Recaps

Naruto discussed the Akatsuki’s transformation with Itachi and Shisui, then promised to teach them Nen as a new power for their party. He arranged for Wolffy to improve the base and took Itachi and Shisui to a clearing to begin their Nen training.

• Itachi explained that the Akatsuki had shifted from helping civilians and refugees to gathering Ninja and taking mercenary jobs.
• Naruto said they should focus on building their base unless the Akatsuki caused trouble, and told Itachi and Shisui they were already full party members.
• Naruto promised to teach Itachi and Shisui Nen, which he considered easier to spread than Haki among the refugees.
• Naruto asked Wolffy to build sanitation facilities, Healing Machines, and Weaving Machines for the base.
• Shisui brought iron goods from defeated bandit groups, and Wolffy began making a Matter Transmutation Machine.
• Naruto took Itachi and Shisui to a nearby clearing to teach them Nen.

Naruto taught Itachi and Shisui the basics of Nen and demonstrated its abilities. The chapter ended with Naruto using Five-Finger Flower Picker to prank Shisui while Itachi watched in disbelief.

• Naruto explained Nen, how it differed from chakra, and the two methods of awakening it.
• Itachi and Shisui chose to awaken Nen through training rather than Naruto's dangerous forced method.
• Naruto summoned Five-Finger Flower Picker and used Zetsu to conceal it, showing that even their Sharingan struggled to see the Nen beast.
• Naruto made Shisui prepare to experience Nen, then sent Five-Finger Flower Picker to strike him with Ring Finger Thousand Years of Death and photographed the prank.
• Itachi watched the prank and was left speechless.

Shisui and Itachi awakened Nen under Naruto’s guidance, and Naruto used a water divination test to identify Shisui as a Conjuration Type. The chapter left Itachi about to take the test himself.

• Naruto awakened Shisui’s Nen by injecting aura into him, and Shisui quickly learned to contain it with Ten.
• Shisui found that Nen boosted his strength and Body Flicker Technique, then encouraged Itachi to awaken his own Nen.
• Naruto awakened Itachi’s Nen with a slap, and Itachi controlled the escaping aura to achieve Ten.
• Naruto tested Shisui’s Nen type with water divination, and the water formed particles that marked him as a Conjuration Type.
• Shisui stepped aside so Itachi could take the water divination test.

Naruto explained how Conjuration and Manipulation Nen worked, and gave Itachi and Shisui booklets on Nen training and ability analysis. Itachi and Shisui began considering how to develop their abilities, while Naruto checked on Wolffy's machine, which was still under construction.

• Itachi tested his Nen affinity and learned that he was a Manipulation Type, while Shisui was a Conjuration Type.
• Naruto explained that Conjuration could give aura physical form and that Manipulation could control people, objects, or animals.
• Itachi considered combining Manipulation with his Sharingan and Genjutsu, while Shisui thought about combining Conjuration with his Sharingan.
• Naruto gave Itachi and Shisui booklets on basic Nen training and ability analysis, and asked them to help awaken Nen in other party members.
• Naruto visited Wolffy, who continued hammering on the shell of a machine and refused to rest.

At the Ninja Academy, Sasuke and Sakura lost their 3v3 match against Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji, after Sasuke refused to let Naruto help. Naruto then challenged the trio alone, and the chapter left his match underway as they launched a coordinated attack.

• Sasuke told Naruto and Sakura he would face Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji by himself.
• Ino-Shika-Cho's teamwork overwhelmed Sasuke, and Sakura joined the fight, but their team still lost; Naruto conceded too.
• Naruto challenged Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji to a match by himself, and Iruka accepted.
• Shikamaru ordered Choji to charge while he and Ino used their binding techniques to set Naruto up for a powerful hit.

Naruto won the virtual classroom match and teased Sasuke about studying Red Thought before heading to the Red Base. There, he stopped Itachi and Shisui from fighting with their Mangekyo Sharingan and revealed that Minato Namikaze was his father.

• Naruto broke Shikamaru's control jutsu, knocked Choji and Ino out of the ring, and made Shikamaru surrender.
• Naruto argued with Sasuke about Red Thought, and Sasuke realized that his brother Itachi had urged him to study it.
• After classes, Naruto teleported to the Red Base and found Itachi and Shisui fighting with their Susanoo before an audience of children.
• Naruto warned Itachi and Shisui about the Mangekyo Sharingan's drawbacks, then revealed that the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was his father.
• Itachi and Shisui were stunned to learn that Naruto, whom Konoha villagers called the Demon Fox, was Minato's son.

Naruto reunited with Shisui and Itachi, confirmed the Fourth Hokage was alive, and learned that Nen helped them protect their Mangekyo Sharingan. He then discovered Wolffy had expanded their plans into a major construction project, leaving Naruto stunned by Wolffy’s Matter Converter and robots.

• Naruto told Shisui and Itachi that he was the Fourth Hokage’s son and that his father was alive and could be seen in about ten days.
• Naruto asked about the damage to their Mangekyo Sharingan, and Shisui explained that he and Itachi used Ten to protect their eyes.
• Naruto praised their quick progress with Nen after learning they had mastered its basics in seven days.
• Naruto saw rows of unfinished brick houses, robots, and villagers carrying construction materials outside the base.
• Naruto found Wolffy building robots, and Wolffy explained that he had taken over construction because Naruto’s requested equipment would not work with the existing buildings.
• Wolffy showed Naruto the Matter Converter, which processed junk into usable steel.

Naruto, Shisui, and Itachi encountered Kakuzu at the Red Base after he threatened a child and demanded Shisui’s eyes for their bounty value. Shisui beheaded Kakuzu, but Naruto warned him not to relax as black threads reattached Kakuzu’s head.

• Naruto learned that Wolffy planned to use the Matter Converter to build construction robots for the Red Base.
• A messenger told Itachi and Shisui that a ninja had grabbed Little Pup at the village entrance.
• Shisui rescued Little Pup from Kakuzu, who had stepped on the child’s textbook and claimed the Red Base stood in his hunting ground.
• Kakuzu revealed that he wanted Shisui’s Three Tomoe Sharingan, which he valued at thirty million.
• Shisui dodged Kakuzu’s attack, cut off his head, and then watched as black threads reattached it after Naruto warned him.

Shisui fought Kakuzu while testing a Nen ability he had developed, using the pressure of combat to shape it. His magma pillars appeared devastating but caused little damage, and Kakuzu demanded to know what technique Shisui had used.

• Naruto revealed that Kakuzu had once fought the First Hokage, then mocked him for fleeing after throwing a kunai from far away.
• Kakuzu unleashed his masked monsters and elemental attacks, but Shisui and Itachi blocked them with Susanoo.
• Shisui persuaded Itachi to let him fight Kakuzu while Naruto and Itachi guarded the villagers and children.
• Shisui evaded Kakuzu's attacks while gathering Nen around him, then erupted a magma pillar beneath Kakuzu.
• Shisui's next magma pillar targeted a masked monster, and Kakuzu questioned the technique after realizing its apparent power exceeded its actual damage.

Shisui used his genjutsu conjuration ability to injure Kakuzu and discover that his heart was a weak point, while Naruto secretly hoped to recruit Kakuzu rather than let Shisui kill him. Kakuzu survived the attack and began wondering whether he could work for both the Akatsuki and the Red Organization.

• Kakuzu attacked Shisui with his masked monsters while Shisui dodged and spread his Nen.
• Shisui threw four kunai that appeared as crows, then used further conjured genjutsu to bind Kakuzu and strike his heart.
• Naruto and Itachi recognized that Shisui had given his genjutsu physical form, and Naruto withheld Kakuzu's five-heart secret because he wanted to recruit him.
• Shisui explained his ability to Kakuzu, who realized it was not yet fully developed but still envied its potential.
• Kakuzu considered leaving the Akatsuki for the Red Organization, then wondered whether he could work for both sides without Pain finding out.

Shisui defeated Kakuzu's attack and drove him to retreat, while Naruto reassured Shisui and Itachi about the Akatsuki and shared intelligence on its members. Shisui then asked to retake the Anti-Scam Exam, and Naruto asked whether he had five thousand ryo.

• Kakuzu used a Water Release technique to obscure Shisui's view and escaped underground despite Shisui's attempt to stop him with the Spiral Longsword.
• Itachi praised Shisui's new Nen ability, and Naruto explained that users could develop abilities outside their natural type at reduced effectiveness.
• Shisui worried that the Akatsuki might retaliate against their base and harm its villagers, so Naruto promised to share intelligence and said the group was unlikely to attack.
• Naruto sent Akatsuki intelligence files to Itachi's computer, including information about members who had not joined yet.
• Shisui asked Naruto to let him retake the Anti-Scam Exam, and Naruto asked if he had five thousand ryo.

Naruto prepared to resurrect Minato and asked Orochimaru to help unseal his soul in seven days. Orochimaru admitted his body and Living Corpse Reincarnation technique were not ready, so Naruto offered to find a solution.

• Naruto took Shisui's money and claimed the lesson he had bought for him was his present.
• Kakuzu escaped with only two hearts remaining and planned to replenish them before reporting Shisui to Pain.
• Naruto checked the Cloning Machine and saw that Minato's young body was nearly ready for resurrection.
• Naruto found Orochimaru in the virtual world and asked him to come in seven days to unseal Minato's soul.
• Orochimaru explained that his reincarnation vessel and technique were unfinished, and Naruto offered to help with his body.

Naruto offered Orochimaru a way to avoid rejection by reincarnating into a cloned body, then gave him enough skill points to test Living Corpse Reincarnation in the virtual world. Orochimaru successfully took over Kimimaro’s body, but logged out after sensing a pulse from his Ring.

• Naruto explained cloning to Orochimaru and said Kekkei Genkai could be added, but refused to help until they had built more trust.
• Naruto used the administrator interface to raise Orochimaru’s skill points to the maximum of 9999.
• Orochimaru asked Xiaoling and Kimimaro to volunteer as vessels, and Kimimaro insisted on being chosen because his body could never become Orochimaru’s vessel in reality.
• Orochimaru placed the Cursed Seal of Heaven on Kimimaro and used Living Corpse Reincarnation to take over his body; Kimimaro died in the virtual world and returned one level lower.
• Orochimaru logged out after sensing a mental pulse from his Ring, and Naruto logged out as well.

Pain summoned the Akatsuki to discuss Kakuzu’s proposal to recruit Shisui Uchiha, whom Kakuzu believed had founded a ninja village outside Konoha. The members agreed to investigate and recruit him, while Orochimaru planned to finish his deal with Naruto before joining the mission in seven days.

• Sasori explained that he had been testing his three bodies and had learned their strengths in puppetry, ranged attacks, and close combat.
• Pain announced that Kakuzu had identified Shisui Uchiha as a promising recruit, and Kakuzu argued that Shisui’s village outside Konoha showed he had betrayed it.
• Orochimaru recognized Shisui’s potential and considered taking control of him, while the other Akatsuki members concluded that Konoha might treat him as a rogue ninja.
• Pain ordered Kakuzu to take Orochimaru and Sasori to meet Shisui and told Zetsu to investigate whether Konoha had classified him as a rogue ninja.
• Orochimaru asked for a few days to handle other matters, and Kakuzu agreed to meet him in the Land of Rain in seven days.
• Orochimaru withdrew from the gathering, intending to complete his deal with Naruto and then seek out Shisui.

Naruto and Wolffy began preparing Orochimaru’s accelerated clone while Minato, Naruto, and their allies planned how Minato would reclaim the Hokage’s authority. They decided to stage a second Nine-Tails Rebellion, leaving Kushina to script a different dramatic reunion instead.

• Naruto received Orochimaru’s cells, and Wolffy installed a time accelerator on a cloning machine so the clone could be ready within seven days.
• Kushina urged Minato to announce his return as Fourth Hokage, but Minato and Zeff warned that Konoha’s Elders and the Daimyo could resist him.
• Kurapika proposed staging another Nine-Tails Rebellion to give Minato a way to return, eliminate the Elders, and avoid the Daimyo’s suspicion.
• Minato agreed that Naruto would transform into the Nine-Tails and attack Konoha while Minato moved the villagers to safety.
• Kushina volunteered to direct the rebellion, but Naruto redirected her toward writing a reunion scene for Little Tuantuan and Monkey King.

Wolffy’s Biological Time Accelerator malfunctioned, producing a young Orochimaru clone, but Orochimaru accepted the body as long as it retained Kage Level chakra. As Naruto and Wolffy prepared Minato Namikaze’s clone for the resurrection ritual, Orochimaru coveted its successful fusion with Hashirama cells and asked Naruto for a similar body.

• Wolffy attached the Biological Time Accelerator to the cloning machine but failed to tighten a tiny screw.
• Seven days later, Naruto showed Orochimaru the clones, and they discovered Orochimaru’s clone looked about eleven or twelve years old.
• Wolffy found the loose screw and explained that the accelerator had stopped working, while Orochimaru mistook Naruto’s interactions with Wolffy for split personality.
• Orochimaru accepted the young clone if it retained Kage Level chakra, and Wolffy confirmed that was possible.
• Naruto and Wolffy removed the clones from the machines, and Orochimaru admired Minato’s body after noticing its perfect fusion with Hashirama cells.
• Naruto said he would need to trust Orochimaru before making him a similar body, but Wolffy offered to make one and admitted he could tamper with the gene fusion.

Naruto and Orochimaru revived Minato Namikaze, and Orochimaru transferred into a young cloned body. Minato invited Orochimaru to return to Konoha as an elder, then went with Naruto to the Red Base to prepare for his return as Hokage.

• Naruto gave Orochimaru the Shinigami Mask, and Orochimaru released Minato's soul from the Reaper Death Seal into a cloned body.
• Minato reunited with Kushina in the Sealing Space before dispelling his clone, and Orochimaru used Living Corpse Reincarnation to take over his cloned body.
• Minato thanked Naruto and Orochimaru, then invited Orochimaru to return to Konoha as an elder during its coming reforms.
• Orochimaru agreed to see how Minato would reform Konoha and left, while Minato planned to adjust to his new body before acting.
• Naruto took Minato to the Red Base, where Minato told Shisui and Itachi he would soon return as Hokage and support them.

At the Red Base's training grounds, Minato Namikaze tested his strength and abilities in his new body while Naruto watched. Minato demonstrated Flying Thunder God, adjusted his Rasengan to his vastly increased chakra reserves, admitted he did not know Wood Release, and revealed that he could use the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Minato Namikaze practiced controlling his strength, and Naruto confirmed he could punch the Five-Finger Flower Picker without shattering it.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God with his Trident Kunai, impressing Shisui and puzzling Itachi.
• Minato produced an oversized Rasengan because of his increased chakra reserves, then adjusted his chakra use to make a normal one.
• Minato admitted he did not know Wood Release, so he said he would ask the Third Hokage for the Scroll of Seals.
• Minato activated the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and then changed it into the Mangekyō Sharingan, stunning Itachi and Shisui.

Minato Namikaze awakened a Mangekyo Sharingan with the abilities Inverse Vision and Reverse Time, though he failed to awaken the Rinnegan. After demonstrating the powers and explaining Reverse Time’s limits, he was left facing Naruto’s question about his Nen.

• Naruto and Minato Namikaze considered ways to awaken the Rinnegan after Minato failed to do so.
• Minato suggested he might need to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan before the Rinnegan, and Naruto agreed they could research that approach.
• Minato demonstrated Inverse Vision, which reversed the directions and sensations perceived by anyone who saw his activated left eye.
• Minato demonstrated Reverse Time by rewinding himself three seconds while leaving his attacks and weapons unchanged.
• Minato explained that Reverse Time could be used three times within ten minutes, and Naruto asked what type of Nen he had after being resurrected.

Minato Namikaze reawakened Nen, confirmed that he was still a Specialization Type, and fought Itachi and Shisui to adapt to his body. Meanwhile, Kakuzu, Sasori, and the child-sized Orochimaru set off for the Red Base to invite Shisui to the Akatsuki.

• Naruto helped Minato Namikaze awaken Nen, and Minato quickly brought his aura under control.
• Minato Namikaze tested his affinity and found that his water and leaf vanished just as they had during his earlier awakening in the Sealing Space.
• Minato Namikaze agreed to spar with Itachi and Shisui, then overwhelmed them in a fight using his ninja techniques.
• Kakuzu waited with Sasori, who showed off his little-girl puppet body and his original-looking body.
• Orochimaru arrived looking like a boy, traded insults with Sasori, and joined Kakuzu and Sasori on their journey to the Red Base.
• At the Red Base, Itachi and Shisui praised Minato Namikaze after he defeated them in their spar.

Minato Namikaze used his Mangekyo Sharingan abilities and newly devised techniques to defeat Shisui and Itachi’s Susanoo. The battle ended with Itachi dispelling his Susanoo after Minato’s relentless attacks.

• Shisui and Itachi summoned their Susanoo for a final stand against Minato Namikaze.
• Minato Namikaze used Inverse Vision and repeated Reverse Time activations to strike Shisui’s Susanoo three times with Big Ball Rasengan, shattering it.
• Minato Namikaze summoned his own golden Susanoo and clashed with Itachi’s, then withdrew to prepare another attack.
• Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God and Multiple Shadow Clones to bombard Itachi’s Susanoo with Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.
• Minato Namikaze repeatedly rewound the shadow clones to continue the bombardment, and Itachi’s Susanoo finally failed as blood streamed from his eyes.

After Minato Namikaze defeated Itachi, he explained how Naruto had revived him, while Naruto, Shisui, and Itachi discussed the revolution. Shisui went to face Kakuzu, who had returned with Sasori and Orochimaru, and Naruto followed with Minato and Itachi.

• Minato Namikaze caught the exhausted Itachi after their fight, then jokingly named his finishing move the Infinite Flash-Time Super Light Dance Roar Second Form.
• Minato Namikaze told Itachi and Shisui that Naruto had revived him with cloning technology and Uchiha and Senju cells.
• Little Doggy warned Shisui that the ninja from last time had returned, and Shisui hurried to the base entrance after suspecting Kakuzu.
• Naruto followed Shisui with Minato Namikaze and Itachi, hoping to stop him from killing Kakuzu, whom Naruto wanted as his chief financial officer.
• Kakuzu arrived at the Red Base with Sasori and Orochimaru, and Shisui confronted them before Naruto and the others appeared.
• Sasori and Kakuzu recognized Minato Namikaze as the Fourth Hokage, while Orochimaru wondered how Naruto had left Konoha.

Shisui attacked Kakuzu after suspecting his Akatsuki invitation was a trap, and with Minato, Naruto, Orochimaru, and Sasori mostly holding back, Shisui defeated and captured him. Naruto then began trying to recruit Kakuzu for a business partnership, leaving Kakuzu interested in how much money he could make.

• Kakuzu invited Shisui to join the Akatsuki, then turned to leave when Shisui refused.
• Shisui attacked Kakuzu, and Naruto warned him about Kakuzu’s five hearts before telling him to leave one intact.
• Minato and Naruto blocked Sasori and Orochimaru while Shisui destroyed four of Kakuzu’s hearts, prompting Kakuzu to surrender.
• Minato sealed Kakuzu’s chakra and brought him, Orochimaru, and Sasori to the base.
• Naruto took Kakuzu aside and proposed going into business together, catching Kakuzu’s interest.

Naruto pitched Kakuzu a worldwide Virtual Headset business and an ambitious plan to profit from virtual products, undeveloped land, and IOUs. Kakuzu was impressed and tempted, though he had not yet agreed to betray Pain.

• Naruto showed Kakuzu a Virtual Headset and let him explore the virtual world.
• Kakuzu agreed to help sell the headsets as a partner but said the business alone would not make him betray Pain.
• Naruto proposed selling virtual products and using fierce competition in the virtual world to profit from a pay-to-win system.
• Naruto described plans to buy wastelands and seas from the great nations and develop factories, farmland, mines, and ocean resources.
• Naruto proposed paying for the land with IOUs, and Kakuzu realized they could become currency and give them wealth across the Shinobi World.
• Naruto gave Kakuzu rice, flour, diesel, and oil, leaving him tempted by the economic scheme.

Naruto persuaded Kakuzu to join his money-making plans while letting him remain in the Akatsuki for protection. He brought Kakuzu to meet the others, where Kakuzu discovered that Orochimaru and Sasori had already joined Naruto’s side.

• Kakuzu weighed the risks of Naruto’s plans, agreed to work with him, and insisted on staying in the Akatsuki for protection.
• Naruto accepted Kakuzu’s condition and gave him a rocket launcher, a Virtual Headset, and a phone to begin launching satellites across the Shinobi World.
• Naruto brought Kakuzu to the office, where Minato Namikaze, Orochimaru, and Shisui were playing Fight the Landlord while Sasori watched and Itachi observed.
• Orochimaru discussed using gambling games to earn research money, and Naruto revealed to Kakuzu that both Orochimaru and Sasori were on his side.
• Kakuzu realized the Akatsuki’s roster was dwindling but decided to stay and keep Orochimaru and Sasori’s defections secret from Pain.