Chapter Summaries

Kitahara Kaede captured a group of rogue ninja who had accepted a Black Market Exchange bounty on him, using his Sharingan to trap them in Genjutsu. He suspected Shimura Danzō had arranged the bounty and planned to kill Danzō after Sarutobi Hiruzen died.

• Kitahara Kaede used his Sharingan to trap the Kumogakure Jonin and the Kusagakure rogue ninja in Genjutsu without forming hand seals.
• Kaede questioned the Kumogakure rogue ninja, who said the bounty was listed at Jonin Level and was probably placed by someone from Konoha.
• Soten Genryu and Hyuga Keiko arrived, and Kaede told them the rogue ninja had taken a bounty to kill him.
• Kaede, Soten Genryu, and Hyuga Keiko suspected Shimura Danzō, who was under Sarutobi Hiruzen's surveillance and had been confined along with Root.
• Kaede thought that after Sarutobi Hiruzen died at Orochimaru's hands, he would find a way to kill Shimura Danzō.

Kitahara Kaede and his team left for the Land of Wind after dealing with an ambush, while Tsunade secretly watched and recognized his talent. They reached the Rōran Ruins to inspect the Fourth Hokage’s seal, where a man in a Red Cloud Black Cloak confronted them.

• Kitahara Kaede sent Shadow Clones to take the defeated Rogue Ninjas’ bodies to the Black Market Exchange, then warned Hyuga Keiko and Soten Genryu to stay alert.
• Tsunade watched from nearby, noticed Kitahara Kaede’s sharp senses and Sharingan genjutsu, and judged him a promising talent.
• Kitahara Kaede suspected Tsunade had been watching but incorrectly believed she could not have seen his Sharingan.
• Kitahara Kaede, Hyuga Keiko, and Soten Genryu left at dawn and traveled quickly toward the Rōran Ruins, avoiding towns after the ambush.
• On the seventh day, the team reached the ruins and entered the building where the Fourth Hokage’s seal was said to be.
• A man wearing a Red Cloud Black Cloak appeared and said he had been waiting for them.

Kitahara Kaede recognized Kakuzu, who had come to collect a ten million tael bounty on him, and recounted Kakuzu’s past attempt to assassinate Senju Hashirama. Kakuzu prepared to attack, and Kaede urged Soten Genryu and Hyuga Keiko to flee while he faced the Kage Level rogue ninja.

• Kitahara Kaede recognized Kakuzu and handed Soten Genryu and Hyuga Keiko Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Kaede described Kakuzu’s failed mission to assassinate Senju Hashirama and his escape from Takigakure after the village tried to punish him.
• Kakuzu confirmed that he had accepted a ten million tael Black Market Exchange bounty on Kaede.
• Kakuzu ended the conversation and prepared to strike, while Kaede warned his teammates that ordinary ninjas could not handle him.
• Kaede told Soten Genryu and Hyuga Keiko to leave as he prepared to face Kakuzu.

Kitahara Kaede stayed behind to face Kakuzu while Hyuga Keiko and Soten Genryu escaped. Using Flying Thunder God, Rasengan, and the Eight Inner Gates, he destroyed two of Kakuzu’s hearts, but the fight continued.

• Kitahara Kaede sent Hyuga Keiko and Soten Genryu away and knocked aside Kakuzu’s thread-controlled hands with Raijin's Blade.
• Kakuzu recognized Raijin's Blade as the Second Tobirama Senju’s sword and challenged Kitahara Kaede to fight.
• Kitahara Kaede used a Flying Thunder God Kunai to appear behind Kakuzu and struck him through the heart with a Rasengan.
• Kitahara Kaede opened the first four Eight Inner Gates and attacked Kakuzu again at extreme speed with Chidori, shattering another mask.
• Kakuzu realized Kitahara Kaede knew about Earth Grudge Fear and understood that the bounty target was far stronger than the Black Market Exchange’s information suggested.

Kitahara Kaede fought Kakuzu with Flying Thunder God and the Fourth Gate, destroying two of his hearts while surviving his combined attacks. Just as Kaede found an opening to strike, the barrier beneath the auditorium shattered and a pillar of purple energy engulfed him, while Kakuzu fled the hall.

• Kakuzu recognized Kaede's Flying Thunder God and saw that two of his Elemental Masks had been destroyed.
• Kaede dodged Kakuzu's lightning, fire, and wind attacks, then charged through the flames and knocked Kakuzu through a pillar with Leaf Hurricane.
• Kakuzu combined his wind, fire, and lightning masks into Final Shot, forcing Kaede to evade by teleporting among his Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Kaede spotted a pause after Kakuzu's attack and prepared to strike, but the barrier beneath the auditorium broke and purple energy engulfed him.
• Kakuzu realized the purple energy was dangerous and fled the hall.

Kitahara Kaede arrived in the past during the events in Roran and met Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Naruto, who came from different points in the future. Their conflicting memories left Minato suspecting Naruto was his son and that both he and Kushina Uzumaki had died young.

• Kitahara Kaede appeared in a corridor in Roran after the Ryūmyaku seal broke and found Minato Namikaze, Uzumaki Naruto, Aburame Shibi, Akimichi Choza, and Queen Sara.
• Kitahara Kaede said he came from Year 63 of Konoha, while Uzumaki Naruto said he came from three years later.
• Kitahara Kaede claimed he had taught Uzumaki Naruto the Rasengan, but Naruto insisted that Jiraiya had taught him and did not recognize Kitahara Kaede.
• Minato Namikaze asked them to demonstrate the Rasengan, and Kitahara Kaede’s effortless technique supported his claim that he had trained Naruto.
• Kitahara Kaede revealed that Minato Namikaze would become the Fourth Hokage, shocking Aburame Shibi and Akimichi Choza.
• Minato Namikaze suspected Uzumaki Naruto was his son and feared that Naruto had grown up orphaned after Minato and Kushina Uzumaki died.

Kitahara Kaede revealed details of the future to Minato Namikaze, Uzumaki Naruto, and the other Konoha shinobi, including that Minato was Naruto’s father. Naruto confronted Minato over sealing the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inside him and the suffering he endured growing up.

• Minato Namikaze stopped Kitahara Kaede from revealing more about the future, but Kaede explained he had traveled to the past after Kakuzu broke Minato’s seal on the Ryūmyaku.
• Uzumaki Naruto told Kitahara Kaede that Kakuzu belonged to Akatsuki, had killed Asuma, and that Jiraiya had died fighting the organization.
• Kitahara Kaede revealed that Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shibi were the fathers of Naruto’s future classmates, Akimichi Choji and Aburame Shino.
• Kitahara Kaede told Uzumaki Naruto that Minato Namikaze was his father, and the gathered shinobi realized Minato would die before Naruto grew up.
• Uzumaki Naruto punched Minato Namikaze and demanded to know why he had sealed the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inside him, describing the loneliness and hardship he had endured.

Minato Namikaze comforted Uzumaki Naruto after learning how much hardship his son had endured, and Naruto finally saw a photograph of his mother, Kushina Uzumaki. Kitahara Kaede explained that Naruto might come from a parallel timeline, leaving Minato questioning how Kaede knew so much about their mission.

• Minato Namikaze deduced that a traitor may have exposed Kushina Uzumaki's childbirth and that the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox had been sealed inside Naruto at birth.
• Minato apologized to Uzumaki Naruto for his suffering, and Naruto said that Iruka, Kakashi, and his friends had helped him endure.
• Naruto learned that Kushina Uzumaki was also a Jinchuriki, then looked at her photograph and called her gentle.
• Minato questioned Kitahara Kaede about Naruto's Rasengan and his knowledge of the mission.
• Kitahara Kaede proposed that he and Naruto came from different timelines created by parallel dimensions.

Kitahara Kaede revealed the future to Minato Namikaze and the others, including Naruto’s children and marriage, before explaining that Mukade was the time-traveling anomaly behind the mission. Minato decided to resume the mission, but Kaede urged him to spend more time with Naruto first.

• Kitahara Kaede used the Transformation Technique to show Minato Namikaze what Uzumaki Boruto and Uzumaki Himawari would look like, and Himawari’s Byakugan revealed Naruto’s future connection to the Hyuga Clan.
• Kitahara Kaede told Uzumaki Naruto that he would marry Hyuga Hinata, while Sakura would marry Second Pillar and have a daughter named Uchiha Sarada; Naruto was devastated.
• Minato Namikaze asked to return to the mission, and Kitahara Kaede identified Mukade as the anomaly who had traveled through time using the Ryūmyaku and taken the name Anrokuzan.
• Kitahara Kaede explained that Minato would defeat Mukade and reseal the Ryūmyaku, then said Naruto and Yamato would return to their own era.
• Kitahara Kaede urged Minato and Naruto to spend time together because little time would pass in their respective timelines, while Minato considered how Mukade’s Ryūmyaku-powered Puppets surpassed ordinary puppet techniques.

Kitahara Kaede revealed Mukade’s deception to Queen Sara and used Genjutsu to show her the truth about her mother and Rōran. After learning that her future self would lead the surviving citizens into trade, Sara asked Kitahara Kaede to help her take real revenge on Mukade.

• Sara rejected the claim that Anrokuzan was Mukade and tried to return to the palace, but Kitahara Kaede stopped her with Genjutsu.
• Kitahara Kaede explained that Mukade had replaced most of Rōran’s people with Puppets and warned that Sara would walk into a trap if she went back.
• Sara emerged from the Genjutsu weeping after seeing Mukade kill her mother and take control of her.
• Akimichi Choji suggested that the group investigate the city while Minato Namikaze spoke with his future son, and Sara asked Kitahara Kaede what happened to Rōran.
• Kitahara Kaede told Sara that Rōran would disappear and that she would lead its survivors into a merchant life, then Sara asked him to help her avenge her mother.

Sara commissioned Kitahara Kaede to kill Mukade in exchange for the Roran lineage’s Dragon Vein sealing technique and the Ryūmyaku. After recording the technique and accepting the mission, Kitahara asked Naruto about developing Wind Style: Rasenshuriken and learned that Naruto had not yet solved its self-injury problem.

• Sara asked Kitahara Kaede to kill Mukade so he would not be captured and taken to Konoha.
• Sara offered to teach Kitahara the Dragon Vein Sealing Style and entrust him with the Ryūmyaku, asking him to help the Roran Merchant Group if he could.
• Kitahara and Sara signed a mission commission, and Kitahara recorded the sealing technique on a scroll in case Minato sealed their memories.
• Kitahara promised Sara he would ensure Mukade died, then asked Uzumaki Naruto how he had overcome the damage caused by Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.
• Naruto said he had not completed the technique or found a good solution, but shared his progress and training tips with Kitahara.

Kitahara Kaede discussed Naruto’s future Rasengan techniques with Minato, then wrote in his Diary about Danzo’s bounty and Kakuzu’s fate. In Konoha, the Third Hokage learned that Kabuto was Orochimaru’s spy and ordered Kakashi to monitor him, while Tsunade continued her new training routine.

• Minato praised Naruto as a genius for developing many Rasengan variations, and Kaede stopped him from renaming Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.
• Kaede shared rations with the group and wrote that Danzo had placed a 10 million ryo bounty on him, attracting Kakuzu.
• The Third Hokage reviewed Kakashi’s evidence that Kabuto was Orochimaru’s spy and connected Kabuto’s history to Yakushi Nonō and Root.
• The Third Hokage told Kakashi to have the Anbu monitor Kabuto rather than arrest him, hoping to uncover Orochimaru’s other agents.
• Tsunade practiced taijutsu at a Senju Clan stronghold while Shizune observed her changed habits, including quitting gambling.

Tsunade and Jiraiya resumed training after reading about future threats in Kitahara Kaede’s Diary, while Uchiha Itachi and Second Pillar pursued their own goals. The diary’s update revealed Danzō’s bounty on Kitahara Kaede and Konan’s astonishing stockpile of 600 billion Exploding Tags, which Jiraiya suspected came from her paper-based ninjutsu.

• Tsunade ended her training session and told Shizune she would teach her the Yin Seal and the Strength of a Hundred Technique.
• Jiraiya trained to prepare for future dangers, considered improving how quickly he could enter Sage Mode, and read the Diary’s update.
• An Akatsuki physician warned Uchiha Itachi that his Kekkei Genkai Disease could kill him before age twenty-five, but Itachi focused on obtaining the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan for Sasuke.
• Second Pillar practiced the Uchiha Throwing Art as two Anbu watched and noted how quickly his strength had grown.
• Tsunade read that Danzō had offered ten million ryō for Kitahara Kaede, while Jiraiya saw that Konan had stockpiled 600 billion Exploding Tags and guessed they were produced by her ninjutsu.

Kitahara Kaede’s diary revealed Kakuzu and Hidan’s threat, Kakuzu’s encounter with the First Hokage, and the terrifying escalation of future battles. The chapter ended as the diary holders watched a video of Shikamaru approaching the Immortal Duo with the Shadow Possession Jutsu.

• The diary described Kakuzu and Hidan as the Immortal Duo, recalled Kakuzu’s failed ambush of the First Hokage, and joked that the First Hokage would defeat him in three punches.
• Uchiha Itachi, Hatake Kakashi, Tsunade, and Jiraiya considered the Akatsuki members’ abilities, Kakuzu’s age, and the scale of the First Hokage’s power.
• Kitahara Kaede’s diary said Shikamaru’s plan to avenge Sarutobi Asuma was an early tactical high point, but later opponents wielded power capable of smashing mountains.
• A video appeared, and the diary holders watched Hidan and Kakuzu walking down a road as Shikamaru approached them using the Shadow Possession Jutsu.
• Second Pillar recognized the future Shikamaru and reflected on the Nara Clan’s influence in Konoha.

Nara Shikamaru’s tactics helped Konoha’s team uncover Kakuzu’s multiple hearts, but Kakuzu overwhelmed them with his elemental masks while Hidan trapped Shikamaru in a deadly ritual. The chapter ended with Kakuzu losing another life and Shikamaru beheading Hidan instead of dying.

• Nara Shikamaru controlled Hidan into attacking Kakuzu, giving Hatake Kakashi an opening to strike Kakuzu’s heart with Chidori.
• Kakuzu revived after losing one heart, revealed his elemental masks, and used powerful ninjutsu to put Konoha’s group at a disadvantage.
• Nara Shikamaru lured Hidan into the forest, laid traps, and let Hidan believe his ritual had succeeded.
• Kakuzu attacked Hatake Kakashi, but Kakashi survived with Substitution Technique before Kakuzu suddenly lost another life.
• Nara Shikamaru beheaded Hidan and controlled his body with Shadow Possession Jutsu.

Nara Shikamaru avenged Sarutobi Asuma by trapping and burying the immortal Hidan, while Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato arrived to help Kakashi’s team fight Kakuzu. The observers assessed the Akatsuki’s danger and reacted to Naruto’s powerful, still-incomplete Rasenshuriken.

• Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato joined the battle against Kakuzu and blocked his attack with a combined technique.
• Nara Shikamaru used Shadow Possession, Exploding Tags, and a prepared pit to blow Hidan apart and bury him alive.
• Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi considered how Hidan’s immortality and blood-based ritual worked, while Itachi weighed ways to contain him.
• Tsunade viewed the Akatsuki as a serious threat because Konoha lacked enough powerful ninjas to face its members.
• Uzumaki Naruto created Shadow Clones and used the unfinished Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, impressing Jiraiya and Second Pillar.

Uzumaki Naruto defeated Kakuzu with a Shadow Clone feint and the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, while Kitahara Kaede’s diary revealed that he had traveled to the past in a parallel universe and told Minato Namikaze about the future. The chapter left the readers reacting to the possibility that Minato could have prevented Konoha’s tragedies as a new video, “Nine-Tails Rampage!”, began.

• Uzumaki Naruto nearly fell to Kakuzu after his Rasenshuriken faltered, but Hatake Kakashi and Yamato rescued him.
• Uzumaki Naruto used Shadow Clones as bait and struck Kakuzu with the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, destroying one of Kakuzu’s hearts and killing him.
• Tsunade considered Naruto’s potential and planned to strengthen Konoha by training Haruno Sakura and bringing Jiraiya back.
• Kitahara Kaede’s diary revealed that Kakuzu had sent him to the past in a parallel universe, where he had told Minato Namikaze and Naruto about the future.
• Uchiha Itachi and Second Pillar mourned the tragedies Minato’s survival might have prevented, while Itachi recognized the name Uchiha Tobi.
• A new diary video titled “Nine-Tails Rampage!” appeared.

Kitahara Kaede’s video revealed how the Masked Man attacked Kushina Uzumaki during Naruto’s birth, prompting Konoha’s leaders to connect him to Uchiha Madara and the Nine-Tails Rampage. The video ended as Minato Namikaze faced the choice between saving Kushina and protecting newborn Naruto from the Masked Man.

• The video showed Kushina Uzumaki giving birth while Minato Namikaze and Sarutobi Biwako celebrated nearby.
• The Masked Man attacked the delivery site, killed Sarutobi Biwako and a medical ninja, and took newborn Uzumaki Naruto hostage.
• Uchiha Itachi, Jiraiya, and Tsunade connected the attacker to Uchiha Madara, while Hatake Kakashi recognized that Space-Time Ninjutsu had let him bypass the barriers.
• Jiraiya reasoned that the Masked Man may have used Izanagi to survive and believed his injuries and Sharingan explained his appearance.
• Kushina Uzumaki began losing control of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox as Minato Namikaze confronted the Masked Man, who threatened Naruto with a shuriken.
• Minato Namikaze hesitated between protecting Kushina and saving Naruto as the Masked Man ordered him away from the Jinchuriki.

The video showed the Masked Man separating Minato Namikaze from Kushina Uzumaki and revealing his plan to extract the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and destroy Konoha. Minato rescued Naruto and raced to save Kushina as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s full power became clear to the observers.

• The Masked Man tossed infant Naruto into the air and detonated an Exploding Tag on his swaddling clothes, but Minato Namikaze rescued him and escaped the blast with an injured ankle.
• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to the Hokage's residence, while the Masked Man restrained Kushina Uzumaki and explained that he had exploited her weakened seal and Minato’s absence.
• Tsunade resolved to investigate the Senju Clan’s records about Uchiha Madara and prepare for a future battle against him.
• Minato Namikaze placed Naruto in a cradle and left to save Kushina Uzumaki as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox roared within her, its immense form and chakra frightening Second Pillar and Uchiha Itachi.

The chapter shows the Masked Man unleashing the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox on Konoha and Minato Namikaze returning to defend the village. It leaves Minato facing the rampage after he diverts the beast’s Tailed Beast Bomb away from Hokage Rock.

• The Masked Man extracts the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox from Kushina Uzumaki and sends it toward Konoha, but Minato Namikaze rescues her and confirms that Naruto is safe.
• Minato Namikaze leaves Kushina and Naruto at home, dons his Hokage Cloak, and heads back to the village.
• The Masked Man summons the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox in Konoha, where it begins destroying the village as residents flee.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen orders his forces to protect civilians while he moves to suppress the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
• Minato Namikaze arrives at Hokage Rock and uses the Flying Thunder God to divert the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s Tailed Beast Bomb into the distant mountains.