Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu rushed to the Mist Village to protect the Six-Tails Jinchuriki after learning Renye wanted to stop the Moon Eye Plan by killing him. At the Shinobi Alliance camp, the Fourth Mizukage rejected Danzō Shimura’s proposal to sacrifice the Six-Tails and challenged Konoha to protect its own Nine-Tails Jinchuriki instead.

• Madara Uchiha hurried toward the Mist Village, while Black Zetsu sent an army of White Zetsu and went with them to defend the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Danzō Shimura told the Kage that Madara Uchiha planned to gather all the Tailed Beasts and that killing one would stop the Moon Eye Plan.
• The Third Raikage offered to help kill the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, but the Fourth Mizukage asked why they would not sacrifice Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki instead.
• The Fourth Mizukage refused to endanger the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, revealed that he knew the Mysterious Man was Uchiha Renye, and dismissed Konoha’s pretense.
• Danzō Shimura left the tent to inform Renye that his attempt to persuade the Kage had failed.

Fourth Mizukage rejected Danzo’s demand to sacrifice the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and Renye warned that Madara Uchiha might be approaching. Danzo and Renye moved to kill the Jinchuriki by force, but the Mizukage, Tsuchikage, and Raikage blocked them, leaving Renye threatening the three Kage.

• Fourth Mizukage refused Danzo’s proposal to sacrifice the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, while Third Raikage suggested killing the Jinchuriki instead.
• Renye warned Danzo that Madara Uchiha might know their plan and be heading toward them.
• Danzo gathered Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha Ninja to force their way to the Six-Tails Jinchuriki’s tent.
• Fourth Mizukage, Fourth Tsuchikage, and Third Raikage blocked the Konoha group and demanded proof that Madara Uchiha was real.
• Renye told the three Kage to move aside or die.

Uchiha Renye overpowered the Fourth Mizukage and fought his way through Kirigakure forces to reach the fleeing Six-Tails Jinchuriki. He trapped the Jinchuriki with his Mangekyō Sharingan and thrust a kunai toward his heart.

• Uchiha Renye punched the Fourth Mizukage and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Renye told Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi to hold off the Third Raikage and Fourth Tsuchikage while he went after the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Renye awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to tear through the Kirigakure ninja blocking his path.
• The Six-Tails Jinchuriki fled from his tent, but Renye pursued him and threw a katana that he narrowly dodged.
• Renye appeared in front of the Jinchuriki, froze him with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and stabbed toward his heart with a kunai.

Renye tried to kill the Six-Tails Jinchuriki before Madara Uchiha arrived, but White Zetsu and the Shinobi Alliance delayed him. Madara captured the Jinchuriki and extracted the Six-Tails Chakra, while Renye’s plan failed and Shamon realized Madara was truly alive.

• White Zetsu blocked Renye’s attack on the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, then swarms of White Zetsus hindered Renye’s pursuit.
• Renye ordered the Konoha Ninja to stop the Jinchuriki, and the Third Raikage, Fourth Tsuchikage, and Fourth Mizukage rallied their forces to block them.
• Madara Uchiha arrived, grabbed the fleeing Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and knocked him unconscious before summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Renye charged at Madara, but Limbo: Border Jail beat him back until he escaped to Danzo with Flying Thunder God.
• Madara used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to bind the Jinchuriki and extract the Six-Tails Chakra, and Shamon recognized Madara as still alive.

Madara Uchiha captured the Six-Tails and left the Shinobi Alliance, while Renye and the Kage faced the reality that Madara was alive and pursuing the Moon Eye Plan. Madara returned to the cave he once shared with Hashirama and Renye, destroyed its furnishings, and reaffirmed his resolve.

• Madara Uchiha extracted the Six-Tails, rebuked Renye for nearly killing its Jinchuriki, and left the alliance encampment.
• Second Kazekage Shamon ordered the Sand Shinobi to retreat, while Shimura Danzō warned the other Kage that Madara could trap them all in a Genjutsu world.
• Utatane Koharu treated Renye's severe injuries, and Renye told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Madara's declining condition gave them a chance to stall him.
• Madara Uchiha arrived at the cave in the Land of Iron where he had once lived with Hashirama and Renye, then destroyed its tables and chairs with Shinra Tensei.

Madara Uchiha recovered after capturing the Six-Tails and planned to target the Nine-Tails, while Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju prepared Konoha for his attack. Tobirama placed Mito Uzumaki under heavy guard and hoped Hashirama could persuade Madara to abandon the Moon Eye Plan.

• Madara Uchiha summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to stabilize his body and vowed to continue collecting tailed beasts for the Moon Eye Plan.
• Hashirama Senju learned that Madara had captured the Six-Tails, and Tobirama Senju reprimanded Renye for not revealing Madara's purpose sooner.
• Renye described Madara's Rinnegan abilities, including Limbo: Border Jail, as Hashirama and Tobirama considered how to counter him.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Konoha to enter wartime alert and assigned Danzo to spread the warning.
• Tobirama Senju placed Hiruzen, Koharu, Kagami, and Homura in charge of guarding Mito Uzumaki, then told Hashirama to stay with her.
• Tobirama Senju led Renye back into the house after making his preparations.

Renye admitted that he had little chance of defeating Madara Uchiha and that his Mangekyō Sharingan was already damaging his vision. Tobirama Senju proposed researching a way to address the problem, and Renye left to prepare him an elaborate meal while Tobirama began planning an experiment.

• Tobirama Senju asked Renye about his chances of defeating Madara Uchiha, and Renye estimated them at less than thirty percent.
• Renye admitted his distant vision was blurry from overusing his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Tobirama recognized that he risked going blind.
• Tobirama told Renye he had feasible plans to address the eye problem, and Renye eagerly praised him and offered to cook dinner.
• Renye went to the market to buy fresh ingredients while Tobirama wrote down his experimental plans.
• Tobirama considered cultivating a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan from Renye's cells as a way to create Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan without a relative's eyes.

Renye’s relaxed grocery shopping convinced Konoha’s ninjas that he had a plan to stop Madara Uchiha, though he was actually preparing a feast for Tobirama Senju. He warned Kagami Uchiha to watch the Uchiha Hawk Faction, then invited his friends to dinner while keeping the menu reserved for Tobirama.

• Renye bought a large amount of food while imagining himself defeating Madara Uchiha, and villagers mistook his calm shopping for proof he had a countermeasure.
• Kagami Uchiha found Renye and asked about his plan; Renye kept Tobirama Senju’s untested idea secret and learned that his grocery shopping had sparked rumors across the village.
• Renye asked Kagami about the Uchiha Clan, warned him to prevent the clan from joining forces with Madara, and Kagami agreed to increase surveillance.
• Hashirama Senju and the others asked Renye to cook for them, and Renye invited them to dinner and agreed to make extra Lion’s Head for Shimura Danzō.
• Renye refused everyone else’s requests to choose dishes, explaining that he had already bought ingredients for Tobirama Senju’s favorites.

Renye cooked for Tobirama Senju and the others while Tobirama denied having a plan to defeat Madara Uchiha. In the kitchen, Renye fed Shimura Danzō a Lion's Head, and their companions misread the scene before leaving.

• Renye brought Kagami Uchiha home, then cooked while Kagami washed the vegetables and Tobirama Senju researched in the study.
• Hashirama Senju asked Tobirama whether he could defeat Madara Uchiha and begged him to spare Madara's life, but Tobirama refused to promise that.
• Shimura Danzō entered the kitchen to taste Renye's Lion's Head, blushed when Renye held one out to him, and was fed it after Renye impatiently opened his mouth.
• Utatane Koharu, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Kagami Uchiha walked in, misunderstood the scene, and hurriedly left while Renye wondered what had happened.

After a meal at Renye’s house, Tobirama Senju proposed that he and Orochimaru cultivate a Mangekyo Sharingan for Renye. They went to the laboratory to discuss the plan, leaving Renye stunned, while Madara Uchiha prepared to attack Konoha.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi made the others promise to keep secret what they had witnessed between Renye and Shimura Danzō.
• Utatane Koharu misread Renye’s explanation of his long friendship with Danzo as a confession that they had gotten together during the First Shinobi World War.
• Renye served a meal to the gathered Konoha shinobi as Black Zetsu watched and then left to check on Madara Uchiha’s preparations.
• Tobi told Madara Uchiha that Tobirama Senju had arranged protection for the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Madara planned to attack Konoha after recovering.
• Tobirama Senju asked Orochimaru to help cultivate a Mangekyo Sharingan for Renye, and the two went to the laboratory to discuss it.

Renye visited Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru as they began researching how to cultivate Mangekyō Sharingan, using him as their test subject. The experiment’s chances remained unknown, and Renye warned Shimura Danzō that Madara Uchiha might attack within a month.

• Renye followed Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru around the renovated laboratory while they discussed simulating the emotional trauma needed to awaken Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tobirama Senju strapped a chakra-detection helmet onto Renye and scanned his brain and eye pathways as Orochimaru studied the readings.
• Orochimaru drew a large syringe of Renye’s blood for the experiment, then sent him back while he and Tobirama Senju began examining the sample.
• Renye told Tobirama Senju to hurry because he expected Madara Uchiha to attack within a month, but Tobirama Senju could not give him a timeline.
• Shimura Danzō met Renye outside the laboratory, and Renye told him the experiment’s success was uncertain and to prepare for the worst.

As Madara Uchiha prepared to attack Konoha, Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru cultivated a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan for Renye, while the revived Three-Tails fled into the deep sea. The experiment’s eyes were still growing when Tobi appeared in the laboratory and Renye seized him.

• Madara Uchiha ordered Tobi to keep White Zetsu watching Konoha and searching for the Three-Tails as he recovered with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Black Zetsu observed Madara Uchiha’s plans, while the Three-Tails revived in the deep sea and fled farther down to hide from him.
• Two weeks later, Renye found that Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru had cultivated a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan, though the eyes still needed time to develop and their success was uncertain.
• White Zetsu appeared in the laboratory, and Renye grabbed it by the neck before Tobi identified himself and begged him to wait.

Renye and Konoha rejected Madara Uchiha’s offer to take only half of the Nine-Tails’ chakra, while Hashirama hoped his friend could still be spared. After three days of preparation, Madara launched his invasion of Konoha to retrieve the Nine-Tails.

• Tobi delivered Madara Uchiha’s offer to extract half the Nine-Tails’ chakra from Mito Uzumaki, but Tobirama Senju rejected it and Renye learned Tobi did not know when Madara would attack.
• Renye worried that the experiment in the laboratory might fail, while Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru assured him Konoha could stop Madara.
• Hashirama Senju asked Renye whether he could persuade Madara to abandon his plan and whether Konoha could spare his life, and Renye promised to do his best.
• Tobi reported Konoha’s refusal to Madara, who decided to use force and ordered Tobi to prepare the White Zetsu army for the Nine-Tails retrieval plan.
• Three days later, Madara broke his chakra transmission tube and led countless White Zetsu soldiers underground toward Konoha.

Madara Uchiha attacked Konoha to seize Nine-Tails chakra, and the village’s strongest ninja struggled to counter his Rinnegan abilities. After Madara’s Shinra Tensei flattened the village entrance, Renye and Tobirama Senju faced the scale of his power.

• Shimura Danzō told Renye that White Zetsus had appeared, and Konoha evacuated nearby civilians and prepared its defenses.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Konoha’s ninja to protect Mito Uzumaki and search for Madara Uchiha while Renye followed him.
• Madara entered Konoha openly, defeated the ninja who confronted him, and demanded Nine-Tails chakra from the assembled defenders.
• Tobirama Senju and Renye attacked Madara, but Limbo: Border Jail struck Tobirama and Madara absorbed Renye’s Susanoo attack.
• Madara countered Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Hatake Sakumo, then used Shinra Tensei to blast away the assembled ninja; Renye rescued Tsunade and Jiraiya from its range.
• Tobirama Senju looked over the flattened village entrance and asked Renye whether Madara’s Rinnegan had always been so strong.

Madara Uchiha overwhelmed Tobirama Senju and Renye as he pursued Nine-Tails Chakra in Konoha. He left Renye battered in the rubble and told the Konoha Ninja to stay put while he gathered the chakra.

• Tobirama attacked Madara with the Flying Thunder God Technique, Water Severing Wave, and Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, but Madara blocked and countered them.
• Madara seized Tobirama with Banshō Ten'in and prepared to pierce him with a Yin-Yang Release black rod.
• Renye appeared and broke the black rod with his tachi, but Madara attacked him with four Limbo shadows and shattered his Susanoo.
• Madara used Banshō Ten'in to pull Renye close, choked him, and slammed his head into the rubble before pinning him underfoot.
• Madara said he would leave after gathering some Nine-Tails Chakra, while Tobirama tried to stop him and Renye called after him.

Renye used his right-eye dojutsu to temporarily strip Madara of the Rinnegan, but he and Tobirama still failed to stop him. After Madara left for the Senju Clan Compound, Renye revealed that the revived Three-Tails gave them one last chance to thwart the Moon Eye Plan.

• Renye activated Hachiman, temporarily removing Madara's Rinnegan abilities and making his four shadows disappear.
• Renye and Tobirama attacked Madara, but he defeated them and pinned them to the ground with Black Rods before heading to the Senju Clan Compound.
• Madara spared Renye and Tobirama, while Tsunade and the medical ninjas tended to the wounded Konoha Ninja.
• Renye told Tobirama to let Madara take part of the Nine-Tails chakra and said he had not given up because one tailed beast remained uncaptured.
• Renye revealed to himself that his summoning contract with the revived Three-Tails was still active and planned to summon and kill it after Madara left.

Madara Uchiha defeated the defenders at Hashirama Senju's residence and took half of the Nine-Tails' chakra from Mito Uzumaki. He rejected Hashirama's plea to abandon the Moon Eye Plan and left Konoha as Tobirama Senju and Renye arrived.

• Madara Uchiha overwhelmed Shimura Danzō and the other defenders, then confronted Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki in their courtyard.
• Mito Uzumaki agreed to hand over the Nine-Tails' chakra, and Madara Uchiha promised to extract only half of it.
• Madara Uchiha summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which extracted the Yin Nine-Tails while the Yang Nine-Tails remained sealed inside Mito Uzumaki.
• Hashirama Senju asked Madara Uchiha to abandon the Moon Eye Plan, but Madara rejected his appeal and left the residence.
• Tobirama Senju and Renye arrived as Madara Uchiha walked out, and Madara briefly glanced at Renye's blinded right eye before continuing on.

After Madara Uchiha defeated Renye and devastated Konoha, Renye and the others prepared to stop him before the Three-Tails revived, hoping a Mangekyo experiment would restore Renye’s sight and give them a chance to fight. The chapter ended with Renye anxiously waiting for Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru’s experiment to succeed.

• Renye admitted that he and the others could not defeat Madara Uchiha, and revealed that using his right-eye ability had blinded him.
• Tobirama Senju said he and Orochimaru had cultivated a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan from Renye’s cells, while Shimura Danzō prepared to alert the other villages about the Three-Tails.
• Tobirama Senju went to the laboratory as Konoha began rebuilding and Jonin from the villages searched for the Three-Tails.
• The search parties found no trace of the Three-Tails, and Renye concluded that its chakra remained dormant and Madara Uchiha had not discovered it.
• Renye accepted that killing Madara Uchiha was now their only option, but worried that the plan would fail if the Mangekyo experiment did not succeed.

Madara Uchiha ordered the White Zetsu to search water sources for the Three-Tails as his health worsened from overusing the Rinnegan. In Konoha, Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru successfully cultivated a Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Renye eager to transplant the eyes and gain the strength to stop Madara.

• Madara Uchiha coughed up blood, explained that using the Rinnegan had strained his aged body, and ordered Tobi to search lakes and oceans for the Three-Tails.
• The White Zetsu began searching water sources across the Shinobi World for the missing tailed beast.
• Tobirama Senju summoned Renye to the laboratory as the Mangekyō Sharingan cultivation experiment neared completion.
• Tobirama Senju examined the newly cultivated eyes and confirmed that they showed no problems, though the transplant would determine whether the experiment had truly succeeded.
• Renye celebrated the result and anticipated transplanting the eyes so he could confront Madara Uchiha.

Renye received a successfully cultivated Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and became confident he could stop Madara Uchiha. After learning of Renye’s new eyes, Madara remained committed to his plan and ordered Tobi to find the Three-Tails quickly.

• Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru transplanted the cultivated Mangekyo into Renye and ordered him to keep his eyes bandaged for three days.
• Renye felt the power of the Eternal Mangekyo and decided he could defeat Madara without killing him.
• Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru celebrated the successful experiment and considered mass-producing Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Danzō, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the other Konoha leaders visited Renye, who assured them he could stop Madara.
• A White Zetsu reported Renye’s new eyes to Tobi, who carried the news to Madara.
• Madara acknowledged Renye’s increased threat but ordered Tobi to find the Three-Tails as soon as possible.