Chapter Summaries

The Nine-Tails rejected Tobirama Senju’s offer and violently resisted Mito Uzumaki’s sealing chains, ending their negotiations. Tobirama proposed making Mito the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and she agreed, partly because the role could give her influence of her own in Konoha.

• The Nine-Tails refused to become Konoha’s watchdog and rejected Tobirama Senju’s warning that Konoha would seal it inside a human.
• The Nine-Tails erupted in a violent struggle, and Mito Uzumaki subdued it with her Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Tobirama Senju ended the negotiations and told Mito Uzumaki that Konoha would begin preparing to create a jinchuriki.
• Mito Uzumaki warned that the plan required both a powerful seal and a suitable vessel, and Tobirama Senju realized she was the strongest candidate.
• Tobirama Senju asked Mito Uzumaki to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and she agreed, seeing the role as a way to gain independent influence in Konoha.

Tobirama Senju accompanied his gravely ill brother Hashirama on a strenuous journey to attend Uchiha Madara’s funeral in the Akatsuki Ninja Village. After Hashirama nearly fell from a tree during their two-day run, Tobirama realized they could not safely keep traveling at full speed.

• Tobirama Senju woke before dawn, dreading the long journey to Uchiha Madara’s funeral and worrying about Hashirama’s failing health.
• Hashirama Senju eagerly prepared to leave, and the brothers slipped out of Konoha through a secret opening in the barrier.
• The brothers ran through the forest for two days and a night until Hashirama lost his footing and fell from the canopy.
• Tobirama Senju used the Body Flicker Technique to catch Hashirama, then scolded him for pushing his weakened body.
• Hashirama and Tobirama traded teasing remarks before Tobirama grew serious about the danger of continuing at full speed.