Recaps

Sasuke escaped Hidden Leaf Village with the Sound Four, and Shikamaru led a pursuit squad that Chenshu Senju joined for his own reasons. Chenshu raced ahead and located the Sound Four in a canyon, where they prepared an ambush, unaware that he was already closing in.

• Sasuke traveled with the Sound Four after leaving Hidden Leaf Village to pursue power.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura ordered Shikamaru to lead a squad to retrieve Sasuke, while Naruto insisted on joining.
• Chenshu Senju volunteered to join the pursuit squad, secretly seeking the Sound Four as rewards, and immediately took charge of the mission.
• Chenshu used his surveillance network to locate the Sound Four and raced ahead, with Shikamaru and the others following.
• The Sound Four stopped in a canyon while Sasuke remained unconscious inside a sealed barrel, and Kidomaru set a toxic web trap for the pursuers.
• A Wood Release vine emerged beneath Tayuya as Chenshu approached, leaving the Sound Four unaware of the danger.

Chenshu Senju ambushed the Sound Ninja and defeated them with overwhelming Wood Release, then extracted their curse mark power. He left Sasuke Uchiha sealed in a barrel and Tayuya bound in a tree as Shikamaru’s team approached, while Kimimaro watched and realized Orochimaru’s plan was in trouble.

• Chenshu Senju surprised Tayuya, Jirobo, Sakon, and Kidomaru in the canyon, binding Tayuya with Wood Release vines.
• Chenshu Senju instantly defeated Jirobo, then pierced Kidomaru and Sakon with wooden spikes.
• Chenshu Senju extracted the curse mark source from the three Sound Ninja, strengthening his Sage Body.
• Chenshu Senju kicked Sasuke Uchiha’s sealed barrel and refused to release Tayuya, saying the approaching Hidden Leaf pursuers could enjoy the view.
• Shikamaru led Naruto and the others through the woods toward the canyon, unaware the enemies were already defeated.
• Kimimaro watched from the cliff and realized Chenshu Senju had badly disrupted Orochimaru’s plan.

Kimimaro activated Orochimaru’s barrier, trapping the pursuing Hidden Leaf genin with the Sound Ninja Four. Chenshu Senju destroyed the barrier and overwhelmed the Sound Ninja Four, who then burned their life force to unleash their curse marks for one final attack.

• Kimimaro crushed a rune-carved skull, sending scarlet chakra into the canyon and awakening the Sound Ninja Four.
• Jirobo, Sakon, Kidomaru, and Tayuya formed the Four Black Mist Formation Barrier, trapping the pursuing genin inside with monster clones.
• Shikamaru’s team struggled against the clones until Chenshu Senju arrived and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to destroy them and shatter the barrier.
• The barrier’s backlash badly injured the Sound Ninja Four, and Chenshu approached them as Shikamaru’s team stared in shock.
• Jirobo, Sakon, Kidomaru, and Tayuya crushed Orochimaru’s bone talismans and overdrawn their life force to unleash their curse marks for a desperate attack.

Chenshu Senju defeated and healed the Sound Four, then recruited them as his subordinates instead of taking them back to the Hidden Leaf Village. As he prepared to leave with them, Kimimaro arrived to confront him on Orochimaru’s behalf.

• Chenshu Senju swiftly defeated Jirobo and Sakon, then rescued Tayuya from the curse mark’s deadly backlash and healed the other Sound Four with Medical Wood Release.
• Chenshu Senju persuaded the Sound Four to join him by offering to resolve their curse mark flaws, and Tayuya accepted in exchange for meals.
• The system rewarded Chenshu Senju for subduing the Sound Four remnants with a Chakra-Conducting Black Robe Blueprint and two intermediate consecutive draw opportunities.
• Naruto asked whether Chenshu Senju would take the Sound Four to the Hidden Leaf Village, but Chenshu ordered the pursuit team to leave with Sasuke’s sealed barrel.
• After the Hidden Leaf team withdrew, Kimimaro arrived and declared that anyone interfering with Orochimaru’s plans must die.

Chenshu Senju fought Kimimaro in the canyon and overwhelmed him with Wood Release, leaving Kimimaro badly wounded. Hidden in the forest, Orochimaru watched the battle and decided that Chenshu would be his next vessel.

• Chenshu wrapped Tayuya in vines while Kimimaro watched and prepared to fight.
• Kimimaro fired Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets, but Chenshu blocked them with a Wood Locking Wall.
• Kimimaro attacked with Dance of the Larch, but Chenshu's wooden arm withstood his bone blades.
• Kimimaro activated his Curse Mark's second state and trapped Chenshu's arm with Dance of the Clematis Flower.
• Chenshu summoned a Wood Dragon that crushed Kimimaro and his bone spear, leaving the outcome decided.
• Orochimaru watched from the forest and resolved to obtain Chenshu's body as his vessel.

Chenshu Senju defeated Kimimaro and the Sound Four, healed Kimimaro, and recruited him and his companions. As Chenshu led his new group away, Jiraiya arrived and became fascinated with Tayuya's vine restraints.

• Chenshu Senju defeated Kimimaro with the Wood Dragon Technique and restrained Tayuya while the other Sound Four watched.
• Chenshu healed Kimimaro's terminal illness and persuaded him to pledge his life in exchange for care and employment.
• Chenshu assigned Sakon, Jirobo, Kidomaru, and Tayuya to serve as errand workers and tea servers, but refused to untie Tayuya's vines.
• Orochimaru watched from the mountains, resolved to capture Chenshu and take his Wood Release body as a vessel.
• Chenshu led his five new subordinates away to find a white-haired old man, and Jiraiya appeared and tried to take notes on Tayuya's restraints.

Chenshu Senju faked chakra exhaustion to lure Orochimaru into revealing his bloodline-modification plan and then ambushed him. Orochimaru escaped, leaving a cursed seal seed behind in the canyon soil.

• Jiraiya sketched Tayuya while Sakon praised his drawing and tried to become his son.
• Chenshu Senju pretended to collapse from the Wood Dragon Technique, prompting Orochimaru to emerge and claim him as a vessel.
• Chenshu Senju warned that the Senju Sage Body would reject Orochimaru's technique, and Orochimaru revealed his Hashirama Cell Fusion Agent and bodily-fluid counterbalancing plan.
• Chenshu Senju received an S-rank bloodline-modification secret through reverse interrogation, then revealed that his weakness had been an act.
• Chenshu Senju struck Orochimaru with a wooden arm, and Orochimaru escaped underground after vowing to return.
• A cursed seal seed Orochimaru had left behind silently took root in the soil.

The exhausted retrieval squad returned to the Hidden Leaf Village with Sasuke and Chenshu Senju’s new followers, while Chenshu prepared a cover story to conceal his strength and keep the fighters under his command. As they approached the gates, White Zetsu secretly observed Chenshu and recognized the significance of his Wood Release.

• The returning squad recalled Chenshu Senju defeating Kimimaro and slapping Orochimaru away, then joked about Tayuya as they walked.
• Chenshu Senju told Sakon and the others to claim they had surrendered because of Jiraiya’s presence and to explain his Wood Dragon as the result of a one-time secret medicine.
• Chenshu Senju gave Tayuya a new coat and instructed everyone to act pitiful as they entered the Hidden Leaf Village.
• The squad reached the village gates with Sasuke still unconscious inside the barrel.
• White Zetsu watched Chenshu Senju from a drifting spore and remarked on the return of Wood Release.

Chenshu Senju kept Tayuya and the Sound Four as his private staff while writing at home. At an Akatsuki meeting, Pain judged Chenshu a greater threat than the Nine-Tails and ordered him watched, while Konan prepared to deal with him herself if necessary.

• Chenshu Senju had Tayuya serve him tea and massage his shoulders while the other members of his private squad watched.
• Pain asked Zetsu about Hidden Leaf Village, and Zetsu reported that Chenshu Senju had defeated Orochimaru with powerful Wood Release.
• Zetsu projected footage of the battle, but the display shifted to Tayuya bound in vines and prompted crude remarks from Akatsuki's members.
• Pain ordered Zetsu to make Chenshu the highest-priority observation target and consider infiltrating Hidden Leaf Village to assess his abilities.
• After the meeting, Konan decided she would personally eliminate Chenshu if he threatened Nagato's dream.

Chenshu Senju used a labor-dispatch agreement signed by Jiraiya and his own overwhelming strength to drive Danzo’s Root squad from his courtyard. Danzo retreated in humiliation, then ordered Root to watch Chenshu’s squad and kill everyone around him except Chenshu.

• Tayuya served Chenshu Senju while Kimimaro knocked Sakon into the mud for leering at her.
• Danzo arrived with Root ninja and accused Chenshu of harboring Orochimaru’s defectors, ordering their arrest.
• Chenshu showed Danzo a labor-dispatch agreement bearing Jiraiya’s signature and seal, but Danzo dismissed it and prepared to seize the group anyway.
• Chenshu unleashed thick vines that restrained the Root ninja and warned Danzo that the squad was protected by village funds and Jiraiya’s interests.
• Danzo withdrew in disgrace after Chenshu mocked him, then ordered Root to surveil Chenshu’s squad and kill everyone around Chenshu when an opportunity arose.

Sasuke woke in the hospital and learned that Chenshu Senju had defeated the Sound Ninja, Kimimaro, and Orochimaru. Humiliated by Chenshu’s power and taunts, Sasuke resolved to seek Orochimaru’s strength again, and a more extreme defection plan began to form.

• Sasuke woke in the hospital and asked what had happened to the Sound Ninja.
• Shikamaru and Naruto told Sasuke that Chenshu Senju had defeated the Sound Ninja and Kimimaro, then driven Orochimaru away.
• Chenshu Senju visited Sasuke with Tayuya, mocked Sasuke’s desire to join Orochimaru, and dismissed him as too weak to fight.
• After Chenshu Senju left, Sasuke brooded over his humiliation and resolved to pursue Orochimaru’s power.
• Sasuke’s eyes turned crimson with three tomoe as he began planning a second, more extreme defection.

Chenshu Senju secretly trained the Sound Four and Kimimaro, combining Wood Release with bone techniques to create a deadly new barrier. After the group left, the cursed seal seed Orochimaru had hidden underground began to grow, leaving a new threat behind.

• Root ninjas watched a decoy in the Forest of Death for three hours before it turned into a leaf-covered log.
• Chenshu Senju trained the Sound Four and Kimimaro in a hidden valley while typing his novel, using vines to force Tayuya into hand seals.
• The Sound Four raised the Four Violet Flames Formation, and Kimimaro filled it with bone spears using Bracken Dance.
• Chenshu Senju fused Wood Release with the bone spikes and created Sage Art: Violet Flame Bonewood Realm.
• Chenshu Senju left the valley with the group, while Orochimaru's cursed seal seed began taking root in the earth.

Chenshu Senju discovered Orochimaru’s hidden Cursed Seal Seed and deliberately fed it Sage Chakra mixed with a powerful laxative, intending to use the seed as bait. Orochimaru mistook the chakra for a chance to seize Chenshu’s body and prepared to take control.

• Chenshu Senju sensed something devouring Sage Chakra at the special training ground and found Orochimaru’s sprouted Cursed Seal Seed underground.
• After the system confirmed he could remove or overload-feed the seed, Chenshu Senju chose to feed it chakra mixed with a Berserk Laxative ingredient.
• Back at Chenshu Senju’s residence, Tayuya chased Sakon after he tampered with her bodysuit zipper, while Chenshu returned to his computer and ordered her to pour tea.
• In his underground base, Orochimaru felt the cursed-seal connection strengthen and believed Chenshu Senju’s Sage Chakra would let him take over Chenshu’s body.

Chenshu Senju left Konoha with Jiraiya to find Tsunade, while Jiraiya warned him that Amegakure had gone silent and seemed dangerously sealed off. Chenshu dismissed the warning and continued focusing on their journey and his writing.

• Chenshu Senju told Kimimaro and the others to guard his home and resist any Root agents while he traveled with Jiraiya.
• At Konoha's gate, Chenshu met Jiraiya, who agreed to lead him toward Tanzaku Town to find Tsunade.
• During lunch, Chenshu and Jiraiya joked about making Tsunade pay for their meal and cheating at gambling with Wood Release.
• Jiraiya warned Chenshu that his intelligence network in Amegakure had vanished and that nobody entering the village seemed to survive.
• Chenshu brushed off Jiraiya's warning by suggesting the messenger toads had fallen into a ditch, irritating Jiraiya.

Chenshu Senju and Jiraiya caught an Amegakure scout on the Land of Fire border and discovered that Akatsuki had marked Chenshu as its highest-priority target. Chenshu treated the coming ambush as an opportunity to gain rewards and pressed onward.

• Chenshu sensed an Amegakure scout hiding in the canopy and used Wood Release to yank him down and restrain him.
• Chenshu stopped the scout from taking poison and searched him while asking an absurd question about using Wood Release to deliver takeout.
• Chenshu found and opened a secret scroll containing an Akatsuki hunt notice, then showed it to Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya learned that Nagato had assigned Chenshu the highest threat classification and sent a special squad to intercept and kill him.
• Chenshu dismissed Jiraiya's concern and continued onward, eager to defeat the attackers and use them for system rewards.

Chenshu Senju and Jiraiya walked into an Akatsuki ambush, where Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki confronted them. Chenshu trapped everyone in a Wood Release cage and deliberately met Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan gaze, leaving Tsukuyomi locked onto his mind.

• Jiraiya warned Chenshu Senju that Akatsuki had set an ambush, but Chenshu continued toward it with casual jokes.
• Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki emerged from the mist and identified Chenshu as their target because of his Wood Release.
• Chenshu mocked Itachi’s red eyes, then ignored Jiraiya’s warning not to look directly at the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Chenshu unleashed Wood Release, filling the forest with giant trees that formed an airtight cage around the group.
• Itachi activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and cast Tsukuyomi, which locked onto Chenshu’s mind after their gazes met.

Chenshu Senju shattered Itachi Uchiha’s Tsukuyomi and drained Kisame Hoshigaki’s chakra through Samehada, forcing the Akatsuki pair to retreat. Itachi warned Chenshu about a spiral-masked figure, and Chenshu and Jiraiya continued toward Tanzaku Town.

• Chenshu Senju resisted Itachi Uchiha’s Tsukuyomi, shattered its mental realm, and caused Itachi to suffer a severe backlash.
• Kisame Hoshigaki attacked Chenshu’s Wood Release with Samehada, but the wooden tendrils drained Kisame and his sword instead.
• Jiraiya trapped Itachi and Kisame inside Toad Mouth Bind, but Itachi burned open an escape route with Amaterasu and fled with Kisame.
• Itachi warned Chenshu that the true shadow hid behind a spiral-shaped mask before the two Akatsuki members escaped.
• Chenshu suspected Itachi had pointed him toward Obito, and he and Jiraiya resumed their journey to Tanzaku Town.

After defeating Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, Chenshu Senju received powerful system rewards and continued toward Konoha with Jiraiya. At Chenshu’s residence, Danzo’s Root forces confronted the Sound Five, and Chenshu hurried back after learning of the attack.

• Chenshu Senju received an advanced ten-pull draw for defeating Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, gaining a Wood Release Clone Intangibility Secret Technique and a Minor Rinnegan Perception Fragment.
• Chenshu joked to Jiraiya that his resistance to Tsukuyomi came from watching adult films, prompting Jiraiya to imagine Tsunade dancing and get a nosebleed.
• Danzo’s Root ninja surrounded Chenshu Senju’s residence and announced they would eliminate the people he had sheltered.
• Kimimaro warned the Root squad not to cross the gate, while Tayuya, Sakon, Ukon, and Jirobo assembled to defend the residence.
• Chenshu received a messenger toad’s report about the attack, blamed Danzo, and hurried toward Konoha with Jiraiya.

Chenshu Senju remotely intervened when Shimura Danzō’s Root squad attacked his home, helping Tayuya, Kimimaro, Sakon, Ukon, and Jirobo wipe out the attackers and empowering his subordinates. Shimura Danzō learned of Chenshu’s long-range abilities and began planning to use Izanagi to eliminate him.

• Chenshu Senju used Wood Release to form a face in the air above his courtyard and ordered Kimimaro and the others to form up as Root attacked.
• Kimimaro, Sakon, Ukon, and Jirobo took their positions while Tayuya summoned three ogres, and the four unleashed the Sage Art: Violet Flame Bonewood Realm.
• The combination technique killed the Root squad, and Chenshu Senju sent chakra and experience rewards to his subordinates, healing Kimimaro’s injuries and strengthening the group.
• Shimura Danzō received word that his squad had been annihilated and that Chenshu Senju could transmit chakra and command battles across hundreds of kilometers.
• Shimura Danzō resolved to use Izanagi and the Sharingan hidden beneath the bandages on his right arm to try to kill Chenshu Senju and his subordinates.

Chenshu Senju and Jiraiya found Tsunade gambling in Tanzaku Town, and Chenshu planned to manipulate her into sharing her medical knowledge. Meanwhile, Orochimaru and Kabuto arrived in town to force Tsunade to heal Orochimaru’s damaged hands.

• Chenshu Senju and Jiraiya entered the casino and spotted Tsunade losing her borrowed chips while Shizune tried to stop her.
• Jiraiya asked whether they should approach Tsunade, but Chenshu decided to scheme around her feelings for the First Hokage and ordered Jiraiya to draw her anger first.
• Tsunade lost her remaining money and drank at the table while Chenshu considered how to make his entrance.
• Orochimaru complained that the chakra seed had not helped his ruined hands and blamed Chenshu Senju for making him suffer diarrhea.
• Kabuto told Orochimaru that Tsunade was at the casino, and Orochimaru headed there to force her to heal him.
• Chenshu Senju felt his right eyelid twitch and anticipated that the events in Tanzaku Town would become more interesting.

Orochimaru offered Tsunade a deal to heal his hands in exchange for reviving Nawaki and Dan, but Chenshu Senju interrupted and proposed his own bargain. After Chenshu revealed his Wood Release, Orochimaru ordered Kabuto to summon a swarm of snakes and threatened everyone in the casino.

• Jiraiya prepared to approach Tsunade before Orochimaru entered the casino with Kabuto and confronted her.
• Orochimaru offered to revive Nawaki and Dan if Tsunade healed his crippled hands.
• Chenshu Senju mocked Orochimaru, warned Tsunade that he would betray her, and offered to cure her hemophobia and trauma.
• Chenshu claimed Senju heritage and demonstrated Wood Release, stunning Tsunade and Jiraiya while enraging Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru ordered Kabuto to summon enormous snakes, turning the casino into a snake pit and threatening to kill everyone there.

Chenshu Senju watched the battle between Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, using Wood Release to stop Kabuto and a delayed laxative technique to force Orochimaru to retreat. Tsunade promised him the medical scroll if they drove Orochimaru away, and the chapter ended with Jiraiya and Tsunade staring at Chenshu in disbelief.

• Jiraiya summoned Gamaken as Orochimaru attacked the casino and demanded Wood Release.
• Kabuto tried to kill Tsunade while her hemophobia left her frozen, but Chenshu restrained him with chakra-draining Wood Release.
• Tsunade recovered, smashed a giant snake, and promised Chenshu the medical scroll if Orochimaru was driven back.
• Orochimaru prepared to unleash an attack, but Chenshu's delayed laxative technique triggered and left him desperate to find a toilet.
• Orochimaru ordered Kabuto to retreat and reverse-summoned himself away, while Jiraiya and Tsunade stared at Chenshu in disbelief.

Chenshu Senju obtained the First Hokage’s legacy scroll and unlocked the complete Senju bloodline archive and an ultimate medical technique. Tsunade accepted the appointment to become Fifth Hokage, and Chenshu prepared to return to the village and settle accounts with Danzo.

• Tsunade handed Chenshu the First Hokage’s core legacy scroll after Orochimaru vanished.
• Chenshu’s system unlocked the Senju bloodline archive and Creation Rebirth Derivative Domain, restoring his vitality and reviving dead grass.
• Chenshu teased Tsunade about the scroll’s smell, and she became less resistant to returning to the Hidden Leaf Village.
• Shizune delivered Tsunade the village’s appointment letter naming her Fifth Hokage.
• Chenshu urged Tsunade to accept, and she agreed while threatening to assign him S-rank missions and dock his pay.
• Chenshu looked toward the village and vowed to raid Root and settle his grudge with Danzo.

Chenshu Senju used his Wood Release senses to monitor Konoha and discovered Sasuke planned to defect to Orochimaru for more power. He prepared traps along Sasuke’s escape routes, while Zetsu warned Pain that Chenshu’s surveillance abilities posed a major threat.

• As Chenshu traveled with Jiraiya and Tsunade, he monitored his home, where Tayuya complained about the revealing outfit Jirobo had found for her.
• Chenshu sensed Sasuke training with Chidori and resolved to leave Konoha for Orochimaru when the contact arrived.
• Chenshu secretly covered Sasuke’s likely escape routes with vines and traps designed to capture and humiliate him.
• In Amegakure, Zetsu told Nagato that Chenshu’s Wood Release surveillance network exceeded conventional ninjutsu and had detected Sasuke’s escape plans.
• Pain considered delaying the Nine-Tails mission to eliminate Chenshu, but White Zetsu interrupted to suggest stealing one of Chenshu’s traps for study.

Chenshu Senju left Tsunade and Jiraiya behind and headed toward the Hidden Leaf Village, reflecting on his recent gains and plans for strengthening his household. As rain fell near the Land of Fire’s border, he sensed a powerful chakra above the clouds and identified its source as the god of Amegakure.

• Chenshu Senju teased Tsunade and Jiraiya before racing ahead toward the Hidden Leaf Village with Wood Release.
• Chenshu reviewed his gains from the encounters with Itachi Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Orochimaru, including new abilities and the Creation Rebirth scroll.
• Chenshu planned to train Tayuya, Jirobo, Sakon, Ukon, and Kimimaro into a stronger household force and to retaliate against Danzo and Root.
• Chenshu crossed a creek and continued toward the Land of Fire’s border as the sky darkened and rain began to fall.
• Chenshu sensed a cold, godlike chakra spreading through the rain above the forest and recognized it as the god of Amegakure.