Recaps

After Huihui’s system selected her to expose fabricated future videos to the Shinobi World, a mysterious black void appeared across the sky and its creator announced that it would reveal the true future. Leaders in Konoha and other villages prepared to watch and record the revelations, while Minato reassured his pregnant Kushina; the first video had not yet begun.

• Huihui learned that she could earn rebirth and ten million RMB by making the Shinobi World believe her edited videos and change future tragedies.
• A huge black void appeared over the villages, prompting Minato to order Konoha officials to assemble and prepare the villagers for evacuation.
• The voice from the void identified herself as the Shinobi World’s creator, promised to reveal future events, and sent operating rules into everyone’s minds.
• Shikaku advised Konoha’s leaders to focus on the future intelligence, and Minato ordered Kakashi and the departments to record every detail.
• Kushina rushed to Minato and confirmed he was safe, while the pregnant Kushina and Minato embraced.
• The Raikage called Kumogakure’s leaders to meet, and Rasa and Chiyo discussed the black void as Sunagakure prepared to observe its future.

People across the Shinobi World reacted to the mysterious screen and the future it promised, as Tsunade decided to return to Konoha and others weighed their hopes and plans. The Light Screen finally began playing a sad version of “Little Luck.”

• Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi discussed her ambition to become Tsuchikage, while Ōnoki complained about Deidara being absent.
• Karatachi Yagura questioned Isobu about the black hole, and Isobu wondered whether the tailed beasts’ hoped-for future and a Shinobi World savior were real.
• Jiraiya stopped searching for the Child of the Prophecy and decided to return to Konoha, while Tsunade told Shizune they would go back immediately.
• Orochimaru vowed to destroy Konoha in the future, while Nagato and Konan reaffirmed their commitment to Yahiko’s hope.
• Obito learned that White Zetsu could not damage the black space, and Black Zetsu secretly resented him while worrying about reviving his mother.
• In the Pure Land, Hashirama and Tobirama argued about the future and the Uchiha, while Izuna sought revenge on Tobirama and Madara secretly planned to revive him; then the Light Screen began playing a sad version of “Little Luck.”

Naruto tortured the defeated Momoshiki and ordered Shisui to have Orochimaru study him before the group attacked the Ōtsutsuki. Naruto then confronted Sasuke and the assembled Shinobi forces, rejecting their pleas to return as Tsunade tried to reach him.

• Naruto mocked and tortured Momoshiki, then declared he would keep him alive until he had learned everything about the Ōtsutsuki.
• Shisui reported that Sasuke had arrived with the Shinobi forces, and Naruto ordered him to take Momoshiki to Orochimaru for study.
• Sasuke led the Shinobi army, including the reincarnated Kage, Kakashi, and Might Guy, to Naruto's cave entrance.
• Naruto emerged through a Space-Time Vortex and confronted Sasuke and the assembled forces.
• Sasuke urged Naruto to stop, saying Konoha had changed and Danzo was dead, but Naruto angrily rejected his appeal.
• Tsunade pleaded with Naruto to come back, and Naruto accused her of refusing to stand with him before shouting in anger.

After the Light Screen showed a future battle that left Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha gravely wounded, the Shinobi World was thrown into panic. Momoshiki slaughtered those around him, while Konoha’s leaders argued over the vision and Nagato resolved to evolve his Rinnegan.

• The Light Screen’s preview ended with Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha severely injured, and the Shinobi World erupted in fear.
• Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki panicked at his future fate, slaughtered everyone on his planet, and vowed to defeat Naruto Uzumaki.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki wondered why Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha’s chakra felt familiar before returning to sleep and addressing Black Zetsu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo over the future shown, while Fugaku Uchiha threatened Danzo and Minato Namikaze persuaded Fugaku to trust him.
• Nagato and Konan discussed the golden Rinnegan in the vision, and Nagato vowed to find a way to evolve his own Rinnegan into that form.

Madara and others reacted to Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha’s golden Rinnegan, while Fugaku reassured the Uchiha clan that Sasuke would be protected. The Light Screen stirred again and announced a new title: “The Pain of Losing a Closest Friend.”

• Madara explained to Izuna that the Rinnegan evolved from the Sharingan but admitted he could not explain Naruto and Sasuke’s golden, nine-tomoe eyes.
• Tobirama vowed that he would kill Naruto, while Hashirama urged him to remain calm and criticized his treatment of the Uchiha.
• Obito resolved to surpass Kakashi, and Black Zetsu plotted to kill Naruto and Sasuke to protect his plan to revive his mother.
• Orochimaru became interested in Naruto after learning that his future self had chosen him.
• Fugaku returned to the Uchiha compound, told the clan to protect Sasuke, and said he had informed the Fourth Hokage about the boy.
• The Light Screen stirred and displayed the title “The Pain of Losing a Closest Friend.”

A video revisited Kakashi’s grief over Obito and Rin, prompting Kakashi to break down while Minato and Kushina comforted him; Obito, watching from afar, grew more resentful toward Kakashi. The next video began with Minato’s team training and Kushina bringing them lunch.

• The short video showed Itachi questioning Kakashi about his Sharingan, then recalled Obito’s apparent death and Rin’s realization that she loved Obito before Kakashi accidentally killed her.
• Kakashi relived the loss of his friends, and Minato apologized while Kushina hugged and comforted him until he wept.
• Obito watched the video from the Mountains' Graveyard, blamed Kakashi for Rin’s death, and vowed to create a world where Rin existed.
• The next video showed Kakashi passing Minato’s shuriken test while Obito struggled in training and vowed to surpass him.
• Kushina arrived with lunch, teased Obito for acting proud despite being hungry, and affectionately praised Rin.

Kushina Uzumaki watched Minato's Team leave for Kannabi Bridge after sharing a warm farewell with Obito, while worrying over her unborn child and the future Naruto shown in a vision. At the bridge, Minato revealed that Kakashi's promotion meant he would lead Obito and Rin Nohara while Minato worked alone, and Rin presented Kakashi with a gift.

• Kushina Uzumaki scolded Obito, then shared lunch with him, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara while wishing they could stay happy together.
• Kushina and Minato Namikaze mended clothes and discussed how capable their students had become before Kushina learned they would leave for Kannabi Bridge.
• Kushina saw Minato's Team off at Konoha's gate, warning Obito to be careful and exchanging a promise with him to return safely.
• Kushina watched the scene on a screen and worried that her unborn child might resemble the destructive Naruto Uzumaki, but Minato reassured her.
• At Kannabi Bridge, Obito arrived late after tripping a wire, and Kakashi criticized him for failing to follow rules while Minato defended him.
• Minato told Obito and Rin Nohara that Kakashi was now a Jonin and would lead them while Minato worked alone; Minato gave Kakashi a custom Kunai, and Rin offered him her gift.

Rin Nohara, Kakashi, and Obito Uchiha received their mission from Minato Namikaze and infiltrated enemy territory to destroy a supply bridge. After Kakashi was wounded and the team’s arguments exposed their poor cooperation, Minato reprimanded them and stressed the importance of teamwork.

• Rin Nohara gave Kakashi a modified first-aid kit, while Kakashi and Obito Uchiha argued until Minato Namikaze called them to review the mission.
• Minato Namikaze explained that Team Kakashi would infiltrate behind enemy lines and destroy Kannabi Bridge to disrupt Kumogakure’s supplies.
• Kakashi performed well on the journey, while Obito Uchiha struggled to keep up with the team.
• A Cloud Ninja ambushed Kakashi as he used Chidori, and Minato Namikaze saved him with the Flying Thunder God Technique before Rin Nohara treated his chest wound.
• Kakashi and Obito argued over the incident until Minato reprimanded them both and warned Kakashi not to use Chidori again.
• Minato Namikaze told the team that teamwork mattered most, leaving Kakashi, Rin Nohara, and Obito ashamed of their lack of cooperation.

Minato told Obito why Kakashi had become so strict about rules, and Obito responded by treating Kakashi as his captain. During their mission, enemy ninjas abducted Rin, and Kakashi insisted they continue the mission while Obito demanded they rescue her.

• Obito told Minato that Kakashi treated him like a useless idiot, and Minato explained how Kakashi's father had been blamed and driven to take his own life after choosing to save comrades over a mission.
• Minato asked Obito to be considerate of Kakashi, and the next morning Obito called Kakashi captain as Team Kakashi set out.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin encountered two enemy ninjas, and one used the Camouflage Shadow Technique while the other attacked Kakashi.
• The invisible Cloud Ninja seized Rin and vanished with his companion, prompting Obito to chase after them.
• Kakashi stopped Obito and argued that they should continue the mission, while Obito insisted that rescuing Rin came first.

Obito rejected Kakashi’s orders and went to rescue Rin, forcing Kakashi to reconsider his beliefs and follow him. Kakashi arrived just in time to save Obito from a Cloud Ninja, and they stood together as Rin remained in enemy hands.

• Obito punched Kakashi and declared that he would save Rin, even if that meant breaking the rules.
• Kakashi remembered Rin, Obito, Minato, and his father’s lessons, then raced after Obito to rescue Rin.
• Obito found the Cloud Ninja holding Rin, while one used genjutsu to question her and the other concealed himself.
• The invisible Cloud Ninja attacked Obito, but Kakashi arrived and wounded him with White Fang’s blade.
• Kakashi identified the blade as the one his father had left him, and Obito looked at him in astonishment.

Obito awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and killed the invisible Cloud Ninja who injured Kakashi. The team rescued Rin from a brown-haired ninja, but his Earth Style collapsed the cave, leaving Kakashi trapped beneath falling rocks as Obito noticed something.

• The invisible Cloud Ninja wounded Kakashi, and Obito awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and killed him.
• Obito and Kakashi found Rin held captive by a brown-haired ninja and realized she was under genjutsu.
• Kakashi and Obito fought the brown-haired ninja, freed Rin, and prepared to leave the cave.
• The brown-haired ninja used Earth Style: Earth Dome Collapse and fled as rocks fell around the team.
• A falling rock struck Kakashi, and Obito rushed to help him before noticing something unexpected.

Obito was crushed beneath a boulder and gave his left Sharingan to Kakashi, who used his new power to defeat the brown-haired ninja. When Cloud Ninja caused the ground to collapse, Kakashi led Rin away while Obito was buried beneath the rocks, wishing he could have stayed with them.

• Obito saved Kakashi from the falling boulder but was trapped beneath it and mortally wounded.
• Obito gave Kakashi his left Sharingan and asked Rin to transplant it, then entrusted Kakashi with protecting her.
• Kakashi emerged with the Sharingan and killed the brown-haired ninja with Chidori.
• Obito urged Kakashi to take Rin and escape as Cloud Ninja arrived and began collapsing the ground.
• Kakashi led Rin away, and Obito was buried beneath the rocks as he remembered his friends and wished he could have stayed with them.

After the Light Screen showed Obito and Rin’s deaths at Kannabi Bridge, Minato, Kushina, Kakashi, and the Uchiha mourned and reacted to the revelations. Danzo plotted to take Kakashi’s Sharingan, while Ōnoki prepared Kurotsuchi for the future.

• Minato took the grieving, pregnant Kushina home to rest, then vowed to protect Konoha as Hokage.
• Kakashi mourned Obito and Rin, and Itachi comforted him by calling Obito a hero and pointing to Kakashi’s left eye as proof he remained with him.
• Confined to the Uchiha courtyard, Shisui vowed to protect Naruto but stop him if he tried to destroy the Shinobi World.
• Fugaku and the Uchiha Great Elder discussed Obito’s Two Tomoe Sharingan, while Asuma confronted Hiruzen over Konoha’s treatment of White Fang.
• Danzo decided he would take Kakashi’s Sharingan to pursue the Mangekyō Sharingan and the Hokage’s position.
• Ōnoki encouraged Kurotsuchi to study Dust Release and warned her to stay away from Kitsuchi and Deidara.

The future broadcast introduced a blond Naruto Uzumaki, whom Minato, Kushina, and Jiraiya recognized as Minato and Kushina’s son and the Shinobi World’s savior. Minato vowed to protect his child, while Jiraiya hurried toward Konoha, eager to meet his grandson.

• The Fourth Raikage Ay vowed to retaliate against Shisui Uchiha, Kakashi, and Naruto Uzumaki after hearing their future threats.
• The Light Screen showed a blond Naruto Uzumaki declaring that he would become Hokage and earn everyone’s recognition.
• In the Hokage’s Office, Hiruzen and the others connected the boy to Minato and Kushina, while Danzō proposed taking him into Root; Minato vowed to protect his child, and Danzō stormed out.
• Kushina recognized the boy as her unborn Naruto and gently spoke to him as she waited for his birth.
• Jiraiya realized Naruto was Minato and Kushina’s son, celebrated the prospect of meeting his grandson, and reflected that the prophesied child had been beside him all along.

A Light Screen showed young Naruto Uzumaki enduring hatred, violence, and hunger in Konoha. Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze watched in anguish, and Minato resolved to take Naruto in and raise him if he appeared.

• The Light Screen showed a child accuse Naruto of making him fall, after which the child's father slapped Naruto and threatened him.
• Naruto walked alone through Konoha as villagers warned their children to stay away from him, then ran through the streets in tears.
• At home, Naruto cried himself to sleep while asking why he had no parents and why everyone hated him.
• Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze watched Naruto's suffering and tried to reassure themselves that their own child would not face the same life.
• Minato Namikaze resolved to take in and raise the child named Naruto Uzumaki if he appeared.
• The Light Screen showed hungry Naruto leave Ichiraku Ramen Shop without enough money, then get kicked and abused by a bread shop owner who refused to sell to him.

Little Naruto’s suffering in the forest drove Minato to demand help for Konoha’s orphans, and Hiruzen secured the leaders’ agreement to provide them with daily rice balls. The chapter ended with Itachi awakening his Sharingan and Jiraiya and Tsunade condemning the village’s treatment of Naruto as they hurried back to Konoha.

• Little Naruto ate sand-covered bread by a stream, then cried out for his absent parents.
• Minato confronted Hiruzen about the way villagers treated Naruto and urged him to help the Slum’s orphans.
• Hiruzen ordered a public message against blaming children for their parents’ actions and proposed giving each orphan one free rice ball daily.
• Fugaku, Hiashi, Homura, and Koharu agreed to support Hiruzen’s plan.
• Itachi awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan while holding Sasuke and vowed to protect his little brother.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade criticized Hiruzen’s judgment while traveling back to Konoha.

After watching Naruto suffer in Konoha, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju condemned the village and its leaders. Alone in the forest, Naruto found food by catching fish and shared them with Hiruzen Sarutobi when the Third Hokage appeared, leaving the two eating together by the fire.

• Hashirama Senju grew furious over Naruto's mistreatment, and Tobirama Senju questioned whether his former students had changed.
• Hungry and injured, Naruto searched the forest for food, ate wild grass, and drank from the river.
• Naruto spotted fish in the river, caught six, and roasted them over a fire.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared while Naruto was eating and introduced himself as an old man passing by.
• Naruto offered Hiruzen a roasted fish, and they ate together, laughing.

The broadcast showed Hiruzen comforting little Naruto, while Minato, Hiruzen, and Kushina suspected the boy might be their future son. The screen then began a new story about Hinata Hyuga, whose strict father expected her to master clan techniques at age two.

• Hiruzen told little Naruto about the vast world and its stars, and Naruto hoped he would someday find his parents and ask why they had not wanted him.
• Minato and Hiruzen privately suspected that Naruto was Minato and Kushina's son, while Kushina feared the same and longed for an answer.
• Konan wanted to bring little Naruto to Akatsuki, and Nagato said he would find a way to protect the future savior and might raise him with Konan.
• Rasa refused Chiyo's advice to withdraw surveillance of Konoha and vowed to obtain the savior and Sasuke Uchiha, while Chiyo warned that his actions could bring disaster to Sunagakure.
• The Light Screen introduced two-year-old Hinata Hyuga, who struggled to practice under her stern father, Hyuga Hiashi.

Two-year-old Hinata slipped away from home, met Naruto in the forest, and accepted his help finding her way back. After a Hyuga Branch Family ninja mistreated Naruto and scolded Hinata, she returned home to face Hyuga Hiashi, who left her crying with disappointment in his eyes.

• Hinata sneaked out of the Hyuga home and wandered into the forest, where she watched Naruto playing by a stream.
• After Hinata got lost, Naruto found her, took her hand, and guided her toward the Hyuga Clan Compound.
• A Hyuga Branch Family ninja found Hinata with Naruto, shoved him to the ground, and warned him to stay away from her.
• The ninja escorted Hinata home and scolded her for being weak and sneaking away, making her feel guilty and ashamed.
• Hyuga Hiashi questioned Hinata when she returned, and she cried as her mother comforted her and Hiashi walked away in disappointment.

A vision showed Hyuga Hiashi lashing out at young Hinata under pressure from the Main Family elders, then breaking down as she cried in the snow. In the present, Hiashi left to see his infant daughter and resolved to change for her.

• Hinata's mother held her daughter as Hiashi's coldness left them both suffering.
• The Main Family elders pressured Hiashi to replace Hinata as heir if she showed no potential by age twelve, and Hiashi accepted that condition.
• Hiashi scolded little Hinata during training, then withdrew his attempt to comfort her and left her kneeling in the snow.
• Hizashi Hyuga encouraged Neji to befriend Naruto when he grew older, and Neji happily agreed.
• After seeing the vision, Hiashi apologized to Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi, left the Hokage's office to see his infant daughter, and decided to change for her.

After Naruto took Hinata home through the snow, Hizashi brought Neji to meet Hiashi and told him to protect Hinata and the Hyuga bloodline. Neji received the Caged Bird seal without understanding what it meant, and Hizashi kept the truth from his son.

• Hinata ran into the snowy night after Hiashi scolded her, and Naruto found her and took her home.
• Hinata thanked Naruto and told him her name before returning to the Hyuga Compound.
• Hizashi brought Neji to meet Hiashi and told Neji that protecting Hinata and the Hyuga bloodline was his destiny.
• Neji promised to protect Hinata, and the two children grew close as they watched the snow.
• Hizashi arranged for Neji to receive the Caged Bird seal, and Neji admired the mark while Hizashi stayed silent about its meaning.

Hizashi Hyuga’s attack on Hinata was stopped by Hiashi, and Neji learned the truth of the Caged Bird Seal, vowing revenge against the Main Family while promising his father to protect the Hyuga bloodline. Later, Hiashi and Hizashi argued over the Third’s response to Kumogakure’s demand, and Hiashi prepared to sacrifice himself to protect the clan and answer the enemy nation.

• Hizashi Hyuga tried to kill Hinata, so Hyuga Hiashi activated the Caged Bird Seal and incapacitated him.
• Neji saw the seal on his father’s forehead, blamed the Main Family, and vowed to destroy the Hyuga, though he promised Hizashi he would protect the clan’s bloodline.
• Hinata asked Hyuga Hiashi why he had acted, and he explained that Hizashi had tried to kill her; afterward, Hiashi apologized to Hizashi in private.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Hizashi that the Third would not risk war with Kumogakure, whose ninja had tried to seize Hinata’s Byakugan.
• Hizashi insisted that he should die in Hiashi’s place, while Hiashi objected and asked him to care for Hinata and take Hiashi’s corpse to the Third.
• Hyuga Hiashi prepared to take his own life.

Hizashi died by his own choice to protect Hiashi, leaving him a letter for Neji and asking him to care for his son. After the future was revealed, the present-day Konoha leaders vowed to prevent a similar disaster, while Minato feared an attack that could kill Kushina and their unborn child.

• Hizashi stabbed himself, asked Hiashi to care for Neji, and died after writing his son a final letter.
• Hiashi brought Hizashi's body to Hiruzen, who blamed himself for Konoha's weakness and feared the village would be destroyed in a war.
• Neji accused Hiashi of causing his father's death and vowed to kill him, while Hiashi promised to raise Neji and await his revenge.
• In the Hokage's Office, Minato and Hiruzen raged at the future humiliation by Kumogakure, and Hiruzen pledged that Konoha would fight back.
• Hiruzen warned Minato to guard against future attacks, but Minato feared enemy Ninja might strike when Kushina gave birth and erupted with Chakra.

Minato Namikaze vowed to protect his wife and child, while Neji and the Hyuga clan responded to Hizashi and Hiashi’s choices. Raikage A rallied Kumogakure for a future war against Konoha as the Light Screen began playing again.

• Minato Namikaze regained his composure and vowed to kill whoever harmed his wife or child.
• Hizashi Hyuga comforted Neji, who resolved to become strong enough to protect Hinata and the Byakugan.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered the elders not to brand Neji with the Caged Bird Mark, and they agreed to conceal that he was unmarked.
• Raikage A addressed Kumogakure, urged its people to train, and promised to lead them against Konoha.
• The crowd cheered for war as the Light Screen changed and began playing again.

After Hiashi rejected Hinata, she ran away from home and was bullied by three civilian children until Naruto intervened and was beaten unconscious. A Hyuga Branch Family Ninja took Hinata away, while two Anbu left Naruto injured in the forest.

• Hiashi called three-year-old Hinata a failure, leaving her convinced that her clan hated her.
• Hinata wandered into the forest, where a boy in pale blue clothes forced her to kneel and apologize while his friends mocked her.
• Naruto confronted the boys and promised to protect Hinata, but he held back from attacking them because he remembered Hiruzen's advice.
• The three boys beat Naruto unconscious, then mocked him and Hinata until a Hyuga Branch Family Ninja drove them away and escorted Hinata from the forest.
• Two Anbu appeared beside the injured Naruto, and the scarred-mask Anbu refused to take him back, saying he would survive.