Chapter Summaries

Obito and Kakashi learned how this world's Kakashi got Obito's Sharingan and that Rin died by Kakashi's hand. Obito then questioned Naruto about the Nine-Tails, making Kakashi suspect the visitors were after the Tailed Beast.

• Obito promised Sasuke a chance to study in the Empire after they built a transmission channel, and Sasuke eagerly began training in the Body Refining Technique.
• Obito demanded to know why Kakashi had this world's Obito's eyes, and Kakashi explained the Kannabi Bridge mission and Obito's death beneath a boulder.
• Kakashi revealed that Rin died by his hand, and Obito and Kakashi felt sympathy for him.
• Angered by Rin's death, Obito slapped sleeping Naruto awake and then dunked him in a pond when he would not respond.
• Obito asked Naruto about his relationship with the Nine-Tails, while Kakashi became suspicious and warned that Naruto knew nothing because he had just graduated from the Ninja Academy.

Kakashi bargained for Naruto’s release by sharing information about the Tailed Beasts, then offered to help capture Sunagakure’s beast if his students were freed. Obito questioned Kakashi’s rigid mission system and learned that Kakashi believed missions took precedence over everything, leaving both visitors challenging who bore the cost when leaders made mistakes.

• Kakashi listed the Tailed Beasts’ supposed locations, falsely placing the Seven-Tails in Hidden Mist Village, and described the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ relative strength.
• Kakashi offered to accompany the visitors to seize Hidden Sand Village’s Tailed Beast if they released his three students.
• Obito asked about Tazuna’s commissioned mission and decided to learn the circumstances behind the Land of Waves’ suffering.
• Kakashi explained that shinobi had to complete accepted missions at any cost and said higher-ups set mission priorities.
• Obito challenged Kakashi’s faith in orders from above and asked whether shinobi missions put people and their lives first.

Kakashi and Obito agreed to help Tazuna by eliminating Gato after condemning the Shinobi Village System. When Naruto attacked them over Sasuke’s allegiance, Obito sealed Naruto’s Chakra and asked whether Minato had taught him, leaving Naruto confused about who Minato was.

• Kakashi explained that shinobi and their villages depended on missions commissioned by nobles and Daimyo, prompting Obito to denounce the system and propose unifying it.
• Obito and Kakashi decided to help Tazuna by taking down Gato, while Obito planned to place restrictions on their group.
• Sasuke returned injured and called Obito his master, rejecting Naruto’s expectations that they would compete for Hokage and uphold the Will of Fire.
• Naruto accused Obito and Kakashi of using Genjutsu on Sasuke, then created hundreds of Shadow Clones and attacked them.
• Obito destroyed Naruto’s clones, sealed Naruto’s Chakra with a Curse Seal, and asked whether Minato had taught him; Naruto asked who Minato was.

Obito used his Eternal Mangekyo to put Sasuke through a Genjutsu designed to stimulate his emotions and strengthen his Sharingan. As Kakashi prepared for Obito to place a Curse Seal on him, he warned Nagato about a possible problem at the Valley of the End, while a thick mist swallowed their surroundings.

• Kakashi told Naruto that Minato was the Fourth Hokage and that the Third Hokage had ordered them not to reveal Minato’s other identity to him yet.
• Obito gave Sasuke a recovery potion and used his Eternal Mangekyo to trap him in a Genjutsu where Itachi killed Obito, Kakashi, Tazuna, Sakura, and Naruto.
• Kakashi explained to Naruto that the Genjutsu was meant to stimulate Sasuke’s emotions and help him awaken a stronger Sharingan.
• Obito moved to place a Curse Seal on Kakashi, who warned Nagato that the Empire could not be contacted and that the Valley of the End might be the source of the problem.
• Nagato replied that he would check the Valley of the End after his trip, as a thick mist closed in around Kakashi and the others.

Zabuza attacked the group under cover of the Hidden Mist Technique, but Kakashi dispersed the fog and stopped Zabuza from killing Tazuna. Kakashi discovered that Tazuna bore a Flying Thunder God mark, while Zabuza’s apparent defeat proved to be only a Water Clone.

• Zabuza enveloped the group in the Hidden Mist Technique and threatened to kill them, while Kakashi recognized him as Momochi Zabuza and explained his Silent Killing specialty.
• Kakashi used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to tear apart the mist after Obito declined to use Fire Release near Naruto, Sasuke, and Tazuna.
• Zabuza appeared beside Tazuna with his Executioner's Blade, but Kakashi used the Flying Thunder God mark on Tazuna to reach him first.
• Kakashi struck Zabuza with the White Fang Blade, but the apparent victim dissolved into water, revealing that it was a Water Clone.

Kakashi from another world challenged Momochi Zabuza to a sword duel, mistaking Zabuza’s crude attacks for masterful swordsmanship before effortlessly stopping his blade. Zabuza began forming hand seals to reveal his full strength, and Obito’s eyes turned into Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Kakashi warned the others that Zabuza’s Executioner’s Blade could absorb iron from blood and repair itself, while explaining that the Empire’s weapons had even greater self-repair technology.
• Kakashi challenged Zabuza to a duel, and Zabuza mistook him for Kakashi’s brother and charged with the Executioner’s Blade.
• Kakashi studied Zabuza’s crude swings while dodging, then drew his White Fang Blade and clashed with him, numbing Zabuza’s hand.
• Kakashi clamped the Executioner’s Blade between two fingers and told Zabuza that his swordsmanship was poor, though his silent movements could work well with the Hidden Mist Technique.
• Zabuza abandoned the blade struggle, stepped back, and began forming hand seals as Obito’s eyes transformed into Mangekyo Sharingan.

Kakashi and Obito mistook Zabuza’s forty-four hand seals for a world-shaking technique, but he used them to cast the ordinary Water Dragon Bullet Technique. After Kakashi defeated Zabuza, Haku intervened and tried to take him away, but Kakashi realized Zabuza was faking death and decided to keep them both.

• Zabuza formed forty-four hand seals, leading Kakashi and Obito to expect a forbidden technique, but he cast Water Dragon Bullet Technique and sent Kakashi into the current.
• Kakashi escaped the water with the White Fang Blade and attacked Zabuza with Wind Release—Blade Wind Tornado.
• Haku blocked Kakashi’s attack with Ice Release and struck Zabuza’s neck with two needles, making him appear dead.
• Haku claimed to belong to the Hidden Mist Village’s Anbu pursuit squad and tried to carry Zabuza away, but Obito sensed that Zabuza was still alive.
• Kakashi refused to let Haku take Zabuza and revealed that he knew Zabuza was faking death, then said Haku had an even greater reason to stay.

Haku and Zabuza were captured after Obito defeated Haku’s Ice Release and trapped him in genjutsu. Haku began explaining why his Kekkei Genkai had brought disaster upon his family, hoping Kakashi would grant him a favor.

• Haku used Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals and Thousand Flying Water Needles to cover Zabuza’s escape, but Obito’s Great Fireball destroyed the ice mirrors.
• Obito caught Haku’s gaze with his Mangekyo Sharingan, sealed his Chakra, and removed his mask, revealing that Haku was a man.
• Obito also sealed Zabuza’s Chakra and removed the needles from his neck, and the two prisoners quickly regained consciousness.
• Haku admitted that Zabuza was a rogue ninja from the Hidden Mist Village and that they had both been hired by Gato.
• Haku confirmed that Ice Release was his inherited Kekkei Genkai and said it had brought disaster and death to his family.
• Haku asked Kakashi for a promise before explaining that villagers in his snowy Land of Water village had feared and hated Kekkei Genkai users because of the war.

Haku recounted how his Ice Release supposedly led villagers to kill his mother and father, but Obito and Kakashi doubted his story. Zabuza backed Haku’s account by describing the Land of Water’s persecution of Kekkei Genkai users and the Hidden Mist Village’s brutal academy system, then explained why he had turned against the village.

• Haku said his father and the villagers killed his mother after discovering her Ice Release, and his awakened power killed them in a rage.
• Obito challenged Haku’s story with questions about why villagers hated Kekkei Genkai users, why Haku’s mother did not defend herself, and whether his father would really try to kill his own family.
• Obito told Kakashi to kill Haku and Zabuza, but Zabuza offered to prove Haku’s account was true.
• Zabuza said the Fourth Mizukage’s rule had made people in the Land of Water hate Kekkei Genkai users, leaving Haku and his mother among many victims.
• Zabuza described how Hidden Mist Academy students had been forced to kill one another, and how he slaughtered his classmates on graduation day to protest the system.
• Zabuza said the village rewarded him for the killings, and that he fled after failing to assassinate the Mizukage so he could gather money and allies to overthrow him.

Kakashi and Obito questioned Zabuza about the Mizukage’s persecution of Kekkei Genkai users and recognized parallels with Konoha’s treatment of its own clans. After confirming Zabuza’s account, they were left wondering why Haku’s mother had died.

• Kakashi asked Zabuza whether the Mizukage was the strongest person in Hidden Mist Village, and Zabuza explained that the Kage was its highest ruler but not necessarily its strongest fighter.
• Obito suggested the Mizukage might be controlled or replaced, but Zabuza said the Mizukage had once been responsible and that the village’s leaders had allowed him to persecute Kekkei Genkai users.
• Obito’s criticism of Hidden Mist’s destruction of its own talent made Kakashi think of his father’s death and the Uchiha Clan’s destruction in Konoha.
• Obito decided to hold a clan meeting and bring Uchiha members to pioneer the land, hoping they would understand how the Emperor supported Kekkei Genkai clans.
• Kakashi confirmed that the Bloody Mist and the Land of Water’s isolation were known realities, then asked why Haku’s mother, who also had a Kekkei Genkai, had died.

Kakashi and Obito learned why Haku's mother died and tried to recruit Zabuza and Haku into the Empire, but Zabuza refused to betray the Hidden Mist Village. As Zabuza and Haku prepared to die together, Obito reminded Kakashi that they needed test subjects for their Cross-Dimensional Channel, and Kakashi spared them.

• Zabuza said Haku's mother had died because she would not hurt the villagers, and Kakashi and Obito condemned the world's indoctrination of its people.
• Kakashi invited Zabuza and Haku to join the Empire, but Zabuza refused to betray the Hidden Mist Village and chose death rather than serve another power.
• Haku pleaded to die before Zabuza, and Zabuza accepted his request, revealing his affection for him.
• Kakashi drew the White Fang Blade to kill them, but Obito urged him to keep them alive as test subjects for the Cross-Dimensional Channel.
• Kakashi sheathed his blade and decided to let Zabuza and Haku live a little longer.

Nagato traveled with Jiraiya to the capital of the Land of Fire and saw the Daimyo and nobles enjoying themselves while civilians suffered. He compared their lives with those in the Empire, leaving Jiraiya confused by Nagato’s description of Emperor Senju as excessively indulgent.

• Nagato questioned why the Land of Fire had abandoned trains, and Jiraiya explained that attacks and maintenance costs had made them unprofitable.
• Nagato and Jiraiya reached the Land of Fire’s capital after traveling for just over half a day, and Jiraiya resolved not to let the Hidden Leaf Village be the first to challenge the Empire.
• Nagato watched nobles mistreat civilians and a Daimyo seize a dancer, while Jiraiya treated the scenes as ordinary.
• Jiraiya explained that the Daimyo appointed the Kage, then guessed that the Emperor was the person who enjoyed life most in the Empire.
• Nagato described Emperor Senju’s elaborate meals, personal chefs, and three wives, and said elderly people still condemned him as debauched.

Nagato condemned the Fire Daimyo’s abuse and challenged Jiraiya’s faith in the Child of Prophecy, arguing that only unifying the Shinobi World could end large-scale wars. Jiraiya rejected war and pleaded with Nagato not to bring it to their prosperous world.

• Nagato described the Emperor’s demanding tastes and three wives, then explained that the Emperor had inherited both the Sharingan and Wood Release.
• Nagato condemned the Fire Daimyo’s treatment of a young dancer and questioned the balance of power between daimyo and ninja villages.
• Jiraiya explained his hope of finding the Child of Prophecy, but Nagato dismissed the idea and compared it unfavorably with Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Nagato urged Jiraiya to unify the Shinobi World, arguing that it would end wars between nations and leave only peaceful contests for power.
• Jiraiya rejected unification because it would require bloodshed and pleaded with Nagato not to bring war to their world.

Nagato explained how Uchiha Senju founded the Empire through conquest and a brutal civil war, then defended the sacrifices by describing the prosperity and peace that followed. Jiraiya learned the scale of the bloodshed and heard that the Empire now had millions of students and a growing population.

• Nagato argued that Jiraiya’s faith in preserving the existing order was futile, while Jiraiya questioned whether true change required war.
• Nagato began recounting the Empire’s history, explaining that its timeline matched the Hidden Leaf’s until the Empire’s Holy War began in Year 40 of Konoha.
• Nagato said Uchiha Senju killed Hanzo, defeated the allied forces, and conquered the shinobi world before rejecting the Daimyos’ rule and declaring a unified Empire in Year 44.
• Nagato revealed that the wars and civil conflict killed 1.8 million shinobi and 1.84 million civilians, leaving Jiraiya shocked by the death toll.
• Nagato claimed that Senju’s policies restored prosperity within five years and said the Empire now had over 110,000 registered Jonin, 710,000 Chunin, and 2.15 million Ninja Academy students.

Nagato rejected Jiraiya’s plea to resist the Empire and continued toward the Valley of the End, while Jiraiya returned to the Hidden Leaf Village. Attempts by Orochimaru’s Empire to reach the correct point in the other world failed again, leaving the Shadow Clones stranded in the past.

• Nagato told Jiraiya that the Empire had two million Genin and urged him to persuade the Hidden Leaf Village to surrender, but Jiraiya refused and left to warn the Third Hokage.
• Nagato healed an abused young woman, used a modified Dead Demon Consuming Seal to strip several Daimyo of their ability to sire children, and headed for the Valley of the End.
• Jiraiya encountered Root ninjas carrying a letter from Danzo, but chose not to pursue Nagato and hurried back to discuss the parallel universe with the Third Hokage.
• At the Valley of the End in Year 7 of the Hidden Leaf Village, Orochimaru’s Shadow Clones arrived during Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju’s fight, realized they had reached the wrong time, and vanished.
• In the Empire, Orochimaru reported the failed transmission to Senju, who reassured him; Orochimaru promised to fix the coordinates within three months.

Nagato entered the Land of Finality, captured six Summoning Animals, and headed toward the Valley of the End while Kakashi and Obito escorted Tazuna through the Land of Waves. After learning how Gato exploited the Land of Waves and how the ninja system served powerful interests, Obito condemned the world’s political order.

• Nagato told Kakashi he would visit the Land of Finality before meeting the others, and Kakashi said they planned to take control of the Hidden Sand Village.
• Nagato entered the Land of Finality in soul form, subdued a giant centipede, and captured five more Summoning Animals before returning to his body.
• Nagato summoned the Giant Bird and flew toward the Valley of the End.
• Tazuna explained that Gato controlled the Land of Waves through wealth, monopolies, and hired outlaws, while the country lacked a ninja village and could not match his resources.
• Obito questioned how ninjas could accept opposing missions and why Daimyos were protected, and Kakashi recognized how missions had fueled conflicts between villages.
• Tazuna explained that removing a Daimyo would provoke the world’s Daimyos and endanger the country’s people, and Obito condemned the system as a way to keep ninjas and civilians fighting for nobles.

Nagato defeated the Root guards at the Valley of the End, released the Isolation Seal, and disguised the area before contacting the Empire, Kakashi, and Obito. In the Land of Waves, the group reached the bridge construction site, where Gato was attacking the workers and Naruto rushed to confront him.

• Nagato summoned a Giant centipede and a chameleon to attack the four Root ninjas guarding the Isolation Seal.
• The Root ninjas injured the Giant centipede, but the chameleon appeared and the two Summoning Animals devoured all four guards.
• Nagato deciphered and released the Isolation Seal, then used Genjutsu to disguise the area and contacted the Empire, Kakashi, and Obito.
• Obito dispelled the Genjutsu on Sasuke, who praised the training and was excited that his Two-Tomoe might awaken into Three-Tomoe.
• Tazuna led the group to the bridge site, where Gato and his hired men were assaulting the workers.
• Naruto charged at Gato after seeing him burn a worker's face with a cigar.

Gato insulted and struck the captured Zabuza, but Kakashi released Zabuza’s Chakra restraint under Imperial Law, allowing him to cut off Gato’s hands. Gato’s thugs then attacked the Hidden Leaf group, and Obito tried to send Sasuke into battle before Kakashi stopped him.

• Gato struck a subordinate who interrupted him, then mocked Zabuza and threatened to have his eyes and tongue removed.
• Gato slapped Zabuza and threatened the Hidden Leaf ninjas, while Zabuza felt his Chakra return after Kakashi released the restraint.
• Zabuza cut off both of Gato’s hands, but Gato’s confidant restrained him with Genjutsu and another ninja carried Gato to safety.
• Gato offered half his assets to whoever killed Zabuza and ordered his thugs to attack Zabuza and the Hidden Leaf ninjas.
• Obito pointed Sasuke toward the fight as a training opportunity, but Kakashi stepped between them and said Sasuke could not go.

Sasuke joined Zabuza’s fight despite Kakashi’s warning about political consequences, while Kakashi and Obito received the Empire’s first contact in a long time. Nagato briefed the Emperor and the others on the alternate world, describing its weak ninjutsu, political oppression, and urgent need for a two-way Cross-Dimensional Channel.

• Kakashi explained that Konoha would face political and financial consequences if its ninjas killed the merchants, but Sasuke joined Zabuza’s fight to improve his strength.
• Naruto worried about Sasuke and asked Obito to release his sealed Chakra, but Obito reassured him that Sasuke was safe.
• Zabuza knocked away two blades aimed at Sasuke, while Obito watched closely and Kakashi teased him about his concern.
• Kakashi and Obito’s Nano-Bracelets vibrated with a message from the Empire, and they answered the call alongside Nagato and the Emperor.
• Nagato reported that the Valley of the End’s spatial seal could be undone and that constructing a two-way Cross-Dimensional Channel was urgent.
• Nagato described the alternate world as one ruled by Daimyo and shinobi villages, where war was widespread and ordinary people and shinobi lacked human rights.

Nagato, Obito, and Kakashi brief Lord Senju on their mission to gather Tailed Beasts and establish a Cross-Dimensional Channel. They reveal that they already have Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and plan to pursue the One-Tail while protecting their team and maintaining contact with the Empire.

• Nagato reported that this world's Tailed Beasts were sealed in Jinchuriki and said he could control them to power the Cross-Dimensional Channel.
• Lord Senju ordered Nagato to stay with Obito and Kakashi, and Obito revealed that they had Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, in their custody.
• Kakashi sent Naruto and Sakura into town for medicine and ramen, then explained that Naruto did not know about the mission.
• Lord Senju ordered the team to protect Naruto and never kill him, while Kakashi proposed going to the Hidden Sand Village to capture the One-Tail and establish a channel.
• Obito reported that he had taken Indra as his disciple, captured an Ice Release ninja, and gained an Eternal Mangekyo by exchanging eyes with his counterpart, but the Uchiha Clan's destruction prevented further such exchanges.
• Lord Senju praised Obito and told the team to prioritize the Cross-Dimensional Channel and contact the Empire whenever needed.