Chapter Summaries

Renye convinced Tobirama Senju to help stop Mito Uzumaki from arranging his marriage, and Tobirama succeeded. Mito then turned her attention to Shimura Danzō, who discovered Renye's strategy for avoiding a match was to claim he liked men.

• Renye told Tobirama Senju he did not want to marry, and Tobirama agreed to explain his decision to Mito Uzumaki.
• Tobirama Senju persuaded Mito Uzumaki to let Renye remain unmarried, though Mito remained angry about both men rejecting marriage.
• Hashirama Senju suggested Mito focus on Shimura Danzō, and Mito decided to bring women to meet him the next morning.
• Mito Uzumaki arrived at Shimura Danzō's home with several young women, and Danzō recognized the setup Renye had predicted.
• Shimura Danzō opened Renye's strategy pouch and found instructions to tell Mito Uzumaki that he liked men.

Shimura Danzō used Renye’s advice to stop Mito Uzumaki from arranging a blind date by claiming he liked men, then named Renye as the man he liked. Mito accepted the claim and hurried off, while a White Zetsu witnessed the exchange.

• Mito Uzumaki brought young women to arrange a blind date for Shimura Danzō, but he claimed he liked men instead.
• Mito believed Danzō and dismissed the young women after they promised to keep his secret.
• Mito pressed Danzō to reveal who he liked, and he named Renye to support his bluff.
• Mito concluded that Danzō and Renye were secretly together and left without pursuing the blind date.
• A White Zetsu watched the entire exchange from nearby.

Black Zetsu and Tobi told Madara Uchiha that Renye liked men, then revealed that Renye and Danzo had traveled through time using the Dragon Vein. After Madara ordered them to keep monitoring Renye and his pawns, Tobirama confronted Renye over what he had said to Danzo.

• White Zetsu reported that Renye and Danzo had seemed unusually close, prompting Black Zetsu and Tobi to speculate that Renye liked men.
• Black Zetsu summoned Madara Uchiha with an improved Impure World Reincarnation, and Madara learned that his plans for the pawns were progressing.
• Madara asked whether Renye had been acting strangely, and Black Zetsu and Tobi told him that Renye liked men, shocking him.
• Madara learned that Renye and Danzo had used the Dragon Vein to travel to another spacetime, then ordered Black Zetsu to monitor them and the pawns.
• Tobirama Senju rushed to Renye and demanded to know what Renye had said to Danzo after Tobirama's sister-in-law scolded him over Danzo's failed matchmaking session.

Utatane Koharu told Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others that Danzo liked Renye, and they speculated that the two were already together. The group vowed to keep the rumor secret, while Renye headed to Danzo’s residence, wondering why Tobirama Senju had been so angry.

• Utatane Koharu revealed that Mito Uzumaki had told her Danzo liked Renye.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kagami Uchiha, Motoya Nara, and Yuki Hyuga reacted with shock and wondered whether Renye knew about Danzo’s feelings.
• Utatane Koharu speculated that Renye and Danzo had gotten together during a trip they took alone.
• Utatane Koharu warned everyone to keep the matter confidential, and they agreed not to let Renye or Danzo find out they knew.
• Renye headed toward Danzo’s residence after Tobirama Senju chewed him out, wondering what Danzo had said to Mito Uzumaki.

Renye confronted Shimura Danzō about using him as a shield to escape marriage pressure, while their friends mistakenly concluded the two were lovers. After learning Mito Uzumaki would keep the secret, Renye stopped worrying about appearances, and he and Danzō relaxed together in the courtyard.

• Renye visited Danzō to ask whether he had followed the strategy pouch, and Danzō pulled him inside to talk.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, Kagami Uchiha, and Motoya Nara saw the two enter the compound and assumed they were secretly together.
• Danzō told Renye that he had named him as the person he liked when Mito urged him to marry.
• Renye realized his own advice had led Danzō to use him as a shield and worried that the rumor would spread.
• Danzō assured Renye that Mito would not tell anyone, and Renye decided he had no reason to act suspicious.
• Renye and Danzō lay down beside each other in the courtyard to sunbathe.

Renye celebrated his thirty-sixth birthday with his family and friends as Konoha’s leaders and clans had changed over the past three years. The gathering ended with Orochimaru questioning Jiraiya about his frequent absences, while Renye suspected Jiraiya was searching for the Child of Prophecy.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi became the Fourth Hokage after Shimura Danzō retired, and Kagami Uchiha took over as Uchiha patriarch after Tanaka retired.
• Tobirama Senju brought Renye a birthday cake, while Renye cooked the birthday meal and Tsunade came to the kitchen to help and sneak food.
• Renye asked Tsunade when she and Kato Dan would marry, and Tsunade challenged Renye about why he had not found a wife.
• Orochimaru asked Jiraiya why he had spent so little time in the village, and Jiraiya said he had personal business without explaining further.
• Tsunade joked that Jiraiya was probably visiting other villages to spy on bathhouses, and Jiraiya embarrassedly recalled being caught by the Uchiha Security Force.

Jiraiya told Renye and Orochimaru that he had found the Child of Prophecy, Nagato, and made him his disciple. Renye and Tobirama discussed how Nagato’s Rinnegan was fake, while Black Zetsu learned that Jiraiya had told them about the eyes and remained confident Madara could still be resurrected.

• Jiraiya revealed that he had met Nagato, a child with the Rinnegan, and believed him to be the Child of Prophecy.
• Jiraiya explained that Nagato and his two companions planned to transform Amegakure, and Renye asked him to tell Hanzo to protect them.
• Renye dismissed Jiraiya and told Orochimaru and Tobirama that Madara’s Rinnegan had been replaced with fake eyes to prevent his resurrection.
• Black Zetsu learned that Jiraiya had told Renye about Nagato and decided the Rinnegan’s existence still meant Madara could eventually return.

Hashirama Senju told Renye that Mito Uzumaki’s health was failing, and Renye accepted that he could do nothing to change her illness. The chapter ended with Renye and Tobirama Senju teasing each other about their very different daily routines.

• Hashirama Senju confided in Renye that Mito Uzumaki was getting worse and Tobirama Senju had found no way to help her.
• Hashirama Senju asked Renye to visit Mito more often because she had been asking about him.
• Tobirama Senju checked that Renye would not react to Mito’s illness by doing anything extreme, and Renye said illness and death were normal.
• Renye asked why Tobirama Senju spent so much time in the laboratory, and Tobirama Senju criticized Renye for spending his days sunbathing.
• Renye and Tobirama Senju traded remarks about Renye’s relaxed retirement and Tobirama Senju’s research before Tobirama Senju felt like hitting him.

Black Zetsu recruited Uchiha Lie Feng to control the banished Three-Tails while continuing to pursue its plan to free Kaguya Otsutsuki. As Mito Uzumaki’s health failed, she released the Nine-Tails’ seal and began arranging matters for her family, leaving Hashirama Senju planning to rely on Renye for meals.

• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Lie Feng to use his Mangekyō dōjutsu to control the banished Three-Tails, and Lie Feng warned it not to deceive him.
• Black Zetsu visited Renye and looked forward to Kaguya Otsutsuki enjoying his cooking after her release.
• Months later, Mito Uzumaki’s condition worsened, and she called Tsunade and Nawaki to her bedside.
• Mito asked Renye to release the Nine-Tails before she died, and the Nine-Tails restrained its chakra instead of immediately escaping.
• Mito told Hashirama Senju to take care of himself and find Renye for meals, and Hashirama said he would bring Tsunade and Nawaki too.

Mito Uzumaki died after the Nine-Tails broke free from her seal, and Renye promised to care for Hashirama. After her funeral, Renye returned to the plaza and confirmed that he would let the Nine-Tails leave.

• Mito Uzumaki asked Renye to look after Hashirama, then died as the Nine-Tails shattered her seal and escaped.
• The Nine-Tails appeared in the plaza, and Tobirama Senju ordered it to be quiet while Renye went to handle Mito's funeral.
• Tsunade and the Uzumaki clan mourned Mito at her funeral.
• Renye returned to the plaza after the funeral, and the Nine-Tails asked whether he would really let it go.
• Renye confirmed that he would release the Nine-Tails and joked about turning it into a zoo attraction.

Renye released the Nine-Tails and Three-Tails from Konoha after making the Nine-Tails sign a summoning contract, then wondered what hidden plan Madara Uchiha had left behind. Meanwhile, Uchiha Lie Feng considered following Black Zetsu’s Moon Eye Plan in hopes of resurrecting his deceased loved ones.

• Renye made the Nine-Tails sign a summoning contract and let it leave Konoha for the Land of Fire.
• Renye freed the Three-Tails, which explained that its Tailed Beast Bomb had accidentally hit Renye and the others while it was attacking Kirigakure ninja.
• Renye wondered what hidden card Madara Uchiha had prepared and considered asking Kagami Uchiha whether any clan members had disappeared.
• Black Zetsu urged Uchiha Lie Feng to carry out the plan, and Lie Feng decided he wanted to try the Moon Eye Plan to resurrect his loved ones.

Renye summoned Madara Uchiha to take him to the future and show him that the Moon Eye Plan was a scam, while Black Zetsu devised its own plan to travel across spacetime. The chapter ended with Madara preparing to release the Impure World Reincarnation before Renye explained his purpose.

• Renye dismissed the idea that suspicious Uchiha members had hidden Madara's Rinnegan after checking their disappearances and battle deaths with Kagami Uchiha.
• Renye told Shimura Danzō he planned to take Madara Uchiha to the future so he could witness the truth of the Moon Eye Plan, and Danzō agreed to go with him.
• White Zetsu overheard Renye and Danzō's plan and reported it to Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu decided to travel to a spacetime where the Moon Eye Plan had succeeded and bring that era's mother back, while Tobi eagerly agreed to follow Renye across spacetime.
• Renye used the Impure World Reincarnation in a deserted forest to summon Madara Uchiha, who accused him of humiliation and prepared to release the jutsu.

Renye took Madara Uchiha to Roran to travel through time and show him the future, while Black Zetsu and Tobi secretly followed. They arrived in an unknown era and heard explosions nearby.

• Renye stopped Madara Uchiha from canceling the Impure World Reincarnation and persuaded him to travel to the future to see the Moon Eye Plan.
• Madara Uchiha agreed to go, while Black Zetsu secretly planned to find its mother and Tobi followed, puzzled by everyone’s confidence in the plan.
• Renye, Shimura Danzō, and Madara Uchiha asked the Queen of Roran to unseal the Dragon Vein.
• Black Zetsu and Tobi slipped into the Dragon Vein after the three travelers, and the Queen sealed it without noticing them.
• The travelers arrived in an unknown era, and distant explosive tags drew their attention.

Tobirama Senju and his six bodyguards were cornered by Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s pursuing Hidden Cloud forces, and Tobirama named Hiruzen Sarutobi the next Hokage before volunteering as a decoy. As the group prepared to part, Madara Uchiha’s voice interrupted them, revealing that he and the others had been watching from hiding.

• Tobirama Senju sensed twenty Hidden Cloud pursuers closing in and explained that Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s elite forces were hunting them.
• Kagami Uchiha said someone had to act as a decoy, and Hiruzen Sarutobi volunteered before Shimura Danzō insisted he would do it instead.
• Tobirama Senju overruled them, declared that Hiruzen Sarutobi would be Hokage starting tomorrow, and told him to protect and train the village’s future leaders.
• Madara Uchiha watched with Shimura Danzō and Renye from concealment, while Renye disappeared without Madara noticing where he had gone.
• Tobirama Senju refused to let his juniors serve as decoys, but Madara Uchiha interrupted the farewell by speaking from a tree above them.

Renye appeared before Tobirama Senju and his companions as they fled the Cloud Ninja, then revealed that he had come to help when Kinkaku and Ginkaku's forces caught up with them. He knocked Ginkaku flying with one blow, leaving Kinkaku and the others shocked by the gap in strength.

• Tobirama Senju and the others confronted Renye, who revealed his Three Tomoe Sharingan and said he had no ill intentions.
• Renye told the group that their crisis had arrived as the Kinkaku Force appeared, led by Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku dismissed Renye and prepared to attack while Kinkaku's elite ninja blocked Tobirama Senju and the others from escaping.
• Ginkaku charged Renye with the Seven-Star Sword, but Renye knocked him into a tree with a single blow.
• Ginkaku blamed the hit on a sneak attack, while Renye calmly pointed out the difference in their strength.

Renye faced Ginkaku after Ginkaku transformed with Nine-Tails Chakra, calmly turning aside his furious attacks and revealing that Ginkaku was no match for him. Renye awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, killed Ginkaku with a single swift strike, and walked toward Kinkaku.

• Ginkaku, enraged by Renye's dismissive attitude, transformed with Nine-Tails Chakra and charged at him.
• Renye blocked Ginkaku's attacks with his tachi while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others watched anxiously.
• Renye taunted Ginkaku for fighting wildly, then revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and announced that their fight was over.
• Renye moved faster than Ginkaku could see and severed his head with a single sword strike.
• Ginkaku's transformation faded as he died, and Renye walked toward Kinkaku without looking back.

Renye killed Ginkaku and the Cloud Ninjas who attacked him, then chased down and killed Kinkaku. After leaving Tobirama Senju and his companions behind, Renye lingered in the era with Madara Uchiha and Shimura Danzō, worrying Black Zetsu.

• Madara Uchiha wondered how Renye had grown stronger without training, while Kinkaku realized Renye could kill him and began retreating.
• Renye warned the Cloud Ninjas that Kinkaku was abandoning them, then used his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo to slaughter them.
• Renye chased after Kinkaku, while Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Kagami Uchiha discussed Renye's power and waited for him to return.
• Shimura Danzō declined Madara Uchiha's suggestion to greet Tobirama, and Tobirama eventually led his companions back toward the village.
• Renye killed Kinkaku, then left with Madara Uchiha and Shimura Danzō without meeting Tobirama's group again.
• Madara Uchiha complained that Renye was wandering instead of leaving the era, while Renye told him to enjoy life and Black Zetsu anxiously watched them.

Renye, Madara Uchiha, and Danzo arrived in a timeline on the eve of the Fourth Great Ninja War, where Madara watched Konoha’s forces depart, confident in the Moon Eye Plan. Meanwhile, Kabuto Yakushi offered Obito Uchiha an army of reanimated Akatsuki members and the real Madara Uchiha, and Obito agreed to cooperate.

• Renye and Danzo entered Konoha and learned that the Fourth Great Ninja War was about to begin in a different timeline.
• Madara Uchiha stayed atop Hokage Rock and declared to Hashirama Senju that the Moon Eye Plan would soon succeed.
• Black Zetsu and Tobi learned that this timeline’s Madara might help resurrect their Mother, and Black Zetsu stopped Tobi from interfering.
• Kabuto Yakushi found Obito Uchiha in a cave and proposed joining forces against the Shinobi Alliance.
• Kabuto Yakushi summoned reanimated Akatsuki members and then revealed Madara Uchiha, shocking Obito.
• Obito agreed to cooperate with Kabuto but insisted that he would remain in command.

Renye and Shimura Danzō joined the Shinobi Alliance’s logistics department after Tsunade recruited them over Renye’s grilled fish. As the alliance assembled in Kumogakure to protect Naruto Uzumaki and Killer B, Madara Uchiha watched and believed his Moon Eye Plan was close to success.

• Renye grilled fish at the Konoha camp, attracting Tsunade, who recruited him and Danzō into the logistics department.
• Renye introduced Danzō to Tsunade as “Tuantuan,” and Danzō agreed to join partly to get back at Renye.
• Renye and Danzō began preparing meals for Tsunade instead of going to the battlefield.
• The Shinobi Alliance assembled in Kumogakure and organized nine divisions to protect Killer B and Naruto Uzumaki.
• Madara Uchiha watched the alliance and concluded that it could not stop him, expecting the Moon Eye Plan to succeed.

Renye grew tired of cooking at headquarters and left for the battlefield with Shimura Danzō. Tsunade found the cookhouse empty and suspected the Fourth Raikage had taken them.

• The Fourth Raikage asked Renye to bring him meals, and Renye agreed.
• Tsunade warned the Raikage not to harbor plans to take Renye to Kumogakure, but the Raikage denied it while privately planning to poach him.
• Renye told Shimura Danzō he wanted to go to the battlefield, and Danzō agreed to accompany him.
• Renye and Danzō packed their cooking utensils and slipped away from the cookhouse.
• Tsunade arrived expecting food, found the cookhouse empty, and accused the Fourth Raikage of abducting Renye and Danzō.