Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Minamoto gained Kurama’s Baryon Mode and considered adapting it into a stronger chakra transformation, while Kurama reunited with his Yin half and regained his full power. Kurama thanked Minamoto, acknowledged the Namikaze family, and asked Naruto whether he had learned the Summoning Technique.

• Uchiha Minamoto checked his Great Love Points, found he had over two hundred million, and examined the SS-rank Baryon Mode ability.
• Uchiha Minamoto considered using Baryon Mode and the Great Sun Sage Body to develop a more powerful Sun Flash Mode, but judged that he lacked enough points to upgrade it.
• The Yin Nine-Tails bid Minato Namikaze farewell and merged with the Yang Nine-Tails, restoring Kurama to his prime.
• Matatabi acknowledged Kurama’s strength, and Uchiha Minamoto stroked her head and praised her.
• Kurama thanked Uchiha Minamoto for freeing him and restoring his power, then credited the Namikaze family’s cooperation.
• Kurama asked Naruto Uzumaki whether he had learned the Summoning Technique, and Naruto said he had and asked if Kurama would sign a contract with him.

Naruto Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze signed Summoning Contracts with Kurama, and Naruto considered changing his surname to Namikaze. As Kurama hurried off to meet the other Tailed Beasts, Uchiha Minamoto went with Matatabi to join them.

• Naruto Uzumaki bit his thumb and signed a Summoning Contract with Kurama while Tsunade recoiled from the sight of blood and leaned against Uchiha Minamoto.
• Minato Namikaze warned Naruto not to summon Kurama until he met Minato's requirements, then signed a Summoning Contract with Kurama himself.
• Kurama told Minato Namikaze that they were even over the Nine-Tails' Attack, and Kushina Uzumaki teased Naruto about changing his surname to Namikaze.
• Naruto Uzumaki considered taking both the Uzumaki and Namikaze surnames as his parents and Tsunade discussed his name.
• Kurama rushed toward the Five-Tails Chakra, while Matatabi carried Uchiha Minamoto after him to meet Kokuō and Son Goku; Minamoto created a Lightning Doppelganger.

Uchiha Minamoto reunited Naruto with his parents, who confirmed that Naruto would take the Namikaze surname, then brought Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki to Konoha to meet descendants of the Uzumaki Clan. Shisui Uchiha arrived with the guests, and Kushina approached the red-haired mother and daughter.

• Naruto celebrated his new family and declared his loyalty to Uchiha Minamoto's Great Love Group.
• Uchiha Minamoto invited Kushina Uzumaki to meet Uzumaki Clan descendants and explained that he planned to use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu again.
• Uchiha Minamoto brought Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, Naruto, and Tsunade to the Hokage Building rooftop.
• Yatagarasu arrived carrying Shisui Uchiha and three guests, and Shisui was startled to see the resurrected Fourth Hokage.
• Shisui reported that his mission was complete, greeted Minato, and Kushina approached the red-haired mother and daughter.

Momo-hime introduced Karin and Ryūzetsu to Kushina Uzumaki and Naruto Uzumaki, while Kushina sympathized with their plight. Later, Uchiha Minamoto brought Minato Namikaze and the Kusagakure guests to the Hokage’s Office, where he offered Momo-hime and Karin a free life in Konoha, though Momo-hime remained wary of him.

• Momo-hime introduced herself, Karin, and Ryūzetsu to Kushina Uzumaki, who recognized their Uzumaki heritage and sympathized with their suffering.
• Kushina Uzumaki introduced Naruto Uzumaki, and Karin blushed as she looked at him.
• Uchiha Minamoto thanked Yatagarasu and sent it to join Blue Pheasant before heading to the Hokage’s Office with Minato Namikaze and the others.
• Konoha’s ninja recognized Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, and news that the Fourth Hokage had returned spread through the village.
• Uchiha Minamoto apologized to Momo-hime and offered her and Karin the choice to live freely in Konoha, but Momo-hime remained cautious and trusted Kushina Uzumaki more.

Uchiha Minamoto welcomed Ryūzetsu into Konoha as a guest after discovering her Dragon Life Reincarnation kekkei genkai, and arranged for her to live with Momo-hime and Karin. After Kushina took the women to their new home, Minamoto and Tsunade discussed Momo-hime’s failing health, and Minamoto turned to Minato Namikaze with questions.

• Uchiha Minamoto discovered that Ryūzetsu possessed the S-rank Dragon Life Reincarnation kekkei genkai and invited her to stay in Konoha.
• Ryūzetsu was surprised when Minamoto treated her as a guest and arranged for her to live with Momo-hime and Karin.
• Kushina Uzumaki accompanied Momo-hime, Karin, and Ryūzetsu to their house near Naruto’s home and offered to help Momo-hime get medical care.
• Tsunade warned that Momo-hime’s vitality was nearly depleted, and Minamoto said Kusagakure had treated her as a human blood bag.
• Tsunade considered using White Zetsu Cells to restore Momo-hime, but Minamoto decided to let her settle into Konoha first.
• Minamoto asked Minato Namikaze if he could answer some questions.

Uchiha Minamoto proposed abolishing the Anbu and integrating its strongest members into the Konoha Military Police Force. After reviewing evidence of similar reforms in Kumogakure, Minato Namikaze recognized how the change would expand the Hokage's direct forces and praised Uchiha Minamoto's leadership.

• Uchiha Minamoto asked Minato Namikaze whether the village was ready for deeper reforms and proposed abolishing the Anbu.
• Minato Namikaze initially considered the proposal radical, then realized the Konoha Military Police Force could serve as another unit directly under the Hokage.
• Uchiha Minamoto handed Minato Namikaze reports on the Konoha Military Police Force's reorganization and its expansion into Kumogakure.
• Minato Namikaze read that Kumogakure had disbanded its Anbu and integrated its members into the Kumogakure Konoha Military Police Force, with substantial results.
• Minato Namikaze concluded that the reform would strengthen the Hokage's forces and told Uchiha Minamoto he was a better Hokage than he had been.

Uchiha Minamoto and Minato Namikaze reviewed the understaffed Anbu and discussed Tenzo’s Wood Release, which Minato hoped might help Konoha control its tailed beasts. Minamoto revealed a workable method for creating Wood Release chakra and demonstrated that he had developed the technique himself, offering it as part of his plan to win support for reforms.

• Minato Namikaze reviewed the Anbu roster with Uchiha Minamoto and learned that Aburame Ryoma was imprisoned after turning himself in.
• Minato asked about Tenzo’s Wood Release, and Minamoto explained that Shimura Danzō had abducted Tenzo as a child and experimented on him with Hashirama Cells.
• Minato wondered whether Tenzo’s Wood Release could help suppress Konoha’s tailed beasts and suggested letting Tenzo have offspring, while rejecting further human experimentation.
• Minamoto gave Minato a scroll explaining how to create Wood Release chakra by combining Water Release and Earth Release, and said he had written it.
• Minamoto demonstrated his own Wood Release and framed the technique as an offer to win village support for his internal reforms.

Uchiha Minamoto offered Minato Namikaze training scrolls for Blaze Release and Scorch Release while the two Hokage reorganized the Anbu into the Konoha Military Police Force. The chapter left Uchiha Itachi assigned to the force’s low-status Eighth Squad, the Security Guard Squad.

• Uchiha Minamoto gave Minato Namikaze a Blaze Release training scroll and explained that Kekkei Genkai could be earned through contributions to Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze studied Blaze Release but decided it did not suit his Flying Thunder God fighting style, while considering how to improve the Rasengan.
• Uchiha Minamoto wrote a Scorch Release training scroll for Minato Namikaze as another option.
• Uchiha Minamoto and Minato Namikaze selected Anbu members for the Konoha Military Police Force and reassigned or dismissed others.
• Minato Namikaze questioned why Uchiha Itachi was being assigned to the Eighth Squad, and Uchiha Minamoto confirmed that he would serve as a security guard.

Uchiha Minamoto assigned Uchiha Itachi to guard Konoha’s gates and placed Kakashi Hatake in the Seventh Squad, which Minato Namikaze agreed would help him recover. Meanwhile, Jiraiya was caught peeping at a women’s bath by the Seventh Squad, whose members moved in to arrest him.

• Uchiha Minamoto decided Uchiha Itachi would guard Konoha’s gates and considered investing in Sasuke Uchiha’s development.
• Uchiha Minamoto explained that Kakashi Hatake would join the Seventh Squad to reconnect with people, and Minato Namikaze approved the placement.
• Jiraiya secretly watched the women’s bath at a hot spring inn while claiming he was gathering material for his writing.
• Uchiha Rai’s Seventh Squad identified Jiraiya as the peeping suspect and surrounded him to make the arrest.

Uchiha Rai arrested Jiraiya for peeping on the women's bathhouse and brought him to Uchiha Minamoto's office, where Jiraiya discovered Minato Namikaze had returned. The chapter ended with Minato addressing Jiraiya as his teacher after their awkward reunion.

• Uchiha Rai caught Jiraiya peeping on the women's bathhouse, handcuffed him, and brought him to the Hokage's Office to report his claim of important intelligence.
• Uchiha Minamoto recognized Jiraiya beneath the Wild Lion's Mane Technique and asked Minato Namikaze to handle him.
• Jiraiya released the technique and was stunned to see Minato Namikaze standing in the office.
• Jiraiya realized Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade had not told him the full truth about Minato's return.
• Minato Namikaze respectfully called Jiraiya his teacher, leaving them both facing an awkward reunion.

Jiraiya reunited with Minato Namikaze, learned that he and Kushina Uzumaki had been restored through the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and returned Minato’s sealing key. Pressed to provide the special intelligence he had claimed to possess, Jiraiya improvised a report about Orochimaru and Akatsuki, only to find that Uchiha Minamoto already knew the organization’s name.

• Jiraiya met Minato Namikaze, who explained that the Fifth Hokage had used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to attach his soul to a body.
• Jiraiya learned that Kushina Uzumaki had also been resurrected and decided to avoid seeing her for now.
• Jiraiya summoned Gerotora and returned the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style key to Minato Namikaze.
• Minato asked Jiraiya to share the special intelligence he had promised the Fifth Hokage.
• Jiraiya claimed his intelligence concerned Orochimaru and the organization he belonged to, and Uchiha Minamoto identified it as Akatsuki.

Uchiha Minamoto shared intelligence about the Akatsuki and its leader, Pain, prompting Jiraiya to reveal his connection to Nagato and the Rinnegan. The chapter ended with Minamoto activating his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan after pointing out that Pain resembled Yahiko more than Nagato.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Jiraiya that Orochimaru had left the Akatsuki and showed him three rings taken from Obito Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Juzo Biwa.
• Uchiha Minamoto revealed that Akatsuki leader Pain possessed the Rinnegan, and Jiraiya admitted that he had encountered a pair belonging to Nagato.
• Jiraiya recounted how he had once suspected Minato Namikaze and later Nagato of being the Child of Prophecy, while privately wondering whether Minamoto might fit the prophecy.
• Jiraiya concluded that Pain was probably his former student Nagato, but Uchiha Minamoto noted that Pain looked like Yahiko instead.
• Uchiha Minamoto activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan as Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze watched.

Uchiha Minamoto showed Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze a genjutsu reconstruction of the Akatsuki, prompting Jiraiya to suspect that Pain was Yahiko and that Nagato controlled him as a puppet. When Jiraiya volunteered to investigate Amegakure, Minamoto rejected the request, convinced that Pain would kill him.

• Uchiha Minamoto used the Sharingan to show Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze a reconstructed Akatsuki meeting, where Jiraiya recognized Yahiko and Konan but could not find Nagato.
• Minato Namikaze suggested Nagato had died and given his Rinnegan to Yahiko, while Jiraiya doubted that Yahiko could withstand their power.
• Uchiha Minamoto proposed that Yahiko had died and that Nagato controlled his body as a human puppet, but Jiraiya questioned how Yahiko could possess the Rinnegan.
• Jiraiya asked to go to Amegakure to investigate the Akatsuki, and Uchiha Minamoto refused, believing Pain would kill him.
• Uchiha Minamoto reasoned that Jiraiya was unlikely to defeat all Six Paths of Pain, though Minato Namikaze might fare better with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Uchiha Minamoto explained his plan to convene a Five Kage Summit and then destroy the Akatsuki, while Jiraiya offered to accompany him to Amegakure. After accepting Jiraiya’s offer but refusing to bring him to the summit, Minamoto ordered him detained for voyeurism and sentenced him to up to five days in short-term detention.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Jiraiya that the Five Kage Summit would focus on the Akatsuki’s capture of Tailed Beasts and that he would personally attack Amegakure afterward.
• Jiraiya asked to accompany Minamoto to Amegakure or attend the summit, and Minamoto accepted the first request while rejecting the second.
• Uchiha Minamoto abruptly ordered Uchiha Rai and two subordinates to take Jiraiya to prison for his voyeurism offense.
• Uchiha Minamoto sentenced Jiraiya to short-term detention of no more than five days under Konoha’s regulations.
• Jiraiya used the Wild Lion's Mane Technique to wrap himself in his hair as he was led from the Hokage's Office.

Uchiha Minamoto invited Minato Namikaze to join the Five Kage Summit, but Minato declined and agreed to accompany him to Amegakure afterward. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu pressed Orochimaru to hurry his experiments on a living White Zetsu, whose compatibility with Hashirama cells fascinated him.

• Minato Namikaze watched the Seventh Squad escort Jiraiya, disguised as “Big Hedgehog,” to the Konoha Military Police Force Prison, and Uchiha Minamoto teased him about his teacher.
• Minato asked Uchiha Minamoto to let him join the operation in Amegakure, and Uchiha Minamoto agreed before inviting him to the Five Kage Summit.
• Uchiha Minamoto considered using the [Dragon Life Reincarnation] Kekkei Genkai to develop a way to revive people without sacrificing a life, possibly by drawing on natural energy.
• Minato declined the summit invitation, calling himself a ghost of a bygone era, but agreed to go to Amegakure with Uchiha Minamoto after the summit.
• At an Underground Base in the Land of Fields, Black Zetsu urged Orochimaru to speed up his dissection of a living White Zetsu, while Orochimaru praised its remarkable compatibility with Hashirama cells and [Wood Release].

Orochimaru explained that studying and modifying White Zetsu could let the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu summon its targets in their prime, easing Black Zetsu’s concern about reviving Madara Uchiha. After learning that Uchiha Minamoto had publicly executed Obito Uchiha, Orochimaru eagerly considered using the jutsu to get his hands on the dead Obito.

• Black Zetsu urged Orochimaru to focus on mastering the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu instead of researching White Zetsu.
• Orochimaru explained that modifying White Zetsu sacrifices could let him summon dead ninjas in their prime rather than in the condition they had been in before death.
• Black Zetsu worried that the jutsu might bring back an elderly Madara Uchiha, but relaxed when Orochimaru described his plan for improving the sacrifices.
• Black Zetsu reported that Uchiha Minamoto had publicly executed Obito Uchiha, news he had received from Kirigakure.
• Orochimaru mourned the loss of Obito’s unusual combination of Senju and Uchiha powers, then became eager to summon him with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

Orochimaru pressed Black Zetsu for Obito Uchiha’s remains and Madara Uchiha’s corpse, hoping to use them for Impure World Reincarnation. After Black Zetsu admitted he had found Madara’s corpse, Orochimaru began demonstrating the jutsu and asked whom Black Zetsu wanted revived.

• Orochimaru asked Black Zetsu whether he could obtain Obito Uchiha’s body, but Black Zetsu said it was in Uchiha Minamoto’s hands and claimed he could not approach Konoha.
• Orochimaru suggested that Black Zetsu search the Mountain Graveyard for Obito Uchiha’s remaining tissue, and Black Zetsu agreed to look.
• Orochimaru asked Black Zetsu about Madara Uchiha’s corpse, and Black Zetsu confirmed that he had located it but wanted proof of Impure World Reincarnation’s effects.
• Orochimaru summoned a large snake to seize a nearby White Zetsu and asked Black Zetsu whom he most wanted to bring back to life.
• Black Zetsu nearly blurted out that he wanted to revive his mother.

Black Zetsu chose Hashirama Senju as a test of Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation, hoping to estimate how powerful a resurrected Madara Uchiha could become. Orochimaru summoned Hashirama with a White Zetsu sacrifice, but the unusually powerful Hokage broke the expected balance, leaving Orochimaru facing his attack alone.

• Black Zetsu asked Orochimaru to summon Hashirama Senju so he could assess the strength of an Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru used Hashirama cells and a living White Zetsu as the medium and sacrifice to summon Hashirama.
• Hashirama recognized Orochimaru and found that he could wield about sixty percent of his former strength, far more than in Orochimaru’s previous summons.
• Hashirama’s chakra pressure overwhelmed Orochimaru, while Black Zetsu fled the laboratory.
• Hashirama rejected Orochimaru and unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.

Hashirama Senju overwhelmed Orochimaru with [Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence], forcing him to escape with Manda’s help. Hashirama then questioned the captured White Zetsu about their origins, but they dodged his questions and provoked his anger.

• Hashirama Senju attacked Orochimaru’s laboratory with [Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence] and subdued the White Zetsu there.
• Orochimaru escaped the forest’s restraints by shedding his body, then summoned Manda to create an opening.
• Hashirama Senju’s trees drained and badly injured Manda, which returned to Ryūchi Cave as Orochimaru fled through an escape passage.
• Hashirama Senju reflected on Orochimaru’s weakness and decided to investigate the village after dealing with the laboratory.
• Hashirama Senju released the captured White Zetsu and asked about their appearance and chakra, but they evaded his questions with jokes.

Orochimaru released Hashirama Senju from Impure World Reincarnation, but Hashirama struck him with Wood Dragon Technique before his soul began to depart. Hashirama regretted that he could not return to see the village and looked beneath the earth as his reanimated body disintegrated.

• Black Zetsu told Orochimaru that Hashirama Senju had broken free of his control and criticized Orochimaru’s ability to summon a weakened Hashirama.
• Orochimaru explained that Hashirama was uncontrollable because he lacked a talisman kunai and considered improving Impure World Reincarnation to control bodies through its sealing formation.
• Hashirama Senju emerged from the ruins with captured White Zetsu and asked Orochimaru about the strange chakra he had sensed nearby.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation: Release, but Hashirama struck him with Wood Dragon Technique before the jutsu took effect.
• Hashirama Senju’s reanimated body began disintegrating, and he expressed regret that he could not return to see the village before looking beneath the earth.