Chapter Summaries

Minato Namikaze confronted the Masked Man, deduced the limits of his space-time technique, and defeated him with a Flying Thunder God feint and Rasengan. The observers celebrated Minato’s victory.

• Konoha’s ninja recognized that Minato had diverted the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s attack with a Space-Time Barrier, while Itachi analyzed the Masked Man’s intangibility and suspected it came from a Mangekyo Sharingan.
• The Masked Man tried to pull Minato into his space, but Minato escaped with Flying Thunder God and reappeared at Kushina’s birthplace.
• Minato inferred that the Masked Man could follow his teleportation, confronted him about being Uchiha Madara, and chose to keep him away from the village.
• The Masked Man attacked Minato with his intangibility and an iron chain, but Minato broke free and studied the timing of his opponent’s attacks.
• Minato threw a Flying Thunder God Kunai, baited the Masked Man into reaching for him, then teleported above him and struck him with a Rasengan.
• Jiraiya cheered as Minato’s attack landed and the Masked Man realized he had miscalculated.

Minato Namikaze defeated the Masked Man and freed the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox from his control, then returned to Konoha to protect the village. With Kushina Uzumaki prepared to sacrifice herself, Minato chose to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and preserve both parents’ chakra so Naruto could see them after he grew up.

• Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God Stage 2 and the Contract Seal to injure the Masked Man and sever his control over the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
• The Masked Man escaped, while the freed Nine-Tailed Demon Fox continued attacking Konoha and Minato rushed back to the village.
• Minato summoned Gamabunta, transported the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox away from Konoha, and reunited with Kushina Uzumaki and baby Naruto.
• Kushina restrained the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox with her Adamantine Sealing Chains and planned to seal it inside herself before dying.
• Minato decided to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal half the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox within himself and leave chakra for Kushina and Naruto.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki sacrificed themselves to seal the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inside their newborn son, Naruto, and entrusted him with hopes for the future. As the sealing began, Kushina gave Naruto her final advice, and Minato joined her words before the video ended.

• Minato Namikaze chose the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style to seal the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inside Naruto, despite Kushina Uzumaki's objections.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki explained their choice to protect the village and their son, while Second Pillar realized Naruto's parents had died out of love and duty.
• The Shinigami sealed half of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's soul inside Minato Namikaze, and Minato summoned a ritual altar to prepare Naruto for the seal.
• When the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attacked Naruto, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki shielded him with their bodies and were pierced by its claw.
• Minato Namikaze sent Gamatora to deliver the seal's key to Jiraiya, then prepared to begin the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style.
• Kushina Uzumaki gave Naruto advice about growing up, making friends, and pursuing his dreams, and Minato Namikaze began the sealing technique.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Itachi reflected on the Nine-Tails Rampage and questioned Uchiha Tobi’s identity, while Itachi realized the Uchiha Clan’s reputation had been shaped by the disaster. Kitahara Kaede’s Diary updated with a mention of Uzumaki Menma and began showing an alternate Nine-Tails Rampage route.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade wondered who Uchiha Tobi was and considered searching clan records for information about him.
• Tsunade concluded that sealing techniques were the best defense against Tailed Beasts and recognized the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s importance to Konoha’s power.
• Kakashi regretted failing to protect Naruto after learning how Minato and Kushina had entrusted their hopes to him.
• Itachi realized the Nine-Tails Rampage had made the village’s resentment of the Uchiha Clan nearly impossible to overcome and suspected Uchiha Tobi was impersonating Uchiha Madara.
• Itachi resolved to protect Sasuke from Uchiha Tobi, then noticed that Kitahara Kaede’s Diary had updated again.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade wondered who Uzumaki Menma was as the Diary began the “IF Route Nine-Tails Rampage” video.

A what-if scene showed the future Seventh Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto, saving Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki from the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox during its attack. The scene left Konoha’s observers stunned by Naruto’s future and his peaceful partnership with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox as he prepared to face its younger self.

• Uzumaki Naruto, wearing a Seventh Hokage cloak, kicked aside the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s claw and saved Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Uzumaki Naruto restored Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki to full health, and Hatake Kakashi recognized him as his former student.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Uchiha Itachi, and Second Pillar reacted to Naruto’s future as Hokage, while Itachi concluded that Naruto would help secure Sasuke’s place in Konoha.
• Kushina Uzumaki withdrew her Adamantine Sealing Chains, and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox roared in anger.
• The future Nine-Tailed Demon Fox spoke casually with Uzumaki Naruto, who confidently agreed to handle its younger self without relying on much of its chakra.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade were astonished that Naruto and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox could coexist so peacefully.

The future Uzumaki Naruto fought the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox without borrowing its power, revealing his mastery of Perfect Sage Mode and overwhelming strength. With Minato Namikaze’s help, Naruto deflected a Tailed Beast Bomb and subdued Kurama, leaving the onlookers astonished by the Seventh Hokage’s power.

• Uzumaki Naruto caught the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s attack with one hand and entered Perfect Sage Mode, stunning Jiraiya and Tsunade.
• Uzumaki Naruto used Shadow Clones to flip the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, then stopped himself from revealing his identity by forming a Rasengan.
• The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox offered to help Naruto, and Minato Namikaze reached out to help him form a Rasengan.
• Uzumaki Naruto infused the Rasengan with Wind Release to create Wind Style: Rasenshuriken and knocked away the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Uzumaki Naruto appeared before Kurama, subdued him, and apologized as he called him a friend.

Seventh Hokage Naruto sealed the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inside baby Naruto and warned Minato and Kushina to hide and stay out of the Uchiha Clan’s affairs. The Diary then showed Naruto and Sasuke fighting Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in their youthful, Six Paths-powered forms, leaving the observers stunned by Sasuke’s Tomoe Rinnegan.

• Uzumaki Naruto sealed the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inside little Naruto and reduced the seal’s side effects.
• Uzumaki Naruto told Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki to hide, avoid interfering in the Uchiha Clan’s affairs, and wait for a Toad to contact them.
• Uzumaki Naruto vanished, while Hatake Kakashi, Second Pillar, and Uchiha Itachi reacted to the possibility of changing the Uchiha Clan’s fate.
• The Diary showed middle-aged Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar by the sea before Second Pillar transformed into his seventeen-year-old self and they faced Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar unleashed their strongest Six Paths forms, and the observers were overwhelmed by their power and puzzled by Second Pillar’s Tomoe Rinnegan.

Jiraiya and Kakashi considered how Naruto and Sasuke’s teenage selves differed from their future selves, while Kitahara Kaede gained a deep understanding of sealing theory. Kaede showed Minato Namikaze and Naruto the Nine-Tails Rampage through genjutsu, and Minato discovered that Kaede had Sharingan.

• Jiraiya judged that seventeen-year-old Naruto had reached Super Kage Level, and Kakashi wondered whether the IF Line showed a parallel timeline tied to Shippuden and Boruto.
• Kitahara Kaede drew and fused Sealing Ninjutsu Theory from Beginner to Mastery, gaining a thorough grasp of sealing principles.
• Kitahara Kaede offered to show Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Naruto what had happened during the Nine-Tails Rampage, then used genjutsu to reveal the events.
• Naruto learned that his parents had died protecting him and the village, while Minato learned how the Masked Man’s attack led him to seal half of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inside Naruto.
• Naruto thanked Minato for the life and friends he had found, and Minato embraced him.
• Minato recognized Kitahara Kaede’s Sharingan and asked how he had obtained it despite the Uchiha Clan’s destruction.

Kitahara Kaede explained his Uchiha ancestry to Minato Namikaze and learned how Minato developed Flying Thunder God Stage 2. After scouts found Mukade’s puppet factory and imprisoned workers, the group split up to disable the Ryūmyaku and confront Mukade, leaving Kitahara Kaede, Minato, and Naruto fighting their way into the palace.

• Kitahara Kaede told Minato Namikaze that he had awakened the Sharingan because of Uchiha Clan blood in his ancestry, and Minato accepted the explanation.
• Kitahara Kaede asked Minato about Flying Thunder God Stage 2, and Minato explained how temporary sealing formulas let him use the technique without preparing marked locations in advance.
• Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shibi reported that Mukade was in the palace, his underground factory was producing Puppets, and citizens of the Country of Roran were being forced to work there.
• Kitahara Kaede proposed sending Sara, Akimichi Choza, and Aburame Shibi to seal the Ryūmyaku while he, Minato, and Naruto went to capture Mukade; Minato agreed.
• Kitahara Kaede, Minato, and Naruto entered the palace and fought the pottery-like Puppets, which Kitahara Kaede found no stronger than ordinary Genin or Chunin.

Kitahara Kaede, Minato Namikaze, and Uzumaki Naruto defeated Mukade after Sara severed his connection to the Ryūmyaku, then sealed the Ryūmyaku. As the visitors prepared to return to their own eras, Minato gave Kitahara a sealing-jutsu notebook and said goodbye to Naruto.

• Kitahara Kaede and Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God to reach Mukade, but learned he could regenerate because he had fused with the Ryūmyaku.
• Kitahara Kaede, Minato Namikaze, and Uzumaki Naruto drew Mukade away from the palace while Sara cut off his Ryūmyaku connection.
• Uzumaki Naruto struck the weakened Mukade with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and killed him for good.
• Sara sealed the Ryūmyaku, and Minato Namikaze sealed it further with a barrier as the visitors began to return to their eras.
• Minato Namikaze gave Kitahara Kaede Kushina's sealing-jutsu notebook and comforted Uzumaki Naruto as they parted.

Kitahara Kaede returned from the past with his memories intact but found Kakuzu gone and Minato Namikaze's Barrier restored. As Kaede rested with Hyuga Keiko and Soten Genryu, Minato remembered everything after a Diary appeared before him in Rōran seventeen years earlier.

• Kitahara Kaede woke in the palace, discovered Kakuzu was gone and the Barrier had been restored, then left Flying Thunder God formulas before teleporting to his teammates.
• Kitahara Kaede reunited with Hyuga Keiko and Soten Genryu in the forest and revealed that he had used Flying Thunder God.
• Hyuga Keiko explained Minato Namikaze's reputation with Flying Thunder God, impressing Soten Genryu.
• Kitahara Kaede gave his teammates a Flying Thunder God Kunai, told them to rest, and read the notebook Minato had given him.
• Seventeen years earlier, Minato Namikaze saw a Diary appear in a room in the Ancient City of Rōran and recovered his memories.

Minato Namikaze read Kitahara Kaede's diary and learned that Orochimaru would attack Konoha, Uchiha Itachi would massacre the Uchiha Clan, and Hatake Kakashi's future strength would disappoint him. He concluded that Konoha's conflict with the Uchiha Clan had to be prevented, but the diary left him questioning how Kakashi had acquired a Sharingan and abandoned the Hatake Family Sword Style.

• Minato Namikaze failed to seal away his resurfaced memories again, then opened Kitahara Kaede's diary and reacted to its account of Naruto's childhood and Kakashi's nickname.
• Minato Namikaze learned that Orochimaru would lose the contest for Fourth Hokage, defect, and later attack Konoha during the Konoha Collapse Plan.
• Minato Namikaze read about Uchiha Itachi defeating Hatake Kakashi and recorded his suspicion that Itachi would massacre the Uchiha Clan using the Mangekyō Sharingan and Tsukuyomi.
• Minato Namikaze inferred that the Uchiha Clan's destruction would involve Konoha's leadership and resolved to prevent the conflict from reaching that point.
• Minato Namikaze questioned Kakashi's future weakness and Sharingan, then noticed that the future Kakashi carried no sword and seemed to have abandoned the Hatake Family Sword Style.

Minato Namikaze examined Kakashi’s future battle with Zabuza and concluded that the Sharingan had drained his chakra and distorted his development. As he read about future threats and Naruto’s strength, Minato learned that dangers beyond the Kage Level awaited and began doubting whether he could protect the village.

• Minato Namikaze judged that Kakashi’s borrowed Sharingan consumed much of his chakra and criticized his fighting style, taijutsu, and failure to develop overwhelming strength.
• Minato Namikaze considered how Kakashi’s lack of guidance after Hatake Sakumo’s death had contributed to his shortcomings.
• Minato Namikaze read that Naruto would become the Savior and learned that Danzo would briefly be called the Five-Point-Five Hokage after Second Pillar killed him.
• Minato Namikaze learned that Pain could destroy Konoha with one strike and recorded a timeline of the Chunin Exams, the Third Hokage’s death, and the Akatsuki’s future invasion.
• Minato Namikaze watched future Naruto suppress the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and recognized that Super Kage Level strength surpassed his own.
• Minato Namikaze grew anxious as he considered future crises, including the Nine-Tails Rampage and the Akatsuki leader’s attack on Konoha.

Minato Namikaze assessed the future threats revealed in Kitahara Kaede’s Diary, weighing how to manage the Uchiha and prepare Konoha for coming wars. He ended by recognizing that the Ōtsutsuki Clan, especially Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, was the danger Kitahara Kaede truly feared.

• Minato Namikaze concluded that Shimura Danzō had forced Uchiha Itachi into massacring the Uchiha Clan and resolved to treat Itachi and Uchiha Shisui as allies while watching Uchiha Fugaku and Second Pillar cautiously.
• Minato Namikaze considered the dangers of the Uchiha Clan gaining multiple Mangekyō Sharingan users, along with Uchiha Tobi and Hatake Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Minato Namikaze read that Uzumaki Naruto, Sakura, and Second Pillar would form a New Sannin, then assessed the Akatsuki as a formidable organization led by a Super Kage Level threat.
• Minato Namikaze concluded that the attacker who called himself Uchiha Madara was actually Uchiha Tobi, since the real Uchiha Madara was far more powerful.
• Minato Namikaze learned that Kitahara Kaede truly feared the Ōtsutsuki Clan and regarded Ōtsutsuki Isshiki as invincible under heaven.

Minato Namikaze resolved to learn Sage Mode before future threats arrived, while Kitahara Kaede returned to Konoha and concealed the truth about his mission. After the Third Hokage punished Danzo, Kitahara studied Minato’s Fuinjutsu notes and began preparing to seal the Dragon Vein Chakra within himself.

• Minato Namikaze realized he needed to learn Sage Mode at Mount Myoboku to face future enemies and worried about protecting Naruto’s birth.
• Kitahara Kaede reported that his team had escaped Kakuzu and other attackers, while concealing their journey into the past and the Dragon Vein’s restoration.
• The Third Hokage raised the mission to A-rank, then ordered Danzo’s funding frozen and Root disbanded and merged into the Anbu.
• Kitahara Kaede returned home, studied Minato’s sealing techniques, and focused on mastering the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style to become the Ryūmyaku Jinchuriki.

After preparing expensive sealing scrolls, Kitahara Kaede traveled to Rōran and released the Dragon Vein Chakra from its barrier. He calmed the dragon-shaped chakra with Sara’s sealing formula and prepared to seal it inside himself, leaving him on the verge of becoming its jinchuriki.

• Kitahara Kaede used his downtime to prepare Eight Trigrams Sealing Style scrolls and decided to collect the Dragon Vein Chakra before his vacation ended.
• Kitahara Kaede traveled from Konoha to Rōran using Flying Thunder God marks and recovered his chakra with a high-quality Soldier Pill.
• Kitahara Kaede used a Shadow Clone’s Wind Style: Rasenshuriken to destroy the weakened barrier left by Minato Namikaze.
• The Dragon Vein Chakra surged from underground and formed a powerful dragon-shaped chakra monster.
• Kitahara Kaede used Sara’s Dragon Vein sealing formula to calm the chakra and discovered that it had developed infant-like sentience.
• Kitahara Kaede chose to preserve the Dragon Vein Chakra’s intelligence and prepared to seal it inside himself with the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style.

Kitahara Kaede sealed the Ryūmyaku into himself, greatly increasing his strength and mastering Wind Style: Rasenshuriken without relying on the system. After he left the Rōran Ruins, Konan and Kakuzu arrived and discovered the Ryūmyaku was gone.

• Kitahara Kaede sealed the Ryūmyaku’s chakra into his body and tested its purple chakra cloak, which boosted his physical and ninjutsu power.
• Kitahara Kaede used a Chakra Arm to throw Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, destroying a building in the Rōran Ruins, and realized he could develop his abilities without relying on the system.
• Kitahara Kaede left the ruins with enough chakra to make him a genuine Kage Level powerhouse and renewed confidence in his ability to protect himself.
• Konan and Kakuzu arrived in search of the powerful chakra source, but found the Ryūmyaku gone and realized someone had taken it.
• Konan sensed traces of Wind Release chakra and suspected the Ryūmyaku had fallen into Sunagakure’s or Konoha’s hands, but found no trail to follow.

Kitahara Kaede welcomed Hatake Kakashi, who had come to ask him to lead Team 7 while he trained to break through. Kakashi also transferred a protection mission involving actress Fujikaze Yukie to Kaede, who recognized her as the exiled Kazahana Koyuki and questioned the danger of returning her to the Land of Snow.

• Kitahara Kaede was surprised to see Hatake Kakashi acting unusually focused and sharp when Kakashi visited his home.
• Hatake Kakashi said he planned to train in seclusion for a month and asked Kaede to lead Team 7 and take over a mission.
• Kakashi explained that his training followed the path of his father, Hatake Sakumo, and declined to take the one million ryo he offered Kaede.
• Kakashi described the B-rank mission to protect actress Fujikaze Yukie during a filming trip to the Land of Snow.
• Kitahara Kaede recognized Yukie as Kazahana Koyuki, daughter of the former Daimyo, and asked Kakashi whether returning to the Land of Snow would put her in danger.

Kitahara Kaede accepted a mission to protect Kazahana Koyuki in the Land of Snow and took over Kakashi Squad’s training while Hatake Kakashi was unavailable. After assessing the team in a spar, he began preparing them for the mission, which was due to start in three days.

• Hatake Kakashi explained why Kitahara Kaede needed to protect Kazahana Koyuki and handed him the mission request for the Land of Snow.
• Kitahara Kaede gathered Hyuga Keiko, Soten Genryu, Uzumaki Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, telling them he would lead their training and missions for a month.
• Sasuke challenged Hyuga Keiko, and the two fought evenly until she used Rotation to send him flying.
• Kitahara Kaede ended the spar, assessed the group’s abilities, and assigned them individual training before treating them to grilled meat.
• Kitahara Kaede wrote in his diary that Hatake Kakashi’s swordsmanship might soon reach Kage Level and that borrowed power could not replace strength of one’s own.

Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, Jiraiya, and Sasuke reflected on Kitahara Kaede’s diary and the recent spar, while Minato Namikaze weighed the coming war and his path to becoming Hokage. The chapter left Minato calculating the support he would need to keep Shimura Danzō from gaining power in Konoha.

• Hatake Kakashi doubted that he could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, accepted that Obito might reclaim his eye, and reaffirmed that his Hatake Sword Style was his own strength.
• Uchiha Itachi and Jiraiya read the diary and were glad that Kakashi had found the right path.
• Sasuke replayed his draw with Hyuga Keiko, blamed his weak fundamentals, and questioned whether he could avenge the Uchiha Clan.
• Minato returned home exhausted from village meetings and suspected that rising tensions between the great nations would soon lead to the Third Shinobi World War.
• Minato considered the accomplishments and political support he would need to become Hokage and prevent Shimura Danzō from harming Konoha.