Chapter Summaries

After the Sky Ninja attacked cities in the Fire Province, Nagato suspected the attack had a hidden explanation and called the Akatsuki back together to investigate. The veteran members received his summons as they worked across the Shinobi World.

• Neji told Tetsuya that flying attackers had launched a surprise assault on cities in the Fire Province, and Rin took Neji back to investigate.
• Tetsuya left to attend to his duties as Federation President, while Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan discussed the attack.
• Konan explained that the Land of Sky had once used flying devices and been destroyed during the Second Shinobi World War, and Yahiko guessed that its survivors had returned for revenge.
• Nagato decided that the Akatsuki should investigate the attackers and called its members to assemble.
• Deidara, Sasori, Kisame, and Hidan received Nagato's call while working in different parts of the Shinobi World.

After the Land of Fire suffered a surprise aerial attack, Tetsuya identified the attackers as survivors of the Land of Sky led by Shinnō and explained their plans to Naruto, Rasa, and Neji. He left them to handle the threat while considering whether other movie-exclusive factions might exist in the unified Shinobi World.

• Naruto reported heavy damage and casualties from the aerial attack, and Tetsuya ordered rebuilding and medical aid.
• Rasa traced the attackers’ escape route to the sea and recognized their equipment as belonging to the destroyed Land of Sky.
• Tetsuya revealed that Shinnō was posing as a traveling doctor while gathering intelligence and cultivating Zero-Tails to power an underground Aerial Fortress.
• Tetsuya dismissed Shinnō as a threat and ended the conference, leaving Naruto and the others to act on his information.
• Tetsuya wondered whether factions from other Naruto movies, including the group tied to the Underground Ruins, had also survived in hiding.

Tetsuya learned that Hashirama and Madara had stopped a monster in the Land of Demons while Naruto’s team handled the Sky Ninja Village, raising his suspicions about a wave of simultaneous attacks. Gaara reported that a Fortress Battleship had attacked oasis towns in Wind Province, leaving Tetsuya wondering what was causing these threats to emerge at once.

• Hashirama and Madara told Tetsuya they had traveled to the Land of Demons and defeated a creature that possessed people and summoned fearless warriors.
• Tetsuya connected the Land of Demons incident with the Sky Ninja Village’s attacks and worried that other threats might be brewing.
• Gaara contacted Tetsuya through the Federation’s emergency channel and explained that Baki had persuaded him to comb his hair neatly.
• Gaara reported that a Fortress Battleship had attacked oasis cities in Wind Province, causing severe damage to two towns and moderate damage to four.
• Gaara and Ōnoki destroyed the battleship, and Ōnoki directed the cleanup as they searched the wreckage for clues.

Ōnoki reported that a wrecked warship had been operated by modified children, and Tetsuya suspected a conspiracy behind the attack. Tetsuya traveled to the Land of Wind to investigate and asked Gaara for the location of the Rōran Ruins.

• Ōnoki found dead children aboard the warship and learned their bodies had been modified and contained a dissipating special energy.
• Tetsuya told Ōnoki to stay alert and decided to visit the Land of Wind after concluding the incident was likely part of a conspiracy.
• Tetsuya left Hashirama and Madara to guard the capital and traveled through a Space-Time Gate to the desert.
• Ōnoki and Gaara welcomed Tetsuya, who inspected the warship wreckage and the children's bodies.
• Gaara shared the location of the Rōran Ruins with Tetsuya.

Tetsuya investigated the sealed Dragon Vein in Rōran, added a hidden seal to counter anyone who tried to absorb it, and then traveled to the Provincial Affairs Office. He arrived while Naruto and Rasa were away, leaving Jiraiya and Kakashi in charge as Jiraiya realized the guards had surrounded their president.

• Tetsuya found Minato's kunai sealing the Dragon Vein beneath Rōran and added a hidden seal containing one of his Shadow Clones.
• Tetsuya traveled through a Space-Time Gate to the Provincial Affairs Office in Fire Province, where Asuma and the guards surrounded the portal.
• Tetsuya asked Asuma where Naruto and Rasa were and learned that Naruto was inspecting attacked villages while Rasa tracked down the attackers.
• Asuma told Tetsuya that Jiraiya and Kakashi were in charge while the Kage were away.
• Jiraiya arrived, recognized Tetsuya as Boss Chiba, and realized the guards had sounded the alarm and surrounded their president.

Sasori led Deidara, Hidan, and Kisame in following a supply ship from the Sky Ninja’s reef base so they could locate the enemy’s home base and investigate its occupants. They attacked the ship at sea, leaving its guards overwhelmed as the raid began.

• Deidara, Hidan, Kisame, and Sasori watched the Sky Ninja base and agreed to follow its supply ship to find the enemy home base.
• Sasori proposed taking over the supply ship and forcing its crew to guide them, and the Akatsuki followed it after it left the reef.
• Hidan leaped onto the supply ship and cut down guards with his Triple-Bladed Scythe.
• Kisame swept more guards off the deck with the Great Waterfall Technique and attacked with the Great Shark Bullet Technique.

Mukade came to the Rōran Ruins to claim the ley line’s power, but Tetsuya’s clone restrained him and used genjutsu to uncover his plans. After killing Mukade and returning the kunai to the seal, the clone sent Tetsuya information about a group plotting against the Shinobi World Federation.

• Mukade entered the Rōran Ruins and tried to remove Minato Namikaze’s kunai from the ley line seal.
• Tetsuya’s clone’s sealing formula trapped Mukade, and Mukade mistook the clone for someone seeking to share the ley line’s power.
• Tetsuya’s clone used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to make Mukade reveal information about a villain alliance.
• Tetsuya’s clone slit Mukade’s throat, restored the kunai to the seal, and dispelled himself in a burst of flames.
• Tetsuya received the clone’s memories and dismissed the alliance as self-important.

Tetsuya learned that Shinnō, Mukade, and Haido had coordinated their attacks after believing he had disappeared, hoping to seize dark chakra, the ley line, and Gelel ore. After returning, Tetsuya summoned Itachi and tasked the Yellow Weasel Clan with finding Shinnō’s Dark Chakra Collection Formulas.

• Shinnō had united Mukade and Haido, planning to exploit Tetsuya’s disappearance and use their combined powers to challenge the shinobi world.
• Shinnō’s plan began with the Sky Ninja attacking Fire Province while Haido targeted Wind Province and Mukade sought the ley line and Gelel ore.
• Tetsuya summoned Itachi, who was delighted to see him and explained that the Weasel Burial Mound had enjoyed plentiful food since their contract began.
• Tetsuya told Itachi to mobilize the Yellow Weasel Clan and locate the Dark Chakra Collection Formulas Shinnō had placed throughout the shinobi world.

The Sky Ninja attacked a city in the Land of Fire, but the defenders used new chakra firearms and Rasa’s Magnet Release to stop them. Rasa captured the surviving attackers for questioning, thwarting their attempt to destroy their own brains.

• The defenders evacuated the city and deployed sixteen experimental chakra firearms, which shot down Sky Ninja even after they climbed higher.
• The Sky Ninja spread out to bypass the defensive line and attacked the city with explosives and other weapons.
• Rasa returned from investigating the Sky Ninja’s movements and attacked them with Gold Dust techniques.
• Kakashi arrived and asked Rasa to leave some attackers alive for interrogation, so Rasa trapped the survivors in a gold dust cage.
• The captured Sky Ninja tried to destroy their brains with kunai, but Rasa immobilized them and mocked their resolve.

The Akatsuki discovered the Sky Ninja’s overseas base but had no way to report back, so Hidan contacted Tetsuya through a sacrifice. Tetsuya approved their plan to infiltrate the island and attack from within, and Hidan returned to find his teammates eager to kill more Sky Ninja.

• Kisame, Deidara, and Sasori spotted a massive island from the Sky Ninja supply ship and realized they could not contact Nagato by phone.
• Hidan sacrificed a Sky Ninja to contact Tetsuya, prompting Deidara, Sasori, and Kisame to question his brutality.
• Tetsuya answered Hidan in the Evil God Space and learned that the Akatsuki had tracked the Sky Ninja to their overseas base.
• Hidan told Tetsuya that Deidara would fly back with the information while the others infiltrated the island and prepared a coordinated attack.
• Tetsuya approved the plan and said he would bring people to meet them, then sent Hidan back to the ship.
• Hidan returned to find Kisame, Deidara, and Sasori proposing more sacrifices, and asked whether they were the Evil God’s followers or he was.

Hidan and the others prepared to infiltrate a new continent after learning Akatsuki planned to conquer it, while Nagato and Yahiko argued over the war this would bring. Tetsuya finished modifying Shinnō’s Dark Chakra formulas and headed to the Land of Wind to investigate the Gelel Ore Vein.

• Hidan told Deidara, Kisame, and the others that Lord Jashin had praised their work and ordered them to lie low before attacking the new continent with Akatsuki’s team.
• Tetsuya called Nagato and explained that Hidan and the others had found the Sky Ninja’s base and were safe.
• Nagato realized Tetsuya planned to lead an expedition to conquer the continent and warned Yahiko that another war would break the Shinobi World’s peace.
• Yahiko argued that the Sky Ninja had already started the war by attacking the Shinobi World.
• Tetsuya and Itachi finished modifying Shinnō’s Dark Chakra formulas, leaving Shinnō unable to control the chakra he had gathered.
• Tetsuya opened a Space-Time Gate and set out for the Land of Wind to look for the elderly merchant who knew about the Gelel Ore Vein.

Haido advanced toward the Gelel Ore Vein while Shinnō prepared a plan to unleash attacks and gather dark chakra across the Shinobi World. Tetsuya brought Ōnoki to the mountains near the Land of Bears, taught him to locate ore veins, and sent him to search for a deposit with unusual energy.

• Haido and Shinnō discussed their plan to secure the Gelel Ore Vein and use coordinated attacks to gather dark chakra.
• Tetsuya arrived at the camp where Ōnoki was helping Hiruko investigate the wrecked battleship and took Ōnoki through a Golden Portal.
• Tetsuya showed Ōnoki the nearby mountain range, and Ōnoki judged its ore deposits to be small and difficult to mine.
• Tetsuya taught Ōnoki to use earth-nature chakra to communicate with the ground and identify ore veins.
• Ōnoki learned to detect the veins, and Tetsuya gave him a marked map and tasked him with finding a deposit filled with unusual energy.

Tetsuya sent Ōnoki to search the Land of Wind’s border for a powerful mineral vein and revealed that Deidara was undercover on a new continent ahead of a planned invasion. Ōnoki gathered Earth Release experts to help, while Shinnō prepared another Sky Ninja attack on a town.

• Tetsuya told Ōnoki to search the Land of Wind border for the mineral vein and said he could recruit other Earth Release experts.
• Tetsuya revealed that Deidara and others had infiltrated the Sky Ninja’s lair on a new continent, which he planned to conquer after settling matters in the shinobi world.
• Tetsuya agreed to bring Ōnoki along and warned him to destroy any massive warship he encountered.
• Ōnoki called former Iwagakure subordinates for help, then explained to Akatsuchi that only the truly powerful could remain so relaxed.
• Shinnō ordered the Sky Ninja to attack a town, hoping its residents’ fear and suffering would produce dark chakra.

Ōnoki’s search for a special ore vein was interrupted when his scouts discovered a giant battleship beside ruins and were attacked by an armored Monster Ape. The three former Iwagakure ninja held their own with coordinated Earth Release attacks and trapped the ape as they launched a combined assault.

• Kurotsuchi complained about searching for ore, while Ōnoki explained that the work was strengthening her Earth Release affinity.
• A scout reported giant vehicle tracks, and Ōnoki led Kurotsuchi, Akatsuchi, and his former subordinates to investigate.
• Three scouts found a giant battleship and Armored Samurai excavating ruins, then were attacked by a lightning-wielding Monster Ape.
• The three former Iwagakure ninja defended themselves with coordinated Earth Release techniques and wounded the Monster Ape with a sneak attack.
• The ninja blocked the Monster Ape’s escape routes and launched three Earth Release attacks at him.

Ōnoki and his Iwagakure forces rescued three scouts, defeated Haido’s freaks and Armored Samurai, and reached the Giant Battleship excavating the Gelel Ore Vein. Ōnoki followed the President’s order and prepared to destroy the battleship with Dust Release.

• Three Iwagakure scouts were surrounded by Haido’s freaks and Armored Samurai, escaped in a smoke screen, and were pursued underground by the Wolf Freak’s sound waves.
• Ōnoki, Kurotsuchi, and Akatsuchi arrived and rescued the scouts, with Ōnoki learning that the Giant Battleship lay ahead in the valley.
• Kurotsuchi sent the Wolf Freak flying with a Rock Fist, while Akatsuchi’s stone golem battered the Bat Freak into submission.
• Ōnoki’s elite forces defeated the Armored Samurai and freaks, then reached the mountaintop overlooking the Giant Battleship.
• Ōnoki told Kurotsuchi that the President had ordered them to smash any Giant Battleship and began preparing a Dust Release attack.

Ōnoki attacked Haido’s warship while Tetsuya visited the Shinobi World Federation’s Research Department to see Amado Sanzu’s Scientific Ninja Tools. After advising Amado to deploy each generation while developing the next, Tetsuya examined a new design inspired by the Sky Ninja’s flying devices.

• Ōnoki split Haido’s warship with Dust Release, and Kurotsuchi cheered him on as he prepared another attack.
• Tetsuya toured the Research Department in Otogakure, where Kimimaro met him and explained that Orochimaru was occupied with an experiment.
• Tetsuya asked Kimimaro to take him to Amado Sanzu, who had studied the Sky Ninja’s flying tools and designed new ones.
• Amado told Tetsuya that field teams wanted the anti-air tools mass-produced, though he still saw room for improvement.
• Tetsuya urged Amado to deploy each generation while researching its successor, then noticed that Amado’s latest blueprint resembled a fighter jet.

Tetsuya asked Amado Sanzu to develop a Scientific Ninja Tool that could create a point-to-point teleportation gate, and supplied him with Space-Time Ninjutsu scrolls and promised Tobirama's help. After Ōnoki reported finding both the warship and a Gelel Ore Vein, Tetsuya brought Amado through a Space-Time Gate to meet him.

• Tetsuya asked Amado Sanzu whether he could build a teleportation gate, and Amado said he needed Space-Time Ninjutsu knowledge and an expert's help.
• Tetsuya gave Amado scrolls detailing the Flying Thunder God Technique, the Heavenly Transfer Technique, and his own insights, and promised to send Tobirama's Shadow Clone.
• Amado noted that a stable spatial portal would consume considerable energy, and Tetsuya received Ōnoki's call reporting that both assigned tasks were complete.
• Ōnoki told Tetsuya that his team had found the warship beside ruins where armored samurai were excavating, and Tetsuya asked him to send their location.
• Tetsuya opened a Golden Portal and took Amado Sanzu to meet Ōnoki, then introduced the two men.

Tetsuya upgraded the seal protecting the Gelel Ore Vein and opened it for mining, then learned that four adult enemies had been found among the bodies. He left for the Research Department to examine the phone and computer recovered from the ruins and warship.

• Ōnoki led Tetsuya and Amado Sanzu through the ruins and explained that the seal made the ore vein difficult to develop.
• Tetsuya upgraded the bloodline seal and created a way to mine the ore without letting its energy dissipate.
• Tetsuya assigned Ōnoki to oversee mining and told him to send the extracted Gelel Stones to the Research Department first.
• Amado Sanzu examined the raw Gelel Stones and judged that the vein might provide enough energy, pending further research.
• Ōnoki told Tetsuya that four adult bodies had been found, including three women and a man who could transform into humanoid monsters.
• Tetsuya learned that the man’s phone and an intact computer from the warship had been sent to the Research Department, and decided to go there.

Shinnō, unable to contact Haido or Mukade, suspected the Federation had discovered his hideout and headed for the ruins of the Land of Sky to prepare the Aerial Fortress. Meanwhile, Jiraiya’s team waited to trap him, and Naruto asked to join them after admitting he felt unsuited to the Hokage’s office and preferred frontline work.

• Shinnō failed to reach Haido and learned that his Sky Ninja had suffered devastating losses to the Federation’s new antiair ninja tools.
• Shinnō suspected his phone had exposed Haido’s location, destroyed it, and left his hideout in disguise.
• Shinnō decided to reach the ruins of the Land of Sky and prepare to summon Zero-Tails and activate the Aerial Fortress.
• Jiraiya told Naruto that his team had surrounded the ruins and confirmed a huge fortress was hidden beneath them.
• Naruto told Jiraiya he felt more suited to frontline fighting than being Hokage and asked to join the stakeout.
• Jiraiya agreed that Naruto could come after finishing his current work, while Shikaku Nara encouraged Jiraiya to support Naruto’s decision.

Izuna defeated Tobirama in a bamboo-sword duel using a Breathing Style he learned in another world, then Tetsuya arrived with news of an attack from overseas and asked Tobirama to help develop a Scientific Ninja Tool. The chapter ended with Tobirama questioning why Tetsuya needed the tool when he could open a Space-Time Gate himself.

• Izuna beat Tobirama in their sword duel with Flame Breathing, Rising Scorching Sky, and insisted the technique was pure swordsmanship from another world.
• Tobirama and Izuna argued about the Uchiha bloodline and the Will of Fire, while Tobirama said he could ask Tetsuya to teach him the sword style.
• Tetsuya returned from the Research Department and told Izuna and Tobirama that the Shinobi World had come under attack.
• Tetsuya said he planned to annex the overseas territory and asked Tobirama to assist Amado Sanzu with designing a Scientific Ninja Tool involving Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Tobirama questioned why Tetsuya needed the tool when Tetsuya could open a Space-Time Gate himself.