Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng used genjutsu to make Naruto trust him, then told Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura his version of Konoha’s dark history. Sasuke rejected the village after hearing the truth about the Uchiha massacre, and his Sharingan evolved into its three-tomoe form.

• Lin Feng overwrote Naruto’s will so Naruto would listen to him, then sat down with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.
• Lin Feng recounted Konoha’s alleged dark history, including the disappearance of the Senju Clan, the death of Hatake Sakumo, and the Uchiha massacre.
• Naruto concluded that the Third Hokage had brainwashed him into putting Konoha first, and Lin Feng claimed he had freed Naruto from the genjutsu.
• Naruto thanked Lin Feng and asked Sasuke if he was all right after learning that Itachi had killed their clan for Konoha’s sake.
• Sasuke condemned Itachi and Konoha, and his Sharingan awakened into its three-tomoe form.

After Sasuke awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, Orochimaru’s cursed seal flared up, prompting Lin Feng to offer to remove it. The chapter ended with Naruto urging Sasuke to accept, while Sasuke had yet to decide whether to give up the seal’s power.

• Sasuke awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and the cursed seal on his neck began acting up.
• Naruto asked Lin Feng to remove Orochimaru’s cursed seal from Sasuke.
• Lin Feng explained that he could seal and extract it, but warned Sasuke that he would lose the power it provided.
• Naruto urged Sasuke to agree to the extraction.

Sasuke, overwhelmed by his defeat and Naruto’s strength, asked Lin Feng to remove the seal on his cursed mark so he could gain power for revenge. Lin Feng revealed that Orochimaru had targeted Sasuke as a vessel after Itachi defeated him, and Sasuke began considering following Lin Feng to become stronger.

• Sasuke shook off Naruto and asked Lin Feng to break the seal on his cursed mark so he could use its power for revenge.
• Lin Feng told Sasuke that Orochimaru had wanted an Uchiha body and targeted Sasuke after Itachi defeated him.
• Sasuke was shaken by the revelation that Orochimaru was no match for Itachi.
• Naruto urged Sasuke to follow Lin Feng, and Sasuke began considering it as a way to gain power.

Sasuke asked Lin Feng to take him as a disciple, and Lin Feng agreed, promising to make him a Jinchuriki after gathering the tailed beasts. Lin Feng said the Seven-Tail might suit Sasuke, then prepared to remove Orochimaru’s curse mark.

• Sasuke knelt before Lin Feng and asked to become his disciple.
• Lin Feng agreed to accept Sasuke and said he would seal a suitable tailed beast inside him so he could become a Perfect Jinchuriki.
• Sasuke asked whether the captured One-Tail would suit him, but Lin Feng recommended the Seven-Tail because it could fly.
• Lin Feng set aside the tailed beast discussion and offered to remove Orochimaru’s curse mark from Sasuke.

Lin Feng removed Sasuke’s curse mark and explained why Naruto needed to return to Konoha instead of joining him and Sasuke to capture tailed beasts. He revealed his plans for Naruto, leaving Naruto shocked and uncertain whether he could become Hokage.

• Lin Feng used a secret Whirlpool Clan technique to remove Orochimaru’s curse mark, impressing Sasuke.
• Naruto asked to join Lin Feng and Sasuke in capturing the tailed beasts, but Lin Feng told him to return to Konoha.
• Lin Feng explained that he wanted Naruto to obtain the Sage Mode training method from Mount Myōboku and possibly become Konoha’s Hokage.
• After hearing Lin Feng’s plan, Naruto wondered whether someone as dumb as him could really become Hokage.

Lin Feng reassured Naruto about his mission to obtain the Sage Mode cultivation method, then turned to Sakura, who feared the others would kill her to protect their plans. The chapter ended with Naruto and Sasuke clarifying that they wanted Lin Feng to take Sakura as a disciple, not silence her.

• Lin Feng comforted Naruto and told him that obtaining the Sage Mode cultivation method mattered more than becoming Hokage.
• Sakura panicked when Lin Feng, Naruto, and Sasuke focused on her, and she begged Naruto and Sasuke to protect her.
• Naruto and Sasuke said they could not let Sakura return to Konoha and seemed to suggest silencing her.
• Lin Feng scolded Naruto and Sasuke for being willing to kill a former companion and blamed Konoha's education.
• Naruto and Sasuke clarified that they wanted Lin Feng to take Sakura as a disciple so she could remain with them.

Lin Feng agreed to take Haruno Sakura with him after Sasuke suggested she could become a Jinchuriki for Four-Tailed Sun Wukong. He sent Naruto back to Konoha and sealed his memories to keep the meeting secret for a while.

• Sasuke suggested that Haruno Sakura would be a suitable Jinchuriki because Lin Feng needed people who could control the tailed beasts.
• Lin Feng reconsidered Sakura's abilities and agreed to let her leave Konoha with them.
• Sakura accepted Lin Feng's offer, eager to survive and follow him and Sasuke.
• Lin Feng told Naruto to return to Konoha without revealing their relationship.
• Lin Feng used a Sealing Technique on Naruto's mind to delay Konoha from learning what had happened.

After the Third Hokage, the Fourth Kazekage, and Gaara died, Konoha and Sunagakure blamed Orochimaru and signed a new cooperation treaty. Jiraiya later spied on a bathhouse before Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura confronted him.

• Lin Feng used Observation Haki to check the area, learned Gaara had died, and let the fleeing Kankuro and Temari go as Konoha jonin approached.
• Three days later, Konoha held the Third Hokage's funeral, and news of his death, the Fourth Kazekage's death, and Gaara's death spread across the ninja world.
• Konoha and Sunagakure's leaders agreed to blame Orochimaru and signed a new cooperation treaty, easing tensions among the other nations.
• A few days later, Jiraiya watched a bathhouse through a monocular telescope and praised Konoha's residents as he gathered material for his work.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura arrived and criticized Jiraiya for his behavior after the village's disaster.

Konoha’s elders urged Jiraiya to become the Fifth Hokage, but he refused and suggested Tsunade instead. Jiraiya agreed to search for her and asked to bring Naruto along.

• Koharu and Homura told Jiraiya that Konoha was weakened, lacked a Hokage, and needed him to lead the village.
• Jiraiya refused the Hokage position because he wanted time to gather material and write novels.
• Koharu argued that Jiraiya’s prestige made him the best candidate available.
• Jiraiya suggested Tsunade, and the elders acknowledged that she was qualified but difficult to find.
• Jiraiya offered to search for Tsunade and asked to take Naruto with him.

Jiraiya persuaded Konoha's elders to let him take Naruto while searching for Tsunade, promising to investigate the attack and teach Naruto to control the Nine-Tails. Naruto still longed to leave Konoha with Lin Feng and grew more disillusioned with the village after a visit to Ichiraku.

• Jiraiya assured Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that Naruto would be safe and that he would help Naruto master the Nine-Tails.
• Mitokado Homura agreed that Jiraiya could take Naruto along to search for Tsunade.
• Naruto walked through Konoha feeling that its upper ranks were sinister and wishing he could leave with Lin Feng.
• Naruto went to Ichiraku, misread the owner's joking remark about credit as contempt for the poor, and ordered the shop's most expensive ramen.
• Naruto finished the ramen and broth, then reflected that Konoha felt hypocritical and that he wanted to escape it.

Naruto forced himself to welcome Jiraiya, who arrived to take him away for training after Konoha's elders assigned him as Naruto's instructor. Naruto agreed because he hoped to gain Jiraiya's trust and learn how to cultivate Sage Mode, and the two prepared to leave the village.

• Naruto realized that a Byakugan Clan girl had been monitoring him and suspected Konoha did not trust him as its jinchuriki.
• Jiraiya entered Ichiraku Ramen and said Konoha's elders had chosen him to guide Naruto's training before he left the village.
• Naruto pretended to be delighted when Jiraiya offered to train him, hoping to earn his trust and learn Sage Mode.
• Jiraiya told Naruto to pack his luggage, but Naruto said he had nothing worth taking and suggested they buy whatever they needed.
• Jiraiya was left speechless when Naruto's answer seemed to put his wallet in danger.

Lin Feng, Sasuke, and Sakura waited in a concealed cave for Itachi Uchiha to return to Konoha. Lin Feng believed Itachi would come to investigate Sasuke, who still intended to kill his brother, while Sakura hoped they might talk first.

• Sasuke asked Lin Feng whether Itachi Uchiha would really return after they had waited five or six days.
• Lin Feng told Sasuke that patience was a ninja’s first lesson and predicted Itachi would come back to Konoha after the Third Hokage’s death and his expulsion from the organization.
• Lin Feng explained that Sasuke’s father had made Itachi promise to protect Sasuke, and argued that Itachi would want to learn what had happened to him.
• Sakura suggested that Sasuke and Itachi talk things out, but Sasuke rejected the idea and suspected Itachi had spared him to take his eyes and awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki returned to Konoha after Akatsuki disbanded and learned that Sasuke had become a rogue ninja. Itachi resolved to find his foolish younger brother, troubled that Sasuke’s defection had disgraced the Uchiha Clan and rendered his sacrifices meaningless.

• Lin Feng denied responsibility for Sasuke’s persecution complex and wondered whether the Naruto world differed from the original story.
• Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki watched Konoha from a hillside after Akatsuki’s disbandment.
• Itachi said he wanted to find Sasuke, who had become a rogue ninja of Konoha.
• Itachi explained to Kisame that he had sacrificed his clan to preserve its honor and prevent a civil war.
• Kisame said he could not understand Itachi killing his clan merely for its honor.

Lin Feng confronted Itachi Uchiha and discovered that Itachi also carried the power of Heavenly Hand of Almighty, though its purpose remained unclear. Sasuke faced his older brother and asked Lin Feng to let him kill Itachi with his own hands.

• Itachi Uchiha left Konoha with Kisame Hoshigaki, while Kisame followed him despite finding him difficult to understand.
• Lin Feng sensed Itachi Uchiha, packed away his room with his senior disciples, and used Flying Thunder God to appear before Itachi and Kisame.
• Itachi Uchiha recognized Lin Feng as the person who defeated the One-Tail Jinchuriki and turned his younger brother into a Konoha rogue ninja.
• Lin Feng sensed Heavenly Hand of Almighty within Itachi Uchiha and wondered whether Shisui Uchiha had used the power on him before his death.
• Sasuke saw Itachi Uchiha, awakened his three-tomoe Sharingan, and asked Lin Feng to let him kill his older brother.

Lin Feng, Sasuke, and Sakura were trapped in Kisame’s enormous water prison after Kisame launched his Water Release. Lin Feng calmly escaped by evaporating the water with a powerful Fire Style technique, leaving Sasuke and Sakura stunned.

• Sasuke asked Lin Feng to let him deliver the finishing blow to their opponent, and Lin Feng agreed.
• Kisame mocked the group and trapped Lin Feng, Sasuke, and Sakura inside a massive water prison with his Water Release.
• Sasuke warned that they had to break the water prison quickly, while Lin Feng stayed calm and said he had just wanted to take a shower.
• Lin Feng used Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation to evaporate the water and free the group.
• Sasuke and Sakura wondered whether Lin Feng had let himself be trapped just to show off.

Lin Feng killed Kisame and was caught in Itachi's Tsukuyomi after Sasuke warned him about the Mangekyo. Lin Feng broke free of the illusion's restraints and pinned Itachi beneath his foot.

• Lin Feng killed Kisame with a swift strike after overwhelming him with Great Fire Destruction.
• Sasuke warned Lin Feng that Itachi had opened his Mangekyo and cautioned him not to look into Itachi's eyes.
• Itachi trapped Lin Feng in Tsukuyomi and declared that he would torment him for 72 hours.
• Lin Feng dodged Itachi's sword, broke the ropes binding him, and stomped Itachi beneath his foot.

Lin Feng defeated Itachi Uchiha by trapping him in Tsukuyomi for seventy-two hours, leaving him unable to fight. Sasuke thanked his master for helping him avenge his family and vowed lifelong loyalty to the Whirlpool Clan.

• Lin Feng and Itachi Uchiha emerged from Tsukuyomi, and Itachi collapsed in pain after being unable to escape Lin Feng’s control.
• Sasuke and Sakura approached the defeated Itachi, shocked that Lin Feng had beaten him with a glance.
• Sasuke reflected on Itachi’s past and the plans he had made for the Uchiha Clan before his death.
• Sasuke thanked Lin Feng for helping him avenge his parents, and Lin Feng modestly accepted his gratitude.
• Sasuke vowed to serve the Whirlpool Clan for the rest of his life.

After defeating Kisame and Itachi, Lin Feng stored Itachi’s eyes for Sasuke and agreed to teach Sasuke and Sakura his swordsmanship. He called it Eight Thousand Flows, and his disciples were amazed by his demonstration.

• Lin Feng collected the battlefield spoils, kept Itachi’s eyes in a special container for Sasuke, and found no useful skill activated by the system.
• Sakura asked Lin Feng to teach her the swordsmanship he had used against Kisame, and Sasuke joined her request.
• Lin Feng agreed to teach his disciples Eight Thousand Flows and admitted he had been busy lately.
• Lin Feng demonstrated Eight Thousand Flows, and Sasuke and Sakura were awed by his skill.

Lin Feng gave Sasuke the Samehada Greatsword and decided that the Three-Tails, Isobu, would suit him better than the Seven-Tails. Sasuke accepted the weapon reluctantly as Lin Feng announced that he could become the ninja world's fifth Perfect Jinchuriki.

• Sasuke and Sakura praised Lin Feng's swordsmanship and greatness.
• Lin Feng finished teaching his disciples his swordsmanship and said their progress would depend on their comprehension.
• Lin Feng gave Sasuke the Samehada Greatsword, despite Sasuke thinking it did not suit him.
• Lin Feng said Sasuke should become friends with Isobu and become a Perfect Jinchuriki, replacing their earlier plan for the Seven-Tails.
• Sasuke held the Samehada Greatsword as Sakura silently turned away.

Lin Feng explained that Sasuke could become a Perfect Jinchuriki by controlling Samehada and accepting the Three-Tails, while Sakura would receive the Seven-Tails. After Sasuke reluctantly accepted Samehada, Lin Feng led the group toward the Land of Water.

• Lin Feng explained that mastering Samehada could help Sasuke become the Three-Tails' Perfect Jinchuriki.
• Sasuke suggested giving Samehada and the Three-Tails to Sakura, but Lin Feng said Sakura would receive the Seven-Tails instead.
• Sasuke reluctantly wrapped Samehada in bandages and strapped it to his back.
• Lin Feng announced that the group would head to the Land of Water and described its prosperity and Kirigakure's isolation under the Third Mizukage's cruel policies.