Chapter Summaries

Obito tried to recruit Jiuzhu and the others to support the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but they ignored his argument and prepared to punish him with food. After they forced him to eat mashed bananas, Jiuzhu picked up an iron rod yam and began peeling it as their supposed secret weapon.

• Obito argued that the Shinobi World was false and urged the group to help him activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but they found his reasoning unconvincing.
• Jiuzhu searched through Amegakure's vegetable supplies for something to use in punishing Obito, rejecting an eel and several fruits and vegetables.
• Jiuzhu and the others approached Obito with bananas, but Obito crushed them as he resisted.
• Madara Uchiha suggested that the group feed the ruined bananas to Obito so the food would not be wasted, and Jiuzhu stuffed the mashed fruit into his mouth.
• Jiuzhu picked up an iron rod yam and began peeling it as Obito wondered whether it was their secret weapon.

Jiuzhu and the original Akatsuki members took revenge on Obito with a half-peeled iron rod yam while Jiu Jie recorded it. Madara tried to persuade them to spread the footage, but Obito exposed Madara’s plans and Madara switched to arguing that Obito had harmed Amegakure by stealing its fertilizer.

• Jiuzhu thrust the half-peeled iron rod yam at Obito, whose plant slime caused unbearable itching.
• Madara Uchiha explained how to use a camera, and Jiu Jie began recording Obito’s ordeal.
• The original Akatsuki members felt empty after their revenge became automatic, so Madara urged them to make and distribute thousands of copies of the footage.
• Obito warned the group that Madara wanted his Hashirama Cells and planned to revive himself through the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Great Buddha questioned Madara’s defense of Obito, and Madara argued that Obito had stolen Amegakure’s fertilizer and endangered its farmers.

Madara reconsidered how to recruit Obito and reflected on the Sage of Six Paths’ flawed judgment of Indra and Asura. Shirozumi’s group planned a consent-based, controlled Infinite Tsukuyomi powered by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi began a private discussion in Konoha.

• Madara recalled Hashirama’s advice to nurture allies and questioned the Sage of Six Paths’ reasoning about Indra and Asura.
• Madara reflected that apparent ideological conflicts in the Shinobi World were often resolved by exposing an external conspiracy or a villain’s hidden scheme.
• Shirozumi and the others planned a controlled Infinite Tsukuyomi that would draw Chakra with consent, provide compensation, and avoid draining people to death.
• Uchiha Hikari’s Yachihoko and Tsukuyomi could manage the Chakra draw, while the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path could store the Chakra as a battery.
• Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to Konoha, checked into a hot spring inn, and began a private plotting session.

Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed candidates to reincarnate for the coming threat of the Otsutsuki Clan, but rejected Minato Namikaze because he could not use Sage Mode as an Impure World Reincarnation. Jiraiya proposed training other promising people with Naruto’s Sage Mode shortcut, then realized he would have to persuade Tsunade and shrank back from the idea.

• Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed that the Shinobi World needed people capable of fighting the Otsutsuki Clan and considered spending contribution points to reincarnate candidates.
• Jiraiya rejected Minato Namikaze because his Taijutsu was not strong enough and an Impure World Reincarnation body could not enter Sage Mode.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted that Minato would not use Naruto’s shortcut and that they could not tarnish Minato’s moral reputation.
• Jiraiya suggested using Naruto’s shortcut to help other promising people master Sage Mode, and Hiruzen Sarutobi left the plan to him.
• Jiraiya realized he would need Tsunade’s approval and shrank back, fearing he would not survive bringing her the proposal.

Jiraiya brought Naruto back to Konoha to train him, with the power of all Nine Tailed Beasts as the key to catching up to Sasuke. The chapter ended with Jiraiya urging Naruto to use the Nine-Tails to contact the other Tailed Beasts.

• Jiraiya decided Naruto should lead the effort to improve his strength and went to Amegakure to ask Sasuke to let him take Naruto.
• Sasuke agreed that Naruto needed training and used Banshō Ten'in to pull him out of the house, releasing the Genjutsu that had kept him asleep.
• Naruto mistook Sasuke's Rinnegan for signs of hypnosis, and Jiraiya explained that they were the Sage of Six Paths' eyes.
• Jiraiya took Naruto back to Konoha through the Flying Thunder Array and began discussing how he could grow stronger.
• Jiraiya told Naruto that the power of all Nine Tailed Beasts could help him catch up to Sasuke and urged him to contact them through the Nine-Tails.

Inside Naruto's Mental Space, Kurama persuaded the other Tailed Beasts that a prophecy meant Naruto would pursue all nine of them, and they began considering how to resist. The chapter ended with Saiken asking Kurama for his plan to escape their fate.

• Kurama gathered the Tailed Beasts in Naruto's Mental Space and told them a revised version of the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.
• Kurama claimed Naruto would pursue all nine Tailed Beasts, and Matatabi and Shukaku challenged his explanations.
• Kurama argued that Naruto could use Sasuke's Rinnegan to control the Tailed Beasts, while Matatabi warned that Naruto had powerful allies.
• Chōmei and Isobu suggested Naruto could pursue the Tailed Beasts in the Mental Space instead of harming their Jinchuriki.
• Saiken asked Kurama for a plan, noting that Kurama seemed calm despite being Naruto's first target.

The Nine-Tails persuaded the Tailed Beasts to help keep Naruto from using their power by exploiting his shortcut Sage Mode and encouraging Gaara to get close to him. After earning their support, the Nine-Tails prepared to assign Matatabi a role as well.

• The Nine-Tails claimed he had guided Naruto and Sasuke into becoming close, and the other Tailed Beasts backed his plan while Shukaku cursed him.
• The Nine-Tails proposed using Gaara to get close to Naruto, but Matatabi suggested having Shukaku use Sand Burial to kill him.
• The Nine-Tails objected to harming Naruto and invoked Naruto's identity as Asura's reincarnation, persuading the Tailed Beasts to listen to him.
• The Nine-Tails explained that Naruto's Sage Mode shortcut had durability and that he could secretly distract Naruto from learning the proper method, though Naruto had not tried it yet.
• The Nine-Tails told Shukaku to have Gaara get close to Naruto, then revealed that he had a task in mind for Matatabi.

Kurama assigned Matatabi to test whether Naruto’s fate could be disrupted by finding a new owner, while the Tailed Beasts tried to avoid Naruto after learning about the prophecy. When Naruto entered to meet them, Matatabi’s accidental reveal as a cute cat made her decide to speak with Yugito soon.

• Kurama told Matatabi to tell Yugito about the prophecy and test whether Naruto would hesitate to act against someone connected to an innocent person.
• Kurama stopped the Tailed Beasts’ discussion when Naruto entered, and the beasts hid behind him in their juvenile forms.
• Naruto asked Kurama to introduce the other Tailed Beasts so he could befriend them, and Kurama explained that mastering their power would help Naruto use Sage Mode.
• The hidden Tailed Beasts kicked Shukaku out, and he bounced into Isobu, sending the other beasts flying around the space.
• Naruto called Matatabi a cute cat, and Matatabi decided she needed to talk to Yugito soon.

Naruto persuaded the Tailed Beasts to lend him their power, though Shukaku warned him not to become closer to them than their own Jinchuriki. After leaving his mental space, Naruto began to suspect that the beasts had entered his body in a painful and embarrassing way.

• Naruto asked the Tailed Beasts to lend him their bodies and Chakra, and Shukaku explained that he must not covet their power or grow too close to them.
• Naruto agreed to keep his distance from the other Tailed Beasts, and Eight-Tails told him to have Four-Tails and Five-Tails join him too.
• Naruto left his mental space and told Jiraiya that the Tailed Beasts had agreed to lend him their power.
• Jiraiya reassured Naruto that he could help contact Four-Tails and Five-Tails, while Naruto wondered how the other beasts had been sealed inside him.
• Naruto suspected the Tailed Beasts had entered through his mouth or another painful route, and worried about personally letting Four-Tails and Five-Tails in.

Jiraiya persuaded Naruto to spread his Sage Mode shortcut, and Naruto decided to teach Sakura, Ino, and Tsunade. After buying them questionable gifts, Naruto headed for the Hokage Building, while Jiraiya returned to Mount Myōboku seeking a life-saving talisman because he expected Tsunade and the others to beat Naruto.

• Jiraiya told Naruto that spreading his Sage Mode shortcut could help save the Shinobi World and asked him to find contractors of the Three Sacred Lands and other Summoning Beasts.
• Naruto decided to start with Sakura, then remembered Ino and Tsunade, and bought each of them a Ninja Tool as a gift.
• Naruto asked Kiba where Sakura and the others were, learned they were at the Hokage Building, and set off toward them.
• Jiraiya secretly watched Naruto leave the shop and concluded that Naruto was sure to get beaten after seeing what he had bought.
• Jiraiya used Reverse Summoning to return to Mount Myōboku and asked Sage Shima for a life-saving talisman for Naruto.

Jiraiya obtained a Senjutsu Chakra talisman from the Great Toad Sage to save Naruto, then handed it to Team 8 and fled Konoha to avoid Tsunade. Naruto’s fate remained uncertain as Jiraiya hoped he would survive his devastating injury.

• Sage Shima woke the Great Toad Sage repeatedly while Jiraiya urgently asked for a talisman to save Naruto.
• The Great Toad Sage gave Jiraiya a paper talisman containing Senjutsu Chakra before falling asleep again.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha and heard Tsunade furiously threatening Naruto, then decided not to approach them himself.
• Jiraiya gave the talisman to Kiba Inuzuka and told Team 8 that Naruto’s life depended on it.
• Jiraiya fled Konoha to avoid being exposed by Tsunade, leaving Naruto’s rescue to Team 8.

Naruto was thrown from the Hokage Tower after presenting Tsunade, Sakura, and Ino with gifts, and Kiba used Jiraiya’s supposed saving talisman to revive him. Naruto learned the talisman had smelled like poop, and the chapter ended with Kiba calling for help as Akamaru began acting strangely.

• Naruto tried to impress Tsunade, Sakura, and Ino with a three-sword routine and presented them with ninja tools, prompting them to beat him through the Hokage Tower’s windows.
• Shino used his insects to catch Naruto, while Hinata fainted at the sight of him; Kiba took out the talisman Jiraiya had given him.
• Kiba slapped the talisman onto Naruto’s forehead, but Akamaru swallowed it, so Kiba forced him to cough up scraps and put them into Naruto’s mouth.
• Shino’s insects pushed the scraps down Naruto’s throat, and Naruto woke up; Kiba explained how he had revived him.
• Akamaru revealed that the talisman had smelled like poop, making Naruto vomit, while Kiba shouted that something was wrong with Akamaru.

Naruto realized Akamaru had swallowed a large amount of Sage Mode Chakra and tried to save him by guiding him into Sage Mode. Tsunade proposed that Kiba use the Inuzuka Clan’s human-beast transformation to share Akamaru’s burden and help disperse the Natural Energy.

• Naruto noticed Akamaru’s painful transformation and realized the dog had swallowed Sage Mode Chakra.
• Naruto tried to help Akamaru enter Sage Mode, alarming Kiba, Hinata, Sakura, and the bystanders.
• Naruto explained that Akamaru had eaten the Mount Myōboku talisman and described a shortcut for cultivating Sage Mode.
• Tsunade judged that Naruto’s explanation made sense and proposed that Kiba share Akamaru’s burden through their clan’s human-beast combination technique.
• Kiba performed the Inuzuka Style Human-Beast Combination Transformation: Two-Headed Wolf to help Akamaru disperse the Natural Energy.

Naruto tried to save Kiba and Akamaru after they fused into a raging two-headed dog under the influence of Natural Energy. He entered Sage Mode using his improved method and attempted to help them master it, while the Tailed Beasts tried to stop him from using the traditional method.

• Tsunade ordered Naruto to handle the situation and left Sakura and Ino to treat the unconscious Hinata.
• Naruto sent over a hundred Shadow Clones against the two-headed dog, but Kiba and Akamaru blasted them away.
• Naruto tried to gather Sage Mode Chakra the traditional way, but Shukaku bit the Nine-Tails in Naruto's mental space and interrupted him with a sudden burst of pain.
• Naruto used his improved Shadow Clone method to enter Sage Mode and approached the two-headed dog.
• Naruto used Frog Kumite to help Kiba and Akamaru enter Sage Mode as villagers gathered to watch.

Naruto continued using Frog Kumite to help Kiba and Akamaru survive their forced Sage Mode transformation, while Tsunade explained the situation to Kiba’s family. When their transformation threatened the crowd, Naruto called on Kurama to protect Konoha, but the sight of Kiba and Akamaru in Sage Mode left Kurama stricken.

• Tamaki and Cat Granny arrived and witnessed Naruto helping the two-headed Kiba and Akamaru, while Tsume and Hana rushed over after hearing Akamaru’s cries.
• Tsunade explained to Tsume and Hana that Naruto was saving Kiba and Akamaru after Akamaru accidentally consumed a Mount Myōboku senjutsu talisman.
• Tsume and Hana accepted Naruto’s actions and watched as he continued helping Kiba and Akamaru enter Sage Mode.
• Naruto warned the spectators to retreat as the transformation reached a dangerous point, but the crowd hesitated.
• Naruto called on Kurama to protect everyone, and Kurama sent out its power before collapsing in shock at the sight of Kiba and Akamaru in Sage Mode.

Naruto used the Nine-Tails to stop the water cannon and sent a Tailed Beast Bomb flying, unaware that it threatened the Empty District where Tamaki and Cat Granny lived. Afterward, Kiba emerged in a bizarre Sage Mode, and Naruto celebrated his newfound abilities.

• Naruto used the Nine-Tails to intercept the water cannon and launch a Tailed Beast Bomb into the distance.
• Tamaki realized the blast was headed toward the Empty District where she and Cat Granny lived.
• The Nine-Tails privately urged Naruto to borrow power from the other Tailed Beasts next time, and Naruto promised Kurama would still be his first choice in danger.
• Naruto discovered Kiba had transformed into a furry, two-faced Sage Mode form and told him to test his enhanced abilities.
• Kiba tested his sense of smell and asked Naruto whether he had eaten shit, then identified the smell of a talisman.

Naruto took the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy as motivation to spread Sage Mode, recruiting Kiba to help. Kiba began by giving Sage Mode “gifts” to his mother and older sister, hoping to help the Inuzuka Clan grow stronger.

• Sage Shima told Naruto that the Great Toad Sage had prophesied he would share his power with others to protect his companions.
• Naruto decided the prophecy meant he should spread his shortcut to Sage Mode and enlisted Kiba to help.
• Kiba became determined to use Sage Mode to restore the Inuzuka Clan’s greatness.
• Naruto took Kiba away and returned with him carrying gifts for his mother and older sister.
• Kiba presented the gifts and asked his family to master Sage Mode and help him make the Inuzuka Clan great again.

Naruto and Kiba agreed to spread their shortcuts to Sage Mode so the Shinobi World could prepare for the Ōtsutsuki, while Inuzuka Tsume set rules to protect the Inuzuka Clan's reputation. Tsunade assigned Naruto an S-rank mission to deliver a Sage Mode manual, but Naruto ended the chapter unable to write one.

• Naruto and Kiba gave Inuzuka Tsume and Inuzuka Hana their gifts, and the women beat Kiba after opening them.
• Inuzuka Tsume agreed to share the Sage Mode shortcut, but warned Naruto and Kiba to keep the method discreet and not use it to gain power for the Inuzuka Clan.
• Inuzuka Tsume ordered Naruto and Kiba to write manuals and make copies for the clan.
• Tsunade assigned Naruto an S-rank mission to deliver the manual to other ninja villages and recruit others to spread it, while Kiba was tasked with sharing a specialized manual with Konoha families that had Summoning Beasts.
• After a day, Naruto sat with a blank Scroll at Kiba's home, unable to write down how to teach the Sage Mode shortcut.

Naruto agreed to help Tamaki clean up the damage from his Nine-Tails rampage, while Kakashi and Konohamaru sought him out to learn Sage Mode. The group arrived at the ruined district to help Cat Granny, where Naruto's shadow clones immediately caused an awkward mishap.

• Tamaki confronted Naruto about his destroyed home and cats, and Kiba offered to help before she slapped him and forbade him from coming.
• Kakashi and Konohamaru asked Naruto to teach them Sage Mode, and Naruto agreed after explaining he first needed to help Tamaki clean up.
• Naruto, Kakashi, and Konohamaru followed Tamaki to the empty district and met Cat Granny, whom Naruto vaguely remembered from following Sasuke as a child.
• Naruto used Multiple Shadow Clones to begin cleaning, but Tamaki punched one clone apart after it made an indecent gesture.

Naruto taught Kakashi and Konohamaru his Shadow Clone shortcut to Sage Mode after Tamaki rejected his recruitment pitch. Konohamaru chose to pursue the method despite Kakashi’s warning about its side effects.

• Naruto finished cleaning the vacant area, but Tamaki kicked him out when he tried to recruit her to learn Sage Mode.
• Cat Granny sent Sasuke a message about Naruto promoting Sage Mode, and Sasuke laughed at Naruto’s ambition to catch up with him.
• Naruto began teaching Sage Mode to Kakashi and Konohamaru by the river, while a summoned toad explained Natural Energy and how Jiraiya had learned to enter Sage Mode without the two sages’ help.
• Naruto demonstrated how Shadow Clone feedback let him quickly enter Sage Mode, impressing Konohamaru.
• Kakashi warned Konohamaru about the shortcut’s side effects, but Konohamaru insisted on learning it so he could protect himself from the Ōtsutsuki.