Chapter Summaries

Shirou Emiya reunited with Tsunade in Konoha, where she recounted the hardships she had endured since his departure. His quiet kindness helped her finally release her grief, while Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya watched them reconnect.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen secretly followed Shirou Emiya and Naruto Uzumaki as Shirou escorted Naruto home, until Tsunade and Jiraiya returned to Konoha and encountered them.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that Naruto was Minato's child and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Tsunade greeted Shirou after forty years apart.
• Tsunade walked with Shirou to the guest quarters and told him about the wars, Sakumo's death, her grandmother and Nawaki's deaths, and Orochimaru using the Crystal Coffin to revive him.
• Shirou offered to take Tsunade for ramen or grilled meat, then praised her as the finest medical ninja and comforted her as she cried.
• Jiraiya recognized the warmth beneath Shirou's indifferent expression, while Sarutobi Hiruzen reminisced about his youth and trusted Shirou's judgment regarding Madara Uchiha's plan.

At a barbecue with Konoha’s returning leaders, Shirou Emiya revealed that he had once possessed the Rinnegan, while Jiraiya decided to seek more information from the Great Toad Sage. At Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage questioned whether the world needed changing even if Jiraiya’s prophesied child did not exist, and recalled that people in Shirou’s idealized ancient era had still sought to correct its flaws.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen welcomed Asuma Sarutobi back to Konoha and told him to register at the Hokage Building the next day.
• Shirou Emiya joined Sarutobi Hiruzen, Tsunade, and Jiraiya for barbecue, while the young ninja wondered why the leaders had returned.
• Shirou Emiya told Jiraiya that he had transplanted the Sage of Six Paths’ eyes and that his current body came from the period when he possessed the Rinnegan.
• Jiraiya went to Mount Myōboku and told the Great Toad Sage that Shirou Emiya had been resurrected.
• The Great Toad Sage asked whether Jiraiya believed the Shinobi World needed to change without the prophesied child, then noted that people in the ancient Ninja Sect era had also wanted to correct its flaws.

The Great Toad Sage warned Jiraiya that Shirou Emiya might try to change the Shinobi World through extreme means unless he saw hope for peace. It told Jiraiya to find the Child of Prophecy and guide him, while Shirou received a system mission naming Naruto Uzumaki and Nagato.

• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya that Shirou Emiya had foreseen the Shinobi World’s descent into war and might now seek to change it.
• Jiraiya realized that medical ninjutsu and past efforts to establish peace had not fulfilled Shirou Emiya’s hopes.
• The Great Toad Sage warned that Shirou Emiya’s methods could bring disaster and urged Jiraiya to find the true Child of Prophecy.
• The Great Toad Sage said Jiraiya could tell Shirou Emiya its prophecy, and Jiraiya considered seeking Shirou’s help and assessing his strength.
• At Konoha Hospital, Shirou Emiya saw a new SSSS-Rank mission to guide Jiraiya to find the true Child of Prophecy, identified as Naruto Uzumaki and Nagato.

Shirou Emiya gave Naruto Uzumaki fishing gear for his birthday and promised to fish with him, making Naruto feel accepted despite the village’s grief and hostility. After Jiraiya returned to Konoha with concerns about Gamamaru’s prophecy, Shirou asked about his disciples, and Jiraiya said they were all dead.

• Tsunade told Shirou Emiya that Jiraiya had gone searching for the Child of Prophecy, and Shirou offered his view that belief and action could make a prophecy real.
• Shirou left to keep his promise to go fishing with Naruto Uzumaki on his birthday, while declining to prepare a birthday cake because the day was also a death anniversary.
• Naruto waited anxiously by the river until Shirou arrived and gave him a fishing set as a birthday gift.
• Jiraiya returned from Mount Myōboku and cautiously asked Shirou about Gamamaru’s prophecy and the child who might change the Shinobi World.
• Shirou asked where Jiraiya’s disciples were, and Jiraiya answered that they were all dead.

Jiraiya spent time observing Naruto Uzumaki and initially saw no cause for concern, while Shirou Emiya recognized that the boy’s isolation and exposure to malice were shaping an extreme will to protect what little warmth he had. Shirou warned that Naruto would become powerful enough to impose his ideals on the world, fulfilling the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy and leaving Jiraiya alarmed.

• Jiraiya reflected on his failures as Naruto Uzumaki arrived to see Shirou Emiya, who treated the boy’s bruises and listened to his stories.
• Naruto invited Shirou and Jiraiya to ramen, and Shirou gave Naruto his own bowl while Jiraiya ordered extra food.
• After Shirou asked what was wrong with Naruto, Jiraiya observed the boy for a week but saw only his optimism and friendship with Shirou.
• In winter, Naruto clung to Shirou before leaving, and Shirou explained that the villagers’ malice made Naruto’s upbringing different from that of other orphans.
• Shirou told Jiraiya that Naruto’s desire to protect everything would become an extreme drive for control and could reshape the world according to his ideals.
• Jiraiya realized Shirou’s warning matched the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy and grew fearful of the changes Naruto might bring.

Jiraiya began training Naruto Uzumaki and told him that Shirou Emiya was likely the strongest person in the world. Shirou agreed to demonstrate his strength, while Black Zetsu discovered that Naruto carried Ashura's reincarnated Chakra and feared it could make Shirou hesitate to pursue the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Jiraiya accepted Shirou Emiya's judgment of Naruto and began teaching Naruto, who quickly mastered the Three Body Technique and Chakra control.
• Naruto repeatedly asked Jiraiya who was stronger, and Jiraiya concluded that Shirou Emiya was probably the strongest in the world.
• Naruto asked Shirou Emiya to show how strong he was, and Jiraiya volunteered to fight him so Naruto could see for himself.
• Black Zetsu secretly observed Shirou's indulgence toward Naruto and recognized Ashura's Chakra in the boy.
• Black Zetsu feared Naruto might soften Shirou's resolve and vowed to show him the world's true nature and convince him that the Eye of the Moon Plan was his only path.

Shirou Emiya and Jiraiya fought a ninja duel at Konoha's Training Ground, where Shirou overwhelmed Jiraiya and Gamabunta with rapid ninjutsu and swordsmanship. After absorbing Jiraiya and Gamabunta's Toad Oil Flame Bullet, Shirou's aura shifted to Sage Art Chakra, leaving Jiraiya wondering whether Shirou could use Sage Arts without limit.

• Shirou Emiya and Jiraiya began their duel as Naruto Uzumaki cheered for both of them.
• Jiraiya tested Shirou with Fire Release, but Shirou countered with Water Release and overwhelmed him with repeated ninjutsu.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, who dodged Shirou's attacks and charged in, but Shirou forced him back with a giant Chakra Scalpel.
• Jiraiya and Gamabunta used Toad Oil Flame Bullet against Shirou, who absorbed the flames and oil with the Sealing Technique Absorption Seal.
• Jiraiya sensed Sage Art Chakra in Shirou's changed aura and wondered whether Shirou could use Sage Arts without limit.

Jiraiya entered Sage Mode with help from Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima to test Shirou Emiya’s strength, but the sages quickly realized his abilities made him difficult to fight. They planned to use genjutsu, only for Jiraiya to warn that Madara Uchiha’s genjutsu had already failed against Shirou.

• Shirou Emiya urged Jiraiya to enter Sage Mode and used his control over Natural Energy to help Jiraiya absorb it.
• Jiraiya summoned Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima, who joined him and recognized Shirou Emiya as their senior.
• Sage Fukasaku attacked Shirou Emiya with a water technique, but Shirou absorbed it into Sage Art Chakra.
• Jiraiya explained that Shirou could absorb ninjutsu, use techniques without hand seals, and fight with tremendous strength and swordsmanship.
• Sage Fukasaku proposed using genjutsu to create an opening, but Jiraiya warned that Madara Uchiha had already tried and failed to use genjutsu on Shirou.

Jiraiya and the two Toad Sages used their auditory genjutsu against Shirou Emiya, but he broke free and demonstrated several Rinnegan abilities. Shirou intensified his control over Natural Energy, leaving Jiraiya and the sages struggling as he moved to end the duel.

• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima cast Demonic Illusion: Toad Confrontation Chant, but Shirou Emiya broke the genjutsu with his powerful spiritual will.
• Jiraiya charged Shirou Emiya with a Sage Art: Rasengan, but Shirou used Shinra Tensei to repel him and scatter the attack.
• Shirou transformed his arm with the Asura Path and fired a laser, which Jiraiya dodged, then used Almighty Push to pull Jiraiya toward him.
• Sage Shima bound Shirou with her tongue while Sage Fukasaku attacked with Water Severing, but Shirou blasted them away with Shinra Tensei.
• Shirou manipulated Natural Energy to weigh down Jiraiya and the sages, while Sage Fukasaku warned that absorbing too much could turn Jiraiya into a frog.

Shirou Emiya defeated Jiraiya and the two Toad Sages with ease, then revealed details about Shinra Tensei. Meanwhile, Orochimaru and Obito Uchiha discussed how to counter Shirou, leaving Orochimaru searching for a way to bring back a Flying Thunder God user.

• Shirou Emiya used Planetary Devastation to seal Jiraiya, Sage Shima, and Sage Fukasaku in a sphere of earth, then released them after they had lost their strength.
• Naruto Uzumaki praised Shirou for beating Jiraiya with one hand, and Shirou explained Shinra Tensei’s five-second interval and controllable power.
• Jiraiya considered how Minato Namikaze might have countered Shirou, while Orochimaru independently concluded that a space-time ninjutsu user was needed to defeat him.
• Obito Uchiha told Orochimaru that Shirou could also use the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Orochimaru acknowledged that reviving Minato Namikaze through Impure World Reincarnation was impossible.
• Obito warned that they had only seven or eight years, and Orochimaru resolved to study Impure World Reincarnation and find a way to summon Minato Namikaze or Tobirama Senju.

Shirou Emiya reassured Black Zetsu that he would eventually leave Konoha and then focused on Sasuke Uchiha, whose relentless training left him injured. After seeing Sasuke suffer at the lake, Shirou offered to help him as a medical ninja.

• Shirou Emiya promised Black Zetsu that he would stop believing in Ashura's reincarnations and leave Konoha once Naruto could protect himself.
• Black Zetsu urged Shirou to pay attention to Sasuke Uchiha, whom it suspected was Indra's reincarnation.
• Sasuke Uchiha pushed himself through Fireball Jutsu training until the uncontrolled flames burned his arm.
• Naruto Uzumaki asked Shirou to train with him and said he wanted to protect Sasuke, his longtime rival.
• Shirou noticed Sasuke's injury and calmly offered medical help.

Shirou Emiya treated Sasuke Uchiha and encouraged him to train with Naruto Uzumaki, while Jiraiya began teaching both boys. Shirou suggested that Sasuke could also be the child of prophecy, leaving Jiraiya insisting that there could only be one and arguing that Sasuke was not yet his disciple.

• Shirou Emiya healed Sasuke Uchiha's arm and suggested that he train with Naruto Uzumaki, who had started growing stronger.
• Sasuke Uchiha accepted the offer, and Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that Fugaku Uchiha had named him after Sarutobi Sasuke.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha began sparring regularly as Jiraiya trained Naruto in Chakra control and taught Sasuke Fire Release Ninjutsu.
• Sasuke Uchiha mastered Jiraiya's Flame Bullet technique while Naruto continued struggling with his slower training progress.
• Shirou Emiya asked whether Sasuke could also be the child of prophecy, and Jiraiya protested that Naruto was the only one before claiming Sasuke was not his disciple.

Shirou Emiya learned that Orochimaru planned to free the souls sealed inside the Reaper and use resurrected Hokage to turn the Shinobi World against him. Rather than stop the scheme, Shirou chose to let it unfold on terms he controlled, while Black Zetsu secretly hoped the conspiracy would put Shirou in danger.

• Pain killed Salamander Hanzo and took control of the Hidden Rain Village with Nagato and Konan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen kept Shimura Danzo from meeting Shirou, while Danzo sought help from Orochimaru and Orochimaru left him waiting for a Rinnegan.
• Orochimaru found records explaining how the Death God Mask could break open the Reaper's body and planned to have Yakushi Kabuto retrieve it from Konoha.
• Orochimaru told Obito Uchiha that he would resurrect the dead Hokage and set them against Shirou by making them believe Shirou planned to overthrow the Shinobi World.
• A White Zetsu Clone reported Orochimaru's plan to Black Zetsu, which withheld the information because it hoped the scheme would bring Shirou closer to danger.
• Yakushi Kabuto informed Shirou of the plan, and Shirou ordered him to proceed while reserving control over when, where, and who would be drawn into it.

Shirou Emiya instructed Yakushi Kabuto to set plans in motion involving Naruto Uzumaki and Danzo, while Naruto graduated from Ninja School with an extraordinary display of Shadow Clones. As Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha spent the evening apart, Shirou marked their names on a scroll and prepared for darkness to descend on the Shinobi World.

• Shirou Emiya gave Yakushi Kabuto a scroll containing a plan for Naruto Uzumaki and told him to warn Danzo that a Rinnegan user had taken over the Hidden Rain Village.
• Naruto Uzumaki passed the Ninja School graduation examination by filling the classroom and corridors with Shadow Clones, and Iruka Umino marked him as graduated.
• Jiraiya attended Naruto's graduation ceremony as his guardian while Sasuke Uchiha watched alone and left to train by the river.
• Sasuke Uchiha trained until exhausted, thanked Shirou Emiya for having trained with him, and then lay quietly on the grass beside him.
• Shirou Emiya marked Naruto Uzumaki, Mizuki, Yakushi Kabuto, and Orochimaru on his scroll and said that the night marked a beginning.

After overhearing Mizuki and Yakushi Kabuto plot to use Naruto Uzumaki to steal an Uzumaki Clan treasure, Iruka Umino learned that Naruto was the son of Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze and tried to warn the village. Yakushi Kabuto subdued Iruka, while Mizuki went to Naruto’s home and tempted him with the promise of learning about his parents and inheriting the clan’s treasure.

• Iruka Umino overheard Mizuki and a mysterious accomplice discussing their plan to take Naruto Uzumaki to the Uzumaki Clan’s Mask Hall and steal its treasure for Orochimaru.
• Iruka learned that Naruto’s parents were Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze, then fled to alert the village and protect Naruto.
• Mizuki chased Iruka, while the mysterious accomplice ordered him to win Naruto’s trust and lead him to the Mask Hall.
• Yakushi Kabuto caught and knocked Iruka unconscious, saying he expected Iruka to wake at the right time and might be a suitable candidate.
• Mizuki visited Naruto at home and promised to reveal his parents’ identities, explain why the village rejected him, and give him his mother’s Uzumaki Clan treasure.

Mizuki revealed to Naruto Uzumaki that he was the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki and the son of Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, driving him into despair and triggering a surge of Nine-Tails’ Chakra. As Naruto encountered Nine-Tails in the Sealing Space, Yakushi Kabuto revealed that the riot was part of Lord Orochimaru’s plan and called it a gift to Konoha.

• Mizuki told Naruto that the village hated him because the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox had been sealed inside him, then revealed that his father was Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto’s despair sparked a powerful Chakra eruption, and a scarlet cloak with four tails appeared as Mizuki panicked.
• Naruto encountered Nine-Tails in the Sealing Space, where the fox urged him to hand over his body and remove the seal.
• Yakushi Kabuto watched the Chakra surge while holding the Death God Mask and told Iruka Umino that Mizuki’s purpose had been to draw out Nine-Tails.
• Yakushi Kabuto said Lord Orochimaru had obtained the Uzumaki Clan’s treasure and described the Nine Tails Riot as a gift to Konoha.

After Naruto Uzumaki learned about the Nine-Tails and his parents, his chakra erupted in the Mask Hall, prompting Tsunade and Jiraiya to rush in. Tsunade kicked Jiraiya out of the way of Naruto’s attack and prepared to fight as Shirou Emiya watched the eruption begin.

• Yakushi Kabuto told Iruka Umino that Konoha had pushed Naruto Uzumaki toward despair and that revealing the truth could drive him over the edge.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen saw the Nine-Tails’ chakra flare and prepared to respond, while Shirou Emiya noticed the eruption from Konoha Hospital.
• Mizuki tried to provoke Naruto Uzumaki by promising that the Uzumaki Clan’s treasure could let him meet his father, but Naruto’s chakra continued to grow.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya arrived at the Mask Hall and found Mizuki hiding while Naruto Uzumaki, now surrounded by eight tails, had lost control.
• Naruto Uzumaki struck at Jiraiya with a chakra claw, and Tsunade kicked Jiraiya aside before activating her full strength.

Tsunade and Jiraiya struggled to stop the rampaging Nine-Tails, while Konoha’s ninja rushed to contain the disaster. Shirou Emiya arrived just as the Nine-Tails began completing its transformation, and its chakra abruptly vanished, leaving Naruto Uzumaki in its place.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya fought the eight-tailed Nine-Tails, but their attacks and sealing attempt failed to subdue it.
• Yakushi Kabuto watched the battle and hoped the Nine-Tails would kill Tsunade and Jiraiya before Orochimaru’s future attack on Konoha.
• Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, Inoichi Yamanaka, and other Konoha ninja hurried toward the rampage, while Sarutobi Hiruzen struck the Nine-Tails with his extending staff.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned Tsunade about the cause of Naruto’s rampage, and Tsunade pointed to Mizuki, who had been with Naruto when they arrived.
• Shirou Emiya descended as the Nine-Tails’ final tail emerged, and its chakra suddenly receded until Naruto Uzumaki stood in its place.

After the Nine-Tails Riot ended, Konoha blamed Naruto Uzumaki while Yakushi Kabuto escaped with a mysterious mask and promised Orochimaru would return. Iruka Umino pushed through the crowd to comfort Naruto and tell him the village had been wrong.

• The Nine-Tails' Chakra vanished, and Jiraiya found Naruto Uzumaki safe as the Konoha Ninja watched him with anger and fear.
• Yakushi Kabuto left with a mask, telling Iruka Umino to await Orochimaru's return and threatening to descend on Konoha with the remains of the Past Hokage.
• Iruka Umino hurried to Naruto Uzumaki after hearing villagers accuse and insult him, while Naruto struggled with their words despite his father's encouragement.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Naruto had to endure the prejudice and earn the village's acknowledgment himself.
• Iruka Umino shouted that Naruto was not a demon fox and that the riot was not his fault, then wiped away Naruto's tears and admitted the villagers had been wrong.

Iruka revealed that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage’s son and explained how Mizuki had been manipulated into triggering the Nine Tails Riot. Sarutobi ordered Mizuki interrogated and the infiltrator pursued, while Yakushi Kabuto escaped to Root and presented the failed plot as a gift from Orochimaru to Shimura Danzo.

• Iruka admitted that the village’s hatred and bullying had helped push Naruto toward losing control, then identified Mizuki as the conspirator who had attacked him.
• Iruka revealed that Naruto was the son of the Fourth Hokage and Kushina Uzumaki, shocking the villagers and stirring their guilt.
• Mizuki confessed that the treasure had not been found, and Iruka explained that Orochimaru’s subordinate had used him to provoke Naruto and target Sarutobi Hiruzen, Tsunade, and Jiraiya.
• Sarutobi ordered Mizuki taken for interrogation and sent the Anbu to search for the infiltrator.
• Yakushi Kabuto reached Root, where he told Shimura Danzo that Orochimaru’s failed Nine Tails Riot was a small gift for him.