Chapter Summaries

Sakura and Ino confronted Naruto over his taunts and Shadow Clone antics at the hot spring, but Sakura ultimately knocked him flying. The Konoha girls then met Killer B, whose nickname for them prompted Kushina to suspect his intentions.

• Sakura asked Ino to beat Naruto so she could stay calm after her injection, and tried to convince Ino that Naruto needed to be taught how to behave.
• Naruto created Shadow Clones transformed into Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, and Kushina, then ordered the latter three to serve him.
• Sakura lost her temper and blasted Naruto out of the hot spring inn with Zetsu's Raikage's Heat Blade, dispelling his Shadow Clones.
• Killer B recognized Sakura and Ino as the Konoha duo from the Kumogakure Chunin Exams, while Kushina warned him to watch his language around the girls.
• Killer B said he liked older women, and Naruto defended him as he climbed back to his feet.

Naruto and Killer B teamed up against Sakura and Ino, but Killer B accidentally sent Naruto flying when they tested their teamwork. Sasuke located Naruto and swapped him back into the room, where he began preparing for Sage Mode.

• Kushina decided Naruto’s talk of raising someone from childhood was dangerous and resolved to stop him from going too far.
• Killer B invited Naruto to form the B-Naruto Combo, and Naruto eagerly accepted.
• Ino proposed a teamwork test with a marked kunai, and Killer B and Naruto agreed to try it.
• Killer B struck Naruto hard enough to send him flying, while the kunai went with him.
• Naruto realized he could fly in the Genjutsu World and took off through the sky.
• Sasuke located Naruto, used Amenotejikara to swap him back into the room, and began the preparations for Sage Mode.

Naruto was accidentally swapped back into the ruined Genjutsu World and left Tobirama Senju covered in white paint before heading off to find the others. Sasuke returned by targeting Tobirama with Amenotejikara and decided to test whether he could use it to swap partial sections and create an attack that tore through space.

• Naruto landed on Tobirama Senju and accidentally coated him in white paint, then noticed the ruined surroundings and the floating stone sphere.
• Naruto assumed Sasuke had reset the Genjutsu World, shouted at him, and left to find the others.
• Sasuke activated Susanoo, descended to the ground, and chose Tobirama Senju as his Amenotejikara target because he could not risk swapping with Naruto again.
• Sasuke considered using Tobirama's Impure World Reincarnation Body to test whether Amenotejikara could swap partial sections and damage space like Kakashi's Kamui.

Sasuke discovered that Amenotejikara could swap objects independently, but his exhausted experiment left him unconscious with a vase and lilac flower beneath him. Meanwhile, the search for Naruto led Sakura to Sasuke, whom she accidentally stepped on.

• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to swap part of Tobirama Senju's clothing with a lilac flower, then realized Tobirama had not noticed the mishap.
• Sasuke recognized that Amenotejikara could swap two objects without involving himself and planned to test a guaranteed-hit Chidori.
• Sasuke's second high-cost attempt went astray, and he fainted beneath the transported vase and lilac flower.
• Sakura, Ino, and Kushina recruited Team 8 to search for Naruto, whose trail Kiba and Akamaru tracked into the sky before it disappeared.
• Hinata spotted Sasuke, and Sakura ran toward him and accidentally stepped on him.

Sakura, Ino, and Hinata discovered a moving, flower-adorned butt beneath Sasuke and called for the sealing squad. Sai arrived to seal it and insulted the group, leaving Kiba confused when nobody else reacted.

• Sakura found Sasuke exhausted but uninjured, then gave him an old Soldier Pill that made everyone worry about its effects.
• Hinata spotted something moving beneath Sasuke, and Sakura shifted him aside to reveal it.
• Akamaru pounced on the airborne object and licked the milk on it while the others tried to identify the moving butt.
• Sakura and the others decided to contact the sealing squad, and Sai arrived with three squad members.
• Sai insulted the girls and Kiba, who realized that the others had fallen eerily silent.

Ino confirmed that Sai’s insults reflected his distorted perception, while Sai and the others investigated a piece of an Impure World Reincarnation beneath Sasuke. After Sasuke remained asleep through a day of waiting, he finally woke at night after dreaming he was skiing.

• Sai called Hinata, Sakura, and Ino ugly, but Hinata stayed quiet, Sakura suppressed her anger, and Ino dismissed him as an idiot.
• Ino tested her theory about Sai by showing him a photograph of Akimichi Rianko, and Sai called Rianko’s face ugly too.
• Sai identified the moving lump beneath Sasuke as part of an Impure World Reincarnation, and Shino argued they should wait for Sasuke to wake before deciding what to do with it.
• The group put the lump back beneath Sasuke, watched over him, and waited while Sai gave him a Soldier Pill that did not wake him.
• After a day passed, everyone camped, and Sai and another sealing team member held Sasuke in place overnight.
• Sasuke finally woke late at night, remembering a strange dream in which he had been skiing.

Sasuke’s exhausting dream left Shigaraki Tanuki exposed to a faint Chidori current all night, while Shirozumi learned the history of Tanuki’s Gozu Tennō project. The chapter left Shirozumi asking White Zetsu to invite Tanuki to Orochimaru for help with the damage.

• Sasuke’s dream movements disrupted the team’s sleep, and Sai and Shigaraki Tanuki avoided waking him after hearing him mutter “Chidori.”
• White Zetsu reported Sasuke’s Rinnegan awakening and the events of the previous night to Shirozumi.
• Shirozumi recalled that Shigaraki Tanuki had created Nue under Danzo’s Gozu Tennō project, a Hashirama Cell-powered creature that absorbed Chakra and negative emotions before exploding.
• White Zetsu reported that Sasuke’s lingering electric current might have injured Shigaraki Tanuki, who had endured the night rather than risk provoking him.
• Shirozumi told White Zetsu to invite Shigaraki Tanuki to Orochimaru, who might be able to help him.

Sasuke secretly released the Impure World Reincarnation body pinned beneath him, then diverted suspicion by framing Kiba and Shino for stealing underwear. He left for Amegakure while Kiba was left protesting a wrongful accusation that Akamaru seemed to confirm.

• Sasuke woke before dawn and secretly freed the body beneath him so the Second Hokage would not suspect the Uchiha.
• Sasuke told Kiba that Orochimaru had summoned the body as a sparring partner, but Shino and Kiba doubted his unusually polished explanation.
• Sasuke used his tomoe Rinnegan to put missing underwear in Kiba's and Shino's pockets and planted evidence that implicated them.
• Sakura and the others accused Kiba and Shino of being perverts, while Sasuke said he was leaving for Amegakure.
• Kiba called Akamaru to sniff the underwear, but Akamaru shook his head and left the group convinced Kiba was guilty.

Tsunade brought Shikaku and Shikamaru in to investigate the suspected pants thefts involving Kiba and Shino, then introduced Shirozumi’s plan to make the Nara Clan compete for its leadership. Shikamaru and Shikaku became rivals as they set out to solve the case.

• Kiba tearfully insisted to Tsunade that he had been framed, while Shino and the other suspects stood by.
• Shikaku and Shikamaru arrived late, and Tsunade told them she would change the Nara Clan’s rules.
• Tsunade announced that the Nara Clan would choose its Clan Head through a strategy contest, with the winner granted freedom from clan and village duties and second place made Clan Head and chief strategist.
• Tsunade revealed that whoever solved the Kiba and Shino incident would win the right to slack off, prompting Shikamaru to rush off to investigate.
• Shikaku challenged Shikamaru to compete fairly with him.

Shikamaru organized the Nara Clan and investigated the incident involving Naruto, Sasuke, and Kiba. After Akamaru found that both Naruto’s and Sasuke’s scents vanished at the same point, Shikamaru identified a new lead and Kiba suspected the two had framed him.

• Shikaku told the Nara Clan about the chance to win the right to slack off, and the clan gathered to investigate.
• Shikamaru shared the information with the Nara Clan, then took the key young witnesses aside and proposed investigating the Impure World Reincarnation body and Sasuke’s contact in Amegakure.
• Shikamaru, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, and Ino returned to the scene, where Akamaru checked the scents.
• Shikamaru revealed that Naruto’s and Sasuke’s scents both vanished abruptly at the same point, prompting Kiba to suspect they had framed him.

Shigaraki Tanuki joined Shikamaru’s investigation after discovering that lightning stimulation had left him unable to father children, and he claimed to have evidence against Sasuke. Near Amegakure, the group heard Deidara describe a strange encounter that resembled their own suspicions, leaving Kiba convinced Naruto and Sasuke were framing people with rumors of improper relationships.

• Hinata defended Naruto, while Shikamaru doubted that Sasuke would have acted improperly, until Shigaraki Tanuki angrily insisted Sasuke could have done it.
• Shigaraki Tanuki explained that a medical examination confirmed White Zetsu’s warning that lightning stimulation had made him unable to have children, and he said he needed to submit evidence in Amegakure before revealing it.
• Shikamaru agreed to take Shigaraki Tanuki to Amegakure, where Akamaru identified the scents of Naruto, Sasuke, and a mysterious Impure World Reincarnation ninja.
• Deidara told Sasori that he had seen a flower-stuck butt flying beside him and had later inexplicably appeared on Sasori’s bed, but Sasori dismissed his story as illogical.
• Shikamaru’s group heard Deidara’s account, and Kiba concluded that Naruto and Sasuke were framing people by making them seem to have improper relationships.

Shigaraki Tanuki explained that Sasuke Uchiha’s apparent ability to move the fart egg came from Space-Time Ninjutsu, while Orochimaru and Shirozumi uncovered the true origins of Danzo’s Ox-Headed Heavenly King Plan. The investigation party followed Akamaru to Tobirama Senju, while Naruto and Sasuke were still missing.

• Shikamaru, Kiba, and Shino agreed that the fart egg was key to finding the culprit, and Shigaraki Tanuki suggested Sasuke Uchiha had used a Sharingan-based Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Shigaraki Tanuki revealed that he had given Orochimaru his Ox-Headed Heavenly King Plan research in exchange for contribution points.
• Orochimaru showed the plan’s materials to Shirozumi, who realized Danzo had found ancient ruins and named Kaguya the Ox-Headed Heavenly King after mistaking her horns for ox horns.
• Shigaraki Tanuki led the others, guided by Akamaru, to the area near the little love house, where Tobirama Senju had recovered his mobility.
• Akamaru ran toward Tobirama Senju, who looked puzzled, while Naruto and Sasuke were nowhere to be seen.

Tobirama Senju learned that Sasuke’s space-time technique had caused his testicles to disappear and that Hashirama had caught them. The chapter ended with Tobirama confronting the recorded footage and realizing Sasuke had used his ability again that morning for an unknown purpose.

• Akamaru ran up to Tobirama Senju, and the gathered shinobi questioned whether Sasuke had clashed with him.
• Shikamaru and Shigaraki Tanuki asked Tobirama about his conflict with Sasuke and Sasuke’s space-time ocular technique.
• After Shikamaru’s group explained what had happened, Tobirama became furious and went to review the surveillance footage.
• Tobirama watched Sasuke use Amenotejikara to swap Naruto, then saw Sasuke collapse after apparently using the ability again.
• The footage showed Hashirama catching the object flying toward him with Wood Release and wondering whether it belonged to Madara.

Tobirama Senju revealed Sasuke Uchiha's space-time Rinnegan Technique and showed the younger ninja footage of how Sasuke awakened it, shocking them. He began explaining that the reincarnation cycle originated in the relationship between the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Ōtsutsuki, but the chapter ended before he finished.

• Hashirama Senju returned Tobirama Senju's fart to him and persuaded Sasuke to keep the embarrassing incident secret.
• Tobirama Senju told Shigaraki Tanuki and the others about Sasuke Uchiha's space-time Rinnegan Technique and said the information could deter enemies.
• Tobirama Senju took the younger ninja to a surveillance room and showed censored footage of Sasuke awakening the Rinnegan by combining Indra's Chakra with Asura Chakra.
• Hinata Hyuga activated her Byakugan while watching the footage, then fainted when the others noticed.
• Tobirama Senju explained that Naruto and Sasuke, like Hashirama Senju and Madara, developed similar personalities as reincarnations of Asura and Indra, and began describing the Sage of Six Paths' intentions toward Hamura Ōtsutsuki.

Tobirama Senju told the young ninjas a shocking, fabricated-sounding account of the Sage of Six Paths, Hamura, and the origins of Chakra. He left them hanging as he began explaining how the Sage spread Chakra across the land.

• Shigaraki Tanuki urged Tobirama Senju to continue, and Tobirama said the story should be remembered and spread.
• Tobirama claimed the Sage of Six Paths resurrected Hamura with a life talisman, then forced him to help seal their mother with a hypnosis talisman.
• Tobirama said Hamura fled to the moon to escape his brother, while the Sage became attached to the Tailed Beasts because the girl he loved had become part of the Ten-Tails.
• Tobirama claimed Hashirama had grown accustomed to standing behind Madara, and Sakura guessed that this explained why Madara failed to notice him at the Valley of the End.
• Tobirama said Kaguya brought Chakra into the world and the Sage spread it, fathering descendants beyond Asura and Indra; he began describing how the Sage distributed Chakra through encounters with local people.

Tobirama Senju explained Black Zetsu’s role in shaping ninja-world customs and the feud between Indra and Asura, presenting a deliberately bizarre account of their history. He ended by revealing that Black Zetsu later manipulated Indra’s reincarnations to unite with Asura’s.

• Kiba Inuzuka asked whether everyone descended from the Sage of Six Paths, and Tobirama Senju explained how people acquired Chakra.
• Tobirama said Black Zetsu promoted ritual propriety to prevent the Sage’s descendants from producing many Rinnegan.
• Tobirama claimed the Sage favored Asura because Asura shared his promiscuous nature, while Indra sought exclusive love and broke with his family after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Asura defeated Indra with power gathered from his companions, and both brothers later vowed to continue reincarnating in opposition to each other.
• Shikamaru questioned Tobirama’s account, and Tobirama revealed that Black Zetsu had manipulated Indra’s reincarnations into joining with Asura’s.

Tobirama Senju explained how Black Zetsu altered the Stone Tablet to manipulate the Uchiha and told a dramatic account of the tangled relationships between Hashirama, Madara, and Izuna. He concluded that Naruto and Sasuke had continued the pattern as Bonds Ninja, while Kiba and Akamaru reacted to his story.

• Shikamaru asked who had written the original Stone Tablet, and Tobirama Senju explained that the Sage of Six Paths had left its message about love, which Black Zetsu altered to exploit the Uchiha's rebellious nature.
• Tobirama Senju said Madara Uchiha had encouraged Hashirama to develop similar feelings, while Uchiha Izuna exposed their relationship out of jealousy, leading Hashirama and Madara to publicly break ties.
• Tobirama Senju claimed he had turned Izuna into a girl with Flying Thunder God Slash to separate Madara and Hashirama, but Madara poisoned Izuna and let him die, then founded Konoha with Hashirama.
• Tobirama Senju said he arranged Hashirama's marriage to Mito, which enraged Madara and drove him to leave Konoha alone.
• Tobirama Senju said Naruto and Sasuke inherited the Chakra of Hashirama and Madara and became Bonds Ninja, while Kiba praised the story and Akamaru preferred the furry story from Limited Tsukuyomi.

Tobirama Senju explained why Naruto and Sasuke’s story was still unfolding and warned that their lives were bound together by fate. He then revealed that Kakashi Hatake’s masked former teammate had inherited Madara Uchiha’s mission and power, and that the Masked Man had helped prevent Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan from damaging his eyesight.

• Tobirama Senju told the group that they had witnessed Naruto and Sasuke’s story firsthand and would become its narrators.
• Sakura realized she had grown used to Naruto and Sasuke’s odd behavior, while the others worried that they might be drawn into the pair’s fate.
• Tobirama Senju revealed that a masked man had inherited Madara Uchiha’s name, mission, and opposing powers, and that he had once been Kakashi Hatake’s teammate and source of his Sharingan.
• Tobirama Senju explained that the Masked Man’s Hashirama Cells let him give Kakashi some of his power, protecting Kakashi from the side effects of using Mangekyō techniques.

Tobirama Senju explained how the Masked Man could be lured into pursuing Sasuke, while warning the group about the dangers posed by the Ten-Tails and Ōtsutsuki. Ino argued that hard work alone could not overcome human limits and announced that she wanted to cultivate senjutsu.

• Tobirama Senju explained that the Masked Man would likely target Sasuke for the Rinnegan, making Sasuke bait for the Masked Man and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Shikamaru worried about Sasuke's safety, but Tobirama Senju reminded the group that they and their families were even less able to face the Ten-Tails or Ōtsutsuki.
• Ino argued that effort could not always close the gap with geniuses and said that pursuing technology and strength was a valid path to survival.
• Tobirama Senju praised Ino's reasoning, and Ino declared that she wanted to cultivate senjutsu.
• Tobirama Senju considered whether Ino's Yamanaka techniques and Yin Seal made her suited to senjutsu, while Kiba reacted in alarm.

Ino and Sakura discussed the method for entering Sage Mode, while Tobirama Senju sent them off to spread the story as an S-rank mission. He then used Sasori’s new sensory technique to lure Madara into confronting Rin, leaving Madara stunned by her apparent resurrection.

• Ino and Sakura argued about whether Sage Mode could be entered through a shortcut, and Tobirama Senju cut off their discussion of the private method.
• Tobirama Senju assigned the group an S-rank mission to spread the story, and they eagerly planned to recruit Neji and Rock Lee to help keep the secret.
• Sasori developed a technique that let his Human Puppet body temporarily experience human touch, smell, and taste, making Tobirama Senju happy with its potential.
• Tobirama Senju brought Kushina and Rin to Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, claiming Madara needed to apologize for his past actions.
• Madara Uchiha saw Rin and wondered how she had been resurrected, suspecting that Obito was responsible.