Chapter Summaries

Yuzuru argued that the Shinobi World’s suffering came from the shinobi system and its rulers, then used Infinite Tsukuyomi to show Tsunade how he had transformed the Land of Water. Tsunade watched the history of that transformation, leaving her with evidence to judge his claims.

• Tsunade reflected that Konoha was peaceful but that ordinary people still suffered, while Yuzuru said shinobi and the daimyo system caused the Shinobi World’s misery.
• Yuzuru told Tsunade that he had killed the Land of Water’s daimyo, nobles, and powerful old shinobi before reforming the country into a society without shinobi or nobles.
• When Tsunade questioned whether his account was true, Yuzuru used Infinite Tsukuyomi to place her under genjutsu.
• Tsunade watched the history of the Sea Capital and the Land of Water’s transformation while Yuzuru waited for the genjutsu to end.
• Yuzuru reflected that his power and understanding of the Shinobi World’s broken system had compelled him to change it.

After the Infinite Tsukuyomi ended, Yuzuru explained his plan to remake the Shinobi World by eliminating those who threatened the new era, and Tsunade acknowledged the appeal of his vision. As she compared her painful life with her counterpart’s, Tsunade grew bitter and drank in silence while Yuzuru warned her about drinking too much.

• Tsunade recovered from the Infinite Tsukuyomi and admitted that Yuzuru’s world was better than the Shinobi World.
• Yuzuru explained that he planned to purge the old guard, unify the Shinobi World during the Fourth Shinobi World War, and build a new era for the younger generation.
• Tsunade understood why her counterpart had fallen for Yuzuru and envied the support and comfort she had received.
• Tsunade drank cup after cup of sake as she dwelled on her losses and the difference between their lives.
• Yuzuru noticed Tsunade’s silence and warned her that drinking too much would harm her health.

Yuzuru proposed replacing the shinobi system and nations with a new government, using Naruto and Sasuke to persuade the new Kage and force if diplomacy failed. He argued that daimyo, nobles, and entrenched shinobi would have to die to prevent them from undermining the new order, leaving Tsunade shaken by his account of how the ruling class controlled the Shinobi World.

• Tsunade asked Yuzuru whether the Shinobi World could change, and he said its future depended on Naruto and Sasuke.
• Yuzuru suggested that Naruto and Sasuke persuade Gaara, Kurotsuchi, and Chōjūrō to abolish the shinobi system and nations, with force as a fallback.
• Tsunade asked how many people would die, and Yuzuru said the daimyo, nobles, and stubborn old shinobi would have to be killed.
• Tsunade proposed stripping the ruling class of its power and making them commoners, but Yuzuru warned that they would exploit their political influence to corrupt a new regime.
• Yuzuru explained that daimyo and nobles had shaped shinobi society and fueled wars to control and reduce shinobi numbers, leaving Tsunade alarmed by how thoroughly shinobi had been conditioned.

Yuzuru explained to Tsunade how the daimyo benefited from the Shinobi World Wars and how their influence shaped Hokage succession, leaving her shaken by his view of ninja history. After paying for dinner with money he borrowed from a casino owner, Yuzuru accepted Tsunade’s offer to stay at her house.

• Yuzuru explained that the daimyo profited from wars while ninja and civilians bore the losses, and Tsunade recognized the implications.
• Yuzuru argued that the daimyo had sought to eliminate Hashirama Senju and control the Hokage, and Tsunade connected his explanation to the First Shinobi World War and the Third’s rule.
• Tsunade questioned Yuzuru about his relationship with another version of herself, and he teased her about being single.
• Yuzuru returned with money he had borrowed from a casino owner, paid the bill, and let Tsunade keep the remainder.
• Tsunade offered Yuzuru a place to stay, and he agreed while recalling how she had taught him Ice Release and medical ninjutsu and Kushina had taught him sealing jutsu.

Yuzuru carried a tipsy Tsunade home, where she reflected on the happier world she had glimpsed in the Infinite Tsukuyomi and asked to see her other self. Yuzuru warned her that the vast gulf between their lives might be too painful to accept, leaving Tsunade unsure whether she could face it.

• Tsunade leaned against Yuzuru after leaving the Akimichi Clan gathering, and he carried her back to the Senju Clan compound.
• Shizune greeted Yuzuru and learned that he was Tsunade's student and, in another world, her own senior disciple.
• Yuzuru settled Tsunade on the sofa and went to prepare hangover soup while she watched him and thought about the era he had created in the other world.
• Tsunade asked Yuzuru to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi to let her see her other self, and he warned that the difference between their lives could overwhelm her.
• Tsunade hesitated as she considered whether she could accept that her years of suffering might have been meaningless.

Tsunade spent the night considering Yuzuru’s offer to help change the Shinobi World and resolved to speak with Naruto and Sasuke. She arrived at the Hokage Building with Yuzuru and asked Naruto to summon Sasuke so she could tell them her decision.

• Yuzuru told Tsunade he would show her the Shinobi World’s failure through Infinite Tsukuyomi when she was truly ready, and said he would help if it was her wish.
• Tsunade bathed, wrestled with her feelings for Yuzuru, and eventually fell asleep.
• The next day, Tsunade spoke with Yuzuru and Shizune, then said she had made up her mind.
• Tsunade and Yuzuru went to the Hokage Building, where Naruto asked what had happened.
• Tsunade asked Naruto whether Sasuke was still in the village and told him to summon Sasuke because she had something to say.

Tsunade announced that she wanted to change the Shinobi World, and Sasuke argued that the villages and nations would inevitably return to war once Naruto and Sasuke were gone. After Naruto objected to a plan that could trigger another war, Yuzuru showed the others the Sea Capital through Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Tsunade decided to stay and help change the world.

• Tsunade gathered Naruto, Kakashi, Orochimaru, and Shikamaru and declared that she wanted to end the system that twisted shinobi.
• Sasuke supported Tsunade, while Orochimaru asked whether she had truly considered the consequences.
• Tsunade explained Yuzuru's proposed method to Naruto, who objected because it would turn Konoha's allies against them.
• Sasuke and Kakashi argued that peace depended on Naruto and Sasuke's strength and would collapse after their deaths.
• Tsunade asked Yuzuru to use Infinite Tsukuyomi to show everyone the Sea Capital, a world without shinobi or daimyo.
• Tsunade asked to stay until the effort was over, and Naruto said he would help her.

Yuzuru challenged the shinobi system by arguing that the Will of Fire turned people into willing tools of war. Sasuke and Naruto chose to abandon the ninja path and began planning how to change the Shinobi World.

• Yuzuru argued that the Will of Fire encouraged people to become killing tools, leaving Naruto and the others shaken.
• Sasuke shattered his Forehead Protector and said he did not want Sarada to become a ninja or die in a war.
• Naruto decided to follow Sasuke, and Shikamaru, Kakashi, and Orochimaru also crushed their Forehead Protectors.
• Naruto asked Shikamaru to help plan the change and decided to summon the others to persuade them.

Naruto and Sasuke failed to persuade the villages to abandon the ninja system, so Yuzuru and the others began preparing to force the reforms. Yuzuru chose to take on Kirigakure, and Orochimaru summoned seven former Hokage-era figures with Impure World Reincarnation.

• Tsunade told Yuzuru that Konoha would enter a wartime state in about a month, and he argued that troublesome elders should be eliminated.
• Naruto and Sasuke traveled to Sunagakure and then other villages to persuade them to abandon the ninja system, but every village refused.
• The villages secretly formed an alliance after Naruto and Sasuke's visits, wary of their united strength and apparent plans.
• Back in Konoha, Yuzuru said reasoning had failed and declared that the reform plan would proceed by force, assigning himself Kirigakure.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation with White Zetsu bodies to summon Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Mito Uzumaki, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki.

Yuzuru and Tsunade explained that the reincarnated shinobi had been summoned to help end the shinobi era and overthrow the daimyo. When the former Hokage objected, Yuzuru revealed he intended to use them as weapons and used his ocular power to immobilize them.

• Hashirama, Madara, Mito, Tobirama, Kushina, and other past shinobi were confused to find themselves reincarnated again, while Mito interrupted Hashirama and Madara's reunion with her sealing chains.
• Tsunade reunited with Mito, and Yuzuru admitted he was married to a version of Tsunade from a parallel world, prompting Kushina to press them for gossip.
• Tsunade explained that they planned to end the shinobi era and overthrow the daimyo, shocking the reincarnated leaders; Madara approved, while Hashirama and Hiruzen objected.
• Yuzuru told the reincarnated shinobi that he had summoned them to use their combat abilities, not to seek their opinions.
• Yuzuru activated his Nine Tomoe Sharingan and Byakugan, immobilizing Hashirama and the others and stopping the chakra inside their bodies.

Yuzuru forced the assembled Konoha leaders to prepare for a coordinated war against the other nations, then began his campaign by attacking Kirigakure. After he used the Infinite Tsukuyomi on Mei Terumi, she ordered her stunned village to stop fighting and declared that he was not a bad person.

• Yuzuru suppressed Hashirama, Madara, and the others, then assigned them targets for a simultaneous war across the Shinobi World.
• Yuzuru demanded total victory within half a month and criticized Hashirama's approach to creating peace.
• Tsunade affirmed her trust in Yuzuru, while Kushina teased her about possibly falling in love with him.
• Two days later, Yuzuru attacked Kirigakure with nine enormous ice figures that overpowered the village's Water Release and its defenders.
• Mei Terumi confronted Yuzuru, fell under his Infinite Tsukuyomi, then recovered and ordered Kirigakure to stop fighting, saying he was not a bad person.

Yuzuru showed Kirigakure’s people a better future, and Mei Terumi agreed to lead the Land of Water into a new era. While he left the reforms to Mei Terumi and the new government, Sasuke and Young Naruto confronted Sunagakure, and Madara Uchiha began his attack on Iwagakure.

• Yuzuru used Infinite Tsukuyomi to show Kirigakure’s people the Sea Capital and its future, then let those who refused to change walk into the Ten-Tails.
• Yuzuru restored Mei Terumi’s youth and asked her to lead the Land of Water as its first leader; she ordered Chōjūrō to prepare for reforms and cooperate with Naruto and Sasuke.
• Yuzuru took the daimyo residence’s treasures and returned to Tsunade’s house to rest after the Land of Water’s affairs were settled.
• Sasuke and Young Naruto used Susanoo and the golden Nine-Tails to overwhelm the Sand Ninja, while dealing with those who continued to resist.
• Madara Uchiha appeared above Iwagakure as two meteorites fell and told Ōnoki that he had come to finish what he left unfinished.

Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju quickly defeated Iwagakure and Kumogakure as Yuzuru’s forces conquered the shinobi world and began unifying it. With railways completed and the other villages cooperating, Yuzuru and Tsunade discussed naming the new state the Earth Federation and tightening controls before releasing the reanimated Hokage.

• Madara Uchiha attacked Iwagakure with two meteors while Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju fought their way through Cloud Ninja on the road to Kumogakure.
• The war ended in half a month, and Tsunade struggled to comprehend how quickly the shinobi world had fallen.
• Yuzuru visited the daimyo capitals, seized valuables, and helped Naruto and Shikamaru begin organizing the conquered lands as Konoha built railways between countries.
• Mei Terumi led Kirigakure in cooperating, while Gaara and Temari helped bring Sunagakure into line; Iwagakure and Kumogakure suffered the heaviest casualties.
• Yuzuru proposed calling the unified state the Earth Federation, and Tsunade agreed to raise the idea with the others.
• Yuzuru told Tsunade to keep the reanimated Hokage waiting another two or three months while the government established surveillance systems and laws against ninjutsu and shinobi.

Yuzuru planned to leave the Shinobi World in about a month, leaving Tsunade distressed at the thought of parting. As the Earth Federation took shape and Yuzuru finished inspecting its regions, Tsunade asked him to tour the newly changed Shinobi World with her.

• Tsunade asked Yuzuru how much longer he would stay, and he said he expected to return in about a month.
• The countries and hidden villages were dissolved, their leaders and nobles were killed, and new settlements became part of the Earth Federation.
• Mei Terumi became the Federation's second-in-command, while Sasuke led it with Kakashi and Tsunade assisting him, and Naruto inspected regional staff.
• Yuzuru toured the Federation's regions to assess how well its system worked and gathered experience for his own Shinobi World.
• Tsunade drank alone, leaned against Yuzuru, and asked him to see the changed Shinobi World with her; he agreed, and she pressed against him on the sofa.

Yuzuru gave Tsunade three days to decide whether to leave the Shinobi World with him, and she ultimately chose to go. Tsunade and Shizune entered the spacetime passage with Yuzuru and Young Naruto.

• Yuzuru told Tsunade they would part in three days and that he would not blame her for whichever choice she made.
• Tsunade spent the next two days alone at the hospital while she considered her decision.
• On the final day, Yuzuru said goodbye to the Federation leaders and prepared to leave with Young Naruto.
• Tsunade rushed to Yuzuru and declared that she would go with him, while Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki accepted her decision.
• Shizune joined Tsunade, and Yuzuru led both women and Young Naruto through the spacetime passage.

Yuzuru brought Tsunade and Shizune from a parallel world to the Shinobi World, where they joined his household. After the two Tsunades and Shizunes met, Yuzuru began explaining that the newcomers had suffered greatly in their world.

• Yuzuru returned with Tsunade, Shizune, and Young Naruto, and took Tsunade and Shizune to the Land of Water and the Sea Capital.
• Uchiha Hikari returned home, welcomed Yuzuru back, and learned that Tsunade and Shizune came from a parallel world and would stay with them.
• Hikari confronted Yuzuru about his relationship with Tsunade, then welcomed Tsunade and Shizune as family.
• Kurenai and Tsunade came home and met their parallel-world counterparts, while the two Shizunes compared themselves.
• Yuzuru said that Tsunade's awkwardness had contributed to the suffering of the Tsunade and Shizune from the other world.

Yuzuru used Infinite Tsukuyomi to let Tsunade and Shizune meet versions of themselves from another world and experience their memories. The otherworldly Tsunade, having learned how much better her counterpart’s life was, kissed Yuzuru and argued with her over him, while the others watched.

• Yuzuru put both Tsunades and both Shizunes into Infinite Tsukuyomi so they could experience each other’s memories.
• The Shizunes woke first, sympathized with each other, and grew closer.
• The Tsunades woke, and the otherworldly Tsunade complained that her counterpart had enjoyed a far easier life.
• The otherworldly Tsunade kissed Yuzuru, prompting Tsunade to pull them apart and argue with her over sharing him.
• Kurenai suggested they buy groceries before making dinner as the two Tsunades sulked.

Yuzuru settled the rivalry between the two Tsunades, who agreed that the future Tsunade would stay with him and train at the Void Bamboo Sea. He then visited Mei Terumi in the Sea Capital, where she reported that everything was running smoothly.

• Yuzuru proposed dividing his time between the two Tsunades, and Tsunade told her future self not to pursue him and to begin training the next day.
• The two Tsunades agreed the future Tsunade would stay, awaken Wood Release, learn Senjutsu, and eventually merge her Senju and Uzumaki bloodlines.
• After Yuzuru left, the two Tsunades discussed why the future Tsunade had chosen to remain and agreed that he was someone they could rely on.
• Yuzuru appeared in Mei Terumi's office, embraced and kissed her, and asked whether anything important had happened.
• Mei Terumi said the Sea Capital and Land of Water were running smoothly, while Yuzuru praised her management.

Naruto recounted meeting two Tsunades to Minato and Kushina, while Yuzuru and Mei Terumi discussed the Sea Capital’s development and plans for the Shinobi World. Yuzuru left Mei for the night, intending to visit her again the next day.

• Naruto told Minato and Kushina that two Tsunades were at Yuzuru’s house, and Kushina speculated about their feelings for Yuzuru.
• Mei Terumi told Yuzuru that improved surveillance had reduced crime in the Sea Capital and freed police and inspectors for other duties.
• Yuzuru and Mei discussed foreign spies, Scientific Ninja Tools, and the Sea Region Academy’s growing revenue and role in preparing future leaders.
• Yuzuru explained that unifying the Shinobi World would be easy, but governing it well would require capable people, and Mei reported that Shikaku was working with Minato.
• Yuzuru praised the Sea Capital’s progress with Mei, then said goodbye and promised to see her the next day.

After returning home, Yuzuru reunited with Kurenai and Hikari, then spent time with Mei Terumi and helped with her presidential duties. The next day, he went to visit Konan.

• Yuzuru reunited with Kurenai and Hikari, and the three spent the night together.
• Yuzuru cooked for Kurenai and Hikari, then took Kurenai to the academy and visited Mei Terumi.
• Yuzuru and Mei Terumi spent several hours together before he went to her office to handle accumulated documents.
• Yuzuru picked Kurenai up after work and spent the night with Kurenai and Hikari.
• Yuzuru cooked for the women the next morning and went to visit Konan at noon.