Recaps

Mechanical Naruto defeated Sasori, removed his core, and planned to turn him into a spy inside the Akatsuki. After returning to Konoha, Naruto obtained Sasuke’s blood so Wolffy could cultivate his genes with Minato’s cells.

• Mechanical Naruto destroyed Sasori’s Iron Sand Shield and blasted away half of his body with the Chrysanthemum Cannon.
• Naruto retrieved Sasori’s core instead of killing him and planned to have Wolffy build him a mechanical body for an Akatsuki infiltration mission.
• Naruto continued toward the Land of Whirlpools Ruins, then returned to Konoha the next day and brought computers to school for his classmates.
• Naruto drew Sasuke as his Combat Practice opponent and punched him before Iruka gave the signal, making his nose bleed.
• Naruto defeated Sasuke in the spar, kept the bloodstained tissue, and gave it to Wolffy to cultivate Sasuke’s genes with Minato’s cells.

Wolffy prepared Uchiha genes for Minato Namikaze and removed the genetic defect that hindered Sharingan awakening. When Naruto opened the cage, no one appeared, but the Sealing Space expanded, and the group discussed what to build there and the upcoming Virtual Headset shop.

• Wolffy developed Uchiha genes compatible with Minato Namikaze and repaired the sequence that blocked Sharingan awakening.
• Naruto noticed the cage’s sealing talisman had regained its color and tore it off, but the opened cage appeared empty.
• The Sealing Space expanded, and Naruto closed the cage again after concluding that no new person had appeared.
• Wolffy planned to build a Wolf Castle, while Naruto and the others discussed the expanded space.
• Kushina Uzumaki asked when the Virtual Headset demo shop would open, and Naruto said it would be ready in a few days.
• Kushina Uzumaki asked whether Little Tuantuan and the Monkey King would really be separated, leaving everyone speechless.

Naruto prepared to open the Virtual Headset experience store after Kurama found the Shinigami Mask, while the Third Hokage and Danzo learned that the virtual world’s Test Server would be replaced by an Official Server. The chapter ended with Naruto teasing Zeff about Sister Hua and Zeff promising him intense training.

• Kurama told Naruto he had found the Shinigami Mask, and Naruto asked him to retrieve it and have Wolffy study Sasori’s body for an undercover replacement.
• The Third Hokage learned the Test Server would end before the Official Server launched, worried about losing contact with Little Tuantuan, and planned to surprise her with a male character.
• Danzo also learned the Test Server had shut down and planned to create a male character to surprise Monkey King on the Official Server.
• Naruto showed Kurapika and Zeff the renovated Virtual Headset experience store and explained his plans to expand virtual devices across the Naruto world.
• Naruto teased Zeff about starting a family with Sister Hua, and Zeff threatened to give Naruto special training after the store opening.

Naruto arranged staff for his two virtual experience stores, hiring ninja to guard and run the shops. He left with Uchiha Ryūichi and Uchiha Zhanan set to work at the Uchiha store.

• Naruto chose Kotetsu and Kotetsu Hagane to guard the Konoha Business Street store and asked the Third Hokage to issue them a C-Rank mission.
• The Third Hokage agreed to assign Kotetsu and Kotetsu Hagane to Naruto's store.
• Naruto learned that the Third Hokage had recruited Uchiha Makoto into his Anbu, so he abandoned plans to hire him.
• Naruto recruited Uchiha Ryūichi for the Uchiha Clan Compound store, and Ryūichi recommended his younger cousin, Uchiha Zhanan.
• Naruto hired Uchiha Zhanan and greeted him as “scumbag,” amused by his name.

Naruto opened the Virtual Headset Experience Stores in Konoha and the Uchiha Clan Compound, drawing crowds eager to try the virtual world. After the stores opened, Naruto entered Infinite Continent himself and began exploring its character creation and world systems.

• Naruto put Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane in charge of the Konoha store and explained its prices and work procedures.
• Kurapika explained the work procedures to the staff at the Uchiha store as people gathered outside both locations.
• At eleven o'clock, both stores opened, and customers rushed in to buy prepaid cards or head upstairs to purchase Virtual Headsets.
• Naruto watched Izumo Kamizuki handle the counter, then went upstairs and entered the virtual world with a newly created account named [I'm Too Arrogant for You].
• Naruto learned that Infinite Continent had four connected starting regions, where players developed different powers and could create skills using points earned from leveling up.

Naruto entered the virtual world in the Magic Region and began leveling up while working toward creating Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic. In the Ninja Region, Hiruzen and Danzo fought over a village site, and their dispute escalated when five clan leaders arrived.

• Naruto chose the Magic Region, used his starting skill points to begin developing Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic, and set out to kill monsters for experience.
• Hiruzen and Danzo entered the Official Server as Will of Fire and Darkness of Konoha, but neither could find Little Tuantuan (Monkey King).
• Danzo headed for the site of Monkey Tuantuan Ninja Village, where he found that Hiruzen had already claimed the territory.
• Hiruzen and Danzo argued over who would keep the site, while their handsome avatars resembled each other in youth.
• The Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads, Hyuga Hiashi, and the Uchiha Clan Head arrived, and Hiruzen claimed the land for Konoha.
• Hiruzen attacked Danzo with Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, Danzo countered with Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere, and the two began fighting hand to hand.

Danzo used poison-infused Wind Release to defeat Hiruzen in the virtual world, but Hiruzen’s hidden trigger-based technique killed Danzo after the clan heads left. Back in reality, Hiruzen tested the technique and discovered that he could apply principles from virtual-world ninjutsu to create real techniques.

• Danzo’s poisonous Wind Release paralyzed Hiruzen, and the clan heads realized skill points could alter ninjutsu’s properties.
• The five clan heads chose not to intervene and left to establish territories for their clans in the virtual world.
• Danzo killed Hiruzen with a wooden kunai, but a hidden Stone Spike trap erupted and pierced Danzo’s chest.
• Hiruzen removed his Virtual Headset and tested his trigger-based ninjutsu on a Shadow Clone, confirming that it worked in reality.
• Wolffy had designed the game’s ninjutsu principles using existing techniques, knowing only a few shinobi could turn them into real ninjutsu.

Danzo and Hiruzen gathered their subordinates to fight over territory in the virtual world, while Uchiha Makoto failed to impress Hiruzen with his experience. The two leaders’ forces began a chaotic brawl as spectators stayed out of it, and Naruto slept after Kushina made him log off.

• Danzo sent Root ninja to buy Virtual Headsets after learning that Yamanaka Fū and Aburame Torune had already entered the virtual world in other regions.
• Hiruzen sent Bluebird and Akainu to gather eight Anbu, then asked Uchiha Makoto about his virtual-world experience.
• Uchiha Makoto avoided revealing that he had awakened his Sharingan through the headset and instead bragged about surviving zombies and attracting two girls, so Hiruzen sent him back to cleaning the office floorboards.
• Hiruzen and Danzo led their forces into another territory battle, which became a large brawl after the ninja exhausted their few skills.
• Asuma and Kurenai declined to help Hiruzen, and the other spectators stayed away from the fight.
• Naruto slept after Kushina forced him to stop playing because prolonged virtual-world activity would fatigue his brain.

Naruto joined Rock Lee for training and learned why Lee had been unable to catch the upgraded Mechanical Sheep. After learning Lee could not afford a Virtual Headset, Naruto offered him one and encouraged him to become a ninja.

• Naruto saw exhausted players on his way to the training grounds, where Rock Lee was trying to catch Weslie and Sparky.
• Naruto realized Zeff had arranged for Wolffy to strengthen the Mechanical Sheep, while Rock Lee had learned Iron Body, Shave, and Kami-e.
• Rock Lee asked where Zeff was, and Naruto said Zeff was sleeping after playing Infinite Continent all night.
• Rock Lee explained he could not afford a Virtual Headset and had avoided the long lines at experience stores to keep training.
• Naruto offered Rock Lee a headset and said he could repay him after becoming a ninja, moving Rock Lee to tears.

Naruto prepared Sasori’s core for a new cyborg body, while Orochimaru became engrossed in the Virtual Game. Sasori was left terrified of Naruto’s plans to build him three bodies, including two female versions.

• The Third Hokage and Danzo split the Ninja Region’s territory after fighting for days, while Konoha’s clans claimed other areas.
• Naruto gave Rock Lee a Virtual Headset after training with him.
• Naruto told Wolffy that he wanted three cyborg bodies built for Sasori, including two sexy female versions.
• Sasori’s core thrashed inside its jar as Naruto and Wolffy ignored his protests.
• Orochimaru played the Virtual Game, established a guild, and decided to keep playing as long as Sasori did not contact him.

Itachi and Shisui brought water and basic education to a drought-stricken border village as they began building a community for their red cause. Shisui warned that the Akatsuki might oppose their efforts, and Itachi concluded that the shinobi idea of peace ignored ordinary people’s suffering.

• Itachi and Shisui traveled through impoverished settlements and resolved to begin their cause in a village neglected by both the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain.
• Shisui used Water Release to irrigate the village’s parched fields, bringing the villagers hope.
• Itachi used Naruto’s Printing Machine to make literacy primers, planning to teach the villagers before distributing Red Books.
• Shisui told Itachi that villagers had spoken of the Akatsuki and its leader, God, and worried the organization might notice them.
• Itachi argued that shinobi called the absence of war between hidden villages peace while overlooking ordinary people, and compared that thinking to the phrase “Why not eat meat porridge!”

Wolffy finished three powerful mechanical bodies for Sasori, and Naruto forced Sasori to inhabit Little-Girl Scorpion before demonstrating that Wolffy could control him. Sasori agreed to spy on the Akatsuki for Naruto and was allowed to switch to his male body, but he had to take both female bodies with him.

• Wolffy finished three mechanical bodies for Sasori, including Big-Sister Scorpion, Little-Girl Scorpion, and a male body resembling Sasori.
• Naruto placed Sasori's core in Little-Girl Scorpion, and Sasori immediately tried to kick him.
• Wolffy used the computer to control Little-Girl Scorpion's movements and speech, frightening Sasori into submission.
• Naruto ordered Sasori to return to the Akatsuki and report their actions, warning that they planned to destroy the world.
• Sasori agreed to spy on the Akatsuki and asked to use his male body, but Naruto required him to take both female bodies as well.

Naruto sent Sasori out of Konoha using a Teleportation Device, and Sasori set off to recover his lost ring and prepare a new puppet shell before returning to the Akatsuki. Naruto then entered the virtual game to see the rival villages Danzo and Hiruzen had established, where Danzo planned to defeat Hiruzen and win over Monkey King.

• Naruto told Sasori to return to the Akatsuki as a spy, but Sasori said he first needed to find his Jade Maiden Ring and make a Hiruko shell.
• Naruto used the Teleportation Device to send Sasori to a forest outside Konoha, where Sasori discovered a second device buried in the soil and went looking for his lost possessions.
• Naruto switched off the Teleportation Device and reflected on his failure to learn Flying Thunder God and his early mastery of the Rasengan.
• Naruto entered the virtual game as I'm Too Arrogant for You and headed to the Ninja Region after hearing that Danzo and the Third Hokage were competing there.
• Naruto found Danzo's Root Ninja Village and Hiruzen's Will of Fire Ninja Village facing off in the central area.
• Danzo planned to drive Hiruzen out of the central territory, prove his leadership in the virtual world, and confess his love to Monkey King.

Naruto entered the Ninja Region and found that Konoha’s clans were competing in the virtual world, especially for valuable world boss drops. When the Manipulator appeared, multiple guilds gathered to challenge it, leaving a tense confrontation about to begin.

• Naruto observed elderly ninja clan members pursuing ambitions in the virtual world, while he and Wolffy considered whether souls could survive there after death.
• Naruto encountered the Manipulator, a world boss that could drop the Doll Maker profession and the Puppet Master special class.
• Players gathered around the boss, and Naruto stepped away to watch the contest.
• The Ino-Shika-Cho Alliance and Uchiha guild arrived, followed by the Hyuga Clan and other Konoha clan guilds.
• The Will of Fire Ninja Village and Root Ninja Village arrived last, and the assembled guilds faced one another in a tense standoff.

Orochimaru, using the ID [The Immortal], led independent players in attacking the Controller while the guilds waited for someone else to strike first. After Danzo revealed his identity to the Third Hokage, Hiruzen charged after Orochimaru, who ordered his team to exhaust their chakra and flee, leaving some players behind.

• The guilds, including those led by Hyuga Hiashi and Uchiha Fugaku, held back from attacking the Controller first.
• [The Immortal] organized fifteen independent players into squads and led them in restraining and attacking the Controller.
• The Third Hokage wondered who [The Immortal] was, while Danzo recognized him as Orochimaru and urged Hiruzen to act.
• Hiruzen realized [The Immortal] was Orochimaru and led his people toward him, abandoning the fight for the Controller.
• Orochimaru ordered his team to burn through their chakra and flee; some players stayed behind, and Hiruzen chased Orochimaru past the Controller.

The guilds and the Third Hokage battled the Controller as it entered its low-health berserk phase, while several leaders waited for a chance to steal the kill. Just as Danzo and the others rushed the nearly defeated boss, Kakashi struck it down with Lightning Blade and claimed the kill for himself.

• The Controller broke free of the crowd control, killed several players, and forced the Third Hokage and his subordinates to lure it toward the watching guilds.
• Orochimaru secretly returned and hid nearby, ready to strike when the Controller was nearly dead, while Naruto watched the battle.
• The Controller entered its low-health berserk phase and wiped out a third of the people present as guild leaders waited to steal the final blow.
• Danzo tricked several guild leaders into charging first, then joined the Third Hokage, Hyuga Hiashi, Uchiha Fugaku, Shikaku Nara, and Orochimaru in rushing the weakened Controller.
• Kakashi struck the Controller down with Lightning Blade before the others could reach it and said the boss was important to him.

Kakashi claimed the Manipulator field boss with an all-or-nothing strategy, spending his skill points on Lightning Blade. After Orochimaru escaped the Third Hokage in the virtual world, he prepared to leave Konoha, while Naruto searched for Itachi and Shisui.

• Kakashi claimed the field boss using Lightning Blade, which he had focused all his skill points on learning.
• The Third Hokage congratulated Kakashi, then confronted Orochimaru and demanded that he return to Konoha and surrender.
• Orochimaru mocked the Third Hokage, logged out to escape his attack, and decided to leave Konoha with the Virtual Headsets from his base.
• Naruto searched the virtual world for Uchiha Itachi and Shisui Uchiha but found neither, so he sent Mechanical Naruto out of Konoha to investigate.

Naruto sent Orochimaru out of Konoha with a satellite launcher and a thousand Virtual Headsets to sell in the Land of Sound. When the Third Hokage visited Naruto to ask about Orochimaru, Kushina dragged him into Naruto’s Sealing Space, intending to beat him up.

• Naruto used a Teleportation Device to send Mechanical Naruto out of Konoha, then invited Orochimaru into his house after identifying him with anti-chakra imaging.
• Naruto gave Orochimaru a Rocket Launcher carrying a satellite and a scroll containing a thousand Virtual Headsets to distribute in the Land of Sound.
• Naruto sent Orochimaru out of Konoha with the Teleportation Device and reminded him to return later to help undo the Impure World Reincarnation.
• The Third Hokage searched Konoha for Orochimaru, then visited Naruto to ask whether he could locate someone wearing a Virtual Headset.
• Kushina used the Adamantine Sealing Chains to pull the Third Hokage into Naruto’s Sealing Space, where she intended to beat him up.

Kushina Uzumaki beat Hiruzen Sarutobi in the Sealing Space while Minato Namikaze discussed Naruto, Konoha, and the Nine-Tails attack with him. Hiruzen accepted responsibility and resolved to restore Minato as Hokage, but Kushina sent him out before they could discuss further.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki in the Sealing Space and inferred that they might be behind Naruto’s knowledge and actions.
• Kushina Uzumaki struck Hiruzen with Armament Haki and pummeled him with her Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Hiruzen apologized for failing to care for Naruto and asked Minato to forgive Konoha and return as Hokage.
• Minato told Hiruzen that the Nine-Tails’ attacker had once been a member of the Uchiha Clan and warned that Konoha’s pressure on the Uchiha could lead to unrest.
• Hiruzen resolved to reclaim authority from Konoha’s leadership and await Minato’s return, but Kushina kicked him out of the Sealing Space.

Minato Namikaze wondered why Kushina had stopped him from rejecting the Third Hokage’s request, while Naruto made sure Hiruzen Sarutobi left believing Minato’s identity as the Pot Kage was established. Elsewhere, Orochimaru chose gaming over meeting Sasori, who crossed into the Land of Rain after setting up signal receivers and attracted Shisui Uchiha’s attention.

• Kushina told Minato Namikaze to return as Hokage and reveal Naruto’s identity so Konoha’s villagers would regret how they treated him.
• Naruto steadied a dizzy Hiruzen Sarutobi and watched him leave without asking when Minato would be resurrected.
• Orochimaru contacted Sasori, stored Naruto’s Virtual Headsets, launched a satellite, and entered the virtual game instead of heading to Amegakure.
• Sasori buried Signal Receiving Devices near the border, crossed into the Land of Rain, and noticed a young man with combat power of 1050.
• Shisui Uchiha watched Sasori leave and wondered which village he belonged to.

Naruto returned to school life, where classmates discussed virtual-game guilds and Sasuke failed Naruto’s test on red ideology. Iruka called Naruto to his office after class, leaving the reason unknown.

• Students debated whether the Will of Fire Ninja Village or the Root Ninja Village was the strongest guild, while Shikamaru explained that Ino-Shika-Cho mostly pursued peaceful secondary professions.
• Naruto asked Sasuke to rank a noble, farmer, and ninja, then rejected Sasuke’s answer because he had not understood the books Itachi gave him.
• Sasuke decided to ask Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto to teach him instead of waiting for Uchiha Itachi.
• Naruto chatted with Hinata while Kushina, Minato Namikaze, Wolffy, and Kurama watched and commented from the Sealing Space.
• Iruka arrived, began class, and told Naruto to come to his office after the lesson.

Naruto opened the cage in the Sealing Space and found Pikachu inside, then let Kushina befriend the electric Pokémon. He wondered whether having Pikachu in the Sealing Space would make it easier for him to use Lightning Release.

• Iruka asked Naruto to supply the Ninja Academy with one hundred custom Virtual Headsets, and Naruto offered only a one-ryō discount before Iruka paid the full price.
• Wolffy called Naruto about the cage, so Naruto returned to his classroom and entered the Sealing Space.
• Naruto opened the cage, expanding the Sealing Space, and stopped Pikachu from darting away.
• Naruto learned Pikachu did not know Ash and released it after it promised not to discharge electricity or run around.
• Kushina picked up Pikachu and won it over with snacks, while Kurama asked Naruto to help him find a female canine companion.

Naruto tested the powers he had gained from Pikachu at the training ground, drawing attention from Konoha's Anbu and Danzo. Rock Lee arrived with Neji Hyuga, who had come hoping to learn from Teacher Zeff and become stronger.

• Naruto sent Kurapika home to prepare Virtual Headsets for the Ninja Academy, then went alone to the training ground and transformed with Pikachu's power.
• Naruto tested Pikachu's lightning attacks and other moves, blasting a crater into the ground and burning a hole through a tree.
• Konoha's Anbu reported Naruto's training to the Third Hokage, who allowed him to continue, while Danzo ordered a Root Ninja to earn more contribution points in the virtual world.
• Rock Lee arrived with Neji Hyuga and introduced him to Naruto, who immediately treated Neji as a friend.
• Neji had come because Rock Lee had fought him to a draw using Iron Body, and he hoped Teacher Zeff could help him grow stronger.

Naruto sparred with Neji at the training ground, then trained with Rock Lee before connecting to Mechanical Naruto. He found that Itachi and Shisui had built a refuge for displaced people at the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain, and learned how they funded it.

• Rock Lee asked about Zeff and learned his virtual-game ID, while Neji revealed his frustration with the Hyuga Main Family's demands.
• Neji challenged Naruto to spar, but Naruto's kick injured Neji's right arm and forced him to end the match.
• Naruto reassured Rock Lee that Neji would be fine, and the two trained together with their Gravity Bracelets until sunset.
• Naruto connected to Mechanical Naruto after learning that Itachi and Shisui had established a village for displaced people at the border.
• Itachi explained that he and Shisui treated the residents as equals, and Shisui said he funded the village by hunting wanted criminals.

Naruto brought a Teleportation Device and a sack of money to Itachi and Shisui’s remote base, easing their financial strain. Shisui discovered the base had internet access, and Naruto realized the signal came from the satellite he had given Sasori.

• Naruto praised Shisui and Itachi for helping people and called them heroes of the Shinobi World.
• Naruto noticed the base was short on money and installed a Teleportation Device in its office.
• Naruto used the device to arrive from Konoha carrying a sack full of money and explained that Virtual Headset sales had made him wealthy.
• Shisui learned he could use the Teleportation Device to return to Konoha, but Naruto told him the money was unnecessary.
• Shisui checked his headset and discovered the base had internet access, while Naruto traced its signal to the satellite he had given Sasori.