Chapter Summaries

Sasuke learned from Teuchi that letting go of his obsession might send him back to where he belonged, then waited anxiously as the Uchiha Massacre began without Itachi. Danzō killed Mikoto and presented Sasuke with Fugaku’s severed head, driving Sasuke to awaken his Sharingan and unleash Chidori.

• Teuchi served Sasuke ramen and urged him to return to where he came from by letting go of his obsession.
• Sasuke hid at home, fearing the massacre would happen despite Itachi’s death.
• ANBU attacked the Uchiha Compound, and Fugaku sent Mikoto and Sasuke to hide while he fought.
• Danzō found Mikoto and Sasuke, killed Mikoto, and tossed Fugaku’s severed head at Sasuke.
• Sasuke awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan and forced himself to unleash Chidori.

Sasuke Uchiha used the Rabbit Talisman to escape the altered past and returned to a time when Itachi was alive, where his traumatic failure strengthened his resolve to pursue absolute power. Hyuga Xiu learned that Sasuke’s actions had split the Naruto Main World into parallel timelines and temporarily disabled time travel.

• Shimura Danzō overpowered Sasuke and tried to force him into Root, so Sasuke used the Rabbit Talisman to return to the past.
• Sasuke emerged in his family’s courtyard and learned from Naruto Uzumaki that Itachi Uchiha was alive, then resolved to become strong enough to protect his clan.
• Hyuga Xiu returned to his room and received a system warning about a severe temporal paradox caused by Sasuke.
• The system explained that Sasuke’s revelations drove Itachi to take his own life, and the timeline split Sasuke into two individuals across the Main World and a new parallel world.
• The system reported that time-travel abilities and items would remain unusable until both timelines stabilized, while Hyuga Xiu looked forward to seeing what happened next.

Sasuke discovered that he had arrived in a different world where Minato Namikaze was alive and Naruko Uzumaki was his friend, while the Rabbit Talisman had disappeared. Elsewhere, Kakuzu questioned why the value of Explosive Tags remained stable despite his future bankruptcy.

• Sasuke woke by the river and found that the Rabbit Talisman was gone, leaving him afraid he could never return to the future.
• Naruko Uzumaki greeted Sasuke, who mistook her for Naruto and tried to expose what he thought was a Sexy Technique prank.
• Sasuke learned from Naruko that it was year 56 of Konoha and that her father, Minato Namikaze, was the Fourth Hokage.
• Sasuke saw his reflection and realized that he might have arrived in an entirely different world rather than the past he remembered.
• Kakuzu reviewed market records and wondered how he could become bankrupt when Explosive Tags held their value so reliably.

Kakuzu reviewed his intelligence records to find trustworthy partners for future Black Market transactions with Konan. Twelve years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kabuto Yakushi met Anya at the Konoha Orphanage and learned she dreamed of becoming a spy because she thought spies were cool.

• Kakuzu suspected future Black Market deals could be exploited and began assessing potential agents and partners from his records.
• A month later, the Canopy Screen showed Konoha twelve years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, where Kabuto Yakushi directed the village orphanage.
• Kabuto found Anya watching Super Spy and asked whether she had settled in at the orphanage.
• Anya told Kabuto she wanted to become a spy like Bondman.
• Kabuto worried that Anya's wish came from a painful past, but Anya explained that spies seemed cool to her.

Anya’s admiration for Kabuto Yakushi grew when she heard his thoughts and realized he was a spy, while Kabuto left to answer an urgent summons from the Hokage. At the Interrogation Department, Ibiki Morino and Inoichi Yamanaka recognized that Anya’s effortless mind-reading could upend the intelligence world.

• Kabuto Yakushi warned Anya that being a spy was a dark and painful path, but Anya heard his thoughts and became more excited by the idea that he was a super spy.
• An ANBU member summoned Kabuto Yakushi to the Hokage’s Office, and he left the activity room without telling Anya more.
• Ibiki Morino and Inoichi Yamanaka watched the Canopy Screen reveal Anya’s ability to hear Kabuto Yakushi’s thoughts.
• Ibiki Morino wondered whether Anya might be connected to the Yamanaka Clan, but Inoichi Yamanaka explained that her ability differed from their techniques and bypassed defenses without detection.
• Ibiki Morino concluded that Anya could become the most feared spy in history if she entered the intelligence world.

Orochimaru planned to draw Sasuke Uchiha to him while Kabuto Yakushi reflected on his dream of running an orphanage. Later, Kakashi asked Kabuto to investigate Darui’s suspicious change in Kumogakure.

• Kabuto told Orochimaru that Sasuke Uchiha would likely come to him, and explained that he hoped to create an orphanage like Director Nonō’s.
• Kabuto left Orochimaru’s cave after warning him that Jiraiya had been sent to track them down.
• Kakashi met Kabuto in the Hokage’s Office and thanked him for helping establish the orphanage.
• Kakashi told Kabuto that Darui had become unusually ambitious and might be influenced by an outside force.
• Kakashi asked Kabuto to infiltrate Kumogakure and discover what was behind Darui’s change.

Kakashi assigned Kabuto a mission to infiltrate Kumogakure by posing as a psychiatrist with a child who would befriend Darui’s son, Damian. After the Canopy Screen revealed the plan, A and Samui condemned its use of a child, while Darui questioned whether a young child could maintain such a dangerous cover.

• Kakashi gave Kabuto a prepared identity and ordered him to enter Kumogakure First Hospital and use his child’s friendship with Damian to approach Darui.
• Kabuto objected to involving a child in the mission but accepted the scroll and left the Hokage’s Office.
• The Canopy Screen broadcast the mission plan to A, Samui, and Darui in the Raikage’s Office.
• A angrily denounced Konoha, while Samui acknowledged that the plan could exploit trust between children to penetrate Kumogakure’s leadership.
• Darui argued that a six- or seven-year-old could not reliably sustain a long-term espionage role, and A’s anger subsided as the others fell silent.

Kakashi and Guy’s sparring match led Kakashi to spot a strange rooster-carved stone, but their search turned up nothing. At the cliff below, Uzuki Yugao found a glowing orange Talisman and recognized its design from the Canopy Screen.

• Kakashi questioned whether peace could require sacrificing children after seeing his future self order an orphanage spy mission.
• Guy attacked Kakashi, and the two fought their usual contest with thrown objects and hand-to-hand techniques.
• Kakashi noticed a dark stone carved with a rooster among the objects Guy threw, but Guy could not remember where he had found it.
• Kakashi and Guy led nearly twenty ANBU and Jonin in a search, but they found no trace of the stone.
• Uzuki Yugao practiced swordsmanship at the cliff’s base while grieving, then discovered a glowing orange rooster-carved Talisman.

Uzuki Yugao chose to keep the Rooster Talisman rather than surrender it to Konoha, resolving to pursue revenge for Gekko Hayate. Meanwhile, Kabuto Yakushi tested Anya’s abilities and began considering her for a dangerous infiltration mission in Kumogakure.

• Uzuki Yugao remembered Gekko Hayate and decided not to turn in the Rooster Talisman, hiding it against her body as she left the ravine.
• Kabuto Yakushi returned to the Konoha Orphanage troubled by Kakashi Hatake’s proposal to send a six-year-old child on an infiltration mission.
• Anya reminded Kabuto that her sixth birthday was a month away and emphasized that she would soon be six.
• Anya used Kabuto’s thoughts to explain a difficult question about Chakra nature transformation and Sealing Runes, impressing him with her understanding.
• Anya displayed sharp observation by pointing out color similarities and small changes around the courtyard.
• Kabuto reconsidered Anya and wondered whether she had the talent needed for the mission, while Anya celebrated inwardly at the prospect of becoming a spy.

Kabuto Yakushi adopted Anya and prepared to enter Kumogakure under the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger for the Owl espionage mission. As they traveled, Kabuto searched Konoha’s intelligence records for a local woman to marry and strengthen his cover.

• Kabuto asked Anya if she would go with him, and she eagerly agreed to become his daughter.
• Kakashi assigned Kabuto the codename Twilight for the Owl mission and told him to gather intelligence in Kumogakure.
• Kabuto used the Orochimaru Style's Shedding Disguise Technique to become Loid Forger and accepted that he needed to find a genuine local wife.
• Kabuto told Anya that they were now father and daughter, and she called him Father as they left Konoha.
• On the train, Anya imagined their mission as an exciting spy adventure while Kabuto searched his intelligence files for potential wives.
• Kabuto narrowed his search to two high-priority profiles of unmarried Kumogakure women.

Kabuto Yakushi arrived in Kumogakure with Anya under the cover of a father and daughter settling down, while continuing his plan to marry Yor. He spotted Ran Mouri with her boyfriend Shinichi Kudo, then left them behind as they headed toward an amusement park.

• Kabuto Yakushi chose Yor as his primary marriage target and kept Ran Mouri's file as a backup.
• Konoha spies supplied Kabuto Yakushi and Anya with documents and belongings during their train journey, making Loid Forger's cover story convincing.
• Kabuto Yakushi and Anya arrived in Kumogakure, where Anya said she wanted to live in a castle.
• Kabuto Yakushi recognized Ran Mouri and Shinichi Kudo as a close couple, confirming his choice to pursue Yor instead.
• Ran Mouri teased Shinichi Kudo about his Odd Jobs Shop, and Shinichi suggested they visit a crowded amusement park.

At Kumogakure Amusement Park, Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri recovered a woman’s stolen wallet, but Ran refused Shinichi’s attempt to pursue a connection with the Misaka Family. Later, Shinichi spotted someone unexpected in a restaurant as he headed to the restroom.

• A woman discovered her wallet was missing, and Shinichi deduced that a man in a gray coat had stolen it.
• The thief used the Body Flicker Technique to flee, but Ran intercepted and knocked him unconscious, allowing Shinichi to return the wallet.
• Shinichi recognized the woman’s Misaka Family card and tried to accept her invitation, but Ran dragged him away, wary of danger.
• After spending the day at the amusement park, Shinichi and Ran had dinner at a themed restaurant.
• On his way to the restroom, Shinichi glimpsed someone unexpected in a quiet booth.

Shinichi Kudo followed Demiurge from an amusement park and discovered that he was secretly helping plan to ignite the Fifth Shinobi World War. After Mayuri Kurotsuchi noticed Shinichi spying, Demiurge appeared in his path.

• Shinichi noticed Demiurge react to a false clock chime and hurried after him, leaving Ran Mouri behind.
• Shinichi followed Demiurge through Kumogakure to an abandoned Training Ground, where Demiurge met Mayuri Kurotsuchi.
• Mayuri asked about the secret plan to start the Fifth Shinobi World War, and Demiurge said it was nearly ready pending Iwagakure's request for aid.
• Mayuri spotted Shinichi hiding in the rubble, and Demiurge revealed that he had known Shinichi was following him.
• Shinichi tried to flee, but Demiurge appeared in front of him and blocked his escape.

Shinichi Kudo survived Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s failed rejuvenation experiment but woke in the body of a young boy. At the Raikage Building, Yor startled her coworkers by suddenly declaring that she was married.

• Shinichi Kudo tried to escape Mayuri Kurotsuchi with a smoke bomb, but Mayuri captured him and kept Demiurge from killing him so he could use him as a test subject.
• Mayuri forced Shinichi to swallow his Rejuvenation Elixir, and Shinichi convulsed before appearing to die as Mayuri left him behind.
• About an hour later, Shinichi woke up in a child’s body and stared in shock at his reflection.
• Ran Mouri gave Yor a gift at the office, and a colleague teased Yor about finding a boyfriend.
• Yor suddenly told her stunned coworkers that she was married.

After Yor claimed she was married, Samui ordered her to bring her husband for a security screening and assigned her to assassinate a corrupt official. The next day, Kabuto took Anya shopping and unexpectedly met Yor, who confronted him for staring.

• Ran Mouri and her coworkers congratulated Yor on her supposed marriage and planned a party where she would bring her husband.
• Samui told Yor to bring her husband for a political and security screening, then ordered her to kill a corrupt medical logistics official.
• Yor infiltrated the official's mansion, killed him and his guards, and identified herself as the Thorn Princess.
• Kabuto took Anya to a clothing store and spotted Yor, his target, while planning how to approach her.
• Yor noticed Kabuto repeatedly looking at her and asked him whether he needed something.

Kabuto Yakushi and Yor agreed to pose as each other’s spouse after Anya helped bring them together. The Canopy Screen’s broadcast ended with Fourth Raikage A furious and disbelieving over how easily the Konoha spy had won Yor’s cooperation.

• Kabuto Yakushi complimented Yor, and she unexpectedly asked him to marry her.
• Anya came out in a red dress and called Kabuto her father, prompting Yor to assume he was married and pull away.
• Anya pretended to cry about being motherless, and Kabuto claimed his wife had died when Anya was born.
• Yor asked Kabuto to pose as her husband at a weekend gathering, and he asked her to pose as Anya’s mother for school formalities.
• Yor gave Kabuto the gathering’s details and hurried out of the store, while Anya celebrated their new family plan.
• After the Canopy Screen’s broadcast ended, Fourth Raikage A smashed his desk and raged at Yor’s quick agreement to help the spy.

Fourth Raikage A ordered surveillance of elite ninja relationships, while Mei Terumi reflected on her own marriage anxieties after watching Yor’s proposal. Kabuto Yakushi recognized Nine Nether’s possible role in stirring wars across the Shinobi World, and the Canopy Screen showed him leaving Anya at home before heading to work.

• Fourth Raikage A ordered Samui to draft regulations monitoring Jonin and higher-ranked ninja’s marriages and relationships.
• Mei Terumi identified with Yor’s fear of growing older unmarried and considered giving her own marriage some thought.
• Kabuto Yakushi condemned Konoha for sending Anya on a dangerous spying mission as a child.
• Kabuto connected Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Demiurge to Nine Nether and suspected the organization was provoking wars to pursue a hidden goal.
• The next morning, Kabuto told Anya to stay home while he went to complete his employment paperwork and handle other work.

Kabuto Yakushi met his new handler, Ino Yamanaka, at a hidden Konoha intelligence base in Kumogakure and accepted a weekend assignment to exchange intelligence at the Third Library. In the real world, Ino saw the Canopy Screen reveal her future role as a spy chief and cried out in despair.

• Anya promised Kabuto she would stay home and behave while he went on a dangerous mission.
• Kabuto completed his hospital duties, then used a flower shop to reach a secret underground base.
• Ino Yamanaka introduced herself as Kabuto’s direct contact and superior in Kumogakure.
• Ino described how Kumogakure’s counterintelligence had made Konoha’s operations difficult and asked Kabuto to handle an urgent assignment.
• Kabuto accepted the task of leaving a disguised intelligence device and retrieving another at the Third Library that weekend.
• The Canopy Screen showed the real-world Ino her future as a spy chief, and she dropped her flower shears and wailed.

Ino accepted that her future role as a spy leader would serve Konoha, though she mourned her dream of opening a flower shop. Meanwhile, shrunken Shinichi Kudo encountered Professor Agasa and proved his identity, leaving Agasa shocked by his transformation.

• Inoichi reassured Ino that her future intelligence mission reflected the Yamanaka Clan’s importance and duty to Konoha.
• Ino accepted her responsibility and headed to the library to study espionage, still lamenting that she would not open a flower shop in Kumogakure.
• Shinichi returned to his Odd Jobs Shop, examined his shrunken body, and fell asleep in fear and confusion.
• Professor Agasa entered the shop the next morning, and Conan revealed that he was Shinichi Kudo, shrunk by Demiurge and Mayuri Kurotsuchi.
• Shinichi answered Agasa’s questions about their private memories and secret device, convincing him that he was really Shinichi.

Conan Edogawa adopted a new identity and enrolled at the Ninja Academy to investigate Demiurge’s conspiracy, but a murder at the Library gave him an immediate chance to use his detective skills. He accused a Library employee of killing the Librarian and claimed he had proof.

• Professor Agasa warned Shinichi Kudo that accusing Demiurge without evidence or standing could get them killed, then arranged for him to become Conan Edogawa and attend the Ninja Academy.
• Conan agreed to investigate the conspiracy by getting close to important figures, including Damian, Raikage Darui’s second son.
• Conan went to the Library to research his transformation, while Kabuto Yakushi arrived to complete a delivery for Ino Yamanaka.
• The Librarian was found murdered with a Kunai in his chest, and the guards sealed the Library and held nearby visitors for questioning.
• Conan identified a grim-faced man in a staff uniform as the killer and told the guards that he had proof.