Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Satoru reviewed Kusagakure’s debate over overthrowing its daimyo while considering the Fire Federation’s expansion. In Kusagakure, Isshiki’s rat vessel caused chaos, and Wuji decided to merge the village into the Fire Federation and pursue reform.

• Minato delivered Hyuga Satoru a report that Kusagakure was considering overthrowing its daimyo, and Hyuga Satoru noted that the village was taking too long to decide.
• Wuji struggled to choose whether to act against the daimyo, whose control of the Land of Grass’s wealth and support from the Four Nations Alliance made the move dangerous.
• Isshiki, hiding in a rat vessel, stole food in a Kusagakure kitchen and was chased through the village as ninjutsu failed to stop him.
• Kusagakure’s ninja attacked Isshiki with ninjutsu, bricks, and Exploding Tags, while he absorbed some attacks and fled.
• Wuji arrived to find the village in chaos and decided to merge Kusagakure into the Fire Federation and lead its reform.

Hyuga Satoru received Kusagakure’s request for help overthrowing the daimyo and prepared the Fire Federation’s military response. Hizashi Hyuga arrived in Kusagakure with an intimidating force of Mecha, leaving Wuji and the Grass Ninjas astonished as he revealed they were only test models and a Prototype Unit was in development.

• Hyuga Satoru learned that Kusagakure had decided to reform and requested Fire Federation aid against the daimyo, so he summoned Hyuga Hizashi.
• Wuji and the Grass Ninjas waited anxiously for Konoha’s promised reinforcements and feared they might have to face the Four Nations Alliance alone.
• Konoha’s forces approached Kusagakure with rows of metal hulks and towering metal giants, astonishing the Grass Ninjas.
• Hizashi Hyuga emerged from a Mecha, confirmed that Wuji had requested aid, and ordered him to lead the way so the daimyo could face judgment.
• Hizashi explained that the Mecha were test models operated from inside and said the research department was developing a newer Prototype Unit.

Hyuga Hizashi led the Fire Federation’s assault on the Land of Grass, defeating its forces and capturing the daimyo’s manor before the Four Nations Alliance could intervene. The Land of Lightning daimyo learned of the conquest when he received the severed head of the Land of Grass daimyo.

• The Land of Grass daimyo learned that Kusagakure had rebelled and asked the Four Nations Alliance envoy to summon reinforcements.
• Kusagakure’s leader Wuji watched as Konoha’s mecha and blue electromagnetic cannon fire overwhelmed the daimyo’s defenders.
• Hyuga Hizashi’s mecha forces destroyed the remaining defenders and captured Daimyo Manor in under three hours.
• Hyuga Hizashi learned that the Four Nations Alliance’s ninja were on their way and said he would give them a gift.
• The Land of Lightning daimyo learned that the Land of Grass had been incorporated into the Fire Federation and found the Land of Grass daimyo’s severed head in a box.

After the Land of Grass joined the Fire Federation, the four great nations debated whether to wage war on Konoha, but Hyuga Satoru’s strength and reputation made them hesitate. In Konoha, Satoru and Orochimaru developed a perpetual-motion energy system for mecha using Impure World Reincarnation, choosing Danzo as their first test subject.

• The Land of Grass overthrew its daimyo and nobles, joined the Fire Federation, and began building an industrial chain for livestock and dairy products.
• The four great nations and their Kage convened a summit, where the Lightning Country’s daimyo and Fourth Raikage A called for war against Konoha.
• Fourth Tsuchikage Kitsuchi warned that Konoha and Hyuga Satoru were too powerful to confront directly, and Kazekage Pakura urged political pressure instead of war.
• Hyuga Satoru explained the possible energy sources for mecha and concluded that Chakra conversion was the most practical option.
• Satoru proposed using Impure World Reincarnation as an effectively endless Chakra supply, and Orochimaru learned that their first test subject would be his old friend Danzo.

Hyuga Satoru resurrected Danzo with Impure World Reincarnation and used him to test whether a Mecha could run on a revived ninja’s Chakra. The test succeeded, and Satoru wondered if the Mecha’s endless energy supply exploited the Sage of Six Paths.

• Hyuga Satoru used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Danzo back, and Danzo angrily vowed revenge before realizing Satoru and Orochimaru stood over him.
• Danzo learned that Hyuga Satoru had taken over Root and Orochimaru had become Hokage, then discovered he could not control his body.
• Hyuga Satoru forced Danzo into the Mecha, where Chakra-extraction pipes turned him into its power source.
• Hyuga Satoru and the researchers tested the Mecha’s movements and Electromagnetic Cannon while Danzo screamed from inside it.
• Hyuga Satoru confirmed that a Jonin-level ninja’s Chakra could power the Mecha and wondered if the energy came from the Pure Land and exploited the Sage of Six Paths.

Hyuga Satoru turned Impure World Reincarnation into a large-scale energy source by using reincarnated ninjas as batteries, then summoned Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju. Tobirama demanded to know what had happened to Konoha, and Hyuga Satoru told the former Hokage that the times had changed.

• Hyuga Satoru explained that Impure World Reincarnation drew energy from the Pure Land and began mass-producing reincarnated ninjas as energy-storage units.
• Hyuga Satoru told Orochimaru that he had silenced the reincarnated ninjas by plugging their throats with metal particles.
• Hyuga Satoru prepared two sacrifices and used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju.
• Tobirama Senju questioned Hyuga Satoru about Konoha and demanded to know who the current Hokage was, while Orochimaru identified himself as the Fourth Hokage.
• Hashirama Senju stopped Tobirama Senju from attacking, and Hyuga Satoru told the former Hokage that the times had changed.

Hashirama Senju confronted Hyuga Satoru over using Impure World Reincarnation shinobi to power mecha, but Satoru challenged Hashirama’s peacekeeping system and showed him what had become of the Ninja World. After seeing children learning and playing safely in modern Konoha, Hashirama recognized that Satoru had won their argument.

• Hashirama Senju condemned Satoru for using revived shinobi as energy sources and attacked him, but Satoru caught his fist with one hand.
• Satoru argued that Hashirama’s system had failed to prevent wars and that lasting peace required a new social framework.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju left to see the new era for themselves, while Satoru trusted that they would not harm Konoha.
• Hashirama and Tobirama toured modern Konoha, marveling at its technology and arriving at Konoha First Middle School.
• Hashirama watched students study and play safely, and Tobirama realized that Hashirama had lost the argument.

Naruto struggled through an exam, then got into a fight with Sasuke after the two reacted to Neji showing off a pistol. The fight ended with Naruto sprawled against Kimimaro, who pointed a blade at his throat for dirtying his clothes.

• Naruto failed to solve the exam questions, and Hinata offered to show him her answers before proctor Aizawa Kona stopped him from cheating.
• After the exam, Sasuke complained about his score while smugly provoking Naruto, who prepared to fight him.
• Neji boasted about his family and showed the class a pistol gifted by Uncle Satoru, making Naruto and Sasuke abandon their plan to confront him.
• Naruto and Sasuke argued and wrestled, but Sasuke kicked Naruto between the legs and sent him crashing into Kimimaro.
• Kimimaro extended a blade from his palm and threatened Naruto for dirtying his clothes.

Naruto withdrew from his family and struggled with school and a difficult mobile game, leading Minato and Kushina to worry that he was entering a rebellious phase. Hyuga Satoru agreed to find a way to help, but the discussion was interrupted when Orochimaru arrived in a new body combining Otsutsuki power and Sage Mode and asked about Naruto.

• Naruto refused Kushina's call to dinner and stayed in his room, hiding a zero-score test and brooding over school and his peers.
• Kushina and Minato worried about Naruto's sudden change, and the Yin Nine-Tails suggested he had entered a rebellious phase.
• Minato asked Hyuga Satoru for advice, and Hyuga Satoru promised to think of a solution after joking that they should beat Naruto up.
• Orochimaru appeared in a new body made using Isshiki's arm, with Otsutsuki abilities and Sage Mode.
• Orochimaru said her enhanced senses had let her hear about Naruto's rebellious phase and asked Hyuga Satoru whether he had an idea.

Orochimaru told Hyuga Satoru that he wanted to take Naruto as his disciple, and Minato and Kushina decided to ask Naruto how he felt about it. Naruto eagerly agreed, excited by the chance to become the Fourth Hokage’s disciple and outshine Sasuke.

• Orochimaru told Hyuga Satoru that he wanted to train Naruto, partly because Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and Orochimaru had a duty to teach him.
• Minato told Kushina about Orochimaru’s proposal, and they decided to ask Naruto whether he would accept.
• Naruto returned from school, struggled with a game, and went downstairs for dinner.
• Kushina asked Naruto if he would agree to become Orochimaru’s disciple, and Naruto immediately said yes.

Hyuga Satoru considered using senjutsu to help create the Electromagnetic Realm and decided to seek Orochimaru’s advice. Meanwhile, Naruto hurried to his after-school lesson with Orochimaru, where he awkwardly asked whether to call him “Uncle” or “Auntie.”

• Hyuga Satoru learned that his current approach to creating the Electromagnetic Realm had almost no chance of success and considered drawing on senjutsu instead.
• Hyuga Satoru thought Orochimaru’s expertise and compatibility with Sage Mode could help, and wondered how his lessons with Naruto were going.
• Sasuke invited Naruto to play games after school, but Naruto refused and rushed off to his extra lesson, leaving Sasuke shocked when Neji explained what he was doing.
• Naruto arrived late to meet Orochimaru and blamed Sasuke, then realized he had forgotten to brag to him about becoming the Fourth Hokage’s disciple.
• Naruto interrupted the lesson to ask whether he should call Orochimaru “Uncle” or “Auntie,” leaving Orochimaru with a strange expression.

Orochimaru began teaching Naruto with a lesson about listening to his mother and eating on time, then assigned him a mission to eat on schedule seven times. Naruto initially resented the adults’ scheme, but he soon rushed downstairs when hunger gave him a chance to start.

• Orochimaru told Naruto that survival and evolution mattered more than gender, then began their first lesson.
• Orochimaru revealed the lesson, “Listen to your mother and eat on time!”, and Naruto suspected the adults had conspired to make him obedient.
• Naruto returned home listless, left his backpack downstairs, and went to his room while Kushina wondered what was wrong.
• The Nine-Tails told Naruto that Orochimaru had seemed to stare at his lower abdomen, but Naruto focused on the mission to eat on time seven times for a reward.
• Naruto grew hungry, dashed to the dining table, and asked Kushina what she had made; she said it was his favorite sweet-and-sour spare ribs.

Hyuga Satoru planned to combine natural energy with electromagnetic force to construct the Electromagnetic Realm, and Orochimaru gave him Ryūchi Cave’s summoning scroll. Meanwhile, Orochimaru continued teaching Naruto, whose classmates’ reactions to his new mentorship confused him, and she prepared to reward him for following her first lesson.

• Hyuga Satoru explained his plan to merge natural energy and electromagnetic force, and Orochimaru suggested studying the three great Sacred Lands.
• Orochimaru gave Hyuga Satoru Ryūchi Cave’s summoning scroll, and he decided to visit the Sacred Lands for research.
• Students at Konoha First Middle School gossiped about Naruto’s lessons with Orochimaru, leaving Sasuke resentful and Naruto bewildered.
• Orochimaru told Naruto to stay true to himself despite others’ opinions, and Naruto proudly reported that he had eaten on time seven times.
• Orochimaru began fulfilling her promised reward by transforming into a larger form surrounded by natural energy, stunning Naruto.

Orochimaru revealed her new Sage Mode and began teaching Naruto to sense natural energy. Meanwhile, a reverse Summoning Jutsu brought an unfamiliar human to Ryūchi Cave, where Tagorihime went to investigate.

• Orochimaru explained that her Otsutsuki-and-senjutsu body could absorb natural energy and let her enter Sage Mode, then offered to teach Naruto.
• Naruto agreed to learn senjutsu and listened as Orochimaru began explaining its origins and the three Sacred Lands.
• Orochimaru realized that Wu should have reached Ryūchi Cave and anticipated something interesting happening there.
• A reverse Summoning Jutsu using the Ryūchi Cave contract scroll caused a spatial fluctuation at the Sacred Land.
• Tagorihime went to investigate, expecting Orochimaru, but found an unfamiliar human instead.

Hyuga Satoru encountered the three Snake Princesses of Ryūchi Cave, who mistook him for prey and attacked him after he rejected their trials. He easily defeated them, but the White Snake Sage confronted him before he could leave.

• Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime surrounded Hyuga Satoru and argued over which parts of him they would eat.
• Hyuga Satoru released his aura, sending the three Snake Princesses flying and frightening them.
• Ichikishimahime used the Sage Art: White Passion Technique, but Hyuga Satoru instantly nullified its effects.
• Hyuga Satoru struck down all three Snake Princesses and prepared to leave Ryūchi Cave.
• The White Snake Sage accused Hyuga Satoru of treating Ryūchi Cave rudely.

Hyuga Satoru confronted the White Snake Sage after defeating the three Ryūchi Cave sages, but refused her offer of senjutsu and demanded confidential information about Ryūchi Cave’s origins and composition. The White Snake Sage rejected his demand, and the two prepared to fight.

• The White Snake Sage emerged and accused Hyuga Satoru of injuring the three sages, while he reminded her that they had tried to eat him.
• The White Snake Sage chastised the three women for ignoring changes in the Ninja World and recognized Hyuga Satoru as the Tyrant.
• The White Snake Sage offered to help Hyuga Satoru obtain senjutsu, but he explained that he had come for something else.
• Hyuga Satoru demanded all information about Ryūchi Cave’s natural energy, origins, history, and purpose.
• The White Snake Sage grew furious and refused to reveal the Sacred Land’s secrets, so Hyuga Satoru concluded that they would have to fight.

Hyuga Satoru battled the White Snake Sage in Ryūchi Cave, revealing overwhelming repulsive and attractive powers before she transformed into her enormous true form. As the fight shook the cave, Manda recognized Hyuga Satoru as Orochimaru’s ally and eagerly planned to eat him to get revenge on Orochimaru.

• The White Snake Sage attacked Hyuga Satoru with her venomous fangs, but he dodged and unleashed Dustless Zone, forcing her to resist his repulsive power.
• Hyuga Satoru changed repulsion into attraction and launched a metal spike at the White Snake Sage, wounding her as she transformed into a colossal white serpent.
• The enraged White Snake Sage lashed at Hyuga Satoru, who evaded her strike as the battle’s shock waves stirred the snakes throughout Ryūchi Cave.
• Manda recognized Hyuga Satoru as Orochimaru’s ally and decided that eating him would be a satisfying way to hurt Orochimaru.

Hyuga Satoru overwhelmed the White Snake Sage with his control over waves and a massive falling metal pillar, then demanded knowledge of Ryūchi Cave’s origins and natural energy. Just as the wounded sage tried to negotiate, Manda’s failed ambush gave Satoru another reason to confront her.

• Hyuga Satoru stopped the White Snake Sage’s White Passion Technique by controlling its light and sound waves, then dodged her attempt to swallow him.
• Hyuga Satoru summoned a blazing metal pillar from the sky, and the White Snake Sage used Ryūchi Cave’s natural energy to slow it before it pierced her body.
• The White Snake Sage offered to grant Hyuga Satoru anything except information about Ryūchi Cave’s origins, but he insisted on learning its composition and natural-energy proportions.
• Manda tried to ambush Hyuga Satoru, but Satoru pinned him in place with metal spikes.
• Hyuga Satoru turned toward the White Snake Sage and asked if they should talk again, leaving her chilled by his threat.

While Orochimaru taught Naruto about Ryūchi Cave, she wondered how Hyuga Satoru was faring there. Hyuga Satoru endured the White Snake Sage’s Inorganic Reincarnation and became fascinated by the sage art’s potential.

• Orochimaru paused her lesson to Naruto and thought about Hyuga Satoru’s visit to Ryūchi Cave.
• Hyuga Satoru restrained Manda and demanded that the White Snake Sage reveal everything about Ryūchi Cave’s origins.
• The White Snake Sage refused and used Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation to animate the mountain and attack Hyuga Satoru.
• Hyuga Satoru avoided the animated stone hands and delighted in the technique’s power and scientific possibilities.

Hyuga Satoru answered White Snake Sage’s desperate Inorganic Reincarnation with Crimson Godzilla and overwhelmed her. White Snake Sage survived the battle, surrendered, and agreed to give him everything he wanted.

• White Snake Sage used a massive Inorganic Reincarnation and charged Hyuga Satoru with a resurrected stone giant.
• Hyuga Satoru gathered Ryūchi Cave’s metal and created MechaGodzilla in Crimson Form.
• Crimson Godzilla burned White Snake Sage and blasted a ravine through Ryūchi Cave with its Atomic Breath.
• Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and the others found White Snake Sage barely alive behind a boulder.
• White Snake Sage surrendered to Hyuga Satoru and agreed to meet his demands.