Chapter Summaries

Naruto mistook Minato Namikaze for Kimimaro and attacked him in his mental space while the Nine-Tails encouraged him to undo the seal. Kushina appeared when the seal broke and found Minato being attacked, leaving her wondering whether she was under a Genjutsu.

• Minato Namikaze partially released the seal to protect Naruto and told him that he was his father.
• Naruto mistook Minato Namikaze for Kimimaro and used Shadow Clones to hold him down before attacking him with Wind Style: Rasengan Thousand Years of Death.
• The Nine-Tails urged Naruto to break the seal, and Naruto's Shadow Clones undid it.
• Kushina appeared and bound the Nine-Tails with golden chains, then turned to see Minato being attacked by Naruto.
• Kushina froze at Minato's greeting and wondered whether the Nine-Tails had trapped her in a Genjutsu.

Minato took control of Naruto’s body and used the Flying Thunder God to escape Kimimaro, while the Nine-Tails helped him keep Naruto safe. Kushina’s memories returned to her original in Amegakure, where she fainted while shopping with Hanabi and Rin.

• Kushina’s chakra form vanished after she was overwhelmed by the sight of Naruto attacking Minato, and the Nine-Tails stopped Naruto from continuing.
• The Nine-Tails persuaded Naruto to let Minato control his body so he could escape Kimimaro’s attack.
• Minato withdrew the Nine-Tails’ chakra, marked shuriken with the Flying Thunder God formula, and teleported Naruto away from Kimimaro.
• Kimimaro ended his Cursed Seal state, while Orochimaru declined to send reinforcements and had Kabuto monitor the situation.
• Kushina received the memories of her chakra form while shopping in Amegakure and fainted into Hanabi’s arms.

Kushina suddenly fainted, and Rin, Hanabi, Fū, and Karin struggled to work out why before taking her to the medical department. Uchiha Hikari’s brutal attempt to revive her worked, but Yakushi Nonō realized Kushina’s fainting had a psychological cause and stopped Rin from telling her what happened.

• Fū and Karin misunderstood how to pinch someone’s philtrum, and Rin stopped Hanabi from trying it on Kushina’s Reanimated body.
• Hanabi found Uchiha Hikari being examined by Yakushi Nonō, who told her a story about a child developing breast lumps after being unhappy.
• Rin and the others brought Kushina to the medical department after she fainted and her Chakra seemed disrupted.
• Uchiha Hikari decapitated and crushed Kushina with a Susanoo blade, and Kushina revived and woke up confused.
• Yakushi Nonō covered Rin’s mouth when she began explaining what Hikari had done, suspecting Kushina’s fainting was psychological.

Kushina and the others watched surveillance footage of Naruto after Kushina’s chakra recalled a shocking memory that made her fear he had an improper relationship with Minato. The footage offered a possible explanation for what she had seen, but Kushina realized Naruto’s Sage Mode training had been taught by Jiraiya.

• Kushina told the others that her chakra inside Naruto had activated and returned a disturbing memory, prompting Hanabi to wonder whether they had escaped the Limited Tsukuyomi genjutsu.
• The group headed toward the research department, but they paused to watch Kabuto Yakushi’s surveillance footage of Naruto instead of returning to confront him.
• The footage showed Naruto using Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God to escape Kimimaro and continue searching for Sasuke after Minato’s chakra faded.
• Uchiha Hikari and the others left Kushina alone to watch as Naruto prepared to enter Sage Mode, while Kabuto explained what the censored footage showed.
• Kushina initially accepted that Naruto’s actions were Sage Mode training, then realized Jiraiya had taught him the method and reconsidered her assumptions about Jiraiya’s own behavior.

Naruto found Sasuke by a river and tried to bring him back to Konoha, warning that Orochimaru wanted to take over his body. Their argument escalated into a fight, where Sasuke's lightning attacks helped Naruto enter Sage Mode; Naruto then turned his attention to saving Jiraiya.

• Naruto found Sasuke fishing and explained that his glasses were a side effect of exhausting training.
• Naruto told Sasuke he had learned Perfect Sage Mode and demanded that he return to Konoha, but Sasuke said he wanted to keep training.
• Naruto warned that Orochimaru planned to take over Sasuke's body, but Sasuke doubted him and asked where he had heard it.
• Naruto summoned Shadow Clones and used Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence, frightening Sasuke, who fought back with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Sasuke's lightning attacks dispelled many Shadow Clones and helped Naruto enter Sage Mode, after which Naruto declared he would save Sasuke and Jiraiya.
• Sasuke said Jiraiya deserved to be played to death by Orochimaru, and Naruto angrily attacked him as Sasuke activated his Three Tomoe Sharingan to dodge.

Shirozumi, Orochimaru, and Tobirama decided Sasuke needed a different way to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan, then Shirozumi enlisted Naruto to help. Shirozumi tried to prove he could predict the future, but Naruto outsmarted his guess and ended up washing his pants by the river.

• Orochimaru, Shirozumi, and Tobirama agreed that using Itachi to shock Sasuke could backfire and began discussing another plan.
• Sasuke disrupted Naruto’s Sage Mode by stripping during their fight, and Tobirama used darkness and a needle to knock Sasuke unconscious.
• Shirozumi told Naruto that Sasuke needed his help to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Naruto demanded proof of Shirozumi’s future knowledge.
• Shirozumi predicted that Naruto needed to take a dump, but Naruto said he only wanted to fart and later washed his pants by the river.

Naruto discovered that his body was producing oil similar to Mount Myōboku’s Toad Oil, and Orochimaru encouraged him to learn Sage Art: Goemon to help Sasuke. Shirozumi arranged for Naruto to study jinchūriki training in Kumogakure, but Sasuke was told that Naruto had been taken so Kumogakure could use his body to breed an Uzumaki bloodline.

• Naruto realized his oil could boost Fire Release and became excited about using it to help Sasuke.
• Orochimaru told Naruto about Jiraiya’s Sage Art: Goemon, which combined Toad Oil, Wind Release, and Fire Release.
• Shirozumi told Naruto that he should study jinchūriki training in Kumogakure and said he had contacted the village.
• Three days later, Orochimaru told Sasuke that Kumogakure had taken Naruto to use his body to breed an Uzumaki bloodline and pass down their three Tailed Beasts.

Sasuke returned to Konoha after hearing that Kumogakure had taken Naruto, and Kakashi confirmed the abduction through classified records. After learning that Naruto was being treated well and Kumogakure had refused Konoha’s demand to return him, Sasuke accepted a mission to distract himself.

• Sasuke returned to Konoha and went to the Hokage's office to report Naruto's disappearance to Kakashi.
• Kakashi showed Sasuke classified records of Kumogakure's past attempts to abduct Jinchuriki and steal the Byakugan, convincing Sasuke that Kumogakure had taken Naruto.
• Kakashi told Sasuke that Konoha had demanded Naruto's return but Kumogakure had refused, while an Anbu Ninja had secretly confirmed Naruto was being treated well.
• Sasuke returned to Kakashi's office and asked for any mission, so Kakashi assigned him a low-rank bandit-elimination mission.

After clearing a bandit stronghold, Sasuke was blamed by the villagers for arriving too late and used Amegakure’s methods to silence them. He returned to Konoha and told Kakashi that Orochimaru had possessed the villagers, then went home troubled by memories of Naruto and still unable to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Sasuke cleared a bandit stronghold as part of Orochimaru’s training plan, but the villagers accused him of failing to save their families and recover their stolen goods.
• Sasuke used Amegakure’s way of handling things to deal with the villagers, then returned to Konoha and reported the mission to Kakashi.
• Sasuke claimed that Orochimaru had used Living Corpse Reincarnation to possess the villagers, and he dismissed Kakashi’s doubts by challenging his knowledge of Orochimaru.
• Sasuke went home and hid under the covers, wondering whether sending Naruto back to Konoha had been the right choice.
• Sasuke continued to endure his distress without awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Kakashi persuaded Sasuke to enter Kumogakure’s Chunin Exam by revealing that Naruto was being restrained and exploited there. Sasuke set out for the exam, while Sakura reacted to his singles entry and Ino and Sakura signed up for doubles.

• Kakashi told Sasuke that Kumogakure intended to use Naruto and showed him a restraint that prevented Naruto from entering Sage Mode.
• Sasuke accepted Kakashi’s application and chose the 1v1 singles event at Kumogakure’s Chunin Exam.
• Sasuke left for Kumogakure to take the exam.
• Sakura was upset that Sasuke had entered the singles event.
• Ino and Sakura signed up for doubles after Shikamaru and Choji declined to join them.

Orochimaru created Sarada from Sasuke’s and Ōtsutsuki cells, planning to awaken her Mangekyō Sharingan and cultivate replacement eyes for her. Hikari implanted memories to trigger that awakening, but Sarada only reached the Three Tomoe Sharingan, so Nonō recommended sending her to face the next planned shock.

• Orochimaru completed Sarada’s artificial cultivation and planned to let her awaken the Mangekyō before growing replacement eyes from her cells.
• Sarada woke in a hospital room, where Hikari claimed to be her ancestor.
• Hikari used Tsukuyomi to implant memories portraying the Shinobi World as peaceful and Sasuke as a father who had fought Ōtsutsuki invaders to keep Sarada safe.
• Hikari told Sarada that Boruto had been taken over by Ōtsutsuki will and had killed the Third Hokage and Asuma, but Sarada only awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan before fainting.
• Nonō assessed Sarada’s muted reaction and advised sending her to face the next planned shock.

Deidara persuaded the Raikage to help stage a traumatic event for Sasuke’s Sharingan awakening, while Naruto and the Cloud shinobi carried out their plan. Sasuke arrived in Kumogakure, saw photos suggesting Naruto had been victimized, and demanded to know where he was.

• Deidara threatened the Raikage into helping Sasuke awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan, and the Raikage agreed to participate with Killer B and Naruto.
• Deidara used a clay clone transformed into Ōnoki, and the group went to a rented studio in the Land of Snow, where Naruto used Shadow Clone and Transformation Jutsu after the others left.
• A few days later, Sasuke arrived in Kumogakure for the Chunin Ninja Exams, and a masked Konoha Anbu showed him photos of Naruto with the Raikage, Killer B, and Ōnoki on an island.
• The Anbu claimed Kumogakure had implanted Naruto with the Purple Bow and Arrow, and Sasuke believed the rumor after recalling the Shinobi World’s many scandalous stories.
• Sasuke demanded to know Naruto’s location, while the Anbu admitted that the island’s whereabouts were secret.

Sasuke awakened the Mangekyo abilities Tenko and Void Sight, used them to find Naruto on Turtle Island, and rushed off to bring him back. After Sasuke left, Sarada received a photograph of Naruto and Killer B from an Anbu and wondered why it had upset her father.

• Sasuke tested Tenko and discovered that he could see Jiraiya and Shirozumi, but Sakura was obscured by mist and Shirozumi could sense his spying.
• Sasuke used Tenko to locate Naruto on Turtle Island and saw him laughing with Killer B, leading Sasuke to fear Naruto had fallen into darkness.
• Sasuke's right-eye ability, Void Sight, turned the scene he had seen into a photograph, and he quit the exam and left to find Naruto.
• Shirozumi told the others that Sasuke's new abilities still left him prone to imprisonment, while noting that Amenotejikara might help him later.
• Sarada called out to Konoha's Anbu after Sasuke left, and Shirozumi identified her as Sasuke's daughter so the Anbu would give her the photograph.

After learning that Kumogakure had abducted Naruto and that Sasuke was going to rescue him, Sarada broke down and interpreted their history through the mistaken belief that they were lovers. The shock awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan, whose power began tearing the photograph apart.

• The Anbu showed Sarada classified photographs and explained that Kumogakure had abducted Naruto, implanted him with Orochimaru's Purple Bow and Arrow, and that Sasuke was heading to rescue him.
• Sarada panicked and cried as she recalled the future and listed past moments she now took as evidence of a romance between Naruto and Sasuke.
• Uchiha Hikari tried to comfort Sarada and urged her to turn her pain into strength and help create a new world.
• Sarada's Mangekyō Sharingan awakened, and the photograph in the Anbu's hand began to tear apart.
• Shirozumi speculated that Sarada's new Mangekyō ability involved space-time ninjutsu but seemed weaker than Kamui.

Shirozumi identified Sarada’s Mangekyo technique and explained how it worked, while Sarada learned that the story about Naruto and Kumogakure had been partly fabricated. She vowed to change the Shinobi World and chose to wait for the match between Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka before Tobirama Senju took her to meet Sasuke.

• Shirozumi sensed that Sarada’s ocular technique had damaged the Raikage through the photograph, then restored both the picture and the Raikage’s arm.
• Shirozumi explained that Sarada could target someone in a photograph and transfer damage to them by tearing it, naming the technique Mind’s Eye of the Mirror: Tear Reality.
• Sarada asked whether the account of Sasuke and Naruto was true, and Shirozumi’s question made her realize Sasuke had awakened the Mangekyō because of Naruto.
• Sarada asked to use the photograph to find Sasuke, then declared that she would stop the cycle of Bonds and change Konoha and the Shinobi World.
• Tobirama Senju offered to take Sarada to Sasuke, but Sarada asked him to wait until Sasuke reached his destination so she could watch Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka’s match first.

Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka demonstrated perfect teamwork with Kumogakure’s signature Raikage’s Heat Blade, startling the Raikage and prompting Tsunade to tease him about the Nara Clan copying the technique. Their next match began against Akimichi Rianko and Sarutobi Ushin, who combined the Human Bullet Tank with a Fire Release attack and sent a blazing wheel toward them.

• Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka used the Raikage’s Heat Blade to defeat their opponents, impressing the Raikage and prompting Sarada to question their relationship.
• Tsunade recognized Akimichi Rianko among the next Kumogakure contestants, then needled the Raikage by suggesting the Nara Clan could combine its Shadow Imitation Technique with his signature move.
• The announcer paired Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka against Akimichi Rianko and Sarutobi Ushin, surprising Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi by revealing Ushin’s clan.
• Akimichi Rianko transformed into a Human Bullet Tank, and Sarutobi Ushin engulfed her in flames with Fire Release: Great Flame Technique.
• The burning Human Bullet Tank charged toward Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka.

Sakura and Ino dodged the Akimichi team's flaming Human Bullet attack before Hanabi interrupted it with a long-range Byakugan technique. After Sakura treated Rianko, the contestants resumed fighting, and Rianko launched a new flaming-fist attack against Sakura and Ino.

• Ino warned Sakura to dodge the Akimichi team's Human Bullet Flame Car, and Kurotsuchi raised an Earth Flow Wall to block its charge toward the stands.
• Hanabi activated her Byakugan and used Eight Trigrams Vacuum Finger to stop Rianko's spinning attack, injuring her in the process.
• Hanabi asked Sakura and Ino to treat Rianko, and Sakura healed the wound before the match continued.
• Sarutobi Ushin told Rianko to change tactics, and she enlarged her hands and attacked Sakura and Ino with flaming fists.
• Ino was sent flying by Rianko's punch and called to Sakura to use their combination technique.

Ino and Sakura used Ino’s newly developed Mind Body Switch Technique: Second Stage to defeat Akimichi Rianko in their two-on-two match. Ino was badly injured by Sakura’s planned punch, while Rianko was knocked unconscious and Sarutobi Ushin’s position remained unresolved.

• Dabura explained why the Raikage’s Heat Blade would be ineffective and too dangerous against the enlarged Akimichi Rianko.
• Ino used the Mind Body Switch Technique to take control of Rianko, while Sarutobi Ushin expected the technique to stall the match.
• Ino made Rianko cast Mind Body Switch Technique: Second Stage, transferring both their consciousnesses into Ino’s body.
• Sakura punched Ino, transferring the damage to Rianko and knocking her unconscious as Ino was badly hurt.
• Sakura and Ino began treating Ino’s injuries, but they lacked enough Chakra to use the Strength of a Hundred Seal or Creation Rebirth.

Sasuke reached Turtle Island and confronted Naruto, convinced he had fallen into depravity after seeing him with Killer B. Sarada watched from a tree while Shirozumi warned himself that he would stop her from adopting a nightclub look.

• Sarutobi Ushin surrendered after her teammate was defeated, and Mei Terumi, Gaara, and Tsunade helped extinguish the flames and treat Akimichi Rianko.
• Sakura continued healing Ino while Sarada watched, then Sarada asked Tobirama Senju to take her to Sasuke.
• Tobirama Senju used Flying Thunder God to bring Sarada to a tree near Turtle Island, then returned to Kumogakure to ask whether anyone else wanted to come.
• Sasuke arrived on Turtle Island and found Naruto, Killer B, Sai, and Kumogakure ninjas; Sarada watched from above with Shirozumi nearby.
• Sasuke accused Naruto of falling into depravity and vowed to take him back, even if he had to break all five of his limbs.

Naruto and Sai tried to provoke Sasuke into awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Sarada watched in distress. After Sarada stepped between Sasuke and Naruto, Sasuke wounded and kicked her away, leaving Naruto to confront him.

• Naruto acted as though Sai was his lover, and Sai claimed he had replaced Sasuke in Naruto’s heart.
• Sarada misread Sai’s performance as genuine and grew increasingly distressed about Naruto and Sasuke’s relationship.
• Sasuke formed a Chidori, but Sarada jumped between him and the others and identified herself as Sarada.
• Sai claimed Sarada was an Uchiha descendant captured by Kumogakure and being used as another stand-in to provoke Sasuke.
• Sarada called Sasuke “Dad” as he attacked her, and Sasuke pierced her shoulder with Chidori before kicking her away.
• Shirozumi pulled Sarada back with New Moon, and Crazy Diamond healed her injuries; Sasuke then accused Naruto of worrying about Sarada and threatened Sai.