Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Haku met in the forest and spoke about what made someone strong, while a hidden figure urged Zabuza to continue the mission. The next day, Zabuza and Haku attacked Tazuna’s bridge, where Kushina, Naruto, and Sasuke confronted them and Sasuke struck Haku with a kick.

• Haku woke Naruto in the forest, gathered herbs with him, and told him he was a boy before leaving.
• Naruto and Sasuke completed their tree-climbing training that night, while Zabuza agreed to continue the mission at a shadowy figure’s urging.
• Tazuna arrived at the bridge and found his workers unconscious, as Zabuza and masked Haku appeared to face Kushina, Naruto, and Sasuke.
• Haku attacked with water techniques, and Naruto shattered the needles aimed at him while Sasuke dodged and counterattacked.
• Sasuke kicked Haku away after evading his attack, and Naruto angrily complained that Sasuke had stolen his spotlight.

Haku trapped Naruto and Sasuke in his Crystal Ice Mirrors and overwhelmed them with his speed, while Kushina and Zabuza argued over whether Haku was holding back. Naruto awakened a second Sharingan tomoe and tore off Haku’s mask, but after Haku revealed his devotion to Zabuza and resumed fighting, Sasuke fell motionless from a kunai wound to the neck.

• Haku created ice walls and Crystal Ice Mirrors around Naruto and Sasuke, then attacked them at high speed while holding back.
• Naruto awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan but could not track Haku, and Sasuke tried using his blade’s instincts to counter him.
• Naruto’s Sharingan developed a second tomoe, letting him catch Haku and tear off his mask.
• Haku told Naruto that he lived to protect Zabuza and warned he would no longer hold back.
• Sasuke appeared beside an ice mirror and thrust a kunai at it, but Haku struck him in the neck and returned to the mirrors.
• Sasuke fell to the ground without breathing.

Naruto awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and unleashed the Nine-Tails Demon Monkey's chakra after believing Haku had killed Sasuke. Kushina stopped the fight, revealed Sasuke was alive, and let Zabuza and Haku go on the condition that Zabuza kill Gato, who then arrived with armed samurai.

• Naruto found Sasuke apparently dead, awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and attacked Haku with the Nine-Tails Demon Monkey's chakra.
• Kushina restrained Naruto with Adamantine Sealing Chains and explained that Sasuke was still alive, then healed Sasuke's wound.
• Zabuza agreed to kill Gato in exchange for being allowed to leave, and Haku accepted that he had failed as a tool.
• Naruto urged Zabuza to stop treating Haku as a tool, but Zabuza rejected his advice.
• Gato arrived with a group of samurai, unaware that Zabuza had agreed to kill him.

The film ended with Zabuza killing Gato and the people of the Land of Waves celebrating, but a teaser revealed the next installment would feature Orochimaru and a Konoha Crush Plan. The theater’s audience and Konoha’s leaders feared the story could provoke Orochimaru, while Orochimaru himself welcomed the possibility of becoming an actor.

• Zabuza killed Gato and completed the mission, then departed with Haku as Naruto promised to grow stronger.
• The film ended, leaving the theater audience disappointed but eager to see what happened after Team 7 returned to Konoha.
• A teaser announced the next part, “Uchiha Naruto Chronicle: Konoha Crush Plan,” and revealed a silhouette identified as Orochimaru.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō worried that Orochimaru might imitate the film and attack Konoha.
• Orochimaru expressed interest in the teaser and considered discussing an acting role with Uchiha Chuan, while Jiraiya grew anxious and Tsunade laughed at the prospect.

After the film exposed tensions within Konoha, the Third Hokage and his allies decided to make films of their own to counter Uchiha Chuan’s influence. Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato chose to travel to Konoha, while Orochimaru accepted Uchiha Chuan’s invitation.

• The Third Hokage, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura argued over how to respond to the Uchiha film and agreed to develop their own films.
• Yahiko recognized the final silhouette as possibly Orochimaru and persuaded Konan and Nagato to travel to Konoha.
• Fugaku Uchiha encountered Orochimaru, who asked him to tell Uchiha Chuan that he accepted the invitation.
• Orochimaru transformed into snakes and departed, and Fugaku Uchiha continued toward the Uchiha Clan Territory.

Shimura Danzō devised a film plot that cast himself as Konoha’s savior and future Hokage, while the Uchiha celebrated the first film’s huge box-office results. Uchiha Chuan addressed the clan and said they underestimated his ambitions.

• Shimura Danzō ordered Root to find a director, then planned Shimura Kirito Chronicle: Konoha Crush Plan, casting himself as the village’s savior and the rightful Fifth Hokage.
• Shimura Danzō wrote down his plot outline and left the plagiarism problem for Hiruzen Sarutobi to handle.
• Zheng Buyan Yi announced that Uchiha Naruto Chronicle had earned one hundred million ryo on its first day, with an estimated total box office of fifteen billion.
• Uchiha Chuan said Obito would need special training from Elder Amane before his body could withstand awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Chuan addressed the Uchiha and said they thought too little of him.

Uchiha Chuan revealed his dream of exploring the stars and seas and returning to Earth, persuading the Uchiha to support him. He announced plans to establish three research laboratories and introduced Uchiha Tongyue to unveil a new business project.

• Uchiha Chuan declared that Konoha, the Land of Fire, and even the Shinobi World were too small for his dream of exploring the universe and returning to Earth.
• Uchiha Chuan explained that he had reorganized the Uchiha to free them from Konoha’s politics and asked them to help him pursue his dream; the clan enthusiastically agreed.
• Uchiha Chuan announced plans for a Ninjutsu Laboratory, a Science Laboratory, and a Ninjutsu Science Laboratory, saying the clan needed new sources of funding.
• Uchiha Tongyue revealed that he had survived through a Flesh Clone deception, awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after Uchiha Tieyue tried to kill him, and had surveyed the Land of Fire’s market.
• Uchiha Tongyue said Uchiha Tieyue was truly dead, and Uchiha Chuan asked him to introduce the Milk Tea Shop Project.

Uchiha Chuan launched plans for clan-owned milk tea shops across the Land of Fire while the Uchiha Naruto Chronicle’s box-office success alarmed Konoha’s leaders. The Third Hokage approved the Uchiha’s shop application and set plans for a rival film promoting the Will of Fire.

• Uchiha Tongyue unveiled more than thirty milk tea recipes, and the gathered Uchiha enthusiastically approved the new drink.
• Uchiha Chuan announced that the clan would open milk tea shops in all 358 towns and cities across the Land of Fire in one month, with clan members assigned to manage and protect them.
• Uchiha Tongyue began registering volunteers and assigning their locations by lottery while Uchiha Chuan rested.
• The Third Hokage learned that Uchiha Naruto Chronicle had earned 300 million at the box office and was projected to earn 1.5 billion, then summoned Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura.
• The Third Hokage approved the Uchiha application to open tea drink shops in Konoha and Kikyo Castle.
• The Third Hokage and his advisers agreed to make a film starring Jiraiya, Asuma, and other Konoha figures that would imitate Uchiha Naruto Chronicle and promote the Will of Fire.

The Daimyo doubled Konoha’s annual funding, prompting villagers to praise the Third Hokage and disparage the Uchiha Clan. Uchiha Chuan learned that his film would premiere across the Shinobi World with a projected box office of five billion, while Zheng Buyan Yi began planning the next movie and reaffirmed his commitment to the Stars and Seas.

• Uchiha Tongyue led the Uchiha Clan’s core forces out of Konoha to prepare Ice City Mixue Milk Tea Shop branches in more than three hundred towns.
• The Daimyo announced that Konoha’s annual funding would double, and Hiruzen Sarutobi received the decree.
• Villagers celebrated the increased funding, praised Hiruzen Sarutobi, and criticized the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed the Daimyo’s chamberlain and gave him money before escorting him to a banquet.
• Zheng Buyan Yi told Uchiha Chuan that the film had been picked up across the Shinobi World and was projected to earn five billion at the box office.
• Uchiha Chuan promised Zheng Buyan Yi a one-hundred-million-ryo reward, declined to start filming the second movie immediately, and let him prepare its filming plan.

Konoha’s leaders panicked as Uchiha Naruto Chronicle earned an enormous box office, while Jiraiya reunited with Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan in Konoha. Their search for answers about Nagato’s Rinnegan began just as the other great villages moved to exploit Konoha’s conflict with the Uchiha Clan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Konoha leaders learned that Uchiha Naruto Chronicle had earned one billion ryō and might reach five billion, and they discussed making their own film to counter its influence.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan arrived at Konoha’s gates seeking Uchiha Chuan and Kushina Uzumaki, and Jiraiya vouched for them as his students.
• At a dango shop, Yahiko explained their goals, and Jiraiya warned that Nagato’s Rinnegan might belong to someone else.
• Jiraiya agreed to take the three to Minato and Kushina, but an ANBU ninja summoned him to see the Hokage.
• The Third Kazekage, Third Raikage, Third Tsuchikage, and Third Mizukage called for a Five Kage Summit, hoping to use Konoha’s conflict with the Uchiha Clan to weaken the village.
• Kirigakure acquired a young Zabuza Momochi, who had only just entered the ninja academy.

The Third Mizukage decided to protect young Zabuza as evidence against the Uchiha Clan, while Konoha’s leaders recruited directors to counter Uchiha Naruto Chronicle with rival films. Danzo commissioned a spectacular film about his version of the Konoha Crush Plan, which included Sunagakure’s attack.

• The Third Mizukage recognized six-year-old Zabuza Momochi from Uchiha Naruto Chronicle and ordered his subordinates to protect him rather than kill him.
• The Third Mizukage planned to use Zabuza as leverage and evidence to unite the Five Great Shinobi Villages against Konoha’s Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders asked Ikeda Kishimoto to make a film promoting the Will of Fire, and Ikeda reluctantly accepted despite calling the script plagiarism.
• Shimura Danzō showed Oda Wenshi his Konoha Crush Plan script, which added Sunagakure’s attack to the invasion plot.
• Oda Wenshi enthusiastically agreed to make Danzo’s film, and Danzo promised to provide whatever resources he needed.

Minato met Jiraiya’s students and discussed the Uchiha conflict, then Jiraiya revealed that Nagato might belong to Kushina’s Uzumaki Clan. A bloodline test confirmed their kinship, and Nagato tentatively accepted Kushina as his sister.

• Jiraiya introduced Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to Minato, who spoke about the oppression surrounding the Uchiha and the Police Force.
• Jiraiya warned Minato to stay away from the Uchiha, then had Minato use Flying Thunder God to bring Kushina to the office.
• Jiraiya asked Kushina whether Nagato was from the Uzumaki Clan, and she tested his blood with an ancient sealing scroll.
• The scroll confirmed Nagato’s Uzumaki heritage, and Kushina embraced him as she mourned the family she had thought lost.
• Nagato recalled his parents lying dead in the rain, then called Kushina “Sister” as she cried.

Kushina, Jiraiya, Minato, and Nagato debated whether Nagato could safely stay in Konoha with the Rinnegan, then agreed to meet Uchiha Chuan. Meanwhile, Madara learned Nagato had reached Konoha and began watching Uchiha Naruto Chronicle.

• Kushina tried to bring Nagato to meet the Third Hokage, but Jiraiya and Minato warned that his Rinnegan would put him in danger in Konoha.
• Minato explained that Nagato's Rinnegan might be part of a conspiracy, and Kushina insisted Uchiha Chuan could help uncover the culprit.
• Nagato chose to meet Uchiha Chuan, reasoning that the Uchiha might help expose whoever was manipulating him, while Yahiko planned to ask Chuan about peace and the Uchiha's ambitions.
• Jiraiya agreed to take them to meet Chuan but warned Nagato to keep his Rinnegan hidden until Jiraiya confirmed the situation.
• Madara discovered that Nagato had gone to Konoha after White Zetsu got distracted watching a movie, then started watching Uchiha Naruto Chronicle.

Uchiha Chuan challenged Jiraiya’s demand that the Uchiha compromise, arguing that they had already yielded and would not be made to shoulder all the blame. The confrontation ended with Jiraiya proposing to take Chuan as his disciple and make him his granddisciple.

• Uchiha Chuan welcomed Jiraiya, Minato, Kushina, Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan while fishing, then traded barbs with Jiraiya about his reputation and past.
• Uchiha Chuan explained that Hanzo spared Jiraiya and his comrades because killing them would have brought Konoha’s retaliation upon Amegakure, causing Nagato to recall his parents’ deaths.
• Jiraiya compared Amegakure’s concessions to the Uchiha’s situation and criticized Chuan’s films, but Chuan argued that the Uchiha had already given up the Police Force and would not yield further.
• Yahiko urged Jiraiya and Chuan to understand each other, while Chuan objected that Jiraiya expected only the Uchiha to compromise.
• Jiraiya asked Chuan to give the older generation time to step aside, but Chuan argued that shinobi sent to the front lines—not rear-area elders—lowered the average lifespan.
• Jiraiya suddenly proposed taking Uchiha Chuan as his disciple and making him his granddisciple.

Uchiha Chuan argued with Jiraiya about the Uchiha's oppression and hinted that Jiraiya's choices could make Orochimaru a villain. He denied that anyone present was the Child of Prophecy, leaving Jiraiya and the others questioning what he knew about Nagato's Rinnegan.

• Uchiha Chuan rejected Jiraiya's offer to become his disciple unless Jiraiya gave him the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, then accused Jiraiya and the Third Hokage of hypocrisy and said the Uchiha had been oppressed.
• Namikaze Minato asked Uchiha Chuan to explain the oppression, while Jiraiya argued that the villagers were innocent; Kushina countered that their happiness had been built on her people's suffering.
• Uchiha Chuan warned Jiraiya to stay out of Konoha's conflict and said Orochimaru had already offered to cooperate with him.
• Jiraiya asked Uchiha Chuan whether he could see the future and who the Child of Prophecy was, and Uchiha Chuan said it was none of the people present.
• Kushina suggested Uchiha Chuan had recognized Nagato's eyes, and Nagato revealed his Rinnegan to Uchiha Chuan and introduced Yahiko and Konan.

Uchiha Chuan explained that Nagato’s Rinnegan might have evolved from an Uchiha’s Sharingan, pointing to Madara Uchiha as the likely source. He suggested that Jiraiya and the others verify whether Madara was truly dead by finding where the Second Hokage buried his body.

• Jiraiya questioned when his business with Uchiha Chuan had been settled, and Chuan told him to persuade the Third Hokage instead of the Uchiha Clan.
• Kushina asked Chuan to identify the person behind Nagato’s Rinnegan, and Chuan said he already knew the mastermind.
• Chuan reasoned that the Rinnegan was likely an evolved eye technique and that it may have come from the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan.
• Minato realized that the Rinnegan could have evolved from an Uchiha’s Sharingan, and Chuan confirmed the possibility.
• Jiraiya guessed that Madara Uchiha was responsible, and Chuan urged them to check whether Madara was dead by locating the body buried by the Second Hokage.

Madara Uchiha became interested in Uchiha Chuan and Obito Uchiha after watching Uchiha Naruto Chronicle, while Jiraiya returned to the Hokage's Office and was assigned to help counter the film's influence. The chapter left Jiraiya agreeing to play the Fourth Hokage in a Konoha remake.

• Madara Uchiha ordered White Zetsu to investigate Uchiha Chuan and Obito Uchiha, then assessed their potential and considered Obito easier to control.
• Jiraiya left the Uchiha Clan Territory to ask the Third Hokage to take him to Madara Uchiha's grave, while Minato and Kushina took Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Uchiha Chuan asked Fugaku Uchiha to arrange for the clan to raise pigs and gather materials, including Chakra Metal.
• Jiraiya met with the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Danzo, who proposed remaking Uchiha Naruto Chronicle as Sarutobi Boruto Chronicle to weaken the original film's influence.
• Jiraiya agreed to stay in the village and play the Fourth Hokage in the remake, despite objecting that the plan would confuse him with Minato.

Jiraiya warned Konoha's leaders that Madara Uchiha might still be alive, while Danzo proposed finding surviving Uzumaki as backup Jinchuriki. After the leaders received a call for a Five Kage Summit, White Zetsu infiltrated Konoha, and Uchiha Chuan captured one of them.

• Danzo proposed using Kushina to attract surviving Uzumaki Clan members and keep them as backup Jinchuriki, appalling Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya told the Third Hokage and the elders that he had seen a Sharingan user referred to as Lord Madara, and they agreed to verify Madara Uchiha's grave without informing the Uchiha.
• A dispatch ninja delivered messages from the other four Kage requesting a Five Kage Summit, and the Third Hokage set out to inspect Madara's grave.
• Several White Zetsu infiltrated Konoha and gathered intelligence while Uchiha Chuan watched them through the clouds.
• Uchiha Chuan used his Flying Thunder God mark to appear behind a White Zetsu, knock him unconscious, seal him in a scroll, and return to fishing.

Jiraiya, Danzo, and Konoha’s leadership unearthed Madara Uchiha’s empty coffin and agreed to investigate while keeping the news from the Uchiha. After the Five Kage Dispatches went out, Hiruzen asked Danzo for Hashirama Cells, accepting that protecting Konoha might require crossing moral lines.

• Black Zetsu realized a White Zetsu had lost contact and decided to be more cautious in Konoha.
• Danzo, Jiraiya, and the Third Hokage opened Madara Uchiha’s coffin and found it empty.
• Jiraiya urged the leaders to investigate Madara’s plans, but Hiruzen ordered them to conceal the matter from the Uchiha and their allies.
• The Third Hokage decided to involve the other villages through a Five Kage Dispatch, while the Four Kage waited for Konoha’s reply.
• Hiruzen asked Danzo to send him some Hashirama Cells, and Danzo left pleased by Hiruzen’s decision.

Uchiha Chuan reassured Fugaku that he would handle clan affairs while Fugaku prepared to marry Mikoto. In the Hokage’s Office, the Konoha leadership revised Ikeda Kishimoto’s script, turning Uchiha Chuan into the Nine-Tails’ mastermind and assigning roles before the Third Hokage left for the Five Kage Summit.

• Fugaku told Uchiha Chuan that the requested materials and pigs were ready and asked about his planned New Year wedding to Mikoto.
• Uchiha Chuan congratulated Fugaku and promised to watch over the clan’s affairs while he prepared for the wedding.
• Danzo, the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura ordered Ikeda Kishimoto to revise the script’s Nine-Tails attack, character deaths, and team assignments.
• Danzo proposed making Uchiha Chuan the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails’ Rampage and Uchiha Shanhuo his principal opponent, and the Third Hokage approved the changes.
• The Third Hokage assigned Asuma to play Sarutobi Boruto and Utatane Sakura to play Sakura, then left for the Five Kage Summit with Danzo.