Chapter Summaries

Naruto settled into a new home with Uchiha Hikari and visited Kurenai Yuhi to learn about Yakumo Kurama’s disappearance. Kurenai revealed that Yakumo had vanished from Hill Mountain Manor three years earlier, and she agreed to take Naruto there to investigate.

• Naruto collected the keys to his renovated house from Tsunade and moved in with Uchiha Hikari, who chose a room near his.
• The next day, Naruto and Uchiha Hikari visited Kurenai Yuhi and found Hinata Hyuga, Hanabi Hyuga, Konohamaru, Asuma, and Mirai Sarutobi at her home.
• Kurenai told Naruto that Yakumo Kurama had mysteriously disappeared from Hill Mountain Manor three years earlier despite searches by Kurenai and the Hokage.
• Naruto recalled that he had once felt he had forgotten something after Sasuke left the village, but neither he nor Kurama remembered Yakumo.
• Kurenai offered to take Naruto to the sealed Hill Mountain Manor, then went upstairs to change.

Naruto, Kurenai Yuhi, and the others went to Hill Mountain Manor to investigate Yakumo Kurama’s disappearance after Kurenai revealed the tragic history behind Yakumo and Ido. The group entered the eerie manor, with Naruto leading despite being frightened.

• Naruto and Kurama recognized the mountain area but could not remember why, and Hanabi Hyuga wondered how Yakumo Kurama had altered their memories.
• Kurenai Yuhi explained Yakumo’s frail health, her powerful genjutsu talent, and how feeling misunderstood gave rise to Ido.
• Kurenai revealed that Ido had burned Yakumo’s family home, killing her parents, and that Yakumo later blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi and was placed under house arrest at Hill Mountain Manor.
• Kaguya arrived after Konohamaru contacted her, and Kurenai led the group toward the manor.
• The group reached the gloomy manor, and Naruto nervously entered first to look for clues about Yakumo’s disappearance.

Naruto and his companions discovered that Yakumo Kurama’s black hole painting concealed a chakra-powered passage, which restored Naruto’s sealed memories. The passage sent Naruto to another world to rescue Yakumo, leaving the others with the Nine-Tails and no way to follow.

• Hanabi Hyuga noticed that Yakumo Kurama’s black hole painting had a parchment surface and a chakra-conducting metal frame.
• Naruto’s memories of Yakumo returned, revealing that she had overcome Ido and left sealing chakra in him before traveling to another world.
• Multicolored chakra disabled Kaguya’s chakra and destroyed Hill Mountain Manor, while Naruto vanished and the painting remained.
• The Nine-Tails appeared and explained that Naruto had gone through the True Illusion Black Hole to save Yakumo Kurama, who was trapped in another world.

The Nine-Tails explained that Yakumo Kurama had hidden herself because her overwhelming power could overshadow the story, and the group wondered whether she could help defeat Mōryō. Naruto and Yakumo returned from another world with a third person, while Yakumo appeared in a modern city and planned to make the news so Naruto could find her.

• Kaguya and Hanabi Hyuga questioned the Nine-Tails about Yakumo Kurama, and he explained that she had concealed her memories and studied world travel because her power would disrupt events if she stayed involved.
• Hanabi Hyuga said Yakumo might be able to help them deal with Mōryō, and she asked when Naruto and Yakumo would return.
• The black-hole painting flashed with chakra, and Naruto, Yakumo Kurama, and a third person emerged after five minutes.
• The Nine-Tails recognized two people brought back in the chakra phantom from Awen's memories and was stunned by the world Naruto and Yakumo had visited.
• Yakumo appeared in a modern city, identified a schoolboy and two girls as figures in that world's coming story, and decided to make major news so Naruto could locate her.

At a shrine, Takashi Komuro and Saya Takagi witnessed a mysterious painter summon a storm and destroy the shrine with lightning before warning that a rampage was about to begin. Three days later, Naruto arrived in the world and headed toward a coastal city to learn where he was.

• Takashi Komuro refused to enter the shrine with Saya Takagi, and they approached a girl painting nearby.
• The painter darkened the sky with her brush and summoned lightning that set the shrine ablaze.
• The girl warned Takashi Komuro and Saya Takagi that a rampage was about to begin, then vanished.
• Yakumo Kurama waited in the new world and planned for Naruto to find her through the news, regretting that she had forgotten to set coordinates.
• Three days later, Naruto fell from a black hole over the Pacific Ocean, activated Six Paths Mode, and flew toward a coastal city.

Naruto arrived in a zombie-infested Japan while searching for Yakumo Kurama and discovered that he had entered the world of Highschool of the Dead. He reunited with Yakumo, who identified the chakra he sensed as belonging to her disciple Saeko Busujima.

• Naruto learned from passersby that a shrine in Japan had been destroyed by lightning and realized Yakumo might be there.
• Naruto flew to Japan, where he encountered zombies attacking people and destroyed a horde with a Mini Rasenshuriken.
• Naruto sensed chakra near a school but could not find Yakumo until she contacted him telepathically.
• Naruto and Yakumo removed their satellite-blocking barriers and sensed each other, then Yakumo appeared beside him on a utility pole and fell to the ground.
• Yakumo told Naruto that the world was Highschool of the Dead and identified Saeko Busujima as her disciple.

Naruto and Yakumo Kurama agreed to help clear the zombie crisis before returning home, but a sudden spatial disturbance drew them toward Fujimi Academy. Meanwhile, Saeko Busujima and Shizuka Marikawa encountered Li Ming and headed toward a scream they thought came from Takashi Komuro.

• Naruto recognized Saeko Busujima and agreed with Yakumo Kurama to deal with the corpses before returning through a passage near Saeko's home.
• Yakumo Kurama teased Naruto about Hanabi Hyuga, but Naruto denied that Hanabi liked him and focused on finding Saeko.
• Naruto and Yakumo sensed seven people appear through a spatial disturbance and quietly headed toward Fujimi Academy.
• Saeko Busujima, who had learned chakra from Yakumo, fought through zombies while escorting Shizuka Marikawa and another person.
• Li Ming watched Saeko and resolved to claim her during his Highschool of the Dead survival mission.
• After hearing a scream, Saeko drew her wooden sword and charged toward its source, which Shizuka thought was Takashi Komuro.

Rei Miyamoto and Saya Takagi’s group survived an attack by reincarnators when a mysterious Goddess struck them down, while Yakumo Kurama trapped Li Ming in the Five-Senses Space. The chapter ended with Yakumo engulfing Li Ming in illusion flames.

• Rei Miyamoto killed the zombified Kohta Hirano as six reincarnators seized Takashi Komuro and Hisashi Igou and threatened the survivors.
• A bolt of lightning obliterated the six reincarnators, and a golden streak returned Takashi Komuro and Hisashi Igou to the rooftop alive.
• Saya Takagi concluded the attackers had mentioned Li Ming and might be targeting Saeko Busujima, so she led the others downstairs to find shelter.
• Shizuka Marikawa fainted near Saeko Busujima, and Li Ming was transported to the Five-Senses Space, where Yakumo Kurama confronted him.
• Yakumo Kurama mocked Li Ming and engulfed him in Five-Sense Illusion Flame.

Yakumo Kurama and Naruto returned from the Highschool of the Dead world with Saeko Busujima, after Naruto eliminated the corpses and Yakumo reopened the path between worlds. Saeko reunited with Yakumo’s companions in the Hokage world, while Naruto welcomed the Nine-Tails back into his body.

• Yakumo Kurama bid farewell to Saeko Busujima, and Naruto created hundreds of Shadow Clones to clear the corpses from the Highschool of the Dead world.
• Saeko Busujima gave Shizuka Marikawa to Takashi Komuro’s group, then accompanied Naruto and Yakumo Kurama to her family dojo.
• Naruto helped Yakumo Kurama locate the Flying Thunder God coordinates, and the three traveled through the chakra black hole to the Hokage world.
• Kurenai Yuhi embraced Yakumo Kurama, while Hanabi Hyuga questioned Naruto about Saeko Busujima and Saeko introduced herself as Yakumo’s disciple.
• Naruto asked the Nine-Tails to return to his body, and the Nine-Tails rejoined him.

Yakumo Kurama returned from the Highschool of the Dead world, and Naruto's group discussed the threat of Mōryō and their plan to revive Awen. Naruto, Uchiha Hikari, Madara Uchiha, and Tobirama Senju traveled to the Limited Tsukuyomi World, where freezing conditions forced them to seek another place for the revival.

• Asuma hosted a barbecue to celebrate Yakumo Kurama's return, and she teased Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi about their affection for each other.
• Yakumo Kurama asked Naruto how he would deal with Mōryō, and Naruto defended Awen and explained why he planned to seek his help.
• Naruto said Mōryō would need another fifteen years to consume the Ōtsutsuki God souls, and he planned to revive Awen over the weekend.
• Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju joined Naruto and Uchiha Hikari at the Rōran Ruins, where Tobirama used Dragon Vein Power to transfer them to the Limited Tsukuyomi World.
• The four arrived at the freezing Dragon Vein Ruins, and Madara Uchiha urged them to find another place to perform the Impure World Reincarnation.

Naruto used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Awen back, and Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Hikari restored him to life. Awen explained that Menma still existed in the Pure Land and asked them to revive him next.

• Naruto released five captured White Zetsu and used one to perform Impure World Reincarnation on Awen.
• Awen recognized Naruto, met Uchiha Hikari, and learned that she and Madara Uchiha had helped bring him back.
• Madara Uchiha used the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, with chakra from Uchiha Hikari, to give Awen his own living body.
• Awen explained that Menma had survived within his inner world, reconciled with him, and returned to the Pure Land.
• Tobirama Senju realized Awen had come to the Rōran Ruins to revive Menma, and Awen asked Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Hikari to bring Menma back.

Awen failed to reincarnate Menma, then joined Naruto and the others at the Rōran Ruins to confront their enemy. Naruto’s Two-Dimensional Harem Jutsu distracted Awen and provoked Uchiha Hikari before Tobirama Senju found the coordinates and called everyone back.

• Awen’s Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu failed because Menma had no attachments left, and Tobirama Senju and Naruto comforted him.
• Awen dispelled the glacier, entered Sage Mode, and told the group he had said goodbye to Kurama from this world.
• Naruto demonstrated the Two-Dimensional Harem Jutsu by transforming Shadow Clones into female characters, and Awen stared at Megumi Kato.
• Uchiha Hikari attacked Naruto with chakra beams after his display, while Naruto promised to introduce Awen to Megumi Kato if they visited Saekano.
• Tobirama Senju found the coordinates at the Rōran Ruins and called everyone to head back.

Awen learned that Mōryō was consuming Ōtsutsuki Gods in a multidimensional world and would reach the Shinobi World in about fifteen days, not fifteen years. After surveying the dwindling Ōtsutsuki Gods and considering Uchiha Hikari’s Yachihoko Mark, Awen began outlining a plan that depended on Naruto, Hanabi Hyuga, and Yakumo Kurama.

• Awen learned from Madara Uchiha that Mōryō was devouring Ōtsutsuki Gods and was expected to attack in fifteen years.
• Naruto brought Hanabi Hyuga to Konoha, where she used her chakra with Naruto’s Baryon Mode to create a passage to the multidimensional world.
• Naruto transported Awen, Uchiha Hikari, Madara Uchiha, and Tobirama Senju through the passage to survey the world and find that few Ōtsutsuki Gods remained.
• Awen realized that Mōryō’s growing strength meant it would consume the remaining Ōtsutsuki Gods in about fifteen days, and Tobirama Senju confirmed the earlier estimate had been wrong.
• Uchiha Hikari explained that the Yachihoko Mark could pass into Mōryō through a consumed Ōtsutsuki God, but their power was too weak to affect it.
• Awen said Naruto and Yakumo Kurama were crucial to his plan and warned that Naruto’s current strength, even with Hanabi Hyuga’s help, was insufficient.

Awen explained how Naruto’s Baryon Mode could amplify Yakumo Kurama’s and Uchiha Hikari’s chakra to defeat Mōryō, then began training Naruto to strengthen his chakra-wrapped body. Naruto entered a Gravity Barrier to adapt to ten times gravity under Awen’s guidance.

• Awen told Naruto that his Six Paths Mode could not match Baryon Mode and outlined a plan to use Naruto’s power with Yakumo Kurama’s illusion and Uchiha Hikari’s Yachihoko Mark against Mōryō.
• Naruto asked Awen to train him, while Tobirama Senju and Madara Uchiha returned to the Sun-Moon Alliance headquarters to prepare for Mōryō’s arrival.
• Naruto, Awen, Uchiha Hikari, and Hanabi Hyuga returned to Konoha, where Awen started training Naruto in the courtyard with the Gravity Barrier.
• Awen demonstrated how chakra could envelop and sustain his body, and Kaguya, Hanabi Hyuga, and Hinata Hyuga used their Byakugan to examine the technique.
• Naruto transformed into Sage Fox Mode, entered the Gravity Barrier, and began adapting to ten times gravity as Awen instructed him to lower it if he could no longer maintain the form.

Naruto trained under ten times gravity with Awen while the Sun-Moon Alliance learned that Mōryō would arrive in fifteen days, not fifteen years. The Alliance prepared to mobilize the Shinobi World and send Shion and Kazahana Koyuki to Konoha to discuss a battle plan with Awen.

• Naruto struggled to stand inside the ten-times-gravity barrier as Awen explained the dangers of gravity training.
• Madara Uchiha summoned the Five Great Nations' Kage and other leaders and revealed that Mōryō would arrive in about fifteen days.
• Shion and Kazahana Koyuki vowed to fight Mōryō, while Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze explained that Awen had found a way to defeat him and was training Naruto.
• Kazahana Koyuki proposed visiting Naruto in Konoha with Shion and Haku, and Shion reluctantly agreed to go.
• Madara Uchiha ordered Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze to take Shion and Kazahana Koyuki to Konoha to discuss a battle plan with Awen, while Naruto continued training unaware of the deadline.

Naruto trained to endure ten times gravity while his friends gathered at his house, and Yakumo Kurama transformed the building into a three-story villa. After Minato Namikaze returned with Kushina and the others, Awen spoke with Shion and joined a meeting about fighting Mōryō, while Kazahana Koyuki made her feelings for Naruto clear to Hinata Hyuga.

• Naruto endured ten times gravity as Hinata Hyuga, Hanabi Hyuga, and Uchiha Hikari encouraged him, while Yakumo Kurama arrived to ask about Awen and Mōryō.
• Yakumo Kurama used her drawing board and chakra to transform Naruto's unusual U-shaped house into a three-story villa.
• Minato Namikaze returned with Kushina, Tobirama Senju, Kazahana Koyuki, Shion, and Haku, and Awen accidentally called Shion by the name Ziyi before correcting himself.
• Shion thanked Awen for saving her and the Land of Demons in the Limited Tsukuyomi World, and Tobirama Senju invited Awen and Minato Namikaze to a meeting about a battle plan against Mōryō.
• Awen left for the Hokage Office with Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina while Naruto continued training and the other visitors stayed in the courtyard.
• Kazahana Koyuki introduced herself to the women gathered around Naruto and told Hinata Hyuga she would not give up on him.

Hinata confessed her love to Naruto, and Naruto responded by admitting that he loved her and the other women too. Yakumo rejected sharing him and left after striking him, while Shion defended him and the others were left to process his confession.

• Kazahana Koyuki revealed that many other women Naruto had saved had buried their feelings for him, and Hinata declared her love for Naruto.
• Naruto recalled struggling with his feelings and said that he loved Hinata too.
• Naruto told Hinata, Kazahana Koyuki, Yakumo Kurama, Shion, Uchiha Hikari, and Haku that he loved all of them and would not give any of them up.
• Yakumo Kurama struck Naruto and said she would not accept sharing him, while Shion stepped between them to defend him.
• Yakumo Kurama refused to accept other women interfering in her relationship with Naruto and left his home using the Illusory Body Flicker Technique.

Naruto’s confession led Haku and Kazahana Koyuki to accept his feelings, while Uchiha Hikari and Hinata Hyuga fled without answering. Haku went after Uchiha Hikari at Hokage Rock, leaving Shion and Kazahana Koyuki with Naruto.

• Haku comforted Naruto and accepted his feelings, while Shion watched in surprise.
• Kazahana Koyuki confessed how long she had desired Naruto and teased him about wanting to touch him.
• Uchiha Hikari flew away on her Susanoo wings, and Hinata Hyuga also fled from Naruto’s answer.
• Haku stopped Naruto from pursuing them and told him to focus on adapting to ten times gravity.
• Haku teased Naruto until he fainted from a nosebleed, then learned from Shion that Uchiha Hikari had gone toward Hokage Rock.
• Haku used the Body Flicker Technique to pursue Uchiha Hikari, while Shion and Kazahana Koyuki stayed with Naruto.

Hinata Hyuga struggled after learning that Naruto had confessed to all of them, while Hanabi encouraged her to be honest about her feelings. At Hokage Rock, Haku helped Uchiha Hikari understand the other girls’ bonds with Naruto, and Hikari decided to return with her.

• Hanabi Hyuga and Kaguya saw Hinata Hyuga return home looking dejected and followed her to her room.
• Hinata Hyuga told Hanabi that Naruto had confessed to all of them, and Hanabi guessed that Hinata had fled after Yakumo Kurama refused him.
• Hanabi Hyuga urged Hinata to be bolder, and Hinata admitted that she loved Naruto but disliked sharing him with other girls.
• Hanabi Hyuga confessed that she also loved Naruto and planned to tell him when she was older.
• Haku joined Uchiha Hikari at Hokage Rock and explained why Kazahana Koyuki and Shion could never let Naruto go.
• Uchiha Hikari decided to return with Haku and suggested buying groceries because Naruto’s house would be lively that night.

Naruto adapted to tenfold gravity and successfully opened the fifth gate without injury, while Kazahana Koyuki's flirtation sparked jealousy among the women around him. At a war council, Awen explained how Naruto and the others planned to weaken Mōryō with Yakumo Kurama's illusion before confronting him.

• Naruto finished training under tenfold gravity and opened the fifth gate without suffering physical discomfort.
• Kazahana Koyuki offered to bathe Naruto, and Haku returned with Uchiha Hikari and revealed that Koyuki had stolen Naruto's first kiss, provoking Shion and Hikari.
• Awen, Minato Namikaze, Tobirama Senju, Kushina, Madara Uchiha, the Five Kage, and other leaders began a war council about Naruto's training and the fight against Mōryō.
• Awen explained that Yakumo Kurama's Five Senses Illusion would make Mōryō believe the Ōtsutsuki God he absorbed had disappeared, allowing Mōryō to revert to his original state.
• Awen said he, Naruto, and Shion would face Mōryō after the illusion, while Yakumo Kurama and Uchiha Hikari withdrew from exhaustion.