Chapter Summaries

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.

A gigantic beast attacked Iwagakure, but Deidara destroyed it with a furious barrage of clay explosives. Afterward, Deidara ordered an investigation into the beast’s origins, refusing to blame Kumogakure without evidence.

• Ōnoki condemned Deidara’s casual attitude toward the Tsuchikage position, then reflected that Iwagakure’s survival between powerful enemies might be its best outcome.
• A hundred-meter-tall beast appeared in Iwagakure and smashed through buildings as the village’s ninja failed to stop it.
• Deidara attacked the beast from his Clay Giant Bird and destroyed it with a barrage of clay bombs.
• Ōnoki accused Kumogakure of sending the beast, while Kurotsuchi warned that they had no evidence and urged an investigation.
• Deidara approved Kurotsuchi’s proposal and ordered Akatsuchi to lead a Special Investigation Team to find the beast’s origin and its controller.

Deidara intercepted and killed a second monster before it reached Iwagakure, then asked Sasori to examine it. Sasori found that the creature had been engineered to counter Deidara’s explosives, and Deidara blamed Kumogakure and vowed to confront them.

• Deidara detected a second monster approaching Iwagakure and intercepted it outside the village.
• Deidara killed the monster with C4 Karura after his other explosive attacks failed to seriously harm it.
• Deidara called Sasori and asked him to investigate the monster, suspecting the attack was deliberate.
• Sasori found that the second monster had been strengthened to resist Deidara’s explosions and concluded that an intelligent operator was upgrading the biological weapons.
• Deidara accused Kumogakure of being behind the attack and vowed to make them answer for it.

A month after the first attacks, two monsters approached Iwagakure, and Deidara destroyed one with a nuclear blast while Sasori arrived in the Freedom Gundam to fight the other. The Gundam evaded the monster’s attacks and struck back, but the creature’s spiked tail lunged toward its cockpit.

• Sasori concluded that the monsters’ creators would attack again and said he would join Deidara to capture one alive.
• A month later, two monsters approached Iwagakure from the north and south, and Deidara went to confront the southern one.
• Deidara’s C4 Karura failed against the southern monster, so he used C10: Annihilation Rebirth to destroy it.
• Sasori arrived in the Freedom Gundam and engaged the northern monster, evading its blows and damaging its chest with plasma beams.
• The monster launched a swarm of biological missiles; the Gundam destroyed most of them but took a hit to its shoulder shield.
• Sasori charged the monster and swung the Gundam’s beam sword at its neck, but its spiked tail struck toward the cockpit.

Sasori and Deidara discovered that the monsters came from an alien civilization and urged an emergency response from Naruto Uzumaki. Meanwhile, Naruto took the Chunin written exam, resisted using his Sheep Talisman to cheat, and finished with only his name on the paper.

• Sasori analyzed a monster and told Deidara that aliens had brought the creatures to their world using Space Jump Technology.
• Sasori and Deidara decided to contact Konoha and have Naruto call an emergency Five Kage Summit.
• Orochimaru watched the Canopy Screen footage and fantasized about using alien biotechnology to create perfect life.
• Sasori bragged to Deidara about his future Puppet Art, and they resumed arguing over whether eternal or fleeting art was superior.
• Naruto struggled with the Chunin written exam, rejected the temptation to use Soul Departure to cheat, and submitted a blank answer section.

Naruto Uzumaki passed Ibiki Morino’s written exam despite handing in a blank paper, and Ibiki realized Naruto’s defiant resolve had turned his test into a lesson for him. Outside the classroom, Naruto learned the exam tested intelligence gathering before Gaara threatened him and Sasuke, leaving them facing a dangerous rival in the next stage.

• Ibiki Morino warned that candidates who stayed and failed would lose the right to take the Chunin Ninja Exams, but Naruto Uzumaki declared he would never give up and stayed.
• Ibiki announced that everyone who remained had passed, then discovered Naruto’s answer sheet was blank and marveled that he had passed the exam that way.
• Naruto Uzumaki bragged to Sasuke Uchiha and Haruno Sakura about passing, and Sasuke explained that the test had assessed intelligence gathering rather than book knowledge.
• Gaara approached Naruto and Sasuke with Kankuro and Temari, threatened to kill them during the exam, and identified himself as a Sunagakure ninja.
• Naruto mocked Gaara after he left, while Sakura worried about Gaara’s killing intent and Sasuke focused on the powerful chakra he had sensed.

Team 7 defeated three Sound Ninja in the Forest of Death, but Orochimaru ambushed them by disguising himself as Naruto and targeting Sasuke. He left Sasuke unconscious with a cursed mark and Sakura paralyzed, while Naruto remained absent.

• Team 7 easily defeated three Sound Ninja, and Sasuke devised a complicated password to identify impostors.
• Orochimaru overheard the password, poisoned Naruto, and returned disguised as him, but Sasuke exposed him because Naruto recited the password too perfectly.
• Orochimaru revealed himself, knocked Sakura unconscious with a snake’s paralytic toxin, and tempted Sasuke with the promise of power and revenge.
• Orochimaru bit Sasuke and gave him a black cursed mark, causing him to collapse before Orochimaru vanished underground.

Naruto escaped a giant snake and returned to find Sasuke and Sakura recovering, then the three passed the Forest of Death trial. The Canopy Screen showed adult Sasuke and Sarada meeting Naruto and Himawari, leaving Jiraiya relieved by the future Naruto had built.

• Naruto used Shadow Clone Technique to burst out of the giant snake and hurried back to Sasuke and Sakura.
• Sasuke and Sakura woke up, and Sasuke concealed Orochimaru’s attack and the curse mark while claiming he had driven the enemy off.
• Naruto trusted Sasuke, and the three teammates found the required scrolls and passed the Forest of Death trial.
• The Canopy Screen showed Sasuke walking with Sarada before Naruto appeared carrying Himawari and searching for a limited-edition Kurama toy.
• Jiraiya praised Naruto’s future as a father and silently felt relieved that Naruto had protected the world.

Pain questioned his ideals after seeing Naruto living an ordinary, loving life, while Konan argued that peace concealed continuing threats. Sasuke’s awkward attempt to bond with Sarada backfired, and Kakashi escaped his anger by leaving him with Sakura.

• Pain reflected that Naruto’s humble life with his daughter might offer a truer peace, but Konan pointed to the dangers hidden beneath the peaceful future.
• Sasuke offered Sarada a piggyback ride, but she rejected him and ran off as Kakashi teased him about his trouble with her.
• Kakashi gave Sasuke Make-Out Paradise as a guide to bonding with his daughter, and Sasuke tried calling Sarada his “little peanut.”
• Sarada angrily rejected Sasuke’s coat and awkward words, and Sasuke grabbed Kakashi when he tried to flee.
• Kakashi distracted Sasuke by pointing out Sakura, then used the Body Flicker Technique to leave them alone.

Reactions to Sasuke’s awkward attempt to connect with Sarada on the Canopy Screen led Sasuke to recall his own longing for his father’s attention, while Itachi found comfort in his brother’s future family. Kisame’s teasing about understanding women stirred Itachi’s memories of Izumi, and he ended the conversation by returning to their unfinished mission.

• Tsunade and Shizune laughed at the scene of future Sasuke putting Jiraiya’s Make-Out Paradise advice into practice, while Jiraiya angrily defended his book.
• Sakura watched future Sasuke struggle with Sarada and felt more affection and sympathy for him.
• Sasuke recalled how he had longed for Fugaku’s attention as a child and connected that memory to Sarada’s disappointment.
• Itachi and Kisame watched the Canopy Screen, and Itachi felt relieved that Sasuke had found a partner and a family.
• Kisame teased Itachi about understanding women, prompting Itachi to remember Izumi before he told Kisame to continue their mission.

Sasuke trained with Sarada, shared a warm moment with her, and avoided explaining how he awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan. Later, Naruto and Sasuke joked about their past before Naruto warned that trouble was coming.

• Sasuke surprised Sarada at the Training Ground and trained her in throwing Shuriken.
• Sarada told Sasuke she dreamed of becoming Hokage and asked how he awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, but he ended their training instead of answering.
• Sarada happily accepted Sasuke's promise to train with her another time as storm clouds gathered.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Kiba and the others laughed at future Naruto's claim that he had been top of his Ninja Academy class.
• Naruto and Sasuke teased each other in the Hokage's Office before Naruto said they were headed for trouble.