Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Yamato returned from the past with no memory of meeting Minato, leaving Jiraiya, Kakashi, Itachi, and Sasuke reflecting on the Fourth Hokage and Naruto’s lost parents. Kitahara Kaede drew the training essentials for the first four Inner Gates, opened the Gate of Opening in a remote forest, and found that his enhanced body could withstand it with little strain.

• Naruto and Yamato were swept back to their own era by the Ryūmyaku, and Sakura and Sai found them collapsed with no memory of their trip to the past.
• Jiraiya concluded that Minato had realized Naruto was his son, while Itachi, Kakashi, and Sasuke each reacted to the video and recalled their own losses.
• Kitahara Kaede drew the Eight Inner Gates Training Essentials (Part One), gaining instructions for the first four Gates.
• Kitahara Kaede teleported to a remote forest and opened the Gate of Opening, increasing his chakra reserves by thirty percent.
• Kitahara Kaede found that his Uzumaki and Uchiha-enhanced body suffered almost no strain and could keep the first Gate open for a long time.

Kitahara Kaede tested the first four gates of the Eight Inner Gates, then decided to keep the Gate of Opening active as routine training. After using Shadow Clones to practice controlling its chakra fluctuations, he went to inspect the Ancient City of Rōran despite the exhaustion that hit him the next morning.

• Kitahara Kaede opened the first four gates and tested the resulting chakra surge, speed, and strength before letting his injured body recover naturally.
• Kitahara Kaede concluded that the first three gates could be used for regular training and that improving his activation speed would make the technique more practical in battle.
• Kitahara Kaede opened the Gate of Opening and made Shadow Clones practice minimizing its chakra fluctuations while he returned home to sleep.
• The next morning, Kitahara Kaede nearly fainted from the fatigue caused by his Shadow Clones disappearing, but he left to inspect the ruins of the Ancient City of Rōran.

Kitahara Kaede and his teammates traveled toward the Rōran Ruins and encountered Tsunade fleeing gambling-house debt collectors in a Land of Fire town. After driving off the collectors, Kaede learned that Tsunade was avoiding her debts and reflected on the trauma behind her behavior, then prepared to write in his Diary.

• Kitahara Kaede set out with Hyuga Keiko and Soten Genryu for the Rōran Ruins after a restless night of training.
• The three stopped in a town for the night and saw Tsunade rush past them while fleeing debt collectors.
• The debt collectors demanded that the Konoha ninja repay Tsunade's gambling debts, but Kaede and Soten Genryu frightened them into fleeing.
• Hyuga Keiko identified the fugitive as Tsunade, and Kaede explained that she was trying to escape painful memories.
• After dinner, Kaede returned to his room and opened his Diary to record the day's events.

Tsunade read Kitahara Kaede’s mysterious diary and learned about Konoha’s secrets, future events, and the danger surrounding him. She resolved to investigate Indra and Asura and condemned Sarutobi Hiruzen for allowing Danzo to harm Konoha’s people.

• Rogue Ninja gathered outside town to collect the bounty on Kitahara Kaede, dismissing the warning that he might be Jonin level.
• Tsunade read the diary that had appeared before her and realized Kitahara Kaede knew classified information about Naruto and Orochimaru.
• Tsunade watched the diary’s clips of Itachi using Mangekyō Sharingan and noted its predictions about Naruto and Second Pillar becoming future powers.
• Tsunade decided to investigate the meanings of Indra and Asura in the Senju Clan records.
• Tsunade read that Danzo targeted Kitahara Kaede and later died at Second Pillar’s hands, deepening her anger toward Danzo and concern about Konoha.
• Tsunade blamed Sarutobi Hiruzen for indulging Danzo and driving talented younger people away from Konoha.

Tsunade read Kitahara Kaede's account of Danzo's crimes, the Uchiha Clan's destruction, and the deaths of Orochimaru and the Third Hokage. She concluded that Danzo had ruined the Uchiha Clan's last chance at peace and suspected Uchiha Itachi had acted under orders from Konoha's leaders.

• Tsunade became furious when she learned Danzo had taken Uchiha Sharingan and implanted Senju Hashirama's cells into his arm, and she celebrated Second Pillar killing him.
• Tsunade reflected on Karin Uzumaki and the scattered Uzumaki Clan, then recognized Uzumaki Boruto and Uchiha Sarada as descendants described as future Saviors.
• Tsunade saw Orochimaru's Konoha Collapse Plan and the Third Hokage's final battle, and her resentment toward the Old Man softened as she acknowledged his devotion to Konoha.
• Tsunade learned that Danzo had taken Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami eye and that Shisui had died after entrusting his other eye to Uchiha Itachi.
• Tsunade reconsidered the Uchiha Clan's planned rebellion and suspected Danzo had stopped Shisui from changing Uchiha Fugaku's mind, while Uchiha Itachi had likely slaughtered the clan under orders from Konoha's leaders.

Tsunade watched Kitahara Kaede’s account of powerful shinobi and future threats, then realized the diary identified her as the Fifth Hokage. After it updated with an insulting description of her gambling, she worked out that Kitahara Kaede was likely the black-haired Chunin she had met that day.

• Tsunade considered the diary’s claims about Mangekyō Sharingan users, the Akatsuki, Kara, and the Ōtsutsuki, and worried about Konoha’s future.
• Tsunade saw that she would become the Fifth Hokage and suspected Jiraiya had arranged for her to take the position.
• Tsunade thought of her dead lover Dan and considered using the Ryūmyaku to return to the past, but stopped herself from pursuing the dangerous idea.
• Kitahara Kaede’s diary updated with a passage mocking Tsunade’s gambling debts and calling the Sannin lust, gambling, and poison.
• Tsunade recognized that Kitahara Kaede was probably the black-haired Chunin among the three young shinobi she had encountered.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Itachi, and Sasuke read Kitahara Kaede’s diary as it described Tsunade’s grief, the Sannin’s altered fates, and Naruto’s gift for persuading others. The chapter leaves them reflecting on lost possibilities for Konoha and the Sannin, while Kaede’s diary turns to the Battle of the Sannin and the later New Sannin.

• Tsunade questioned whether destiny had determined Dan and Nawaki’s deaths, while Jiraiya found Kaede’s meeting with her and his jokes about the Sannin amusing.
• Kakashi and Itachi recognized the accuracy of Kaede’s description of the Sannin as defined by lust, gambling, and drugs, while Sasuke wondered about Hashirama’s gambling.
• Kaede’s diary said Naruto could help Tsunade overcome her grief and Hemophobia, and that Nawaki’s death had pushed the Sannin onto different paths.
• Tsunade rejected the idea that Naruto could heal her or that becoming Hokage mattered to her, while Jiraiya and Itachi considered how Nawaki’s death shaped their lives and Konoha’s future.
• Sasuke denied caring about becoming Hokage, and Kaede’s diary compared the imperfect Battle of the Sannin with the later gathering of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura during the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Itachi, and Second Pillar reacted to the diary’s prediction that Sakura would become one of Konoha’s New Sannin. A video showed Orochimaru seeking Tsunade’s help to heal his ruined hands, and Tsunade confronted him after learning he had killed the Third Hokage.

• Tsunade realized the diary’s Battle of the Sannin referred to Orochimaru’s crippled hands and suspected Jiraiya had been drugged while seeking treatment.
• Tsunade grew angry that Sakura’s predicted strength seemed to place her below Naruto and Second Pillar, and resolved to prove she could teach a worthy disciple.
• Jiraiya concluded Orochimaru would seek Tsunade’s medical help and worried Orochimaru might use Nawaki and Dan, revived through Impure World Reincarnation, to persuade her.
• Kakashi felt proud that his former team could become the New Sannin, Itachi felt relieved about Sasuke’s future, and Second Pillar questioned how Sakura could reach that level.
• In the video, Orochimaru asked Tsunade to heal his ruined hands, admitted that he had received them while killing the Third Hokage, and provoked her by mocking the deaths of her loved ones.
• Tsunade stopped Shizune from attacking, smashed a wall with one punch, and threatened to kill Orochimaru if he toyed with her.

Tsunade struggled between Orochimaru’s offer to revive Dan and Nawaki and the prospect of helping him destroy Konoha, while her fear of blood revealed a weakness he could exploit. Jiraiya asked her to become the Fifth Hokage, but she refused and condemned the sacrifices made for the village.

• Orochimaru offered to revive Tsunade’s younger brother and lover if she healed his hands, then admitted he planned to destroy Konoha.
• Orochimaru used a drop of his blood to trigger Tsunade’s hemophobia and left with Kabuto after exposing her weakness.
• Jiraiya and Uzumaki Naruto found Tsunade at a tavern and asked her to become the Fifth Hokage.
• Tsunade refused Jiraiya’s request as she weighed Orochimaru’s offer against the destruction of Konoha.
• Tsunade dismissed the Hokage position and said her grandfather and the Second Hokage had died for the village without fulfilling their dream of peace.

Tsunade reflected on Naruto’s dream and the losses that had hardened her, then refused to heal Orochimaru after realizing she could not betray the village. The footage ended with Tsunade explaining that Naruto’s dream reminded her of Dan and Nawaki and stopped her from reviving them.

• Tsunade watched Naruto challenge her and declare that becoming Hokage was his dream, which recalled Dan and Nawaki’s similar ambitions.
• Tsunade considered whether Naruto’s persuasion came from the power associated with Asura and wondered about the connection between Asura and Indra across generations.
• Second Pillar realized the future had changed because of Kitahara Kaede and considered that he could become stronger than he had been originally destined to be.
• Tsunade drugged Jiraiya and met Orochimaru alone, agreeing to heal his hands in exchange for his promise not to attack the village.
• Kabuto interrupted Tsunade’s treatment, and Orochimaru accused Tsunade of betraying their agreement after Kabuto detected killing intent in her chakra.
• Tsunade admitted that she had wanted to see Dan and Nawaki again but refused to revive them because Naruto had reminded her of their dreams.

Tsunade fought Orochimaru and Kabuto, but Kabuto exploited her weakened condition and hemophobia before Jiraiya and Naruto arrived. The confrontation escalated into a summoning contest, which ended with Orochimaru calling forth giant snakes while Jiraiya summoned a tiny toad.

• Tsunade remembered Dan, Nawaki, and Naruto’s dream, then attacked Orochimaru and Kabuto with her monstrous strength.
• Kabuto severed Tsunade’s muscles and injured her, but she disrupted his nerve control with a hand blade and struck him again.
• Jiraiya, Uzumaki Naruto, and Shizune arrived, and Kabuto revealed that he was an Otogakure spy before overpowering Naruto’s shadow clones.
• Kabuto triggered Tsunade’s hemophobia by injuring himself, then helped Orochimaru perform a Summoning Jutsu as Jiraiya summoned a tiny toad.

As the scene showed Tsunade and Jiraiya fighting Orochimaru and Kabuto, Naruto endured Kabuto’s attacks and defeated him with the Rasengan, then survived a near-fatal wound. Tsunade overcame her Hemophobia, vowed to protect Naruto as Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, and revealed her Creation Rebirth technique, whose rapid healing consumed her lifespan.

• Orochimaru and Kabuto overwhelmed Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the others, while Kabuto mocked Naruto and beat him down.
• Naruto repeatedly rose to protect Tsunade and struck Kabuto with the Rasengan, impressing Jiraiya with his perseverance and rapid progress.
• Kabuto injured Naruto near the heart, but Tsunade treated him and he survived.
• Orochimaru tried to kill Naruto, and Tsunade blocked him, overcame her Hemophobia, and declared that she would protect the child who would become Hokage.
• Tsunade released the Yin Seal and used Creation Rebirth to regenerate her injuries, while Shizune explained that the technique shortened Tsunade’s lifespan.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru summoned their great beasts and began a fierce battle, while Second Pillar struggled with his mixed feelings about Konoha’s leaders. The chapter ended with Tsunade driving Gamabunta’s enormous blade through Manda and pinning the snake to the ground.

• Second Pillar reflected on how Konoha’s leaders included both Danzo, who had harmed the Uchiha Clan, and Hokage who had risked their lives for the village.
• Tsunade recovered and prepared to end the fight, prompting Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade to summon Manda, Gamabunta, and Katsuyu.
• Manda demanded sacrifices from Orochimaru and threatened Kabuto, while a comment from Kitahara Kaede hinted that Manda would later fall into Sasuke’s hands.
• Katsuyu attacked Manda, who coiled around her, and Gamabunta joined the clash until Katsuyu split apart and escaped.
• Jiraiya and Gamabunta used Fire Style: Toad Oil Flame Bullet to burn Manda, but Manda shed its skin and burst from the ground to attack Gamabunta.
• Tsunade seized Gamabunta’s enormous blade and drove it through Manda, pinning the snake to the ground.

The displayed Battle of the Sannin ended with Tsunade and Jiraiya too injured to pursue Orochimaru, who escaped with Kabuto after revealing his body-transfer method. A new video then showed Sasuke returning to protect Konoha and declaring that he wanted to become Hokage, leaving his former comrades stunned and angry.

• Tsunade and Orochimaru fought with taijutsu until both were badly injured, while Manda disappeared after being wounded.
• Orochimaru revealed another face beneath his skin, declared himself immortal, and escaped with Kabuto before Tsunade and Jiraiya could pursue them.
• A new video titled “New Sannin, Assemble!” showed a three-years-older Sasuke reuniting with Sakura and Naruto.
• Sasuke told Naruto that he had decided to protect Konoha and wanted to become Hokage.
• Kiba, Shikamaru, and Shino challenged Sasuke’s return, but he said he would become Hokage and change the village.

Second Pillar began to consider becoming Hokage and changing the village after seeing his future self, before the vision revealed the Ten-Tails and the threat posed by the Fourth Shinobi World War. The chapter left the onlookers understanding why Kitahara Kaede feared that future and why the world needed its two Saviors.

• Second Pillar wondered whether he could become Hokage and remake the village after seeing his future self aspire to the role.
• Uzumaki Naruto, Sakura, and Second Pillar reunited as Team 7, and Second Pillar felt relieved that the team was complete again.
• The Ten-Tails appeared and gathered chakra for a Tailed Beast Bomb, frightening Second Pillar, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the others with its world-destroying power.
• Second Tobirama Senju, Senju Hashirama, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Minato Namikaze used the Four Red Yang Formation to stop the blast and launch it into the sky.
• Uchiha Itachi realized the shinobi from different villages had joined together, while Tsunade and Jiraiya suspected Orochimaru had revived the former Hokage with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Jiraiya and Hatake Kakashi understood why Kitahara Kaede feared the future and why even Kage Level fighters could not feel safe against the Ten-Tails.

The image showed Sakura, Naruto, and Second Pillar fighting the Ten-Tails’ forces, revealing Sakura’s Kage-level strength and Naruto’s advanced Rasenshuriken. Watching the future battle changed how Tsunade, Kakashi, and Second Pillar viewed Sakura and renewed Tsunade’s resolve to protect the dreams of Nawaki, Dan, and Naruto.

• Senju Hashirama opened the Four Red Yang Formation so the fighters could charge inside, where Mini Ten-Tails emerged to block them.
• Sakura smashed a Mini Ten-Tails with her Strength of a Hundred Technique, stunning Naruto and the observers with her power.
• Tsunade recognized Sakura as her successor, decided to look into her, and renewed her resolve to protect Nawaki’s, Dan’s, and Naruto’s dreams.
• Second Pillar reconsidered Sakura as a valuable teammate after seeing her Kage-level strength, while Kakashi realized her talents suited medical ninjutsu and taijutsu.
• Naruto and Second Pillar attacked the Humanoid Ten-Tails Clones with Rasenshuriken and Kagutsuchi, and Jiraiya recognized Naruto’s Rasenshuriken as a clever evolution of the Rasengan.

Sakura reflected on how she had trained under Tsunade to stop relying on Naruto and Sasuke, then joined them in summoning giant beasts for battle. As the trio advanced toward their enormous enemy, Sasuke revealed a new Mangekyō Sharingan, and Itachi realized his brother had awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Sakura recalled how she had followed Tsunade's training for three years so she could fight beside Naruto and Sasuke instead of hiding behind them.
• Kakashi recognized Sakura's rise to Kage Level as the achievement of an exceptionally gifted ninja, while Sasuke reconsidered how he viewed her.
• Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura used Summoning Jutsu, calling Aoda, Gamakichi, and their own giant beast to recreate the Sannin's Three-Way Deadlock.
• Gamakichi explained that he had come because Gamabunta was busy, and Naruto directed him toward the gigantic enemy in the distance.
• Sasuke revealed a new Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered Aoda to charge, while Kakashi wondered whether its pattern had changed or evolved.
• Itachi recognized the pattern in Sasuke's eyes as the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and trembled with excitement.

Uchiha Itachi celebrated Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and wondered who belonged to the Four Madmen of the Uchiha. As the future scene showed the Allied Shinobi Forces attacking the Ten-Tails, Jiraiya concluded that Uzumaki Naruto was the Child of Prophecy he had sought.

• Uchiha Itachi realized Kitahara Kaede might have been mocking him by calling him one of the Four Madmen of the Uchiha, then wondered who the other three were.
• Sakura summoned Katsuyu and ordered her to attach herself to the Allied Shinobi Forces and heal the ninja, confirming to the onlookers that the Five Great Ninja Villages had united against the Ten-Tails.
• Tsunade praised Sakura’s talent and decided she should find an heir to inherit her legacy.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the allied ninja to advance, and Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar charged toward the Ten-Tails with Gamakichi and Aoda.
• Uzumaki Naruto formed a massive Wind Style: Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken, leaving Jiraiya amazed by his strength.
• Jiraiya remembered his failed hopes in Nagato and Minato Namikaze and decided he had finally found the Child of Prophecy in Uzumaki Naruto.

The diary footage showed Naruto and Sasuke combining a giant Rasenshuriken with Amaterasu to wound the Ten-Tails, then ended without revealing more of the future war. Tsunade discovered her hemophobia had lifted and resolved to regain her strength and protect Konoha, while Jiraiya and Kakashi worried that their absence from the future battle meant they might have died.

• Naruto and Sasuke combined a Wind Style: Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken with Scorch Release: Susanoo Kagutsuchi, making the Ten-Tails suffer before the footage ended.
• Tsunade recalled how Orochimaru and Kabuto had nearly killed her, then cut her palm and found that she could face the sight of blood without panic.
• Tsunade concluded that her hemophobia might be cured and resolved to restore her strength before Orochimaru's invasion of Konoha.
• Jiraiya recognized the scale of the future war and feared that he and Tsunade were missing from the footage because they had died early in the battle.
• Kakashi wondered where he had gone in the future and realized that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki might be an even greater threat than the Ten-Tails.

Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi worried about the enemies Kitahara Kaede’s future teammates would face, while Second Pillar reflected on the power he might gain from Orochimaru. Kitahara Kaede discovered a team of Rogue Ninja had come to collect a Black Market Exchange bounty on him and confronted them.

• Hatake Kakashi resolved to report Kabuto’s strength to the Third Hokage and went out to train.
• Uchiha Itachi worried whether Sasuke could defeat Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, while Second Pillar considered the power offered by Orochimaru and vowed to kill Itachi in three years.
• Kitahara Kaede sensed five approaching ninja, including a Jonin, and realized they were targeting him.
• Kitahara Kaede appeared on the roof and confronted the Rogue Ninja, who confirmed they had accepted a bounty on him through the Black Market Exchange.
• Kitahara Kaede recognized that the Rogue Ninja came from Amegakure, Kirigakure, Kusagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure.