Chapter Summaries

Jueming deceived Momoka Senju about his disappearance while planning to use Utatane Koharu against Danzō. Koharu escaped Jueming’s underground hideout and returned home, where Kunugi Mokume and Orochimaru came to see her.

• Momoka Senju worried that Danzō’s rise as Fourth Hokage threatened the Senju Clan, while Jueming claimed Aoki Senju had attacked him and Koharu.
• Koharu woke in Jueming’s underground room, vowed revenge against him and the Senju Clan, and destroyed the recording equipment.
• Koharu left the residence and slipped into the night, intent on regaining her position and killing Jueming.
• Kunugi Mokume searched for Koharu, and Orochimaru said he had seen her heading toward her home.
• After Koharu returned home and bathed, Kunugi Mokume and Orochimaru visited her; she opened the door to them.

Utatane Koharu returned after clashing with Senju Jueming and avoided explaining what happened, while Danzo celebrated his inauguration as Fourth Hokage and began reshaping Konoha. At the first Jonin meeting, Danzo started allocating Anbu positions and budgets, beginning by cutting the Uchiha MPD’s funding.

• Kunugi Mokume welcomed Koharu back, and she learned that Danzo had become Hokage and used the Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju.
• Orochimaru asked Koharu where she had gone, and she blamed her disappearance on a clash with Aoki and his monsters before postponing a meeting with Danzo.
• Danzo delivered his inauguration speech from Hokage Rock, explaining that the previous Hokage’s spirits should not be relied upon by the living.
• At the leadership meeting, Danzo questioned Koharu about Senju Jueming, then ordered that several members of the Senju Clan be brought in after the meeting.
• Danzo began the Jonin meeting by arranging applications for the directly controlled Anbu and announcing a budget cut for the Uchiha MPD.

At a Konoha meeting, Danzo used the Senju Clan’s mutations to justify the Forbidden Jutsu Research Department and expose the clan to public suspicion. After the meeting, Jonin began distancing themselves from the Senju, leaving Tsunade and the Great Elder to recognize that exclusion was only beginning.

• Fugaku Uchiha accepted a 5% budget cut while Danzo and the other higher-ups agreed to weaken the Uchiha gradually and focus first on the Senju Clan.
• Danzo announced the Forbidden Jutsu Research Department, with Orochimaru and Hiru in charge of its experiments, prompting congratulations for them and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Danzo revealed that members of the Senju Clan had been turned into Mutation Weapons and distributed documents describing the clan’s Aberrations and Wood Release Factor.
• Tsunade challenged Danzo, but he dismissed her and continued the meeting after declaring that the Senju Clan’s mutations should be made known.
• After the meeting, Jonin began avoiding Senju Clan members, and Tsunade and the Great Elder feared that public hostility would drive more of the clan to mutate.

Senju Jueming woke to find the Senju Clan shunned by Konoha after Shimura Danzō exposed the clan’s Mutations, and he argued with Sayuri over whether the Senju should have pursued mixed blood. He later told Mito Uzumaki that Danzō had become Fourth Hokage and resurrected Hashirama Senju, leaving her stunned by how far the village had changed.

• Senju Jueming checked his system panel, adjusted his appearance to eight years old, and left home while the Senju Clan endured hostility from Konoha’s residents.
• At the Senju Clan Ancestral Hall, Jueming challenged Sayuri’s belief that choosing mixed blood would have saved the clan from becoming test subjects.
• The Senju children held New Year’s greetings and worship at the Ancestral Hall as clan members remained fearful for their future.
• Mito Uzumaki asked Jueming how he had resolved his Mutation, and he assured her that he would not Mutate.
• Jueming told Mito Uzumaki that Shimura Danzō had used Impure World Reincarnation to resurrect Hashirama Senju and had become Fourth Hokage after Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped down.
• Jueming blamed Mito Uzumaki’s concern with appearances and the Senju’s past treatment of the Uchiha for the clan’s current isolation.

The Senju Clan faced destruction as Mutation spread, and Jueming urged the elders to trust his search for a solution. While he celebrated New Year with Kakashi and his friends, Utatane Koharu, Kunugi Mokume, and Orochimaru set out to take Senju test subjects.

• The Great Elder and the Senju elders failed to find a way to stop the clan’s decline, while Tsunade vowed to keep researching Mutation.
• Jueming said he could eventually cure Mutation and asked the elders to support him even if his methods crossed limits, distinguishing himself from Danzo through his Grass Release System.
• Jueming studied for the Special Jonin Selection, then welcomed Kakashi, Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, and their friends for New Year.
• Obito Uchiha revealed that he had beaten Tekka and become the Uchiha Clan’s top young ninja, then lost one Wisdom Value and became vacant again after Jueming laughed at him.
• Utatane Koharu, Kunugi Mokume, and Orochimaru headed to the Senju Clan compound under the Fourth Hokage’s orders to take test subjects.

Jueming’s classmates visited, and his provocative encounters with Anko and Rin left Obito enraged. Outside, Tsunade faced Koharu, Orochimaru, and Kunugi Mokume over their plan to seize Senju clan members, until Jueming and the others burst into the courtyard.

• Rin examined Obito and found nothing physically wrong with him, while Jueming let his classmates believe he was mentally impaired.
• After the other classmates left, Jueming restrained Anko in the kitchen and provoked her by mentioning her teacher, Orochimaru.
• Rin found Jueming with Anko, and Obito later overheard Jueming speaking privately with Rin, leaving both Rin and Obito shocked.
• Tsunade refused to let Koharu take Senju clan members, while the Great Elder, Orochimaru, and Kunugi Mokume confronted her over the clan’s fate.
• Koharu threatened to unleash the Mutation Weapon against the Senju, but Jueming, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin suddenly arrived amid a challenge and a chase.

Utatane Koharu arranged a match between Obito Uchiha and Senju Jueming, wagering that Jueming would become an experimental subject if he lost. The chapter ended with Danzo learning that Amegakure had surrendered to Iwagakure and might join an attack on the Land of Fire.

• Utatane Koharu confronted Senju Jueming, whose calm greeting intensified her anger over their previous battle.
• Obito Uchiha challenged Jueming, and his Sharingan evolved into Three Tomoe amid his intense emotions.
• Utatane Koharu proposed that Jueming be taken as an experimental subject if he lost the match, while the Great Elder and Tsunade objected.
• Utatane Koharu made Obito Uchiha and Senju Jueming's match the condition for deciding Jueming's fate.
• Ryoma Aburame brought Danzo an urgent report that Iwagakure had conquered Amegakure, secured Hanzō's surrender, and might attack the Land of Fire with its new vassal.

Jueming staged a prolonged, evenly matched fight with Obito to conceal his true strength and defuse the Senju compound standoff. That night, he sent Koharu a videotape that enraged her and earned him a new Grass Release technique.

• Obito awakened his Three Tomoe Sharingan and challenged Jueming, who accepted the duel while planning to make it look even.
• Jueming and Obito fought for two hours until Obito collapsed, and Jueming praised his endurance as Koharu left threatening revenge.
• Tsunade and the Great Elder relaxed after the confrontation, while Jueming watched Koharu depart thoughtfully.
• Jueming delivered Koharu a videotape showing intense twenty-four-hour battle footage, and she raged after watching it.
• Jueming slipped away and received the B-Rank Grass Release technique Seed Machine Gun from the system.

Danzo briefed the Jonin Council on Iwagakure’s conquest of the Land of Rain and proposed alliances and pressure on neighboring villages to counter the threat. He privately aimed to weaken Hidden Stream and seize its Seven-Tails, then singled out Minato Namikaze, suggesting he had recruited him from Sarutobi’s faction.

• Danzo and Utatane Koharu agreed to turn the Uchiha Clan against the Senju and make Senju Jueming a Mutation Weapon.
• Danzo told the Jonin Council that Iwagakure had conquered the Land of Rain, and that Hanzō of the Salamander had surrendered.
• Danzo proposed sending diplomats to ally with Sunagakure and press the Land of Waterfalls and the Land of Grass to oppose Hidden Rain.
• Danzo secretly planned to weaken Hidden Stream and take its Seven-Tails for Konoha.
• Danzo praised Minato Namikaze’s preparations, prompting the council to suspect he had recruited Minato from Sarutobi’s faction.

Danzo assigned Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki a mission to retrieve Hidden Ridge Village’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, while sending Tsunade to negotiate with Sunagakure. Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed Kushina’s secret to Jiraiya, and the Senju Clan feared Tsunade had been sent into a deadly trap.

• Danzo assigned Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and others to a diplomatic mission to Hidden Ridge Village, arranged a secret handover with Hidden Grass Village, and sent Tsunade to Sunagakure.
• Danzo privately ordered Minato Namikaze to bring back Hidden Ridge Village’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, threatening to forcibly extract the Nine-Tails’ power if Minato refused to sacrifice someone else.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Jiraiya that Kushina Uzumaki was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Jiraiya decided to ask Danzo to join Minato and Kushina’s mission as their protector.
• Tsunade prepared to travel to Sunagakure, while the Senju Clan’s Great Elder warned that her poor escape ability made the mission dangerous and suspected Danzo intended to harm the clan.

Jueming joined a diplomatic mission to Hidden Ridge Village while Danzo prepared to capture the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and move against the Senju Clan. As Jueming and his allies traveled, Danzo completed a Sharingan transplant and gathered his forces to attack Momoka Senju.

• Danzo retrieved Kagami Uchiha’s Sharingan and decided to copy Hiru’s Chimera Technique before using the eye’s power to control a Tailed Beast.
• Hizashi Hyuga told Jueming that completing the mission to Hidden Ridge Village could earn him the rank of Special Jonin, and Jiraiya wondered whether Jueming was the Child of Prophecy.
• Jueming accepted the assignment, intending to exploit the mission for his own gain, while Mito Uzumaki warned him that Danzo might target the Senju Clan in Tsunade’s and Jueming’s absence.
• Hizashi, Jiraiya, Minato, Kushina, and Jueming set out for Hidden Ridge Village, with Hizashi tasked to monitor Minato and Kushina and help locate the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Danzo’s agent Ryoma Aburame completed a transplant of Kagami’s Sharingan and received orders to observe Hiru’s experiments and copy the Chimera Technique.
• Danzo gathered Utatane Koharu, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Mitokado Homura to attack Momoka Senju under cover of night, despite Hiruzen’s warning that he would regret it.

Tsunade arrived in the transformed city of Rōran, where Anrokuzan concealed the Queen’s absence and a monster guarded the Dragon Vein. In Konoha, the four village leaders confronted Momoka Senju, whose mutation triggered a catastrophic future in which Senju Jueming ruled the world.

• Tsunade and Kurenai's Mother reached Rōran and were astonished by its futuristic skyline.
• Anrokuzan welcomed the visitors, claimed the Queen was unwell, and led them to their accommodations.
• Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu confronted Momoka Senju while Senju Jueming was away on a mission.
• After learning the leaders planned to turn her and Jueming into Mutation Weapons, Momoka released her body's mutation as Danzo and the others attacked.
• Several years later, Senju Jueming ruled a ruined Ninja World as scarecrows captured humans, toads, and Tailed Beasts for his bizarre schemes.
• Momoka, revived by the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, served Senju Jueming while Kakashi reported the day's captures and Tekka Uchiha spoke as Grand Marshal.

Jueming tormented the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails while a monster beneath Rōran described futures in which Jueming became unstoppable and plotted to destroy humanity. In Konoha, a nine-tailed wooden puppet attacked the village, but Hashirama Senju and the others stopped it before it collapsed, leaving its threat unresolved.

• Jueming summoned the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails and subjected them to a brutal night of torment.
• The monster beneath Rōran told Anrokuzan that it had witnessed countless futures in which Jueming rose to power, and proposed recruiting him or killing all humanity.
• Danzo gathered Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other leaders to deal with Momoka Senju, but a giant nine-tailed wooden puppet broke through Konoha's wall and rampaged through the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo attacked the puppet, while Orochimaru summoned Manda to restrain it.
• Danzo summoned Hashirama Senju, who used Wood Style: Wood Dragon Technique to drain the puppet's Chakra and stop it.
• The puppet collapsed, warning that humanity's fate was death.

After Konoha’s request for military aid was rejected by Hidden Ridge Village, Minato Namikaze’s group discussed Danzo’s secret plan to abduct the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. Jueming proposed staging an attack that appeared to come from Iwagakure, creating cover for the abduction and a reason for Hidden Ridge Village to join the war.

• Hashirama Senju’s investigators found that the strange monster attacks had used wood chips containing Sunagakure techniques, while Danzo postponed his plan to ambush Momoka Senju.
• Jueming’s group arrived at Hidden Ridge Village, where Hizashi Hyuga used his Byakugan to see the concealed entrance and survey the village.
• Fei Quan refused Minato Namikaze’s request for troops, saying Hidden Ridge Village was threatened by other nations and could not help Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze told the group that their secret mission was to abduct the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, and Jiraiya proposed infiltrating the village so Minato could transport the target away.
• Jueming suggested hiring thugs from the Underground Exchange to attack Hidden Ridge Village while disguised as Iwa Ninja, then abducting the Jinchuriki amid the chaos.

Jueming hired Kakuzu to create chaos in Hidden Ridge Village while he searched for its Hero’s Water. They infiltrated the village, and Jueming gave Kakuzu the Exploding Blade Shibuki as payment before heading for the water beneath the central tree.

• Jueming rejected Jiraiya’s plan to wait for Konoha to regain its strength and went to the underground black market to hire capable killers.
• Jueming hired Kakuzu, who demonstrated his power by blasting apart a rock wall with Wind Style: Crushing Pressure.
• Jueming and Kakuzu traveled to Hidden Ridge Village, where Kakuzu infiltrated the village and led Jueming through a waterfall into its interior.
• Kakuzu told Jueming that the Hero’s Water was hidden beneath the towering tree on the island at the lake’s center.
• Jueming produced the Exploding Blade Shibuki as payment, and Kakuzu recognized him as the person who had killed Kushimaru Kuriarare and Munashi Jinpachi.

Jueming stole Hidden Stream Village’s Hero’s Water while Kakuzu created a diversion, and Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki captured the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. The group escaped, leaving Hidden Stream in crisis, and Jueming asked Kakuzu how much it would cost to learn Earth Grudge Fear.

• Kakuzu attacked Hidden Ridge ninja to draw their attention, allowing Minato Namikaze to teleport the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki outside the village.
• Kushina Uzumaki bound the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki with her Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Minato knocked her unconscious.
• Jueming entered Hidden Stream Village’s underground Ancestral Hall and took all of its remaining Hero’s Water.
• Kakuzu revealed that he had been hired by Iwagakure, then flew away using Earth Grudge Fear as Hidden Stream Village Chief Fei Quan learned that the Hero’s Water had also been stolen and fainted.
• Jueming asked Kakuzu to teach him Earth Grudge Fear, and Kakuzu quoted a price of one billion.

Minato Namikaze’s group interrogated the captured Seven-Tails Jinchuriki to learn how to train a Jinchuriki and what happened when a Tailed Beast was extracted. Kushina revealed she had mastered the Eight Trigrams Seal, and Jiraiya considered experimenting with extracting and resealing the Seven-Tails.

• Minato Namikaze’s group fled Hidden Ridge Village with the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and stopped in the Land of Fire to question her.
• Jueming pretended to leave, while Minato Namikaze told him that Danzō might expose Kushina’s identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Jiraiya sent Minato Namikaze, Kushina, and Hizashi Hyuga away, then used the Rock-Dwelling Great Toad’s stomach and tickling to make the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki talk.
• The Seven-Tails Jinchuriki explained that controlling a Tailed Beast’s power was like a tug-of-war and said a host usually died if the beast was extracted.
• Jueming proposed pulling out the Seven-Tails and sealing it back inside, and Jiraiya considered testing the idea on the captive.
• Kushina confirmed she had mastered the Eight Trigrams Seal, which could filter a Tailed Beast’s harmful Chakra into pure energy.

Jiraiya’s attempt to unseal the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki went wrong, but Jueming subdued her and absorbed her Chakra. Meanwhile, Tsunade arrived in Sunagakure, where Rasa attacked her, blaming Konoha for the village’s destruction.

• Jiraiya used the Five Elements Unseal on the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, whose surging Chakra sent him flying.
• Kushina Uzumaki restrained the escaping Jinchuriki with Adamantine Sealing Chains, but she broke free and flew away.
• Hizashi Hyuga struck the fleeing Jinchuriki with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, but could not stop her flight.
• Jueming pursued the Jinchuriki, knocked her from the sky with Grass Release: Seed Machine Gun, then drained her Chakra with Grass Release: Absorption.
• Jueming gained poison resistance and Seven-Tails Chakra, which improved the Leaf Blade Sword to B-Rank.
• Tsunade and Kurenai’s Mother arrived in ruined Sunagakure, where Rasa attacked Tsunade with Gold Dust and declared she would not leave.

As Iwagakure and the Hidden Rain Village advanced on Konoha, Danzo activated a plan to contaminate the Ninja World with Mutation Factors. With the enemy at Konoha’s walls, he revealed the contamination to the assembled forces and declared that the world would soon become uninhabitable.

• Danzo learned that ten thousand Iwa Ninja and the Hidden Rain Village army were approaching Konoha and ordered his forces to prepare for battle.
• Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, Kakashi, and other ninja gathered on Konoha’s walls, while Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, and Jueming were absent.
• Danzo’s Root operatives released Mutation Factors into water sources across the nations, carrying out his plan to contaminate the entire Ninja World.
• Kitsuchi and Hanzō of the Salamander arrived with their forces and demanded that Danzo surrender.
• Danzo removed his Hokage hat and told the gathered forces that the Senju Clan had spread Mutation Factors and the Ninja World would soon become unfit for human survival.

As Iwagakure breached Konohagakure, mutated monsters spread across the Ninja World, and the other villages discovered that their lands had been contaminated. Konoha's defenders fought on in the streets as Momoka Senju prepared to use forbidden techniques, even if doing so meant losing control.

• Outside Iwagakure, a villager drank contaminated well water, mutated into a monster, and attacked passersby as infections spread.
• Kitsuchi sent a warning to Iwagakure and ordered an assault on Konohagakure's walls.
• Karatachi Yagura learned that mutated monsters were appearing across the Land of Fire and suspected Konoha had released the virus.
• Dodai reported that Aberrations had appeared throughout the Land of Lightning, while the Fourth Raikage blamed Konoha.
• Ebizo and Chiyo told Rasa that the Land of Wind's oases had been contaminated, and Chiyo urged him to impose martial law.
• Iwagakure breached Konohagakure's walls, and Momoka Senju fought alongside the village's defenders while preparing to use forbidden techniques.