Chapter Summaries

After Renye ended the war in the Land of Rain, the defeated villages withdrew and Hanzo pledged Amegakure’s loyalty to him. Konoha’s forces began their return home, and Hanzo was stunned by the contents of Renye’s parting scroll.

• Renye threatened the Cloud and Mist commanders to send delegations to Konoha to discuss compensation, then ordered them to withdraw.
• Hanzo of the Salamander arrived, thanked Renye for saving Amegakure, and pledged the village’s loyalty to him.
• Renye declined Hanzo’s victory banquet and gave him a scroll, telling him to open it after Konoha had left the Land of Rain.
• Motoharu Nara led Konoha’s forces home as the war ended, and Hanzo opened the scroll after they disappeared.
• Hanzo read the scroll’s contents and reacted with shock.

Renye returned to the Land of Rain and recruited Hanzo to help capture the tailed beasts, while Konoha welcomed the victorious troops and Danzo asked after him. Black Zetsu secretly watched Renye, believing he was helping prepare for Kaguya’s resurrection.

• Orochimaru told Renye that Tsunade was with Danzō and that Jiraiya had stayed in the Land of Rain to teach three orphans.
• Renye considered Jiraiya’s work with the orphans and worried about Madara and Black Zetsu’s plans.
• Black Zetsu watched Renye from the shadows and believed Renye was helping capture the tailed beasts for Kaguya’s resurrection.
• Three days later, Hiruzen, Koharu, Homura, and Kagami welcomed the troops back to Konoha, and Danzo immediately asked where Renye was.
• Orochimaru told Danzo that Renye had returned to the Land of Rain to look for Jiraiya.
• Renye asked Hanzo to help him capture the tailed beasts, and Hanzo agreed while White Zetsu watched them.

Madara ordered Renye to capture the tailed beasts, beginning with the One-Tail next month, while Renye planned to delay the work. After Renye left, Madara selected Kagami Uchiha as a potential pawn for the Moon Eye Plan.

• White Zetsu reported Renye’s battlefield killings and his plan to enlist Hanzo of the Salamander, and Madara ordered Renye kept under close watch.
• Renye met Madara and explained that he had recruited Hanzo to help capture the tailed beasts.
• Madara ordered Renye to capture one tailed beast each month and specified that he wanted the One-Tail next month.
• Renye agreed outwardly but planned to slow the captures over time to let Madara’s body weaken.
• After Renye left, White Zetsu gave Madara a roster of Uchiha clan members, and Madara chose Kagami Uchiha as a promising candidate.

Renye returned to Konoha and explained his absence to Shimura Danzō and Tobirama Senju, claiming he had gone to find Jiraiya in the Land of Rain. After Danzō accepted the explanation and discussed the war, Tobirama remained suspicious, so Renye tried to win him over by asking if he was hungry.

• Shimura Danzō questioned Renye about why he had not returned with the main force, and Renye said he had gone to find Jiraiya in the Land of Rain.
• Renye described Jiraiya teaching three orphans, and Danzō reluctantly accepted his explanation despite suspecting he was lying.
• Renye complained about the rainy battlefield, and Danzō promised to choose a sunnier battleground in a future war.
• Renye left war reparations for Danzō to negotiate and returned to Tobirama Senju's mansion.
• Tobirama Senju doubted Renye's story, so Renye asked him if he was hungry.

After returning from seeing Madara Uchiha, Renye cooked for Tobirama Senju and received scrolls of forbidden jutsu. Hashirama Senju recognized Madara’s aura on Renye and learned that Renye had seen Madara, but Renye refused to reveal where Madara was hiding.

• Renye returned and prepared a lavish meal for Tobirama Senju, who then gave him scrolls of forbidden jutsu to study and deliver to Danzo.
• Renye went home and found Hashirama Senju waiting for him in the courtyard.
• Hashirama Senju smelled Madara Uchiha’s aura on Renye and pressed him about whether he had seen Madara.
• Renye admitted that he had seen Madara but refused to disclose his location, saying Madara had forbidden him to tell Hashirama.
• Hashirama Senju blamed Madara’s refusal to meet him on his own past exposure of Madara’s fake death, while White Zetsu secretly overheard them.

Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki arranged for nearly a hundred Uzumaki clan children to study in Konoha, and Danzo organized their admission and safe passage. After the children arrived, Renye wondered whether Kushina Uzumaki was among them and planned to check the school himself.

• Hashirama Senju failed to learn Madara's whereabouts from Renye, and Mito Uzumaki comforted him.
• Mito Uzumaki showed Hashirama Senju a letter asking Konoha to educate nearly a hundred Uzumaki clan children, and Hashirama agreed to help.
• Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki brought the request to Tobirama Senju, who approved it and told Renye to deliver the letter to Danzo.
• Danzo agreed to arrange the children's admission and sent shinobi to escort them to Konoha.
• The Uzumaki children arrived in Konoha, and Renye wondered whether Kushina Uzumaki was among them.

Renye convinced Shimura Danzō to visit the Ninja Academy so he could find Kushina Uzumaki. After confirming she was there, he left without making any request, while Danzō remained suspicious of his motives.

• Renye talked Shimura Danzō into visiting the Ninja Academy, claiming the Hokage should show more interest in its students.
• Renye admitted he had come to find Kushina Uzumaki, and Shimura Danzō led him to the headmaster’s office.
• Renye spotted the new Uzumaki students training together, and the dean brought Kushina to meet them.
• Kushina worried she had been summoned because her fight with a classmate had been discovered, while Shimura Danzō watched Renye warily.
• Renye said he had no business with Kushina now that he had seen her, but Shimura Danzō continued to question him.

Kushina Uzumaki left her meeting with Hokage-sama and met Minato Namikaze, who apologized for his classmates giving her a nickname. Renye watched the two become acquainted, then argued with Shimura Danzō about their romantic prospects.

• Shimura Danzō awkwardly smiled at Kushina, frightening her, and Renye teased him about it.
• Kushina returned to class and told the Uzumaki students that Hokage-sama and Renye had called her in for no clear reason.
• The Uzumaki students surrounded Minato when he appeared outside their classroom, but Kushina stepped forward to confront him.
• Minato apologized on behalf of his classmates for giving Kushina a nickname, and the two introduced themselves.
• Renye watched Minato and Kushina meet, then bantered with Danzō about marriage before Danzō returned to his office.

Renye left Konoha to capture tailed beasts, planning to stall Madara’s Moon Eye Plan while delaying a confrontation. After learning the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was old and isolated in Takigakure, Renye infiltrated the village and found his guarded dwelling.

• Renye decided to rest before hunting tailed beasts and resolved to delay Madara for two more years before revealing the truth.
• Renye left Konoha under the cover of a long-term mission, with Shimura Danzō covering for him.
• White Zetsu told Renye that the nearest target was Takigakure’s aging Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, who was being kept isolated while the village sought a successor.
• Kakuzu sensed an ominous presence at the Gold Exchange and killed the bounty hunters nearby before deciding to stay indoors.
• Renye disguised himself as Madara Uchiha, infiltrated Takigakure, and located the courtyard where the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was guarded.

Renye captured Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and brought her to Madara, who extracted Chomei and urged Renye to keep collecting the remaining tailed beasts. Renye promised to continue, while privately leaving their plans open to change.

• Renye defeated the guards protecting the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and used Jikūshin to stop the elderly woman from transforming.
• Renye knocked the woman unconscious, carried her past Takigakure’s terrified shinobi, and escaped without a fight.
• Renye delivered the Jinchuriki to Madara, whose Demonic Statue extracted the Seven-Tails and opened another eye.
• Madara praised Renye and demanded that he bring another tailed beast within a month.
• Renye removed his mask, promised to gather the tailed beasts, and privately resolved to adapt as circumstances changed.

Renye admitted to Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had captured the Jinchuriki of several villages, while foreign envoys arrived in Konoha demanding an explanation. Renye planned to delay capturing the remaining tailed beasts, unaware that the delegations were waiting to confront him.

• The One-Tail, Two-Tails, Five-Tails, and Seven-Tails Jinchuriki disappeared, prompting the villages to suspect Konoha was secretly capturing tailed beasts.
• The other villages blamed Konoha and sent envoys to demand answers, while Kirigakure concealed that the Three-Tails had vanished years earlier.
• Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected Renye was responsible after connecting the disappearances to his missions and the masked Uchiha reported by Takigakure.
• Renye sunbathed at home and planned to delay capturing the remaining tailed beasts, hoping to buy time before revealing the truth to Grandpa Madara.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Renye about the disappearances, and Renye openly admitted that he had captured the tailed beasts.

Envoys confronted Shimura Danzō and the Uchiha over claims that Uchiha Clan Members had abducted their villages’ Jinchuriki, but no one could provide evidence. Renye denied seeing the missing Jinchuriki and sent the envoys away, then told the Mist Envoy to strengthen their Jinchuriki’s protection.

• Shimura Danzō demanded evidence from the envoys accusing Uchiha Clan Members of capturing Jinchuriki, and they admitted they had none.
• Uchiha Tanaka denied that his clan had abducted the Jinchuriki and challenged the envoys to provide proof.
• The envoys asked to see Uchiha Renye, who entered and calmly denied seeing their missing Jinchuriki.
• Renye dismissed the envoys, then told the Mist Envoy to warn the Mizukage to strengthen protection for the Jinchuriki.

Renye revealed that he had killed the tailed-beast Jinchuriki and claimed he captured the beasts to fulfill Madara Uchiha’s plan for peace. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō suspected Madara had manipulated him, while Renye’s real motives remained hidden.

• After Tanaka Uchiha left, Shimura Danzō demanded to know why Renye had captured the tailed beasts.
• Renye admitted that he had killed the Jinchuriki and that the tailed beasts had died with them, shocking Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Renye claimed he had eliminated the beasts because other villages owning them was dangerous, but Danzō saw through the excuse.
• Renye said he had captured the tailed beasts to achieve peace in the Shinobi World, following Lord Madara’s plan to gather all nine.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō realized Renye was still in contact with Madara Uchiha and suspected Madara had coerced or manipulated him.

Renye pretended to support Madara Uchiha’s Moon Eye Plan while secretly trying to gain his trust and buy time to stop it. After hinting to Tobirama Senju that he had a plan, Renye left Konoha, leaving the others unsure whether he had truly defected.

• Renye defended the Moon Eye Plan to Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi, while a White Zetsu monitored him and reported his words to Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha heard that Renye had professed loyalty to him and began to believe Renye genuinely supported the plan.
• Renye insisted to Tobirama Senju that Madara’s plan was right, while privately planning to delay the capture of the Tailed Beasts and eventually reveal the truth.
• Renye told Tobirama to wait a year, removed his forehead protector, and vanished from the Hokage’s Office.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked whether Renye had defected, while Tobirama Senju and Shimura Danzō wondered what Renye’s words had meant.

Tobirama Senju sent Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi to search for Renye, while Renye settled underground with Madara Uchiha after leaving Konoha. Renye tried to grow closer to Madara and waited for the chance to claim his Rinnegan, but Madara grew wary of Renye’s strange attention.

• Tobirama Senju accepted Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s theory that Renye had a hidden plan and ordered them to search for him, especially in the Land of Water.
• Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi followed Tobirama Senju toward Kirigakure, while Renye’s plan to make capturing the Six-Tails difficult began to unfold.
• Renye complained to Madara Uchiha about being discovered and leaving Konoha, but Madara told him he should have left long ago.
• Renye stayed in Madara Uchiha’s underground hideout, chatted with him, and prepared his meals while hoping to inherit his Rinnegan.
• Madara Uchiha noticed Renye’s expectant gaze and became concerned that Renye might disrupt his plan.

Madara Uchiha urged Renye to capture the Six-Tails, and Renye went to the Land of Water expecting the mission to fail. Tobi discovered that Kirigakure was guarded by forces from the Five Great Nations, leaving Renye sunbathing on the coast as it reported the danger.

• Renye served Madara Uchiha grilled fish, and Madara reminisced about his time with Hashirama before ordering Renye to capture the tailed beasts.
• Renye agreed to pursue the Six-Tails while planning to delay the mission and hoping the Three-Tails would not revive soon.
• Three days later, Renye saw Kirigakure’s reinforced coastal patrols and sent Tobi inside to scout the village.
• Tobi found Tobirama Senju, Shamon, and other forces from the Five Great Nations gathered in Kirigakure to guard the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Tobi returned to Renye, who was sunbathing behind a reef, and began describing Kirigakure’s defenses and personnel.

The nations gathered in Kirigakure to guard the Three-Tails and Six-Tails Jinchuriki, suspecting Konoha of secretly taking tailed beasts. Renye waited until night, then walked openly toward the heavily guarded camp, leaving Tobi stunned.

• The newly appointed Fourth Mizukage challenged Tobirama Senju, while Shamon defended Konoha to avoid provoking its overwhelming power.
• Shamon concluded that Uchiha Renye and other Uchiha were behind the tailed-beast captures but kept his suspicions to himself.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō expected Renye to come for the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, while Renye spent the day sunbathing with Tobi.
• Renye reached the brightly lit shinobi camp at night and saw that the Six-Tails Jinchuriki was guarded in its innermost tent.
• When Tobi asked for Renye's plan, Renye denied having one and strode openly toward the camp.

Renye confronted the Allied Shinobi Forces camp and announced the Moon Eye Plan, prompting the Kage to realize the tailed beasts were its key requirement. When the Kiri shinobi attacked, Renye charged into their ranks and began cutting them down.

• Tobi realized Renye had no plan beyond attacking the camp and abducting the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The Kage confronted Renye, and Renye revealed that gathering the tailed beasts would let him carry out the Moon Eye Plan.
• Tobirama Senju and the other Kage recognized that protecting the remaining tailed beasts could prevent the plan from succeeding.
• The Fourth Mizukage ordered the Kiri shinobi to capture Renye, and the Fourth Tsuchikage and Third Raikage sent their forces to support them.
• Renye dodged the incoming attacks and killed a shinobi with a stolen longsword.

Renye battled the Shinobi Alliance, using brutal attacks and Fire Style to keep the nearly thousand-strong force at bay while planning to fake exhaustion and escape. The Alliance’s elite Jonin surrounded him after believing his chakra was nearly depleted, and Shimura Danzō worried for his safety.

• Renye cut down the Alliance’s attackers and snapped the neck of an Iwagakure ninja who tried to ambush him.
• Renye planted an explosive tag on the corpse and threw it into the crowd, causing casualties and scattering the Alliance.
• Renye countered a barrage of weapons and ninjutsu with Fire Style: Majestic Annihilation, then used the steam-covered battlefield to attack the crowd.
• Renye deliberately left an opening to make the Alliance think his chakra was running low so he could escape without arousing Grandpa Madara’s suspicion.
• Dozens of elite Jonin surrounded Renye, and Shimura Danzō clenched his fists in concern.

Renye fought off the Shinobi Alliance Jonin while pretending to be exhausted, hoping to delay the capture of the Six-Tails and return to base injured. He let three kunai hit him, and the Alliance rushed to attack as Danzō watched in alarm.

• Renye dodged and deflected the Jonin's attacks, then counterkilled two Kumogakure Jonin who had charged him.
• Renye faced a growing number of attackers and decided to take an injury before escaping, while continuing to avoid using his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Renye repelled a Kirigakure Jonin wielding Kubikiribōchō and flicked the huge sword away.
• A Jonin threw three kunai at Renye; he pretended not to react and let them pierce his shoulder, back, and arm.
• Danzō warned Renye, drawing suspicious looks from the nearby Kage, while the Alliance Jonin celebrated the hit and surged toward him.