Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke confronted Danzo in the prison, where he revealed powerful new techniques and trapped them in a ring of extreme heat. Danzo then cut through the prison’s barrier, restoring the prisoners’ chakra and unleashing chaos.

• Naruto and Sasuke revealed they had been waiting for Danzo, and they taunted him about surviving his defeat in the Land of Iron.
• Naruto attacked Danzo with a concealed Rasengan, but Danzo’s Susanoo shield blocked and reflected the strike.
• Sasuke slashed Danzo’s Susanoo, only to discover that it was a mirage concealing Danzo’s completed technique.
• Danzo unleashed Hellfire, surrounding Naruto and Sasuke with intense heat, and they rushed toward the prison exit.
• Danzo enlarged a silver needle with chakra and cut open the barrier, restoring the prisoners’ sealed chakra and provoking an uproar.

Naruto and Sasuke struggled against a stronger Danzo as Nanfeng’s secret plan sent shinobi rushing to the prison while he stayed in Konoha with Tsunade. As the disturbance continued and danger from other villages persisted, Tsunade embraced Nanfeng and asked to lean on him.

• Naruto set off a chakra-infused incendiary bomb to summon distant shinobi to the prison while he and Sasuke dealt with Danzo and escaped prisoners.
• The shinobi recognized the signal and rushed to recapture prisoners, unaware that Nanfeng had secretly arranged the disturbance.
• At Nanfeng’s residence, Tsunade worried that Naruto and Sasuke might attack him over his plan, but Nanfeng said they would not dare.
• Nanfeng told Tsunade that the Tsuchikage and Raikage were most active in sending threats, while the Mizukage had made no move.
• Nanfeng confronted Tsunade about misleading him as his teacher, and she admitted his complaint was fair.
• Tsunade gently wrapped her arms around Nanfeng from behind and asked him to let her lean on him.

Tsunade leaned on Nanfeng briefly before returning to her Hokage duties, while Anko ordered the captured spies killed after realizing they had come for Nanfeng. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke cornered Danzo, who began planning his escape, and Naruto prepared to reveal traps designed to counter Susanoo.

• Tsunade let herself lean on Nanfeng for a moment, then discussed her plans to strike back at her opponents.
• Anko concluded that the captured spies had come to learn about or kill Nanfeng and ordered them interrogated and then killed.
• Orochimaru observed Anko’s emotional change and recorded his findings in his human-observation diary.
• Naruto and Sasuke fought Danzo with Rasengan and Susanoo arrows while the gathered ninja dealt with most of the escaped convicts.
• Naruto and Sasuke realized Danzo was preparing to flee as his chakra waned and more ninja surrounded the area.
• Naruto told Sasuke he had prepared traps to counter Susanoo and was ready to use them against Danzo.

Naruto and Sasuke carried out Nanfeng’s wish by springing a revolting trap on Danzo and marking the spectacle with Nanfeng’s symbol. Danzo was left wailing, while the watching shinobi feared Nanfeng even more.

• Sasuke asked Naruto what he had done, and Naruto said he had fulfilled one of Nanfeng’s wishes.
• Danzo decided Naruto and Sasuke were bluffing and fled toward Naruto’s concealed trap.
• Naruto triggered the Explosive Tags, which reshaped the ground and opened a pit beneath Danzo.
• Danzo fell into the stinking pit and cursed Naruto and Nanfeng as the trap overwhelmed him.
• Naruto set off the remaining Explosive Tags, forming Nanfeng’s signature symbol in the sky.
• The guard shinobi stared at the display, and Sasuke hoped he would live to see Nanfeng again.

Naruto and Sasuke’s prison escape stunt made the shinobi world believe Nanfeng had carried out a bizarre attack, giving his frightening reputation a boost. Nanfeng mocked the rumors, then ordered Naruto and Sasuke sent to Orochimaru as test subjects and warned that Danzo had concealed his enhanced abilities.

• Naruto and Sasuke left the breached prison after driving Danzo away and helping retrieve the prisoners, while the witnesses blamed the bizarre spectacle on Nanfeng.
• Tsunade told Nanfeng that rumors about his supposed toilet-related attacks were spreading and making the hidden villages wary of provoking him.
• Nanfeng detected Tsunade’s recording device and refused to give her incriminating material.
• Nanfeng ordered Naruto and Sasuke to complete their recall mission and then volunteer as test subjects for Orochimaru’s Jinchuriki research.
• Nanfeng told Tsunade that Danzo had been holding back and that his modified body had changed his Susanoo’s abilities.

Nanfeng allowed Naruto and Sasuke to join Orochimaru’s chakra-fusion experiment, but news of Itachi, Nagato, and Konan’s injuries abruptly halted it. Tsunade stabilized Nagato, though his future as a shinobi remained uncertain, and she hoped Nanfeng could help him.

• Nanfeng decided Naruto and Sasuke could proceed with Orochimaru’s experiment under his supervision, and Tsunade sent them to the laboratory.
• Orochimaru explained that the experiment would test whether chakra types could be combined and whether tailed-beast power could be applied to Sasuke.
• A white snake brought word that Itachi was gravely injured, Nagato was in bad shape and had lost his Rinnegan, and Konan was unconscious and critical, so Orochimaru abandoned the experiment to investigate.
• Tsunade treated Itachi and the others and stabilized Nagato, but warned Jiraiya that Nagato’s recovery would be difficult.
• Tsunade said Nagato might never become a shinobi again and suggested waiting for Nanfeng to see whether he could help.

Itachi Uchiha woke in the hospital and told Tsunade that Obito Uchiha had gained a strange power that pushed him and his allies beyond the limits of the world. He explained that Obito’s altered Sharingan connected their bodies and corrupted chakra, and that the enemy had taken the Rinnegan and made the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path disappear.

• Tsunade sent Jiraiya, Naruto, Sasuke, and the others out of the crowded room so the injured could rest.
• Naruto tried to comfort Jiraiya, who feared his student might never become a ninja and blamed himself for what had happened.
• Itachi Uchiha woke, and Tsunade examined him as he described his severe injuries and the battle in Amegakure.
• Itachi Uchiha said Obito Uchiha’s purple Sharingan linked the enemy’s bodies and gave them chakra that could corrupt others.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru concluded that Obito Uchiha had traded something to recreate a power like Moryo’s, leaving the enemy seemingly diminished in spirit.
• Itachi Uchiha revealed that Obito Uchiha’s group had taken the Rinnegan and that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had vanished.

After Obito took Nagato’s Rinnegan, Nagato woke and learned how badly the loss and his injuries had damaged him. Nanfeng and Tsunade discussed treating him and the unusually strong mental energy he had developed, while Kabuto Yakushi appeared at the end.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru discussed Obito’s increased strength, Nagato’s condition, and Orochimaru’s experiments on Tanaka Takeuchi.
• Nagato woke beside Jiraiya and Konan, learned his Rinnegan were gone, and accepted that his body was severely damaged.
• Nagato discovered that his chakra-sensing ability had awakened after losing the Rinnegan, while Konan cared for him.
• Tsunade brought Nagato’s medical report to Nanfeng, who noted Nagato’s unusually high mental energy and said he would treat him after recovering.
• Nanfeng reasoned that Obito would delay transplanting the Rinnegan, and Kabuto Yakushi suddenly appeared.

Obito Uchiha agreed to have Kabuto Yakushi create a clone so it could serve as the public face of the Rinnegan's owner. Kabuto rapidly grew a body identical to Obito's but left the question of how to give it a soul unresolved.

• Obito spared the weakened Kabuto because he needed Kabuto's expertise with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kabuto proposed growing a clone of Obito, explaining that he wanted to study Nanfeng's eyes rather than claim the Rinnegan.
• Obito gave Kabuto a tuft of hair, and Kabuto extracted its genetic material and used First Generation Cells to grow an adult clone in under an hour.
• Obito noticed that the clone had no soul, and Kabuto suggested controlling it with Genjutsu or placing part of Obito's soul inside it.
• Obito chose to try Genjutsu first and left the option of splitting his soul open for later.

After two and a half months in hiding, Nanfeng regained his strength and returned to Konoha, where he slaughtered spies before going to investigate the strange mental energy surrounding Nagato. The chapter left Nanfeng at Konoha Hospital, preparing to learn what was happening to Nagato.

• Obito Uchiha continued using Genjutsu to control his clone and trained it while he waited for Kabuto Yakushi to recover.
• Nanfeng’s strength returned after two and a half months, and he released his mental energy across Konoha.
• Nanfeng hunted down and killed the spies from other villages hiding in Konoha.
• Nanfeng returned to the Hokage Office, where Tsunade told him that Nagato’s mental energy had become increasingly strange.
• Nanfeng went to Konoha Hospital and sensed chaotic mental energy leaking through the seals around Nagato’s room.

Nanfeng entered Nagato’s mind to investigate the force keeping him asleep and discovered it came from a mass of accumulated negative emotions. He asked the Nine-Tails to absorb them, despite the risk to Naruto’s chakra.

• Nanfeng ordered the sealing squad to guard the hospital entrance and entered Nagato’s ward.
• Nanfeng resisted a strange mental force, then examined Nagato and found him asleep.
• Nanfeng entered Nagato’s mind and saw memories of his parents’ deaths, Yahiko’s death, and his battle with Obito Uchiha.
• Nanfeng learned that Nagato’s negative emotions had accumulated alongside a deep lethargy, which was causing the mental force.
• Nanfeng asked the system how to ease Nagato’s condition and learned tailed beast chakra could temporarily alleviate the emotions.
• Nanfeng called on the Nine-Tails to absorb Nagato’s negative emotions, reassuring it that he understood the risk to Naruto.

Nanfeng had the Nine-Tails absorb Nagato’s negative emotions, which briefly affected Naruto and drove him to attack escaped prisoners. After explaining that Naruto needed to confront his own darkness, Nanfeng took him out of Konoha to find Killer B.

• The Nine-Tails absorbed the malice from Nagato, clouding its chakra and easing the drowsiness around them.
• Naruto briefly lost control of his emotions and brutally attacked the escaped shinobi before tying them up.
• Nanfeng met Naruto at Konoha’s entrance and explained that the Nine-Tails’ absorption of Nagato’s negative emotions had affected him.
• Nanfeng told Naruto that he needed to face his own dark side and that Killer B had a way of dealing with negative emotions.
• Nanfeng left Konoha with Naruto to find Killer B, and Naruto followed without needing a travel permit.

Nanfeng brought Naruto to Kumogakure so Naruto could meet Killer B and explore his connection with the Nine-Tails, while Nanfeng confronted the Raikage over Kumogakure’s assassination attempts. The Raikage faced Nanfeng’s demands to surrender abilities taken from Konoha and meet someone.

• Nanfeng and Naruto entered Kumogakure, where the guards sent word to the Raikage and Killer B.
• Killer B sensed that the Nine-Tails was missing its Yin chakra and took Naruto with him to test their connection.
• Nanfeng told Killer B he was going to question the Raikage about involving him in a plan, and Killer B asked him to spare his brother.
• The Raikage met Nanfeng and saw the scroll containing Kumogakure’s former assassins and spies.
• Nanfeng demanded that the Raikage hand over abilities Kumogakure had obtained from Konoha and go meet someone.

Nanfeng confronted the Raikage over Kumogakure's past actions against Neji Hyuga and forced him to agree to make amends within half a month. After they parted on uneasy terms, Nanfeng went to check on Naruto, whose inner darkness troubled him more than the Tailed Beast's chakra.

• Nanfeng accused the Raikage of coveting the Byakugan, causing Neji Hyuga's suffering, and abducting his fiancée.
• The Raikage threatened to fight, but Nanfeng's power made him back down and agree to resolve the matter within half a month.
• The Raikage privately considered turning Neji against Nanfeng, unaware that Neji's Caged Bird Seal had already been removed.
• Nanfeng and the Raikage discussed Naruto's negative emotions, and Nanfeng said the darkness in Naruto's heart exceeded that of the Tailed Beast.
• Nanfeng bid farewell to the Raikage and hurried off to check on Naruto.

Nanfeng arrived at Heart-Sensing Pond and found Naruto overwhelmed by his negative emotions, so he subdued Naruto and entered his mental world. There, he found Naruto facing his dark self, who was attacking him with painful accusations.

• Nanfeng activated his mental defenses and identified the pond’s natural energy as a force that could affect the mind.
• Nanfeng used his ocular power and an immobilization technique to calm and restrain Naruto, then entered Naruto’s mind.
• Nanfeng found himself in a mental world that shifted from a white expanse to the Valley of the End.
• Naruto faced a negative version of himself, who blamed his parents, the Third Hokage, and others for his suffering.

Nanfeng entered Naruto’s mental world and confronted Naruto’s negative emotions, using blunt honesty to break their taunts and restore Naruto’s confidence. Naruto defeated dark Naruto with a Rasengan, clearing this trial.

• Nanfeng entered Naruto’s mental world as Naruto struggled against the overwhelming damage from his negative emotions.
• Dark Naruto accused Nanfeng of treating Naruto as a tool, and Nanfeng admitted he had used Naruto for missions while listing how he had helped him.
• Naruto agreed that Nanfeng had reason to punish him, while Nanfeng’s candid replies frustrated dark Naruto.
• Nanfeng ordered Naruto to attack, and Naruto declared that the pervy sage, Nanfeng, and Sasuke cared about him before striking dark Naruto with a Rasengan.
• Dark Naruto vanished from the mental world, defeated.

After helping Naruto overcome his negative emotions, Nanfeng discovered two fading chakra signatures in Naruto’s body and accompanied him into his inner world to meet his parents. Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki appeared before their grown son, who began to cry as they greeted him.

• Nanfeng told Naruto to sense the changes in his chakra after the dark version of Naruto vanished.
• Naruto sensed two unusual chakra signatures, and Nanfeng recognized them as traces left by Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Naruto decided to meet his parents and asked Nanfeng to come with him.
• Naruto touched the chakra clusters in his inner world, summoning Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Nanfeng introduced himself as Akiba Nanfeng, Naruto’s friend and a Konoha ninja, while Naruto’s parents hurried to greet their son.

Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze reunited with Naruto, while Nanfeng reflected on his changing emotions. Nanfeng then showed Minato the approaching Fourth Ninja World War and raised the possibility of bringing him back with Impure World Reincarnation.

• Kushina Uzumaki embraced Naruto and grieved over the loneliness he had endured, while Minato Namikaze apologized for the choices he had made as Hokage.
• Nanfeng watched the family reunion with brief envy, then noticed that his emotions were becoming increasingly difficult to stir.
• Minato Namikaze asked Nanfeng to speak with him, and Nanfeng summoned the Nine-Tails into a white space.
• Nanfeng showed Minato the shinobi world's recent events and warned that the Fourth Ninja World War was about to begin.
• Nanfeng suggested using Impure World Reincarnation to bring Minato back if needed, and said the White Zetsu army could serve as sacrifices.

Nanfeng and Naruto said farewell to Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, then learned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had begun moving. Obito Uchiha, Kabuto Yakushi, and Danzo prepared their forces and set out to extract the Nine-Tails' chakra from Naruto.

• Minato Namikaze thanked Nanfeng for supporting Naruto, then he and Kushina Uzumaki gave Naruto their final advice and vanished from his mental space.
• Nanfeng recorded a family portrait of Minato, Kushina, and Naruto before he and Naruto left the mental space.
• Killer B sensed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path moving, and Nanfeng realized they were short on time.
• Obito Uchiha ordered White Zetsu to awaken the army of clones and send them to the battlefields.
• Kabuto Yakushi showed Obito his Impure World Reincarnation forces and a coffin containing Madara Uchiha, while Danzo displayed his altered eyes.
• Obito, Kabuto, and Danzo prepared to move out and extract the Nine-Tails' power from Naruto.

Obito and Kabuto prepared their forces for the coming war, while the Allied Shinobi Forces learned that White Zetsu clones had appeared. Nanfeng ordered the alliance into battle and said he would join them shortly.

• Obito agreed to let Kabuto command the Impure World Reincarnation shinobi while Obito's weakened clone stayed hidden to control the puppets.
• Kabuto sent Danzo and a large force of reanimated shinobi out of the cave, including shinobi with Kekkei Genkai.
• Kabuto revealed that he had deliberately left Madara Uchiha aware of Impure World Reincarnation's flaw so he could see how Madara used that knowledge.
• Tsunade told Nanfeng that a large number of White Zetsu clones had appeared, and Nanfeng ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces into battle.
• The Kage activated their chakra signal switches as Nanfeng said he would arrive shortly.