Chapter Summaries

Kitahara Kaede set out for the Land of Waves with Hyuga Keiko and Soten Genryu, secretly following Kakashi Squad to protect Uzumaki Naruto while letting him and Second Pillar face the battles meant to help them grow. After spotting the Demon Brothers preparing to ambush Kakashi Squad, Kitahara Kaede recognized them and warned that Zabuza might appear next.

• Kitahara Kaede mastered a genjutsu-based application of the Body Flicker Technique and set out with Hyuga Keiko and Soten Genryu.
• At Konoha's gate, Kitahara Kaede saw Kakashi Squad depart for the Land of Waves with Tazuna and chose to follow them from a distance.
• Hyuga Keiko spotted two Rogue Ninja watching Kakashi Squad and identified them as ordinary Chunin.
• Kitahara Kaede recognized the Rogue Ninja as the Demon Brothers and explained their connection to Zabuza and the failed Kirigakure coup.
• Kitahara Kaede told Hyuga Keiko and Soten Genryu not to intervene, saying Hatake Kakashi could handle the Demon Brothers and that their mission was to protect Uzumaki Naruto.

Kitahara Kaede revealed that Uzumaki Naruto was the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki, then the Demon Brothers ambushed Kakashi Squad on the road to Tazuna. Naruto and Second Pillar counterattacked, showing how much Naruto’s combat skills had improved through Kaede’s training.

• Kitahara Kaede explained to Hyuga Keiko and Soten Genryu that the Fourth Hokage had sealed the Nine-Tails inside Naruto, making him a Jinchuriki.
• Hyuga Keiko spotted the Demon Brothers disguised as puddles, while Kakashi Squad passed them without raising the alarm.
• The Demon Brothers attacked Kakashi Squad, apparently grinding Hatake Kakashi to pieces before Meito went after Naruto.
• Second Pillar pinned down the attackers’ chain with shuriken and forced the Demon Brothers to split their attacks between Naruto and Tazuna.
• Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar fought back; Second Pillar burned Meito with Fire Style, while Naruto overwhelmed Goto with shadow clones and Wind Release ninjutsu.

Uzumaki Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura fought off the Demon Brothers while Kitahara Kaede and his team observed, and Hatake Kakashi revealed he had been testing them. As Kakashi Squad continued toward the Land of Waves, Jiraiya read the Diary and realized it showed a genuine glimpse of a future in which Orochimaru planned to attack Konoha.

• Uzumaki Naruto used his enormous chakra reserves to create many Shadow Clones and overwhelm the Demon Brothers with ninjutsu, while Sasuke and Sakura also responded well.
• Hatake Kakashi reappeared unharmed and explained that he had watched the team’s reactions, then questioned Tazuna about why ninja had attacked during a C-Rank Mission.
• Kitahara Kaede told Soten Genryu and Hyuga Keiko to leave the decision about reporting the mission to Hatake Kakashi, and the two teams continued traveling toward the Land of Waves.
• That night, Kitahara Kaede opened the Diary at an inn while Jiraiya read his copy at a Hot Spring Hotel in the Land of Fire.
• Jiraiya recognized Orochimaru’s presence in the Diary’s future video and concluded it was real, then grew furious at Orochimaru’s plan to carry out the Konoha Collapse Plan.

Jiraiya read revelations about Naruto, the Uchiha massacre, and the threat to Konoha, then decided he had to return and consider bringing Tsunade with him. A new Diary entry joked about future versions of Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, Jiraiya, and Boruto, leaving Jiraiya and Itachi puzzled by its references.

• Jiraiya read that Naruto was the prophesied Savior and suspected Itachi had acted as a weapon for Konoha's leaders in the Uchiha massacre.
• Jiraiya recognized the Rinnegan-wielding attacker as Yahiko and worried about the threats facing Konoha, including the masked Uchiha Madara.
• Jiraiya decided to return to Konoha to stop Orochimaru's Konoha Crush Plan and considered bringing Tsunade back.
• The Diary updated with jokes about Naruto and Second Pillar as protagonists and a future Super Villain named Otsutsuki Boruto.
• Jiraiya and Itachi tried to interpret the Diary's descriptions, while Itachi connected Healthy Itachi to his own poor health and wondered why Boruto had the Otsutsuki surname.

The diary compared the power of Naruto and Sasuke’s generation with Boruto and Sarada’s, prompting Kakashi, Itachi, and Sasuke to wonder about the future and the meaning of the ranks and abilities it described. It then revealed Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal and endless reincarnation, leading Jiraiya to reconsider how far his former teammate’s search for immortality had progressed.

• Itachi recorded the diary’s confusing labels, while Kakashi and Sasuke struggled to understand Kitahara Kaede’s jokes and descriptions of future characters.
• Kakashi read that Boruto began at Super Kage Level and Sarada could create an Artificial Black Hole, and reflected on how Naruto and Sasuke’s progress compared with theirs.
• Itachi questioned whether the masked Akatsuki member was truly Uchiha Madara and smiled at the account of Sarada, while Sasuke wondered how his daughter could awaken a Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Kitahara Kaede described Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal as a means of repeated reincarnation and compared his research talent with Tobirama Senju’s.
• Jiraiya recalled how Nawaki’s death changed the Sannin and realized Orochimaru might have found a way to pursue immortality through new bodies.

Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke, and Kakashi reacted to the revelation that Orochimaru planned to take Sasuke’s body, while Itachi speculated about the Otsutsuki Clan and its Karma. A new video showed Sasuke confronting Orochimaru after secretly learning from him, leaving them face to face in Orochimaru’s room.

• Uchiha Itachi concluded that Orochimaru wanted Sasuke’s body and wrote down his suspicion that the Ōtsutsuki were a godlike clan capable of reincarnation through Karma.
• Uchiha Sasuke realized Orochimaru had coveted his body, while Hatake Kakashi worried he lacked the strength to protect his student.
• Hatake Kakashi opened a new video showing White-Clad Sasuke training and recalling Uchiha Itachi’s shuriken techniques.
• Sasuke used Chidori Stream to destroy his surroundings and cut down an illusion of Itachi before opening a door.
• Orochimaru, weakened by illness and anticipating reincarnation into Sasuke, blocked a lightning-chakra blade and recognized Sasuke as his attacker.
• Sasuke entered Orochimaru’s room, revealing that he had anticipated Orochimaru’s plan and endured his training to learn his skills.

Uchiha Sasuke confronted Orochimaru, exposed why Orochimaru had targeted him, and fought back against his attempt to take Sasuke’s body. The chapter ended with Orochimaru beginning the Reincarnation ritual inside his body, while Sasuke stood in the strange inner space.

• Jiraiya and Hatake Kakashi watched the Diary show Sasuke’s lingering conscience and considered him capable of being saved.
• Sasuke accused Orochimaru of exploiting him for his Sharingan and attacked after condemning Orochimaru’s experiments and treatment of people.
• Orochimaru transformed into a white-scaled great snake and tried to take Sasuke’s body, but Sasuke’s Cursed Seal State 2 overwhelmed his snakes.
• The Diary replayed Orochimaru’s failed attempt to take Uchiha Itachi’s body, which Itachi stopped with Genjutsu before severing Orochimaru’s arm.
• Orochimaru’s anesthetic took effect after Sasuke left Cursed Seal State 2, and Orochimaru began the Reincarnation ritual in his body’s Alternate Space.

Second Pillar showed Kabuto how he had turned Orochimaru’s Reincarnation ritual against him, while Uchiha Itachi suspected Orochimaru might still be alive inside the Alternate Space. In the Land of Waves, Zabuza and Aoi Rokushō prepared to target Tazuna, as Kitahara Kaede’s squad followed Kakashi Squad and detected a powerful chakra source ahead.

• Second Pillar showed Kabuto memories of devouring Orochimaru during the Reincarnation ritual and said he had taken everything from him.
• Uchiha Itachi reasoned that Orochimaru might be suppressed rather than dead and burned his notes after resolving to find a way to protect Sasuke.
• Zabuza dismissed Aoi Rokushō’s status and agreed to let him join the mission, while Aoi planned to kill Hatake Kakashi with Raijin’s Blade.
• Kitahara Kaede’s squad followed Kakashi Squad into the Land of Waves, where Hyuga Keiko detected a powerful chakra source lurking ahead.

Kitahara Kaede and Kakashi’s team faced Zabuza, Haku, and the unexpected rogue ninja Aoi Rokushō, whose appearance disrupted the battle Kaede expected. Kaede assigned the fighters to their opponents and prepared to support them, while eyeing Aoi’s bounty as a source of money.

• Keiko warned Kaede that two additional enemies were present as the group hurried after Kakashi’s team.
• Zabuza confronted Kakashi and ordered Haku and Aoi Rokushō to attack the others, revealing that Aoi had joined him as an Amegakure Jonin.
• Aoi challenged Kakashi and claimed he was now his equal, while Sasuke activated his Sharingan and prepared to fight.
• Kakashi called for Kaede’s help, and Kaede arrived, surprised that Aoi had appeared alongside Haku and Zabuza.
• Kaede assigned Kakashi to fight Zabuza, Keiko and Genryu to capture Aoi, Sasuke and Naruto to face the remaining enemy, and Sakura to protect Tazuna; he planned to hold the line and collect Aoi’s bounty.

Kitahara Kaede watched his teammates battle Aoi Rokushō while Naruto and Second Pillar faced Haku’s Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals. The fights left Kaede reflecting on his growing influence over events as Second Pillar showed an early Sharingan, while Naruto and Second Pillar were both badly wounded.

• Aoi Rokushō charged Kitahara Kaede with Raijin’s Blade, but Soten Genryu and Hyuga Keiko intercepted him, and Keiko used the Gentle Fist while Kaede copied its techniques with his Sharingan.
• Aoi’s enhanced strength overwhelmed Soten Genryu and Hyuga Keiko as Naruto created dozens of Shadow Clones and Second Pillar prepared to fight alongside him.
• Haku trapped Naruto and Second Pillar inside Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals and attacked them with a barrage of senbon.
• Second Pillar used his newly awakened One-Tomoe Sharingan to track Haku and deflect some senbon, but he was cut, while Naruto’s clones vanished and his body was pierced.
• Kaede watched the battles and realized that his influence had altered events, while Aoi continued to overpower Soten Genryu and Hyuga Keiko.

Kitahara Kaede used his Sharingan, genjutsu, and speed to turn the tide against Aoi Rokushō and Haku. With Aoi bound and Haku defeated, Kaede left the battle in his team’s favor.

• Kitahara Kaede disrupted Haku’s attacks on Second Pillar and Uzumaki Naruto while keeping Aoi Rokushō occupied with precise projectiles.
• Kitahara Kaede trapped Aoi Rokushō with Genjutsu: Tree Bind Death, and Hyuga Keiko struck him with Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms before Soten Genryu tied him up.
• Kitahara Kaede joined the fight inside the Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals and challenged Haku’s speed with the Phantom Body Flicker Technique.
• Kitahara Kaede outsped Haku and kicked him out of the ice mirrors, knocking off his mask.
• Kitahara Kaede trapped Haku in Genjutsu: Tree Bind Death as he prepared to use Thousand Flying Water Needles, and Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar realized Haku was male.

Kitahara Kaede killed Haku and reached the battlefield where Hatake Kakashi defeated Zabuza using the Hatake Clan’s blade technique and a Water Release attack. Kakashi collapsed from chakra exhaustion, and Kaede took charge of the team as they prepared to return to the village.

• Kitahara Kaede used Genjutsu to immobilize Haku and killed him with a shuriken.
• Kitahara Kaede arrived in time to watch Hatake Kakashi fight Zabuza with the Hatake Clan’s short-blade technique.
• Zabuza used the Hidden Mist Technique, but Hatake Kakashi countered with Water Release: Dai Bakusui Shō and cut Zabuza’s neck with his blade.
• Kitahara Kaede told Hatake Kakashi that he had killed Zabuza’s Mist Rogue Ninja and captured Aoi Rokushō.
• Hatake Kakashi collapsed after exhausting his chakra, and Kitahara Kaede caught him and explained his condition to Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar.

Second Pillar reconsidered leaving Konoha, deciding he needed the village’s strength to avenge his clan and beginning to see Kitahara Kaede as a future teammate. Kitahara Kaede organized the group’s return and, in his diary, revealed that Hatake Kakashi’s Sharingan was a Mangekyō, leaving Second Pillar stunned.

• Second Pillar concluded that he could not defeat Uchiha Itachi alone and decided to seek revenge with Konoha’s support rather than leave the village.
• Kitahara Kaede ordered Keiko and Genryu to take Aoi Rokushō and his Raijin's Blade back to Konoha, while he temporarily took command of Kakashi Squad.
• Kitahara Kaede arranged for Sasuke and Naruto to carry the unconscious Kakashi and for the group to stay at Tazuna’s home until the Great Bridge was completed.
• That night, Kitahara Kaede wrote that Kakashi’s Sharingan had evolved into a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Second Pillar read the diary entry and struggled to believe that Kakashi possessed a Mangekyō.

Second Pillar and Uchiha Itachi considered Kitahara Kaede’s claims about the Mangekyō Sharingan, Fire Style, and their future battle, while Jiraiya learned that Hatake Kakashi might unknowingly possess a Mangekyō Sharingan. The chapter left Jiraiya reflecting on Hatake Sakumo’s reputation as he tried to understand how Kakashi’s Sharingan had developed.

• Second Pillar recalled unknowingly awakening his One-Tomoe Sharingan and wondered whether Hatake Kakashi had also awakened his Mangekyō without realizing it.
• Second Pillar rejected following Uchiha Itachi’s path to power, then became furious at Kitahara Kaede’s claim that Itachi had held back against him.
• Uchiha Itachi considered his plans for a final battle with Second Pillar and questioned Kitahara Kaede’s claims about Amaterasu, Fire Style, and Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Jiraiya read the diary updates in a forest near the Land of Fire and wondered whether Obito Uchiha’s Sharingan or Kakashi’s talent had led to Kakashi’s Mangekyō.
• Jiraiya recalled negotiating with the Uchiha Clan so Hatake Kakashi could keep Obito’s Sharingan and reflected on Hatake Sakumo’s standing in Konoha.

Jiraiya learned more about the Mangekyō Sharingan, including the secret abilities of several Uchiha, while the revelations exposed painful truths about the Uchiha Clan Massacre to Itachi and Sasuke. The chapter left Jiraiya wary of Shimura Danzō and his stolen Kotoamatsukami eye.

• Jiraiya read that Obito Uchiha's Kamui combined offense and defense, and learned about the Mangekyō abilities associated with Uchiha Itachi, Second Pillar, and Uchiha Fugaku.
• Jiraiya realized that Uchiha Fugaku may have possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan and questioned how Itachi could have defeated him during the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
• Uchiha Itachi wept as he recalled his parents and Uchiha Izumi, while Second Pillar grieved over his lost family and wondered whether he could awaken other Mangekyō abilities.
• Kitahara Kaede's Diary revealed that Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami could alter a person's will and that Shimura Danzō possessed one of Shisui's eyes.
• Jiraiya resolved to be wary of Shimura Danzō, suspecting that Danzō might use Kotoamatsukami on Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Kitahara Kaede worried that he might be trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, then set aside his fears and drew the Bird Clone Technique. He sent a Shadow Clone to find Gato and deal with him.

• Jiraiya wondered how powerful Uchiha Madara's Susanoo had been, while Uchiha Itachi considered the origins of Indra and Asura and the future use of Shisui's Kotoamatsukami.
• Kitahara Kaede feared that his life might be a dream inside the Infinite Tsukuyomi, with his real body hanging from the Divine Tree during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Jiraiya, Uchiha Itachi, and Sasuke reflected on Kitahara Kaede's fears and on how events had diverged from the expected timeline.
• After the Diary stopped updating, Kitahara Kaede put aside his worst-case theory and drew the Bird Clone Technique, a crow-based technique that used less chakra than Shadow Clones.
• Kitahara Kaede created a Shadow Clone and ordered it to find Gato and deal with him.

While Kakashi remained unconscious, Kitahara Kaede took command of Kakashi Squad and began training its members, teaching Sakura genjutsu and Sasuke new techniques. He then started teaching Naruto the Rasengan, leaving Naruto eager to learn it and show off in front of Sasuke.

• Kitahara Kaede took over as Kakashi Squad's temporary captain and assigned Naruto to protect Tazuna while he trained Sakura and Sasuke.
• After confirming Sakura and Sasuke had learned Tree Climbing Practice and Water Surface Walking Practice, Kitahara Kaede taught Sakura the Hell Viewing Technique and Sasuke the Bird Clone Technique and Leaf Hurricane.
• Sasuke thanked Kitahara Kaede and asked for taijutsu training to help him overcome the gap between his perception and speed.
• When Naruto returned from the Great Bridge, Kitahara Kaede demonstrated the Rasengan and began teaching him how to train in it.
• Naruto eagerly accepted the lesson, hoping to use the Rasengan to show off in front of Sasuke.

After waking from his coma, Hatake Kakashi thanked Kitahara Kaede for training Team 7 and discovered in the Diary that his Sharingan was the Mangekyō called Kamui. He resolved to learn how to awaken it and use its power to protect Konoha from future threats.

• Hatake Kakashi woke after three days and thanked Kitahara Kaede for teaching Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura ninjutsu.
• Kitahara Kaede explained that the trio were excellent, while privately judging that only fighters at Six Paths Level could matter in future battles.
• After resting, Hatake Kakashi read the Diary and learned that his Sharingan was supposedly the Mangekyō called Kamui.
• Hatake Kakashi considered how he might activate Kamui and reach Kage Level, alongside pursuing the Hatake Kenjutsu his father had left him.
• Hatake Kakashi vowed to use Obito's Sharingan to protect Konoha and was shocked by the Uchiha family's many Mangekyō users.

Hatake Kakashi read Kitahara Kaede’s diary and learned that his future self would master Kamui and grow strong enough to use it repeatedly. The revelations left Kakashi wondering how to awaken and control his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Hatake Kakashi read information about the Uchiha Clan’s Mangekyō Sharingan and worried that his world might be part of Kitahara Kaede’s dream.
• Kitahara Kaede’s diary mocked Kakashi’s Chakra reserves, called him “Hatake the 50/50,” and noted that Kaede had six Ichi-kari of Chakra.
• Hatake Kakashi grew irritated at the teasing and envied Kitahara Kaede’s Chakra reserves, while Uchiha Itachi and Second Pillar analyzed the diary’s claims.
• Kitahara Kaede’s diary said Kakashi would later control Kamui, use Chidori and Kamui repeatedly, and undergo a physical transformation to adapt to the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hatake Kakashi recorded his deduction that his future self had found a way to awaken and control Kamui, and wondered whether his body could evolve despite his transplanted Sharingan.

Kitahara Kaede’s Shadow Clone returned from controlling Gato and brought him thirty million ryo, leaving Kaede with a new source of wealth and plans to maintain the arrangement. Meanwhile, Kakashi, Itachi, and Jiraiya reflected on Kaede’s claims about chakra, Dojutsu, and the Shinobi world.

• Hatake Kakashi realized that his body had gained far more chakra than he had noticed, while he wondered what Kaede meant by his late-game Cheats being taken away.
• Uchiha Itachi considered whether Kitahara Kaede believed Dojutsu Kekkei Genkai stood above other Kekkei Genkai.
• Jiraiya questioned whether Kekkei Genkai determined a ninja’s strength and held Minato Namikaze up as his ideal ninja.
• Kitahara Kaede’s Shadow Clone reported that it had controlled Gato, taken thirty million ryo in liquid assets, and left a Flying Thunder God mark on him.
• Kitahara Kaede accepted the money and planned to replace the clone every two months while keeping a Flying Thunder God Kunai available for contact.