Chapter Summaries

Chenshu Senju traced Tsunade to a hidden Root transfer station near the border of the Land of Fire and broke in to rescue her. He faced a dozen Root ninja as they prepared to move the iron chest containing her.

• Chenshu Senju found traces of poison on the letter and concluded Shimura Danzō had abducted Tsunade.
• Chenshu Senju ordered Sasuke Uchiha to guard the Hokage Building ruins and Senju Estate, then accepted a system quest to find Tsunade.
• Chenshu Senju activated Sage Mode and sensed Tsunade northwest of Konoha.
• Chenshu Senju located a concealed shack and discovered Root ninja preparing to haul away an iron chest that carried Tsunade's life force.
• Chenshu Senju used Wood Release to blast open the shack, and the Root ninja dropped the chains and attacked him with fire and wind techniques.

Chenshu Senju defeated the Root remnants sent after him and tortured their leader for information about Tsunade. He learned Danzo had taken Tsunade to the Land of Rain to bargain with the Akatsuki, and set off to confront him.

• The Root squad leader threw explosive tags at Chenshu Senju and ordered his men to flee, but Chenshu emerged unharmed and used Flying Thunder God to catch the lead ninja.
• Chenshu knocked out the fleeing Root ninja, then used Wood Release to bind the remaining squad members to trees.
• The squad leader refused to reveal Tsunade's whereabouts, so Chenshu crushed his arm while a terrified subordinate offered to talk.
• The subordinate said Danzo had taken Tsunade to the Land of Rain as a bargaining chip, hoping the Akatsuki would kill Chenshu in exchange for Danzo becoming Hokage.
• Chenshu vowed to destroy Danzo and turned toward the Land of Rain.

Chenshu Senju encountered Akatsuki members Kakuzu and Hidan at a rain-soaked bounty exchange and attacked Kakuzu when they tried to claim his bounty. The chapter ended with Chenshu’s punch tearing through Kakuzu’s Earth Spear defense and destroying two of his hearts.

• Chenshu Senju traveled toward the Land of Rain after leaving the crippled Root remnants behind.
• Chenshu Senju sensed two powerful chakra signatures and found Kakuzu and Hidan beside the bodies of a massacred bounty exchange.
• Kakuzu recognized Chenshu Senju from the underground bounty list and declared that his head was worth a fortune.
• Hidan wondered whether Chenshu’s blood would be suitable for a sacrifice to Jashin as Chenshu charged toward them.
• Kakuzu hardened his body with Earth Release: Earth Spear, but Chenshu Senju shattered the defense with a punch that burst two of Kakuzu’s hearts.

Chenshu Senju overwhelmed Kakuzu and Hidan with Wood Release, then used Kamui to turn Kakuzu’s Wind Release against him. He left Kakuzu kneeling and near death, mocking him for wasting his long life.

• Chenshu Senju’s punch sent Kakuzu crashing through trees and into a boulder, destroying two of his hearts.
• Hidan charged Chenshu Senju, who struck him down with a giant Wood Release hand and buried him in a muddy pit.
• Kakuzu summoned his masked monsters and prepared a Wind Release and Fire Release combination attack.
• Chenshu Senju used Kamui to absorb the Wind Release and send it back through Kakuzu, cutting him down and destroying another masked monster.
• Chenshu Senju dismissed his Mangekyo Sharingan and taunted the dying Kakuzu.

Chenshu Senju drove Kakuzu into retreat, restrained Hidan, and took a map marked with terrain and hidden bases along the Land of Rain's border. He left Hidan trapped in a wooden post and sank him in a swollen river while continuing to prioritize finding Tsunade and uncovering Danzo's conspiracy.

• Kakuzu destroyed three of his hearts, used his remaining chakra to escape, and fled into the forest.
• Hidan crawled out of the mud, saw Kakuzu fleeing, and loudly berated him for abandoning their partnership.
• Chenshu Senju bound Hidan in Wood Release vines and searched his cloak, finding a map of the Land of Rain's border and several hidden bases.
• Chenshu Senju kicked Hidan, still encased in wood, into the swollen river, where the wooden post sank.

Chenshu Senju found the unconscious Tsunade hidden in a cave behind a waterfall and discovered that genjutsu had sealed her chakra pathways. Before he could free her, Obito emerged and confronted him.

• Chenshu Senju followed the map to a concealed cave behind a waterfall near the Land of Rain.
• Chenshu Senju found Tsunade unconscious on a stone bed and learned that genjutsu had sealed her chakra pathways.
• Chenshu Senju prepared to break the seal on Tsunade when a Black Rod suddenly attacked him from another dimension.
• Obito emerged from a spatial vortex, and Chenshu Senju identified him as the two faced each other across Tsunade.

Chenshu Senju and Obito clashed in the cavern, matching each other’s Kamui before Chenshu attacked with a Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasengan. Obito’s intangibility let him escape unharmed, while Chenshu protected Tsunade and prepared to keep fighting.

• Obito attacked Chenshu Senju with Kamui, but Chenshu countered with an identical Mangekyō Sharingan ability and the spatial distortions canceled each other out.
• Obito demanded to know why Chenshu had the same eyes and Kamui as him, but Chenshu ignored him and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear above him.
• Chenshu struck at Obito with a Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasengan, but Obito activated Kamui Intangibility and the attack passed through him.
• The Rasengan blasted a huge crater into the cavern floor, and Chenshu used Wood Release to shield Tsunade from the explosion’s debris.
• Obito remained unharmed above the crater, and Chenshu challenged him to keep hiding behind his intangibility.

Chenshu Senju exploited the brief moment when Obito had to become tangible, striking him with a Flying Thunder God attack and leaving him badly injured. As Obito lay in the rubble, Chenshu taunted him about Rin.

• Obito used the collapsing cave as cover and tried to retreat to a distant boulder while remaining intangible.
• Chenshu Senju anticipated Obito's landing point and threw a Flying Thunder God Kunai into the boulder.
• Obito became tangible as he prepared to land, and Chenshu Senju teleported to him using the Kunai's mark.
• Chenshu Senju kicked Obito in the abdomen, sending him crashing into a rock wall and cracking his mask.
• Obito lay injured in the rubble as Chenshu Senju mocked him by asking if he wanted to cry to Rin.

Chenshu Senju repelled Obito’s attack, then used Medical Wood Release to free Tsunade from the genjutsu. Tsunade woke safely in the cavern as Chenshu told her she owed him a huge favor.

• Obito lost control after Chenshu Senju mentioned Rin and unleashed Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance.
• Chenshu Senju blocked Obito’s flames with Wood Release: Wooden Shield Technique.
• Drained and injured, Obito used Kamui to escape while Chenshu Senju let him go.
• Chenshu Senju used Medical Wood Release to clear the genjutsu from Tsunade’s chakra pathways.
• Tsunade woke on the stone bed, recognized Chenshu Senju, and relaxed as he told her she owed him a huge favor.

After Tsunade recovered from Danzo’s genjutsu ambush, she explained that he had sought the First Hokage’s secret Wood Release research scroll. A messenger toad then reported that Akatsuki had invaded the Sand Village and abducted Gaara, prompting Tsunade and Chenshu Senju to face the crisis.

• Tsunade regained control of her body after Chenshu Senju cleared her chakra pathways.
• Tsunade explained that Danzo had poisoned the top-secret documents and used a Sharingan genjutsu to abduct her and pursue the scroll containing the Senju Clan’s Wood Release Cell Fusion data.
• Chenshu Senju resolved to kill Danzo the next time they met.
• A messenger toad arrived with an emergency message from Shizune about a crisis in the Sand Village.
• The messenger toad reported that Akatsuki had invaded the Sand Village and forcibly taken the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara.
• Tsunade reacted grimly, while Chenshu Senju recognized that Akatsuki’s tailed beast capture plan had begun.

Chenshu Senju, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Kakashi learned that Akatsuki had captured Gaara and poisoned Kankuro, prompting an urgent rescue mission. Chenshu set out for Sunagakure with Kakashi and Naruto, leaving Tsunade to organize further medical support as they raced toward the village gates.

• Chenshu Senju brought Tsunade to the Hokage's Office using the Flying Thunder God technique, where Jiraiya and Kakashi told them Akatsuki had captured Gaara and left Kankuro near death from poison.
• Tsunade ordered Shizune to assemble elite medical ninja and antivenom, and said she would lead a relief team to Sunagakure.
• Chenshu Senju objected that a large team would arrive too late and decided to go immediately with Kakashi and Naruto.
• Naruto rushed into the office, declared he would rescue Gaara, and was silenced when Chenshu Senju smacked the back of his head.
• Chenshu Senju, Kakashi, and Naruto leaped from the office window and raced across Konoha toward the village gates.

Chenshu Senju, Naruto, and Kakashi reached Sunagakure and found Kankuro near death from Sasori of the Red Sands' poison. Chenshu cured him with Medical Wood Release, and Kankuro revealed where Gaara had been taken.

• Chenshu Senju, Naruto, and Kakashi crossed the Death Desert and entered Sunagakure, where they found the village damaged and silent.
• Chenshu Senju went to the hospital, where Sakura Haruno was struggling to analyze Kankuro's toxin as the medical team from the Hidden Leaf Village arrived.
• Chenshu Senju used Medical Wood Release to force the poison from Kankuro's body, reviving him.
• Kankuro told Chenshu Senju that Gaara's captors had fled toward a dried-up riverbed near the border of the Land of Rivers.

Chenshu Senju, Kakashi, and Naruto reached the Akatsuki hideout and found Gaara being drained above the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Chenshu destroyed the barrier by force and confronted Deidara and Sasori, leaving the fight about to begin.

• Naruto struck the Five-Seal Barrier with a Rasengan and was thrown back by its defensive force.
• Kakashi explained that the barrier required five talismans to be removed at once, but Chenshu Senju chose not to search for them.
• Chenshu Senju used Sage Art: Wood Dragon Technique to smash the sealed entrance and destroy the barrier.
• Chenshu Senju, Kakashi, and Naruto entered the cave and saw Gaara suspended and unresponsive above a gigantic statue.
• Deidara and Sasori noticed the intruders, and Naruto prepared to attack them before Chenshu Senju ordered the pair to come down.

Deidara neutralized the ground team's defenses and escaped into the sky with the unconscious Gaara, while Kakashi countered his clay bombs with Lightning Release. Naruto lost control of the Nine-Tails' chakra and tried to pursue them, but Chenshu Senju stopped him and prepared to attack Deidara in the air.

• Deidara launched clay birds at Chenshu Senju, Kakashi, and their companions, but Kakashi destroyed them with Lightning Cutter.
• Deidara summoned a giant clay bird, seized Gaara, and flew out of the cavern.
• Naruto erupted with the Nine-Tails' chakra and charged after Deidara to save Gaara.
• Chenshu Senju pulled Naruto back, struck him with Sage Jutsu chakra, and suppressed most of his rampaging chakra.
• Chenshu Senju watched Deidara's bird recede into the sky and declared that he would bring it down.

Chenshu Senju used Kamui to bring down Deidara and his clay bird, then faced Sasori inside the cave. He blocked Sasori’s poison needles with a wooden wall and stopped within striking distance of Hiruko.

• Chenshu Senju used Kamui to tear off the Clay Giant Bird’s right wing, sending Deidara and the unconscious Gaara tumbling from the sky.
• Naruto rushed to catch Gaara while Kakashi activated his Sharingan and followed; Chenshu Senju turned back toward the cave.
• Sasori discarded Hiruko’s robe and fired hundreds of poisoned senbon needles at Chenshu Senju.
• Chenshu Senju raised a wooden wall without hand seals, and it stopped the poison needles without being pierced.
• Chenshu Senju advanced through the cave, shattering the ground with each step, and challenged Sasori at close range.

Chenshu Senju defeated Sasori by destroying the Third Kazekage puppet and ripping out Sasori’s core. Outside the cave, Kakashi restrained Deidara while Naruto recovered the unconscious Gaara.

• Sasori revealed his puppet body and attacked Chenshu Senju with the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand Boundary Technique.
• Chenshu Senju walked through the Iron Sand unharmed and shattered the Third Kazekage puppet with a single punch.
• Chenshu Senju tore the core cylinder from Sasori’s chest, disabling him and causing the Iron Sand to fall harmlessly.
• Deidara saw Sasori’s chakra disappear and tried to escape, but Kakashi held a Kunai to his throat.
• Naruto picked up the unconscious Gaara, and Chenshu Senju emerged from the cave with Sasori’s core and mocked Deidara.

Chenshu Senju rescued Gaara from the statue’s chakra drain and used Wood Release to restore his life force. After Gaara awoke, Chenshu turned to the captured Deidara and threatened him for information about the Akatsuki’s leader.

• Chenshu Senju snapped the Chakra Chain and pulled Gaara free while Naruto caught him.
• Chenshu Senju poured life force into Gaara until he regained consciousness, earning an Advanced Chakra Fruit from the system.
• Chenshu Senju tossed the revived Gaara to Naruto and approached the bound Deidara.
• Chenshu Senju demanded to know where the Akatsuki’s leader was hiding, but Deidara refused to answer.
• Chenshu Senju pressed his foot against Deidara and raised wooden spikes beside his head to threaten him.

Chenshu Senju tortured Deidara for information before Sasuke arrived with news that the Raikage had called a Five Kage Summit to discuss Akatsuki. Chenshu decided the Hidden Leaf Village would attend in the Land of Iron and make its presence felt.

• Deidara refused to reveal information about Akatsuki's leader, so Chenshu Senju pierced his hand with a wooden spike until the pain overwhelmed him.
• Sasuke arrived with an encrypted message from the Raikage, and Naruto reacted awkwardly to seeing him.
• Sasuke told Chenshu Senju and Kakashi that the Raikage had called a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron to address Akatsuki's capture of tailed beasts.
• Chenshu Senju knocked Deidara unconscious and handed him over to Kakashi.
• Chenshu Senju announced that the Hidden Leaf Village would attend the summit, intending to take charge and challenge the other Kage.

After returning Gaara to Sunagakure, Chenshu Senju went to the Five Kage Summit in Tsunade’s place and asserted that he would speak for the Hidden Leaf Village. When Ōnoki mocked him, Chenshu pulverized part of the summit table with one blow, leaving the room stunned.

• Chenshu Senju left Sunagakure with Kakashi and Sasuke after Gaara was returned and Deidara was handed over to medical ninja.
• Chenshu Senju, Kakashi, and Sasuke arrived at the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron, where Gaara had joined A, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki.
• A demanded to know why Tsunade was absent, and Chenshu took the Hidden Leaf Village’s seat, saying Tsunade was injured and his word was final.
• Ōnoki mocked Chenshu for taking a Five Kage seat, and Chenshu pulverized part of the ironwood conference table with his bare hand.
• Chenshu warned Ōnoki to watch his mouth as the Kage and guards stared in stunned silence.

At the Five Kage Summit, Chenshu Senju effortlessly stopped the Raikage’s attack before Obito appeared and declared the Fourth Shinobi World War. Chenshu dismissed Obito’s masked claim of power as the Kage reacted in shock.

• The Raikage attacked Chenshu, who caught his lightning-charged punch with one hand and sent him staggering backward.
• Mei Terumi intervened to defuse the confrontation, and Chenshu released the Raikage’s fist.
• Obito emerged through a spatial vortex in the ruined summit hall, prompting the guards and Kage to prepare for a fight.
• Obito claimed to be Madara Uchiha and declared that the Fourth Shinobi World War had begun.
• Chenshu brushed snow from his shoulder and contemptuously challenged Obito’s importance.