Chapter Summaries

Torikaze confronted Obito Uchiha with Rin and Kakashi Hatake, then sealed him away for the rest of his life as punishment for his crimes. Afterwards, he reassured Obito and Hatake, who were shaken by learning that Obito Uchiha was alive.

• Rin and Kakashi rejected Obito Uchiha’s justification for his crimes, and Kakashi condemned him for attacking Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Torikaze sealed Obito Uchiha inside a Cloud Stone and embedded it above the Hokage Tower, where he would remain until just before dying of old age.
• Torikaze told the four youngsters that Obito Uchiha had devastated Takigakure, leaving only its Jinchuriki and a scattered handful of survivors.
• Torikaze comforted Obito, assuring him that he would not follow Obito Uchiha’s path and explaining that the circumstances of awakening the Mangekyo mattered.
• Torikaze told Hatake to move forward with his new team, companions, and family rather than dwell on Rin and Obito Uchiha.

Hatake accepted Torikaze’s advice to move on and embraced his new life, while Kakashi reassured Obito that he was not destined to become like the criminal from another world. Hatake reflected on his grief and the peaceful world around him, then joined Rin for barbecue.

• Hatake told Torikaze he would stop dwelling on the past, and Torikaze encouraged him to recover and move forward.
• Obito asked Kakashi whether he might become like the other world’s Obito, and Kakashi told him not to project another person’s life onto himself.
• Kakashi and Obito began sparring after trading insults, while Hatake watched and agreed that their paths would not cross with the other world’s Obito.
• Hatake went to the roof and reflected on his lost friends, his new life, and the possibility of speaking with Obito after death.
• Rin invited Hatake to eat barbecue with them, and he accepted.

Kakashi Hatake, Obito, and Rin put their painful memories behind them and head to a barbecue shop with Hatake. Torikaze secretly visits Uzushiogakure, sees how much Ran has changed it, and recognizes that the recovered funds have given the Land of Whirlpools a strong start.

• Rin stopped Obito and Kakashi from arguing and told them to stop dwelling on the past.
• Rin invited Kakashi, Obito, and Hatake to eat barbecue, and Obito offered to pay.
• Torikaze secretly entered the Land of Whirlpools and activated his Presence Concealment Technique.
• Torikaze found Uzushiogakure lively, with its former Noble District rebuilt into affordable apartments open to residents.
• Torikaze reflected that the 1.5 billion recovered from the nobles gave Ran the resources to develop and protect the country.

Ran governed the Land of Whirlpools with 1.5 billion in recovered funds and discussed its development plans with Torikaze. He chose to focus on producing affordable Sealing Scrolls, especially disposable ones for packaging seafood.

• Ran reviewed documents at the Daimyo Estate and taught Ryosuke and the other two youths how to lead their clansmen.
• Torikaze visited Ran and said Tomohiro hoped the three youths would finish their studies and return to take over his position.
• Torikaze proposed building an Electric Train route to the mainland or moving the Land of Whirlpools closer, but Ran declined major changes for now.
• Ran told Torikaze that he had spent only two hundred million of the 1.5 billion on construction.
• Ran said he planned to produce cheap Sealing Scrolls, particularly disposable ones useful for packaging seafood.

Ran planned to build the Land of Whirlpools’ Sealing Scroll industry around cheap disposable scrolls for transporting seafood. Torikaze offered Konoha’s support and a contract if Ran could make scrolls usable by Ordinary People without letting them cause harm, giving Ran one month to find a solution.

• Ran told Torikaze that he had spent only 200 million of the 1.5 billion he received.
• Ran proposed producing disposable Sealing Scrolls to transport seafood more cheaply than ice.
• Torikaze promised Konoha’s support and offered to buy scrolls for transporting fish fry if Ordinary People could use them safely.
• Ran recognized that the scrolls needed to work without Chakra while preventing misuse, and decided to seek ideas from his second uncle’s collection of mechanism-activated Sealing Techniques.
• Torikaze gave Ran about a month to solve the problem before the opportunity passed.

Ran accepted Torikaze’s one-month deadline to improve a Sealing Technique and secure Konoha’s contract. He and his second uncle found a direction for the modifications, leaving Ran to test the technique and check his students’ work.

• Torikaze gave Ran a month to improve the Sealing Technique, and Ran agreed to the deadline.
• Ran encouraged Ryosuke and the others to focus on the work ahead, then left them documents to review.
• Ran visited his second uncle in the library and explained that improving the Sealing Technique could win Konoha’s contract.
• Ran and his second uncle studied the technique throughout the day and determined a direction for its modifications.
• Ran left the library at night to inspect the documents his students had reviewed.

Ran and the Second Prince made progress toward modifying a Sealing Technique, while the Second Prince reflected on the princes’ past and promised to help Ran before his time ran out. Ran felt uneasy despite the country’s improving prospects, and Minato and Torikaze discussed whether Ran could complete a new Sealing Technique before his deadline.

• Ran and the Second Prince spent the day studying Sealing Techniques and settled on a direction for modifying the Sealing Scroll.
• The Second Prince told the sealed Seventh Prince that he might not have long to live and planned to help Ran solve a major problem in the Land of Whirlpools.
• The Seventh Prince reflected that the Second Prince might have avoided their family’s tragedy if he had possessed Chakra, then wished him well in his next life.
• Ran reviewed his students’ work, considered giving Ryosuke more responsibility, and eventually fell asleep despite his unease.
• Naruto and Xin played with Chakra-creature swallows while Torikaze and Minato discussed Ran’s approaching deadline and doubted he could create a usable new Sealing Technique in time.

Torikaze and Minato discussed Ran’s deadline to improve the Sealing Scroll and the touring performers’ success and upcoming rest. Sasuke arrived at Naruto’s home to play, where he admired Naruto’s swallows and said he wished he could raise an animal.

• Torikaze and Minato discussed Ran’s remaining days to complete a new Sealing Technique and whether one month was enough.
• Torikaze told Minato to give the touring performers a month off after they returned, and Minato praised Akeibi and Aburame Tengen’s success.
• Minato and Torikaze discussed the performers’ exhausting schedule, their fame, and the need to examine and treat them when they came back.
• Mikoto brought Sasuke to Naruto’s home while she went shopping with Kushina, and Minato agreed to look after him.
• Naruto showed Sasuke his flying swallows, and Sasuke said he wanted a pet but his parents would not let him have one.

Naruto showed Sasuke the swallows he had raised while Torikaze learned that the first group of stars had returned to Konoha. Torikaze brought Sanzu Amado to reunite with Akeibi and advised Mei Terumi and Kaguya Zhai to rest rather than immediately perform for a new audience.

• Naruto showed Sasuke the swallows he had raised and explained how diligently he had cared for them.
• Torikaze learned that Akeibi and the first group of stars had arrived at the Konoha Gate, then went to fetch Sanzu Amado from the Back Mountain workshop.
• Akeibi ran to Sanzu Amado and hugged him, telling him about the group's successful performances and earnings.
• Mei Terumi and Kaguya Zhai told Torikaze that they wanted to prepare another performance, but he advised them to rest instead.

Akeibi and the performers returned to Konoha and received a month off, while Torikaze and Minato visited Ran to see his completed Sealing Scroll. Ran demonstrated that it could seal an inanimate object, and Torikaze proposed testing it on his clone to assess whether it could safely seal living targets.

• Sanzu Amado listened as Akeibi recounted her accomplishments and felt proud of the strong woman she had become.
• Mei Terumi, Kaguya Zhai, and Akeibi returned to Konoha, where Torikaze told them to rest for a month instead of arranging another show.
• Torikaze ordered a subordinate to arrange for Aburame Tengen and the others to take the electric train back from the Land of Earth.
• Ran told Torikaze that he had finished modifying the Sealing Scroll, so Torikaze and Minato traveled to the Land of Whirlpools to inspect it.
• Ran used the scroll to seal a stone pedestal, demonstrating that it worked on inanimate objects.
• Torikaze created a clone and offered it as a test subject so Ran could assess the scroll's effects on a living target.

Ran demonstrated a sealing scroll that ordinary people could activate to store goods, and Torikaze arranged a partnership with Konoha to produce and sell it at scale. They planned to show the scroll to other nations' Kage and use the venture to employ idle Konoha shinobi.

• Ran explained that the scroll used stored Chakra to trigger a sealing technique when opened and could not seal living creatures.
• Ran tested the scroll on Torikaze's clone, but its sealing force failed without harming the clone and the scroll was destroyed.
• Torikaze learned that the scroll was cheap to make but that the Land of Whirlpools lacked enough workers to supply the entire Shinobi World.
• Torikaze proposed that the Land of Whirlpools provide the technology while Konoha supplied manpower, with profits split evenly, and Ran agreed.
• Torikaze told Ran to make more scrolls and demonstrate them to other nations' Kage, while Minato noted that the partnership would provide work for idle Konoha shinobi.

Torikaze arranged for Konoha shinobi to help the Land of Whirlpools produce Sealing Scrolls, then ordered a renewed search for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Uchiha Setsuna, and Black Zetsu. Back in Konoha, he visited the Academy of Arts, where Pakura listened to the performers and began to see a new purpose for herself.

• Ran agreed to partner with Torikaze and arranged for more Sealing Scrolls to be made for the other nations to evaluate.
• Torikaze and Minato discussed the missing Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Uchiha Setsuna, and Torikaze ordered Dan to help train the Namikaze clan's intelligence shinobi.
• Torikaze concluded that Black Zetsu should also be captured, then returned to Konoha with Minato.
• Minato went to carry out Torikaze's orders while Torikaze visited the Academy of Arts, where Akeibi, Mei Terumi, and Kaguya Zhai shared their experiences with students.
• Pakura listened to the performers and reflected on how the Academy of Arts' rising stars had given her a new direction amid the peaceful Shinobi World's reduced demand for shinobi.

Mei Terumi, Kaguya Zhai, and Akeibi shared advice with the Academy of Arts students about effort, ambition, and enjoying the journey. Pakura decided to focus on gradual progress toward her dream of becoming a star, and Kurenai agreed to train with her.

• Pakura asked Mei Terumi, Kaguya Zhai, and Akeibi how they had worked hard while studying at the academy.
• Mei Terumi and Kaguya Zhai explained that dedication mattered, though effort alone could not guarantee success and luck also played a part.
• Akeibi described how Lord Torikaze had cured her terminal illness and urged the students to value self-improvement and the experience of living.
• After the seniors left, Pakura told Kurenai she had been too focused on personal gain and planned to pursue her dream step by step.
• Kurenai agreed to train with Pakura, then remembered Asuma had invited her to dinner and said she might turn down future dates to focus on training.

Pakura and Kurenai planned to train together while discussing Pakura’s hopes for a relationship. In another world’s Konoha, Dan began training intelligence operatives to search for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and other hidden threats.

• Pakura agreed to train step by step with Kurenai and said she wanted a strong, handsome partner.
• Kurenai offered to introduce Pakura to eligible ninjas, and the two began training.
• Dan told Minato that Torikaze could help counter Six Paths Level enemies if Konoha found their location.
• Minato agreed to let Dan select and train ninjas for Konoha’s Intelligence Department.
• Dan began a week of training, explaining that the operatives would search for an extraterrestrial threat hidden in the Shinobi World for over a thousand years.
• A ninja asked Dan whether the operatives would begin their mission immediately after completing their training.

Konoha mobilized its intelligence forces to find Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, while Torikaze prepared to verify any leads and eliminate him. The search spread throughout the Shinobi World, and Ōnoki offered Iwagakure’s assistance, which Torikaze declined.

• Dan Katō began training Another World Konoha’s ninjas to investigate the hidden threat in the Shinobi World and told them they would begin their mission after a week.
• Torikaze ordered Konoha’s intelligence network and hidden agents to search for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s base, while warning them to avoid danger and report basic information.
• Minato received reports that Konoha would search the Land of Fire first and expected information from other countries within four days.
• Torikaze told Minato he doubted the intelligence teams would find Isshiki, but said he would quickly verify any leads himself using teleportation and phones.
• Konoha’s operatives and the Lotus Organization mobilized, prompting Ōnoki to ask whether the Ōtsutsuki had arrived and offer Iwagakure’s help; Torikaze declined.

Konoha and the Lotus Organization searched the Shinobi World for an old enemy, while Torikaze reassured the other Kage that the mobilization was not about the Otsutsuki. Chisato brought Torikaze a glass lotus gift, then Hogen invited her back for dinner, leaving Torikaze and Minato discussing how love had affected both father and son.

• Torikaze told Ōnoki and the other Kage that Konoha was hunting an old enemy, easing their concerns about the Otsutsuki.
• Chisato brought Torikaze a box of pale pink glass lotus flowers made by her father, and Torikaze praised the gift.
• After Chisato left, Hogen complained that Torikaze had let her go and admitted he had been training instead of contacting her.
• Torikaze suggested Hogen invite Chisato back by using him as an excuse, and Hogen called her to dinner.
• Torikaze and Minato discussed Hogen’s new relationship and recalled Torikaze’s own past with Chisato.

After being mocked for awakening the supposedly weak Mind's Eye, Lin Tian returned home and learned from Wan Lanyue that fusing powerful eyes might restore his sight and strengthen his Authority, but the procedure could kill him. He struggled to decide whether to risk it, knowing his little sister depended on him.

• People in Yatuo City ridiculed Lin Tian after he awakened Mind's Eye, while one boy who had once admired him rejected him and showed a violet-black gleam in his eyes.
• Lin Tian sensed Dark Matter nearby and told the voice in his mind to wait until he got home before feeding it.
• Lin Tian met Wan Lanyue at Happiness Residences and told her that he did not care what others thought of his Authority.
• Wan Lanyue explained that an ancient Prime God had restored his sight and enhanced Mind's Eye by fusing another god's eyes, but died after attempting a sixth fusion.
• Lin Tian considered whether to risk fusing eyes despite the possibility of dying and leaving his little sister without anyone to care for her.

Torikaze and Chisato supported Hogen’s relationship with Chisato and agreed to let the young couple handle things themselves. The next morning, Torikaze and Minato cleared a crowd waiting for celebrity Aburame Tengen and planned new rules for fan gatherings.

• Hogen told Chisato he wanted her to visit his family again, and she said she would come when he invited her.
• Torikaze and Chisato praised Hogen and Chisato as a good match and agreed not to interfere in their relationship.
• Torikaze and Minato arrived at Konoha’s Electric Train station and learned that villagers had gathered after Aburame Tengen’s travel plans were leaked.
• Torikaze ordered the crowd to disperse, then discussed creating laws to prevent fans from disrupting public places.
• Torikaze assigned Xinyu to handle the new rules and cooperation with the Land of Whirlpools, then waited with Minato to welcome Aburame Tengen and bring him to the academy.

Torikaze and Minato welcomed Aburame Tengen back to Konoha and discussed his growing fame and plans to perform for his fans. They asked him to share what he had learned at the Academy of Arts, leaving him ready to reconnect with the other performers and continue developing his career.

• Torikaze assigned Xinyu to handle Aburame Tengen’s return and Konoha’s cooperation with the Land of Whirlpools.
• Torikaze and Minato met Aburame Tengen at Konoha Station, where his team had protected him from a crowd of fans.
• Aburame Tengen explained how he varied his insect plays to keep audiences interested and described his goals as a performer.
• Torikaze suggested that Aburame Tengen give a performance at the arena, and Minato offered a free venue if he charged no admission.
• Minato asked Aburame Tengen to share his experiences at the Academy of Arts, and Torikaze urged him to exchange ideas with Akeibi and the others.

Aburame Tengen agreed to hold a free performance in Konoha and was pulled into giving a talk at the Academy of Arts. Xinyu prepared a cooperation contract and new rules for fans, then agreed to travel to the Land of Whirlpools to have Ran sign the contract.

• Aburame Tengen told Minato he would perform for free in Konoha, and Minato agreed to promote the show.
• Aburame Tengen visited Akeibi, Mei Terumi, and Kaguya Zhai at the Academy of Arts, where they agreed to attend his performance and persuaded him to speak to the younger students.
• Xinyu gave Minato a contract for Konoha and the Land of Whirlpools to split proceeds evenly, along with rules for villagers supporting stars.
• Minato approved the documents and asked Xinyu to travel to the Land of Whirlpools to have Ran sign the contract.
• Xinyu arranged for notices about the new fan rules to be posted before the Minazuki Siblings returned, and Minato ordered her to take a week off.