Chapter Summaries

Soji trained in the Mysterious Peacock Method and learned to fly with Chakra Wings, giving him a new goal for developing his Ice Release. After spending a day soaring outside Konoha, he planned to infuse his wings with ice-attributed Chakra and create Ice Wings unique to himself.

• Soji began training with the meteorite, focusing on Chakra Wings rather than the Mysterious Peacock Method's other techniques.
• Soji spent three months practicing and learned to raise himself ten meters into the air inside Konoha.
• Soji secretly left Konoha as Mizuki Ember and tested his wings, soaring more than three hundred meters above the ground.
• Soji flew through the sky for the entire day and stayed outside Konoha overnight, relying on a Shadow Clone to cover his absence.
• Soji decided his next step was to incorporate Ice Release into his Chakra Wings and create Ice Wings unique to himself.

Soji mastered Ice Wings and returned to Konoha, where the Third Hokage summoned him for a mission as the Third Ninja World War intensified. At the Hokage Office Building, Soji discovered that Kakashi and Uchiha Homura had also been summoned, leaving the mission’s purpose unclear.

• Soji completed his Ice Wings after three months of training and tested his flight over the Land of Fire before returning to Konoha.
• Soji received an Anbu summons to report to the Hokage’s office for a mission assignment.
• Soji met Kakashi outside the Hokage Office Building and teased him by ruffling his hair.
• Uchiha Homura arrived and revealed that the Hokage had summoned him too, prompting Soji to suspect their squad had been assigned a mission.
• Kakashi told Soji and Uchiha Homura that he had also been summoned, leaving them unsure what the Hokage intended.

Soji, Minato, Homura, and Kakashi accepted an S-rank mission to travel to the Ancient Kingdom of Rōran and keep its Dragon Vein from falling into anyone else’s hands. As the team prepared to leave, Soji reflected on the future events he hoped to change and reported his departure to Hyuga Ryusuke.

• The Third Hokage explained that Anrokuzan and Sunagakure were targeting Rōran’s Dragon Vein, and assigned Minato, Soji, Homura, and Kakashi to protect or seal it.
• Soji accepted the mission after realizing the Rōran story could reveal future events, including dangers to his friends Minato, Kushina, and Homura.
• Minato ordered the team to prepare and meet at the village entrance in two hours.
• Soji gathered his supplies and reported his mission to Hyuga Ryusuke, who told him to be careful.
• Soji headed to the village entrance, reflecting on the restrictions and lectures that usually made missions troublesome for members of the Hyuga Main House.

Soji, Minato, Uchiha Homura, and Kakashi traveled into the Land of Wind on an S-rank mission to secure the Dragon Vein. When they encountered a Sunagakure unit, Soji revealed his Ice Release and froze the enemy force, killing the Jonin who tried to escape.

• Soji met Minato, Uchiha Homura, and Kakashi at the village gate, and Minato explained that Kushina was away on another mission.
• The four traveled through the battlefield and entered the Land of Wind, where Soji spotted forty Sunagakure shinobi with his Byakugan.
• Minato chose to confront the unit rather than lose time going around it, and Soji volunteered to fight alone with his new power.
• Soji used Ice Release—Ice Tomb to freeze the Sunagakure shinobi into ice statues.
• Soji hurled an Ice Spear through the Jonin who escaped underground, killing him in the desert.

Soji and Minato's team reached the technologically advanced Ancient Kingdom of Roran after Soji effortlessly destroyed several Sunagakure units. While Soji, Minato, and Uchiha Homura entered Roran and Kakashi kept watch outside, a scene in another time and space revealed Naruto Uzumaki fighting puppet robots with his teammates.

• Soji froze a Sunagakure unit in under a minute, and Kakashi promised to keep his Ice Release secret.
• Soji's team defeated two or three more Sunagakure forces as they traveled toward Roran.
• Minato, Soji, and Uchiha Homura reached Roran, recognized the Dragon Vein's likely influence, and entered while Kakashi guarded the entrance with a Flying Thunder God-marked Kunai.
• In another time and space, Naruto and his teammates fought puppet robots among Roran's ruins.
• Naruto used a Shadow Clone to evade a puppet's attack, and he and a pink-haired girl were rescued from an explosion by an ink-painted lion.
• Naruto's teammates warned him to watch for Chakra threads and asked why he had not used a Chakra Blade.

Team 7 failed to stop Mukade from breaking the Fourth Hokage’s seal on the Dragon Vein, and Naruto and Yamato were swallowed by its energy. Yamato later fell through a wormhole into the past, where Kakashi found him and waited for him to wake.

• Yamato, Sakura, Sai, and Naruto confronted Mukade at the Dragon Vein seal beneath the Rōran Ruins.
• Mukade absorbed the seal’s power and pulled the Fourth Hokage’s sealing Kunai from the altar, unleashing the Dragon Vein.
• The Dragon Vein’s energy swallowed Naruto and Yamato, while Sai rescued Sakura and carried her away.
• Kakashi watched a wormhole open in the desert and saw a Konoha ninja fall out of it.
• Kakashi dug Yamato out of the sand, kept watch through the night, and greeted him when he awoke.

Kakashi and Yamato struggled to understand each other after Yamato appeared in the past, each mistaking the other’s claims for nonsense. By comparing their missions and knowledge of Konoha, they realized Yamato had traveled twenty years back in time, from Konoha Year 63 to Year 43.

• Kakashi explained that Yamato had emerged from a spatial wormhole near the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, and Yamato insisted Kakashi was his former Anbu captain.
• Yamato claimed Kakashi was an Elite Jonin with a Sharingan, while Kakashi said he was a nine-year-old Chunin who had never possessed one.
• Yamato recounted being swallowed by the Dragon Vein’s Chakra along with Naruto after Mukade devoured the Fourth Hokage’s seal.
• Kakashi and Yamato compared their missions and their knowledge of themselves and Konoha after realizing their conversation was at cross purposes.
• Kakashi and Yamato concluded that Yamato had traveled from Konoha Year 63 to Konoha Year 43, twenty years into the past.

Soji investigated Rōran and discovered that Mukade, posing as Anrokuzan, had imprisoned the kingdom’s young men in an underground factory. He found Queen Sara under constant guard and began gathering information from one of the captive men, leaving the mission poised to uncover the truth and stop Mukade.

• Kakashi agreed to enter Rōran with Yamato, who left a Wood Clone behind to take over lookout duty.
• Soji told Minato and Uchiha Homura that Rōran had no young men and volunteered to investigate using his Byakugan.
• Soji found Sara singing under the watch of two puppet robots and abandoned his plan to approach her directly.
• Soji slipped beneath Sara’s residence and discovered a factory where Rōran’s young men were forced to work.
• Soji quietly approached a resting captive, promised to rescue him, and learned that Anrokuzan’s arrival had brought Rōran’s peaceful life to an end.

Soji recruited Rōran women to expose Anrokuzan to Queen Sara while he and his companions drew away the puppet robots. Meanwhile, Naruto emerged in a futuristic city and was chased by puppet robots as he tried to understand where he was.

• Soji learned names from a captive Rōran man and used them to convince the women in hiding that he had come to help.
• Soji asked the women to tell Queen Sara the truth about Anrokuzan once his group distracted the puppet robots, and they agreed.
• Naruto followed singing to Sara, but puppet robots attacked him and the ruins' entrance sealed behind him.
• Naruto escaped through the building's skylights and discovered a futuristic city filled with towering buildings.
• Three puppet robots attacked Naruto, and he dodged their weapons before fleeing as more robots appeared and surrounded him.

Naruto fought Dragon Vein-enhanced puppet robots until Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Homura rescued him, while Soji returned to find his teammates missing. The chapter left Naruto recovering with Minato and Homura, as Mukade realized another force was pursuing him and Soji searched for his absent teammates.

• Naruto used his Chakra Blade against the puppet robots, but one injured him and pinned him underground until Minato rescued him and Uchiha Homura destroyed the robots.
• The chapter flashed back to Minato and Homura hearing explosions and finding Naruto pursued by the robots; they followed him before intervening when he was close to death.
• Minato identified Naruto as a fellow Konoha Ninja, explained that the robots were enhanced by Dragon Vein Chakra, and began treating his leg wound.
• Mukade learned that all six puppet robots had been destroyed and realized another force had joined the hunt for him.
• Soji returned to the group’s meeting place, found Minato and Homura gone, and searched for them without knowing whether to wait or leave.

Soji reunited with Minato and Homura, who had rescued Naruto, and persuaded them to let Naruto join their mission. Naruto's revelations about the future left Minato and Homura stunned, while Soji began to suspect that history had not changed as he had hoped.

• Minato and Homura returned with Naruto, and Minato bandaged Naruto's injured leg.
• Soji revealed his identity, and Minato and Homura removed their masks and introduced themselves to Naruto.
• Naruto said Minato looked like the Fourth Hokage, then revealed that the Third Hokage had died three years earlier and Tsunade was now the Fifth Hokage.
• Soji asked Naruto about his mission, and Naruto said Granny Tsunade had sent him to capture the rogue ninja Mukade in the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.
• Minato and Homura struggled to process Naruto's claims, while Minato began to suspect the truth about Naruto's connection to him.

Naruto learned that he had traveled from Konoha Year 63 to the ancient kingdom of Roran in Konoha Year 43, and Minato realized Naruto was his future son. After Soji persuaded Minato to let Naruto join their mission against Anrokuzan, the group set out for Queen Sara’s residence.

• Soji explained that Naruto had traveled twenty years into the past after being swallowed by the Dragon Vein’s Chakra.
• Minato asked Naruto about his parents and realized Naruto had grown up without them, leaving Minato deeply troubled.
• Soji reassured Minato that the future could be changed, while Uchiha Homura’s interruption lightened the mood.
• Minato approved Soji’s mission plan, and Naruto asked to join after Soji explained that Anrokuzan was Mukade.
• Minato agreed to take Naruto along, and the four raced toward Queen Sara’s residence.

Soji tried to persuade Minato not to seal away everyone’s memories after Naruto’s mission in Rōran, arguing that Naruto might have come from a parallel universe rather than their own future. Minato’s resolve wavered, and he agreed to ask Naruto for more information before deciding.

• Soji privately confirmed with Minato that Naruto was his and Kushina’s child from the future.
• Minato said he would avoid changing history and planned to seal everyone’s memories after the Rōran mission, even though he might die within the next several years.
• Soji presented three explanations for Naruto’s arrival: a changeable future, an unchangeable history, or a parallel universe.
• Soji argued that Naruto’s unfamiliarity with Minato, Homura, and himself made it unlikely they all shared the same future, and Minato agreed the parallel-universe possibility deserved consideration.
• Soji and Minato decided to ask Naruto more about his origins, then caught up with Naruto and Uchiha Homura.

Naruto saved Queen Sara from a fall, but she remained wary of him until he explained who he was. When Mukade’s puppet guards turned against Sara, Soji prepared to protect her as Naruto watched.

• Naruto caught Sara after someone pushed her from a tower, but she panicked, slapped him, and elbowed him before thanking him for saving her.
• Sara told Naruto that she had inherited Rōran from her mother and denied that anyone would want to harm her.
• Minato reprimanded Naruto for acting without orders, and Sara stepped in to defend him when she saw him accept the scolding.
• Soji and the others sensed an enemy, but Sara mistook two puppet robots for her guards and ran toward them.
• The puppet robots fired Chakra blasts at Sara, and Minato held Naruto back while Soji used Ice Release—Ice Crystal Barrier.

Soji, Minato, and Uchiha Homura destroyed the puppet robots surrounding Queen Sara while Naruto guarded her. After Naruto demonstrated the Rasengan, he realized Minato was the Fourth Hokage.

• Soji, Minato, and Uchiha Homura each fought a group of three puppet robots while Naruto protected Queen Sara.
• Soji quickly destroyed his three puppets with Ice Release and Gentle Fist, and Minato defeated his group with Flying Thunder God and Rasengan.
• Uchiha Homura activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and cut apart the last puppet, leaving all eleven destroyed.
• Naruto recognized that Minato's Rasengan matched his own after demonstrating the technique with a Shadow Clone.
• Uchiha Homura said Minato had invented Rasengan, and Naruto concluded that Minato was Konoha's Fourth Hokage.

Minato and Soji questioned Naruto about his future to determine whether he came from a parallel world. Naruto revealed that the Uchiha Clan had been exterminated and that Sakumo Hatake had died by suicide, confirming Soji’s theory and easing Minato’s fears.

• Minato led Soji, Uchiha Homura, and Naruto to confront Sara about Mukade, but Sara rejected their claims and went to seek Anrokuzan’s explanation.
• Soji stopped Naruto from chasing Sara and explained that city residents were prepared to persuade her while Minato spoke with Naruto.
• Naruto said Uchiha Homura would be dead in his era and revealed that the Uchiha Clan had been exterminated, leaving Homura stunned.
• Naruto said he had never heard of Soji or Mizuki Ember, making Soji more certain that Naruto came from a parallel world.
• Naruto recalled that Konoha’s White Fang Sakumo Hatake had committed suicide when Kakashi was young, confirming Soji’s theory and convincing Minato that Naruto came from a parallel world.

After Naruto’s origins were confirmed, Soji, Minato, and Homura continued their mission and brought Queen Sara face-to-face with evidence of Anrokuzan’s abuses. Sara remained convinced that the cheering parade proved her people loved her, so Soji threw a chakra-infused Fuma Shuriken to make her look more closely.

• Minato and Soji confirmed that Naruto came from a Parallel Universe, and Soji eventually told Homura the truth as well.
• Soji, Minato, Homura, and Naruto met Queen Sara after the women had told her what they knew.
• A woman revealed that people called Sara a Puppet Princess and said Sara’s orders had led to her family being taken away.
• The women explained that Anrokuzan, also known as Mukade, had been acting in Sara’s name, while Sara insisted the cheering parade showed that her people supported her.
• Soji borrowed Homura’s Fuma Shuriken, infused it with Chakra, and threw it before Sara could stop him.

Soji and Minato exposed Mukade’s use of Chakra-controlled puppets and tried to protect Sara, who had fled after seeing a puppet made in her likeness. Naruto helped Sara face the truth about Anrokuzan, and the chapter ended with Soji telling Uchiha Homura that Naruto was Minato and Kushina’s future son.

• Soji severed the Chakra threads controlling the cheering crowd, and Naruto showed Sara that the citizens were puppets powered through pipes.
• A puppet dressed like Sara appeared at the tower, leading Soji and Minato to suspect Mukade planned to replace or eliminate her.
• Sara fled, so Minato sent Naruto to protect her while he, Soji, and Uchiha Homura followed in secret.
• Naruto found Sara grieving over her mother and encouraged her to remember what her mother valued; Sara then asked him to help trace the Dragon Vein’s Chakra threads.
• Soji told Minato and Uchiha Homura that Naruto was Minato and Kushina’s future child, leaving Uchiha Homura astonished.

Naruto and Queen Sara infiltrated the Dragon Vein factory, where Sara shut down its power after discovering Anrokuzan was forcing citizens to build puppet soldiers. Mukade revealed himself and moved to kill them, while Soji, Minato, and Uchiha Homura prepared to attack.

• Minato, Soji, and Uchiha Homura followed Naruto and Sara to the tower, then waited outside the underground entrance for Mukade to appear.
• Naruto and Sara discovered Rōran's citizens shackled and forced to assemble puppet soldiers in the Dragon Vein-powered factory.
• Sara used her authority as queen to sever the Dragon Vein's power, stopping the factory and its production line.
• Mukade activated the unfinished puppet robots, revealed himself as Anrokuzan, and declared that Sara and Naruto could not leave alive.
• Naruto shielded Sara and fought the puppets as Mukade recognized him; Soji then told Minato and Uchiha Homura that it was time to move in.

Naruto fought Mukade to protect Queen Sara, but Mukade captured him and revealed that he had murdered Sara’s mother and planned to replace Sara with a puppet. Naruto broke free with a surge of red Chakra, and Minato, Soji, and Uchiha Homura arrived to attack Mukade and freeze the puppet army.

• Minato, Soji, and Uchiha Homura arrived at the factory but watched Naruto fight at Minato’s request.
• Naruto destroyed the puppets blocking Sara’s escape, but Mukade combined the puppets into a giant robot and trapped him inside.
• Mukade confessed to killing Sara’s mother and intending to replace Sara, leaving her devastated as he prepared to kill her.
• Naruto’s red Chakra knocked Mukade’s sword aside, and Naruto broke out of the giant puppet robot and punched Mukade.
• Minato struck Mukade with a Rasengan while Soji froze the nearby puppet army, ending the battle with Mukade buried in the ground.