Chapter Summaries

Little Naruto cured Kankuro’s poison, exposing Sasori’s identity and prompting Little Naruto to claim he came from another timeline to stop a destructive virus. He gave Kakashi a book called Red Thought as the supposed cure for the virus.

• Little Naruto used Enhancement Type Nen Aura to strengthen Kankuro’s poison resistance, and Chiyo and Sakura confirmed the toxins had been cleared.
• Chiyo attacked Sasori and demanded he remove his mask; Sasori revealed his face, and Chiyo recognized him while he claimed to be Sasori’s good half.
• Kakashi questioned Little Naruto’s identity, but Big Naruto defended him because he sensed no hostility from him.
• Little Naruto claimed he and Sasori had fled from another timeline after a virus called Chuunibyou led the Akatsuki leader to threaten the Shinobi World with the Ten-Tails.
• Little Naruto gave Kakashi the first volume of Red Thought, claiming the book could prevent people from being infected by Chuunibyou.

After Naruto and Sasori explained the Akatsuki’s plan, Kakashi led a team to rescue Gaara and stop the extraction of Shukaku. At the border of the Land of Rivers, Little Naruto killed a disguised Sunagakure jonin posing as Uchiha Itachi.

• Sasori confirmed Naruto’s account of the Akatsuki’s plan to gather the tailed beasts and create the Ten-Tails.
• Kankuro woke and told the others that he had cut a strip of cloth from Sasori, giving them a way to track him.
• Kakashi assembled a rescue team of himself, Big Naruto, Little Naruto, Sakura, Sasori, and Granny Chiyo, while Temari stayed behind in Sunagakure.
• The team traveled toward the Land of Rivers as Little Naruto answered Kakashi’s questions about the Akatsuki and the Ten-Tails.
• At the border, Little Naruto recognized Uchiha Itachi as an impostor and attacked him alongside Big Naruto.
• Little Naruto resisted Itachi’s genjutsu and killed him with a Golden Lightning-assisted Nen attack, revealing the impostor as a Sunagakure jonin.

The younger Naruto’s group reached the Akatsuki’s cave after Shukaku’s presence vanished and fought Deidara while the older Naruto discovered Gaara was dead. The chapter left the younger Naruto inside the older Naruto’s Sealing Space after stopping his Tailed Beast Transformation.

• Itachi learned that his clone had been defeated by two Narutos, and Pain urged the Akatsuki to hurry with the sealing.
• The younger Naruto’s group reached the cave, removed its barrier talismans, and found Gaara dead with Deidara and Sasori.
• Deidara flew off with Gaara, but the younger Naruto disabled his clay bird and chased him with a punch.
• Sakura confirmed Gaara was dead, and the older Naruto began transforming as Kakashi and Sakura prepared to fight him.
• The younger Naruto headbutted the older Naruto out of Tailed Beast Mode and entered his Sealing Space.

Big Naruto and Little Naruto entered Big Naruto’s Sealing Space, where the two Kuramas met and skinny Kurama learned the truth about Naruto’s future. Little Naruto freed skinny Kurama after Minato appeared, and the newly released fox immediately attacked fat Kurama.

• Big Naruto and Little Naruto entered the Sealing Space, where skinny Kurama questioned fat Kurama about who he was.
• Fat Kurama shared the original Naruto storyline with skinny Kurama, who agreed to become Big Naruto’s boss and big brother.
• Big Naruto asked Little Naruto to release Kurama, and Little Naruto began undoing the seal despite Jiraiya’s warning to keep Kurama imprisoned.
• Minato Namikaze appeared to stop Little Naruto, but Little Naruto enveloped him in Nen Aura and chakra and kicked him toward Big Naruto.
• Little Naruto finished undoing the seal, and skinny Kurama charged at fat Kurama and punched him.

Big Naruto and Minato Namikaze discussed Naruto’s origins before Naruto and Little Naruto returned to the battle. Mechanical Sasori gained the upper hand over Puppet Sasori with his two additional bodies, while Big Naruto and Little Naruto entered Kurama Mode.

• Big Naruto told Minato Namikaze about Little Naruto’s world, and Minato was moved to learn that his counterpart and Kushina were alive there.
• Skinny Kurama attacked fat Kurama out of jealousy, but fat Kurama used Armament Haki to defeat him.
• Big Naruto and Little Naruto left the Sealing Space to help save Gaara, while fat Kurama returned to his own Sealing Space.
• Kakashi found Deidara unconscious with his chakra sealed as Mechanical Sasori and Puppet Sasori fought with their Third Kazekage puppets.
• Mechanical Sasori summoned Little-Girl Scorpion and Big-Sister Scorpion, who destroyed Puppet Sasori’s hundred puppets with close combat and gunfire.
• Big Naruto and Little Naruto entered Kurama Mode as Mechanical Sasori’s side continued attacking.

Mechanical Sasori and Naruto defeated Puppet Sasori and captured Deidara, then began planning a new body for Sasori’s counterpart. Chiyo agreed to revive Gaara with Life Reincarnation, but Naruto called his father, intending to find another way to save him.

• Little-Girl Scorpion, Big-Sister Scorpion, and the two Narutos smashed Puppet Sasori’s puppets and removed his core from his body.
• Naruto left the punishment of Puppet Sasori to Mechanical Sasori, who discussed new bodies for him with Chiyo while Wolffy prepared several versions.
• Chiyo told Naruto she would use Life Reincarnation to bring Gaara back, trading her life to secure Sunagakure’s future.
• Mechanical Sasori asked Chiyo to spend more time with her grandson, but she said she wanted to see Sasori return home and protect Sunagakure.
• Naruto decided Chiyo should enjoy more years with her grandson and called his father to seek another way to save Gaara.

Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya arrived in Konoha from another world to find their counterparts and persuade them to support red thought. After revealing their identities and explaining the other world’s future and the Akatsuki’s plans, they gained a chance to speak with Tsunade, but Minato’s phone rang just as she was about to question them further.

• Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya entered Konoha in disguise and headed to Ichiraku Ramen to ask about Naruto.
• Iruka overheard Minato Namikaze asking about Naruto and alerted the Anbu, while Minato learned that Naruto was on a mission in Sunagakure.
• The Anbu escorted Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya to Tsunade’s office, where the two revealed their true appearances and shocked everyone.
• Minato Namikaze used a space-locking technique to restrain the office’s occupants while he explained their origins and shared information about the future and the Akatsuki.
• Tsunade dismissed the Anbu and prepared to question the visitors, but Minato Namikaze’s phone rang.

Minato agreed to help Naruto save Gaara by bringing a death row prisoner to substitute for Chiyo in using Life Reincarnation. Danzo suspected the visitors from another world had come to conquer his world, while Minato arrived at the Akatsuki cave with both Jiraiyas, leaving Kakashi and the others stunned by his appearance.

• Naruto called Minato and asked him to come save Gaara, so Minato requested a death row prisoner from Tsunade as the price for Life Reincarnation.
• Tsunade consulted Jiraiya, who trusted Minato and went to Konoha Prison to retrieve a condemned ninja.
• Danzo learned that Minato and Jiraiya from another space-time had arrived and privately speculated that they might be plotting to seize his world.
• Jiraiya returned with a death row prisoner, and Minato took him and both Jiraiyas to the Akatsuki cave using Flying Thunder God.
• Chiyo prepared to use Life Reincarnation, but Little Naruto asked her to wait because someone else could save Gaara.
• Minato appeared beside Little Naruto with both Jiraiyas, surprising Kakashi and Big Naruto, then told them both Narutos were his sons.

Minato Namikaze used Sharingan to make a death row inmate perform Life Reincarnation and revive Gaara, while Big Naruto learned his parents might be brought back and Sasori was turned into a tiny girl. The chapter ended with the Otherworld's Nagato and Uchiha Itachi preparing to fight the Six Paths of Pain near Amegakure.

• Minato Namikaze used Mangekyō Sharingan to force a death row inmate to perform Life Reincarnation and save Gaara.
• The Otherworld's Jiraiya explained that Minato and Kushina had been revived with help from Orochimaru and Naruto, prompting Big Naruto to ask whether his own parents could return.
• Little Naruto said finding Orochimaru was necessary, and Sasori offered information about him in exchange for freedom.
• Little Naruto revealed Sasori's spy was Kabuto Yakushi and that they were due to meet at Tenchi Bridge, leaving Sasori astonished.
• Gaara's resurrection finished as the Otherworld's Nagato and Uchiha Itachi fled the Six Paths of Pain near Amegakure and decided to fight them.

Nagato and Itachi confronted the otherworldly Nagato’s counterpart in Amegakure, but their attempt to explain Madara’s manipulation failed and they fled from the Six Paths of Pain. More than ten kilometers from the village, they began fighting the pursuing Pains, leaving Nagato and Itachi battling while Deva Path Pain countered Nagato’s attacks.

• Nagato revealed his identity to Deva Path Pain and tried to explain that Madara had given him the Rinnegan and manipulated his suffering, but Pain attacked him with Banshō Ten'in.
• Pain summoned all Six Paths and proclaimed that he would kill the pair for blaspheming against God, so Itachi and Nagato retreated from Amegakure.
• As they fled, Itachi teased Nagato about his embarrassment over his former godly proclamations, and the pair decided to fight the Pains outside the village.
• Itachi used a Great Fireball infused with nen aura to defeat Preta Path Pain, whose chakra absorption could not extinguish the flames.
• Nagato attacked the remaining Pains with elemental ninjutsu and told Itachi to keep Hell Path Pain from reviving them, while Deva Path Pain dispersed Nagato’s attacks with Shinra Tensei.

Nagato and Itachi defeated the Six Paths of Pain using their knowledge of Pain and Itachi’s Nen-powered abilities. As they prepared to return to Amegakure, the Akatsuki arrived, and the two faced a new group of opponents.

• Nagato sent Itachi after Naraka Path while he held off the summoning beasts and Asura Path, and two Nagato clones cleared the beasts blocking Itachi’s way.
• Itachi manipulated the chakra behind Deva Path’s Banshō Ten'in, broke free, and struck Deva Path Pain with a Nen-enhanced punch.
• Itachi created two Susanoo clones that defeated Naraka Path and Human Path while Nagato dismantled Asura Path with Wind Release.
• Itachi sent his Susanoo clones to help Nagato, and they took out Animal Path as Nagato finished dismantling Asura Path.
• As Itachi and Nagato prepared to head back to Amegakure, Deva Path Pain unleashed Super Shinra Tensei, and the Akatsuki arrived with Konan, Kisame Hoshigaki, Kakuzu, Hidan, Zetsu, and masked Obito.
• Nagato protected himself with Earth Release and Itachi with Susanoo, and both emerged from the rubble unharmed as the Akatsuki prepared to face them.

Nagato and Itachi escaped the Akatsuki and traveled to the Land of Fire, where the suffering of refugees made Nagato question his narrow understanding of peace. Nagato admitted Itachi had been right, leaving him reconsidering what true peace required.

• Itachi and Nagato faced the Akatsuki, then retreated after Itachi secretly sent his counterpart a message to meet at the Land of Fire's border.
• The Otherworld's Itachi used Flame Shadow Clones to hold off Hidan, Kakuzu, and Kisame while he and Nagato escaped.
• Pain sent Zetsu to investigate the pair and assigned the Akatsuki members their next tailed-beast targets.
• Itachi and Nagato reached the Land of Fire's border and saw refugees living in severe poverty.
• Children asked Itachi and Nagato for food, and Nagato recognized his own childhood in them.
• Nagato told Itachi that his vision of peace had been too narrow because it left many people suffering.

An otherworldly Itachi told his counterpart how Shisui’s death led to the Uchiha rebellion and his clan’s slaughter, then challenged the belief that sacrificing the clan had brought peace. He left this world’s Itachi questioning who benefited from village wars and considering the shinobi world’s rules.

• The otherworldly Itachi met this world’s Itachi at the refugee settlement and proved his identity by revealing private childhood memories.
• This world’s Itachi explained that Danzo stole one of Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan, Shisui entrusted his remaining eye to Itachi before dying, and the Uchiha rebellion led Itachi to slaughter his clan for the village’s peace.
• The otherworldly Itachi grew furious and told his counterpart that his view of peace was too narrow, since it ignored the suffering of the refugees and the wider world.
• The otherworldly Itachi questioned whether village peace could end hunger and hardship, and asked where wars came from.
• This world’s Itachi struggled to explain what ninja villages gained from war, while the otherworldly Itachi argued that the world’s rules—not merely its people—needed to change.

The Otherworld Itachi introduced this world's Itachi to red thought, but learned that his counterpart was dying and planned to pass his eyes to Sasuke. After receiving the Shadow Clone's memories, the real Itachi began recruiting Kisame to the cause, while Naruto's group headed toward Orochimaru with Deidara captive.

• The Otherworld Itachi gave this world's Itachi books on red thought, and this world's Itachi studied them before agreeing to set out for Sasuke once he had finished.
• This world's Itachi revealed that his body was failing and that he intended to give Sasuke his eyes, so the Otherworld Itachi offered to examine him when their real bodies met.
• This world's Itachi's Shadow Clone disappeared, and the real Itachi received its memories while traveling with Kisame Hoshigaki toward the Land of Earth.
• Itachi praised red thought to Kisame and asked whether he wanted to learn about it.
• Minato Namikaze revived Gaara, and Chiyo took Gaara and Little-Girl Scorpion back to Sunagakure.
• Big Naruto, Kakashi, Jiraiya, and the others set out for Tenchi Bridge with Deidara bound, intending to find Orochimaru and Sasuke.

Naruto’s group reached Tenchi Bridge and met Itachi and Nagato before confronting Kabuto Yakushi and Orochimaru. Jiraiya, Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura surrounded Orochimaru as the battle began.

• Little Naruto gave Big Naruto photos of Sasuke dressed as a girl to use as leverage, and Sakura took them for her collection.
• During the journey, Wolffy impressed Deidara with a nuclear explosion, and Deidara became Little Naruto’s follower.
• The group arrived at Tenchi Bridge, where Itachi and Nagato were waiting; Jiraiya learned that the Nagato from his world was still alive and leading the Akatsuki.
• Sasori went to meet Kabuto Yakushi, while Little Naruto watched for Orochimaru, who was hiding nearby.
• Orochimaru attacked Kabuto, who broke free and struck Sasori with a Chakra Scalpel, but the attack only damaged Hiruko and Sasori’s body proved to be metal.
• Sasori captured Kabuto as Orochimaru’s Hidden Lurking Snake Hands coiled around him, but Jiraiya arrived with a Rasengan and Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura surrounded Orochimaru.

Orochimaru called on Danzo’s Root forces to rescue him, but Konoha’s team and Sasori’s group defeated them and captured their leaders. The chapter ended with Minato, Uchiha Itachi, Nagato, and Little Naruto arriving with a battered Orochimaru.

• Orochimaru revealed that Root was his partner, and Torune Aburame and Yamanaka Fū appeared with more than a dozen Root ninja.
• Yamanaka Fū defended Danzo’s alliance with Orochimaru, but Orochimaru escaped by dissolving into a mud clone.
• Jiraiya abandoned the pursuit and joined Big Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi in attacking Root.
• Naruto seized several Root members, while Sasori knocked Torune unconscious and Deidara attacked Yamanaka Fū.
• Jiraiya’s group subdued Root, and Jiraiya tied up Yamanaka Fū as Torune protested.
• Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Itachi, Nagato, and Little Naruto arrived with a bruised and battered Orochimaru.

After defeating Orochimaru, Minato Namikaze and the others forced him to lead them to Sasuke. When Sasuke attacked Itachi, Itachi trapped him in Tsukuyomi and made him face stacks of books and workbooks.

• Minato Namikaze, Itachi, Naruto, Nagato, and Jiraiya overwhelmed Orochimaru and beat him into submission.
• Big Naruto and Itachi demanded to know where Sasuke was, and Orochimaru agreed to take them to his base.
• Little Naruto asked Orochimaru about genetic samples from Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, saying they planned to bring them back to life.
• The group reached Orochimaru's base, and Sasuke emerged after Orochimaru summoned him.
• Sasuke charged at Itachi with his Kusanagi Sword and Chidori Sharp Spear, but Itachi turned the attack back on him and caught him in Tsukuyomi.

Sasuke tried to escape Itachi’s Tsukuyomi, but after realizing he was still trapped, he gave up until Itachi offered him a chance to attack if he escaped. Sasuke studied for three months inside the genjutsu, broke free, and then collapsed after Itachi dodged his promised attack and struck him.

• Sasuke mistook an illusion of Itachi for the real one, revealed his abilities, and gave up on escaping Tsukuyomi.
• Sasuke remembered Naruto, and Itachi offered to let him attack for three seconds if he escaped Tsukuyomi on his own.
• Sasuke studied the books in Tsukuyomi for three months while only a few seconds passed in the real world.
• Little Naruto used the Five-Finger Flower Picker’s Thousand Years of Death to rejuvenate the exhausted Itachi.
• Sasuke escaped Tsukuyomi and tried to cut off Itachi’s head, but Itachi dodged, punched him, and explained that he had never promised not to fight back.
• Sasuke spat blood and passed out as Big Naruto and Sakura hurried to him.

Tsunade learned that Danzo had pursued forbidden experiments and helped set Nagato on the path to creating the Ten-Tails, so the Otherworld's Itachi planned to turn Sasuke's revenge toward Danzo. Sasuke escaped Konoha to hunt Itachi, while this world's Itachi went to meet his counterpart at the Land of Fire Border Refugee Area.

• Little Naruto told Tsunade and Jiraiya that Danzo had worked with Hanzō to betray Nagato, whose plans involved the Ten-Tails.
• The Otherworld's Itachi said he would help Sasuke understand this world's Itachi's motives and redirect his hatred toward Danzo.
• Sakura told Sasuke that the man who defeated him was from another world, and Sasuke knocked her unconscious, disguised himself as her, and escaped Konoha with his Kusanagi Sword.
• This world's Itachi sent Kisame ahead with Roshi while he went to meet the Otherworld's Itachi at the Land of Fire Border Refugee Area.

Itachi, the Otherworld Itachi, and Little Naruto waited for Sasuke, unaware that he had paused his search to help a refugee settlement and spread books on red thought. After hearing that Itachi was seeking him, Sasuke and the Hawk Squad headed for the Uchiha meeting place, followed by grateful villagers.

• The Otherworld Itachi described his plan for Sasuke to kill Itachi, learn the truth, and kill Danzo, and Itachi agreed that Sasuke could then focus on revolution.
• While waiting, Little Naruto and Wolffy improved their refugee village, and Itachi returned to the Akatsuki base to help seal two batches of tailed beasts.
• Sasuke gathered Jugo, Karin, and Suigetsu, then stayed for half a month in a poor refugee settlement, helping villagers, defeating bandits, and distributing books on red thought.
• Itachi decided to reveal his location through the Black Market and led the Otherworld Itachi and Little Naruto to a former Uchiha Clan meeting place, where Little Naruto set up High-Speed Cameras.
• After Karin told Sasuke that Itachi was looking for him, Sasuke took his copied books and led the Hawk Squad toward the meeting place as the refugees followed in gratitude.