Chapter Summaries

After Nawaki rescued Dianthus and Karin Uzumaki from Kusagakure, Mito and Kushina teased him about his apparent romance with Dianthus. The group then prepared to speak with the Nine-Tails about its unusual behavior and whether Kushina could go to the battlefield.

• Mito Uzumaki comforted Karin Uzumaki, while Kushina thanked Nawaki for rescuing Dianthus and condemned the Kusagakure ninja.
• Satoru teased Nawaki about bringing back a girl, and Kushina, Minato, and Mito encouraged his apparent romance with Dianthus.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen promised Konoha would protect Karin and discussed Kusagakure's actions and the growing tensions among the shinobi nations.
• Mito explained that the Nine-Tails had been stirred by Hashirama's departure but was behaving strangely calmly, and said Kushina's future battlefield role depended on Satoru's conversation with it.
• Mito took Nawaki and Dianthus to another room while Sarutobi gathered Satoru, Minato, and Kushina to begin speaking with the Nine-Tails.

Satoru discussed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Madara Uchiha’s plans with Kurama, explaining why he wanted to destroy the statue. Kurama revealed that Satoru’s Arcane Power lacked something needed to destroy it.

• Satoru visited Kurama inside Kushina’s seal and gave him Arcane Crystals while asking about the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Kurama told Satoru the statue was not in the Shinobi World unless someone with the Rinnegan summoned it.
• Satoru revealed that Madara Uchiha had awakened the Rinnegan after combining his power with Hashirama Senju’s and had given the eyes to a young man he hoped would revive him.
• Satoru warned Kurama that Madara might target the Tailed Beasts and said he wanted to destroy the statue to stop him.
• Kurama told Satoru that his Arcane Power seemed to lack something necessary to destroy the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Satoru discussed the limits of Arcane Power with Kurama and realized that its next step might require the creative authority held by Titans. He decided he needed to meet the Sage of Six Paths, while Kurama asked for more Arcane Crystals and warned that it could sense beyond its seal.

• Kurama told Satoru that Arcane Power, like Truth-Seeking Orbs, had not achieved the fusion needed to surpass them.
• Satoru concluded that Arcane Power needed creation and authority, and resolved to seek the Sage of Six Paths for answers.
• Satoru promised to bring Kurama along if he found a way to meet the Sage's lingering soul, and Kurama requested more Arcane Crystals.
• Satoru warned Minato and Kushina that Kurama could gradually extend its senses beyond the seal, then advised them to reinforce it.

Kirigakure changed its Academy graduation rules after Momochi Zabuza killed every other examinee, while the Third Mizukage approved plans to capture the Six-Tails and make Utakata its Jinchuriki. Madara learned of the plans and Danzo’s investigation into White Zetsu Spores, while Danzo continued seeking a way to resist Hashirama Cells.

• An ANBU reported that Momochi Zabuza was the sole survivor of the Ninja Academy graduation exam, having killed every other examinee.
• The Third Mizukage and Great Elder Genshi revised the exam rules and agreed to capture the Six-Tails and prepare Utakata for the Jinchuriki sealing ceremony.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that Kirigakure planned to capture the Six-Tails and that Danzo had detected signs of their existence through the White Zetsu Spores.
• Madara ordered Black Zetsu to approach Danzo without revealing their identities and find out what he wanted.
• Danzo reflected on the effects of Hashirama Cells and his research into resisting their erosion before someone knocked on his door.

Danzo confronted an impostor posing as Boar, who claimed its group knew about the Spores and offered to help Danzo become Hokage. Meanwhile, Hiruko tested his implanted Wood Release and planned to combine five Kekkei Genkai, deciding to investigate the white Spores further.

• Danzo exposed the disguised Boar after the impostor revealed classified information and failed to trigger Boar’s Cursed Seal.
• The impostor claimed its group had left the Spores behind and offered to help Danzo overcome the effects of Hashirama Cells and become Hokage.
• Danzo agreed to speak with the impostor after it said it could help him become Hokage.
• In a hidden laboratory, Hiruko tested his implanted Wood Release and decided it was not powerful enough to transform his abilities.
• Hiruko resolved to pursue the fusion of five Kekkei Genkai and return to investigate the white Spores.

At Itachi’s hundred-day feast, Satoru privately discussed the Uchiha Clan’s conflict with the village with Uchiha Fugaku. He revealed that Uchiha could join the Anbu and hinted that Fugaku and Itachi would have opportunities after the war, but urged the clan to avoid provoking the upper ranks in the meantime.

• Satoru attended Itachi’s hundred-day feast and asked Mikoto whether she planned to stay home with her husband and child.
• After the banquet, Fugaku and Mikoto invited Satoru to speak privately, and Mikoto left them alone.
• Satoru warned Fugaku that the Uchiha Clan’s renewed unrest could give Danzo or the upper ranks an excuse to target them.
• Satoru revealed that the Third Hokage had lifted restrictions on Uchiha joining the Anbu, but the upper ranks had not found an Uchiha willing to work sincerely to resolve the village-clan conflict.
• Satoru said Uchiha would receive Anbu invitations in a few years and hinted that Itachi might have an opportunity too.
• Satoru told Fugaku to maintain the status quo and avoid provoking the upper ranks until the war ended.

After visiting Mikoto and Fugaku, Satoru completed enough of The Book of Medivh’s interpretation to become an Archmage, unlocking spatial magic, Brilliance Aura, and Time Flashback. He left his personal space to find real food and discovered a shop bearing the name Ichiraku.

• Satoru praised Mikoto’s cooking and took his leave, while Fugaku and Mikoto discussed Satoru’s strength and the Uchiha Clan’s problems.
• Satoru reached 80% interpretation of The Book of Medivh and crossed into the realm of an Archmage.
• Satoru gained the ability to teleport to places within his spiritual range and learned the group-support spell Brilliance Aura.
• Satoru learned Time Flashback, which could restore him to his earlier state several seconds after casting, unless he died during that period.
• Satoru returned from his personal space and spotted a shop lantern marked “Ichiraku.”

Satoru visited Ichiraku Ramen on its opening day, gave Teuchi inexhaustible glacial water to improve his cooking, and helped draw a crowd to the shop. When Satoru returned that evening, Minato arrived with an urgent mission and took Satoru and Kakashi away.

• Satoru became Ichiraku Ramen’s first customer and praised Teuchi’s special chashu ramen with egg.
• Satoru gave Teuchi a magical, inexhaustible ball of glacial water so he could make an even better broth and noodles.
• Teuchi used the water to prepare for his grand opening, while Akimichi Choza and Kichimaru praised Satoru’s endorsement and helped attract customers.
• Satoru returned at dinnertime to find a long line that included Shizune, Gai, Asuma, and Kakashi.
• Minato Namikaze arrived in combat gear with an urgent mission and took Satoru and Kakashi away.

Satoru, Minato, and Kakashi traveled to Rōran on a secret mission to protect Queen Sara and seal the Dragon Vein. They reached the ancient city and prepared to investigate Mukade, with Satoru advising Kakashi to retreat rather than risk his life.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Satoru to lead Minato and Kakashi to Rōran to protect Queen Sara and seal the Dragon Vein.
• Satoru used a teleportation marker in the Land of Wind to bring the team across the border, and he explained his interest in studying the Dragon Vein's energy.
• As they traveled through the desert, Minato told Kakashi that Hatake Sakumo had defeated two renowned Land of Wind Puppet Masters, and Satoru described the battle and offered advice for fighting puppets.
• Satoru noted that the team lacked intelligence on Mukade and told Minato to give Kakashi a kunai for their rendezvous plan.
• When Rōran came into view, Satoru reminded Kakashi to run if the mission became too dangerous.

Satoru, Minato, and Kakashi investigated Rōran and discovered that Mukade had used Dragon Vein energy to transform the city and may have traveled there from the future. Satoru assigned Minato and Kakashi to investigate Mukade while he studied the Dragon Vein and guarded against another time jump.

• Minato and Kakashi reported that Rōran was filled with advanced towers and puppet guards powered by Dragon Vein energy, while few people lived there.
• Satoru explained that Mukade had overseen the city's recent technological development and that Queen Sara trusted him.
• Satoru revealed that he had sensed a lingering distortion of time near the central tower and suspected Mukade came from the future.
• Satoru demonstrated his time-reversal technique by healing a wound and returning a kunai to his hand, convincing Minato and Kakashi that time travel was possible.
• Satoru tasked Minato and Kakashi with investigating Mukade while he examined the Dragon Vein, and they agreed to meet again in three days.

Satoru, Minato, and Kakashi rescued Naruto after he appeared in Rōran twenty years in the past and was attacked by Dragon Vein-powered puppets. As they watched the Queen of Roran greet the crowd at a celebration, the platform collapsed and she fell.

• Satoru sensed a time-travel fluctuation underground, and he, Minato, and Kakashi saw puppet guards pursuing Naruto.
• Minato rescued Naruto while Satoru destroyed the puppet guards with Arcane Barrage, and Kakashi treated Naruto’s wound.
• Satoru explained that Naruto had arrived in Rōran twenty years in the past and warned that they might erase his memories after their mission.
• Naruto recognized the Queen of Roran as she appeared at the celebration, then saw someone seemingly shove her as the platform collapsed.

Satoru and Minato rescued Queen Sara and learned that Naruto had traveled from the future with Mukade. As Naruto followed Sara to protect her, the others set out to find Mukade and uncover how to return him to his own time.

• Satoru, Minato, and Kakashi revealed themselves to Queen Sara and said they were Konoha shinobi assigned to protect her.
• Naruto explained that he and Mukade had been sent from the future through the Dragon Vein, and Satoru sent Kakashi to search for Naruto’s missing companions.
• Satoru explained that Mukade had become Minister Anrokuzan and was using Dragon Vein-powered puppets to pursue his ambition of ruling the world.
• Sara rejected their claims about Anrokuzan and left to confirm the truth herself.
• Minato gave Naruto a Flying Thunder God kunai so he could summon Minato if Sara was in danger, and Naruto chased after the queen while the others searched for Mukade.

Satoru and Minato confronted Mukade’s giant puppet while Naruto escorted Queen Sara toward the Dragon Vein, which she could shut down. After the puppet was repaired and empowered by the Dragon Vein, Satoru impaled it with an expanding ice spike and prepared to kill Mukade.

• Satoru sensed the Nine-Tails’ Chakra nearby and sent Minato to protect Naruto and Queen Sara while he attacked the puppet.
• Minato joined Naruto and learned that Sara could shut off the Dragon Vein, so they hurried underground with her and her people.
• Satoru froze Mukade’s giant puppet and struck it with a meteor, destroying much of its body.
• The Dragon Vein’s energy repaired and strengthened the puppet, which broke through the ground while pursuing Sara.
• Satoru launched the puppet back into the hole with an expanding ice spike and declared that he would kill Mukade.

Satoru destroyed Mukade’s puppet body and confirmed that the Dragon Vein’s output had stopped. He then investigated the Dragon Vein with Sara, discovered that his arrival had affected the timeline, and prepared to explain what he had learned to Minato, Naruto, Kakashi, and Yamato.

• Satoru used the Arcane Ring to destroy Mukade’s giant puppet, then turned the exposed insect-like puppet and Mukade inside it to ash.
• Sara shut down the Dragon Vein’s output device, and Satoru appeared with Minato and Naruto to confirm Mukade was dead.
• Yamato arrived with Kakashi, and Satoru asked Minato, Kakashi, Naruto, and Yamato not to discuss their time-travel questions until he had investigated.
• Sara released about one-tenth of the Dragon Vein’s power while Satoru used The Book of Medivh to examine its core.
• Satoru concluded that his appearance had greatly affected the timeline and told Sara the Dragon Vein did not need to be sealed and could not be sealed.
• Satoru returned to Minato and the others and acknowledged that Minato and Naruto had been waiting to ask questions.

Satoru explained that Naruto and his companions came from a parallel Shinobi World whose history had begun to diverge, then Naruto learned Minato was his father and that his parents had died protecting him. After Minato and Naruto reunited, Satoru took Naruto aside to speak privately before arranging to send the visitors home.

• Satoru explained that the Dragon Vein had connected two mirror-like Shinobi Worlds and caused their histories to diverge.
• Yamato told Minato that in Naruto’s world, Minato and Kushina had died protecting Konoha and their newborn son, and that Tsunade was now Hokage.
• Naruto cried as he learned he was the son of Minato and Kushina, and Minato embraced him.
• Satoru told Yamato that Orochimaru had not betrayed Konoha in this world and explained that their different histories should not be changed.
• Satoru told Naruto and Yamato to keep their time-travel encounter secret, then vanished with Naruto to speak with him privately.

Satoru explained that Naruto could choose whether to preserve the connection between the two worlds by keeping Minato’s Flying Thunder God kunai intact. Naruto chose to preserve the passage, then returned to his own era with Yamato as Minato and the others reflected on the future.

• Satoru told Naruto that Mukade’s death had removed the seal and that destroying or preserving the kunai would determine whether the worlds could reconnect.
• Satoru gave Naruto a locator gemstone and promised he could see Minato, Kushina, and Jiraiya again if he preserved the passage.
• Naruto chose to preserve the connection and asked Satoru about the Uchiha Clan’s fate, but Satoru warned him not to reveal what he knew about the future.
• Naruto and Yamato said farewell to Minato, Satoru, and Kakashi, then returned through the Time Portal.
• Minato regretted his future failures, while Satoru and Kakashi teased him about taking responsibility for his future sons.

After Mukade’s execution and Naruto’s return to his own time, Satoru, Minato, and Kakashi warned Queen Sara that Rōran was slipping out of time. Satoru proposed a Time Barrier powered by the Dragon Vein, and Sara accepted the plan, agreeing to keep it secret.

• Satoru told Queen Sara that the Dragon Vein’s temporal distortion threatened to make Rōran disappear, and Sara chose to preserve her people and homeland.
• Sara offered the Dragon Vein to Konoha in exchange for its protection, but Satoru explained why Konoha could not accept the deal.
• Satoru proposed a Time Barrier around Rōran, powered by the Dragon Vein, and said it would protect the city until the distortion synchronized in twenty years.
• Satoru offered to draw half the Dragon Vein’s power for his research while leaving enough to sustain Rōran and its future passage between worlds.
• Minato and Kakashi supported Satoru’s plan, and Sara agreed to proceed and keep Rōran’s isolation secret.

Sunagakure struggled to find the missing Third Hokage while Chiyo worried over Scorpion’s disappearance. After returning from Rōran, Satoru reported the mission to Sarutobi Hiruzen and began upgrading his Arcane Construct with puppet technology and the Dragon Vein.

• Chiyo and Ebizo found no trace of the missing Third Hokage or Scorpion, so Chiyo ordered Sunagakure’s available personnel to search for the Hokage.
• Satoru, Minato, and Kakashi returned from Rōran and gave Sarutobi Hiruzen their mission report, agreeing to keep the Dragon Vein secret.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the team to remain on standby while Sunagakure’s movements became clearer.
• Satoru returned home, revealed that he remembered details Minato’s memory-erasing formula had removed, and prepared to upgrade his Arcane Construct into a War Puppet.

After The Book of Medivh absorbed Dragon Vein energy, Satoru explored its improved arcane power and new research possibilities while Orochimaru forged enchanted weapons for Konoha. Intelligence that the Third Kazekage had vanished convinced Sarutobi Hiruzen that war could break out, and Danzo urged him to attack Sunagakure first.

• The Book of Medivh absorbed Dragon Vein energy, became a vast source of pure Arcane Power, and raised Satoru's deciphering progress to 82%.
• Satoru studied temporal applications and energy transmission, considering Magic Net nodes and ways to extend the range of Arcane Constructs.
• Orochimaru enchanted weapons and Combat Vests after Sarutobi Hiruzen tasked him with preparing equipment for Konoha's forces.
• Minato Namikaze and Nawaki investigated Sunagakure and discovered that the Third Kazekage had disappeared while much of the village searched for him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Danzo discussed the threat of war, and Danzo demanded an immediate attack on Sunagakure.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha’s elders assessed the threat of a new war and assigned commanders to defend against the other hidden villages. Hiruzen decided the Uchiha would initially guard the village, while leaving open the possibility of deploying them later; Danzo privately resolved to act against Hiruzen.

• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Danzo discussed likely aggressors and agreed to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
• Mitokado Homura assessed Iwagakure and Kumogakure, while the elders noted the threat posed by Kumogakure’s tailed-beast forces and Danzo urged heavy defenses along the Land of Rice Fields and Land of Hot Water borders.
• Hiruzen assigned Jiraiya to the Land of Rice Fields border and Minato to the Land of Hot Water border, then sent Orochimaru and Nawaki to defend the eastern coast against Kirigakure.
• Homura recommended Satoru for the Land of Grass border, and Hiruzen approved the deployment while praising Konoha’s other commanders and defenders.
• Hiruzen decided the Uchiha would begin with village guard duties but might be sent into battle later, and Danzo privately resolved to act against him.