Recaps

Ye led Kushina and Kakashi toward Rōran’s city center to investigate the strange Chakra, while Naruto tried to convince Sara that the empty city was suspicious. Anrokuzan sent puppets to capture Sara and eliminate anyone in their way, leaving Naruto facing one of them in the street.

• Minato took Obito and Rin to the palace while Ye, Kushina, and Kakashi headed toward the city center to investigate the unusual Chakra.
• Naruto questioned Sara about Rōran’s empty streets, but she defended Anrokuzan and his explanation that the residents had moved underground.
• A noise from the pipes unsettled Sara, and Naruto stepped in front of her as he sensed danger.
• Anrokuzan discovered a dead old official with a broken message tube and ordered his puppets to find Sara alive and dispose of anyone who interfered.
• A puppet appeared above Naruto and Sara, and Naruto prepared to fight rather than keep trying to persuade her.

Naruto fought through puppet attacks in Rōran and tried to convince Sara that the city and Anrokuzan were not what she believed. Meanwhile, Minato, Obito, and Rin found the official who had sent Konoha’s urgent request murdered in the Former Ministers’ Council Chamber.

• Naruto destroyed one puppet with Shadow Clones, then fled with Sara as more puppets pursued them through the steam-filled streets.
• Sara insisted Anrokuzan would never harm Rōran, while Naruto told her the city had been ruins when he arrived and suspected something was wrong.
• Naruto noticed the puppets avoided striking Sara fatally, then carried her over his shoulder as they escaped into the steam.
• Minato, Obito, and Rin entered the empty Former Ministers’ Council Chamber and found an old official dead from a clean wound to the heart.
• Rin determined the official had died less than half an hour earlier, and Minato matched his broken message tube to Konoha’s emergency request scroll.

Minato, Obito, and Rin discovered a powerful puppeteer beneath Rōran and withdrew to regroup rather than charging into unknown danger. At the steam tower, Kushina sensed Kurama’s Chakra below and spotted a blond teenager with Uzumaki vitality being chased by puppets, leaving her wondering who he was.

• Obito spotted countless Chakra threads leading into the elevator shaft and realized a powerful puppeteer was below.
• A surge of purple Chakra shook the hall, and Obito jumped toward the shaft before Minato stopped him.
• Minato marked the shaft’s entrance with a Flying Thunder God Formula and led Obito and Rin away to meet Ye and the others.
• Kushina sensed an aura resembling Kurama’s Chakra rising through Rōran’s pipes, and Kurama wondered where it had come from.
• Kushina, Ye, and Kakashi descended the steam tower and saw a blond teenager carrying a girl while fleeing a pack of puppets.
• Kushina recognized Uzumaki vitality and a Tailed Beast aura in the teenager and wondered about his origins.

Ye, Kushina, and Kakashi rescued Naruto and Sara from Anrokuzan’s puppet horde in the Land of the Sky. The chapter ended with Ye revealing his Konoha forehead protector and telling Naruto they were on the same side.

• Naruto fought through Anrokuzan’s puppets while carrying Sara, but the overwhelming horde wounded him and destroyed his Shadow Clones.
• Kushina urged Ye to act, and Kakashi rushed in, cutting down puppets with his White Fang Short Sword and Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Kushina used her golden chains to tear apart puppets and seal nearby pipe openings.
• Ye dismantled the remaining puppets with Taijutsu and precise Kunai strikes, without using his Sharingan or other special techniques.
• Naruto shielded Sara and demanded to know who the masked trio were, and Ye showed his Konoha forehead protector and said they were from Konoha too.

Naruto Uzumaki met Minato, Kushina, and their team in Rōran while fleeing Anrokuzan's iron-shelled pursuers. After Obito mocked his name and parents, the others realized his surname connected him to Kushina.

• Naruto recognized Kushina and Ye as Konoha ninjas and asked whether they had accepted Rōran's emergency mission.
• Minato, Kakashi, and Obito arrived, and Minato gently reminded Kushina not to reveal mission information.
• Kushina asked Naruto his name, and he introduced himself as Naruto Uzumaki, shocking Minato, Kushina, and the others.
• Obito mocked Naruto's name and parents, making Naruto shove him away and threaten him.
• Rin scolded Obito and pointed out Naruto's surname, prompting him to realize that Uzumaki was Kushina's family name.

Minato discovered that Naruto carried the Nine-Tails and his own sealing Chakra, then removed his mask and revealed himself as the Fourth Hokage. Naruto recognized him from Hokage Rock, while Minato realized the boy might be his and Kushina’s son from a future where they had died.

• Kushina recognized Naruto’s Uzumaki Chakra and felt an inexplicable connection to him, while Minato sensed the Nine-Tails inside him.
• Minato uncovered Naruto’s jacket and recognized his own Eight Trigrams Sealing Style sealing the Nine-Tails.
• Minato removed his mask and softly thanked Naruto for his hard work.
• Naruto recognized Minato as the Fourth Hokage from the Hokage Rock statue and reacted in shock.
• Minato inferred that Naruto did not recognize his parents and that he had inherited the Nine-Tails after Kushina and Minato died.

Minato and Kushina realized that Naruto was their son from the future and reunited with him, while Naruto remained baffled by their emotions. Kurama then dragged Naruto’s consciousness into his inner world, ready to disrupt the family’s reunion.

• Minato and Kushina pieced together that Naruto had come from the future and had grown up without them.
• Kushina rushed to embrace Naruto, and both mother and son cried as she asked about his daily life and friends.
• Kushina told Naruto her name, and he was shocked that she belonged to the Uzumaki clan but had red hair.
• Kurama seized control of Naruto’s consciousness and pulled him into the dark world inside the seal.

Kurama told Naruto that Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were his parents, then manipulated Naruto into seeing a false, selectively edited memory of their deaths. Naruto’s despair triggered the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, and Kushina called on Ye and Obito to restrain him.

• Kurama revealed that Minato and Kushina were Naruto’s parents and blamed them for sealing him away as the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Kurama urged Naruto to touch his Chakra paw, then showed him a distorted memory of Minato and Kushina dying while sealing the Nine-Tails inside him.
• Naruto broke down in grief and resentment, weakening the seal and letting dark-red Chakra surge around him.
• Kushina recognized the Nine-Tails’ influence and held back from using Adamantine Sealing Chains in case she hurt Naruto.
• Kushina ordered Ye and Obito to restrain Naruto and the Nine-Tails.

Ye and Obito used their Mangekyō Sharingan to sever the Nine-Tails’ control over Naruto and trap it in a powerful Genjutsu. After Naruto recovered, Kushina ordered Kurama to enter the other Nine-Tails’ consciousness and uncover what had happened during Konoha’s disaster.

• Kushina urged Ye and Obito to help Naruto as the Nine-Tails’ Chakra cloak consumed him.
• Ye and Obito removed their masks and used their Mangekyō Sharingan to pull the Nine-Tails into a Genjutsu that erased its consciousness.
• Ye released his hold on Naruto, and Naruto collapsed before regaining clarity.
• Kushina ordered Kurama to follow the Chakra link and read the other Nine-Tails’ memories.
• Kurama invaded the Nine-Tails’ consciousness to investigate the events of Konoha’s disaster.

Kurama showed Kushina memories from another timeline, leading her and Minato to reunite with Naruto and explain their choices. The group reached Rōran’s Underground Core Hub to confront Mukade, while Naruto recognized the younger Kakashi and Obito.

• Kurama shared the other timeline’s memories with Kushina, who comforted Naruto and confirmed she was his mother.
• Minato apologized to Naruto but said he would make the same choice again, trusting Naruto to reconcile with the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto realized the Ley Line’s Space-Time Turbulence had sent him into the past and identified the impostor Anrokuzan as Mukade.
• Kushina kicked Obito through several buildings after he placed an Explosive Tag-like heating pad on Naruto, while Rin healed him and Kakashi argued with him.
• Naruto recognized the younger Kakashi as his future teacher, and Sara led the group to the Underground Core Hub where Mukade was hiding.
• Minato warned the group about traps inside the hub, while Kushina vowed to punish Mukade for hurting Naruto.

Naruto’s team overwhelmed Mukade in Rōran’s underground city, but Mukade drew uncontrolled power from the Ley Line and transformed into a giant puppet beast. Ye and Obito faced the monster as the underground city began to collapse.

• Kushina shattered Mukade’s mechanical foreclaw with a punch after seeing Naruto’s injuries.
• Rin summoned Three-Tails Isobu, whose body and coral pinned Mukade’s mechanical limbs.
• Minato and Kakashi cut Mukade’s energy conduits and destroyed his armor, forcing him to flee toward the exit.
• Ye and Obito blocked Mukade’s escape route, but Mukade plunged into the floor and drew primordial power from the Ley Line.
• The underground city collapsed as Mukade emerged from the earth as a giant puppet beast, and Ye prepared to end the fight.

Ye, Obito, Kushina, and Minato defeated Mukade in the underground ruins, while Naruto witnessed their overwhelming power. As Minato reached out to Naruto, the boy sensed their reunion across time and space was nearing its end.

• Ye and Obito summoned their Susanoo and attacked Mukade, while Ye’s Mangekyo abilities prevented Mukade from forming a Ley Line shield.
• Ye’s Susanoo tore Mukade’s steel puppet apart, and Kushina’s Adamantine Sealing Chains pinned him to the ground.
• Minato killed Mukade with a massive Rasengan, and Ye noticed Mukade had smiled toward a hidden corner of the Dragon Vein Seal altar.
• Minato offered Naruto his hand and told him the trouble was over, but Naruto hesitated and sensed their farewell had come.

Naruto reunited with Minato and Kushina, but they prepared to erase his memories before sending him back to his own timeline. As Naruto began to vanish, a crimson spacetime anomaly and an alarm from Mukade's remains triggered an eruption from the Ley Line Altar.

• Kurama shared warm memories of family life with Naruto's Nine-Tails, calming its violent Chakra and softening its resentment.
• Minato told Naruto that he had to erase his memories of their meeting to protect the future, and Kushina comforted him as he sobbed.
• Minato and Kushina prepared to send Naruto home while Kushina bound the Ley Line Altar with Chakra chains.
• Naruto promised his parents he would become a great ninja as Minato's Sealing Jutsu began pulling him toward his own timeline.
• A crimson arc tore through the spacetime barrier, an alarm sounded from Mukade's remains, and the Ley Line Altar erupted with purple-black energy.

Mukade’s core fragment detonated and opened a black hole that swallowed Ye and the others despite their efforts to contain it. Ye regained consciousness on a sunlit road, where a driver shouted at him from a car.

• Mukade’s core fragment exploded, creating a spatial black hole that threatened to consume Rōran.
• Minato and Kushina sent Naruto and the unconscious Yamato back to the original timeline.
• Ye restrained the spreading rift with Amenominaka while Kakashi, Obito, Rin, Minato, and Kushina fought to survive.
• The black hole overwhelmed their efforts and pulled Ye, Minato, Kushina, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin into its chaotic currents, knocking them unconscious.
• Ye awoke on an asphalt road and heard a driver angrily threaten to run him over.

Ye, Minato, Kushina, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin found themselves in a technologically advanced future Konoha, where Hokage Rock showed Naruto as the Seventh Hokage. As they watched a broadcast announcing the Chunin Exams, a one-armed man with a Rinnegan confronted them on a rooftop.

• Ye and the others avoided traffic and bewildered pedestrians in a strange city filled with railcars, skyscrapers, and glowing screens.
• Minato recognized the city below as Konoha, and the group saw new faces added to Hokage Rock, including Naruto's.
• A screen announced the upcoming Thirteenth Five Great Ninja Villages Joint Chunin Ninja Exams and showed a montage of battles.
• A one-armed man with a crimson Rinnegan entered the rooftop and demanded to know who the newcomers were.

Future Sasuke encountered Minato, Kushina, Kakashi, Obito, and Ye after they were transported by a Ley Line into a parallel future. After Kushina treated Sasuke like a child, Minato proposed that they confirm each other's identities before exchanging information.

• Sasuke drew his sword and confronted the unfamiliar group on a rooftop, while Minato readied a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Obito recognized Kakashi and Sasuke, then bickered and fought with Kakashi as Sasuke identified Minato, Kushina, and the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Ye explained that the Ley Line had sent them into the future of a parallel space-time and identified the one-armed man as future Sasuke.
• Kushina rushed over, rubbed Sasuke's head, and mentioned Mikoto and Naruto, leaving Sasuke overwhelmed by the revelations.
• Minato pulled Kushina away and said they needed to confirm their identities before exchanging information.

Sasuke warned Minato and the others that the Otsutsuki might attack during Konoha’s Joint Chunin Exams, while the stranded time travelers discussed how to return home. Minato and Kushina persuaded Sasuke to stay in the village, and he agreed, thinking of Sakura and Sarada.

• Kushina and Obito reacted with shock and anger after learning that Itachi would wipe out the Uchiha Clan, while Sasuke struggled to keep Obito’s future crimes secret.
• Kakashi and Rin stopped Obito from recklessly provoking the unstable Ley Line, and Sasuke suggested finding a time-travel artifact from the invading Otsutsuki.
• Sasuke explained that he planned to leave Konoha to investigate the Otsutsuki before the Joint Chunin Exams, but Obito warned that the village would be vulnerable without him.
• Minato urged Sasuke to stay in Konoha, and Kushina encouraged him to rest and spend time with his family.
• Remembering Sakura and Sarada, Sasuke agreed to remain in the village and invited the others to his house.

Sarada worried about the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams and missed Sasuke, who had been away for months. Sasuke returned home and promised to stay for a few days to train her, arriving with a strange group of friends that included Obito, Kakashi, Minato, Kushina, and Rin.

• Sarada told Sakura she lacked confidence about the upcoming exams, and Sakura recalled Naruto's blank written test and Sasuke's skill in their own exams.
• Sarada admitted she missed Sasuke, and Sakura explained that his duties as the Shadow of the Shinobi World kept him away.
• Sarada promised to become a Chunin and help shoulder her father's burden, then prepared dinner with Sakura.
• Sasuke arrived home, and Sarada hugged him as he promised to stay and train her for a few days before the Joint Chunin Exams.
• Sarada noticed the group accompanying Sasuke, and Obito introduced himself by recalling their past adventures and teasing Sasuke.

Sasuke brought Minato, Kushina, Kakashi, and Obito home, where Sakura and Sarada were stunned to meet the Fourth Hokage and the young versions of familiar figures. As the group prepared to celebrate Himawari’s birthday, Kushina eagerly insisted that she and Minato go meet their granddaughter.

• Sakura hugged Sasuke, then recognized Minato as the Fourth Hokage and was left questioning why he was there.
• Sarada recognized Minato and Kakashi, and her understanding of the history books was thrown into confusion.
• Sasuke said he would explain everything after dinner, and Kushina ushered the visitors inside.
• Sakura found too few ingredients at home and offered to go buy groceries while everyone waited.
• Sarada told Kushina that it was Himawari’s birthday, and Kushina excitedly urged Minato to go celebrate with their granddaughter.

Ye persuaded Sasuke and the others to visit Naruto’s home for Himawari’s birthday, while Sasuke explained to Sakura that their companions came from another timeline. Naruto’s Shadow Clone dropped Himawari’s cake, but the arriving group reached the house just as Boruto stormed outside, leaving Hinata stunned by the sight of Minato and Kushina.

• Ye recognized the birthday scene from the story and convinced the group to buy gifts and celebrate Himawari with Naruto’s family.
• Sasuke told Sakura that Minato, Kushina, young Obito and Kakashi, Rin, and Ye had come from another timeline.
• Naruto arrived at the dining table with Himawari’s cake, but his Shadow Clone dispersed and the cake smashed onto the floor.
• Boruto blamed Naruto for sending a clone and rushed out, colliding with Sasuke at the doorway.
• Sakura told Hinata that the group had come to visit and celebrate Himawari, and Hinata stared in shock at Minato and Kushina.

Hinata’s family met Minato and Kushina, who learned Naruto had missed Himawari’s birthday and decided to bring him home. Minato and Kushina teleported to the Hokage’s Office, leaving Boruto and the others waiting.

• Sasuke stopped Boruto from charging off to confront Naruto, while Sarada explained that she had come with Sasuke and introduced the visitors.
• Hinata’s family accepted that Minato and Kushina were Boruto and Himawari’s grandparents, and Boruto told Kushina how Naruto’s absences had hurt him.
• Kushina became furious when she learned Naruto had sent a Shadow Clone with Himawari’s birthday cake, and Minato offered to take her to the Hokage’s Office using his Flying Thunder God Seal.
• Minato demonstrated his speed, then teleported himself and Kushina away as Boruto watched in amazement.

Kushina arrived in Konoha with Minato and punched Naruto through the Hokage Building after learning he had missed Himawari’s birthday. Naruto regained consciousness in midair, but when his parents appeared again, Kushina challenged him to fight.

• Naruto worked late on the Chunin Ninja Exams security preparations while Shikamaru urged him to rest and remember Himawari’s birthday.
• Minato and Kushina appeared in Naruto’s office, and Kushina punched Naruto through the wall and sent him flying out of Konoha.
• The Nine-Tails slapped Naruto awake as he fell, and Naruto formed a Tailed Beast Cloak, thinking Konoha might be in danger.
• Minato and Kushina used the Flying Thunder God technique to appear before Naruto, while the Nine-Tails wondered how they had returned.
• Kushina summoned a golden Kurama of her own and asked Naruto if he still wanted to hit his mother.

Kushina beat Naruto for missing Himawari’s birthday, then he returned home and apologized to his daughter before joining the belated celebration. As Boruto and Sarada asked about the elders’ past strength, Obito began bragging, and Kakashi challenged his claims.

• Kushina attacked Naruto for missing Himawari’s birthday, while Minato explained that they had arrived through a Ley Line disturbance and Space-Time Turbulence.
• Minato agreed to help Naruto with official work the next day, and the family returned home to celebrate Himawari’s birthday.
• Hinata checked Naruto for serious injuries, Rin healed his bruises, and Boruto laughed at his battered appearance before his anger eased.
• Naruto apologized to Himawari, and everyone gathered for the belated birthday dinner.
• Boruto and Sarada asked about the elders’ strength, prompting Obito to boast about his past abilities.
• Kakashi recalled that Obito could not properly perform the basic Fire Ball Jutsu.

At Naruto’s birthday dinner, the family traded embarrassing stories about their younger selves before celebrating Himawari’s birthday. Naruto ended the night surrounded by his family, grateful that his parents could share the celebration with him.

• Kakashi exposed Obito’s failures at the Ninja Academy, and Obito retaliated by mocking Kakashi’s old personality.
• Obito told the children about Minato’s romantic rescue of Kushina, prompting Minato to recount how he followed the red strands of her hair to save her.
• Naruto and Sakura teased Sasuke about his chuunibyou behavior as a child, embarrassing him in front of Sarada.
• Rin stopped Obito from digging up more stories, and the family’s conversation settled into a warm quiet.
• Hinata brought out a birthday cake, and Himawari blew out the candles while Naruto held her and cherished having his family together.

After Naruto’s family celebrated Himawari’s birthday, the time-displaced visitors spent the night at Sasuke’s compound. The next morning, Minato accompanied Naruto to the Hokage’s Office, where Shikamaru was stunned to see the Fourth Hokage alive.

• Kushina arranged for herself and Minato to sleep at Naruto’s home, while Sakura offered to take the other guests to the Uchiha compound.
• Sasuke led Obito, Kakashi, Ye, and the others to his home, where Obito’s antics nearly got his television damaged.
• Sarada asked Sakura about Obito and Kakashi, and Sakura revealed that the silver-haired Kakashi was the young Sixth Hokage.
• Kushina woke Naruto early, and Minato promised to help him handle official business before they went to the Hokage’s Office.
• Shikamaru dropped his documents when he saw Naruto and the living Minato in his Fourth Hokage cloak.