Chapter Summaries

The leaders of the Hidden Cloud, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure read secret letters from the Daimyō of the Land of Fire proposing that they join forces to attack Konoha in exchange for resources and compensation. Rasa tried to mock the others for losing their composure, then was caught off guard by his own letter and ended by questioning the daimyō's sanity.

• A read the Daimyō of the Land of Fire's offer to the Hidden Cloud and angrily denounced him for trying to hire foreign forces to attack Konoha.
• Ōnoki read Iwagakure's offer of mining revenue and compensation for joining the attack, then called the daimyō a fool.
• Yagura read Kirigakure's offer of extra payment for an armor sample, sprayed tea over the map, and questioned whether Minato knew of the betrayal.
• Rasa mocked A, Ōnoki, and Yagura for losing their composure before opening Sunagakure's letter and spilling hot tea onto his hand.
• A, Yagura, and Ōnoki teased Rasa for his reaction, and Rasa clenched his jaw before asking whether the Daimyō of the Land of Fire had gone mad.

The four Kage debated whether the Daimyō of the Land of Fire was genuinely offering an alliance and agreed to send ANBU to investigate before committing troops. Rasa uncovered a hidden message from the daimyō insulting Sunagakure as a loyal dog, and he erupted in rage.

• A mocked Rasa over his burned hand while Yagura warned the Kage to focus on the daimyō's alliance offer.
• A called the offer a trap, but Ōnoki argued that the Land of Fire's daimyō might be trying to undermine Konoha.
• Ōnoki proposed that each village send ANBU disguised as merchants to verify the letter and investigate the daimyō's intentions, and Yagura agreed that no one should act until then.
• Rasa found a hidden slip inside the letter and read the daimyō's promise to make Sunagakure guard the gate as a loyal dog in exchange for a reward.
• Rasa smashed the table in fury and cursed the Daimyō of the Land of Fire while the other Kage watched in confusion.

Rasa's fury over a secret letter sparked a fight among the four Kage, who learned the Land of Fire's daimyō meant to treat Sunagakure as a loyal dog. They agreed to support an attack on Konoha if the letter proved genuine, with Rasa demanding the daimyō for himself.

• Rasa tried to destroy the note, but A, Yagura, and Ōnoki worked together to seize it.
• A, Ōnoki, and Yagura read the letter aloud and mocked its promise that Sunagakure would serve as the Land of Fire's loyal dog.
• Rasa threatened the three Kage, then agreed Sunagakure would support the attack on Konoha if ANBU confirmed the letter was genuine.
• Rasa demanded the right to kill the Land of Fire's daimyō, while A, Ōnoki, and Yagura named the spoils their villages wanted.
• Four groups of ANBU departed for the Daimyō Mansion to verify the secret letter.

Minato assigned Ye's team an A-rank mission to reinforce the Dragon Vein Seal in Rōran, and Ye persuaded him and Kushina to join the expedition. With Madara left to watch Naruto and guard Konoha, the six set out for the Land of Wind as four ANBU squads approached the Land of Fire.

• Minato assigned the Rōran mission to Ye, Obito, Rin, and Kakashi, with Ye responsible for judging the situation along the way.
• Ye persuaded Minato to take Kushina on the mission by arranging for Fugaku to handle government affairs and Madara to guard Konoha.
• Minato and Kushina left Naruto in Madara's care, and Madara caught Naruto when he nearly fell from the veranda.
• Ye, Obito, Rin, Kakashi, Minato, and Kushina registered for the A-rank commission and departed for Rōran.
• Four ANBU squads continued sneaking toward the Land of Fire while Madara sat inside Konoha's gates.

Minato’s team entered Rōran to investigate a mysterious emergency, where Kushina sensed Nine-Tails Chakra unlike anything she had encountered before. After discovering the city’s vast machinery and eerily empty streets, Minato split the team into two groups to search for Rōran’s leaders.

• Minato’s team reached Rōran and found no one waiting to receive them, so they put on ANBU masks before entering the city.
• Kushina said Kurama had sensed its own Chakra in the center of Rōran, and Ye suspected that Naruto had arrived there through the Ley Line.
• The team crossed the city wall and found enormous networks of metal pipes and machinery operating through the empty streets.
• Kushina sensed mature Nine-Tails Chakra in the air, while Minato grew more wary of the deserted city.
• Minato split the team into two groups and ordered them to move along the pipes, avoid the main roads, and contact Rōran’s leaders.

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.