Chapter Summaries

Nara Kaikei confronted Queen Sarah about Rōran’s future after Mukade’s defeat and demanded the Dragon Vein in exchange for Konoha’s protection and governance. Sarah resisted, and Kaikei invoked the threat of Sasori of the Red Sands to pressure her.

• Tsunade declined to join Nara Kaikei as he went to speak with Sarah about the Dragon Vein.
• Nara Kaikei arrived to find Sarah surrounded by freed puppet workers and families reunited after Mukade’s capture.
• Nara Kaikei asked Sarah how she planned to govern Rōran now that Anrokuzan was gone.
• Nara Kaikei offered to place Rōran under Konoha’s governance and let its people migrate to Konoha, demanding the Dragon Vein in return.
• Sarah refused to hand over the Dragon Vein, and Nara Kaikei warned that Konoha could take it openly and pointed to Sasori of the Red Sands as an outside threat.

Nara Kaikei secured Rōran’s Dragon Vein in exchange for Konoha’s trade and protection, then questioned Mukade about his future origins. Mukade’s memories matched the future in which Minato Namikaze became Fourth Hokage, leaving Kaikei puzzled about why multiple people had come from that timeline.

• Nara Kaikei and Sarah agreed that Rōran would hand over the Dragon Vein in return for Konoha’s trade route and protection.
• Sarah asked what Konoha would do about Anrokuzan, and Nara Kaikei left the rogue ninja’s fate to her; Sarah ordered him killed.
• Nara Kaikei asked Sarah for permission to extract more intelligence from Mukade, and she agreed.
• Nara Kaikei interrogated Mukade and learned that he, like Uzumaki Naruto, came from a future where Minato Namikaze became Fourth Hokage.

Nara Kaikei learned that both Uzumaki Naruto and Mukade had crossed over from another world line through Rōran’s Dragon Vein, and sent Minato Namikaze to consult the Great Toad Sage. After the Dragon Vein was sealed, Naruto returned to the future, but Mukade remained in this world.

• Nara Kaikei asked Sage Katsuyu about the origins of Uzumaki Naruto and Mukade, and Sage Katsuyu advised him to seek Gamamaru’s knowledge of prophecy and Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Nara Kaikei asked Minato Namikaze to go to Mount Myōboku and consult the Great Toad Sage about the cross-world arrivals, and Minato agreed.
• Nara Kaikei told Minato that Konoha would acquire Rōran’s Dragon Vein and that he planned to seal it, urging Minato to say goodbye to Uzumaki Naruto.
• Queen Sarah publicly executed Mukade, and Nara Kaikei sealed the Dragon Vein.
• Uzumaki Naruto returned to the future when the Dragon Vein was sealed, but Mukade remained in this world.

Nara Kaikei sealed Rōran’s Dragon Vein inside the S-Rank Dragon Vein Mask, but Uzumaki Naruto and Mukade remained in this world. Suspecting the mask’s Space-Time Chakra had caused their arrival, Nara ordered Naruto to join Konoha and placed him under Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki’s guardianship.

• Uzumaki Naruto remained in Rōran after Nara Kaikei sealed the Dragon Vein, leaving Nara baffled about why Naruto had not returned to his future.
• Uchiha Shisui’s Shadow Clone delivered Mukade’s remains, and Nara found that Mukade had not disappeared either.
• Nara examined the S-Rank Dragon Vein Mask, which held Rōran’s Dragon Vein Chakra and its rare Space-Time nature.
• Nara suspected the Dragon Vein’s Space-Time Chakra had caused Naruto and Mukade to travel between worlds.
• Nara asked Naruto to join Konoha and accept his orders, and Naruto agreed.
• Nara assigned Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki to be Naruto’s guardians after they returned to the village.

After helping Rōran, Nara Kaikei brought Uzumaki Naruto back to Konoha with Minato Namikaze. They landed at the Valley of the End, where Kushina Uzumaki charged toward them in a fury.

• Nara Kaikei sent Konoha the terms of its agreement with Rōran and arranged for supplies to be delivered.
• Nara Kaikei and Sage Katsuyu studied the sealed Dragon Vein Chakra overnight but made little progress.
• Nara Kaikei, Minato Namikaze, and the others flew from Rōran toward the Land of Fire with Uzumaki Naruto.
• Uzumaki Naruto said Minato Namikaze cared for him like Jiraiya and Umino Iruka, while Nara Kaikei teased them about their forms of address.
• The Shadow Creature landed near the Valley of the End, where Nara Shikaku, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and an enraged Kushina Uzumaki were waiting.
• Uzumaki Naruto called Kushina Uzumaki more terrifying than the Nine-Tails, leaving Minato Namikaze stunned.

Kushina Uzumaki confronted Uzumaki Naruto after mistaking his protective stance and insults for hostility, while Minato Namikaze tried to keep the two from fighting. The clash ended with Kushina restraining Naruto and Minato with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Naruto realizing Minato had vanished.

• Kushina Uzumaki's anger flared when she heard Uzumaki Naruto compare her to the Nine-Tails, and she formed a Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Uzumaki Naruto recognized the Nine-Tails Chakra and rushed to shield Minato Namikaze, mistaking Kushina for the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki he had been warned about.
• Naruto called Kushina the Nine-Tails and threatened her, so she swung a punch at him.
• Minato Namikaze used the Body Flicker Technique to pull Naruto out of the way, further angering Kushina.
• Naruto began showing signs of Tailed Beast Transformation, and Kushina stopped using Nine-Tails Chakra to avoid hurting Minato.
• Kushina bound Minato and Naruto with Adamantine Sealing Chains, suppressing Naruto's Chakra, but Minato disappeared at his Yellow Flash speed.

Nara Kaikei explained that Uzumaki Naruto came from a future ninja world and revealed that Hiruzen Sarutobi would die fighting Orochimaru. After Kushina Uzumaki examined Naruto’s seal and sensed her and Minato Namikaze’s Chakra within it, she realized he might be their son.

• Minato Namikaze stopped Kushina Uzumaki from attacking Naruto, and Nara Kaikei explained the travelers’ journey to Rōran to her, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Nara Shikaku.
• Nara Kaikei told Hiruzen Sarutobi that his future self would die fighting Orochimaru during the Konoha Crush Plan.
• Nara Kaikei warned that future information had to remain secret, especially information about the Uchiha Clan’s future.
• Kushina Uzumaki questioned Naruto about his name and Nine-Tails Chakra, then punched him when he declared he would become Hokage.
• Nara Kaikei urged Kushina Uzumaki to inspect Naruto’s Eight Trigrams Seal, and she sensed familiar Chakra from herself and Minato Namikaze inside it.
• Kushina Uzumaki looked from Naruto’s golden hair to Minato Namikaze and suspected that Naruto was their son.

Nara Kaikei revealed that Uzumaki Naruto was Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki’s son from another world, then analyzed the future disaster Naruto had described. Hiruzen Sarutobi concluded that Uchiha Madara had likely controlled the Nine-Tails and caused the coming tragedy.

• Nara Kaikei freed Uzumaki Naruto from Kushina Uzumaki’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Naruto rejected her attempt to make peace.
• Nara Kaikei urged Minato Namikaze to take Kushina Uzumaki and Naruto away, warning them not to cause a commotion with two Nine-Tails in the village.
• After Minato Namikaze and his family left, Nara Kaikei told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Naruto was Minato and Kushina’s child from another world.
• Nara Kaikei explained that Naruto’s world had suffered a Nine-Tails rampage on October 10th of Konoha Year 51, killing Minato and Kushina before the beast was sealed inside Naruto.
• Nara Kaikei proposed that someone might have controlled the Nine-Tails and added that Uchiha Itachi had later exterminated the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected Uchiha Madara had controlled the Nine-Tails and was responsible for the coming disaster.

Nara Kaikei told Hiruzen Sarutobi about future information concerning Uchiha Itachi and revealed that Sasori had turned the Third Kazekage into a human puppet. After returning to Konoha, Nara Kaikei and Uchiha Shisui headed to the Uchiha compound so he could use the clan massacre as a pretext to test the clan’s attitude.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected that Uchiha Madara had interfered in the Uchiha Clan massacre and asked Nara Kaikei about his plans.
• Nara Kaikei revealed that Sasori of the Red Sands had made the Third Kazekage into a human puppet and preserved his Magnet Release Gold Sand technique.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged Nara Kaikei to give thought to the Uchiha Clan’s affairs before leaving to speak with Uzumaki Naruto.
• Nara Kaikei assigned Nara Shikaku to handle village affairs while Princess Tsunade returned to the Senju Clan to train Wood Release shinobi.
• Nara Kaikei and Uchiha Shisui went to the Uchiha Clan compound, where Nara Kaikei planned to test the clan’s attitude toward reforming the Police Force.

Nara Kaikei brought Uchiha Shisui to visit Kagami Uchiha after Shisui learned that the Uchiha Clan would be destroyed. Kagami urged Shisui to trust the Fourth Generation and then began to dissolve, leaving him with a final charge to protect the clan and Konoha.

• Nara Kaikei and Uchiha Shisui walked through the Uchiha compound, where residents welcomed them and gave them pancakes.
• When Shisui began worrying aloud about the future deaths of ordinary Uchiha, Nara Kaikei stopped him and suggested visiting Kagami Uchiha.
• Shisui told Kagami Uchiha that the Uchiha Clan would be destroyed by one of its own, and Kagami advised him to follow the Fourth Generation and remember that the clan belonged to Konoha.
• Kagami recognized Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan and offered him his own eye to help Shisui's left eye reach the Eternal Mangekyō level.
• Kagami's reanimated body began crumbling away, and he told Shisui to protect the clan and Konoha before disappearing.

After Kagami Uchiha returned to the Pure Land, Nara Kaikei comforted Uchiha Shisui and discussed Kagami’s remaining Mangekyō eye with him. Shisui kept the eye but could not decide what to do with it, and Kaikei took him to meet the clan head.

• Kagami Uchiha returned to the Pure Land, leaving Uchiha Shisui grieving over a pile of ashes.
• Nara Kaikei reminded Shisui that Kagami could be summoned again with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Shisui used a Shadow Clone to collect the ashes.
• Kaikei urged Shisui to consider using the jutsu with death-row inmates as sacrifices, but Shisui refused to disturb his father’s peace.
• Shisui showed Kaikei Kagami’s left Mangekyō Sharingan, and Kaikei identified its Yata no Karasu ability.
• Shisui admitted he did not know what to do with Kagami’s single Mangekyō eye or whether it could help him obtain an Eternal Mangekyo, so Kaikei told him not to rush and led him to meet the clan head.

Nara Kaikei visited the Uchiha compound with Uchiha Shisui and learned more about the clan’s situation and its Police Force. Uchiha Fugaku welcomed him, and Kaikei asked to speak privately about new ideas for the force, beginning his effort to address the Uchiha Clan’s problems.

• Uchiha Fugaku learned that Nara Kaikei had come to the Uchiha compound and prepared Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Itachi to greet him.
• Nara Kaikei toured the compound with Uchiha Shisui and saw that the Uchiha Clan had far more regular ninja than the Nara Clan.
• Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Mikoto, and Uchiha Itachi welcomed Nara Kaikei at the entrance, while Fugaku sensed possible killing intent from Shisui.
• Nara Kaikei asked Uchiha Fugaku to speak privately about his new ideas for the Police Force controlled by the clan.

Nara Kaikei proposed redefining the Police Force’s authority and ending the Uchiha Clan’s exclusive control of it, while allowing Uchiha members to serve in other departments. Uchiha Fugaku was initially alarmed but welcomed the prospect of his clan gaining opportunities beyond the Police Force.

• Nara Kaikei described the Police Force’s duties and pointed out that its functions overlapped with those of the Anbu.
• Uchiha Fugaku feared that the village planned to weaken the Police Force and strip the Uchiha Clan of control.
• Nara Kaikei clarified that he wanted to redefine the departments’ responsibilities and bring other ninja into the Police Force.
• Nara Kaikei offered to let Uchiha members join other departments, and Uchiha Fugaku recognized this as a chance for his clan to expand its role in the village.

Nara Kaikei listened as Uchiha Fugaku explained the Uchiha Clan’s exclusion from Konoha’s departments and his desire for fair treatment. Kaikei promised to discuss restructuring the Police Force with Shikaku and raise it at a future Jonin Class meeting, while Fugaku pledged the Uchiha Clan’s support.

• Uchiha Fugaku explained that the clan’s exclusive control of the Police Force had also confined its members to that department and cut off their paths to advancement.
• Fugaku told Nara Kaikei that he wanted the village to treat the Uchiha Clan like other clans, without favoritism or exclusion.
• Fugaku offered to resolve the Uchiha Clan’s internal resistance if the Fourth Hokage placed other ninja in the Police Force.
• Nara Kaikei said he would discuss Police Force restructuring with Shikaku and bring the matter to a future Jonin Class meeting.
• Fugaku agreed to support the proposal and declared that the Uchiha Clan would always belong to Konoha.

Nara Kaikei reassured Uchiha Shisui after meeting with Uchiha Fugaku, while weighing the Uchiha Clan’s history against its current loyalty and Konoha’s strength. Shisui then met three-year-old Uchiha Itachi and decided he had ample time to prevent the clan’s future destruction.

• Nara Kaikei told Uchiha Shisui not to worry but withheld the details of his conversation with Uchiha Fugaku.
• Nara Kaikei reflected that the Uchiha Clan’s past rebellions made Fugaku’s promise only partly trustworthy, though he believed sincere treatment from Konoha could preserve their loyalty.
• Nara Kaikei considered Konoha strong enough to deter any Uchiha coup and said the clan lacked the power to challenge it.
• Nara Kaikei asked Uchiha Shisui how he had gotten along with Uchiha Itachi, and Shisui said the child seemed exceptionally mature and believed in the Will of Fire.
• Uchiha Shisui realized Uchiha Itachi was only three years old and concluded he had ten years to change the clan’s fate, with the Hokage as a backup.

Nara Kaikei calmed Uchiha Shisui’s fears about the Uchiha Clan’s future and assigned Hatake Kakashi to watch over Uchiha Obito. He then briefed Nara Shikaku on the clan’s impending reforms and planned a trip to the Temple of Fire.

• Nara Kaikei saw that Uchiha Shisui had recovered from his anger and urged him to guide Uchiha Itachi with the village’s and clan’s support.
• Uchiha Shisui asked who would look after Uchiha Obito, and Nara Kaikei decided that Hatake Kakashi was the right person to watch him.
• Uchiha Shisui left relieved, while Nara Kaikei returned to the Hokage Building and summoned Nara Shikaku.
• Nara Kaikei told Nara Shikaku about his discussion with Uchiha Fugaku and the plans to reorganize the Police Force and other administrative departments.
• Nara Kaikei said he would rest for a few days before visiting the Temple of Fire, clarifying that the trip would not be publicly funded tourism.

Nara Kaikei planned a solo visit to the Temple of Fire to study its Sage Arts and asked Nara Shikaku to arrange a kunai delivery and notify Abbot Chūkaku. The visit was set for a few days later, with Kaikei using a C-Rank mission to get his kunai there in advance.

• Nara Kaikei told Nara Shikaku he would travel alone to the Temple of Fire to seek Sage Arts training materials.
• Nara Shikaku considered who might accompany Kaikei but chose not to recommend anyone or discourage the trip.
• Nara Kaikei asked whether missions traveled toward Kyoto and the Temple of Fire.
• Nara Kaikei gave Nara Shikaku a Special Kunai called [Shadow Stream Blade] and requested its delivery to the Temple of Fire under a C-Rank Mission.
• Nara Kaikei asked Nara Shikaku to write Abbot Chūkaku that he would visit in a few days.

Minato Namikaze brought Uzumaki Naruto and Kushina Uzumaki home after stopping at Ichiraku Ramen, while Anbu and Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly followed. Uzumaki Naruto recognized the familiar route and realized he was finally home with his parents.

• Minato Namikaze led Uzumaki Naruto and Kushina Uzumaki toward home while two Anbu squads and Hiruzen Sarutobi followed secretly.
• Minato Namikaze took Uzumaki Naruto and Kushina Uzumaki to Ichiraku Ramen after Naruto spotted the shop.
• Uzumaki Naruto greeted Teuchi familiarly and ordered a large pork miso chashu ramen.
• The three finished their meal and continued along the familiar streets toward home.
• Uzumaki Naruto recognized the apartment door and said they were home.

Uzumaki Naruto settled into Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki’s home as he grew more comfortable with them. When Minato revealed he had been assigned a mission to Mount Myōboku, Naruto asked to go with him.

• Uzumaki Naruto noticed that Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki’s apartment resembled the home he remembered, though it held signs of his parents’ lives.
• Minato Namikaze reflected on Naruto’s lonely upbringing in another world and resolved to care for him while keeping the full story from Kushina Uzumaki.
• Uzumaki Naruto and Kushina Uzumaki bickered over the sofa, then grew more at ease with each other.
• Minato Namikaze told Kushina Uzumaki and Uzumaki Naruto that Fourth Generation Lord had assigned him a mission to Mount Myōboku.
• Uzumaki Naruto asked Minato Namikaze if he could accompany him to Mount Myōboku.

Minato Namikaze agreed to take Uzumaki Naruto to Mount Myōboku, where they hoped to learn more about the Dragon Vein and Naruto's otherworldly arrival. Naruto's failed summoning revealed that his contract did not work in this world, and Sage Fukasaku recognized his chakra as Minato and Kushina's, prompting Minato to tell Naruto he was his father.

• Minato Namikaze asked Nara Kaikei whether Uzumaki Naruto could join the trip to Mount Myōboku, and Nara approved.
• Minato returned home with permission and offered Naruto a Mount Myōboku summoning contract, but Naruto said he already had one.
• Naruto repeatedly tried and failed to summon toads, and Minato suspected the Dragon Vein was responsible.
• Naruto signed Minato's contract while Minato summoned Sage Fukasaku to take them to Mount Myōboku.
• Sage Fukasaku sensed that Naruto's chakra closely resembled Minato and Kushina's and asked how Minato already had a grown son.
• Minato told Naruto that he was his father.