Chapter Summaries

Pain gathered Akatsuki to discuss Issui’s growing threat and Deidara described the limits of Issui’s space ability. Tsunade sent Issui alone to protect the Land of Demons’ priestess, while Hinata persuaded Kurenai to stay overnight at the Hyuga home.

• Pain told Akatsuki that Issui had become a threat, and Deidara described his strength, unusual beast, and space ability’s three-second return delay.
• Pain ordered Akatsuki members to eliminate Issui if they encountered him while hunting Tailed Beasts, then named Yugito as their next target after capturing the One-Tail.
• Tsunade assigned Issui to travel alone to the Land of Demons and protect its priestess until she sealed Moryo, ordering him to leave the next morning.
• Hinata and Haku persuaded Kurenai to stay overnight at the Hyuga home, and Kurenai agreed.

Issui mistook the sleeping Kurenai for Hinata and became intimate with her before realizing his mistake. Kurenai was left in tears, and Issui admitted fault and asked her what he should do.

• Issui came home after midnight, entered Hinata's room, and slipped into bed beside the sleeping Kurenai, whom he mistook for Hinata.
• Kurenai remained asleep and instinctively drew closer to Issui as he touched and kissed her.
• Issui and Kurenai became intimate, and Kurenai awoke during the encounter but was overwhelmed and did not resist.
• Issui recognized Kurenai by her red eyes and understood that he had mistaken her for Hinata.
• Kurenai feared the consequences for her relationship with Asuma and considered suicide or killing Issui, but rejected both options.
• Issui apologized, accepted blame, and asked Kurenai to decide what should happen next.

After a mistaken night with Kurenai, Issui left her to travel to the Land of Demons, where the shrine maiden Shion could not see his future or past clearly. Shion questioned him about his apparent death, and Issui began telling her about his dangerous childhood.

• Kurenai told Issui to forget their night together and remain only his senpai, then broke down in tears after he left.
• Issui fled Konoha for the Land of Demons, troubled by what had happened with Kurenai.
• Issui presented his mission scroll at the Land of Demons and was taken to meet Shion, the shrine maiden he had been sent to protect.
• Shion told Issui she could not see his future and asked how he could be alive after being dead; she then sent Taruho away to speak with him privately.
• Shion asked whether Issui had faced danger as a child, and Issui began recounting how his village had been wiped out and he had nearly died.

Issui encouraged Shion to believe she could resist fate, then defended her when Yomi’s four subordinates attacked the palace. He burned the attackers to death and left the story with Shion and Taruho fleeing through a hidden passage.

• Issui told Shion that she could change her fate through belief and hard work, and she began eating after he promised to protect her.
• In the Land of Swamps, Yomi sent Kusuna and three other subordinates to kill the shrine maiden, giving Kusuna strange black snakes that entered his body.
• When attackers struck the palace, Taruho fled with Shion through a hidden passage while Issui stayed behind to confront the four intruders.
• The four attackers ignored Issui and tried to pursue Shion, but Issui created clones to block them and followed them outside.
• Issui used Sealing Domain to prevent the four men from using Ninjutsu, then killed them with Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique.

Issui escorted Shion to the shrine where Moryo was sealed and fought through the terracotta warriors outside. He rescued Shion from Moryo’s altar and struck Moryo with Amaterasu flames, but the spirit resisted the attack.

• Issui reassured Shion and Taruho after defeating the four attackers, then set out with them for Moryo’s shrine.
• Issui and Shion reached the shrine, where Issui told Taruho to wait outside and carried Shion past the terracotta warriors to the cave entrance.
• Issui sent Shion inside to seal Moryo while he used Earth, Water, Fire, and Lightning Release techniques to destroy the warriors.
• Issui entered the cave and found the seal broken and Shion missing, then defended himself from Moryo’s tentacles and used Flame Body to withstand their attacks.
• Issui summoned Leins to pull Shion from the altar and hit Moryo with an Amaterasu fireball, but Moryo’s purple light resisted the flames.

Issui fought Moryo, whose evil power resisted his attacks and whose tentacles badly wounded him. Issui summoned the Black-Gold Flame Demon God and joined forces with Shion’s shrine maiden power, ending with a sacred black-gold saber appearing as they prepared to strike Moryo.

• Moryo resisted Issui’s Amaterasu flames, and Issui’s stronger gold-and-black fireball still failed to defeat him.
• Moryo struck Issui into a wall, and Shion worried over him as Issui climbed out injured and warned her to stay back.
• Issui shielded Shion from Moryo’s tentacles, then summoned the towering Black-Gold Flame Demon God, which wounded Moryo with its burning fists.
• Issui asked Shion to lend him her shrine maiden power, and she joined him on the ground and took his hand.
• Issui and Shion empowered the Flame Demon God with sacred light and summoned a huge inscribed black-gold saber beneath a pair of white wings.

Issui and Shion destroyed Moryo and shared a kiss, but Issui’s injury soon flared up and Shion cared for him on the journey back to the Land of Demons. Over the next two days, Issui enjoyed her attention while avoiding thoughts of the promise he had made to Hinata.

• Shion and Issui combined their power to destroy Moryo, and Taruho celebrated their victory.
• Shion kissed Issui and asked him to help pass her priestess power on to the next priestess.
• Taruho interrupted the pair, then Shion helped Issui when he coughed up blood from an injury Moryo had inflicted.
• Shion and Taruho escorted Issui back to the Land of Demons, where Shion tended to him as he recovered.
• Issui reported the mission’s success to the Hokage and enjoyed Shion’s care while putting off how to address his promise to Hinata.

After leaving Shion, Issui went to the Rōran Ancient Ruins to test whether the Dragon Vein could send him back in time, but its power awakened abilities in the final stage of his Eye of Heaven and left him in an unfamiliar forest. He encountered a team led by a man traveling with Rin and two other children, and the chapter ended with them cautiously searching for the person who had dodged their Kunai.

• Issui said goodbye to Shion and promised that he loved her before leaving the Land of Demons.
• Issui traveled to the Rōran Ancient Ruins and removed the Kunai sealing the Dragon Vein, unleashing its energy upon himself.
• Issui's third eye opened and absorbed the Dragon Vein's power, awakening two abilities from the Eye of Heaven's Black Stage and transporting him to a forest.
• Issui wandered through the forest, then dodged a Kunai thrown by a nearby team.
• Rin, a man, and two other children emerged and formed a defensive formation while searching for Issui.

Issui, a ninja from the future, encountered Minato Namikaze and his students in the past and clashed with Minato using his newly mastered space-time ability. He stopped fighting and invented a story about his identity, leaving Minato skeptical.

• Issui recognized Minato Namikaze, Kakashi, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara, then revealed himself after Minato exposed his hiding place.
• Minato questioned Issui's Konoha Forehead Protector, and Issui tried to leave, so Minato attacked with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Issui used Eye of Heaven: Black, Distorting Light to redirect Minato's attack and appear behind him, forcing Minato to teleport back to his students.
• Minato guarded Kakashi, Obito, and Rin and demanded that Issui explain who he was.
• Issui claimed he was a wandering ninja whose Konoha-born parents, Ono Nakamura and Erika Nakamura, had died in battle, and told Minato to check their names on the Memorial Stone.

Issui convinced Minato’s team that he was Takuya Nakamura, a Konoha ninja, and joined them on their way to reinforce Kikyo Castle. After arriving, he reflected on how long he could remain in the past and decided he must avoid changing the outcomes of major events.

• Rin recognized Issui as Takuya, a childhood acquaintance whose parents had died in the Second Shinobi World War, and Minato accepted the identity pending confirmation in Konoha’s records.
• Issui claimed to be a fifteen-year-old Jonin-level ninja who had mastered four nature transformations and discussed how protecting loved ones could make ninja stronger.
• Minato explained that Konoha was sending reinforcements to Kikyo Castle amid rising tensions with Sunagakure, and Issui agreed to join the mission.
• Rin sent Obito and Kakashi to hunt game while Issui rested, and the group set out after lunch and reached Kikyo Castle near dusk.
• Issui considered how time passed between the past and future and concluded he could stay for years, but should not alter the outcomes of major historical events.

Minato reported Takuya Nakamura’s strength and claimed Konoha heritage to Orochimaru, who ordered an investigation and planned to meet him after verifying his identity. Meanwhile, Kakashi and Obito trained, and Issui discussed their futures and the brewing conflict with the Land of Wind with Minato.

• Minato gave Orochimaru the Third’s secret scroll and told him about Takuya Nakamura, prompting Orochimaru to investigate Takuya’s parents and instruct Minato to watch him.
• Minato returned to Rin and learned that Kakashi and Obito had gone to train so they could surpass Takuya.
• Obito questioned Kakashi about whether Takuya might be a spy, but Kakashi ignored him until Obito let go of his collar.
• Issui told Minato that Kakashi and Obito would become powerful ninja, then heard from Minato that unrest in the Land of Wind had begun.
• Issui told Minato that he had left his village after his parents died and had wandered in search of power to protect loved ones.

Orochimaru confirmed Issui’s identity as Takuya Nakamura and demanded a fight to test his strength before letting him join Konoha. Their battle began before a crowd, where Issui demonstrated extraordinary speed and one-handed Ninjutsu, leaving the onlookers stunned as Orochimaru caught his first attack.

• Issui and Minato discussed the hope of ending the hatred that drove shinobi wars.
• Orochimaru received a report confirming that Takuya Nakamura was the son of two Konoha Chunin who died in the Second Shinobi World War.
• Orochimaru summoned Minato and Takuya, then told Takuya he would have to fight him whether or not he accepted the test.
• Orochimaru and Takuya went to a forest clearing, where Minato’s students and other shinobi gathered to watch their fight.
• Takuya vanished behind Orochimaru and attacked with a Kunai, but Orochimaru caught his wrist; Takuya then formed Hand Seals with one hand and unleashed a Great Fireball Technique.

Issui and Orochimaru exchanged clones, elemental attacks, and summons in a fierce battle that earned Orochimaru’s respect. As Orochimaru pressed his attack with the Kusanagi Sword, Issui escaped the strike and unleashed a beautiful but deadly rain of ice windmills.

• Issui used clones and substitutions to evade Orochimaru’s attacks, then trapped him with a combined Water and Lightning technique and a swamp.
• Orochimaru escaped with a summoned giant snake, praised Issui’s skill, and brought out his Kusanagi Sword.
• Issui blocked Orochimaru’s first sword strike with an ice shield, but the second strike shattered it and pierced him.
• Issui revealed the sword had struck a substitution log, then formed ice beneath his feet and sent a rain of ice windmills toward Orochimaru.
• Kakashi recognized the hidden killing intent within Issui’s beautiful ice technique, while Rin admired it and Obito dismissed it as showing off.

Issui unleashed Ice Pinwheel's Fierce Performance, and Minato explained how Issui's technique had reached the level of a Profound Mystery. As Orochimaru summoned a mass of snakes to defend himself and the onlookers retreated, Tsunade sensed the freezing aura and headed toward the battle; Issui then began his next attack, Ice Pinwheel's Chaotic World Dance.

• Minato explained that Issui's ice technique transformed Chakra in nature and form, controlled the battlefield, and suppressed ordinary Ninjutsu, while Kakashi confirmed that his lightning Chakra was hindered.
• Obito doubted his talent, but Minato encouraged him and Kakashi to keep pursuing their own strengths and protect their comrades.
• Issui shouted Ice: Ice Pinwheel's Fierce Performance, and the spinning ice pinwheels filled the battlefield with freezing currents that restricted Orochimaru's movement.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda Protective Barrier, surrounding himself with layers of snakes, and Minato warned the watching ninja to retreat before carrying the fainting Rin away.
• Tsunade sensed the freezing aura from afar, wondered who was fighting Orochimaru, and set off with Shizune to investigate.
• Issui began Ice: Ice Pinwheel's Chaotic World Dance, freezing the battlefield, the surrounding plants and animals, and Orochimaru's snakes as the pinwheels spun wildly through the area.

Issui unleashed a devastating ice-windmill attack that broke through Orochimaru’s Triple Rashomon, but Tsunade intervened and rescued him. Issui escalated his assault, trapping Tsunade as she prepared to use a forbidden technique.

• Issui’s ice windmills overwhelmed Orochimaru’s snake defense, and his final attack shattered all three Rashomon gates.
• Tsunade suddenly appeared, kicked Orochimaru clear, and smashed several incoming ice windmills with her fists.
• Issui grew angry and summoned a stronger counterclockwise ice-windmill storm around Tsunade.
• Orochimaru recognized Tsunade and warned her to dodge, while she admitted the attack had locked onto her.
• Issui chanted as he drew on the will of frost, and Tsunade pressed her palms together, preparing to use a forbidden technique.

Jiraiya arrived at the battle between Issui and Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Minato’s group, but Issui’s overwhelming ice attack forced the Sannin to escape to Mount Myōboku. The attack froze the battlefield into a vast iceberg, while Chiyo and Ebizo discussed Sunagakure’s preparations for war and the Third Kazekage’s disappearance.

• Jiraiya sensed powerful chakra ahead, summoned Gamabunta, and rushed to the battle.
• Jiraiya joined Orochimaru and Tsunade, and the three prepared to face Issui’s ice attack together.
• Orochimaru’s Rashomon and Jiraiya’s Toad Mouth Bind Technique were destroyed by Issui’s freezing storm, so Gamabunta reverse-summoned the Sannin to Mount Myōboku.
• Issui’s attack erupted into a massive iceberg and changed the climate around the battlefield, astonishing Rin, Obito, Kakashi, and Minato’s group.
• At the Land of Wind’s defensive line, Chiyo and Ebizo felt the distant chakra and cold, then discussed Sunagakure’s readiness to fight Konoha.
• Chiyo and Ebizo concluded that the Third Kazekage was likely dead or missing, and that his disappearance served as the pretext for war.

After exhausting most of his chakra while fighting the Sannin, Issui reflected on his strength and negotiated with Jiraiya over whether he would help Konoha in its war against Sunagakure. Issui walked away after demanding six million ryō, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru argued over his price and the nature of the ninja world.

• Issui surveyed the enormous iceberg created during his fight with the Sannin and realized his strength came from his own talent and hard work as well as his Kekkei Genkai.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru returned from Mount Myōboku, and Tsunade departed despite Jiraiya's attempt to persuade her to stay for the war against Sunagakure.
• Jiraiya asked Issui to help Konoha, but Issui said he would only fight as a paid ally and raised his demand from five million to six million ryō.
• Orochimaru urged Jiraiya to hire Issui, arguing that his strength could reduce Konoha's losses and help end the war quickly.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru argued about whether people acted for personal gain, with Jiraiya defending justice and mutual trust and Orochimaru calling the ninja world cruel and dark.

Issui met Kurenai at a ramen shop in Kikyo Castle and claimed to be a wandering ninja named Takuya Nakamura. Rin confirmed that he had defeated the legendary Sannin, and the chapter ended with her asking how he had become so strong.

• Issui encountered Kurenai at a crowded ramen shop and introduced himself as Takuya Nakamura, a wandering ninja whose parents had been Konoha ninja.
• Kurenai warned Issui to leave, but she dismissed his claim that he had fought the legendary Sannin as a lie.
• Rin arrived and told Kurenai that Issui had defeated the Sannin, confirming that she had witnessed the fight with Minato-sensei, Kakashi, and Obito.
• Kurenai struggled to believe Rin's account, then sat down to eat with Issui and Rin.
• Rin asked Issui how he had become so strong after having struggled with Ninjutsu as a child.

Issui explained his wish to create a ninja world without hatred to Minato, who promised to support him if he became Hokage. As Sunagakure prepared for war and considered a future Kazekage, Kurenai found Issui and began to develop a crush on him.

• Issui told Rin that finding a Ninja Way and something to protect could make her stronger, then left the ramen shop to rest alone.
• Minato asked Issui to fight for Konoha, but Issui explained that he wanted to change the ninja world's rules instead of adding to its cycle of hatred.
• Minato agreed with Issui's ideal and promised to help realize it when he became Hokage.
• Chiyo and Ebizo discussed the coming war and planned to have a promising young man lead Sunagakure's forces as a candidate for Kazekage.
• Kurenai confirmed that Issui had defeated the Sannin, found him on the hillside, and lay down beside him while imagining she was falling in love.
• Issui asked Kurenai about the Eight Colors of Konoha, learned they did not exist, and thought about returning to the future after the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.

Issui watched the battle at Kikyo Castle until Chiyo confronted him, forcing him into a fight despite his reluctance to join the war. He dodged her poisoned Senbon with a Substitution Technique while Jiraiya and Minato continued fighting nearby.

• Issui concealed himself and watched Konoha and Sunagakure clash at Kikyo Castle, spotting Kakashi, Guy, Kurenai, and Obito among the fighters.
• Chiyo confronted Issui, recognized him as a dangerous opponent, and challenged him to fight.
• Issui caught Chiyo’s Senbon, outpaced her in Taijutsu, and knocked her to the ground.
• Chiyo summoned a handmade puppet that attacked Issui and fired poisoned Senbon at him.
• Issui used the Substitution Technique to escape the Senbon, while Jiraiya watched and Minato joined him on the battlefield.