Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke said farewell to Adult Sasuke and Boruto as they prepared to return to their parallel world. After a parting gift sparked a fight, Naruto healed Adult Sasuke, and he and Boruto departed through the Time-Space Tunnel.

• Naruto warned Boruto to keep studying and gave him a gaming console loaded with games.
• Sasuke gave Boruto a Sealing Scroll packed with gold, making Adult Sasuke envy his wealth.
• Sasuke gave Adult Sasuke a costly Kidney Maintenance Plan, provoking him to attack Sasuke.
• Naruto healed Adult Sasuke, who accepted the scroll, and he and Boruto returned to their world through the Time-Space Tunnel.

Boruto and Sasuke returned from the Parallel World and briefed Naruto, who agreed to train seriously and prepare for future Otsutsuki threats. Boruto reunited with his family and excitedly shared his adventure and the ton of gold Sasuke had given him, while Naruto and Hinata began planning how to manage it.

• Boruto and Sasuke returned to Konoha and told Naruto about their trip to the Parallel World.
• Sasuke urged Naruto to restore his arm, strengthen himself and Boruto, research Urashiki's tissue, and help Hinata develop her potential.
• Naruto agreed to begin training the next day, and Sasuke left while Boruto returned home with Naruto.
• Boruto told Hinata and Himawari about his trip and showed them the ton of gold Sasuke had given him.
• Naruto and Hinata privately agreed to keep Boruto's gold safe and began considering how to spend it.

Naruto healed Sasuke and discussed the potential benefits of studying Urashiki’s body, while Sasuke agreed to fund Naruto’s research with three years of Hot Spring Hotel profits. Naruto then learned that Shin, a youth able to accept foreign organs and cells without rejection, had been found and brought him to meet Tsunade and Orochimaru.

• Naruto healed Sasuke, who explained that his gifts to Boruto were meant to help Future Naruto and Sasuke while also irritating Sasuke.
• Naruto described possible research uses for Urashiki’s body, including an Ōtsutsuki gene serum and tool clones, and Sasuke offered three years of Hot Spring Hotel profits to fund the work.
• Naruto continued training and gathering equipment for a biological laboratory, keeping Orochimaru out of the research to prevent him from becoming too powerful or turning against Naruto.
• Orochimaru told Naruto that Shin had sought him out to learn cloning, and Naruto brought Tsunade and her disciples to meet the youth.
• Naruto explained that Shin could choose whether to participate in medical and biological experiments, while Tsunade recognized the value of his unusual constitution.

Naruto brought Shin to his underground laboratory and began teaching him biology and proper principles. Three days later, Terumi Mei summoned Naruto to support the long-prepared coup against the Fourth Mizukage.

• Naruto told Orochimaru to study Shin’s blood for its lack of rejection and warned him that genetic limits constrained his experiments.
• Naruto took Shin to the Biological Laboratory in the Valley of the End, gave him basic biological knowledge, and began training him as an assistant.
• Three days later, Naruto sensed Terumi Mei’s signal and discovered that Kirigakure was tense, with Terumi Mei’s forces poised to fight the Fourth Mizukage.
• Naruto opened a portal to Terumi Mei’s underground base, and she stepped through to meet him in the forest.
• Terumi Mei handed Naruto the final payment and asked for his aid, and Naruto began preparing for battle.

Naruto disguised himself as the Swift Wind Swordsman Yasuo and joined Terumi Mei’s coup against the Fourth Mizukage. Terumi Mei led her forces to the Mizukage Building, where Yagura and his elite Anbu waited for them.

• Naruto used makeup, a wig, and the Kusanagi Sword to disguise himself as Yasuo, then traveled with Terumi Mei to the underground base.
• Terumi Mei introduced Yasuo to her allies and ordered them to begin the battle against the Fourth Mizukage.
• Terumi Mei rallied the gathered Kirigakure ninja, and her forces moved into the village, removing sentries and clashing with Yagura’s troops.
• Terumi Mei led an elite group toward the Mizukage Building while her subordinates fought Yagura’s forces across the village.
• Terumi Mei’s group reached the Mizukage Building, where Yagura and many elite Anbu stood ready for them.

Naruto intervened in Terumi Mei’s coup against Yagura, using his Yasuo-inspired wind sword techniques to overwhelm the Mizukage’s forces. He reached Yagura, who countered Naruto’s thrust with a Water Mirror that produced an identical swordsman.

• Terumi Mei challenged Yagura to step down, but Yagura ordered the Anbu and Shadow Guard Squad to attack.
• Naruto stopped Terumi Mei’s group and offered to handle Yagura’s forces himself.
• Naruto used Wind Wall to block the attackers’ weapons and Water Release ninjutsu, then cut through their ranks with his sword.
• Naruto unleashed Sword Qi and Steel Tempest, defeating more ninja and opening a path to Yagura.
• Naruto lunged at Yagura, who formed a Water Mirror that reflected Naruto’s attack with an identical swordsman.

Naruto battled the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, and Kirigakure’s elite forces while Terumi Mei and the others watched. After killing the Anbu and Shadow Guard Squad, Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to overwhelm Yagura, leaving him near death.

• Yagura used the Water Mirror Technique and began transforming into a tailed beast, but Naruto broke the mirror image and blocked his Coral Palm.
• Naruto learned from Kurama that Isobu was unresponsive, then charged into the Anbu and Shadow Guard Squad instead of focusing on Yagura.
• Terumi Mei, Zabuza, Ao, Chojuro, and the others watched Naruto slaughter Kirigakure’s forces and agreed that paying him three hundred million taels had been worthwhile.
• Yagura formed a Tailed Beast Ball, but Naruto teleported beside him and kicked it into the sky before it could hit him.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God seals to strike Yagura with a relentless barrage of sword attacks, shattering his exoskeleton and leaving him on his last breath.

Naruto defeated Yagura, helped Terumi Mei’s forces take control of the battlefield, and brought Isobu into his body. With his power enhanced, he considered seeking out Six-Tails Saiken in Kirigakure next.

• Terumi Mei announced that Yagura had been slain, weakening his followers’ resolve and prompting many to surrender or retreat.
• Naruto entered Yagura’s Sealing Space and invited Isobu to join Kurama inside his body.
• Isobu agreed, and Naruto gained the Three-Tails along with Water Release, Ice Release, and a boost to his Nine-Tailed Sage Fox Mode.
• Naruto asked Kurama to teach Isobu Sage Art and how to activate his own Chakra.
• After Isobu left him, the gravely wounded Yagura died, and Naruto considered going after Six-Tails Saiken in Kirigakure.

Naruto searched Kirigakure for Saiken but found no trace of Utakata, then waited for Obito while Terumi Mei’s faction pacified the village. After Naruto explained that Yagura’s Three-Tails would revive elsewhere, Terumi Mei stopped him from leaving to ask about Natural Energy.

• Naruto searched all of Kirigakure with the Mind's Eye of the Kagura but could not find Saiken, and decided to ask Terumi Mei for Utakata’s location later.
• Naruto waited on the Mizukage Building roof for Obito while eating barbecue, as Terumi Mei’s forces completed their preliminary pacification of the village.
• Terumi Mei asked whether the Three-Tails had died with Yagura, and Naruto explained that it would revive elsewhere after several years.
• Terumi Mei asked Naruto about Natural Energy, and he briefly explained how Tailed Beasts used it to replenish Chakra.
• Naruto prepared to leave without answering Terumi Mei’s further questions, but she stopped him and asked what it would take for him to tell her more.

Naruto explained Sage Arts to Terumi Mei and persuaded her to sign up for his expensive training course. The chapter ended with Terumi Mei realizing Naruto had prepared a contract in advance, but signing it anyway so she could learn.

• Naruto pushed Terumi Mei away when she tried to entice him and prepared to leave without teaching her about Natural Energy.
• Terumi Mei offered Naruto thirty million ryo and access to Kirigakure's non-secret ninjutsu reserves, so he explained Sage Chakra and demonstrated the difference it made to a Rasengan.
• Naruto told Terumi Mei that Sage Arts could boost a ninja's abilities and preserve youth, prompting her to ask how she could learn it.
• Naruto pitched his Sage Arts course for one billion ryo and offered a separate beauty regimen, while Terumi Mei accused him of scheming to take her money.
• Naruto presented Terumi Mei with a prepared ten-year payment contract totaling 1.5 billion ryo, and she signed it despite realizing he had set her up.

Naruto secured Terumi Mei’s cooperation by making her sign a costly contract for Sage Art lessons, then visited Hinata and took her on a date to Maple Leaf City. The chapter ended with Naruto and Hinata kissing beneath the festival fireworks.

• Naruto had Terumi Mei sign his contract and gave her a scroll of beauty and wellness plans, promising to teach her Sage Art after her busy stretch.
• Naruto left for the Hyuga Main House, where Hinata hurried to greet him after training.
• Naruto waited while Hinata changed, then took her hand and invited her to a festival in Maple Leaf City.
• Naruto and Hinata sampled food and festival activities before watching the fireworks from the city wall.
• Naruto and Hinata drew close and kissed as the fireworks lit the sky.

Naruto studied Water Style and Ice Release in Kirigakure while helping Terumi Mei learn senjutsu. Three months into her training, she had experienced Sage Mode’s power but was still struggling to refine Sage Chakra on her own.

• Naruto sent a Shadow Clone to Kirigakure’s library to study Water Style and Ice Release, while Terumi Mei’s government restored order and reopened the village after a purge and secret trade with Naruto.
• Terumi Mei found Naruto’s reading Shadow Clone and asked to learn senjutsu, so Naruto began teaching her to sense Natural Energy and refine Sage Chakra.
• Naruto guided Terumi Mei through her first Sage Mode, which increased her combat strength two or three times, though he warned that her endurance remained limited.
• Naruto stopped refining Sage Chakra for Terumi Mei and instead helped her sense Natural Energy as she practiced on her own and struggled to control it.
• Terumi Mei’s body showed signs of mutation during her training, but Naruto interrupted them, and three months passed as she continued practicing.

Naruto guided Terumi Mei through her first independent attempt to enter Sage Mode, which succeeded but transformed her into a fox-eared, nine-tailed woman. After Naruto and Kurama laughed at her resemblance to Daji, Terumi Mei grew fond of her new appearance, and Naruto left her to practice.

• Naruto watched Terumi Mei successfully sense Natural Energy, refine Sage Chakra, and enter Sage Mode on her own.
• Terumi Mei transformed into a fox-eared, nine-tailed woman and was startled when she saw herself in a mirror.
• Naruto explained that the fox traits might fade as Terumi Mei improved her chakra control, while he and Kurama secretly laughed at her resemblance to Daji.
• Terumi Mei grew pleased with her appearance, and Naruto advised her to practice entering Sage Mode quickly before dispelling his Shadow Clone.
• Naruto burst into laughter while practicing swordsmanship by the sea and was knocked down by a wave.

Naruto proposed that Terumi Mei revive Kirigakure’s struggling economy by selling seafood to his hotel chain and sending idle ninja to suppress bandits. Terumi Mei embraced the plans, which promised income, improved Kirigakure’s reputation, and cleared the way for future development.

• Terumi Mei invited Naruto to dinner at her home, and Naruto laughed at her kimono before joining her for the steamed seafood meal.
• Terumi Mei explained that Kirigakure lacked missions and its people remained poor, then asked Naruto for advice.
• Naruto suggested that Kirigakure sell its abundant seafood to mainland businesses and have idle ninja suppress bandits.
• Naruto explained that seafood sales could benefit both Kirigakure and his hotels, while bandit suppression could earn money, improve the village’s reputation, and secure the region.
• Terumi Mei understood the benefits of Naruto’s proposals and praised him.

Naruto’s policies helped Kirigakure recover as bandit suppression, seafood missions, and trade created jobs and increased income for both the village and its people. When nobles and daimyo tried to seize the new industries, Terumi Mei secretly warned them off, while Gaara confronted similar interference in the Land of Wind.

• Naruto declined Terumi Mei’s invitation to stay late, then Kirigakure began carrying out bandit-suppression missions across the Land of Water.
• As Kirigakure’s policies spread, merchants and clients returned, and genin and other ninjas took seafood-catching missions that paid well and improved their skills.
• Naruto arranged for protected ships to carry seafood and other Land of Water goods to the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, creating more business and escort work for Kirigakure.
• Rising incomes led to the opening of Naruto’s Heavens and Earth branch, Kakashi and Jiraiya’s Hot Pot Restaurant, and Trendy Clothing Stores in the Land of Water.
• When nobles and daimyo tried to take control of the new industries, Terumi Mei secretly shaved their heads to deter them, while Gaara blocked similar attempts in the Land of Wind.

Gaara used Naruto’s advice to punish a Land of Wind noble who threatened Naruto’s trade, strengthening his standing in Sunagakure. After dinner with Gaara and his siblings, Naruto returned to Konoha and found Sasuke waiting for him in the dark.

• Shukaku avoided Kurama, while Gaara improved his taijutsu and became Acting Kazekage after Rasa’s death.
• Gaara transformed into Shukaku and used Sand Waterfall Burial to destroy a noble’s home and assets after the noble tried to seize Naruto’s transport ships.
• The Land of Wind’s nobles and Daimyo backed down, and Gaara dismissed their reprimands by claiming he had lost control of the Tailed Beast.
• At dinner, Gaara told Naruto he had used Naruto’s Shake the Mountain to Intimidate the Tiger strategy, and Naruto advised him to guard their industries against covert interference.
• Naruto reassured Gaara that his own business had faced no such trouble, then declined to stay overnight and returned to Konoha.
• Naruto found Sasuke sitting at the table in his darkened room, staring at him.

After Sasuke completed his Electromagnetic Cannon Technique, Naruto made him rest before taking him to the Valley of the End to demonstrate it. Sasuke stood ready to fire the technique, confident that Naruto would be impressed.

• Sasuke startled Naruto by waiting in his dark home and excitedly announcing that he had developed the Electromagnetic Cannon Technique.
• Naruto noticed Sasuke was exhausted from months of intense training and took him to the Heavens and Earth Hot Spring Hotel to rest.
• The next day, Naruto replenished Sasuke's chakra and brought him to the Valley of the End to test the technique.
• Sasuke stood on Uchiha Madara's statue, tossed a specially made coin into the air, and let lightning blaze across his body.

Sasuke demonstrated his Electromagnetic Cannon Technique to Naruto, who immediately learned to reproduce it with Magnet Release. Sasuke abandoned his plan to challenge Naruto and suggested they improve the technique together instead.

• Naruto watched Sasuke fire coins with his Electromagnetic Cannon, studying how the lightning formed an acceleration rail.
• Sasuke fired volleys of coins that blasted apart mountains and devastated End Lake, then asked Naruto why he had insisted on using coins.
• Naruto explained that Sasuke’s coin-scattering movements inspired the name “Lightning Release: Coin-Scattering Technique,” which Sasuke eagerly accepted.
• Sasuke began to challenge Naruto to a spar, but Naruto jumped beside him and fired an electromagnetic cannon of his own using Magnet Release.
• Sasuke realized Naruto had copied the technique by watching him and, rather than sparring, proposed that they work together to improve it.

Naruto taught Sasuke Sage Mode after Sasuke mastered the Electromagnetic Cannon Technique, and Sasuke quickly learned to use it in battle. Confident that his training had reached its current limit, Sasuke asked Naruto to help him find Itachi, and Naruto agreed.

• Naruto offered to teach Sasuke Sage Mode as compensation for learning the Electromagnetic Cannon Technique, and Sasuke eagerly accepted.
• At the waterfall, Naruto trained Sasuke in senjutsu, and Sasuke entered Sage Mode on his own within two weeks and learned to use it in battle by the one-month mark.
• Naruto observed that Sage Mode was accelerating Sasuke’s transformation toward a Sage Body, which could eventually strengthen his chakra and allow his Sharingan to evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Four months after mastering the Electromagnetic Cannon Technique, Sasuke told Naruto he planned to search for Itachi and learn the truth about his actions.
• Sasuke asked Naruto to help ensure their confrontation with Itachi would not be interrupted, and Naruto clasped his hand and agreed.

Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi, and Sakura set out to find Itachi, but Sasuke admitted he did not know where to look and went with Kakashi to seek information. While they were apart, Naruto explained Sasuke’s efforts to revive the Uchiha clan to Sakura and urged her to consider her choices, leaving her resolved not to give up on Sasuke.

• Sasuke led Team 7 away from Konoha despite not knowing where Itachi was, then proposed asking an Exchange Shop for information.
• Naruto kept quiet about knowing Itachi’s location, and Kakashi took Sasuke in disguise to an Exchange Shop in Maple Leaf City.
• Sakura confronted Naruto about the girls surrounding Sasuke, and Naruto explained that Sasuke was pursuing girls as part of his plan to revive the Uchiha clan.
• Naruto advised Sakura either to distance herself from Sasuke or to accept that she might be hurt, but Sakura declared that she would never give up on him.