Chapter Summaries

Konohamaru went to seek Naruto’s advice about reconciling with Tenyu, but Naruto was away spending time with Boruto and Sasuke. After spotting the group together, Konohamaru mistakenly suspected Naruto had taken in new younger brothers.

• Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon searched for Naruto so Konohamaru could ask his opinion about Tenyu’s offer to reconcile and train together.
• Naruto took Boruto and Sasuke to the top of Kage Rock, then led them toward another favorite childhood place.
• Tenyu explained to Maki and Xiao Du that he had prolonged his rivalry with Konohamaru so an apology and training invitation would help him gain Konohamaru’s support in his future bid to become Hokage.
• Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon spotted Naruto with Boruto and Sasuke, wondered who the two boys were, and suspected Naruto had taken in new younger brothers.

Naruto took Boruto and Sasuke around Konoha, then challenged Boruto to train and was overwhelmed by his future son’s skill. Tobitake Tonbo watched them in secret and searched Konoha for the Ōtsutsuki he feared might attack, but sensed nothing.

• Naruto met Konohamaru and let him join the tour with Boruto and Sasuke.
• Boruto and Sasuke recognized Ichiraku Ramen but admitted they had no money, so Naruto showed them other parts of Konoha.
• Naruto brought Boruto and the Konohamaru Corps to his secret training ground and challenged Boruto to a fight.
• Boruto outmatched Naruto in taijutsu, then used Water Release: Water Shockwave to destroy Naruto’s shadow clones.
• Tobitake Tonbo secretly watched the fight, recognized Sasuke and Boruto, and searched Konoha for signs of an Ōtsutsuki without finding any.

Tobitake Tonbo used Contact Evolution to gather information from Boruto and Sasuke, discovering unfamiliar traits in their bodies and sensing a powerful force in Boruto. He stopped probing deeply and continued collecting safer data while deciding to avoid contact with them until he understood more.

• Tobitake Tonbo used Contact Evolution on Boruto and Sasuke and learned that the hidden nerves he had implanted in them had survived.
• Tobitake Tonbo sensed Orochimaru-like traits in Sasuke and extensive unfamiliar genetic information, as well as a powerful energy within Boruto that disrupted his consciousness.
• Boruto briefly froze while sparring with Naruto, then dismissed the strange sensation as an illusion and continued fighting.
• Sasuke noticed Boruto's distraction, while Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon watched the sparring and praised Boruto's strength.
• Tobitake Tonbo suspected the force in Boruto was Ōtsutsuki Kāma and decided not to contact the pair again until he had gathered enough information.

Tobitake Tonbo continued training Sakura and Ino while secretly studying Boruto and Sasuke and watching for Ōtsutsuki. As Boruto and Sasuke prepared to return to Mirai, they worried about how their presence might affect history, and Sasuke warned Boruto that Orochimaru was more dangerous than he seemed.

• Tobitake Tonbo declared Sakura and Ino's chakra-control training complete and began teaching them Genjutsu, dispelling Genjutsu, and taijutsu.
• Tobitake Tonbo studied the unfamiliar biological information in Boruto and Sasuke while monitoring them and Jiraiya, and he noted that Urashiki Ōtsutsuki had not appeared.
• Sasuke took Boruto away from Naruto, and Boruto worried that Urashiki's absence might mean their actions were changing the past.
• Boruto and Sasuke considered whether their era and the past were parallel worlds, intersecting timelines, or a closed loop, and hoped their return would reveal no changes to history.
• Boruto suggested asking Tobitake Tonbo to research time after they returned, but Sasuke refused and recalled that his earlier victory over Orochimaru had seemed suspiciously easy.

Sasuke and Boruto encountered Tobitake Tonbo, who had discovered they came from the future and sought information about their enemy. After promising to preserve the details without disturbing the future, Tonbo persuaded Sasuke to reveal that their foe was Urashiki Ōtsutsuki.

• Tobitake Tonbo appeared before Sasuke and Boruto and revealed that he knew they were from the future.
• Sasuke tried to use Genjutsu to seal Tonbo’s memories, but Tonbo resisted and asked why they had traveled to the past.
• Tonbo reasoned that their enemy might still appear in another time and asked Sasuke and Boruto for information.
• Tonbo promised to seal a record of the enemy’s possible existence and information under specific activation conditions.
• Sasuke agreed to trust Tonbo and identified their enemy as Urashiki Ōtsutsuki.

Tobitake Tonbo received Sasuke’s intelligence about Urashiki Ōtsutsuki and avoided sealing his memories before Sasuke and Boruto returned to the future. He resolved to prepare for Urashiki and imagined recruiting Orochimaru to help study him.

• Sasuke warned Tobitake Tonbo that Urashiki Ōtsutsuki might have unknown abilities, and Karasuki arrived to urge them to protect history by sealing their memories.
• Tobitake Tonbo distracted Karasuki with questions about his future family and asked about time travel while the turtle prepared to return.
• Tobitake Tonbo pretended to seal his memories, then revealed he had used distributed nerve signals to resist Sasuke’s chakra disruption.
• Tobitake Tonbo reviewed Sasuke’s intelligence and planned to prepare ninjutsu for Urashiki, whom he wanted to make a test subject.
• Tobitake Tonbo imagined establishing a Technology Development Bureau with Orochimaru as chief scientist and himself as director.

Tobitake Tonbo prepared for the threat of Urashiki Ōtsutsuki while Konoha agreed to send him on a mission to help the Land of Snow’s princess reclaim power. Danzo and Orochimaru plotted to exploit Tonbo’s absence, while Tonbo continued training Ino and Sakura and studying Sealing Jutsu.

• Tobitake Tonbo developed intelligence methods and ninjutsu against Urashiki Ōtsutsuki while preparing a technique for the Forced Execution stage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted the Land of Fire’s request for Tobitake Tonbo to lead a small team supporting the Land of Snow’s princess.
• Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru discussed their plan to take advantage of Tonbo being sent away.
• Tobitake Tonbo watched Sakura and Ino fall for his Genjutsu during training and considered Sealing Jutsu a way to counter Urashiki’s chakra-draining fishing rod.
• Tobitake Tonbo recalled that Yakumo Kurama’s bodily tissue had remained preserved within his Sealing Jutsu.

Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Tobitake Tonbo an S-rank mission to escort Yukie Fujikaze to the Land of Snow, gather intelligence, and support the effort to remove Kazahana Dōtō. Tonbo left with three Chunin teammates after saying goodbye to Ayame and arranging for his children to train with Konohamaru's group.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Tobitake Tonbo to lead a squad to the Land of Snow and gather intelligence for the Land of Fire's Royal Guard.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi introduced Axel Blaze, Jude Sharp, and Mentō as Tonbo's teammates for the mission.
• Tobitake Tonbo created a Shadow Clone to handle other matters before departing with his squad.
• Tobitake Tonbo asked Ayame to have Tenyu and the others share their training methods with Konohamaru's group.
• Tobitake Tonbo kissed Ayame, promised to return with local specialties, and vanished to begin the mission.

Tobitake Tonbo and his team traveled to meet the Land of Fire’s Royal Guard for a mission involving Kazahana Koyuki in the Land of Snow. After Taketori Tensho took charge of combat matters, the combined group headed toward the film crew, while a Royal Guard member wondered whether Tonbo could handle their new Scientific Ninja Tool.

• Jude Sharp enjoyed flying and said he had yet to find a flying summoning beast as the team traveled toward the Land of Fire Capital.
• Tobitake Tonbo summoned a scroll outside the capital and waited with Mentō, Jude Sharp, and Axel Blaze for the incoming force.
• Taketori Tensho arrived with fifteen Royal Guard members, confirmed their identities, and took charge of combat matters for the mission.
• Tobitake Tonbo agreed that his team would handle intelligence and build a relationship with the Snow Princess as the combined force set out for Kazahana Koyuki’s film crew.
• A Royal Guard member asked Taketori Tensho whether Tobitake Tonbo could deal with their new Scientific Ninja Tool.

As the Chunin Exams approached, Orochimaru prepared his plan while Naruto, Sasuke, Ino, Sakura, and Konohamaru trained in Konoha. Meanwhile, Tobitake Tonbo escorted a film crew toward the Land of Snow, where Fujikaze Yukie’s interest in him convinced the guards that he had placed her under a powerful Genjutsu.

• Orochimaru learned that Tobitake Tonbo had left Konoha and looked forward to showing Sarutobi his growth as the Chunin Exams neared.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta beneath a cliff, and Naruto landed on the giant toad’s head as Jiraiya hid nearby.
• Sasuke pierced a boulder with Chidori, and Kakashi warned him that he could only use the technique twice in quick succession.
• Ino and Sakura argued over their progress under Tonbo, and both resumed training to compete for Sasuke.
• Tenyu gave Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon chakra-training materials and offered to help them while Tonbo was away.
• On a ship bound for the Land of Snow, Fujikaze Yukie admired Tonbo, while Taketori Tensho mistakenly suspected that Tonbo had controlled her with Genjutsu.

On the ship, Tobitake Tonbo explained how he had used Genjutsu to manipulate Fujikaze Yukie and briefed his team on the Land of Snow’s unusual powers. As they entered its territory, he sensed dangerous Natural Energy and warned them about its ninjas and technology.

• Mentō, Jude Sharp, and Axel Blaze asked Tobitake Tonbo why Fujikaze Yukie had acted as though she knew him, and he admitted he had used one-handed seals to give her false memories and lower her guard.
• Tobitake Tonbo explained that the Land of Snow’s Ice Release came from its environment and weakened outside the country, easing Mentō’s concern before warning that the Snow Ninjas remained formidable at home.
• Tobitake Tonbo sensed ice-leaning Natural Energy in the region and explained that skilled Snow Ninjas could use it to amplify ninjutsu as False Ice Release.
• Tobitake Tonbo warned his team not to try absorbing the dangerous Natural Energy and told them to watch for the Land of Snow’s technological advantage, including Chakra Amplifiers developed over a decade earlier.

Tobitake Tonbo briefed the team on the Land of Snow’s forces before their ship reached an iceberg, where Konoha’s scouts were ambushed by Snow Ninja. As the three fought back, Tonbo stayed aboard to protect the film crew and observed that Snow’s Scientific Ninja Tools could deflect ninjutsu.

• Tobitake Tonbo told Mentō, Jude Sharp, and the others that Doto Kazahana commanded about five hundred ninja, while the Resistance Army had over a hundred.
• The ship approached a massive iceberg, and Tobitake Tonbo sent Kidou, Gouenji, and Mentō ahead to scout.
• Jude Sharp summoned Emperor Penguins to search the ice island while he, Gouenji, and Mentō split up to investigate.
• Snow Ninja attacked the three with Ice Caltrops, wounding Mentō, and Jude Sharp prepared his team to fight.
• Tobitake Tonbo remained aboard to protect Fujikaze Yukie and the film crew as he watched Snow Ninja deflect ninjutsu with Scientific Ninja Tools.

Tobitake Tonbo's team defeated the Snow Ninja on the ice island, but an airship carrying a figure resembling Nadare Rōga escaped. The island then broke apart and sank, leaving Tobitake to secretly steady the ship with a giant whale.

• Mentō, Gouenji, and Kidou used their strongest techniques against the Snow Ninja, exploiting the Chakra Armor's weakness to physical attacks.
• Gouenji and Kidou defeated most of their opponents, while Mentō crushed another squad with his Secret Technique: Fist of the Demon God.
• Two Snow Ninja attacked the exhausted Gouenji, but Tobitake Tonbo arrived and cut them down with his katana.
• Tobitake praised the three teammates and watched an airship depart with someone who resembled Nadare Rōga aboard.
• The ice island fractured and sank, and Tobitake secretly used a giant whale to steady the ship as the director and helmsman reacted to the waves.

Konoha came under attack by the Sound Ninja and Sunagakure while Tobitake Tonbo investigated the Snow Ninja’s Chakra Defense Armor in the Land of Snow. As Orochimaru began fighting Hiruzen Sarutobi, Itachi and Kisame prepared to go to Konoha.

• Konoha’s defenders restrained the giant serpents as Morino Ibiki and Mibu Shinobu used a summoned pangolin to hold another back.
• Tobitake Tonbo searched the Sovereign’s Palace and learned that the Chakra Defense Armor required its user to activate it and draw chakra.
• Iruka led students toward shelters, while Tobitake Tosei protected residents and fought off Sunagakure ninja.
• Shikamaru and Ino trapped and killed eight Sound Ninja, then stayed behind to block pursuers and set more traps.
• Orochimaru confirmed that he had lured Tobitake Tonbo away and faced Hiruzen Sarutobi with the reanimated First and Second Hokage.
• Itachi and Kisame learned that Konoha had been attacked and prepared to go there, with Kisame expecting they might capture the Nine-Tails.

Tobitake Tonbo and the Royal Guard helped Kazahana Koyuki defeat Kazahana Dōtō and restore her as sovereign of the Land of Snow. Before leaving, Tobitake gathered the Land of Snow’s technology and Ice Release research for Konoha.

• The Royal Guard used powerful earth techniques against Kazahana Dōtō’s forces, while Tobitake Tonbo’s hypnosis caused Snow Ninja to attack their own comrades.
• Taketori Tensho and the Royal Guard unleashed Earth Release: Roaring Hell, killing Kazahana Dōtō and ending the battle.
• Several days later, Kazahana Koyuki took the throne with Sandayu’s help and thanked the Konoha group.
• Tobitake Tonbo altered Kazahana Koyuki’s memories, gathered the Land of Snow’s scientists and research materials, and copied its Ice Release techniques.
• Sandayu and Kazahana Koyuki saw the film crew off as Tobitake Tonbo and the others sailed away.

After returning to Konoha, Tobitake Tonbo accepted the elders’ offer to serve as Proxy Hokage until Tsunade took over, then reunited with his family and visited the hospitalized Kakashi. He began examining Kakashi’s body with a nerve technique.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Tsubaki told Tobitake Tonbo that the Third Hokage had died and appointed him Proxy Hokage while Jiraiya sought Tsunade.
• Tobitake Tonbo agreed to serve temporarily and asked for Shikaku’s help before leaving to check on his family.
• Tobitake Tonbo found his home damaged but learned that Ayame, Tenyu, Maki, and Tobitake Tosei were safe.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Tenyu and Maki that he would be Hokage, and they celebrated the news.
• Tobitake Tonbo visited Kakashi in the hospital and used a nerve technique to examine him.

Tobitake Tonbo examined Kakashi, discovered how the Sharingan drained his chakra, and secretly placed a seal inside it as a contingency. Meanwhile, Konohamaru struggled with his grandfather’s death, and Tobitake Tonbo visited the Third’s grave, where Asuma reflected on their strained but precious relationship.

• Tobitake Tonbo examined Kakashi’s condition, traced his prolonged coma to the Sharingan’s chakra drain, and sealed researched nerves within the eye as a precaution.
• Konohamaru visited Tenyu’s training ground alone and overheard Tenyu, Zhanbu Du, and Maki urging one another to become strong enough to protect the village and him.
• Remembering his grandfather’s advice about protecting everyone, Konohamaru wiped away his tears and left without confronting the others.
• After Konohamaru departed, Tenyu, Maki, and Zhanbu Du discussed whether their attempt to encourage him had worked and decided to ask Captain Tonbo for advice.
• Tobitake Tonbo brought chrysanthemums to the Third’s grave, where Asuma mourned his father and reflected on how much he missed their arguments.

Tobitake Tonbo managed Konoha’s affairs as acting Hokage while trying to conceal the village’s weakness and prevent war. He left the advisors convinced by his hard-line diplomacy and ordered ANBU and the Barrier Team to monitor outgoing communications.

• Tobitake Tonbo reviewed Konoha’s postwar problems and learned that the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth had stationed troops near their borders.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Ayame that his acting appointment had only been announced to the ninja, then promised Tenyu and Maki that he would train Konohamaru and teach him a lesson in ideology.
• Tobitake Tonbo drafted forceful diplomatic responses to other countries, and Shikaku defended the approach as a way to project strength while Konoha gathered intelligence.
• Tobitake Tonbo ordered the Barrier Team and ANBU to monitor all communications leaving Konoha and to stop messages that lacked his special codes.

Tobitake Tonbo confronted Konohamaru’s anger over his grandfather’s death and explained that Konohamaru could honor Hiruzen Sarutobi by protecting Konoha. Konohamaru agreed to train under Tonbo, who clarified that he was only the acting Hokage.

• Konohamaru argued with Tenyu and Maki about Tobitake Tonbo becoming acting Hokage so soon after Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death.
• Tobitake Tonbo arrived and invited Konohamaru to train, but Konohamaru accused him of wanting the Hokage position.
• Tobitake Tonbo offered to use Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hiruzen Sarutobi, prompting Konohamaru to admit he feared his grandfather would be forgotten.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Konohamaru that protecting Konoha would preserve Hiruzen Sarutobi’s memory and honor his Will of Fire.
• Konohamaru resolved to train hard and protect Konoha, and Tobitake Tonbo agreed to strengthen him while reminding him to call him acting Hokage.

Tobitake Tonbo used his acting Hokage authority to study the Book of Seals and divide ninjutsu research among his shadow clones. As Sunagakure sought peace and an alliance, he pushed for Konoha to secure oil trading rights in the negotiations.

• Tobitake Tonbo read the Book of Seals and found that its Impure World Reincarnation entry was only a basic framework, then studied the Flying Thunder God Technique and other forbidden jutsu.
• Tobitake Tonbo used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to create dozens of clones and assigned them research into several techniques, including Summoning, Flying Thunder God, and Spirit Transformation.
• A cipher division ninja delivered Sunagakure's peace letter, which blamed the crisis on Orochimaru and proposed reconciliation and a renewed alliance.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Shikaku to negotiate an alliance agreement that would grant Konoha oil trading rights in exchange for trade in selected controlled resources.