Chapter Summaries

Gaara woke as Tahm’s hostage aboard his stolen private train, which was carrying the group toward Konoha in search of the Rōran royal descendants. As Naruto and the adults prepared for the threat, Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada boarded a train to attempt a rescue, leaving their destination uncertain.

• Gaara woke on his private train, realized Tahm’s group had kidnapped him, and endured their teasing.
• Karin reported that the Rōran royal descendants had been found in Konoha, so Tahm continued toward the village with Gaara aboard the train.
• News reports showed Tahm stopping to shop under the escort of Sunagakure and Konoha shinobi, while Kakashi and Naruto discussed the threat and Sasha’s vague knowledge of Rōran legends.
• Sakura told Naruto that Sarada had messaged her: Boruto had decided to rescue the Kazekage, prompting Mitsuki to join him and Sarada to alert her mother.
• Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada boarded a train leaving Konoha as Boruto set out to save Sasha and the Kazekage.

Tahm and the other Kage Level experts were traveling toward Konoha with Gaara when Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki attempted to rescue him. Tahm intimidated Boruto and swallowed him, leaving Sarada and Mitsuki pinned down.

• Gaara heard a third rescue team approach the train, while Jiraiya and the others waited to see what the newcomers would do.
• Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki blasted open the train roof and announced that they had come to rescue Gaara.
• Tahm noticed Sarada, but Boruto called him a silly fat toad and created three Shadow Clones.
• Hinata used her Tenseigan to silence Boruto and pin Sarada and Mitsuki to the floor after Boruto insulted her.
• Tahm wrapped his tongue around Boruto, threatened to kill him, and swallowed him as Sarada and Mitsuki watched.

Tahm’s group terrorized Gaara, Sarada, and Mitsuki before Naruto intervened and revealed that the children were alive. Sarada awakened her Sharingan, and her identity as Sasuke and Sakura’s daughter left the gathered adults stunned.

• Gaara watched in horror as Tahm’s group pretended to eat a boy, while Mitsuki broke free of Hinata’s gravity with Senjutsu before Karin subdued him with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Naruto comforted Sarada and stopped Tahm’s game, assuring her that her friends were not dead.
• Sarada awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan and collapsed into Naruto’s arms.
• Itachi recognized Sarada as an Uchiha, and Sarada confirmed that she was Sasuke and Sakura’s daughter.
• Naruto and Itachi questioned Sasuke about Sarada, and Sasuke demanded that Naruto put his daughter down.

Naruto and Sakura abandoned Konoha’s defensive plan to rescue Boruto and Sarada, while Tahm’s treatment left Boruto terrified and docile. The chapter ended with Boruto clinging to Naruto and insisting he was his son, to Naruto’s embarrassment.

• Sakura forced Naruto to join an emergency rescue mission after Boruto took Sarada away, leaving Kakashi to oversee Konoha’s rear.
• Naruto and Sakura raced after Boruto, recalling their earlier mission to rescue Gaara and hoping the younger generation could make its own miracle.
• Naruto placed Sarada on the carriage sofa, then asked Tahm to spit Boruto out after Tahm had swallowed him.
• Boruto emerged shaken after several minutes in Tahm’s dark dimension, and Tahm warned him to stop causing trouble and honor his parents.
• Karin mocked Boruto’s cowardice, and Naruto questioned whether the boy was really his son.
• Boruto grabbed Naruto’s leg and tearfully claimed him as his father, leaving Naruto ashamed on behalf of his counterpart.

Boruto and Sarada learned that their captors came from a parallel world, while Boruto faced forced labor and reflected on his responsibility. The train stopped when adult Sakura and Naruto arrived with Kurama and a force of Anbu, setting up a confrontation that could prove the visitors’ claims.

• Tahm made Boruto repair the train and serve drinks, prompting him to feel guilty for dragging Mitsuki and Gaara into danger.
• Sarada learned about the Sharingan and spoke with the visitors about Sasuke’s absence, while Naruto teased Sasuke and claimed to be the future Hokage.
• Tahm explained that the group had traveled from a parallel world through the Dragon Vein of Rōran, though Sarada and Boruto struggled to believe him.
• Karin sensed immense chakra ahead, and Hinata identified the approaching presence as the Nine-Tails as the train slowed to a stop.
• Adult Sakura struck the ground with her Monstrous Strength Fist, overturning the train, and Sarada recognized her mother among the rescuers alongside Naruto, Kurama, and Anbu.
• Tahm told Boruto and Sarada that the arriving group would soon prove the parallel-world explanation.

Adult Sakura and Naruto confronted a group claiming to be their counterparts from a parallel world, and demonstrations of their abilities gradually convinced Konoha that the claim was real. Tahm explained that they had crossed through the Dragon Vein beneath Rōran, leaving the two groups facing one another with the visitors’ identities increasingly credible.

• Adult Sakura attacked the girl holding Sarada, but Young Sakura matched her punch using the Hundred Healings Technique and Shikkotsu Forest Senjutsu.
• Young Sakura used the Hundred Healings Technique to transform into her adult appearance and said she and her companions had traveled from a parallel world through the Dragon Vein beneath Rōran.
• Young Naruto summoned a second Nine-Tails, but the two Kuramas argued and nearly fought before their Narutos restrained them.
• At Tahm’s suggestion, Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, who recognized him and was shocked that he was alive.
• Tahm explained that the group came from a parallel world through the Dragon Vein and said Jiraiya’s blood-contract connection to Mount Myoboku proved his identity.

Jiraiya and Tahm’s group reached an understanding with adult Naruto’s party and set off for Konoha by railcar. During the journey, the two groups compared their different histories, while the young Naruto and Sakura’s romance stirred awkward memories and suspicions among their older counterparts and children.

• Jiraiya was overwhelmed by Konoha’s reverence for him, and adult Naruto welcomed Tahm’s group despite Gaara’s objections to being kidnapped.
• Hinata used her Tenseigan to lift the overturned railcar, retrieve its worried driver, and return everyone to the tracks.
• On the ride to Konoha, adult Naruto learned that the other world’s Akatsuki had been defeated early and that Nagato and Konan had found a home in Konoha.
• Young Sakura revealed that she and Naruto were lovers, prompting adult Naruto and Sakura to blush as Boruto and Sarada suspected a hidden romance between their parents.
• Adult Sasuke woke in a remote forest with leaves falling from his hair, wondered if someone had used Genjutsu, and continued his wilderness journey.

Hinata and the others returned to Konoha aboard the train, but Kakashi’s forces trapped them inside a sealing barrier. To prove that they were peaceful visitors from a parallel world, young Hinata shattered the barrier with overwhelming power, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Kakashi and Shikamaru grew suspicious when Naruto returned with the supposed terrorists and ordered the Sealing Team to trap the train inside a purple dome.
• Naruto explained that the group came from a parallel world through Rōran’s Dragon Vein, but the crowd remained uncertain.
• Tahm sent young Hinata toward the Konoha forces to demonstrate their strength and prove their intentions.
• Adult Hinata recognized the young Hinata’s eyes as the Tenseigan, while Hyuga Hiashi and Hanabi watched in astonishment.
• Young Hinata used Sage Art: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack to smash the sealing barrier and asked whether the crowd believed them.

Hinata's display of power led Konoha to welcome Tahm's group as guests, but the visitors learned that Roran's descendants could not explain how to reopen the Dragon Vein. With the group stranded in this world, Naruto and Kakashi agreed to help find the otherworldly Orochimaru, while Mitsuki approached Sasha at the Ninja Academy to ask about Roran's legends.

• Hinata dispelled her chakra cloak, and Kakashi ordered Konoha's forces to welcome Tahm's group rather than fight them.
• Tahm's group toured Konoha New City and met with Naruto, Kakashi, and Sasha, who said she knew only legends and could not reopen the Dragon Vein.
• Hinata worried that the group would be trapped in this world, so Tahm proposed finding Orochimaru, who had activated the Space-Time Technique.
• Tahm explained that Orochimaru had fled the Land of Wind after preparing the Konoha Crush Plan, and Kakashi connected him to the murders in Roran.
• Naruto promised to mobilize the Five Great Nations to search for Orochimaru, and Sasha returned to the Ninja Academy after her protective detention ended.
• Mitsuki approached Sasha at school and asked her to tell him the legends of ancient Roran because his elders were curious about them.

Jiraiya shared breakfast with Naruto’s family and his younger disciples, where joking about old relationships sparked awkward tension between Sakura and Hinata. Kakashi then arrived with an old copy of Jiraiya’s novel and begged him to finish the long-awaited sequel.

• Jiraiya woke at Naruto’s home and greeted adult Naruto, Boruto, Himawari, and Hinata at breakfast.
• Jiraiya reminisced about staying with Minato and Kushina, and adult Naruto thanked him for making his dream of meeting his teacher come true.
• Teenage Naruto and Sakura joined breakfast, where Sakura’s attention to Naruto and Hinata’s remarks about his past crush created tense rivalry.
• Kakashi arrived looking haggard and asked Jiraiya to update Icha Icha Paradise: Young A Bing, Volume One, which he had read for sixteen years.

Itachi taught Sarada the Uchiha Shuriken Throwing Technique, offering her the encouragement and attention she had long missed from her absent father. Meanwhile, young Sasuke questioned Sakura about his alternate self’s neglect of his family and learned that the village had confiscated the Uchiha assets after that Sasuke defected.

• Itachi demonstrated a nine-shuriken technique and began training Sarada, patiently correcting her form as she struggled to master it.
• Itachi encouraged Sarada and flicked her forehead, prompting young Sasuke to react jealously while adult Sakura watched the scene.
• Sakura asked young Sasuke whether he liked anyone, and he said he had no romantic interest in anyone yet.
• Young Sasuke criticized his alternate self for staying away from Sakura and Sarada, failing to communicate, and leaving Sakura to shoulder the mortgage.
• Sakura revealed that the village had confiscated the Uchiha Clan's assets after her Sasuke defected, and young Sasuke called his alternate self a wastrel.

Hinata and Karin trained with a giant rock sphere while Hanabi watched in awe, and Tahm debated Might Guy about cheats and hard work. Tahm secretly healed Guy’s injuries, letting him rise from his wheelchair and regain his strength.

• Hinata and Karin tossed a thirty-meter sphere of rock back and forth using their powers, astonishing Hanabi and the passersby.
• Tahm told Hanabi that Hinata was so strong because he had given her a cheat, leaving Hanabi discouraged about her own efforts.
• Might Guy arrived with his students and challenged Tahm’s claim that having a cheat let someone do anything.
• Tahm delivered motivational speeches that moved Guy’s students, then privately admitted to Guy that cheats were exhilarating.
• Tahm used Starcall and Mikael’s Crucible to heal Guy, who stood up and kicked his wheelchair into the sky.

Tahm’s miraculous healing drew a flood of patients to Konoha Hospital, while Jiraiya was besieged by readers demanding his unfinished novels. Jiraiya enlisted Tahm’s help by producing a never-before-seen Icha Icha Paradise book, and Orochimaru vowed to kill him after hearing about its contents.

• Rumors of Tahm’s miraculous cures spread through Konoha, and patients crowded the hospital seeking treatment for everything from fatal illnesses to infertility.
• Tahm complained to adult Sakura about the uncontrolled rumors and the crowd surrounding him, while Sakura apologized for the attention his healing had attracted.
• Jiraiya arrived with Kakashi and explained that readers had been chasing him for updates to his books, including a second half he had not written.
• Jiraiya asked Tahm for a book that the Jiraiya of this world had never written, and Tahm reluctantly spat out a copy of Icha Icha Paradise: How Do I Deal With My Brother Turning Into a Girl? Asking Online, It's Urgent.
• Orochimaru No. 2 reminded Orochimaru that Jiraiya had chased him into this world, and Orochimaru angrily vowed to kill Jiraiya and feed him to the snakes.

Tsunade returned to Konoha, discovered that Tahm had cured Might Guy, and went to the hospital to learn more about the new medical god. There she found Jiraiya alive, and her reunion with him left Tahm promising to heal him later.

• Tsunade met Might Guy training in the street and learned that Tahm had cured his paralysis.
• Tsunade drove the crowd away from Konoha Hospital and headed inside to find Tahm.
• Tsunade saw Kakashi welcoming Jiraiya at the hospital cafeteria and rushed into Jiraiya's arms.
• Tsunade checked Jiraiya's scar and embraced him as he returned her affection.
• Tahm told Sakura to let the reunion continue and said he would heal Jiraiya later.

Jiraiya enjoyed Tsunade’s tender care after she beat him, while Konoha’s investigation of Orochimaru’s base revealed that the wanted Orochimaru from another world was hiding in plain sight. Orochimaru No. 2 stayed concealed, and the two Orochimarus ended their conversation with an awkward exchange about Mitsuki’s origins.

• Tsunade carried Jiraiya to the hospital, soothed his injuries, and reminisced with him as he happily embraced their renewed closeness.
• Kakashi, Sakura, and Tahm watched the pair, while Tahm worried that another Tsunade might kill Jiraiya if she learned what happened.
• Yamato led Konoha ninjas to Orochimaru’s base to investigate whether he was sheltering the wanted Orochimaru from another world.
• Orochimaru used a Snake Clone to satisfy Yamato’s inspection, and the Konoha team left without discovering the hidden visitor.
• After Karin and Suigetsu left, Orochimaru No. 2 reformed from the snakes and spoke privately with Orochimaru about their differences and Mitsuki’s origins.

Uchiha Shin planned to avenge Itachi by killing Sasuke, while Itachi and Sasuke spent their days with Sarada in Konoha. Naruto arrived with news that another Sasuke had been attacked by a Sharingan-wielding enemy, and Itachi agreed to investigate with Sarada joining them.

• Uchiha Shin watched Sasuke through a clone and prepared to attack him as the first step in his plan to avenge Itachi and revive the Akatsuki.
• Itachi and Sasuke picked Sarada up from the Ninja Academy, and Sarada enjoyed spending time with Itachi despite her resentment toward her father.
• Naruto visited Sarada's home and explained that his Sasuke had been attacked by an unknown enemy wearing the Uchiha crest and wielding the Sharingan.
• Naruto invited Itachi and Sasuke to meet the other Sasuke, and both brothers agreed to go.
• Sarada insisted on joining them to confront her father, and Itachi promised to protect her.

Sarada traveled with Itachi and Tahm to the tower where adult Sasuke was waiting, hoping to meet her father. Adult Sasuke mistook her for an enemy and threatened her, but young Sasuke rescued her, setting the two versions of Sasuke against each other.

• Sarada overcame her fear of Tahm's teleportation and arrived at the forest tower, where young Sasuke was waiting.
• Sarada ran into the tower alone to find her father, and adult Sasuke appeared and pressed his Kusanagi to her throat, mistaking her for an attacker.
• Adult Sasuke deflected shuriken that curved around to pull Sarada away from him, and young Sasuke caught her safely.
• Young Sasuke revealed that he recognized adult Sasuke and activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan as the two prepared to face each other.

Young Sasuke fought Adult Sasuke, whose matching abilities and greater experience gave him the advantage. Itachi arrived to help, and the brothers combined their Susanoo to demonstrate their power, leaving Adult Sasuke stunned.

• Young Sasuke told Sarada to run, then transformed with the Cursed Seal and attacked Adult Sasuke with lightning-enhanced speed and strength.
• Adult Sasuke used Amenotejikara to evade Young Sasuke’s strike, then summoned Susanoo; Young Sasuke answered with an identical purple Susanoo.
• Adult Sasuke and Young Sasuke matched each other’s Amaterasu, but Adult Sasuke’s greater ocular power pushed Young Sasuke toward defeat.
• Itachi arrived in Susanoo and forced Adult Sasuke to evade his Yasaka Beads, then joined Young Sasuke at his side.
• Itachi and Young Sasuke combined their Susanoo in Susanoo: Twin Gods Thunderclap, raising a blazing sword into the clouds and leaving Adult Sasuke stunned.

Adult Sasuke learned that young Sasuke and Itachi had come from a parallel world and struggled with the sight of the brother he had lost. Itachi apologized and touched adult Sasuke’s forehead, and adult Sasuke finally called him “Brother,” leaving young Sasuke jealous.

• Naruto assured adult Sasuke that the visitors were allies, and Sarada greeted her father, who barely acknowledged her before focusing on Itachi.
• Young Sasuke and Tahm explained that they came from a parallel world where Itachi was alive and the brothers had grown close.
• After hearing their story, adult Sasuke compared their different lives and recalled the promises Itachi had failed to keep.
• Itachi touched adult Sasuke’s forehead and asked him to forgive him, and adult Sasuke choked up and called him “Brother.”
• Young Sasuke grew upset that another person seemed to be stealing his brother.

Tahm captured Uchiha Shin’s strange Mangekyō Sharingan clone while it was tracking Sasuke, then used Itachi’s Kotoamatsukami to tame it as a pet. The newly obedient Plankton demonstrated its spatial teleportation ability, leaving Tahm pleased with his unusual new companion.

• Tahm spotted a strange creature on the minimap, used Riftwalk to find it, and captured it with his tongue.
• Adult Sasuke identified the creature as one of the mysterious attackers and warned that its Mangekyō Sharingan could use spatial ninjutsu.
• Tahm recognized the creature as a clone connected to Uchiha Shin and asked Itachi to use Kotoamatsukami to tame it.
• Itachi summoned Shisui’s crow, and Kotoamatsukami made Plankton obedient to Tahm.
• Tahm named the creature Plankton, tested its teleportation ability, and confirmed its loyalty.