Chapter Summaries

Aoki and Black Zetsu transformed Jing Senju, Otsuki Senju, Ryota Senju, and injured ninja with White Zetsu Cells, giving them new strength and abilities as they resolved to bring the Senju Clan into Aoki’s organization. In Konoha, Jueming trained with Enma, who began a second trial to decide whether to acknowledge him as a summoner.

• Jing Senju used the Disguise Jutsu to restore her original appearance, while Otsuki Senju and Ryota Senju tested their new weapon-changing bodies and injured ninja regrew lost body parts.
• Aoki pierced Ryota Senju’s heart, demonstrating that White Zetsu Cell fusion let some people survive injuries to ordinary vital points.
• Jing Senju and Ryota Senju tested their greatly increased strength, and Aoki showed that they could absorb Chakra by draining a rat.
• Jing Senju concluded that the Senju Clan should join Aoki’s organization, while Aoki and Black Zetsu secretly ensured the transformed people remained loyal to Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Aoki led the transformed group underground toward Konoha to persuade Senju Jueming to join them.
• Enma praised Jueming’s Monkey Fist practice and began his second trial by transforming into the Adamantine Staff, which Jueming had to lift.

Senju Jueming tested his strength by lifting and swinging Enma, then secretly practiced his Chakra Absorption Technique on tigers at Konoha's zoo. Root ninjas watched him and argued over his reputation, while Jueming continued draining a tiger's Chakra.

• Mito Uzumaki encouraged Jueming to try lifting the Adamantine Staff, and he managed to raise it despite its weight.
• Jueming swung Enma as the Adamantine Staff and smashed it into the ground, impressing Enma with his potential.
• Jueming asked Enma whether Monkey Fist had any moves for fighting while lying down, leaving Enma stunned.
• Jueming sneaked into Konoha's zoo at night and used Chakra Absorption Technique on a tiger.
• Ryoma Aburame questioned why his team had been watching Jueming, and Yakushi Nonō and the others insisted he also stole homes.

Senju Jueming was ambushed at night by Jing Senju and his allies, but fought back with Enma and Mito Uzumaki’s help. Jing and the surviving attackers charged again, leaving Jueming and Enma facing overwhelming numbers as they waited for reinforcements.

• Ryoma Aburame’s Kikaichū alarm exposed Jing Senju and his allies as they approached Jueming, and the attackers surrounded the cage while taking Yamanaka Santai and Nara Suzaku hostage.
• Yakushi Nonō tried to pull Jueming to safety but could not move him, and Nara Maru urged Jueming to surrender after revealing his restored arm and new strength.
• Jueming summoned Enma, transformed him into the Adamantine Staff, and struck down the attackers; Mito Uzumaki used the Leaf Blade Sword to kill or disable several more.
• Nara Maru died from Jueming’s blow, and Jing Senju, Otsuki Senju, and Ryota Senju recognized Enma and the Third Hokage’s staff in shock.
• Jing Senju ordered another group attack, while Enma warned Jueming that they would need an ambush to hit all the enemies at once.

Senju Jueming fought Aoki’s White Zetsu-enhanced allies and discovered that his body could withstand powerful attacks. After turning their Chakra Absorption against them, he gained Grass Release: Absorption.

• Jueming killed Otsuki Senju’s head and crushed Ryota Senju’s chest, but White Zetsu Cells began regenerating both enemies.
• Jueming and Mito Uzumaki used a spinning Leaf Blade Sword to grind Ryota Senju’s head apart, killing him.
• Jing Senju attacked Jueming with a Water Dragon Bullet, but Jueming survived the assault unharmed.
• Jing Senju and the others tried to drain Jueming’s Chakra, but Jueming reversed the absorption while Mito Uzumaki immobilized them with the Type-1 Lamp Array.
• Jueming’s Chakra Absorption Technique transformed into Grass Release: Absorption, which could draw Chakra several times more strongly and convert it into health.

Senju Jueming defeated Jing Senju and the other attackers by draining their chakra, while Aoki escaped and Ryoma Aburame considered how to use the aftermath for Root. Jueming left with the surviving attackers in tow, and Ryoma ordered Yakushi Nonō to collect the blood left behind for Danzō.

• Jueming used Grass Release: Absorption to drain the attackers’ chakra while Mito Uzumaki’s sealing technique held most of them in place.
• Jueming tackled Jing Senju, bound her with Grass Rope, and drained her chakra until she went limp.
• Aoki escaped underground after Ryoma Aburame blocked him, while Yakushi Nonō checked that her teammates were alive.
• Jueming spoke with Ryoma Aburame and Enma, then collected the corpses and dragged the surviving attackers away.
• After Jueming left, Ryoma Aburame ordered Yakushi Nonō to collect the blood on the ground for Lord Danzō.

Jueming and Mito Uzumaki discussed how Konoha’s clan districts left the Senju and Uchiha vulnerable to attacks, while Momoka Senju learned that Jing Senju and the others believed Aoki’s path could save the clan. The chapter ended with Jueming condemning them for rejecting Aoki’s benefits and trying to kill him when they could have pretended to agree and returned to the Senju.

• Jueming and Mito Uzumaki discussed how Konoha’s clan districts could let powerful attackers target clans unnoticed, and Mito explained that Konoha’s upper echelons had repeatedly rejected the Uchiha Clan’s requests to let members move out.
• Jueming concluded that the Senju and Uchiha were both at risk from Konoha’s leadership and said he needed to become stronger, while Mito warned that forming an alliance with the Uchiha would be difficult.
• Momoka Senju woke in the Senju Clan Forbidden Ground and saw Jing Senju and the others looking dispirited.
• Jing Senju told Momoka Senju that Aoki’s path could resolve the clan’s Mutations and improve their strength, and Momoka wondered what price they had paid.
• Jueming asked Jing Senju whether Aoki had controlled or threatened them, then condemned them for not accepting the benefits and returning to the Senju.

Momoka Senju detained the mutated Senju youths and placed a Curse Mark on Jing Senju, leaving her under Jueming’s control. Meanwhile, Shimura Danzō received the samples Ryoma Aburame had collected and sent them for research into the Mutation Weapon.

• Jueming and Momoka Senju questioned the youths, who said they had followed Aoki Senju underground but knew nothing about the hidden mastermind.
• Momoka Senju detained the youths in a Barrier for observation and took most of them into the forbidden area with a Wood Clone.
• At Jueming’s request, Momoka Senju stayed behind with Jing Senju, placed a Curse Mark on her, and taught Jueming how to control it.
• Ryoma Aburame reported the night’s events and delivered Yakushi Nonō’s collected samples to Shimura Danzō.
• Shimura Danzō sent the blood and tissue samples to the laboratory, hoping they could help suppress Wood Release Cells and make Senju Takeshi useful.

Konoha reeled from defeats against Kumogakure and Hidden Mist as Minato Namikaze proposed cutting off Kumogakure’s supply line. After Minato left to form a squad, Obito challenged Kakashi to a spar in the street.

• Konoha’s leaders heard that its forces had been pushed back by Kumogakure and Hidden Mist while Iwagakure watched from the sidelines.
• Minato Namikaze proposed sending a squad behind Kumogakure to attack its supply line, and Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the plan.
• Minato planned to take Kakashi and Obito on the mission, despite Obito’s Genin rank, because he had awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Obito watched Kakashi read an Adult Novel and became angry at how shameless he seemed.
• Obito challenged Kakashi to a spar, then attacked him in a crowded street with four shuriken using the Uchiha throwing technique.

Obito Uchiha defeated Kakashi and challenged Senju Jueming after growing stronger with his Two-Tomoe Sharingan. Jueming accepted the challenge and fought him head-on, while Mito Uzumaki warned that Obito’s Sharingan could read his movements.

• Obito Uchiha used Fire Release and copied taijutsu techniques to defeat Kakashi, then walked away while Kakashi reflected on the Sharingan.
• Jueming tormented Jing Senju with the Curse Mark, ordered her to make Ichiraku Ramen, and basked in the sun.
• Rin Nohara told Jueming that Obito had beaten several peers and grown stronger by copying their abilities.
• Obito Uchiha challenged Jueming after seeing Rin Nohara enter Jueming’s house, and Jueming accepted.
• Jueming and Obito exchanged blows as Mito Uzumaki warned that Obito’s Two-Tomoe Sharingan could see through Jueming’s movements.

Senju Jueming defeated Obito Uchiha and took his place on Minato Namikaze’s team for a dangerous mission to destroy Kumogakure’s supply line. As they traveled toward the front, Jueming asked Minato what Konoha would do if Kumogakure forced civilians in the Land of Fire to supply its army.

• Jueming used his Eccentric Movement and Grass Release: Absorption to restrain Obito, who fractured his wrist while fighting back.
• Minato arrived with Kakashi, learned what had happened, and assigned Jueming to join Team 7 in Obito’s place.
• Minato explained that Konoha’s front line was near collapse and that the team’s mission was to destroy Kumogakure’s supply line.
• Rin told Minato she could help and revealed that she had practiced the Four Legs Technique with Jueming.
• Jing Senju saw the team leave and followed them as they headed toward the front.
• Jueming asked Minato what Konoha would do if Kumogakure made local civilians provide its supplies.

Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha sent squads to sabotage Kumogakure’s supply line, but the operation encountered the Fourth Raikage, A. Minato moved to face A while Jueming and the others prepared to attack the rest of the convoy.

• Fugaku Uchiha decided he would reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan if the front line faced another crisis, then exchanged intelligence with Minato Namikaze.
• Jueming told Fugaku Uchiha that Obito Uchiha had fractured his hand, and Fugaku dispatched squads to accompany Minato behind enemy lines.
• Tekka Uchiha hoped to combine with Kakashi and Jueming as Uzumaki Ketsutetsu, but Kakashi reminded him that Konoha’s higher-ups had forbidden it for now.
• Jueming asked Rin Nohara to practice martial arts with him again, and she agreed while struggling with guilt toward Kakashi.
• Minato Namikaze’s squads spotted the Fourth Raikage escorting a Kumogakure supply convoy, and Minato prepared to hold A back.
• Jueming patted Rin Nohara’s shoulder, told her to stay behind and treat the wounded, then charged out of hiding.

Troy, a Kumogakure Magnet Style ninja, overwhelmed the Konoha squad with tracking square shuriken and left several ninja dead or wounded. As Troy targeted Rin Nohara and prepared a gigantic shuriken for Jueming, Minato Namikaze remained tied up fighting A.

• Kakashi and Tekka Uchiha targeted Troy, but his magnetized square shuriken struck several Konoha ninja and forced the survivors to retreat.
• Jueming and Mito Uzumaki ambushed Troy, but he blocked their attacks with giant square shuriken and revealed that his magnetism could track and accelerate weapons and bodies.
• Troy attacked Rin Nohara, and a shuriken wounded her shoulder before Jueming caught her as she fell.
• Jing Senju watched from hiding and hoped Troy would kill Jueming so her Curse Mark would disappear.
• Troy produced a one-meter square shuriken as Minato Namikaze’s squad lay dead or wounded, while A attacked Minato with a Lightning Release Iron Fist.

Kumogakure ninja Toroi tried to recruit Jueming, then attacked the Konoha squad after Jueming refused. With Jing Senju apparently down and Toroi preparing another strike, Jueming stood between Rin and the enemy.

• Toroi recognized Jueming as Konoha’s Number One Genius of the New Generation and invited him to join Kumogakure, but Jueming refused.
• Jueming called Jing Senju out of hiding to protect him, and she charged Toroi under threat of the Curse Mark.
• Toroi’s giant shuriken struck Jing Senju, apparently leaving her severely injured and alarming Kakashi, Tekka Uchiha, and Rin Nohara.
• Jueming assured the others he would protect them and promised Rin that they would practice new skills together if they returned alive.
• Toroi gathered power and threw another giant shuriken at Jueming and the others.

Jueming endured Toroi’s attacks to protect Rin Nohara, then used their combined Leaf Blade Sword technique to kill Toroi and turn the battle around. His absorption abilities also grew stronger, while Minato Namikaze remained locked in a draining fight with A.

• Jueming let Toroi’s magnetized shuriken strike him, reassuring Rin Nohara and presenting himself as a noble comrade.
• Toroi launched a larger, more powerful diamond-shaped shuriken while Minato Namikaze and A continued exhausting each other.
• Jueming secretly told Rin Nohara to use their combined move, then absorbed the magnetized Chakra on his body to make Toroi’s final attack miss.
• Jueming and Rin Nohara charged Toroi with the Leaf Blade Sword and Fang Over Fang, drilling through his abdomen and killing him.
• Jueming absorbed Toroi’s Magnet Release Chakra, strengthening the Leaf Blade Sword and his Grass Release: Absorption ability.

Senju Jueming and Rin Nohara defeated Troy, turning the battle against Kumogakure’s transport squad. As Kakashi and Tekka Uchiha pursued the fleeing Cloud Ninja, Jueming drained one with an enhanced Grass Release technique, leaving Jing Senju trembling at what she had witnessed.

• Senju Jueming and Rin Nohara killed Troy with Combined Fang, and Jueming announced their victory to the stunned Konoha shinobi.
• Kakashi and Tekka Uchiha charged after the fleeing Kumogakure transport squad while Minato Namikaze continued fighting A.
• Jueming used enhanced Grass Release: Absorption to pull in a fleeing Cloud Ninja and drain his stamina and Chakra until he died.
• Jueming sealed the Cloud Ninja’s corpse into his Great Scroll and noticed his own stamina and Chakra had temporarily increased.
• Jing Senju watched Jueming drain the Cloud Ninja and began trembling.

Jueming and his allies escaped with Toroi’s corpse and Kumogakure’s supplies, but A pursued them in Lightning Chakra Mode. Jing Senju sacrificed herself to stop A and urged Jueming to protect the Senju Clan’s future, giving Minato Namikaze the opening to teleport himself and A away.

• Jueming sealed Toroi’s corpse while Kakashi and Tekka Uchiha looted Kumogakure’s supplies and began retreating with Rin Nohara.
• A chased the fleeing group at top speed, and Mito Uzumaki’s Leaf Blade Sword failed to pierce his Lightning Armor.
• Jing Senju realized White Zetsu’s influence was turning her into a servant of Kaguya Otsutsuki and decided to intervene before she lost control completely.
• Jing used the Mayfly Technique to reach A, absorbed Chakra while clinging to his leg, and told Jueming to protect the Senju Clan’s future.
• A tore Jing apart with a punch, but her obstruction let Minato touch A and teleport them both away.

Minato Namikaze cut off Kumogakure’s supply line but failed to kill A by dropping him into lava, while Konoha feared the enemy would seize supplies from local residents. As Hidden Mist overran Konoha’s eastern front, Shimura Danzō discovered the sole surviving child from Orochimaru’s experiments had manifested Wood Release.

• The Third Raikage learned Kumogakure’s supply transport was late and suspected Konoha had intercepted the rear supply line.
• Minato Namikaze transferred A over a volcanic crater, but A survived the lava and Minato retreated to recover his Chakra.
• Konoha’s leaders received word that Minato Namikaze’s team had cut off Kumogakure’s supplies and worried the enemy would force locals to provide more.
• The Hidden Mist army broke through Konoha’s eastern defenses, and Orochimaru burned his laboratory before fleeing.
• Shimura Danzō found a surviving child who used Wood Release among Orochimaru’s ruined test subjects and approached him with an offer to save him.

Jueming brought the deranged Jing Senju back to Momoka Senju, who confirmed that transplanted white cells could slow Mutation but warped the recipients’ minds. Meanwhile, Konoha learned the Hidden Mist had taken a Hyuga Main Family Byakugan, and Jueming took Jing into his care to investigate whether her conscience could be restored.

• Jueming returned to Konoha with Jing Senju hidden beneath a black curtain and headed for the Senju Clan Forbidden Ground instead of meeting Tekka Uchiha and the others.
• Danzo reflected on Yamato, the child recovered by Root after fusing with Hashirama Cells, and considered how to hide and use him.
• Hyuga Hiashi reported that Konoha had retreated against the Hidden Mist and that a seven-year-old Hidden Mist girl with Lava Release and Boil Release had helped take a Main Family Byakugan.
• Momoka Senju told Jueming that white cells could suppress Mutation but had distorted the minds of Otsuki Senju, Jing Senju, and others, and that she had chosen not to transplant them into herself.
• Jueming agreed with Momoka that Aoki Senju’s scheme was dangerous and offered to take Jing Senju in, hoping to restore her conscience and learn more about her condition.

Jueming discovered that the empowered Leaf Blade Sword let him fly when he transformed into grass, giving him a new way to fight. He then saw Jing Senju regenerate and turn frenzied, so he bound her and prepared to restrain her.

• Danzo persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village elders to lift restrictions on forbidden technique research.
• Jueming tested the Leaf Blade Sword’s new Magnet Release power and used it to hover and fly while transformed into grass.
• Mito Uzumaki realized Jueming was the first Senju ninja capable of flight and hoped he could change the clan’s fate.
• Jing Senju regenerated and declared that the Senju Clan had no hope, while insisting that she and her kind would prevail.
• Jueming bound Jing Senju with Grass Rope as she continued to show signs of madness.

Jueming received orders to join the Hidden Mist front, where Konoha had suffered repeated defeats against Karatachi Yagura and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. On the battlefield, Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan watched the Seven Ninja Swordsmen corner three Konoha Genin and debated whether they could intervene.

• Natsu Hyuga told Jueming that Hyuga Hiashi had activated the Caged Bird Seal to punish the families of branch ninjas, then delivered the order for them to gather at the village gates.
• Jueming joined Natsu Hyuga at the gates, where Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, and the other children discussed Orochimaru taking disciples; Ibiki Morino reacted to Orochimaru with fear.
• Jueming and the others were sent to the Hidden Mist battlefield, where Ebisu, Genma Shiranui, and Might Guy were surrounded by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Yahiko, Nagato, Konan, and Shennong secretly watched the confrontation, and Nagato warned that they were too weak to face the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.