Chapter Summaries

Nara Kaikei and Tsunade faced Sasori of the Red Sands and his Third Kazekage human puppet in the desert. Kaikei seized the puppet after severing Sasori’s chakra threads, leaving Sasori’s strongest weapon in his enemy’s hands.

• Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage puppet and unleashed its Magnet Release: Iron Sand Shower against Kaikei and Tsunade.
• Kaikei’s Shadow Armor Technique withstood the iron needles while Sasori drew more Sand Iron from the desert and formed a huge triangular pyramid.
• Tsunade realized Sasori had turned the missing Third Kazekage into a human puppet and wondered whether his disappearance had caused the Third Shinobi World War.
• Kaikei threw a kunai and used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, then teleported beside the puppet with Flying Thunder God: Shadow Stream Blade.
• Kaikei cut Sasori’s chakra threads, captured the falling Third Kazekage with his shadow, and took control of the puppet.

Nara Kaikei overwhelmed Sasori of the Red Sands by crushing Hiruko and breaking through his defenses. After Sasori revealed that he had modified his own body into a puppet, Nara Kaikei prepared to dismantle him.

• Sasori of the Red Sands attacked Nara Kaikei with Hiruko’s tail stinger, but Kai Release: Armament blocked the strike.
• Nara Kaikei crushed Hiruko’s stinger and used Shadow Strangulation Technique to immobilize the puppet.
• Sasori of the Red Sands abandoned Hiruko, escaped its scattered parts, and attacked Nara Kaikei with Hellfire Prison Formation.
• Nara Kaikei’s Spiral Shadow Kill Cannon blasted through the flames and tore open Sasori of the Red Sands’ shoulder, revealing mechanical parts instead of blood.
• Nara Kaikei recognized that Sasori of the Red Sands had modified himself into a puppet and fired another Spiral Shadow Mimic Bullet toward his abdomen.

Nara Kaikei saw through Sasori of the Red Sands’ attempt to fake his death and exposed the Regeneration Core containing his true body. Sasori was left caught and bewildered by how much Nara knew.

• Nara Kaikei struck Sasori of the Red Sands with Chakra Enhanced Strength, scattering his human-puppet body across the desert.
• Nara Kaikei used his Lacquer Eye to locate the cylinder marked “Scorpion” and restrained it with a shadow cord while retrieving Sasori’s head.
• Nara Kaikei threatened to destroy the Regeneration Core, forcing Sasori of the Red Sands to use Chakra threads to make his head speak.
• Sasori of the Red Sands admitted that he had planned to play dead because Nara Kaikei and Tsunade countered his puppet techniques, poison, and other weapons.
• Sasori of the Red Sands realized that Nara Kaikei had identified his secret Regeneration Core, leaving him stunned by the revelation.

Nara Kaikei defeated Sasori of the Red Sands, took the Third Kazekage puppet, and exposed Sasori’s Regeneration Core. After discussing a theory linking red hair to the Uzumaki Clan, Kaikei invited Sasori to serve Konoha, and Sasori agreed.

• Nara Kaikei sealed the Third Kazekage puppet in his scroll, leaving Sasori unable to stop him from taking his prized weapon.
• Sasori used his Regeneration Core and Chakra threads to reassemble his damaged puppet body and accepted defeat.
• Tsunade commented on Sasori’s red hair, prompting Nara Kaikei to suggest that red-haired ninjas were likely connected to the Uzumaki Clan.
• Tsunade challenged Kaikei’s hair-color theory, but admitted that the Uzumaki ninjas she knew all had red hair.
• Nara Kaikei invited Sasori to serve Konoha, and Sasori agreed.

Nara Kaikei recruited Sasori of the Red Sands into Konoha’s camp, marked his core with a sealing technique, and let him leave while warning him to stop acting as a rogue ninja. After returning to Rōran, Nara reunited with Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Shisui, who reported that Rōran had become a Puppet Kingdom.

• Sasori of the Red Sands accepted Nara Kaikei’s offer to join Konoha’s camp after failing to defeat him.
• Nara Kaikei placed a Flying Thunder God: Shadow Stream Blade seal on Sasori’s Regeneration Core and allowed him to leave.
• Nara Kaikei warned Sasori to stop planning and acting like a rogue ninja, and Sasori agreed.
• Nara Kaikei and Tsunade left the desert, and he explained that he would wait until trust grew before bringing Sasori to Konoha.
• Nara Kaikei returned to Rōran and reunited with Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Shisui, who reported that Rōran had become a Puppet Kingdom.

Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Shisui reported that Roran was a puppet city, with thousands of metal puppet soldiers controlled from a secret base. Nara Kaikei and the others headed to the palace to learn more, but the newly welcomed Queen of Roran fell from its tower.

• Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Shisui told Nara Kaikei that Roran’s civilians were puppets and that a secret underground base was producing thousands of autonomous metal soldiers.
• Nara Kaikei reasoned that a central system controlled the puppet soldiers and suggested seeking information from the Queen of Roran or Minister of Loulan.
• Fireworks brought hundreds of puppet civilians to the Loulan Royal Palace plaza to celebrate the Queen’s return.
• Nara Kaikei, Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and Uchiha Shisui saw the Queen of Roran appear on the palace viewing platform.
• The viewing platform collapsed beneath the Queen, and she fell from the tower.

Nara Kaikei's team rescued Queen Sarah of Rōran after she fell from the palace tower, and Kaikei introduced himself as Konoha's Fourth Hokage. He asked Sarah to explain what had happened, leaving the investigation into Rōran's danger poised to begin.

• Nara Kaikei ordered a rescue, but Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the palace and catch Sarah.
• Sarah recognized Minato, and Nara Kaikei teased him about saving the queen before Minato set her down and confronted Kaikei.
• Nara Kaikei introduced himself and his teammates to Queen Sarah as Konoha's delegation, sent to investigate Rōran and protect her.
• Sarah explained that Rōran's request for aid had been forwarded from Sunagakure to Konoha, and Nara Kaikei asked what had happened on the tower.

After Minato Namikaze and Nara Kaikei revealed that Rōran’s citizens had been replaced by puppets and that Anrokuzan might be behind the scheme, Sarah refused to believe them and fled. The Konoha group followed her to the palace, where she confronted Anrokuzan.

• Sarah said someone had pushed her from the tower, and Nara Kaikei and Tsunade suspected the previous queen had also been murdered.
• Minato Namikaze told Sarah about the puppet army, the secret base, and the citizens replaced by puppets.
• Nara Kaikei explained that the puppets were likely powered by the Dragon Vein and suggested Anrokuzan was the puppeteer.
• Sarah rejected the accusation, warned the Konoha group to leave Rōran, and ran toward the palace.
• Nara Kaikei, Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and Uchiha Shisui secretly followed Sarah to Anrokuzan.
• Anrokuzan told Sarah that her mother had been intelligent but that Sarah had not inherited her wisdom.

Anrokuzan revealed his treachery and attacked Queen Sarah, but Minato Namikaze rescued her and Nara Kaikei restrained Anrokuzan. Anrokuzan transformed into a monstrous puppet-like creature and unleashed Chakra threads, prompting Kaikei to challenge him to fight outside Rōran.

• Anrokuzan admitted Sarah was no longer useful and sent two metal puppets to kill her.
• Sarah recognized Anrokuzan as the likely source of Rōran’s suspicious events, but Minato Namikaze rescued her from the puppets.
• Anrokuzan recognized Minato as a Konoha ninja and began to react to a question from someone who had appeared behind him.
• Nara Kaikei used the Shadow Strangulation Technique to bind Anrokuzan and break his limbs, causing him to transform into a giant ant-like creature.
• Kaikei used the Shadow Transformation Technique to restrain Anrokuzan’s transformed body and tore off his limbs, but Anrokuzan survived and released Chakra threads.
• Anrokuzan claimed his power was limitless in Rōran, and Kaikei challenged him to fight outside the country.

Nara Kaikei and the Konoha ninja subdued Anrokuzan, whom Shisui identified as the rogue ninja Mukade, and rescued Queen Sarah. Shisui’s interrogation revealed that Mukade claimed to have come from the future and had captured another time-displaced person: a Konoha ninja.

• Nara Kaikei tricked Mukade into looking at Uchiha Shisui’s Sharingan, and Shisui trapped the puppeteer in a genjutsu.
• Nara Kaikei handed Mukade over to Shisui for interrogation while Tsunade examined the bizarre puppet body.
• Queen Sarah thanked Nara Kaikei and tried to hire Minato Namikaze for a long-term mission protecting her.
• Nara Kaikei claimed Minato was on maternity leave, embarrassing Minato and confusing Sarah.
• Shisui reported that Mukade was a rogue ninja from Sand Village who seemed to have come from the future and had captured a Konoha ninja from the future.

Nara Kaikei and the others found Uzumaki Naruto trapped in Mukade’s giant puppet and freed the underground base’s civilians. Naruto introduced himself as an Uzumaki, and his resemblance to Minato Namikaze left him stunned when Minato appeared.

• Nara Kaikei confirmed that Mukade had captured Uzumaki Naruto, and Shisui prepared to free him as Sarah and Minato helped the rescued civilians.
• Naruto woke and demanded to be released, while Tsunade sensed sinister Chakra from him that reminded her of the Nine-Tails.
• Nara Kaikei approached Naruto using a Shadow Creature, and Naruto introduced himself as Uzumaki Naruto and said he would become Hokage.
• Nara Kaikei questioned Naruto’s surname and called Minato Namikaze over.
• Naruto praised Minato’s speed, then recognized him as the Fourth Generation Uncle Yan.

Nara Kaikei questioned Uzumaki Naruto after Naruto recognized Minato and Tsunade as figures from his future. Naruto revealed that he came from Konoha Year 68, while Kaikei identified himself as the Fourth Hokage and concluded Naruto was from a different future.

• Naruto called Minato the Fourth Face Rock Uncle and recognized Tsunade as Grandmother Tsunade.
• Tsunade punched Naruto, shattering the puppet that had been restraining him, but Naruto remained conscious.
• Kaikei told Shisui to bring Sarah above and asked Shisui and Minato to stay for a discussion about Konoha's future.
• Naruto said Tsunade was the Fifth Hokage, surprising Tsunade, Minato, and Shisui.
• Naruto worked out that it was Konoha Year 68, and Kaikei told him it was Year 50, identified himself as the Fourth Hokage, and said Naruto came from another future.

Uzumaki Naruto revealed that he came from a future where Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage and Tsunade the Fifth, while Tsunade discovered Naruto wore the First Hokage's Necklace she had given him. The chapter ended with Naruto explaining that the Fourth Generation died when he was very young.

• Uzumaki Naruto was shocked to learn that Nara Kaikei claimed to be the Fourth Hokage of another future.
• Naruto told Tsunade that his friend Nara Shikamaru had become a jonin after she signed his appointment papers.
• Tsunade took the First Hokage's Necklace from Naruto and learned that his future self had received it from her.
• Naruto identified Jiraiya as the Pervy Sage and said he had never heard of Nara Kaikei.
• Nara Kaikei explained that Naruto came from a different world's future, where Minato was the Fourth Hokage.
• Naruto said Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage in his future and the Fourth Generation died when he was very young.

Minato Namikaze learned that he would die sealing the Nine-Tails and realized that Uzumaki Naruto was his son and Konoha’s future Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Nara Kaikei questioned Naruto about the future, and Naruto revealed that the Third Hokage was killed by Orochimaru and the Uchiha Clan was wiped out except for Sasuke.

• Naruto said that the Fourth Hokage died sealing the Nine-Tails, and its Chakra erupted from his body before the Eight Trigrams Seal contained it.
• Minato, Tsunade, and Nara Kaikei recognized Naruto as Minato’s son and Konoha’s next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki; Naruto said villagers called him the demon fox.
• Kaikei questioned Naruto about future Konoha, but Naruto admitted he knew little of village history because he preferred practical classes.
• Naruto gave his birthday as October 10th, Year 51 of Konoha, and said Tsunade became Fifth Hokage in Year 64.
• Naruto said the Third Hokage governed until Orochimaru killed him, then revealed that the Uchiha Clan was gone except for Sasuke, shocking Shisui.

Uzumaki Naruto told Uchiha Shisui that Uchiha Itachi had slaughtered the Uchiha Clan, leaving Sasuke as its sole survivor. The revelation awakened Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan, and he realized the traitor was the clan head's son.

• Uchiha Shisui objected when Uzumaki Naruto said only Sasuke remained from the Uchiha Clan.
• Uzumaki Naruto explained that Sasuke wanted to kill his older brother because the brother had murdered their parents and wiped out the clan.
• Uchiha Shisui's shock and fury caused his Sharingan to evolve into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uzumaki Naruto named the clan's killer as Itachi, and Uchiha Shisui realized he meant Uchiha Itachi, the clan head's son.

Uchiha Shisui was stunned to learn that Uchiha Itachi had massacred his clan, including Fugaku and Mikoto. Nara Kaikei reviewed the causes of the massacre and said he would not let it happen in this timeline.

• Minato Namikaze and Tsunade reacted with pity and sadness as Shisui struggled to process the revelation about Itachi.
• Nara Kaikei condemned Itachi for murdering his family and clan while explaining that the massacre had broader causes.
• Kaikei described how Tobirama Senju's policies isolated the Uchiha, while arguing that Tobirama had reasons to distrust them.
• Kaikei traced the conflict to the Nine-Tails' Rampage, Konoha's suspicion of the Uchiha, and the clan's plans to rebel.
• Kaikei concluded that Obito, Itachi, Shisui, Fugaku, and Danzō each contributed to the tragedy, but said he would prevent the massacre in this timeline.

Nara Kaikei calmed Uchiha Shisui after he learned that the Uchiha Clan would be destroyed in another world, and Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan. Minato Namikaze reviewed Uzumaki Naruto’s account of the future and wondered why Naruto had not mentioned the Child of Prophecy.

• Uchiha Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after learning that the Uchiha Clan was destroyed in another world.
• Nara Kaikei reassured Uchiha Shisui that their clan was safe in their world and urged him to guide the young Uchiha Itachi rather than judge him for future actions.
• Uchiha Shisui resolved to keep a close eye on Uchiha Itachi.
• Nara Kaikei questioned Uzumaki Naruto, but Naruto knew only the broad outlines of future events, including the Uchiha Clan’s destruction.
• Minato Namikaze reviewed Naruto’s information about the future and wondered why Naruto had not mentioned the Child of Prophecy.

Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and Uchiha Shisui questioned Uzumaki Naruto about Nara Kaikei's absence from his future, but Naruto said he knew only Nara Shikamaru. Nara Kaikei suggested he might have died in Naruto's timeline, then left to study Rōran's Dragon Vein.

• Tsunade asked Naruto whether his world had any news of Nara Kaikei.
• Naruto said he had never heard of Kaikei and knew only Shikamaru, leaving Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and Uchiha Shisui puzzled.
• Minato Namikaze reflected that neither version of himself could be the Child of Prophecy, and wondered whether Kaikei might be.
• Nara Kaikei suggested he could have died during or before the Third Shinobi World War in Naruto's world.
• Tsunade dismissed Kaikei's suggestion that he might have died, and Kaikei left to study Rōran's Dragon Vein.

Uzumaki Naruto worried that Haruno Sakura had also arrived in the past, while Minato Namikaze found no trace of her or the other members of Naruto’s team. Nara Kaikei showed Sage Katsuyu Rōran’s Dragon Vein, and she sensed that its chakra resembled the Divine Tree.

• Uzumaki Naruto told Minato Namikaze that he had visited a ruined Rōran before and asked whether Haruno Sakura had been found.
• Minato Namikaze sensed Rōran and confirmed that only Naruto, Mukade, and their Konoha group were present, suggesting Naruto’s other teammates might not have come with him.
• Nara Kaikei summoned Sage Katsuyu and explained that Naruto and Mukade had come from another world eighteen years in the future through Rōran’s Dragon Vein.
• Nara Kaikei brought Sage Katsuyu to the Dragon Vein, and she said its chakra had the taste of the Divine Tree.

Nara Kaikei learned that Rōran’s Dragon Vein was residual Chakra from the Divine Tree and sought a way to use it without absorbing it himself. He discovered that a mask made from a Divine Tree Branch could serve as a vessel, and Sage Katsuyu confirmed the plan could work.

• Nara Kaikei reflected on the Divine Tree’s connection to Chakra and considered visiting the Land of Rain to investigate Nagato and the Rinnegan.
• Nara Kaikei asked Sage Katsuyu whether he could proceed with his Dragon Vein Jinchuriki plan, and Sage Katsuyu warned that the Dragon Vein’s Chakra was dangerous to absorb.
• Nara Kaikei suggested sealing the residual Chakra inside a special tool instead of his body, and Sage Katsuyu agreed that this approach was viable.
• Nara Kaikei showed Sage Katsuyu a Blank Mask made from a Divine Tree Branch, which absorbed neither Chakra nor Natural Energy.
• Sage Katsuyu confirmed that the Divine Tree Branch mask was suitable for holding the Dragon Vein’s residual Chakra.