Chapter Summaries

Kakashi and the Anbu reported Naruto’s conduct to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who decided to reduce surveillance and reassign most of the watching squad to missions. The chapter ended with Danzo confronting Hiruzen over the decision.

• Kakashi went to the Hokage’s Office after an Anbu summoned him and found the former Naruto watchers gathered there.
• Kakashi and the Anbu described Naruto as a stable, kind, and capable Jinchuriki with strong bonds among Konoha’s clans.
• Hiruzen reduced Naruto’s surveillance to three Anbu rotating each day and tasked Kakashi with looking after him.
• Hiruzen reassigned the other Anbu to Konoha’s backlog of missions, and Kakashi left to watch Naruto with one Anbu.
• Danzo arrived at the Hokage’s Office and criticized Hiruzen for relaxing surveillance of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reduced the Anbu surveillance on Naruto while arranging to find Jiraiya, and Naruto used his new freedom to train and search for Orochimaru. After three weeks, Naruto reached Kage-level Chakra and learned that Orochimaru was based in the Land of Fields, so he prepared to go there.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Shimura Danzō’s demand for more guards on Naruto, and Danzō stormed out after Hiruzen refused to lend Root ninjas for missions.
• Hiruzen sent Anbu to find Jiraiya and tell him that Naruto’s seal had changed and Konoha urgently needed him.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones to train while relaxing under reduced surveillance, and sent clones to search for Orochimaru in the Land of Fields.
• After three weeks of intensive training, Naruto’s Chakra surpassed the Elite Jonin level and reached Kage-level, though his overall strength remained just short of Kage-level.
• Naruto received a Shadow Clone’s memories confirming that Orochimaru had established Sound Village and his main base in the Land of Fields, and decided to go meet him.

Naruto told Teacher Kakashi he planned to visit Orochimaru in the Land of Fields, not defect from Konoha. After leaving a Shadow Clone behind, Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to depart, while Kakashi stayed behind to cover for him and hope he returned safely.

• Naruto summoned Teacher Kakashi and explained that he intended to seek out Orochimaru, prompting Kakashi to warn him about the danger.
• Naruto assured Kakashi that the Flying Thunder God Technique would let him escape and created a Shadow Clone to cover his absence.
• Naruto told Kakashi that Orochimaru had taken control of the Land of Fields and established Otogakure there.
• Teacher Kakashi warned Naruto about Orochimaru's forbidden jutsu and survival skills, and Naruto promised to be careful.
• Naruto activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished, leaving Kakashi to watch his Shadow Clone.

Naruto watched Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki guard Konoha’s gates before leaving the village and feeling freer and stronger. On his way toward the Land of Fields, he found bandits charging a mountain village and stayed to see what would happen.

• Naruto observed Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki at Konoha’s gates, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave the village.
• Naruto reflected that he could act without restraint outside Konoha and sensed that his spiritual power had grown.
• Naruto spotted armed bandits heading toward a mountain village and decided to use them to test his ninjutsu.
• The bandit leader ordered his men to loot the village, kill the men, and capture the women.
• A villager sounded the alarm, and the villagers shut the gate and prepared weapons, traps, and defenses.

Naruto disguised himself as Second Pillar and intervened when a bandit raid overwhelmed a village. After revealing his Sharingan and stopping the bandit leader’s surprise attack, he prepared to deal with him.

• The bandits broke through the village gates with a fire technique and began overpowering the villagers.
• Naruto transformed into adult Second Pillar and used Flying Thunder God to reach the attackers, killing several bandits with kunai.
• Naruto told the villagers to retreat, then claimed to be Second Pillar from the Uchiha Clan.
• Naruto revealed his Sharingan, convincing the villagers and frightening the bandits into seeking surrender.
• The bandit leader pretended to beg for mercy, then tried to stab Naruto, but Kurama’s red Chakra caught the knife.
• Naruto thanked Kurama and told the bandit leader to stop steaming.

Naruto killed a bandit gang that had threatened a village, then continued toward the Land of Fields while plotting revenge against Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō. He considered learning Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to bring Minato Namikaze back and have him expose Konoha’s past and kill Hiruzen.

• Naruto restrained the bandit leader with Adamantine Sealing Chains and killed him with the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.
• The bandit Strategist urged the remaining bandits to fight while secretly fleeing, but Naruto killed the attackers and caught the Strategist with a Flying Thunder God mark before finishing him with a Rasengan.
• Naruto rejected the villagers’ money, let them keep the bandits’ valuables, and introduced himself as Second Pillar before leaving.
• On the way to the Land of Fields, Naruto resolved to take revenge on Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō.
• Naruto considered learning Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu so Minato Namikaze could reveal the truth to Konoha and kill Hiruzen.

Naruto infiltrated Otogakure to find Orochimaru and exposed the leader as the rogue ninja after provoking him into revealing himself. Naruto freed himself and revealed his identity, leaving Orochimaru shocked to see Uzumaki Naruto.

• Naruto entered the Land of Fields disguised as a samurai and used Flying Thunder God marks and Shadow Clones to investigate Otogakure.
• Naruto infiltrated Otogakure, deliberately let its ninja capture him, and was brought before the village leader.
• Naruto claimed Shimura Danzō had sent him to find Orochimaru, prompting the disguised Orochimaru to reveal himself and kill the witnesses with Shadow Snake Hands.
• Orochimaru questioned Naruto about his identity and ties to Konoha, and Naruto broke free of his ropes.
• Naruto dispelled his Transformation Jutsu, and Orochimaru recognized him as Uzumaki Naruto.

Naruto approached Orochimaru in Otogakure and proposed cooperating on their ambitions, persuading him to consider the offer. Orochimaru agreed to discuss it if Naruto passed a strength test and led him to a remote training ground.

• Orochimaru recognized Naruto and questioned why he had come to Otogakure, while considering the difficulty of killing him.
• Naruto told Orochimaru he wanted to cooperate with him and said he understood the risks of Orochimaru's pursuit of immortality.
• Orochimaru was moved by Naruto's words but insisted on testing his strength before agreeing to cooperate.
• Orochimaru disguised himself and brought Naruto to a secluded training ground, where he warned that Naruto could die if he made a mistake.

Naruto fought Orochimaru at the training ground, revealing impressive ninjutsu, unusual eyes, and formidable taijutsu. Orochimaru acknowledged Naruto’s strength but asked whether he had mastered the power within his body before deciding whether to cooperate.

• Orochimaru attacked Naruto with waves of snakes, and Naruto’s Shadow Clones defended him with Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Naruto countered Orochimaru’s Great Snake Summoning Formation with an unusually powerful Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, impressing Orochimaru with his Chakra reserves.
• Naruto activated his Sharingan and Byakugan and exchanged taijutsu blows with Orochimaru, quickly adapting to his attacks.
• Naruto met Orochimaru’s powerful punch head-on, and the two were blasted backward by the collision.
• Orochimaru admitted Naruto had surprised him but said he needed to see more strength, asking whether Naruto had mastered the power within his body.

Naruto demonstrated his Rasengan and Great Ball Rasengan to Orochimaru, who tested their power with Rashōmon defenses. Naruto’s attack broke through the first of Orochimaru’s Triple Rashōmon and nearly breached the second, leaving Orochimaru impressed by his strength and Chakra reserves.

• Naruto formed a Rasengan and struck Orochimaru’s single Rashōmon, leaving a mark but failing to break through.
• Naruto enlarged the Rasengan into a Great Ball Rasengan, and Orochimaru was surprised that Naruto had such vast Chakra reserves without relying on the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto used the Great Ball Rasengan to break through Orochimaru’s first Triple Rashōmon gate and nearly penetrate the second.
• Orochimaru praised the strength of Naruto’s attack and privately considered using Minato and Kushina’s genes to cultivate an embryo.

Naruto tried to recruit Orochimaru by demonstrating his hidden abilities, including the Flying Thunder God Technique. Orochimaru was stunned when Naruto revealed that he knew Minato Namikaze was his father.

• Orochimaru praised Naruto's talent and asked him to reveal his remaining hidden abilities.
• Naruto offered to show Orochimaru his strength if Orochimaru agreed to become his subordinate, and Orochimaru said he would consider it if Naruto could convince him.
• The system issued Naruto a mission to subdue Orochimaru as a subordinate.
• Naruto produced several Flying Thunder God Kunai and demonstrated the Flying Thunder God Technique, shocking Orochimaru.
• Naruto admitted that the technique had been his father Minato Namikaze's signature ninjutsu, leaving Orochimaru stunned that Naruto already knew about his father.

Naruto revealed to Orochimaru how he learned that Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina were his parents, then persuaded Orochimaru to join him by promising research resources and a future return to Konoha. Orochimaru agreed to try, but demanded that Naruto defeat him head-on before he would serve him.

• Naruto told Orochimaru that meeting the Nine-Tails had confirmed his suspicions about his parents, and recounted how Minato and Kushina appeared within the seal.
• Naruto said Minato had left him insights into the Flying Thunder God Technique and training for the Rasengan, which he had learned.
• Naruto described his parents as heroes who had loved him, while saying they had devoted themselves to the wrong place by protecting Konoha.
• Naruto asked Orochimaru to become his subordinate and promised to provide experimental materials, a dedicated research base, and a path back to Konoha.
• Orochimaru agreed to give Naruto's proposal a try, but challenged Naruto to defeat him head-on before he would become his subordinate.

Naruto revealed that he could use Kurama’s power without its hatred or side effects and challenged Orochimaru with a Tailed Beast Cloak. He overwhelmed Orochimaru’s defenses with increasingly powerful Rasengan attacks, leaving Orochimaru to summon Triple Rashōmon.

• Naruto agreed to show Orochimaru his strength, then entered his consciousness space and prepared to work with Kurama.
• Kurama sent Chakra to Naruto, who first manifested a Tailed Beast Cloak and then transformed further, gaining nine tails while retaining control.
• Naruto attacked Orochimaru with a Rasengan, tearing through Shadow Snake Hands and blasting aside a summoned white snake.
• Naruto escalated into a Partial Complete Tailed Beast Transformation and charged Orochimaru with two Super Great Ball Rasengans.
• Orochimaru’s Twin Snake Bind was torn apart, so he summoned Triple Rashōmon to defend himself.

Naruto broke through Orochimaru’s Triple Rashōmon and forced him to unleash the Eight Branches Technique. The chapter ended with Naruto and his Nine-Tails Chakra Shadow Clone attacking the giant serpent as it breathed black flames.

• Naruto charged Orochimaru’s Triple Rashōmon and shattered the first two gates with his Super Great Ball Rasengan.
• Orochimaru reinforced the third Rashōmon, but Naruto destroyed it and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Orochimaru rose, praised Naruto’s strength, and transformed into the colossal Eight-Tails Serpent using the Eight Branches Technique.
• Naruto created a Nine-Tails Chakra Shadow Clone and formed two Super Great Ball Rasengan before charging the serpent.
• The Eight-Tails Serpent opened all eight mouths and unleashed streams of black flames at Naruto and his clone.

Naruto defeated Orochimaru’s Eight-Tails Serpent with a Super Great Ball Rasengan and a Tailed Beast Bomb, forcing Orochimaru to summon Hashirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation. Hashirama agreed to test Naruto’s strength, and the two prepared to fight.

• Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Technique and a Super Great Ball Rasengan to destroy the Eight-Tails Serpent’s tail while his Nine-Tails Chakra Shadow Clone distracted it.
• The Nine-Tails Chakra Shadow Clone fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, devastating the Eight-Tails Serpent and forcing Orochimaru to emerge from its body.
• Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation and asked him to test Naruto’s strength.
• Naruto told Hashirama that he wanted Orochimaru to abandon his wrong path and help build a better future for the ninja world.
• Hashirama assumed a fighting stance, and Naruto entered Partial Tailed Beast Transformation to face him.

Naruto battled Hashirama Senju, countering his Wood Release techniques with his own abilities and then teaming up with Kurama to enter Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. Hashirama summoned a Wood Golem, and Naruto launched a barrage of Rasengan attacks as their fight escalated.

• Hashirama attacked Naruto with Wood Spiking Technique, but Naruto used Flying Thunder God Technique to evade and counter with a Super Great Ball Rasengan before Hashirama struck him back.
• Naruto activated his Sharingan and Byakugan as Hashirama summoned a Wood Dragon, and Naruto used Adamantine Sealing Chains to climb it and strike its head with a Super Great Ball Rasengan.
• Naruto entered his consciousness space and persuaded Kurama to lend him power, transforming into Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
• Hashirama summoned a massive Wood Golem, and Naruto created Nine-Tails Chakra Mode Shadow Clones that charged it with Super Great Ball Rasengan Barrage.

Naruto defeated Hashirama Senju’s Wood Golem by creating and using Wind Release: Rasenshuriken for the first time. Hashirama acknowledged Naruto’s strength before departing, and Orochimaru began to accept the idea of working under him.

• Naruto used Flying Thunder God Marks, Shadow Clones, and Adamantine Sealing Chains to land a Super Great Ball Rasengan on the Wood Golem and crack its neck.
• Hashirama Senju attacked Naruto’s Shadow Clones with wooden spikes, prompting Naruto to launch a final assault.
• Naruto merged wind-nature Chakra into a giant Rasengan and created Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
• The Rasenshuriken broke through the Wood Golem’s wooden shield, destroyed its head, and brought the construct down.
• Hashirama Senju praised Naruto, urged Orochimaru to raise him, and released himself from the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru told Naruto that working under him might not be such a bad thing, and Naruto urged him to trust his path.

Naruto followed Orochimaru to his hidden experimental base in Otogakure, where he met Kabuto Yakushi and revealed what Kabuto would accomplish in the future. The chapter left Kabuto intrigued by Naruto’s prediction that he would inherit and eventually surpass Orochimaru’s legacy.

• Naruto asked Orochimaru to show him the experimental base, and Orochimaru led him through a concealed route to a laboratory in the mountains near Otogakure.
• Naruto entered the laboratory with Orochimaru and met Kabuto Yakushi, who questioned why Orochimaru had brought a child there.
• Orochimaru introduced Naruto as the son of Minato Namikaze and Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and said Naruto had defeated him and could defeat Hashirama Senju when Hashirama was not fighting seriously.
• Kabuto doubted Naruto’s claim that he could change the shinobi world, so Naruto offered to tell him about his future.
• Naruto told Kabuto that he would master Impure World Reincarnation, revive powerful ninja, and fight Uchiha Itachi, then said Kabuto would inherit Orochimaru’s will and surpass him in some areas.

Naruto told Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi about the coming Fourth Great Ninja War and asked them to help prevent it. After convincing them with knowledge of their private lives, he urged them to grow stronger and revealed Kabuto could learn senjutsu at Ryūchi Cave.

• Naruto described how Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Madara would start the Fourth Great Ninja War and use the Ten-Tails for the Moon Eye Plan.
• Naruto explained that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would trap humanity in an illusion, then told Kabuto Yakushi that he would eventually reform and lead Konoha's orphanage.
• Naruto revealed Orochimaru's pursuit of immortality and Kabuto's search for his identity, convincing both that he knew the future.
• Naruto asked Orochimaru to continue researching forbidden jutsu and collect powerful corpses for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, while urging Kabuto to improve his medical and combat skills.
• Naruto said Kabuto could enter Ryūchi Cave and learn senjutsu, leaving Kabuto excited and astonished.

After receiving the Perfect Sage Mode Cultivation Physique, Naruto decided to enter Ryūchi Cave with Kabuto to pursue Sage Mode. When Orochimaru summoned Manda to take them there, Naruto defeated the arrogant snake and forced him to submit.

• Naruto received the Perfect Sage Mode Cultivation Physique system reward after making Orochimaru his subordinate.
• Naruto told Orochimaru and Kabuto that he wanted to enter Ryūchi Cave with Kabuto, and Orochimaru agreed to summon Manda for the journey.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda, who demanded sacrifices and threatened Naruto.
• Naruto dodged Manda's attacks, blocked his venom with Nine-Tails Chakra, and overwhelmed him with Shadow Clones and Rasengan.
• Manda admitted defeat and begged Naruto to spare him, while Orochimaru praised Naruto's strength.