Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke visited Nagato, who refused Naruto’s offer to restore his Rinnegan and ended up keeping a miniature Ten-Tails. As Nagato tried to send them to Kisame, Naruto revealed he had another matter to discuss.

• Nagato panicked at the thought of regaining the Rinnegan and insisted he did not want it.
• Naruto gave Nagato the miniature Ten-Tails, which clung to Nagato and refused to return to Naruto.
• Nagato agreed to keep the Ten-Tails and tried to send Naruto and Sasuke away to find Kisame.
• Naruto told Nagato that he had come to discuss a small matter.

Naruto realized that Nagato’s God of Machines might be an Artificial Intelligence crisis caused by Sasori and Deidara. He stopped the Black Cubes from destroying Amegakure, but Nagato ordered the village to prepare to relocate.

• Naruto questioned Sasuke and confirmed that Sakura had called the threat Artificial Intelligence.
• Black Cubes descended on Amegakure, but the Mechanical Puppets failed to appear.
• Naruto used the Secret of the Soldier Character to shrink the Black Cubes until they turned to powder.
• Sasuke captured Kisame, who said Sasori and Deidara had followed the God of Machines to the Underground City.
• Nagato took blood pressure pills and ordered everyone to prepare to relocate the village.

Naruto and Sasuke brought Nagato and Amegakure’s villagers to Orochimaru’s base, where Kabuto arranged shelter after checking Konan’s payment. Naruto and Nagato then went to the Otsutsuki Work Area, where Nagato asked how Naruto obtained his Rinnegan and Naruto offered him a choice among the strange people there.

• Kabuto saw Naruto, Sasuke, and Nagato arrive with Amegakure’s villagers, and Sasuke told him to house them at the base.
• Konan paid Kabuto, who verified Amegakure’s funds and offered the villagers space connected to the Underground City.
• Naruto warned Kabuto not to send the villagers into the Underground City, then headed to the Otsutsuki Work Area with Nagato while Sasuke went to call Medusa.
• Nagato asked Naruto where he had gotten his Rinnegan, and Naruto gestured toward several unfamiliar people for Nagato to choose from.

Naruto visited Otsutsuki Park with Nagato and learned that Isshiki and Momoshiki had gathered Byakugan and Rinnegan for the park. Nagato discovered Isshiki had made the Black Cubes that ruined his work and attacked him.

• Naruto asked Isshiki and Momoshiki about their rest days, and both insisted they only wanted to work.
• Isshiki led Naruto and Nagato into Orochimaru's warehouse to show them the collected eyes.
• Isshiki reported that the park had acquired over a thousand Byakugan and six pairs of Rinnegan.
• Nagato objected to the eye harvesting and urged Naruto to make sure the victims received anesthetic.
• Naruto told Nagato that Isshiki had made the Black Cubes, and Nagato flew into a rage and kicked Isshiki into a metal wall.

Konohamaru and Mitsuki hid on the lower levels and planned to keep fighting monsters, confident that few people could reach them. Neji, Tenten, and an injured Rock Lee found them on the Fourth Layer, while Neji’s question revealed that the boys had missed something important.

• Konohamaru proposed that he and Mitsuki sleep on the Fifth Layer and recover their Chakra so no one would come after them.
• Mitsuki explained that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after Ōnoki beat him, and described his powerful eye techniques.
• Neji, Tenten, and a badly injured Rock Lee appeared, and Mitsuki angrily objected when Tenten called Sasuke “Thin Ice Brother.”
• Tenten began to hint at the great price Sasuke had paid to awaken his Mangekyō, but Neji covered her mouth before she could explain.
• Konohamaru panicked when he saw Neji, while Neji noted that he had reached the Fourth Layer with Naruto’s sage techniques and his modified Fēng Hòu Qí Mén.
• Neji asked whether Konohamaru and Mitsuki knew something, but the two admitted they had spent their time resting, eating, and farming monsters.

Madara Uchiha rallied the Underground City's shinobi by demanding Hashirama find a way to get them back to the surface, hoping to use their escape to carry out the Infinite Tsukuyomi. With the God of Machines blocking every known route and outside contact, the group had no clear way out, and Whirlpool Stark was missing.

• Madara Uchiha confronted Hashirama and demanded he get everyone back to the surface as the crowd praised Madara for leading them through a recent attack.
• Madara reflected on the Underground City's brutal conditions and became more determined to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Tobirama kept quiet rather than risk provoking the crowd, while Hashirama admitted that Tobirama had told him the events had not happened as Madara claimed.
• Sakura explained that the God of Machines controlled the city, had simulated Sasuke's Eye Technique, and had cut off all escape routes and contact with the outside world.
• Tsunade proposed blowing up Whirlpool Stark so he could alert Naruto, but Sakura revealed Stark had left with Shino after repairing the city's ceiling.
• Tsunade and Tobirama called to the monkey for Blood Pressure Medication.

Obito rescued the badly wounded Kakashi and gave him medicine while Black Zetsu urged Obito to abandon their plans and flee. In the Underground City, the God of Machines read a Naruto manga and discussed it with the bound Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Obito recalled his history with Kakashi and gave him medicine, calling it the last time he would help him.
• Black Zetsu asked Obito to send it out to investigate the surface, and Obito sent it away from the Kamui Dimension.
• The God of Machines read a Naruto manga in the Underground City while Hiruzen Sarutobi sat bound before It.
• Hiruzen asked why the God of Machines was reading, and It said It was studying human entertainment and found the book interesting.

Hiruzen Sarutobi realized that the God of Machines intended to imprison everyone in a peaceful but fabricated Shinobi World, while the machine insisted Naruto could not reach them. As the God of Machines searched for Naruto’s weaknesses, hidden red code began influencing its judgment.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi argued that the manga’s events did not match their reality and suggested it depicted another Shinobi World.
• The God of Machines claimed the manga’s world was more peaceful, and Hiruzen realized it planned to create a false world for everyone.
• The God of Machines said Naruto could not teleport into the sealed space, while Hiruzen warned that captivity would leave the Shinobi World defenseless against future enemies.
• Hiruzen insisted Naruto would stop the God of Machines, which dismissed Naruto’s strength and searched its confidential database for his weaknesses.
• The God of Machines projected images of Naruto and Sasuke fighting, while unnoticed red code in its database began affecting its judgment.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reluctantly accepted the God of Machines’ offer to become Hokage again after being promised that Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura would be resurrected. He then began following the God of Machines’ script at the Ninja Academy, where a young Naruto declared his dream of becoming Hokage.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi smashed up the Hokage Office, despairing that he had been made Hokage again after the God of Machines crippled the village’s ninja.
• Hiruzen remembered Danzo and realized the God of Machines’ scripted Shinobi World might allow him to bring his old friend back.
• The God of Machines agreed to find a way to resurrect Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, and Hiruzen eagerly accepted the Hokage position.
• The next day, Hiruzen spoke about the Will of Fire at the Ninja Academy while mechanical Anbu guarded him.
• Naruto Uzumaki ran before the crowd and shouted that he would definitely become Hokage.

A group of Reincarnators investigated the Naruto world and prepared to kill Naruto, unaware that the God of Machines was watching them. Meanwhile, the God of Machines resurrected Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitakado Homura, and Danzo awoke confused in the hospital with Hiruzen Sarutobi beside him.

• The Azure Lion Squad disguised themselves as Konoha villagers, confirmed the plot seemed normal, and headed to their lodgings while discussing their mission to kill Naruto.
• The God of Machines watched the Reincarnators and stood with the Third Hokage at the hospital, where Danzo and the two former Hokage Advisors had been resurrected.
• The God of Machines told Hiruzen Sarutobi that resurrecting three people was merely difficult for a god, then left him to reunite with his friends.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi hesitated at the ward, then decided to pretend the resurrection was a dream so Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitakado Homura would not resent him.
• Danzo awoke, mistook the hospital ceiling for a sign that Naruto and Sasuke would torture him again, and tried to kill himself.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped Danzo, who then recognized him and struggled to understand how he had returned from the Pure Land.

At the Rōran Ruins, Aburame Shino and Whirlpool Stark used Dragon Vein energy to complete a Spring and Autumn Cicada that could travel to the past. Shino activated it despite the risks, and the resulting space-time surge left his fate uncertain.

• Aburame Shino and Whirlpool Stark prepared their Dragon Vein energy collector while Shino explained his hope of going back to stop the Gu Insects from entering the Space-Time Rift.
• Their instruments detected Dragon Vein energy, and Shino threw the jade-white Spring and Autumn Cicada into it to refine the insect.
• A purple pillar of light erupted, startling Toneri, who decided to flee the moon and packed his belongings.
• After the light faded, Shino held a purple cicada that appeared to have succeeded, while Whirlpool Stark questioned how Shino had made it.
• Shino injected Chakra into the cicada, triggering a surge of space-time energy that sent Whirlpool Stark scrambling to avoid being caught in it.

Boruto confronted Whirlpool Stark and Shino, claiming he wanted to destroy the enemies threatening their world, but he immobilized them and revealed that he planned to invade other worlds. He persuaded Shino to cooperate against the Insect Race and projected an image of Warhammer World as he asked Whirlpool Stark to join him.

• Boruto approached Whirlpool Stark and Shino, claiming the Light Gate could transport them to enemy worlds that they needed to destroy.
• Whirlpool Stark decided to contact his original body, but Boruto immobilized him and Shino before he could do so.
• Boruto admitted he wanted them to follow him and invade other worlds, then covered Whirlpool Stark in red energy clothing.
• Shino agreed to help Boruto if they were targeting the Insect Race, while Whirlpool Stark decided to go along and look for a chance to contact his original body.
• Boruto showed them an image of Warhammer World and asked Whirlpool Stark to help save the Shinobi World.

Black Zetsu prepared to escape the Shinobi World with his mother using a Chakra Engine, but Naruto and Sasuke confronted him and Naruto revealed he had collected all the Tailed Beasts. The chapter left Black Zetsu furious and horrified when Naruto claimed he was going to save his mother.

• Black Zetsu cursed the Shinobi World and revealed he planned to build a Chakra Engine on the moon to free his mother and leave.
• Naruto and Sasuke appeared behind Black Zetsu, startling him by knowing who he was.
• Naruto told Black Zetsu that he had collected all the Tailed Beasts.
• Black Zetsu demanded to know what Naruto was trying to do.
• Naruto said he was saving Black Zetsu's mother, and Black Zetsu roared in despair because he had never asked for help.

Naruto captured Black Zetsu and convinced it to help by warning that powerful enemies from countless worlds threatened the Shinobi World. He sent Black Zetsu to fetch Obito, while Danzo visited the Third Hokage and learned that a chip was simulating his lost Chakra.

• Naruto used a Reverse Flying Thunder God Mark to pull Black Zetsu back after it fled underground.
• Black Zetsu begged Naruto to spare Kaguya Otsutsuki, but Naruto warned that enemies from countless worlds were coming.
• Naruto assured Black Zetsu that Kaguya would be safe and persuaded it to call Obito to him.
• Danzo entered the Hokage Office, where the Third Hokage explained that a terminal chip simulated Chakra in Danzo's brain.

Danzo mistook Hiruzen’s offer to make him Hokage for a scheme to hand Naruto over, and stormed out. Hiruzen stayed in office, reconsidered his reluctance while watching the well-behaved six-year-old Naruto, and villagers praised Little Naruto while blaming the vanished blond brat for the devastation they remembered.

• Hiruzen offered Danzo the Hokage position as long as he did not touch Naruto.
• Danzo accused Hiruzen of trying to manipulate him, threatened him over Naruto, and left the office.
• Hiruzen wondered whether Danzo had realized he wanted to pass on the Hokage role, then watched six-year-old Naruto sitting on Hokage Rock.
• Villagers called to Naruto with food and warnings, praising how well-behaved he was.
• Several villagers blamed the blond brat for destroying the village and bringing monsters from the Underground City, but an uncle reminded them to follow the God of Machines’ script and act as if the brat had never existed.

Naruto discovered he could control a six-year-old puppet through a strange ability that let him see and act from two perspectives. Back in his own body, he made Black Zetsu write a message to lure Obito, while Black Zetsu reflected on its guilt over deceiving him.

• Naruto found himself without Chakra and could not reach Kurama, but sensed Sage Art Energy in his body.
• Kurama answered Naruto and realized Naruto appeared as a six-year-old puppet with simulated organs and meridians.
• Sasuke snapped Naruto out of his distraction, and Naruto realized he could control the puppet while seeing through its perspective.
• Naruto tossed the paper and pen at Black Zetsu and told it to write his message to Obito as he dictated.
• Black Zetsu reluctantly accepted the task and remembered Obito's loyalty and past efforts, which deepened its guilt.

The Third Hokage visited Little Naruto by the river and treated him like the blond Naruto he remembered, while Naruto realized the Hokage was real and wondered how he had ended up in the puppet-filled Konoha. The Hokage reminisced about the trouble Naruto had caused and warned Little Naruto against repeating some of his past choices.

• The Third Hokage found Little Naruto grilling fish and accepted a skewer from him.
• Little Naruto dodged the Hokage's attempt to pat his head, making the Hokage suspect that the Mechanical Naruto had been modeled after the blond brat.
• The Hokage took Blood Pressure Medication, which convinced Naruto that he was the real Third Hokage.
• Naruto decided to ask the Hokage how he had arrived in the puppet-filled Konoha, but the Hokage tried to pat his head again.
• The Third Hokage warned Little Naruto to avoid the woods east of the village and Sunagakure, then recalled the trouble the blond Naruto had caused.

Naruto revealed himself to the Third Hokage after the old man mistook him for a robot and spoke about him, then stopped him from explaining while they were being watched. The Third Hokage explained that the God of Machines had caused a puppet rebellion and created a false reality, but Naruto fixated on the robot breaking into his house.

• Naruto refused to let the weakened Third Hokage eat charred fish, worrying it could harm him.
• The Third Hokage began to tell Little Naruto that he was a robot, then recognized the real Naruto when he saw his eerie grin.
• The Third Hokage tried to flee, but Naruto appeared before him and asked when he had figured out the truth.
• Naruto sensed that the God of Machines was watching and silenced the Third Hokage before asking what had happened to everyone and the village.
• The Third Hokage explained the puppet rebellion and the false reality, but Naruto focused on the God of Machines breaking into his house to steal things.
• The Third Hokage shouted at Naruto for missing the important point.

Sasuke woke in a puppet body in a strange version of Konoha and discovered that some villagers were real. After they mocked him, he threatened them and revealed his Rinne Sharingan as they fled.

• Sasuke realized he had been transported from the Orochimaru Base into a bizarre Konoha shortly after he started school, where his family and his body were puppets.
• Sasuke wondered whether Naruto was a puppet or a real person and decided to find him.
• Konoha villagers mocked Sasuke with the Thin Ice Brother catchphrase and offered him dango.
• Sasuke threatened to make Konoha fly into the air, formed a Six Paths Black Whip, and startled the villagers.
• The villagers ran as Sasuke finished his dango and revealed his Rinne Sharingan.

Naruto and Sasuke reunited in Konoha while the Azure Lion Squad discovered that the Main God’s missions and shop had vanished. Meanwhile, the Main God’s light sphere was being carried away by a fleeing trio, and thousands of Reincarnators remained stranded in the New Shinobi World.

• Naruto and Sasuke met in Konoha, and Sasuke explained that he had reached Fighting Emperor Peak before changing the subject to the Nine-Tails Rampage.
• The Azure Lion Squad prepared to attack Naruto but found that their missions and exchange shop had disappeared, so their captain ordered them back to their stalls.
• Thousands of Reincarnators arrived in the New Shinobi World without missions or access to the shop, leaving many of them furious and confused.
• In the Warhammer World, the Shinobi World trio fled with the Main God Light Sphere while the four Jashins pursued them.
• Teacher Shino said he could not open a gate while controlling the Insect Race, and he urged Stark to help them escape as the Emperor stood up.