Recaps

The Third and the other elders decided to use Tsunade to keep Nara Dan under their influence, while Hyuga Nana worried about competing with Tsunade. At the training ground, Ino Rinya used his developing Sixth Sense to keep dodging Nana’s attacks, prompting Nara Dan to consider ways to improve her abilities.

• The Third proposed using Tsunade’s influence and time with Nara Dan to bind him to Konoha, and the other elders approved.
• Hyuga Nana heard rumors about Tsunade staying at Nara Dan’s house and worried that she could not compete with Tsunade.
• At the training ground, Ino Rinya used his Sixth Sense to dodge Hyuga Nana’s Air Palm and continued to withstand her attacks.
• Nara Dan judged that Ino Rinya had learned to use his Sixth Sense effectively and considered ways to strengthen Hyuga Nana.

Nara Dan evaluated Ino Rinya and Hyuga Nana after their fight, advising them to strengthen their fundamentals and keep training. He then exposed Jiraiya, who had been secretly watching, and Jiraiya realized Dan was far more dangerous than he had expected.

• Nara Dan reflected on his students’ different training paths and explained how Shadow Clones improved Kakashi’s martial arts practice.
• Hyuga Nana defeated Ino Rinya by wearing him down, and Nara Dan told Ino to strengthen his fundamentals instead of relying too much on the Sixth Sense.
• Nara Dan criticized Hyuga Nana for focusing on her new outfit and asked whether she had studied the Gentle Fist Secret Technique scroll.
• Nara Dan noticed Jiraiya hiding in the trees, and Jiraiya fell out while claiming he had only been passing by to gather material.
• Jiraiya watched Nara Dan closely and recognized that Dan’s restrained presence concealed a strength that could put his life in danger.

Nara Dan confronted Jiraiya, whose speed and attacks left him convinced that Dan moved like a puppet. Dan demonstrated the Gentle Fist against Jiraiya’s Needle Jizo, breaking through hair hardened with Earth Release as Kakashi and the others watched.

• Nara Dan startled Jiraiya with his speed and a powerful step that shattered the stone floor, forcing Jiraiya to retreat.
• Jiraiya judged that Dan’s movements lacked any warning and compared him to a puppet before preparing to use ninjutsu.
• Nara Dan took the Gentle Fist stance, and Hyuga Nana identified it for Ino Rinya and the others.
• Nara Dan attacked with Gentle Fist: One Hundred and Eight Palms as Jiraiya used Super! Needle Jizo.
• Nara Dan’s Chakra-infused fist tore through Jiraiya’s hardened hair, which Kakashi and Hyuga Nana recognized as reinforced with Earth Release.

Nara Dan overwhelmed Jiraiya with his refined Gentle Fist techniques, turning Jiraiya’s fire attack back on him and evading his attempts to restrict his movement. The chapter ended as Nara Dan unleashed a barrage of Eighteen God Vacuum Attacks across the Training Ground.

• Hyuga Nana judged that Nara Dan’s dense, needle-shaped Chakra made him nearly impossible to defend against, and he smashed Jiraiya’s apparent clone and Needle Jizo.
• Jiraiya used combined Earth and Fire Style techniques, but Nara Dan formed a controlled Gentle Fist Rotation and redirected the flames toward him.
• Jiraiya escaped the returning flames with Earth Flow River, then attacked Nara Dan with a Super Toad Oil Bullet to hinder his speed.
• Nara Dan leaped high above the rolling earth, prompting Jiraiya to realize that he could launch attacks from the air.
• Nara Dan shouted Gentle Fist: Eighteen God Vacuum Attacks and filled the Training Ground with blue fist-shaped shockwaves.

Nara Dan’s God Vacuum Attack devastated the Training Ground, but Jiraiya survived inside the stomach lining of a giant toad. Nara Dan examined the summon and reflected that controlled, concentrated power mattered more than widespread destruction.

• Kakashi and Ino Rinya recovered from the attack, while Hyuga Nana was found beneath Ino Rinya and used her Byakugan to survey the ruins.
• Hyuga Nana spotted the battered but intact stomach lining of a giant Rock Lodging Toad and realized it had protected Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya emerged inside the summon, shaken by Nara Dan’s strength and worried about the damage to the toad’s stomach.
• Nara Dan landed, examined the stomach lining’s toughness and healing, and considered how Senjutsu energy had shaped it.
• Nara Dan judged God Vacuum Attack to be flashy and reflected that true strength came from concentrating power rather than letting it run wild.

Nara Dan activated his Liberation technique during his spar with Jiraiya, transforming into the Black Ogre. He then tore Jiraiya’s hiding place—the Rock Lodging Toad’s stomach wall—from the ground and hurled it toward a mountainside.

• Nara Dan realized Jiraiya was hiding inside the Rock Lodging Toad’s stomach wall and decided to continue the spar.
• Nara Dan used Liberation, swelling into a towering, blue-black figure as Hyuga Nana, Kakashi, and Ino Rinya watched in alarm.
• Kakashi explained that Nara Dan’s secret technique greatly enhanced his muscles and earned him the name Black Ogre among enemy ninja.
• Jiraiya feared that Nara Dan was getting serious and tried to surrender from inside the stomach wall.
• Nara Dan lifted the enormous stomach wall and hurled it toward a distant mountainside.

After Nara Dan accidentally dragged Jiraiya into a fight, he apologized and treated him to the hot springs, where the two talked. Nara Dan asked Jiraiya about his search for the Child of Prophecy, and Jiraiya grew serious.

• Jiraiya escaped the Rock Lodging Toad’s stomach and recovered from the fight with help from Nara Dan’s Life Energy.
• Nara Dan apologized for attacking Jiraiya and invited him to the Hot Spring Inn as compensation.
• Jiraiya eagerly accepted the invitation and bragged about his experiences while the others looked on in disbelief.
• At the inn, Nara Dan asked Jiraiya about searching the Ninja World for the Child of Prophecy, and Jiraiya nodded seriously.

Nara Dan and Jiraiya discussed their beliefs about changing the world, with Jiraiya warning that he would defend Konoha if Dan threatened it. After Jiraiya left, Dan revealed his ambition to seek the Way and examined a stolen piece of the Rock Lodging Toad's stomach tissue.

• Jiraiya said he wanted to end war and explained that fulfilling his own responsibilities let him live without regrets.
• Nara Dan said he believed in the Child of Prophecy but preferred to rely on himself and grow strong enough to make even the gods bow down.
• Jiraiya recognized Dan's confidence as dangerous and told him that he was one of Konoha's people, promising to stop him if he harmed the village.
• Nara Dan watched Jiraiya leave and murmured that his ambition was to seek the Way.
• Nara Dan produced a piece of the Rock Lodging Toad's stomach and observed it absorbing Senjutsu energy, considering whether it could regenerate into a creature.

Nara Dan considered using a captured piece of flesh to improve his ability to absorb Senjutsu energy. He hunted down a spy outside Konoha, defeated him, and identified him as a Cloud Ninja despite his attempt to frame Takigakure.

• Nara Dan reasoned that the Metal-Devouring Talent Entry and his bodily control could help him adapt to Senjutsu energy quickly.
• Nara Dan pursued a black-clad spy through the forest beyond Konoha after the spy's group lost three members to him.
• Nara Dan tore away part of the spy's scalp with a swipe, then immobilized him by hurling hardened blood into his joints.
• Nara Dan questioned the spy about his village and noticed his reactions when he mentioned Takigakure and the Cloud Ninja.
• Nara Dan deduced that the spy was a Cloud Ninja who had used the Cell Activation Secret Technique to frame Takigakure.

Nara Dan recognized the Konoha Anbu squad as Iwagakure spies from a Hundred-Man Tactical Unit and fought them when they attacked. He effortlessly crushed their techniques and killed two spies, leaving the remaining attackers facing him.

• The black-clad Cloud Ninja fiercely defended the Third Raikage, but Nara Dan had disabled his ability to speak.
• A squad of Konoha Anbu arrived and asked Nara Dan to hand over the captured Cloud Ninja.
• Nara Dan recognized one of the Anbu as an Iwagakure ninja from a Hundred-Man Tactical Unit and exposed the squad as spies.
• The Iwagakure spies attacked Nara Dan with Earth Style techniques and weapons.
• Nara Dan crushed one spy's sword, killed its wielder, and struck down another spy with a broken blade.
• Nara Dan stopped the Earth Dragon Bullet Technique with one hand and crushed the earthen dragon.

Nara Dan defeated the Iwagakure spies and received an S-Rank mission from Danzo. The mission sent him to the Land of Wind to meet a spy and protect vital intelligence about the missing Third Kazekage.

• Nara Dan killed the lead Iwagakure ninja with a crushing punch after the man charged him in desperation.
• Nara Dan ordered Root to take away the last surviving Iwagakure ninja and clean up the scene.
• Danzo praised Nara Dan’s strength and again tried to recruit him into Root.
• Danzo gave Nara Dan a mission scroll directing him to the Land of Wind to meet a spy and protect important intelligence.
• Nara Dan suspected the spy was investigating the Third Kazekage’s disappearance, which he knew Sasori had caused.

Nara Dan accepted a mission to retrieve intelligence from the Sand Ninja and agreed to study Konoha’s Scroll of Seals afterward. At the Konoha Tavern, Jiraiya told Tsunade that Nara Dan’s strength reminded him of facing Hanzo, while worrying that Dan would not be bound by the village.

• Danzo warned Nara Dan that the mission to retrieve intelligence from the Sand Ninja carried risks and told him to abandon the spy if necessary.
• Danzo promised Nara Dan access to the Scroll of Seals after the mission, and Nara Dan accepted while teasing Danzo about trying to win him over.
• Danzo invited Nara Dan to his home for a drink, but Nara Dan refused, and Danzo left with his Root subordinates.
• At the Konoha Tavern, Tsunade questioned Jiraiya about his spar with Nara Dan and asked how strong Dan was.
• Jiraiya said Nara Dan was difficult to deal with and reminded him of facing Hanzo, while Tsunade recognized the overwhelming presence she had once sensed in her grandfather.

Jiraiya worried that Nara Dan’s strength and independence made him dangerous to Konoha, but considered whether Tsunade’s connection with him might help her reconcile her feelings about the village. Meanwhile, Nara Dan rested at a border outpost and replenished his strength with special pills made from the Nara clan’s rare medicines.

• Jiraiya kept his concerns about Nara Dan to himself and wondered if Tsunade’s relationship with him could offer her a way forward.
• Nara Dan reached a military outpost near the Land of Fire and Land of Wind border after completing Danzo’s mission and defeating enemy ninjas who had harassed the outpost.
• The outpost’s commander offered Nara Dan a meal, but Nara Dan declined it and ate one of his specially prepared Military Ration Pills instead.
• Nara Dan used his inner sight to observe his body digesting the pill and praised the rare medicines he had taken from the Nara clan vault.
• Nara Dan recalled consuming a rare herb containing Senjutsu energy, then opened his Cheat System.

Nara Dan reflected on his Talents and the mystery of Luck before entering the Land of Wind, where the Dragon Vein seemed to summon him. He avoided investigating it and hurried onward, unaware that his arrival had already changed Minato Namikaze's mission.

• Nara Dan considered how his Blood Energy Pillar Entry was improving and wondered how to use his golden Otherworld Visitor Talent's ability to sacrifice Luck to travel worlds.
• Nara Dan dismissed the idea of forcing the Ninja World's plot back onto its original track and resolved to focus on becoming stronger.
• Nara Dan reached the Land of Wind and blamed its desert conditions and hostility toward Konoha on First's failure to address its resource shortages.
• Nara Dan sensed a summons upon entering the Land of Wind and suspected it came from the Dragon Vein, possibly connected to Minato Namikaze's secret mission.
• Nara Dan chose not to interfere and vanished into the desert, unaware that his arrival had changed Minato Namikaze's Dragon Vein mission.

Minato Namikaze, Aburame Shibi, and Akimichi Choza investigated a strong Chakra signature in Roran and found Naruto Namikaze, Sasuke Uchiha, and Hyuga Nana fighting Puppet Soldiers in a seemingly prosperous city. Minato arrived with Shibi and Choza to help as Nana planned to escape the tower and destroy it.

• Minato, Shibi, and Choza noticed that Roran's people seemed unusually lively, and Shibi sensed a strong Chakra signature similar to Minato's.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Nana fought Puppet Soldiers in a prosperous version of Roran, which Nana recognized as the ancient city despite its ruins after a war twenty years earlier.
• Nana used Gentle Fist—God Vacuum Attack to clear the puppets surrounding her team, but more Puppet Soldiers quickly filled the gaps.
• Nana planned to get Naruto and Sasuke out before bringing down the tower, but Minato appeared and offered help.
• Choza used Secret Technique! Partial Multi-Size Technique! and Shibi used Secret Technique! Insect Sphere Technique! as they joined Minato.

Minato rescued Naruto, Sasuke, and Hyuga Nana from the collapsing tower and learned they had traveled to his era through the Dragon Vein. The group identified Mukade as the minister Anrokuzan and planned to find the Queen of Rōran or her descendants to regain control of the Dragon Vein and return home.

• Minato broke into the High Tower, destroyed Puppet Soldiers, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evacuate Naruto, Sasuke, and Hyuga Nana with Akimichi Choza.
• Naruto realized Minato was his young father, and Minato confirmed that the Dragon Vein had brought the others to his era.
• Hyuga Nana and Minato determined that Mukade had traveled back first and become the Rōran minister Anrokuzan.
• Minato explained that the Queen of Rōran and her family controlled the Dragon Vein, so the group needed to find the Queen or one of her descendants to return to their era.

Minato learned that Nara Dan had become the Fourth Hokage, then the Konoha shinobi rescued Sara, the new Queen of Rōran, from a fall and accused her adviser Anrokuzan of treachery. As Sara defended Anrokuzan, Hyuga Nana prepared to strike the townspeople to expose the truth.

• Minato asked Hyuga Nana who the Fourth Hokage was, and she revealed that Nara Dan had succeeded the Third.
• Naruto spotted a red-haired girl falling from the High Tower, caught her, and was slapped by her for being a pervert.
• The girl introduced herself as Sara, the Queen of Rōran, and Minato explained that they were pursuing the rogue Sand Ninja Mukade, also known as Anrokuzan.
• Sara said Anrokuzan was her mother's trusted aide and defended him, while she revealed that her mother had died suddenly.
• Naruto accused Anrokuzan of pushing Sara from the tower and hunting the shinobi with Puppet Soldiers, but Sara refused to believe him.
• Hyuga Nana moved toward the townspeople, drew on her Chakra, and said one punch would reveal the truth.

Hyuga Nana and the Konoha shinobi discovered that Anrokuzan had replaced Rōran’s procession with puppets and learned he was likely at the Central Tower, where the Dragon Vein was sealed. Sara led them through an underground passage toward the tower, while Naruto and Sara shared childhood stories.

• Hyuga Nana used the God Vacuum Attack to destroy the procession and reveal that its people were puppets.
• Minato Namikaze asked Sara where Anrokuzan had taken the real people of Rōran, and Sara decided to help the shinobi confront him.
• Sara told the group that Anrokuzan was likely in the Power Tower, where he could draw on the Dragon Vein’s power.
• Sara warned the Konoha shinobi that Anrokuzan’s control of the Dragon Vein made him exceptionally dangerous, but Minato Namikaze and Hyuga Nana insisted they would try to stop him.
• Sara led Hyuga Nana and the others through an underground passage toward the Central Tower, and Naruto told her about sneaking to Kage Rock as a child.

Minato and the others fought through Dragon Vein-powered Puppet Soldiers and reached the underground plaza beneath the Power Tower. Mukade revealed that he had taken Rōran’s people, murdered Sara’s mother, and pursued the Dragon Vein, then prepared to attack them.

• Hyuga Nana spotted Puppet Soldiers closing in, and Sara sensed they were powered by the Dragon Vein and could regenerate.
• Choza and Shibi stayed behind to hold off the puppets while Minato carried Sara toward the Power Tower’s center; Nana, Naruto, and Sasuke followed.
• Minato’s group reached a vast underground plaza, where Sara admitted she no longer recognized the changing passageways but knew the Dragon Vein lay beneath the tower.
• Mukade revealed that he had taken Rōran’s people to work for him, killed Sara’s mother after she discovered his plans, and intended to claim the Dragon Vein.
• Sara collapsed in grief, while Naruto condemned Mukade; Mukade threatened the group as his throne and staircase began to move.

Mukade attacked Minato Namikaze, Sara, and Hyuga Nana with the Dragon Vein-powered Giant Puppet, but Naruto and Hyuga Nana struck back. Minato and Sara headed for the Dragon Vein’s seal while Mukade revealed a new power connected to Hyuga Nana’s teacher.

• Mukade used the Giant Puppet to fire purplish-red flames across the plaza, forcing Minato Namikaze, Sara, Hyuga Nana, and the others to evade.
• Naruto struck the puppet with a Rasengan, but Mukade’s Dragon Vein chakra regenerated its damage, and Sara explained that the Dragon Vein had to be sealed to defeat him.
• Hyuga Nana used Gentle Fist Domain: Two Hundred Nineteen Palms to dismantle the Giant Puppet and hold Mukade back.
• Minato Namikaze left with Sara to find the Dragon Vein’s seal while Hyuga Nana faced Mukade.
• Mukade dropped from the ruined puppet, revealed sealing patterns on his body, and unleashed purple Dragon Vein chakra as he referred to the power passed down from Hyuga Nana’s teacher, the Fourth Hokage.

Hyuga Nana used Gentle Fist to turn Mukade’s overwhelming strength back on him, but Mukade targeted Naruto and Sasuke with a massive Dragon Vein attack. She activated Senjutsu: Divine Descent and met the attack with Super God Vacuum Attack, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Mukade used Dragon Vein energy to enhance his speed and strength, sending Hyuga Nana flying before Naruto and Sasuke’s attacks were repelled.
• Hyuga Nana used Gentle Fist—Push Hands to redirect Mukade’s punch into him, startling him but causing little lasting damage because of his regeneration.
• Mukade gathered Dragon Vein energy and launched Super Dragon Vein Great Fire Blast toward Naruto and Sasuke, forcing Hyuga Nana to intervene.
• Hyuga Nana activated Senjutsu: Divine Descent and appeared before the attack, using Super God Vacuum Attack against it.

Hyuga Nana used Senjutsu to counter Mukade’s Dragon Vein-powered attack, but her Sage Mode was limited and Mukade prepared another strike. Minato Namikaze sealed off the Dragon Vein’s source, causing Mukade and his stolen power to vanish, and recognized Nana’s Senjutsu.

• Hyuga Nana effortlessly dispelled Mukade’s Super S-Rank Fire Style attack with Senjutsu, astonishing Naruto and Sasuke.
• Sasuke identified Nana’s power as Senjutsu, while the narration explained that Nara Dan had helped her use it by implanting Senjutsu cells.
• Mukade gathered more Dragon Vein energy and launched another Great Flame Breaker as Nana’s limited Sage Mode began to wear down.
• Minato Namikaze sealed off the Dragon Vein’s source, making Mukade lose control of its power and disappear along with the returning Chakra.
• Minato arrived using the Flying Thunder God Technique, apologized to Nana for the delay, and privately realized she could use Senjutsu.

The Dragon Vein’s seal failed again, destabilizing space-time and threatening to erase Hyuga Nana, Naruto, and Sasuke. As Nana faced death, Nara Dan appeared through a trump card he had left within her.

• Minato Namikaze rushed to the Dragon Vein seal and calmed its energy with a Flying Thunder God Kunai and sealing techniques.
• The Dragon Eye knocked the kunai away, destroying the seal and sending the Dragon Vein into another violent rampage.
• Sara warned that unstable space-time energy could sweep Hyuga Nana, Naruto, and Sasuke into a vortex and make them disappear.
• As Hyuga Nana weakened, she remembered Nara Dan and regretted never telling him her feelings.
• Nara Dan appeared as an incarnation linked to Hyuga Nana, explaining that he had left the trump card inside her.

Future Nara Dan suppressed the Dragon Vein and sent Minato Namikaze and the others unconscious to protect the balance of time and space. He then returned Hyuga Nana and the others to their own time, bringing the Dragon Vein incident to a close.

• Future Nara Dan greeted Minato Namikaze and said he had come to resolve the Dragon Vein problem.
• The Dragon Vein formed a purple Chakra Dragon, but Future Nara Dan suppressed it with an enormous palm.
• Minato Namikaze recognized elements of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal in Future Nara Dan’s technique and was awed by his power.
• Future Nara Dan erased Minato Namikaze and the other two Elite Jonin’s memories by making them black out.
• Future Nara Dan comforted Hyuga Nana, then used Space-Time Energy to return her and the others to their original time.

In Sunagakure, Yakushi Nonō posed as the nurse Meinai and befriended Karuya while waiting for Konoha to send reinforcements. She feared being abandoned and worried about the orphans at home, so she prepared to escape on her own if necessary.

• Meinai treated a Sand Ninja patient, then politely left when he drifted into daydreams.
• Meinai met Karuya, and the two chatted until dusk before going home.
• At her lodging, Meinai checked for intruders, sealed gaps where light could escape, and released her disguise to reveal Yakushi Nonō.
• Nonō worried that Konoha had not sent reinforcements after three days and feared what would happen to the orphans if she were captured or killed.
• Nonō resolved to force her way out if no other option remained, then sensed someone nearby and called them out.