Recaps

Ten-year-old Senju Fujima avoided his father Hashirama’s challenge and wondered why he had vanished from the known history of the Ninja World. A newly activated God Selection System forced him to choose a mission, and he rushed back to challenge Hashirama for the promised reward.

• Hashirama asked Fujima about his dream, and Fujima said he wanted a comfortable life while trusting his father to bring peace.
• Hashirama offered to test Fujima’s strength, but Fujima fled after remembering how Hashirama had beaten him in a duel three years earlier.
• Fujima wondered why Hashirama’s son had never appeared in the original story and feared that he might have a hidden enemy.
• The God Selection System bound itself to Fujima and offered three missions, including challenging Hashirama for a Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Contract.
• Fujima returned to Hashirama and Mito and challenged his father to a fight.

Senju Fujima challenged Hashirama Senju to a spar and revealed that he had awakened Wood Release. Their battle drew the Senju Clan outside to watch, while Hashirama and Tobirama Senju celebrated Fujima's ability.

• Mito Uzumaki caught Senju Fujima challenging Hashirama Senju, sealed him with the Four Symbols Sealing technique, and released him after Hashirama asked her to let him fight.
• Hashirama Senju agreed to spar with Fujima and set his Wood Clone as a test of elite jonin strength.
• Fujima used Deep Forest Emergence, but Hashirama's clone took control of the jutsu and sent its trees after him.
• Fujima summoned the Wood Human Technique, waking Tobirama Senju and drawing the Senju Clan members out to watch.
• Hashirama told Tobirama that Fujima had awakened Wood Release, and Fujima's Wood Human attacked Hashirama's clone, which blocked the blow with Wood Guard.

Senju Fujima fought Hashirama Senju’s clone, using Water Release, a newly developed water-based Body Flicker Technique, and the Rasenshuriken. Hashirama recognized the Rasenshuriken’s power and declared it a forbidden technique for the clan, while Fujima’s battle with the clone continued.

• Hashirama Senju’s clone immobilized Fujima’s Wood Human and attacked him with wooden hands, but Fujima escaped with the Substitution Technique and countered with Water Release.
• Fujima used Tobirama Senju’s Water Release techniques against the clone, then trapped its Wood Dragon with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• The clone caught Fujima in the Bringer-of-Darkness genjutsu and a Wood Prison, but Fujima broke free with a Big Ball Rasengan and used his water-based Body Flicker Technique to attack from behind.
• Fujima’s Wood Clone threw a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken at Hashirama’s clone, which summoned Triple Rashomon to defend itself.
• Hashirama Senju saw the Rasenshuriken destroy the first two gates and ordered that the dangerous technique be classified as forbidden to other clan members.

Fujima exhausted his chakra fighting Hashirama’s Clone, who caught him as he passed out. The battle ended with the Senju Clan celebrating Fujima’s strength as Hashirama carried him back to the compound.

• Hashirama’s Clone destroyed Fujima’s Rasenshuriken with the third Rashomon and warned that he would use his full power.
• Hashirama and Fujima summoned Wood Humans and Wood Dragons, and Hashirama’s larger construct defeated Fujima’s.
• Fujima used Advent of a World of Flowering Trees to spend his remaining chakra, completing the system task and earning the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Contract.
• Fujima collapsed from exhaustion, and Hashirama’s Clone caught him and confirmed that he had passed out.
• The Senju Clan members praised Fujima’s power, and Hashirama took him from the Clone and headed back to the compound with Tobirama.

Senju Fujima urged the Senju Clan to end its war with the Uchiha Clan and pursue peace, while the God Selection System offered him a choice between killing Madara Uchiha, killing Izuna Uchiha, or ending the war and founding Konoha. The chapter ended with Fujima stunned by the choices.

• Senju Fujima woke refreshed after exhausting his chakra and received a system mission to marry a woman from the Uchiha, Hyuga, or Uzumaki Clan within three years.
• Wangze Senju summoned Fujima to a meeting because war with the Uchiha Clan was about to break out again.
• Hongjun Senju, Huiteng Senju, and the other elders urged Hashirama Senju to join Fujima and kill Madara Uchiha.
• Senju Fujima opposed the plan, appealed for peace, and proposed joining forces with the Uchiha Clan to bring stability to the Ninja World.
• The God Selection System offered Fujima missions to kill Madara Uchiha, kill Izuna Uchiha, or end the war and found Konoha.

Senju Fujima argued that the Senju Clan should make peace with the Uchiha Clan and persuaded the elders to let him try to win over both clans. He then gathered the Senju and asked them to choose whether they would give up the war, leaving their response unresolved.

• Senju Fujima told the elders that the Senju and Uchiha had both suffered losses in the war and urged them to seek peace.
• Tobirama Senju questioned whether either clan's members would accept reconciliation, while Hashirama Senju supported Fujima's proposal.
• The eight elders agreed to let Fujima try to persuade the Senju Clan, provided the Uchiha Clan also agreed to peace.
• Senju Fujima summoned the clan members to the training ground and asked those willing to stop fighting the Uchiha to stand on his left, and those opposed to stand on his right.

Senju Fujima persuaded the Senju Clan to choose peace with the Uchiha Clan, earning the system's affection reward. Hashirama Senju planned to negotiate with Madara Uchiha the next day, while Tobirama Senju remained troubled by Shizuka Sarutobi's death.

• Senju Fujima had the clan members vote on whether to continue fighting, and most chose a ceasefire.
• Senju Fujima reasoned with the hardliners by urging them to consider their families and imagining a peaceful village with a Ninja Academy.
• The remaining opponents agreed to peace, completing the system mission and earning The Uchiha Clan's affection +10.
• Hashirama Senju told the elders that he, Tobirama Senju, and Senju Fujima would go to the battlefield to negotiate with Madara Uchiha.
• Hashirama Senju praised Senju Fujima, then comforted Tobirama Senju as he worried over Shizuka Sarutobi.

Senju Fujima learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi was Tobirama Senju’s son, then found Tobirama alone by the river and urged him to stop blaming Shizuka Sarutobi for what the war had forced her to endure. Tobirama was shaken by Fujima’s words, but his response was left unstated.

• Hashirama Senju revealed to Senju Fujima that Hiruzen Sarutobi was Tobirama Senju’s son, born to Shizuka Sarutobi and adopted into the Sarutobi Clan.
• Senju Fujima left the conference hall and encountered Tobirama standing alone beside the river, prompting the God Selection System to offer him three choices.
• Senju Fujima rejected the options to provoke Tobirama or ask him to reclaim Hiruzen, and decided to comfort his uncle instead.
• Tobirama admitted that he had remained distant from Shizuka because of what happened, while Senju Fujima asked whether he should keep shutting her out or protect her.
• Senju Fujima told Tobirama that Shizuka had been forced into her circumstances, that the war was to blame, and that they should face the truth rather than run from it.

Tobirama Senju accepted that war, not Sarutobi Shizuka, was to blame for their painful past and reconciled with her. The next morning, Hashirama Senju led the Senju Clan to meet the Uchiha Clan and negotiate peace with Madara Uchiha.

• Senju Fujima helped Tobirama Senju realize that Sarutobi Shizuka had been helpless and that he should stop blaming her for the past.
• Senju Fujima grilled fish for Tobirama Senju, then received the Flying Thunder God Technique as his reward and went to find Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki.
• Tobirama Senju brought grilled fish to Sarutobi Shizuka, apologized through his renewed affection, and promised to protect her and build a family with her.
• The next morning, Hashirama Senju led more than three hundred Senju shinobi, including Tobirama Senju, Senju Fujima, and the Eight Great Elders, toward the battlefield.
• Hashirama Senju instructed the Eight Great Elders to hold back the troops while he, Tobirama Senju, and Senju Fujima went to negotiate peace with Madara Uchiha.

Senju Fujima used the system’s Talk no Jutsu reward to explain his provocative challenge to Madara Uchiha and argue that the Senju and Uchiha clans should end their war. He left Madara and Izuna stunned as he urged them to join Hashirama and build a village where their descendants could live in peace.

• The system offered Senju Fujima three battlefield choices, and he chose to challenge Madara Uchiha with, “Do you want to dance too?”
• Hashirama Senju approached Madara with Tobirama Senju and Fujima, proposed joining the clans, and held out his hand.
• Izuna Uchiha warned Madara not to trust the Senju and reminded him of their fallen clansmen, causing Madara to hesitate.
• Fujima stepped between them, delivered his challenge, and received the system’s Talk no Jutsu reward.
• Fujima explained how peace and a shared village could prevent more deaths, then urged Madara and Izuna to ask their clansmen whether they wanted peace.

Senju Fujima persuaded Madara Uchiha and Izuna Uchiha to end the conflict with the Senju Clan, then proposed intermarriage to strengthen their alliance. Madara and Izuna agreed to ask their people, while Fujima eagerly looked forward to marrying an Uchiha girl.

• Senju Fujima convinced Izuna Uchiha that continued fighting had caused needless deaths, and Izuna admitted he had been wrong.
• Madara Uchiha and Izuna Uchiha agreed to make peace with the Senju Clan, and Madara clasped hands with Senju Hashirama.
• Senju Fujima proposed that the Senju and Uchiha clans intermarry to make their alliance stronger.
• Senju Hashirama and Izuna Uchiha supported trying the proposal, and Madara Uchiha agreed to ask his people about potential marriages.
• Senju Fujima volunteered to set an example by marrying into the Uchiha Clan, secretly celebrating the prospect of marrying an Uchiha girl.

Madara Uchiha announced that the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan had agreed to peace and would build a village together. The Uchiha accepted the peace and mostly supported intermarriage, and Madara and Izuna were left to review families volunteering daughters for Senju Fujima to marry.

• Madara Uchiha told the Uchiha Clan that he had reached a peace agreement with Hashirama Senju and asked whether they supported ending the fighting.
• The Uchiha Clan members threw down their weapons and celebrated, while Izuna Uchiha told Madara that everyone had longed for peace.
• Madara announced that the clans could intermarry, and most Uchiha members approved while some objected to mixing bloodlines.
• Madara said Hashirama Senju had offered his son, Senju Fujima, as a groom, prompting many families to volunteer their daughters.
• Izuna told the Uchiha to submit names for review, and Madara and Izuna agreed to pass the candidates to the Senju Clan.

Senju Fujima debated whether to warn Madara Uchiha about Black Zetsu or pursue the system’s tempting rewards, while Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha made peace and founded Konoha. The chapter left Hashirama and Madara standing together on Kage Rock as Hashirama recalled their childhood dreams.

• The God Selection System offered Senju Fujima rewards for letting Hashirama Senju die, killing Izuna Uchiha, or warning Madara Uchiha about Black Zetsu, and Fujima struggled over the choice.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju agreed to sign a ceasefire and led their clans to the planned site of Konoha.
• Hashirama Senju and Senju Fujima used Wood Release to create more than a thousand houses, impressing and reassuring the Uchiha Clan members.
• The Senju Clan and Uchiha Clan signed a ceasefire, gained the Land of Fire daimyo’s approval, and moved their members into Konoha.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha stood together on Kage Rock, where Hashirama asked Madara if he remembered what they had said there as children.

Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju reminisced about their dream of founding a village, named it Konoha, and discussed Madara becoming its Hokage. As Konoha grew and the Senju and Uchiha clans made peace, Tobirama Senju and Izuna Uchiha hurried them to prepare for a meeting with the Land of Fire’s ministers.

• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju recalled their childhood plan to build a village where children could grow up safely instead of being sent to war.
• Hashirama Senju asked Madara Uchiha to become Hokage and explained that the role would involve protecting the village and managing its missions and growth.
• Madara Uchiha named the village Konoha after the leaf in his hand, and Hashirama Senju joked that the name lacked depth.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha laughed together as they imagined the village’s future and the Hokage’s face carved into the cliff.
• Izuna Uchiha and Tobirama Senju joined them, and Tobirama Senju said ministers from the Land of Fire were arriving for a meeting.

Senju Fujima persuaded Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha to share Konoha’s leadership, making Madara Hokage and Hashirama Deputy Hokage, and received a sacrifice-free Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu as his reward. After they formalized their appointments with Kato In, the new leaders discussed choosing Guardian Ninja from other clans.

• Senju Fujima proposed that Madara Uchiha become Hokage and Hashirama Senju become Deputy Hokage, and Tobirama Senju, Izuna Uchiha, and Hashirama agreed.
• Senju Fujima received a perfected Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu that required no sacrifice and let summoned fighters retain eighty percent of their living strength.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju met Kato In, agreed that Konoha would protect the Land of Fire, and signed their appointment agreements.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju decided not to assign Senju or Uchiha ninja to guard the daimyo and proposed selecting Guardian Ninja from other clans.

Madara Uchiha assigned Konoha shinobi to protect the daimyo while Black Zetsu lamented that Izuna Uchiha’s survival had ruined his plan to make Madara awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Senju Fujima showed Madara a forged ancient scroll warning of Black Zetsu and the Rinnegan, leaving Madara convinced that Izuna was in danger and vowing to protect him.

• Madara Uchiha ordered Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Izuna Uchiha to select and vet shinobi for the daimyo’s protection.
• Black Zetsu watched Konoha and cursed that Izuna Uchiha’s survival had thwarted his plan to make Madara Uchiha obtain the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Senju Fujima brought Madara Uchiha a worn scroll describing Black Zetsu, the Celestial Maiden, and the path to awakening the Rinnegan.
• Senju Fujima warned that Black Zetsu might target Madara or Izuna to trigger the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and obtain the Rinnegan.
• Madara Uchiha recalled a similar clan inscription, accepted the warning as credible, and promised to watch over Izuna.

Senju Fujima revealed the ancient book’s warning to Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, and the system rewarded him with the Otsutsuki Clan’s Immortal Body. After Hashirama considered awakening the Rinnegan, Fujima’s system offered a choice that could help the Senju and Uchiha clans prepare for the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Senju Fujima told Madara Uchiha about the danger described in the ancient book, and Madara decided to discuss protecting the village and Izuna with Hashirama Senju.
• Hashirama Senju returned with the others, and Madara showed them the ancient document Fujima had found.
• The system made Madara Fujima’s friend and granted Fujima the Otsutsuki Clan’s Immortal Body, transforming his body and giving him immense chakra and strength.
• Hashirama Senju proposed having Mito and the Sealing Squad research Konoha’s barrier and wondered whether he and Madara could awaken the Rinnegan.
• Hashirama’s thought activated Fujima’s system, which offered him a choice that included helping Hashirama and Madara awaken the Rinnegan in exchange for a bloodline-enhancement formula.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha agreed to test whether bloodline transplants could awaken the Rinnegan, but they argued over who should go first. The vote chose Hashirama, and Senju Fujima then suggested using Tajima Uchiha’s preserved eyes to strengthen Madara’s Sharingan, leaving Izuna Uchiha reluctant to agree.

• Tobirama Senju and Izuna Uchiha warned Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha that experimenting with bloodline transplants could be dangerous, while Senju Fujima argued they could not ignore the threat of Black Zetsu.
• Madara Uchiha agreed to the experiment, but Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha both insisted on going first to protect the other and the village.
• Senju Fujima proposed a vote, and Tobirama Senju and Izuna Uchiha chose Hashirama Senju to undergo the experiment first.
• Senju Fujima asked whether Tajima Uchiha’s preserved eyes could help Madara Uchiha awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and Izuna Uchiha objected because they were his deceased father’s eyes.

Senju Fujima arranged for Madara and Izuna to use their ancestors’ eyes to pursue the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan while secretly researching how to awaken the Rinnegan. Hashirama’s transplanted Sharingan awakened a Mangekyo, and Fujima continued injecting Madara’s DNA into him as his strength grew.

• Madara agreed to transplant his father’s eyes, and he sent Izuna to retrieve them along with three pairs of Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Two months after Konoha was founded, the Land of Lightning, Land of Water, Land of Wind, and Land of Earth established their own shinobi villages.
• Madara and Izuna felt their eyes growing stronger and discussed the old book’s warnings about Black Zetsu and his plans to awaken the Rinnegan.
• Izuna reported that Hashirama’s transplanted Three Tomoe Sharingan had awakened into a Mangekyo and that Madara’s cells had greatly increased Hashirama’s strength.
• Senju Fujima injected another dose of Madara’s DNA into Hashirama and told him to wait for his body to absorb it.

Senju Fujima examined his evolving Mangekyō Sharingan and its spatial-barrier and time-control abilities. A masked intruder summoned the Nine-Tailed Fox into Konoha, where the beast began destroying the village as its shinobi rushed to evacuate civilians and fight back.

• Senju Fujima returned to his secret base and found his Mangekyō Sharingan rapidly evolving, with one eye able to create a protective spatial barrier and the other able to control time for ten seconds.
• A cloaked, unidentified figure used the Summoning Technique to bring the Nine-Tailed Fox to Konoha, where it crushed buildings and sent villagers fleeing.
• An Anbu shinobi reported the attack to Madara Uchiha, who ordered the Anbu to protect and evacuate villagers while other shinobi retreated or helped.
• Konoha's Jonin and other shinobi attacked the Nine-Tailed Fox to buy time for the villagers, but their attacks only enraged it and several shinobi were killed or injured.
• Sasuke Sarutobi summoned Enma and had him transform into the Adamantine Staff, then ordered him to push the Nine-Tailed Fox out of the village.

Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju subdued the Nine-Tails after it attacked Konoha, while Black Zetsu discovered that Madara had already awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. Hashirama brought Mito Uzumaki to help seal the beast.

• Sasuke Sarutobi used the Adamantine Staff to drive the Nine-Tails out of Konoha, where Black Zetsu emerged and hoped the beast would blind or kill Madara Uchiha or Izuna Uchiha.
• The Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Konoha, but Madara Uchiha blocked it with Susanoo and revealed that he already had the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Madara Uchiha wounded the Nine-Tails by cutting off one of its tails, and Hashirama Senju arrived and pinned the beast down with Senjutsu—Gate of the Great God.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju decided the Nine-Tails needed to be sealed, and Hashirama went home to bring Mito Uzumaki to the battlefield.

Senju Fujima chose to become Kurama’s Jinchūriki rather than let Mito Uzumaki bear the burden, and he sealed Kurama inside himself. Konoha’s people celebrated Fujima as their protector.

• Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki discussed sealing Kurama and the burden of passing the seal between hosts.
• The God Selection System offered Senju Fujima three choices, and he chose to become Kurama’s Jinchūriki for the Otsutsuki Clan Pill-Refining Ability.
• Mito Uzumaki offered to become Kurama’s vessel, but Senju Fujima insisted on taking her place and vowed to protect the village.
• Madara Uchiha trapped Kurama in genjutsu, allowing Senju Fujima to bind him with Adamantine Sealing Chains and seal him inside himself.
• Senju Fujima reinforced the seal with a Four Symbols Seal, and Konoha’s people cheered his victory.

After Konoha began rebuilding from the Nine-Tails’ attack, Senju Fujima entered the Sealing Space to speak with Kurama and chose to befriend him. Kurama resisted, but Fujima’s Wood Release stunned him, and their conversation was left unresolved.

• Madara Uchiha ordered the ninjas to help villagers rebuild, while Hashirama Senju and Senju Fujima suspected Black Zetsu had controlled the Nine-Tails.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha agreed to accelerate their research into the Rinnegan and prepare for Black Zetsu.
• Konoha’s villagers and ninjas rebuilt the village and activated a barrier that detected intruders, though Hashirama Senju said it needed further strengthening.
• Senju Fujima’s system offered him three choices concerning the Nine-Tails, and he chose to befriend him in exchange for becoming a Perfect Jinchuriki and receiving a special reward.
• Senju Fujima called the Nine-Tails Kurama and asked to be friends, but Kurama demanded to be released and attacked him.
• Senju Fujima stopped Kurama’s paw with Wood Release, leaving Kurama shocked that Fujima possessed both Senju and Uchiha bloodlines.

Senju Fujima tried to befriend Kurama and left him alone in the Sealing Space after Kurama rejected the offer but let him stay. When Hashirama Senju asked Fujima to attend the newly opened Ninja Academy, Fujima demanded one million ryo in exchange, and Hashirama offered to let him skip school instead.

• Senju Fujima told Kurama he wanted to end wars and become his friend, but Kurama said he did not need friends.
• Senju Fujima fell asleep on Kurama's head, and Kurama chose not to harm him before they both slept.
• Senju Fujima woke in the evening, said he would return the next day, and left the Sealing Space as Kurama privately called him interesting.
• Hashirama Senju explained that Fujima should attend the Ninja Academy to encourage other clans to send their children, while the God Selection System offered Fujima only unpleasant choices or no reward.
• Senju Fujima agreed to attend if Hashirama paid him one million ryo, and Hashirama refused the demand but offered to let him skip the academy.

Senju Fujima got Hashirama Senju to give him money for attending the Ninja Academy, but the system confiscated most of it and converted it into chakra absorption. The clans agreed to send their children to the academy, and Fujima headed there on opening day.

• Senju Fujima threatened to skip the Ninja Academy unless Hashirama Senju gave him money, and Hashirama eventually handed over a scroll containing one million ryō.
• The system confiscated nine hundred thousand ryō, stored the remaining one hundred thousand, and converted the confiscated money into chakra absorption; Kurama woke to Fujima shouting about the system.
• At a council meeting, the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, Senju Clan, Uchiha Clan, and other clan leaders agreed to send their children to the Ninja Academy.
• The academy opened the next morning, and Senju Fujima walked toward it as parents brought their children to school.