Chapter Summaries

Genya returned safely to Konoha with the Uchiha convoy and told Fugaku about the Utatane Clan attack and Kaguya Chokū. Meanwhile, Orochimaru abducted Naruto, prompting Konoha to organize a pursuit, and Jiraiya sought Genya’s help to find him.

• Genya escorted the construction materials back to Konoha after the Utatane Clan and Kakuzu attacks, then warned Fugaku about the Utatane Clan and told him he had recruited Kaguya Chokū.
• Orochimaru confronted Naruto in his apartment and abducted him from Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen blamed Kakashi for Naruto’s abduction and assigned teams to search Orochimaru’s known laboratories.
• Jiraiya rejected Sarutobi Hiruzen’s orders and set out alone, suspecting Orochimaru had taken Naruto to a hidden base in the Land of Rivers.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to lead a team to Orochimaru’s fourth laboratory and left Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu in charge of Konoha.
• Jiraiya found Genya at the Uchiha construction site and asked him to join the pursuit of Orochimaru.

Genya and Jiraiya traveled to the Land of Rivers to find Orochimaru and rescue Naruto, but encountered Pakura and a Sunagakure squad tracking them for information about the Nine-Tails. A Sunagakure Jonin insulted Jiraiya, prompting him to strike the ninja down as Pakura tried to prevent a fight.

• Genya agreed to accompany Jiraiya to hunt Orochimaru after they settled on payment, and they hurried out of Konoha toward the Land of Rivers.
• Jiraiya warned Genya that other hidden villages might pursue Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and they continued their journey.
• After resting by a stream, Genya grilled fish for Jiraiya, who revealed he had sensed someone following them.
• Pakura and more than ten Sunagakure ninja emerged from the woods; Genya recognized Pakura, who recognized his voice as that of the master who had saved her.
• A Sunagakure Jonin insulted Jiraiya, and Jiraiya struck him into a boulder while Pakura urged her squad not to attack.

Jiraiya and Genya defeated the Sunagakure shinobi who tried to stop them, then continued through a mine while searching for Naruto. The two chose separate tunnels by chance, and Genya blasted through a locked iron door at the end of his path.

• Jiraiya overwhelmed the Sunagakure shinobi, and Genya burned one attacker before the group collapsed.
• Jiraiya and Genya left Pakura behind and reached a mine hidden in the forest.
• Jiraiya warned Genya to be careful, and Genya said he would flee if danger arose.
• After walking through the underground passage, Jiraiya chose a tunnel with a falling stick, while Genya picked another by eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
• Genya found a locked iron door at the end of his tunnel and blasted it open with a punch.

Genya fought his way through Orochimaru’s underground laboratory and discovered that Orochimaru had revived Hashirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation. Hashirama lost control and attacked Genya, who used Wood Release to restrain him, but Hashirama broke through it.

• Genya found hundreds of people sealed in glass chambers and defeated the test subjects after they attacked him.
• Genya entered another laboratory and saw Hashirama Senju emerge from a coffin through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama warned Genya that he could not control himself, then attacked him despite trying to resist the order to kill.
• Hashirama entered Sage Mode and charged at Genya, who used Wood Release to bind him.
• Hashirama broke Genya’s wooden restraints with a punch.

Genya fought Hashirama until Hashirama’s reincarnation began to unravel, then signed a contract with Shikkotsu Forest in exchange for the chance to learn Sage Mode. Meanwhile, Orochimaru loosened Naruto’s seal and fought Jiraiya with Manda as Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta and launched a combination attack.

• Genya’s Wood Release and his Shadow Clones’ Rasengan attacks failed to harm Hashirama, who blocked them with Triple Rashomon.
• As his body began to crack apart, Hashirama offered Genya a chance to learn Sage Mode if he would protect the Shinobi World, and Genya signed the Shikkotsu Forest contract.
• Jiraiya found Naruto unconscious in Orochimaru’s underground laboratory and pleaded with Orochimaru to hand him over and turn back.
• Orochimaru used Five Elements Unseal on Naruto’s abdomen, causing the Nine-Tails’ chakra to emerge and forming one tail around Naruto.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda to stop Jiraiya, who summoned Gamabunta; the two giant summons clashed as Jiraiya and Gamabunta prepared a combination Ninjutsu.

Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and trapped Manda in a swamp, leaving him to face Orochimaru with Fukasaku and Shima. Meanwhile, Genya fought Naruto after the Nine-Tails took control of him, devoured enough chakra to awaken his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and faced Naruto as he grew a third tail.

• Jiraiya summoned Fukasaku and Shima, entered Sage Mode, and used the Swamp of the Underworld to trap Manda.
• Manda returned to Ryūchi Cave, and Gamabunta returned to Mount Myōboku, leaving Jiraiya and the two sages to confront Orochimaru.
• Genya chased Naruto away from the others and persuaded him to stop by promising him Ichiraku Ramen.
• Naruto grew a second tail, lost control, and attacked Genya, who struck him down and restrained him with Wood Release.
• Genya devoured Naruto's overflowing chakra and upgraded his Sharingan to Level 3 with three tomoe.
• Naruto broke free, grew a third tail, and rushed at Genya again.

Genya used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Wood Release to restrain Naruto and absorb the Nine-Tails’ chakra, but Jiraiya arrived and sealed Naruto’s power before Genya lost control of the situation. After Jiraiya explained that Orochimaru had escaped, Rasa led a large Sunagakure force to surround them and demanded Naruto.

• Genya used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Wood Release to overpower Naruto and absorb his chakra, raising Wood Release to level 3.
• Naruto began transforming toward four tails and tearing through the wooden restraints, but Jiraiya arrived and used the Five Elements Seal to suppress the Nine-Tails’ chakra.
• Jiraiya warned Genya to keep his Wood Release secret from Konoha’s higher-ups and said Orochimaru had escaped after their battle.
• More than a hundred Sunagakure ninja, led by Rasa and accompanied by Pakura and Baki, surrounded Genya, Jiraiya, and the unconscious Naruto.
• Rasa demanded that Jiraiya hand over Naruto, while Jiraiya refused and declared that he would protect Naruto as family.

Genya used Wood Release to hold off Rasa and over a hundred Sunagakure ninja, giving Jiraiya time to escape with him and Naruto. After Genya collapsed from chakra exhaustion, Naruto woke and found him alive, and Genya later recovered in Konoha Hospital.

• Jiraiya offered to hold off the Sunagakure ninja, but Genya asked him to summon a toad while Genya delayed them.
• Genya combined Fire and Wind Style to obscure the battlefield, then unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence and overwhelmed the Sunagakure ninja.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamaken, and Genya, Jiraiya, and Naruto escaped as Rasa suppressed Gaara, who was nearing a Tailed Beast transformation.
• Naruto woke on Gamaken's back and feared Genya was dead until Genya told him to stop shaking him.
• Genya recovered in Konoha Hospital two days later, where a knock sounded at his door.

Genya recovered in Konoha Hospital and learned that his Genin exam was approaching, while Jiraiya unsuccessfully urged Konoha’s leaders to reward Genya properly for helping bring Naruto home. Jiraiya left the Hokage’s residence disappointed and went to the hospital as Genya and Naruto prepared to be discharged.

• Fugaku and Mikoto visited Genya, and Fugaku warned him not to take such dangerous risks again.
• Watanabe Yu told Genya that the Genin exam would take place in half a month, while Sarutobi Taro, Hyuga Nami, and Shisui visited him.
• Jiraiya asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to reward Genya by teaching him Flying Thunder God, but Utatane Koharu opposed the idea because Genya was an Uchiha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected Jiraiya’s proposal and offered Genya one hundred thousand ryo instead, prompting Jiraiya to leave in anger and disappointment.
• Jiraiya went to Konoha Hospital on Genya’s discharge day, where Naruto was also ready to leave after recovering.

Genya reminded Jiraiya about his promised reward, but after learning Genya had already contracted with Shikkotsu Forest, Jiraiya offered to fulfill one reasonable condition by helping him once. Genya left the hospital with Jiraiya and Naruto for Ichiraku Ramen, while contemplating how long it would take to strengthen his abilities.

• Naruto treated Genya as his closest companion and eagerly offered to peel him an apple.
• Genya asked Jiraiya for his reward, and Jiraiya offered him a Mount Myōboku contract and Sage Mode training instead of revealing that Konoha's leaders had refused to provide Flying Thunder God.
• Genya told Jiraiya that he had encountered Hashirama after Impure World Reincarnation and had signed a contract with Shikkotsu Forest.
• Jiraiya explained that Genya could not contract with Mount Myōboku as well, then promised to help Genya once with a reasonable condition; Genya accepted.
• Genya considered the energy required to advance his abilities and rejected the idea of targeting Naruto for Nine-Tails chakra.
• Genya, Jiraiya, and Naruto left Konoha Hospital and headed to Ichiraku Ramen, where Genya intended to treat Naruto.

Genya learned that Utatane Koharu had gone to the Land of Fire’s capital and began plotting retaliation, but he was unexpectedly reverse-summoned to Shikkotsu Forest. There, Katsuyu confirmed his contract and welcomed him after hearing Hashirama Senju had recommended him.

• Genya ate ramen with Jiraiya and Naruto until they staggered out vomiting, then resolved to retaliate against the Utatane Clan and target Utatane Koharu first.
• Genya visited the Uchiha Intelligence Center, where Uchiha Yukino teased him and tried to hide her collection of romance books.
• Genya found intelligence that Utatane Koharu had gone to the capital to bid on high-level Ninjutsu and formed a plan around it.
• Katsuyu reverse-summoned Genya to Shikkotsu Forest and explained that she had called him because he had formed a contract with the forest.
• Genya told Katsuyu that Hashirama Senju had recommended him, then asked her for a welcoming gift of several chests of treasure.

Genya met Tsunade in Shikkotsu Forest and gambled against her, winning all five hundred thousand ryo she wagered. Tsunade challenged him to a fight to win the money back, and their sparring match began with Genya blocking her punch before dodging her devastating kick.

• Tsunade arrived at Shikkotsu Forest, and Katsuyu explained that Genya had been recommended by Hashirama after helping Jiraiya return Naruto to Konoha.
• Tsunade demanded that Genya earn her approval, and he proposed settling the matter with a gamble.
• Genya returned from the Uchiha clan with five hundred thousand ryo, and Tsunade matched his stake.
• Genya won all five hundred thousand ryo in a dice contest, leaving Tsunade furious as he tried to leave.
• Tsunade ordered Genya to fight her, and she was shocked when he blocked her punch before she unleashed Heavenly Foot of Pain.

Genya fought Tsunade in Shikkotsu Forest, revealed his Wood Release, and earned her protection in Konoha after their battle ended in a draw. He trained there, demonstrated a Wood Clone to Katsuyu and Tsunade, beat Tsunade at gambling again, then returned to the Uchiha compound with something to report to Fugaku.

• Genya used Wood Release, combined Fire Style and Wind Style, and tried to trap Tsunade with a Genjutsu, but Tsunade countered his attacks.
• Tsunade ended the fight and told Genya she would stand up for him in Konoha, then rejected his request to teach Shimura Danzō a lesson.
• Genya upgraded his Sage Body and began training in Shikkotsu Forest, where his chakra recovered faster.
• Genya created a Wood Clone, and Katsuyu and Tsunade recognized how difficult it was to distinguish from the real Genya.
• Genya gambled with Tsunade again, won decisively, and returned to the Uchiha compound to tell Fugaku he had something to report.

Genya revealed his Wood Release to Fugaku and planned to stop Utatane Koharu from returning from the Capital City, taking Itachi with him. After a visit from Yukino and Nami, Genya and Itachi reached the capital, where Uchiha Kinmo welcomed them.

• Genya showed Fugaku and Itachi that he had awakened Wood Release, and Fugaku promised the Uchiha would protect him if Konoha's leaders targeted him.
• Genya told Fugaku he planned to ensure Utatane Koharu never returned from the Capital City, and Fugaku agreed to support him as he took Itachi along.
• Genya told Fugaku he had signed a contract with Shikkotsu Forest.
• Yukino visited Genya with grapes, and he teased her about the books she had read until she fed him grapes to keep him quiet.
• Nami arrived with takoyaki, and Genya left the two women together while taking the food and grapes with him.
• Genya and Itachi arrived in the Capital City, where Kinmo greeted them, and Genya asked where Kaguya Chokū was.

Genya tested Itachi against Kaguya Chokū, then fought and subdued Kaguya Chokū himself. The next day, he visited Princess Yunji to thank her for supporting the Uchiha and asked whether the Daimyo Residence had a suitable weapon for him.

• Genya ordered Itachi to challenge Kaguya Chokū, and Itachi held his own until Kaguya Chokū nearly struck him with a Bone Blade.
• Genya intervened to protect Itachi, then accepted Kaguya Chokū's challenge to fight without using Wood Release.
• Genya used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to overpower Kaguya Chokū and warned him to put aside his clan's arrogance.
• Genya noticed his Katana had been badly damaged and decided he needed a better weapon.
• Genya visited Princess Yunji with gifts to thank her for supporting the Uchiha, then asked whether the Daimyo Residence had a weapon suitable for him.

Genya accompanied Yunji to buy a katana from master smith Hojo Yoshito and offered to treat Hojo Shinichi’s snakebite in exchange for a weapon. On their way back, Genya confronted two Guardian Shinobi who had rammed Yunji’s carriage, and the clash escalated when Sugiki Miya attacked him with her katana.

• Genya traveled with Yunji to Hojo Yoshito’s residence, where Hojo refused to sell him a weapon.
• Genya offered to treat Hojo Shinichi’s snakebite and arranged to return that afternoon to operate.
• Genya ignored Yunji as their carriage jolted and leaped outside to assess the disturbance.
• Yunji confronted Sugiki Miya and Inoue Taiga for ramming her carriage, while they mocked her for riding with Genya.
• Genya demanded compensation, slapped Inoue off his horse, and injured his hand when Inoue struck back.
• Sugiki drew her katana and slashed at Genya.

Genya and Yunji discovered that Inoue Taiga and Sugiki Miya had stolen Murasame after beating Hojo Yoshito and threatening his son. After treating both Hojo Yoshito and Hojo Shinichi, Genya agreed to reclaim the blade in exchange for keeping it, and arrived at the Guardian Shinobi’s palace to confront them.

• Genya defeated Inoue Taiga and Sugiki Miya in a brief clash, then accepted their apology and compensation after Inoue warned Sugiki not to make an enemy of the Uchiha.
• Inoue Taiga and Sugiki Miya went to Hojo Yoshito’s home, beat him, and forced him to reveal where Murasame was by threatening Hojo Shinichi.
• Genya returned with Yunji, treated Hojo Yoshito’s internal injuries, and operated on Hojo Shinichi to remove the snake venom from his leg.
• Hojo Yoshito asked Yunji to help recover Murasame, but she said the Daimyo Residence could not intervene; Genya offered to retrieve the blade if Hojo gave it to him.
• Yunji told Genya where Inoue Taiga and Sugiki Miya were staying, and Genya used the Body Flicker Technique to reach their palace and smash its wooden gate with one punch.

Genya confronted Inoue Taiga and Sugiki Miya at the Guardian Shinobi residence to reclaim Murasame and avenge Hojo Yoshito. After defeating Sugiki Miya and killing Inoue Taiga, Genya heard a grief-stricken cry behind him.

• Genya fought his way into the Guardian Shinobi residence and demanded that Inoue Taiga and Sugiki Miya return Murasame and kneel for injuring Hojo Yoshito.
• Inoue Taiga and Sugiki Miya attacked Genya, but his Sharingan and Body Flicker Technique allowed him to evade their strikes.
• Sugiki Miya used her Blood Burning Technique and powerful sword attacks, but Genya struck her in the heart and left her mortally wounded.
• Inoue Taiga accused Genya of cruelty, then tried to flee when Genya threatened to kill him.
• Genya caught Inoue Taiga and beheaded him with Murasame, as a grief-stricken voice cried out behind him.

Genya fought Asuma, Chiriku, and Kitako after killing Inoue Taiga and Sugiki Miya, overpowering the three Guardian Shinobi with Murasame and his ninjutsu. Yunji arrived and tried to stop him, but Genya refused and struck Asuma in the chest, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Genya explained why he had killed Inoue Taiga and Sugiki Miya, then provoked Asuma into attacking him.
• Asuma charged Genya, but Genya broke his chakra blades and defeated him with Water Style and Lightning Style techniques.
• Chiriku and Kitako joined Asuma, and the three attacked Genya together, but he repelled them with Murasame and ninjutsu.
• Genya burned the three Guardian Shinobi with Majestic Destroyer Flame, leaving them battered and wary.
• Yunji arrived and ordered Genya to stop, but he rejected her plea and accused Asuma and the Sarutobi clan of wrongdoing.
• Genya rushed Asuma, slammed Murasame’s hilt into his chest, and then swung the blade again.

Genya recovered Murasame, killed the Guardian Shinobi who had stolen it, and brought Hojo Yoshito and Hojo Shinichi under Uchiha protection. As the Black Market Exchange auction began, Utatane Koharu discussed the Uchiha’s dominance of the Capital City’s real estate with Toyotomi Shunxiu.

• Genya wounded Asuma, Chiriku, and Kitako, then left Princess Yunji to deal with the remaining Guardian Shinobi.
• Genya claimed Murasame from Hojo Yoshito, revealed that he had killed Inoue Taiga and Sugiki Miya, and warned Hojo Yoshito that the surviving Guardian Shinobi might target his family.
• Hojo Yoshito agreed to take refuge with the Uchiha, and Genya arranged for him and Hojo Shinichi to move into the Uchiha outpost and receive medical care.
• Genya told Uchiha Kinmo not to pressure Hojo Yoshito into forging weapons, then demonstrated Murasame’s sharpness by cutting through Kaguya Chokū’s bone blades.
• At the Black Market Exchange auction, Utatane Koharu asked Toyotomi Shunxiu for help with her clan’s real estate business, and he said the Uchiha had secured the Capital City’s valuable locations.