Chapter Summaries

Naruto discussed his pursuit of power and the hidden costs of the protection he offered with the Great Toad Sage, who admitted he could not see through Naruto’s intentions. The Great Toad Sage began a grave prediction, saying Naruto would never become something he did not name.

• The Great Toad Sage revealed that he had sensed Naruto’s cheerful demeanor was a disguise and questioned the shadows and sacrifices behind his protection of Konoha.
• Naruto challenged the Great Toad Sage’s ability to understand him, and the Sage admitted Naruto’s intentions and path remained unclear to him.
• Naruto said he pursued overwhelming strength to protect the people he cherished and believed peace endured through struggle, not compromise.
• The Great Toad Sage asked how Naruto planned to use Senjutsu and the Three Great Sage Lands’ legacies against threats and fate.
• Naruto asked whether the Great Toad Sage could see his future, and the Sage began, “You will never become...”

The Great Toad Sage warned Naruto that even overwhelming power and forced unification would only create a temporary peace before the Shinobi World returned to conflict. Naruto accepted that he could not match Hashirama Senju’s selflessness, but declared he would still try to change society and break the cycle.

• The Great Toad Sage told Naruto that a peace built on his power would collapse after his death, as hatred and conflicts resurfaced more violently.
• The Great Toad Sage said Naruto’s methods and personal interests would prevent him from becoming a lasting source of change like Hashirama Senju.
• Naruto bowed to the Great Toad Sage in gratitude and considered how lasting change required confronting misguided thinking and spreading new convictions.
• Naruto admitted he could not sacrifice every personal attachment as Hashirama Senju had, but vowed not to stand by while the Shinobi World sank further into ruin.

Naruto laid out a plan to unite the shinobi world through transport infrastructure, education, and dedicated advocates, then persuaded the Great Toad Sage to teach him Sage Mode. The Great Toad Sage explained how senjutsu chakra worked and warned that training in each Sage Land could transform a human into a toad, snake, or slug.

• Naruto proposed building transport routes with trains, shinobi labor, and Ōnoki’s techniques to connect the nations.
• Naruto planned to create a widespread education system that taught unity, peace, cooperation, and understanding.
• Naruto intended to cultivate advocates who would spread those ideals and help communities throughout the shinobi world.
• Naruto argued that these ideas could strengthen unity and make future divisions harder, even if he did not live to see the plan succeed.
• The Great Toad Sage agreed to teach Naruto Sage Mode and explained that it required balancing natural, spiritual, and physical energy to create senjutsu chakra.
• The Great Toad Sage warned that training at Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave, or Shikkotsu Forest could cause toad, snake, or slug transformation.

The Great Toad Sage explained the risks of sage-land training and offered Naruto the harder path of learning senjutsu independently in the human world. Naruto left Mount Myōboku with Jiraiya, determined to prepare for his chosen path back in Konoha.

• The Great Toad Sage explained how the Three Great Sage Lands guided human practitioners and warned that failed senjutsu training could cause animalization or petrification.
• The Great Toad Sage offered Naruto a choice between sage-land training and independently sensing and mastering natural energy in the human world.
• Naruto emerged from the hall and told Jiraiya that the conversation had clarified his thinking, without revealing his decision.
• Naruto told Jiraiya he knew what he needed to do and asked to return to Konoha; Jiraiya agreed and thanked Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima.
• Naruto and Jiraiya departed Mount Myōboku using the Reverse Summoning Technique, and Naruto resolved to trust human will over fate.

Naruto revealed that Boruto had come from another world and was his future son, then redirected the girls’ attention by discussing training and arranging lunch. The group headed to Yakiniku Q while Naruto went to buy ingredients, and Ino suddenly remembered that Shikamaru and the others were waiting for them.

• Naruto returned home and found Kushina, Boruto, and several girls gathered together, while Adult Sasuke secretly listened from the next room.
• Naruto explained that Boruto came from another world and was the son of an adult Naruto, and Kushina happily accepted him as her grandson.
• Naruto asked Karin and Hikari about their sealing studies and offered to teach Hikari the Flying Thunder God.
• Naruto agreed to take everyone to Yakiniku Q for lunch and promised to cook Hanabi’s favorite dishes that evening.
• After the group left, Ino remembered that Shikamaru and the others were waiting at the restaurant and that they had originally come to invite Naruto.

Kushina brought Boruto to Yakiniku Q, where the young Konoha ninja wondered about his resemblance to Naruto and Shikamaru suspected he might be Naruto’s son from the future. Naruto arrived and introduced Uchiha Hikari, while Hikari sensed a strange merging of ocular power in Sasuke’s covered eyes.

• Kushina took Boruto away from Shikamaru’s table, and Ino told the girls that Boruto was a relative of Naruto’s.
• Neji, Shikamaru, and Shino noticed Boruto’s resemblance to Naruto and his whisker-like marks, while Shikamaru privately suspected he had come from the future as Naruto’s son.
• Naruto arrived, and Karin explained that Grandma Mito had borrowed Big Yellow to watch the First Hokage during Sealing Jutsu lessons.
• Naruto introduced Uchiha Hikari as a clan member he had found outside the village and asked Sasuke about his bandaged eyes.
• Sasuke said he had overused his power and needed time to recover, while Hikari sensed two sources of Mangekyō Sharingan power merging within his eyes.

Urashiki arrived at Yakiniku Q and attacked, prompting Naruto and Uchiha Hikari to confront him while others evacuated the civilians and sought help. Naruto and Hikari launched a coordinated assault, but Urashiki used his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan to evade their killing blows and remained confident.

• Urashiki appeared at Yakiniku Q and threatened the diners, while Naruto entered Kurama Mode and assigned Ino, Hinata, Shikamaru, and Neji to evacuate people and find Jiraiya and the Hokage.
• Naruto used Wood Release to force Urashiki into the air, then summoned gold dust to create a platform for Uchiha Hikari.
• Jiraiya spotted Naruto fighting Urashiki, whose Six-Tomoe Rinnegan repelled the Amaterasu flames on Naruto's wooden sword.
• Naruto gave Yasohinokami to Hikari, who coated it in Amaterasu and charged Urashiki as Naruto used Flying Thunder God to attack from behind.
• Urashiki transformed into chakra paper cranes to evade Naruto and Hikari's pincer attack, then reappeared and dismissed their teamwork as insufficient.

Naruto and his allies activated a massive barrier around Konoha and used Adult Sasuke’s space-time technique to trap Urashiki. The chapter ended with Naruto holding Urashiki’s Fishing Rod and preparing to continue the battle with Adamantine Sealing Chains.

• Urashiki reflected on how Naruto’s speed and tactics had forced him to use his time-rewinding ability and Paper Crane Body Flicker to evade a lethal attack.
• Naruto’s Wood Clones activated the Heaven-Sealing Earth-Cutting Place barrier around Konoha, while Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, and Kushina Uzumaki reinforced its four nodes.
• Urashiki opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal, but Adult Sasuke used Amenotejikara to switch Uchiha Hikari with Urashiki, allowing Naruto to grab Urashiki and mark him with Flying Thunder God.
• Urashiki struck Naruto with his Fishing Rod, but Adamantine Sealing Chains emerged and hooked out five golden chains; Urashiki escaped as paper cranes but lost the Fishing Rod.
• Naruto raised Urashiki’s Fishing Rod and his Wooden Sword as five Adamantine Sealing Chains spread behind him, declaring that the battle had only just begun.

Naruto and Adult Sasuke cornered Urashiki as he tried to escape through Yomotsu Hirasaka. Urashiki emerged into Naruto’s trap and was forced into a relentless close-quarters assault.

• Urashiki blinded Adult Sasuke with a burst of chakra and tried to escape through Yomotsu Hirasaka, but Naruto appeared with Flying Thunder God and attacked him.
• Urashiki reversed time and escaped as paper cranes, while Adult Sasuke tracked the spatial ripples and warned Naruto where Urashiki would emerge.
• Naruto animated a wooden house into a Wood Dragon, which swallowed Urashiki as he exited the spatial fissure.
• Urashiki blasted his way out of the Wood Dragon, and Naruto used the mark on Urashiki’s wrist to appear beside him and slash at his neck.
• Naruto kept Urashiki under pressure with rapid attacks, leaving him unable to absorb chakra or regain control of the fight.

Urashiki consumed stored chakra and tried to devour his own Rinnegan to gain more power, but Naruto seized the opening and plucked out his left eye. As Urashiki turned his fury on Naruto, Hikari pierced him from behind with the Yasohinokami.

• Urashiki crushed the chakra basket and swallowed its stored chakra, causing his power to surge dangerously.
• Urashiki reached for his own Rinnegan, but Naruto teleported beside him and declared the eyes his.
• Naruto used Wind Release chakra to swiftly remove Urashiki's left Rinnegan.
• Hikari took advantage of Urashiki's pain and distraction, driving the Yasohinokami through his back and chest.

Naruto removed Urashiki’s eyes and had a Wood Clone behead him after carefully avoiding the risk of being implanted with Karma. Urashiki’s remains attempted to mark the clone, but Orochimaru arrived just in time.

• Naruto plucked out Urashiki’s right eye, leaving him blind and stripped of the abilities his eyes granted him.
• Naruto and Hikari escaped to a Flying Thunder God Mark, where Naruto checked himself for Karma and reviewed the danger of Urashiki’s final tricks.
• Naruto created a Wood Clone to approach Urashiki and deliver the final blow while keeping his real body safe.
• Urashiki claimed he had not lost, but Naruto’s Wood Clone severed his head with a wind-infused Wooden Sword.
• Urashiki’s remains tried to implant a parasitic mark in the Wood Clone, and Orochimaru arrived as the attempt began.

Orochimaru realized Urashiki had tried to mark a Wood Clone, then claimed his corpse for research after Jiraiya sealed the Amaterasu flames. Once Konoha concealed the incident, Mikoto comforted Adult Sasuke about his missing arm, and he called it the price of the past.

• Orochimaru saw through Urashiki's attempt to leave a mark on Naruto and revealed that his target was only a Wood Clone.
• Jiraiya arrived in Sage Mode, sealed the Amaterasu flames, and Orochimaru took Urashiki's corpse before leaving.
• Naruto and the Second Hokage used clones to erase Konoha villagers' memories of the incident and keep the news from reaching Isshiki.
• Mikoto met Adult Sasuke and expressed sorrow over his missing hand.
• Adult Sasuke declined to explain the battle that cost him his arm, telling Mikoto it was the price of the past.

Naruto chaired a village meeting and secured his appointment as Konoha’s Sixth Hokage, then proposed cooperation with the Land of Snow and reforms to the Ninja Academy. He condemned past abuses and formally cleared Hatake Sakumo’s name, leaving the assembled ninja with a renewed definition of Konoha and the principle that comrades mattered more than missions.

• Naruto proposed himself as Sixth Hokage, and 1,196 of the 1,378 attendees voted in favor.
• Naruto proposed closer cooperation with the Land of Snow to adopt train technology and develop freight transportation.
• Naruto called for stronger ethics, values, and history education at the Ninja Academy and condemned Shimura Danzō’s abuses and the village’s mistreatment of its heroes.
• Naruto formally cleared Hatake Sakumo’s name, praised his commitment to comrades, and declared that comrades mattered more than missions.
• Naruto told the ninja that Konoha was its people, united by trust, support, and shared bonds.

Naruto examined Hiruzen Sarutobi’s mixed legacy and argued that Konoha must learn from its past as it renewed its spirit. He then proposed Might Guy as the new principal of the Konoha Ninja Academy.

• Naruto publicly cleared Hatake Sakumo’s name, prompting Hatake Sakumo, Kakashi, Guy, Rock Lee, and Might Duy to react emotionally.
• Naruto acknowledged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s early contributions while criticizing his later compromises, tolerance of corruption, and failure to prevent tragedies such as Hatake Sakumo’s.
• Naruto urged the assembly to inherit Konoha’s strengths while correcting its past mistakes, then asked them to consider and vote on the third agenda item.
• Naruto proposed Might Guy as the new principal of the Konoha Ninja Academy, and Might Guy was startled by the nomination.

Naruto defended his nomination of Might Guy as Ninja Academy principal, arguing that Guy's perseverance and integrity made him an ideal role model for Konoha's children. Guy accepted the challenge and resolved to embody the village's youthful spirit at the school.

• Might Duy and Rock Lee praised Guy's potential as a teacher, while Kakashi struggled not to laugh at the image of Guy leading a class.
• Naruto explained that he had nominated Guy because the Academy needed a sincere role model who embodied hard work, loyalty, and devotion to Konoha.
• The Third recalled that Guy's forthright nature made him unsuitable for ANBU work, but that same brightness could inspire the Academy's students.
• Guy's uncertainty gave way to determination as he remembered Naruto's words and decided to carry the true meaning of Konoha's youth into the school.

Fugaku and Mikoto grieved over Naruto’s lonely life after the Nine-Tails attack, while Itachi struggled to understand why the Hokage’s orphaned son had been left without care. Itachi’s questions about death, injustice, and the village remained unresolved.

• Fugaku returned from the Hokage Building angry that the Uchiha were under suspicion because the Nine-Tails had been controlled by a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Mikoto told Fugaku she had seen Naruto alone in a hospital ward, guarded by ANBU but seemingly cared for by no one, and condemned Minato for sealing the Nine-Tails inside his newborn son.
• Fugaku considered how Minato might have used the Reaper Death Seal and wondered whether he had truly had no other choice.
• Itachi recalled seeing Naruto at the hospital and realized the baby was likely Kushina’s child, whose parents had died.
• Itachi reflected on death and the suffering of orphans, then raised his head with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan reflecting his grief and confusion.

Two-year-old Kiba Inuzuka made a mess at dinner, so Tsume took Hana out to eat, where they met the orphaned Naruto at Ichiraku Ramen. On the way home, Hana wondered about her father’s fate and comforted herself by believing he was watching over their family.

• Hana pulled Kiba away from Black Maru’s bowl and tried to feed him at the table, but Kiba knocked over his food.
• Tsume returned home, put Kiba beside Gray Maru so he could eat on the floor, and took Hana out for dinner.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Tsume and Hana met Naruto, who explained that he lived in a closed orphanage and had no parents or last name.
• Hana offered Naruto chicken meatballs, but he declined, finished his ramen, and left.
• As Tsume and Hana walked home, Hana thought her father was dead, then decided he was still watching over her, Tsume, and Kiba.

Hiashi welcomed a second daughter while Konoha faced a crisis after a Kumogakure envoy kidnapped Hinata and was killed. Years later, Naruto found a guilt-stricken Hinata in the snow, but the Third Hokage erased their memories after the Nine-Tails chakra surfaced, leaving Naruto to recognize the encounter as the original meeting between him and Hinata.

• Hiashi learned that his second child was a daughter and reassured himself that he could protect Hinata from the Caged Bird Seal.
• A Kumogakure envoy kidnapped Hinata and was killed by Hiashi, prompting Kumogakure to demand that Konoha hand him over to avert war.
• After her uncle's funeral, Hinata sat alone in the snow, blaming herself for her uncle's death.
• Naruto found Hinata, wrapped her in his scarf and coat, and carried her toward the Hokage Building as the Nine-Tails chakra leaked from him.
• The Third Hokage knocked Naruto unconscious and used the Memory Sealing Technique on him and Hinata.
• The next morning, Naruto learned from the Nine-Tails what had happened and realized he had reenacted the original scene of his meeting with Hinata.

Four-year-old Naruto was shunned by villagers, while Sakura befriended him and shared his candy. Mebuki tried to keep Sakura away from Naruto, but Kizashi defended him, and Inoichi explained to Ino why Naruto had to be cautious.

• A shop owner drove Naruto out and threw down the money the Third Hokage had given him, but Naruto picked it up and left.
• Kizashi told Mebuki not to believe rumors about Naruto as they watched villagers avoid him.
• Sakura told her parents she had made friends with Naruto and offered them the candy he had given her.
• Mebuki warned Sakura to stay away from Naruto, while Kizashi argued that rumors did not make him a monster.
• Inoichi explained to Ino that Naruto had to weigh his actions carefully because he had no parents to defend him, and Ino decided not to dislike him next time.

Five-year-old Naruto trained and ran with Might Guy while Otsutsuki Kazuto and Toneri secretly visited the Hyuga compound to choose a child with pure Byakugan. The visitors left without attacking Hiashi, but Naruto and Guy sensed a powerful presence passing overhead.

• Might Guy trained Naruto, then took him to Ichiraku Ramen, where their meal awkwardly interrupted Shibi Aburame and Shino Aburame.
• After eating, Might Guy and Naruto set off to run three laps around Konoha.
• Hiashi read an ancient Hyuga book detailing the Tenseigan, the Caged Bird Seal, and the history of the Otsutsuki lineage.
• Otsutsuki Kazuto brought Toneri into the Hyuga compound, and Toneri chose Hinata after sensing her and Hanabi's Byakugan.
• Hiashi sensed the intruders and watched over Neji's courtyard, so Otsutsuki Kazuto restrained himself and left Konoha with Toneri.
• Might Guy and Naruto sensed a powerful presence pass overhead, and Naruto wondered whether visitors had come from beyond the sky.