Chapter Summaries

Sasuke worried that Young Sasuke would need the Mangekyō Sharingan to keep up with Naruto, while Itachi and Mikoto discussed how their own Mangekyō had awakened. As Young Sasuke and Boruto continued training, Yuzuru and Kaguya absorbed Urashiki’s chakra and ocular power to strengthen Yuzuru’s eye.

• Sasuke discussed the difficulty of awakening Young Sasuke’s Mangekyō with Itachi, Shisui, and Mikoto, who described how their own Mangekyō had awakened.
• Sasuke continued teaching Young Sasuke Chidori-derived techniques, and used the promise of learning Kirin to stop him from picking a fight with Naruto.
• Boruto trained under Minato and Kushina in the Sea Capital, learning sealing jutsu and improving his spinning attacks despite having to endure Kushina’s cooking.
• Yuzuru reassured Kaguya that Momoshiki could not resurrect through Boruto’s Karma and asked for her help with Urashiki’s ocular power.
• Kaguya formed a false Rinnegan on Urashiki’s forehead, allowing his chakra and ocular power to flow into Yuzuru’s Nine Tomoe Sharingan.

Yuzuru fed Urashiki's body to his young Ten-Tails, then returned to Sea Capital, where Sasuke taught Young Sasuke powerful Lightning Release techniques. As the clans began quietly preparing to leave Konoha, Yuzuru and Konan settled into their life and work in Sea Capital.

• Yuzuru and Kaguya brought Urashiki's body to Amenominaka, where Little Ten-Tails devoured it and began digesting the power.
• Yuzuru returned to Sea Capital and found Sasuke teaching Young Sasuke Lightning Release ninjutsu in the rain; Minato, Naruto, and Boruto later joined them.
• Boruto told Minato that Jiraiya had died in his world, and Minato said there would be a chance to meet Jiraiya someday.
• Minato asked about Itachi's health, and Sasuke said Itachi needed two more courses of treatment to recover fully.
• Yuzuru shared a quiet moment in the rain with Konan, and the two went to work together the next day.
• The Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans began discreetly arranging their departure from Konoha, with some Nara members already relocating.

Itachi completed his treatment and received a normal examination, though Tsunade and Orochimaru told him to wait before unsealing his Sharingan. Yuzuru took Tsunade home after she gave up on gambling, and they ended the evening together before he went to cook.

• Orochimaru and Tsunade examined Itachi and found that his blood, muscle cells, and genetic stability had returned to normal.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru told Itachi to let his body adjust and observe him for several days before considering unsealing his Sharingan.
• Tsunade told Sasuke to avoid overexertion while his blood and vitality recovered, and Orochimaru left to continue his research.
• Tsunade demanded her salary from Yuzuru so she could gamble, but Yuzuru explained that casinos in the Land of Water had been shut down.
• Yuzuru took Tsunade home, comforted her, and later went to cook after she told him she was hungry.

Tsunade struggled with her divided loyalties to the Land of Fire and Konoha, but agreed to work at the academy’s medical school while helping the Sea Capital when needed. She found a balance between work, rest, and occasional gambling, while continuing her relationship with Yuzuru.

• Tsunade confided in Yuzuru that she felt conflicted about serving in the Sea Capital, and he suggested she focus on the academy instead.
• Tsunade agreed to work at the academy and promised to help with serious illnesses and surgeries in the Sea Capital, though she demanded payment.
• Tsunade and Yuzuru spent two days together before she began work at the academy’s medical school.
• After finding the workload overwhelming, Tsunade set a schedule of two workdays and one day off.
• Yuzuru occasionally took Tsunade to underground casinos in the Land of Water, and she kept her gambling under control while balancing work and time with him.

After a month of recovery, Itachi had his eye seal removed and tested his restored Mangekyō abilities. He awakened a Perfect Susanoo bearing the Totsuka Blade, Yata Mirror, and Yasaka Tomoe, and realized his full strength for the first time.

• Yuzuru removed the seal on Itachi's Sharingan, and Itachi's eyes returned to their Three-Tomoe and Mangekyō forms.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru observed Itachi's ocular power as he confirmed that he felt healthier and stronger than ever.
• At a training ground, Itachi tested Amaterasu, which burned a wooden target away without any apparent problem.
• Tsunade gave Itachi eye drops made with natural energy and life energy from white Zetsu cells before he tested Susanoo.
• Itachi formed an orange-red Perfect Susanoo and awakened the Totsuka Blade, Yata Mirror, and Yasaka Tomoe.

Yuzuru explained that Susanoo was the Uchiha’s Third Power, which the Mangekyō Sharingan unlocked, and Sasuke confirmed that Madara Uchiha could use it while blind. Itachi tested Tsunade’s eye drops and found they let him use Mangekyō Dōjutsu four times with little or no ocular drain.

• Itachi dispelled Susanoo and told Tsunade that the eye drops had greatly reduced its strain on his eyes.
• Yuzuru explained that Susanoo was the Uchiha’s Third Power and that mastering it could let someone use it without the Sharingan.
• Sasuke arrived, confirmed Yuzuru’s explanation, and identified Madara Uchiha as someone who used Susanoo while blind.
• Yuzuru explained the limits on outsiders and the unique Mangekyō Sharingan needed to unlock Susanoo; Tsunade joked about sharing a pair, and Yuzuru said it would not work.
• Itachi repeatedly cast Amaterasu at a wooden dummy and found that the eye drops let him use Mangekyō Dōjutsu four times before significant strain returned.
• Itachi thanked Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Yuzuru for helping prolong his life, and Yuzuru praised him to Tsunade.

Yuzuru sent Itachi back to work and encouraged him to learn Susanoo from Sasuke, then spent time with Tsunade. Tsunade revealed that her cellular activity had increased, and Yuzuru explained that she was undergoing an acquired transformation toward an Ōtsutsuki body.

• Yuzuru told Itachi to learn Susanoo from Sasuke and return to his post after visiting Mei Terumi.
• Yuzuru praised Tsunade for developing eye drops with Orochimaru, then took her to the bamboo house and spent the day with her.
• Tsunade told Yuzuru that her cellular activity had risen to half her eldest grandfather's level.
• Yuzuru explained that Tsunade's bloodline was undergoing acquired atavism, which would increase her Chakra and eventually give her an Ōtsutsuki body and an effectively infinite lifespan.
• Tsunade questioned whether immortality was possible, and Yuzuru dismissed claims that living forever was undesirable.

Yuzuru returned to Sea Capital after spending four days with Tsunade, then reviewed Konan’s report on Shikamaru’s studies under Orochimaru. At Orochimaru’s research institute, he saw the Heavenly Eye, a system that provided a real-time overhead view of the surrounding area, and recognized its potential for warfare and administration.

• Tsunade and Yuzuru spent four days together before returning to Sea Capital, where Tsunade told him not to touch her while she checked whether their efforts had worked.
• Yuzuru thanked Konan for handling his work, and she reported that Shikamaru had passed his basic exams and was studying advanced science and engineering under Orochimaru.
• Konan and Yuzuru were intimate in his office, and he later covered her with a blanket and took over her work while she slept.
• Yuzuru visited Orochimaru’s private research institute and met Orochimaru, Shikamaru, and Kabuto Yakushi.
• Orochimaru demonstrated the Heavenly Eye, which displayed a real-time overhead map of the area, and Yuzuru praised its potential for future wars and postwar administration.

Yuzuru told Mei Terumi that Orochimaru had developed technology that would transform warfare and require reforming the Military Department. He insisted on overwhelming the Shinobi World with minimal casualties among Sea Capital citizens, leaving Mei and her aides to review the new technology and discuss reforms after Orochimaru brought it the next day.

• Yuzuru visited Mei Terumi’s office and announced that the Military Department needed reform because Orochimaru had developed technology that could change warfare.
• Yuzuru said the Sea Capital’s new weapons and Scientific Ninja Tools would allow it to dominate the Shinobi World, and he wanted to minimize casualties among its own people.
• Yuzuru declared that enemy ninja were expendable and argued that crushing resistance would prevent future threats to the new world.
• Mei Terumi warned that his plan could greatly reduce the Shinobi World’s population, but Yuzuru said improved living conditions and a new education system would replace the old era within a generation.
• Mei Terumi agreed to support Yuzuru and asked how the Military Department would change; Yuzuru said they would discuss reforms after Orochimaru showed them the technology the next day.

Mei Terumi and the Sea Capital's military leaders prepared to reform warfare around Orochimaru's Heavenly Eye and new technology. Meanwhile, the Ino-Shika-Cho clans left Konoha with Yuzuru's help and arrived in the Land of Water, where Shikaku recognized his identity.

• Mei Terumi showed the military leaders Orochimaru's new equipment and assigned them a month to develop reforms and test them in exercises.
• Mei Terumi ordered the leaders to keep the Heavenly Eye secret, and they eagerly accepted the plan.
• In Konoha, Shikaku and Inoichi arranged for the Ino-Shika-Cho clans to leave in batches, using Shadow Clones as cover.
• Yuzuru met the assembled clans and used Flying Thunder God to transport them to the Land of Water.
• Shikaku reunited with Minato and inferred that the masked Mr. Arashi was Minazuki Yuzuru.

Yuzuru welcomed the Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi families to the Sea Capital and showed them the city’s new life and government. Mei Terumi began explaining the terms for their clans, while Yuzuru secretly arranged a date with Mikoto.

• Yuzuru revealed his identity to Shikaku and Torifu, then greeted Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji as they arrived with Kurenai.
• Inoichi told Ino and Choji that their families had left Konoha and would no longer need to be shinobi, while Shikaku reassured Shikamaru that they had brought their belongings to the Land of Waves.
• Yuzuru showed the families the Sea Capital, where Kurenai explained that Shikamaru had studied there and was now assisting Orochimaru.
• Yuzuru brought the three clan heads to Mei Terumi, who told them to address her as Madam President and explained the Sea Capital’s system.
• Mikoto delivered documents and sat beside Yuzuru, who flirted with her in writing until she agreed to wear purple lace for him the next day.
• Mei Terumi told the clan heads that clans could exist in the Sea Capital but could not monopolize things, and Shikaku confirmed that their clans had no special rules.

Mei Terumi set rules for the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi families as they settled in the Sea Capital, while Shikamaru showed his relatives the city and explained that the age of ninja had ended. The three clan leaders accepted that their families would need to adapt and live as ordinary people.

• Mei Terumi told Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza to keep their businesses focused, follow the law, and pay for their housing, while encouraging Nara clan members to study technology.
• Shikamaru led the three men through the Sea Capital by bus and subway, and they were astonished by its vehicles and residential buildings.
• Shikamaru explained that modern weapons had made ninja obsolete, and advised the families to preserve only a few secret-technique practitioners and integrate into ordinary society.
• Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza accepted that the age of ninja was over and agreed to live in peace.
• In Konoha, the Shadow Clones vanished, leaving the residential grounds of the three Ino-Shika-Cho families quiet.

Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered that the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans had vanished from Konoha and ordered an investigation. In the Sea Capital, Shikaku told Shikamaru that the Nara clan liked their new lives and should all attend school.

• Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Ino-Shika-Cho clans had disappeared.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others inspected the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi compounds and found them emptied, with no signs of bloodshed or a breach of Konoha's barrier.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered an investigation, while Danzo proposed involving Root and interrogating suspicious people.
• Shikaku told Shikamaru that Minazuki Yuzuru's ideas had broadened his horizons and that the clan enjoyed life in the Sea Capital.
• Shikaku said the Nara clan should attend school and praised the role of intelligence in human evolution and civilization.

Konoha struggled to cope with the disappearance of the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, while the clans settled into new lives in the Land of Water. Sasuke Uchiha and Boruto Uzumaki prepared to return to Konoha, determined to try to change the Shinobi World.

• Mitokado Homura urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to explain the clans’ disappearance, but they could not agree on a convincing account.
• Shikamaru told Shikaku that the clans had settled across the Land of Water, with much of their money spent on homes and shares in a deer park.
• Shikaku accepted Minato’s invitation to work in the military district, and Shikamaru advised him to study how it differed from shinobi forces.
• Sasuke Uchiha told Yuzuru he would discuss changing the Shinobi World with Naruto, while Boruto Uzumaki pledged to join his master.
• Sasuke declined Yuzuru’s offer of help returning to Konoha, and Yuzuru offered to help if Sasuke could not activate the device there.

Sasuke and Boruto returned to their own Shinobi World, where Boruto witnessed its cruelty and resolved that it was beyond saving. Unable to activate Karasuki in Konoha, they returned to the Sea Capital and showed it to Yuzuru.

• Sasuke told Boruto how much worse the Shinobi World had been in his childhood and urged him to help change it.
• As they traveled toward Konoha, Boruto helped oppressed villagers and fought bandits and wandering ninja, but saw little lasting improvement.
• After reaching Konoha, Sasuke and Boruto found Karasuki in the village’s antiquities store but could not activate it.
• Sasuke and Boruto returned to the Land of Water, where Kakashi sent them to the presidential building.
• Sasuke presented Karasuki to Yuzuru and explained that it had brought them to this time and space.

Yuzuru traveled with Naruto to Sasuke and Boruto’s world to test his strength and meet its people. He discovered that his counterpart there had died long ago and went with the others to the Hokage building to explain what had happened.

• Yuzuru decided to travel to Sasuke and Boruto’s world with Naruto, and he explained Naruto’s potential to Sasuke.
• Naruto agreed to go, and Yuzuru arranged for Mei Terumi to inform Minato and Kushina before opening a passage with Karasuki.
• In the other world, Orochimaru summoned Naruto and Konoha’s leaders after Karasuki reacted, and Sasuke and Boruto arrived through the passage.
• Yuzuru and Young Naruto followed them, and Sasuke explained that Young Naruto came from a parallel world’s past.
• Yuzuru introduced himself, recognized Tsunade as his teacher in his world, and sensed that his counterpart in this world had died.
• Yuzuru headed to the Hokage building with Naruto and offered to explain everything there.

Yuzuru left Young Naruto in Konoha with Naruto while he went to test his strength against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and seize the Ten-Tails. Young Naruto began training with Naruto, and Yuzuru’s fight with Isshiki started.

• Yuzuru told Konoha’s leaders about his world and left Young Naruto with Naruto to learn Kurama’s power and Sage Mode.
• Young Naruto criticized ninja and said he and his parents followed Yuzuru’s path in their world.
• Naruto began training Young Naruto, and Tsunade recognized the Adamantine Sealing Chains around one of the two Nine-Tails at the training ground.
• Yuzuru found Jigen at the disguised experimental facility and challenged him, saying he intended to test Isshiki and take the Ten-Tails.
• Yuzuru and Isshiki clashed, then used their Byakugan as Isshiki attacked with a black Chakra rod and Yuzuru countered.

Yuzuru battled Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, then entered Sukunahikona’s alternate dimension and defeated him after a prolonged fight. He returned to the battlefield with Isshiki’s eyes, while the Ten-Tails had devoured Jigen and Isshiki.

• Yuzuru and Isshiki clashed in close combat, and Isshiki struggled to keep up with Yuzuru’s strength.
• Yuzuru used the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, prompting Isshiki to enter his second form and retreat into his alternate dimension.
• Isshiki brought Yuzuru into the alternate dimension and attacked him with Daikokuten cubes, but Yuzuru repelled them with Super Shinra Tensei.
• Yuzuru countered Isshiki’s shrinking, black rods, and other attacks while Isshiki recklessly drew chakra from the Ten-Tails.
• A week later, Yuzuru emerged from a blue portal carrying Isshiki’s eyes; the Ten-Tails had devoured Jigen and Isshiki, and the members of Kara were startled to see him.

Yuzuru finished dealing with Kara’s base, fed Kawaki to the Ten-Tails, and returned to Konoha, where he settled in with Kakashi and met Tsunade. He told Tsunade that she had been his teacher and lover in his world.

• Yuzuru destroyed Kara’s base and let the Ten-Tails swallow the unconscious Kawaki.
• Yuzuru returned to Konoha after Naruto and Young Naruto practiced controlling the Nine-Tails’ tails.
• Yuzuru went to Kakashi’s home, claimed Kakashi was his younger brother in his world, and rested there.
• Yuzuru met Tsunade in the evening and invited her to barbecue.
• Tsunade questioned whether Yuzuru had really been her student, and Yuzuru said she had also been one of his lovers.

Yuzuru told Tsunade that another version of her was his wife, and described how that Tsunade supported him after leaving Konoha. Tsunade asked about the other possibilities in her counterpart’s life, ending with Yuzuru questioning whether her peaceful Konoha was truly good.

• Tsunade sprayed sake onto Yuzuru when he said she was his lover, then ate with him after he teased her about the mess.
• Tsunade asked what her counterpart was like, and Yuzuru said she looked younger, shared Tsunade’s experiences, and was his loving wife who had initiated their relationship.
• Yuzuru described his teacher’s secret mouth-chewed sake, and Tsunade insisted she could make it too until he revealed that his teacher could use Wood Release and Senjutsu.
• Tsunade asked about her counterpart’s other possibilities, and Yuzuru explained that she had left Konoha to support him as he swept away the hidden villages.
• Tsunade asked whether her counterpart would support destroying Konoha, and Yuzuru called it giving the village a rebirth before challenging Tsunade’s view that her Konoha was doing well.