Recaps

Cheng Lu awoke in Tobirama Senju’s reanimated body as Orochimaru began the Konoha Crush Plan. Hiruzen Sarutobi faced Orochimaru and the reanimated First and Second Hokage, while Tobirama quietly opened his eyes.

• Cheng Lu regained consciousness amid memories of Naruto, the Senju Clan, and Tobirama Senju.
• Orochimaru confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi inside the barrier during the Konoha invasion.
• Hiruzen and Orochimaru exchanged ninjutsu, but Orochimaru emerged unharmed from Hiruzen’s attacks.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon the First and Second Hokage, while Hiruzen stopped the coffin for the Fourth.
• Tobirama Senju opened his eyes and realized Cheng Lu had reincarnated in his reanimated body.

Cheng Lu, inhabiting Tobirama Senju’s Impure World Reincarnation body, assessed his limited power while Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju and tried to control the Hokage brothers. A system gave Tobirama a mission to break free from Orochimaru, and the chapter ended as Tobirama launched a Water Dragon Bullet before Orochimaru could seal him.

• Tobirama Senju realized the incomplete Impure World Reincarnation body could unleash only thirty percent of his strength.
• Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju, who recognized Hiruzen Sarutobi and greeted Tobirama.
• Tobirama sensed Orochimaru’s weak control and received a system mission to break free in exchange for restoring his strength to seventy percent.
• Hashirama told Hiruzen that he and Tobirama could use only thirty percent of their strength, prompting Orochimaru to silence him with a marked kunai.
• As Orochimaru moved to seal Tobirama with another kunai, Tobirama used Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet.

Tobirama Senju broke free of Orochimaru’s control and fought him inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, giving Hiruzen Sarutobi a chance to survive. Tobirama’s attack pierced Orochimaru, who survived by using his secret substitution technique, before Tobirama struck again with Flying Thunder God Slash.

• Tobirama Senju attacked Orochimaru with Water Release before Orochimaru and Hashirama Senju could regain control of him.
• Tobirama Senju used Impure World Reincarnation: Release to free himself, then told Hiruzen Sarutobi to handle Hashirama Senju while he fought Orochimaru.
• Tobirama Senju fired Water Severing Wave, breaking through Orochimaru’s Triple Rashomon and Earth-Style Wall to pierce him.
• Orochimaru survived by spitting out a new body with the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique.
• Tobirama Senju launched Flying Thunder God Slash at Orochimaru.

Tobirama Senju fought Orochimaru and Hashirama Senju inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, then unleashed a massive Water Release that collapsed the roof and broke the barrier. Orochimaru and the others were buried in the rubble, leaving their fate unclear.

• Tobirama Senju used Flying Thunder God Slash to sever one of Orochimaru's arms, though Orochimaru blocked the killing strike with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Hashirama Senju broke free of Hiruzen Sarutobi and covered the barrier with trees, forcing Orochimaru to retreat behind him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi regrouped with Tobirama Senju, who told him to escape and gather the Konoha shinobi while Tobirama dealt with the Sound Four.
• Tobirama Senju unleashed Water Release: Water Dragon Biting Explosion, catching Hashirama Senju, Orochimaru, and himself in the blast.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sheltered inside Enma's Adamantine Prison Wall as the roof collapsed, burying the Sound Four and causing the Four Violet Flames Formation to dissipate.

Tobirama Senju defeated Orochimaru’s attack and forced him to retreat, while Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha to counterattack. Tobirama checked his mission status, then someone approached and recognized him as the Second Hokage.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s Chunin and higher-ranked ninja to counterattack Sunagakure and Orochimaru, and learned that Jiraiya was on his way.
• The Sound Four dug Orochimaru from the ruins, and Orochimaru ordered them to retreat.
• Tobirama Senju sealed Hashirama Senju and confronted Orochimaru, whose strength had recovered through the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru escaped with the Sound Four using a smoke bomb, while Tobirama Senju chose not to pursue him because he had marked him with Flying Thunder God.
• Tobirama Senju checked his mission panel and heard someone behind him ask if he was the Second Hokage.

Tobirama Senju joined Jiraiya in driving back the remaining Sound and Sand ninja and took charge of Konoha’s response. With his strength restored, he left Hiruzen Sarutobi and the clan heads uncertain about who would lead the village.

• Jiraiya encountered the revived Tobirama Senju, who ordered him to help restore order in Konoha.
• Tobirama and Jiraiya rescued Konoha ninja and pushed back the scattered enemy forces.
• Tobirama summoned Hiruzen Sarutobi, rebuked his hesitation, and ordered resisting enemy ninja killed and those who surrendered imprisoned.
• Konoha’s ninja followed Tobirama’s orders, killing resisting Sound and Sand ninja and detaining those who surrendered.
• Tobirama received confirmation that his strength had returned to Super Kage, while Konoha’s clan heads were shocked by his revival.

After returning to Konoha, Tobirama Senju presided over a meeting where Danzo and the other advisors moved to remove Hiruzen Sarutobi as Hokage. Tobirama agreed and declared Hiruzen dismissed, leaving the gathered leaders to respond.

• Konoha residents celebrated Tobirama Senju's resurrection and speculated that he might replace the aging Hiruzen Sarutobi as Hokage.
• Tobirama Senju met with Konoha's jōnin, clan heads, advisors, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Danzo reacted nervously to his return.
• Danzo accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of mishandling Orochimaru and the recent crisis, and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura supported his call for Hiruzen to step down.
• Tobirama Senju questioned Danzo about Root's absence during Konoha's crisis, and Danzo defended his choice to preserve his forces.
• Tobirama Senju announced that Hiruzen Sarutobi was dismissed as Hokage and asked the gathered leaders who supported or opposed the decision.

Jiraiya and Konoha’s clan representatives supported Hiruzen Sarutobi stepping down, and Hiruzen voluntarily resigned as Hokage. Nara Shikaku then proposed that Tobirama Senju return to the position, leaving the assembled leaders reacting with surprise.

• Jiraiya supported Hiruzen Sarutobi’s resignation and urged his former teacher to give up power.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi voluntarily resigned as Hokage, surprising Tobirama Senju.
• Tobirama Senju resolved to reclaim the Hokage position and purge Konoha, while judging Danzo more dangerous than Hiruzen.
• Nara Shikaku and representatives of the major clans and civilian ninja supported Hiruzen’s resignation.
• Nara Shikaku proposed that Tobirama Senju return as Hokage, and the conference attendees turned toward him in surprise.

Kakashi Hatake and Konoha’s clan leaders backed Tobirama Senju as Hokage after Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped down, and Tobirama accepted the position. A black-clad man learned that Tobirama had been revived and hurried off to report it.

• Kakashi Hatake urged Tobirama Senju to lead Konoha again, citing the need for an upright Hokage and his knowledge of the village’s corrupt leadership.
• Shimura Danzō opposed Tobirama’s return, but Hyuga Hiashi and the clan leaders supported it.
• Tobirama Senju accepted the Hokage hat temporarily and said he would return the title when an outstanding successor emerged.
• Shikaku Nara reminded Tobirama that the daimyo of the Land of Fire had to be petitioned, and Tobirama said he would go to the capital the next day.
• A black-clad man heard villagers discussing Tobirama’s revival and the Hokage change, then left to report the news.

After Tobirama Senju was revived and became Hokage again, the great nations and Akatsuki reacted to the news. Tobirama left Konoha for the Land of Fire's capital, leaving Shikaku Nara in charge as someone in the shadows ordered the news of his departure spread.

• The four great nations learned that Tobirama Senju had been revived, while Black Zetsu urged Obito to accelerate their plan and Obito set out to see Nagato.
• Tobirama Senju arranged for Shikaku Nara to handle Konoha's duties and chose Genma Shiranui, Namiashi Raidō, and Iwashi Tatami to accompany him to the Land of Fire's capital.
• Shikaku Nara warned Tobirama Senju that his small escort might leave him vulnerable, but Tobirama said that more guards would be useless against a true threat.
• At Konoha's entrance, Tobirama Senju left Shikaku Nara instructions for handling village affairs and promised to return if he received a signal on his kunai.
• Tobirama Senju departed Konoha amid the villagers' cheers as his three guards followed in secret, and a hidden voice ordered someone to spread the news of his departure.

As Tobirama Senju traveled from Konoha toward the Land of Fire capital, Danzo and other nations moved to stop him, while repeated attacks tested his escorts. The chapter ended as Tobirama noticed a guarded carriage approaching on the road.

• Danzo learned that the Second had departed and vowed to act against his former teacher’s return.
• The major nations began a quiet operation to intercept and kill the Second Hokage.
• Tobirama Senju traveled leisurely toward the capital with Genma Shiranui and two other escorts, reflecting on his Impure World Reincarnation body.
• Namiashi Raidō defeated a third wave of wandering ninja, and the escorts continued to protect Tobirama.
• Tobirama spotted a carriage escorted by dozens of guards approaching in the distance.

Liu Sheng Tie and a coalition of rogue ninja prepared to ambush Senju Tobirama, believing his small escort made him vulnerable. Tobirama sent his guards into hiding and walked alone toward the attackers, confident his Impure World Reincarnation body could not be killed.

• Liu Sheng Tie assessed the twelve Jonin and twenty Special Jonin gathered for the operation and grew eager to kill the Hokage.
• Liu Sheng Tie asked the black-clad man about the Hokage’s defenses, and the man said only three Special Jonin accompanied him.
• A scout reported that Senju Tobirama was less than half a li away, and the group prepared for the attack.
• Tobirama Senju told Genma Shiranui and the other two guards to hide because the attackers were too strong for them.
• Tobirama walked alone toward the carriage, relying on the immortality of his Impure World Reincarnation body.
• The attackers shouted, “Hokage, die!”

Tobirama Senju survived a barrage of Water and Lightning Release attacks and overwhelmed the surrounding ninja in close combat. Liu Sheng Tie then struck from behind with a blade, claiming he would take the Second Hokage’s head.

• Mist ninja and other attackers combined Water and Lightning Release techniques against Tobirama Senju, but he emerged unharmed.
• Tobirama Senju killed and injured several attackers, then removed his Hokage hat and charged into the surrounding Jonin.
• Tobirama Senju outmatched the attackers with speed, strength, and precise counterattacks, cutting down several with a blade of water.
• Liu Sheng Tie used Storm Release: Laser Circus to force Tobirama Senju to dodge, then appeared behind him and slashed down with a blade.

Tobirama Senju wiped out an assassination force with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and continued toward the Land of Fire's capital. He planned to purge Konoha upon returning and also considered settling scores with the Raikage.

• Liu Sheng Tie discovered that Tobirama Senju was an immortal corpse, and Tobirama killed him.
• Tobirama trapped the fleeing enemies in the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and slaughtered them in the darkness.
• Genma Shiranui and the other two returned to find the battlefield littered with corpses, confirming that Tobirama had defeated eleven jonin and twenty special jonin alone.
• Tobirama ordered the corpses stored in sealing scrolls and identified the attacker who used Storm Release as a Hidden Cloud ninja.
• Tobirama led his team toward the Land of Fire's capital, resolving to purge Konoha and settle old and new scores with the Raikage.

Tobirama met with the Land of Fire daimyo and learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo had persecuted the Senju Clan. After securing the daimyo’s support as Hokage, he set out for Konoha with an envoy to attend his succession ceremony.

• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu stopped spying on the Hokage after seeing Tobirama’s strength and decided to report to their leader.
• Tobirama arrived in the Land of Fire capital and learned from his memories that the daimyo, Fujiki, was his Senju descendant and Tsunade’s cousin.
• Fujiki told Tobirama that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo had sent Konoha’s Senju to dangerous missions and had tried to spy on the Senju branch in the Land of Fire.
• Tobirama promised Fujiki that he would purge Konoha’s malignant tumors, then completed a successful meeting with the daimyo and gathered information from Kato To.
• Tobirama marked the road back with Flying Thunder God formulas and departed for Konoha with the daimyo’s envoy, Saito Shizumo.

Tobirama escaped a suicide attack by four laborers who used Danzo’s Reverse Four Symbols Sealing technique, saving Saito Shizumo. After a Root ninja’s failed assassination plan was exposed, Tobirama set out to return to the village and confront the threat.

• A laborer stumbled and overturned Saito Shizumo’s sedan chair, prompting Tobirama to approach and help.
• The four laborers revealed themselves as suicide attackers and activated Reverse Four Symbols Sealing.
• Tobirama grabbed Saito Shizumo and used Flying Thunder God to escape the sealing blast.
• A hidden Root ninja realized the attack had failed, and Tobirama killed him with a blade strike.
• Tobirama’s guards arrived and apologized for missing the attackers, while Tobirama ordered everyone back to the village.

Tobirama returned to Konoha and headed straight for Shimura Danzō’s home after sending Saito Shizumo to the hospital. Danzō anxiously awaited news of his attempt to kill his teacher, until someone burst into his home.

• Tobirama ordered Genma Shiranui to take the sick Saito Shizumo to Konoha Hospital.
• Tobirama led two companions toward Shimura Danzō’s home, while villagers and ninja stepped aside as they saw his cold expression.
• Shimura Danzō waited at home and convinced himself that his Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique had killed his teacher.
• Danzō grew anxious when no one reported back, then began imagining himself becoming Hokage.
• Someone kicked open Danzō’s door, and he saw a stiff lock of white hair.

Tobirama Senju exposed Shimura Danzō’s crimes, declared him a rogue ninja, and sentenced him to execution. Danzo rejected Tobirama’s identity and attacked him with Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere.

• Tobirama Senju confronted Danzo about the failed assassination and the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique.
• Danzo denied responsibility, but Tobirama accused him of establishing Root, collaborating with Orochimaru, and persecuting Konoha’s people.
• Tobirama accused Danzo of driving Hatake Sakumo to suicide, killing Kagami Uchiha and Shisui, and manipulating Itachi Uchiha into destroying the Uchiha clan.
• Tobirama also accused Danzo of exploiting the Nine-Tails Rebellion and spreading rumors about the Fourth Hokage’s son.
• Tobirama declared Danzo a rogue ninja and sentenced him to immediate execution.
• Danzo called Tobirama an impostor and attacked him with Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere.

Tobirama Senju attacked Shimura Danzō after Danzō tried to kill him, overwhelming the Root guards and striking Danzō down. Danzō revived with Izanagi, but Tobirama severed his Sharingan-implanted arm, leaving the Mangekyō Sharingan in Danzō’s right eye as his remaining trump card.

• Shimura Danzō attacked Tobirama Senju with Wind Release, but Tobirama caught the air bullet and healed its wound.
• Danzō summoned his Root guards, and Tobirama killed the attackers with Water Release before striking Danzō in the back as he fled.
• Danzō used Izanagi to revive, but Tobirama anticipated the trick and attacked him again.
• Danzō blocked Tobirama’s water blades with Wood Release and tried to escape, but Tobirama severed his Sharingan-implanted arm.
• Danzō lost the arm that enabled his Izanagi revivals, but still had Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan in his right eye.

Tobirama Senju exposed Danzo’s stolen Sharingan and Wood Release, then defeated him before he could use Kotoamatsukami. The chapter ended with Tobirama gouging out Danzo’s right eye.

• Namiashi Raidō and Iwashi Tatami witnessed Danzo’s bandages fall away and reveal the Sharingan implanted in his arm.
• Danzo tried to flee, but Tobirama Senju attacked him with Water Release and pursued him.
• Danzo planned to use Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan and Kotoamatsukami to control Tobirama, while pretending to be defeated.
• Tobirama pierced Danzo’s remaining limbs, then pretended to accept his plea for forgiveness.
• When Danzo tried to activate Kotoamatsukami, Tobirama stopped his punch and tore out Danzo’s right eye.

Tobirama Senju executed Shimura Danzō for rebelling and ordered Root detained and investigated. Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted that he should step down, and Tobirama appointed Shikaku Nara to take Danzō’s former position.

• Tobirama Senju severed Danzo’s limbs, removed his right eye, and killed him.
• Tobirama Senju told Konoha’s security forces that Shimura Danzō had attempted rebellion, ordered his corpse examined by the Yamanaka Clan, and had Root detained.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that he accepted Sensei’s judgment and was willing to step down.
• Tobirama Senju returned to the Hokage Building and told Shikaku Nara that he would take Shimura Danzō’s former position.

After executing Danzo for plotting to assassinate him, Tobirama Senju reorganized Konoha’s leadership and prepared for his inauguration. As the meeting ended, he received Wood Release as a reward for completing his mission to retake Konoha.

• Tobirama Senju told Shikaku Nara that he had killed Danzo’s assassination squad and ordered him to gather Konoha’s Jonin.
• Tobirama Senju announced that Shimura Danzō had tried to rebel and assassinate the Hokage, and that he had executed him.
• Tobirama Senju appointed Shikaku Nara as Hokage’s advisor and put him in charge of Root while retaining his Jonin Corps post.
• Tobirama Senju made Kakashi Hatake the temporary head of ANBU and asked Might Guy to serve as his guard.
• Tobirama Senju scheduled his inauguration ceremony for the next day, then received Wood Release for completing the mission to retake Konoha.

Tobirama Senju awakened Wood Release, moved against Shimura Danzō’s remaining loyalists, and prepared to reclaim the Hokage position. At his inauguration, Konoha celebrated his return, while Naruto Uzumaki angrily objected to losing the title he believed was meant for him.

• Tobirama Senju awakened Wood Release and grew a sapling from his palm, explaining that he had gained the ability near death.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Kakashi Hatake and Shikaku Nara to seize Root and kill Shimura Danzō’s diehard loyalists, then assigned the others to secure the inauguration.
• After the Konoha Interrogation Division exposed some of Shimura Danzō’s crimes, villagers condemned him and praised Tobirama Senju.
• Tobirama Senju appeared in ceremonial robes and announced that he would serve again as Konoha’s Second Hokage and restore its standing.
• Konoha cheered Tobirama Senju’s return, while Naruto Uzumaki complained that the Hokage position should have been his.

Tobirama Senju encountered Naruto Uzumaki and the Nine-Tails during his Hokage inauguration, and the system gave him a mission to gather all the Tailed Beasts. After being driven out of Naruto’s inner world, Tobirama patted Naruto’s head, then an ANBU delivered a summons from the council elders.

• Naruto Uzumaki shouted that he wanted to become Hokage, drawing ridicule from the people nearby.
• The Nine-Tails recognized Tobirama Senju’s aura and recalled its hatred of him and his brothers.
• The system gave Tobirama Senju the mission to gather all Tailed Beasts, with complete resurrection and a Sage Body as rewards.
• Tobirama told the Nine-Tails to stop interfering with Naruto Uzumaki’s chakra and promised he could free it someday, but the Nine-Tails rejected him and forced him out of Naruto’s inner world.
• Tobirama patted Naruto Uzumaki on the head, and Naruto ran off to check on Sasuke.
• An ANBU ninja wearing a fox mask told Tobirama Senju that the two elders of the council wished to see him.

Tobirama Senju confronted Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura after they tried to defend Danzo and criticize his appointments. He had them arrested as suspected accomplices, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi alone in the Hokage's office.

• Tobirama Senju summoned Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, who arrived with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Mitokado Homura criticized Tobirama Senju for executing Danzo and giving a Hokage advisor position to someone from the Nara Clan.
• Tobirama Senju smashed his desk and accused Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura of involvement in the attempt to kill him.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura blamed Danzo, but Tobirama Senju ordered ANBU to arrest them as his accomplices.
• Tobirama Senju sent the pair to the Interrogation Division for the Yamanaka Clan to investigate, while Hiruzen Sarutobi remained behind.