Chapter Summaries

Deidara and the other candidates struggled with Konoha’s first-round exam, while Naruto and Sasuke wrote essays about their prominent relatives. Three days later, Jiraiya opened the second round before the gathered Kage, and a vast Metal Labyrinth rose from beneath the forest as he announced the Hunger Games.

• Deidara tried to use a clay mouse to copy Naruto’s answers, but Kakashi detected it and threatened to disqualify him for cheating.
• Naruto quickly wrote an essay titled “My Hokage Uncle,” while Sasuke wrote about his clan leader father and Gaara watched Naruto, hoping to attach himself to him.
• Kakashi collected the papers after two hours, and the difficult exam spread across the Ninja World, prompting complaints from other villages and angering A.
• Three days later, Jiraiya hosted the second round before the assembled Kage, surprising A and Ōnoki with his return to Konoha.
• The crowd mocked the barren examination site until a huge Metal Labyrinth rose from beneath the forest, and Jiraiya announced the assessment was called Hunger Games.

Namikaze Mirai’s Metal Labyrinth hosted the Hunger Games, where Naruto’s group collected scrolls and outsmarted Deidara. On the moon, Otsutsuki Jinin resolved to abduct Hinata for Toneri, and two Otsutsuki descended into the labyrinth after finding her.

• Namikaze Mirai raised a giant Metal Labyrinth and Jiraiya explained that examinees had to collect scrolls to maintain their fullness and finish with the highest score after sunset.
• Naruto gave Hinata a handgun loaded with Rubber Bullets, while Deidara stole scrolls from other examinees and later tried to ambush Naruto’s group.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata used Hinata’s Byakugan to catch Deidara and take his scrolls.
• Otsutsuki Jinin and the Branch Family slaughtered the Main Family on the moon, then Jinin decided to find the Byakugan Princess in the labyrinth and use her eyes to awaken Toneri’s Tenseigan.
• Five Cloud Ninja surrounded Naruto’s group, but two Otsutsuki descended between them and the Cloud Ninja, identified Hinata, and announced they had found her.

Otsutsuki Jinin and Toneri interrupted the Chunin exam, and Jinin slaughtered the Cloud Ninjas before Namikaze Mirai stepped in to protect Naruto. Mirai battled Jinin’s giant statue with MechaGodzilla, then learned that Jinin planned to purge the Ninja World and resolved to kill him.

• Otsutsuki Jinin killed the Cloud Ninja leader and his men after they challenged him, while Namikaze Mirai’s cold presence silenced A’s accusations.
• Namikaze Mirai stopped Jinin from attacking Naruto, then sent Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke away so he could face Jinin alone.
• Black Zetsu suspected Jinin was descended from Hamura and urged Obito to consider the significance of his Byakugan.
• Jinin drew on the Giant Tenseigan and escaped Mirai’s metal prison using the Hamura Ancestor Statue, while Mirai created MechaGodzilla to fight him.
• Hyuga Hiashi gathered armed Hyuga clansmen and ordered them to crush Jinin, whom he identified as an enemy of Konoha.
• Jinin revealed his plan to purge the Ninja World, and Namikaze Mirai decided the Otsutsuki Clan had to be eliminated.

Namikaze Mirai fought Otsutsuki Jinin while Naruto battled Toneri, who abducted Hinata and took them to the moon. Toneri overwhelmed Naruto with the Giant Tenseigan and puppets, but Namikaze Mirai arrived just as Toneri was about to strike him.

• Otsutsuki Jinin attacked MechaGodzilla while the gathered ninjas watched Namikaze Mirai fight him.
• Naruto protected Hinata and Sasuke from Toneri, then fought Toneri with electrically enhanced speed and strength.
• Toneri used the Giant Tenseigan to repel Naruto, seized Hinata, and escaped through a Space Tunnel; Naruto followed them to the moon.
• Toneri revealed his plan to destroy the Ninja World and summoned the moon's puppets against Naruto.
• Naruto combined Shadow Clones, lightning, and the Nine-Tails' Chakra to fight the puppets, but Toneri's repulsive force defeated him.
• Toneri moved to kill the injured Naruto, but Namikaze Mirai appeared and seized Toneri's wrist.

Namikaze Mirai reached the moon with a Flying Thunder God Mark and fought Otsutsuki Jinin after the Hyuga Clan drove Jinin away from the Ninja World with firearms. The moon was devastated by their battle, but Jinin was shocked to see Namikaze Mirai still standing through the dust.

• Namikaze Mirai revealed that he had marked Naruto with Flying Thunder God and let Naruto rename the mark Black Flash.
• Hyuga Hiashi led the Hyuga Clan in firing submachine guns and a rocket launcher at Otsutsuki Jinin, who retreated through a Space Tunnel to protect Toneri.
• Namikaze Mirai faced Otsutsuki Jinin on the moon, dodged his Truth-Seeking Orbs, and punched apart his Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Otsutsuki Jinin summoned a gigantic Meteorite and hurled it at Namikaze Mirai while Naruto shielded himself and Hinata with Silver Fluid.
• Ninja watching the Chunin Ninja Exams saw Meteorites crashing onto the moon, while Black Zetsu concealed his alarm from Obito.
• After the moon's surface was devastated, Otsutsuki Jinin stared through the clearing dust and was shocked by what he saw.

Namikaze Mirai defeated Otsutsuki Jinin after overpowering his Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion with a giant sword made from the moon’s metal, then prepared to return with Naruto and Hinata. Before he could deal with Toneri, a sinister presence began awakening inside the moon.

• Otsutsuki Jinin attacked Namikaze Mirai with a barrage of meteorites, but Mirai evaded them by teleporting to the Ninja World and back with Flying Thunder God.
• Naruto beat Toneri while Mirai and Jinin prepared to fight with enormous golden and silver swords.
• Black Zetsu realized that destroying the moon might free his mother, while Obito grew suspicious of his behavior.
• Mirai’s self-repairing metal sword outlasted Jinin’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and Mirai cut Jinin down while preserving his body for Orochimaru.
• Mirai reunited with Naruto and Hinata, then sensed black mist and a powerful presence emerging from cracks in the moon as a faint sigh sounded.

Otsutsuki Hamura revealed Kaguya’s history and warned that the moon’s damaged seal was failing, but Namikaze Mirai repaired and reinforced it with meteorites and silver metal. After recruiting Toneri to monitor the Otsutsuki Clan with electronic eyes and absorbing the Giant Tenseigan’s energy, Mirai returned to Earth, while Hagoromo and Hamura realized his influence had disrupted the reincarnation cycle and the future.

• Otsutsuki Hamura introduced himself as the Sage of Six Paths’ brother and ancestor of the Hyuga Clan, then explained Kaguya’s arrival, her children, and her sealing inside the moon.
• Otsutsuki Hamura warned that the damaged moon would soon release Kaguya, but Namikaze Mirai used meteorites and Silver Fluid to repair and reinforce the moon’s physical seal.
• Otsutsuki Hamura urged Otsutsuki Toneri to abandon his clan’s mistaken path, and Namikaze Mirai offered Toneri electronic eyes and a role monitoring the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Namikaze Mirai absorbed the Giant Tenseigan’s remaining energy, strengthening his Electromagnetic Force without reaching its next level, then returned to Konoha with Naruto and Hinata.
• Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura observed that Namikaze Mirai had changed Naruto’s Asura reincarnation and disrupted the future they had once understood.

After returning from the moon, Naruto recounted the battle and won first place in the Chunin Ninja Exams, while Namikaze Mirai gave Orochimaru an Otsutsuki corpse and shared his plan to fight the Otsutsuki Clan. Mirai then equipped Toneri with Electronic Eyes and assigned him to guard a moon base in preparation for the coming conflict.

• Namikaze Mirai returned Hinata and Naruto to the exam viewing stands, where Hyuga Hiashi thanked Mirai and Naruto for saving Hinata.
• Naruto told Sasuke and the gathered ninjas about the moon battle, and Jiraiya announced Naruto as the Chunin Ninja Exams' first-place winner.
• Namikaze Mirai brought Otsutsuki Jinin's corpse to Orochimaru and revealed the truth about the Divine Tree, Otsutsuki Kaguya, and the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Orochimaru agreed with Mirai that they should destroy the Otsutsuki Clan and prepare to travel into the sea of stars.
• Namikaze Mirai gave Toneri Electronic Eyes and ordered him to live on the moon as its first immigrant and guard the planet.
• Namikaze Mirai planned to establish satellites, a moon base, a Dyson Sphere, and a guard fleet to prepare for the Otsutsuki's arrival.

After the moon battle, Konoha's enemies worried about Namikaze Mirai's growing power while Akatsuki's leaders split over their plans. Mirai decided to seek a breakthrough by absorbing Natural Energy and asked Jiraiya to help him enter Mount Myōboku.

• Fourth Raikage A contacted Ōnoki and proposed that Kumogakure and Iwagakure wage war against Konoha, but Ōnoki reminded him of Namikaze Mirai's overwhelming strength.
• Nagato argued with Konan over their pursuit of peace and ordered her to leave, while Obito and Zetsu saw their rift as an opportunity.
• Orochimaru examined Otsutsuki Jinin's corpse as Namikaze Mirai explained that true Otsutsuki were far stronger and that he needed to raise Electromagnetic Force to LV5.
• Namikaze Mirai told Orochimaru he would leave Konoha in his care while seeking a breakthrough through Natural Energy rather than risking Naruto's life by taking the Nine-Tails.
• Namikaze Mirai asked Jiraiya to help him enter Mount Myōboku, leaving Jiraiya stunned.

Namikaze Mirai took Naruto to Mount Myōboku to study Senjutsu after gathering entry methods for all three Great Sage Regions. Meanwhile, A and Ōnoki prepared a war against Konoha, believing Kumogakure’s Six Paths Tools and the Box of Ultimate Bliss could kill Mirai.

• Jiraiya gave Namikaze Mirai Mount Myōboku’s summoning scroll after Mirai said he wanted to study Senjutsu.
• Namikaze Mirai took Naruto through the scroll to Mount Myōboku, where Fukasaku and Shima greeted them after the Great Toad Sage foresaw an ominous visitor.
• Namikaze Mirai introduced himself to Fukasaku and Shima and asked to learn Mount Myōboku’s Senjutsu, so they agreed to bring him before the Great Toad Sage.
• A learned that Yagura had agreed to join the war against Konoha, making three allied Great Ninja Villages.
• A told Ōnoki that Kumogakure would use the Six Paths Tools and seek the Box of Ultimate Bliss to kill Namikaze Mirai before beginning the Fourth Great Ninja War.

Namikaze Mirai learned Mount Myōboku’s Senjutsu almost instantly, absorbing Natural Energy so rapidly that the toads feared he would drain the sacred land dry. After mastering Sage Mode, he announced that he would continue to Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest.

• The Great Toad Sage recognized Naruto as the Child of Prophecy and warned Shima Toad that Namikaze Mirai had altered fate.
• Fukasaku Toad showed Namikaze Mirai and Naruto the Toad Oil Pond and explained the risks of absorbing Natural Energy.
• Namikaze Mirai sensed Natural Energy in under three minutes and absorbed it in a vast vortex that alarmed Mount Myōboku’s toads.
• Naruto began calling out to his uncle, and Namikaze Mirai stopped absorbing Natural Energy before Mount Myōboku was drained.
• Namikaze Mirai appeared in perfect Sage Mode, thanked Fukasaku Toad and Shima Toad, and said he would visit Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest next.

Namikaze Mirai traveled with Naruto to Shikkotsu Forest and mastered the Slug Sage’s Senjutsu almost immediately. He then reached Ryūchi Cave and demanded a meeting with the White Snake Sage to trade her life for Ryūchi Cave’s Senjutsu.

• Fukasaku Toad warned Namikaze Mirai about Ryūchi Cave, but Mirai used Tsunade’s scroll to take Naruto to Shikkotsu Forest.
• The Slug Sage gave Mirai a scroll describing Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode after deciding it was safer to meet his request than oppose him.
• While Mirai studied the Senjutsu, Naruto wagered with the Slug Sage that his uncle would master it before sunset and bet that she would become his summoned beast if he won.
• Mirai mastered Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode in moments, winning Naruto’s wager and astonishing the Slug Sage.
• At Ryūchi Cave, Tagorihime confronted Mirai and Naruto, and Mirai asked her to tell the White Snake Sage he would trade her life for Ryūchi Cave’s Senjutsu.

Namikaze Mirai forced the White Snake Sage to hand over Ryūchi Cave’s true Senjutsu and had Naruto choose Ichikishimahime as his pet. After studying the technique, Mirai united it with the Sage Arts of Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest, triggering a storm of Natural Energy across the Ninja World.

• Namikaze Mirai subdued Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime, then defeated the White Snake Sage after discovering she had offered him a tampered Senjutsu scroll.
• The White Snake Sage surrendered Ryūchi Cave’s true Senjutsu to Namikaze Mirai.
• Naruto chose Ichikishimahime as his pet and completed a contract ceremony with her.
• Namikaze Mirai studied Ryūchi Cave’s Senjutsu and combined its markings with those of Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest.
• Namikaze Mirai awakened a storm of Natural Energy that swept across the Ninja World.

Namikaze Mirai absorbed Natural Energy in Ryūchi Cave, triggering a storm across the Ninja World and nearly draining the world’s supply as he pursued a higher level. He stopped before destroying nature and told Naruto he had another solution, then set off for a place containing enormous Natural Energy.

• A worldwide surge of Natural Energy alarmed Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and ninja across the villages, while A dismissed the storm as he focused on killing Mirai.
• At Hozuki Castle, Killer B sensed that something extraordinary was happening, transformed into the Eight-Tails, and led the Cloud Ninja in a destructive search for their target.
• Black Zetsu recognized that Natural Energy was being absorbed and grew more urgent about carrying out his plans.
• In Ryūchi Cave, Mirai absorbed Natural Energy so fiercely that the White Snake Sage feared he would drain the Ninja World and bring disaster; the Great Toad Sage recognized the scene from his dream.
• Mirai stopped absorbing before the natural world was devastated, reassured the White Snake Sage that he had a solution, and took Naruto toward a place with abundant Natural Energy.

Namikaze Mirai used the Dragon Vein to travel through time with Naruto, after restoring Rōran’s water supply and earning Sara’s people’s reverence. They arrived in a different era, and Mirai flew to Sunagakure to test his suspicions, where Rasa confronted him.

• Namikaze Mirai arrived in Rōran with Naruto and learned that Sara’s people were preparing to abandon their drought-stricken homeland.
• Mirai realized that absorbing the Dragon Vein three years earlier had caused Rōran’s environmental crisis, then dispersed the sandstorms and summoned water from beneath the desert.
• Sara and the people of Rōran called Mirai their Divine Emissary and showed him the Dragon Vein that had accumulated in the sealing tower.
• Mirai used the Dragon Vein to take Naruto on a journey through time and found that the surrounding air held far more Natural Energy than the Ninja World he had left.
• Mirai carried Naruto to Sunagakure to verify his suspicions, and Rasa arrived to confront the unfamiliar ninja who had descended into the village.

Namikaze Mirai traveled to a world where the Nine-Tails Attack had not yet happened, rescued Kushina, and defeated Obito before he could unleash the Nine-Tails. After absorbing that world's Natural Energy and returning to his own world, Mirai's absence prompted a Four-Nation Alliance to declare war on Konoha.

• Rasa attacked Namikaze Mirai with Gold Dust, but Mirai overpowered him and learned that Konoha Year 51 was underway and Kushina was about to give birth.
• Namikaze Mirai took Naruto to Konoha, rescued Kushina from Obito, sealed the Nine-Tails, and killed Obito after Minato asked him to spare his former student.
• Minato and Kushina learned Obito's identity, while Mirai left with Naruto and absorbed the world's Natural Energy, raising his Electromagnetic Force to LV5.
• Raikage A, Ōnoki, Yagura, and Mifune formed a Four-Nation Alliance after learning Mirai was missing and planned to attack Konoha in three days.

Obito and Black Zetsu prepared to exploit the coming war against Konoha while Namikaze Mirai was absent, and Orochimaru took command of Konoha’s defense. As the enormous allied army entered the Land of Grass, Orochimaru unleashed Konoha’s missiles, devastating the front lines and throwing the alliance into chaos.

• Black Zetsu urged Obito to use the Four Great Nations’ war against Konoha to advance the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Obito declared that Konoha would be destroyed.
• Uchiha Fugaku led a meeting of Konoha’s leaders, where Orochimaru arrived, promised that Namikaze Mirai would return, and took temporary command.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Grass tried to flee with his wealth, but learned that the allied forces had already arrived in his country.
• A, Ōnoki, and the allied army of more than one hundred thousand advanced toward Konoha, while Orochimaru’s forces waited at the border.
• Orochimaru ordered Konoha’s missiles to fire, and the bombardment shattered the alliance’s defenses and inflicted heavy losses on the Stone and Cloud Ninja.

The Shinobi Alliance suffered devastating losses as Konoha used artillery, drones, electromagnetic rifles, and Gundams to break its ranks. Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails to confront Unit-01, beginning a clash between colossal beasts.

• A, Ōnoki, and Mifune rallied their forces after Konoha's artillery strike, but drones and electromagnetic fire inflicted further losses and exposed the samurai's weapons as ineffective.
• Orochimaru ordered Konoha's forces to charge, and Uchiha Ninja wielding Technological Ninja Blades killed the samurai who attacked them.
• Sasori of the Red Sands piloted the flying Unit-01, which crushed Cloud Ninja and escaped Ōnoki's Mountain Earth Technique; more Gundams joined the attack.
• Obito and White Zetsu watched the Gundams and worried that Konoha's growing strength could threaten the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails, and A cheered as the beast focused on Unit-01.

Sasori’s Unit-01 and Konoha’s forces gained the upper hand against the allied shinobi nations, but Nagato arrived with six Paths of Pain and offered the nations an alliance against Konoha. As Pain prepared to kill Sasori, Namikaze Mirai appeared, confronting Nagato.

• Sasori piloted Unit-01 against the Eight-Tails, dodging its Tailed Beast Bombs and trapping it in an electric net based on Konoha’s research.
• A freed the Eight-Tails, but a Gundam’s Regenerative Metal repaired the damage he inflicted, and another Gundam wounded him.
• Obito declined to intervene because Nagato had arrived with the Six Paths of Pain, whose bodies included the captured Jinchuriki.
• Ōnoki and A agreed to join forces with Pain against Konoha, postponing their revenge over the Jinchuriki.
• Pain attacked Konoha’s Gundams and brought Unit-01 down, then prepared to kill Sasori.
• Namikaze Mirai descended from the sky and challenged Nagato.

Namikaze Mirai overwhelmed Nagato on the battlefield, neutralizing his strongest attacks and leaving him in despair. Back in the cave, Obito revealed his plan to revive the real Madara, and Black Zetsu seized control of Nagato to force him to use the Rinne Rebirth Technique.

• Nagato attacked Namikaze Mirai with Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten'in, but Mirai stopped both without moving.
• Namikaze Mirai blinded the Shinobi Alliance with manipulated light, then erased Nagato's Chibaku Tensei at the atomic level.
• Obito decided Nagato had no further use and left to begin the next phase of the plan.
• Obito confronted Nagato and Konan in the cave, admitted he was not the real Madara, and ordered Black Zetsu to act.
• Black Zetsu took control of Nagato's body, and Nagato was forced to perform the Rinne Rebirth Technique.