Chapter Summaries

Daren Yi gave Naruto Hiruzen Sarutobi’s edited confession record, prompting Naruto to vow never to abandon his companions and to ask Daren Yi to kill him if he ever became like Hiruzen. Daren Yi set two conditions for Uchiha support of Konohagakure, rejected Shikaku Nara’s proposed alternatives, and backed Naruto’s chance to reshape the village.

• Daren Yi gave Naruto the edited confession record, and Naruto concluded that Hiruzen Sarutobi had fallen after repeatedly compromising his principles.
• Naruto vowed to risk his life to save every companion and asked Daren Yi to kill him if he ever became like Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Daren Yi told Shikaku Nara that Uchiha support for Konohagakure required investigating the illegal gains of four clans and allowing Hokage Naruto Uzumaki to change the village’s systems.
• Shikaku Nara offered permanent Hokage’s Aide positions and clan assets as alternatives, but Daren Yi refused and said he wanted to see what Naruto would make of Konohagakure.
• Naruto thanked Daren Yi and promised not to disappoint him; Daren Yi pledged to kill Naruto if his spirit and will ever faded.

Daren Yi guided the Konoha 11 into their first Shamate Sage Mode after they ate life-enhancing fruits, forcing them to endure overwhelming pain and emotions. Most struggled to keep their sanity, while Sasuke narrowly failed to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and Rock Lee instinctively continued his training.

• Daren Yi gave the Konoha 11 crimson fruits and prepared to guide them into Shamate Sage Mode.
• The fruits flooded the group with profound satisfaction, and Rock Lee was the first to regain his self-control.
• Daren Yi instructed the Konoha 11 to steady their minds as waves of emotions and pain overwhelmed them.
• Sakura, Ino, Tenten, and Kiba nearly succumbed to the pain, while Neji showed signs of an emerging Vast Star Sea.
• Hinata endured the pain by focusing on Naruto, and Sasuke relived the Uchiha tragedy but failed to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Rock Lee began performing his practiced exercises by instinct despite the torment.

Daren Yi intensified the flood of emotions and desires in Naruto’s Mind World, leaving Naruto and the Nine-Tails struggling in the submerged Sealing Space. As most of the Konoha 11 reached their limits, Naruto’s sincere offer to free Kurama briefly stunned the fox.

• Naruto told Daren Yi that losing his parents had hurt more than the pain he was enduring, so Daren Yi increased the torrent of emotions and desires.
• The flood overwhelmed the Sealing Space, submerging Naruto and the Nine-Tails and leaving Kurama cursing Naruto as they struggled through the pain.
• Naruto apologized to Kurama and offered to open the seal, prompting the Nine-Tails to wonder whether Naruto truly meant to free him.
• The Nine-Tails rejected Naruto’s offer and insisted he was not afraid of pain while secretly shedding tears.
• Daren Yi photographed the tearful Nine-Tails and planned to show the pictures to him and Naruto later.
• Daren Yi returned his attention to reality and noticed that most of the Konoha 11 had reached their limits, while Rock Lee still seemed to have strength left.

The Konoha 11 entered perfect Shamate Sage Mode through the Deep Blue trees in their Mind Worlds and tested their new abilities. Naruto’s enormous Wood Style forest spread beyond the training ground, leaving him worried about the damage and Shikaku’s reaction.

• Daren Yi’s thoughts caused the Deep Blue trees in the Konoha 11’s Mind Worlds to absorb their emotional pain and help them sense Nature Energy, granting them balanced Sage Chakra.
• The Konoha 11 awakened in Shamate Sage Mode with rainbow-colored irises and black markings, while Ino admired their appearance and Shikamaru was relieved they showed no frog-like changes.
• Kiba smashed a boulder and leaped into a tree, boasting that his new strength might make him stronger than his mother.
• Sasuke used Arrogance Great Fireball, whose power and guaranteed-hit effect destroyed part of the forest, and grew eager to challenge Itachi.
• Naruto cast Sloth Wood Style: Deep Forest Creation, raising a vast forest of giant trees that darkened the area and affected nearby buildings.
• Naruto tried to suppress the spreading Wood Style and worried that Shikaku would complain about the damage.

Naruto’s attempt to try Sage Mode unleashed immense Wood Style that slowed nearby shinobi and astonished Konohagakure. Shikaku and the others learned Naruto had mastered Sage Mode too, and the chapter left Shikaku confident in Naruto’s potential to protect the village.

• Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza arrived to find enormous trees writhing around them, and Shikaku realized the Wood Style had slowed his body and Chakra.
• Naruto apologized for the destruction and explained that he had used too much senjutsu Chakra and Emotion Power while trying Sage Mode.
• Naruto descended from a tree as the branches bowed and cleared a path, leaving the gathered shinobi and residents in awe of his power.
• Choza privately asked Shikaku whether Naruto might be related to Minato and Tsunade, and Shikaku admitted he did not know.
• Naruto apologized again, urged everyone to return to their posts, and confirmed to Shikaku that he had mastered Sage Mode.
• Naruto promised to grow stronger and protect what he loved, while Shikaku concluded that Naruto had the potential of the Sage of Six Paths.

Daren Yi urged Naruto and the Konoha 11 to remember the suffering they had felt and use it to grow stronger, while reflecting on how the Shinobi World’s oppressed people empowered the Shamate Organization. Several days later, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shizune returned to Konohagakure, where Jiraiya was overcome by memories of Minato and Orochimaru.

• Choji Akimichi praised Naruto’s Sage Mode, while Sasuke and Neji remained silent and Sasuke questioned his own standing.
• Daren Yi explained that the Deep Blue Fruit had shielded the Konoha 11 from the pain and emotions that helped them enter Shamate Sage Mode.
• Daren Yi urged Naruto to remember his past hardships and empathize with the suffering of the Shamate Group’s members.
• Daren Yi reflected that the despair of the Shinobi World’s oppressed people had fueled the Shamate Organization and his own power as its Ancestor.
• Several days later, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shizune returned to Konohagakure and noticed changes in the village.
• Jiraiya thought of Minato and Orochimaru and lamented how little he felt he had accomplished.

Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed the revelations about Hiruzen Sarutobi and the looming threat of war, then heard about Naruto’s unusual plans for Konoha’s orphans. Tsunade became intrigued by Naruto and decided she wanted to meet him.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya she had returned only to say goodbye to Hiruzen Sarutobi, and they wondered whether the reports about him were true.
• Jiraiya warned Tsunade that the other Four Great Shinobi Villages might attack Konoha, but she refused to stay for the village’s sake.
• Jiraiya offered to take Tsunade drinking and gambling, and she accepted while warning him to bring enough money.
• At an Izakaya, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shizune overheard people discussing Naruto’s plan to fund a large orphanage and pay for the children’s schooling.
• A man said Naruto had adopted every orphan as his godson and given the children without surnames the surname Uzumaki.
• Tsunade laughed at Naruto’s decision and said she had become interested in meeting him.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune heard about Naruto’s reforms and praised his work as Hokage. Their conversation turned to shock and fury when a nearby patron claimed Naruto was Tsunade’s grandson.

• Jiraiya worried that Naruto was acting recklessly, while Tsunade praised his effort to spread clan surnames among civilians.
• Tsunade explained that Naruto’s policies echoed the Senju Clan’s past integration into Konohagakure, leaving Jiraiya impressed by her political insight.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune overheard patrons describe Naruto’s reforms to the Ninja Academy, financial support, housing, and medical care.
• Jiraiya praised Naruto’s performance as Hokage and said he wished Hiruzen Sarutobi had passed the position to him sooner.
• A patron claimed Naruto used Wood Style and was the grandson of Hashirama Senju and Tsunade, leaving the trio stunned.
• Tsunade smashed the table in anger and demanded to know who had spread the rumor and where they had heard it.

Tsunade’s furious kick destroyed part of Konohagakure Commercial Street after villagers insulted her, while Jiraiya rescued the bystanders. After learning that rumors about Naruto’s Wood Style had fueled the gossip, Tsunade demanded to meet the current Hokage and set out for the Orphanage.

• Tsunade stomped the ground with her Painful Heavenly Foot, collapsing the izakaya and nearby buildings and leaving a huge crater in the street.
• Jiraiya used Multiple Shadow Clones to carry the bystanders to safety, and some villagers recognized him as he apologized.
• Tsunade demanded to know who had spread rumors about her, and the villagers explained that people linked her to Naruto after seeing him use Wood Style.
• Tsunade asked where Naruto was, and an Anbu ninja revealed that the Hokage was at the former Shimura Clan compound, now being turned into an Orphanage.
• Tsunade ordered the Anbu ninja to lead her to Naruto so she could judge him for herself.

Naruto transformed the former Shimura Clan grounds into a vast complex of wooden apartment buildings, and Tsunade arrived in time to witness his Wood Style. She examined Naruto, while he mistook her concern for affection and promised to dispel the rumors about their relationship.

• Jiraiya realized that people were teasing him about being Minato's father and fled Konohagakure to hide.
• Naruto used Wood Style to build a forest of furnished apartment buildings on the former Shimura Clan grounds.
• Tsunade watched Naruto's creation and was struck by how much his smile and Wood Style reminded her of Hashirama Senju.
• Naruto shyly approached Tsunade and told her he was healthy despite the hardships reported about his childhood.
• Tsunade insisted that the rumor was false and examined Naruto with Medical Ninjutsu to check for Hashirama's cells.
• Naruto promised to clarify the rumor, while Tsunade struggled to understand his assumptions about their family bond.

After examining Naruto, Tsunade discovered that his body showed no signs of experimentation and that her grandfather Hashirama’s necklace resonated with his Chakra. She gave Naruto the necklace, then set out to confront Jiraiya over rumors connecting him to Naruto’s parentage.

• Tsunade found no evidence that Naruto had undergone experimentation and wondered where his Wood Style came from.
• Naruto touched Tsunade’s necklace, and his Chakra made the keepsake glow in resonance with the Chakra Hashirama had sealed inside it.
• Tsunade recognized Naruto’s resemblance to Hashirama and Nawaki, then gave him the necklace and watched him promise to treasure it.
• Tsunade left to settle accounts with someone after learning who the rumors named as Minato Namikaze’s father.
• Jiraiya fled Konohagakure, but Tsunade landed in front of him in a crater and demanded to know why he was running.
• Jiraiya insisted he was innocent and pleaded with Tsunade not to kill a powerful Konohagakure ninja before a possible war.

Tsunade confronted Jiraiya over her suspicion that he had secretly arranged for Naruto to be born with Senju and Uzumaki traits, but Jiraiya denied knowing anything. After Tsunade nearly killed him, he lay in the hospital wondering whether Minato might really be his son.

• Tsunade accused Jiraiya of secretly meddling in Naruto's birth, citing Naruto's Wood Style, resemblance to her grandfather, and lack of red hair.
• Jiraiya denied involvement and tried to explain that he had never dared act on his feelings for Tsunade or Minato.
• Tsunade unleashed a devastating punch that Jiraiya partly dodged, leaving him numb and carving a ravine through the forest.
• Tsunade threatened to heal Jiraiya with a Summoning Slug and break every bone in his body repeatedly, while he wailed that he was innocent.
• Jiraiya later lay severely injured in the hospital and wondered whether Minato could truly be his child.

Tsunade sought out Daren Yi to confirm the Uchiha Clan’s position on Naruto, but their conversation turned into a heated clash over his attitude and her views on peace. Daren Yi explained how Naruto’s reforms had given the Shamate dancers hope and practical opportunities, leaving Tsunade to consider the hardship behind their behavior.

• Tsunade found Daren Yi watching a group of Shamate dancing in a Konoha park and asked whether the Uchiha Clan would support Naruto.
• Daren Yi said the Uchiha Clan would not support Konohagakure but would support Naruto, then teased Tsunade about rumors that she cared for him.
• After Tsunade threatened to strike him, Daren Yi warned that attacking him could amount to declaring war on the Uchiha Clan and leave Naruto isolated against the other Four Great Shinobi Villages.
• Tsunade compared Daren Yi to Madara Uchiha, but Daren Yi told her how Naruto’s reforms had helped the dancers gain housing, medical care, family support, and work.
• Daren Yi argued that poverty and exclusion had shaped the Shamate, who danced to vent pain they could not express; Tsunade listened as he described their circumstances.

Daren Yi challenged Tsunade’s views on Shamate before leaving her with a riddle about whether saving them would make him a Buddha. At a training ground, Kakashi resisted becoming the Konoha 11’s instructor, so Daren Yi proposed a bell-grabbing contest that left Kakashi facing the students’ anger.

• Daren Yi argued that Shamate were suffering people shaped by their circumstances, while Tsunade struggled to refute him and watched him leave.
• Naruto looked over a lively Konohagakure, reaffirmed his determination to secure a better future, and returned to his paperwork.
• Kiba Inuzuka questioned whether Kakashi was qualified to train the Konoha 11, and Kakashi silently welcomed the chance to avoid teaching them.
• Kakashi claimed that Umino Iruka would be a better instructor, while the students ignored him and focused on their own activities.
• Daren Yi proposed that Kakashi could refuse the instructor role if he snatched three bells from the students, and Kakashi chose to use a Shadow Clone.

Kakashi faced Sasuke and the Konoha 11, but their displays of power and demands quickly unsettled his confidence. After Kakashi accidentally made Hinata faint by calling her Naruto's fiancée, the referee counted her as his first defeated opponent and prepared to start the battle.

• Sasuke revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Kakashi reconsidered his confidence while insisting he had the advantage.
• The Konoha 11 entered Shamate Sage Mode together and confronted Kakashi, each voicing plans or demands for what would happen after his defeat.
• Kakashi asked Hinata whether she was Naruto's fiancée, and Hinata blushed, fainted, and was caught by Neji.
• Kiba accused Kakashi of a sneak attack, but Daren Yi ruled that Kakashi had defeated Hinata and counted the result.
• Daren Yi gave both sides three bells and announced that the battle was about to begin.

Daren Yi gave bells to Sasuke, Neji, and Kiba Inuzuka for their test against Kakashi. Kiba attacked alone, but Kakashi outmaneuvered him, took his bell, and left Kiba warning the others to work together.

• Daren Yi assigned bells to Sasuke, Neji, and Kiba Inuzuka, then started the test against Kakashi.
• Kiba Inuzuka launched Sage Art: Fang at Kakashi, whose Earth Style wall shattered under the attack.
• Kakashi dodged Kiba’s whirlwind and explained that Kiba’s overwhelming power lacked precision and control.
• Kakashi used the distraction and a hidden clone or body to strike with Chidori and take Kiba’s bell.
• Kiba apologized to the others and urged them to attack Kakashi together.

Kakashi fought the Konoha 11 as they used Choji’s expanded body as a moving platform for a coordinated Sage Mode barrage. Neji and Sasuke nearly took the bell, but Kakashi revealed another clone’s trick and reclaimed it, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Neji organized the Konoha 11 into a defensive group while he and Sasuke tried to recover a bell, but Kakashi combined Fire Style and Wind Release to break their formation.
• Choji expanded into a giant and carried his companions out of range, allowing them to launch a barrage of Sage Art Phoenix Sage Fire attacks that forced Kakashi to retreat behind a boulder.
• Neji attacked Kakashi from behind, but Kakashi’s clones countered with Earth Style and Lightning Release, leaving Neji stunned until a clone pushed him away from Chidori.
• Sasuke took a bell from Kakashi’s pocket while Kakashi focused on Neji and explained how his Sharingan and Sage Mode had helped him seize the chance.
• One of Sasuke’s bells transformed into Kakashi’s Shadow Clone, which kicked Sasuke away, recovered the bell, and helped Kakashi drive Sasuke and Neji back with Phoenix Sage Fire.

Kakashi ended the training fight by surrendering and returning the bells, leaving Sasuke convinced he had grasped the principles of battle. Daren Yi advised Kakashi to fuse his Sharingan with his body and planned to give Naruto two photographs.

• Neji explained that the electric shock had shut down his Byakugan, preventing him from recognizing Kakashi's Shadow Clone.
• Kakashi surrendered and returned the bells to Sasuke and Neji, stunning the Konoha 11.
• Sasuke interpreted Kakashi's tactics as battle wisdom and felt he had finally understood Daren Yi's teachings.
• Daren Yi offered to help Kakashi fuse the Sharingan with his body, but Kakashi remained silent about whether he would accept.
• Daren Yi photographed the dejected Konoha 11 and explained that he had prepared two photographs for Naruto.

Naruto appointed Yakushi Nonō to serve at both Konoha Hospital and the Orphanage after Root was disbanded, and welcomed Kabuto Yakushi into his family. The chapter ended with Daren Yi capturing Naruto and Kabuto’s new father-son moment.

• Naruto offered Yakushi Nonō positions at Konoha Hospital and the Orphanage and praised her service as a spy and director.
• Yakushi Nonō accepted both roles, while Kabuto Yakushi remained wary of Naruto and watched over her.
• Naruto told Kabuto Yakushi he understood his loneliness and asked him to become his son while keeping his name.
• Kabuto Yakushi called Naruto father, and Naruto asked him to call him Pops.
• Daren Yi photographed the moment as Naruto welcomed Kabuto into his family.

Naruto gave Kabuto a place at Konoha Hospital and the Orphanage and invited him to join the upcoming Joint Chunin Exam. Daren Yi returned two painful Dream World photographs to Naruto, and Shikaku Nara later discussed the exam preparations and discovered that Shikamaru knew about his secret savings.

• Naruto appointed Kabuto Yakushi as Yakushi Nonō's assistant at Konoha Hospital and the Orphanage.
• Daren Yi invited Kabuto to join Konohagakure's team for the Joint Chunin Exam and directed him to train with Kakashi.
• Daren Yi gave Naruto two photographs of painful memories from the Dream World, and Naruto thanked him through tears.
• Shikaku Nara told Naruto that the Joint Chunin Exam was planned for about two months later, with the Four Kage and the daimyo's heirs expected to attend.
• Naruto teased Shikaku about obeying his wife, then revealed that Shikamaru knew about Shikaku's secret savings, leaving Shikaku stunned.