Recaps

Ōnoki secretly oversaw a cloning experiment that produced powerful, destructive Clones, but Kurotsuchi discovered the laboratory and confronted him. When the Clones awakened and attacked, Ōnoki escaped with Kurotsuchi as the laboratory erupted into chaos.

• Ōnoki slipped past his guards and traveled to a hidden laboratory, unaware that Kurotsuchi was following him with Sasori's optical camouflage tool.
• Dr. Kinos told Ōnoki that the Clone had perfectly replicated its original but had awakened with a destructive urge, and Ōnoki named it Land of Earth Person.
• Kurotsuchi revealed herself and demanded that Ōnoki stop the experiment and apologize to Deidara.
• The experimental subjects reacted to Kurotsuchi's Chakra, burst from their tanks, and one Clone killed Dr. Kinos with Dust Release.
• Ōnoki and a Clone clashed with Dust Release as explosive clay centipedes disrupted the fight, allowing Ōnoki to grab Kurotsuchi and flee.

Deidara arrived to help Kurotsuchi and Ōnoki fight two clones capable of using Dust Release and explosive clay. He destroyed both clones with overwhelming clay techniques, leaving Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi watching as the footage ended.

• Kurotsuchi and Ōnoki prepared to fight again after two clones survived their attack, but the clones dodged a rain of clay explosives.
• Deidara landed beside Kurotsuchi and told her to take Ōnoki to safety while he faced the clones.
• Deidara used three C2 clay dragons to destroy one clone and silently reduced another clone and two dragons to dust.
• The remaining clone formed a massive Dust Release barrier, but Deidara flooded it with explosive clay until the barrier vanished.
• Deidara trapped the last clone inside a sphere of clay and detonated it, then taunted Ōnoki about the clones being inferior imitations.

After Deidara defeated the Dust Release Clone, Orochimaru prepared to meet the Kazekage and set a trap with Kabuto Yakushi, Naraka, and Mahito. Rasa accepted Orochimaru’s request for a secret meeting and left Sunagakure with two elite guards.

• Ōnoki, Kurotsuchi, Deidara, A, Darui, Samui, and Mei Terumi reacted to Deidara’s overwhelming victory and reassessed his strength.
• Orochimaru reflected on the future’s scientific advances, then ordered Kabuto Yakushi, Naraka, and Mahito to prepare for a visit to the Kazekage.
• Orochimaru set out with Kabuto Yakushi, Naraka, and Mahito, intending to attack when he gave the signal.
• Rasa received a secret report that Orochimaru wanted to meet at a Sandstone Gorge and decided to go in person.
• Rasa quietly left Sunagakure with two of his elite guards.

Orochimaru's party killed Rasa and took his appearance, setting a plan in motion to infiltrate Konoha during the Chunin Ninja Exams. Hiruzen agreed to hold the joint exams, while the Canopy Screen showed a powerful figure emerging from the Land of Earth laboratory ruins.

• Orochimaru, Naraka, Mahito, and Kabuto Yakushi ambushed Rasa and his guards at Agreed Canyon.
• Kabuto Yakushi severed Rasa's Chakra connection to his Gold Dust, allowing Orochimaru to trap and kill him.
• Orochimaru transformed himself into Rasa and ordered Kabuto Yakushi to enter Konoha with the Four Sound Ninja as Otogakure Genin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted the proposal to hold the Chunin Ninja Exams jointly with Sunagakure and invited other friendly villages.
• The Canopy Screen showed Ōnoki warn Deidara that the real Land of Earth Person was emerging from the laboratory ruins.

Ōnoki revealed that Land of Earth Person was a powerful Naruto Uzumaki clone, and the clone attacked Ōnoki, Kurotsuchi, and Deidara. Deidara sacrificed a clay clone to unleash his nuclear-powered C10: Annihilation Rebirth, leaving everyone unsure whether Land of Earth Person had survived.

• Land of Earth Person appeared and greeted Ōnoki, who revealed that he had created the figure from Naruto Uzumaki's cells.
• Deidara urged Kurotsuchi to flee with Ōnoki, but Land of Earth Person summoned more than a hundred Shadow Clones to attack them.
• Deidara, Kurotsuchi, and Ōnoki destroyed many clones with their techniques, then Land of Earth Person revealed his golden chakra cloak and tails.
• Ōnoki explained that he had fused active cells from the Ten-Tails' husk into Land of Earth Person, giving him an immense chakra reserve.
• Land of Earth Person punched through what he thought was Deidara, but the target was a clay clone that detonated with Deidara's C10: Annihilation Rebirth.
• The explosion flattened and began to glass the surrounding area as the real Deidara, Kurotsuchi, and Ōnoki watched from afar and wondered whether Land of Earth Person had survived.

The Land of Earth Person survived Deidara's nuclear blast and overwhelmed Deidara, Ōnoki, and Kurotsuchi before Deidara forced him to retreat by threatening mutual destruction. Deidara sought Konoha's aid, believing the real Naruto Uzumaki might be the only one able to stop him, while Ōnoki accepted that he would no longer interfere in village affairs.

• The Land of Earth Person regenerated from his wounds, then defeated Deidara, Ōnoki, and Kurotsuchi with overwhelming speed and strength.
• The Land of Earth Person grabbed Kurotsuchi and declared that he would destroy and remake the Shinobi World.
• Deidara threatened to use the mouth on his chest to annihilate them both, frightening the Land of Earth Person into releasing Kurotsuchi and retreating.
• Deidara helped Kurotsuchi and ordered an urgent request for aid sent to Konoha, naming the real Naruto Uzumaki as their likely hope.
• Deidara told Ōnoki to retire and stay out of village affairs, and Ōnoki silently accepted.

After the Canopy Screen battle, the shinobi world reevaluated Deidara, Ōnoki, and Naruto Uzumaki’s power, with Naruto’s clone judged to have reached a legendary level. The chapter left several villages and Akatsuki members reconsidering their plans and the future threat posed by Naruto.

• Ōnoki regretted his future self’s choices and resolved to let go of his distrust of the younger generation.
• Fourth Raikage A ordered Kumogakure to suspend plans against Iwagakure and Konoha and reassess the shinobi world’s balance of power.
• Pain questioned whether Naruto Uzumaki could be the key to peace, while Obito and Black Zetsu discussed Naruto’s unexpected strength and the need to assassinate him.
• Ao told Mei Terumi that Naruto’s clone and the original likely belonged to the Sage of Six Paths level of power.
• Deidara celebrated his future C10, while Sasori considered nuclear energy as a possible power source for his puppets.
• Hidan mocked Kakuzu for underestimating Naruto, and Kakuzu wondered whether his future decision to teach assassination arts had been a wiser way to survive.

Naruto complained to Jiraiya about villagers secretly touching him and taking his hair, and Jiraiya taught him the Summoning Technique, leading him to win Gamabunta’s approval and sign a Mount Myoboku contract. The next day, the Canopy Screen showed a futuristic Konoha where Sasuke and Sakura walked together and began discussing their past and Sarada’s questions about Sasuke’s childhood.

• Naruto told Jiraiya that people in Konoha had been whispering about his cells, brushing against him, and stealing his hair.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta and challenged Naruto to prove himself worthy of signing a Mount Myoboku contract.
• Naruto eagerly acknowledged Gamabunta as his boss, and Gamabunta agreed to sign the contract.
• The Canopy Screen showed a future Konoha with six faces on Kage Rock, including Kakashi’s, and Sasuke and Sakura walking through the village.
• Sasuke and Sakura discussed Boruto and Himawari’s card-game quarrel, then held hands as they remembered their past and talked about Sarada asking about Sasuke’s childhood.

Sasuke gave Sakura a handmade Clay Ring to make up for what he could not give her when they married. Their peaceful outing ended when Kakashi summoned Sasuke to meet with Iwagakure about an unspecified problem.

• Sasuke gave Sakura a handmade Clay Ring and placed it on her finger, and she tearfully told him she loved it.
• Sasuke and Sakura continued their walk together and planned to bring Sarada dumplings.
• An ANBU summoned Sasuke to the Hokage's Office, where Kakashi told him Kurotsuchi had requested Konoha's help.
• Sasuke suspected Kumogakure had attacked Iwagakure and offered to deal with them, but Kakashi told him to learn the facts first.
• Sasuke agreed to go to Iwagakure, leaving Kakashi to complain about his readiness to wipe out a village.

Hiruzen Sarutobi admired Konoha’s prosperous future on the Canopy Screen, while the sight of adult Sasuke marrying Sakura shocked their younger selves and their friends. Kakashi realized he would become Hokage and dreaded the work, while Naruto reluctantly accepted Sakura’s happiness.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised the future Konoha and imagined Kakashi and Naruto surpassing his expectations.
• Sasuke Uchiha saw his future self marry Sakura and vowed to sever the bonds he believed had made him weak.
• Kakashi Hatake saw himself as Hokage and worried about political burdens, endless paperwork, and losing time to read Make-Out Paradise.
• Haruno Sakura rejoiced at seeing her future marriage to Sasuke, while Ino Yamanaka felt happy for her friend but slightly envious.
• Naruto Uzumaki angrily protested Sakura’s future marriage to Sasuke, then accepted it when he saw how happy she was.

The Fourth Raikage raged at Sasuke’s threat to Kumogakure, while Danzō and Itachi watched the broadcast and reacted to Sasuke’s future. The next day, Sasuke shopped in Iwagakure until someone greeted him from behind.

• The Fourth Raikage threatened Sasuke, but Darui and Mabui urged him to gather more information from the Canopy Screen.
• Shimura Danzō admired Sasuke’s willingness to protect Konoha from the shadows, then became furious when he saw Kakashi as the future Sixth Hokage.
• Itachi watched future Sasuke return to Konoha, marry Sakura, and find happiness, and felt relief that his brother had escaped hatred.
• The Canopy Screen showed Sasuke shopping in Iwagakure for incense Sakura might like and a puppet-tech pencil case for Sarada.
• A smiling voice greeted Sasuke from behind, saying it had been a long time.

Sasuke took over Iwagakure’s effort to stop the rogue Land of Earth Person and told Kurotsuchi to discuss compensation with Kakashi. Meanwhile, the Land of Earth Person massacred a village, but Dr. Kinos’s surviving clone persuaded him to talk.

• Kurotsuchi told Sasuke that Ōnoki’s experiment had produced a powerful clone of Naruto that had gone out of control.
• Sasuke dismissed Iwagakure’s claim that the clone possessed all of Naruto’s power and left through a black void to take over the situation.
• Deidara complained about Sasuke, while Kurotsuchi said Ōnoki had recovered and was spending his time playing Yu-Gi-Oh! with Haimā.
• The Land of Earth Person destroyed a village and killed Dr. Kinos with a Rasengan when the researcher tried to stop him.
• Another Dr. Kinos appeared, revealed that the dead researcher had been one of his clones, and convinced the Land of Earth Person to hear him out.

Dr. Kinos warned the Land of Earth Person that Sasuke Uchiha was coming and recruited him into Nine Nether’s plan to destroy the world. After learning why the Clone hated the world while Naruto Uzumaki had chosen peace, the Land of Earth Person headed to Orochimaru’s new base to meet another Kinos Clone.

• Dr. Kinos told the Land of Earth Person that Sasuke Uchiha was on his way and warned that the Clone might not be strong enough to defeat him.
• Dr. Kinos revealed that he was from Nine Nether and sent the Land of Earth Person to Orochimaru’s new research base as the first step in their plan.
• The Land of Earth Person demanded to know why he and Naruto Uzumaki had opposite personalities despite sharing the same memories, and blamed his hatred on his painful childhood.
• Dr. Kinos speculated that Jiraiya was the key difference that had led Naruto to embrace love and peace, then the Land of Earth Person killed the Kinos Clone.
• The Land of Earth Person vowed to destroy the ideas Jiraiya had taught Naruto and traveled to Orochimaru’s base, where another Kinos Clone appeared.

Kinos explained to Land of Earth Person that Nine Nether planned to use Orochimaru’s Gravitational Wave transmitter to summon an alien civilization and destroy the world. Land of Earth Person attacked Orochimaru’s base to seize the equipment, but Orochimaru confronted him with a snake attack.

• Kinos told Land of Earth Person that alien civilizations could be lured to the world through a signal sent by Orochimaru’s Gravitational Wave transmitter.
• Land of Earth Person agreed that aliens would likely plunder the world and declared that he would deal with Orochimaru.
• Land of Earth Person knocked out the Konoha jonin guarding the base and blasted through its alloy doors.
• Orochimaru questioned Land of Earth Person through the base’s speakers and sent a flood of venomous snakes to test his strength.
• Land of Earth Person destroyed the snakes with a Big Ball Rasengan and challenged Orochimaru to settle their dispute with their fists.

The Land of Earth Person and Orochimaru moved their fight from Orochimaru’s base to the Valley of the End, where Orochimaru unleashed a succession of powerful techniques against the Nine-Tails-powered clone. After escaping Orochimaru’s trap and regenerating his severed arm, the Land of Earth Person revealed a new form and fired beams of light.

• The Land of Earth Person challenged Orochimaru to fight at the Valley of the End, and Orochimaru ordered the base evacuated while Mitsuki left with the other evacuees.
• Orochimaru blasted Dr. Kinos to pieces, then went to the Valley of the End to face the Land of Earth Person.
• The Land of Earth Person opened with a Rasenshuriken, while Orochimaru countered with Sage Mode and a series of defenses and attacks, including Rashomon, ice mirrors, trees, Iron Sand, and acid mist.
• The Land of Earth Person used a Nine-Tails Chakra cloak and Shadow Clones to break through Orochimaru’s attacks, but Orochimaru caught his arm with regenerating white snakes after taking a Rasengan to the chest.
• The Land of Earth Person destroyed the snakes and his own right arm with a second Rasengan, regenerated the arm, and transformed as three beams of pure light shot from his eyes and mouth.

Orochimaru watched a future version of himself wield powerful Sage Arts and Kekkei Mōra before fleeing from the Land of Earth Person, while Dr. Kinos declared that he had failed to reach the Six Paths. In the present, Orochimaru vowed to pursue ancient knowledge, and Jiraiya resolved to stop him after Naruto reassured him that he wanted to protect Konoha.

• Orochimaru raised a Kekkei Mōra wall against the Land of Earth Person’s lasers, then escaped by turning into white snakes.
• Dr. Kinos watched the battle and concluded that Orochimaru’s power still fell short of the Six Paths.
• Present-day Orochimaru admired his future self’s abilities, resented Kinos’s judgment, and planned to study ancient texts after the Konoha Crush Plan.
• Jiraiya learned that Orochimaru would kill the Third Hokage and vowed to stop him, then asked Naruto whether he hated Konoha or wanted to destroy it.
• Naruto admitted that villagers’ cruelty had hurt him but said Konoha was his home and he wanted to protect what mattered.
• Jiraiya felt reassured by Naruto’s answer and invited him to celebrate with unlimited Ichiraku Ramen.

The Canopy Screen’s revelations about Orochimaru, alien civilizations, and future events prompted leaders and shinobi across the villages to reconsider technology and their paths. As the villages began preparing for threats from beyond the world, Sasuke vowed to defy the future shown to him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi regretted how his past choices had affected Orochimaru and wondered how Konoha could guide the rising tide of technology.
• Sasuke Uchiha rejected the idea that Naruto Uzumaki would change him and vowed to cut down his supposed fate.
• Tsunade joked with Shizune about Orochimaru having a son, then said she would accept it if it kept him in Konoha.
• Pain questioned whether his idea of peace mattered against alien civilizations, while Konan warned that the threat could be immense.
• Fourth Raikage A ordered Mabui and Samui to study the universe and strengthen Kumogakure’s Lightning Release: Chakra Cannon network.
• The ninja villages began forming Scientific Ninja Tool Research Teams, though they had no way to confront unknown civilizations beyond the world.

The Land of Earth Person helped Dr. Kinos activate the Gravitational Wave Transmitter, only to learn the signal would take years or centuries to bring aliens. After Kinos revealed he had used him and Sasuke Uchiha confronted him, the Land of Earth Person tried to recruit Sasuke, who rejected him as a counterfeit of Naruto.

• The Land of Earth Person chose Hidden Stone Village as the destination for the signal, and Dr. Kinos launched it through the Gravitational Wave Transmitter.
• Dr. Kinos explained that any aliens who received the signal would take decades or centuries to arrive, then admitted he had used the Land of Earth Person to reach the transmitter.
• The Land of Earth Person destroyed the Kinos Clone and part of the console in anger, then left the base after sensing Sasuke Uchiha outside.
• Sasuke Uchiha arrived on a ninja hawk, and the Land of Earth Person proposed that they join forces to kill Naruto and divide the world.
• Sasuke Uchiha dismissed the Land of Earth Person as a laboratory-made counterfeit who could not compare to Naruto.

Sasuke Uchiha battled the Land of Earth Person, who used a counterfeit Nine-Tails Mode to match his Susanoo. Sasuke unleashed Senbonzakura and destroyed the imitation, but the Land of Earth Person’s wounds rapidly healed as the fight continued.

• The Land of Earth Person erupted with Chakra arms and clashed swords with Sasuke Uchiha, who countered his attacks with the Sharingan and Sword of Kusanagi.
• Sasuke Uchiha avoided a Rasengan with Amenotejikara and defended against a surprise attack with Susanoo.
• The Land of Earth Person revealed his own Nine-Tails Mode, and his giant fought Sasuke Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo to a standstill.
• After the Land of Earth Person’s laser attack, Sasuke Uchiha appeared with a second katana and released Senbonzakura’s Bankai.
• Senbonzakura tore apart the Land of Earth Person’s counterfeit Nine-Tails and sliced his body, but his rapid healing let him claim Sasuke Uchiha could not kill him.

Sasuke Uchiha defeated the Land of Earth Person with Amaterasu and Planetary Devastation, but froze when his enemy begged for mercy with Naruto Uzumaki’s face. Remembering his last battle with Naruto at the Valley of the End, Sasuke accepted Naruto’s invitation to return to Konoha.

• Sasuke Uchiha covered the Land of Earth Person and the Thousand Cherry Blossoms with Amaterasu, then used Amenotejikara to drag the fleeing enemy back into the flames.
• Sasuke weakened the Land of Earth Person with the black cherry blossom storm and began sealing him with Planetary Devastation.
• The Land of Earth Person begged Sasuke for mercy, and his resemblance to Naruto made Sasuke laugh and recall their battle at the Valley of the End.
• Sasuke remembered Naruto asking him to return to Konoha and offering his own life to persuade him.
• Sasuke agreed to return to Konoha with Naruto, and Naruto carried him off to celebrate with ramen.

Sasuke sealed the Land of Earth Person and warned Orochimaru against repeating the incident. After watching the future footage, Sasuke vowed to become strong enough to change his fate, while Naruto angrily disowned the defeated Clone who had worn his face.

• Sasuke used Planetary Devastation to seal the Land of Earth Person inside a stone sphere, then confronted Orochimaru and warned him not to cause another incident.
• Orochimaru agreed to be mindful of his limits, and Sasuke left through a spatial passage.
• That night, Sasuke tried to release Senbonzakura but failed, then reflected on his future defeat by Naruto and resolved to change that future through his own strength.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto leaped up in anger at the footage of the Clone begging for mercy and insisted he would never act like a spineless loser.

Naruto celebrated future Sasuke’s defeat while Hiruzen and Danzō argued over how Sasuke should be guided. Itachi took comfort in seeing Sasuke attain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, while Obito and Black Zetsu discussed eliminating Naruto to draw Sasuke into their plan.

• Naruto heard future Sasuke admit defeat and gleefully declared himself the winner.
• Danzō urged Hiruzen to hand Sasuke over to Root, but Hiruzen rejected his proposal and said the Fifth Hokage could decide the matter.
• Itachi saw Sasuke’s future Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and concluded that his plan had succeeded.
• Obito and Black Zetsu recognized Sasuke’s potential and discussed killing Naruto to sever Sasuke’s bond with Konoha.
• Obito told Black Zetsu he would send Naruto to join his father Minato soon.

Pain questioned how Naruto Uzumaki maintained peace in the future, while Kumogakure and Kirigakure assessed the overwhelming power of Konoha’s future shinobi. The chapter ended with Ao warning Mei Terumi that the future’s peace might depend entirely on Naruto choosing to preserve it.

• Pain asked Konan why Sasuke Uchiha also possessed a Rinnegan in the future, and Konan warned that future power could leave small nations like Amegakure vulnerable.
• Pain wondered whether Naruto Uzumaki had kept the Shinobi World in check through destiny, and Konan said Teacher Jiraiya might know the answer.
• Samui reported to Fourth Raikage A that Naruto, Sasuke, and Orochimaru were the future’s strongest fighters, all from Konoha, and A became furious at Kumogakure’s apparent lack of comparable shinobi.
• Samui suggested Kumogakure must have hidden assets because it later formed a Four-Nation Alliance against Konoha, and A praised Darui for helping the village endure.
• Ao told Mei Terumi that future peace seemed to depend on Naruto Uzumaki wanting to preserve it, comparing the arrangement to a powerful god choosing to play a game called peace.

Mei Terumi and Ōnoki reacted to the future Canopy Screen, with Mei fearing the world’s survival depended on one person’s mood and Ōnoki vowing not to let Iwagakure be used again. The next day, the screen showed Haimā losing a duel to Ōnoki and demanding to know how his Blue-Eyes White Dragon could have been beaten.

• Mei Terumi asked Ao whether the world could be destroyed if the powerful figure stopped wanting to play, and Ao said a thought or emotional outburst might be enough.
• Ōnoki felt relieved that Sasuke had sealed the dangerous Clone, then grew furious at the thought that Kinos had used Iwagakure’s resources and made him part of a larger plan.
• Ōnoki resolved to guard Iwagakure’s interests and avoid letting the village become a sacrifice to someone else’s ambitions.
• The next day, the Canopy Screen showed Haimā challenging Ōnoki to a duel fifteen years after the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Haimā attacked with Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but Ōnoki activated Magic Cylinder and reflected the attack, reducing Haimā’s Life Points to zero.
• Haimā clenched his fists and demanded to know how his strongest monster had lost to Ōnoki’s Trap Cards.

Ōnoki taught Haimā that tactics mattered more than brute strength after defeating him with Magic Cylinder, and Haimā began to accept the lesson. Iwagakure embraced Duel Monsters as Battle City, while Deidara lost to Sasori and vowed to practice before challenging him again.

• Ōnoki explained to Haimā how he had used tactics to counter Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and Haimā began to reconsider his reliance on power.
• Kurotsuchi called Ōnoki and Haimā to dinner, and Haimā carefully gathered his cards.
• Iwagakure’s monster projections filled the village as its skyline displayed the name Battle City.
• Deidara bragged to Sasori that Yu-Gi-Oh! had transformed Iwagakure, while Sasori reminded him that he had designed the Duel Disk’s core system.
• Deidara challenged Sasori to a duel but lost, then complained that his Tsuchikage duties left him no time to practice.
• Deidara vowed to hand the Tsuchikage position to Kurotsuchi the following year and resolved to practice so he could defeat Sasori.