Recaps

Kenya used Armament Haki and overwhelming physical strength to destroy Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword and giant snake summon with one punch. Orochimaru survived but emerged from the wreckage with his neck tilted to the left.

• Orochimaru sent his giant snake to crush Kenya and Haku’s fishing boat.
• Kenya used Soru to dodge the snake and appeared above Orochimaru with an Armament Haki-coated fist.
• Orochimaru drew the Kusanagi Sword to block Kenya’s punch, but Kenya knocked the sword away and shattered the giant snake with the blow.
• Kenya landed on the fishing boat and called out to Orochimaru, who crawled from the snake’s remains with his neck tilted to the left.

Kenya overwhelmed Orochimaru on the rocky shore, swinging him into the rocks despite Orochimaru shedding his skin and summoning venomous snakes. As Orochimaru neared defeat, he used Earth Release: Golden Cicada Shell Shedding to escape.

• Orochimaru shed his skin to heal, but Kenya’s lingering power still weighed down his body.
• Kenya grabbed Orochimaru by his snake tail and slammed him back and forth into the rocky shore.
• Orochimaru summoned thousands of venomous snakes, but Kenya’s strength and Armament Haki destroyed them before they could reach him.
• Orochimaru was badly injured and, fearing his body would be crushed, used Earth Release: Golden Cicada Shell Shedding.

Kenya drove Orochimaru off and claimed his submarine, along with its mobile laboratory and supplies, for the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce. Orochimaru recovered at a secret base and vowed revenge while Kenya’s haul was unloaded on the deserted island.

• Kenya defeated Orochimaru’s Earth Clone, but Orochimaru escaped underground rather than face him further.
• Kato Yosuke arrived with guards, and Kenya sent them to salvage the submarine Orochimaru had abandoned.
• Haku and the guards discovered advanced research equipment, medicinal ingredients, and poison samples aboard the submarine.
• Kenya ordered the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce to keep the equipment and use it to establish an infirmary on the deserted island.
• Orochimaru nursed his injuries at a secret base and swore to make Kenya pay for taking his ship and laboratory.
• A notification suddenly sounded in Kenya’s mind as he supervised the unloading.

Kenya’s fusion with the Iron Fist Garp Template reached 50%, transforming his body into an exceptionally hard and regenerative physique. After testing his strength by smashing through a reef unharmed, he received urgent intelligence that made him eager to find Tsunade.

• The system announced that Kenya’s repeated beatdowns had increased his Iron Fist Garp Template fusion to 50%.
• Kenya endured a powerful bodily transformation, then went to a deserted island to examine his enhanced physique.
• Kenya leaped from a thousand-meter cliff without using Haki or Geppo and shattered a reef with no injury.
• Kenya caught a lobster whose claw broke against his arm, then returned to the cliff and grilled it for a meal.
• A messenger hawk delivered an urgent letter, and Kenya burned it after reading it, pleased that he had found a lead on Tsunade.

Senju Kenya arrived at a Tanzaku Town casino with a chest full of money and offered it to Tsunade, calling her his aunt. Tsunade recognized the pipe he carried and asked what he had called her.

• Tsunade lost another round and demanded a million ryo more, but the dealer refused her further credit.
• Kenya kicked open the casino doors, carried in a heavy chest, and revealed it was packed with gold coins and banknotes.
• Kenya tossed gold coins onto the table and told Tsunade to gamble as much of his money as she wanted.
• Shizune failed to recognize Kenya, while Tsunade studied his face and noticed the white jade pipe between his teeth.
• Tsunade recognized the pipe as resembling Hiruzen Sarutobi's treasured one and asked Kenya what he had called her.

Senju Kenya revealed himself to Tsunade, who doubted his identity and attacked him. He stopped her kick with one hand and overpowered her, leaving Tsunade curious and beginning to believe he was truly her nephew.

• Kenya introduced himself to Tsunade as Senju Kenya, a former Konoha Genin and the owner of the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce.
• Tsunade suspected Kenya was an impostor and launched a Heavenly Foot of Pain at him.
• Kenya caught Tsunade's kick in one hand and stopped its force without damaging the casino.
• Kenya gripped Tsunade's ankle and overpowered her, convincing her that his physical strength was genuine.
• Kenya repeated that he was a Senju Clan orphan, and Tsunade recognized hints of the boy she remembered.

Kenya confronted Tsunade about abandoning the Senju and revealed his wealth and plans to build an overseas empire for the clan. Tsunade was stirred by his ambition, and she seemed close to agreeing to leave with him.

• Kenya met Tsunade and Shizune at an izakaya and asked Tsunade why she had abandoned Konoha and the Senju.
• Tsunade mourned the clan's decline and said she wanted to avoid politics and live peacefully.
• Kenya told Tsunade that Danzo had targeted him for experiments and accused Konoha's leaders of sacrificing the Senju.
• Kenya showed Tsunade the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce's ledger and plans for his fortified island base off the Land of Waves.
• Kenya urged Tsunade to join him in building a new Senju empire overseas, and Tsunade's resolve began to waver.

Kenya took Shizune to breakfast and devoured an enormous feast, revealing a body that digested it almost instantly. Tsunade arrived refreshed and ready to accompany Kenya to his deserted-island base in the Land of Waves.

• Kenya ordered a hundred plates of beef, ten roasted lambs, twenty lobsters, and all the restaurant's rice crackers.
• Kenya ate the feast in less than half an hour, leaving Shizune stunned by his appetite.
• Kenya's swollen belly returned to normal within seconds, and he told Shizune he simply had good digestion.
• Tsunade arrived looking revitalized and told Kenya to lead the way to his deserted-island base.

Tsunade arrived at Kenya’s island fortress and joined his faction as deputy chief, impressed by its strength and vitality. With her taking over management, Kenya prepared to enter seclusion to fuse Wood Release and Haki and develop a new Sage Art.

• Tsunade and Shizune arrived at Kenya’s island and saw its formidable fortress and defenses.
• Tsunade encountered Zabuza Momochi working as the chief construction supervisor, and Kenya introduced her as his aunt and the base’s second-in-command.
• Haku welcomed Tsunade and Shizune, and Tsunade recognized his Ice Release kekkei genkai.
• Tsunade surveyed the island, laughed, and declared that she would help build a stronger Senju empire there.
• Kenya told Tsunade he would enter seclusion for two years to fuse Wood Release and Haki and create Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.

Kenya created the initial form of a technique that combined Wood Release with Armament Haki, producing black iron fists powerful enough to pulverize a granite cliff. As he prepared to continue training, a huge shadow appeared overhead and an ominous force made the island and surrounding sea tremble.

• Kenya used his Wood Release Cells and Armament Haki to create dozens of pitch-black, metal-hard wooden arms.
• Kenya unleashed the arms in a barrage that smashed a hundred-meter-high granite cliff into a massive cavern.
• Kenya celebrated the technique’s power and resolved to train until he could summon far more arms and strengthen his Haki.
• The deserted island and nearby sea began trembling as an eerie shadow blotted out the sky, triggering Kenya’s Observation Haki alarms.

While training Black Iron: Senju Hundred Rending Fists, Kenya awakened Conqueror’s Haki and unleashed a wave of overwhelming spiritual pressure across the deserted island. Tsunade arrived at the ruined valley and found Kenya surrounded by dark red lightning, looking like a demon god.

• Kenya pushed his training to the brink, and the power within him broke through his spirit rather than his body.
• Kenya awakened Conqueror’s Haki and unleashed a dark red wave of will across the island and surrounding waters.
• The island’s beasts and sea monsters collapsed unconscious under Kenya’s Haki.
• Zabuza was forced to his knees by the pressure, while Tsunade sensed that the force was not Chakra and hurried toward the central valley.
• Tsunade found Kenya standing amid shattered rocks, surrounded by dark red lightning, and recognized that his power was unlike the Senju Clan’s Wood Release.

After awakening Conqueror's Haki, Kenya went to the Land of Waves harbor, where Kumogakure ninja tried to seize the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce's cargo. He killed their leader Toroi with one stomp and faced the remaining ninja.

• Kenya's Conqueror's Haki shook the deserted island, and Tsunade asked him what the power was.
• Kenya sent Tsunade back to calm the base workers and asked her to have Haku prepare roast pigs.
• At the harbor, Toroi ordered the workers to hand Kumogakure the cargo, and Zabuza stepped in to stop him.
• Toroi mocked Zabuza and attacked him with Lightning Release Armor and a Lariat.
• Kenya appeared above the docks and killed Toroi with a single haki-coated stomp.
• Kenya challenged the stunned Kumogakure ninja as they drew weapons and began forming hand seals.

Kenya effortlessly endured the attacks of five Kumogakure ninja, proving their Lightning Release Armor and blades could not harm him. After mocking their strength, he gathered Armament Haki around his hand and prepared to strike.

• The Kumogakure ninja activated Lightning Release Armor and attacked Kenya together while Zabuza prepared to help.
• Kenya covered his body with Armament Haki and blocked all five blades without a scratch.
• The vice-captain repeatedly slashed Kenya, damaging his own blade and injuring his hands, while Kenya remained unharmed.
• Kenya snapped the vice-captain’s blade with a finger flick and mocked Kumogakure’s Taijutsu.
• Kenya drew his hand from his pocket and gathered a mass of Armament Haki around it.

Kenya crushed the Kumogakure deputy captain with one punch, then let the remaining ninja escape to carry word back to Kumogakure. He turned his attention to the ninja tools and supply ship left behind at the dock.

• Kenya immobilized the Kumogakure deputy captain and four other ninja with his killing intent and Conqueror's Haki.
• Kenya shattered the deputy captain's Lightning Release Armor with one punch and sent him crashing through three stone embankments into steel containers.
• Zabuza watched Kenya's attack and realized his strength had grown even more terrifying since the Land of Water.
• The four remaining Kumogakure ninja fled toward their reconnaissance ship, and Kenya chose not to pursue them.
• Kenya looked over the discarded ninja tools and Toroi's supply ship left at the dock.

After defeating Kumogakure and celebrating with a hot-pot feast, Kenya announced that his group’s two years of training on the island had ended and that they would return to Konoha to reclaim what belonged to the Senju Clan. In Konoha, Hiruzen reviewed a confidential plan for jointly hosting the Chunin Ninja Exams with Sunagakure.

• Kenya ordered Zabuza and the workers to haul Kumogakure’s ninja tools and the cargo ship’s supplies back to their island base.
• Kenya, Tsunade, Zabuza, Haku, and Shizune celebrated with hot pot and argued over food.
• Kenya declared their overseas training over and said they would return to Konoha to reclaim the Senju Clan’s rightful place and deal with their enemies.
• Zabuza, Tsunade, Haku, and Shizune showed their support for Kenya’s return to Konoha.
• Hiruzen read an Anbu document outlining final preparations for the joint Chunin Ninja Exams with Sunagakure.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha's advisors learned that Kenya had become a powerful overseas tycoon known as the Iron Fist Emperor after defeating a Kumogakure squad. They chose to avoid provoking him while preparing for the Chunin Ninja Exams, unaware that his carriage was already approaching Konoha.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi with a newspaper report about the Iron Fist Emperor's rise in the Land of Waves.
• Mitokado Homura reported that Kenya controlled the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce, had Zabuza Momochi under his command, and maintained a fortified overseas base.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized the Iron Fist Emperor as Kenya, the Senju who had defected from Konoha two years earlier.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected taking military action against Kenya and ordered the advisors to monitor the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce while Konoha focused on the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Kenya's luxurious carriage, pulled by armored foreign beasts, stopped on the border highway leading through the Land of Fire toward Konoha.

The Third Hokage learned that Kenya had built a powerful overseas empire in the Land of Waves and that Tsunade had joined his leadership. As he ordered Konoha to avoid provoking the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce, Senju Kenya appeared outside the village gate with a large group.

• An Anbu squad leader delivered the Third Hokage a report detailing the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce’s control over the Land of Waves’ ports, trade, and currency.
• The Third Hokage learned that Zabuza Momochi served as the chamber’s chief of security and that Tsunade was among its highest-ranking commanders.
• The Third Hokage regretted allowing Danzo to pressure Kenya and realized that Kenya and Tsunade together could pose a serious threat to Konoha.
• The Third Hokage ordered increased border surveillance and security for the Chunin Ninja Exams, warning his forces not to provoke the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce without his orders.
• A panicked Chunin reported that Senju Kenya had appeared outside the Konoha Gate with a huge group of people.

Itachi struggled between his clan and Konoha as the Uchiha coup drew closer. Hearing that Senju Kenya had returned, he decided to meet him, hoping he might change the clan’s fate.

• Itachi watched Uchiha clansmen leave a secret meeting and recognized their growing resentment toward Konoha’s leadership.
• Fugaku ordered Itachi to monitor the higher-ups and report any moves against the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi declined Sasuke’s request to practice shuriken with him and worried that the coup could put his younger brother in danger.
• Itachi overheard clansmen say Senju Kenya had returned and was blocking the village entrance with a group of people.
• Remembering Kenya’s defiance of the Third Hokage, Itachi decided to meet him.

Kenya defeated Itachi’s Tsukuyomi with Conqueror’s Haki and told him he had returned to reclaim the Senju’s standing and purge Konoha’s corrupt leadership. He offered to protect the Uchiha Clan and said he intended to involve himself in their affairs.

• Kenya sensed Itachi hiding nearby while he grilled fish beside a stream outside Konoha.
• Itachi used Mangekyō Sharingan and Tsukuyomi to test Kenya, but Kenya broke the genjutsu with Conqueror’s Haki, leaving Itachi injured and stunned.
• Kenya told Itachi he intended to reclaim what belonged to the Senju and remove Konoha’s corrupt leaders.
• Itachi warned Kenya that the Third and Danzo controlled Konoha’s forces, but Kenya dismissed their power and urged Itachi to stop letting Danzo use him.
• Kenya revealed he knew Danzo had pushed Itachi toward slaughtering his clan and promised to protect the Uchiha Clan.

Kenya recruited Itachi and then devised a way for the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce to enter Konoha openly by sponsoring the Chunin Ninja Exams with 200 million ryo. He set off with Tsunade and Zabuza toward the village, carrying a gold sponsor plaque and a convoy of supplies.

• Itachi accepted Kenya's offer and left with a renewed hope of saving the Uchiha Clan.
• Kenya returned to the secret camp, where Tsunade and Zabuza discussed how to enter Konoha.
• Zabuza proposed fighting through the main gate, but Tsunade rejected the plan to avoid harming civilians and turning them into enemies of the Shinobi World.
• Kenya revealed a gold plaque naming the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce a super sponsor and proposed offering Konoha 200 million ryo and building materials.
• Tsunade agreed to Kenya's plan, and the convoy set off for Konoha's main gate under Iron Fist and Senju flags.

Kenya led the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce convoy toward Konoha, accompanied by Tsunade, Shizune, and Haku. He announced that the Senju Clan was returning and that the delegation would sponsor the Chunin Ninja Exams with two hundred million ryo and building materials, as the convoy approached the village gates.

• Kenya arrived near Konoha in a lavish convoy of twenty carriages, guarded by over a hundred fighters and flying Iron Fist and Senju banners.
• Tsunade urged Kenya to dress and act more respectably, but he said the delegation was there to spend money and unsettle Konoha’s leaders.
• Kenya greeted the villagers and identified himself as Senju Kenya, the defector who had once shattered Hokage Rock.
• Kenya announced the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce’s sponsorship and declared that the Senju Clan was officially returning to Konoha.
• The villagers reacted with shock, Tsunade laughed at Kenya’s tactic, and patrol ninjas followed the convoy as it neared Konoha’s gates.

Senju Kenya returned to Konoha with Tsunade and a huge convoy, claiming he had come to sponsor the village with two hundred million ryo. After he bribed and confused the gate guards, the convoy entered Konoha, leaving Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki to discover that their forehead protectors had been altered.

• Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki spotted Senju Kenya’s convoy approaching Konoha and recognized Tsunade beside him.
• Kenya greeted the frightened guards like old friends, gave them gold coins and senbei, and said he was returning as a major sponsor.
• Kenya ordered his convoy into Konoha, and Tsunade watched as the guards let them pass.
• Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki realized their Konoha forehead protector emblems had been replaced with a clenched iron fist.

Danzo’s Root agents trapped Kenya’s convoy at Konoha’s gate with a Purple Lightning Seal and accused him of crimes, but Kenya shattered the barrier and blasted a huge hole through the gate with one punch. The Root agents’ concealed post collapsed in the shockwave, leaving them injured and exposed.

• Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki discovered that Kenya had switched their Konoha forehead protectors for Iron Fist ones.
• Root agents activated the Purple Lightning Seal, trapping Kenya’s convoy inside the gate and demanding that he surrender.
• Tsunade recognized the barrier as Root’s handiwork, while Kenya blamed Danzo for obstructing their business.
• Kenya refused Zabuza’s offer to break the barrier and punched through the seal, iron bars, and Konoha’s gate.
• The shockwave collapsed the Root agents’ concealed post, sending them tumbling into the rubble.

Senju Kenya smashed through Konoha’s gate, then claimed he had returned peacefully as a wealthy sponsor accompanying his aunt. Tsunade appeared and confirmed his identity, turning the hostile standoff into a welcome for her return to the village.

• Kenya apologized for destroying the gate and claimed it had been flimsy while Root agents lay injured in the rubble.
• Konoha ninja surrounded Kenya and prepared to attack, but he raised his hands and insisted he was a law-abiding businessman.
• Kenya presented his Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce credentials and announced a two-hundred-million-ryo donation to the Chunin Ninja Exams, saying he had brought his aunt home.
• Tsunade stepped down from the carriage, and the Konoha ninja recognized and welcomed the legendary Sannin.
• Tsunade vouched for Kenya as her nephew and the exams’ biggest sponsor, ending the confrontation; Kenya returned to the carriage.

After Senju Kenya returned to Konoha with Tsunade and immense financial backing, Danzo realized he could no longer target him openly. Danzo ordered Root to enlist Orochimaru in a plot against Kenya, unaware that Orochimaru already feared him.

• Kenya led his convoy into Konoha as hundreds of ninja escorted him toward the old Senju estate.
• Root ninja reported to Danzo that Kenya had shattered the Purple Lightning Seal and punched a hole through the village gate.
• Danzo concluded that Tsunade’s return and Kenya’s two hundred million ryo sponsorship made an open attack too risky.
• Danzo ordered a Root ninja to contact Orochimaru and offer Root’s Hashirama-cell research in exchange for help killing Kenya during the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Orochimaru, far away in his hidden base, still felt pain in his reattached neck whenever he heard Kenya’s name.