Recaps

Retto ordered Sunagakure to pressure Konoha into returning Shukaku and paying compensation, despite Shamon’s warning about the Senju and Uchiha. Back in Konoha, Madara argued with Hashirama over hunting the other Tailed Beasts, and Hashirama demanded five million ryō to let him go.

• Retto dismissed Shamon’s concerns and ordered Sunagakure’s army to gather at Konoha’s border to demand Shukaku and compensation.
• Shamon recalled witnessing the Senju and Uchiha leaders’ terrifying powers and worried that Retto’s plan would go wrong.
• Madara returned to the Hokage Office with Tobirama and complained that Hashirama had assigned him the weak Shukaku instead of Gyuki.
• Madara demanded permission to hunt the other Tailed Beasts, but Hashirama refused and the two wrestled while Tobirama watched in exasperation.
• Hashirama offered to let Madara hunt the remaining beasts for five million ryō, and Madara accused him of robbery.

Hashirama Senju haggled with Madara Uchiha for money, then had to give Tobirama one million taels before heading to the casino with what remained. The casino owner welcomed him back and led him to a room where other gamblers gathered to watch.

• Hashirama negotiated with Madara until Madara gave him three and a half million taels.
• Tobirama demanded one million taels from Hashirama and threatened to tell Mito Uzumaki about his hidden money, so Hashirama paid him.
• Hashirama fled with two and a half million taels and went to the casino to exchange his cash for chips.
• The casino owner ushered Hashirama toward a game, while gamblers rushed to see the returning player.

Senju Fujima took Tie Kui to the market and bought a large spread of food for them to share. He also tricked Kurama into trying a dumpling, which the Nine-Tails unexpectedly enjoyed.

• Hashirama Senju lost his remaining money at the casino and lamented his losses in a deserted corner.
• Senju Fujima noticed Tie Kui was hungry and took her to a food stall, where she reflected on how kindly he had treated her.
• Senju Fujima bought Tie Kui takoyaki and led her around the market, purchasing a variety of snacks and dishes.
• Senju Fujima used Wood Release to make a table and stools in a grassy area, and the pair sat down to eat.
• Senju Fujima put a dumpling into Kurama's mouth despite the Nine-Tails refusing food, and Kurama decided it tasted good.

Senju Fujima and the Nine-Tails bickered over dumplings while Tie Kui enjoyed their companionship. When the system offered rewards for choices that would hurt Tie Kui, Fujima chose to take her to Konoha and give her a home, then Tie Kui asked whether he would keep capturing Tailed Beasts.

• The Nine-Tails grabbed Senju Fujima’s skewers, and their fight knocked the dumplings onto the ground.
• Fujima promised to buy the Nine-Tails more food, and they bargained until he agreed to provide a hundred skewers.
• The Nine-Tails threatened to tell Uchiha that Fujima had flirted with Tie Kui, making her blush.
• The system offered Fujima three choices, including rewards for abandoning Tie Kui or turning her into an emotionless killer.
• Fujima rejected the harmful options and chose to take Tie Kui to Konoha and give her a home.
• Tie Kui asked Fujima whether he would keep capturing Tailed Beasts.

Senju Fujima explained that Kurama was the strongest of the nine Tailed Beasts, then took Tie Kui and the Nine-Tails back to the market for dango. A boastful Kumogakure jonin named Teroze demanded that they give up Kurama, and the chapter ended as he hurled enormous shuriken at Tie Kui.

• Senju Fujima told Tie Kui that seven Tailed Beasts remained uncaptured and that Kurama was the strongest of the nine.
• Senju Fujima bought the Nine-Tails a hundred skewers of dango, and the group wandered through the market.
• A child asked his father to take the fox from Tie Kui, and Teroze arrogantly offered to buy the Nine-Tails.
• The child identified Teroze as an elite jonin from Kumogakure and threatened Senju Fujima and Tie Kui.
• Teroze summoned three enormous shuriken and threw them toward Tie Kui.

Senju Fujima and Tie Kui defeated Teroze after he used Magnet Release to mark Tie Kui with a magnetic field, and Teroze died on his own shuriken. As they left, Tie Kui explained why she pitied Toroi but not his upbringing, then wondered whether Fujima could ever marry someone like her.

• Teroze marked Tie Kui with a magnetic field using his shuriken and attacked with Magnet Release—Hornet Twin Blades.
• Senju Fujima used the Body Flicker Technique and Rasengan to knock Teroze into his own shuriken, which sliced him in half.
• Toroi vowed to avenge his father, but Senju Fujima and Tie Kui left without harming him.
• Senju Fujima asked Tie Kui whether she felt sorry for Toroi, and she said she pitied his loss but not his lack of discipline.
• Senju Fujima called Tie Kui cute when she smiled and wondered who would marry her, while Tie Kui quietly wondered why it could not be him and doubted she was worthy of him.

Senju Fujima persuaded Tie Kui to return to Konoha with him and promised to help her grow stronger so they could protect the Ninja World together. After using the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring her to his room, he was met by an angry Mito Uzumaki.

• Tie Kui reflected on her loneliness and realized her feelings for Senju Fujima came from the care and protection she had never received before.
• Senju Fujima offered to take Tie Kui to Konoha, where she could study at the Ninja Academy and learn proper fundamentals.
• Tie Kui resisted because she did not want to see the Uchiha Clan, but Senju Fujima urged her to set aside hatred and join his dream of ending war.
• Tie Kui worried that she was too weak to protect the Ninja World, and Senju Fujima encouraged her by promising to teach her swordsmanship; she agreed to go with him.
• Senju Fujima used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Tie Kui to his room, where Mito Uzumaki saw them embracing and grew angry.

Senju Fujima brought Tie Kui, a wandering samurai from the Land of Iron, to register in Konoha after Mito Uzumaki mistook her for a woman of the night. He told Hashirama Senju that he had captured the Three-Tails, then introduced Tie Kui to him.

• Mito Uzumaki caught Senju Fujima holding Tie Kui and punched him into a wall, believing he had brought home a woman of the night.
• Senju Fujima explained that Tie Kui was a homeless samurai whose parents had died, and Mito told him to take her to register in Konoha.
• Senju Fujima reassured Tie Kui, then led her toward the Hokage Office so she could get an identity and enroll in school.
• Senju Fujima told Hashirama Senju that he had captured the Three-Tails and introduced Tie Kui, who bowed and gave her name.

Senju Fujima helped Tie Kui gain entry to the village and enroll in the Ninja Academy, then learned that Madara Uchiha and his Second Uncle had gone to capture a Tailed Beast. Hashirama Senju pushed Fujima into reviewing documents, and Fujima chose a system reward that granted him an improved Eight Inner Gates technique he could not use himself.

• Hashirama Senju agreed to register Tie Kui and arrange her enrollment in the Ninja Academy.
• Anbu Tianji escorted Tie Kui to register, and Tie Kui felt newly reliant on Senju Fujima.
• Hashirama Senju teased Senju Fujima about bringing Tie Kui home and said Madara Uchiha and his Second Uncle had gone to capture a Tailed Beast.
• Hashirama Senju insisted Senju Fujima would become Hokage and made him sit down to help review documents.
• Senju Fujima chose the system's third option, earning the improved Eight Inner Gates technique, which he could not use himself.

Senju Fujima earned an improved Eight Inner Gates technique and used shadow clones to help Hashirama review paperwork. Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha confronted the Four-Tails and returned its lava attacks with his fan.

• Senju Fujima agreed to help Hashirama review documents, then received an improved Eight Inner Gates technique that caused no harm but could not be used by him.
• Senju Fujima summoned shadow clones to finish the paperwork, while Hashirama warned him about the dangers of the forbidden technique.
• Madara Uchiha arrived before Son Goku, the Four-Tails, and taunted it by comparing it to One-Tail.
• Son Goku attacked Madara Uchiha with Lava Release: Scorching Rock Stream, but Madara batted the lava balls back with Uchiha Reflection.

Madara Uchiha defeated and captured the Four-Tails with his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki reported the capture to Ishikawa, who proposed teaching Konoha a lesson while insisting on his own strength.

• The Four-Tails attacked Madara with lava, but Madara summoned Susanoo and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make the tailed beast dance.
• Madara called over a man resembling Nagato Uzumaki, who sealed the Four-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Iwagakure ninja arrived after Madara had left, and Ōnoki admitted he had been frightened by Madara’s power.
• Ishikawa heard Ōnoki’s report, complained that Konoha had captured a tailed beast on the Land of Earth’s territory, and flew off, saying it was time to teach Konoha a lesson.
• Ōnoki asked whether Ishikawa could defeat Madara’s blue giant, and Ishikawa urged him to develop a will as strong as stone.
• Ōnoki squeezed a rock and crumbled it, challenging Ishikawa’s comparison.

Ishikawa sent Ōnoki to learn how other villages were handling the Tailed Beasts, while the First Raikage and Madara both headed to capture the Two-Tails. Madara confronted Matatabi as Kumogakure shinobi arrived, setting up a clash between the groups.

• Ishikawa told Ōnoki to investigate the other ninja villages and seek potential allies against Konoha.
• The First Raikage ordered Niugao to take ten jōnin and capture the Two-Tails.
• A Konoha Anbu warned Madara that Kumogakure shinobi were nearby, but Madara insisted on focusing on Matatabi.
• Tobirama urged Madara to avoid provoking other villages, and Madara agreed only if they stayed away.
• Matatabi attacked Madara, who mocked her for relying on her claws and compared her unfavorably to the One-Tail.
• Kumogakure shinobi spotted Madara fighting Matatabi and rushed to hold him off until the First Raikage arrived.

Madara Uchiha killed the Kumogakure ninja who tried to interfere and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to control Matatabi as the First Raikage arrived. After Madara provoked him, the First Raikage attacked with a Lightning Blade.

• Several Kumogakure ninja attacked Madara, but he burned them to death with Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• The First Raikage and Niugao rushed toward the battlefield after sensing the fight had begun.
• Matatabi tried to escape, but Madara caught up with her and controlled her using his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The First Raikage confronted Madara over crossing into Kumogakure and targeting their Tailed Beast.
• Madara insulted the First Raikage, who charged at him with a Lightning Blade.

Madara Uchiha used Matatabi to overwhelm the First Raikage, who escaped with Niugao. Afterward, Tobirama Senju agreed to have the Two-Tails sealed inside him, leaving Heng Uzumaki exhausted after completing the double seal.

• Madara Uchiha controlled Matatabi as she attacked the First Raikage, eventually striking him and firing a Tailed Beast Bomb at him.
• Niugao rescued the injured First Raikage, and the two fled toward Kumogakure while Madara Uchiha mocked them.
• Madara Uchiha ordered Heng Uzumaki to seal the Two-Tails inside Tobirama Senju, explaining that Matatabi could devour souls.
• Tobirama Senju agreed to the sealing, and Heng Uzumaki used the Heavenly Fiend Soul-Locking Seal and Four Symbols Seal to bind Matatabi inside him.
• Tobirama Senju asked Heng Uzumaki if he was all right after seeing how exhausted he was.

Tobirama Senju sealed the Two-Tails inside himself after Konoha captured it, and the beast’s chakra began to strain him. Senju Fujima entered Tobirama’s sealing space with Kurama to persuade the Two-Tails to cooperate.

• Tobirama Senju sealed the Two-Tails inside himself, then struggled to suppress its resentful chakra.
• Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju returned to Konoha with Heng Uzumaki and reported that they had captured six Tailed Beasts.
• Senju Fujima told Madara Uchiha that he had captured the Three-Tails, and Madara praised him while criticizing Hashirama Senju.
• Kurama revealed that Tobirama Senju had the Two-Tails sealed inside him, and Tobirama explained that the beast’s chakra and a long-distance Flying Thunder God jump had exhausted him.
• Senju Fujima entered Tobirama Senju’s Sealing Space with Kurama to speak with the Two-Tails and seek its willing cooperation.

Senju Fujima brought the weakened Nine-Tails into the Sealing Space and convinced the Two-Tails to form a miniature chakra body with its soul inside. After leaving the space, he placed the miniature Two-Tails on Tobirama Senju’s shoulder, where it explained that Tobirama would need to cooperate with its real body to become a Perfect Jinchuriki.

• Senju Fujima brought the Nine-Tails into the Sealing Space, where the Two-Tails mocked the fox for its weakened state.
• The Nine-Tails urged the Two-Tails to gather chakra and let Senju Fujima take it outside, but the Two-Tails doubted Fujima could do so.
• Senju Fujima revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and threatened to divide the Two-Tails’ chakra, persuading it to cooperate.
• The Two-Tails agreed to form a miniature body with chakra reserves matching the Nine-Tails’, and Senju Fujima carried it out of the Sealing Space.
• Senju Fujima placed the miniature Two-Tails on Tobirama Senju’s shoulder, and the Two-Tails said Tobirama would need to work with its real body to become a Perfect Jinchuriki.

Senju Fujima went to capture the Six-Tails while Madara Uchiha and the others pursued another Tailed Beast. He found the Six-Tails submerged in a lake and cut off one of its tails, bringing it out to face him.

• Tobirama Senju recovered after Hashirama Senju helped free him from the Two-Tails' chakra.
• Senju Fujima insisted on joining Madara Uchiha's hunt, and Tobirama Senju gave him coordinates to the Six-Tails' location.
• Senju Fujima left Hashirama Senju's Wood Human Clone behind and traveled to a forest, where Anbu Ninjas told him the Six-Tails was in a nearby lake.
• Senju Fujima sensed the Six-Tails underwater and attacked it with Water Release: Water Severing Wave.
• The Six-Tails woke and surfaced after Senju Fujima cut off one of its tails.

Senju Fujima defeated and captured the Six-Tails, then tested his Mangekyō ability to cut off part of its tail. He transformed into Chojuro and set off for Kirigakure on Umibozu, leaving his visit to the Land of Water ahead.

• Senju Fujima summoned a Perfect Susanoo and combined it with True Several Thousand Hands to create a colossal armored giant, frightening the Six-Tails into fleeing.
• Senju Fujima caught the Six-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb, turned it into a fruit, and struck the Six-Tails into a crater with his Adamantine Staff.
• Senju Fujima used his spatial Mangekyō ability to sever the Six-Tails’ tail, then stored the tail and the defeated beast in his system space.
• Senju Fujima transformed into Chojuro and summoned Umibozu to take him toward Kirigakure.

Senju Fujima traveled to Kirigakure to investigate the Kaguya Clan and found its members forcing a young boy to serve as their secret weapon. He killed the men who held the boy captive and asked the boy his name.

• Senju Fujima arrived in Kirigakure with Umibozu and reflected on the Kaguya Clan and Kimimaro.
• Senju Fujima used genjutsu to learn the Kaguya Clan’s base was in the northwest.
• Senju Fujima found five Kaguya Clan members trying to take a struggling young boy back as their secret weapon.
• Senju Fujima used Shikotsumyaku—Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets, then pierced all five men through the heart with bones from his body.
• Senju Fujima washed the blood from his bones, approached the boy, and asked his name.

Senju Fujima brought Jun Tianze to Kirigakure, where they overheard shinobi discussing a plan for four villages to attack Konoha and insulting the Kaguya Clan. Fujima challenged six elite jonin and led them to a nearby forest to fight.

• Jun Tianze asked to stay with Senju Fujima, who revealed his identity and agreed to take him along as a friend.
• Senju Fujima transformed back into Chojuro and entered Kirigakure with Jun Tianze.
• Kirigakure shinobi discussed other villages joining forces to attack Konoha, while Suigetsu Hyō warned them not to underestimate Konoha.
• After hearing the shinobi call the Kaguya Clan trash, Senju Fujima confronted them and challenged the six elite jonin.
• Senju Fujima led Jun Tianze and the six Kirigakure shinobi out of the village toward a forest for the fight.

Senju Fujima fought six Kirigakure shinobi and killed them with his Bone Blade and Shikotsumyaku. Jun Tianze watched the battle and resolved to grow strong enough to protect Fujima.

• Zabuto used the Hidden Mist Technique and attacked Senju Fujima, who blocked his strikes with a Bone Blade.
• Senju Fujima wrapped Zabuto's sword in bone and pierced his heart, killing him.
• The remaining Kirigakure shinobi combined Water, Lightning, and Ice Release techniques, but Fujima absorbed the water and lightning chakra and was frozen by the ice.
• Senju Fujima unleashed Shikotsumyaku—Dance of the Seedling Fern, impaling the five remaining shinobi with bones erupting from the ground.
• Jun Tianze vowed to grow stronger and protect Senju Fujima.

Senju Fujima strengthened Jun Tianze with chakra pills, returned him to Konoha, and arranged for him to join the Ninja Academy. He freed Little Gyuki from Mito Uzumaki and went looking for Tianxiang Uzumaki, only to find her bathing.

• Senju Fujima turned the chakra of the dead into pills and gave them to Jun Tianze, greatly increasing the boy’s strength and helping suppress his Bloodline Disease.
• Madara Uchiha controlled the Five-Tails with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Heng Uzumaki sealed it.
• Senju Fujima returned to Konoha with Jun Tianze and arranged for Senju Wangze to register him as a Konoha Ninja and send him to the Ninja Academy.
• Senju Fujima asked Mito Uzumaki to choose Jinchūriki for the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, then brought Little Gyuki out of the Sealing Space and gave him to her.
• Senju Fujima went to find Tianxiang Uzumaki and entered her room, where he saw her bathing.

Senju Fujima refused the God Selection System’s coercive choices and suffered as it tried to take over his body. Inside a chaotic inner world, he met the original Senju Fujima, who revealed that he had taken control of the system and intended to reclaim his body.

• Senju Fujima accidentally walked in on Tianxiang Uzumaki bathing, then waited outside while she finished.
• The God Selection System offered Senju Fujima three violent or coercive choices involving Tianxiang Uzumaki and Shizuka Uchiha, threatening to take over his body if he refused.
• Senju Fujima rejected the system’s demands, and it initiated a takeover that made him collapse.
• Senju Fujima awoke in a chaotic inner world and met a golden figure identical to himself.
• The original Senju Fujima said the system had absorbed his soul and that he had gradually regained consciousness and control after Senju Fujima awakened Wood Release.

Fujima learned that System Fujima had delayed the system’s awakening and manipulated its rewards to take revenge for years of imprisonment. They fought in a sealed space, and Fujima began testing whether System Fujima could use only the abilities granted by the system.

• System Fujima revealed that he had delayed the system’s activation until Fujima was ten and changed its options and rewards while planning to take over Fujima’s body.
• Fujima and System Fujima clashed with Shikotsumyaku and Wood Release, then both activated Nine-Tails Chakra Mode as the battle intensified.
• Fujima entered Sage Fox Mode and suspected System Fujima could use only abilities the system had awarded him, not Fujima’s naturally acquired skills.
• Fujima tested his theory with Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and Sage Art: Gate of the Great God, while System Fujima countered with a Tailed Beast Bomb and Flying Thunder God Slash.
• System Fujima used Fujima’s special kunai to appear behind him and strike, but Fujima activated the Substitution Technique.

Senju Fujima realized System Fujima was a virtual being tied to the black box and discovered that Natural Energy made him flinch. Senju Fujima created a Sage Art: Ultra Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken and reappeared beside the black box, leaving System Fujima horrified.

• Senju Fujima dodged System Fujima’s attack, but System Fujima turned intangible and wounded him with a Bone Blade.
• Senju Fujima reasoned that System Fujima’s existence depended on the black box and that destroying or sealing it could defeat him.
• System Fujima unleashed ten Tailed Beast Bombs, and Senju Fujima countered with the Wood Human and True Several Thousand Hands.
• Senju Fujima noticed System Fujima flinch and deduced that he feared Natural Energy.
• Senju Fujima filled the Chaos Space with water, formed a Sage Art: Ultra Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken, and used the Water Release: Body Flicker Technique to appear beside the black box.
• System Fujima panicked and begged Senju Fujima not to act.