Chapter Summaries

Torikaze led Chisato, Minato, and Yahiko on an expedition to another version of the Shinobi World, reassuring them and explaining their plan to approach Konoha cautiously. After activating a hidden formation in the Land of Fire, they crossed worlds and arrived at a lush valley beside a dilapidated courtyard.

• Minato and Kushina discussed their unborn child, and Torikaze advised Minato to choose a name after exploring Another World.
• Torikaze reassured the worried Chisato and told Yahiko and Minato to observe Konoha and make contact only after assessing the situation.
• Torikaze demonstrated his Presence Concealment Technique, then gathered Chisato, Minato, and Yahiko and teleported them away from the clan grounds.
• The group arrived in a forest in the Land of Fire, where Torikaze activated a hidden formation.
• Torikaze and the others crossed through the vortex and emerged in a lush green valley beside a dilapidated courtyard.

Torikaze took Yahiko, Minato, and Chisato through the portal in the abandoned Windcloud Clan courtyard. They arrived safely in another Shinobi World, where Yahiko struggled to adjust to the ground.

• Torikaze activated the hidden formation and led the group to the Ancestor's ruined courtyard, where Yahiko and Minato searched the old houses.
• Torikaze warned Yahiko and Minato not to cultivate the ancient books because the Shinobi World lacked the spiritual energy needed to use them safely.
• Torikaze placed the Chakra Condensed Pearl on the backyard altar and opened the portal, then secured the group with a Truth-Seeking Orb.
• The group traveled through a tunnel surrounded by planets and stars, then recognized their destination by its resemblance to the Shinobi World.
• Torikaze descended to the ground in the other Shinobi World and released the group; Yahiko staggered as he adjusted to being on solid ground.

Torikaze, Chisato, Yahiko, and Minato arrived in a parallel Shinobi World and approached Konoha. Torikaze and Chisato entered the village unseen, and Chisato was shocked to find the Uchiha Compound on Konoha’s outskirts.

• Torikaze landed the group safely in another Shinobi World, where Yahiko and Minato agreed to wait outside Konoha.
• Torikaze teleported the group near Konoha, then gave Yahiko a black flower that changed his hair color before he and Chisato left under concealment.
• Torikaze and Chisato entered Konoha and saw that its streets and buildings had barely changed from Chisato’s childhood memories.
• Chisato asked to visit the Uchiha Clan, and Torikaze brought her to its compound on the edge of Konoha, where she stared in disbelief.

Chisato and Torikaze explored a parallel Konoha, where the Uchiha Clan had been isolated on the village outskirts. They discovered that Kushina was also in this world, and Minato learned that he was its Hokage.

• Torikaze took Chisato to the Uchiha Compound, where they saw the clan isolated at Konoha’s edge.
• Torikaze explained that the Uchiha’s control of the Military Police Force and their poor reputation had led to their isolation.
• Chisato and Torikaze saw Mikoto with her infant and heard her mention that Kushina was in Konoha.
• Torikaze brought Minato and Yahiko to see the pregnant Kushina, and Minato recognized his own home and family photo.
• Torikaze showed Minato the Hokage Rock Faces, revealing that Minato was Hokage and Hiruzen was the Third Hokage.

Torikaze guided Minato, Yahiko, and Chisato around an alternate Konoha, where they learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had become Hokage and discovered that the Senju Clan had vanished. The group compared the two villages’ histories and development, leaving Chisato troubled by the hidden tensions and backward state of this Konoha.

• Minato asked who was Hokage, and Torikaze showed him Minato Namikaze’s face on the Hokage Rock and identified Hiruzen Sarutobi as the Third Hokage.
• Torikaze led Minato, Yahiko, and Chisato around Konoha, where they noticed that the clans had not relocated and could find no Senju Clan grounds.
• Chisato asked why the Senju Clan was missing, and Torikaze explained that Hashirama had wanted the clan to discard its surname and merge into the village.
• Torikaze said he had persuaded Hashirama to abandon that plan when tensions arose with the Land of Lightning, and Chisato realized he had helped preserve powerful clans in their Konoha.
• Chisato praised Torikaze’s work, while Torikaze described his village’s development and contrasted its technology with the luxuries and slow progress of this Konoha.

Torikaze explained Konoha’s troubled history and planned to approach Minato Namikaze before intervening in its affairs. He built the group a protected home outside the village, where they settled in for the night.

• Torikaze explained that war had hindered Konoha’s development and said he hoped to speak with its leaders before offering help.
• Torikaze planned to approach Minato Namikaze during the Nine-Tails' Attack, then use strength and promises of development to manage Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō.
• Yahiko asked where the group would stay, and Torikaze led the others out of Konoha to the forest where they had arrived.
• Torikaze used a puppet made with Hashirama’s blood to create a two-story house with Wood Release.
• Torikaze covered the house with Crystal Release and formed a Maze Formation around it, then told everyone to rest until the next day.

Torikaze watched Konoha prepare for Kushina’s delivery while waiting for the Nine-Tails’ Night incident to begin so Minato could take part. The chapter ended when Obito Uchiha appeared in Konoha’s cemetery, bringing the anticipated event closer.

• Torikaze reassured Minato that they would ask Konoha’s Hokage about Hatake Sakumo and Minato’s missing disciples instead of entering the village and causing unrest.
• Torikaze noticed Konoha’s increased Anbu presence and secretly relocated Biwako Sarutobi, concluding that Kushina was about to give birth.
• Torikaze explained that his system required the Nine-Tails to be summoned before the Nine-Tails’ Night mission could begin, so he waited rather than acting against Obito early.
• Obito Uchiha emerged from a vortex in Konoha’s cemetery, threw away the flowers at a monument, and disappeared again.

Kushina gave birth to Naruto while Minato struggled to keep the Nine-Tails sealed, but a masked man attacked as soon as the baby was born. Minato saved Naruto from an explosive trap, leaving Kushina restrained in the masked man’s hands.

• Torikaze sensed Obito Uchiha arrive in Konoha’s cemetery but kept his presence secret while Minato and the others waited for the attack.
• Kushina went into labor as Minato maintained her seal, and Biwako Sarutobi and Taru helped deliver Naruto.
• After Naruto was born, the masked man killed the guards, knocked down Biwako Sarutobi and Taru, and seized the baby while Kushina’s seal weakened.
• The masked man threatened Naruto and tossed him into the air, but Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to catch him.
• Minato escaped with Naruto and threw away the explosive-tagged swaddling clothes, while the masked man restrained Kushina above a pool of water and she asked what he wanted.

The masked man freed the Nine-Tails from Kushina and unleashed it on Konoha, but Torikaze intervened and drove him off. Minato Namikaze was left to confront the Nine-Tails while Yahiko fought it and Chisato went to help Kushina.

• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to save Naruto from an explosion, while the masked man captured Kushina and extracted the Nine-Tails from her.
• Torikaze explained Kushina’s danger to Minato and his companions, then sent Yahiko to fight the Nine-Tails and Chisato to treat Kushina with the Whirlpool Puppet.
• The masked man summoned the Nine-Tails into Konoha, and Torikaze rescued civilians as the beast destroyed buildings.
• The masked man ambushed Minato Namikaze at the Hokage Rock Faces, but Torikaze stopped him, froze the area, and tore away part of his White Zetsu body before he escaped.
• Torikaze told Minato Namikaze to deal with the Nine-Tails, who saw powerful Water Release crashing down on the beast.

Minato Namikaze, Minato, Yahiko, and Hiruzen Sarutobi fought the rampaging Nine-Tails while Torikaze directed them to retrieve Kushina for a sealing. Minato Namikaze found Kushina recovering under Chisato’s care, and the Whirlpool Puppet began preparing to seal the Nine-Tails back into her.

• Minato joined Yahiko in attacking the Nine-Tails, and Minato Namikaze joined them after Torikaze assured him he did not intend to destroy Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Monkey King Enma and joined the battle, while the two Minatos diverted the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball.
• Torikaze told Minato Namikaze to bring Kushina so the Nine-Tails could be sealed back into her, and Minato Namikaze hurried home.
• Minato Namikaze found Chisato treating Kushina and learned that Kushina’s condition had improved.
• Chisato said Minato Namikaze’s Sealing Techniques were inadequate, and the Whirlpool Puppet used Adamantine Chains to prepare Kushina for the sealing.

Minato and the others resealed the Nine-Tails inside Kushina, while Torikaze explained that he and his companions came from a parallel world. He revealed himself as that world's Third Hokage, leaving Hiruzen and the others stunned by the existence of another version of Konoha.

• The Whirlpool Puppet brought Kushina to the Nine-Tails, and Torikaze ordered Minato and the others to restrain it.
• Torikaze used the Whirlpool Puppet's Adamantine Chains and sealing technique to return the Nine-Tails to Kushina, restoring her vitality.
• Torikaze arrived with Cloud, Biwako Sarutobi, and Taru, and told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had saved Biwako.
• Minato explained that he, Yahiko, and Torikaze came from a parallel world where the same people and Konoha existed.
• Torikaze identified himself as Konoha's Third Hokage, Torikaze.

Torikaze explained that he came from another world where he was Konoha’s Third Hokage and Minato Namikaze was his disciple and the Fourth Hokage. After Torikaze’s group left to rest, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato learned that Torikaze had saved the villagers from the Nine-Tails, and Kushina reunited with Naruto.

• Torikaze identified himself as Konoha’s Third Hokage from another world and explained his unusual relationship with Minato and Jiraiya.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed Torikaze and his companions to stay in Konoha while he and Minato organized relief efforts.
• Torikaze told Hiruzen why this world had no counterpart of him, though Hiruzen remained uncertain about the explanation.
• An Anbu reported that Torikaze had transferred the villagers to the Ninja Academy’s training ground, leaving them unharmed by the Nine-Tails.
• Hiruzen decided to repay Torikaze’s kindness, then carried Biwako Sarutobi and Taru to the ninja hospital.
• Kushina remembered Naruto, rushed home, and found him safe in his cradle.

After the Nine-Tails attack, Kushina reunited with Naruto and thanked the visitors from Another World for saving her. The next morning, Torikaze agreed to meet Konoha’s leaders, while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, Shimura Danzō, and the advisors argued over the attack and turned to the problem of rebuilding.

• Kushina returned home, found Naruto asleep, and promised Minato Namikaze they would repay the visitors from Another World for saving them.
• Konoha’s villagers inspected the destruction left by the Nine-Tails and found no reports of anyone killed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Torikaze and invited the group to discuss matters at the Hokage Tower that afternoon.
• Torikaze told the others they could return to their world after the meeting and might bring Hiruzen Sarutobi or Minato Namikaze with them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Shimura Danzō about Root’s failure to act, and Danzō questioned how the Nine-Tails had been sealed so quickly.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura stopped the argument, and the leaders turned their attention to rebuilding Konoha despite its shortage of funds.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze discussed Konoha’s reconstruction and financial crisis after the Nine-Tails Attack while Shimura Danzō sought to exploit the turmoil. Later, Torikaze revealed that his world had sealed all nine Tailed Beasts in Konoha, leaving Hiruzen and Minato stunned.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ended the leadership meeting without resolving Konoha’s funding problems, and Minato Namikaze agreed to focus on repairing the village.
• Torikaze told Yahiko and Minato to wait until two o’clock before meeting Konoha’s leaders, then transported them directly to the Hokage Tower.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Torikaze why he had saved Konoha, and Torikaze said he had deep feelings for the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned that Torikaze’s Konoha would soon face the Nine-Tails’ Attack, but Yahiko laughed and Torikaze explained that their worlds had diverged.
• Torikaze revealed that his ancestor had sealed all nine Tailed Beasts inside a Cloud Stone, and Hiruzen and Minato learned that all nine remained in Konoha.

Torikaze told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Hashirama, Tobirama, and Mito were still alive in his world, where Konoha held all nine Tailed Beasts. Hiruzen wanted to visit and learned that his former disciples had found happier, more accomplished lives there.

• Torikaze explained that his Konoha sealed all nine Tailed Beasts in a Cloud Stone and that Hashirama had kept the other villages in line through his strength.
• Torikaze revealed that Hashirama, Tobirama, and Mito were still alive, and Hiruzen Sarutobi asked when he could visit their world.
• Torikaze described Jiraiya as a well-known novelist and Orochimaru as a leader in Konoha's Technology Department.
• Hiruzen asked about Tsunade and learned that she led Konoha's hospital, had written a Medical Ninja handbook, and was happily married to Dan Katō.
• Torikaze told Hiruzen that Dan Katō was alive, served as Anbu chief, and had reached Kage-level strength.

Torikaze negotiated with Hiruzen Sarutobi to let ninja from his peaceful world take missions in Konoha and agreed to show him the other world. Hiruzen chose to travel there the following day, leaving Minato Namikaze to protect Konoha, while Torikaze and his companions prepared to depart.

• Torikaze told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Dan Katō was alive, married to Tsunade, and serving as Konoha's Kage-level Anbu chief.
• Torikaze asked to bring ninja from his world to Konoha for combat missions, and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed.
• Torikaze offered to sell Konoha electronic communication products and invited Hiruzen to see the other Konoha firsthand.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to travel with Torikaze at noon the next day and asked Minato Namikaze to care for Biwako and protect the village.
• Torikaze explained that Hiruzen's departure would leave Minato Namikaze free to manage Konoha, while Chisato finished packing for the trip.

Torikaze and his companions prepared to leave the alternate Konoha, bringing Hiruzen Sarutobi back through the portal to their world. After marveling at the cosmos during the crossing, they spotted the planet that matched the Shinobi World.

• Torikaze and his companions packed their belongings and waited until morning to return home.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at the inn with a Sealing Scroll, and Torikaze took him to the forest where the portal was hidden.
• Torikaze warned Hiruzen Sarutobi to wait until the portal stabilized, then shielded everyone with Truth-Seeking Orbs before they entered.
• Torikaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Yahiko, and the others traveled through space and marveled at the planets around them.
• Yahiko spotted their destination, and Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized the planet as matching the map of the Shinobi World.

Torikaze brought Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others through the teleportation gate to his Shinobi World, where Hiruzen chose to meet Hashirama first. They arrived in a vastly expanded Konoha, leaving Hiruzen stunned by Torikaze’s claims about his power and the village’s history.

• The group reached the Shinobi World through the teleportation gate, and Torikaze received a stabilizer and shuttle chips as rewards from the system.
• Torikaze explained that they had arrived at his family’s abandoned residence, and Hiruzen Sarutobi asked to meet Lord Hashirama first.
• Torikaze carried Hiruzen Sarutobi, Chisato, Minato, and Yahiko through the forest and toward Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Konoha by its emblem and Hokage Rock Faces, but saw that Torikaze’s face had replaced his own on the monument.
• Torikaze told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had destroyed Kumogakure at twelve, and Chisato, Minato, and Yahiko confirmed the claim.
• Torikaze invited Hiruzen Sarutobi to his residence before taking him to meet Hashirama.

Torikaze brought Hiruzen Sarutobi to the Cloud Clan Grounds, where Hiruzen met Kushina and learned that she was expecting a son. Torikaze then set off with Hiruzen for the Senju Clan Grounds, sharing information about Konoha’s clans along the way.

• Torikaze brought Hiruzen and the others to the Cloud Clan Grounds, where Kushina welcomed them and learned that another version of herself had already given birth to a son.
• Hiruzen spoke with Kushina and admired the Cloud Clan Grounds while Torikaze explained its distinctive architecture.
• Torikaze took Hiruzen toward the Senju Clan Grounds, and Hiruzen grew excited at the thought of meeting Hashirama, Tobirama, and Mito alive in this world.
• Torikaze pointed out a clan with the Ketsuryūgan and warned Hiruzen about its blood feud with the Uchiha Clan.
• Torikaze told Hiruzen that his wife, Uchiha Chiri, was an Uchiha and Hashirama’s disciple as they continued their journey.

Torikaze brought Hiruzen Sarutobi to the Senju Clan Grounds, where he reunited with the young Hashirama, Tobirama, and Mito. After Torikaze explained the journey between worlds, Hashirama and Tobirama welcomed Hiruzen and reassured him about his efforts as Hokage.

• Torikaze told Hiruzen that his wife, Uchiha Chiri, was an Uchiha clanswoman and a disciple of Hashirama.
• Torikaze took Hiruzen through the prosperous village and into the Senju Clan Grounds, where Hiruzen became emotional at the sight of the flourishing clan.
• Hiruzen was shocked to see the youthful Tobirama, Hashirama, and Mito, and Torikaze used techniques to help him recover from his distress.
• Torikaze told Hashirama, Tobirama, and Mito about his advancement to the Six Paths Level, the Ancient Courtyard, and his travels between worlds with Hiruzen.
• Hashirama welcomed Hiruzen, and Tobirama praised him for becoming Hokage before Hashirama reassured him that he had done his best despite the wars in his world.