Chapter Summaries

Genya Uchiha shattered the Four Violet Flames Formation and faced Orochimaru, while his strike helped Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju resist Orochimaru’s control. After Genya confronted Tobirama over his prejudice against the Uchiha, he turned back to Orochimaru to end the fight.

• Genya Uchiha broke the Four Violet Flames Formation with the Lightning Blade Purple Radiance, gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a healing pill, and faced Orochimaru.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju regained some clarity and resisted Orochimaru’s control of their Impure World Reincarnation bodies.
• Tobirama Senju criticized Konoha for relying on the Uchiha, and Genya revealed his Rinnegan and challenged Tobirama to explain whom he called evil.
• Hashirama Senju urged Tobirama to change his views, and Tobirama reluctantly acknowledged that times might have changed.
• Genya turned to Orochimaru and declared that it was time to end the fight.

Genya Uchiha overwhelmed Orochimaru and the reanimated Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, using genjutsu to trap Orochimaru before he escaped with the Snake Substitution Technique. As the Hokage launched stronger attacks, Genya countered with fused Lightning Release that pierced Orochimaru, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Genya Uchiha clashed with Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword, then fought off Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with swordsmanship and taijutsu.
• Genya kicked Orochimaru across the battlefield and mocked him as the other ninja watched in disbelief.
• Genya trapped Orochimaru with genjutsu and sliced him in half, but Orochimaru escaped by transforming into snakes and emerging from a giant white snake.
• Orochimaru ordered Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to attack Genya with powerful Wood Release and Water Release techniques.
• Genya fused lightning from both hands into a massive beam that tore through the attacks and pierced Orochimaru.

Genya Uchiha overwhelmed Orochimaru, cutting through his attacks and defeating him with a mental technique. He left Orochimaru incapacitated and at his mercy while Hashirama and Tobirama watched.

• Orochimaru summoned Manda, but Genya cut the giant snake in two with one stroke.
• Genya pursued Orochimaru across Konoha, cutting through his attacks and the First and Second's ninjutsu as villagers watched.
• When Orochimaru demanded to see another move, Genya trapped his consciousness with Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes and devastated his mental world with Mental Storm.
• Orochimaru surrendered, and Genya withdrew the technique before placing the Purple Radiance Blade against his neck.
• Hashirama and Tobirama stopped attacking and watched Genya, with Hashirama remarking that the Uchiha had produced another extraordinary figure.

Genya spared Orochimaru and revealed that he could resurrect the dead, then used Rinne Rebirth to restore Hashirama Senju to life. Hashirama accepted Genya’s challenge to spar, leaving the silent battlefield waiting for their fight.

• Genya spared Orochimaru and asked whether he believed the dead could be brought back to life.
• Genya offered to resurrect Hashirama Senju and began forming hand seals as Tobirama Senju and the Third Hokage objected and Konan feared he would sacrifice himself.
• Genya used Rinne Rebirth to restore Hashirama Senju’s body, heartbeat, and chakra, astonishing everyone on the battlefield.
• Hashirama Senju celebrated being alive again, and Genya asked to spar with him.
• Hashirama Senju accepted Genya Uchiha’s challenge as the battlefield watched in anticipation.

Genya reassured his family and clan that resurrecting Hashirama had cost him only some chakra, while Tobirama began questioning his prejudice against the Uchiha. Hashirama comforted Hiruzen and prepared to fight Genya.

• Genya's family and the Uchiha fighters rushed to check whether using Rinne Rebirth had harmed him.
• Genya explained that his Rinnegan and strong life force meant resurrecting Hashirama cost him only chakra, and his family accepted his reassurance.
• Fugaku saw the Uchiha's concern for one another and recognized how united the clan had become.
• Tobirama watched the Uchiha protect their clanmates and Konoha, and wondered whether Genya had achieved the unity Madara had sought.
• Hiruzen tearfully reunited with Hashirama, who praised his service and the village's survival.
• Hashirama turned to Genya and asked whether he was ready to fight.

After Orochimaru’s defeat, Hashirama Senju and Genya Uchiha drew the gathered shinobi and civilians to a valley for a long-awaited battle. Naruto and Sasuke joined the spectators, and the chapter ended as Hashirama and Genya charged at each other.

• The Otogakure and Sunagakure forces surrendered after Orochimaru fell and his disguise as the Kazekage was exposed.
• Hashirama Senju and Genya Uchiha left Konoha to fight outside the village, drawing a huge crowd behind them.
• Naruto and Sasuke encountered Gaara after their fight, and Gaara agreed to follow the crowd with Temari and Kankuro.
• Tobirama Senju warned the spectators to retreat, while Orochimaru told Kabuto Yakushi that the battle would change the shinobi world.
• Sasuke identified Hashirama Senju as the First Hokage and explained that Genya had brought him back to life.
• Hashirama Senju and Genya Uchiha exchanged words about fighting powerful opponents, then vanished from their starting positions and collided.

Genya overwhelmed Hashirama Senju in a brutal taijutsu clash after amplifying his power with the Mangekyō Sharingan, then unleashed a barrage of devastating Fire Release techniques. Hashirama faced a sky-covering assault of flames as the horrified spectators watched.

• Genya and Hashirama Senju traded powerful taijutsu blows across the battlefield while spectators struggled to follow their movements.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Neji, Rock Lee, and Might Guy watched in awe as Genya’s fighting ability surpassed what they had seen before.
• Genya activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and amplified his abilities fifteenfold, breaking through Hashirama’s guard and kicking him into a small mountain.
• Genya attacked again with Majestic Destroyer Flame and several other large-scale Fire Release techniques, surrounding Hashirama with fire.

Genya battled Hashirama Senju until Hashirama unleashed his strongest Wood Release techniques, prompting Genya to reveal a towering Perfect Susanoo. Genya’s Susanoo split Hashirama’s wooden giant in two, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Hashirama Senju and Genya traded Wood Release and lightning attacks, destroying the battlefield as neither gained the upper hand.
• Hashirama Senju summoned Wood Clones, a giant wooden golem, and several wooden dragons to overwhelm Genya.
• Genya manifested a purple Perfect Susanoo more than two hundred meters tall, stunning the spectators and Tobirama Senju.
• Genya’s Susanoo shook off Hashirama Senju’s vines and cleaved the wooden golem in two.

Genya Uchiha and Hashirama Senju escalated their battle into a clash between towering Susanoo and a wooden giant, devastating the battlefield. Genya then called down lightning from the storm clouds and transformed Susanoo into the Thunder God Form.

• Hashirama Senju summoned a wooden giant over two hundred meters tall, matching Genya Uchiha's Susanoo, and challenged him to test their strongest forms.
• Genya's Susanoo and Hashirama's wooden giant exchanged blows; Wood Dragons restrained Susanoo's sword arm, and their fists collided, shattering the sword and both giants' arms.
• Genya and Hashirama charged again and fought hand to hand, their repeated collisions tearing up the battlefield while the watching shinobi marveled at their power.
• Genya spread Susanoo's wings and flew toward the dark clouds left by the earlier Fire Release attack.
• Genya sent Lightning Release chakra into the clouds, drawing lightning down around Susanoo and enlarging it into the Ultimate Complete Form: Thunder God Form, forcing the crowd to retreat.

Genya fought Hashirama Senju, whose Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands overwhelmed and brought down Genya’s Susanoo. Genya escaped to a mountaintop as the spectators reacted to Hashirama’s power and Sasuke resolved to pursue strength.

• Genya shattered Hashirama Senju’s wooden golem with a lightning-powered Susanoo punch, but Hashirama answered by summoning the Thousand-Armed Kannon in Sage Mode.
• Hashirama Senju unleashed nine hundred and ninety-nine fists, breaking through Genya’s blade strikes and knocking Susanoo to the ground.
• Genya leaped clear of the fallen Susanoo and landed on a distant mountaintop while the crowd praised Hashirama Senju.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire cheered for Hashirama Senju, then hid behind Tobirama Senju when the Uchiha clan glared at him.
• Sasuke watched the battle in awe, and Itachi told him to take his time because he was still young.

Genya Uchiha summoned two enormous meteorites with Tengai Shinsei, overcoming Hashirama Senju’s Thousand-Armed Kannon and devastating the battlefield. Tobirama Senju declared Genya stronger than Madara had been, while the spectators wondered who could stop the twelve-year-old.

• Genya Uchiha summoned a meteorite, and Hashirama Senju stopped it with the Thousand-Armed Kannon and Wood Release constructs.
• Genya summoned a second meteorite twice as large, which crashed into the first and obliterated Hashirama’s defenses.
• The shock wave hurled Hashirama into a mountainside and swept toward the spectators, where Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi led Earth Release shinobi in shielding the crowd.
• Tobirama Senju told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Genya was stronger than Madara had been back then.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned that Genya was only twelve and asked who in the shinobi world could stop him, as Tobirama Senju looked toward the spectators.

Genya and Hashirama resumed their battle as Konoha watched, while Tobirama recognized how deeply Genya was loved and trusted. After the fight, the two were confined to the hospital, where they joked together and Genya suggested he might have become friends with Madara.

• Tobirama pointed out the friends, rivals, and clansmen who admired and trusted Genya, telling the Third Hokage that Genya cared about Konoha rather than seeking conquest.
• Genya launched a barrage of fire, sword, and lightning attacks at Hashirama, who defended himself with Wood Release before the two clashed again.
• The battle left spectators wondering whether Genya and Hashirama’s chakra marked the arrival of a new era.
• A crowd gathered outside Konoha Hospital as Genya and Hashirama lay bandaged in a special care ward, and Izumi ordered visitors to leave so her son could rest.
• Genya and Hashirama joked about their injuries and addressed each other informally; Genya said he and Madara might have become friends, prompting Hashirama to recall his own friendship with Madara.

While recovering in the hospital, Genya persuaded Hashirama to stay in Konoha, leaving the Third Hokage worried about the trouble the two powerful men might cause. Hinata, Ino, and Sakura visited Genya, who told them to treat Hashirama like Naruto.

• Izumi brought porridge to Genya and Hashirama, then scolded Genya for fighting so hard.
• Genya invited Hashirama to stay in Konoha, and Hashirama gladly agreed.
• The Third Hokage overheard Hashirama's decision as Tobirama entrusted Konoha to him before dissolving.
• Izumi told Genya that Orochimaru had left in a daze and that the Sunagakure visitors were waiting to apologize.
• Hinata, Ino, and Sakura entered Genya's room, where Genya introduced Hashirama and joked that they could treat him like Naruto.

Genya received visits from friends, colleagues, and performers while recovering in the hospital, and Hashirama met several of them. Nami arrived with Police Force paperwork, and Genya began signing it as Hashirama realized the work might soon land on his own bedside too.

• Genya told Sakura, Ino, and Hinata that Hashirama was much like Naruto, then accepted their gifts before they left.
• Kurenai visited Genya with homemade treats, greeted Hashirama, and reassured Genya that the village was handling things.
• Chinatsu and the Dawn Girl Group visited, worried over Genya’s injuries, and promised to sing for Hashirama after he recovered.
• Chinatsu whispered that she would sneak in that night to massage Genya, prompting Hashirama to tease him about taking care of his health.
• Nami brought Genya Police Force reform documents, recruitment lists, and clan correspondence, and Genya began reviewing and signing them.

Genya led a meeting that settled Sunagakure’s apology and reparations, then took Hashirama to meet Naruto at Ichiraku Ramen. The chapter ended as Naruto welcomed them and Hashirama studied him warmly.

• Chinatsu visited Genya in the hospital, massaged him until he fell asleep, and kissed his cheek before leaving.
• Genya and Hashirama arrived at the Jonin Meeting Room, where the Daimyo yielded the head seat to Genya.
• The Sunagakure representative explained that Orochimaru had deceived them, and Genya agreed to accept an apology and a token amount of reparations.
• The Daimyo promised the Land of Fire would contribute twice what Konoha paid toward reconstruction.
• Genya turned down Might Guy’s invitation to spar and told Hashirama to keep his distance from him.
• Genya brought Hashirama to Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto greeted them and Hashirama looked at him warmly.

Naruto met the resurrected Hashirama and enthusiastically welcomed him to Konoha, while the Nine-Tails panicked at the power of Hashirama and Genya. At the celebration banquet, Genya brought the Land of Fire Daimyo back after he left early, and Konoha’s clans and ninja began congratulating Hashirama.

• The Nine-Tails warned Naruto to flee from Genya and Hashirama, but Naruto dismissed its fear and praised Hashirama.
• Hashirama talked and ate ramen with Naruto, then agreed to visit the Third Hokage after their meal.
• At the banquet, Genya sent Uchiha ninja to bring back the Daimyo, who had left early, and seated him beside Hashirama.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, Kakashi, Might Guy, the Advisors, and others offered Hashirama congratulations.
• The Uchiha Clan approached Hashirama as the banquet continued.

At a banquet celebrating Hashirama’s resurrection, Hiruzen announced he would step down as Hokage, but Genya refused the Daimyo’s proposal to make him the Fifth Hokage. The gathering settled on finding Tsunade, and Genya and Hashirama planned to visit her in Tanzaku Town the next day.

• Fugaku and the Uchiha clansmen toasted Hashirama, who reflected on how warmly they treated him and Genya as family.
• Hiruzen announced he would step down as Hokage, but Hashirama declined to get involved in choosing his successor.
• The Daimyo proposed Genya as the Fifth Hokage, but Genya refused, saying he was too young and did not want the responsibilities.
• Shikaku suggested Tsunade as a candidate, and Genya said she would return to see Hashirama.
• Genya and Hashirama agreed to travel to Tanzaku Town the next day to find Tsunade, who remained unaware they were coming.

Genya Uchiha and Hashirama Senju searched Tanzaku Town for Tsunade, but Hashirama lost the Daimyo’s money gambling before they found her. Tsunade recognized her supposedly dead grandfather, and the chapter ended with her stunned by his return and noticing Genya.

• Hashirama dragged Genya into a casino, where he lost the money the Daimyo had given him.
• Tsunade gambled in another casino and lost the money she and Shizune had brought, then left to try her luck elsewhere.
• Genya learned that Tsunade liked gambling and spotted her leaving a casino with Shizune.
• Hashirama and Tsunade recognized each other, and Tsunade exclaimed in shock that she thought he was dead.
• Tsunade noticed Genya as he quietly tried to step away from the reunion.

Genya met Tsunade and tried to persuade her to return to Konoha and become the Fifth Hokage, offering to fund her gambling with the Daimyo’s money. Tsunade refused, but when debt collectors arrived, Genya drove them off and declared that Konoha would pay her debt.

• Genya introduced himself to Tsunade and invited her, Hashirama, and Shizune to eat after learning Hashirama had gambled away his welcome gift.
• At the tavern, Hashirama explained that Genya had revived him with Rinne Rebirth, and Tsunade recognized Genya as the Uchiha who had defeated Orochimaru’s reanimated First and Second Hokage.
• Hashirama asked Tsunade to return to Konoha as the Fifth Hokage, but she refused because she had lost her attachment to the village after Nawaki and Dan died.
• Genya offered Tsunade eight million ryo as a gambling stake if she returned to Konoha and became Hokage, but she refused again.
• A group of debt collectors confronted Tsunade over the five million ryo she owed, and Genya intimidated them into fleeing by demonstrating his power.
• Genya told Tsunade’s creditors that Konoha would repay her debt and warned them not to threaten her again.

Genya brought Tsunade back to Konoha, where she began the handover to become Fifth Hokage. After Hashirama and Genya left the Hokage Office, Might Guy rushed up to them.

• Tsunade accepted Genya’s offer to return to Konoha after he gave her six million from the Daimyo.
• Konan said goodbye to Genya outside the Hokage Building and returned by turning into sheets of paper; Tsunade wondered if she had met her before.
• Tsunade met the Third Hokage and demanded the handover documents, an office near a casino, and time to find a casino.
• Genya reminded Tsunade that the Hokage paperwork would not process itself, so she turned to the handover documents.
• Hashirama and Genya left the Hokage Office, and Might Guy rushed up to them.