Chapter Summaries

Senju Chen sent Zabuza Momochi and Yukimura Ryota, codenamed Haku, out as the base’s first field operatives and paired them as bounty hunters. The base’s operatives also departed with White Zetsu clone puppets, helping rumors of a mysterious organization called the “Twins” spread across the Shinobi World.

• Senju Chen ordered Zabuza Momochi to become a field operative, hunt black-market bounties, and report intelligence to the base.
• Senju Chen introduced Yukimura Ryota, codenamed Haku, as Zabuza’s partner, but Zabuza objected and called him dead weight.
• Haku demonstrated his Ice Release with Thousand Flying Bird Kills, convincing Zabuza that he had ability despite his lack of combat experience.
• Senju Chen ordered Zabuza and Haku to work together, and the reluctant pair set out for a black-market bounty exchange.
• Other operatives left the base with White Zetsu clone puppets, and stories spread about a powerful group called the “Twins.”

After five years of research and expanding his influence, Senju Chen decided to return to Konoha and see how Naruto and Sasuke had grown up in their altered circumstances. The chapter left off with the two boys bickering and wrestling over stolen dango and shuriken practice.

• Senju Chen learned that Amado, Sasori, and the two Orochimarus had deciphered sixteen God Masks and could summon their gods using White Zetsu life energy.
• The Orochimarus reported that Kekkei Genkai experiments had reached a fifty-percent success rate for one bloodline, while only three subjects had awakened two.
• Senju Chen reviewed how Kabuto Yakushi, Uchiha Fugaku's Konoha Military Police Force, and Food Is Heaven had improved public safety and the Uchiha Clan's reputation across the Land of Fire.
• Senju Chen decided to return to Konoha after five years and wondered how Naruto and Sasuke would turn out without the hardships of their original lives.
• Naruto and Sasuke argued over tricolor dango and Sasuke's demand that Naruto call him big brother, then quarreled about practicing Shurikenjutsu.

After five years away, Senju Chen returned to Konoha and reunited with his sister Tsunade and Shizune. He reassured them that his health was fine, gave them gifts, and left to prepare dinner so they could catch up that night.

• Senju Chen and Yamato arrived at Konoha, where the gatekeepers recognized Chen and welcomed his return.
• Chen sent Yamato home and went to the Hokage Building, where he found Tsunade asleep at her desk while Shizune sorted documents.
• Tsunade awoke, embraced Chen, and scolded him for being away for five years before happily checking that he was safe.
• Chen praised Tsunade’s leadership and said he had helped support Konoha and the Land of Fire through the Public Security Department.
• Chen reassured Tsunade that his health problem was resolved and gave her and Shizune gifts.
• Chen left for home to prepare dinner, and Tsunade felt relieved that he had returned safely.

After returning to Konoha, Senju Chen strolled through the village and visited the Uchiha compound, where its members welcomed him warmly. He reunited with Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto and found Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha sparring like brothers.

• Senju Chen and Yamato finished sorting the classified scrolls and local specialties at the Senju residence.
• Senju Chen walked through Konoha, where villagers greeted him with awe and curiosity.
• Uchiha clan members welcomed Senju Chen as he arrived at their compound.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto joyfully invited Senju Chen into their home.
• Senju Chen watched Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha spar, argue over who was the older brother, and help each other up.

Senju Chen met with Uchiha Fugaku and heard how the Uchiha Military Police Force had thrived under his earlier plans. He asked Fugaku to help support reforms at the Ninja Academy, leaving the details of his request unfinished.

• Senju Chen watched Naruto and Sasuke roughhouse while Uchiha Mikoto described their close bond.
• Uchiha Fugaku reported that the Military Police Force had completed every mission and that its members had benefited from training exchanges with the Public Security Department.
• Fugaku said his son Itachi served as a squad captain in the Public Security Department and admired Senju Chen.
• Senju Chen credited Fugaku for the Uchiha's success and asked him to help with several matters.
• Senju Chen revealed that he planned to reform the Ninja Academy and wanted Uchiha teachers there to speak up for him.

Senju Chen returned to Konoha, reconnected with Kakashi, and reviewed the Public Security Department’s growth with Kabuto Yakushi. He ordered the department to begin the Purification plan, targeting 371 officials across the nations for replacement within a year.

• Senju Chen met Kakashi at the Memorial Stone, where Kakashi was visiting Minato’s name, and invited him to come over the next day.
• Senju Chen visited the Public Security Department, where Kabuto Yakushi reported that it had absorbed Root’s assets, expanded its intelligence network, taken control of major economic channels, and gained influence over the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Senju Chen and Kabuto Yakushi surveyed a chakra map of the Shinobi World in the strategic planning office.
• Senju Chen ordered Kabuto Yakushi to begin the Purification plan, arranging plausible deaths for 371 blacklisted daimyos, nobles, and local officials and installing prepared proxies within a year.

Senju Chen welcomed Tsunade, Shizune, and Yamato home with a family dinner, then told Tsunade his bloodline conflict had been resolved. He proposed reforms to Konoha’s medical system and Ninja Academy, leaving Tsunade ready to seek Elder Council approval for medical reform and review his education plans.

• Senju Chen prepared a lavish welcome-home dinner, and Tsunade teased him about Shizune having waited five years for him.
• Tsunade asked where Senju Chen had been, and he claimed he had spent five years with his teacher resolving his bloodline conflict at a secret overseas base.
• Senju Chen proposed a new Ninja Academy curriculum focused on theory, teamwork, intelligence analysis, and Scientific Ninja Tools.
• Senju Chen told Tsunade that he and his teacher had developed a way to reattach and regenerate severed limbs, and said Maruboshi Kosuke’s lost leg had been healed.
• Tsunade agreed to medical reform in principle and called for Maruboshi Kosuke to return so the Elders could verify the results.
• Tsunade asked Senju Chen to write detailed plans for his Ninja Academy reforms before she submitted them to the Council of Elders.

Senju Chen revealed to Kakashi that Hatake Sakumo had been framed by Danzō and that the village had pressured him into taking his own life. As Kakashi reeled from the truth and learned Danzō was already dead, Chen told him that his father was still alive.

• Kakashi came to the Senju residence for breakfast, and Senju Chen asked about Naruto's happy childhood in the Uchiha Clan.
• Senju Chen challenged Kakashi's beliefs about Hatake Sakumo's death, prompting Kakashi to insist that his father had been a sinner.
• Senju Chen showed Kakashi a secret Root report proving that Danzō had arranged to frame Sakumo and recommended forcing him to take his own life.
• Kakashi collapsed in shock as he realized his father had been betrayed and his own code of putting rules first had rested on a lie.
• Senju Chen told Kakashi that Danzō was dead, then revealed that Hatake Sakumo was still alive.

Senju Chen revealed that Hatake Sakumo had survived his staged death and spent years secretly serving Konoha as a bounty hunter and informant. Kakashi learned his father was now undercover in the Land of Rain, protecting the Akatsuki, and was left alone to process the news.

• Kakashi seized Senju Chen and demanded to know whether his father was alive and where he had gone.
• Senju Chen explained that he had arranged with Orochimaru to fake Hatake Sakumo’s death and help him escape Konoha.
• Senju Chen told Kakashi that Sakumo had operated in the Land of Rain as the bounty hunter Fang and secretly helped Konoha during the war and other missions.
• Senju Chen revealed that Sakumo had joined the mission to kill Shimura Danzō five years earlier.
• Senju Chen relayed Sakumo’s concern for Kakashi and explained that his disappearance had been meant to let Kakashi grow up as a hero’s son rather than a sinner’s son.
• Senju Chen said Sakumo was undercover with the Akatsuki in the Land of Rain, then left Kakashi alone with the news.

Kakashi regained his resolve and agreed to travel to Takigakure to reunite with his father and undergo an upgrade arranged by Senju Chen. That evening, Senju Chen hosted a dinner that grew unexpectedly crowded when Mitaraishi Anko and Kurenai Yuhi joined Tsunade and Shizune, leaving the atmosphere at the table peculiar.

• Kakashi emerged from his room with renewed clarity and thanked Senju Chen for helping him reconsider his past.
• Kakashi asked to visit the Land of Rain to see his father, but Senju Chen explained that Sakumo’s infiltration mission meant they could not meet there directly.
• Senju Chen arranged for Kakashi to travel to his base in the Land of Waterfalls, reunite with Sakumo, and undergo a transformation; he also asked Kakashi to escort Amado back afterward.
• Senju Chen told Kakashi to study teaching materials on modern Scientific Ninja Tools at Takigakure so he could later teach students in Konoha.
• Senju Chen invited Kakashi to dinner, then found Mitaraishi Anko and Kurenai Yuhi joining Tsunade and Shizune at the table.
• Senju Chen cooked additional dishes, and the dinner’s atmosphere turned peculiar once everyone began eating.

Senju Chen faced teasing and reproaches from Tsunade, Shizune, Anko, and Kurenai Yuhi over his five-year absence, then changed the subject by showing Tsunade a secret report about Hatake Sakumo. The report implicated Shimura Danzō in manipulating the villagers against Sakumo, and Tsunade erupted in fury.

• Anko, Kurenai Yuhi, and Shizune pressed Senju Chen about disappearing for five years without sending word, while Tsunade watched and Kakashi left to avoid the confrontation.
• Senju Chen apologized and presented Tsunade with a sealed top-secret scroll about the reinvestigation of Hatake Sakumo's failed mission.
• Tsunade read that Konoha's leadership had manipulated public opinion against Sakumo and that Shimura Danzō had recommended guiding the villagers' emotions.
• Tsunade condemned Shimura Danzō and Root, then shattered the ironwood table with a furious blow, startling Shizune, Anko, and Kurenai Yuhi.

Senju Chen calmed Tsunade after revealing evidence of Danzo’s crimes, then stunned her and Shizune by revealing that Hatake Sakumo had survived his supposed suicide. He explained that Sakumo’s escape had been staged with Orochimaru and that Sakumo had secretly served Konoha for years.

• Senju Chen reminded Tsunade that Danzo was dead, calming her fury over the scroll exposing his crimes.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Senju Chen that her new student was Kurama Yakumo, a gifted genjutsu user with a frail body.
• Anko and Kurenai Yuhi left after Anko reminded Senju Chen to host the promised apology feast.
• Senju Chen told Tsunade and Shizune that Hatake Sakumo had never died and that his escape had been staged with Orochimaru.
• Senju Chen recounted how Sakumo had lived under the alias Fang, earned secret wartime achievements, and helped kill Shimura Danzō.

Senju Chen reconciled with Tsunade over his secret role in clearing Hatake Sakumo’s name, and Tsunade planned to reveal Sakumo’s return as a cover for a classified mission. At the Public Security Department, Chen announced a new Purification plan and ordered senior officers to undergo three months of further training.

• Tsunade questioned Senju Chen about keeping his plan from her, and he persuaded her that the Hokage’s Office should publicly explain Hatake Sakumo’s supposed death as a cover for a secret mission.
• Tsunade devised a plan to release declassified files portraying Sakumo as a hero who had served Konoha in the Land of Rain and during the Third Shinobi World War.
• The next morning, Senju Chen left Tsunade asleep after she had drunk too much and went to the Public Security Department, where he gathered its squad leaders and senior officers.
• Senju Chen thanked the assembled officers for protecting Konoha during his five-year absence, then announced the Purification plan to remove corruption in the Land of Fire.
• Senju Chen ordered all Public Security Department officers at squad leader rank and above to attend three months of further training starting the following week, with Kabuto Yakushi arranging the batches.

Senju Chen met with Maruboshi Kosuke to review Food Is Heaven’s accounts and learn that Kosuke’s body and chakra had improved after his treatment. Tsunade examined Kosuke’s restored foot and was stunned by how perfectly it had fused with his body, leaving her questioning the limits of medicine.

• Maruboshi Kosuke delivered Food Is Heaven’s annual accounts and reported that three hundred security and intelligence personnel had completed basic training.
• Senju Chen asked about Kosuke’s recovery, and Kosuke said his restored body had far greater chakra reserves than before.
• Tsunade and Shizune arrived and saw Kosuke’s healed left foot, which Tsunade examined with medical chakra.
• Tsunade found no flaws in the foot’s fusion, sensation, or chakra flow, and Kosuke confirmed that it had caused him no problems.

Tsunade brought Senju Chen and Maruboshi Kosuke before Konoha’s Council of Elders to reveal a medical breakthrough that restored Kosuke’s lost foot. The elders witnessed the foot’s natural movement and chakra control, and Tsunade revealed that Senju Chen was responsible.

• Tsunade decided to convene a Council of Elders meeting and bring Senju Chen and Maruboshi Kosuke.
• Tsunade announced to Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Shikaku Nara that she had a medical breakthrough capable of changing the Shinobi World’s balance of power.
• Tsunade revealed that Maruboshi Kosuke’s left foot, lost in the Second Shinobi World War, had recovered.
• Maruboshi Kosuke curled the toes of his restored foot and used it to channel chakra and crack the conference room floor.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected the restoration was a new medical jutsu, but Tsunade said Senju Chen deserved the credit.

Senju Chen revealed that his research team had developed reliable limb-regrowth technology and offered Konoha limited access to it. He proposed a scientific exchange to introduce science and Scientific Ninja Tools to the village, leaving the elders to consider the terms.

• Tsunade identified Senju Chen as the person behind Maruboshi Kosuke's restored foot, and Chen explained that the treatment was science rather than Ninjutsu.
• Senju Chen told Shikaku Nara that the treatment had a one-hundred-percent success rate under ideal conditions and negligible side effects with proper rehabilitation and checkups.
• Senju Chen assured Hiruzen Sarutobi that his overseas research team owned the technology and offered to share its results with Konoha.
• Senju Chen said his research base could provide Konoha with at most two hundred treatment slots each year.
• Senju Chen proposed a scientific exchange in a few months to teach villagers about science and offer Scientific Ninja Tools for sale.

Senju Chen offered Konoha three modest conditions for his limb-regeneration project, and the village gave him full support as word of the technology spread. He was soon besieged by both patients and matchmakers, but escaped the introductions by spending Parent and Child Day with Anko and Kurenai Yuhi.

• Senju Chen asked Konoha to create a hospital department for preoperative examinations and postoperative follow-ups, and the elders agreed to support his project.
• Konoha provided Senju Chen with land and personnel, while news of his limb-regeneration technology drew disabled villagers to the Senju residence for treatment.
• Families began introducing prospective partners to Senju Chen, believing a match could help them move up the treatment queue, and Tsunade urged him to entertain the visitors.
• Senju Chen accepted Anko's invitation to celebrate Parent and Child Day so he could avoid the matchmakers.
• Senju Chen walked through the busy village with Anko and Kurenai Yuhi, and Anko pulled him toward a shop selling a new dango flavor.

Senju Chen learned that Kurenai Yuhi's gifted but frail student, Kurama Yakumo, had a talent for genjutsu and offered to examine her health. Kurenai agreed to take Senju Chen and Anko to visit Yakumo and deliver her a new drawing board.

• Kurenai Yuhi bought a new drawing board for her student Kurama Yakumo, who loved painting and had poor health.
• Senju Chen recognized Yakumo as a genjutsu prodigy whose powers could materialize illusions, and recalled the dangerous personality Ido hidden within her.
• Senju Chen asked Kurenai Yuhi about Yakumo and offered to check her health when they visited.
• Anko joined the plan, and Kurenai Yuhi agreed that they would go together to see Yakumo.

Senju Chen, Kurenai Yuhi, and Anko visited Kurama Yakumo at the Kurama compound, where Chen discovered that one of Yakumo’s paintings contained immense spiritual power. Yakumo warmly greeted Kurenai, while Chen realized he had found a uniquely powerful genjutsu talent.

• Kurenai Yuhi led Senju Chen and Anko through the Kurama compound to Yakumo’s residence.
• The visitors entered Yakumo’s room and found it filled with paintings, including unsettling scenes and monsters.
• Senju Chen felt a powerful spiritual force pull at his consciousness when he looked at Yakumo’s painting of a storm and vortex.
• Chen resisted the painting’s pull and realized that Kurenai Yuhi and Anko could not sense the force.
• Kurenai Yuhi called to Yakumo, who turned, tried to stand, and nearly fell before Kurenai steadied her.

Senju Chen examined Kurama Yakumo and discovered that her frail body was being overwhelmed by her immense mental power. He explained the cause to Kurenai Yuhi and Anko, leaving them alarmed as he rejected sealing as the answer.

• Kurenai Yuhi brought Anko and Senju Chen to visit Yakumo, giving her a drawing board and helping her make friends.
• Senju Chen examined Yakumo and found that her body was fragile while her mental power was immense and growing.
• Senju Chen told Kurenai Yuhi and Anko that Yakumo was not ill but too strong, comparing her condition to a Tailed Beast inside a kitten.
• Kurenai Yuhi panicked, Anko fell silent, and Yakumo nervously listened as Senju Chen judged sealing and suppressing power to be foolish.