Chapter Summaries

Sasuke used the Sharingan to uncover how Hyde had exploited Timsi and the children to seek the Gelel Stone, and Naruto and Gaara arranged Timsi’s custody and discussed Gaara’s relationship with Shukaku. After the mission ended, Orochimaru’s agents collected Gelel Stone fragments, and Orochimaru planned a deal while remaining presumed dead.

• Sasuke hypnotized Timsi with the Sharingan, and Timsi revealed that Hyde had used his royal blood in an attempt to find the Gelel Stone vein, accidentally destroying it.
• Timsi explained that Hyde had captured children to power the Mobile Fortress and transform them into armored soldiers, and Gaara agreed Sunagakure would settle the children and let Naruto keep Timsi.
• Naruto privately encouraged Gaara to reconcile with Shukaku and admitted he had promised Shukaku that Gaara might lend him a clone for outings.
• Naruto, his teammates, and Gaara completed the mission by delivering the Snow Weasel and Timsi to the client’s designated village, while Naruto joked with Kakashi about Ship Girls.
• After the group left, a snake collected Gelel Stone fragments and brought them to Guren, who delivered them to Orochimaru in his underground laboratory.
• Orochimaru told Guren to contact someone about a deal without using his name, then considered how Konoha’s investigation and the organization hunting him might be affected by his presumed death.

Naruto returned from the past to the ruins of Lou Lan after a day away, reuniting with Hinata and the others and learning that Kakashi had recovered his memories. As the group headed to Sunagakure, Naruto discovered Sasuke was upset that he had not been included in the trip through time.

• Naruto returned to Lou Lan and reunited with Hinata, Kushina, Kakashi, and the others, who had waited for him for twenty-six hours.
• Kakashi revealed that his memory-sealing had lifted, while Sakura explained that the Kazekage, Temari, and Chiyo had defeated Sasori and that Chiyo had kept Sasori's final scroll.
• Choza found the snack wrapper he had treasured for over twenty years, then gave Choji the snacks Naruto had promised him.
• Naruto told the group about his time-travel experience as they traveled toward Sunagakure, while Sasuke remained quiet and sullen.
• Hinata suggested Sasuke was upset because Naruto had not taken him along, and Naruto decided to talk to him.

Naruto gathered Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura for a mission to investigate grave robbing near Fire Temple and possible Akatsuki activity. They learned the thieves were searching for the hidden graves of four former Guardian Ninja Twelve members, and set out to investigate.

• Naruto decided to accept the mission despite Shizune's warning and recruited Kakashi through his bedroom window.
• Naruto's clones notified Sasuke and Sakura, and he apologized when their actions angered Sakura.
• Naruto explained that the Fire Temple monks suspected someone was searching for four hidden graves and might use a technique like Impure World Reincarnation to revive the bodies.
• Sasuke learned the four former Guardian Ninja Twelve members could combine their power into a Lightning Release capable of destroying a village.
• Kakashi acknowledged that his students had grown into leaders and told the team to set out for Fire Temple.

The Five Kage secured their daimyos’ support for the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Akatsuki used fragments of Tailed Beast Chakra to awaken the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. The statue opened four half-lidded eyes, and Black Zetsu claimed that adding Nine Tails Chakra would complete the change.

• Naruto left the Daimyo Residence with Minato, while Shiranui Genma, Namikaze Raidō, and Tatami Iwashi stayed behind to guard the daimyo.
• The daimyos of the Land of Lightning, Land of Earth, and Land of Water supported their Kage’s plans, while the Land of Wind’s daimyo agreed after Gaara warned that Akatsuki might target the daimyos.
• Black Zetsu presented Pain and Konan with White Zetsu holding Three Tails Chakra, Samehada holding Six-Tails Chakra, and Monk Fa Yi, who had sealed Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Pain summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the statue absorbed the Chakra from the three offerings after Samehada transferred its Chakra to White Zetsu.
• The statue opened four half-lidded eyes, and Black Zetsu said that Nine Tails Chakra would bring about a further change.

Asuma defeated and captured Tobi with Ash Pile Burning, while Deidara fought Zuo Zhu, Kaede, and Kakashi in the air and launched a surprise attack with a Mini Flying Dragon. The battle remained unresolved as Deidara’s explosive strike obscured the battlefield.

• Asuma used Ash Pile Burning to defeat Tobi, whose mask shattered to reveal his spiral-patterned face.
• Asuma took Tobi’s body with Gan, Wen, and Cui, and another White Zetsu emerged afterward to inspect the ruined area.
• Kaede distracted Deidara with taunts and Scale Powder Concealment Technique while Zuo Zhu and Kakashi destroyed his clay bombs.
• Zuo Zhu fired Lightning Buckshot at Deidara, who abandoned his bird and escaped onto his C2 Dragon.
• Deidara dropped clay mines from the dragon and detonated them, then sent a fast Mini Flying Dragon toward Zuo Zhu and Kakashi.

Nine Tails explained the Ten Tails and persuaded the Kage to consider cooperating against Akatsuki, while Minato described Akatsuki’s plan to impose peace through mass suffering or the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The Kage began moving toward an alliance, though Ōnoki only agreed to trust them for the time being.

• Nine Tails told the Kage that the Tailed Beasts came from the Ten Tails and that its revival threatened them all, and Yagura and Gaara confirmed the story through Isobu and Shukaku.
• Minato asked the Raikage about Killer B, prompting the Raikage to realize how little he knew about his younger brother and to agree to trust Minato.
• Gaara challenged Ōnoki’s reliance on past experience, and Ōnoki reluctantly agreed to believe the warning for the time being.
• Minato explained that Nagato intended to cause widespread suffering before establishing peace, and the Raikage condemned the plan.
• Minato revealed that Akatsuki’s alternative was to use the Ten Tails to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and trap everyone in dreams through the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Utakata and the Anbu fought Kisame as he overwhelmed them with powerful Water Style techniques. After Hotaru was struck protecting Utakata, his grief and rage pushed him into State Two, and the battle ended with his attack engulfing Kisame in white light.

• Utakata and the Anbu escaped Kisame's exploding bubbles, but Kisame protected himself with a Water Prison and flooded the area with Exploding Water Shockwave.
• Kisame broke through the group's Water Formation Walls and struck Hotaru with Samehada after she pushed Utakata out of danger.
• Utakata entered State Two and knocked Kisame through a house, while Samehada absorbed Chakra to heal Kisame's injuries.
• The squad leader sent Anbu B to seek reinforcements, Anbu C to check on Anbu A, and Anbu D to find Hotaru.
• Kisame attacked Utakata with Rain of Four Sharks, but Utakata gathered Yin-Yang Chakra and engulfed Kisame in a blast of white light.

Kakashi, Zuo Zhu, and Kaede worked together to defeat Deidara’s clay puppets and strike the real Deidara. As they ran low on Chakra, Deidara prepared his ultimate self-destruction.

• Deidara sent clay puppets after Kakashi, Zuo Zhu, and Kaede, but the puppets split apart when attacked and their threads reconnected.
• Kakashi, Zuo Zhu, and Kaede spread out and coordinated an attack, using kunai with Exploding Tags to knock Deidara off balance.
• Kakashi’s Lightning Wolf destroyed the clay puppets while Zuo Zhu pierced the real Deidara with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Deidara tore off his robe and shirt, revealed the mouth on his chest, and announced that he would self-destruct with his ultimate art.

Nagato and Konan surrendered to Minato after Naruto helped persuade Nagato to keep living, and Minato promised them fair treatment in Konoha. Konan handed Konoha over five hundred billion Exploding Tags, while Obito and Black Zetsu relocated their base after obtaining the Rinnegan.

• Konan gave Nagato a reason to live by asking him to stay with her until they saw how Minato would pursue peace, and Nagato agreed.
• Konan offered Konoha their intelligence and surrender, and Minato arranged for Nagato to be treated at Konoha Hospital under Jiraiya's supervision while Konan stayed with him.
• Naruto, Minato, and Jiraiya brought Nagato and Konan to Konoha, where Konan handed over more than five hundred billion Exploding Tags and asked that the Rain Country be spared further harm.
• Minato promised to evacuate Rain Country civilians if fighting reached the area and said Konoha would investigate the enemy's plans.
• Black Zetsu gave Obito the Rinnegan, and they relocated their base because the Rain Country had been exposed.

Sasuke and Kakashi fought Deidara, whose clay attacks were repeatedly countered until Sasuke struck down his flying dragon and severed his arm. Deidara escaped the strike with a Clay Clone and exploded it, but Kaede transformed to shield Sasuke, leaving Deidara facing her Tailed Beast Form Two.

• Kakashi sent Deidara’s Mini Flying Dragon bomb to the garbage dump at Naruto’s house, saving Sasuke from the explosion.
• Kaede caught Sasuke’s giant shuriken and hurled them back, piercing Deidara’s right shoulder and pinning him to his clay flying dragon.
• Sasuke summoned Blue Snake, rode it into the sky, and cut the clay flying dragon and Deidara’s right arm with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Kaede carried Sasuke after Deidara, but Deidara’s Clay Clone swelled and exploded while his real body hid inside the severed flying dragon.
• Kaede entered the Jinchuriki’s Form Two and shielded Sasuke from the blast, and Deidara recognized her transformation as she landed nearby.

Minato and the Konoha forces tried to seal Bunbuku while Obito transformed four Jinchuriki into Tailed Beasts. Naruto and Kushina overwhelmed the four beasts, and their Adamantine Sealing Chains struck as the enemy lay weakened.

• Minato struck Bunbuku with a Sage Art: Big Ball Rasengan and began sealing him while Shisui, Itachi, and Kakashi blocked the other Jinchuriki’s attacks.
• Obito transformed Yugito Nii, Rōshi, Han, and Burabi into the Two Tails, Four Tails, Five Tails, and Eight Tails.
• Zuo Zhu summoned Blue Snake, but Kokuō immediately knocked the summon away and forced Zuo Zhu to retreat.
• Naruto and Kushina used their Nine Tails forms to fight the four beasts, with Naruto throwing the Four Tails into the others and sending them tumbling.
• The combined Tailed Beast Ball of the four beasts lost to Naruto and Kushina’s larger attack, and Kushina and Naruto launched Adamantine Sealing Chains at the weakened opponents.

Naruto, Kushina, Shisui, and Itachi fought Obito and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, freeing the Nine Tails and forcing Obito onto the defensive. Rather than revive Madara, Obito decided to awaken the Ten Tails using incomplete Tailed Beasts.

• Naruto and Kushina fought the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Naruto sent its oversized Tailed Beast Ball into the Kamui Dimension.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path restrained both Nine Tails with Purple Chains, but Naruto’s Adamantine Sealing Chains and the arrival of Shisui and Itachi stopped it from pulling them away.
• Itachi burned the Purple Chains and attacked the statue with Amaterasu while Shisui used Susanoo to hold the chains and strike the statue.
• Obito absorbed the Amaterasu with the Preta Path as Kakashi and Zuo Zhu stayed hidden behind him, waiting for an opening.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito to revive Madara, but Obito refused and announced that he would awaken the Ten Tails with incomplete Tailed Beasts.

Naruto and the Konoha shinobi fought Obito’s reanimated Jinchuriki, while Obito used Mito Uzumaki to lure Kushina into a trap. Naruto’s Adamantine Sealing Chains intercepted Mito’s, and Minato and Naruto protected Kushina.

• Naruto and Zuo Zhu combined Water and Lightning Release to defeat Rōshi’s lava attack and Bunbuku’s sand defense.
• Shisui and Itachi failed to affect the reanimated Jinchuriki with genjutsu, so Minato decided they would have to defeat and seal them.
• Kakashi blocked most of Yugito Nii’s Fire Rat Balls, and Kushina entered Female Kurama Mode and knocked Han away.
• Obito revealed that he had used Mito Uzumaki to draw Kushina in and ordered Mito’s Adamantine Sealing Chains to capture her.
• Naruto’s chains clashed with Mito’s, and Minato and Naruto stepped in front of Kushina to protect her.

Nine Tails helped the allied forces turn two small Demonic Statues of the Outer Path into Ten Tails-powered cloaks for Naruto and Minato. Naruto and Minato prepared to join the fight against Obito, while Guy and the others struggled to hold him off.

• Nine Tails volunteered to suppress Ten Tails, while Yagura injected Three Tails' Chakra into the two small Demonic Statues and Guy, Gan, Wen, Cui, and Kimimaro occupied Obito.
• Minato, Kushina, and Naruto sealed the first Little Ten Tails onto one of Nine Tails' clones, transforming Little Orange into a white, horned fox with Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Little Orange became a cloak for Naruto, giving him access to Little Ten Tails' power through Nine Tails; Naruto tested his new abilities as Minato urged the group to hurry.
• The group created a second Nine Tails Cloak for Minato, and he and Naruto stood ready to fight alongside each other.
• Naruto suggested naming his cloak the Sage of Six Paths Robe, and Kushina punched him and Minato for getting distracted.

Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi prepared to leave the Fire Temple, but Naruto sensed trouble before they could say goodbye to Chiriku. Kakuzu and Hidan arrived to claim Chiriku’s bounty and found the team waiting at the temple gate.

• Naruto gave up trying to teach Chiriku a made-up Heart Sutra, and Team Kakashi returned to the Fire Temple for the night.
• The next morning, Naruto and Sasuke collected protective charms as souvenirs, and Kakashi suggested they say goodbye to Chiriku.
• Kakuzu and Hidan headed for the Fire Temple because Kakuzu wanted to claim the bounty on Chiriku, a former Guardian Ninja Twelve member.
• Kakuzu and Hidan found Chiriku, Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura waiting outside the temple, and Kakuzu recognized the potential bounty and danger of the group.
• Hidan considered attacking the group and capturing Naruto for the Akatsuki’s quota, while Kakuzu weighed the risk of fighting them.

Chiriku defeated Kazuma and Naruto sealed him to prevent further trouble, while Sakura treated his injuries. As the group carried the recovered bodies from the mountain, Naruto tried to learn Chiriku’s technique and pretended to know Buddhist teachings.

• Chiriku’s Thousand-Hand Guanyin overwhelmed Kazuma, and Kazuma collapsed after Chiriku’s red Fierce-Eyed Guardian struck him with a barrage of fists.
• Chiriku asked Kazuma to return to the Fire Temple, but Kazuma refused, and Sora struggled to face his father.
• Naruto covered Kazuma with Sealing Technique formulas, then Sakura treated him after he coughed up blood and fainted.
• Chiriku inspected the four recovered bodies and thanked Kakashi and the others for helping capture Kazuma and his subordinates.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clones carried the coffins down the mountain in suits and gloves, and Naruto asked Chiriku to teach him Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder.
• Chiriku offered to teach Naruto if he became a monk, but Kakashi stopped him, and Naruto recited a fabricated Buddhist passage.

Naruto settled into family life with Minato and Kushina, while Kushina drew Kakashi into their daily dinners and helped him become less withdrawn. At dinner, Minato revealed rising border tensions with the Land of Lightning and Land of Wind, and the chapter ended with plans to visit Fugaku’s family and Kakashi remembering Obito.

• Naruto adapted to life as a baby, enjoyed his parents’ affection, and tried unsuccessfully to meet the Nine-Tails.
• Kushina repeatedly tracked down Kakashi and brought him home for dinner until he began coming willingly and opening up at the table.
• Minato told Kushina and Kakashi that border clashes with the Land of Lightning and Land of Wind had increased, and said Orochimaru would be sent to hold the border.
• Minato proposed visiting Fugaku’s family with Naruto, and Kushina looked forward to seeing Mikoto and Sasuke.
• Kakashi touched his left eye and thought of his deceased friend, deciding to visit the Memorial Stone.

After the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attack, Minato organized Konoha’s recovery and agreed to present himself and Kushina as the village’s heroes. The chapter ended with Naruto attending the memorial service and beginning to grasp the deaths and suffering of the world around him.

• The Third Star Shadow escorted Minato and Kushina home, while Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Anbu to keep searching for the Masked Man and arranged for Konoha’s recovery.
• Minato and Kushina cared for Naruto, and Minato left to manage the village’s losses and issue orders for reconstruction, security, and compensation.
• The Third Star Shadow and the elders discussed how to explain the attack, and the Third Star Shadow persuaded Minato to let the village portray him and Kushina as the heroes who sealed the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
• Konoha residents celebrated Minato and Kushina as the Hero Couple, and Naruto was called the Son of a Hero.
• Three days later, Kushina brought Naruto to the memorial service, where he saw mourners gathered for the fallen and began to understand the world’s tragedies.

Naruto and Hinata visited the Third Hokage and Sasuke in the hospital after the battle. Naruto learned his evacuation efforts had helped protect Konoha’s guests, then took Hinata to Ichiraku Ramen.

• Naruto and Hinata brought flowers to the hospital and learned that the Third Hokage was in room 3601 and Sasuke was in room 3602.
• Naruto, Hinata, and Konohamaru visited the Third Hokage, who praised Naruto for evacuating the spectators with Multiple Shadow Clone and Flying Thunder God.
• Biwako forbade the Third Hokage from smoking, and Naruto warned Konohamaru to save his pranks until his grandfather recovered.
• Naruto and Hinata visited Sasuke, where Sakura was looking after him and said he expected to be discharged the next day.
• Naruto and Hinata went to Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto scrutinized Uncle Teuchi but found nothing unusual.

Naruto gathered Sasuke and Sakura for a journey with Jiraiya to find Tsunade, while Itachi returned home too late to train with Sasuke. Mikoto sent Itachi out to meet Izumi, leaving the story with her quietly arranging time alone for them.

• Naruto persuaded Sasuke that Itachi was too busy to train and brought Sasuke to fetch Sakura for a mission.
• Sakura quickly got ready, and the three met Jiraiya at the village entrance, where he was secretly using a crystal ball to spy on the women's bathhouse.
• Naruto made Jiraiya hand over the crystal ball, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return it to Minato before the group left to find Tsunade.
• Itachi returned home intending to train Sasuke, learned that Sasuke had already left with Naruto, and agreed to meet Izumi after Mikoto encouraged him.
• Mikoto sent Itachi to a dango shop far from the Uchiha Clan Compound, hoping to give him and Izumi time together.