Chapter Summaries

Renye hid out with Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha in the Land of Iron after causing trouble in Konoha, then agreed to spar with Madara. The group reached a barren mountain range to begin the match, while Renye recognized the nearby Four Symbols Great Bridge as Danzō’s future death location.

• Renye arrived at the mansion in the Land of Iron and told Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha he planned to stay for a few months.
• Hashirama Senju suspected Renye had caused trouble in Konoha, but Renye denied it and avoided explaining why he had left.
• Madara Uchiha challenged Renye to spar so he could assess how much his strength had declined, and Renye accepted.
• Hashirama Senju privately asked Renye to hold back if Madara was outmatched, while Madara Uchiha overheard them.
• Renye recognized the Four Symbols Great Bridge as the place where Danzō would die and planned to buy it and put up a sign.
• Madara Uchiha led Renye and Hashirama Senju to a barren mountain range to begin the spar.

Renye fought Madara Uchiha to test the aging legend’s strength, but Madara’s Susanoo revealed how far his power still surpassed Renye’s. After ending the duel, Madara explained that Susanoo required enough ocular power, which Renye’s eyes lacked.

• Renye attacked Madara with Uchiha-style swordsmanship, but Madara parried and evaded his strikes with his Sharingan.
• Madara felt the pressure of Renye’s speed and stamina, then summoned a skeletal Susanoo to block Renye’s near-fatal thrust.
• Renye realized Madara had activated Susanoo while his eyes still appeared to be Three Tomoe Sharingan and wondered how to learn the technique.
• Madara ended the fight and walked away, reflecting on how age had weakened him.
• Renye asked Madara how to use Susanoo with Three Tomoe Sharingan, and Madara explained that Renye lacked sufficient ocular power.

Renye bought a stone bridge in the Land of Iron and renamed it Four Symbols Great Bridge, then arranged a memorial plaque dedicated to Danzō. Back in Konoha, Danzō sensed that someone was targeting him and suspected Renye.

• Renye offered to buy Four Symbols Great Bridge, and Mifune accepted before learning Renye had brought fifteen million ryo.
• Renye declined Mifune's offer to sell additional bridges and insisted that the purchased bridge be named Four Symbols Great Bridge.
• Renye directed craftsmen to engrave a tablet commemorating the bridge in memory of Danzō and put up a sign reading, "I'm strolling with Grandpa at Four Symbols Great Bridge."
• Renye returned to the mansion, where Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha concluded he had bought a bridge because he had too much money.
• Danzō shuddered while processing documents in the Hokage Office, sensed someone was targeting him, and suspected Renye.

After three months in hiding, Renye returned to Konoha with Hashirama Senju, who hoped to visit Mito while continuing to worry about Madara Uchiha. Tobirama Senju spotted a suspicious figure sneaking into his sister-in-law’s home, leaving Hashirama’s return at risk of discovery.

• Renye decided his three months of hiding had been long enough and prepared to return to Konoha.
• Hashirama Senju chose to accompany Renye, while Madara Uchiha refused to go back to the village.
• On the journey, Renye urged Hashirama Senju to stay with Mito, but Hashirama remained conflicted about leaving Madara Uchiha.
• Renye and Hashirama Senju reached Konoha at night and parted so Hashirama could sneak in undetected.
• Tobirama Senju noticed a fast-moving Black Shadow vaulting into his sister-in-law’s courtyard and went to investigate.

Hashirama Senju secretly returned to his residence, but Tobirama suspected someone had entered and investigated. Unable to identify the intruder, Tobirama ordered the Anbu to keep Hashirama Senju's Residence under constant surveillance.

• Hashirama Senju asked Mito Uzumaki whether Tsunade was home, then hid when Mito sensed Tobirama approaching.
• Tobirama entered the courtyard and searched for the black shadow he had seen, but Mito concealed Hashirama's presence.
• The Nine-Tails tried to alert Tobirama that Hashirama was inside, but its cries could not escape the Sealing Space.
• Mito told Tobirama that Renye had returned and invited him to eat at her house the next day; Tobirama left without discovering Hashirama.
• Tobirama went to the Hokage's Office and ordered Danzō to arrange constant, all-angle Anbu surveillance around Hashirama Senju's Residence.

Hashirama Senju was discovered while leaving the Senju compound, revealing to Tobirama Senju that he had survived his supposed death. Renye was summoned to face Tobirama and the others as Hashirama began explaining why he had kept the truth hidden.

• Mito Uzumaki urged Hashirama Senju to leave, and he promised he would return soon and spend more time with his family.
• Tobirama Senju and the Anbu caught Hashirama as he climbed over the courtyard wall, and Tobirama recognized him as his long-lost elder brother.
• After hearing Tobirama's shout, Renye tried to pack and flee, but Hatake Sakumo and the Anbu escorted him to Hashirama and the others.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō Shimura questioned Renye, who confirmed that Hashirama had not died.
• Tobirama demanded to know why Hashirama had concealed his survival, and Hashirama apologized while Mito tried to explain.

Tobirama confronted Hashirama about faking his death, and Hashirama revealed that Madara was alive and pursuing a plan to bring peace to the shinobi world. The chapter left Tobirama intent on stopping Madara, while Hashirama warned him that he was no match for him.

• Tobirama sent the Anbu and others away, then demanded that Hashirama explain why he had faked his death.
• Hashirama revealed that Madara had also survived, and Tobirama learned that Madara was in the Land of Iron.
• Hashirama admitted that Renye had sometimes visited Madara with him, prompting Tobirama to realize Renye had known the secret.
• Hashirama explained Madara's discovery about the Uchiha Stone Tablet and his plan involving Hashirama's flesh and blood.
• Tobirama declared that Madara had to be stopped, but Hashirama warned him that he was no match for Madara.

Tobirama learned that Hashirama had been secretly visiting Madara and pressed Renye for Madara’s location and intentions. After Tobirama left to find a way to deal with Madara, Renye warned Madara through Scar that Konoha knew where he was.

• Tobirama demanded Madara’s location from Hashirama, but Hashirama refused to betray his friend.
• Tobirama took Renye with him after Renye revealed Madara’s hiding place, while Hashirama stayed behind and met Nawaki.
• Renye told Tobirama how he had met Madara and Hashirama and had occasionally visited and helped them.
• Tobirama questioned whether Madara had been unable or unwilling to enact the Moon Eye Plan, and Renye denied being able to defeat him.
• Tobirama left to find a way to deal with Madara, and Renye summoned Scar to warn Madara that Konoha knew about him and Hashirama.
• Scar returned to Madara’s mansion in the Land of Iron and reported that Hashirama’s visit had exposed Madara’s location.

The shinobi world learned that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were alive, prompting a Five Kage Summit to confront Madara’s Moon Eye Plan. As the Kages traveled to the Land of War, Tobirama went searching for Madara alone, but Hashirama arrived to find Madara had already disappeared.

• News of Hashirama Senju’s survival spread, and the Hokage told the major villages that Madara Uchiha was alive and planning the Moon Eye Plan, then called a Five Kage Summit in the Land of War.
• Ōnoki and the other Kages set out for the summit, while Tobirama Senju instructed Danzō Shimura, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Renye to attend without him.
• Renye suspected Tobirama had gone to find Madara, searched for him with Hiruzen and Danzō, then warned Hashirama Senju.
• Hashirama left Konoha to stop Tobirama and Madara, while Renye, Hiruzen, and Danzō continued toward the Land of War.
• Madara left the Land of Iron mansion and hid alone in the mountains; the next day, Tobirama searched the empty mansion for him.
• Hashirama arrived at the mansion and learned from Tobirama that Madara had already run away.

The Five Kage formed an alliance after Danzō confirmed that Madara Uchiha was alive and explained that Hashirama could no longer stop him alone. Madara disappeared, and after a year of searching, the Kage gave up while Renye remained unable to learn Madara’s whereabouts.

• The Third Mizukage, Second Kazekage Shamon, and Second Raikage gathered at the summit, where the Mizukage and Raikage bickered before Ōnoki arrived and joined the argument.
• Renye taunted the arguing Kage, and Shamon stepped in to redirect them toward discussing Madara Uchiha.
• Danzō told the Kage that Hashirama had confirmed Madara was alive and explained that Hashirama’s hidden injuries had weakened him.
• The Kage agreed to unite against the Moon Eye Plan and established the ninja allied forces.
• Madara vanished, and after a year of searching, the five Kage gave up; Renye could not get his loyal fat cat to reveal Madara’s location without Madara’s permission.

Renye worried that Madara had abandoned him and planned to find him before he could give the Rinnegan to Nagato. Meanwhile, Hashirama and Tsunade went gambling, lost heavily, and left owing a mountain of debt that benefited Renye.

• Hashirama visited Renye to ask about Madara, then told him to report immediately if Madara made contact.
• Tobirama also asked Renye to reveal any news of Madara, while Renye secretly planned to find Madara and claim the Rinnegan for himself.
• Hashirama brooded over Madara's disappearance until Tsunade invited him to the casino and lent him money from a friend's author royalties.
• Hashirama and Tsunade lost heavily at Renye's casino and escaped after accumulating a mountain of debt.
• Renye daydreamed about inheriting Madara's estate as another huge sum of money was credited to his account.

Madara Uchiha summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and used it to sustain his aging body while creating an army of White Zetsu. On the moon, Otsutsuki Yuki and the Main Family clashed with the branch family over the Shinobi World, while Black Zetsu secretly set off for Konoha.

• Madara Uchiha awakened his Rinnegan but feared his aging body would keep him from seeing peace in the Shinobi World.
• Madara Uchiha summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, causing it to vanish from the moon and interrupting the Otsutsuki clans' confrontation.
• Otsutsuki Yuki rejected the branch family's demand to destroy Earth, and the branch family elder left after their dispute escalated.
• Madara Uchiha connected himself to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to slow his aging and cultivated White Zetsu using its life energy and Hashirama Cells.
• Madara Uchiha sent the White Zetsu underground to infiltrate the Shinobi World, while Black Zetsu secretly left for Konoha to check on the cook.

Black Zetsu checked on Renye while plotting Kaguya’s return, and war erupted among the Land of Water, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Lightning in the Land of Rain. As Hanzo’s poison failed to hold back the three nations, leaders elsewhere considered their next moves, and Danzō decided Konoha would join the conflict.

• Black Zetsu saw Renye looking unchanged and left to gather White Zetsu for Kaguya’s eventual resurrection.
• After the Third Mizukage declared war on the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning, Hanzo attacked their forces in the Land of Rain.
• Hanzo’s enhanced poison inflicted heavy losses, but the armies of the three great nations soon pushed him into a disadvantageous position.
• Second Kazekage Shamon saw the conflict as an opportunity for the Land of Wind to gain wealth and resources.
• Danzō told Hiruzen that Konoha would enter the war, and Hiruzen left in anger after failing to dissuade him.
• Danzō asked Hiruzen to call Renye over as Hiruzen headed out.

Danzō decided that Konoha would join the war and assigned Renye to hold the battlefield while the Nara Clan Head commanded. Back at Tobirama Senju's residence, Renye secretly learned that Madara had awakened the Rinnegan and planned to visit him.

• Renye read the war report in the Hokage's Office, and Danzō asked whether he should join the fighting.
• Renye said either choice was fine, and Danzō chose to participate, assigning Renye to the battlefield with the Nara Clan Head as commander and ordering the Sarutobi clan to go as well.
• Renye returned to Tobirama Senju's residence, where Tobirama asked whether Madara had contacted him and told him to report any contact.
• White Zetsu secretly delivered Renye a note from Madara saying he had awakened the Rinnegan and including an address.
• Renye hid the note from Tobirama and began imagining inheriting Madara's Rinnegan.

Renye prepared to leave Konoha for the Second Shinobi World War, planning to find Madara along the way. After saying goodbye to Tobirama and Hashirama, he set out with Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and their companion as Konoha’s forces marched to war.

• Danzō summoned Renye and the clan leaders, then organized Konoha’s forces for the war, assigning Nara Motokazu as commander-in-chief and Renye to support the hardest-pressed fronts.
• Danzō asked Renye to ensure victory, and Renye agreed to help Konoha win.
• Renye told Tobirama he would leave for the battlefield, then cooked him a feast and remembered how their relationship had changed since his adoption.
• Three days later, Hashirama wished Renye well as he departed, and Renye looked forward to seeing Madara.
• Renye met Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and their companion on the way to the village gates, where the assembled ninjas received the order to move out.

Renye joined Nara Motokazu and his former comrades as they prepared for war, then slipped away to visit Madara Uchiha. Madara revealed his Rinnegan and told Renye they could begin the Moon Eye Plan.

• Nara Motokazu told Renye he planned to retire after the war, and Renye teased him about spending his days doing nothing.
• Koharu Utatane and the others speculated that Renye and Danzō had a romantic relationship after Renye said he had not met a woman who interested him.
• Renye left the group halfway to the battlefield and hurried toward Madara Uchiha's hiding place.
• A White Zetsu reported Renye's arrival to Madara, who was pleased that Renye had kept his secrets from Tobirama Senju.
• Renye met Madara underground and pretended to be surprised by his Rinnegan.
• Madara explained that the Rinnegan was key to the Moon Eye Plan and told Renye they could implement it.

Renye was ordered by Madara Uchiha to capture the Tailed Beasts, including the Jinchuriki on the battlefield, while suspecting that Madara was monitoring him and weighing whether to reveal the truth. Konoha's troops arrived at the battlefield, prompting the other great nations to consider uniting against Konoha and leaving Hanzo worried about the Land of Rain.

• Madara Uchiha ordered Renye to capture the eight available Tailed Beasts within a year and bring them to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Madara told Renye to seize the Cloud Village's Jinchuriki Bee and Han on the battlefield, then ordered Tobi to keep following him.
• Renye returned to the troops, worried that capturing the Jinchuriki would expose him and that Tobi was watching his actions.
• Two days later, Konoha's forces reached the battlefield, and Nara Motokazu held them back from attacking.
• Ōnoki and the leaders of Mist Village and Cloud Village considered joining forces against Konoha, while Hanzo feared the four great nations would overwhelm the Land of Rain.

Renye joined Konoha’s war against the allied villages and confronted Roshi, the Stone Village’s Four-Tails Jinchuriki, on the battlefield. As Roshi powered up to block Renye’s attack, Renye awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and began casting a genjutsu.

• Nara Motokazu ordered Konoha’s forces to deploy across the battlefields after learning that the Water, Earth, and Lightning nations had agreed to attack.
• Renye was assigned to support the scattered Konoha forces and set out after scouts reported the Stone Village Jinchuriki on battlefield number three.
• Renye arrived at battlefield number four, where Roshi’s magma attacks were killing Konoha ninjas, and saved a chunin by cutting apart a magma fireball.
• Renye used Flying Thunder God to attack Roshi with his tachi, but Roshi countered with his magma tail and increased his Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Renye appeared behind Roshi for a lethal strike, then revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and began using genjutsu.

Renye subdued Roshi and delivered him to Madara Uchiha, who extracted the Four-Tails and killed Roshi. Madara then ordered Renye to capture the Eight-Tails, while Renye suspected Madara was trying to tempt him into betraying him.

• Renye used Jikūshin to overwhelm Roshi with painful illusions, then knocked him unconscious before his tailed-beast chakra could run wild.
• Renye brought Roshi to Madara Uchiha, pretending to be excited about capturing the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Madara used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to extract the Four-Tails from Roshi, killing him as the statue opened one eye.
• Renye tried to leave, but Madara ordered him to bring the Eight-Tails as well and said time was running out.
• Renye agreed to do his best and suspected Madara was deliberately tempting him to commit a crime.

Renye returned to Konoha's camp after killing Roshi and claimed the Four-Tails had rampaged, while Madara remained wary of Renye's interest in the Rinnegan. News of Roshi's death enraged Ōnoki and prompted the Second Raikage to keep B off the battlefield.

• Madara decided not to entrust the Rinnegan to Renye, while Renye considered trying to persuade Madara to abandon the Moon Eye Plan or even using force.
• Nara Motokazu asked Renye about Roshi, and Renye claimed he had killed him after the Four-Tails broke free and rampaged.
• Nara Motokazu accepted Renye's account, sent the explanation to Stone, and told Renye to rest.
• Ōnoki learned that Roshi had died and swore revenge on Renye, rejecting his commander's attempts to calm him.
• The Second Raikage warned B to flee if he encountered Renye, then ordered him to stay off the battlefield.