Chapter Summaries

Neji learned that Mitsunobu and Sota had been revived and was asked to seek Senyo’s help in bringing back his father, Hizashi. Meanwhile, Senyo continued training and considered using Tsunade’s Star of Bonds reward to obtain the Byakugou Seal.

• Neji visited Ao and discovered that Mitsunobu and Sota had returned from the dead.
• Mitsunobu explained that their revival used human clones, Impure World Reincarnation, and Senyo’s intervention, with the Hyuga Clan surrendering the main family’s Byakugan for two revival slots.
• Mitsunobu urged Neji to ask Senyo whether Hizashi could be revived, and Neji agreed to approach him the next day.
• Senyo continued experimenting with Sage Chakra and training Chakra nature transformation, despite feeling exhausted.
• Senyo remembered his unclaimed Star of Bonds reward from Tsunade and considered using it to obtain the Byakugou Seal.

Senyo claimed Tsunade’s bond rewards and learned the Yin Seal, which let him understand how to complete the Byakugou Seal. After training with fifty Shadow Clones and spending the night with Karin, he learned Sasuke had recovered and planned to test Sasuke’s Soul Strength with Yakumo the next day.

• Senyo claimed Tsunade’s first three bond rewards, gaining a Memory Fragment, Chakra, and the Yin Seal.
• Senyo studied the Byakugou Seal scroll and realized that learning the Yin Seal had given him its hardest prerequisite.
• Karin returned from helping the Barrier Team, and Senyo finished bathing before absorbing the experience of his Shadow Clones’ Hidden Mist Technique training.
• Karin massaged Senyo and told him Sasuke had recovered and asked about special training the next day.
• Senyo told Karin to bring Yakumo over the next day to test Sasuke’s Soul Strength.

Senyo returned to the Uchiha training ground, announced that he would not resume the Hokage position yet, and said he would guide the clan as Konoha continued its development. He revealed his engagement to Karin and told the clan to keep his return secret, leaving him set to train clan members at the training ground.

• Senyo arrived at the training ground with Karin and officially announced his return to the gathered Uchiha clan members.
• Senyo said Minato would remain Hokage for now and urged the clan to train for opportunities that might come when the period of peace ended.
• Senyo announced that he and Karin were engaged, and the clan members greeted Karin as the Clan Head's Wife.
• Sasuke realized he would have to call Karin his master's wife, and Naruto laughed at his dismay.
• Senyo told the Uchiha not to reveal his return to outsiders and said he would stay in the clan to guide them.

Karin joined Senyo and Sasuke’s group, where everyone teased Sasuke about calling her “master’s wife.” Senyo then began Sasuke’s special training with an intentionally unfair fight against Kimimaro, leaving Sasuke defeated after the first round and ready to begin the second.

• Senyo led Karin to Sasuke, and she teased him until he loudly called her “master’s wife.”
• Naruto, Shion, Yakumo, and Light joined in and greeted Karin as their master’s wife.
• Senyo gave Sasuke Water of Life and explained that his training would test him against unfair odds.
• Kimimaro defeated Sasuke in the first round of their taijutsu fight, taking his Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and knocking him down.
• Sasuke stood up, retrieved his sword, and demanded that the second round begin.

Senyo trained Sasuke through fights against Kimimaro and Gaara, punishing each defeat by drawing turtles on his face. Meanwhile, Neji asked Senyo to resurrect his father, and Senyo left him to explain why he should.

• Kimimaro defeated Sasuke in close combat, and Senyo healed Sasuke after telling him he had died twice.
• Senyo ordered Haku to draw two turtles on Sasuke’s face and said each loss would add one while each victory could erase one.
• Gaara used sand whips and his Sand Mat to fly high above the field, then chased Sasuke with sand cords until his defeat seemed inevitable.
• Rinto told Senyo that Neji was waiting in the meeting room, so Senyo left a clone behind and went to meet him.
• Neji asked Senyo to resurrect his father, Hizashi, and Senyo said it was possible before asking why he should do it.

Neji agreed to surrender his freedom and become Orochimaru’s experimental subject in exchange for Senyo resurrecting Hizashi. Before reporting to Senyo the next day, Neji visited Tenten for what he feared might be their last meal together.

• Neji agreed to trade his remaining life and freedom for Hizashi’s resurrection after Senyo explained Orochimaru might use him for breeding and living experiments.
• Senyo told Neji to come find him the next day, and Neji decided not to tell Mitsunobu about the sacrifice.
• Neji went to Tenten’s ninja tool store and invited her to eat with him.
• Neji and Tenten left together to buy meat buns and sesame balls, while Neji watched her closely, thinking it might be their last time together.

Senyo tested Sasuke’s growth and soul strength through a series of punishing battles, then agreed to take him to Orochimaru to learn senjutsu. Meanwhile, Neji took Tenten to a restaurant and led her to their old training ground, where he planned to tell her something.

• Sasuke lost a series of matches against Gaara, Naruto, Light, and Shion, and Senyo treated his injuries while turtles were drawn on him.
• Sasuke asked to learn senjutsu through the Engraving Method, and Senyo agreed to take him to see Orochimaru after he rested.
• Yakumo reported that Sasuke’s Soul Strength had reached its limit and that his soul was most active when he lost or had turtles drawn on him.
• Senyo concluded that Sasuke’s provoked growth could help prepare him to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan, though he planned to have Sasuke try senjutsu first.
• Neji took Tenten to a restaurant, told her he had something to discuss, and led her to their old training ground after they finished eating.

Neji told Tenten he could no longer accompany her on missions or meet her, then left her devastated. Senyo revealed that Neji faced a dangerous experiment and persuaded Tenten that marriage could stop him, leaving her declaring she was willing to marry him.

• Neji told Tenten he would not join her next mission and said they probably would not meet again, then hurried away as she cried.
• Senyo emerged from Tenten's shadow and explained that Neji faced an experiment that could kill him or leave him unable to face her.
• Senyo said Neji could avoid the experiment if he married, but claimed he had no one he loved.
• Tenten declared that she loved Neji and was willing to marry him, insisting they were meant for each other.
• Senyo revealed that he had deliberately pushed Tenten toward making things official with Neji, who was old enough to marry under Hyuga Clan rules.

Senyo persuaded Tenten to delay Neji’s agreement with Orochimaru by arranging an early marriage and promising her a chance to study the Flying Thunder God Technique. He secured her parents’ approval and left Tenten waiting for the next steps.

• Senyo convinced Tenten that marrying Neji quickly would prevent Orochimaru’s experiment from reviving Hizashi, and promised to arrange Flying Thunder God Technique studies with Ajisai.
• Tenten agreed to keep the plan secret and took Senyo to meet her parents.
• Senyo told Tenten’s parents that he had come to arrange her marriage to Neji, and they approved after Tenten confirmed she was willing.
• Senyo left after telling Tenten to stay home the next day so someone could pick her up.
• Tenten reassured her mother that the sudden marriage was not a bad thing and said Senyo would arrange for her to study the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Neji agreed to leave the Hyuga Clan and pledge loyalty to Senyo in exchange for Senyo’s help reviving Hizashi. Senyo revived Hizashi with Orochimaru’s help, then arranged medicine for Neji and Tenten’s relationship while worrying about Orochimaru’s lack of emotion.

• Neji told Mitsunobu that Senyo had agreed to revive Hizashi in exchange for Neji’s loyalty, and said he no longer belonged to the Hyuga Clan.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hizashi, and explained to Senyo how the Caged Bird curse affected the body and soul.
• Senyo used the Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique to revive Hizashi, who was confused and was taken aside by Kabuto Yakushi for an explanation.
• Senyo asked Orochimaru for medicine like Thornheart Lotus to help fulfill Uchiha Natsuki’s request involving Neji and Tenten.
• Senyo warned Orochimaru that his emotional detachment might threaten his humanity, and Orochimaru agreed to prepare medicine for Neji to take the next day.

Senyo arranged for Neji and Tenten to be brought together during Orochimaru’s reproductive experiment, while Hizashi adjusted to his resurrection and learned that his son had married. The chapter left Hizashi unaware of the circumstances surrounding Neji and Tenten’s sudden marriage.

• Neji arrived at Orochimaru’s laboratory, underwent examinations, swallowed a drug, and was sent into a room for a reproductive experiment.
• Senyo brought Tenten to the underground facility, showed her the newly resurrected Hizashi, and told her Neji was in the experiment room.
• Tenten took Senyo’s pill, entered Neji’s room, and locked the door as Senyo went to keep Orochimaru occupied.
• Kabuto explained the situation to Hizashi, who accepted that he had been resurrected in a younger body.
• Senyo told Hizashi that Neji and Tenten had married that day, and Hizashi agreed that their childhood friendship had naturally grown into love.

Neji woke beside Tenten after Senyo had arranged for them to be switched, and learned that Hizashi had been revived. Neji and Tenten committed to marrying, then left the laboratory and stayed in the Uchiha guest quarters, where Tenten began telling Neji what had happened.

• Neji woke beside Tenten and realized they had slept together, while Tenten reassured him that she had chosen it willingly.
• Tenten told Neji that Senyo had switched them to thwart Orochimaru and that Hizashi had been revived.
• Neji promised Tenten a wedding and asked her to marry him, and she agreed.
• Neji carried the sore Tenten out of the empty laboratory, where Senyo met them after nightfall.
• Senyo brought Neji and Tenten to the Uchiha guest quarters, warned Neji not to mistreat Tenten, and told them to rest.
• Neji helped Tenten settle in and waited outside while she bathed, then asked her to tell him what had happened.

Sasuke underwent Orochimaru’s dangerous Engraving Method to gain a sage mark that could absorb natural energy. While Sasuke endured the procedure, Senyo rejected the monks’ plea to halt Konoha-fying the land and left the laboratory.

• Sasuke discovered that the turtle drawings on his face and neck had not washed off, and Mikoto and Fugaku teased him about them at breakfast.
• At Orochimaru’s laboratory, Senyo warned Sasuke of the risks, then allowed Orochimaru to proceed with the engraving.
• Orochimaru began engraving the modified curse mark onto Sasuke, whose screams made Itachi worry outside the room.
• Minato told Senyo that Jirō and monks from other temples had come to plead for mercy, but Senyo ordered him to continue with the original plan for Konoha-fying the land.
• Senyo left a Dojutsu Clone in Itachi’s shadow and went out while Sasuke’s procedure continued.

Monks accompanying Jirō gave prayer beads to Konoha residents as the village prepared to reclaim temple land. Meanwhile, Kakashi struggled with his feelings for Rin and his stalled sword training, while Rin admitted she would not be with him unless he could give himself fully to her.

• Monks gave prayer beads to residents around Konoha, and Anbu inspected the beads but found nothing suspicious.
• Kakashi failed to satisfy Hatake Sakumo with his Gathering Spirit Strike practice, and Sakumo urged him to keep going without rushing.
• Kakashi went near Konoha Hospital but left without seeing Rin after Chizuru offered to call her.
• Chizuru told Rin that Kakashi had not been there and urged her to give up on him.
• Rin told Chizuru that she still liked Kakashi but would not be with him unless he could devote himself entirely to her.

Senyo studied the Eight Inner Gates in the Uchiha secret technique library and tested the first three gates on himself before sparring with his Dojutsu Clone. After adapting to the third gate, he decided to seek Might Guy’s advice about the later gates.

• Senyo visited the Uchiha secret technique library and carefully read the Eight Inner Gates manual.
• Senyo opened the first three gates and found that they caused no harm when he did not push his body beyond its limits.
• Senyo went to the Uchiha Training Ground, summoned a Dojutsu Clone, and sparred with it using the third gate.
• Senyo adapted to the third gate during the spar and decided to talk to Might Guy about the later gates.

Kakashi sparred seriously with Might Guy and won by breaking Guy’s nunchaku, though he admitted Guy could have beaten him by opening more of the Eight Inner Gates. Uchiha Senyo then appeared, surprising Kakashi and greeting Guy and Rock Lee.

• Kakashi visited the southern woods and found Rock Lee training while he waited for Might Guy.
• Guy returned, and Kakashi challenged him to a spar with a short sword against Guy’s nunchaku.
• Kakashi used a Lightning Clone and swordsmanship to defeat Guy after Guy opened the Third Gate, breaking his nunchaku and stopping his attack.
• Kakashi said Guy could have won by opening the Sixth Gate, and an unseen voice joked that all Eight Gates could kill him in one blow.
• Uchiha Senyo appeared in the woods, and Kakashi greeted him with surprise and delight.
• Senyo greeted Guy and asked whether Rock Lee was the student Guy had taken in.

Senyo discovered that Rock Lee’s relentless training had left him dangerously depleted and sent Kakashi to have Shizune examine him. While they were at the hospital, Senyo asked Guy to demonstrate the later Eight Inner Gates and began opening the Fourth Gate himself; the chapter left Rock Lee’s medical results in Kakashi’s hands as they returned to Senyo.

• Senyo noticed Rock Lee’s poor nutrition and old injuries, then ordered Kakashi to take him to Shizune for a full examination.
• Senyo told Guy he wanted to study the Eight Inner Gates, and Guy demonstrated opening the gates through the Sixth Gate.
• After observing Guy’s Chakra and technique, Senyo opened the Fourth Gate and charged at him to spar.
• Shizune found Rock Lee’s body depleted from constant training and warned that he risked sudden death and lasting loss of potential without rest and nutritional supplements.
• Kakashi took Shizune’s examination results and medical instructions and brought Rock Lee back to Senyo.

Senyo fought Might Guy to a stalemate, then helped Rock Lee understand the need for rest and nutrition. After arranging for Lee to earn money at Orochimaru’s laboratory, Senyo left when Orochimaru warned that Sasuke was failing.

• Kakashi returned with Rock Lee and found Senyo and Might Guy exchanging taijutsu blows, with Senyo blocking Guy’s Morning Peacock before calling a halt.
• Senyo and Guy agreed to continue their training the next day, and Senyo extinguished the fires left by their fight with a Water Release technique.
• Kakashi gave Senyo Rock Lee’s examination results, which showed that Lee’s overtraining had caused hidden injuries and inadequate growth.
• Senyo and Guy told Rock Lee to rest and improve his nutrition, and Senyo arranged for Lee to earn compensation by being experimented on at Orochimaru’s laboratory.
• Senyo asked Kakashi about Rin, then left after Orochimaru warned him that Sasuke was failing.

Senyo killed Sasuke to stop a failed senjutsu engraving, then revived him with the Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique and Karin’s life energy. Sasuke recovered, learned why the attempt had failed, and reunited with a relieved Itachi.

• Senyo arrived as Sasuke’s senjutsu markings drained his life, and Orochimaru explained that the engraving was failing because there was not enough natural energy.
• Senyo killed Sasuke to collapse the markings, then used the Spirit Transformation Technique and Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique to draw Sasuke’s soul back into his body.
• Minato brought Karin, whose life energy helped Senyo revive Sasuke.
• Sasuke woke and learned from Senyo that senjutsu was difficult to master and that Light and Naruto had advantages he lacked.
• Sasuke thanked Karin as his master’s wife, and Itachi entered and promised to protect him; Sasuke vowed to protect Itachi in return.

Senyo took Karin out to eat and wander through Konoha, then ran into Nohara Rin while disguised and decided to ask her about Kakashi’s unusual reaction. Rin recognized Karin before Senyo and sent Chizuru back to the hospital so she could speak with them.

• Senyo left Orochimaru’s lab with Karin and said he would find a way to provide the natural energy Sasuke needed for his senjutsu seal.
• Shion paid for the tempura Karin had eaten and left the shop with her wallet empty.
• Senyo and Karin wandered through Konoha, sharing fried potatoes and candied strawberries.
• Senyo spotted Nohara Rin and called out to her while disguised.
• Rin recognized Karin, told Chizuru that a friend had come to see her, and sent her back to the hospital.