Chapter Summaries

After Zabuza killed Gato, the heroes of the Land of Waves celebrated their victory, and Nagato arrived from the sky. Obito proposed that the Land of Waves join the Empire, and Nagato began constructing a bridge for them with Earth Release.

• Zabuza severed Gato's legs and kicked him into the sea, where a fish dragged him underwater.
• Naruto found Sasuke unharmed, and Obito rewarded Sasuke with a scroll of fire techniques.
• The people of the Land of Waves praised Sasuke and Zabuza, while Zabuza wondered if the Land of Water could share their welcoming spirit.
• Nagato descended from the sky and joined Kakashi, Obito, and the others after learning that Gato had been defeated.
• Obito told Tazuna the Empire would welcome the Land of Waves, and Tazuna agreed that its people would join.
• Nagato announced the Sea World Bridge Weaving Technique as a gift to the Land of Waves.

Nagato used Earth Release to build a massive bridge for the people of the Land of Waves, and Naruto learned from Obito how Jinchuriki were created and exploited. The chapter ended with Nagato recalling a mysterious sequence of numbers he had read on a stone tablet.

• Nagato drove sea creatures away and used Earth Release to construct a sturdy bridge between the Land of Waves and the opposite shore.
• Tazuna and the people of the Land of Waves thanked Nagato, Kakashi, and Obito, then celebrated the completed bridge with a bonfire party.
• Zabuza offered to retrieve Gato's wealth and treasure, and Obito agreed to let him go find it.
• Kakashi asked Nagato if he belonged to the Uzumaki Clan, and Naruto introduced himself and asked Nagato to teach him the bridge-building technique.
• Obito asked Nagato to explain the Jinchuriki information, and he told Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke how the villages captured Tailed Beasts and bound them to human vessels.
• Naruto condemned the treatment of Jinchuriki and Tailed Beasts, while Nagato remembered the numbers 694520991 engraved on a stone tablet.

Nagato examined Naruto’s seal and questioned why the Hidden Leaf had treated him so poorly, prompting Naruto to learn that his father was the Fourth Hokage. Kakashi prepared to explain the truth about Naruto’s family and the Nine-Tails.

• Nagato confirmed Naruto was the alternate-world version and explained that he could control the Tailed Beast sealed inside him.
• Nagato inspected Naruto’s seal, criticized its design, and told him that his other-world counterpart had Six Paths-level power.
• Nagato asked why the Nine-Tails had been sealed in Naruto, and Naruto realized he was the beast’s container rather than its reincarnation.
• Nagato revealed that Naruto’s father was the Fourth Hokage, leaving Naruto shocked to learn that his father had died.
• Kakashi decided to tell Naruto the truth about his family, while Obito reacted angrily to the way Naruto had been treated.

Kakashi explained how Minato and Kushina died sealing the Nine-Tails and why Naruto became its Jinchuriki, while Naruto revealed the neglect and isolation he had suffered in Konoha. Naruto refused Obito’s offer to join the Empire and said he did not hate his unknown father, and Nagato was asked whether the Nine-Tails could be released.

• Kakashi told Obito and Nagato that Minato and Kushina died protecting Naruto and sealing the Nine-Tails, and that Minato had intended Naruto’s status to protect him and make him a hero.
• Naruto revealed that villagers refused to sell him food, leaving him to live mostly on instant noodles and milk despite receiving orphan support.
• Obito angrily offered to take Naruto to the Empire, but Naruto refused and renewed his determination to become Hokage.
• Kakashi asked Naruto whether he hated his father, and Naruto said he could not hate someone he had never met, though he wished he could confront him about his loneliness.
• Sasuke and Sakura reflected on Naruto’s suffering, while Haku sat silently with his own painful memories.
• Kakashi asked Nagato whether the Nine-Tails inside Naruto could be released.

Nagato examined Naruto’s seal while the others discussed the Empire and the abilities of their counterparts there. Kakashi learned that his Imperial counterpart was an exceptional swordsman and shinobi, then modestly described his own rise as ordinary.

• Nagato touched Naruto’s Eight Trigrams Sealing Style and began entering the sealing space, causing Naruto intense spiritual pain.
• Kakashi worried that extracting the Nine-Tails could leave the Hidden Leaf Village vulnerable to attacks from other villages.
• Obito told Sasuke that the Empire’s Sasuke had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan at eight and the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan at twelve.
• Obito described Kakashi as a renowned swordsman and Five Elements Ninjutsu user who had become a Jonin at six and reached Kage-level swordsmanship by twelve.
• Kakashi asked about his Imperial counterpart, then dismissed that counterpart’s achievements as an ordinary life of hard work and good fortune.

Kakashi described his tragic childhood to Kakashi and the others, revealing that his father, Hatake Sakumo, had taken his own life after being blamed for abandoning a mission to save his comrades. The others were stunned that the mission caused no deaths or major losses, and the chapter ended with Kakashi still struggling to understand why his father had died.

• Kakashi envied his counterpart for having both parents alive and living in a peaceful world, but he warned that peace could come at a terrible cost.
• Kakashi explained that he had never known his mother and that his father had raised him alone.
• Kakashi recounted that Hatake Sakumo abandoned a mission during the Second Shinobi World War to save his comrades, then faced blame from the village and even those he had rescued.
• Kakashi revealed that Hatake Sakumo committed suicide because he could not bear the accusations and rejection.
• Kakashi and Obito questioned the severity of the mission's failure, and Kakashi confirmed that it caused no casualties or major losses, leaving them unable to understand his father's choice.

Zabuza delivered Gato’s valuables, and Kakashi and Obito discussed Kakashi’s father, the White Fang of Konoha. Obito challenged Kakashi’s faith in the village and argued that the story of his father’s disgrace had been deliberately spread, leaving Kakashi questioning what really happened.

• Zabuza brought the most valuable items from Gato’s estate, and Obito stored them with Kamui.
• Kakashi said his father had ranked among the Hidden Leaf Village’s strongest shinobi and reflected on how his survival might have changed past tragedies.
• Obito criticized the village’s use of the Will of Fire, bonds, and missions, making Kakashi question the ideals he had trusted.
• Kakashi argued that the public should not have learned about his father’s classified mission and questioned why the village let the scandal spread.
• Kakashi concluded that someone powerful had deliberately fueled the controversy surrounding his father.

Kakashi questioned Konoha’s treatment of his father and the village’s hidden abuses, but pushed his doubts aside and resolved to cherish those still with him. Meanwhile, Nagato brought Naruto into his sealing space and led him to meet the Nine-Tails, whom he called Kurama.

• Kakashi argued that Konoha’s public pressure had driven Sakumo to suicide, leaving Kakashi shaken and suspicious of the Third Hokage’s role in the village’s injustices.
• Kakashi rejected his doubts about the Will of Fire, while Obito and Zabuza mocked Konoha and Sasuke expressed relief that he had joined the Empire.
• Nagato explained to Naruto that they were inside the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style and that the tailed beasts had been mistreated and controlled by humans.
• Nagato led Naruto through the sealing space to the iron bars holding the enormous Nine-Tails.
• Naruto nervously asked the Nine-Tails whether he was Kurama.

Nagato persuaded the Nine-Tails to join the Empire and began releasing it from Naruto, but Minato appeared in Naruto’s seal and stopped the extraction. Minato then spoke with Naruto, who realized the Fourth Hokage was his father and was overwhelmed by his love.

• Nagato offered the Nine-Tails freedom and Sage Art in exchange for helping the Empire, and the Nine-Tails agreed after seeing Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Nagato began undoing Naruto’s Eight Trigrams Sealing Style while preparing to transfer the Nine-Tails’ Chakra into himself.
• The Nine-Tails tried to escape, but Minato appeared and resealed it before Nagato could extract it.
• Minato moved Naruto to another space and revealed that he was Naruto’s father.
• Naruto wept with happiness at seeing Minato’s loving gaze, though he clenched his fists tightly.

Danzo confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi with evidence that Naruto and Team 7 had been captured in the Land of Waves, then used the crisis to demand the Hokage position. Hiruzen agreed to step down when Danzo returned, while Danzo set out with Root’s elite to retrieve Naruto.

• Danzo showed Hiruzen Sarutobi, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado reports and images of the parallel-world intruders and Naruto’s exposed seal.
• Danzo blamed Hiruzen for letting Team 7 leave Konoha and revealed that Root’s elite had already been sent after Naruto.
• Hiruzen said he would arrange for Jiraiya to protect Naruto, but Danzo dismissed the plan and criticized Hiruzen’s handling of the Jinchuriki.
• Danzo hinted that Hiruzen should yield the Hokage position, and Hiruzen promised to hand it to someone more capable after Danzo returned.
• Danzo vanished in a puff of smoke, revealing that the figure in the room had been his Shadow Clone.

Naruto reunited with Minato in his consciousness and learned why the Nine-Tails had been sealed inside him. After Minato disappeared, Nagato invited Naruto to the Empire, leaving Naruto torn between the family he longed for and his loyalty to the Hidden Leaf Village.

• Nagato explained to Kakashi, Obito, Sasuke, and Sakura that he had left Naruto and Minato alone to talk.
• Naruto confronted Minato about the loneliness and mistreatment he had suffered because of the Nine-Tails, and Minato explained the circumstances behind the seal.
• Minato accepted Naruto’s choice to remove the seal and told him that he believed in him before his remaining chakra faded away.
• Nagato returned to Naruto’s consciousness space, and Naruto thanked him for letting him meet his father.
• Nagato invited Naruto to stay with Minato and Kushina in the Empire, but Naruto insisted that he would not betray the Hidden Leaf Village and resolved to become an undercover agent if he was taken there.

Nagato drained the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and transferred much of it to Naruto, who lost control as the power overwhelmed him. Kushina appeared through Minato’s seal and restored Naruto’s rationality, but Naruto mistook her for the Nine-Tails’ true form.

• Nagato decided to drain the Nine-Tails before separating it from Naruto and promised to leave Naruto with some of its Chakra.
• Nagato used the Preta Path—Adamantine Draining Technique to extract the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and the Chakra Transference Technique to channel it into Naruto.
• Naruto’s transformation advanced to eight tails, and he lost control and attacked Nagato as the Nine-Tails ran out of Chakra.
• Kushina appeared when Minato’s seal activated, and her voice restored much of Naruto’s rationality.
• Kushina waited for Naruto to recognize her, but Naruto concluded that she was the Nine-Tails’ true form.

Naruto reunited with Kushina inside his consciousness, learned more about his parents and the Nine-Tails’ attack, and said goodbye as she disappeared. Her loss strengthened his resolve to seek power, uncover the Masked Man’s role, and protect those he cared about.

• Naruto realized Kushina was his mother and hugged her, overwhelmed by emotion.
• Kushina told Naruto about his parents and the Masked Man behind the Nine-Tails’ attack, and Naruto decided to investigate when he grew stronger.
• Kushina tearfully told Naruto she loved him and thanked him for becoming her child.
• Kushina began to dissipate before she could embrace Naruto again, leaving him alone with his grief.
• Naruto resolved to join the Empire, gain strength, uncover the truth about his parents’ deaths, and protect the people he cared about.

Nagato extracted the Nine-Tails from Naruto and sealed it inside himself, then detected hostility among the civilians and exposed Tayo as a disguised ninja. Tayo died after a sealing technique activated, leaving Nagato and Kakashi to question his origins.

• Nagato extracted the Nine-Tails from Naruto and sealed it inside himself, discovering that it lacked its Yin-attribute power because Minato had sealed half of it separately.
• Naruto told Nagato, Kakashi, and Obito that Minato and Kushina had explained the Nine-Tails split to him in the sealing space.
• Obito proposed asking the Empire to conquer the world, and Nagato sensed hostility among the civilians near the completed bridge.
• Nagato attacked a suspicious civilian with an Earth Dragon Bullet, captured him with Almighty Pull, and identified him as a ninja named Tayo.
• Tazuna explained that Tayo had lived and worked in the Land of Waves for four years, but Tayo died when a Tongue Severing Seal activated.
• Nagato concluded that Tayo was likely not from the Land of Waves, while Kakashi denied knowing him or wanting to take him to Konoha Village.

Sasuke woke from a disturbing dream caused by Obito’s Genjutsu while the Empire’s team discussed its plans for the Naruto world. After Senju ordered them to recruit rather than casually kill people, Nagato proposed capturing unwilling Shinobi and using them as Chakra sources.

• Sasuke dreamed that Sakura had turned into Naruto, then woke in a panic and recoiled from Sakura.
• Obito admitted to Kakashi that he had cast Genjutsu on Sasuke to make him work harder, then joined the Empire’s meeting.
• Kakashi reported that the Land of Waves could serve as an outpost, the Nine-Tails had been sealed into Nagato, and the team planned to seize the One-Tail in the Land of Wind.
• Uchiha Senju ordered the team to build a communications channel, recruit Shinobi, and avoid sending people into the Pure Land unless necessary.
• Nagato explained the Pure Land to Obito, then proposed capturing unwilling Shinobi and using their Chakra to power the Empire’s arrival.

Obito, Kakashi, and Nagato discussed which targets to capture or spare before traveling with Naruto and Sasuke through the barren Land of Wind. Their journey ended in a Five Red Sun Sealing Barrier ambush, where Danzo appeared and confronted Kakashi.

• Obito and Kakashi agreed to spare Chiyo and Gaara if possible, while Nagato said they would capture Hiruzen or kill him if he resisted.
• Naruto asked Nagato not to hurt Hiruzen, and Nagato promised to spare him if he cooperated.
• Nagato described how a great river from Rain Province had once brought life to Wind Province, while Naruto trained and Sasuke injured himself pushing his Chakra Body Refining Technique too hard.
• Nagato used the Asura Path—Life Stitching Technique to repair Sasuke's damaged cells.
• Obito and Kakashi sensed an ambush, and Danzo trapped the group inside a Five Red Sun Sealing Barrier.
• Danzo berated Kakashi for failing to control Naruto, then told him to kill himself to atone.

Danzo trapped Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Obito inside a fortified barrier, hoping to capture them and seize information about the parallel universe. Kakashi’s attacks failed, and Nagato identified the barrier’s construction and began considering how to dismantle it from within.

• Danzo recalled how his attempt to control White Fang of Konoha had led to his suicide and left Danzo blaming himself for the Third Hokage’s later suppression of him.
• Naruto defended Kakashi, while Sasuke felt inexplicable disgust toward Danzo, the leader of Root.
• Kakashi struck the barrier with Purple Electricity—Lightning Fang Slash, but its Crimson Sun flames absorbed the attack and strengthened the defense.
• Kakashi created Shadow Clones to test the barrier with sword attacks, but the barrier withstood the assault and dispersed several clones.
• Nagato determined that the barrier combined the Crimson Sun Formation and Five Seal Barrier, drained Chakra, and could only be broken from within or by brute force.

Obito used Kamui to escape Danzo’s Five Red Sun Sealing Barrier, then demonstrated Susanoo to Sasuke and attacked the barrier. As Danzo strengthened it at the cost of his Root shinobi’s life force, Obito announced that he would unleash Susanoo’s fourth stage.

• Obito escaped through Kamui to Tazuna’s house, startled Tsunami, and returned to the barrier after considering using Kamui to spy on Rin.
• Obito manifested Susanoo and showed Sasuke its first three stages, inspiring Sasuke to admire Uchiha power.
• Obito’s Susanoo struck the Five Red Sun Sealing Barrier, making it shake and injuring the shinobi who maintained it.
• Danzo ordered the Root shinobi to take life-burning pills, strengthening the barrier as it began shrinking around Obito and the others.
• After Kakashi said Obito could only reach Susanoo’s third stage, Obito claimed he had been hiding his abilities and announced Complete Body Susanoo’s fourth stage.

Obito and Kakashi attacked the Five Red Sun Sealing Barrier while Danzo chose to stay and capture them, but Nagato unleashed Planetary Devastation and shattered the barrier. Danzo and several Root members survived the catastrophe, and Danzo ordered Tenzō, Sai, and Fū Yamanaka to attack Obito.

• Obito activated the fourth stage of Susanoo and joined Kakashi in striking one point of the Five Red Sun Sealing Barrier as Danzo decided not to retreat.
• Nagato awakened and used Planetary Devastation to absorb the barrier’s power, draining the life of the sealing ninjas and destroying the formation.
• Obito sent Zabuza, Kakashi, Sasuke, Naruto, and the other six people into the Kamui Dimension before Nagato used Almighty Pull against the Root members.
• Danzo used Wood Release to shield himself and rescue several Root members, while others used vines, insects, and a drawn bird to resist the pull.
• Planetary Devastation erupted and killed more than a dozen Root Elite Jonin, prompting Danzo to order Tenzō, Sai, and Fū Yamanaka to deal with Obito.

Danzo divided Root into teams to fight Kakashi, Nagato, and Obito, while Kakashi and Obito faced coordinated attacks. Kakashi overwhelmed his opponents with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Yamato, Sai, and Fū appeared to trap Obito as their assault began.

• Danzo assigned Torune, Ryuma, Momiji, and Soetsu to fight Kakashi and sent the remaining Root members to confront the Uzumaki Clan member.
• Obito saw the Sharingan in Danzo’s hand and erupted in anger, while Kakashi drew his White Fang Blade and prepared to fight his assigned opponents.
• Kakashi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to strike down Momiji and narrowly miss Soetsu, then recognized Torune and Ryuma’s poisonous tactics and shredded their insects with a Wind Release attack.
• Yamato restrained Obito’s battered Susanoo with Wood Release as Sai’s Ink Tiger tore at it and Fū used the Mind Transfer Technique.