Chapter Summaries

The Third Raikage prepared to confine himself for research into the Aberration Virus and named A the Fourth Raikage, while A restricted Killer B from leaving Kumogakure. Meanwhile, the Hidden Mist and Sunagakure prepared renewed invasions of Konoha as their commanders dealt with the aftermath of recent battles and political changes.

• The Third Raikage named A the Fourth Raikage, gave instructions to Killer B and Yugito Nii, and chose the Amber Purifying Pot as a safeguard before becoming a test subject.
• A ordered Killer B to stay inside Kumogakure and fight enemies from a distance, despite Killer B believing he had grown stronger.
• Munashi Jinpachi emerged from his tent severely impaired, while Raiga Kurosuki appeared physically sound but seemed mentally affected by his brush with death.
• Karatachi Yagura assembled the Hidden Mist leaders and announced they would invade Konoha again after resting.
• Rasa secured his position as the Fourth Kazekage and set out to lead another invasion of Konoha, while Pakura denied laughing at him.

Jueming tried to master his new Mouth Cannon ability while Danzo and Koharu pressured Momoka Senju to provide Senju clan members for Mutation Weapon experiments. Momoka agreed only if the volunteers sacrificed themselves willingly, unaware that Hiruzen had already approved a proposal that could help Danzo deceive them.

• Jueming tested his Mouth Cannon skill on Jing Senju but could not trigger its effects, so he decided to train through the night.
• Danzo and a rejuvenated Koharu visited Momoka Senju, and Koharu claimed Hashirama’s cells made her the true Senju lineage.
• Koharu revealed a sealed Crimson Kunai made from Senju Takeshi, whose mutation radiation worsened Momoka’s condition.
• Danzo and Koharu argued that Konoha needed Senju volunteers for Mutation Weapon research, and Momoka agreed only to voluntary sacrifices.
• Danzo and Koharu left confident that Hiruzen’s approved Forbidden Jutsu experiments would help them recruit Senju members.

Jueming discovered that Mouth Cannon could lower Jing Senju’s Wisdom Value until she became an imbecilic captive. Meanwhile, Danzō sent Shinku and Hizashi Hyuga to the Senju compound with Yakushi Nonō to recruit clan members for forbidden technique research, and their propaganda quickly attracted volunteers.

• Jueming used Aoki Senju’s death and insults to lower Jing Senju’s Wisdom Value until she became vacant and confused.
• Jueming concluded that Mouth Cannon let him overwhelm people less intelligent than himself by timing its use carefully.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Shinku and Hizashi Hyuga to spread word that Konoha needed the Senju Clan to join dangerous forbidden technique research.
• Yakushi Nonō led Shinku and Hizashi Hyuga to the Senju compound and presented the recruitment pitch as a medical worker.
• Yakushi Nonō, Shinku, and Hizashi Hyuga attracted eager volunteers, many of whom did not even know Momoka Senju existed.

Yakushi Nonō urged the Senju Clan to volunteer for Forbidden Jutsu Experiments, while Jueming intervened and used a ruse to lead her away. Hizashi Hyuga watched them with his Byakugan, unaware of Jueming’s plan.

• Yakushi Nonō appealed to the Senju Clan to join Forbidden Jutsu Experiments, with Hizashi Hyuga and Kurenai's Mother standing behind her.
• Jueming arrived and recognized that Konoha's higher-ups were using the two shinobi as mouthpieces to recruit test subjects.
• Jueming distracted Yakushi Nonō by offering to repay the supplies he had borrowed and inviting her to his house to discuss the experiments.
• Yakushi Nonō's Wisdom Value fell repeatedly, dulling her suspicion as Jueming apologized and led her away.
• Hizashi Hyuga activated his Byakugan and watched Jueming and Yakushi Nonō leave.

Jueming used his Sound Genjutsu to extract Shimura Danzō’s plan from Yakushi Nonō and learned that Kurenai's Mother and Hizashi Hyuga were Root agents. He began using the technique on Kurenai's Mother while planning to find Tsunade and persuade her to return, and left Hizashi as his next target.

• Jueming persuaded Yakushi Nonō into a daze and got her to reveal Shimura Danzō’s plan, then gave her blank paper to count as money.
• Mito Uzumaki recognized Jueming’s ability as Sound Genjutsu, and Jueming learned from Nonō that Kurenai's Mother and Hizashi Hyuga had joined Root.
• Mito Uzumaki suggested finding Tsunade to help rein in Konoha’s leaders, and Jueming agreed to persuade her after sending the visitors away.
• Jueming used praise about Kurenai to steadily reduce Kurenai's Mother’s Wisdom Value until she became muddleheaded.
• Jueming called Kurenai luscious, further reduced her mother’s Wisdom Value, and turned his attention to the wary Hizashi Hyuga.

Jueming manipulated Hizashi Hyuga into believing he was Hashirama Senju and recruited him by promising to free the Hyuga Branch Family. The deception ended with Hizashi and Jueming attacking Kurenai's Mother, while Jueming gained new abilities from the encounter.

• Jueming privately showed Hizashi Hyuga his Wood Release and claimed Konoha's leaders were plotting against him.
• Jueming convinced Hizashi Hyuga that he was Hashirama Senju in disguise and promised to make him Grand Marshal and clear the Hyuga Branch Family's name.
• Jueming ordered Hizashi Hyuga to attack Kurenai's Mother, and Hizashi struck her from behind on the rooftop.
• Kurenai's Mother fought Hizashi Hyuga until Jueming joined in and kicked her between the legs, allowing Hizashi to batter her with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Jueming gained the true essence of Mouth Cannon and learned to create Paralysis Powder and Hypnosis Powder using Grass Release Chakra.

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Jueming disrupted Yakushi Nonō's plan, robbed Kurenai's Mother, and captured Nonō before she could escape. At Root's lair, Kurenai's Mother realized his savings were gone and collapsed, while Hizashi Hyuga began considering whether to pledge allegiance to Jueming.

• Jueming distracted the Senju clan members with a staged performance, then questioned a dazed Hizashi Hyuga and learned details about the Hyuga Main Family and Hazuki Hyuga.
• Jueming helped Kurenai's Mother withdraw all ten million ryō in his savings, then drugged him and left him hidden in weeds.
• Jueming stopped Yakushi Nonō from leaving and knocked her unconscious with Sleep Powder and Paralysis Powder.
• At Root's underground lair, Kurenai's Mother reported the mission's failure to Shimura Danzō, discovered his bankbook was missing, and fainted in a rage.
• Hizashi Hyuga wondered whether Jueming was Hashirama Senju and considered pledging allegiance to him.

Senju Jueming interrogated Yakushi Nonō while Shimura Danzō and Utatane Koharu planned their next moves against the Senju and prepared for a Mist Village assault. Danzō and Koharu headed to the battlefield, where they intended to build their influence and test a Mutation Weapon.

• Senju Jueming restrained Yakushi Nonō and demanded everything she knew about Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, Root, and Tsunade.
• Ryoma Aburame brought Yamato to Shimura Danzō, who ordered him trained in ninja skills without Orochimaru finding out.
• Utatane Koharu discussed Senju Jueming’s schemes with Shimura Danzō, and they considered using Kunugi Mokume to distract Tsunade.
• A subordinate reported that the Mist Village Army had regrouped and was less than two hours from the eastern front of the Land of Fire.
• Shimura Danzō and Utatane Koharu set out for the battlefield to gain prestige and demonstrate the Mutation Weapon.

Jueming planned to win Tsunade’s trust and use her strength to help abduct Hiru and obtain Root’s Mutation Weapon research, while recognizing that her support alone could not save the Senju from the village’s leaders. At Orochimaru’s home, Anko learned Shadow Snake Hand, then experimented with the technique after Orochimaru left for the front lines.

• Jueming explained to Mito Uzumaki that Tsunade’s mixed Senju heritage made her unlikely to stop the higher-ups from undermining the clan, but he still wanted to win her over as a powerful enforcer.
• Jueming planned to cure Tsunade’s hemophobia, then use her help to abduct Hiru and acquire his Mutation Weapon research and Chimera Technique.
• Rin Nohara arrived at Jueming’s home, and Jueming put away his vines and left the bedroom locked behind him.
• Orochimaru taught Anko Shadow Snake Hand, but he was summoned to the front lines after the Mist Village Army launched a major invasion.
• Anko successfully performed Shadow Snake Hand on her first attempt, tested the snake’s grip on herself, and thought of Senju Jueming.

Minato told Kushina that Konoha planned to make her the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki, and the two reaffirmed their feelings before preparing to head toward the Hidden Mist battlefield. Meanwhile, Jueming teased Rin and provoked the jealous Obito, then discovered Obito’s Wisdom Value was only 2.

• Minato told Kushina that Konoha’s leaders planned to use her as the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki, and Kushina agreed to work hard for their dream of becoming Hokage.
• Minato promised Kushina that he would go to Yomi with her if anything happened to her, and she embraced him in tears.
• Jueming met Rin at the Senju Clan grounds and repeatedly told her that her thoughts about him were improper, lowering her Wisdom Value.
• Jueming patted Rin’s hand and claimed he had no time for romantic thoughts, while Obito watched from the shadows with his Two-Tomoe Sharingan activated.
• Obito challenged Jueming after seeing him touch Rin, and Jueming realized Obito’s Wisdom Value was only 2.

Jueming beat Obito until his Wisdom Value fell to zero, then sparred with Rin Nohara and made her feel pain as Kakashi approached. Kakashi summoned Jueming to the battlefield, while Rin escaped over the backyard wall.

• Jueming reduced Obito's Wisdom Value to zero, beat him when he charged on instinct, and left him with a swollen face.
• Jueming questioned Rin Nohara about Tsunade's hemophobia, then sparred with Rin and bound her with a Grass Rope.
• Rin Nohara's pain score rose as Kakashi approached the house, but Kakashi found Jueming alone in the living room.
• Kakashi invited Jueming to join the fight against the Hidden Mist, and Jueming met Kushina Uzumaki and Tekka Uchiha.
• Rin Nohara climbed over Jueming's backyard wall and shakily walked away.

Minato Namikaze led the group toward the eastern battlefield as Jueming questioned whether Kushina could survive releasing the Nine-Tails. At the battlefield, Jueming spotted a youthful Utatane Koharu and decided he wanted her help cultivating.

• Minato Namikaze warned that the Hidden Mist Army was nearing and that Konoha faced danger from several fronts.
• Jueming challenged Mito Uzumaki's certainty that a Jinchuriki would die after a Tailed Beast was extracted, but she had no answers to his questions.
• Jueming asked whether Tsunade was present and said her combat power would make the battle manageable despite the Hozuki Clan's defensive technique.
• The group reached the battlefield, where Konoha's forces watched the approaching Mist Army and Jueming found Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Shizune among them.
• Jueming spotted the youthful Utatane Koharu and resolved to ask her to help him cultivate.

As the Konoha forces clashed with the Hidden Mist army, Jueming used his apparent repeated deaths and his Hokage dream to break through Tsunade’s hemophobia. The chapter ended with Tsunade taking his hand and agreeing to help him become Hokage.

• The Konoha and Hidden Mist forces collided, with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and Karatachi Yagura among the Mist fighters.
• Tsunade charged into the enemy ranks but collapsed after being drenched in blood, triggering her hemophobia as Jiraiya tried to protect her.
• Jueming rushed to Tsunade and declared that he would shield the village and become Hokage, reminding her of Nawaki Senju and Dan Katō.
• Jueming repeatedly appeared to die from attacks and stray jutsu, then got back up and insisted that his dream would not die.
• Jueming asked Tsunade to help him fulfill his Hokage dream, and a vacant Tsunade clasped his hand and agreed.

Jueming cured Tsunade’s fear of blood and gained her trust while Konoha fought the Hidden Mist. As Konoha’s forces began to collapse, Jueming told Tsunade he had a way to save the village.

• Jueming urged Tsunade to face her fear, and she followed him into battle, knocking out Kiri Ninja as Jiraiya realized her fear of blood was cured.
• Utatane Koharu and Shimura Danzō attacked the Hidden Mist with a Mutation Weapon and Wind Release, prompting Karatachi Yagura and Suikazan Fuguki to challenge them.
• Jueming explained to Tsunade that Danzō might use Konoha’s losses to impeach Hiruzen Sarutobi and pursue the Hokage position.
• With Danzō and Koharu occupied by Yagura and Fuguki, Konoha’s outnumbered army began to collapse against the Hidden Mist.
• Tsunade raged at Konoha’s worsening situation, and Jueming assured her he had a way to save the village.

Senju Jueming convinced Tsunade to trust him, and they joined forces to attack the Hidden Mist forces. After Jueming gathered thousands of Explosive Tags and launched the next phase of his plan, Shimura Danzō’s stalemate with Karatachi Yagura’s group was interrupted by a string of explosions.

• Tsunade tested Jueming’s claim by giving him Hashirama Senju’s Death Necklace, and she believed him more after he made it disappear.
• Jueming confused Munashi Jinpachi by telling him about Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko, allowing Tsunade to knock him down and Jueming to kill him and take the Exploding Blade Shibuki.
• Jueming sold Munashi Jinpachi’s corpse and other enemy bodies to gather six thousand Explosive Tags while he and Tsunade cut through the Hidden Mist ranks.
• Jueming told Tsunade they were beginning the second phase of his plan to counterattack the Hidden Mist, and she drank an all-purpose antidote before following him.
• Shimura Danzō and Karatachi Yagura’s group remained locked in a cautious battle until Jueming raced across the battlefield and explosions began erupting.

Senju Jueming turned the battlefield with poison-laced Explosive Tags, letting Tsunade devastate the Hidden Mist forces while the Konoha troops withdrew. The Mist forces retreated, Jueming collected their fallen, and the system rewarded him with new grass-based abilities while requiring more Mental Energy items for his next rank.

• Jueming scattered poison powder with detonating Explosive Tags, causing Kiri Ninja across the battlefield to collapse.
• Mito Uzumaki questioned Jueming about making money from materials, and he dodged her suspicion with flattery.
• Tsunade charged through the poisonous smoke, using her antidote and Medical Ninjutsu to keep fighting and kill Kiri Ninja.
• Mei Terumī and Ao identified Jueming as the source of the attack and watched rather than enter the poison fog.
• The Hidden Mist forces withdrew, leaving at least a thousand drugged bodies behind, while Jueming collected corpses and the Konoha forces regrouped.
• The system awarded Jueming Grass Blender and Grass Knot, but said he still needed Mental Energy items A and B to earn the title of Special Jonin.

Senju Jueming and Tsunade helped Konoha defeat the Hidden Mist forces with poisonous smoke and their unusual abilities. As the enemy retreated, Tsunade examined Jueming and was astonished by his physical condition.

• Senju Jueming and Tsunade captured Hidden Mist ninja incapacitated by the drugs, while the medical unit identified the paralytic and sleeping agents.
• Karatachi Yagura withdrew after the Hidden Mist forces hesitated to approach Shimura Danzō and Utatane Koharu.
• Konoha celebrated its victory, while Orochimaru suspected Senju Jueming was a sane Aberration and considered Shimura Danzō’s political ambitions.
• Minato Namikaze, Kakashi, Tekka Uchiha, and Obito Uchiha reacted to Jueming’s strength, with Obito’s thoughts returning to Rin.
• Tsunade examined Jueming with Medical Ninjutsu, shrieked at what she found, and declared him exceptionally healthy.

Ōnoki and Rōshi clashed over Iwagakure’s wartime strategy, while Rasa led Sunagakure toward Konoha and the village braced for another attack. Danzo planned to impeach Hiruzen Sarutobi before the battle and use Impure World Reincarnation to counter Rasa.

• Rōshi left Iwagakure after arguing with Ōnoki, who later convened a meeting to discuss the war and the possibility of conquering Amegakure.
• Rasa’s Sunagakure force rested in the Great Desert as it advanced toward Konoha, with two and a half days of travel remaining.
• Konoha celebrated its latest victory, though its senior ninja feared attacks from Sunagakure, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Hidden Mist.
• Utatane Koharu and Danzo discussed their successful recovery of Aberrations and learned that Rasa was advancing toward Konoha.
• Danzo told Utatane Koharu he would impeach Hiruzen Sarutobi and propose a Hokage election, then revealed he planned to use Impure World Reincarnation against Rasa.

Tsunade returned to the Senju compound as the clan debated how to survive the political crisis and Danzo’s possible bid for Hokage. Jueming proposed a scheme using Tsunade’s incapacitating drug, while secretly intending to create a scandal that would weaken the village elders.

• Tsunade paid her respects in the Ancestral Hall and declared that she had returned to the Senju Clan.
• Momoka Senju warned that Danzo might use Hiruzen’s wartime failures and his own battlefield achievements to seek the Hokage position, while Tsunade’s mixed-blood status limited her ability to lead the clan.
• Jueming asked Tsunade for a colorless, odorless drug capable of incapacitating Kage-level ninja, and she agreed to formulate it if he supplied the ingredients.
• Tsunade and Jueming planned to drug the village elders without killing them, while Jueming privately considered exposing one in a scandal to damage their political standing.
• Jueming sold captured Kiri Ninja corpses and used his system to obtain the medicinal ingredients, then claimed his Great Scroll had supplied them.