Chapter Summaries

Iwagakure’s undercover squad prepared to transport supplies to Rain Country rebels before withdrawing, unaware that Senju Chen had laid an ambush at Kesu Gorge. Chen transformed himself to look like the Kirigakure ninja Yuki and headed toward the caravan to lure it into the trap.

• Tsuchiya ordered his Iwagakure squad to disguise themselves as a merchant caravan and deliver their remaining supplies to the rebels in the east.
• Shisui cleared large animals from Kesu Gorge while Maruboshi Kosuke set traps and barriers, and Orochimaru watched from above.
• Senju Chen reviewed his plan to lure, surround, and eliminate the Iwagakure squad, reflecting on how his knowledge of the story let him anticipate events beyond Orochimaru’s calculations.
• Chen used a Wood Release figurine of Yuki to transform his appearance and pose as a wounded, desperate survivor.
• Chen set out toward the Iwagakure caravan to lead it into the ambush.

Senju Chen disguised himself as a wounded Kirigakure ninja to lure Tsuchiya and his Iwagakure caravan into an ambush at Kesu Gorge. Orochimaru appeared on the cliffs as Senju Chen sealed the retreat and summoned Monkey King Enma, leaving the Iwagakure ninja facing certain defeat.

• Senju Chen, disguised as Yuki, convinced Tsuchiya that Hanzō had exposed their plans and offered intelligence about an elite patrol at Kesu Gorge.
• Tsuchiya agreed to follow Yuki and led the Iwagakure caravan into Kesu Gorge.
• Orochimaru revealed himself on the eastern cliff, and Tsuchiya realized the caravan had been lured into a trap.
• Senju Chen dropped his disguise and used Wood Release to block the Iwagakure ninja's escape.
• Senju Chen summoned Monkey King Enma, and Tsuchiya recognized the Hokage's summoned beast.

Senju Chen and his allies massacred the trapped Iwagakure force in the canyon using Enma, Flying Thunder God, Wood Release, and coordinated attacks. Chen subdued Tsuchiya alive, and Orochimaru watched with approval.

• Enma appeared in the canyon, and Tsuchiya realized the Iwagakure ninjas had been trapped for slaughter.
• Shisui and Maruboshi Kosuke's Flying Thunder God kunai enabled Senju Chen to strike the Iwagakure formation as Enma and Chen attacked.
• Orochimaru blocked the canyon entrance with venomous snakes while Shisui and Maruboshi Kosuke joined the killing.
• Senju Chen defeated Tsuchiya with Wood Release vines that bound him and drained his chakra.
• Orochimaru approved of Senju Chen leaving Tsuchiya alive as a prisoner.

Senju Chen returned from destroying an Iwagakure supply unit with Shisui and Maruboshi Kosuke, bringing captured supplies and a living Jonin prisoner. He revealed to the reinforcements that he had commanded the operation, leaving them stunned by his achievement.

• Orochimaru took the captured Iwagakure Jonin to interrogate him and ordered Senju Chen's group to recover the battlefield supplies.
• Senju Chen, Shisui, and Maruboshi Kosuke returned to camp with more than a dozen loaded carts as the second wave of reinforcements arrived.
• Sarutobi Kenzo questioned the group after learning their mission had been listed as D-rank reconnaissance.
• Maruboshi Kosuke reported that their side had wiped out all twenty-seven enemy ninja and captured their supplies, while Shisui confirmed his account.
• Senju Chen told the reinforcements that he had commanded the operation and that Orochimaru had taken the enemy commanding Jonin alive.

Orochimaru appointed eight-year-old Senju Chen commander of all Konoha ninja at the Land of Rain frontline camp, using his authority and Chen’s recent victory to silence opposition. Chen accepted the post and received intelligence on Iwagakure’s covert operations, beginning his command amid uneasy alliances.

• Orochimaru arrived at the camp and confirmed that Senju Chen was his student.
• Orochimaru placed all Konoha ninja at the Land of Rain frontline camp under Senju Chen’s command, and no one dared object.
• The Senju Faction’s ninja welcomed Chen’s appointment as a chance to rally their declining faction.
• Orochimaru gave Senju Chen a scroll containing information taken from the captured Iwagakure Jonin Tsuchiya about covert operatives, bases, and supply routes.
• Senju Chen asked Sarutobi Kenzo for his guidance, and Kenzo and the assembled ninja pledged to obey Chen’s orders.

Senju Chen took command of the Konoha forces and planned operations against Iwagakure supply stations, while Orochimaru secured Hanzō’s support after revealing Iwagakure’s invasion plans. Hanzō sent thirty Amegakure Anbu to assist, but Inuzuka Ryō objected to cooperating with them.

• Senju Chen studied the intelligence scroll and assigned Konoha squads to attack or investigate Iwagakure’s three supply stations.
• Senju Chen’s precise orders impressed Sarutobi Kenzo and pleased the Senju ninja, who resolved to protect his record.
• Orochimaru gave Hanzō intelligence about Iwagakure’s secret supply transports and planned invasion of the Land of Rain.
• After Tsuchiya confirmed the intelligence under interrogation, Hanzō offered his elite assassination unit to help Konoha eliminate Iwagakure forces.
• Thirty Amegakure Anbu arrived at the Konoha camp, and Senju Chen revised the plan to combine their infiltration with Konoha’s frontal assault.
• Inuzuka Ryō objected to working with the Amegakure Anbu and insisted his squad could attack an Iwagakure stronghold directly.

Senju Chen sent Sarutobi Kenzo to attack Iwagakure’s creek valley stronghold while he rushed to rescue Inuzuka Ryō’s trapped squad. He arrived as the enemy attacked, and confronted an Iwagakure Jonin with a Rasengan.

• Senju Chen agreed to let Inuzuka Ryō investigate the suspicious outpost, then sent Shisui to follow him with distress flares.
• After Shisui fired a red distress signal, Senju Chen ordered Sarutobi Kenzo to attack Iwagakure’s creek valley stronghold instead of sending reinforcements to Ryō.
• Sarutobi Kenzo obeyed and departed with his squad, while Senju Chen used the Body Flicker Technique to reach the trapped team.
• Inuzuka Ryō and his teammates faced nearly twenty Iwagakure ninja, including two Jonin, as the Rock Prison Technique barrier broke around them.
• Senju Chen appeared on the battlefield, assessed the thirty-one enemies, and faced an attacking Iwagakure Jonin with a Rasengan.

Senju Chen annihilated an Iwagakure force with Wood Release, the Rasengan, and the Flying Thunder God Technique. After Inuzuka Ryō recounted the battle at camp, Chen’s overwhelming power had earned him the unquestioned awe of the Konoha and Amegakure ninja.

• Senju Chen killed an Iwagakure Chunin with a Rasengan and tore through the enemy formation with Wood Release: Cutting Sprigs.
• Shisui scattered marked kunai, and Senju Chen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to strike down Iwagakure ninja across the battlefield.
• Senju Chen bound the fleeing Iwagakure ninja, including the scar-faced Jonin, with Wood Release vines and crushed them, ending the battle.
• Sarutobi Kenzo returned to camp and found Inuzuka Ryō and his squad stunned by what had happened.
• Inuzuka Ryō recounted Senju Chen’s slaughter, leaving the camp in awe and establishing Chen’s authority.

Senju Chen took command of Konoha and Amegakure forces in the Land of Rain and led a three-month campaign to eliminate enemy bases. By the end, his reputation and authority had grown, while Orochimaru watched his development with admiration and unease.

• Senju Chen gave Sarutobi Kenzo intelligence on enemy agents, bases, and supply routes, ordering him to divide it into missions for the next three months.
• Senju Chen directed operations from camp, using Konoha ninja for assaults and Amegakure Anbu for infiltration, assassination, and blocking retreats.
• The allied forces eliminated more than a hundred Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure bases in the Land of Rain with few casualties.
• Senju Chen gained chakra, combat experience, and knowledge of enemy tactics, which helped him learn ninjutsu from the three enemy villages.
• Senju Chen became known as the Demon Child of Konoha among enemies and earned the admiration and loyalty of his allies.
• Orochimaru observed Senju Chen's command and growth, recognizing his potential while feeling pressure from his talent and penetrating gaze.

Ōnoki ordered a covert assassination operation against Hanzo of the Salamander, planning to use troop movements as a distraction. After receiving intelligence about Iwagakure’s mobilization, Senju Chen suspected a decapitation strike and went to find Orochimaru.

• Ōnoki learned that Iwagakure’s agents and strongholds in the Land of Rain had been destroyed and that Senju Chen had used Wood Release.
• Ōnoki ordered small units to feign a major offensive while Sumashi led Roshi, Han, Gari, Tōjirō, Mahiru, and Taiseki on a secret mission to kill Hanzo and the Konoha Ninja; Ōnoki said he would join them.
• Senju Chen received Fang’s warning that Iwagakure was assembling troops for a possible invasion.
• Senju Chen reasoned that Ōnoki’s movements might conceal an assassination attempt intended to bring down Hanzo and destabilize the Land of Rain.
• Senju Chen learned that Orochimaru was studying technique formulas and left the command tent to find him.

Senju Chen convinced Orochimaru and Hanzō that Iwagakure planned to assassinate the Salamander, so they prepared a counter-ambush in the Weeping Swamp with Hanzō as bait. Ōnoki believed Konoha’s staged withdrawal and ordered his forces to attack Hanzō there.

• Senju Chen told Orochimaru he suspected Ōnoki would send an elite unit, possibly including a Jinchūriki, to assassinate Hanzō, and proposed reversing the hunt.
• Senju Chen and Orochimaru warned Hanzō, who agreed they needed to prepare and accepted Senju Chen’s plan to serve as bait.
• Senju Chen secretly staged a Konoha retreat and spread intelligence that Hanzō was hiding in the Weeping Swamp.
• Ōnoki’s officers interpreted Konoha’s withdrawal as weakness and dismissed the danger of attacking Hanzō in the swamp.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s forces to leave at once and kill Hanzō.

An Iwagakure squad led by Sumashi entered the Weeping Swamp and discovered that Senju Chen, Hanzō, and Orochimaru had prepared an ambush. Chen killed Mahiru almost instantly, and the chapter ended as Roshi and Han transformed into tailed-beast monsters.

• Taiseki led Sumashi's seven-person Iwagakure squad through the Land of Rain toward Hanzō's lair, believing the Konoha group had left.
• Roshi and Han sensed danger in the Weeping Swamp, but Flying Thunder God kunai and the ambushing forces trapped the squad.
• Senju Chen, Hanzō, and Orochimaru confronted the Iwagakure fighters, and Sumashi launched the battle with an Earth Release attack.
• Senju Chen used his speed and Thunder God Sword to wound Mahiru, then killed him with a Rasengan and stole his chakra and combat experience.
• Sumashi ordered Roshi and Han to use their power, and both erupted into Tailed Beast Cloaks with four tails each.

Senju Chen used Flying Thunder God and a Rasengan to cripple the Iwagakure commander Sumashi while Hanzō and Orochimaru fought the transformed Jinchūriki. The chapter ended with Roshi unleashing a rain of magma at the Konoha formation where Senju Chen stood.

• Orochimaru summoned Manda to hold off Han, while Hanzō used poison mist against Roshi, who evaporated it with Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Senju Chen targeted Sumashi and dodged his Earth Release ambush with Flying Thunder God.
• Sumashi tried to seize Senju Chen at close range, but Senju Chen struck him with a Rasengan and pulverized his left arm.
• Senju Chen returned to the Konoha formation as Taiseki, Tōjirō, and the other Iwagakure ninja recoiled from Sumashi's injury.
• Roshi escalated his fight with Hanzō and fired enormous magma projectiles toward the Konoha position, prompting the Konoha ninja to form up and prepare defenses.

Senju Chen protected the Konoha position with Wood Release, then used his speed and Flying Thunder God techniques to turn the Iwagakure attackers’ assault against them. He killed Sumashi with a Rasengan and gained a huge amount of chakra and combat experience, while the battle continued around him.

• Senju Chen raised a Wood Locking Wall that blocked Roshi’s magma bombs, revealing his Wood Release to both sides.
• Sumashi ordered the Iwagakure shinobi to kill Chen, and Taiseki, Tōjirō, and two others charged him from different directions.
• Chen used Flying Thunder God and his sword to wound the attackers while forcing the already-injured Sumashi to evade his Rasengan.
• Sumashi feigned a retreat toward Tōjirō to create an opening, but Chen’s apparent attack on Tōjirō was a feint.
• Chen used Flying Thunder God: Second Step to appear behind Sumashi and kill him with a Rasengan.
• Chen received a massive influx of chakra and combat experience from the kill.

Senju Chen killed Sumashi and gained a sweeping battlefield awareness, then attempted to redirect Han’s Tailed Beast Bomb with a Flying Thunder God Kunai. The blast left Chen’s fate uncertain, while Han lost control and fully transformed into the Five-Tails, Kokuō.

• Senju Chen killed Sumashi and absorbed his chakra and combat experience, gaining an enhanced perception of the battlefield.
• Han saw Sumashi die, broke free of Manda’s restraint, and began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb as Orochimaru and Hanzo urged everyone to defend themselves.
• Senju Chen charged toward the Tailed Beast Bomb and threw a special Flying Thunder God Kunai into the swamp behind the Iwagakure squad and Roshi.
• Han fired the Tailed Beast Bomb, and Chen appeared out of nowhere within the Konoha lines after the devastating blast.
• Han was consumed by rampage, expanded inside a cloud of steam, and transformed into the fully descended Five-Tails, Kokuō.

Senju Chen transferred Han’s Tailed Beast Bomb behind the Iwagakure forces, devastating the battlefield and leaving Roshi badly injured while Kokuō rampaged in full transformation. Kokuō charged the Konoha forces, and Manda’s attempt to stop it ended with him knocked into the swamp.

• Senju Chen used Flying Thunder God to transfer Han’s Tailed Beast Bomb to the kunai behind the Iwagakure forces, where it exploded.
• Roshi transformed into Four-Tails Son Gokū to shield nearby Iwagakure ninja, but the blast left him severely wounded.
• Han fully transformed into Five-Tails Kokuō and charged toward the Konoha ninja.
• Kokuō’s charge killed a Konoha jonin and left Sarutobi Kenzo and Orochimaru facing its overwhelming power.
• Manda attacked Kokuō’s hind leg, but Kokuō struck him with a tail and sent him crashing into the swamp.

Senju Chen coordinated the surviving Konoha and Amegakure ninja to restrain the rampaging Five-Tails, then used his Adamantine Summoning Wood to seal it and capture Han. The exhausted survivors realized they had defeated a fully manifested Tailed Beast, while Roshi and the remaining Iwagakure ninja fled.

• Senju Chen ordered Hanzo of the Salamander, Orochimaru, Shisui Uchiha, and the other ninja to weaken and restrain Kokuō with poison, genjutsu, Earth Release, and Manda.
• The combined attacks slowed Kokuō and trapped it in a mire and rock walls while Manda held one of its legs.
• Senju Chen used Wood Release: Adamantine Summoning Wood to bind Kokuō and drain its chakra through the sealing formulas.
• After more than ten minutes of struggling, Kokuō exhausted its strength and reverted to the unconscious Han, whom the Wood Dragons held aloft.
• The surviving ninja recognized that Senju Chen had led them to capture a fully manifested Tailed Beast, while Roshi and the remaining Iwagakure ninja escaped into the swamp.

Senju Chen’s victory at the Weeping Swamp, where he captured Han and defeated Iwagakure’s elite forces, sent shockwaves through the Shinobi World. Iwagakure halted its offensive while Konoha’s clans weighed what Chen’s rising power meant for their future.

• Senju Chen captured the unconscious Han with Adamantine Summoning Wood after surviving the battle, while the remaining Konoha and Amegakure forces recognized their victory.
• Ōnoki reacted furiously to Iwagakure’s defeat and ordered his frontline troops to stop attacking and focus on defense until they learned more about Senju Chen.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read the battle report and struggled to believe Chen had defeated the elite force, killed Sumashi, wounded the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, and captured Han.
• Senju clan members celebrated Chen’s achievement, and Konoha’s leadership began wondering whether the Senju Clan would rise again.
• Uchiha Fugaku told an elder that Senju Chen might offer the Uchiha Clan a different future path.

Danzo and the other great villages reacted to Senju Chen capturing the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, while Chen advised against a direct counterattack on Iwagakure. He planned to harass the Land of Earth with scattered forces and keep Iwagakure occupied until it felt the costs of war.

• Danzo ordered Root to investigate Senju Chen’s activities and Shisui Uchiha, intending to pressure Chen through his associates.
• The Third Raikage ordered Yugito back to Kumogakure and told Kumo ninja to watch for Konoha shinobi and kill anyone who used Wood Release.
• Kirigakure suspended its infiltration into the Land of Rain and sought cooperation with Iwagakure.
• Senju Chen told Hanzo of the Salamander and Orochimaru that the Land of Rain could not risk a direct counterattack against Iwagakure.
• Senju Chen proposed scattering small forces through the Land of Earth to harass Iwagakure and make it experience the pain of war.

Senju Chen ordered Konoha and Amegakure to wage a campaign of sabotage in the Land of Earth while using the captured Five-Tails Jinchūriki to pressure Ōnoki. As the allied forces reclaimed the Land of Rain, they reached a heavily fortified Iwagakure stronghold, where Chen summoned Monkey King Enma.

• Senju Chen proposed splitting the allied forces into small units to disrupt supplies and spread chaos throughout the Land of Earth.
• Senju Chen told Ōnoki to trade war reparations and occupied territory for Han, threatening to turn the Five-Tails Jinchūriki against Iwagakure.
• Ōnoki massed troops at the border and began negotiations as Konoha and Amegakure squads sabotaged supply lines, destroyed a bridge, and killed an Iwagakure intelligence official.
• Senju Chen led the allied forces in a steady counteroffensive through the Land of Rain, reclaiming ground with minimal casualties.
• The allied forces struggled to break through Iwagakure’s border fortress, so Senju Chen used the Summoning Technique to call forth Monkey King Enma.