Chapter Summaries

After Naruto defeated Tsunade, she agreed to return to Konoha and appoint him her Direct Jōnin, then asked about his astonishing speed. Naruto revealed that he had created Swift Release by fusing Wind and Lightning chakra, prompting Tsunade to consider teaching him Medical Ninjutsu.

• Jiraiya explained that Naruto had awakened Mito Uzumaki's ability to sense good and evil, and Tsunade accepted her defeat and promised to appoint him her Direct Jōnin.
• Tsunade praised Naruto's judgment and battle decisions, then asked how he had moved so quickly.
• Naruto and the others left the damaged alley for an inn in Tanzaku Town, where Naruto identified his speed as Swift Release.
• Jiraiya deduced that Naruto had fused Wind and Lightning chakra himself, and Naruto confirmed it.
• After hearing about Naruto's abilities, Tsunade asked whether he would consider learning Medical Ninjutsu.

Naruto and Tsunade prepared to return to Konoha, while Jiraiya explained why he believed Naruto could become a Hokage who changed the Shinobi World. On the journey, Naruto asked Tsunade to arrange a legal identity for Karin in Konoha.

• Naruto agreed to learn Medical Ninjutsu from Tsunade someday but said he wanted to learn Pervy Sage's Sage Mode first.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade about Naruto's lonely childhood and his determination to protect others, and Tsunade resolved to prepare him to succeed as Sixth Hokage.
• Tsunade said Naruto's Rasenshuriken had helped her overcome her fear of blood and explained that Orochimaru had offered to revive Dan and Nawaki in exchange for healing his hands.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya talked about their past before setting out for Konoha with Naruto and Shizune the next morning.
• Naruto told Tsunade that he had rescued Karin from Kusagakure and asked her to arrange a legal identity for Karin in Konoha, leaving Tsunade surprised.

Naruto brought Karin from the Fire Country to meet Tsunade, who promised her legal residence in Konoha and offered to teach her Medical Ninjutsu. Tsunade returned to Konoha with Naruto, Karin, Jiraiya, and Shizune, where she began discussions about becoming the Fifth Hokage.

• Tsunade agreed to provide Karin with civilian registration and teach her Medical Ninjutsu if she chose to become a ninja.
• Jiraiya asked Naruto whether he had destroyed Kusagakure, and Naruto admitted he had attacked the village to avenge Karin and her mother.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to fetch Karin from an inn, and she chose to return to Konoha with him.
• Tsunade welcomed Karin and let her choose her future; Karin decided she wanted to become a ninja.
• Tsunade, Naruto, Jiraiya, Shizune, and Karin arrived in Konoha, where Tsunade went to meet Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura about her succession.

Naruto settled Karin into his apartment, then visited Kakashi and Sasuke in the hospital after learning Itachi had injured them. Ino followed Naruto and Karin while they shopped, misunderstood their closeness, and left before Naruto could speak to her.

• Naruto brought Karin to his apartment and gave her the bed while he slept on the living room floor.
• Naruto visited Kakashi and Sasuke in the hospital and reassured Sakura that Tsunade could treat them.
• Ino arrived at the hospital, learned Naruto had returned, and rushed to his apartment after hearing he had already left.
• Ino saw Naruto walking with Karin and secretly followed them as they bought household necessities.
• Ino left without speaking to Naruto, while Naruto noticed her following them and later told Karin that Ino was a childhood friend.

Naruto welcomed Karin to his apartment with a home-cooked dinner while Tsunade prepared to become the Fifth Hokage and treated injured shinobi. After Rock Lee chose a dangerous operation to try to walk again, Tsunade stayed up studying ways to save him.

• Naruto cooked dinner for Karin, and she thanked him as he encouraged her to recover from her years of hardship in Kusagakure.
• Tsunade and the elders confirmed that her inauguration as the Fifth Hokage would take place in five days, and Konoha posted the official notice.
• Tsunade treated Kakashi and Sasuke's mental injuries and told Sakura they would wake before nightfall.
• Tsunade explained that Rock Lee needed a delicate operation with a fifty percent chance of success, and Lee chose to undergo it despite the risk of death.
• Tsunade searched medical records and studied forbidden techniques through the night as she prepared to operate on Rock Lee.

Naruto used Zetsu Absolute Control to examine his own genes and fuse them with differing genetic fragments from Karin’s blood. After half an hour, the fusion completed and a huge surge of Chakra erupted from his body.

• Naruto traveled to the cavern behind the waterfall and prepared Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan scroll and a bottle of Karin’s blood.
• Naruto used Zetsu Absolute Control to inspect his own cells and memorize his genetic sequence, discovering that the technique consumed mental energy.
• Naruto introduced Karin’s blood into his bloodstream and compared her genetic sequence with his own.
• Naruto fused differing fragments of Karin’s genes with his own while monitoring his cells for abnormalities.
• Naruto completed the fusion, and a huge surge of Chakra erupted from his body.

Naruto fused Karin’s Uzumaki genes, gaining greatly increased Chakra, the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura, and Adamantine Sealing Chains. He implanted Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, discovered it held Kotoamatsukami, and then restored his eye to its original appearance.

• Naruto stabilized his Chakra after the genetic fusion and found his reserves had tripled.
• Naruto awakened the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura and used it to sense Chakra signatures throughout Konoha.
• Naruto manifested Adamantine Sealing Chains and formed a suppression barrier inside the cave.
• Naruto considered seeking more Uzumaki or Senju genes to strengthen his constitution further.
• Naruto implanted Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, removed Itachi’s restrictions, and learned that its ability was Kotoamatsukami.
• Naruto fused the Mangekyō’s tissues with his own eye until it returned to its ordinary appearance, then saw his reflection as a red-haired, blue-eyed youth.

Naruto showed Kurama his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan and Adamantine Sealing Chains, then explained the Ōtsutsuki threat and why he had been preparing. Kurama connected Naruto’s knowledge to the coming danger and asked whether he had returned from the future.

• Naruto demonstrated Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and Adamantine Sealing Chains to Kurama, then explained that he had obtained the eye from Itachi Uchiha.
• Naruto told Kurama that Kotoamatsukami could rewrite a person’s will and warned that powerful enemies would threaten the Shinobi World.
• Naruto explained that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had been sent to plant a God Tree, and that Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Hamura had sealed her away.
• Naruto revealed that Kaguya’s partner, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, had survived by parasitizing a human and was secretly gathering power in the Shinobi World.
• Kurama realized Naruto had been preparing for the Ōtsutsuki and asked whether he had experienced these events by returning from the future.

Naruto explained that he came from a parallel future where he and Nine-Tails died fighting the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and proposed unifying the Shinobi World to prepare for them. After Nine-Tails agreed to undergo Tailed Beast Transformation, Naruto traveled to a remote island and prepared to merge their Chakra.

• Naruto convinced Nine-Tails he knew about Baryon Mode by describing their future battle against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Naruto said he planned to unify the Shinobi World, reform its system, and gather its strength to fight the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Naruto promised Nine-Tails a future where Tailed Beasts could live freely alongside humans, and Nine-Tails said he looked forward to that world.
• Nine-Tails offered to undergo Tailed Beast Transformation with Naruto, and Naruto accepted.
• Naruto used the Flying Raijin Technique to reach a remote island, checked for nearby Chakra signals, and set up a Perception Isolation Barrier.
• Naruto told Kurama he was ready to begin Tailed Beast Transformation.

Naruto learned to use Kurama Mode and Tailed Beast Transformation, then trained on an isolated island until he mastered the form and Fire-Nature Chakra. He planned to learn Sage Mode next and combine it with Kurama Mode.

• Naruto accepted the Nine-Tails' Chakra and entered Kurama Mode, then transformed into a giant golden Nine-Tails that Kurama controlled for a time.
• Naruto took control of the Tailed Beast Transformation and combined Kurama Mode with Swift Release, demonstrating that the powers could be stacked.
• Naruto checked that the Perception Isolation Zetsu Barrier still concealed the island and summoned three hundred Shadow Clones to train Fire-Nature Chakra.
• Over five days, Naruto practiced fighting and switching between Kurama Mode, Swift Release, and Flying Thunder God while his clones trained Fire Release: Flame Bullet.
• Naruto mastered Kurama Mode and Fire-Nature Chakra, then planned to learn Sage Mode and achieve Sage Fox Mode.

Naruto attended Tsunade’s inauguration as the Fifth Hokage with Karin at his side, and Konoha resumed its missions under her leadership. In a distant cave, Pain questioned Itachi about the failed mission to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Naruto used the Flying Raijin Technique to return to his apartment, then went with Karin to Tsunade’s inauguration.
• Naruto greeted Kakashi, Sasuke, and the others, while Karin’s presence drew notice from Sakura, Shikamaru, Ino, and Hinata.
• Tsunade officially became the Fifth Hokage and promised to protect the village, prompting cheers from the crowd.
• The Fire Country daimyō and other nations sent congratulations and missions, and Konoha resumed its mission system the next day.
• Pain and the other Akatsuki members gathered through Demonic Illusion: Mirage, and Pain asked Itachi whether capturing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had failed.

Itachi reported that Naruto Uzumaki was immune to his genjutsu, and Black Zetsu identified Naruto as a possible Perfect Jinchuriki while Pain postponed the Akatsuki’s Tailed Beast plan for three years. In Otogakure, Orochimaru ordered Tayuya and the others to retrieve Sasuke and warned them to avoid Naruto; the chapter ended as Tsunade summoned Shikamaru and Naruto to her office with three appointment letters.

• Itachi told the Akatsuki that his Sharingan genjutsu had failed against Naruto, and Kisame recounted fighting Jiraiya.
• Black Zetsu explained that a Tailed Beast could disrupt genjutsu for a Perfect Jinchuriki, and Pain ordered the Akatsuki to build strength before beginning its plan in three years.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto that his injured body would last less than a month and ordered him to send Tayuya and the others to bring Sasuke back.
• Orochimaru warned Kabuto to tell Tayuya and the others to withdraw if they encountered Naruto, whose sensing ability had revealed Orochimaru's hiding place.
• Tsunade summoned Shikamaru and Naruto to the Hokage Office, where she held three letters of appointment as Karin accompanied Naruto.

Tsunade promoted Shikamaru to Chunin, offered Karin a choice of becoming her medical apprentice or joining a Genin team, and made Naruto a Jōnin and her Direct Jōnin. She told Naruto that his parentage would be discussed at a Jōnin meeting and promised to return his father’s inheritance.

• Tsunade promoted Shikamaru to Chunin, and he accepted his appointment letter.
• Tsunade offered Karin residency in Konoha and two paths to becoming a ninja; Karin accepted Tsunade as her teacher.
• Tsunade promoted Naruto to Jōnin and appointed him as her Direct Jōnin, giving him authority to attend the village’s regular meeting.
• Tsunade told Naruto that the meeting would formally discuss his parentage, while Shikamaru wondered what his father knew about Naruto.
• Naruto asked about inheriting his father’s estate, and Tsunade promised to inventory and return the assets due to him.

Tsunade prepared for a meeting while Danzo’s attempt to expand Root threatened to undermine her authority as Hokage. Naruto urged her to seize Root, arguing that he and Jiraiya could help her confront Danzo, leaving Tsunade to weigh the proposal.

• Tsunade sent Shikamaru and Karin away, and Naruto reassured Karin before she left with Shikamaru.
• After the door closed, Tsunade angrily told Naruto that Danzo had requested more than twenty ninjas to replenish Root and planned to raise the proposal at the meeting.
• Tsunade explained that Danzo’s independent armed force weakened the Hokage’s authority, though the other two advisors held only advisory power.
• Naruto asked whether Danzo and the Elder Council needed to exist, then urged Tsunade to seize Root instead of following the Third Hokage’s approach.
• Naruto argued that he and Jiraiya could overcome Root, which had already suffered heavy losses, and Tsunade fell silent.

Tsunade outlined her plan to Naruto, returned the key to Minato’s inheritance, and appointed Naruto as a Jōnin and her Direct Jōnin at her first official meeting. The meeting grew tense as Tsunade prepared to address a more serious matter.

• Naruto proposed a plan to Tsunade, who agreed and sent Shizune to confirm it with Hyuga Hiashi.
• Tsunade gave Naruto the key to Minato’s inheritance and told him where it was stored.
• Tsunade and Naruto entered the Jōnin meeting, where the clan heads and other attendees scrutinized Naruto.
• Tsunade reviewed Konoha’s reconstruction and mission plans, then promoted Naruto to Jōnin and named him her Direct Jōnin.
• Naruto noted who remained silent about his appointment as Tsunade raised her hand and shifted the meeting to a grave new topic.

At the Jōnin meeting, Tsunade proposed revealing that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage’s son, and Naruto challenged Danzo’s objections. The confrontation ended with Danzo radiating killing intent and the room bracing for violence.

• Tsunade announced that she intended to reveal Naruto’s identity as Minato Namikaze’s orphaned son to the village.
• Danzo opposed the disclosure, arguing that it would expose the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki’s identity to Konoha’s enemies.
• Naruto pointed out that villagers already knew he was the demon fox incarnate and challenged Danzo for allowing that stigma to spread for twelve years.
• Naruto invoked Konoha’s regulations to assert that, as a Hokage Direct Jōnin, he answered only to Tsunade and could not be questioned by Danzo.
• Danzo’s killing intent filled the conference room, his cane cracked in his grip, and several Jōnin reached for their ninja tools.

Naruto and Tsunade secured approval to reveal Naruto’s parentage and return the Fourth Hokage’s estate to him. When Danzo asked Tsunade to replenish Root’s ranks, Naruto objected and challenged him to explain Root’s value to Konoha.

• Danzo suspected Naruto might have been involved in the Tailed Beast Bomb attack that destroyed Root, but suppressed his anger during the meeting.
• Tsunade asked the council whether anyone objected to revealing Naruto’s identity, and the clan heads and Jōnin supported the decision.
• Tsunade announced that Naruto was Minato Namikaze’s son, a Direct Jōnin, and the rightful heir to the Fourth Hokage’s estate.
• Danzo asked Tsunade to transfer active ninja recruits into Root to replace its losses from the attack during the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Naruto objected on Tsunade’s behalf and asked Danzo what Root had ever done for Konoha.

Naruto challenged Danzo’s defense of Root and proposed disbanding it by placing its resources and command under the Hokage and merging it with ANBU. Tsunade backed Naruto’s proposal, declaring she would not tolerate Danzo maintaining a private army.

• Danzo listed Root’s covert missions and argued that the organization was essential to Konoha.
• Naruto questioned why Root had failed to help defend Konoha during Orochimaru’s attack, despite having time to mobilize its remaining members.
• Danzo accused Naruto of knowing too much about the attack on Root, and Naruto explained that he had witnessed Shukaku firing Tailed Beast Bombs while fighting Gaara.
• Naruto called for Root to be disbanded, arguing that divided authority and factional infighting weakened Konoha and its next generation of leaders.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura stayed silent as Naruto’s proposal put pressure on Danzo and the Elder Council.
• Tsunade confirmed that she supported Naruto and told Danzo that she would not tolerate a private army undermining the Hokage.

Tsunade exposed a vast network of Paper Bombs hidden throughout Konoha, using the discovery to challenge Danzo's defense of Root and dissolve the organization. The meeting ended with Root's personnel, resources, and authority placed under the Hokage and ANBU.

• Danzo defended Root's service to Konoha after Tsunade ordered the organization dissolved.
• Tsunade distributed a document detailing hidden Paper Bombs, and Hyuga Hiashi confirmed that his clan had found them throughout Konoha.
• Tsunade and Naruto confronted Danzo over Root's failure to detect the explosives and the threat they posed to the village.
• Tsunade dissolved Root's posts, ordered ANBU to assess its personnel, and seized its facilities, records, equipment, and funding.
• Tsunade stripped Danzo of command authority over armed forces and concluded the meeting as ANBU prepared to enforce her order.

After Naruto’s speech reshaped Konoha’s Hokage power structure, Tsunade vowed to investigate Danzo’s stolen Wood Release and Sharingan. Naruto then claimed his father’s inheritance and found a villa stocked with Flying Thunder God kunai.

• Kakashi and Might Guy praised Naruto, while Danzo warned him not to act with impunity under the Hokage’s protection.
• Naruto asked Tsunade what she would do if Danzo threatened him, and she promised to protect him.
• Naruto told Tsunade he had sensed Wood Release and a Sharingan from Danzo, prompting her to launch an investigation into whether Danzo had desecrated her grandfather’s corpse.
• Danzo ordered Torune Aburame and Fū Yamanaka to destroy Root documents and resolved to use Kotoamatsukami against Naruto from the shadows.
• An ANBU guide took Naruto to his new villa, where he opened a scroll containing at least two hundred Flying Thunder God kunai engraved with “Ninja Love Sword.”