Chapter Summaries

Jiraiya returned to Konoha and was stunned by the village’s new connection to another world and the changes it had brought. Minato Namikaze and Nagato explained the events behind those changes, leaving Jiraiya especially surprised to learn that the other world’s Third Hokage was Torikaze, not Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Nagato told Jiraiya that Yahiko had already been avenged, and Jiraiya mourned his former disciple while comforting Nagato.
• Jiraiya asked Minato Namikaze and Nagato to explain Konoha’s strange new entrance, and Minato began with Naruto’s birth and the Nine-Tails’ attack.
• Minato explained that people from Another World Konoha Village had stopped the Nine-Tails and that a portal now connected the two worlds.
• Nagato and Minato told Jiraiya about the Rain Country’s development and the support Konoha had received from the other world, leaving him doubtful and amazed.
• Minato explained that the other world’s Third Hokage had helped him take full control of Konoha, then clarified that the man was Torikaze rather than Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Jiraiya learned from Minato Namikaze and Nagato about Torikaze, the powerful shinobi from Another World, and saw that Konoha’s villagers were happier under Minato’s leadership. He also discovered Tsunade had moved to Another World and asked whether Orochimaru was still in the village.

• Minato Namikaze explained that Torikaze had secured his authority and described Torikaze’s extraordinary strength and achievements to Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya entered Konoha with Minato Namikaze and Nagato and noticed the villagers seemed happier than when he had left.
• Jiraiya praised Minato Namikaze’s leadership and said the village should be entrusted to the younger generation.
• Minato Namikaze told Jiraiya that Tsunade’s hemophobia had been cured and that she had moved to Another World about a year earlier.
• Jiraiya learned he could visit Another World by applying for identification documents and asked Minato Namikaze whether Orochimaru was still in the village.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha after a year away and struggled to make sense of the village’s changes, including Orochimaru’s new role and the influence of Another World. He visited Hiruzen Sarutobi, who explained why he had retired and began telling Jiraiya about recent events that had convinced him the Shinobi World would see no more wars.

• Jiraiya learned from Minato Namikaze that Orochimaru had become Konoha’s chief scientist after visiting Another World.
• Minato Namikaze suggested Jiraiya rest and offered to help him get identification papers the next day.
• Jiraiya wandered through Konoha and visited Hiruzen Sarutobi at the Sarutobi Clan Grounds.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said the Third Hokage from Another World had inspired him to entrust Konoha’s future to younger leaders.
• Jiraiya mentioned the strange changes he had seen in the Rain Country, and Hiruzen Sarutobi began explaining the events behind his belief that future wars would not occur.

Jiraiya learned from Hiruzen Sarutobi how Torikaze had stopped the invading armies and then visited Orochimaru at the Scientific Research Institute. Orochimaru explained that Another World had changed his ambitions, and Jiraiya left impressed by his old friend’s transformation.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Jiraiya that Torikaze had driven back a combined army of seventy to eighty thousand soldiers from the Land of Wind, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Lightning.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Jiraiya to address Torikaze respectfully and avoid offending the villagers from Another World.
• Jiraiya visited the Scientific Research Institute in Konoha’s Back Mountain and found Orochimaru teaching a trainee.
• Orochimaru told Jiraiya that witnessing Another World and the vast universe had changed his outlook, though he still pursued greater power and knowledge.
• Orochimaru explained that he maintained his immortality by transferring into artificial bodies, and Jiraiya accepted that the bodies had no thoughts.

Jiraiya reunited with Orochimaru and learned about the powerful shinobi and surviving family members in Torikaze’s World. After deciding to visit Another World, he got his identification from Minato and learned that a small metal tag was required to enter the portal.

• Jiraiya asked Orochimaru how he could live forever, and Orochimaru explained that he could replace his body with an Artificial Human.
• Jiraiya told Orochimaru why he had not been suited to become Hokage, and Orochimaru said he had moved on from the past.
• Orochimaru told Jiraiya that Tsunade lived happily with Hashirama and Lady Mito, and that Hashirama had reached Six Paths Level.
• Jiraiya learned that Torikaze’s World had four Six Paths Level shinobi and decided to visit Another World the next day.
• Minato Namikaze helped Jiraiya process his identification and explained that the metal tag would let him enter the portal.

Jiraiya received his identification and traveled with Nagato to Another World, where the portal revealed the vast universe beyond the Shinobi World. He was humbled by the sight and became determined to grow stronger.

• Minato Namikaze arranged Jiraiya's identification and told him that Nagato would accompany him to Another World.
• Jiraiya and Nagato left for New City, where Jiraiya jumped into the portal and fell flat on his face.
• Jiraiya saw the stars and the Shinobi World receding beneath him as Nagato explained that they were traveling through the universe.
• Jiraiya reflected on how small he was compared with the universe and recognized the gap between his strength and Torikaze's.
• Jiraiya felt humbled by the experience but became driven to climb higher.

Nagato brought Jiraiya to Torikaze’s World, where Jiraiya marveled at the universe and the prosperous, enormous Konoha. They arrived at the Windcloud Clan grounds to meet Torikaze, and Jiraiya was struck by the clan’s unfamiliar architecture.

• Jiraiya admired the universe during the journey and reflected on how small he was beside the strength that could reshape the Shinobi World.
• Nagato guided Jiraiya through New City and explained that the vast Konoha was divided into the Outer City, Inner City, and Core Area.
• Jiraiya compared Torikaze’s Konoha with his own village and considered whether he could learn from its prosperity.
• Nagato led Jiraiya to the Windcloud Clan grounds to meet Torikaze, whom Jiraiya regarded as the person who had brought Konoha to glory.
• Jiraiya noticed the clan’s distinctive buildings, and Nagato explained that the Windcloud Clan’s ancestors were said to have come from beyond the heavens.

Jiraiya met Torikaze in the Windcloud Clan grounds and discussed how much Konoha had changed. Torikaze told him that the local Tsunade had married Dan Katō, and Jiraiya decided to visit her without disturbing her life.

• Nagato brought Jiraiya to the Windcloud Clan, where Jiraiya noticed its unusual architecture and met Torikaze.
• Torikaze welcomed Jiraiya and agreed to let Nagato choose fish fry for the Rain Country, advising him to start with cheap, easy-to-raise species.
• Jiraiya told Torikaze that he was glad Konoha had changed and become peaceful and vibrant.
• Torikaze told Jiraiya that Tsunade was married to Dan Katō and suggested that Jiraiya could visit her at the Senju Clan Grounds.
• Jiraiya said he wanted to see how Tsunade was doing but worried that his visit might disrupt her life.

Torikaze accompanied Nagato to buy carp fry for the Rain Country’s first aquaculture effort, while Jiraiya considered visiting Tsunade but remained unsure about expressing his feelings. Nagato left with five million climate-adapted fry, determined to help the Rain Country prosper.

• Jiraiya hesitated to visit Tsunade, and Torikaze encouraged him to reconnect without interfering in her life.
• Nagato chose carp as the cheapest and easiest fish to raise, and Torikaze agreed to accompany him to buy fry.
• Torikaze explained that his concealment ninjutsu hid their presence from the people on Konoha’s streets.
• At the classified fish-fry shop, Torikaze modified the fry to suit the Rain Country’s climate and prepared five million in dissolving spheres for its lakes.
• Torikaze told Nagato how to stock the lakes and urged him to return quickly, and Nagato departed while Jiraiya stayed behind.

Nagato returned to Rain Country with Torikaze’s warning to get his farming project into the water quickly, while Jiraiya found Tsunade in the Senju Clan Grounds. Jiraiya and Tsunade reunited and caught up, ending their conversation with Tsunade criticizing the old men who had damaged the village.

• Torikaze warned Nagato that his packed farming supplies were not completely safe, and Nagato hurried back to Rain Country.
• Jiraiya made his way to the Senju Clan Grounds to find Tsunade, where Hashirama welcomed him and directed him inside.
• Tsunade recognized Jiraiya from her world and was delighted to see her old teammate again.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade about his travels and the disaster in the Land of Water.
• Tsunade said the old men had changed too late after ruining the village.

Tsunade and Jiraiya reminisced about their old friends and discussed Orochimaru's immortality before Lady Mito welcomed Jiraiya to dinner. The old friends continued talking after Lady Mito went to buy ingredients.

• Tsunade asked Jiraiya about his travels and his meeting with Hiruzen Sarutobi, and they discussed the damage the old leadership had left Minato to fix.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Orochimaru had become Konoha's chief scientist and developed a ninjutsu that let him live forever.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya debated whether immortality was worthwhile when friends and family could not all live forever.
• Lady Mito invited Jiraiya to stay for dinner, and he admitted to Tsunade that he had exaggerated about her holding him as a child.

Gang and Jiraiya reconnected over dinner plans, discussed their past and Hiruzen, and learned about the other world’s Konoha and its technology. Hashirama gave Jiraiya a phone and helped ease the awkwardness between them, leaving Jiraiya envious of Hashirama and Mito’s close relationship.

• Mito invited Jiraiya to stay for dinner, and he and Gang discussed whether she would settle down and whether she might visit Hiruzen.
• Jiraiya asked how Gang’s hemophobia had been cured, embarrassing her, before Hashirama arrived and drew him into conversation.
• Hashirama and Gang explained that Hiruko was a talented ninjutsu researcher and directed Konoha’s Technology Department in their world.
• Hashirama gave Jiraiya a phone and Gang taught him how to use it, warning him not to misuse its features.
• Mito returned with groceries and began cooking, while Hashirama explained that she cooked because she enjoyed it.
• Jiraiya admired Hashirama and Mito’s bond, and Hashirama told him that he too would meet someone who understood him.

Jiraiya decided to stay in Konoha for about half a month, giving him and Gang time to reconnect while Hashirama quietly considered how to keep them together longer.

• Hashirama reflected that Gang might have feelings for Jiraiya and decided he would assess whether Jiraiya was worthy of her.
• Gang told Jiraiya that Hashirama had been acting unusually, then invited him to stay in Konoha and spend time with her.
• Jiraiya agreed to stay for about half a month and planned to lodge at a hotel near the Senju Clan Grounds.
• Hashirama overheard Jiraiya's departure plans and began thinking of an excuse to move the whole family.

Jiraiya reunited with Tsunade in another world and met several members of her family while staying with them. He planned to remain in Konoha for half a month, and the chapter ended as he helped prepare dinner and impressed the older men.

• Jiraiya agreed to stay in Konoha for half a month before returning to his own world, while Hashirama considered moving the family again.
• Tobirama met Jiraiya, learned he was Hiruzen Sarutobi's disciple, and told him to call him Grandmaster.
• Hashirama invited everyone to dinner, and Jiraiya washed his hands and helped carry out the dishes.
• Tsunade introduced Jiraiya to Uzumaki Ashina, the former Daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools, whose youthful appearance puzzled Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya went to help Mito in the kitchen, and Hashirama, Tobirama, and Ashina agreed that he seemed like a good guest.

Jiraiya shared a meal with Tsunade and the elders at the Senju Clan Grounds before leaving to explore Konoha. Meanwhile, Nagato returned to Amegakure with five million healthy fish fry and prepared to begin the Rain Country’s aquaculture plan.

• Jiraiya joined Hashirama, Ashina, Mito, and Tsunade for a meal, praised Mito’s cooking, and then left the Senju Clan Grounds to look around Konoha.
• Nagato traveled back toward the Rain Country, reflecting on its recovery and his responsibility to guide its development.
• After about a day on the road, Nagato returned to Amegakure and found that fewer than a thousand of his five million fish fry had died.
• Nagato decided to gather fish-farming representatives and distribute the fry among the farmers to begin the aquaculture plan.

Nagato began the Rain Country’s first aquaculture project by distributing five million carp fry among five fishing regions. He set production-based incentives and urged the regions to share practical advice as they prepared to raise the fish.

• Nagato confirmed that nearly all the imported fry had survived and decided to treat the first year as a learning experience.
• At Amegakure, Nagato told the assembled fish-farming representatives that he had obtained five million carp fry, chosen for their low cost and ease of care.
• Nagato divided the country’s fishing areas into five regions and allocated one million fry to each, warning that the lowest-producing region would receive fewer fry the following year.
• Nagato cautioned Amegakure’s representative not to grow complacent, then handed the representatives the fry and told them to distribute them among multiple lakes.
• A representative suggested using smaller lakes to make harvesting easier, and Nagato welcomed the advice.

Nagato and Konan began preparing for the Rain Country’s new aquaculture industry and learned that Jiraiya planned to visit soon. Meanwhile, Jiraiya explored Konoha and stumbled into a crowded arena, where a Crystal screen showed a fight he could not identify.

• Nagato gave the district representatives fish fry and approved their suggestion to raise the fish in smaller lakes for easier harvesting.
• Konan and Nagato discussed welcoming Jiraiya, and Nagato explained that Jiraiya had gone after Lady Tsunade and might not return for at least half a month.
• Jiraiya explored Konoha, marveling at its development and unaware that Torikaze’s strength and Amado’s technology had given the village control over other nations through its electrical appliances.
• Jiraiya reached Konoha’s crowded arena, squeezed inside, and saw a Crystal screen showing people fighting.

Jiraiya visited Konoha’s arena, learned about the Trial Tower, and entered it after Tsunade explained its power. He emerged with Sage Power, which let him maintain Sage Mode indefinitely, and learned that the tower was powerful alien equipment.

• Jiraiya squeezed into the arena and learned from a spectator that the Trial Tower could grant powerful abilities and might contain a path to Six Paths Level.
• Jiraiya left the arena and met Tsunade, who confirmed the tower’s power and said her second grandfather had reached Six Paths Level through it.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade went to the Trial Tower, where Jiraiya waited in line and entered for his first challenge.
• Jiraiya began the preliminary trial in a wilderness and defeated the ninjas who appeared to attack him.
• Jiraiya emerged with Sage Power, which let him remain in Sage Mode indefinitely, and Tsunade explained that the tower was powerful alien equipment.

Jiraiya learned that his new Sage Power would help him prepare for the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s eventual invasion, and Tsunade explained how Konoha was training for the coming war. Their conversation ended with Tsunade revealing that the former Rain Country had become a shared farming and entertainment region.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade that he had received Sage Power, which let him remain in Sage Mode indefinitely.
• Tsunade explained that the Ōtsutsuki Clan were aliens who would eventually invade, leaving Jiraiya shocked by how much he had missed while traveling.
• Tsunade said the invasion was still years away and urged Jiraiya to grow stronger and help train promising ninja.
• Jiraiya decided to take Naruto Uzumaki as his disciple, while resolving not to deprive the child of his childhood for a distant war.
• Jiraiya suggested visiting the Rain Country, and Tsunade explained that it had been divided into provinces and that the three nations had combined their portions into a farming base and entertainment city.

Jiraiya and Tsunade learned about changes to the world and decided to visit Rain Province, while Hashirama and Torikaze discussed their relationship and the progress of Kakashi Squad’s training. The chapter left Torikaze explaining that the other-world Kakashi had a weaker foundation than the others.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya that the Rain Country had been divided among three nations and turned into Rain Province, while the Land of Iron had taken over the former Land of Lightning.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade decided to travel to Rain Province and informed Hashirama that they would be gone for two or three days.
• Hashirama and Torikaze discussed Jiraiya’s relationship with Tsunade and agreed to judge his sincerity without spying on the pair.
• Torikaze asked Hashirama about Kakashi Squad’s training, and Hashirama said the three children were diligent but the other-world Kakashi had a weaker foundation.