Chapter Summaries

Renye warned Danzō not to provoke the Uchiha, then teased him about starting a family and refused the S-rank missions Danzō offered. Meanwhile, Kagami Uchiha returned to the clan compound to discuss its plans and met Reppu Uchiha’s son, Fugaku.

• Renye reminded Danzō to avoid provoking the Uchiha before their coup, and Danzō said Tobirama had already warned him to preserve stability.
• Danzō urged Renye to find work, but Renye brushed him off and shifted the conversation to Danzō’s prospects for marriage.
• Danzō considered starting a family, while Renye offered to introduce him to women and then declined several S-rank missions.
• An Anbu delivered intelligence to Danzō, who noted that the Uchiha Clan had grown quieter and that Kagami had kept its hawks under control.
• Kagami Uchiha visited the Clan Head’s residence to discuss the clan’s plans and learned that Reppu Uchiha’s child was named Fugaku.

Kagami Uchiha learned that his appointment as Hokage Advisor had only temporarily quieted the clan’s hawks, while Tobirama Senju believed he was close to destroying Renye’s Second Personality. Renye returned home and invited Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to dinner.

• Tanaka Uchiha warned Kagami that the hawk faction would grow dissatisfied again, and Kagami rejected the idea of killing his clansmen.
• Tobirama Senju reviewed his experiments and concluded that repeated battles had weakened Renye’s Second Personality enough for him to soon destroy it.
• Renye brought Tobirama food, heard that he planned to rest after finishing his work, and agreed to stay in the village.
• Tobirama asked Renye about Danzō’s work as Hokage and was satisfied to hear that Danzō was handling the village diligently.
• Renye returned home, found Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru waiting after a mission, and invited them in for dinner.

Tobirama Senju entered Renye’s mental world and defeated Uchiha Renye, whose dwindling strength had left him unable to control the space. After Uchiha Renye begged to live, Tobirama killed him, but his final words left Tobirama unsettled.

• Tobirama Senju used the Mind Mirror Reflection Technique to enter Renye’s mental world and confronted Uchiha Renye.
• Tobirama Senju deduced that Uchiha Renye had lost control of the mental world and declared that he would erase him that night.
• Tobirama Senju fought Uchiha Renye with Flying Thunder God, genjutsu, Water Style, and Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags.
• Uchiha Renye’s Susanoo collapsed, and he admitted that years of depleted mental strength had left him too weak to control the space.
• Uchiha Renye asked Tobirama Senju not to kill him, but Tobirama drove a kunai into his heart.
• As Uchiha Renye fell, he thanked Tobirama Senju, leaving Tobirama to question what he meant.

Tobirama Senju defeated the Second Personality, who thanked him before disappearing and causing the Mental World to collapse. The Second Personality then merged his painful memories and emotions into Renye, who suffered until a new icy power cleared them.

• Uchiha Renye revealed that he had never meant to take over Renye's body and thanked Tobirama Senju for freeing him from the Mental World.
• The Second Personality dissipated, and the Mental World collapsed around Tobirama Senju.
• Tobirama Senju returned to the laboratory and found Renye still breathing on the operating table.
• The Second Personality appeared before Renye, merged into him, and flooded him with negative emotions as a parting gift.
• Renye writhed in distress while Tobirama Senju tried unsuccessfully to wake him, until an icy power erupted and dispersed the emotions.

Renye awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and recovered the Second Personality’s memories, discovering that Tobirama Senju had secretly experimented on him for years. He stormed off to confront Tobirama, who accepted that the truth had finally come out.

• Renye saw that his Three Tomoe Sharingan had become a Mangekyo and learned that his eyes could imprint emotions and strip attributes from targets.
• Renye recalled memories of a lonely life in the desert and realized the suffering had helped awaken his Mangekyo.
• Renye recovered the Second Personality’s memories and learned Tobirama Senju had drugged him and conducted experiments on him six hundred times.
• Renye realized the milk Tobirama gave him had been mixed with Mengkhan Medicine and smashed the bottle in anger.
• Renye shouted at Tobirama and went to settle the score, while Tobirama silently accepted that the truth had come out.

Renye confronted Tobirama Senju after discovering that he had secretly experimented on him for twenty years. Tobirama apologized and accepted responsibility, and Renye decided to leave the village for a while to clear his head, leaving their relationship intact.

• Renye stormed into Tobirama Senju's study and demanded an explanation for the experiments.
• Tobirama Senju recalled that he had studied Renye's body, worried about the Second Personality, and spent five years eliminating it to protect Renye.
• Tobirama Senju apologized without making excuses or asking Renye to forgive him.
• Renye's anger eased, though he told Tobirama Senju he was disappointed and would stop cooking for him for a while.
• Renye said he was leaving the village to clear his head, and Tobirama Senju agreed.
• Renye declared the matter over and left the study, and Tobirama Senju felt relieved.

Renye reported to Danzō that he planned to leave the village for a few months, then went to find his disciples before departing. He found Jiraiya peeping at the women’s bathhouse, disowned him when the women caught him, and learned Jiraiya still intended to try again.

• Renye told Danzō he was leaving the village for an uncertain period, and Danzō approved after Renye said Tobirama Senju had agreed.
• Renye left the Hokage Office and decided to say goodbye to the people he knew, starting with Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
• Renye found Jiraiya spying on the women’s bathhouse, where the women spotted him and rushed out to attack.
• Jiraiya called for Teacher Renye to save him, but Renye denied being his teacher and left him to face the women.
• After the women finished beating Jiraiya, Renye checked on him, and Jiraiya admitted he planned to avoid the same mistake next time.

Renye prepared to leave Konoha and told Mito Uzumaki he planned to visit Hashirama, prompting her to ask to travel with him. Tobirama agreed to let Mito leave, and Renye and Mito departed the village to begin their journey.

• Renye announced that he would leave Konoha for an unknown length of time and informed his students and acquaintances.
• Renye told Mito Uzumaki he was going to see Hashirama, and she asked to travel with him.
• Mito persuaded Tobirama Senju to let her leave the village despite the risks of the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki traveling abroad.
• Mito told Nawaki she was leaving, then she and Renye departed Konoha and Renye summoned Scar to lead the way.

Madara experienced the first signs of awakening the Rinnegan, while Hashirama wondered how his friend had gained new power. Renye and Mito traveled to find the two men, and Scar’s reassurance that Hashirama was happy living with Madara left Mito furious.

• Madara felt a strange purple energy stirring in his left eye and recognized it as the beginning of the Rinnegan’s awakening.
• Hashirama asked Madara how he awakened the Rinnegan, but Madara said he did not know and sent Hashirama to hunt for food.
• Hashirama found no prey near their camp and went farther into the mountains.
• Renye and Mito traveled through the mountains, and Renye told Mito that Hashirama’s living conditions were more or less as she imagined.
• Scar told Mito that Hashirama and Madara were happy living together, and Mito became furious.
• Scar asked Renye whether she had said something wrong, meow.

Hashirama ran into Mito and Renye while hunting, and Mito confronted him about leaving his family and living in the forest with Madara. After Hashirama explained that he was trying to stop Madara’s plan, Mito asked to see their cave.

• Hashirama hunted a wild boar and met Mito and Renye by a stream.
• Mito grabbed Hashirama by the ear and scolded him for living in the forest with Madara while his family believed he was dead.
• Hashirama explained that he had stayed with Madara to stop him from carrying out the Moon Eye Plan.
• Renye and Fat Cat confirmed Hashirama’s account, and Mito accepted that his reason was genuine.
• Mito asked Hashirama to take her and Renye to the cave where he and Madara lived.

Renye brought Mito Uzumaki to Hashirama and Madara’s cave and revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. Madara warned him to use it sparingly and ordered him not to bring anyone else to their secret base.

• Hashirama welcomed Renye and Mito to the cave, where Mito worried about his meager living conditions.
• Renye showed Madara his Mangekyo Sharingan, and Madara asked about its Dojutsu.
• Madara warned Renye that overusing the Mangekyo could make him go blind, and Renye promised to be careful.
• Madara told Renye not to bring anyone else to the cave, while Mito glared at him and the Nine-Tails seethed inside its seal.

Mito Uzumaki asked Hashirama Senju to return to the village, but he refused because he still wanted to stop Madara Uchiha's Moon Eye plan. Madara and Renye prepared a boar for dinner, leaving Hashirama and Mito alone in the cave before everyone gathered again.

• Mito urged Hashirama to return to the village, but he chose to stay and oppose Madara's plan.
• Madara took Renye outside to prepare the boar, leaving Mito and Hashirama alone in the cave.
• By the stream, Madara asked Renye about Konoha and marriage while they prepared the meat.
• Madara and Renye returned to the cave, where Mito greeted Renye and ignored Madara.
• Renye began roasting the boar as the Nine-Tails raged from within Mito.

After Mito Uzumaki left, Madara Uchiha explained the Moon Eye Plan to Renye and ordered him to capture the Tailed Beasts. Renye tried to delay the plan, but Madara decided they would start with the other eight, leaving the Nine-Tails inside Mito for now.

• Mito Uzumaki left with Hashirama, who escorted her back to the village.
• Madara Uchiha told Renye that he intended to create peace through the Moon Eye Plan, and Renye pretended to support him.
• Madara ordered Renye to capture all nine Tailed Beasts so he could become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Renye tried to postpone the plan and pointed out that the Nine-Tails was sealed inside Mito Uzumaki.
• Madara agreed to capture the other eight Tailed Beasts first.

Renye reluctantly agreed to capture a Tailed Beast for Madara Uchiha and traveled to the Land of Water to find the Three-Tails. After days of searching, he located it in a vast fog-covered lake and awakened it with a fire technique.

• Madara Uchiha ordered Renye to capture one or two Tailed Beasts, and Renye reluctantly accepted.
• Renye left the cave and headed for the Land of Water, where he hoped to find the Three-Tails in the wild.
• Renye searched the coastline while avoiding patrols from the Mist Village.
• Renye sensed the Three-Tails beneath a massive lake and attacked the water with Fire Style: Falling Fire.
• The Three-Tails roared from the bottom of the lake, awakening.

Renye subdued the Three-Tails with his Mangekyo Sharingan and bound it to himself with a Summoning Contract. Back at the cave, he prepared to reveal his new summon to Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.

• Renye used Mangekyo genjutsu to control the Three-Tails, despite the strain it caused his eyes.
• Renye established a Summoning Contract with the Three-Tails and ordered it back into the lake.
• Mist Village patrol squads found the Three-Tails' habitat and hurried to report it to the Mizukage.
• Renye returned to the cave, where Madara Uchiha asked whether he had succeeded, and Renye confirmed that he had.
• Renye performed the Summoning Technique in front of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, revealing that he was summoning the Three-Tails.

The Third Mizukage’s attempt to recapture the Three-Tails was interrupted when Renye summoned the beast away from the lake. After it blasted Renye, Hashirama Senju, and Madara Uchiha, Madara unleashed his Complete Body Susanoo and towered over the terrified Three-Tails.

• The Third Mizukage led Mist Village ninja to seal the Three-Tails, but the beast emerged from the lake and its Tailed Beast Ball devastated the Sealing Squad.
• Renye summoned the Three-Tails to a clearing, interrupting the Mist Village operation and leaving the Third Mizukage’s forces baffled.
• The Three-Tails recognized Renye and Hashirama Senju and fired a Tailed Beast Ball at them and Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha used Susanoo to protect the three, and the blast threw them into a distant forest.
• Madara Uchiha activated his Complete Body Susanoo, frightening the Three-Tails.

Madara Uchiha killed the Three-Tails with his Complete Body Susanoo after it attacked him, forcing him to postpone the plan to capture the Tailed Beasts until it revived. Hashirama Senju learned that the capture was part of Madara’s plan and was relieved it had been put on hold for now.

• The Three-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Ball, and Madara Uchiha answered by cleaving it in two with his Complete Body Susanoo’s Tachi.
• Renye watched Madara’s overwhelming power and privately concluded that he would need to wait years before challenging him.
• Hashirama Senju questioned Renye about the Three-Tails, and Renye said Madara had ordered him to capture it.
• Madara Uchiha decided to suspend the Tailed Beast capture plan because the Three-Tails would take a long time to revive.
• Madara told Hashirama Senju that capturing the Tailed Beasts was part of his plan, and Hashirama was relieved the plan had been delayed.

Renye persuaded Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju to leave their mountain cave and move into town, where Renye planned to buy a mansion. As they set off, Hashirama looked back at the cave with affection, while Madara felt an unexplained chill.

• Renye complained about the mosquitoes and urged Madara Uchiha to move into town, with Hashirama Senju supporting the idea because he wanted to visit the Casino.
• Renye promised to buy a luxurious estate, and Madara agreed to leave the mountains.
• Renye urged them to depart without packing their cookware, and Madara walked out of the cave.
• Hashirama lingered at the entrance, remembering the cave, before following Renye and Madara.
• Hashirama smiled at the cave and thought that what mattered was who he had lived with, while Madara felt his skin crawl and twisted around.

Renye bought a luxurious residence in the Land of Iron for three hundred million ryo, astonishing Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha with his wealth. After choosing rooms, the three headed to the busiest commercial street, where Renye wondered whether the casino boss who had recognized Hashirama before was still there.

• Renye offered to buy a wealthy merchant's residence, and the merchant asked for three hundred million ryo.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha objected to the price, but Renye paid without hesitation.
• The wealthy merchant left the residence with his guards and maids, leaving the furnishings behind for Renye.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha chose rooms in the mansion, then invited Renye to explore the streets.
• Renye joined them on the way to the busiest commercial street and recalled helping contain trouble after Hashirama Senju had gambled at a casino.

Hashirama Senju persuaded Madara Uchiha and Renye to visit the casino, where he lost his million-ryō stake while the Casino Boss recognized the supposedly dead trio. Renye led the frightened Casino Boss away after Madara warned him to handle the matter.

• Hashirama Senju asked to gamble at the casino, and Renye assured Madara Uchiha that the Casino Boss would keep their survival secret.
• Madara Uchiha agreed to go, and Renye funded Hashirama Senju's million-ryō stake.
• Hashirama Senju entered the casino and quickly drew the gamblers' attention as an easy target, while Renye and Madara watched him lose.
• The Casino Boss recognized Hashirama Senju, Renye, and Madara Uchiha and became excited that his earlier claims had been true.
• Madara Uchiha told Renye to handle the Casino Boss, and Renye signaled for him to follow, leaving the Casino Boss afraid he would be silenced.