Chapter Summaries

Mito persuaded Hashirama to consider matching Biwako with Tsubasa, then Hashirama trained Tsubasa in Senju Taijutsu. Tsubasa quickly learned to build momentum and endured Hashirama’s counterattack, impressing his Master and alarming Biwako.

• Mito told Hashirama she wanted Biwako to marry Tsubasa, and Hashirama agreed to let her handle the match if Biwako consented.
• Hashirama praised Tsubasa for awakening Wood Release and set his daily training routine, while Biwako learned the news with surprise.
• Hashirama taught Tsubasa the Senju Clan’s basic boxing and explained how to control breathing, rhythm, and momentum in combat.
• Tsubasa attacked Hashirama, calmed himself under pressure, and began building momentum instead of striking blindly.
• Hashirama exposed an opening and kicked Tsubasa into a tree, but Tsubasa quickly stood up and charged again, prompting Hashirama to praise his talent.

Hashirama Senju put Tsubasa through a brutal day of combat training, testing the limits of his Perfect Sage Body and demanding that he become the next God of Shinobi within three years. After building his Chakra reserves to Chunin level, Tsubasa discovered that Natural Energy could restore cells damaged by Chakra extraction and began exploring how to control Chakra circulation.

• Tsubasa repeatedly charged Hashirama Senju, who knocked him flying while Tsubasa's Perfect Sage Body healed his injuries.
• Hashirama Senju trained Tsubasa from morning until night, and Tsubasa fought on until he collapsed from exhaustion.
• Biwako carried Tsubasa to a medicinal bath, where Mito Uzumaki, Mei'er, and Biwako helped him wash before the family shared dinner.
• Tsubasa extracted 9,999 Chakra Fruits and reached Chunin-level reserves, then asked Hashirama Senju about cell damage and the risks of circulating Chakra through the meridians.
• Tsubasa used Natural Energy to revive damaged cells, then practiced guiding Chakra through his earth, water, and wood meridians before falling asleep.

Tsubasa learned basic Ninjutsu and Taijutsu under Hashirama’s guidance, then discovered that his water- and earth-attuned meridians let him cultivate unusually powerful techniques and absorb Natural Energy. He began refining that energy into Spiritual Qi through two methods and devoted himself to growing stronger.

• Tsubasa learned Energy Bullet, the Clone Technique, the Substitution Technique, and the Transformation Technique from Biwako, mastering them quickly and discovering he could use Energy Bullet without Hand Seals.
• Hashirama trained Tsubasa in Taijutsu, and Tsubasa gradually improved by combining his new Ninjutsu with their sparring.
• Tsubasa found that Chakra flowed smoothly through his water- and earth-attribute meridians but ran wild through his forcibly opened wood-attribute meridians, so he focused on water and earth techniques.
• Tsubasa explained his meridian differences to Hashirama, who advised him to prioritize water and earth attributes and use the others only for support.
• Tsubasa discovered that water- and earth-attribute Chakra could absorb Natural Energy, which he named Spiritual Qi, and found that spiritual power helped him absorb it more than twice as quickly.
• Tsubasa began strengthening Spiritual Qi by having it devour Chakra refined through the Senju Pure Yang Art and by circulating it to absorb more Natural Energy.

Hashirama Senju held an election for the Second Hokage, and Tobirama Senju won by an overwhelming margin. After taking office, Tobirama announced mixed-clan ninja squads to foster trust, while Uchiha Setsuna and Tennin Hyuga resented the result.

• Hashirama Senju nominated Uchiha Setsuna and Tennin Hyuga, but both candidates faced opposition from the assembled Elite Jonin.
• Hashirama Senju nominated Tobirama Senju, who won the vote and accepted the Hokage hat.
• Hashirama Senju announced Tobirama Senju as the Second Hokage, while Uchiha Setsuna and Tennin Hyuga reacted with resentment.
• Hashirama Senju warned Uchiha Setsuna and Tennin Hyuga against acting rashly and urged the clans to avoid conflict.
• Tobirama Senju announced that ninja would serve in squads made up of members from different clans or the civilian population.

After Tsubasa endured Hashirama Senju’s increasingly demanding training, Tobirama Senju began teaching him politics, strategy, and the Senju Clan’s hidden structure. Tsubasa accepted his new responsibilities and received books to study, though he privately wished to focus on cultivating immortality.

• Tsubasa fought off Hashirama Senju’s wood humans and techniques until Hashirama bound him and praised his combat ability.
• Hashirama introduced Tobirama Senju, who offered to teach Tsubasa politics, battlefield strategy, and management.
• Tobirama warned that Hashirama’s eventual death could trigger a world war and explained the abilities Tsubasa would need as a future Senju Clan head.
• Tobirama taught Tsubasa about political power, the balance between the Land of Fire and Konoha, and rival factions within the village.
• Tobirama explained how the Senju had divided into branch clans to preserve their bloodline, gather information, and build influence, then gave Tsubasa books to study.

Konoha's clans grew alarmed by the mysterious boy beside Tobirama Senju and identified him as Tsubasa, the recovered child known as the “Gold-Swallowing Beast.” Several clans began plotting to kill him while Tsubasa continued his training, unaware that danger was closing in.

• Rumors about the boy in the Hokage's office spread through Konoha, and clan leaders tried to discover his origins.
• Uchiha Tomioki rejected Uchiha Setsuna's call to kill the child immediately and decided Uchiha Sakai would challenge him instead.
• Tennin Hyuga ordered four Branch Family shinobi to watch the boy and kill him if they got the chance.
• Sarutobi, Shimura, Nara, and allied clan leaders suspected the boy was Tsubasa and planned to test him before arranging an assassination.
• Tsubasa continued his daily training and studies, unaware that dozens of clans were plotting against him.

As Tsubasa prepared to attend the Ninja Academy graduation ceremony, Tobirama Senju explained a plan to lure Konoha’s hostile clans into attacking him and punish the perpetrators. Hashirama Senju reluctantly approved, leaving Tsubasa set to appear weak as bait for the planned crackdown.

• Biwako eagerly urged Tsubasa to hurry so they could attend the Ninja Academy graduation ceremony together.
• Tobirama Senju revealed that hostile clans were watching Tsubasa and that he had assigned eight Elite Jonin to protect him.
• Tsubasa argued that Konoha’s clans remained hostile beneath the surface peace and that decisive punishment could prevent attacks on other clans’ geniuses.
• Tobirama Senju proposed having Tsubasa lose to a graduate, then lure assassins into attacking him so Tobirama could eliminate them and target culpable clans.
• Hashirama Senju agreed to the plan after insisting that Tobirama exercise restraint.

Konoha's first Academy graduation brought Biwako and her brother Tsubasa into the spotlight, and Kagami Uchiha challenged him to a spar after the team assignments. Meanwhile, Sasuke Sarutobi and Dansuke Shimura discussed a hidden suicide squad and their plans against rival clans as they headed to the ceremony.

• Biwako brought Tsubasa to graduation, where classmates and other attendees admired him and questioned whether he was as strong as she claimed.
• Biwako's classmates Eijō Yuhi and Tora Inuzuka hoped to be assigned to her team, while Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed Tsubasa and offered to help him.
• Kagami Uchiha challenged Tsubasa to a spar, and Biwako objected because Kagami was older, but Tsubasa agreed to fight after the team assignments.
• Sasuke Sarutobi and Dansuke Shimura discussed keeping Kazuo Yamamoto and Kazuo Shinozuka's suicide squad nearby and targeting other clans if the team assignments went against them.
• Sasuke warned Dansuke not to provoke the Uchiha while the Senju conflict remained unresolved, then the two men went to the assembly hall for the ceremony.

Tobirama Senju announced that six graduates would become his personal disciples after passing Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Taijutsu exams. The first two exams eliminated many students, and the grueling Taijutsu test began with the final candidates still competing.

• Tobirama Senju announced the three elimination exams and said he would select six personal disciples from the graduates.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō passed the Ninjutsu exam by performing the Three Basic Techniques successfully.
• Biwako and Kagami Uchiha overcame their fears and escaped Reiko Kurama’s Genjutsu, while more than half of the examinees were eliminated.
• Uchiha Tomioki began the Taijutsu exam, sending the remaining students through dangerous obstacle courses where falls meant elimination.

The Ninja Academy students endured a Taijutsu exam of punishing obstacle courses, and only thirty of them passed. Tobirama Senju then began a tournament to choose six disciples, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi and Hidemune Hatake facing off in the first arena.

• Tora Inuzuka led the weighted sprint and thorn maze but was eliminated during the underwater challenge.
• Kagami Uchiha navigated the obstacles skillfully, while Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu cleared the course through careful planning.
• Uchiha Tomioki announced the results, with Kagami Uchiha first, Hiruzen Sarutobi second, and Shimura Danzō sixth among the thirty who passed.
• Tobirama Senju announced that the thirty qualifiers would compete in elimination matches for six places as his disciples.
• Shimura Danzō challenged the opponent who drew number four, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Hidemune Hatake prepared to fight in arena one.

The Ninja Academy’s first graduation ranking battle continued with elimination matches between the final thirty students. Hiruzen Sarutobi defeated Hidemune Hatake and advanced, then Torifu Akimichi beat Nozomi Sato.

• Hidemune Hatake attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi with his Wind and Lightning Ninja Sword Technique, but Hiruzen countered with multiple elemental releases.
• Hidemune used Gale Lightning Prison Slash against Hiruzen’s Five Dragon Whirlwind Bullet, and Hiruzen narrowly won after both fighters were left exhausted.
• Hidemune accepted defeat, and Hiruzen advanced to the next round.
• Nozomi Sato trapped Torifu Akimichi in a rock prison, but Torifu broke free using the Secret Multi-Size Technique.
• Nozomi struck at Torifu’s weak point with an Earth Dragon Bullet, but Torifu crushed her rock spear and pinned her to win the match.

Tsubasa cheered for Biwako while clan heads secretly discussed him and ordered a squad to watch for a chance to kill him. Mitakado Homura and Shimura Danzō won their matches against Kai Yamazaki and Tōya Hyuga.

• Dansuke Shimura, Sasuke Sarutobi, and Chozan Akimichi discussed Tsubasa's mysterious lack of Chakra and agreed to treat him as a threat.
• Sasuke Sarutobi ordered Dansuke Shimura to have Yamamoto's suicide squad watch Tsubasa and kill him if an opportunity arose.
• Mitakado Homura used Water Release techniques to exhaust Kai Yamazaki and defeat him with the Water Dragon Biting Explosion Technique.
• Shimura Danzō and Tōya Hyuga fought with Wind Release and Gentle Fist techniques until both were knocked down by their final clash.
• Shimura Danzō stood up first, and the referee declared him the winner.

Kagami Uchiha defeated Biwako in a fierce tournament match, leaving her injured but alive after the medical-nin treated her. Tobirama Senju announced a two-hour rest before the final battle, with the top fifteen contestants decided.

• Utatane Gōgun conceded to Utatane Koharu, while the other arenas announced their winners.
• Kagami Uchiha and Biwako exchanged powerful Ninjutsu attacks, and both were injured as their battle intensified.
• Kagami Uchiha unleashed Great Dragon Fire Lightning Explosion, but Biwako resisted with Earth Release: Super Earth Rock Shield Technique and recovered using advanced Medical Ninjutsu.
• Biwako's Water Release clashed with Kagami's fire-and-lightning dragon, and Kagami struck her with a sword of lightning to win the match.
• Tsubasa rushed to Biwako, then learned she was alive; Biwako teased him and explained she had fought to protect him.
• Tobirama Senju announced a two-hour break after the tournament's top fifteen contestants were determined.

The final round of the Ninja Academy tournament began, with Shimura Danzō, Kagami Uchiha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi winning their opening matches. The remaining fights continued in the other arenas.

• Tobirama Senju had the fifteen students draw lots; Utatane Koharu drew a zero and advanced directly to the next round.
• Shimura Danzō defeated Aoki Kawa in Arena One by using Wind Release to overwhelm his hidden weapons.
• Kagami Uchiha narrowly defeated Zeya Hyuga in a brutal fight, leaving both fighters severely injured.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi defeated Muranzi with a fast sequence of elemental ninjutsu, earning praise from Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Tomioki.

Torifu Akimichi, Mitokado Homura, and Kyūgen Aburame won their matches through resilience, tactical insight, and insect techniques. Nannen Uchiha defeated Koboku Ito with his Sharingan and powerful Fire Style, leaving Koboku badly injured as the tournament’s battles concluded.

• Torifu Akimichi endured Hakukei Gekko’s hidden-blade attacks, seized him, and knocked him unconscious before collapsing from blood loss.
• Mitokado Homura broke Mokubon Kurama’s Genjutsu and defeated him with Water Release.
• Kyūgen Aburame used his insects to weaken Tai Chiba’s Lightning Release and overwhelm him.
• Nannen Uchiha pinned Koboku Ito with Kunai and defeated him with a powerful Fire Style attack after reading his movements with the Sharingan.
• A doctor treated Koboku Ito’s severe burns while the spectators and clan representatives reacted to the conclusion of the fights.

A coordinated group of twenty-eight killers ambushed Tsubasa, but Tobirama Senju arrived and slaughtered them with forbidden techniques. Tobirama then ordered the Senju to use the assassination attempt as justification to destroy three suspected clans, while Tsubasa questioned the cost of that retaliation.

• A black-clad leader learned that Tsubasa was traveling toward the Senju Compound and ordered his force to attack him.
• Tsubasa sensed the ambush, and the killers launched a barrage of poisoned projectiles as four Senju Jonin rushed to defend him.
• A Senju team sealed the grove with the Four Violet Flames Formation, and Orochi Senju killed two attackers while Tsubasa evaded the assault.
• Tobirama Senju arrived using the Flying Thunder God Technique, cast Bringer-of-Darkness, and killed the attackers as they tried to flee.
• Tobirama ordered Orochi Squad to seal the corpses and told Tsubasa that the Senju would use the attack to destroy three suspected clans.
• Tsubasa asked whether the Senju had to kill the clans' elderly and weak, and Tobirama told him a clan leader must not show compassion.

Kazuo Shinozuka and Kazuo Yamamoto ordered an ambush on the Gold-Swallowing Beast, but Squad One was wiped out by the Senju Clan. At Konoha Hospital, Tsubasa reunited with his mother and aunts, and Biwako accidentally admitted that she liked him.

• Kazuo Yamamoto approved Squad One's attempt to kill the Gold-Swallowing Beast, while Kazuo Shinozuka urged them to eliminate the Senju men.
• A messenger reported that Squad One had been wiped out in a Senju ambush, so Kazuo Yamamoto ordered the remaining squads to withdraw and erase their tracks.
• Tobirama Senju ordered the doctors to treat the injured students in time for the next day's class assignment ceremony.
• Tsubasa comforted the recovering Biwako, who apologized for costing him the finals and praised Kagami Uchiha's skill.
• Senju Ga and Tsubasa's paternal aunts visited him at the hospital, then warmly welcomed Biwako.
• Dō Senju teased Biwako about whether she liked Tsubasa, and Biwako blurted out that she did.

Tsubasa’s mothers tried to arrange an engagement between him and Biwako, but she rejected his plan to marry seven wives and broke down when he confirmed it was his own choice. After his mothers left the hospital, Tsubasa stayed behind to comfort her.

• In Senju asked Biwako to marry Tsubasa, and Biwako agreed in a daze.
• Dō Senju proposed discussing an engagement with Biwako’s family, but Tsubasa warned that he intended to marry seven wives.
• Dō Senju and the other mothers argued over which household should receive Tsubasa’s first wife, while Biwako declared that Tsubasa could only marry her.
• Tsubasa confirmed that marrying seven wives was his own decision, and Biwako wept and demanded to be left alone.
• Tsubasa told his mothers to stop rushing to find him a wife, then stayed at the hospital to explain things to Biwako as they went home.

Tsubasa explained to Biwako how his family’s losses and sacrifices led him to promise seven marriages to continue its bloodlines, and Biwako offered to bear seven children before insisting he marry only her. Meanwhile, Konoha’s clan leaders feared Tobirama’s retaliation after a failed assassination plot, and Shikaboshi urged vulnerable clans to send their gifted young disciples away.

• Tsubasa told Biwako how his uncles died in battle, his aunts became the Senju Ghosts, and his family spent its savings caring for him until he recovered.
• Tsubasa explained that he decided to marry seven wives to continue his family’s lines, and Biwako proposed having seven children for the aunts to adopt.
• Biwako agreed to be Tsubasa’s wife but warned him that he could marry only her, then asked what had happened during his mission with Tobirama.
• Kazuo Shinozuka and Kazuo Yamamoto blamed Tobirama for the loss of their special operations team and called for revenge, while Dansuke Shimura and Sasuke Sarutobi feared Senju retaliation.
• Shikaboshi Nara warned the leaders that Tobirama might target their clans, and Kazuo Shinozuka admitted his clansmen had killed four Senju ninja on missions.
• Shikaboshi rejected a direct fight with the Senju and advised any clans at risk of exposure to send their gifted young disciples out of Konoha.

The clan leaders debated how to respond after an assassination attempt on the Gold-Swallowing Beast, with most rejecting a direct confrontation and Shikaboshi Nara urging unity and caution. After Tennin Hyuga reported the plot to Tobirama Senju, Tobirama inferred that more clans were involved and prepared to warn them.

• Momiji Yamanaka, Chozan Akimichi, Natsuki Gekko, and other clan leaders voiced their positions, with most favoring caution and several refusing to fight the Senju Clan directly.
• Hiroto Mito offered to use her clan's ties to sound out Tobirama Senju, while Shigen Koharu criticized the other leaders and warned them to protect their own clans.
• Shikaboshi Nara called on the clans to strengthen their defenses, watch the Senju Clan, and wait for the right moment, while Sasuke Sarutobi ordered the Shinozuka Family to leave the village.
• Tennin Hyuga learned that leaders of the Yamamoto and Shinozuka Clans had led the failed assassination attempt and sent the news to Tobirama Senju.
• Tobirama Senju received the report and concluded that the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Ino-Shika-Cho Clans were likely involved, then resolved to give them a warning.