Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Tetsuya explains his plan to connect the Shinobi World Continent and the New Continent with a Scientific Ninja Tool version of the Space-Time Gate.
• Izuna suggests using his own space-time ability to join the continents, but Tetsuya argues that the New Continent’s value lies not just in its land, but also its fisheries, seabed minerals, and surrounding islands. The connection would support wider exploration and development.
• Tetsuya urges Izuna and Tobirama to broaden their perspective and read more. Izuna leaves to start reading, turning it into a race against Tobirama.
• Tobirama asks about the Breathing Styles Izuna used during their sparring match. Tetsuya explains that they are another world’s form of swordsmanship, and agrees to teach Tobirama Water Breathing.
• Tobirama asks to visit that other world. Tetsuya agrees, though he notes that bringing people there requires following a procedure.
• The chapter ends with Tetsuya receiving a call from Zabuza, who is leading a covert squad investigating threats to the Shinobi World. Tetsuya asks whether Shinnō has appeared, but the answer is not yet given.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya acts as a strategic leader, emphasizing the New Continent’s broader economic potential and the need to think beyond conventional ninja concerns. He also enjoys imagining Tobirama as a wandering swordsman and Obito in another world.
• Izuna is impressed by the New Continent’s resources, then responds to Tetsuya’s challenge by eagerly setting off to read—while provoking Tobirama as usual.
• Tobirama shifts from frustration at losing to Izuna toward curiosity about Breathing Styles and the possibility of visiting another world. His rivalry with Izuna remains strong.
• Zabuza is established as a powerful operative whose abilities have grown considerably. Rather than serve as Tetsuya’s bodyguard, he leads a direct-reporting intelligence and threat-response squad.

Significant themes

• Expanding horizons: The characters are encouraged to consider resources, exploration, and possibilities beyond land or traditional ninja concerns.
• Connection and integration: The Space-Time Gate project is intended to bring the two continents closer and help integrate them.
• Rivalry and learning: Izuna and Tobirama’s competition motivates them to study and acquire new skills.
• Organization and legitimacy: The humorous discussion of formally regulated systems contrasts legitimate institutions with unaccountable ones.

Plot points

• Zabuza reports that Shinnō defeated Jiraiya’s ambush team and entered the Land of Sky ruins.
• The team was surprised by armored mechanical puppets that required no chakra threads. After regrouping under Shikaku Nara’s command, they destroyed the puppets—but Shinnō then overwhelmed them.
• Shinnō combined several powers: a giant silver-ape transformation, puppet armor, the Gelel Stone’s enhancements, and dark chakra. Even Jiraiya in Sage Mode, backed by Mount Myōboku’s summons, could not stop him. Shinnō did not use Zero-Tails.
• Tetsuya realizes the threat has grown beyond its intended role as a test for the shinobi. He decides he may need to intervene, noting that he can drain Shinnō’s dark chakra.
• Before Tetsuya acts, Naruto arrives, joins the injured Jiraiya and the others, and leads them into the ruins to stop Shinnō from activating the Aerial Fortress.
• Tetsuya decides Naruto’s arrival makes his own intervention unnecessary and tells Zabuza to keep watch and report any developments.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya shifts from treating Shinnō as a manageable opponent to recognizing him as a serious danger, while remaining confident in Naruto’s ability to handle the crisis.
• Shinnō is revealed to have secretly accumulated and fused multiple sources of power, becoming far stronger than the intelligence available to Jiraiya’s team suggested.
• Jiraiya acknowledges that Shinnō’s unexpected abilities and numbers caught him off guard; he welcomes Naruto’s help and trusts him to turn the fight.
• Naruto quickly assesses the urgency and takes charge of the next move. He also senses someone watching the group, though he judges the presence to be nonhostile.
• Zabuza serves as Tetsuya’s observer and adviser, honestly assessing the danger rather than risking a fight he likely cannot win.

Significant themes

• Escalating power and unforeseen consequences: Shinnō’s accumulated abilities turn a planned training challenge into a genuine crisis.
• The limits of intelligence: Jiraiya’s preparation fails because Shinnō has abilities the team did not anticipate.
• Contingency and trust: Tetsuya keeps a backup plan, but ultimately relies on Naruto to respond to the threat.
• Unpredictability: Naruto’s arrival changes Tetsuya’s decision, reflecting the belief that Naruto can alter even a dangerous situation in unexpected ways.

Chapter Summary: Hokage Naruto vs. Triple-Fusion Shinnō

Key plot points and events

• In the ruins of the Sky Ninja Village, Naruto battles Shinnō, who has become an armored giant ape through the power of the Gelel Stone.
• Shinnō’s dark-chakra blast clashes with Naruto’s Rasenshuriken, producing a devastating shock wave. The ruin’s hidden special-metal framework keeps the structure from collapsing completely.
• Kurama warns Naruto that Shinnō’s chakra is unusually immense. Naruto and Kurama fight together, but Shinnō repeatedly catches and batters Naruto.
• Naruto uses a marked kunai to teleport behind Shinnō with the Flying Thunder God technique and land a Rasengan. Shinnō reveals that his Physical Body Activation Technique makes him stronger after surviving injuries, especially when combined with the Gelel Stone’s bodily mutations.
• Shinnō crushes Naruto’s marked kunai, apparently removing the anchor Naruto needs for further teleportation. Naruto says his goal is to stall Shinnō until Jiraiya and the others destroy the puppets and stop the Aerial Fortress.
• Naruto attacks with multiple clones and Rasengan, but Shinnō grows stronger and transforms into a silver giant ape. With the hall wrecked and Naruto’s options dwindling, Naruto ends his link with Kurama and activates Six Paths Yang Power.

Character developments and interactions

• Naruto remains determined to protect others, choosing to hold Shinnō in place rather than focus only on defeating him. When his usual tactics fail, he prepares to rely on another power.
• Kurama acts as Naruto’s tactical partner, warning him about Shinnō’s chakra and supporting him in combat. Naruto eventually asks Kurama to rest and takes over the fight alone.
• Shinnō grows increasingly confident as his body strengthens through damage. He boasts about his technique, destroys Naruto’s marked kunai, and treats Naruto’s attacks as an opportunity to become more powerful.
• Jiraiya and the others are destroying Shinnō’s puppets elsewhere. They hear the battle and worry about Naruto, but cannot intervene immediately.

Significant themes

• Persistence and sacrifice: Naruto willingly risks himself to buy time for his allies and prevent Shinnō from activating the Aerial Fortress.
• Power with a cost: Shinnō’s combination of Gelel Stone mutation and self-developed technique turns injury into strength, making ordinary attacks counterproductive.
• Adaptation and escalation: As Shinnō evolves through the battle, Naruto must change tactics and draw on a new source of power.

Key plot points and events

• Naruto battles Shinnō, who has transformed into a giant ape using the Physical Body Activation Technique and gelel ore. Naruto’s Truth-Seeking Orbs pierce his body, break his dark-chakra attacks, and suppress his regeneration.
• Shinnō summons the artificial Tailed Beast Zero-Tails, which draws power from the world’s suffering and hatred. Naruto and the Nine-Tails attack together, but the beast initially holds its ground.
• Naruto’s Spiral Truth-Seeking Orb Shuriken breaks through Zero-Tails and strikes Shinnō, extracting and destroying the gelel ore inside him. Shinnō loses his power and rapidly withers into an old, dying man.
• In desperation, Shinnō smashes a scroll rather than opening it. Dark chakra erupts from the scroll and from sealing formulas he planted throughout the Shinobi World, causing Zero-Tails to swell as it prepares to explode.
• Naruto realizes the ruins are in danger and rushes to Jiraiya and the others, intending to evacuate them with Flying Thunder God. Jiraiya urges him to leave them behind, but Naruto insists on helping. The scene ends as Jiraiya orders everyone to move.

Character developments and interactions

• Naruto combines Six Paths power, his Truth-Seeking Orbs, and the Nine-Tails’ assistance to overcome Shinnō. Even amid the crisis, his first concern is rescuing Jiraiya and the others.
• Shinnō shifts from arrogant confidence in his supposedly limitless power to panic and despair when Naruto counters it. Defeated and stripped of the ore sustaining him, he chooses revenge over surrender.
• The Nine-Tails recognizes Zero-Tails as a repulsive artificial creature, helps Naruto fight it, and warns him when it begins to self-destruct.
• Jiraiya quickly grasps the scale of the threat and tries to protect Naruto by telling him to escape alone. Naruto refuses to abandon the group.

Significant themes

• Power has limits: Shinnō’s dark chakra and regeneration prove vulnerable to Naruto’s abilities.
• Hatred as fuel: Zero-Tails draws strength from persistent suffering and hatred, making Shinnō’s weapon a reflection of the world’s ongoing misery.
• Desperation and revenge: Shinnō responds to defeat by threatening everyone rather than accepting his end.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Naruto’s determination to save his companions contrasts with Jiraiya’s willingness to risk himself for Naruto’s safety.

Key plot points and events

• As the Zero-Tails reaches the point of exploding, Zabuza arrives with the President’s Demon Squad. He throws a talisman inscribed by Tetsuya into the pit, and it absorbs the Zero-Tails and its dark chakra, ending the crisis and erasing Shinnō’s remaining seals.
• Jiraiya explains that the Demon Squad was a contingency plan: they would intervene if the others failed to resolve the threat.
• Zabuza greets Naruto, then leaves to report to the President. Naruto and the others prepare to return home and arrange for researchers to examine Shinnō’s fortress.
• At the Research Department, Tetsuya and several leading scientists are studying a special metal gate. After hearing about the fortress, they agree to secure it for research, with Amado especially interested in how it flies.
• Tetsuya declares the shinobi world’s internal problems resolved and proposes a trip to the New Continent. Since the Space-Time Gate project is nearly complete, Amado suggests using the journey to field-test it.

Character developments and interactions

• Naruto is relieved by Zabuza’s intervention and accepts the President’s extensive oversight as a safeguard for peace.
• Jiraiya calmly explains the Demon Squad’s role, while Shikaku acknowledges the President’s foresight.
• Zabuza treats Naruto warmly but playfully, recognizing his new status as Hokage before departing on his mission.
• Tetsuya directs the researchers’ next steps and turns their attention from domestic threats toward exploration beyond the shinobi world.
• The researchers—Amado, Orochimaru, Tobirama, Hiruko, and Mu—show varied but generally strong interest in investigating the fortress and visiting the New Continent.

Significant themes

• Preparedness and centralized authority: The President’s hidden contingency plan prevents disaster, reinforcing the value—and reach—of his control.
• Peace through cooperation: Naruto, Jiraiya, the Demon Squad, and the Research Department each contribute to containing the threat and planning what follows.
• Scientific progress and exploration: The fortress and nearly completed Space-Time Gate shift the story from crisis response to technological research and new frontiers.

Key plot points and events

• The Land of Sky survivors fled to a vast new continent, conquered its agrarian inhabitants, and forced most of them into slavery. The labor and resources helped the survivors rebuild their fleets and flying ninja tools for a renewed assault on the Shinobi World.
• Sasori, Deidara, Hidan, and Kisame infiltrate the continent. By taking over a farm and disguising themselves as its Sky Ninja overseers, they gather information about the land, its population, terrain, and occupied cities.
• Sasori returns to the group in the form of a human puppet and plans to replace a higher-ranking target to gain better intelligence. The team compiles what they have, and Hidan agrees to memorize it so he can transmit it to Chiba Tetsuya through his rituals to the Evil God.
• At a coastal Sky Ninja base near the Shinobi World, a sentry learns that news of Shinnō’s troubles has split the leadership: some favor continued attacks, while others want to abandon revenge and return to the New World.

Character developments and interactions

• Sasori is methodical and pragmatic, directing the intelligence operation and insisting that even limited information be memorized and sent efficiently.
• Deidara welcomes Sasori back but contributes little to the planning.
• Hidan complains about memorizing intelligence, then is persuaded by Sasori and Kisame’s teasing appeals to his status as the Evil God’s favored envoy. He ultimately takes on the task.
• Kisame helps organize the intelligence and uses Hidan’s desire for praise to motivate him.
• The sentries’ conversation reveals anxiety and factional tension within the Sky Ninja forces.

Significant themes

• Conquest and exploitation: The Sky survivors rebuild their power by subjugating the native population.
• Espionage and cooperation: The Akatsuki’s skills complement one another, allowing a small team to operate effectively in unfamiliar territory.
• Conflicted loyalties and uncertainty: The Sky Ninja leadership is divided over whether to pursue revenge or retreat, foreshadowing instability within their ranks.

Summary

• Tetsuya convenes the Federation’s first Kage Summit by hologram, bringing together leaders from across the now-unified Shinobi World. He presents intelligence about a distant New Continent settled by survivors of the Land of Sky, including its population, resources, and the Sky Ninja’s offshore island base.
• After the Sky Ninja’s recent attacks, Tetsuya declares war on the New Continent. He frames the campaign as both retaliation and a just effort to free the land’s native people from enslavement, while also recognizing the continent’s strategic and economic value.
• Tetsuya reveals that the Research Department has built a stable space-time portal and proposes two simultaneous operations: a direct assault on the Sky Ninja stronghold through the portal, and an attack on their offshore base.
• The Kage largely support the plan. Ōnoki, Mu, and the Third and Fourth Raikage volunteer for the New World expedition; Mei Terumi and Hōzuki Gengetsu favor the offshore operation, where their water-combat experience is useful. Gaara and Yahiko also volunteer.
• Naruto decides to join the fighting. After the campaign, he intends to resign as Sixth Hokage and return to active missions with his friends, having already fulfilled his dream of becoming Hokage.
• Once the two-hour meeting ends, Izuna arrives and asks about its outcome. Sasuke then appears and asks for the Uchiha Clan to join the war, pledging that they will become “the sharpest blade” in Tetsuya’s hands.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya takes charge as the Federation’s leader, using a persuasive speech to build support and give the war a moral justification.
• Naruto shows a shift in priorities: he is ready to leave office and pursue the more active life he shared with Team 7.
• Ōnoki is pleased that his student Deidara contributed intelligence about the New Continent.
• Izuna maintains a proud, confident rapport with Tetsuya.
• Sasuke’s request signals the Uchiha Clan’s eagerness to serve the Federation and ends the chapter with their participation still to be addressed.

Significant themes

• Unity and collective action: Leaders from former rival nations coordinate under one Federation.
• War and justification: Tetsuya presents the invasion as defense and liberation, while the chapter also acknowledges the material gains a new continent could bring.
• Duty versus personal fulfillment: Naruto weighs his leadership role against the life he truly wants.
• Power and loyalty: Sasuke offers the Uchiha Clan’s strength as a weapon in service of the President.

Key plot points and events

• Tetsuya reassures Sasuke that the Uchiha Clan is not being used as a weapon by the Federation. He dismisses the overseas remnants from the Land of Sky as a manageable threat.
• Sasuke expresses deep gratitude to Tetsuya for saving and supporting the Uchiha, but Tetsuya says Izuna also deserves credit.
• Izuna urges Sasuke to marry and continue the clan’s bloodline. After mentioning that Sasuke’s future self has only one daughter, he immediately takes Sasuke away to arrange a blind date.
• Tetsuya laughs at Sasuke’s predicament, then turns to preparations for an expedition due to begin in three days.
• At the Research Department, Tetsuya checks on Amado’s completed space-time gates. Amado, Tetsuya, and Orochimaru inspect the two linked gates, which provide a stable passage between distant locations but can only connect to each other.

Character developments and interactions

• Sasuke remains fiercely loyal to the Uchiha and deeply indebted to Tetsuya, who treats him with respect rather than as a tool.
• Tetsuya affirms the Uchiha’s independence while remaining confident in his own strength. He also enjoys teasing situations that cause chaos.
• Izuna takes a paternal, forceful interest in Sasuke’s future and the continuation of the clan.
• Amado and Orochimaru exchange praise over the gates’ technical achievement, until Tetsuya pushes them back toward practical work.

Significant themes

• Autonomy and loyalty: Tetsuya distinguishes protecting the Uchiha from exploiting them.
• Gratitude and legacy: Sasuke’s thanks and Izuna’s insistence on descendants emphasize the clan’s history and future.
• Progress through collaboration: Amado’s technology, developed for safety and stability, supports the coming expedition.

Plot points

• Sasori’s group takes over a large farm by deceiving its Sky Ninja owner. After the man leaves, the burly “manager” reveals himself as Sasori in disguise; the farm’s guards have already been replaced by puppets.
• Hidan suddenly turns black as his ritual connection to Jashin activates. Convinced that Jashin is calling him, he demands an offering and tries to pursue the departing Sky Ninja owner.
• Before Hidan can act, Tetsuya arrives through a golden portal. Hidan mistakes him for Jashin, clings to his leg, and is eventually made to stand aside with a bruised face.
• The group gives Tetsuya its intelligence. He announces that in three days the Federation will open a spatial passage and send an army to defeat the Sky Ninja and reclaim the continent.
• Deidara and Sasori welcome the coming war. Tetsuya also offers Sasori a future place in the Federation’s Research Department, which interests him.

Character developments and interactions

• Sasori demonstrates his skill at infiltration and organizing the takeover. His growing interest in machinery has broadened his approach to puppetry, and he is open to developing it further through research.
• Hidan remains fanatically devoted to Jashin, interpreting the strange transformation as a divine summons. His impulsiveness clashes with the group’s need to preserve their cover.
• Deidara is eager to fight and show off his art; Kisame is more cautious, checking whether the farm is secure.
• Tetsuya recognizes the group’s intelligence work and rewards it with praise, while also directing their next steps. His handling of Hidan is practical and familiar.

Significant themes

• Deception and infiltration: The farm is seized through disguise and covert replacement rather than open combat.
• Expansion and conquest: The planned invasion is framed as reclaiming the land for the Shinobi World, while the Sky Ninja are portrayed as the enemy to be eliminated.
• Changing technology and ambition: Sasori’s traditional puppet craft is contrasted with modern machinery and the promise of scientific research.
• Faith and fanaticism: Hidan’s devotion to Jashin drives his behavior, even when it threatens the mission.

Key plot points and events

• Tetsuya asks where to establish a portal for the Shinobi World Federation’s army. Sasori recommends the farm warehouse complex where the group has been staying.
• Hidan explains that the site is ideal: it has ample storage and supplies, and a broad road runs from the farm toward the Sky Ninja’s city. Tetsuya praises Sasori’s choice.
• Tetsuya creates a vast blue metal Space-Time Gate inside an empty warehouse. He explains that the advanced Scientific Ninja Tool was developed by the Federation’s Research Department using several spatial techniques and his own ability.
• Sasori becomes interested in the Research Department and its research. Tetsuya encourages him to speak with Orochimaru, claiming Orochimaru has already achieved immortality and is now pursuing a greater goal. Sasori, Deidara, and Kisame are astonished.
• Tetsuya connects with Amado Sanzu through the gate’s screen. Together they calibrate the device and prepare its first test.
• At Sasori’s suggestion, they protect the farm with a screening barrier. Tetsuya provides him with a scroll of portable barriers, and Sasori activates one around the site.
• Tetsuya and Amado press their controls in sync. The gate opens, revealing a different scene beyond it.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya takes charge of the portal project, credits Sasori for finding the location, and displays confidence in the Federation’s technology. He also tries to broaden Sasori’s scientific horizons by pointing him toward Orochimaru.
• Sasori proves resourceful in selecting the site and cautious about keeping the experiment hidden. Seeing the gate and hearing about the Research Department strengthens his desire to investigate its work.
• Hidan enthusiastically shares the group’s intelligence and remains focused on his faith; unlike the others, he is largely unimpressed by the news of immortality.
• Deidara and Kisame watch the technology with interest and are surprised by Tetsuya’s claim about Orochimaru.
• Amado Sanzu collaborates remotely with Tetsuya, and their successful communication and first connection attempt mark progress for the project.

Significant themes

• Scientific progress and collaboration: The gate combines multiple techniques and the expertise of researchers across the Federation.
• Curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge: Sasori’s interest in the Research Department grows, while Tetsuya suggests that insights from one field can benefit another.
• Secrecy and preparation: Sasori’s barrier protects the operation from outside notice as the group begins a potentially conspicuous experiment.

Summary

• The space-time gate succeeds: Tetsuya and the Akatsuki team arrive at the Federation’s Research Department, confirming that the gate connects the Shinobi World with the distant New Continent. The group admires the department’s advanced facilities, which are far ahead of the rest of the rapidly modernizing world.
• Introductions and testing plans: Tetsuya introduces Hidan, Sasori, Deidara, and Kisame to Amado and Orochimaru. Amado is fascinated by Sasori’s puppet-body modifications, but Tetsuya postpones their discussion. The scientists plan to keep the gate open for an hour to test its stability and energy use, and discuss bringing Gelel Stones from Ōnoki’s mine, possibly by building a dedicated railway.
• The mission ends: Kisame asks whether the team’s assignment can conclude now that the two lands are connected. Tetsuya agrees, arranging for a replacement team to take over the Akatsuki’s cover on the New Continent. Orochimaru says the Allied Shinobi Forces will resolve the wider threat in three days, while Sasori explains that the Sky Ninja are unlikely to visit the particular granary they have been watching.
• The team chooses what to do next: Deidara eagerly plans to visit Ōnoki at the mine, delighted that his former master is now doing the kind of digging Deidara once endured. Hidan says he will follow Lord Jashin wherever he goes. Kisame accepts the end of the assignment, while Sasori chooses to explore the Research Department.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya oversees the gate’s successful activation, coordinates the technical tests, and formally releases the team from its mission.
• Amado shows immediate scientific curiosity about Sasori’s altered body; Sasori openly explains that he began replacing his body with puppet parts as a teenager.
• Kisame pragmatically questions whether the assignment is still necessary and prompts Tetsuya to end it.
• Deidara reveals his irreverent, teasing attitude toward Ōnoki, laughing at the thought of his former master mining ore.
• Hidan’s devotion to Jashin remains absolute, while Sasori shows interest in the Federation’s scientific facilities.

Significant themes

• Scientific progress and modernization: The gate and Research Department represent technology outpacing the broader world.
• Cooperation and transition: The connection between the lands makes the Akatsuki team’s original role unnecessary, prompting a careful handover.
• Character contrast and humor: The group’s different reactions to freedom—Deidara’s mischief, Hidan’s religious devotion, and Sasori’s curiosity—provide comic relief amid the larger military preparations.

Plot points and events

• Over three days, shinobi from across the world gather at the Research Department for the New Continent operation. Ōnoki arrives first, followed by the Raikage and other squads.
• The Uchiha join voluntarily, despite Tetsuya’s reluctance to use their clan as a weapon. Sasuke and Shisui lead them, and their powerful Sharingan make the group an imposing presence.
• At a Water Province port, Hozuki Gengetsu assembles naval forces, including a specially equipped underwater-operations squad. They depart for the Sky Ninja’s Reef Base.
• Tetsuya surveys the assembled forces at the Research Department, satisfied that the alliance is ready.

Character developments and interactions

• Naruto greets Sasuke warmly, but Sasuke initially pretends not to recognize him and mocks his former reputation as Konoha’s “dead last.”
• When Sasuke challenges Naruto’s ability as Hokage, Naruto admits he has struggled in the role and plans to resign after the New Continent mission, joining a combat department instead.
• Naruto’s candid self-assessment surprises Sasuke and earns his rare approval. Shisui also finds Naruto amusing, while Sasuke describes him as overly energetic and emotional.
• Neji calls Naruto away before he and Sasuke can talk further; Naruto suggests they reunite on the New Continent.

Significant themes

• Humility and self-knowledge: Naruto openly acknowledges his shortcomings rather than defending his title.
• Leadership and responsibility: Sasuke’s questions prompt Naruto to confront what the Hokage role demands.
• Unity and readiness: Former rivals and distinct shinobi forces assemble for a shared mission, with specialized teams preparing for different forms of combat.

Plot points and events

• Tetsuya rallies the Shinobi World Federation, presenting the expedition as a mission to defeat the Sky Ninja remnants and free the people they have enslaved on the New Continent.
• Amado Sanzu opens the Space-Time Gate. The Allied Shinobi Forces pour through, with Hidan leading the charge; the whole force takes about twenty minutes to cross.
• Tetsuya records the departure and posts it on the forum. He then crosses the gate with Amado and Orochimaru to inspect the other side.
• Uchiha guards, stationed on Shisui’s orders, explain that they are protecting the gate in case the Sky Ninja attack it. Tetsuya considers this precaution sensible, while Amado and Orochimaru prepare to monitor the connection and collect research data.
• Meanwhile, at a Sky Ninja reef base, leaders remain divided over whether to fight or retreat. A sentry spots an approaching fleet, but before he can raise the alarm, the fleet destroys the base’s three warships. The Sky Ninja realize too late that an attack is underway.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya displays confidence as a leader and propagandist, inspiring the force with a liberation-focused speech. He trusts the shinobi and their Kage to manage the campaign without his direct guidance.
• Amado Sanzu is briefly swept up in the rally, then activates the gate and joins Tetsuya and Orochimaru in overseeing the operation.
• Orochimaru readily accepts Tetsuya’s invitation, positioning himself alongside Amado as a technical safeguard for the gate.
• Uchiha Tao and the guards show loyalty and caution by following Shisui’s order to protect the gateway.
• The Sky Ninja leadership is portrayed as indecisive and divided, leaving its base vulnerable; the sentry recognizes the danger but cannot respond in time.

Significant themes

• Unity and national identity: The Federation’s rallying cry presents its members as a single force.
• Liberation as a justification for war: Tetsuya frames the invasion as rescue from Sky Ninja enslavement, while also calling for their destruction.
• Confidence versus indecision: The shinobi advance decisively, while the Sky Ninja’s internal deadlock costs them crucial time.
• Technology and expansion: The gate enables the campaign, and its protection and study point toward further technological development.

Key plot points

• The Allied Shinobi Forces have invaded the New Continent, appearing inside Sky Ninja territory and quickly capturing several cities. Their sudden arrival leaves the Sky Ninja scrambling to respond.
• The Sky Ninja unite briefly, but their forces suffer repeated defeats. Conscripting enslaved Indigenous people backfires: facing death either way, many would rather rebel than fight for their oppressors. Sky Ninja leaders then fracture over whether to surrender, resist, or flee overseas.
• At the Federation capital, Shinada reports the campaign’s progress: the Raikage’s Eastern Route Army is winning but needs troops to hold captured cities; Ōnoki’s Northern Route Army has found valuable mineral deposits; and Rasa’s Southern Route Army has received Sky Ninja offers of surrender.
• Naruto asks that the Indigenous people be freed from Sky Ninja enslavement. Meanwhile, Mizukage Hozuki Gengetsu has captured the Sky Ninja’s offshore base and asks to join the invasion.
• Tetsuya declines to send Gengetsu to the front. Instead, he assigns him to lead a fleet using newly designed battleships, launching an “Age of Exploration.” The chapter also introduces a still-unproven Super Mothership concept, which Amado considers impractical.

Character developments and interactions

• The Sky Ninja’s military crisis exposes the weakness of their unity and the instability of their leadership. Their treatment of enslaved people also turns those they meant to compel into potential rebels.
• Tetsuya acts as a strategic planner, weighing the war’s immediate needs against larger ambitions. He supports experimental ideas but prioritizes building practical new ships for exploration.
• Shinada provides Tetsuya with battlefield and research updates, while relaying requests from the Raikage, Ōnoki, Rasa, Naruto, and Gengetsu.
• Naruto’s concern for the Indigenous people places their liberation alongside military victory. Gengetsu’s eagerness for battle is redirected into naval command.

Significant themes

• Imperialism and resistance: Sky Ninja oppression fuels Indigenous rebellion, while the Federation faces questions about how to treat conquered peoples and surrendering enemies.
• Unity under pressure: The Sky Ninja’s temporary alliance collapses as defeat forces their factions to confront incompatible choices.
• Exploration and expansion: Tetsuya’s decision suggests the conflict may open a broader era of overseas discovery—and perhaps eventual travel beyond the planet.

Key plot points and events

• Tetsuya and Shinada discuss requests from the New Continent. Tetsuya approves supplying the Kage with whatever personnel, equipment, and other resources they need.
• They debate what to do with the remnants of the Land of Sky. Shinada first recommends killing them all, then proposes accepting their surrender, crippling their chakra, and forcing them to work as laborers under the supervision of the natives they had enslaved. Tetsuya enthusiastically approves the plan.
• After Shinada leaves to carry out the orders, a new request appears on the Cross-Shinobi World Assistance Platform. Tetsuya accepts it: Naruto Uzumaki has asked for Boruto to be saved after Kawaki kills him during a battle involving Boruto and Code.
• Tetsuya is intrigued by Eida’s perception-altering shinjutsu and asks Husky whether it could affect him. Husky says it only works on ordinary people; Tetsuya jokes that he is far from ordinary.

Character developments and interactions

• Tetsuya presents himself as merciful by rejecting mass execution, but readily endorses a harsh scheme of forced labor and revenge. He praises Shinada’s cleverness and takes pride in directing him.
• Shinada shows loyalty and political skill, balancing brutal proposals with flattery and efficient execution. He credits Tetsuya for his success, while Tetsuya insists Shinada’s own effort deserves recognition.
• Tetsuya and Husky resume their familiar banter when Husky explains that the new request arrived despite the earlier expectation that no requests would come during official business.
• Tetsuya and Naruto are connected through the new mission: Naruto’s plea to save his son draws Tetsuya into Boruto’s timeline.

Significant themes

• Power disguised as mercy: Tetsuya avoids outright slaughter but approves coercive punishment, exposing the gap between his humane language and his actions.
• Revenge and justice: The proposed arrangement turns former victims into overseers of their former enslavers, raising questions about whether retribution can be separated from cruelty.
• Loyalty, praise, and political influence: Shinada’s genuine competence and flattering manner strengthen his relationship with Tetsuya.
• Intervention across timelines: The new order introduces a mission driven by parental grief and sets up Tetsuya’s involvement in events surrounding Boruto’s death.

Key plot points and events

• Tetsuya considers visiting Boruto to help complete a mission, then goes to Madara’s courtyard looking for company.
• He finds Hashirama celebrating because his eyes have evolved into blue Rinnegan.
• Hashirama discovers his Rinnegan ability, All Things in the Universe: he can transform into anyone he has seen and temporarily use that person’s abilities. Transforming into someone he knows well costs less power.
• To demonstrate, Hashirama takes Madara’s appearance and uses Madara’s signature Fire Style technique.
• Madara arrives, mistakes Hashirama for an impostor, and they trade attacks through Limbo clones. Tetsuya intervenes with a copied Limbo ability to stop the fight.
• Hashirama reveals his identity and explains his new power. Tetsuya, intrigued, asks him to try transforming into him.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama gains a powerful new Rinnegan ability and is delighted by it; he playfully impersonates Madara and enjoys provoking him.
• Madara reacts with suspicion and anger when confronted by his apparent double, then is surprised to learn Hashirama has awakened Rinnegan.
• Tetsuya serves as the amused observer and mediator, recognizing the ability’s potential and prompting Hashirama to test its limits.
• The familiar rivalry between Hashirama and Madara resurfaces through teasing, accusations, and a brief clash.

Significant themes

• Identity and imitation: Hashirama’s ability blurs the line between appearance and personhood by copying both form and skills.
• Power and its limits: The new ability has a cost that varies with how well Hashirama knows the person he copies.
• Rivalry and humor: A potentially dangerous misunderstanding becomes comic as the two friends argue over who is the “real” Madara.

Key plot points and events

• Hashirama transforms into Tetsuya, then tries to copy the Eternal Divine Kingdom. The attempt drains him severely, forces him back to his own form, and leaves him coughing.
• Tetsuya suspects Hashirama’s transformation ability consumes more power when copying someone much stronger. Tetsuya’s immense range of abilities may also make him unusually difficult to imitate.
• Tetsuya announces that he, Hashirama, and Madara will visit the future of a parallel Shinobi World where Tetsuya never existed.
• In that timeline, Madara’s plan succeeds: he becomes the sacrifice for Kaguya’s resurrection. Hashirama and Tobirama are never revived, the world remains divided, and peace comes only at a heavy human cost.
• Curious about this alternate history, Hashirama and Madara agree to go with Tetsuya. He accepts the commission and opens a connection to that world.
• The chapter ends in the Boruto era: Naruto mourns Boruto, whom Kawaki has fatally wounded, and begs for help. A storm breaks out, and an unknown voice answers his plea.

Character developments and interactions

• Hashirama is enthusiastic about testing his powers and visiting other timelines. Learning what happened without Tetsuya makes him reflect on how much Tetsuya changed their world.
• Madara initially rejects the idea that he could have been manipulated into becoming Kaguya’s sacrifice. Tetsuya’s reminder about Black Zetsu makes him reconsider, though he still approaches the visit with pride and curiosity.
• Tetsuya remains confident and playful, but also recognizes that his presence altered the course of history. He invites his friends to witness the consequences of his absence.
• The three share a mix of friendly teasing, concern, and curiosity. Meanwhile, Naruto’s grief and desperate plea provide a dramatic contrast to their arrival in the future.

Significant themes

• The impact of one person on history: Tetsuya’s absence leads to a very different—and more tragic—world.
• Alternate destinies and manipulation: Madara’s fate highlights how easily ambition can be shaped by deception.
• Curiosity about consequences: The characters choose to confront a timeline shaped by choices they did not make.
• Grief and desperation: Naruto’s loss of Boruto closes the chapter on an urgent, emotional note.

Key plot points and events

• During a storm, Tetsuya arrives with resurrected Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. Naruto recognizes them, while the others are stunned by the three visitors’ Rinnegan.
• Madara detects an Ōtsutsuki presence inside Boruto. Code tries to escape through a Claw Mark, but Madara severs his arm and suspends him with an invisible force.
• Tetsuya says he has come in response to Naruto’s wish and begins saving Boruto. He takes control of Momoshiki’s power and forces him to restore Boruto’s heartbeat.
• Boruto revives, and Naruto embraces and repeatedly thanks Tetsuya.
• As the immediate crisis ends, Hashirama notices that Kawaki is looking at Boruto with renewed killing intent. Hashirama raises the possibility of dealing with Kawaki.

Character developments and interactions

• Naruto is overwhelmed by the arrival of the legendary figures, then relieved and grateful when Boruto is saved.
• Tetsuya confidently overrides Momoshiki’s control of his power, treating the Ōtsutsuki’s resistance with mocking humor.
• Momoshiki shifts from hoping Tetsuya will help Boruto to panicking as Tetsuya drains and uses his power. He offers cooperation but is ignored.
• Madara acts swiftly and ruthlessly to stop Code’s escape, while Hashirama tries to restrain Madara’s violence and later focuses on protecting Naruto’s son.
• Kawaki remains hostile toward Boruto; Hashirama notices his intent, and Madara dismisses him as an insect.
• Code attempts to flee but is quickly incapacitated.

Significant themes

• Rescue and sacrifice: Boruto’s life is restored through Momoshiki’s power, but Tetsuya uses it coercively rather than letting Momoshiki choose how to spend it.
• Power and control: Tetsuya demonstrates overwhelming authority over Ōtsutsuki power, while Madara makes escape impossible for Code.
• Protective loyalty and suspicion: Naruto’s gratitude and Hashirama’s concern for Boruto contrast with Kawaki’s apparent desire to kill him.

Plot points and events

• Naruto defends Kawaki after Boruto—whom Naruto believed dead—miraculously begins breathing again, though he remains unconscious. Naruto calls the conflict a problem between brothers.
• Shikamaru challenges Naruto for still treating Kawaki as family after Kawaki killed Boruto. Tetsuya remarks on Naruto’s kindness and reveals knowledge of past events, unsettling Naruto.
• Tetsuya, Madara, and Hashirama leave through a Golden Portal for Kara’s base, taking the badly injured Code. Tetsuya uses Code’s claw mark to locate and open a portal to the hideout.
• Hashirama tells Naruto to handle matters in Konoha first. Naruto, Shikamaru, and Kawaki then head back together, agreeing to discuss what happened later.
• At Kara’s base, Tetsuya introduces himself and the two legendary shinobi to Eida and Daemon. Madara senses a nearly mature God Tree and is eager to obtain it, hoping Hashirama might use its power to reach the Six Paths level.
• Daemon threatens the newcomers, claiming he is stronger than Code and Jigen. Tetsuya strikes him and sends him into a wall. Eida is shocked that Daemon’s reflection ability did not protect him.
• Tetsuya explains that Daemon’s power reflects attacks fueled by killing intent. Madara suggests the attack worked because Tetsuya felt no more killing intent toward Daemon than someone would feel toward an ant.

Character developments and interactions

• Naruto remains compassionate toward Kawaki despite the apparent killing of Boruto, while asking to postpone a discussion with Shikamaru.
• Shikamaru openly condemns Naruto’s response and presses him to face the gravity of what happened.
• Kawaki calmly agrees to return to Konoha with Naruto’s group.
• Tetsuya is confident, casually threatening, and knowledgeable about others’ abilities; he takes control of the situation at Kara’s base.
• Madara is focused on the God Tree and explains Daemon’s vulnerability through a pointed comparison.
• Eida and Daemon initially act wary and defiant, but Tetsuya’s unexpected attack leaves them stunned.

Significant themes

• Family, forgiveness, and responsibility: Naruto’s acceptance of Kawaki conflicts with Shikamaru’s insistence that the harm cannot be brushed aside.
• Power and perception: Daemon’s seemingly overwhelming defensive ability has a condition that Tetsuya can exploit.
• Composure versus hostility: The chapter contrasts Naruto’s empathy and Tetsuya’s cheerful menace, while Madara’s final remark frames overwhelming strength as something that need not involve hatred.

Plot and events

• Tetsuya proves that Eida and Daemon’s abilities can be countered, frightening Eida. She agrees not to interfere and begs him to spare her and Daemon. Code objects, but a Limbo clone chokes him into silence.
• Tetsuya, Madara, and Hashirama leave the siblings and proceed to the enormous, still-immature God Tree growing in the strange space.
• Madara recognizes it as the counterpart of the Ten-Tails Cub he absorbed in his own world. The tree responds to him and seems to hunger for power from the same source.
• Madara asks to absorb it. Hashirama readily agrees, and Tetsuya leaves the decision to them. Madara transforms into his Six Paths form and absorbs the tree with ease, as though reclaiming his own power.
• Meanwhile, Naruto returns Boruto and Kawaki to the hospital, then heads with Shikamaru to the Hokage Building. Alarmed by the return of Madara and Hashirama—and by Tetsuya, who seems even stronger—he plans to brief Konoha’s leadership and possibly call a Five Kage Summit.

Character developments and interactions

• Eida shifts from confidence to fear and submission once she realizes the newcomers understand and can defeat her group’s abilities. Code remains defiant, but is physically silenced.
• Madara believes absorbing the God Tree will strengthen him and takes it after consulting Hashirama and Tetsuya.
• Hashirama shows his characteristic generosity, treating the tree as something he and Madara need not divide between them. He also regrets that, without reaching Six Paths strength, he may no longer be able to spar with Madara on equal terms.
• Tetsuya remains in control of the situation, dismisses Eida and Daemon as threats, and is curious about the effect the second tree will have on Madara.
• Naruto and Shikamaru respond to the newcomers as a potential international crisis, prioritizing communication and coordination.

Significant themes

• Power and countermeasures: The apparent invincibility of special abilities is challenged by knowledge and preparation.
• Trust and generosity: Hashirama’s easy acceptance of Madara’s request contrasts with Madara’s restrained, understated gratitude.
• Escalating danger: Naruto’s concern that three Rinnegan-wielders could destabilize the Shinobi World frames the events as a broader political threat.