Chapter Summaries

Danzō Shimura gained Tobirama Senju’s approval to arrest the Uchiha Hawks and led an Anbu force to the Uchiha Clan Compound. There, he confronted Tanaka Uchiha, who denied the clan had rebellious intentions, and Danzō demanded to know what he planned to do.

• Danzō Shimura asked Tobirama Senju for permission to arrest the Uchiha Hawks, and Tobirama approved while warning him not to cause deaths.
• Tobirama Senju sent Renye with Danzō, who mobilized the Anbu and marched toward the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• A clan member warned Tanaka Uchiha that Danzō was approaching with a large Anbu force, so Tanaka gathered the clan at the entrance.
• Danzō accused the Uchiha Hawks of inciting rebellion, while Tanaka Uchiha denied that the clan harbored thoughts of revolt.
• Tanaka Uchiha asked Danzō what he intended to do after Danzō rejected his denial.

Danzō Shimura brought Anbu to arrest the Uchiha Hawks, but Tanaka Uchiha refused to let them take his clansmen and the two sides broke into a fight. As the battle grew more dangerous, Renye prepared to step in and stop it.

• Danzō Shimura showed Tanaka Uchiha a list of Uchiha Hawks members and ordered the Anbu to arrest them, while Kagami Uchiha’s clansmen accused him of betraying the clan.
• Tanaka Uchiha refused to let Danzō arrest the Hawks, and the Anbu and Uchiha clashed after both sides prepared to fight.
• Renye tossed marked kunai into the battlefield unnoticed as Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kagami Uchiha tried unsuccessfully to stop the fighting.
• Renye reminded Danzō Shimura not to let anyone die, and Danzō told him to intervene when the time came.
• As the battle grew more intense, Danzō turned to Renye, who grinned and told him to watch closely.

Renye stepped in to stop the Uchiha Hawks from fighting the Anbu, but the Hawks insulted him and charged. He killed one Uchiha Jonin with the Flying Thunder God Technique, leaving the others stunned.

• Renye ordered both sides to stop, and the Anbu retreated behind Danzō Shimura.
• The Uchiha Hawks mocked Renye and ignored Tanaka Uchiha’s attempts to restrain them.
• Tanaka Uchiha accepted that the Hawks might die, believing their sacrifice could preserve peace between the clan and the village.
• The Hawks charged Renye as Danzō Shimura withdrew the Anbu and watched eagerly.
• Renye used marked kunai to teleport beside an Uchiha Jonin and cut him in half with his Tachi.
• The surviving Uchiha Jonin recognized Renye’s technique as the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Renye killed three Uchiha Hawks before withdrawing beyond the Flying Thunder God Kunai’s range and agreeing to fight without using the Flying Thunder God Technique. As he faced dozens of Elite Jonin, Tanaka Uchiha began to suspect that Renye had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Renye used the Flying Thunder God Technique to kill three Uchiha Hawks, and the survivors scattered beyond the kunai’s range.
• Renye returned to the field after avoiding the Hawks’ Fire Style attacks, then taunted them as they struggled to counter his technique.
• The leader of the Hawks demanded that Renye fight without the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Renye agreed.
• Renye walked outside the kunai’s coverage while Hiruzen Sarutobi worried and Danzō Shimura declined to send in the Anbu.
• Tanaka Uchiha wondered whether Renye’s confidence meant he possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Renye revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and used its power to withstand the Uchiha’s attacks. He manifested Susanoo and crushed the leading Hawk in its skeletal arm, leaving the other Uchiha frozen in fear.

• Renye revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, shocking the Uchiha Clan Members and Danzō Shimura.
• The leading Hawk ordered the Uchiha to attack Renye and take his eyes.
• Renye dodged the leading Hawk’s strikes, then evaded most of the Uchiha’s fireballs.
• Renye emerged from the flames protected by Susanoo’s skeletal armor and declared that the fight was over.
• Renye’s Susanoo arm seized the leading Hawk and crushed his body as the other Uchiha watched in terror.

Renye used his Mangekyo Sharingan and Susanoo to kill most of the Hawks who confronted him, intimidating the clan and preventing a coup. Danzō stopped him before he killed the remaining survivors, and Renye ended the chapter massaging his eyes after using Susanoo.

• Renye crushed the lead Hawk with Susanoo and slaughtered the attacking Hawks, killing fifteen Uchiha in total.
• Renye declared that the Hawks had no right to accuse him of betraying the clan and continued his attack as the survivors fled.
• Kagami Uchiha asked Danzō Shimura to stop Renye, and Danzō persuaded him to spare the remaining Hawks.
• Danzō warned Tanaka Uchiha to control his clansmen, then left with the Anbu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked why Renye was massaging his face, and Renye said he was doing Eye Exercises to ease the strain from using Susanoo.

In the Hokage's Office, Renye explained that intense emotional stimulation awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan after Kagami Uchiha asked how to gain the power to suppress the Uchiha Hawks. The chapter ended with Renye offering to help Kagami awaken his eyes.

• Danzō Shimura and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed how Renye's Mangekyo Sharingan had deterred the Uchiha Hawks from pursuing a coup.
• Renye told Danzō Shimura, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Kagami Uchiha that he had awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan a few years earlier.
• Kagami Uchiha asked Renye how to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan so he could suppress the Hawks' coup ambitions.
• Renye explained that intense emotional stimulation was needed to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Renye told Kagami Uchiha that he could help him awaken the eyes.

Renye used his Mangekyo Sharingan ability Jikūshin to force Kagami Uchiha through intense simulated suffering, helping him awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan. Kagami passed out from mental exhaustion before he could reveal his new eyes’ ability, and Hiruzen took him to Konoha Hospital.

• Renye warned Kagami Uchiha that his attempt to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan might fail, and Kagami agreed to try.
• Renye used Jikūshin to subject Kagami to a spiritual illusion filled with loneliness, grief, betrayal, and rage.
• Kagami’s Sharingan evolved through Three Tomoe into the Mangekyo Sharingan as the intense emotions awakened his power.
• Kagami emerged from the genjutsu, felt his newly awakened power, and collapsed before he could thank Renye or describe his eyes’ ability.
• Hiruzen checked Kagami, confirmed he was unconscious from mental exhaustion, and took him to Konoha Hospital at Danzō’s signal.

Renye reassured Danzō about Kagami awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, then advised Hatake Sakumo on strengthening his mindset. The chapter ended with Tobirama suspecting Sakumo had psychological problems after learning he had sought Renye’s advice.

• Renye told Danzō he would handle any danger from Kagami and asked him to find out Kagami’s Mangekyo ability.
• Renye met Hatake Sakumo outside the Senju Clan Compound, where Sakumo asked how to prepare his mind for future pressures.
• Renye advised Sakumo to accept uncertainty, blame himself less, and recognize when others were at fault.
• Sakumo thanked Renye and left, while Renye went home to cook for Tobirama.
• Tobirama heard that Sakumo had asked Renye for psychological advice and decided Sakumo might need a doctor.

After the Uchiha Hawks fell quiet, Renye arranged for Orochimaru to study under Tobirama Senju. He later found Jiraiya asking Orochimaru for money after lending more to Tsunade, and left him baffled by a teasing comparison.

• The surviving Uchiha Hawks stopped promoting a coup after Renye's Mangekyo Sharingan killed more than a dozen of them, and the clan quieted down.
• Tobirama Senju complained about Renye lazing around, then agreed to let Orochimaru join his laboratory the next day.
• Renye woke from his nap and went to Orochimaru's home to share Tobirama Senju's offer.
• Renye found Jiraiya asking Orochimaru to lend him 500,000 ryo, and learned he had lent money to Tsunade again.
• Orochimaru called Jiraiya an idiot, while Renye compared him to Boiling Sheep and left him confused.

Renye advised Jiraiya on how to pursue Tsunade, while arranging for Orochimaru to begin working with Second Hokage-sama in the laboratory. Jiraiya left hopeful about his chances, and Renye wondered whether he would follow the advice.

• Renye told Jiraiya to become stronger, give Tsunade more space, and make himself useful so she would come to need him.
• Jiraiya thanked Renye and hurried off, eager to try the advice and convinced he had a chance with Tsunade.
• Orochimaru questioned whether Renye's advice was reliable, and Renye replied that it depended on the person.
• Renye told Orochimaru that Second Hokage-sama had agreed to take him on in the laboratory the next morning.
• Renye left to make dinner and wondered whether Jiraiya would succeed in pursuing Tsunade.

Mito Uzumaki feared that disaster was coming, and Renye suspected the Uzumaki Clan was about to be destroyed. He warned Danzō Shimura and Hiruzen Sarutobi, while the Raikage agreed to join Mist Village in attacking the Land of Whirlpools.

• Mito Uzumaki visited Renye and told him she felt something bad was about to happen.
• Renye suspected the Uzumaki Clan was facing imminent destruction and comforted Mito Uzumaki without sharing his concerns.
• Renye told Danzō Shimura and Hiruzen Sarutobi that his Mangekyo Sharingan had shown him the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools.
• Danzō Shimura agreed to prepare a response, and Renye told him to take all the Anbu and Kagami Uchiha without informing Tobirama Senju.
• The Raikage received Mist Village's proposal to attack the Land of Whirlpools and decided to join in order to obtain the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu.

Renye and Danzō led a Konoha team to the Land of Whirlpools after Renye foresaw its destruction, and Kagami revealed the abilities of his Mangekyo Sharingan. Danzō warned the Uzumaki Clan Leader that other nations intended to attack for the clan’s sealing techniques, and the Konoha team prepared to help defend them.

• At Renye’s suggestion, Danzō led the Anbu and Kagami out of Konoha toward the Land of Whirlpools after Renye foresaw an impending attack.
• Renye asked Kagami about his Mangekyo Sharingan, and Kagami explained that his left eye altered a target’s perception while his right eye planted cumulative psychological suggestions.
• Renye warned Kagami to limit his Mangekyo use to avoid blindness, and the group traveled through the night to reach the Land of Whirlpools.
• The Uzumaki Clan Leader welcomed the Konoha group and arranged lodgings for them.
• Danzō told the Uzumaki Clan Leader that other nations planned to seize the clan’s sealing techniques and attack the Land of Whirlpools, then asked the clan to strengthen its guard.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha discovered that the Second Raikage, Third Mizukage, and Third Tsuchikage had joined forces to attack the Land of Whirlpools and seize the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu. Madara agreed to follow Hashirama and intervene as the three Kage headed for the island.

• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha sensed groups of powerful ninja gathering in the Land of Iron and went to investigate.
• The Second Raikage, Third Mizukage, and Third Tsuchikage assembled their forces and set out to attack the Land of Whirlpools for its Sealing Jutsu.
• Hashirama Senju realized the Kage were targeting Konoha's ally and wanted to warn Renye, but Madara Uchiha said there was no time to return to the village.
• Hashirama Senju asked Madara Uchiha to help defend the Land of Whirlpools, and Madara agreed.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha secretly followed the three Kage toward the Land of Whirlpools.

The Third Mizukage, Ōnoki, and the Third Raikage launched a coordinated attack on the Uzumaki clan settlement, but Hiruzen Sarutobi spotted them before they landed. Renye confronted Ōnoki at the shoreline, and their fight began as the Uzumaki clan battled the Iwagakure forces.

• The Third Mizukage, Ōnoki, and the Third Raikage agreed to attack the Uzumaki settlement from three directions while Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju followed behind them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi spotted the approaching forces and fired a signal flare, prompting the Uzumaki clan to prepare for battle.
• Danzō Shimura kept the Anbu in reserve, while Renye told Kagami Uchiha to stay behind and went to support Hiruzen.
• Renye confronted Ōnoki over the sea, taunted him about his height, and dodged his Dust Release attacks as the Uzumaki and Iwagakure forces clashed.
• Ōnoki charged Renye and fired Dust Release at close range, but Renye teleported to the beach and taunted him again, leaving Ōnoki consumed with rage.

Renye defeated Ōnoki in a fight over the sea and brought the unconscious Third Tsuchikage back to the battlefield. As Iwagakure’s forces considered retreating, Renye spotted another flare and rushed toward it, while Hashirama and Madara watched from the reefs.

• Renye used Flying Thunder God to evade Ōnoki’s Dust Release, wounded him with a kunai, and dragged him underwater until he stopped struggling.
• Renye hauled Ōnoki back to the surface, shocking the Iwagakure ninja and weakening their morale.
• Renye left Ōnoki with Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Uzumaki Clan Leader, and medical ninja determined that Ōnoki was alive but unconscious.
• The Uzumaki ninja tied Ōnoki up with ropes and Sealing Jutsu while Hiruzen anticipated demanding a ransom from the Stone Village.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha watched from behind reefs and decided Renye’s presence meant they did not need to intervene.
• Renye saw another flare in the distance and rushed toward it.

Danzō’s Anbu defeated the Kirigakure forces and captured the Third Mizukage, while Renye captured Ōnoki. When Renye appeared on the battlefield against Kumogakure, the Second Raikage’s men fled and left him behind.

• Danzō led Konoha’s Anbu into battle against the Kirigakure forces and defeated them, capturing the Third Mizukage.
• The Third Mizukage blamed Ōnoki for betraying him, then learned Ōnoki had been captured by Renye.
• Hiruzen told Danzō that Renye had defeated the Third Tsuchikage and left.
• Renye appeared before the Second Raikage and the Kumogakure elites, who immediately fled.
• Renye caught up to the Second Raikage after his men abandoned him.

Renye and the Konoha forces captured the Second Raikage, Ōnoki, and the Third Mizukage, planning to ransom them for money. After returning to Konoha, Danzō explained the capture to Tobirama Senju, who realized they had relied on advance intelligence.

• The Cloud Village ninja fled to shore and decided to report the Second Raikage's capture so their village could prepare a ransom.
• The Second Raikage surrendered to Renye, swallowed Chakra-suppressing pills, and was restrained by Anbu.
• Renye had Ōnoki and the Third Mizukage drugged and restrained, while Danzō Shimura and Hiruzen Sarutobi considered the ransom they could demand.
• The captured Kage blamed one another and threatened future conflicts until Danzō had them gagged.
• Danzō led the Anbu back to Konoha, and Renye promised Kagami Uchiha a chance to fight next time.
• At the Hokage's Office, Danzō explained the capture to Tobirama Senju, who understood that the Konoha team had known the enemy's plans in advance.

Tobirama Senju negotiated a 130-billion-ryo ransom from each of the three captured Kage, and Konoha celebrated the windfall. After the Kage were released, their forces broke into battles outside the Land of Fire, while Danzō Shimura decided the fighting was no concern of Konoha.

• Tobirama Senju demanded 200 billion ryo for the three Kage, then negotiated their ransom down to 130 billion each and had them imprisoned until payment arrived.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others celebrated Konoha's 390-billion-ryo gain, and Renye agreed to attend their gathering.
• Renye reunited with Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane at dinner, then Mito Uzumaki thanked him for saving the Uzumaki Clan.
• The three villages delivered the ransom, and Danzō Shimura released the Kage as they left the Land of Fire.
• Ōnoki, the Second Raikage, and the Third Mizukage fought, drawing their villages' ninja into a battle that split into three sides.
• Danzō Shimura received news of the fighting and left the conflict to the other villages because it was outside the Land of Fire.

Renye’s novel about forbidden love between the Uchiha and Senju became a hit, angering both clans and Tobirama Senju. Facing their pursuit, Renye fled Konoha to hide with Madara, while Danzo told his pursuers that Renye had left on a long-term mission.

• Danzo told Renye to stop writing books about him, and Renye agreed to use different characters for his next novel.
• Months later, Renye’s book, "Forbidden Love Between Uchiha and Senju," became more popular than his previous work and stirred gossip throughout the village.
• Tanaka Uchiha ordered a clan member to find the author, while Tobirama Senju angrily read the novel and asked Renye to help identify its writer.
• Renye realized the Uchiha and Tobirama were coming after him, so he told Danzo he would hide with Madara and hurried out of the Hokage’s Office.
• Tobirama Senju and Tanaka Uchiha arrived at the office looking for Renye, and Danzo claimed Renye had left the village on a long-term mission.