Chapter Summaries

Senyo visited the recovering Karatachi Yagura and learned that Yagura had come to Konoha expecting to die, but now wanted revenge on Uchiha Obito. Senyo planned to help restore Kirigakure’s strength and asked about Zabuza, the Kaguya Clan, and Kisame Hoshigaki.

• Senyo told Sister Zhiyu that the Uchiha and Konoha would have a period of peace, while Ruri asked Sister Zhiyu to keep staying with her.
• Senyo visited Karatachi Yagura, who had recovered from Amaterasu’s burns and admitted he had come to Konoha expecting not to return.
• Karatachi Yagura said he wanted revenge after discovering that Uchiha Obito had controlled him and destroyed Kirigakure, and Senyo explained Obito’s identity and conflict with Konan.
• Senyo told Yagura that his survival and strength could help Kirigakure recover, then asked about Zabuza and the Kaguya Clan.
• Yagura said Zabuza had come with him after being pardoned and that Mei Terumī had likely wiped out the rebellious Kaguya Clan; Senyo said he would handle Kisame Hoshigaki’s side and told Yagura to head back.

Senyo and Fugaku attended a Konoha high-level meeting where Sarutobi Hiruzen announced punishments for Shimura Danzō and the Uchiha Clan. The meeting then turned to the Hyuga Clan’s role in the Explosive Tag attack, leaving Hiashi defending his clan against accusations of a cover-up.

• Senyo and Fugaku arrived at the Akimichi Clan meeting venue and joined Konoha’s leaders and clan representatives.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen stripped Shimura Danzō of his positions and dissolved Root, while Senyo asked whether Konoha intended to keep shielding him.
• Senyo accepted Hiruzen’s announcement without protest, unsettling Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen held the Hyuga Clan responsible for failing to detect the Explosive Tags, and Hiashi blamed Hyuga Mitsunobu for intercepting surveillance reports.
• Hiruzen cited information from Mitsunobu alleging that the Hyuga main family suppressed the reports, but Hiashi called the accusation an attempt to sow discord.

The Third Hokage punished the Hyuga Clan and offered the Uchiha honorary Elder seats and a restored Security Force, but Uchiha Senyo rejected the offer and pursued control of the Ninja Academy. With Takashi Tamura resigning and no elders opposing him, Senyo claimed the principal position.

• The Third Hokage stripped Hyuga Hiashi and Muneaki Hyuga of their honorary Elder positions, then offered the vacant seats to Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Senyo and restored the Uchiha Security Force to thirty squads.
• Senyo said the Uchiha did not want the Security Force restored and proposed that an Uchiha become principal of Konoha Ninja Academy, citing the safety of Uchiha children.
• Senyo challenged the current principal, Takashi Tamura, who resigned after seeing support for Senyo among the clan elders.
• Senyo announced his candidacy for principal, and when nobody objected, declared that the position was his.

Senyo used the threat of the bounty on Danzō and the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki to force the Third Hokage to accept the Uchiha Clan’s position, then coordinated an alliance with Karatachi Yagura. After the meeting, Fugaku distributed the Security Force’s thirty squad slots among other clans, surprising the Third Hokage’s faction.

• The Third Hokage accepted the thirty-squad expansion and raised concerns about the bounty on Shimura Danzō, but Senyo defended it and invoked the danger of losing control of the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Senyo used his consciousness to observe Karatachi Yagura, who showed Zabuza and Jūzō Biwa his powerful Water Mirror Clone and announced an alliance with the Uchiha Clan.
• After the meeting ended, Senyo went with Elder Guisi to the academy while Fugaku called Hiashi, Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza aside.
• Fugaku offered the other clans all thirty Security Force squad slots and asked Hiashi to coordinate their allocation.
• The Third Hokage’s faction was surprised to learn that the Uchiha Clan had given up control of the Security Force positions.

Senyo visited the damaged Ninja Academy with Elder Guisi while Sota returned home and found Mitsunobu’s hidden letter and scrolls. Mitsunobu’s revelations left Sota grieving and revealed the New Bud Plan as the Branch Family’s remaining hope.

• Senyo accompanied Elder Guisi through the damaged Ninja Academy and met Iruka in the principal’s office.
• Hideto Hyuga and Kenichi Hyuga searched Mitsunobu’s room, questioned Sota, and left without finding useful information.
• Sota discovered a sealed pouch floating in his bath and opened Mitsunobu’s letter and three scrolls.
• Mitsunobu’s letter revealed the Main Family’s coercion, warned Sota to avoid becoming a scapegoat, and entrusted the New Bud Plan to the next Branch Family elder.
• Sota read the scroll explaining how the Main Family forced Hizashi to die in Hiashi’s place and concealed the truth with a false suicide note.
• Sota found that Mitsunobu had excluded him from the New Bud Plan but left him the message, “Sota, you must live well,” and broke down in tears.

Uchiha Senyo took over as principal of the Konoha Ninja Academy and examined the textbooks, while Kumogakure received intelligence about Konoha’s recent losses. The Fourth Raikage saw the Uchiha’s break with the Hokage’s regime as an opening to prepare for an invasion of the Land of Fire.

• Elder Guisi resigned as academy principal, and Iruka showed Senyo the teaching materials and described the courses.
• Senyo criticized the academy’s textbooks and planned to use his position to build ties with students and place people inside the school.
• Kumogakure’s intelligence officer reported that the Nine-Tails had gone berserk, Uchiha Senyo had restrained it, and Konoha had suffered devastating damage.
• The Fourth Raikage reviewed the reports and recalled how Konoha’s strength had waned after the deaths of its powerful leaders and the destruction of Uzushio Village.
• The Fourth Raikage concluded that the Uchiha’s split from the Hokage’s regime offered Kumogakure an ideal chance to prepare for another invasion of the Land of Fire.

The Raikage, Dodai, and Yugito examined intelligence about Konoha and the Hidden Mist Village, and Dodai concluded that Danzo had been leaking Konoha secrets to Kumogakure. After reviewing Konoha’s latest political changes, Dodai inferred that the Uchiha had forced Konoha’s leadership to yield power, while warning that the apparent opportunity might conceal a trap.

• The Raikage summoned Dodai and Yugito to review reports about the Mizukage’s infiltration of Konoha and the attack there.
• Dodai compared the reports with older files and concluded that Danzo had supplied Kumogakure with Konoha intelligence to eliminate political rivals.
• Dodai warned the Raikage that the reports could be bait and questioned the lack of recent intelligence about the Hidden Mist Village.
• A Kumogakure Anbu delivered Konoha’s latest announcement, including Uchiha Fugaku and Senyo becoming honorary elders, Senyo becoming the Academy principal, and Danzo losing his positions as Root was disbanded.
• Dodai concluded that the Uchiha had resisted Konoha’s planned extermination and forced the leadership to sacrifice Danzo and surrender power.

Dodai analyzed how the Uchiha, Danzo, the Third Hokage, and the Hidden Mist Village might be using Konoha’s crisis to shift power. The Raikage approved a limited deployment led by Yugito to observe Konoha’s response and watch for moves by Iwagakure and Sunagakure.

• Dodai warned the Raikage that Danzo’s intelligence might be intended to lure other villages into testing Konoha and could have reached Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
• Dodai proposed that the Uchiha had allied with Karatachi Yagura and used his attack to pressure the Third Hokage into confronting Danzo.
• Yugito argued that Kumogakure should take the opportunity to assess the Uchiha, and the Raikage agreed to send a team under her leadership.
• Dodai advised that C and other experts accompany Yugito as a precaution, since the Uchiha’s Mangekyo Sharingan was dangerous to Jinchuriki.
• Dodai proposed sending five hundred ninja to a buffer country without crossing into the Land of Fire, so they could observe Konoha’s response and monitor whether Ōnoki acted.

Ōnoki considered Iwagakure’s response to the conflict in Konoha while dealing with Kurotsuchi’s request to bring Deidara home. In Sunagakure, Rasa devised a plan to send Pakura and Gaara to investigate, while Itachi searched for Deidara and Kabuto learned that Root’s dissolution threatened the orphanage’s funding.

• Ōnoki and Iwagakure’s Elders assessed the Uchiha’s struggle with the Third Hokage and considered sending people to test Konoha’s reaction.
• Kurotsuchi asked Ōnoki to bring Deidara back, and he told her Deidara was near Kōgan Castle and could be retrieved later.
• Rasa decided to send Pakura and Gaara to investigate Konoha, planning to use Shukaku’s Chakra in a long-range unsealing technique.
• Itachi concealed his tracks in the Land of Earth and searched for Deidara, whom Senyo wanted him to recruit for the Uchiha clan.
• Kabuto learned that Root had been disbanded and hurried back because its funding supported the orphanage.

After Senyo stopped Orochimaru and Guren from ambushing him, he led them outside Konoha and offered Orochimaru a place with the Uchiha. When Orochimaru refused to be impressed by Senyo’s Mangekyō Sharingan, Senyo trapped him and Guren in a genjutsu.

• Senyo was ambushed in Konoha by Orochimaru and Guren, but his Susanoo blocked their attack.
• Senyo recognized Guren and led her and Orochimaru to the forest outside the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Senyo identified Orochimaru as the one behind the surveillance and recent responses involving the Uchiha, then invited him to work for the clan.
• Orochimaru dismissed Senyo’s power, so Senyo used his Mangekyō Sharingan to distort the space around Orochimaru and Guren.
• Orochimaru surged his Chakra and Guren tried to release the genjutsu, but neither could change the warped world.

Senyo trapped Orochimaru and Guren in a genjutsu depicting a future attack on Konoha, then used Kotoamatsukami to make Orochimaru trust him and agree to cooperate. Senyo led them to the Uchiha clan grounds, while Konoha’s Anbu learned only that Senyo had been attacked.

• Senyo trapped Orochimaru and Guren in the Illusionary World, where Guren died and Orochimaru transformed into the Eight-Headed Serpent before agreeing to cooperate.
• Orochimaru awoke beside Guren and accepted Senyo’s claim that the genjutsu showed the future, unaware that Senyo had altered his trust with Kotoamatsukami.
• Senyo woke Guren, whose Heavenly Prison Sealing Technique markings flared when she tried to attack him, and Orochimaru told her that he and Senyo were allies.
• Senyo told Orochimaru that Pain would attack Konoha in nine years and that the Rinnegan could truly resurrect the dead, including Hashirama Senju.
• Senyo led Orochimaru and Guren to the Uchiha clan grounds, while Konoha’s Anbu reported that Senyo had been attacked without discovering Orochimaru’s involvement.

Kimimaro, the lone survivor of the Kaguya Clan, met the orphan Haku and invited him to search for the meaning of life together. In Konoha, the Third Hokage and Jiraiya visited the confined Naruto, and Jiraiya began examining him.

• Kimimaro wondered about the meaning of life, found a flower in the swamp, and left without destroying it.
• Kimimaro met an orphan on a snowy bridge, learned his name was Haku, and invited him to come along.
• Naruto complained about being confined at home while Konoha was being rebuilt and hid a drawing beneath his pillow.
• The Third Hokage and Jiraiya visited Naruto, and Jiraiya began examining him after Naruto agreed to lie down.

Jiraiya and the Third Hokage tried to reinforce Naruto’s seal, but the Four Symbols Seal destroyed the added Five Elements Seal and left them without an explanation. Meanwhile, Senyo revealed the Ōtsutsuki clan’s history and Black Zetsu’s schemes to Orochimaru, who became eager to cooperate as their discussion continued.

• Jiraiya placed a Five Elements Seal on Naruto, but the Four Symbols Seal dismantled it and removed the leaking Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Jiraiya confirmed that Naruto’s Four Symbols Seal remained intact, and the Third Hokage decided to keep Naruto home and send him books to study.
• Senyo explained the Ōtsutsuki Clan, inherited abilities, and possible soul reincarnation to Orochimaru in private.
• Senyo described Black Zetsu’s manipulation of Madara, Obito, and Nagato, astonishing Orochimaru with the scope of the scheme.
• Orochimaru asked where their cooperation would begin, and Senyo started explaining the relationships among the Sharingan, Rinnegan, Byakugan, and other Ōtsutsuki bloodline abilities.

Senyo allied with Orochimaru to develop artificial Rinnegan and arranged for the Uchiha to fund his research while Otogakure gathered wealth. After Orochimaru left, Senyo unlocked four tiers of his bond and received several rewards, including the incomplete Five Elements Seal.

• Senyo told Orochimaru that the Uchiha would support his research and build him a laboratory, while Otogakure served as a source of funds.
• Orochimaru questioned Senyo's knowledge, then explained that Danzo wanted Hashirama Cells for extensive experiments and agreed to trade them for Root's money.
• Orochimaru left with Guren, and Senyo told Rinto to inform Fugaku that Orochimaru had visited and that Senyo would speak with him the next afternoon.
• Senyo checked the Star of Bonds and unlocked four tiers of Orochimaru's bond, gaining a Memory Fragment, 10% of the original body's Chakra, an incomplete Five Elements Seal, and Orochimaru's Soul Power.

Senyo claimed knowledge of the Five Elements Seal and Orochimaru's Soul Power, then used his shadow clone to discuss Naruto's future and Kushina's fate with her. Kushina agreed to teach Senyo Uzumaki sealing techniques, giving him theoretical materials to study before their next meeting.

• Senyo gained knowledge of the Five Elements Seal and claimed Orochimaru's Soul Power, increasing the number of shadow clones he could maintain from three to four.
• Senyo's clone entered Naruto's inner world and learned from Kushina that Sarutobi Hiruzen planned to keep Naruto under house arrest after she removed the Five Elements Seal Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen had added.
• Senyo urged Kushina to teach Naruto herself, and she agreed despite worrying that doing so would shorten the time her soul could last.
• Kushina asked Senyo when he could revive her, and he said the conditions were not ready but promised he had another way to let her stay with Naruto long-term.
• Senyo asked to learn Uzumaki sealing techniques, and Kushina gave him theoretical materials to study before he returned the following night.

Senyo learned that someone was collecting Kurama’s leaking chakra and agreed to have Kurama alert Kushina if he sensed it. At home, Zhiyu chose to stop being a ninja to care for Ruri, while Fugaku saw Senyo’s arrival as a chance to seek his advice.

• Kurama told Senyo that an unknown person had used a formation to collect about five percent of his chakra, and Senyo asked him to inform Kushina if he sensed the chakra.
• Senyo instructed Uchiha clan members at the training ground, reassuring them to remain calm about future arrangements.
• Zhiyu told Senyo she wanted to stop being a ninja and care for Ruri, and Senyo agreed that she could stay at home.
• Sasuke practiced shuriken throwing, and Fugaku praised him while reflecting on Senyo’s advice about raising children.
• A clansman told Fugaku that Senyo had arrived, and Fugaku decided to ask him for advice.

Konoha announced penalties for Shimura Danzō and restored Uchiha authority after Uchiha Senyo helped repel the Fourth Mizukage’s invasion. At a Hyuga Clan meeting, Hiashi chose Sota to replace the dead Hyuga Mitsunobu as a branch family elder, overruling the other candidates.

• Konoha announced that Shimura Danzō had lost his positions and that Root would be disbanded, while Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Senyo inherited honorary elder status and the Uchiha Security Force was set to expand.
• Spies concluded that Konoha’s leaders had conceded authority to the Uchiha but remained unwilling to withdraw the bounty on Danzō.
• Hiashi told the Hyuga elders to select a branch family member to replace Hyuga Mitsunobu, whose reported death in an Explosive Tag trap was widely disbelieved.
• Great Elder Zongzhao, Second Elder Kenpei, Third Elder Kyuzo, and Hiashi each nominated a candidate, and the four candidates came before the meeting.
• Hayato, Shigeto, and Shuchi argued for their own suitability, while Sota said he had handled Mitsunobu’s affairs and was fit for the position.
• Hiashi selected Sota as the new elder and ended the meeting.

Senyo persuaded Fugaku to redirect Uchiha missions, train the clan, and prepare for Senyo to become clan head while bringing Orochimaru into the compound. Fugaku reconsidered his cautious leadership and asked Senyo whether he would take Sasuke as his student.

• Fugaku was shocked to learn the woman Senyo met was Orochimaru, then agreed to send Uchiha on missions through the black market and Otogakure.
• Senyo proposed ranking the clan's combat personnel, limiting how many went on missions, and personally guiding their training.
• Senyo suggested he was the best successor to Fugaku and urged Fugaku to resume fighting instead of focusing on administration.
• Senyo criticized Fugaku's cautious use of his ocular technique, and Fugaku admitted he had lost his drive over the years.
• Senyo told Fugaku he planned to build Orochimaru a laboratory in the clan and explained that the Uchiha should lead a counterbalance to Sarutobi Hiruzen's faction.
• Fugaku asked Senyo whether he planned to take Sasuke as his student.

Senyo accepted Sasuke as his disciple and began teaching him by showing him how the Uchiha trained and fought. On the way home, Senyo explained that Sasuke still needed the Academy’s foundations and should remain humble and eager to learn.

• Fugaku asked Senyo to take Sasuke as his disciple, and Senyo agreed.
• Sasuke questioned whether Senyo was stronger than Itachi, then performed a kneeling bow and offered Senyo tea to become his disciple.
• Senyo took Sasuke to the training ground and told him to broaden his horizons by observing the Uchiha fight.
• Senyo sparred with the clansmen and corrected their injuries and fighting flaws while Sasuke watched.
• Senyo explained that the Ninja Academy taught essential basics and that Sasuke should keep an apprentice’s mindset even if he ranked first.

Senyo revealed to Kisame and Konan that the masked man was Uchiha Obito, not Madara, and explained how Obito had manipulated them. He offered to summon deceased people for them to meet, while Konan left to verify his claims about Nagato’s Rinnegan.

• Senyo gave Kisame the Uchiha records on Madara, and Kisame realized the masked man’s traits did not match them.
• Senyo used genjutsu to make himself appear as Madara, then identified the masked man as Uchiha Obito and exposed the different plans Obito had told Kisame and Konan.
• Senyo told Konan that Obito intended to use Nagato’s Rinnegan and the Rinne Rebirth Technique to revive Madara, and urged her to test whether Nagato could remove the eyes.
• Senyo explained to Kisame that Obito had controlled Karatachi Yagura and exploited Kisame’s guilt, then offered to summon the souls of Kisame’s dead comrade and Konan’s Kyūsuke.
• Kisame left to find Karatachi Yagura, while Senyo asked Konan to verify his claims before they discussed further cooperation.