Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke questioned Kimimaro the Wanderer after he recognized that they came from another world. Kimimaro revealed that Orochimaru the Wanderer had told him about them, and Naruto accepted his allegiance after seeing his Cursed Seal of Earth.

• Sasuke hesitated to kill Kimimaro the Wanderer, while Naruto asked what they should do with him.
• Kimimaro asked if Naruto and Sasuke came from another world, so Naruto teleported all three away from the Demon Tribe.
• Kimimaro explained that he sensed they were different and said Orochimaru the Wanderer had spoken of otherworldly people who would cleanse the world.
• Naruto questioned whether Kimimaro truly served Orochimaru the Wanderer, and Kimimaro demonstrated his loyalty by revealing his Cursed Seal of Earth.
• Naruto recognized the seal and told Kimimaro to get dressed, saying he believed him.

Naruto and Sasuke defeated the attackers, and Naruto treated the tribe members poisoned by Torune the Wanderer's insects. Haku the Wanderer realized Danzo the Wanderer had likely ordered the raid and blamed himself for failing to warn the tribe.

• Kimimaro the Wanderer recognized Naruto and Sasuke as the Saviors his lord was seeking, while Naruto and Sasuke wondered about his behavior.
• Jiraiya the Wanderer checked Naruto and Sasuke for injuries, then learned from Naruto that Kimimaro served Orochimaru and that another Orochimaru existed in this world.
• Naruto let Sasuke decide what to do with Kimimaro, then headed to the attacked side of the tribe to check for casualties.
• Naruto used Medical Ninjutsu to stabilize the samurai poisoned by Torune the Wanderer's purple insects and ordered Haku the Wanderer to isolate the contaminated victims.
• Naruto told Haku the Wanderer that he had killed the poison-wielding attacker, and Haku suspected Danzo the Wanderer had launched the raid and regretted not warning the tribe.

Obito and Black Zetsu struggled through the wasteland after escaping, with Obito collapsing from exhaustion and dehydration. Kakashi the Wanderer appeared, took the unconscious Obito through a spatial vortex, and left Black Zetsu behind.

• Naruto treated a samurai infected by Torune the Wanderer's poisonous insects while Obito and Black Zetsu fled across dry, barren land.
• Obito collapsed with a fever, and Black Zetsu slapped him to keep him awake before finding water underground.
• After Obito drank and fell into a deep coma, Black Zetsu sensed someone emerging through a spatial vortex.
• Kakashi the Wanderer checked Obito's breathing, slapped Black Zetsu away when he hissed, and carried Obito through the vortex.
• Black Zetsu was left alone in the wasteland, unable to follow them.

Black Zetsu was left behind after Kakashi the Wanderer took Obito away, then attached himself to Danzo the Wanderer’s cane and fell asleep as they traveled. Meanwhile, Obito recovered enough to ask Kakashi the Wanderer to let him leave, but Kakashi planned to take him along to rescue the trapped Obito the Wanderer.

• Black Zetsu realized Kakashi the Wanderer had abandoned him and spent days alone at the spot where he had landed.
• Danzo the Wanderer found Black Zetsu and questioned him about his missing master.
• Black Zetsu attached himself to Danzo the Wanderer’s cane after failing to climb onto him, then fell asleep.
• Obito, whose destroyed White Zetsu arm had not recovered, asked Kakashi the Wanderer when he could leave.
• Kakashi the Wanderer refused to release Obito and said he wanted his help rescuing Obito the Wanderer, who remained trapped in an illusion.

Danzo the Wanderer reached the Demon Tribe and confronted Naruto and Sasuke, who recognized the Mangekyō Sharingan in his possession. He let a warrior’s attack and Sasuke’s Chidori strike him, leaving a headless corpse as the others faced the sudden threat.

• Danzo the Wanderer found Torune the Wanderer dead in a sack and ordered his warriors to keep moving.
• Kimimaro the Wanderer befriended Naruto and Sasuke, while Tobirama the Wanderer grew uneasy about Naruto bringing him back.
• Naruto and Sasuke competed in an eating contest, which Sasuke won, as the Demon Tribe shared a cheerful meal.
• Danzo the Wanderer suddenly appeared, pinned a man beneath his foot, and killed him by driving his cane through the man’s head.
• Danzo the Wanderer stared at Naruto and Sasuke with a Mangekyō Sharingan that they recognized as Itachi’s eye.
• Sasuke charged Danzo the Wanderer with Chidori, and a warrior also attacked him; both strikes landed, leaving a headless corpse.

Danzo the Wanderer appeared inside the Demon Tribe’s headquarters, used a strange ability to control Sasuke and a samurai, and escaped after taunting the gathered fighters. Pain the Wanderer and Konan the Wanderer explained that they feared his power, while Danzo wondered how the Demon Tribe had defeated the Black Armor Legion.

• Naruto sensed chakra coming from Danzo the Wanderer’s headless corpse and warned a samurai not to touch it, but the samurai grabbed its shoulder.
• Danzo the Wanderer revived and used a scarlet Sharingan-like flash to take control of the samurai and Sasuke, forcing Sasuke to attack him as his head regenerated.
• Danzo the Wanderer dodged their attacks, threatened to return, and vanished from the headquarters.
• Jiraiya the Wanderer cursed Danzo, while Tobirama the Wanderer suspected his strange ability involved time.
• Pain the Wanderer and Konan the Wanderer emerged and told the others that Danzo the Wanderer was powerful and dangerous.
• Danzo the Wanderer appeared elsewhere and wondered how the Demon Tribe had defeated the Black Armor Legion.

Danzo the Wanderer planned to attack the Demon Tribe after gathering reinforcements, while the tribe’s fighters discussed how to counter his time-based ability. Tobirama the Wanderer said only space or Sealing Jutsu could oppose it, and Sasuke looked toward Naruto with a complicated expression.

• Danzo the Wanderer returned to his camp, considered capturing Sasuke to obtain more Sharingan, and ordered preparations for an attack.
• Danzo the Wanderer learned that Naruto and Sasuke had appeared in the Demon Tribe and that it had seven or eight high-end combatants.
• Danzo the Wanderer called for Akatsuki members on missions to join him before he attacked.
• Pain the Wanderer told the Demon Tribe’s fighters that Danzo the Wanderer would wait for reinforcements before launching an all-out attack.
• Jiraiya the Wanderer asked Tobirama the Wanderer how to counter Danzo the Wanderer, and Tobirama said space or Sealing Jutsu might work.
• Sasuke watched Naruto with a complicated gaze after Tobirama the Wanderer mentioned space and Sealing Jutsu.

Naruto and the others planned to ambush Danzo the Wanderer, but he detected them from more than a kilometer away. Naruto called off the approach and ordered a long-range attack, leaving Danzo facing two incoming blue beams.

• Naruto said sealing techniques could stop Danzo the Wanderer's space ability, and the group suspected his Mangekyō Sharingan came from Itachi the Wanderer and that his bandaged eye might belong to Shisui.
• Sasuke vowed to kill Danzo the Wanderer if he had hurt Itachi, while Naruto calmed him down.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Jiraiya the Wanderer, Tobirama the Wanderer, Konan the Wanderer, and Pain the Wanderer planned to attack Danzo at night; Zabuza the Wanderer and Haku the Wanderer stayed to guard the base.
• Danzo the Wanderer sensed Naruto watching him with the Byakugan from over a kilometer away, and Naruto ordered the group to attack immediately.
• Naruto grew suspicious that Danzo might have used time rewinding, changed the plan to a long-range assault, and Danzo saw two blue beams flying toward him.

Naruto and his allies confronted Danzo the Wanderer, whose Izanagi let him recover from devastating attacks. Naruto and Sasuke struck him together, then used hidden Explosive Tags to send him flying.

• A combined Railgun blast shattered Danzo the Wanderer, but Izanagi restored his body while his subordinates remained injured.
• Naruto saw through his Byakugan that Danzo the Wanderer had survived and led the group toward him.
• Danzo the Wanderer recognized Konan the Wanderer and realized she had deceived him, but Naruto and Sasuke attacked before he could speak.
• Naruto's Rasengan and Sasuke's Chidori struck Danzo the Wanderer, who healed again with Izanagi.
• Sasuke triggered Explosive Tags that Naruto and Sasuke had secretly planted beneath Danzo the Wanderer, blasting him into the air.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Tobirama the Wanderer pressured Danzo the Wanderer until repeated uses of Izanagi left him near collapse. As they prepared another attack, Danzo the Wanderer summoned a mysterious being to help him escape.

• Danzo the Wanderer used Izanagi to undo Sasuke's attack, then dodged as Sasuke, Naruto, and Tobirama the Wanderer attacked him together.
• Naruto realized Danzo the Wanderer could not keep using Izanagi indefinitely, and he and Sasuke joined Tobirama the Wanderer in surrounding him.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Tobirama the Wanderer forced Danzo the Wanderer to rewind time again, leaving him trembling and severely weakened.
• Danzo the Wanderer declared that he would not be defeated and summoned the Walker who devours dreams as white smoke and a dark shape appeared.

Naruto and the others failed to capture Danzo the Wanderer after his Baku swallowed him and carried him away. Back at the Akatsuki hall, Danzo awoke with memories of another life and realized he was no longer in Konoha’s prison.

• Danzo the Wanderer summoned Baku, which swallowed him and vanished before Naruto and the others could stop it.
• Jiraiya the Wanderer suspected Danzo had awakened memories from before his reincarnation, and Naruto warned that this could make his Izanagi far more dangerous.
• Tobirama the Wanderer worried that Danzo’s escape would lead to major trouble, and the group returned to the Demon Tribe.
• Baku spat Danzo out in the Akatsuki hall, where he recovered on his throne as Black Zetsu noticed his changed demeanor.
• Danzo examined his Sharingan-covered arm and wondered why he was no longer in Konoha’s prison.

Danzo the Wanderer absorbed his body's memories, learned about the god of this world, and vowed to kill Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha before returning to the Shinobi World. At the Demon Tribe, the others considered the danger of his escape, while Obito agreed to help Kakashi the Wanderer rescue Obito the Wanderer.

• Danzo the Wanderer recognized familiar faces, absorbed his body's memories, and vowed to kill Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, slay the world's god, and reclaim Konoha as Hokage.
• At the Demon Tribe, Naruto admitted he did not know where Danzo the Wanderer had gone, and Tobirama the Wanderer outlined the dangers if Danzo had awakened his past memories.
• Pain the Wanderer predicted Danzo would return and warned that Akatsuki members might come after the Demon Tribe, while Zabuza the Wanderer welcomed the prospect of a fight.
• Kakashi the Wanderer told Obito about Obito the Wanderer's past, and Obito grew cold when the conversation turned to friendship and Kakashi.
• Obito left the cave to help Kakashi the Wanderer rescue Obito the Wanderer, and Kakashi thanked him.

Obito joined Kakashi the Wanderer in a Genjutsu world where Obito the Wanderer was trapped and repeatedly slaughtered its inhabitants. After Kakashi the Wanderer shocked him back to his senses, Obito the Wanderer confronted Obito and demanded to know why he was there.

• Obito followed Kakashi the Wanderer through Kamui into a Genjutsu world filled with burning houses and dead inhabitants.
• Kakashi the Wanderer explained that the world reset each full moon, that Obito the Wanderer was dragged back into it, and that he once escaped by killing everyone inside.
• Kakashi the Wanderer tried to warn Obito as Obito the Wanderer attacked, but his hand passed through Obito.
• Obito and Obito the Wanderer fought with Kamui Intangibility, leaving both unable to land an attack.
• Kakashi the Wanderer sent lightning-style Ninjutsu through Kamui to shock Obito the Wanderer back to his senses.
• Obito the Wanderer stopped attacking, noticed Obito and Kakashi the Wanderer, and demanded to know what Obito was doing there.

Obito concluded that Obito the Wanderer’s unusable Rinnegan was connected to the Genjutsu world trapping him, and explained the eye’s powers to him and Kakashi the Wanderer. The group still lacked a way to escape without killing everyone, and Obito remembered that Black Zetsu was missing.

• Kakashi the Wanderer stopped Obito and Obito the Wanderer from fighting and explained that he had called Obito to help rescue his friend.
• Obito suspected that Obito the Wanderer’s Rinnegan was connected to the Genjutsu world, and Obito the Wanderer admitted he could not use its powers.
• Obito learned that neither Obito the Wanderer nor Kakashi the Wanderer knew how they had obtained their eyes, so he explained the Sharingan, Mangekyō Sharingan, and Rinnegan.
• Obito the Wanderer guessed that he could not use his Rinnegan until he cleared the Genjutsu world, and Obito agreed that the theory made sense.
• Obito told Obito the Wanderer to stop killing indiscriminately, but the group could not figure out how to dispel the world after past attempts to help either side had failed.
• Obito asked Black Zetsu for advice, then remembered that Black Zetsu had been kicked away during Kakashi the Wanderer’s rescue.

Obito tried to use the dormant pieces of Black Zetsu inside him to locate the creature, but Black Zetsu could not sense or contact him across worlds. Kakashi the Wanderer realized his earlier kick had driven Black Zetsu away, while Danzo the Wanderer noticed something strange about the being attached to his cane.

• Obito admitted he had no immediate solution to the Rinnegan problem and said they needed to find Black Zetsu.
• Kakashi the Wanderer revealed that he had kicked Black Zetsu away, mistaking him for something unclean.
• Obito explained that Black Zetsu could sense him through pieces of his body stored inside him, then used chakra to signal those pieces.
• Black Zetsu woke in Akatsuki's great hall and tried to sense Obito, but their presence in different worlds prevented contact.
• Danzo the Wanderer noticed something odd about Black Zetsu on his cane, then resumed refining his chakra without dispelling the unknown genjutsu in his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kakashi the Wanderer asked Obito whether the signal had worked.

Obito the Wanderer sent Kakashi the Wanderer and Obito to search for Black Zetsu and investigate Danzo the Wanderer, while he remained in the genjutsu world seeking a way out and hoping to save Rin the Wanderer. The search found no trace of Black Zetsu, and the chapter ended with Naruto and Sasuke learning that the Akatsuki had a reserve member called Deidara the Wanderer.

• Obito the Wanderer told Kakashi the Wanderer and Obito to search for Black Zetsu, then check on the Akatsuki and avoid fighting if they were spotted.
• Obito the Wanderer stayed behind in the genjutsu world, wondering whether solving its mystery could help him unlock the Rinnegan and rescue Rin the Wanderer.
• Kakashi the Wanderer and Obito emerged in a forest, searched the place where Black Zetsu had disappeared, and found no trace of him.
• Kakashi the Wanderer and Obito left the search to investigate Danzo the Wanderer and the Akatsuki.
• The Demon Tribe rebuilt its defenses after Danzo the Wanderer’s attack, while Naruto and Sasuke discussed which Akatsuki member might arrive first.
• Pain the Wanderer told Naruto and Sasuke that Deidara the Wanderer was among the Akatsuki’s reserve members.

Deidara the Wanderer arrived at the Demon Tribe and attacked it with explosive clay creations. As Naruto and Sasuke watched the peaceful gathering turn into chaos, Deidara unleashed a swarm of giant clay spiders against the tribe’s defenders.

• Sasuke eagerly promised to defeat Deidara the Wanderer, while Naruto dragged him away from the watching crowd.
• Deidara the Wanderer arrived at the Demon Tribe and sent a clay centipede up the wall, where it exploded after a samurai struck it.
• Deidara the Wanderer fed clay into the mouth on his hand and formed a swarm of white spiders.
• The old samurai ordered the defenders to retreat, but Deidara’s spiders reached the gates and walls and exploded among them.

Deidara the Wanderer attacked the Demon Tribe, but Haku the Wanderer and Naruto intervened before Uchiha Sasuke confronted him. Sasuke neutralized Deidara the Wanderer’s buried Clay Bombs, leaving Deidara’s attempt to detonate them unanswered.

• Deidara the Wanderer sent explosive clay birds at the Demon Tribe, and Haku the Wanderer cut them down before confronting him.
• Deidara the Wanderer provoked Haku the Wanderer, then survived being cleaved in two by turning into explosive clay and detonating.
• Haku the Wanderer raised Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals to shield himself, but the blast shattered them and sent him flying.
• Naruto caught Haku the Wanderer and healed him with the Mystical Palm Technique as Uchiha Sasuke arrived to face Deidara the Wanderer.
• Uchiha Sasuke used his Sharingan and Lightning Release: Chidori Senbon to clear the nearby Clay Bombs, then watched Deidara the Wanderer fail to detonate them.

Sasuke toyed with Deidara the Wanderer, nullifying his explosive clay and using the Sharingan to terrify him. Naruto told Sasuke to finish, and Deidara came out of the encounter trapped in Genjutsu.

• Sasuke noticed Deidara the Wanderer did not understand why his explosive clay had stopped responding.
• Deidara attacked with Clay Birds and more explosive clay, but Sasuke disabled each attempt with Lightning Release while taunting him.
• Deidara used a Clay Clone to escape, but Sasuke appeared to him underground and unnerved him with his Sharingan.
• Sasuke mocked Deidara’s body and his claim that his art justified it, while onlookers joined in.
• Naruto told Sasuke to deal with Deidara, who then found himself back where he started and realized he had fallen into Genjutsu.

Sasuke defeated Deidara the Wanderer with genjutsu, and Naruto sealed him before handing him over to Haku the Wanderer. After testing Naruto’s Fire Prison on Sasuke, Naruto warned Haku that killing the captive could bring even more trouble.

• Sasuke trapped Deidara the Wanderer in a genjutsu, leaving him motionless and defeated.
• Naruto used several sealing techniques and other jutsu on Deidara the Wanderer, then passed him to Haku the Wanderer to restrain.
• Naruto hit Sasuke with Fire Style: Fire Prison, and Sasuke escaped the burning effect by stopping his chakra circulation and entering Sage Mode.
• Naruto released the technique, but Sasuke refused to learn it because he did not think it looked cool.
• Naruto warned Haku the Wanderer that killing Deidara the Wanderer could invite further trouble, possibly from another enemy.