Chapter Summaries

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.

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.