Chapter Summaries

Ryosuke controlled Naruto’s body as he fought Shimura Danzō and Root, overwhelming their attacks with the Nine-Tails’ Chakra. The chapter ended with Ryosuke crushing Danzo and the Root ninja in a crater using an immense invisible force.

• Ryosuke used Naruto’s Tailed Beast Chakra to repel Root and told Naruto to improve his Chakra control and build a stronger foundation.
• Shimura Danzō and the Root ninja attacked Ryosuke with Wind Release, Fire Release, and repeated charges, while Tora kept the Anbu from intervening.
• Tora inferred that Naruto had previously held back and suspected Danzo had provoked him, while he worried that the Third Hokage had not arrived.
• Danzo drew Ryosuke into a Three-Way Seal and unleashed Kakuan Entering the Tang Dynasty with Hands Drooping to suppress the Nine-Tails.
• Ryosuke released immense pressure that crushed the barrier, Danzo, and the Root ninja, leaving Naruto hovering over a vast crater.

After defeating Shimura Danzō, Ryosuke revealed that Orochimaru had attacked Konoha to capture Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto chose to return to the village. There, Hiruzen Sarutobi fought Orochimaru and an Impure World Reincarnation of Tobirama Senju, while Orochimaru decided to kill his former teacher.

• Ryosuke warned the battlefield that Orochimaru and Otogakure had attacked Konoha and were targeting Sasuke Uchiha.
• Naruto chose to return to Konoha rather than leave the village, and Ryosuke flew toward it in Naruto's body.
• Tora led the Anbu back to Konoha, while Shimura Danzō remained behind with Root and wondered how Orochimaru had learned of the secret mission.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi protected the wounded Sasuke Uchiha and told Orochimaru that he trusted Naruto to remain loyal to Konoha.
• Orochimaru revealed that Shimura Danzō had planned to move against Naruto, then summoned Tobirama Senju through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Enma fought Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru as Orochimaru resolved to kill his former teacher.

Hiruzen Sarutobi fought Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju inside the barrier, but a Contract Seal attempt ended with Hiruzen critically wounded and Tobirama returning to the underworld. As Hiruzen prepared to make one last stand and entrusted Sasuke Uchiha with a message for Naruto, a violent surge of Chakra approached from the sky.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Enma battled Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju while Sasuke Uchiha watched and struggled to awaken his Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi argued over Orochimaru’s experiments and Hiruzen’s decision to drive him from the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi used Contract Seal on Tobirama Senju, briefly freeing him from Orochimaru’s control before Tobirama cut off the Kusanagi Sword and returned to the underworld.
• Orochimaru’s sword pierced Hiruzen Sarutobi, leaving him mortally wounded, and Hiruzen asked Sasuke Uchiha to tell Naruto that his father was the Fourth Hokage and that Hiruzen had regarded him as family.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi formed hand seals to continue fighting as a violent surge of Chakra rushed in from the distant sky.

Lin Moyu entered the Abyss battlefield and effortlessly slaughtered monsters, while Ryosuke helped Naruto survive Konoha’s invasion and left to pursue Shimura Danzō. Hiruzen Sarutobi publicly named Naruto the Fourth Hokage’s son and ordered the village to protect him before his death.

• Lin Moyu crossed the Abyss safe-zone boundary and used his Skeleton Warrior to kill Lesser Abyssal Imps and other monsters with ease.
• Ryosuke shattered the barrier around the Uchiha compound, struck Orochimaru with a Tailed Beast chakra hand, and could not find him afterward.
• Ryosuke relinquished control of Naruto’s body, reinforced Naruto’s seal, and Naruto emerged from the dust to face Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s ninja to protect Naruto and revealed that Naruto was Minato Namikaze’s son, not a demon fox.
• Ryosuke transferred his consciousness into Chiba Hiroshi’s body and pursued Shimura Danzō after discovering the Root ninja’s trail.

Ryosuke attacked Shimura Danzō and used Chiba Hiroshi's body to battle the Root ninja, revealing the extent of his strength. Danzō's Reverse Four Symbols Seal erased him and the surrounding battlefield, leaving Ryosuke to return toward a Konoha without Hiruzen Sarutobi or Danzō.

• Ryosuke charged Danzō through the forest, cutting down Root ninja and overwhelming their defenses with a powerful Great Fireball Jutsu.
• Danzō used Kotoamatsukami on Ryosuke, but Ryosuke resisted the command while a Root ninja slashed his chin.
• Ryoma Aburame severed Danzō's arm containing Hashirama Cells and Sharingan, then retreated with the arm thrown into the forest.
• Ryosuke broke free and crushed the remaining Root ninja, but Danzō activated the Reverse Four Symbols Seal Technique, erasing himself and everything nearby.
• Ryosuke recovered Danzō's severed arm, sealed it into a scroll, and left for Konoha, recognizing his own strength and the village's changed leadership.

Naruto attended Hiruzen Sarutobi’s funeral and struggled with Konoha’s sudden change in how it treated him. He told Ryosuke he wanted to leave the village, and the chapter ended with Naruto setting off to find Sasuke Uchiha and promising to grow stronger.

• Konoha’s villagers and the Hyuga Clan gathered to mourn Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Shimura Danzō remained missing.
• Naruto laid flowers at Hiruzen’s grave in silence, and the crowd avoided meeting his gaze.
• Naruto returned to Hokage Rock, where Ryosuke met him and asked how Konoha had reacted to his sudden increase in strength.
• Naruto explained that he had blamed his strength on his father and described the village’s attempts to compensate him after learning his identity.
• Naruto told Ryosuke he did not want to become Hokage or protect Konoha and wanted to see the outside world, though he planned to wait and judge matters over time.
• Naruto left to find Sasuke Uchiha and fight him, while Ryosuke watched him go and said he would be waiting.

Ryosuke observed growing unrest within the reformed Hyūga clan and learned that Jiraiya had returned without Tsunade, leaving Konoha’s Hokage succession unresolved. Meanwhile, Naruto defeated Sasuke without using the Nine-Tails’ power, then confronted Jiraiya, who had come to meet him, and left him struggling with guilt.

• Ryosuke witnessed two Hyūga clansmen bully a villager and reflected on the arrogance emerging within the clan after its reforms.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Ryosuke that Jiraiya had returned without Tsunade and had been ordered to find a Hokage candidate within three months or take the position himself.
• Naruto lost to Sasuke Uchiha in a training fight while keeping the Nine-Tails’ power sealed, and Sasuke left after learning Naruto was secretly training to control it.
• Jiraiya approached Naruto at the park and took him to a bathhouse, where Naruto recognized him and challenged him to explain why he had come.
• Naruto told Jiraiya he would not agree to anything that placed him in a difficult position, and Jiraiya was overcome with guilt as he faced him.

Jiraiya told Naruto that the Nine-Tails attack likely involved a powerful organization and a traitor inside Konoha, though he denied that Shimura Danzō was the traitor. Soon after, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki attacked Naruto, and as Kakashi and Might Guy tried to protect him, the intruders closed in on him.

• Jiraiya admitted he had failed Naruto and explained that the Fourth Hokage and Kushina's deaths were suspicious, with a hidden force and possible Konoha traitor behind the Nine-Tails attack.
• Naruto asked Jiraiya to share what he learned, questioned whether Shimura Danzō was the traitor, and left after Jiraiya denied it.
• Naruto encountered two hooded intruders, but Kakashi and Might Guy arrived and ordered him to flee toward central Konoha.
• The intruders revealed themselves as Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha, and Kisame fought Might Guy while Kakashi warned him against Itachi's eyes.
• Might Guy hurled Naruto toward the center of Konoha, then he and Kakashi pursued after the intruders vanished with genjutsu and the Body Flicker Technique.
• Naruto ran toward the Hokage Building shouting that the village was under attack, but Itachi and Kisame quickly caught up to him.

Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki infiltrated Konoha to capture Naruto, but the village’s defenses split them up as Naruto fled toward the center. Itachi caught up with Naruto and overwhelmed Sasuke, while Ryosuke watched a featureless black shadow underground.

• Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki pursued Naruto Uzumaki, but Konoha’s Anbu trapped their apparent targets with a coordinated ambush.
• Kisame Hoshigaki fought the Anbu with a massive water technique, while Kakashi and Might Guy arrived and realized Itachi Uchiha was gone.
• Itachi Uchiha followed Naruto through the village, evading Naruto’s attempts to confuse him with Shadow Clones.
• Sasuke Uchiha confronted Itachi, awakened his Three Tomoe Sharingan, and was badly wounded after Itachi countered his attacks with the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto pulled Sasuke out of danger and urged him to calm down, while Ryosuke watched a human-shaped Black Mud beneath the earth.

Ryosuke watched Black Zetsu flee Konoha during the attack by Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, then chose not to intervene. The next morning, his family discussed the Akatsuki and Hinata proposed that the Hyūga prepare to establish their own village, while Ryosuke warned that the organization’s ambitions were greater than they realized.

• Ryosuke observed Black Zetsu underground, but Black Zetsu sensed the surveillance and escaped from Konoha.
• Ryosuke noticed Jiraiya had joined Naruto and that Kisame was being cornered, but he returned to the clan compound without taking part in the fights.
• At breakfast, Hyuga Hiashi showed Ryosuke a report identifying Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki as the intruders and noting that Naruto had been their target.
• Hinata suggested the organization might be gathering tailed beasts to found a new village, and proposed that the Hyūga consider establishing one of their own.
• Ryosuke warned his family that the organization’s goals could be far greater than founding a village and said he was prepared to deal with whatever came next.

Jiraiya visited Ryosuke to ask him to persuade Naruto to accept him as a grandmaster, but Ryosuke refused to mediate and instead suggested a way for Jiraiya to connect with Naruto through stories and training related to Naruto’s parents. Jiraiya left with a new idea for earning Naruto’s trust.

• Ryosuke welcomed Jiraiya to the Hyuga Clan grounds and hosted him in his home.
• Jiraiya explained that Naruto would not acknowledge him as his grandmaster and asked Ryosuke to persuade him.
• Ryosuke refused, saying Naruto should choose his own path and needed trustworthy family more than a powerful teacher.
• As Jiraiya left, he thanked Ryosuke for supporting Naruto, and Ryosuke advised him to discuss Naruto’s parents and their training and jutsu.
• Jiraiya understood Ryosuke’s hint and realized he could use Naruto’s interest in his parents to reach him.

Ryosuke abandoned routine physical training and shifted his focus to researching jutsu formulas, then attended Jiraiya’s brief inauguration as the Fifth Hokage. At the Hyūga clan assembly, Hinata faced open opposition over her suitability to lead, and the dispute raised doubts about whether the clan would truly accept a Branch Family head.

• Ryosuke concluded that ordinary exercise no longer improved him and decided to prioritize researching jutsu formulas.
• Jiraiya was formally appointed Fifth Hokage, but Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura abruptly ended his speech before it could continue.
• Ryosuke told Hyuga Hiashi that Jiraiya would likely serve as a transitional Hokage and eventually step down for a successor.
• Hinata prepared to preside over the Hyūga clan assembly while Ryosuke reassured her that he and Hyuga Hiashi would support her.
• Several clansmen openly challenged Hinata’s right to lead and argued that Branch Family member Neji was more qualified because he had mastered the Eight Trigrams Palms and Rotation.
• The assembly questioned whether the Main Family would honor its promise to let a capable Branch Family member become clan head.

At the Hyūga clan assembly, opponents tried to use the new rules to replace Hinata as heir with Neji. Neji refused their challenge and supported Hinata, revealing that the plotters had walked into a trap.

• Several Hyūga clan members argued that Neji’s strength and talent made him more suitable than Hinata to become heir.
• Hiashi Hyuga confirmed that the clan rules allowed Neji to challenge Hinata and announced that the contest would take place in three categories one month later.
• When Hiashi asked Neji if he was prepared to challenge Hinata, Neji declined and declared that he would support her as her subordinate.
• Neji praised Hinata’s willingness to put the clan’s interests ahead of her own, swaying hesitant clan members back to her side.
• The plotters realized that Hiashi Hyuga and Hizashi Hyuga had remained calm because the troublemakers had stepped into a trap.

Ryosuke and the Hyuga leaders used surveillance memories and a carefully staged upheaval to identify traitors within the clan. At the assembly’s closing ceremony, Hyuga Hiashi exposed the captured traitors’ crimes and announced a covert investigation unit to pursue the remaining suspects.

• Ryosuke, Hyuga Hiashi, Hizashi Hyuga, Hinata, Neji, and other trusted clansmen reviewed recorded memories to identify suspicious Hyuga clansmen and sort them into danger, watch, and trusted lists.
• Seisai Hyuga reported that Junji Hyuga had tried to flee the compound, and Ryosuke confirmed that Junji was on the purge list.
• Ryosuke explained that he had staged obstacles and encouraged resentment to lure traitors into revealing themselves, while the group completed its investigation before the assembly ended.
• At the closing ceremony, Hyuga Hiashi presented several dozen bound clansmen as traitors and revealed evidence that they had leaked secrets, colluded with outsiders, and betrayed the clan during past wars.
• Hyuga Hiashi announced that the clan would establish a covert investigation unit to investigate the remaining suspects without punishing the innocent.

After the Hyūga purge, Ryosuke reflected on Konoha’s uncertain future and watched Naruto defeat Sasuke in training. Naruto delivered Ryosuke’s genin Forehead Protector and began to raise a concern about Sasuke as they headed to eat and soak in a hot spring.

• The Hyūga traitors and their associates were executed, and the angry crowd desecrated their ancestral graves.
• Ryosuke spent a cold night watching over the clan grounds with his fat cat, considering the Akatsuki threat and his need for real combat.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha and temporarily filled Shimura Danzō’s vacant Hokage Advisor position while the reorganized Hyūga clan regained cohesion.
• Naruto used a powerful kick to defeat Sasuke Uchiha during a training match, impressing Ryosuke with his rapid improvement.
• Naruto gave Ryosuke the genin Forehead Protector that the Fifth Hokage had sent him, then invited him to discuss Sasuke over a meal and a hot spring visit.

Naruto asked Ryosuke whether to tell Sasuke the truth about Itachi’s role in the Uchiha Clan’s massacre, but Ryosuke said Naruto would have to decide for himself. Their discussion was interrupted by a large Kirigakure invasion at Konoha’s gates, and Ryosuke headed to the battlefield while Naruto went to alert Tsunade.

• At Ichiraku, Naruto explained to Ryosuke how he was training under Tsunade to improve his Chakra control, sealing skills, ninjutsu, taijutsu, and medical abilities.
• Naruto told Ryosuke he had found information showing that Itachi had acted with Konoha’s tacit approval when he killed the Uchiha Clan, and he worried about how the truth would affect Sasuke.
• Ryosuke reminded Naruto that Sasuke needed to discover and process the truth in his own way, and said Naruto had to decide for himself whether to intervene as Sasuke’s friend.
• Ryosuke sensed a large group of Kirigakure shinobi attacking Konoha’s entrance, and he told Naruto to notify Tsunade while he rushed to the gates.
• Ryosuke reached the battlefield in his thoughts and saw that Konoha’s gate defenses had been devastated, with many Konoha and Mist Village shinobi dead, while the apparent leaders of the invasion seemed unimpressive.

Ryosuke left the battlefield to confront White Zetsu and the mysterious giant he had possessed, whose unusual speed let him evade Ryosuke’s attacks. As Ryosuke escalated his Gentle Fist barrage, the giant finally took a palm strike head-on and escaped its range, leaving him pale and apparently considering retreat.

• Ryosuke spotted White Zetsu attached to an enormous, unfamiliar ninja and dove from the sky to intercept them in a forest.
• The giant called Ryosuke a man who hid his face, then evaded his first palm strike with bursts of physical speed.
• White Zetsu began manipulating the giant’s Chakra, and the two men exchanged powerful blows before the giant dodged Ryosuke’s finger strike.
• Ryosuke unleashed the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms and continued attacking, while the giant struggled to escape the relentless barrage.
• The giant hardened his muscles and used Chakra to withstand one of Ryosuke’s palms, then launched himself out of range and appeared ready to retreat.

Ryosuke defeated Blueno after learning his physical techniques through observation and discovering the overwhelming power of his Momentum. Meanwhile, Konoha’s leaders struggled to respond to the Mist Ninja attack until they received word that the enemy had retreated.

• Ryosuke copied Blueno’s body-hardening and force-generating techniques, then overwhelmed him with a barrage of attacks.
• Blueno gathered his strength for a final punch, but Ryosuke’s Momentum crushed him and erased the White Zetsu attached to him.
• Ryosuke tried to extract information from Blueno’s dying mind, then sealed his corpse in a scroll.
• At Konoha’s command post, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the others discussed their depleted forces and decided to hold the line until reinforcements arrived.
• A Chunin rushed into the camp and reported that the Mist Ninja had retreated from the village.

Ryosuke attacked the Kirigakure forces invading Konoha, overwhelming them and helping Konoha drive them back. He then captured their commander and learned the invasion had been arranged by Black Zetsu and Obito Uchiha to test his strength, while Blueno had enabled the army’s infiltration and escape plan.

• Ryosuke appeared above Konoha’s outskirts and unleashed five elemental dragon techniques on the Mist Ninja, killing many and forcing the survivors to retreat.
• Naruto and Sasuke charged out of Konoha’s defensive line, inspiring other Konoha ninja to join the counterattack as Jiraiya ordered the enemy surrounded.
• The retreating Kirigakure forces reached a devastated forest and realized their expected escape route and Blueno were missing.
• Ryosuke used Shadow Style Sorcery to invade the commander-in-chief’s consciousness while Konoha ninja captured and restrained the defeated Mist forces.
• Ryosuke learned from the commander’s memories that Black Zetsu and Obito Uchiha had sent the army to test him, and that Blueno had enabled their infiltration and retreat plan.

After revealing his overwhelming strength in the battle for Konoha, Ryosuke returned home and began training with techniques he had learned from Blueno. Reviewing their fight revived his excitement for cultivation as he wondered whether more visitors from other worlds might offer new paths to pursue.

• Ryosuke left the battlefield after Jiraiya thanked him and arranged to speak with him later, while the Hokage’s advisers debated his strength.
• Jiraiya told Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that Ryosuke might surpass him and warned them against treating people as threats and pushing them away.
• Ryosuke returned home and practiced Soru, Tekkai, Rankyaku, Shigan, and Kami-e, finding that the techniques challenged his body in new ways.
• Ryosuke reviewed his battle with Blueno and recalled killing him after Blueno used Revolving Door, unwilling to risk being turned into a door himself.
• Ryosuke reflected on Blueno’s arrival from One Piece and felt renewed excitement at the possibility of otherworldly invaders and new challenges for his cultivation.