Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke learned about Tobirama the Wanderer, who had come to the Demon Tribe seeking Zabuza the Wanderer and Haku the Wanderer. After hearing of Tobirama’s past, Naruto and Sasuke planned to test his strength, with Naruto proposing to play the idiot and catch him off guard.

• Naruto and Sasuke saw the Demon Tribe butchering the Blue Snake and kept Naruto’s connection to it secret.
• A scout warned Zabuza the Wanderer and Haku the Wanderer that a strange samurai had arrived looking for them.
• Naruto recognized the visitor as Tobirama the Wanderer, who went with Zabuza and Haku to discuss something privately.
• A graying samurai told the tribe that Tobirama had become a cold killer after returning to find the orphans he had trained slaughtered by a warlord’s soldiers.
• Sasuke remembered that Tobirama resembled the Second Hokage and asked Naruto if he could beat him.
• Naruto corrected Sasuke’s plan to lure Tobirama in and said he would play the idiot to catch him off guard.

Naruto and Sasuke encountered Tobirama the Wanderer, who recognized Sasuke as an Uchiha and revealed that he remembered his former life in the Shinobi World. After learning the boys came from Konoha and were pursuing Obito Uchiha, Tobirama became eager to hear about Konoha and was shocked by their target.

• Tobirama the Wanderer spotted Sasuke, recognized him as an Uchiha, and provoked him with insults and killing intent.
• Naruto stepped between Tobirama and Sasuke, then identified Tobirama as the Second Hokage.
• Tobirama took Naruto and Sasuke somewhere secluded and asked whether they had reincarnated into this world.
• Naruto told Tobirama that he and Sasuke had accidentally arrived while chasing a criminal from Konoha.
• Tobirama questioned the boys about Konoha and grew anxious when he heard Tsunade had become Hokage.
• Naruto and Sasuke revealed that they were pursuing Obito Uchiha, shocking Tobirama.

Naruto told Tobirama the Wanderer that he had come to this world while pursuing Obito Uchiha, prompting Tobirama to fear that two versions of Obito might meet. Meanwhile, Obito and Black Zetsu followed Obito’s growing sense of connection through a mist barrier and discovered an enormous, motionless tree.

• Naruto’s mention of Obito Uchiha shocked Tobirama the Wanderer, who questioned whether Obito had arrived in this world alive.
• Naruto suggested that the Obito they pursued might have gone looking for his counterpart, and Tobirama worried the meeting could lead to trouble.
• Obito sensed a powerful connection to another version of himself and rushed west with Black Zetsu.
• Obito used Fire Release and Kamui to blast a hole through the mist barrier, then entered the barren land beyond with Black Zetsu.
• Obito and Black Zetsu saw a gigantic black tree rising beyond their reach of vision.

Obito and Black Zetsu found the God Tree, but Obito was drawn away by a mysterious presence and discovered Rin Nohara asleep inside a crystal. Unable to free her, he called Black Zetsu for help, and Black Zetsu recognized her.

• Black Zetsu sensed the God Tree and urged Obito to approach it.
• Obito explained that his Kamui could not transport the enormous tree, so they climbed toward its top to inspect it.
• Black Zetsu found no flower or fruit on the immature God Tree, while Obito followed a mysterious calling to a wall of branches.
• Obito parted the branches and found Rin Nohara sleeping inside a crystal, then tried and failed to break it open.
• Obito summoned Black Zetsu to help, and Black Zetsu recognized Rin Nohara inside the crystal.

Obito tried to get Black Zetsu to free Rin from her crystal seal, but a sudden encounter with Obito the Wanderer interrupted him. The Wanderer attacked after learning Obito knew Rin’s name, leaving Obito and Black Zetsu to evade a slash that tore open space.

• Obito grabbed Black Zetsu and demanded that he find a way to free Rin, but Black Zetsu’s strange response made Obito let go.
• Obito gazed at Rin in the crystal and grew frustrated when she remained unresponsive.
• Obito the Wanderer appeared in the air and demanded to know who Obito and Black Zetsu were and how they had entered his territory.
• Obito removed his mask, recognized that the newcomer had his exact face, and accused him of sealing Rin.
• Obito the Wanderer asked how Obito knew Rin’s name, then slashed at him and Black Zetsu, tearing open space where they had stood.
• Black Zetsu sensed the danger and swiftly fled the spot.

Obito the Wanderer attacked Obito and revealed that he possessed the same Kamui ability. The two resumed fighting atop the God Tree while Black Zetsu tried to keep them from killing each other, and Naruto and Sasuke remained unaware of the clash.

• Obito the Wanderer slashed Black Zetsu and then attacked Obito, whose Kamui let him evade the strikes.
• Obito tried to seize Obito the Wanderer, but the Wanderer used Kamui to escape and shocked Obito and Black Zetsu.
• Obito the Wanderer struck Black Zetsu with two arcs of blade energy and pinned him to the ground with his scabbard when he tried to stop the fight.
• Obito the Wanderer declared that one of them would die and forced Obito onto the defensive with his long blade.
• Black Zetsu decided to make Obito the Wanderer another pawn in his plan, while Naruto and Sasuke continued listening to Tobirama the Wanderer.

Naruto and Sasuke listened as Tobirama the Wanderer teased Sasuke about being unlike other Uchiha, while Obito the Wanderer and Obito fought atop the God Tree. Obito the Wanderer unveiled a spatial sword technique and began another attack, leaving Obito facing his ominous Heaven and Earth Annihilated stance.

• Tobirama the Wanderer praised Sasuke as unlike the Uchiha and playfully suggested he resembled a Senju, embarrassing him while Naruto watched.
• Obito and Obito the Wanderer traded lethal attacks atop the God Tree, while Black Zetsu struggled to evade Obito the Wanderer's strikes.
• Obito the Wanderer used Uchiha Flame Formation, but Obito recognized its defensive properties and remained unharmed with Kamui.
• Obito the Wanderer countered Obito with a short blade and unleashed a powerful spatial slash that tore open space.
• Obito the Wanderer announced Heaven and Earth Annihilated and took a sword-drawing stance as the space around him seemed to lock down.

Obito the Wanderer trapped Obito and Black Zetsu in his Heaven and Earth Annihilated attack, but Black Zetsu possessed Obito and helped him survive. A sigh from Rin’s crystal halted the fight, and the chapter ended with Obito the Wanderer pushing Obito away from it.

• Obito the Wanderer used Heaven and Earth Annihilated, trapping Obito and Black Zetsu in a storm of blade shadows.
• Black Zetsu reached Obito and possessed him, giving him the strength to charge into the attack.
• Obito survived the blade shadows, astonishing Obito the Wanderer.
• A sorrowful sigh came from Rin’s crystal, and Obito asked whether Rin had spoken.
• Obito approached the crystal, but Obito the Wanderer shoved him away and told him to take his hand off.

Naruto and Sasuke disguised themselves to lure out a mysterious woman who had been rescuing women in the area. Their staged attack drew Konan the Wanderer, and Naruto wondered whether Pain the Wanderer was nearby.

• Tobirama the Wanderer told Naruto and Sasuke to search for a beautiful heroine who had been rescuing women.
• Naruto persuaded Sasuke to disguise himself as a young woman, then transformed himself into Kakashi the Bully.
• Naruto and Sasuke began their act, with Naruto threatening Sasuko on the road.
• Konan the Wanderer attacked Kakashi the Bully with paper cranes and ordered him to let Sasuko go.
• Naruto dodged the cranes, recognized Konan the Wanderer, and wondered whether Pain the Wanderer was nearby.

Konan the Wanderer rescued Sasuko from Naruto, who was disguised as the bully Kakashi, and took him to a shelter. Later, Sasuko summoned Naruto but had found no useful leads, while Konan met an orange-haired man who warned that their enemy might soon send people to kill him.

• Konan the Wanderer shielded Sasuko from Naruto and trapped Naruto in a paper tornado before leaving with Sasuko.
• After bringing Sasuko somewhere safe, Konan reassured him and accepted his explanation that his deep voice came from straining his throat.
• That night, Sasuko used Naruto’s Flying Thunder God Kunai to summon Naruto and reported that he had found no valuable leads.
• Konan the Wanderer met an orange-haired man at a cliff, told him she had found no outlanders, and heard that their enemy might soon send people to kill him.

Obito the Wanderer confronted an Obito from another world, who believed the Rin sealed in a crystal was his own Rin. He promised to tell Obito what he knew about her if Obito joined him, then led Obito and Black Zetsu through a cut in space.

• Obito the Wanderer told Obito that the girl in the crystal was not the Rin he knew and mocked him for failing to protect Rin Nohara.
• Obito the Wanderer questioned Obito and used his blade to force Black Zetsu to explain how they had arrived in this world.
• Obito the Wanderer invited Obito and Black Zetsu to join him and learn the secrets of the world.
• Obito agreed to join in exchange for information about Rin, and Obito the Wanderer opened a passage through space for them to enter.

Obito and Black Zetsu entered the alternate dimension with Obito the Wanderer, who explained how Rin the Wanderer had been sealed in the God Tree and why he had founded an organization to save her and bring peace. Obito decided to help him, while Black Zetsu grew suspicious about the Wanderer's choice of the name Akatsuki.

• After the group left the God Tree, the space above it transformed into chaos and buried the crystal holding Rin the Wanderer.
• Obito and Black Zetsu explored the alternate dimension and recognized its resemblance to Obito's Kamui Dimension.
• Obito the Wanderer explained that Rin the Wanderer had sacrificed herself to the God Tree to save him and that he needed the tree to bloom again to rescue her.
• Obito the Wanderer said Danzo the Wanderer had told him that many living beings had to be sacrificed to make the God Tree bloom, and described founding an organization to pursue peace.
• Obito decided to help Obito the Wanderer, who revealed that his organization was called Akatsuki.
• Black Zetsu wondered whether another version of himself existed in this world, then followed the two Obitos.

Obito and Black Zetsu were assigned to follow Konan the Wanderer and eliminate the organization's traitor, but Konan attacked them after Black Zetsu insulted her. They later found her beside Yahiko's corpse, and Black Zetsu recognized the Rinnegan in its eyes.

• Obito the Wanderer assigned Obito and Black Zetsu a mission to eliminate a traitor and sent Konan the Wanderer to guide them.
• Obito and Black Zetsu recognized Konan's face but realized she was a different person, and Black Zetsu insulted her.
• Konan pinned Black Zetsu with her umbrella and attacked Obito, who avoided her paper butterflies with Intangibility.
• Konan left Obito and Black Zetsu behind with paper to point them in her direction while she planned to help Pain the Wanderer escape.
• Obito and Black Zetsu caught up with Konan and found Yahiko dead; Black Zetsu recognized the Rinnegan and considered taking it.

Konan the Wanderer destroyed Pain the Wanderer’s apparent corpse, preventing Obito and Black Zetsu from taking its Rinnegan. She later met the living Pain, who explained that they had staged the scene and set out to find outlanders he believed would save their world.

• Obito and Black Zetsu found Pain the Wanderer’s corpse and wondered whether it was Nagato or Yahiko.
• Konan the Wanderer used her red umbrella to destroy the corpse and swallow it into an abyss, ruining Black Zetsu’s chance to obtain the Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu explained the Rinnegan’s importance to Obito, who questioned whether Nagato existed in their world.
• Konan the Wanderer met the living Pain, who thanked her for helping stage the corpse’s destruction.
• Pain told Konan the Wanderer that his visions showed outlanders would save their world, and he left to search for them.

Obito the Wanderer questioned Obito and Black Zetsu about Pain the Wanderer's apparent death while Naruto and Sasuke waited for Konan the Wanderer. Pain the Wanderer encountered them, recognized that they came from another world, and introduced himself as Naruto gave Sasuko a false name.

• Obito the Wanderer doubted that Pain the Wanderer had been destroyed but saw only anguish on Obito and Black Zetsu's faces.
• Naruto reassured Sasuko that Konan the Wanderer would return and claimed his cross-dressing was necessary for their plan.
• Pain the Wanderer landed in front of Naruto and Sasuko, startling them with his sudden arrival.
• Pain the Wanderer identified Naruto and Sasuko as outsiders by using his Rinnegan to see their different souls.
• Naruto and Sasuko lowered their Ninjutsu after Pain the Wanderer explained himself, and he said meeting them might help save his world.
• Pain the Wanderer introduced himself, and Naruto called himself Kakashi, leaving Sasuko bewildered before asking what Pain wanted.

Naruto and Sasuko agreed to help Pain the Wanderer save his world after he claimed they were destined to bring it peace. Pain revealed that Obito the Wanderer would unleash the God Tree and devastate the world, leaving Naruto to consider how this future connected to the Shinobi World.

• Pain the Wanderer said his Rinnegan had shown him that outlanders would save the world, and Sasuko eagerly agreed to join the effort after Naruto did.
• Naruto asked how Pain identified them, and Pain explained that their souls looked unusual before sensing multiple souls and a dangerous presence within Naruto.
• Naruto restrained himself after Pain examined his soul, then asked whether Pain had encountered any other outlanders; Pain said they were the first.
• Naruto explained that he and Sasuko had entered the world while hunting a traitor, and Pain agreed to share any leads about other outlanders.
• Pain described a future in which Obito the Wanderer sacrificed countless people to awaken the God Tree, which turned on him and plunged the world into chaos.
• Pain said the outlanders would defeat Obito and fell the God Tree, while Naruto wondered whether Black Zetsu and Kaguya were involved and considered changing the future.

Naruto and Sasuko asked Pain the Wanderer for help finding Konan the Wanderer, but he said he did not know where she had gone. Naruto suspected Pain the Wanderer was hiding information and confirmed that he seemed to remember the Shinobi World.

• Pain the Wanderer decided that Sasuko and Kakashi were destined to save the world, then noticed them watching him.
• Naruto told Sasuko it was time to look for someone, and Pain the Wanderer asked who they were seeking.
• Naruto and Sasuko named Konan the Wanderer, but Pain the Wanderer said she had left on a mission and he did not know her whereabouts.
• Pain the Wanderer promised to tell them if he heard anything, while Naruto suspected he was concealing Konan's location.
• Naruto asked Pain the Wanderer whether he knew Jiraiya, and his startled reaction convinced Naruto that he retained memories from the Shinobi World.

Naruto and Sasuke encountered Jiraiya the Wanderer, whose arrival confirmed that he remembered his life in the Shinobi World. Jiraiya asked whether someone had killed them too, leaving Naruto and Sasuke stunned.

• Pain the Wanderer grew anxious when Naruto mentioned Jiraiya, while Naruto and Sasuko fell silent with him.
• Jiraiya the Wanderer appeared, and Naruto and Sasuke recognized him by his white hair and red markings.
• Jiraiya the Wanderer recognized Naruto and Sasuke, and Naruto assumed he had died in the Shinobi World.
• Naruto teased Jiraiya about peeping, and Jiraiya covered Naruto's mouth and begged him to stop.
• Jiraiya asked Naruto and Sasuke whether someone had killed them too, leaving them bewildered.

Naruto realized that Jiraiya the Wanderer came from a different timeline, where he had died investigating the Akatsuki in Amegakure. Jiraiya introduced Naruto and Sasuke to Pain the Wanderer, while Naruto kept the timeline difference to himself.

• Jiraiya the Wanderer mistook Naruto for someone who had died, then learned Naruto had arrived in this world through a passage from the Shinobi World.
• Naruto questioned Jiraiya about his death and realized Jiraiya had been killed while investigating the Akatsuki in Amegakure.
• Naruto recognized that this Jiraiya came from a different timeline, while Sasuke quietly checked whether Naruto was all right.
• Pain the Wanderer realized Naruto had falsely introduced himself as Kakashi, and Jiraiya teased Naruto before introducing him and Sasuke.
• Jiraiya told Pain the Wanderer that Naruto was Minato's son and that Naruto and Sasuke were trustworthy.

Jiraiya the Wanderer learned that Naruto and Sasuke were meant to save the world and discovered that Naruto was pursuing Obito Uchiha, whose actions enraged him. The group decided to seek out Konan the Wanderer, while Obito the Wanderer ordered his subordinates to provoke wars among the major tribes.

• Pain the Wanderer reaffirmed that Naruto and Sasuke were the people destined to save the world, though Jiraiya the Wanderer doubted they were capable of it.
• Naruto told Jiraiya the Wanderer that he was pursuing Obito Uchiha, and Jiraiya reacted with fury when he learned Obito had come to this world.
• Jiraiya the Wanderer asked whether his counterpart in Naruto's world had failed to look after him, but Naruto avoided answering.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Pain the Wanderer, and Jiraiya the Wanderer decided to find Konan the Wanderer to learn about Akatsuki and Obito the Wanderer's plans.
• Obito the Wanderer ordered his subordinates to provoke wars among the major tribes, then disappeared into space.
• A bandaged man with a glowing red eye ordered the gathered subordinates to carry out their missions.