Chapter Summaries

Sasuke and Boruto attempted to return to their own time using the Treasure Plow, but the God of Ōtsutsuki took control of it and revealed that he had been behind Urashiki’s power. The God then turned his attention to Boruto, calling him a source of fruit.

• The Treasure Plow refused to answer Sasuke and Naruto’s questions, while Naruto explained his seal on Momoshiki to Boruto.
• The Second Hokage prepared the Treasure Plow, and Sasuke and Boruto began their journey back to their own time.
• Sasuke realized the Treasure Plow might be taking them to the wrong destination and questioned it.
• The Treasure Plow’s eyes changed as Urashiki’s voice revealed that he was its true master and the God of Ōtsutsuki.
• The God of Ōtsutsuki said he had empowered Urashiki and escaped through a remnant of his consciousness, then fixed his gaze on Boruto.

Future Sasuke destroyed the Pink Turtle and explained that the God of Ōtsutsuki had tampered with Adult Sasuke and Boruto’s memories, then opened a path to send them home. Afterward, he found Future Naruto meditating in the River of Time and demanded to know why he had disrupted time.

• Future Sasuke emerged from purple-gold light, destroyed the Pink Turtle, and revealed that Naruto had loosened his control over the time and space to let Adult Sasuke and Boruto leave.
• Future Sasuke explained that the God of Ōtsutsuki had hidden in the Treasure Plow and could use their memories to resurrect himself, so he dealt with their memories before opening a route home.
• Future Sasuke sent Adult Sasuke and Boruto along a purple-gold path through the route Naruto had preserved.
• Boruto noticed that Momoshiki seemed to want something from him and asked what he meant by another god.
• Future Sasuke searched the River of Time, found Future Naruto meditating, and demanded to know what he was trying to do.

Future Naruto explained to Future Sasuke why he had altered and isolated a stretch of spacetime: he hoped to uncover why the Nine-Tails had chosen to die. He admitted the altered history had diverged unexpectedly, with Kurama remaining with his past self and the organization Reshape appearing.

• Future Naruto greeted Future Sasuke, who had searched for him for ten years and demanded to know why he had hidden in the river of time.
• Future Naruto showed Sasuke a mirror of the altered Chunin Ninja Exams, where Naruto used a power Sasuke had never seen before.
• Future Sasuke realized Naruto had changed history to investigate the Nine-Tails' motives and asked how he had begun interfering.
• Future Naruto recounted sending a prophetic dream to the Great Toad Sage and granting his past self a power belonging solely to Naruto Uzumaki.
• Future Naruto said he had isolated the altered spacetime, but the change drew in Urashiki Otsutsuki, Sasuke, and Boruto, and the timeline diverged when Kurama stayed with Naruto and Reshape appeared.

Future Naruto explained how his attempts to alter the isolated space-time had caused unexpected time travelers and other changes, while Future Sasuke investigated signs of a crisis in the future. Sasuke urged Naruto to return with him, but Naruto chose to stay and witness how this space-time’s story unfolded.

• Future Naruto told Future Sasuke that his interference had triggered the space-time’s self-repairing reactions, so he had stopped changing events except to address consequences of his own actions.
• Future Sasuke explained that he had traced signs resembling the God of Ōtsutsuki’s revival to the isolated space-time and found Naruto’s power within its Naruto Uzumaki.
• Future Naruto suspected that his power had caused the future anomalies, but Future Sasuke argued that either the space-time had an emergency mechanism or someone in it could interfere with the past from the future.
• Future Sasuke criticized Naruto for neglecting his training and said the Naruto in this space-time might surpass him.
• Future Sasuke asked Naruto to return with him, but Future Naruto chose to stay and witness this space-time’s outcome.

Minato told Naruto and Tobirama that Black Zetsu had been captured and interrogated, prompting Naruto to leave the Laboratory and see the results. The chapter ended with Naruto and Kurama shocked by how thoroughly Black Zetsu had been tortured, while Sasuke and Boruto still had not returned from their time-travel mission.

• Naruto and Tobirama waited in the Konoha Laboratory for Sasuke and Boruto to return, and Tobirama insisted that the Treasure Plow had enough chakra for multiple trips.
• Minato arrived and told Naruto that the Konoha team had obtained the answers they needed from Black Zetsu.
• Naruto left the Laboratory with Minato, and Tobirama created a shadow clone to keep watch before following them.
• At the Interrogation Department, Ibiki explained that Minato had devised a way to give Black Zetsu sensations he normally could not experience.
• Naruto and the Nine-Tails saw the badly battered Black Zetsu and were stunned by the results of the interrogation.

Naruto and Minato questioned Black Zetsu about the Three-Tails and learned how Obito controlled the beast and Yagura before the Three-Tails secretly broke free and attacked him. Black Zetsu explained that Obito then sought a way to eliminate the threat, turning his attention to Danzo and Shisui Uchiha.

• Naruto identified himself to Black Zetsu, who panicked at first because he mistook him for Minato.
• Minato ordered Black Zetsu to explain what happened with the Three-Tails, and Black Zetsu cooperated.
• Black Zetsu said Obito had controlled Yagura and the Three-Tails with genjutsu, but the Three-Tails eventually broke free and hid it.
• The Three-Tails attacked Obito, who escaped despite sustaining injuries because his body had Hashirama cells.
• Obito decided he needed help to deal with the Three-Tails and considered involving Danzo, but discovered Shisui Uchiha as another person he could exploit.

Black Zetsu explained how Obito used Shisui’s strength to gain influence in the Akatsuki while pursuing the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Naruto and the others kept his true identity concealed to encourage him to reveal more. He then recounted Obito and Shisui’s fight against Karatachi Yagura, which ended with them subduing the Three-Tails but unable to control it with genjutsu.

• Black Zetsu described how Obito used the injured Shisui to strengthen his position in the Akatsuki and carry out the Three-Tails operation without relying as much on Pain.
• Black Zetsu contrasted Pain’s plan to use the tailed beasts to force peace with Obito’s secret Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Naruto, the Nine-Tails, Minato, and the others recognized that Black Zetsu was concealing his own role, so they let him continue speaking.
• Black Zetsu said Obito and Shisui fought Karatachi Yagura in Kirigakure after Yagura learned Obito intended to capture him and prepared a trap.
• Obito and Shisui subdued Yagura and the Three-Tails, but the beast’s mental state made it difficult to control with genjutsu.

Black Zetsu explained how Obito planned to use the Akatsuki and the other great nations to destroy Konoha, beginning with an assassination attempt during the Chunin Ninja Exams. Minato revealed that he had already moved to secure the Land of Fire’s Daimyo and said Konoha had scheduled the Shinobi World Conference to confront the looming threat openly.

• Black Zetsu explained that Karatachi Yagura and the Three-Tails joined the Akatsuki after agreeing to cooperate with Obito.
• Black Zetsu described how Obito backed Orochimaru’s plan to assassinate the Third Hokage during the Chunin Ninja Exams and then cripple Konoha.
• Black Zetsu said Obito persuaded the other great nations to invade the Land of Fire, while its Daimyo remained unaware and wary of Konoha’s growth.
• Minato said he had sent Uchiha Itachi to make arrangements with the Land of Fire’s Daimyo and had brought other economies into Konoha to support its development.
• Minato said Konoha had scheduled the Shinobi World Conference for six months later to address the great nations’ plans directly.

Black Zetsu tried to mislead Konoha’s interrogators while explaining how Pain’s Rinnegan had caused the Three-Tails to submit. He left Minato and the others with a claim that the Three-Tails had mentioned the mysterious Ōtsutsuki clan.

• Minato suggested that the Three-Tails could explain what happened, prompting Black Zetsu to panic and reconsider what to reveal.
• Ibiki and Minato pressured Black Zetsu to tell the truth, threatening to verify his claims and bring him face-to-face with the tailed beasts.
• Black Zetsu admitted that Obito had controlled Karatachi Yagura, but claimed the Three-Tails had not been controlled by Obito.
• Black Zetsu said Pain’s Rinnegan caused the Three-Tails to stop fighting and submit, after which the Three-Tails reached an arrangement with Pain.
• Black Zetsu claimed he had heard the Three-Tails mention the Ōtsutsuki clan, which he described as connected to the origins of the Sage of Six Paths.

Black Zetsu tried to pass himself off as a minor accomplice, but Minato revealed that Konoha already knew his identity and ordered Ibiki to test sealing methods on him. Minato and Tobirama concluded that Black Zetsu’s Ōtsutsuki bloodline could explain how the tailed beasts were controlled.

• Black Zetsu planned to cooperate with Konoha and wait for a chance to resurrect Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Minato identified Black Zetsu as Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s final contingency, leaving him stunned and despairing.
• Black Zetsu demanded to know who had revealed Kaguya’s name, while Minato said his explanation had answered Konoha’s remaining question.
• Minato ordered Ibiki to test sealing methods on Black Zetsu, who screamed as Minato left with Naruto.
• Minato told Naruto he had invented the supposed flaw in Black Zetsu’s story to torment him.
• Minato and Tobirama concluded that the Ōtsutsuki bloodline, rather than Pain’s Rinnegan, might have caused the tailed beasts’ reaction.

Kabuto monitored Orochimaru’s transformation in a cultivation chamber as Orochimaru attempted to evolve using his restored Original Body and a powerful nutrient solution. Uchiha Izumi arrived to summon Kabuto to meet the Leader.

• Orochimaru returned his consciousness to his damaged Original Body and began the evolution method provided by Reshape’s Leader.
• Kabuto recorded Orochimaru’s changes as the nutrient solution healed his scars and the body’s readings showed he was no longer human.
• Kabuto wondered whether Orochimaru’s transformation was progressing as planned and what Orochimaru would do if he reached humanity’s most perfect form.
• Uchiha Izumi entered the laboratory and told Kabuto that the Leader needed him.

Uchiha Izumi summoned Kabuto to Reshape's Leader, who assigned him the task of finding a way to revive Madara Uchiha. Meanwhile, Orochimaru's transformation began in the laboratory, and the Leader anticipated seeing how Madara would respond when revived.

• Uchiha Izumi took Kabuto from Orochimaru's laboratory to meet Reshape's Leader after Kabuto finished recording the experiment data.
• Orochimaru woke inside the culture tank, examined his transforming body, and wondered about its origins while accidentally tasting the nutrient solution.
• Kabuto reported that Orochimaru's first stage had begun and that the data looked normal, then listened as the Leader asked whether he intended to evolve too.
• Reshape's Leader ordered Kabuto to find a way to revive Madara Uchiha, and Kabuto felt overwhelmed by the Leader's trust in him.
• After Kabuto left, Reshape's Leader reflected that Kabuto had found Madara's body before and looked forward to seeing what choice Madara would make.

Several months after Konoha began inviting factions to its Shinobi World Conference, Hoshigakure's Natsuhi traveled toward Konoha with an elder and recalled how a Konoha boy's visit had ended in Acting Hoshikage Akahoshi's death. The boy also revealed the danger of Hoshigakure's Falling Star and destroyed it, leaving the village with its powder as a keepsake.

• Natsuhi escorted Hoshigakure's elder and travelers toward Konoha for the conference as they hurried along a rain-threatened road.
• The elder recalled how Hoshigakure had long remained isolated while some villagers dreamed of challenging the Five Great Nations with the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• After a Konoha boy casually delivered an invitation, Acting Hoshikage Akahoshi challenged him and died after failing to withstand the boy's punches.
• The Konoha boy examined the Falling Star and explained that its extraterrestrial material harmed the body and that Hoshigakure's technique relied on it.
• The boy crushed the Falling Star into powder and returned it to Hoshigakure in a jar as a memento.

After Naruto Uzumaki destroyed the Falling Star and invited Hoshigakure to a Konoha conference, Natsuhi accepted and traveled toward Konoha to learn about the wider shinobi world. On the journey, she listened to Land of Bears nobles discuss Konoha’s recovery, and one noble introduced Mr. Lo as an expert who had fought in the Third Shinobi World War.

• Naruto Uzumaki stayed in Hoshigakure through the Acting Hoshikage’s funeral, invited Natsuhi to the Konoha conference, and taught the village children basic ninjutsu before departing.
• Natsuhi learned Naruto’s identity from intelligence gathered in the Land of Bears and began studying the shinobi world’s power structure.
• Natsuhi gathered several Hoshigakure veterans and traveled toward Konoha with a group of Land of Bears nobles who had posted a mission.
• The nobles recalled how war had devastated the Land of Fire and remarked on the roads, missions, and recovery they saw on their journey.
• A noble addressed as Mr. Lo challenged the others’ focus on the past, and they introduced him as an expert who had taken part in the Third Shinobi World War.

Mr. Lo explained the legends of Konoha’s Hokage to the Hoshigakure group as they traveled, but a mysterious ball of lightning struck and swallowed them. In Konoha, Jiraiya briefed several jonin on strange disappearances linked to loud noises, leaving the cause unexplained.

• Mr. Lo told the Hoshigakure youngsters that Minato’s reputation had made enemies surrender and warned them to judge strange reports for themselves.
• A thunderclap sounded, and Ito returned in panic, warning the group that something was coming.
• A dazzling ball of lightning rushed toward Natsuhi and the others and swallowed the entire group.
• Jiraiya told several jonin that nearby villages had reported disappearances following loud noises, after which the missing people returned or were found elsewhere with no memory of vanishing.

Jiraiya investigated widespread disappearances of ordinary people across the Shinobi World and suspected the cases might be connected to a larger plot. He assigned Naruto to investigate, and Kakashi volunteered to notify him.

• An intelligence Ninja reported that disappearances had occurred across many countries, with victims returning after a short time and remembering nothing unusual.
• Jiraiya and the jonin considered possible motives and suspects, including intimidation ahead of the Shinobi World Conference and the organization Reshape.
• Jiraiya judged the investigation serious enough to require an A-rank Ninja and asked the jonin to recommend someone.
• Kakashi recommended Naruto because he could travel quickly between countries and might encounter Reshape during his ongoing search for tailed beasts and jinchūriki.
• Jiraiya approved Naruto for the investigation, and Kakashi offered to notify him.

Kakashi reunited with Naruto at Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto introduced him to friends gathered in Konoha for the Shinobi World Conference. After hearing about Shikamaru's recent work as acting captain, Kakashi asked what had happened to Asuma.

• Kakashi arrived at Ichiraku Ramen and greeted Naruto and his traveling companions.
• Naruto explained that Kurama accompanied him on his travels, and Kakashi invited the group to help with an investigation.
• Naruto arranged for Kakashi to pay for everyone's ramen as they caught up.
• Naruto said Hinata and his family were away, so he had gathered the friends still in Konoha.
• Ino and Naruto teased each other while Shikamaru explained that his squad had been busy with missions and was preparing to welcome visitors from Sunagakure.
• Kakashi asked Shikamaru what had happened to Asuma after learning Shikamaru had served as acting captain.

Shikamaru told Kakashi that the new Daimyo wanted to reorganize the Twelve Guardian Ninja, prompting Kakashi to recall how Guy had misled him about Asuma’s argument with the Third and Kurenai. Kakashi explained the Guardian Ninja’s history to Naruto, ending with the factional conflict that had split the group.

• Shikamaru told Kakashi that the new Daimyo had asked Konoha to provide twelve candidates, but the village had rejected the request and Asuma had gone to discuss it with Master Chiriku.
• Kakashi recalled Guy warning him about Asuma’s argument with the Third and Kurenai, and Guy claimed Tsunade thought Asuma had premarital depression.
• Kakashi remembered reading Tsunade’s book about premarital depression and realizing that he had misunderstood the situation and awkwardly comforted Kurenai.
• Kakashi explained to Naruto that the Twelve Guardian Ninja had been an elite unit tasked with protecting the Daimyo.
• Kakashi described how Kazuma’s Radicals sought to destroy Konoha and put its forces under the Daimyo, leading to a deadly conflict with Asuma’s faction.

After learning that the Fire Temple’s monks had disappeared, Naruto, Kakashi, and Shikamaru arrived to assist Asuma, who had been delayed by the Daimyo’s investigators. The masked unit’s leader challenged Naruto’s manner of speaking and ordered a subordinate to cut off his hand, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Kakashi explained the former Twelve Guardian Ninja and asked Naruto to investigate suspicious disappearances during his travels.
• An intelligence Ninja told Kakashi and Naruto that everyone at the Fire Temple had disappeared.
• Asuma waited outside the deserted temple while a Daimyo-appointed Samurai unit blocked his investigation.
• Naruto, Kakashi, and Shikamaru arrived, and the masked unit’s leader warned his men to watch Kakashi.
• The masked leader rebuked Naruto for how he referred to the Daimyo and ordered a subordinate to cut off Naruto’s hand.

Naruto swiftly defeated Beizi and the samurai who attacked him, while Asuma identified Beizi as a presumed-dead former comrade. At the Fire Daimyo Mansion, the new Daimyo demanded a plan to stop Konoha’s conference and ordered an elderly official—who was his father—to commit seppuku.

• A samurai tried to cut Naruto’s hand, but Naruto disarmed Beizi and Asuma recognized him as a former member of the Twelve Guardian Ninja.
• Kakashi ordered Naruto to subdue Beizi, and Naruto knocked him unconscious before defeating the surrounding samurai.
• Asuma marveled at Naruto’s strength, while Shikamaru said he was glad Naruto was on Konoha’s side.
• The new Daimyo demanded that his officials devise a way to stop Konoha’s Shinobi World Conference and accused Alude of supporting Konoha.
• An elderly official began explaining the conference’s influence, but the new Daimyo sentenced him to seppuku and learned he was the official’s son.