Chapter Summaries

Senju Hi Shin investigated Yuhi Shinku’s suspicious training dummy, discovered it was Uchiha Gin’s work, and allowed the training ground to remain open under new rules. She then convinced Gin to provide a dummy for a village-wide training program, though their conversation ended in chaos over Senju Itama and a pair of strawberry panties.

• Senju Hi Shin infiltrated Yuhi Shinku’s training ground, tried the dummy, and felt her throwing technique improve.
• Senju Hi Shin revealed herself and moved to arrest Yuhi Shinku, but his students defended him and he explained that the dummy had a nameplate bearing the name [Candy].
• Senju Hi Shin recognized the handwriting, ordered the Anbu to withdraw, and let Yuhi Shinku continue operating the training ground under stricter rules.
• Senju Hi Shin confronted Uchiha Gin at his house and demanded a dummy, while their argument over strawberry panties nearly exposed an awkward situation with Senju Itama.
• Senju Hi Shin proposed adding the dummy to mission rewards for all leaf ninja, and Uchiha Gin immediately offered to make as many as she needed.

Inuzuka Taro and Aburame Shilong gambled their mission savings on a mysterious training ground that might unlock their potential, while Uchiha Gin watched the scheme attract Konoha’s overlooked ninjas. Jiraiya arrived with his new disciples Fugaku, Minato, and Yahiko, and Gin learned how the former teammates had split among unusual mentors.

• Aburame Shilong told Inuzuka Taro that Hyuga Dema had used the training ground’s grand prize to master a Gentle Fist Secret Technique and become a Special Jonin.
• Shilong decided to exchange his saved mission rewards for a training ticket, and Taro abandoned his house savings to join him.
• Uchiha Gin watched ninjas line up to buy training tickets and complained that Senju Hi Shin had not shared the profits with him.
• Maruboshi Kosuke told Gin that Fugaku, Nawaki, and Mikoto had graduated from his instruction and sought new teachers.
• Jiraiya entered the Mission Hall with his disciples Fugaku, Minato, and Yahiko, and Fugaku explained that he had joined Jiraiya to learn writing.
• Fugaku told Gin that Nawaki was studying under Orochimaru and Mikoto under Tsunade, while Yahiko’s companions Nagato and Konan and Kushina had also become disciples of the Sannin.

Uchiha Gin spoke with Jiraiya about Hiruko, the children’s training, and Maruboshi Kosuke’s plans before the story jumped ahead to the drawn-out war in the Rain Country. As the Earth-Cloud Allied Forces launched a decisive attack, Kosuke survived Han’s assault and quietly urged Danzo to escape with him.

• Jiraiya explained that Hiruko had left Root to assist Orochimaru’s laboratory and teach Nawaki and Nagato, while Yahiko and the other children trained with their mentors until they could take the Genin exam.
• Uchiha Gin advised Maruboshi Kosuke to value his life over mission pay, and Kosuke said his black pot would protect him while fleeing from enemies.
• Three years into the Rain Country war, Ōnoki and Fourth Raikage Ai argued over their stalled campaign before agreeing to launch one final attack against Amegakure.
• Hanzo, Danzo, and Shu prepared to meet the advancing allied forces, while Kosuke joined the Leaf scouts and reported the enemy’s sudden mobilization.
• The Earth-Cloud Allied Forces attacked, and Xiao Zi’s Lava Style clashed with Shu’s Bo Gang Army as Danzo’s Water Style ninja joined the fighting.
• Han struck Kosuke with his Steam Iron Fist, but Kosuke emerged alive and, using Pot Release: Cicada Sheds Its Shell, told Danzo to slip away before Han noticed.

Danzo and the Leaf ninja were cornered by Han and Xiao Zi until Kosuke, Baku, and Son Gokū fought to protect them. As the Four-Tails nearly killed Danzo, Kagami arrived and knocked it away, then faced three Tailed Beasts while Ōnoki asked Hanzo whether surrender would cost only half.

• Han and Xiao Zi blocked the Leaf ninja’s escape, forcing Danzo and Kosuke to prepare to hold them off.
• Danzo summoned Baku, and Kosuke used Uchiha Gin’s Water Severing Wave to free Baku from Son Gokū’s grip.
• Son Gokū and Kokuō battered Baku, and the Four-Tails raised its lava club to deliver a fatal blow to Danzo.
• Kagami descended under Mangekyō control and kicked the Four-Tails away before taking a battle stance against Kokuō.
• The Eight-Tails joined the other Tailed Beasts, and Ōnoki asked Hanzo whether surrender meant losing only half.

After Konoha’s victory over Iwagakure, Uchiha Gin met the young Obito, Kakashi, Rin, Guy, and their friends at Mixue Bingcheng. Senju Itama reported that Danzo had become the star of the commendation ceremony, leaving Konoha’s leadership poised for a political shift.

• Uchiha Gin teased the injured Maruboshi Kosuke about winning the war while lying down and promised to replace his lost Chakra Metal pot with a set of cookware.
• Obito, Kakashi, Rin, and Guy came into the shop, where Kakashi won their rock-paper-scissors contest and had Guy pay for their treats.
• Uchiha Gin greeted the children and their older companions, including Nohara Shinnosuke, Asuma, and Sarutobi Toru, then welcomed Senju Itama and Kurenai.
• Senju Itama told Uchiha Gin that Danzo had received Konoha’s first major hero medal from Tobirama Senju and stolen the spotlight from Hiruzen at the ceremony.
• Uchiha Gin concluded that Konoha’s political winds were about to change as Tobirama Senju pushed Danzo toward power to split the Ninja Clan Alliance.

After years of peace and absurd changes across the Ninja World, Nonō introduced Kabuto to Uchiha Gin before Root reported that the Third Kazekage had disappeared. Ebizo began an investigation and contacted Gin, who set off to meet an old friend.

• At Mixue Bingcheng, Uchiha Gin reunited with familiar friends and celebrated Grand Commander Danzo treating everyone to drinks.
• Orochimaru created Tenzō from Nawaki’s genes, Kagami Uchiha secretly married, and several young ninjas completed their apprenticeships and formed new partnerships.
• In Konoha Year 45, Nonō introduced Kabuto to Uchiha Gin, and a Root member reported that the Third Kazekage had disappeared.
• Ebizo ordered Sand Village Anbu to search Rōran and allowed Shu and a black-haired rival to investigate, while Rasa suggested notifying allied nations.
• Ebizo activated a scroll to contact Uchiha Gin, who prepared to leave home to meet an old friend.

Uchiha Gin investigated Chiyo’s disappearance in Roran and discovered that the Dragon Pulse had sent her through space-time using a Flying Thunder God kunai. He found the kunai sealed beneath the Dragon Pulse Tower, where the Dragon Pulse revealed that another version of itself had brought it there on the day Chiyo arrived.

• Uchiha Gin and Ebizo entered Roran to investigate Chiyo’s disappearance, and Ebizo explained that she had been preparing for the Dragon Pulse Festival.
• Uchiha Gin contacted the Tailed Beasts, learned that Shukaku was also missing, and asked them to alert him if Shukaku appeared.
• Ebizo obtained Queen Sana’s pass, and the two entered the Dragon Pulse Tower after guards checked their credentials.
• The Dragon Pulse recognized the Sage of Six Paths’ mark on Uchiha Gin and showed him a concealed seal beneath the tower.
• Uchiha Gin broke the seal and found a Flying Thunder God kunai, then learned that another Dragon Pulse had brought it there on the day Chiyo arrived.

A Blond Boy pursuing Mukade was transported to Rōran, where a masked Blond Youth and his teammates rescued him from puppets before he encountered Princess Sara and Anrokuzan. As Chiyo, disguised as Bandai, prepared to protect Queen Sana and the Dragon Pulse, Anrokuzan seized the chance to manipulate Sara and welcomed the Blond Boy as Lōran’s supposed savior.

• Puppet attacks injured the Blond Boy in Rōran, but the Blond Youth and his teammates rescued him and treated his wound.
• The Blond Youth identified the city as Rōran and pointed the Blond Boy toward an exit, but the boy instead headed toward a parade to find his teammates and ask locals about the city.
• Queen Sana and Bandai attended the parade, while Chiyo reflected on her arrival in this unfamiliar time and her suspicions that Anrokuzan also came from another era.
• Anrokuzan persuaded Princess Sara that Bandai had deceived her mother and planned to exploit Sara’s royal blood to control the Dragon Pulse.
• The Blond Boy arrived beside Sara and Anrokuzan, and Anrokuzan recognized him as a Leaf ninja before declaring him Lōran’s hoped-for savior.

Naruto arrived in Rōran twenty years in the past and learned from Minato that Mukade was also a time traveler using the Dragon Pulse. Minato assigned Naruto to protect Princess Sara while his team investigated Mukade, and the chapter ended with Kakashi encountering the unconscious Yamato and another figure outside Rōran.

• Sara accepted Anrokuzan’s claim that Naruto was Rōran’s savior and asked him to defeat Bandai and rescue her mother.
• Minato and his teammates found Naruto and Sara, then explained that Naruto had traveled from the future and that they were pursuing Mukade.
• Naruto told Minato how he and Mukade had traveled through time, and Sara concluded that Bandai was Mukade.
• Naruto recognized Minato as the future Fourth Hokage, and Minato gave him a Three-Pronged Kunai and ordered him to protect Sara.
• Kakashi discovered the unconscious Yamato outside Rōran, then watched another figure arrive and mockingly suggest he might meet someone even dumber.

Uchiha Gin arrived in the past through the dragon vein and bluffed young Kakashi into believing he was Obito’s great-uncle before helping him capture Yamato. Meanwhile, Naruto rescued Sara and refugees from an underground labor camp, but Anrokuzan sent a disguised Bandai to attack them, leaving Naruto injured and Sara convinced that Bandai was behind the plot.

• Uchiha Gin introduced himself to Kakashi as an Uchiha and claimed to be Obito’s great-nephew, then convinced Kakashi of his ties to Sakumo with private details about his reading habits.
• Uchiha Gin stopped Kakashi from killing the unconscious Yamato, and Kakashi tied Yamato up and questioned him about his identity.
• Yamato recognized young Kakashi and suspected that the dragon vein had transported him to the past, but Uchiha Gin caught him trying to loosen his bonds.
• Naruto rescued Sara from masked abductors, who revealed that they were refugees forced to work in an underground labor camp, and Sara vowed to expose the person responsible.
• Anrokuzan sent puppets after Sara and the refugees, but Naruto held them off until a figure disguised as Bandai struck him down.
• Sara helped the injured Naruto and accused the disguised Bandai of being the mastermind.

Naruto, Minato, and their allies fought Anrokuzan’s Dragon Pulse-powered puppet, but it overwhelmed them and abducted Sara. Minato realized Kakashi was in danger, while Naruto’s reaction to the name exposed confusion about who his teacher was.

• Naruto fought the disguised Bandai puppet as Sara rescued the trapped refugees, and Minato, Aburame Shibi, and Akimichi Choza joined the battle.
• The puppet regenerated with Dragon Pulse power, absorbed Naruto’s Rasenshuriken, and injured Naruto and his allies.
• When the puppet threatened Sara, Anrokuzan appeared to protect her, but Sara fled with the refugees and left him behind.
• The puppet captured Anrokuzan and Sara, then escaped with them into the underground passages.
• Minato suspected Kakashi was in danger after the battle revealed their presence, and Naruto eagerly asked where Kakashi was before Minato wondered whether Guy was his teacher.

Kakashi decoded a message and created a diversion in Rōran, where Chiyo mistook him for an enemy and attacked. Yamato arrived to help, and Minato and Naruto joined them, leaving Chiyo’s identity and Naruto’s accusation of her as Mukade unresolved.

• Kakashi decoded the Kikaichū’s message, left Yamato with Uchiha Gin, and headed into Rōran to create a disturbance.
• Uchiha Gin healed Yamato, discovered he was from the future, and persuaded him to help Kakashi.
• Kakashi set off Exploding Tags around the parade, drawing Chiyo’s attention and prompting her to attack him with her puppet.
• Yamato used Wood Release to protect Kakashi, but Chiyo’s puppet broke free and attacked again.
• Minato arrived with Naruto, who accused Chiyo of being Mukade and demanded that she return Sara; Yamato then questioned Naruto’s claim.

Minato and the others fought Chiyo, who survived Naruto’s uncontrolled Big Ball Rasengan after her puppets sacrificed themselves to protect her. As the group confronted a second Chiyo on the tower, Anrokuzan freed Sara and revealed he had been waiting for a chance to act.

• Uchiha Gin watched as Naruto regained control from the Nine-Tails and Chiyo attacked the Leaf ninja with her puppets.
• Chiyo’s puppets injured Choza and Shibi, but Yamato and Naruto launched a counterattack that ended with Naruto’s unstable Big Ball Rasengan exploding.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to rescue Naruto, while Chiyo survived the blast and her puppets were destroyed.
• Queen Sana arrived, and Minato and Naruto tried to explain that Chiyo was Mukade and had abducted Sara and Anrokuzan.
• A second Chiyo appeared on the tower with Sara bound beside Anrokuzan, who manipulated Sara into believing the Dragon Pulse could defeat their captor.
• Anrokuzan used a puppet to bring himself and Sara to the tower, broke free of his restraints, and freed Sara.

Sara activated the Dragon Pulse, allowing Anrokuzan to steal its power and reveal himself as Mukade, the mastermind behind the rebellion. As he summoned an army of Ancient Puppets and Sara fell into despair, a mysterious figure landed beside her and shoved a snack into her mouth.

• Sara summoned the Dragon Pulse at Anrokuzan's urging while Chiyo's puppets fought the Bandai puppet below.
• Queen Sana confronted Minato's squad over their supposed mission, and Kakashi and Yamato revealed that Uchiha Gin had also come to Rōran.
• Chiyo recognized that Uchiha Gin matched the qualities of the ninja Queen Sana had hired, while Anrokuzan seized an opening and absorbed the Dragon Pulse's power.
• Anrokuzan abandoned his disguise, declared himself the future ruler of the Ninja World, and summoned countless Ancient Puppets from the ground.
• Sara collapsed in despair after Anrokuzan's betrayal, and a mysterious figure appeared and put food into her mouth.

Uchiha Gin watched Sara from above as Minato and the others fought Anrokuzan’s giant puppet, while Chiyo confirmed Sara was safe and helped the team identify Anrokuzan’s core. Minato organized a coordinated assault with Naruto tasked to deliver the finishing blow, as Gin and Sara watched from the tower.

• Uchiha Gin introduced himself to Sara, gave her lollipops, and explained that he probably would not get a chance to fight.
• Choza Akimichi, Aburame Shibi, and Minato destroyed many Ancient Puppets, prompting Anrokuzan to transform into a giant puppet by absorbing their remains.
• Anrokuzan attacked the group, injuring Choza and Aburame Shibi, while Sana withdrew under guard and Naruto destroyed the puppets sent after her.
• Chiyo revealed that Anrokuzan’s core was hidden beneath the giant puppet, but Anrokuzan claimed its defenses and regeneration made it invulnerable.
• Minato devised a plan to overwhelm the puppet’s regeneration, assigning the team roles and leaving Naruto to strike Anrokuzan with a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken once the core was exposed.
• Uchiha Gin watched the team prepare to attack while Sara imitated his squat beside him.

Minato, Naruto, and their allies destroyed Anrokuzan’s Giant Puppet, only to discover his true body had survived and could drain their Chakra through the Dragon Pulse. As Anrokuzan overwhelmed Naruto, a young man appeared and confronted him.

• Choza Akimichi, Aburame Shibi, Yamato, Minato, and Naruto worked together to immobilize the Giant Puppet and destroy its apparent core with Naruto’s Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.
• Chiyo revealed that Anrokuzan’s true body had been hidden inside the smaller “Bandai” puppet, which emerged from the wreckage.
• Anrokuzan used the Dragon Pulse to drain the group’s Chakra, leaving Choza, Shibi, and Yamato incapacitated while Naruto fought on.
• Anrokuzan caught Naruto and taunted him about Gaara, but Naruto resisted the Nine-Tails’ chakra and condemned Anrokuzan’s cruelty.
• A previously unseen young man appeared atop Anrokuzan’s severed tail and told him that someone had come to collect him.

Uchiha Gin rescued Naruto and Sara from Anrokuzan, while fooling Minato into believing he was an ancient Uchiha who had known the Second Hokage. As Sara went to seal the dragon pulse, Gin held Anrokuzan back and launched his enormous puppet into the sky.

• Uchiha Gin reunited Chiyo with Sara, and Sara quickly apologized after Chiyo caught her calling her an old hag.
• Uchiha Gin used the Flying Thunder God Slash to sever Anrokuzan’s claw and rescue Naruto, then claimed he had developed the technique with an old acquaintance known as White Hair.
• Uchiha Gin redirected Anrokuzan’s purple light bomb back at him, but Anrokuzan absorbed more dragon-pulse power and began threatening Rōran.
• Chiyo encouraged Sara to correct her mistake, and Sara ran with Naruto toward the Dragon Pulse Tower to seal the dragon pulse.
• Uchiha Gin protected Sara from Anrokuzan’s attacks, destroyed the puppets sent after her, and stopped Anrokuzan from reaching the tower.
• Uchiha Gin blocked Anrokuzan’s charge and punched the giant Centipede Puppet high into the sky.

Uchiha Gin toyed with Anrokuzan’s attempt to trick him while Naruto and Sara tried to seal the Dragon Pulse. Anrokuzan’s puppets attacked inside the tower, and Naruto’s anger over Gaara pushed the Nine-Tails’ chakra to the surface as Gin confronted Anrokuzan.

• Sara and Naruto raced up the Dragon Pulse Tower, while Uchiha Gin battered Anrokuzan outside and Minato cautioned Choza against speaking ill of the Uchiha.
• Anrokuzan pretended to repent and offered Gin the Dragon Pulse’s power, but Gin alternated between seeming tempted and refusing as Minato argued against taking Rōran’s power.
• Anrokuzan’s puppets attacked Sara inside the tower and knocked Naruto into the depths, but Naruto returned and fought them off before Anrokuzan subdued him with light bullets.
• Anrokuzan threatened Sara and the refugees, and Naruto shielded them from poisoned needles before recovering from the poison.
• Anrokuzan insulted Gaara, triggering Naruto’s fiery Nine-Tails chakra and forcing the Dragon Pulse’s power upward through the tower.
• Gin approached the kneeling Anrokuzan and told him he was about to die.

Naruto entered Four-Tails Tailed Beast Mode and fought Anrokuzan, who had absorbed the Dragon Pulse, while Uchiha Gin watched and reassured Minato. The battle continued as Chiyo nearly revealed her connection to Gin, but he interrupted her with a denial.

• Naruto destroyed the Anrokuzan puppet inside the tower, then leapt through the hole he had blasted in its wall.
• Anrokuzan revealed that he had absorbed the Dragon Pulse and knocked Minato aside when he tried to approach.
• Uchiha Gin pointed out that Naruto was falling from the sky, and Naruto landed in Four-Tails form before Anrokuzan.
• The Nine-Tails released Naruto from the seal after persuading him to fight Anrokuzan, and Naruto attacked Anrokuzan while ignoring the others.
• Uchiha Gin told Minato that Naruto had not lost control, then shared melon seeds with Chiyo as they watched the fight.
• Chiyo began explaining her relationship with Uchiha Gin, but he interrupted and claimed they had only an employer-employee relationship.

Uchiha Gin told Minato’s group that he was Madara’s cousin, stunning them as Naruto defeated Anrokuzan. Anrokuzan revived with Dragon Pulse power and took Sara’s blood to seek its recognition, while Gin stayed on the sidelines and shared chips with Choza.

• Chiyo pretended to be attracted to older men, rejected Yamato, and Gin claimed he had left Konoha decades ago after his cousin fell out with Hashirama.
• Minato’s group learned that Gin’s cousin was Madara, and Naruto smashed Anrokuzan’s puppet body with a rock.
• Sara approached Anrokuzan’s apparently defeated body, but he revived, seized her, and declared he would become the perfect Dragon Pulse Jinchuriki.
• Anrokuzan cut Sara’s arm and collected her blood, while Chiyo attacked him and Minato rescued Sara for Yamato to treat.
• Gin explained that Anrokuzan sought the Dragon Pulse’s recognition, then declined to intervene and offered Choza wasabi-flavored chips.