Chapter Summaries

Three-year-old Naruto faced the villagers’ hatred and violence, and Sarutobi Hiruzen comforted him afterward. After falling asleep, Naruto found himself in a boundless space with a book titled Three Character Classic, which changed its writing into a script he could read.

• Naruto went outside hoping to make friends, but villagers rejected and insulted him because they believed he was the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
• A crowd attacked Naruto with eggs, vegetables, and a stone, and masked shinobi rescued him before someone could strike him with a stick.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen visited Naruto, assured him he was not a Demon Fox, and promised the violence would not happen again.
• Naruto ate instant noodles, went to bed, and awoke in a boundless space before a book whose title he could read as Three Character Classic.

Naruto discovered that he could learn and relax in a magical space while awake, and he spent the following year building a fulfilling routine despite the villagers’ continued rejection. The chapter ended with Third Hokage delivering Naruto’s monthly living expenses and watching him sit silently by the window.

• Naruto dreamed that he studied the Three Character Classic, scored perfectly on a quiz, and watched Black Cat Detective.
• After waking, Naruto went outside hoping to make friends but found that adults ignored him and treated him warily.
• Naruto began retreating into the magical space, where he studied, earned rewards, and entertained himself.
• Over the next year, Naruto exercised at night, secretly bought supplies from closed shops, and learned to cook nutritious meals.
• Naruto continued his lessons and leisure activities in the magical space while sleeping, and he no longer felt lonely despite having no friends.
• Third Hokage delivered Naruto’s monthly living expenses and hesitated to speak as Naruto stared blankly out the window.

Sarutobi Hiruzen visited Naruto and asked about his future, learning that the boy wanted to grow up, travel, and gain knowledge before deciding what to become. After Hiruzen encouraged him to read and make friends, Naruto received several books, but showed little interest in the Will of Fire.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen observed Naruto's isolated daily routine and considered how the situation benefited his position as Hokage.
• Naruto told Sarutobi Hiruzen that he had been thinking about his future and wanted to grow up, see more places, and learn more before choosing what to do.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen encouraged Naruto to read and go outside to make friends, then talked with him about Konoha's founders and the Will of Fire over a meal.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen left after spending two hours with Naruto, concluding that the boy was precocious and should receive more books.
• An Anbu delivered books to Naruto, who skimmed Will of Fire and tossed it aside without interest.

Naruto read about the Will of Fire and ninja training, then began refining Chakra and unexpectedly entered the space where the Nine-Tailed Fox was sealed. The Fox tried to exploit Naruto’s resentment and tempt him to accept its power, but Naruto had already resisted its killing intent.

• Naruto questioned whether he could embrace the Will of Fire while villagers treated him with hatred, and decided he could not love them as it prescribed.
• Naruto read Chakra Refinement Detailed Explanation and other ninja-training books, then tried to refine Chakra before falling asleep.
• While Naruto slept, Chakra began forming and circulating rapidly through his body.
• Naruto awoke in a dark space before a sealed iron gate and felt the Nine-Tailed Fox’s hateful Chakra provoke his anger and killing intent.
• Naruto suppressed the Fox’s influence, and the Nine-Tailed Fox appeared and urged him to accept its power and kill the villagers.

Naruto resisted Nine-Tails' attempt to inflame his hatred and reasoned through the consequences of accepting its power. He resolved to become a powerful ninja and confront the villagers on his own terms.

• Nine-Tails told Naruto that it had caused the Fourth Hokage's death and urged him to use its Chakra to slaughter the villagers who hated him.
• Naruto recalled being rejected and threatened by villagers, and Nine-Tails' Chakra drove him close to losing control.
• Naruto remembered the Analects and calmed himself, causing the killing intent and blood-red Chakra to fade.
• Nine-Tails was shocked that Naruto had resisted its influence and demanded to know how he had regained control.
• Naruto explained that losing control could cost him his freedom or his life, and decided to become a powerful ninja before making the villagers understand their mistakes.

Naruto met the Nine-Tails in the Sealing Space, then returned to his Learning Space and continued studying. The next morning, he woke with a rapidly growing amount of Chakra that seemed to equal an ordinary Chunin’s.

• Naruto calmly told the Nine-Tails that it was locked up, then figured out how to travel between the Sealing Space and his Learning Space.
• Naruto politely said goodbye to the Nine-Tails and returned to studying mathematics in the Learning Space.
• The Nine-Tails realized Naruto deliberately went to an unknown place to learn and felt pleased by his politeness.
• The next morning, Naruto woke up feeling unusually strong and sensed that his Chakra had grown to at least an ordinary Chunin’s level.

Naruto studied the Three Body Technique and struggled to perform the Transformation Technique, which repeatedly produced distorted forms. He discovered that the Big Fox was interfering with his Chakra and confronted it in the Sealing Space.

• Naruto read about the Three Body Technique and practiced the Transformation, Clone, and Substitution Techniques, but failed at all three.
• Naruto spent hours refining his Transformation Technique and repeatedly transformed into distorted versions of the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Naruto briefly doubted his talent, then focused harder and sensed foreign Chakra disrupting his technique from inside his body.
• Naruto entered the Sealing Space, found the Big Fox resting behind the iron gate, and angrily demanded to know why it was interfering with his training.

Naruto confronted Nine-Tails about its Chakra disrupting his ninjutsu training, then began a physical training regimen and used his Learning Space to turn the Sealing Space into an entertainment room. He left Nine-Tails facing a television as Investiture of the Gods began playing.

• Naruto asked Nine-Tails to withdraw its Chakra, but Nine-Tails refused and demanded that Naruto beg and offer up his body.
• Naruto set the dispute aside, read Basic Methods of Physical Training, and practiced its exercises for an hour and a half that evening.
• Naruto used items bought with accumulated learning points to light, drain, carpet, and furnish the Sealing Space.
• Naruto started Investiture of the Gods on a television facing Nine-Tails and settled onto a sofa to watch.

Naruto used the television drama Investiture of the Gods to capture Nine-Tails’s interest and hoped to make it stop interfering with his Chakra in exchange for watching more. Nine-Tails realized it had been lured into a trap but refused to yield, even as it impatiently looked forward to the next night.

• Naruto played Investiture of the Gods because its story featured a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and he expected Nine-Tails to find it interesting.
• Nine-Tails became absorbed in the drama and asked Naruto why he had stopped it when the second episode ended.
• Naruto teased Nine-Tails about enjoying the show, then said good night and left the Sealing Space with the memory card.
• Nine-Tails recognized Naruto’s plan to make it stop disrupting his Chakra in return for more television, but refused to call him back.
• Nine-Tails tried to count foxes after Naruto left, but kept wondering what would happen next and anticipated watching again tomorrow.

Naruto trained in the forest and endured Konoha’s hostile stares, then found a clear goal in the Learning Space: to become a powerful ninja. He returned to the Sealing Space cheerful and put on Calabash Brothers instead of the Investiture of the Gods Nine-Tails wanted to watch.

• Naruto laughed over his earlier interaction with Big Fox, then studied before dawn.
• Naruto went to a forest by a stream, exercised, and read Shuriken Throwing from Beginner to Mastery throughout the day.
• Naruto returned home exhausted and, after facing the villagers’ stares, fell asleep early.
• In the Learning Space, Naruto listened to music and read Mencius until his confusion faded and he resolved to become a powerful ninja.
• Naruto greeted Nine-Tails and played Calabash Brothers, making Nine-Tails’ expression turn ferocious.

Naruto watched cartoons with the Nine-Tails, then returned to his disciplined routine of training and study. As the seasons passed, he steadily mastered new techniques and turned five years old with a clear goal in mind.

• The Nine-Tails resisted asking Naruto to watch Investiture of the Gods, but became engrossed in Calabash Brothers and then Doraemon.
• Naruto ended the television session after half an hour and returned to the Learning Space to study.
• Naruto resumed his daily routine of chores, training, reading, and nightly study with the Big Fox.
• Naruto gradually overcame the effects of the Big Fox's Chakra and learned the Three Body Technique and Chakra-enhanced taijutsu.
• Spring passed into autumn, and Naruto turned five while continuing to pursue his goal.

Five-year-old Naruto continued his training while searching for a way to end the Nine-Tails’ interference with his Chakra. After completing Tree Climbing without disruption, he rushed into the Sealing Space to find out what had changed.

• Naruto reflected on his year-long effort to persuade the Nine-Tails with daily TV dramas, which had left them in a stalemate.
• Naruto rejected the idea of tormenting the Nine-Tails with nonstop basketball videos because he considered it too cruel to his only acquaintance besides the Third Hokage.
• Naruto practiced Tree Climbing, a Chakra-control exercise Sarutobi Hiruzen had recently taught him, hoping to earn lessons in powerful ninjutsu.
• Naruto reached the top of the tree without sensing the Nine-Tails’ Chakra interfering and repeated the climb to confirm it.
• Naruto rushed into the Sealing Space to investigate the Nine-Tails’ sudden lack of interference.

The Nine-Tails withdrew its chakra from Naruto, allowing him to master Water Walking quickly after Tree Climbing. On his way home, Naruto came across three boys bullying a young Hyuga girl.

• The Nine-Tails recalled Naruto's kindness and decided to withdraw its chakra, though it insisted to itself that television was not the reason.
• Naruto entered the Sealing Space, started an episode of Investiture of the Gods for the Nine-Tails, and returned to training.
• Naruto practiced Water Walking and mastered it after falling into the stream only three times.
• Naruto headed home early to change and cook himself a meal, but stopped when he saw three boys surrounding a young girl.
• The boys mocked the girl for her Byakugan, and Naruto recognized her.

Naruto rescued Hinata from three children bullying her and encouraged her to use her strength to stand up for herself. Inspired by Naruto’s words, Hinata trained harder, improved her Gentle Fist, and earned praise from Hiashi.

• Naruto remembered rescuing Hinata on a snowy day nearly two years earlier and stepped in when he saw three children bullying her.
• The children mocked Naruto as the Nine-Tails monster, so he punched them and made them acknowledge that he was a person named Naruto Uzumaki.
• Hinata introduced herself to Naruto, and he encouraged her to use her strength to stand up to bullies before leaving.
• Hinata ignored Tokuma’s concern and quietly hoped to see Naruto again.
• Hinata began training diligently in the Gentle Fist, improved rapidly, and earned praise from Hiashi.
• Hinata resolved to become strong enough to live up to Naruto’s expectations.

Naruto celebrated learning Tree Climbing and Water Walking with a feast alongside Sarutobi Hiruzen, who brought him ninjutsu scrolls. After mastering the Shadow Clone Jutsu on his first attempt, Naruto went to sleep and continued his usual studies in the Sealing Space.

• Naruto prepared a lavish dinner, and Sarutobi Hiruzen joined him at home.
• While they ate, Naruto told Sarutobi Hiruzen he had learned Tree Climbing and Water Walking.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Naruto scrolls for the Shadow Clone Jutsu and Wind Style: Great Breakthrough, explaining that Naruto had Wind Release.
• Naruto read the scrolls and learned the Shadow Clone Jutsu on his first attempt.
• Naruto decided to practice Wind Release the next day, went to bed, and began his usual studies in the Sealing Space.

Naruto befriended Kurama, learned his name, and spent the night playing games with him in the Sealing Space. After returning to the Learning Space and absorbing his Shadow Clone’s study memories, Naruto left to train.

• Naruto paused Kurama’s show and asked to become friends, prompting Kurama to tell him his name.
• Naruto returned with a game console, and Kurama joined him in playing Contra after dismissing the invitation.
• Naruto and Kurama worked together to clear Contra, then played Super Mario through the night.
• Kurama asked whether Naruto had studied, and Naruto explained that a Shadow Clone had been learning in the Learning Space.
• Naruto dispelled the studying clone, absorbed its memories, and left another clone to study before preparing lunch and heading to his training ground.

Naruto mastered Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and trained with Kurama while recovering between workouts. When Naruto decided to ask the Third Hokage for a stronger technique, Kurama showed him the Nine-Tails’ power, leaving Naruto witnessing Kurama devastate an army and the surrounding land.

• Naruto learned Wind Release: Great Breakthrough on his first attempt and practiced until he could cast it in half a second.
• Naruto alternated physical training with playing games alongside Kurama in the Sealing Space.
• Naruto decided to visit the Third Hokage to ask for a stronger Wind Release technique, but Kurama urged him to learn to use the Nine-Tails’ power instead.
• Kurama had Naruto bump fists with him, transporting Naruto into a vision of Kurama’s past battle against Cloud Village ninja.
• Naruto watched Kurama destroy the ninja with his claws and tails, swallow the two leaders, and blast the forest into a wasteland with a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Naruto experienced Kurama Chakra Mode and learned that he needed to master Kurama’s power himself to use it safely and fully. After Kurama kicked him out of the Sealing Space, Naruto began much more intense training, and three months passed.

• Naruto saw his golden Kurama Chakra Mode and questioned Kurama about the two people he had swallowed.
• Kurama demonstrated how increasing amounts of his Chakra caused Naruto to lose control and suffer bodily harm, then explained the abilities Naruto could learn to use.
• Naruto mocked Kurama for being lazy, and Kurama kicked him out of the Sealing Space.
• Naruto resolved to make Kurama apologize and serve as his body pillow, then resumed training.
• Naruto used Kurama’s healing power to raise his training intensity and spent the next three months on high-intensity Taijutsu training.

Naruto spent three months intensifying his training and using Shadow Clones to study, gather food, and practice, growing stronger in several areas. At dusk, he met Sasuke Uchiha near the Uchiha clan grounds, and the two boys introduced themselves after recognizing a sense of loneliness in each other.

• Naruto trained with Shadow Clones in Taijutsu, weapon throwing, Wind Release, Chakra nature transformation, and fishing while gathering food to cover his increased expenses.
• Naruto used the Learning Space to recover and study, and over three months his strength, Shadow Clone capacity, and skills improved.
• At dusk, Naruto dispelled his Shadow Clones and absorbed their experiences, bringing his Wind Release techniques close to mastery and improving his other training.
• Sasuke approached Naruto and asked who he was and why he was near the Uchiha clan grounds.
• Naruto introduced himself and asked whether Sasuke belonged to the Uchiha clan of the Military Police Force.
• Sasuke noticed Naruto did not treat him with hostility, felt empathy for their shared isolation, and introduced himself as Sasuke Uchiha.

Naruto befriended Sasuke over grilled fish and soup, and Sasuke told him about his admired brother Itachi. The next morning, Sasuke came to train with Naruto, whose Shadow Clones astonished him, and challenged him to a Taijutsu spar that ended with Sasuke badly beaten.

• Naruto shared grilled fish and mushroom soup with Sasuke, who praised the food and told him about Itachi.
• Sasuke explained that Itachi had broken a promise to practice shuriken with him because of his Anbu duties, and Naruto praised Itachi’s skill.
• Sasuke left for home, promising to visit Naruto again the next day, while Naruto briefly wondered what his parents had looked like before returning to training.
• Sasuke arrived at the training ground the next morning with ninja tools and a lunchbox, intending to train with Naruto.
• Naruto used the Shadow Clone Jutsu to create more than twenty clones and set them to different training tasks.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto to a Taijutsu spar and was badly beaten.