Chapter Summaries

After completing Sage Mode training in Shikkotsu Forest, Masahiko and Hashirama received the Slug Summoning Scroll and returned to the Senju Clan Compound. Masahiko saved the Witness Points he gained from accepting the scroll, and the chapter ended with Hashirama facing a backlog of clan documents.

• Masahiko and Hashirama finished their training and received the Slug Summoning Scroll from the Slug Sage.
• Hashirama insisted Masahiko take the scroll, and Masahiko gained 4 Witness Points for accepting it.
• Masahiko and Hashirama visited the relocating Balance Clan, where they learned its Clan Head had reached peak jonin strength.
• Masahiko warned Hashirama that the bloodline seal might leave the Balance Clan's descendants unable to become ninja, and asked him to keep the sealing ability secret.
• Masahiko and Hashirama returned to the Senju Clan Compound, where Tobirama welcomed them and Hashirama found many documents waiting in the Clan Head's Main Hall.

The Hyuga Clan reemerged and asked the Senju to mediate with the Uchiha, revealing that a false letter had once manipulated them into attacking the Uchiha. They also shared news of Chakra Conducting Metal discovered by the Sarutobi Clan, leaving Masahiko worried that the Senju might seize the resource.

• Hashirama learned that the Uchiha's movements targeted the reemerged Hyuga, and he welcomed Hyuga Tenin and his group to the Senju compound.
• Hyuga Tenin explained that a secret letter had led the Hyuga to attack the Uchiha years earlier, and Hashirama and Tobirama confirmed the Senju had known nothing about it.
• Hyuga Tenin asked the Senju to mediate with the Uchiha, and Hashirama agreed to help.
• Hyuga Tenin revealed that a Small Clan in the west had found Chakra Conducting Metal in an iron mine.
• Hyuga Tenin identified the clan as the Sarutobi, and Masahiko worried the Senju might take its mineral resources.

Masahiko learned that the western mine had drawn several clans into competing factions, and Hashirama and Tobirama prepared the Senju to join the conflict. After Hashirama asked Masahiko to protect the opposing Clan Heads if necessary, the Senju forces set out and reached the Sarutobi Clan.

• Hashirama told Masahiko he had secretly gone to speak with Madara, while Tobirama had traveled west to gather intelligence.
• Tobirama reported that six clans had formed three factions around the Chakra Conducting Metal, making a Senju attack risky.
• Hashirama insisted he could face the six Clan Head-level fighters, and Tobirama agreed to gather Senju forces for a departure the next day.
• Hashirama asked Masahiko to use his Slug summon to treat the Senju and save the enemy Clan Heads if needed, and Masahiko agreed.
• Masahiko sent a letter to the Uzumaki Clan asking to remain with the Senju as an ambassador, then traveled with the Senju forces to the Sarutobi Clan.

Masahiko wandered through Sarutobi territory, played a bell-snatching game with Sarutobi Sasuke and Shimura Ken, and taught them the Rasengan. Tobirama later summoned him to a banquet after the alliance talks ended, with the Senju planning to occupy and guard the Iron Ore mine the next day.

• Masahiko found Sarutobi Sasuke and Shimura Ken sparring and challenged them to snatch a bell in exchange for learning his hand-signless ninjutsu.
• The youths tried to distract and sneak up on Masahiko, but he revealed that his sensory abilities could detect them.
• Masahiko laughed at the youths' names, then agreed to teach both Sarutobi Sasuke and Shimura Ken the Rasengan.
• Masahiko explained the Rasengan's cultivation method and principles for an hour, then realized Sarutobi Sasuke was the Third's father and wondered whether Shimura Ken was Danzo's father.
• Tobirama told Masahiko that the Senju would occupy and guard the Iron Ore mine the next day, then invited him to the Sarutobi Clan Head's banquet.

The Senju Clan occupied the Sarutobi Mine and spent half a month mining while Masahiko discovered a new mining talent. The six opposing clans eventually assembled an allied army, which was thirty minutes from reaching the battlefield.

• Hashirama brought the Senju Clan alone to the Sarutobi Mine, where they began mining while Masahiko considered inventing Sealing Scrolls.
• Masahiko broke several shovels, gained the Mining talent, and dug up Iron Ore, while Hashirama found a large chunk of Chakra Conducting Metal.
• The six Clan Heads met in the Nara tent and agreed to gather their clans, wait for the Senju to mine, and then confront them.
• The Senju spent half a month mining nearly a hundred jin of Chakra Conducting Metal, none of which Masahiko found.
• A messenger told Hashirama that the Six Clans Allied Army was thirty minutes from the battlefield.

The Senju fought the Six Clans Allied Army over the mine, while Masahiko used Slug summons to heal Senju fighters. After the Senju gained the advantage, the leaders agreed to settle ownership of the Chakra Conducting Metal in a battle between Hashirama and the five Clan Heads.

• The Six Clans Allied Army arrived, and Hashirama transformed the terrain around the mine with Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence.
• Tobirama and Senju Tenyu led the Senju into battle while Masahiko sat apart with the Hatake Clan Head, who agreed not to fight him at first.
• The Senju held their ground against the larger army, and the Nara Clan Head discovered that Masahiko's Slug summons were healing the Senju fighters.
• The Hatake Clan Head attacked Masahiko with Hatake Sword Style, but Masahiko evaded the first strike and fought him until both were nearing their limits.
• With the Slug summons aiding them, the Senju gained the advantage, and the Nara Clan Head proposed that Hashirama settle the dispute against the five Clan Heads.
• Hashirama sent Tobirama and the other fighters away, leaving himself to face the five Clan Heads.

Hashirama fought the five allied Clan Heads over the Chakra Conducting Metal, matching their giant techniques until he activated Sage Mode and defeated them. With the allied leaders unconscious and both armies still facing off, he chose to return to the Senju clan and celebrate.

• Hashirama used Wood Style against the five Clan Heads, while the Inuzuka Clan Head and his hound tore through the forest with Fang Turn Fang.
• The Akimichi Clan Head used Super Expansion Jutsu to smash Hashirama’s wooden giant, and the two giants fought while the other Clan Heads supported him.
• After half an hour of fighting, the six combatants paused with nearly half their Chakra depleted, and the Nara Clan Head proposed splitting the Chakra Conducting Metal.
• Hashirama activated Sage Mode, pinned the Akimichi Clan Head with the Gate of the Great God, and overwhelmed the alliance with True Several Thousand Hands.
• The four other Clan Heads were knocked unconscious, while the Akimichi Clan Head survived beneath the gate; Hashirama then declined to attack the allied army and ordered the Senju to return and celebrate.

After returning from the campaign, Masahiko learned to forge and used Chakra Conducting Metal to make shuriken with an unexpected teleportation effect. He planned to forge Tobirama a sword next, hoping it would earn Witness Points.

• Hashirama delivered ten percent of the Chakra Conducting Metal to the Sarutobi Clan, earning Masahiko two Witness Points for the origin of Asuma's Flying Swallow.
• At the Senju victory banquet, Hashirama invited clansmen to register for weapons, and Masahiko requested two shuriken.
• Masahiko struggled to unlock forging, then gained Forging LV6 after completing a Kunai and raised the skill to LV8 with Witness Points.
• Masahiko forged two Chakra Conducting Metal shuriken, which cut through the forge and glowed when infused with Chakra.
• While testing a thrown shuriken, Masahiko switched places with it without hand seals and planned to show Tobirama his forging the next day.

Masahiko forged Tobirama a powerful chakra-conducting sword and tested it against several jutsu. Tobirama named it the Thunder God Sword, and Masahiko gained Witness Points for altering the Naruto World side storyline.

• Masahiko tried to take Tobirama to the forging workshop, but Hashirama summoned them after a furnace exploded; Masahiko admitted he had damaged it by accident.
• The next morning, Masahiko forged Tobirama a sword, infused it with Lightning Release Chakra, and demonstrated its extendable, retractable blade.
• Tobirama tested the sword by cutting through Masahiko’s Rasengan, Great Ball Rasengan, and other jutsu.
• Masahiko threw a Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken at Tobirama, who escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique as the attack wrecked much of Training Ground 1.
• Tobirama named the weapon the Thunder God Sword, and Masahiko received Witness Points for changing the storyline.

Masahiko completed his Sealing Scroll research with Tobirama’s help, then learned that the Fire Daimyo had summoned several ninja clans. Hashirama asked Masahiko to join Tobirama at the capital, and Masahiko agreed before planning to return to the Uzumaki Clan.

• Masahiko spent three years developing Sealing Scrolls with Tobirama’s help, earning Witness Points and improving his Sealing Jutsu.
• Kenji repeatedly disrupted Masahiko’s work, but Masahiko finally completed a Sealing Scroll and told Hashirama the news.
• Mito told Masahiko that Tobirama had gone to the Fire Daimyo’s capital after receiving a summons.
• Masahiko recorded the scroll-making process and made a Summoning Scroll that contracted four shuriken.
• Hashirama told Masahiko that Tobirama wanted him to come to the capital, where the Daimyo had summoned representatives from several ninja clans.
• Masahiko agreed to help Tobirama and said he would return to the Uzumaki Clan afterward.

Masahiko arrived in the Capital of the Land of Fire and joined Tobirama at the Daimyo's Mansion, where nearly every clan in the country had gathered. He promised the Uzumaki Clan Head he would return to the clan after matters in the Land of Fire were settled, but left him to handle its affairs as before.

• Masahiko explored the capital and saw a vendor selling Wireless Radio Earphones for 100 million ryo.
• The Nara Clan Head bought an earphone, and Masahiko teased him before asking whether the Daimyo had summoned him.
• Masahiko reached the Daimyo's Mansion, where Tobirama told him that nearly every clan in the Land of Fire had arrived.
• Masahiko learned that the Uzumaki Clan Head was staying next door and visited him.
• Masahiko promised to return to the Uzumaki Clan after the gathering, but said the Clan Head would still be responsible for its affairs.

Masahiko proposed expanding the Daimyo’s requested Guardian Shinobi Twelve into the Guardian Shinobi One Hundred and Eight Generals, hoping to gain Witness Points, but Tobirama saw the idea as a way to make the clans reject the plan. The Daimyo later compromised on the number and called a banquet to continue discussions, leaving Masahiko unsure whether his actions had helped or hindered him.

• Masahiko and Tobirama met the Daimyo alongside Uchiha Izuna and Uchiha Sen, where the Daimyo asked the major clans to supply ninja for a Guardian Shinobi Twelve.
• Masahiko proposed a Guardian Shinobi One Hundred and Eight Generals, and the Daimyo enthusiastically said he would consider it.
• Tobirama praised Masahiko, explaining that the oversized proposal would make the clans reject the plan, while Masahiko privately hoped it would earn him Witness Points.
• The Daimyo consulted the other clans, but they rejected the One Hundred and Eight Generals, fearing the force could threaten them.
• When the Daimyo summoned the Senju and Uchiha again, Masahiko suggested twenty-four guards, and the Daimyo called a banquet to discuss the matter further.
• Tobirama told Masahiko that the Daimyo had used his tactic to advance the Guardian Shinobi plan, leaving Masahiko baffled.

At the Daimyo's banquet, the clans agreed to establish the Guardian Shinobi Eighteen, while the Uzumaki and Kurama declined to participate. Masahiko prepared to return to his clan with Tobirama, revealing that he had already succeeded in researching the Sealing Scroll.

• Masahiko attended the Daimyo's banquet, noticed the Kurama Clan among the guests, and spent the meal eating and observing the clan heads.
• The Daimyo proposed forming the Guardian Shinobi Thirty-Six to protect his household, and Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna offered shinobi from their clans.
• Hyuga Tenin arrived and pledged three Hyuga shinobi, while the Uzumaki Clan Head and Kurama Clan Head declined to send anyone.
• The Daimyo established the Guardian Shinobi Eighteen and asked the clans to select their members, leaving Hyuga Tenin responsible for his immediate protection.
• Masahiko told Tobirama he had succeeded in researching the Sealing Scroll and said he would return to his clan the next morning.

Masahiko returned to the Uzumaki Clan after four years and decided to slow down, stay with the clan, and train promising children while awaiting Konoha’s founding. A girl named Nanako mistakenly drenched him when she found him asleep, and he later agreed to take her on as a student.

• Masahiko arrived at the Uzumaki Clan Compound and asked the Clan Head to have Jonin recommend talented children for him to guide.
• After returning to his home, Masahiko reflected on his pursuit of strength and resolved to relax and train juniors in the clan.
• Nanako entered Masahiko’s home early the next morning, mistook him for a pervert, and dumped a bucket of water over him.
• The Clan Head explained that Nanako was an orphan whose uncle, Muto, had died fighting for the clan, and Masahiko agreed to include her among the children he would train.
• Nanako returned to clean Masahiko’s home, but he sent her back to the Clan Head and gave up on catching up on sleep.

Masahiko began testing eleven children who might become his disciples, using physical strength, memory, and logic questions to judge them. After the first two tests revealed an eight-year-old boy as the push-up winner and showed Iko’s exceptional memory, Masahiko posed five thinking problems and left the crowd baffled.

• Masahiko announced three tests for the eleven children and told them to gather at Training Ground 4 the next morning.
• Masahiko had the children compete in two rounds of push-ups, and an eight-year-old boy won by improving his score while Nanako finished with a negative score.
• During the rest break, Masahiko tested the children’s memories with a sequence of twenty hand seals, and Iko reproduced them first.
• Masahiko began the second push-up round after an hour’s rest, and the children completed the physical-strength test.
• Masahiko announced a five-question thinking test, beginning with a puzzle about measuring four pounds of water using three- and five-pound buckets.

Masahiko trained Iko, Hitomi, and Nanako as Konoha’s First Class, First Squad, starting them with shuriken practice and assigning each a different area of study. After a week of teaching, he gained forty Witness Points for drastically altering the Guardian Shinobi Twelve side plot and decided to use his accumulated points to test a theory.

• Masahiko selected Iko for ninjutsu, Hitomi for taijutsu, and Nanako for Sealing Jutsu, then established Konoha’s First Class, First Squad.
• Masahiko made all three children practice shuriken throwing before teaching Iko the Great Fireball Technique’s hand seals, Hitomi Self-Imposed Limitation training, and Nanako the foundations of Sealing Jutsu.
• Masahiko watched the children train for a week as their shuriken skills improved and Hitomi adapted to his taijutsu regimen.
• Masahiko received forty Witness Points after drastically altering the Guardian Shinobi Twelve side plot, bringing his total to sixty-five.
• Masahiko decided to spend points and verify a theory he had been considering.

Masahiko used Witness Points to fuse Wind Release and Fire Release into Scorch Release, then reversed the fusion to create Dark Release. After testing both Kekkei Genkai and improving Lightning Release, he realized his strength had reached the top tier of the Land of Fire.

• Masahiko raised Wind Release and Fire Release to Level 6 and fused them into Scorch Release.
• Masahiko tested Scorch Release, using controllable fireballs and the dangerous Steaming Murder technique.
• Masahiko reversed the fusion and created Dark Release, then tested its ability to absorb jutsu and release blue flames.
• Masahiko spent more Witness Points on Lightning Release, raising it to Level 4 so he could teach Hitomi.
• Masahiko checked his improved attributes and saw that his Comprehensive Evaluation had risen to S.

Three years later, Masahiko attended the Uzumaki Clan’s first Mask Festival with his students Iko and Nanako. After inspecting Nanako’s Reaper Mask and finding it resembled the Shinigami without containing one, he discovered it had been an old, possibly inherited mask sold by a clan merchant.

• Masahiko met Iko at the Mask Festival and learned Hitomi stayed behind to train while Nanako went to choose a mask.
• Nanako showed Masahiko a Reaper Mask, and he checked it for a Shinigami before returning it to her.
• Masahiko visited Uzumaki Masahiro’s stall, recognized masks depicting himself, and learned Masahiro had made them after retiring from his role as Second Elder.
• Nanako bought a Masahiko Mask, then led Masahiko and Iko to the Reaper Mask stall where she had found her mask.
• The stall owner told Masahiko that Nanako’s unique mask had been dug out of his family’s clutter and might have belonged to an important ancestor, so Masahiko took his students home.

Masahiko investigated the Shinigami Mask, tested its soul-sealing power, and destroyed it after deciding that a mutually destructive jutsu should not exist. He left Nanako upset and went to check on Hitomi, where another challenge drove him back home, though he gained Witness Points for changing the plot.

• Masahiko deduced that the mask held a weakened Shinigami and an Uzumaki ancestor’s soul, then tested it by sealing a chicken’s soul and briefly dizzying Nanako.
• Masahiko explained the mask’s history to Nanako and Iko, then destroyed it with a Rasengan after deciding the forbidden jutsu should be erased.
• Nanako became furious over her mask, and Masahiko fled to the Third Training Ground, telling her and Iko they could take the day off.
• Hitomi interrupted his visit by challenging him to a battle, so Masahiko returned home and received Witness Points for changing the Reaper Death Seal plot.

Two years later, Masahiko trained hard to keep up with his gifted student Hitomi and was summoned to discuss the Uzumaki Clan founding a country. He persuaded the clan leaders to postpone the plan, then received Witness Points for changing the Land of Whirlpools’ founding story.

• Hitomi mastered Chidori in a month, and Masahiko redirected him to practice Chidori Stream and Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Masahiko continued his punishing taijutsu training after reflecting on Hitomi’s potential to surpass him.
• Nanako told Masahiko that the Clan Head, Second Elder, and Third Elder wanted to see him.
• The clan leaders explained that their growing population and the influx of civilians had prompted them to consider founding a country.
• Masahiko warned that foreign powers could threaten the clan and convinced the leaders to wait a few years.
• Masahiko returned home and gained Witness Points for temporarily changing the founding of the Land of Whirlpools.