, choose a successor, and retire for his health.
• Tobirama Senju agreed it was time to retire and said he valued Danzō's decisiveness and boldness over Hiruzen's performance.
• Tobirama Senju appointed Danzō Hokage Assistant and ordered Hiruzen to assist Danzō in governing the village.

After Tobirama Senju named Danzō Hokage Assistant and prospective Hokage, Danzō celebrated while Hiruzen accepted that he still had a chance to compete. The chapter ended with the two friends making a wager over who would become Hokage as Renye watched them warily.

• Tobirama Senju announced that Danzō and Hiruzen had passed the three-year evaluation and ordered them to begin helping at the Hokage's Office.
• Renye recognized that Tobirama Senju had kept both disciples competing by making Danzō his first choice while leaving Hiruzen a chance to surpass him.
• Danzō invited Renye, Kagami Uchiha, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado to dinner to celebrate his promotion.
• Kagami Uchiha congratulated both Danzō and Hiruzen, and Danzō reassured Hiruzen that he could become a later Hokage.
• Hiruzen declared that he would still compete before Tobirama Senju retired, and he and Danzō clinked glasses while Renye watched them with concern.

Kagami Uchiha worried that growing anger among the Uchiha could lead to a coup, but Renye told him the conflict had no easy solution. After falling asleep, Renye suddenly appeared in Tobirama Senju’s office to see him again.

• Kagami Uchiha told Renye that the clan was increasingly dissatisfied with Tobirama Senju’s governance and that he feared a coup.
• Renye urged Kagami to eliminate the hawks or accept that the clan and village might end up at war, but Kagami could not choose between them.
• Kagami left in a daze, and Renye reflected on the Uchiha’s reputation and his own inability to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Renye went to sleep, then abruptly appeared in Tobirama Senju’s office and greeted him.

Renye confronted Tobirama Senju about the experiments that had repeatedly been performed on his body and taunted him with the threat of Renye’s main personality discovering the truth. After Renye disappeared, he returned home to prepare dinner, while a black substance watched and murmured that its cook seemed sick.

• Renye accused Tobirama Senju of causing his emergence and challenged him to make him disappear.
• Renye revealed that Tobirama Senju had drugged and studied the child 480 times, but said he would let the main personality uncover the truth himself.
• Renye mocked Tobirama Senju’s work as Hokage and warned him not to let the main personality become suspicious.
• Renye vanished, returned to the Tobirama Senju Residence, napped, and then went to prepare dinner.
• A pitch-black lump watched Renye in the kitchen and said that its cook seemed sick.

Black Zetsu worried that a second personality appearing in Renye might prevent him from cooking and blamed Tobirama Senju for the condition. At the Hokage's Office, Tobirama resolved to find a way to remove the personality and said he would retire once Danzō was capable of handling the work.

• Black Zetsu recalled that a different personality sometimes emerged when Renye fell asleep and decided to seek a cure, fearing Renye might stop cooking.
• Renye brought lunch to Tobirama Senju and joked that he should retire, while Tobirama realized Renye's personality differed from the one he feared.
• Renye refused to review a document and said Danzō and Hiruzen should handle such work.
• Tobirama told Renye that Danzō and Hiruzen would return the next day and agreed to retire once Danzō was competent.
• Tobirama resolved to focus on curing Renye's condition before the other personality could replace him.

Tobirama Senju traced Renye’s second personality to changes that began during the ninety-ninth experiment and vowed to eliminate it. The awakened Renye revealed that he had existed without a body for more than ten years before falling unconscious again, leaving Tobirama uncertain about what to believe.

• Tobirama Senju reviewed Renye’s records and found signs of unusual mental activity during the ninety-ninth experiment and steadily increasing Spiritual Energy afterward.
• Tobirama Senju promised to cure Renye without telling him, while admitting he did not yet know how to eliminate the other personality.
• Renye awakened and confronted Tobirama Senju, calling the night his four hundred and eighty-first time restrained for experiments.
• Tobirama Senju admitted he intended to make Renye’s other personality disappear, and Renye said he had lived for more than ten years with thoughts and consciousness but no body.
• Renye fell unconscious again, and Tobirama Senju returned to his research as Black Zetsu watched resentfully.

Tobirama Senju told Renye to nap less and arranged for him to teach Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade after they graduated. Renye soon fell asleep anyway, and another version of him appeared, leaving Tobirama facing the same unsettling problem.

• Tobirama Senju urged Renye to stop napping and help with paperwork, but Renye refused and agreed only to nap less.
• Renye delivered lunch to Tobirama Senju while Hiruzen and Danzō watched hungrily and left to eat.
• Tobirama Senju appointed Renye Team Leader Jonin for Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade when they graduated from the Ninja Academy the following month.
• Renye returned home, washed the dishes, and fell asleep after deciding to nap for only half an hour.
• A different Renye confronted Hiruzen and Danzō, then kicked open the Hokage's Office door and announced himself to Tobirama Senju.

Tobirama Senju sent Renye out of the village on a long-term S-rank mission, hoping to curb his afternoon naps while he dealt with something inside Renye. Renye summoned Scar to find Madara Uchiha, who was secretly keeping the dying Hashirama Senju alive by feeding him his own flesh.

• Tobirama Senju told Renye to accept a mission, and Renye left the village after taking a long-term S-rank mission.
• Tobirama Senju watched Renye leave while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō Shimura questioned whether Renye had seemed different; Tobirama dismissed their concerns.
• Renye summoned Scar in the Land of Fire and asked the cat to take him to Madara Uchiha.
• In a cave, Madara Uchiha put Hashirama Senju under genjutsu and fed him a piece of his own flesh.
• Hashirama's vitality returned as Madara's Chakra clashed with and then settled alongside Hashirama's Yang Release Chakra.

Renye found Madara Uchiha feeding his blood to Hashirama Senju and learned Madara wanted him to join the Moon Eye Plan. Renye accepted, claiming he shared Madara’s goal of bringing peace while planning to remain in Konoha Village.

• Renye entered the cave and discovered Madara Uchiha feeding his flesh and blood to the injured Hashirama Senju.
• Renye explained that Tobirama Senju had sent him out of the village on a mission, and Madara criticized Tobirama for restricting him.
• Madara invited Renye to join the Moon Eye Plan, believing Renye would refuse as he had before.
• Renye accepted and gave an earnest speech about following Madara to bring true peace to the Shinobi World.
• Renye said he would stay in Konoha Village until Madara put the plan into action, and Madara agreed.

Hashirama Senju woke from his coma and discovered that Renye had agreed to join Madara Uchiha's Moon Eye plan. Renye reassured Hashirama that he would not harm Konoha Village, while Black Zetsu secretly witnessed the conversation and learned of Renye's involvement.

• Hashirama Senju awoke and asked Renye why he had accepted Madara Uchiha's proposal.
• Renye told Hashirama that he believed Madara's plan could bring peace, though he had secretly joined to protect his companions.
• Madara dismissed Hashirama's objections and said he would make sure Hashirama lived to see their plan succeed.
• Madara took Renye's mission scroll and left to complete the mission while Renye stayed behind to cook.
• Renye told Hashirama that he would not harm Konoha Village, then reassured him that the village had flourished under Tobirama's governance.
• Black Zetsu, lurking nearby, overheard that Renye had joined the Moon Eye plan.