Chapter Summaries

Might Duy opened the Gate of Opening and fought A at tremendous speed, turning their battle into a destructive clash that reduced the arena to ruins. Afterward, Choza asked Ren whether he could gain Duy’s agility, and Ren explained that Duy’s strength came from enduring unimaginable pain.

• A attacked Duy with his Thunder-wrapped fists, but Duy countered with a powerful kick and said the Lightning Armor’s Thunder was weaker than Ren’s.
• Duy opened the Gate of Opening and used Tiger's Apex, Leopard's Speed, surprising A and the spectators with his Taijutsu.
• Duy and A charged at each other as blue streaks of energy, repeatedly colliding and destroying the arena.
• Duy and A landed amid the wreckage, and A questioned how Duy’s body could be both flexible and as hard as steel.
• Choza asked Ren whether his bulky body could become as agile as Duy’s, but Ren said he would need to endure Duy’s pain.
• Ren reflected that Duy had grown strong by enduring the agony of shattered bones and torn muscles until his body recovered.

Might Duy pushed his Eight Gates against A, demonstrating the growing power of his body and technique. After unleashing Morning Peacock and driving A into the ground, Duy continued his attack as Ren recognized that Duy needed further physical training.

• Might Duy ignored A and challenged White Fang to witness the Eight Gates’ power, then turned to face A.
• A attacked with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop, and Duy opened five gates before meeting his strike in midair.
• Duy and A both suffered broken arms, and Ren explained that Duy’s improved physique made the Eight Gates’ amplification stronger but also strained his body.
• Duy opened the Sixth Gate and used Morning Peacock, pelting A with blazing kicks and sending him crashing into shattered water pipes.
• Duy spun through the air and plunged toward the ground, continuing Morning Peacock as flames and water filled the arena.

Might Duy defeated A with Morning Peacock, earning the crowd’s admiration before collapsing from the strain of the Eight Gates. As the arena was repaired, the Kage and spectators worried about the damage ahead of Yagura and Gari’s match.

• Might Duy struck A with Morning Peacock, creating a huge crater and leaving A badly injured.
• Ren and Yagura recognized the immense power of Duy’s taijutsu, and the White Fang declared Duy the winner.
• A admitted defeat, and Duy told him that Ren was always beyond reach before staggering toward the stands.
• The crowd cheered for Duy, who reached Ren’s side before Shikaku and Inuzuka Gaku carried him unconscious to the treatment room.
• The spectators and arena repair crew worried that the damaged arena could not withstand the upcoming match between Yagura and Gari.

Yagura conceded his match against Gari, leaving Ren unable to test Yagura’s strength and suspecting that Yagura had discovered something wrong with the Third Mizukage. The Five Kage ended the day’s competition and postponed the remaining matches for three days while the arena was repaired again.

• Gari damaged the newly repaired arena as he entered, and Shikaku remarked that both Gari and Yagura were acting strangely.
• Yagura conceded to Gari, who was declared the victor and destroyed the arena again in frustration.
• Ren revealed that he had instructed Gari to test Yagura, then wondered whether Yagura had noticed a problem with the Third Mizukage.
• Kurama Yun offered to test the Third Mizukage, but Ren declined and turned his attention back to the competition.
• Naruto and the other Kage agreed to stop the matches for the day, and the White Fang announced that the remaining bouts would take place in three days.

Ren returned from the Chunin Exam matches and visited Nawaki in the underground laboratory, where Nawaki said he could recover from his tree form within three days. Ren gave him the Impure World Reincarnation scroll and proposed reviving the Second Hokage to protect the Senju Clan, leaving Tsunade stunned by Ren’s claims about the Second Hokage’s political plans.

• Ren told Shikaku that they were waiting for their opponents to act and that the person meant to handle them would soon awaken.
• Ren returned home, and Tsunade led him to the underground laboratory, where Nawaki’s face appeared in the tree he had become.
• Nawaki explained that he needed to master Natural Energy before he could change back, and Ren urged him to recover soon for the matters ahead.
• Ren showed Nawaki and Tsunade the Impure World Reincarnation jutsu and proposed using it to revive the Second Hokage against threats to the Senju Clan.
• Ren claimed the Second Hokage had arranged Konoha’s leadership and power structure to prepare Tsunade or Nawaki to succeed him, and Tsunade questioned whether his account was true.

Ren persuaded Tsunade and Nawaki to revive the Second Hokage and let him reshape the Senju Clan, then secretly injected Ye Yan with a control serum and White Zetsu Cell serum. Ye Yan began recovering and instinctively called Ren “Master,” while the One-Tail inside him remained restless.

• Ren argued that the Second Hokage had intended the Senju Clan to rule Konoha and had left flaws in Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, Homura, and Koharu for the Senju to control.
• Ren told Tsunade and Nawaki to revive the Second Hokage, and Tsunade entrusted Ren with the matter while Nawaki agreed to master Natural Energy and recover within three days.
• After dinner, Ren used spatial coordinates to reach the hospital room where Pakura and the unconscious Ye Yan were staying.
• Ren used Genjutsu to keep the Sand Ninja guards unaware, injected Ye Yan with his final control vial, and then gave him a White Zetsu Cell serum to heal his injuries.
• The serum rapidly healed Ye Yan by consuming the One-Tail’s Chakra and began altering his physique, after which Ye Yan regained some clarity and called Ren “Master.”

Ren restrained Shukaku inside Ye Yan and extracted some of the One-Tail’s Chakra before letting Ye Yan recover and remain hidden in Sand Ninja Village. He then met Yagura, who suspected the Third Mizukage had been controlled by Genjutsu, and acknowledged Yagura’s political insight.

• Ren used Uzumaki sealing chains and his Sharingan to restrain Shukaku, then extracted some of its Chakra into a scroll.
• Ye Yan woke and told Ren that White Zetsu Cells helped him suppress Shukaku’s Chakra and recover; Ren ordered him to stay hidden.
• Ren left Ye Yan under guard and used Flying Thunder God to meet Yagura in a quiet courtyard.
• Yagura explained why the Third Mizukage’s behavior and resistance to Kurama Yun’s Genjutsu suggested that someone had controlled him.
• Ren agreed that the Third Mizukage had been controlled and told Yagura he would become the future Fourth Mizukage.

Ren negotiated an alliance with Yagura, offering to investigate who controlled the Third Mizukage in exchange for Kirigakure bloodlines and supplies. Yagura agreed to hand over non-direct descendants who had not awakened their Kekkei Genkai, but balked when Ren demanded a direct descendant of the Kaguya Clan for the information.

• Yagura asked Ren to investigate who controlled the Third Mizukage, and Ren agreed to consider an alliance for compensation.
• Ren demanded people carrying Kirigakure bloodlines, and Yagura agreed to hand over non-direct descendants who had not awakened their Kekkei Genkai, but refused to give up infants.
• Ren offered to identify the controller of the Third Mizukage if Yagura gave him a direct descendant of the Kaguya Clan.
• Yagura recoiled from the demand and called Ren a Devil as he struggled with the choice between the village's development and protecting its people.

Ren revealed to Yagura that Madara Uchiha was controlling the Third Mizukage and demanded that Yagura honor their bargain. Later, Ren investigated new trash from Doraemon World, finding Momotaro Dumplings and a Bamboo Copter, then left to have the Dog Clan search for more tools.

• Ren told Yagura that Madara Uchiha was alive and controlling the Third Mizukage, and reminded him to deliver the agreed payment.
• Yagura questioned Ren’s claim, but Ren vanished with Flying Thunder God, leaving Yagura to consider the revelation.
• Ren went to the Trash Station after sensing new trash and watched debris from Doraemon World fall through the Distortion vortex.
• Ren identified a bag of Momotaro Dumplings, which could tame wild beasts, and found a Bamboo Copter among the discarded tools.
• Ren collected the dumplings and a Bamboo Copter, then decided to ask the Dog Clan and the Papillon to search for more tools.

Ren examined gadgets recovered from Doraemon’s world, arranged for Red Queen to study a Dragon’s genes, and tested Momotaro Dumplings on a tiger. The dumpling tamed the tiger, prompting Ren to consider advancing a plan as he ordered the Dog Clan to observe it.

• Ren asked Red Queen to study the Bamboo Copter, and she said its technology surpassed her understanding.
• Ren identified and stored a Person-Finding Cane and Deep-Sea Oil for testing in Naruto World.
• Red Queen asked to study the Dragon corpse’s genes, and Ren sent the corpse to her for experiments.
• Ren separated Memory Bread from ordinary trash and judged most of the recovered gadgets to be of little use.
• Ren fed a Momotaro Dumpling to a tiger, saw it become docile, and ordered the Dog Clan to observe whether it had been tamed.

Ren tested whether Momotaro Dumplings could control Summoning Beasts and summoned Enma after signing the Monkey Demon Clan contract. The dumplings weakened Enma’s resistance, but he tried to escape before Ren could feed him more.

• Ren decided to use Momotaro Dumplings to control the Monkey Demon Clan and signed the summoning contract with the name Uchiha Ruo Feng.
• Ren summoned Enma, who recognized him and questioned his intentions.
• Ren used his Sharingan to distract Enma and threw him a Momotaro Dumpling, which made Enma feel unwilling approval toward Ren.
• Red Queen explained that Enma’s powerful constitution weakened the dumpling’s effect, so Ren planned to give him more.
• Enma realized the dumplings were affecting him, tried to leave, and failed to disappear in white smoke.

Ren tamed Enma and ordered him to secretly report on the Sarutobi Clan while pretending to remain loyal to Hiruzen Sarutobi. After Enma confirmed that Ren had signed the summoning contract, Hiruzen admitted he had tried to restrain Ren because he feared the boy’s power.

• Ren’s Blood-Colored Demon Dog defeated Enma, and Ren fed Enma enough pellets to make him pledge loyalty.
• Enma told Ren that he led a clan of about a hundred monkeys on Flower Fruit Mountain, and that the Sarutobi Clan’s contract with the Monkey Demon Clan came from an old debt.
• Ren ordered Enma to hide his allegiance, keep watch on Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Sarutobi Clan, and report their movements.
• Enma told Ren that Hiruzen’s wife was pregnant and that Hiruzen had a crippled eldest son.
• Enma returned to Hiruzen Sarutobi and confirmed that Ren had signed the contract, but questioned Hiruzen’s use of such methods against a child.
• Hiruzen said he had tried to restrain Ren because the boy’s talent and power frightened him, while Enma silently reacted with disgust.

Hiruzen believed he could use the Monkey Demon Clan and Ren to strengthen his control over Konoha, unaware that Enma had pledged absolute loyalty to Ren. After Nawaki emerged from recovery with a scroll for reviving the Second Hokage, Ren fought Gari at the Chunin Exams and revealed a form the Third Raikage recognized as Lightning Armor.

• Hiruzen asked Enma to control Ren through the Reverse Summoning Technique, but Enma refused and requested supplies to develop the Monkey Demon Clan.
• Hiruzen agreed to provide the supplies and privately convinced himself that Ren would become his subordinate and help him reshape Konoha.
• Nawaki left the secret chamber, learned from Tsunade that the Chunin Exams had ended, and received a scroll containing the materials and sacrifices needed to revive the Second Hokage.
• At Training Ground 4, Ren and Gari faced each other in the competition, and Ren told Gari not to hold back.
• Gari attacked with Explosion Release, but Ren countered his Impact Wave with a lightning-charged Thunder Blade and then moved as a black phantom.
• The Third Raikage recognized Ren's form as Lightning Armor and reacted by smashing the table before him.

Ren revealed that he had mastered Lightning Armor and fought Gari, who summoned a Pangolin. Ren answered with the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King, and their Summoning Beasts clashed as Ren's fire jutsu met Gari's Impact Waves.

• The Raikage questioned how Ren had learned Kumogakure's Lightning Armor, while Hiruzen Sarutobi said Ren had rarely encountered Kumogakure shinobi.
• Ren struck at Gari with a lightning-charged punch, but Gari summoned a Pangolin to block it.
• Ren summoned the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King, which recognized the Pangolin as a member of the Mountain River Clan.
• Ren and the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King attacked with Dragon Flame Song Jutsu and a flaming claw, while Gari countered with Impact Waves.
• The Pangolin's claw shattered when it clashed with the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King's attack.

Ren used his Black Flame Rasengan to kill Pangolin, whose attempt to escape to the Summoning World was blocked by the flames distorting space. After the blast left only Pangolin’s claws behind, Ren looked toward Gari.

• The Ghost-Faced Mastiff King tore off Pangolin’s right arm, and Ren formed a five-meter Black Flame Rasengan.
• Ren launched the Black Flame Rasengan at Pangolin, while Gari fled from its power.
• Pangolin tried to return to the Summoning World, but Ren explained that the black flames distorted space and trapped him.
• Ren made the Black Flame Rasengan explode, turning the surrounding area into scorched earth and magma.
• After the flames subsided, Ren saw that only Pangolin’s claws remained and glanced toward Gari.

Ren defeated Gari, and the Chunin Ninja Exams ended after Might Duy and Kurama Yun both forfeited. As the other villages departed, Tsunade arrived, and Ren told her he would handle the remaining matters.

• Gari conceded to Ren, and the Rock Ninja accepted the outcome as White Fang declared Ren the victor.
• Shikaku warned Ren that Konoha factions were preparing to act, and Ren told his allies to conserve their strength for the major event that night.
• Kurama Yun and Might Duy both forfeited their matches, so Hiruzen Sarutobi ended the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• The Third Raikage, Ōnoki, and the Third Kazekage announced their villages' departures as the visiting ninja left Konoha.
• Tsunade came to see what was happening and spoke sadly of Nawaki; Ren told her to leave the remaining matters to him.

After Ren won the Chunin Ninja Exams and was promoted to Jonin, he prepared for the clans’ move against the Senju while rejecting Hiruzen’s attempt to control him. Ren’s group overheard Hiruzen ordering the Senju Clan’s destruction, and Nawaki said he wanted the Hokage position to change hands after his Second Grandpa acted.

• Hiruzen declared Ren the winner of the Chunin Ninja Exams and promoted him to Jonin.
• Ren left the training grounds with Tsunade and told his companions to wait for Konoha’s clans to make their move.
• Ren gathered Tsunade, Mikoto, Kushina, Reiko, and Konan in his fortified courtyard as clans assembled against the Senju Clan.
• Hiruzen admitted his resentment toward the Senju and ordered Shadow to help the clans destroy them, while telling him to leave Tsunade alone and investigate Ren.
• Ren’s listening devices captured Hiruzen’s orders, and Tsunade and Nawaki reacted with anger; Nawaki said he wanted the Hokage position to change hands.

Ren, Nawaki, Tsunade, Might Duy, and Kurama Yun reached One-Line Valley to confront the clans gathering to destroy the Senju. Nawaki faced Danzo and summoned a mutated werewolf prepared as a vessel for the Second Hokage’s revival.

• Ren and the others used Flying Thunder God to reach One-Line Valley, where Nawaki drew out a scroll to revive the Second Hokage.
• Nawaki and Tsunade saw thousands of clan ninja assembled to attack the Senju Clan.
• Nawaki confronted the crowd and accused them of wanting him dead and the Senju wiped out.
• Danzo unmasked himself and claimed the Senju threatened Konoha, while Nawaki accused him of coveting the clan’s wealth.
• Nawaki released a powerful, mindless werewolf containing Natural Energy, prepared as a vessel for Impure World Reincarnation.

Nawaki used Impure World Reincarnation to revive the Second Hokage while Ren attacked Danzo and exposed Hiruzen’s failed attempt to control him through Enma. The chapter ended with Enma declaring that Ren had ordered the Sarutobi Clan slaughtered in retaliation for Hiruzen’s plan against the Senju Clan, as the revived man took shape.

• Nawaki performed Impure World Reincarnation with the werewolf and blood, horrifying Hiruzen and filling Danzo with unease.
• Danzo charged at Nawaki, but Ren ambushed him, wounded his right eye, and severed his right arm with a Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Hiruzen summoned Enma and ordered him to bring Ren to the Hokage Office, but Enma struck Hiruzen and revealed that Ren had reversed their contract.
• Enma told Hiruzen that Ren had ordered the Sarutobi Clan slaughtered, except for a few members of Hiruzen’s household.
• The werewolf transformed into a cold, indifferent man as the ground trembled in One-Line Valley.

Tobirama Senju awakened as the Senju Clan faced destruction, learned of the persecution and conspiracy against his family, and turned his anger on the gathered shinobi. The chapter left him confronting Danzo, who defended the Senju Clan's relocation as necessary for Konoha.

• Tobirama Senju opened his eyes, surveyed the gathered shinobi, and asked what had happened.
• Nawaki told Tobirama that the clans had tried to slaughter the Senju Clan and that he had nearly been killed by people from his own village.
• Tsunade explained how Hiruzen and other Konoha leaders had marginalized the Senju Clan, taken its benefits, and targeted its wealth.
• Ren showed Tobirama videos of the leaders' secret meetings and conversations, and Tobirama grew furious.
• Tobirama confronted Danzo, who claimed the Senju Clan had been relocated to prevent Konoha from falling into chaos during the Second Shinobi World War.