Chapter Summaries

Senju Chen guided Little A and the Kumogakure delegation through Konoha’s Ninja Academy, deliberately showing them the village’s patrols, training, and scientific education. Little A left with a clearer sense of Konoha’s organized military and technological strength.

• Senju Chen met the Kumogakure delegation and learned that Killer B had stayed behind to rest while Little A brought two attendants.
• Senju Chen led Little A through Konoha, where he observed increased patrols, public security, medical services, and ninja using Scientific Ninja Tools.
• Little A examined the Ninja Academy’s practical taijutsu training and overheard a lesson covering chakra nature changes and natural energy.
• Senju Chen showed Little A an experimental classroom where students studied a chakra storage unit that could provide backup chakra in battle.
• Senju Chen continued the tour through several training and medical classes, and Little A recognized that Kumogakure lacked Konoha’s systematic investment in educating ninja.

Senju Chen showed Little A Konoha’s reforms and technology while warning him against testing Konoha’s limits. Little A suspected the displays were deliberate and returned to the guesthouse planning how to pursue his remaining missions.

• Little A asked Senju Chen about Konoha’s education reforms, and Senju Chen credited his sister while downplaying his own role.
• Senju Chen used a black communication box to read a Public Security Department report, and Little A’s attendants memorized its design and operation.
• Over ramen, Little A questioned how long the Shinobi World’s balance of power could last, and Senju Chen warned that anyone who tested Konoha’s limits would face consequences.
• Little A’s attendants reported that the box appeared to be a non-chakra-based long-range communication device, and Little A ordered them to send their findings to Kumogakure.
• Little A concluded that Senju Chen had deliberately shown him Konoha’s strengths to intimidate or mislead him, then considered how to investigate limb regeneration, gather intelligence, and pursue the Byakugan.

Senju Chen reviewed Kumogakure’s surveillance of the Hyuga Clan and reinforced security, while Little A’s team investigated Konoha’s defenses and confirmed that its limb-regeneration treatment appeared genuine. The chapter ended with Little A suspiciously examining the fruit Senju Chen had sent.

• Senju Chen reviewed reports of Kumogakure operatives watching Konoha’s patrols and the Hyuga compound, then sent Shisui a note and vowed to stop the delegation from getting what it wanted.
• Little A learned that Konoha had increased surveillance around the Hyuga compound and ordered his operatives to investigate the reason while suspending observation there.
• A Kumogakure operative reported that patients waiting at Konoha’s Medical Department claimed an old severed arm had been regrown in three days, possibly through Lady Tsunade’s treatment or a green liquid.
• Little A ordered a genuine amputee to test the treatment, then destroyed his reconnaissance notes by chewing and swallowing them.
• Killer B brought Little A a crate of fruit from Senju Chen; after Killer B confirmed the peaches were ordinary, Little A wondered what Chen intended by sending them.

Senju Chen skipped the peace agreement signing ceremony and visited Killer B at the Kumogakure guesthouse, hoping to provoke him enough to unlock a chance to steal something related to the Eight-Tails. After his attempts at conversation failed to stir him, Senju Chen suggested a taijutsu contest.

• Senju Chen noticed that five members of the Kumogakure delegation, including Killer B, were absent from the signing ceremony and went to the guesthouse.
• Senju Chen found Killer B alone in his room, writing rap lyrics, and struck up a conversation.
• Senju Chen asked Killer B about his partnership with the Eight-Tails, but Killer B remained relaxed and cheerful.
• Senju Chen praised Killer B’s teamwork with the Eight-Tails, but the system detected no significant emotional fluctuation.
• Senju Chen proposed that he and Killer B go to the training ground for a taijutsu contest.

Senju Chen invited Killer B to a Taijutsu spar and demonstrated that his defenses and counters outmatched Killer B’s attacks. After the match, Senju Chen asked to hear Killer B’s rap, but his praise failed to provoke the strong emotional reaction he wanted.

• Senju Chen challenged Killer B to a Taijutsu match, and Killer B agreed on the condition that Senju Chen use no Ninjutsu.
• Senju Chen effortlessly evaded Killer B’s opening punch and countered his faster combination attacks with precise defenses.
• Killer B attacked relentlessly for several minutes, but Senju Chen stayed at ease and struck him with light counters until Killer B called a halt.
• Senju Chen checked the system panel during the spar but failed to extract one of Killer B’s skills.
• Senju Chen asked Killer B about his new rap, listened to “The Man at the Summit of the Clouds,” and praised its rhythm.
• Senju Chen realized that praising Killer B’s rap would not create the intense emotional fluctuations he was seeking.

Senju Chen impressed Killer B with his rap, taught him some techniques, and strengthened their friendship over ramen. After walking Killer B back to the inn, Senju Chen decided to secretly use his Illusion Space on him from a nearby building, leaving his next move poised to begin.

• Senju Chen rapped for Killer B, shocking him and prompting the system to refresh its stealable ability list.
• Killer B questioned Senju Chen about rap techniques, and Senju Chen taught him several basics while Killer B filled his notebook with notes.
• Senju Chen treated Killer B to ramen at Ichiraku, where Killer B improvised lyrics and praised Senju Chen as his best friend.
• After parting from Killer B, Senju Chen worried that continued open meetings would make Kumogakure suspicious of his interest in Eight-Tails.
• Senju Chen planned to use his one-hundred-meter Illusion Space from the Public Security Department duty room to secretly alter Killer B's perceptions at the guesthouse.

Senju Chen used Illusion Space to unsettle Killer B with a series of unexplained disturbances in his room. Killer B planned to tell his brother about the incident, while Senju Chen prepared to intensify the harassment when Killer B was alone.

• Senju Chen watched the Kumogakure inn and used Illusion Space to make Killer B’s teacup shift and spin.
• Killer B asked Eight-Tails Gyuki about the cup, but Gyuki sensed no chakra fluctuations or outside interference.
• Senju Chen made Killer B feel a cold breath on his neck and caused a cherry to appear inside the upside-down cup.
• Killer B threw away the cherry, worried Konoha might be haunted, and decided to tell his brother the next day.
• Senju Chen judged the tricks insufficient to trigger the system’s theft and planned to intensify them when Killer B was alone.

Senju Chen used strange tricks to unsettle Killer B in Konoha, causing him to doubt his memories and senses. After several inexplicable encounters, Killer B became convinced something was wrong with the village, and his distress refreshed Chen’s list of stealable abilities.

• At dawn, Senju Chen used his Mangekyō to make a steaming grilled fish appear beside Killer B’s pillow and make his reflection grin in the mirror.
• Killer B searched his room and questioned the Eight-Tails, which insisted the fish had never been there and left Killer B doubting his memories.
• Killer B wandered through Konoha and saw a wanted poster bearing his face vanish when he tried to tear it down.
• Killer B found a pink daisy in his hand, then heard a child mention a butterfly on his head before the child disappeared.
• Killer B rushed back toward the guesthouse, convinced something was wrong with Konoha, and his emotional turmoil refreshed Senju Chen’s ability list.

Killer B encountered a talking cat and a pine tree bearing apples, then became trapped in a bizarre illusion of a modern city and legendary beasts. Senju Chen watched for the system to steal a desired ability as Killer B's escalating shock triggered repeated notifications.

• Killer B heard an orange cat talk, and it called him the chosen one before disappearing over the wall.
• Killer B noticed apples growing on the courtyard's dwarf pine and wondered if he was truly chosen.
• Senju Chen used his Mangekyō's Illusion Space on Killer B to provoke stronger emotional reactions and gather abilities.
• Killer B watched a modern city rise around him, while the Eight-Tails could not determine whether the vision was real or a genjutsu.
• Killer B saw three golden dragons and the Four Divine Beasts appear in the illusory city, leaving him and the Eight-Tails speechless.

Killer B witnessed four divine beasts name him the chosen one and grant him their power before the illusory city vanished. Senju Chen stole Gyuki from B, and B later woke in a guesthouse after fainting, with Little A demanding to know what happened.

• The four divine beasts called Killer B the chosen one, urged him to inherit their power, and vanished into four streams of light that surrounded him.
• Senju Chen’s system refreshed its list of stealable abilities, and he chose Eight-Tails Gyuki, which was sealed in his inventory.
• Senju Chen noted that he had collected four Tailed Beasts and dismissed the Illusion Space.
• Killer B fainted in the courtyard and later woke after Little A splashed him with cold water.
• Little A asked Killer B why he had fallen asleep in the courtyard, while the other Kumogakure ninja watched.

Killer B described visions of giant beasts calling him the chosen one, and Little A suspected Senju Chen had secretly caused them. Senju Chen privately revealed that he had used Genjutsu to copy the Eight-Tails and planned to collect the remaining Tailed Beasts.

• Killer B told Little A that he and the Eight-Tails had seen a sky split open, glowing buildings, and four giant beasts that called him the chosen one.
• Little A considered possible explanations and grew concerned that Konoha could influence Killer B without detection.
• Killer B said he had fought Senju Chen the previous day, leading Little A to order an investigation into Senju Chen and forbid Killer B from seeing him again.
• Senju Chen recalled that his Genjutsu had shocked Killer B and that his system had copied the Eight-Tails.
• Senju Chen said five Tailed Beasts remained and planned to leave Konoha after the Kumogakure delegation departed to find the other Jinchūriki.

Little A investigated reports of a giant golden beast seen in Konoha and found that the sightings challenged his belief that Senju Chen had caused Killer B’s strange visions. He visited the hot spring district to question an eyewitness, who said he had been present when the beast appeared.

• A plainclothes ninja told Little A that Senju Chen’s movements could not be accounted for between one thirty and four thirty the previous afternoon.
• The ninja reported that more than a hundred people had seen a giant golden, horned, whiskered, clawed snake appear in a square before the Kumogakure delegation arrived.
• Little A considered whether the beast was a genuine unknown phenomenon or a Genjutsu beyond Konoha’s known capabilities, and told the ninja not to inform Killer B.
• Little A went to the hot spring district with two plainclothes ninjas to investigate the square where the beast had appeared.
• At a teahouse beside the square, Little A asked the owner about the incident, and the owner said he had been there when it happened.

Little A investigated reports of a golden serpent appearing over Konoha and found that more than a hundred people shared similar memories. After discussing the reports with Killer B, he concluded they should leave Konoha immediately to protect him, though he still suspected Konoha and Senju Chen.

• Little A questioned witnesses in the hot spring district, who described a huge golden serpent that vanished without a trace and left them with a lingering sense of awe.
• Little A weighed whether the serpent and Killer B’s visions were genjutsu or an unknown phenomenon, then recognized how much he had underestimated Konoha’s strength and capabilities.
• Killer B told Little A that the detailed visions of the city and four beasts had felt real, and that Little Eight believed no known genjutsu could create them.
• Little A told Killer B about the witnesses who had seen the golden serpent, and Killer B excitedly took this as proof that he was the chosen one.
• Little A decided their priority was to protect Killer B and leave Konoha for Kumogakure as soon as possible.

Little A ordered the Kumogakure delegation to withdraw from Konoha, and Senju Chen saw them off with a box of tea. After they left, Chen reviewed how Konoha had controlled what the delegation learned, leaving Kumogakure with an impression of Konoha’s growing strength but no access to its core technologies.

• Little A ordered the delegation to leave in two groups, sending Anyue and the investigators ahead to reduce the risk on the road.
• Senju Chen met the delegation at its gate the next morning and gave Little A a box of Konoha tea to take to the Third Raikage.
• Senju Chen promised Killer B more rap tricks, and Little A dragged B away as the delegation departed Konoha.
• Senju Chen reviewed Public Security Department reports detailing the delegation’s movements and wrote that their observations had stayed within controllable limits.
• Senju Chen concluded that Kumogakure had seen only information Konoha intended to reveal, not its core technologies.

Senju Chen reviewed the four tailed beasts sealed in his system inventory while his Puppet Clone advanced through the second stage of Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu training. Another clone practiced at Mount Myōboku, where Sage Fukasaku corrected his control as petrification began.

• Senju Chen saw that the Three-Tails, Nine-Tails, Six-Tails, and Eight-Tails were sealed in his system inventory and reflected that Kumogakure had delivered the Eight-Tails to him.
• The White Snake Sage told Senju Chen's Puppet Clone that he had passed the perception stage and began training him to let natural energy merge with chakra.
• Natural energy surged through the clone, scales spread to his wrists, and the White Snake Sage noted that the Ten-Tails Tree's cells were compatible with natural energy.
• At Mount Myōboku, Senju Chen's other clone used toad oil to sense natural energy while Sage Fukasaku instructed him to keep his perception within ten meters.
• The clone's left shoulder began to petrify after he extended his perception too far, and Sage Fukasaku struck it with an iron rod to stop the process before ordering him to try again.

Senju Chen’s clones advanced in the three Sage Lands, but the Ryūchi Cave training went out of control when the Ten-Tails Tree cells absorbed natural energy too quickly. As the clone began turning into a snake, he searched for a way to stop the transformation without destroying his progress.

• Katsuyu told the Shikkotsu Forest clone that its life-energy absorption was unusually fast and explained that the forest’s senjutsu focused on life.
• Senju Chen reviewed how the three Sage Lands’ paths differed and recalled the Great Toad Sage’s unfinished words about them reaching the same destination.
• The Mount Myōboku clone improved its control after repeated blows from Sage Fukasaku, while the Shikkotsu Forest clone steadily accumulated life energy.
• At Ryūchi Cave, the White Snake Sage told the clone to open its pathways and absorb natural energy at the maximum rate.
• The Ten-Tails Tree cells absorbed natural energy uncontrollably, causing scales to spread across the clone’s right arm as its fingers began fusing into a snake’s form.
• The clone considered suppressing the energy or closing its pathways, but feared both options would fail or ruin the training.

Senju Chen controlled the flow of Natural Energy into his body by creating a mental valve, impressing the White Snake Sage. She revealed that Ryūchi Cave’s ultimate cultivation method was Snake Sage Unity, a realm only she and Katsuyu had reached.

• Senju Chen used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to create a mental valve that slowed Natural Energy and caused the scales on his clone’s arm to recede.
• The White Snake Sage explained that no one in a thousand years had controlled Natural Energy’s flow this way because ordinary mental power could not withstand it.
• The White Snake Sage changed her training plan and told Senju Chen that Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Mode was not its most perfect form.
• The White Snake Sage revealed that Snake Sage Unity meant becoming one with Natural Energy, but said human bodies and the Sage’s mark imposed a limit on how much energy they could use.
• The White Snake Sage said she and Katsuyu were the only beings to have reached the higher realm, and that even the Sage of Six Paths had fallen short.

Senju Chen learned that the White Snake Sage had carved a message on the back of the Snake Cave Abyss tablet and refined a method for controlling natural energy during Sage Mode training. He decided to pursue the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and used a finished physical enhancement potion as his excuse to leave Konoha, while Tsunade questioned the potion's effects and side effects.

• The White Snake Sage told Senju Chen's clone to enter the Snake Cave Abyss alive if he wanted to read what she had carved on the tablet's back.
• Senju Chen's clone used a mental valve to control the flow of natural energy, successfully stabilizing his Sage Mode training.
• Senju Chen considered how the three Sage Lands' paths might converge and resolved to learn more about the tablet and the Snake Cave Abyss.
• Senju Chen reviewed intelligence on the remaining jinchūriki and chose to pursue the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki near the Land of Waterfalls.
• Senju Chen told Tsunade he planned to retrieve a completed physical enhancement potion, claiming it could raise a chunin's physical abilities to jonin level.
• Tsunade asked about side effects, and Senju Chen explained that repeated use caused resistance and strain on the chakra system; Tsunade was surprised it could be used repeatedly.

Senju Chen prepared to leave on a secret mission to collect five Tailed Beasts, while Tsunade, Anko, and Shizune each showed their concern for his safety. He left determined to gain enough power to protect the people he cared about from future threats.

• Senju Chen told Tsunade he would personally collect a secret formula and production process, then promised to travel alone and stay safe.
• Anko and Kurenai Yuhi confronted Senju Chen about his upcoming trip, and he promised to take them on his next mission instead.
• Anko gave Senju Chen food for the road, and he invited her and Kurenai Yuhi to stay for dinner.
• Shizune packed Senju Chen's supplies for his departure, and he thanked her by ruffling her hair.
• Senju Chen reflected on the care he had received and set his sights on collecting the One-Tail, Two-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Seven-Tails to protect his loved ones from future threats.

Senju Chen returned to the experimental base and reviewed its production and training progress. He found Might Guy instructing puppet operators and Kurama Yakumo controlling seven puppets at once, then continued his inspection of the base.

• Senju Chen entered the base and learned from Hiraga that production of the latest Eight Gates Released Formation puppets was limited by Might Guy’s compatibility calibrations.
• Senju Chen watched Might Guy train twelve operators, praised his work, and left him to continue instructing them.
• Senju Chen visited Kurama Yakumo and saw her control seven White Zetsu Puppets at once, including one that served him tea.
• Kurama Yakumo told Senju Chen that she had reached the milestone the previous week and that Sasori and Orochimaru had praised her progress.