Chapter Summaries

Senyo restored some of Minato’s chakra and helped Minato and Kushina reunite briefly before Minato returned to Naruto’s seal. Afterward, Senyo advised Kushina to approach Naruto carefully so Sarutobi Hiruzen would not discover her intentions.

• Minato accepted that Senyo would look after Naruto and asked Kushina to protect their son from Sarutobi Hiruzen’s deception.
• Senyo unlocked Minato’s bonds, obtained a memory fragment and ten percent of Minato’s chakra, and replenished Minato so he could remain with Kushina longer.
• Minato and Kushina agreed to save Minato’s remaining chakra for important moments, and Minato returned to the seal when Senyo’s Illusionary World ended.
• Kushina’s chakra increased after Senyo’s ocular technique ended, surprising the Nine-Tails, which hinted that it resented how late Kushina had appeared for Naruto.
• Senyo warned Kushina not to approach Naruto by simply announcing that she was his mother, then offered suggestions for meeting him without alerting Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Jiraiya and the Third Hokage discussed the growing foreign threat to Konoha and decided to use the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan to monitor the village. The surveillance uncovered old Explosive Tags in Konoha’s old district, whose design dated back twenty-five years.

• Jiraiya reported that Uchiha Senyo had not contacted Naruto and shared intelligence about foreign forces gathering near Konoha.
• The Third Hokage and Jiraiya agreed that Konoha needed to guard against spies and avoid appearing weak to the other villages.
• The Third Hokage arranged with Hiashi for the Hyuga Clan to take turns monitoring all of Konoha with their Byakugan.
• Hiashi assigned Hyuga Mitsunobu to lead Branch Family members in searching the village’s old and new districts.
• A Hyuga clan member showed Mitsunobu an Explosive Tag from a design used twenty-five years earlier, and Mitsunobu learned that many more had been found in the old district.

Mitsunobu considered using hidden Explosive Tags amid Konoha’s Uchiha conflict, but postponed action and told Sota to monitor Uchiha Senyo. In Sunagakure, Gaara was subdued after another rampage, while Rasa left to gather Gold Dust for the village’s finances.

• Sota showed Mitsunobu a map of hidden Explosive Tags, most of them in Konoha’s old district, and estimated that ninety percent could still be activated.
• Mitsunobu told Sota and the other branch-family members to conceal what they knew, while Sota warned him not to act before the New Bud Plan could begin.
• Mitsunobu decided to postpone using the Explosive Tags, ordered Sota to monitor Uchiha Senyo, and cautioned him not to make the Uchiha an enemy.
• Baki reported that Gaara had lost control again but had been subdued by the Sealing Team, and Rasa called him a failed product.
• Rasa accepted that Sunagakure needed more supplies and told Baki to have Yura send intelligence from Konoha before flying off to pan for Gold Dust.

Mui refused to let Muku open the Box of Ultimate Bliss after Senyo warned that it consumed anyone without Tailed Beast-level Chakra, and Juushi’s death confirmed the danger. Back in the Uchiha compound, Senyo gained new techniques from his bonds with Mui, Muku, and Ryūsetsu, including the Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique, though using it would cost him extra lives.

• Mui rejected the Elders’ demand to have Muku open the Box of Ultimate Bliss and left with Muku and Ryūsetsu.
• A Kusagakure ninja reported that Juushi had been devoured by the box because he lacked enough Chakra.
• Mui learned that Karin and her mother were safe and told Muku and Ryūsetsu to send them supplies until Senyo’s people arrived.
• Senyo’s bonds with Mui, Muku, and Ryūsetsu reached Level Three, granting him Fire Style: Hōzuki Lantern and Fire Style: Heavenly Prison Sealing Technique.
• Senyo unlocked the Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique from Ryūsetsu’s bond and learned that his lack of the relevant bloodline would double its cost.

Senyo visited the crowded Uchiha training grounds and used sparring and instruction to strengthen his bonds with clan members while improving their fighting skills. After collecting and absorbing rewards from the Star of Bonds, he greatly increased his Chakra and ocular power, and resolved to keep growing stronger by protecting the Uchiha Clan.

• Senyo went to the Uchiha training grounds, where clan members welcomed him and gathered to watch him spar with Masataka.
• Senyo used his Mangekyō Sharingan and knowledge from their bond to defeat Masataka in a teaching match, then explained how Masataka could improve.
• Senyo sparred with and coached more Uchiha, raising each person's bond with him to two stars and gaining fourteen rewards over the morning.
• Senyo discovered that Chakra rewards could condense again as a person's reserves grew, then absorbed the second-star rewards he had collected.
• Senyo's Chakra and ocular power increased substantially, and he vowed to protect the Uchiha Clan and grow into a god of the clan and the world.

Senyo spent time at home with Ruri and Zhiyu, then helped Sasuke face Itachi’s departure and begin training. After revealing the political reason Sasuke had been taken to school, Senyo promised to tell him about Naruto if he kept his newly awakened Sharingan secret.

• Senyo shared a meal with Ruri and Zhiyu before Zhiyu carried the sleepy Ruri to bed.
• Fugaku comforted Sasuke, urged him to grow stronger so Itachi could return, and revealed that Senyo also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan and had defeated Itachi.
• Senyo met Sasuke, explained that Sasuke had been a hostage during his fight with Itachi, and urged Sasuke to become strong enough not to be his brother’s weakness.
• Senyo told Sasuke that taking him to school was a political show and that he would stop attending for a while.
• Senyo offered to tell Sasuke about Naruto that afternoon if Sasuke kept his awakened Sharingan hidden, and Sasuke agreed.

Sasuke attended the Ninja Academy after promising Naruto he would, then told him they would not see each other for a long time. Senyo escorted Sasuke home while Jiraiya watched him and grew concerned that the Uchiha were about to act.

• Sasuke arrived at class and reassured Naruto that he had kept his promise to come.
• Senyo stood outside the classroom with Sasuke while Jiraiya watched him and warned that Danzo could not simply be put on trial.
• Sasuke beat Naruto in the high jump and told him he would not be coming to school the following week.
• Senyo carried Sasuke on his shoulders as they left, and Sasuke and Naruto said goodbye.
• Naruto returned to the swing to wait alone while Jiraiya left to discuss Sasuke's absence with the Third Hokage.

Naruto endured hunger and abuse on his way home until a mysterious voice urged him to fight back against the children attacking him. He badly injured their leader before the Anbu stopped him, and he fainted as they rushed the boy to the hospital and notified the Third Hokage.

• Naruto tried to buy rice balls, but the shop owner insulted him and threw a box at his feet after an Anbu signaled him.
• Several children attacked Naruto, knocked him down, and trampled his rice balls while nearby Anbu watched without intervening.
• A mysterious voice encouraged Naruto to fight back, and he threw sand in the leading boy’s eyes before striking him with a stone.
• Naruto repeatedly smashed the boy with the stone until the Anbu grabbed his hand and stopped him.
• Naruto glared at the Anbu with hatred, then fainted as the squad captain ordered the injured boy taken to the hospital and sent Inu Hachi to notify the Third Hokage.

Kushina, calling herself Uzumaki, warned Naruto not to reveal her existence to the Third Hokage and began questioning his trust in him. After Naruto woke, the Third Hokage scolded him for fighting and urged him to forgive his bullies, while Kushina explained that the Anbu had watched Naruto suffer without helping.

• Kushina told Naruto she was his clanswoman, but refused to explain how she had entered his consciousness or controlled his body.
• Kushina warned Naruto not to tell the Third Hokage about her and claimed the Third Hokage had arranged for people to watch him.
• Naruto woke at home and hid Uzumaki's existence when the Third Hokage asked about his fight.
• The Third Hokage told Naruto to forgive the children who had bullied him, gave him money and food, and left.
• Kushina told Naruto he could speak to her in his thoughts and asked whether the Third Hokage's advice to forgive was hypocritical.
• Kushina asked Naruto why the Anbu watched him without helping, then suggested the Third Hokage comforted him afterward so Naruto would feel grateful.

Kushina pushed Naruto to clean his home and begin breaking free from the Third Hokage’s influence, while keeping his parentage secret for now. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage brought a disciplined force of about a thousand unfamiliar ninja into Konoha, and Hyuga Mitsunobu learned more about them.

• Kushina refused to reveal Naruto’s parents until he cleaned his room, and Naruto spent the night tidying it.
• The Third Hokage ordered that anyone who bullied Naruto would be imprisoned, and the villagers resolved to avoid him.
• Senyo emerged from Naruto’s shadow, saw the clean room, and judged that Kushina had begun earning Naruto’s trust.
• The Third Hokage and Jiraiya brought about a thousand unfamiliar ninja into Konoha and arranged for them to settle in the demolished old district.
• Hyuga Mitsunobu had Sota Hyuga investigate the newcomers, who reported that they were highly disciplined, roughly half Chunin, and led by a man named Ryunosuke.

Mitsunobu reported that the Third Hokage had recalled about a thousand fit, powerful shinobi, leading Hiashi and Great Elder Zongzhao to suspect they formed the Hokage’s private army. Fearing the Hyuga Clan could be targeted after the Uchiha fell, Hiashi decided to meet Fugaku and learn the Uchiha’s intentions.

• Mitsunobu told Sota to keep gathering intelligence, then reported the group’s numbers, strength, and lack of family names to Hiashi and Great Elder Zongzhao.
• Hiashi and Zongzhao concluded that the Third Hokage’s growing power could threaten the Hyuga Clan if the Uchiha were destroyed.
• Zongzhao suggested that the Uchiha might be waiting for outside allies or had contacted other ninja villages.
• Hiashi decided to visit Fugaku and probe the Uchiha’s intentions, and Zongzhao urged him to go at once.

Hiashi secretly visited the Uchiha to learn their goals, and Senyo argued that the ninja clans needed to unite against Sarutobi Hiruzen’s long-held power. Senyo revealed evidence of the Sarutobi Clan’s influence and Hiruzen’s wealth, leaving Hiashi with reason to consider cooperating with the Uchiha.

• Hiashi slipped past surveillance and entered the Uchiha Compound, where Sota agreed to conceal his visit.
• Senyo reassured Zhiyu that he would protect her and Ruri before going to meet Fugaku and Hiashi.
• Hiashi asked Senyo what the Uchiha wanted, and Senyo warned that Hiruzen’s power could make Konoha belong to him alone.
• Hiashi shared a report showing that Hiruzen had mobilized more than a thousand people, and Senyo identified them as Sarutobi Clan members.
• Senyo told Hiashi that all property on five named streets belonged to the late Kushina, revealing the scale of Hiruzen’s wealth.

Senyo and Fugaku enlisted Hiashi’s support against the Sarutobi Clan, then waited to see who would expose its strength. Meanwhile, Kushina guided Naruto through breakfast and questioned the books in his room, leaving him eager to learn more about his parents.

• Senyo told Hiashi that the Uchiha needed his support, and Hiashi agreed to handle matters after two days.
• After Hiashi left, Fugaku acknowledged the Sarutobi Clan’s strength, and Senyo said they only needed to wait.
• Naruto woke late and found that Uzumaki had not answered his calls until she scolded him for drinking cold milk.
• Kushina told Naruto that he had taken his mother’s surname and belonged to the Uzumaki Clan, but withheld his parents’ identities until he proved he could keep a secret.
• Kushina made Naruto eat his full breakfast and bento, and Naruto enjoyed feeling full for the first time in a long while.
• Kushina discovered the books the Third Grandpa had brought Naruto and ordered him to throw away the swimsuit and porn magazines.

Kushina encouraged Naruto to train and guided him to confront the bento shop owner who had been putting sand in his food. After Naruto exposed the owner’s lie and smashed the bentos, he tripped the man into a shelf, scattering its goods.

• Kushina prompted Naruto to train by reminding him of his losses to Sasuke, and Naruto exercised by a stream while asking her about his parents.
• Kushina sent hungry Naruto to buy an expensive bento and promised to tell him what his mother looked like if he behaved.
• The bento shop owner secretly put sand in Naruto’s food and denied it when Naruto confronted him.
• Kushina told Naruto to smash his bento and the nearby bentos, and Naruto threw boxes from the shelf onto the floor.
• The owner rushed at Naruto, but Naruto dodged and tripped him into the shelf, knocking bentos and snacks to the floor.

Kushina guided Naruto through confronting a shop owner who had cheated him, and Naruto used the threat of telling the Third Hokage to recover a large sum of money. Kushina then revealed that Naruto’s parents may have left him substantial support, while Naruto headed to Ichiraku Ramen to buy the Grand Slam.

• Kushina controlled Naruto as he wrecked the boxed-meal shop, and Naruto told the Anbu that the owner had put sand in his food.
• Naruto threatened to tell the Third Hokage in front of the gathered villagers, so the Anbu made the owner refund him.
• The owner handed Naruto more than three hundred thousand in bills, and Naruto ran off with the money as the Anbu followed.
• Kushina explained that the Anbu had been watching Naruto and that the Third Hokage had tolerated villagers bullying him.
• Kushina suggested Naruto’s parents had left enough money to provide for him, and Naruto questioned why the Third Hokage had treated him that way.
• Naruto counted his money and excitedly headed to Ichiraku Ramen to order the Grand Slam.

Itachi collected Karin and her mother from Kusagakure and brought them out of the village for the Uchiha. Senyo warned Mui about the Box of Ultimate Bliss and updated Itachi on Konoha’s growing tensions before sending him onward to the Land of Earth.

• Itachi arrived in Kusagakure and told Mui he had come to take Karin and her mother away.
• Mui introduced Itachi to Karin and her mother, and they left with his group for the Uchiha clan.
• Mui read Senyo’s letter warning that opening the Box of Ultimate Bliss would unleash destruction, and resolved not to open it.
• After Karin and her mother continued toward the clan with Tokihito, Itachi told Senyo’s clone they were on their way.
• Senyo told Itachi that Sarutobi Hiruzen had recalled a thousand clansmen, the Hyuga Clan had allied with them, and Itachi should make a conspicuous journey through Four Nations Road to the Land of Earth.
• Senyo told Itachi that Sasuke had learned why he left Konoha and awakened his eye, and promised to care for Sasuke and Izumi.

Senyo gained favor and improved his standing by training Uchiha clansmen while arranging misleading movements to distract Konoha. Orochimaru and Guren came to investigate the Uchiha, but Senyo detected their surveillance and they left before he reached them.

• Senyo guided Uchiha clansmen at the training grounds and built stronger bonds with them, earning approval from Fugaku and Shihu.
• Senyo learned that Itachi’s men had scattered toward the Land of Wind and Land of Earth to lay a false trail for the Third Hokage.
• Orochimaru and Guren arrived near the Uchiha Clan Compound to investigate the Mangekyō Sharingan and the conflict with Konoha.
• Guren used the Telescope Technique to survey the compound, but Senyo noticed her gaze and cracked her crystal ball with a look.
• Orochimaru took Guren toward the village, and Senyo arrived at their former location after they had already left.

Naruto learned about his mother from Uzumaki and drew a picture of her, while Orochimaru and Guren entered Konoha amid a growing influx of spies. The chapter ended with Naruto agreeing to tell the Third Hokage that he had learned about his mother in a dream.

• Naruto ate a Grand Slam at Ichiraku Ramen and paid Ayame before heading home excited to learn about his mother.
• Naruto bumped into Orochimaru and Guren in disguise, apologized, and continued on his way as Jiraiya watched nearby.
• Orochimaru warned Guren that Jiraiya had been monitoring Naruto and said they should return because the show was about to begin.
• Naruto bought drawing supplies and food, returned home, and listened as Uzumaki described his mother's appearance.
• Naruto drew an abstract picture of his red-haired mother, and Kushina told him to say he had dreamed about her if the Third Hokage asked.

Hyuga Mitsunobu secretly gave Fugaku a map of thousands of hidden Explosive Tags that could strike Sarutobi Hiruzen’s forces. After Senyo recognized their origin and potential, he took the map away to plan while Fugaku prepared to consult Elder Shihu.

• Mitsunobu learned that Hiashi had sent letters supporting Fugaku and Shihu as honorary elders, then secretly left the Branch Family compound.
• Mitsunobu infiltrated the Uchiha compound and showed Fugaku a map marking thousands of Explosive Tags across Konoha.
• Mitsunobu said the tags could expose and damage Sarutobi Hiruzen’s forces, while stressing that the main family had no part in his visit.
• Fugaku showed the map to Senyo, who recognized the tags as ones planted by Gen'ō of Kagero Village during the Second Shinobi World War.
• Senyo took the map to consider how to use it and went to sleep, so Fugaku decided to invite Elder Shihu to discuss matters.

Danzo woke after a week unconscious and learned that the Uchiha had attacked him, exposed their Mangekyō Sharingan, and placed a bounty on him. As outside forces gathered near Konoha, he ordered the Gozu Tennō Plan accelerated while the Akatsuki prepared to exploit the growing crisis.

• Danzo awakened in Root's secret hospital ward and learned that Itachi had taken Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan and the Uchiha had launched a counterattack.
• Yamanaka Fu told Danzo that Itachi, Fugaku, and Senyo had revealed Mangekyō Sharingan, while Itachi had defected and placed a five-hundred-million bounty on Danzo.
• Yamanaka Fu reported that Hiruzen had stationed Anbu in Root, recalled personnel, and that Jiraiya had returned as spies and outside factions converged on Konoha.
• Danzo ordered Tōgo to accelerate the Gozu Tennō Plan, told him to obtain Hashirama Cells from Orochimaru, and arranged to meet Hiruzen the next day.
• Zetsu briefed Konan, Kakuzu, and Sasori on Konoha's patrols and the factions waiting outside, and Konan decided to investigate the Uchiha before the Akatsuki acted.