Chapter Summaries

Danzo watched the crisis unfold as Naruto held Hiruzen Sarutobi hostage above the ruined Hokage Building. Naruto’s allies blocked the elders and Asuma, then Naruto killed Asuma when he charged at him.

• Danzo ordered Root to report every development as Naruto’s confrontation with Hiruzen began, then learned the Hokage Building had collapsed and Naruto was holding Hiruzen aloft.
• Kakashi, Sasuke, and Orochimaru blocked Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Kurenai from reaching Naruto, while the gathered clans stayed silent.
• Rock Lee declared his support for Naruto, and Might Guy and Anko Mitarashi chose neutrality after Neji warned that anyone who stopped Naruto might die.
• Naruto told Hiruzen that he should experience pain before they became friends, then watched Asuma rush toward him despite Hiruzen’s warning.
• Naruto stomped on Asuma at greater than the speed of sound, killing him, and lamented the loss of the thirty-five million.

Naruto confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi after killing Asuma, forcing the Hokage to face the grief and pain he had caused. As Hiruzen summoned Enma and attacked, Naruto condemned him for neglecting and manipulating him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Naruto's allies fought Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Kurenai after Asuma died, while Choza Akimichi and the clans stayed out of the battle.
• Naruto taunted Hiruzen Sarutobi over Asuma's death, and Hiruzen escaped his grasp and summoned Enma.
• Hiruzen ordered Enma to kill Naruto, then used the Adamantine Staff to strike at him.
• Naruto deflected Hiruzen's attack and accused him of letting Naruto suffer hunger, isolation, and hatred to make him obedient.
• Naruto claimed Hiruzen had taken his parents' inheritance, allowed Danzo to turn the villagers against him, and intended to use him as a weapon.

Naruto killed Enma and mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi, who summoned the Reaper Death Seal in a bid to take Naruto down with him. As the Shinigami appeared, the system identified it as a Belief Projection of a Demon God from another world.

• Naruto struck Hiruzen Sarutobi's Adamantine Staff, shattering Enma's body and fatally wounding him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to use the Reaper Death Seal, and Naruto taunted him as he began forming hand seals.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the Shinigami and declared that he would seal Naruto's soul to bring peace to Konoha.
• Naruto said he would protect his own Konoha and told Hiruzen Sarutobi that his Konoha should disappear with him.
• The system told Naruto that the Shinigami was a Belief Projection of a Demon God from another world, leaving Naruto confused.

Naruto learned that the Shinigami was a weak projection of a Demon God and attacked it with Spirit Passage Fists, hoping to recover Kurama’s yin-nature Chakra and his father’s soul. As the system began exchanging those souls, the Shinigami’s true body woke and prepared to send power into the Ninja World.

• The system explained that the Shinigami was a minor Demon God whose projection Naruto could defeat with Spirit Passage Fist.
• Naruto realized that Kurama’s yin-nature Chakra and part of Minato Namikaze’s soul were inside the Shinigami, and asked the system to retrieve them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the Shinigami and reached for Naruto, unaware that Naruto had already decided to attack it.
• Naruto unleashed over a thousand Spirit Passage Fists, battered the Shinigami’s projection, and severed its reaching hand.
• The system began using the Cosmic Single Replacement Method to retrieve Minato Namikaze’s soul and Kurama’s yin-nature Chakra.
• The Shinigami’s true body awoke, located its projection in the Ninja World, and prepared to send a trace of its power there.

Naruto battered the Shinigami’s projection, but the Shinigami seized Hiruzen Sarutobi’s soul before fleeing back to his own plane. The system secretly followed the Shinigami and replaced Minato Namikaze’s soul and Kurama’s Yin-attribute chakra, while Hiruzen died in the ruins.

• The system urged Naruto to strike the Shinigami’s newly awakened consciousness, and Naruto hit the projection with repeated Spirit Passage Fists.
• The wounded Shinigami blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for summoning him and used his Wakizashi to tear Hiruzen’s soul from his body.
• The Shinigami swallowed Hiruzen’s soul and vanished, while an invisible thread followed his consciousness back to his true plane.
• The system replaced Minato Namikaze’s soul and Kurama’s Yin-attribute chakra from the Shinigami’s scales.
• The Shinigami ate the souls remaining on the scales and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s soul, while Hiruzen’s body fell dead at the Hokage Building.

After killing Hiruzen Sarutobi, Naruto finished off Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Kurenai, then headed to confront Danzō. Danzō gathered Root to seize the chance to claim power while the clans considered nominating Naruto as Hokage.

• Danzō learned that Naruto had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and ordered Root to assemble so he could take control of Konoha.
• Naruto smashed Hiruzen Sarutobi's corpse apart to make sure he was dead.
• The major clans privately celebrated Hiruzen Sarutobi's death, and Hyuga Hiashi planned to nominate Naruto for Hokage.
• Naruto intervened in the ongoing fights and killed Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Kurenai with his Ascension Fist.
• Naruto left Kakashi to clear the battlefield and vanished, announcing that it was Danzō's turn.

Naruto found Danzo at Root's base, annihilated the gathered Root ninjas, and confronted Danzo over his parents' remains and the suffering Danzo had caused. After Naruto revealed that Orochimaru had told him the remains were hidden there, Danzo prepared to use Kotoamatsukami to take control of Naruto.

• Naruto tracked Danzo to Root's base and crushed Danzo's chair with a stomp, but Danzo escaped with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Root's ninjas attacked Naruto, and he killed them all with Ten Thousand Buddhas Ascension.
• Naruto taunted Danzo about his lost Root force and admitted that he had killed Hiruzen.
• Danzo blamed Naruto for betraying Konoha and invoked Minato's legacy, while Naruto accused Danzo of twisting his identity and causing his isolation.
• Naruto asked whether Danzo had hidden his parents' remains, and Danzo revealed his surprise when Naruto said Orochimaru had told him.
• Danzo vowed to make Naruto pay by using Kotoamatsukami to control him and claim his strength.

Naruto battered Danzo and mocked his ideals, forcing Danzo to reveal the Sharingan implanted in his arm and use Kotoamatsukami. The chapter ended with Danzo shocked that his genjutsu had failed to control Naruto.

• Danzo justified using Naruto's parents' bodies for Konoha's research, and Naruto attacked him.
• Naruto repeatedly struck Danzo with overwhelming speed and strength, taunting him about being weaker than Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Danzo uncovered his Sharingan-filled arm and claimed he had used Itachi's feelings to manipulate him.
• Danzo tried to read Naruto's movements with the Sharingan, but Naruto struck him again.
• Danzo unleashed Kotoamatsukami to rewrite Naruto's will, but the technique failed.

Naruto killed Danzo after Kotoamatsukami failed and Danzo's Izanagi ran out, then found his parents' corpses in Root's laboratory. He carried their bodies away and burned the secret base to the ground.

• Danzo failed to use Kotoamatsukami on Naruto and attacked him with Wood Style, but Naruto broke through the roots and began beating him.
• As Naruto pummeled him, Danzo recalled Tobirama's test, his own cowardice, and his lasting resentment over Hiruzen becoming Hokage.
• After sixty seconds, Danzo's Izanagi ended, and Naruto's punch killed him.
• Naruto searched Root's laboratory and found his parents' corpses, along with the remains of Orochimaru's former body.
• Naruto carried his parents' corpses into the sky and set Root's secret base ablaze.

After Naruto killed Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kakashi, Orochimaru, and Sasuke began rounding up the remaining Sarutobi faction while the clans considered Naruto for Hokage. Hinata admitted she loved Naruto, and Shikamaru suggested that Naruto could win over the villagers by becoming friends with everyone.

• Kakashi, Orochimaru, and Sasuke retrieved Hiruzen Sarutobi's corpse and began gathering the remaining members of his faction for Naruto to decide their fate.
• Anko Mitarashi realized that the ninja clans had allowed Hiruzen Sarutobi's death and expected his faction to fall.
• Hiashi asked Hinata whether she would stand up for Naruto, and she admitted that she liked him; Hiashi then made her choose between him becoming Naruto's friend and becoming Naruto's father-in-law.
• Choza Akimichi praised Choji for being friends with Naruto, while Shikaku Nara suggested that Shikamaru could become Naruto's Hokage assistant.
• Shikamaru argued that people would eventually accept Naruto as Hokage and proposed that Naruto make friends with everyone so they would not object.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi's death, Konoha's clan leaders met to choose his successor and agreed to nominate Naruto Uzumaki despite his age. Kakashi was tasked with asking Naruto whether he would accept, while Naruto was away looking for Danzo.

• Konohamaru ran to Hiruzen Sarutobi's body, shook off its arm, and wept as Haku stood behind him to keep watch.
• Hyuga Hiashi gathered Kakashi, Might Guy, Anko Mitarashi, and the clan heads to discuss choosing a new Hokage.
• Might Guy nominated Tsunade, but Hiashi pointed out that no one could find her.
• Shikaku Nara nominated Naruto Uzumaki, and the gathered clan heads, Kakashi, Anko, and Guy unanimously supported him despite his being twelve.
• Hiashi asked Kakashi to learn whether Naruto would accept the position, and Kakashi said Naruto had gone to find Danzo.

After killing Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, Naruto buried his parents and agreed to become the next Hokage. He asked Kakashi to gather the villagers so he could make friends with them and win their support.

• Shikaku and Hiashi discussed using Danzo to take the blame for Hiruzen Sarutobi's death, while Choza struggled to follow their story.
• Naruto returned with Minato and Kushina's bodies, admitted killing Hiruzen Sarutobi and other elders, and let their relatives leave; Konohamaru tried to attack him but was too weak.
• Naruto buried his parents at the Breeding Farm and reassured Sasuke that they would face the Masked Man together.
• Kakashi told Naruto the clans wanted him to become Hokage, and Naruto accepted the position.
• Naruto asked Kakashi to gather the villagers the next day so he could make friends with them.

Naruto explained to Kakashi and his friends why he killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, then learned that the ninja clans intended to make him the Fifth Hokage. He addressed the gathered villagers and said he wanted to be friends with them, but their hostility prompted him to use Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.

• Kakashi agreed to gather the villagers at the Hokage Building ruins and supported Naruto after hearing why he killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo.
• Naruto told Shino and his friends the truth over a meal, and they stood by him as Shikamaru asked whether he would become Hokage.
• The deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu became public, and the ninja clans allowed the news to spread.
• Naruto learned that the ninja clans had nominated him as the Fifth Hokage, while villagers reacted with anger and disbelief.
• Naruto joined Hiashi and the clan heads at the Hokage Building ruins and told the gathered villagers he wanted to make friends with them.
• As villagers voiced suspicion and opposition, Naruto muttered, "Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Naruto used repeated friendly sparring to make every Konoha villager accept him as a friend, and he was selected as the Fifth Hokage. After Naruto left, Shikaku proposed expanding and industrializing Ninja Academy education to strengthen Konoha while preserving the clans’ advantage.

• Naruto created Shadow Clones that sparred with villagers until they agreed to become his friends, repeating the process until every villager smiled at him.
• Naruto asked Hyuga Hiashi whether anyone objected to him becoming Hokage, and Hiashi affirmed the villagers’ support.
• A ninja announced that Naruto Uzumaki had been selected as the Fifth Hokage, and Shikaku publicly listed the crimes of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Shimura Danzō.
• Naruto left the Hokage Building ruins with his friends while the ninja clans took over the remaining matters.
• Shikaku told Hiashi he planned to establish more Ninja Academies and industrialize education while retaining the ninja clans’ hidden techniques.

After becoming Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, Naruto left village affairs to Shikamaru and continued pursuing his own goals. Konohamaru resolved to train and seek revenge for his grandfather and uncle, while Naruto went to the hospital to visit Jiraiya.

• Naruto returned to the Breeding Farm to cultivate, prompting others to resume training, while Sasuke practiced mastering his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Konohamaru emerged from the Sarutobi Clan residence carrying a bundle and wooden sword, told Moegi and Udon he would train instead of playing, and was moved when they offered to train with him.
• Notices about the Sarutobi Faction’s crimes and plans to expand the Ninja Academies shifted public discussion away from Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death.
• With the ninja clans’ support, Naruto officially became Konoha’s Fifth Hokage and appointed Shikamaru as his assistant before leaving him to handle the office’s work.
• Naruto went to the hospital and asked the staff to take him to Jiraiya’s room, where they announced that the Hokage had come to see him.

Naruto visited the bedridden Jiraiya, who was stunned to learn that Naruto had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and become Konoha's Fifth Hokage. After leaving the hospital, Naruto resumed cultivating and drew an opportunity to enter the world of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.

• Jiraiya refused to see Hiruzen Sarutobi, so Naruto entered his hospital room instead.
• Jiraiya discovered that Naruto had become Hokage and asked what had happened.
• Naruto told Jiraiya that he had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and become Konoha's Fifth Hokage.
• Naruto left after Jiraiya questioned why he had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Naruto returned to the Breeding Farm and continued cultivating until the system offered him a chance to travel to another world.
• Naruto drew the world of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.

Naruto entered the future world of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations and explored Konoha, where he learned that he had a son named Boruto. After seeing Mei Terumi as an old auntie, his anger unleashed destructive energy in Kirigakure.

• Naruto entered the future world and arrived above a more modern Konoha.
• Naruto went to the Ninja Academy, where students mistook him for their Hokage and remarked that he looked younger and more handsome.
• Naruto encountered Anko Mitarashi and mistook her for Anko’s younger sister, prompting her to tell him that his son Boruto had skipped school.
• Naruto realized that he had a son named Boruto and wondered whether the future had changed the appearance of other women he knew.
• Naruto traveled to Kirigakure, saw that Mei Terumi looked like an old auntie, and lost control as buildings began collapsing around him.

Naruto visited a parallel Kirigakure, beat Chojuro and several Mist Ninja, then discovered that his counterpart neglected Hinata and their children by working constantly. He confronted the workaholic Naruto in the Hokage’s office with a punch.

• Naruto attacked Chojuro and the Mist Ninja in Kirigakure, then left after seeing Mei Terumi.
• Naruto sensed Hinata, Boruto, and his daughter at home and learned that his counterpart’s long hours were upsetting his family.
• Naruto secretly captured several Konoha ninja and questioned them about his counterpart and Boruto.
• Naruto decided to reform his counterpart and appeared in the Hokage’s office, where he punched him in the face.

Naruto fought another version of himself, the Seventh Hokage, at the Back Mountain and overwhelmed him with his strength. As the other Naruto transformed into Sage Fox Mode, Naruto began growing into a thirty-meter-tall form.

• Naruto punched the Seventh Hokage Naruto twice before he used Flying Thunder God to take them from the Hokage Building to the Back Mountain.
• Naruto destroyed the Seventh Hokage Naruto's Great Ball Rasengan with a punch and taunted him for being weak.
• The Seventh Hokage Naruto summoned Shadow Clones, but Naruto's clones defeated them all.
• The Seventh Hokage Naruto entered Kurama Sage Mode and Sage Fox Mode to unleash his full power.
• Naruto activated his Indestructible Body and grew to thirty meters tall.

Naruto fought his alternate self, who used Kurama’s Sage Fox Mode and then Six Paths Sage Mode, while the system explained why this world’s Naruto had stronger self-healing. The alternate Naruto remained badly outmatched as Naruto grew to one hundred meters and continued pounding him.

• Naruto and his alternate self resumed their battle, and Naruto found that Kurama’s fusion made his opponent’s abilities and self-healing far stronger.
• Naruto asked the system about the difference in their healing, and the system said it had disabled and later removed the abilities tied to Kurama, Naruto’s bloodline, and his previous life’s reincarnated Chakra.
• Naruto increased the force of his punches until his alternate self’s healing could not keep up and left him bruised and swollen.
• The alternate Naruto activated Six Paths Sage Mode, and Naruto grew to one hundred meters before striking the ground with a punch that blasted open a huge crater.
• The alternate Naruto dodged Naruto’s blows as Naruto teleported and unleashed a dense rain of punches, leaving him feeling pain.