Chapter Summaries

Uka Senju, Aburame Kaun, and Inuzuka Furin broke camp and continued toward the summit with Brown and White. In Konoha, Senju Toka began a clan meeting, and the Second Elder urged her to decide routine matters herself and bring them only the issues needing help.

• Uka Senju and his companions packed their gear, and Uka carried Brown and White inside his armor as they traveled toward the summit.
• Uka Senju used Wood Release to help the group descend from the cliff, and they resumed moving through the forest in formation.
• Senju Chiharu told Senju Toka that the Second Elder, Mito Uzumaki, Senju Fukei, and Senju Yumi had arrived for the meeting.
• Senju Toka took her seat as clan head and said she had called the meeting to seek advice on several matters.
• The Second Elder stopped Senju Fukei from reporting and told Senju Toka to handle matters she could decide herself, since his health could not endure a full day of meetings.

Senju Toka’s clan meeting focused on the Sarutobi’s growing forces and the resources they had gained in the Land of Grass. The meeting ended with the Second Elder reviewing Toka’s plans as Senju Fukei reported that Shimura Danzō was also building bases and taking control of people and spoils there.

• Senju Fukei reported that the Senju had located most of the Sarutobi’s bases and estimated that the Sarutobi intended to train around seventy thousand people.
• The Second Elder asked about the Sarutobi’s funding and the reliability of the estimate, and Toka explained the plans made at the previous meeting.
• Senju Fukei confirmed that the Sarutobi and three other clans had sold most of their assets, and said the seventy-thousand estimate was about eighty percent accurate.
• The Second Elder urged Toka to prepare for at least a hundred thousand shinobi, while Toka explained the limits imposed by personnel and training resources and handed him a document.
• Senju Fukei reported that Shimura Danzō was building bases in the Land of Grass, gathering children, and had taken over around twenty thousand people screened out by the Sarutobi and their allies.
• Senju Fukei added that the Sarutobi’s spoils were estimated at twenty-five billion, with several billion more in goods left behind that Danzō had taken over.

Senju Toka and the elders debated how to respond to opposition from smaller clans and countries, while also deciding how many people the Senju should train. They agreed to eliminate those who challenged them and use Miko to establish a country that could claim the spoils, then ordered the First Elder to prepare and Mito Uzumaki to invite Miko to Konoha.

• Senju Fukei reported that small clans and foreign leaders were dissatisfied with the Senju and might join forces, while the First Elder requested guidance on whether to eliminate them.
• The Sixth Elder suggested killing everyone who showed opposition and training around a hundred thousand people to outspend the Sarutobi.
• Mito Uzumaki argued that the Senju could use Miko to establish a country and claim land and wealth they could not occupy themselves.
• Senju Toka approved Mito's proposal, ordered Senju Hōkei to send the decisions to the First Elder, and told Mito to invite Miko to Konoha for discussions.

The Senju debated how to match the Sarutobi’s growing forces without losing control of their own recruits. The Second Elder proposed training up to one hundred thousand people in six batches and using attrition battles to conceal the Senju’s real strength.

• Senju Hōkei accepted Senju Toka’s order and began writing a scroll while Mito Uzumaki agreed to cooperate.
• Mito warned that endlessly increasing their forces would risk exposure, strained resources, and uncertain loyalties.
• The Second Elder proposed planning for one hundred thousand recruits across six batches, training each batch to its available capacity.
• He advised deploying the recruits publicly after training, fighting attrition battles against the Sarutobi, and secretly hiding those who became Jonin.
• The Second Elder planned to use battlefield losses, intelligence leaks, and the village’s internal forces to keep the Sarutobi’s numbers near the Senju’s while concealing the Senju’s true strength.

Senju Toka revised the clan’s plan for controlling its bases and ordered preparations for new Cursed Seals, supplies, and intelligence gathering. The elders also reviewed progress on Tobirama’s jutsu, with the Flying Thunder God Technique still out of reach and research on Impure World Reincarnation barely underway.

• The Second Elder proposed using batches based on each base’s capacity and creating lethal Cursed Seals to control Jonin, prompting Senju Toka to revise the plan.
• Senju Toka ordered Mito Uzumaki to develop three Cursed Seals: one to control the brain and mouth, one to injure without killing, and one that killed quickly.
• Senju Toka instructed the Sixth Elder and Senju Fukei to supervise the bases, calculate supply needs, and locate every Sarutobi faction base.
• Senju Toka told the Sixth Elder to invite other clan heads to the Senju Clan Compound the following afternoon, then asked the Second Elder to oversee the plan and consult neutral parties before targeting the first batch.
• Mito Uzumaki reported that over twenty people had learned the first four gates of the Eight Gates Released Formation, a triplet was practicing the Flying Thunder God Formation, and research on the Flying Thunder God Technique and Impure World Reincarnation remained limited.

Mito Uzumaki and the Second Elder discussed the Senju’s forbidden techniques and the Land of Whirlpools’ refusal to join Konoha. Senju Toka reported that Uka’s training was progressing quickly, prompting Mito to prepare to protect him as he grew stronger.

• The Second Elder learned that the Senju had made no progress on the technique meant to bring their dead clansmen back.
• Mito Uzumaki told the Second Elder that the Land of Whirlpools’ leaders, including Yūya Uzumaki, remained unwilling to abandon their homeland or join Konoha.
• The Second Elder asked about Uka’s training, and Senju Toka reported that he and the other trainees had reached the latter half of the second stage.
• Mito Uzumaki said she could still fight to protect Uka and expected the Senju to master the Flying Thunder God Formation by the second half of the year.
• Mito Uzumaki recommended finding another Uzumaki as a reserve, since Adamantine Sealing Chains could suppress Tailed Beasts.

Mito Uzumaki secured the Senju's promise to let her choose the next jinchūriki, and Senju Toka later sent her disciple Senju Chiharu to the southern battlefield. As Chiharu prepared to leave, she realized her feelings about Uka were the reason she had wanted to see him before departing.

• Mito Uzumaki explained her plans for the next jinchūriki, and Senju Toka promised that the Senju would honor her wishes and uphold their bond with the Uzumaki.
• The three discussed the clan's other talents before ending their meeting, and Senju Toka returned to her office to prepare for talks with allied clan leaders.
• Senju Toka ordered Senju Chiharu to leave for the southern battlefield and report to the First Elder, and Chiharu accepted the transfer.
• Chiharu distributed the files, reported her departure, and began packing her armor and supplies at home.
• Chiharu remembered the item Uka had given her as she prepared to leave.

Senju Chiharu packed her savings and wrote a letter for someone far away, while Uka Senju and his teammates prepared to attack a guarded residence on a time-limited mission. Uka launched Deep Forest Emergence, and the target realized the attackers were likely ninja.

• Senju Chiharu retrieved a ninjutsu scroll, thought about someone away on a mission, and counted out a million from her savings before writing a letter to be read more than twenty days later.
• Uka Senju chose a head-on attack with Deep Forest Emergence because the target’s group would soon meet another squad, and he wanted to gather energy from its members.
• Uka Senju, Aburame Kaun, Inuzuka Furin, and the ninja dog Brown and White entered town disguised as marketgoers and took positions outside the target’s residence.
• Aburame Kaun set his insects to watch, while Inuzuka Furin used Beast-Man Clone and Four Legs Technique with Brown and White.
• Uka Senju activated Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, causing plants to erupt inside the residence and attack its occupants.
• A middle-aged guard warned the target and his three protectors of the enemy attack, and the target suspected they faced ninja rather than samurai.

Uka Senju and his teammates attacked a residence, where a Jonin recognized Uka’s Wood Release and tried to flee with their employer. Uka killed the employer and the fleeing Genin while Furin and Kaun confronted the enemy team, leaving the Jonin’s clash with Furin unresolved.

• The enemy Jonin saw Uka’s Wood Release spreading through the residence and used Earth Release to collapse the main house and open an escape route.
• The Jonin ordered Inoshita to carry the employer and led his team away from Uka, hoping to reach reinforcements.
• Uka sensed the fleeing group’s positions, told his teammates their numbers and direction, and followed them through the trees with Furin and Kaun.
• The Jonin assigned Kawado to fight Kaun and charged Furin with his two remaining students, while Uka supported Furin and attacked the group left behind.
• Uka killed the employer and both Genin, then cleared the residence of every other living person.

Uka Senju, Inuzuka Furin, and Aburame Kaun defeated the enemy team, including a fleeing Jonin, and began preparing for the next threat. Uka ordered a brief battlefield cleanup before the team withdrew to set traps for the reinforcements.

• Uka Senju and Inuzuka Furin pursued the wounded Jonin after he abandoned his teammate and fled.
• Uka Senju blocked the Jonin's escape while Inuzuka Furin attacked from the flank, and they killed him after a prolonged fight.
• Aburame Kaun joined Uka Senju and Inuzuka Furin after finishing off the young Chunin and asked whether they should leave or loot the battlefield.
• Uka Senju allowed ten minutes to loot and clean up, then ordered the team to withdraw and prepare a battlefield for the approaching enemy team.
• Aburame Kaun took Brown and White to search for loot while Uka Senju and Inuzuka Furin rested.

After defeating their opponent, Uka Senju, Inuzuka Furin, and Aburame Kaun rested in a trapped forest cave and reviewed their gains. They discovered that the wagons had concealed ninja supplies, suggesting their cleanup mission involved a much bigger problem than they had thought.

• Uka Senju and his companions finished gathering valuables, traveled to a forest, and set traps around their campsite.
• Brown and White argued with Aburame Kaun over counting their share of the recovered money while Inuzuka Furin prepared dinner.
• Uka Senju checked his system panel, noting that his Taijutsu had improved after fighting a Jonin and that he had accumulated nearly a hundred thousand energy on recent missions.
• Aburame Kaun found that the recovered scrolls contained four weapon scrolls, three Military Rations Pill scrolls, and two ninja supply scrolls alongside decoy grain scrolls.
• Aburame Kaun told Uka Senju and Inuzuka Furin that the hidden supplies revealed a serious problem with their mission.

A four-person ninja team led by Jonin Nobe arrived at the ruined Inoue mansion to investigate its destruction and search for a missing shipment and a valuable target. After Nobe’s subordinates found severed heads, he became confident that the mission could bring him a fortune.

• A frightened town attendant told the arriving ninja that plants had erupted during a fight at the Inoue mansion before the violence abruptly stopped.
• The girl killed the attendant with a senbon after disliking his expression, then asked Nobe whether she should question administrator Kirō.
• Nobe declined to question Kirō and ordered two subordinates to search the mansion for the shipment, plants, and clues.
• The two subordinates returned with severed heads and reported their findings to Nobe.
• Nobe concluded that the valuable head could earn him more than a hundred million and began planning to claim the bounty.

Jonin Nobe’s squad searched for the Wood Release users while Nobe promised his subordinates and Miharu Kaori shares of the bounty. The searchers followed their trail, and Nobe set off after them with Kaori, leaving the team pursuing its targets.

• Jonin Nobe ordered Hirose Un and Ima Narimasa to use their sensory techniques to track the opponents, promising each a tenth of the bounty and Miharu Kaori one and a half tenths.
• Hirose Un used his heightened sense of smell to follow a scent from a branch, while Ima Narimasa tracked signs of the targets’ resting places, including spots concealed with Wood Release.
• Miharu Kaori grew enthusiastic at the prospect of earning fifteen million ryo and worked harder to please Nobe.
• Nobe ended the delay, told Kaori to get ready, and vanished to catch up with Hirose Un and Ima Narimasa.
• Kaori realized she had exerted herself before the bounty was secured, complained about her aching throat, and dressed for the mission.

Uka Senju, Inuzuka Furin, and Aburame Kaun discovered that their mission involved secretly transporting weapons and was likely a trap tied to the Sarutobi side. They chose to strengthen their preparations and wait for the enemy in their mountain hideout.

• After leaving the battlefield, the armored woman attacked people watching from nearby houses before pursuing the others.
• Two masked operatives emerged after the group left; the red-masked man confirmed their preparations were complete, and the green-masked captain ordered him to go.
• Earlier, Aburame Kaun showed Uka Senju and Inuzuka Furin scrolls revealing the mission’s hidden weapons shipment, while Brown and White barked for attention.
• Uka, Furin, and Kaun concluded the shipment implicated the Sarutobi side and that their mission had become a trap.
• Uka decided they should expand their battlefield preparations and prepare an escape route, and Furin and Kaun agreed to wait and fight.

Uka Senju organized his team’s preparations for the expected enemy pursuit, setting traps with Aburame Kaun while Inuzuka Furin cooked and rested. After the team ate and recovered, they concealed themselves in a tree to ambush the approaching enemies.

• Uka Senju estimated the enemy’s arrival time and assigned Furin to prepare dinner while he and Kaun laid traps and planned escape routes.
• Furin prepared a quick meal, then rested with her Ninja Dog while Uka and Kaun filled the surrounding area with visible and concealed traps.
• Uka and Kaun returned to the cave, where Furin served dinner and Uka took watch as the others rested.
• At 19:13, Uka, Furin, and Kaun woke, packed their supplies, and prepared to lie in ambush.
• Uka restored the cave with Wood Release, then concealed the team inside a tree on high ground, where they took turns keeping watch.

Jonin Nobe’s group triggered a trap at the foot of the mountain and realized their bounty target was likely nearby. Uka Senju’s team scouted the four pursuers and identified a dangerous lineup before preparing to keep them inside the trap zone.

• Jonin Nobe and Miharu Kaori emerged after two of their teammates escaped a trap, then took pills to recover and prepare to hunt the bounty target on the mountain.
• Uka Senju sensed four pursuers, including a possible elite jonin, and told Aburame Kaun to investigate them while Inuzuka Furin kept watch with Brown and White.
• Aburame Kaun sent his insects toward the pursuers as Uka Senju’s team moved closer and hid about a hundred meters away.
• Uka Senju’s team observed the two young men meditating, Jonin Nobe fondling Miharu Kaori, and Miharu Kaori coating her weapons with liquid.

Uka Senju and Aburame Kaun launched a coordinated attack on Nobe and his three companions after scouting their positions. The chapter ended as Uka’s wooden spears erupted beneath the enemy while Kaun’s insect tornado descended from above.

• Uka Senju ordered Aburame Kaun to probe the enemy and retreat while Uka and Inuzuka Furin moved into position.
• Kaun summoned nearby insects, alerting the enemy group, and Nobe sensed the attackers’ locations.
• Nobe told his two recovering subordinates to resume molding chakra while Miharu Kaori prepared for combat.
• Uka saw the enemy refuse to chase and signaled Kaun to begin a stronger attack.
• Kaun sent an insect tornado down on the enemy as Uka unleashed Wood Release: Ten Thousand Forest Spears from below.

Jonin Nobe led his team through Aburame Kaun’s insect tornado rather than risk using the Substitution Technique, then guided them to evade Uka Senju’s rising wooden spears. Aburame Kaun successfully gathered information from the enemies’ chakra and blood, but Uka noticed they had escaped the Wood Release attack by running along the spears.

• Inuzuka Furin prepared to attack as an insect tornado surrounded Jonin Nobe and his subordinates.
• Jonin Nobe sensed Uka Senju’s wide-area Wood Release and ordered his team to charge west instead of using the Substitution Technique.
• Jonin Nobe cut through the insect tornado, and all four enemies escaped its range.
• The four enemies ran along the rising wooden spears to evade Uka Senju’s attack.
• Aburame Kaun connected with his insects to analyze the enemies’ chakra and blood, then signaled that their intelligence-gathering plan had succeeded.
• Uka Senju noticed that the enemies had avoided his attack by stepping onto the wooden spears.

Uka Senju’s Wood Release trap injured Ima Narimasa as Nobe’s team tried to escape the rising barbs. After the team treated Ima, Nobe and San Rika went to drive away the bugs while Hirose Un stayed behind to heal him.

• Uka Senju grew barbs from the wooden spears, and Nobe and San Rika raised earthen walls to shield the team.
• Hirose Un escaped the barbs, but Ima Narimasa impaled his foot on a wooden spike and fell to the ground.
• Nobe ordered the team to remove the bugs from their bodies and sent Hirose Un to examine Ima’s injuries.
• San Rika and Hirose Un restrained Ima while Hirose Un stopped the bleeding and began healing his foot.
• Nobe told Hirose Un to stay with Ima while he and San Rika went to drive away the bugs.

Uka Senju, Inuzuka Furin, and Aburame Kaun learned the enemy team’s strengths and chose to weaken them with traps and repeated attacks before fighting. Nobe and San Rika pursued them, and the chapter ended as Nobe dodged Uka’s Water Bullet Barrage.

• Nobe ordered San Rika to prepare a poisoned kunai while Hirose Un treated Ima Narimasa, then Nobe and San Rika set off after the enemy.
• Aburame Kaun finished analyzing the four opponents and shared their ranks, physical condition, and combat specialties with Uka Senju and Inuzuka Furin.
• Uka Senju chose to lead the approaching elite jonin and special jonin through traps rather than engage them directly.
• Uka Senju, Inuzuka Furin, and Aburame Kaun attacked the pursuers with Water Release: Water Bullet Barrage, Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, and Secret Technique: Insect Sickle before retreating at a controlled pace.
• Nobe and San Rika encountered the trio’s attacks; Nobe dodged Uka’s water projectiles rather than defending against them.