Chapter Summaries

Naruto’s future self revealed how years of neglect and the truth about his parents had reignited his buried resentment, then began describing a shocking gift he received on the day he became Seventh Hokage. The chapter ended before he revealed what the gift was.

• The villagers blamed Hiruzen and the village’s leadership for hiding Naruto’s parentage, while the children fell silent and Naruto struggled with the pain of his childhood.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade wondered what had caused Naruto’s drastic change after the Fourth Shinobi World War, and Hiruzen asked whether an apology could still make amends.
• Shimura Danzō praised Naruto’s ruthlessness and claimed that only two and a half of Konoha’s eight Hokage qualified.
• Naruto told Sasuke that despite his parents’ status and the estate they left him, he had grown up hungry, neglected, and despised.
• Naruto said Konohamaru had given him a terrible gift on the day he became Seventh Hokage, but the chapter ended before he explained what it was.

Naruto revealed that Konohamaru gave him a scarf his mother had knitted, which the Sarutobi Clan had left to rot in storage for decades. After searching the warehouse and finding no other belongings of his parents, Naruto said the loss had driven him close to killing Konohamaru and annihilating the Sarutobi Clan; Sasuke understood the source of Naruto’s fury.

• Naruto told Sasuke that on the day he became Hokage, he nearly lost control and slaughtered the Sarutobi Clan.
• Naruto took an old red scarf from a drawer and explained that Konohamaru had given it to him as a gift from his mother.
• Naruto said Konohamaru had found the scarf in a storage warehouse on the Sarutobi Clan’s grounds, where it had been neglected for twenty or thirty years.
• Naruto showed Sasuke the scarf’s damage and condemned the Sarutobi Clan for withholding and ruining his mother’s keepsake.
• Naruto said he had searched the warehouse for his parents’ belongings but found nothing else, and Sasuke understood his anguish.

Naruto revealed that the Sarutobi Clan had earned his hatred by mistreating him and hiding the red scarf Kushina had made for him, and he vowed to kill the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mitokado. Konoha turned against Hiruzen as Tsunade and Jiraiya demanded that he retrieve every keepsake Kushina had left Naruto.

• Naruto declared that the Sarutobi Clan had profited from his parents' sacrifice while leaving him neglected and vowed to spare none of its members.
• Sasuke watched Naruto's resolve and thought he would have been even more ruthless in Naruto's place.
• People across the Shinobi World were outraged to learn that a red scarf had become the cause of Naruto's revenge.
• Konoha villagers abandoned their defense of Hiruzen and condemned him for hiding Kushina's keepsakes and mistreating Naruto.
• Tsunade ordered Hiruzen to retrieve everything Kushina had left for Naruto, while Jiraiya confronted him over his treatment of Minato and Kushina.

After the truth about Naruto’s stolen keepsake was exposed, Naruto and Hiruzen Sarutobi both rushed toward the Sarutobi Clan compound. Naruto later told Sasuke he planned to make Konohamaru destroy the Sarutobi Clan as punishment for its role in the Uchiha purge.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya feared Hiruzen Sarutobi would destroy Kushina’s scarf to conceal the evidence, and they hurried to stop him.
• Naruto fled the Ninja Academy in tears, demanding that no one touch the scarf his mother had knitted for him.
• The villagers and ninja made way for Naruto as the Sky Screen continued revealing Konoha’s buried past.
• After Naruto regained his composure in the Hokage Office, Sasuke offered to wipe out the Sarutobi Clan, but Naruto said that would be too easy.
• Naruto told Sasuke he would make Konohamaru destroy the Sarutobi Clan, repaying its actions against the Uchiha Clan in kind.

Naruto and Sasuke discussed the Sarutobi Clan’s punishment and Sasuke’s decision to stay in Konoha. Sasuke then described a mysterious fighter whose unfamiliar power had left him uncertain he could win.

• Naruto planned to destroy nearly all of the Sarutobi Clan, leaving Konohamaru to believe a few survivors could escape as rogue ninja.
• Sasuke advised Naruto not to leave the Sarutobi survivors free, and Naruto agreed to finish the clan while giving Konohamaru false hope.
• Sasuke gave Naruto a file listing the Shimura Clan’s survivors and said he would stay in Konoha for a while.
• Sasuke told Naruto he had fought a strange, powerful person wreathed in black-and-red lightning, whose presence carried no detectable chakra.
• Sasuke said the stranger had shown no hostility, left without revealing their identity, and looked at him with wistful familiarity; Naruto responded with curiosity and confidence.

Naruto and Sasuke’s conversation led the Shinobi World to conclude that they worked together to eliminate threats, while Sasuke’s interest in the surviving Shimura Clan raised fears that he planned to finish them off. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade, and Jiraiya searched for Minato and Kushina’s belongings so they could return them to Naruto.

• Naruto said he would face the mysterious powerhouse Sasuke had encountered, and observers admired their ruthless partnership.
• Observers noticed Sasuke take the list of the Shimura Clan’s surviving members and suspected he intended to eliminate them.
• The Shinobi World wondered who the mysterious powerhouse was and how dangerous his black-and-red lightning might be.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi carried out the worn red scarf from the old storage warehouse, while Tsunade learned that he did not know what other belongings remained there.
• Jiraiya urged Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade to search the warehouse and return anything belonging to Minato or Kushina to Naruto.

Naruto received his mother’s red scarf as Hiruzen searched the warehouse, while the Sky Screen shifted to the Land of Rain, where Sarada learned that Langwei’s clan had found him and he planned to leave to learn its secret techniques. Langwei agreed to return and help Sarada after mastering them, and Sarada planned a farewell feast before he left.

• Tsunade gave Naruto his mother’s red scarf, and Naruto quietly cried as he held it.
• Hiruzen searched the warehouse, overwhelmed with shame as he watched Naruto receive the scarf.
• The Sky Screen showed Sarada walking through the peaceful Land of Rain, where residents respectfully greeted her.
• Langwei told Sarada that his clansmen had tracked him down and that he might have to leave to meet them.
• Langwei explained that his clan disliked ninja but approved of his friendship with Sarada, and he promised to return after learning their secret techniques.
• Sarada arranged a farewell feast for Langwei and agreed to send for Uncle Kisame so Langwei could say goodbye.

After Langwei left, Sarada trained hard while managing the Land of Rain, and the Shinobi World speculated about his mysterious origins. Kisame learned that his future self would mentor Sarada and work with Itachi, while Pain and Konan questioned how the Akatsuki’s future would unfold.

• Langwei left Sarada’s courtyard, and Kisame urged Sarada to keep growing stronger as the Land of Rain’s leader.
• Sarada hired a secretary, focused on training and government affairs, and sparred with Kisame as her strength improved.
• Shinobi World observers wondered whether Langwei belonged to the same mysterious group as the chakra-less powerhouse Sasuke had encountered.
• Pain told Kisame that he would become the Third Akatsuki Leader’s mentor, leaving Kisame confused about his future trust in Itachi and his role in raising Sarada.
• Kisame asked Pain whether he and Nagato were the same person, and Pain told him to treat them as one before Kisame left.
• Pain and Konan discussed the future Akatsuki’s unlikely formation, the possibility that Madara was an impostor, and Pain’s future decision to believe in Naruto.

Pain and Konan decided to open the Land of Rain to trade with Konoha after the Sky Screen exposed their plans, while Obito resolved to pursue the Eye of the Moon Plan despite its revealed future failure. The chapter left Obito secretly infiltrating Konoha as Pain and Konan prepared to watch for him.

• Konan explained to Pain that the Naruto he trusted and the Seventh Hokage were different, and Pain agreed he had mistaken one for the other.
• Pain proposed opening the Land of Rain to trade and workshops, and Konan agreed to prepare a trade proposal for Konoha.
• Pain regretted that Sarada might never be born, and Konan said Itachi's changed future and the unknown identity of Sarada's mother made it unlikely.
• Konan warned Pain to beware the Masked Man, and Pain said he suspected the man calling himself Madara Uchiha.
• Obito saw that Naruto and Sasuke would defeat his Eye of the Moon Plan in the future, but vowed to change that outcome and secretly infiltrated Konoha.

Obito abandoned his plan to attack Naruto or Sasuke after finding them protected, while Black Zetsu grew wary of Sasuke’s awakened Rinnegan and Hagoromo’s unexplained actions. In the Land of Rain, Sarada rejected Konoha’s demand to use the Akatsuki for a dirty mission, but recognized that she had little power to refuse.

• Obito gave up his surprise attack because Kakashi guarded Naruto and Itachi guarded Sasuke.
• Black Zetsu suspected Hagoromo had caused Sasuke to awaken the Rinnegan and questioned why the Sage continued to watch the Shinobi World.
• Iwasu delivered the Seventh Hokage’s order for Sarada to have the Akatsuki carry out a mission against other nations’ shinobi.
• Sarada refused, insisting the Akatsuki under her leadership would protect the Land of Rain and preserve regional peace.
• Iwasu warned Sarada that she had one day to answer and challenged her to refuse Konoha.
• Kisame offered Sarada his support, but she concluded that Konoha’s past aid had come with conditions and that the Land of Rain could not refuse.

Sarada and Kisame discussed how Konoha’s growing influence threatened the Land of Rain and why they seemed unable to refuse its assassination order. Sarada proposed forming a broad alliance to pressure Naruto into restraining Konoha, though she did not expect the alliance to defeat him.

• Sarada explained that rejecting Konoha’s order could leave the Land of Rain without trade and aid, plunging its people back into poverty and ruin.
• Kisame offered to lead the assassination mission and take the blame, but Sarada refused and questioned why Naruto had arranged the order through the Akatsuki.
• Kisame assessed Konoha’s economic and military dominance, and Sarada argued that Naruto aimed to control other nations by weakening them without direct conquest.
• Sarada dismissed the idea that her uncle Sasuke would oppose Naruto, since she believed he would prioritize Konoha and only help her leave the Land of Rain.
• Sarada said they would carry out the mission but revealed a plan to form an alliance of villages, smaller nations, and dissatisfied rogue shinobi against Konoha’s exploitation.
• Kisame questioned whether an alliance could make a difference, and Sarada answered that she did not intend to defeat Naruto.

Sarada founded the Anti-Fire Alliance with Kisame and planned to use the assassination mission assigned by Naruto to recruit Konoha’s opponents while keeping the Land of Rain safe. The Sky Screen’s footage sparked widespread anger at Konoha, though Naruto was still a grieving child in the present.

• Sarada explained that the alliance would use hit-and-run attacks and Naruto’s reluctance to plunge the shinobi world into chaos as leverage, and Kisame pledged to follow her.
• Sarada and Kisame officially founded the Anti-Fire Alliance, then planned to recruit dissatisfied forces across the shinobi world.
• Sarada arranged the Land of Rain’s defenses and decided to accept the assassination mission while secretly using it to find allies; Kisame agreed to guard the country.
• Iwasu escorted Sarada out of the Land of Rain to begin the mission, believing she had submitted to Konoha.
• The Sky Screen footage provoked widespread condemnation of Naruto and Konoha, and many weaker nations and forces voiced support for Sarada’s alliance.
• Naruto remained a small child, clutching Kushina’s rat-bitten scarf and crying.

Sarada infiltrated Sunagakure and confronted Gaara, warning him that Naruto planned to move against the village. She explained that Konoha had used the Akatsuki as a deniable blade to weaken its rivals, leaving Gaara to consider her claims.

• Sarada completed her assigned assassination in the Land of Wind, then disguised herself and entered Sunagakure to investigate conditions there.
• Sarada slipped into the Kazekage's residence, where Gaara trapped her with sand blades.
• Sarada warned Gaara that Naruto Uzumaki intended to move against Sunagakure, prompting Gaara to halt his attack and ask who she was.
• Sarada identified herself as the leader of the Land of Rain and the new Akatsuki, and Gaara lowered his sand after hearing her out.
• Sarada told Gaara that Konoha was weakening the other great villages and had made the Akatsuki its deniable blade for dirty work.

Sarada explained to Gaara how Konoha planned to use her and the Akatsuki as scapegoats, then proposed uniting weaker powers to resist Konoha’s growing control. When Gaara warned that Sasuke could destroy any alliance, Sarada revealed her Three-Tomoe Sharingan, leaving him stunned.

• Sarada admitted she had killed a Sunagakure target to satisfy Konoha and explained how Konoha intended to make her and the Land of Rain bear the blame for future assassinations.
• Sarada told Gaara she wanted to launch a war across the Shinobi World, prompting him to erupt with killing intent.
• Sarada clarified that she wanted weaker powers to unite and pressure Konoha, not wage an apocalyptic war.
• Gaara argued that Sasuke could kill the alliance’s members and prevent them from challenging Konoha.
• Sarada revealed her Three-Tomoe Sharingan, shocking Gaara.

Sarada revealed her Three-Tomoe Sharingan to persuade Gaara that she could keep Sasuke from threatening their alliance, then laid out her Anti-Fire Alliance plan. Gaara agreed to let Sunagakure join, but said the alliance would only be established if the other three great villages agreed as well.

• Sarada showed Gaara her Three-Tomoe Sharingan and argued that Sunagakure could join the alliance without risking annihilation.
• Gaara said he distrusted Sarada but agreed to hear her full plan.
• Sarada proposed an equal alliance focused on trade and mutual defense against Konoha, with guerrilla warfare and financial pressure as a last resort.
• Gaara acknowledged the plan's flaws but agreed that Sunagakure would join the Anti-Fire Alliance.
• Gaara said Sunagakure would support the alliance but would not lead it, and required the other three great hidden villages to join before it could be established.

Sarada prepared to persuade the remaining three Kage to join the Anti-Fire Alliance, but Gaara warned her that Naruto’s strength, intelligence, and willingness to reshape the Shinobi World made him far more dangerous than she realized. Gaara revealed that the other villages’ leaders knowingly benefited from Konoha’s resource exploitation, leaving Sarada to face a struggle against a corrupt ruling system across the Shinobi World.

• Sarada agreed to visit the remaining three Kage and negotiate with them in person.
• Gaara warned Sarada not to underestimate Naruto, explaining that even the four great hidden villages could not stop him if he abandoned his virtuous image.
• Gaara asked whether Sarada thought the other Kage had failed to notice Konoha weakening their villages, then described how Sunagakure’s leaders profited from trade and resource deals.
• Sarada realized Naruto used peaceful economic arrangements to weaken rival villages, and Gaara confirmed that leaders across the hidden villages shared in the profits.
• Gaara admitted that village leaders and powerful clans exploited ordinary people with Konoha’s backing, while expecting to retain their positions and wealth under Konoha’s rule.
• Sarada fell silent as she recognized that her fight was against the Shinobi World’s corrupt ruling structure and the leaders’ greed, not just Konoha or Naruto.

Sarada secured Sunagakure's place in the Anti-Fire Alliance after rejecting the Shinobi World's system of exploitation, but she hid from Gaara that Sasuke had no connection to her and could not be restrained by her. As she set out to recruit the remaining Kage while carrying out Konoha's assassination orders, people across the Shinobi World debated the alliance and the threat of Konoha's economic control.

• Gaara warned Sarada that the other great hidden villages benefited from Konoha's system and might not support her alliance, and she condemned the exploitation of ordinary people.
• Sarada insisted the Land of Rain would resist the corrupt system, so Gaara revealed that his warning had been a final test and officially joined the Anti-Fire Alliance.
• Gaara told Sarada to use her Three-Tomoe Sharingan and claim she could keep Sasuke Uchiha in check when persuading the other Kage.
• After leaving Sunagakure, Sarada admitted that Sasuke did not know she existed and secretly resolved to hide this from Gaara while she built the alliance.
• The Sky Screen audience criticized Naruto's economic strategy and Sarada's deception, while exploited people and residents of small nations voiced support for resisting Konoha.

Naruto and Sai planned to undermine Sarada’s Anti-Fire Alliance by exploiting the privileges of village elites and offering limited Konoha citizenship to attract supporters. The Sky Screen revealed their strategy to the Shinobi World, leaving viewers stunned by Naruto’s control and the political landscape.

• Public opinion split over Sarada’s call to confront Konoha, while Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed the consequences of her campaign.
• Naruto told Sai that village elites would sabotage the Anti-Fire Alliance to protect their wealth and privileges.
• Naruto ordered Sai to announce a limited recruitment plan offering qualified shinobi and civilians Konoha citizenship and equal protection.
• Naruto and Sai predicted that applicants and threatened elites would turn against the Alliance, potentially overthrowing its Kage.
• The Sky Screen broadcast Naruto and Sai’s entire strategy, shocking people across the Shinobi World.

Naruto refused Konohamaru’s plea to intervene in the Sarutobi Clan’s internal power struggle, explaining that the Hokage had to respect the clans’ autonomy. He advised Konohamaru to assert his authority and unite the clan himself.

• Naruto returned to his paperwork after the Anti-Fire Alliance’s plans were exposed and thwarted.
• Konohamaru asked Naruto to intervene in the Sarutobi Clan’s factional conflict, but Naruto refused.
• Naruto explained that Konoha’s founding rules barred the Hokage from interfering in clan affairs, and Konohamaru admitted he had failed to consider the village as a whole.
• Konohamaru described how the elders’ faction had killed his supporters and intimidated neutral clan members, leaving him isolated.
• Naruto urged Konohamaru to stop relying on outsiders, consolidate power, divide the elders’ faction, and win over neutral clan members.

Konohamaru asked Naruto to abolish the Sarutobi Clan’s special privileges and vowed to control the unrest that might follow. After Konohamaru left, Naruto and Sasuke discussed how the decision could provoke a clan crisis while keeping Konoha and Naruto politically clear of blame.

• Konohamaru told Naruto he would rebuild the Sarutobi Clan through his own efforts and asked him to end the clan’s special treatment.
• Naruto agreed to abolish the Sarutobi Clan’s unspoken privileges and warned Konohamaru that he would be responsible for containing the unrest.
• Konohamaru vowed to crush anyone who stirred rebellion or obstructed Konoha’s development.
• After Konohamaru left, Sasuke emerged from the adjoining room and compared the Sarutobi Clan’s privileges with the authority once granted to the Uchiha Clan.
• Naruto and Sasuke predicted that the Sarutobi elders would exploit the loss of privilege to provoke internal conflict, leaving Konohamaru to either take control or see the clan split apart.
• Naruto said he had to stand above every clan and use the decision to warn Konoha’s established clans.