Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke discussed Sasuke’s newly awakened Mangekyo Sharingan while Zetsu struggled to understand the failed plan and Naruto’s power. In Konoha, Hashirama and Minato oversaw the captured tailed beasts as Danzo faced Tobirama Senju.

• Naruto questioned Sasuke about his Mangekyo Sharingan, but Sasuke refused to reveal what it could do.
• Zetsu lamented losing Shisui Uchiha’s body and puzzled over Naruto’s strength, the tailed beasts’ rampages, and the absent awakening of Asura’s chakra.
• Hashirama agreed to keep the three unconscious tailed beasts restrained in the Forest of Death while Konoha’s sensory and sealing teams examined them.
• Minato told Hashirama he would not resume the Hokage position, and Hashirama doubted Tobirama would let Hiruzen remain in the role.
• Tobirama arrived as Danzo lay dying, and Danzo recognized him, knelt, and addressed him as Lord Tobirama.

Tobirama confronted Danzo over abandoning Konoha’s defense and condemned him as a deserter before Hiruzen killed him. Elsewhere, a masked stranger intercepted Orochimaru and offered him a deal, while Nagato decided Konan should attend Jiraiya’s invitation to Konoha’s first Shinobi World Conference.

• Tobirama questioned Danzo’s claim that he had guarded prisoners for the village and challenged him to explain what he would do as Hokage.
• Tobirama told Danzo that he had failed to become a guiding light for Konoha and called him a deserter; Hiruzen then killed Danzo with a shuriken.
• Tobirama turned to the prisoners and began asking them to identify themselves so he could negotiate with their villages.
• A masked stranger stopped Orochimaru and the Sound Four in the forest, incapacitated the Sound Four, and offered Orochimaru a perfect body in exchange for researching how to reshape the world.
• Konan told Nagato that Akatsuki members were questioning their inactivity, and Nagato ordered the group’s operations suspended.
• Nagato told Konan to attend Jiraiya’s invitation to Konoha’s first Shinobi World Conference six months later.

Konoha prepared for Jiraiya’s inauguration as Fifth Hokage while its leaders handled rebuilding, staffing, and the Daimyo’s disappearance. As the ceremony began, a black-haired man and a terrified orange-haired boy appeared in the woods outside the village.

• Hashirama Senju trained Yamato in Wood Release as they built houses with help from craftsmen led by Tazuna.
• Tobirama Senju reviewed intelligence files with Shikaku Nara and agreed to speak with two recommended candidates.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the Land of Fire’s envoy that Konoha could not spare anyone to search for the missing Daimyo.
• Naruto told Jiraiya that an active seal had merged with Shukaku and resisted Kurama’s attempts to communicate with him.
• Naruto gave Jiraiya Hokage Garb, while Tsunade sent Naruto to exchange an ill-fitting outfit before the inauguration.
• As Konoha’s inauguration began, a black-haired man appeared above the woods with an orange-haired boy who called for Mr. Sasuke to save him.

Sasuke and Boruto realized they had traveled to the past, apparently to the aftermath of Pain’s invasion and Danzō’s appointment as Hokage. They reached Konoha, but the village barrier treated Sasuke as an outsider, and the craftsmen traveling with them accused the pair of being spies.

• Sasuke and Boruto discovered that the Pink Turtle warned them not to alter history before it exploded.
• Sasuke and Boruto joined a convoy of craftsmen hauling furniture toward Konoha for the Hokage Succession Ceremony.
• Sasuke gathered information from the craftsmen and concluded that they had returned to the past, after Pain’s invasion and Danzō becoming Hokage.
• Sasuke wondered whether Urashiki had chosen this time to pursue a hidden purpose.
• Konoha’s barrier sounded an alert when Sasuke and Boruto approached, and the craftsmen’s leader told the gatekeepers he suspected them of being spies.

Adult Sasuke and Boruto arrived in a Konoha where the past had unfolded differently, with Jiraiya set to become the Fifth Hokage. Jiraiya accepted the role at the inauguration, while Sasuke and Boruto watched from the crowd.

• Kotetsu Hagane checked adult Sasuke and Boruto with the Good and Evil Bell, cleared them, and let them enter Konoha.
• Adult Sasuke and Boruto heard villagers describe a history in which Jiraiya was the Fifth Hokage and the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage were alive.
• Adult Sasuke recognized Hashirama Senju and concluded that this Konoha's timeline differed from the one he knew.
• Adult Sasuke and Boruto joined the crowd heading to Jiraiya's inauguration to see what was happening.
• Minato declined to remain Hokage, and the Third Hokage handed Jiraiya the Hokage hat.
• Jiraiya declared himself the Fifth Hokage and promised to devote himself to Konoha as the villagers cheered.

Adult Sasuke watched Jiraiya’s Hokage succession ceremony and recognized Naruto and his younger self in the crowd, while wondering how this timeline differed from his own. As the ceremony ended, he planned to investigate the timeline and saw Shikamaru approach Naruto.

• Adult Sasuke left Boruto in the crowd and used Body Flicker to get a closer look at the person cheering for Jiraiya.
• Adult Sasuke spotted Naruto and his younger self, then avoided meeting them as Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju sensed his brief appearance.
• Tsunade, Kushina, Hinata, Rock Lee, Tenten, Neji, Karin, Kakashi, and Might Guy gathered around the Hokage succession ceremony as it ended.
• Adult Sasuke considered Urashiki Otsutsuki’s plans, the strange golden-red light, and the threat he faced, then decided to investigate the timeline.
• A Blond Pineapple Head approached Naruto with a bewildered look as Adult Sasuke was about to leave.

Boruto appeared in the past and struggled to hide his identity from Naruto and the others. Kushina and Minato helped pass him off as a distant relative, while adult Sasuke followed the group to keep him safe; later, Sasuke and Neji entered the Hokage Office and found nearly every Hokage gathered there.

• The Nine-Tails recognized Boruto and told Naruto that the boy was his future son.
• Sasuke questioned Boruto, and Naruto nearly revealed their relationship before Kushina covered for him by calling him a distant relative.
• Minato recognized Boruto as Naruto’s son and invited him and Hinata to dinner, while Karin persuaded Sasuke to visit a vegetable shop.
• Adult Sasuke followed Naruto and the others after they took Boruto with them.
• That night, Sasuke and Neji entered the Hokage Office and found every Hokage except Minato, including the newly appointed Fifth Hokage, Jiraiya.

Jiraiya and the other Hokage summoned Sasuke Uchiha and Neji Hyuga, promoted them to chunin, and ordered them to lead a new Anbu unit spying on Naruto and Kurama. Sasuke and Neji resisted, and after a fight erupted in the Hokage Office, Kakashi revealed that the confrontation had been a test.

• Jiraiya told Sasuke Uchiha and Neji Hyuga that they had been promoted to chunin and handed them a secret mission brief.
• Sasuke asked why Konoha wanted them to spy on Naruto, and Tobirama Senju said they had been provisionally chosen to captain a new Anbu unit monitoring Naruto and the Nine-Tails.
• Hashirama Senju explained that the village feared the Nine-Tails might go berserk, but Sasuke and Neji refused to cooperate and prepared to fight the Hokage.
• Neji urged Sasuke to tell Naruto to leave Konoha as the Hokage Office erupted and a barrier blocked their escape.
• Kakashi called up to Sasuke from below and said the confrontation had been a test.

After Sasuke and Neji’s fight with the Hokage, Tobirama and Jiraiya explained that their clash had been a test of a barrier technique and of the two youths’ convictions. They revealed plans for an independent, secret New Anbu organization, leaving Sasuke questioning why Konoha would create it.

• Kakashi dispelled the barrier, and Hashirama raised a wooden fence around the destroyed Hokage Building to conceal the damage.
• Hashirama and Tobirama explained that the barrier used chakra interference to affect its targets, though it had only influenced Sasuke and Neji’s thoughts and actions.
• Tobirama teased Neji for striking first, and Jiraiya revealed that establishing the New Anbu and naming Sasuke and Neji its captains were genuine plans.
• Tobirama explained that the New Anbu would operate separately from the ninja village, answer to its own leader equal in standing to the Hokage, and require captains with independent convictions.
• Tobirama said the New Anbu would be formed before the Shinobi World Conference and remain entirely secret, while Sasuke questioned how the organization could benefit Konoha or its Hokage.

Tobirama explained that the tailed beasts may have been driven mad by a hidden power that altered their wills, and the Hokage debated how to handle the danger. The chapter ended with Jiraiya revealing that Minato had chosen to report them.

• Tobirama said past Hokage decisions had failed because their plans lacked an organization to correct events when they went astray.
• Tobirama proposed that a power greater than the Mangekyō Sharingan might have altered the tailed beasts' wills without their knowledge.
• Hashirama, Jiraiya, and Tobirama reasoned that the tailed beasts may have gone mad during their fight in Konoha, raising fears that Kurama could suffer the same change.
• Hashirama called for protecting the tailed beasts, while Tobirama favored surveillance and the Fifth Hokage proposed strengthening the Jinchūriki's seals.
• Jiraiya told Sasuke that Minato had chosen to report them.

Kakashi appointed Sasuke and Neji as the first captains of Kindling, a new Anbu unit tasked with protecting Kurama and Naruto for life. As Boruto struggled to hide his identity while meeting his future family, Minato sought Sasuke at Kurama’s request, and a Black-Robed Man appeared at Naruto’s door.

• Kakashi named Sasuke and Neji Kindling’s first members and assigned them to protect Kurama and Naruto and prevent Kurama from going berserk.
• Kurama grew angry at the new organization’s plans, then asked Minato to find Sasuke so he could learn what Sasuke knew about Boruto’s trip to the past.
• Kushina welcomed Boruto as her grandson while Naruto offered to teach him Ninjutsu and Hinata blushed at learning he was their future son.
• Minato returned and asked Boruto where Sasuke was, leaving Boruto convinced that Sasuke’s secret was exposed.
• Naruto opened the door and found a Black-Robed Man with black hair covering his left eye.

Adult Sasuke brought Boruto to Naruto’s home, where he learned about Kurama’s rebirth and the future threat of Isshiki. Minato and Sasuke debated why changes to the past had not altered their future, but they reached no conclusion.

• Adult Sasuke pretended to be a stranger while asking Naruto to return Boruto, but Naruto noticed Sasuke’s missing arm and questioned whether his younger self had caused it.
• Boruto rushed out and revealed that Naruto knew about his identity, while Minato addressed Adult Sasuke by name and invited him inside.
• Adult Sasuke was shocked to see the reborn Kurama, who explained that Naruto had survived his disappearance and that the enemy who forced his sacrifice had likely been defeated.
• Minato described Naruto’s earlier time-travel encounter with Sara, and Adult Sasuke and Minato compared it with the warning that changing history could damage time.
• Naruto learned that Adult Sasuke had married Sakura and had a daughter, Sarada, while Minato and Sasuke continued debating how space-time worked without reaching an answer.

Naruto, Adult Sasuke, and the Hokage investigated an attack on the Tailed Beasts in the Forest of Death. Adult Sasuke identified the attacker’s space-time disturbance as Urashiki Otsutsuki’s work.

• Kushina offered to make food for Boruto while Minato and Adult Sasuke discussed space-time ninjutsu.
• Naruto and Adult Sasuke sensed trouble at the Forest of Death and rushed there, where an explosion had destroyed Hashirama’s Wood Release Clone guarding the Tailed Beasts.
• Naruto told Tobirama and Hashirama that the attacker had exchanged a blow with him, absorbed chakra from his Rasengan, and escaped.
• Adult Sasuke and Kakashi arrived, and Kakashi went to keep other villagers away from the scene.
• Adult Sasuke recognized the space-time disturbance and said Urashiki Otsutsuki was responsible.

After Urashiki Otsutsuki fled his encounter with Naruto, the group prepared to protect the tailed beasts by moving them into Sasuke’s sealed independent space. The night ended with Sasuke returning home and finding another version of himself waiting inside.

• Adult Sasuke and Naruto told the others that Urashiki Otsutsuki had appeared and fled after Naruto confronted him.
• Naruto and the Little Nine-Tails described Urashiki’s retreat, while Adult Sasuke wondered why the arrogant Ōtsutsuki had avoided fighting Naruto.
• Sasuke proposed moving the tailed beasts into the Tsukuyomi Barrier, and he opened the independent space sealed within himself.
• Tobirama and Hashirama agreed to transfer the transformed jinchūriki, while Naruto and Kurama discussed the possibility of housing the tailed beasts inside Naruto.
• Adult Sasuke followed Sasuke home, and Sasuke found a black-cloaked, one-armed version of himself sitting on the sofa.

Sasuke spent the morning training and walking through Konoha while his adult counterpart followed him. After buying chrysanthemums, Sasuke handed them to the adult and told him to find somewhere secluded.

• Sasuke trained through the night while Adult Sasuke watched and recovered his chakra.
• Karin delivered Sasuke a lunchbox, and Shikamaru told him the chunin exam results would be announced that afternoon.
• Sasuke asked Shikamaru for directions to a flower shop, then told Kazahana Koyuki he would collect Izumi's debt when she left Konoha.
• Sasuke passed Rock Lee and Tazuna without stopping to talk about their debts.
• Sasuke bought white and yellow chrysanthemums at the Yamanaka Flower Shop, handed them to Adult Sasuke, and asked him to find somewhere private.

Sasuke brought his adult counterpart to the Uchiha Clan's shrine and showed him their parents' frozen bodies. They discussed Itachi's possible plan to resurrect the Uchiha, and Sasuke ended by admitting that hearing about his counterpart's suffering made him hate him even more.

• Sasuke led Adult Sasuke to the Naka Shrine and brought him into the Tsukuyomi dimension.
• Adult Sasuke saw Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Fugaku preserved inside the Giant Ice and placed chrysanthemums beside Izumi's bouquet.
• Sasuke and Adult Sasuke discussed the surviving Uchiha, Itachi's death, and why Sasuke had not buried their parents.
• Adult Sasuke suggested Itachi wanted to atone by resurrecting their parents and explained the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
• After hearing about Adult Sasuke's past, Sasuke said he could not have endured the same suffering, then told him that was why he hated him even more.

Sasuke confronted his adult self about abandoning his strength and learned that the Uchiha Stone Tablet had been altered again, possibly by Shisui Uchiha. In the Forest of Death, Hashirama Senju finished preparing a trap and Urashiki Otsutsuki appeared.

• Sasuke explained how Naruto's kunai and strength had changed his outlook, then challenged Adult Sasuke over refusing to restore his arm despite loving his family.
• Adult Sasuke admitted he had lost his drive to seek strength and recognized that Sasuke was stronger in spirit than he had been at that age.
• Sasuke dispelled the Tsukuyomi Barrier, and Adult Sasuke noticed new warnings about the Tailed Beasts on the Uchiha Stone Tablet.
• Sasuke recalled that Shisui Uchiha may have altered the tablet after the massacre.
• Hashirama Senju set Wood Release traps in the Forest of Death and began gambling with his clones while standing guard.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki emerged from a black alternate dimension in the Forest of Death.

Hashirama Senju ambushed Urashiki Otsutsuki, but Urashiki escaped and tried to steal tailed beast chakra from the giant Zongzi. Tobirama Senju’s repeated explosive traps left Urashiki poisoned, injured, and convinced the past had been prepared to ambush him.

• Hashirama Senju attacked Urashiki Otsutsuki with Sage Art: Gate of the Great God and a barrage of Wood Release techniques.
• Urashiki transformed his Byakugan into a Blue Rinnegan, escaped Hashirama’s attacks, and struck back with his fishing rod.
• Urashiki abandoned the fight and hooked a giant Zongzi, but Tobirama Senju’s explosive trap engulfed him.
• Urashiki tried to collect chakra from several Zongzi, triggering repeated explosions and even detonating the chakra clump he had obtained.
• Hashirama and Tobirama noticed Urashiki’s worsening poisoning and injuries as he grew enraged at the traps.

Hashirama Senju and Minato Namikaze’s trap forced the poisoned Urashiki Otsutsuki to retreat before he could steal Hashirama’s chakra. Tobirama Senju joined them afterward, and the group headed toward the Hokage Office as Hashirama wondered how Urashiki had been injured so badly.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki pierced Hashirama Senju with his Red Light Fishing Rod but failed to steal chakra because Hashirama’s body had a sealing jutsu.
• Hashirama’s poisonous pollen worsened Urashiki Otsutsuki’s condition, and Minato Namikaze sealed the space-time rift Urashiki tried to use to escape.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki exhausted his eye power while rewinding time, then escaped through a shrinking Yomotsu Hirasaka before Minato could stop him.
• Tobirama Senju arrived by Flying Thunder God and told Hashirama Senju and Minato Namikaze that Urashiki had been severely wounded.
• Minato Namikaze said Naruto and the others were at the Hokage Office for the Chunin Ninja Exams results, and Tobirama Senju agreed to go there with them.

Jiraiya promoted Sasuke, Hinata, Shikamaru, Neji, and Rock Lee to Chunin, then surprised Naruto by making him a Jonin. As the village celebrated, Adult Sasuke sensed Urashiki Otsutsuki returning to the Forest of Death and saw the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage arrive.

• Jiraiya announced that Sasuke, Hinata, Shikamaru, Neji, and Rock Lee had earned promotions to Chunin and presented them with vests and appointment letters.
• Jiraiya called Naruto forward and promoted him to Jonin, prompting the assembled ninja to applaud.
• Sasuke vowed to close the gap with Naruto, while Hinata celebrated and Shikamaru wondered about the missing Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
• Adult Sasuke sensed Urashiki Otsutsuki's space-time ability near the Forest of Death and prepared to enlist Naruto's Flying Thunder God ability.
• Adult Sasuke saw the Second Hokage and Fourth Hokage arrive at the building with the First.