Recaps

After awakening in the body of a mocked Senju Academy student, Chenshu Senju gained powerful abilities from a system and defeated Kiba Inuzuka. His sudden strength drew the attention of Sasuke Uchiha and the Third Hokage, who wondered whether Chenshu had noticed the Hokage’s surveillance.

• Chenshu Senju awakened after Kiba Inuzuka’s taunts triggered the previous owner’s death, and the Ninja World God-Level Extraction System granted him a ten-pull.
• Chenshu Senju received enhanced physical abilities, doubled chakra capacity, Body Flicker Technique proficiency, and basic Wood Release mastery.
• Chenshu Senju used Body Flicker Technique and a wrist throw to knock Kiba Inuzuka down, then deflected Kiba’s shuriken with three kunai.
• Chenshu Senju defeated Kiba Inuzuka and earned an additional extraction; he told Iruka that his fall had knocked some sense into him.
• Sasuke Uchiha watched Chenshu Senju leave, while the Third Hokage observed him through a crystal ball and wondered whether Chenshu had noticed.

Chenshu Senju passed the graduation exam with ten stable clones and earned a perfect score, prompting the Third Hokage to add him to Team 7. The chapter ended with Chenshu joining Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno under Kakashi Hatake, ahead of their survival exercise.

• Iruka announced that students had to produce two clones to pass, and Kiba Inuzuka teased Chenshu Senju about his Clone Technique.
• Sasuke Uchiha produced five stable clones, while Chenshu entered the examination room after him.
• Chenshu produced ten stable clones, earned a perfect score, and received a Hidden Leaf Village forehead protector.
• The Third Hokage reviewed Chenshu's results and added him to Team 7 alongside Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno, with Kakashi Hatake as their instructor.
• Chenshu received ten more draw chances after joining Team 7, bringing his total to thirty-one.

Chenshu Senju revealed Wood Release during Team 7’s survival exercise, earning Kakashi Hatake’s approval and passing the team. A few days later, Team 7 received a C-rank escort mission to the Land of Waves, where a bandaged hand raised the Executioner’s Blade.

• Kakashi Hatake tested Team 7 by challenging them to take three bells before noon, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno were each defeated.
• Chenshu Senju attacked Kakashi Hatake with taijutsu and shuriken before revealing Wood Release: Thorn Binding.
• Kakashi Hatake ended the exercise and passed all four teammates, explaining that the test was about cherishing comrades.
• Chenshu Senju received draws and a rare draw privilege from the system for completing the exercise and using Wood Release in combat.
• Team 7 received a C-rank escort mission, while a bandaged hand raised the Executioner’s Blade in the fog at the Land of Waves border.

Chenshu Senju helped Team 7 defeat the Demon Brothers after Kakashi exposed that Tazuna had concealed the danger of his escort mission. The group continued into the Land of Waves, where Zabuza’s presence emerged from the fog.

• Chenshu Senju noticed a suspicious puddle, then rescued Tazuna when the Demon Brothers ambushed Team 7 and defeated both attackers within seconds.
• Kakashi identified the attackers as Hidden Mist chunin and questioned Tazuna, who revealed that Gato had hired ninja to stop the bridge from being completed.
• Kakashi warned the team that Zabuza Momochi might attack and offered to return, but Naruto and Chenshu Senju chose to continue.
• Chenshu Senju triggered the Land of Waves challenge and used a ten-pull, gaining a 50% increase in chakra capacity along with other enhancements.
• Team 7 traveled by boat into thick fog, and Kakashi sensed that Zabuza was waiting ahead.

Chenshu Senju helped Kakashi defeat and seriously wound Zabuza, then demanded that Team 7’s mission pay be raised to an A-rank reward. After receiving new system rewards, he sensed that a masked youth was watching from the forest and had already caught the youth’s ankle with hidden roots.

• Zabuza trapped Kakashi in a Water Prison and sent a Water Clone to attack Naruto and Sasuke.
• Chenshu Senju used hidden roots and Wood Release to shatter the Water Prison and free Kakashi.
• Chenshu Senju and Kakashi trapped Zabuza with vines and a Water Dragon, but Zabuza escaped using a Substitution Technique.
• Kakashi praised Chenshu Senju, who asked Tazuna to pay them the reward for an A-rank mission.
• The system awarded Chenshu Senju twenty draw attempts and Water Release Mastery for seriously wounding Zabuza and helping defeat a Jonin-level enemy.
• A masked youth watched from the treetops as Chenshu Senju’s roots curled around his ankle.

Chenshu Senju mastered Wood Release and used it to confront Zabuza when he returned to the bridge with Haku. As Chenshu attacked, urgent reports about a Wood Release Awakener reached the Third Hokage and Danzo.

• Chenshu Senju used forty draws, fused more than half of a Sage Body Fragment, and unlocked Wood Locking Wall and Wood Clone Jutsu.
• Chenshu Senju recognized Haku when he visited the camp disguised as an herb gatherer and secretly spread roots through the forest to track him.
• Three days later, Zabuza and Haku ambushed Team 7 at the bridge, trapping Naruto and Sasuke in ice mirrors while Zabuza went after Tazuna.
• Chenshu Senju blocked Zabuza with Wood Locking Wall, created a Wood Clone, and sent roots across the bridge to cut off escape routes.
• Chenshu Senju caused a massive tree to burst through the bridge toward Zabuza as an ANBU delivered an urgent letter to the Third Hokage and Danzo received a dossier labeled “Wood Release Awakener.”

Chenshu Senju defeated Zabuza and helped Team 7 bring the Land of Waves mission to a close, while sparing Zabuza and Haku after forcing them to abandon their assassination attempt. After the bridge was completed, Chenshu Senju earned new draw chances and discovered a fleet of Hidden Mist ANBU ships approaching the Land of Waves.

• Chenshu Senju used Wood Release to defeat Zabuza and break Haku's Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, allowing Sasuke and Naruto to escape.
• Haku rushed to protect Zabuza from Kakashi's Lightning Cutter, but Chenshu Senju restrained him and diverted Kakashi's strike.
• Chenshu Senju wounded Zabuza and ordered him to stop targeting Tazuna; Zabuza and Haku then left the Land of Waves.
• Team 7 saw Tazuna's bridge completed, and Chenshu Senju insisted that Tazuna pay the remaining mission fee.
• Chenshu Senju received fifty draw chances and unlocked the Bloodline Limit exclusive limited card pool.
• Chenshu Senju sensed unfamiliar chakra signatures at sea and spotted a fleet of Hidden Mist ANBU ships approaching.

After returning from the Land of Waves, Chenshu Senju completed his draws, gained a complete Sage Body and a One-Tomoe Sharingan, then rejected Danzo’s offer to join Root. Danzo ordered an attack on him, but Chenshu trapped three Root ninjas in his courtyard and received a Flying Thunder God Technique Fragment from the system.

• On the journey back, Chenshu Senju used sixty normal draws to complete his Sage Body and a rare draw to obtain a One-Tomoe Sharingan, surprising Sasuke and Kakashi.
• After Team Seven returned to the Hidden Leaf Village, the Third Hokage offered Chenshu Senju permission to choose two basic ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals reading room.
• A Root messenger tried to recruit Chenshu Senju, but he refused and told the messenger that Danzo should approach him personally.
• Danzo ordered Root to attack Chenshu Senju, and three masked Root ninjas entered his residence that night.
• Chenshu Senju trapped the three Root ninjas in his courtyard as the system awarded him a Flying Thunder God Technique Fragment.

Chenshu Senju foiled Danzo’s attempt to spy on him, then entered the Chunin Exams with Team 7 and revealed a prototype Wood Dragon Technique. After Orochimaru learned that Chenshu had awakened Wood Release, he added him to his research list alongside Sasuke Uchiha.

• Chenshu Senju captured three Root ninjas, memorized their coded scroll, and sealed their chakra pathways; Root evacuated three hideouts to prevent an intelligence leak.
• Kakashi gave Team 7 Chunin Exam applications, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno all signed up.
• At the exam site, Gaara threatened Chenshu Senju, who calmly challenged him, while a Sound Ninja watched and reported what happened.
• During the written exam, Chenshu Senju spotted hidden alarm threads and helped Naruto and Sakura Haruno avoid triggering them; Ibiki Morino then announced that everyone had passed.
• Chenshu Senju used his remaining draws to obtain Wood Release enhancements and a Wood Dragon Technique prototype that could absorb chakra.
• After receiving a report about Chenshu Senju’s Wood Release, Orochimaru added his name to his research list alongside Sasuke Uchiha.

Team 7 defeated the Sound Ninja team and obtained the Earth Scroll, then Chenshu Senju confronted Orochimaru when he attacked Sasuke. Orochimaru withdrew after seeing Chenshu’s Wood Style and Sharingan, deciding that Chenshu would be his next target.

• Anko Mitarashi explained the Forest of Death exam rules, and Naruto accidentally signed the waiver in the wrong place.
• Team 7 entered the forest with the Heaven Scroll, and Chenshu Senju sensed an ambush by the Sound Ninja team.
• Chenshu Senju defeated Dosu, Zaku, and their teammate with Wood Style and took the Earth Scroll.
• Orochimaru attacked Sasuke with a giant snake, but Chenshu Senju blocked it and identified Orochimaru.
• Chenshu Senju and Orochimaru exchanged attacks, and Orochimaru retreated after deciding Chenshu’s body was more valuable than Sasuke’s.

After Team 7 passed the second stage of the Chunin Exams, Chenshu Senju found the Senju Clan ruins and met Senju Gaku, who entrusted him with half of a secret scroll. Chenshu received two advanced draw rewards and gained fragments of the Flying Thunder God Technique and Wood Human Technique, while the scroll pointed him toward the Valley of the End.

• Team 7 reached the central tower and passed the second stage of the exam, and Chenshu Senju received ten draws and an advanced draw opportunity.
• Chenshu followed a bloodline search mission to the Senju Clan ruins, where Senju Gaku challenged him and discovered his Wood Release.
• Senju Gaku showed Chenshu the hidden vault and gave him half a scroll about the First Hokage and senjutsu, revealing that the other half was in the Valley of the End.
• Chenshu completed the bloodline mission and learned that collecting the full scroll would unlock a legendary challenge, but decided not to leave the village while the exams and Orochimaru remained active.
• Chenshu used two advanced draws and received fragments of the Flying Thunder God Technique and Wood Human Technique.

Kakashi held a special training session where Naruto and Sasuke fought Chenshu Senju and were overwhelmed by his Wood Release. Danzo received photographs of the training and ordered Root to reassess Chenshu's threat while continuing its recruitment plan.

• Kakashi paired Naruto and Sasuke against Chenshu Senju while Sakura observed and recorded their weaknesses.
• Naruto's Shadow Clones and surprise attack failed, and Chenshu Senju tossed him aside before stopping Sasuke's Chidori with a wooden wall and vines.
• Naruto and Sasuke coordinated a new attack with Shadow Clones and the Great Fireball Technique, but Chenshu Senju used a massive wooden hand to defeat them both.
• Chenshu Senju sensed a hidden Root observer but let them leave without pursuing them.
• A Root ninja showed Danzo photographs of Chenshu Senju's Wood Release, and Danzo ordered a threat reassessment and continued recruitment despite the possibility of refusal.

The Chunin Exams preliminaries began, and Gaara brutally defeated a Rain Ninja before confronting Chenshu Senju. Chenshu was matched against Kidomaru, who unleashed his curse mark, and Chenshu received a system reward for defeating him.

• Hayate Gekko opened the one-on-one preliminaries, and Shino Aburame defeated Yoroi Akado with his Kikaichū.
• Gaara used Sand Burial on his Rain Ninja opponent despite the surrender, until Baki intervened and the injured opponent was carried away.
• Gaara challenged Chenshu Senju, who told him to worry about himself first.
• The match draw paired Chenshu Senju with Kidomaru, who hesitated before entering the arena.
• Kidomaru activated his curse mark, transformed, and attacked Chenshu Senju as a system notification offered ten draw attempts for defeating the curse mark berserker.

Chenshu Senju defeated Kidomaru by using Wood Release to control the arena and restrain him, revealing his overwhelming advantage over the cursed mark berserker. After Chenshu was declared the winner and received ten draw attempts, Orochimaru watched from the stands and considered advancing his plan to capture him.

• Kidomaru attacked Chenshu Senju with enhanced speed and strength, but Chenshu evaded his blows and broke apart his web with Wood Release.
• Kidomaru used Spider Sticky Gold and then his Spider War Bow, but Chenshu blocked the spears and dodged the arrow before it was fired.
• Chenshu used Wood Release: Tree Realm Lockdown to direct Kidomaru into an open spot, then trapped him in a wooden hand until he lost consciousness.
• Hayate Gekko declared Chenshu the winner, while Naruto cheered, Sasuke clenched his hands, and Gaara's killing intent intensified.
• Chenshu received ten draw attempts from the system, and Orochimaru watched him from the second-floor stands while considering an early capture plan.

After meeting Jiraiya in the Hidden Leaf Village, Chenshu Senju learned where Tsunade was and triggered a mission to seek her medical inheritance. Zetsu reported Chenshu’s unusual abilities to Akatsuki, putting him under their scrutiny.

• The preliminaries were suspended while the arena was repaired, and Chenshu Senju left to buy ninja tools and medicine.
• Chenshu Senju confronted Jiraiya for spying on the women's bathhouse, then introduced himself and discussed his Wood Release and the danger of drawing attention.
• Jiraiya revealed that Tsunade was likely near Hot Springs Town, north of Tanzaku Town.
• Chenshu Senju received a hidden mission to find Tsunade and obtain the Senju Clan's medical secret technique inheritance.
• Chenshu Senju planned to visit Tsunade and then travel to the Valley of the End, while Zetsu observed him and sent word to Akatsuki.

Chenshu Senju exposed and humiliated two Root ninjas who staged an accident to frame him, earning five rare draw chances. Danzo abandoned conventional tactics and ordered Root to seize Chenshu Senju when the Chunin Exams plunged Hidden Leaf Village into chaos.

• Two Root ninjas staged an alley accident, planted a mission scroll on Chenshu Senju, and accused him of assault and theft.
• Chenshu Senju used Wood Release to reveal their setup and show that one man had injured himself with a Kunai.
• Chenshu Senju exposed the men as Root operatives, copied a cursed seal as evidence, and bound them with signs announcing their staged accident.
• The system declared the counterkill mission complete and awarded Chenshu Senju five rare draw chances.
• Danzo burned the failed mission report and ordered Root to capture Chenshu Senju during the chaos of the Chunin Exams.

On the eve of the Chunin Exams finals, Chenshu Senju uncovered the Sand Village and Sound Ninja’s plan to attack the Hidden Leaf Village and quietly sabotaged their preparations at the arena. As his mission advanced, Orochimaru prepared to test whether Senju and Uchiha powers could fuse in Chenshu’s body.

• Chenshu Senju tracked disguised Sand Ninja and Sound Ninja and learned that they were preparing to attack the Hidden Leaf Village during the finals.
• Chenshu Senju overheard Temari coordinating with a Sand Ninja at the arena but concealed that he knew about their plan.
• Chenshu Senju found hidden weapons beneath the eastern stands, switched the Explosive Tags’ fuses, and planted seeds to ensnare anyone who triggered them.
• Chenshu Senju gave the security force an early-warning scroll, placed Flying Thunder God marks around the arena, and earned five drawing opportunities.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi prepared a test involving Chenshu Senju’s blood and Wood Release cells, intending to investigate whether Senju and Uchiha powers could fuse.

Chenshu Senju stopped four rogue ninja from robbing and assaulting civilians, earning Konoha Reputation and unlocking an exclusive draw pool. Kakashi reconsidered his fears about Chenshu, while Zetsu marked him as a key target for observation.

• Chenshu Senju rescued a woman and subdued four rogue ninja who had attacked residents on West Street.
• Chenshu Senju helped the fruit seller and covered the rescued woman, while Kakashi revealed he had been watching nearby.
• The Military Police Force took the rogues away, and Chenshu Senju gained 500 Konoha Reputation, unlocking the Reputation Draw Pool.
• Kakashi judged that Chenshu had a moral boundary despite his power, though he remained wary of him.
• White Zetsu and Black Zetsu decided to record Chenshu as a key observation target, and Chenshu noticed their surveillance without turning around.

During the Chunin Exams finals, the Konoha Crush began as Chenshu Senju protected the civilians and rookie ninja in his section and disabled the attackers’ explosive traps. The Fourth Hokage’s battle with Orochimaru began inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, while Gaara rampaged and Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura pursued him.

• White feathers put spectators to sleep as Sand and Sound Ninja attacked the arena, and Chenshu Senju raised a Wood Release barrier and opened evacuation routes.
• Chenshu Senju subdued Sound Ninja who attacked the protected stands and used wood seeds and vines to capture enemies and disable the arena’s explosive traps, bringing the preemptive deployment mission to 70 percent.
• The Four Violet Flames Formation trapped Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru on the rooftop as Gaara went berserk and Sasuke chased after him.
• Kakashi left Chenshu Senju to guard the civilians and sent Naruto and Sakura Haruno after Sasuke with Pakkun.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the First and Second Hokage inside the barrier, while Chenshu Senju sensed the Reaper Death Seal’s presence.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi defeated Orochimaru, Chenshu Senju scavenged the underground laboratory and unlocked Medical Wood Release. Days later, Jiraiya invited Chenshu to leave the Hidden Leaf Village with him to train and meet someone.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi sealed Orochimaru's arms, and Orochimaru escaped with the Sound Ninja Four while Chenshu Senju stayed behind to protect civilians and collect experimental remains.
• Chenshu Senju rescued wounded villagers, entered the arena's underground laboratory, and gathered experimental samples, curse mark crystals, and Orochimaru's substitute body tissue.
• Chenshu Senju completed the scavenging mission, used ten draws, and unlocked Medical Wood Release, which healed a wound on his arm.
• Several days later, Jiraiya told Chenshu Senju he planned to leave the Hidden Leaf Village to investigate Orochimaru and seek the next Hokage.
• Jiraiya invited Chenshu Senju to travel with him for training and to meet someone, and Chenshu thought of Tsunade.

Jiraiya took Chenshu Senju on the road toward Tanzaku Town, where Chenshu demanded free meals and lodging while seeking Sage Jutsu training. Jiraiya shared chakra-control notes and warned him about strange ancient chakra on Mount Myoboku, but Chenshu remained focused on getting stronger and eating well.

• Chenshu Senju accepted Jiraiya's offer to teach him Sage Jutsu only after securing meals and lodging, triggering a mission to obtain resources and Sage Jutsu information.
• Jiraiya and Chenshu Senju were caught peeping at a hot spring, and Jiraiya fled before colliding with Shizune and Tonton.
• By a campfire, Chenshu Senju claimed his Wood Release came from a bloodline awakening and a secret chamber at the old Senju Clan site, then asked to learn Sage Jutsu.
• Jiraiya explained that Sage Jutsu required training at Mount Myoboku and handed Chenshu Senju chakra-control notes, advancing the mission.
• Jiraiya paid for their food and lodging as they traveled toward Tanzaku Town, then told Chenshu Senju that the Great Toad Sage had detected strange ancient chakra on Mount Myoboku.
• Chenshu Senju dismissed the warning and insisted on stopping for wagyu, while Jiraiya regretted bringing him along.

Chenshu Senju and Jiraiya encountered Sound Ninja remnants, and Chenshu defeated them and gained immunity to Curse Seals. While studying Orochimaru’s scroll, he discovered a plan targeting Tsunade and himself, leaving him furious at Orochimaru.

• Chenshu Senju and Jiraiya rushed toward an explosion and found Hidden Leaf ANBU surrounded by four Sound Ninja.
• Chenshu bound the Sound Ninja with Wood Release, knocked out their leader, and took a scroll and their money.
• The system rewarded Chenshu with a draw and Curse-Seal Immunity after analyzing Orochimaru’s experimental data.
• At the inn, Chenshu read Orochimaru’s plan to exploit Senju descendants and saw Tsunade and himself listed as targets.
• Chenshu destroyed the scroll and resolved that Orochimaru had gone too far.

Sasuke became convinced that staying in Konoha would keep him from gaining the power he needed, and he left with Orochimaru’s Sound Ninja. The next morning, Kakashi told Naruto and Sakura that Sasuke had defected.

• Sasuke brooded over Chenshu Senju’s strength and grew frustrated with Team 7, then left their training ground.
• Tayuya and three other Sound Ninja approached Sasuke at the Uchiha estate and offered him power from Orochimaru.
• Sasuke kicked Sakon into a wall and, after considering his Curse Mark, agreed to go with the Sound Ninja.
• Sasuke and the four Sound Ninja vanished into the night, leaving Konoha.
• Kakashi told Naruto and Sakura that Sasuke had defected, leaving them stunned.

After Sasuke's defection, Chenshu Senju refused Danzo's attempt to recruit him into Root and forced Konoha's leaders to pay him for protection. In Amegakure, Nagato learned of Chenshu's Wood Release and ordered Akatsuki to monitor him.

• Danzo blamed Kakashi for Sasuke's defection and declared that Chenshu Senju would be assigned to Root for protection.
• Chenshu Senju entered the conference room with Jiraiya and revealed Orochimaru's plans to capture him and exploit the Senju bloodline.
• Chenshu Senju rejected Root and demanded five million ryō, threatening to defect to Otogakure if Konoha refused to pay.
• Kakashi warned the officials that pushing Chenshu Senju too far could cost Konoha another powerful ninja, and they gave him the money.
• Chenshu Senju received a chakra refinement reward that doubled his constitution recovery speed, then left with Jiraiya.
• Black and White Zetsu informed Konan and Nagato about Chenshu Senju's Wood Release, and Nagato ordered them to watch him and make him feel pain if he interfered with their peace plan.

Chenshu Senju used his Wood Release surveillance network to watch Sasuke grow increasingly resentful and eventually defect to join the Sound Four. After the system tasked him with intercepting them and extracting their Cursed Seal powers, Chenshu teleported to pursue Sasuke, leaving the defection arc poised for a confrontation.

• Chenshu Senju monitored Team 7 and saw Sasuke's frustration with his teammates and his desire to leave the village deepen.
• Sasuke agreed to follow Tayuya and the other Sound Ninja, then vanished with them into the night.
• Chenshu collected five million ryo in funding from Danzo and refused Jiraiya's invitation to visit a geisha house.
• The system assigned Chenshu a mission to intercept the Sound Four, extract their Cursed Seal powers, and disrupt Orochimaru's plans.
• Chenshu teleported away as Sasuke fled the village alone, heading toward a planned interception.