Chapter Summaries

Senya used Izanagi and a borrowed Sharingan to rewrite the Sage Chakra in Orochimaru’s body into normal Chakra. After restoring his own eye, he told Orochimaru the problem was solved.

• Senya promised to help Orochimaru find a path to immortality and prepared to treat his Sage Chakra-corrupted body.
• Senya removed his right eye, replaced it with a three-tomoe Sharingan, and activated Izanagi.
• Senya used Izanagi to change the Sage Chakra in Orochimaru’s body into normal Chakra.
• Senya removed the borrowed Sharingan, restored his own eye, and assured Orochimaru that the problem was solved.

Orochimaru returned to his original body, gaining greatly increased Chakra and the prospect of healing his soul. Senya offered to let him research in Konoha under strict conditions, and Orochimaru agreed to stay and work for the village.

• Orochimaru used Living Corpse Reincarnation to enter his original body and awoke with increased Chakra, a younger body, and a slowly healing soul.
• Senya warned Orochimaru against coveting his forbidden technique and said he could destroy the body he had restored.
• Senya offered Orochimaru permission to research Hashirama Cells and Impure World Reincarnation using subjects from Konoha Prison, provided he stayed in Konoha and behaved.
• Orochimaru accepted Senya's conditions and asked for generous research funding, which Senya approved as long as the work produced results.
• Orochimaru settled into the prospect of conducting research in Konoha, leaving Senya to suspect he would now defend the village from anyone seeking to destroy it.

Senya explained the Sharingan’s evolution, the Mangekyō Sharingan’s powers, and its blindness drawback to Orochimaru. He revealed that Hashirama Cells injected into his body could prevent the drawback, leaving Orochimaru bewildered.

• Senya explained that using Izanagi cost the user the light in the eye, and Orochimaru examined the now-white Sharingan.
• Senya described how extreme grief caused an Uchiha’s Sharingan to evolve and showed Orochimaru his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Senya explained that the Mangekyō granted personal ocular techniques and Susanoo, but weakened with use until it went blind.
• Senya said Uchiha Madara had overcome blindness by replacing his eyes with his brother Uchiha Izuna’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Orochimaru guessed Senya intended to test the method on Itachi and Sasuke, but Senya denied it and revealed that Hashirama Cells from Root could replenish ocular power and prevent blindness.

Senya told Orochimaru the Uchiha Stone Tablet’s account of Kaguya, Hagoromo, and the brothers Indra and Asura, explaining the shared origins of the Uchiha and Senju clans. Orochimaru connected that lineage to his research on the Sharingan and Hashirama’s Sage Body, then wondered if the Akatsuki leader with the Rinnegan was the Six Paths Sage’s illegitimate son.

• Senya explained that the Uchiha and Senju clans descended from the brothers Indra and Asura, sons of the Six Paths Sage Hagoromo.
• Senya recounted how Indra and Asura competed for Hagoromo’s succession, how Asura won with the villagers’ support, and how Indra’s descendants became enemies of Asura’s descendants.
• Orochimaru concluded that the Uchiha and Senju shared an origin and that their inherited powers came from the Six Paths Sage.
• Orochimaru connected the Mangekyō Sharingan and Hashirama’s Sage Body to ways of preserving the Sharingan’s light.
• Orochimaru asked if the Akatsuki leader with the Rinnegan could be the Six Paths Sage’s illegitimate son, startling Senya into spraying water.

Senya revealed to Orochimaru that the Akatsuki's public leader was likely a puppet and agreed to provide him with deceased Uchiha clan members' Sharingan for experiments, while forbidding him from using Senya's or Tsunade's blood. Later, Senya went home with Shizune to help her train, and she tricked him with a supposed glowing snake.

• Senya told Orochimaru that Pain was likely a puppet and allowed him to experiment with the Sharingan of deceased Uchiha clan members.
• Senya refused to let Orochimaru use his or Tsunade's blood but suggested that other people's blood could be used if obtained legitimately.
• Senya and Orochimaru independently settled on Itachi as a potential source of blood for Orochimaru's experiments.
• Shizune invited Senya home to help her train the Puppet Shuriken Technique, and he spent the afternoon instructing her.
• Shizune claimed she would show Senya a glowing snake, then revealed that she had tricked him and prepared a room lit with a purple glow.

Senya gathered Hinata, Shino, and Hayate at a training ground to begin guiding them, while Hinata struggled with her shyness. Sasuke then arrived with Itachi and demanded that Senya take him as a disciple.

• Tsunade and Shizune moved back into the Senju Clan's ancestral residence, while Senya agreed to train Hinata, Shino, and Hayate.
• Hinata, Shino, and Hayate arrived at the training ground with their fathers, who left them in Senya's care.
• Senya healed Hinata after she blushed, turned away, and crashed into a tree, then told Hayate he would teach him swordsmanship.
• Sasuke rushed in and asked Senya to become his teacher, complaining that Itachi gave him too much homework and insisting Senya was stronger.

Itachi punished Sasuke for misbehaving, and Sasuke awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan during the beating. Sasuke asked Senya to train him so he could surpass Itachi, while Senya planned to take the other children around Konoha and begin training the next day.

• Itachi pinned Sasuke down and repeatedly smacked him for his rude behavior, while Senya and the others watched.
• Sasuke awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan as he cried and glared at Itachi.
• Sasuke asked Senya to take him as a student so he could become stronger than Itachi, and Senya agreed to train him with the other three children.
• Itachi carried the injured Sasuke home, and the brothers misunderstood what each other was thanking Senya for.
• After Sasuke learned he had awakened the Sharingan, Itachi took him away, and Senya announced a fun outing for the remaining children before training began the next day.

Senya spent the day showing Hayate, Shino, and Hinata around the village, paying for Hayate’s medicine and buying Shino insects. When he discovered Hinata was still hungry after ramen, he took her to a barbecue restaurant and carefully cooked for her, leaving her touched by his kindness.

• Senya paid for Hayate’s expensive medicine and arranged for future purchases to be charged to the Uchiha account.
• Senya bought Shino every kind of insect at a breeding shop and told him about the Kamizuru Clan, prompting Shino to ask questions.
• After dinner, Senya heard Hinata’s stomach growl and realized the ramen had not filled her.
• Senya took Hinata to an Akimichi clan barbecue restaurant and ordered two portions of everything except the vegetable dishes.
• Senya grilled and served Hinata meat while describing each cut, and she ate eagerly.
• Hinata felt Senya’s sincere care for the first time and began to open her heart to him.

Senya brought Hinata home after a day together, sharing a warm moment with her along the way. Hinata returned to her family in high spirits, while Hanabi asked to join her training with Senya, reigniting Hiashi’s jealousy.

• After Senya grilled meat for Hinata, she shyly fed him a piece of watermelon, and they left the restaurant together.
• When Hinata sneezed in the cold, Senya draped his coat over her and walked her to the Hyuga residence.
• Senya said goodbye to Hinata with a gentle head pat, making Hiashi seethe despite keeping his stern expression.
• Hiashi led Hinata inside and asked about her day; she happily recounted her time with Senya.
• Hanabi complained about training alone and asked Hinata to let her join Senya’s training, prompting Hinata to promise she would ask.
• Hiashi grew jealous again and went to punch a training post, while Hinata took Hanabi to their bedroom.

Senya put Hinata, Shino, Hayate, and Sasuke through a practical combat exercise, challenging them to land a hit on his Shadow Clone. After Hayate organized a coordinated attack, the students trapped the clone and launched a sword technique, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Senya set up a recliner and drinks, then told his students they could rest in the shade if they hit his Shadow Clone before noon.
• Hinata, Shino, Hayate, and Sasuke attacked without coordination, and Senya's Shadow Clone disarmed or evaded them while burning Shino's Kikaichū.
• Hayate gathered the others and devised a plan to combine Hinata's Gentle Fist, Sasuke's shuriken, Shino's Kikaichū, and his sword attack.
• Hinata and Sasuke attacked while Shino's Kikaichū surrounded the Shadow Clone, but the clone dodged behind Hinata and tapped her as she retreated from the insects.
• Hayate spotted the Shadow Clone's opening, created two Shadow Clones, and used Body Flicker to launch Konoha-Style Swordsmanship—Crescent Moon Dance from three directions.

Senya’s Shadow Clone outmaneuvered Hayate and the others, then used the Hatake Clan’s secret taijutsu on Sasuke. Senya told Sasuke the experience had strengthened his Sharingan slightly, leaving Sasuke pleased despite his humiliating defeat.

• Hayate’s sword strike nearly hit Senya’s Shadow Clone, which had used steel wire and the sunlight’s glare to defend itself.
• The Shadow Clone explained that it had recognized Hayate’s real body by sensing its distinct killing intent.
• Sasuke charged the Shadow Clone, which dodged his punch and used the Hatake Clan’s Taijutsu Secret Technique of Konoha—Thousand Years of Death.
• Sasuke was sent flying and cried over the attack, while Senya wondered whether the shock might awaken his Sharingan.
• Senya claimed the attack had strengthened Sasuke’s ocular power, and Sasuke examined his reflection and believed his eyes looked redder.

Senya finished testing the four children and began tailoring lessons for them. He taught Hayate a spatial sword technique and directed Shino toward cultivating huge, poisonous swarms of Kikaichū, leaving Shino eager to strengthen his clan.

• Senya ended the children's ability tests, gave them drinks and boxed lunches, and watched Hinata eat six lunches.
• Senya told Hayate that his Bloodline Disease limited his ninjutsu and offered to teach him spatial perception and a personal sword art.
• Senya demonstrated Swallow Return, a sword technique that made one swing produce three slashes, and explained how Hayate could combine it with Transparent Release.
• Senya asked Shino whether he wanted to cultivate stronger individual Kikaichū or larger numbers, and Shino chose to build a vastly larger swarm.
• Senya advised Shino to use poisons and Chakra of different attributes to screen and breed Kikaichū, prompting Shino to plan to discuss the costly approach with his father.

Senya gave Hinata a long-range archery training plan based on her Byakugan, then showed Sasuke the power of Uchiha ninjutsu in a genjutsu and told him to master all five nature transformations. Sasuke left excited to become stronger and make the Uchiha proud.

• Senya reassured Hinata about her Byakugan and explained that her unusually long range made her suited to archery and long-range combat.
• Senya gave Hinata a bow and arrows, urging her to use her vision and ability to perceive the human body to attack enemies from afar.
• Sasuke demanded to hear his training plan, and Senya pulled him close and ruffled his hair until he apologized.
• Senya trapped Sasuke in a genjutsu and showed him destructive ninjutsu and a towering black armored giant.
• Senya told Sasuke to learn ninjutsu across all five nature transformations, and Sasuke resolved to become stronger and make the Uchiha proud.

Senya visited Tsunade at the Senju ancestral estate, where he discovered that Hashirama’s Wood Release furniture slowly absorbed Chakra from the air. Tsunade showed him a letter from her grandfather, the Daimyo, inviting her to visit and offering support to Konoha; Senya promised to accompany her, and the two ended the evening together in the study.

• Senya went to the Senju ancestral estate to visit Tsunade and Shizune, then examined the wooden furnishings with his Sharingan.
• Senya discovered tiny blue Chakra particles attaching themselves to the Wood Release furniture and considered creating a natural Chakra energy source.
• Tsunade showed Senya a letter from her grandfather, the Daimyo, who invited her to visit and offered financial support for Konoha.
• Tsunade explained that she had avoided the Daimyo’s Mansion because ministers had tried to arrange political marriages for her, and Senya promised to accompany her.
• Senya and Tsunade went into the study together, while Shizune heard them from outside and decided to leave them alone.

Senya and Tsunade attended a meeting at the Daimyo's Mansion, where tax minister Akihiro tried to use Senya's intervention and Tsunade's outburst against them. The chapter ended with Senya rising to confront Akihiro and his sons.

• Senya and Tsunade left village affairs with Shizune and Hyuga Hiashi before traveling to meet Daimyo Ashihiko.
• Ashihiko greeted Tsunade as his granddaughter, but Senya explained that her duties as Hokage came first.
• Akihiro struck the tea table and accused Senya of interrupting Tsunade's private conversation.
• Tsunade smashed the tea table and challenged Akihiro for interfering in her private affairs.
• Akihiro accused Senya of insubordination, and Senya laughed before standing to face Akihiro and his sons.

Senya revealed that he was Tsunade’s man, surprising the Daimyo and unsettling Tax Minister Akihiro. As the Daimyo showed concern for Tsunade and asked to speak privately with her and Senya, Akiryo raised the unresolved question of succession.

• Senya declared that he had the right to speak for Tsunade because he was her man, and Daimyo Ashihiko approved of their relationship.
• Finance Minister Kagitsuki Ken welcomed Senya as Tsunade’s future husband, while Akihiro blamed his son Akiryo for their humiliating predicament.
• Senya sensed that Ashihiko’s life force was nearly spent, and Ashihiko silently confirmed that he had summoned Tsunade to discuss his successor.
• Tsunade comforted Ashihiko by linking arms with Senya and saying she was happy to have found her partner.
• Ashihiko dismissed the others and asked to speak privately with Tsunade and Senya, but Akiryo insisted they settle the succession question.

Obito and Tobi manipulated Yagura into ordering Kirigakure to invade the Land of Fire, while Obito prepared to use the conflict to further his plans. As the fleet neared the eastern coast, Obito's anger over Senya and Kakashi’s words about Rin fueled his anticipation of war.

• Tobi reported that Senya and Tsunade had reached the Daimyo's Mansion, and Obito took control of Yagura’s office through his disguise.
• Yagura ordered Kirigakure’s ninja forces to attack Konoha, claiming the war would redirect the village’s bloodline-limit tensions.
• Mei Terumi and Ao questioned the timing of the attack, while Suikazan Fuguki welcomed the prospect of fighting Konoha.
• Kirigakure’s forces sailed west and attacked the eastern coast of the Land of Fire, where Obito and Tobi arrived ahead of them.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Nagato supported the operation and that Kakuzu and Hidan would arrive the next day; Obito dismissed him and returned to the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito recalled Senya and Kakashi mocking his feelings for Rin, destroyed the Kamui Dimension’s surroundings with Wood Release, and then watched Kirigakure’s fleet approach the coast.

Kakuzu and Hidan slaughtered Konoha’s coastal guards while carrying out a commission for the Mizukage, and Kakuzu revealed their connection to the Akatsuki Organization to Mei Terumi. Kirigakure’s forces launched a surprise invasion inland, catching Konoha unprepared.

• Kakuzu killed a Hyuga clan branch-family ninja and took his intact corpse for the Bounty Brokerage.
• Hidan tortured a captured Konoha ninja through his Jashin ritual, angering Kakuzu by damaging the other corpses.
• Kakuzu and Hidan were surrounded by Kirigakure ninja, and Kakuzu identified the Akatsuki Organization as war support hired by the Mizukage.
• Kakuzu killed two Kirigakure Genin who attacked him, then left after warning Mei Terumi not to interfere with his task.
• Mei Terumi recognized Kakuzu as the famed Bounty Hunter and realized he had joined the Akatsuki Organization.
• Over a thousand Kirigakure ninja advanced inland as Suikazan Fuguki and Ao captured two other coastal guard posts, leaving Konoha caught off guard.

Kushimaru Kuriarare’s Kirigakure force attacked Konoha’s eastern coastal camp, but Konoha repelled the assault while suffering heavy casualties and losing most of its supplies. A second attack by two Black Cloud Pattern enemies devastated another defensive line, and Shiosui Nara concluded that the attackers might be Kage-level as reinforcements were still two days away.

• Kushimaru Kuriarare led a surprise assault on the camp, but Konoha’s ninjas, led by Hayama Shirakumo and Maruboshi Kosuke, forced the surviving Kirigakure troops to retreat.
• Shin'nosuke Sarutobi learned that 1,024 ninjas remained and the destroyed warehouse left them with only three days of supplies; Hayama Shirakumo said reinforcements would arrive in two days after Genma Shiranui, Namiashi Raidō, and Iaishi sent word using the Flying Thunder God Formation Technique.
• A dying ninja warned Shin'nosuke Sarutobi, Hayama Shirakumo, Maruboshi Kosuke, and Shiosui Nara that two enemies with Black Cloud Patterns had breached a defensive line.
• The four found more than twenty dead chunin and several missing bodies; Maruboshi Kosuke stayed to guard the line while Shin'nosuke and Hayama went to protect the other defenses.
• Shiosui Nara examined the battlefield and inferred that one enemy used a scythe and cursed techniques while both wielded immense strength, possibly reaching Kage level.

After Kirigakure attacked the eastern border, Hyuga Hiashi ordered Konoha into combat readiness and organized reinforcements for multiple fronts. As troops departed and families left farewell letters, Kakashi asked Hiashi to let him go to the eastern front.

• Kabuto received an urgent intelligence scroll reporting that Kirigakure had attacked the Land of Fire’s eastern coast with nearly a thousand ninja, and he delivered it to Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hiashi declared Level Two combat readiness and assigned Orochimaru to lead the eastern reinforcement force with Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sarutobi clan, and civilian ninja.
• Hiashi dispatched Jiraiya west, assigned Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and Yamanaka Inoichi to the northwest, and sent Fugaku and the Uchiha to defend the northeast.
• Konoha’s ninja prepared to depart, and many left handwritten letters for their families, including Jiraiya for Naruto and Fugaku and Itachi for Sasuke.
• Kakashi recalled Rin’s death, wondered whether Obito had started the war, and asked Hiashi for permission to go to the eastern front.