Chapter Summaries

The Great Toad Sage warned Jiraiya that blue eyes would destroy the Ninja World and described a strange purple snake with wings and limbs. Meanwhile, Namikaze Minato recovered his memories and stopped a confrontation between Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuga Mirai, who later used the Byakugan to identify the departing group.

• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya that blue eyes would erase the Child of Prophecy and destroy the Ninja World, and it recalled seeing a purple snake with wings and limbs.
• Jiraiya resolved to search for the person with blue eyes and the strange snake.
• Namikaze Minato recovered his memories of the Dragon Vein mission and explained that he needed to settle front-line affairs before sending Uzumaki Naruto and the others back.
• Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuga Mirai began forming hand seals when they met, prompting Namikaze Minato to calm the situation and deny that Hokage-sama had ordered an attack.
• After the groups separated, Hyuga Mirai used the Byakugan and recognized the three Anbu accompanying Namikaze Minato.

Namikaze Minato learned how badly Konoha had fared in the future and urged Naruto, Sakura, and Yamato to conceal their hostility toward Hyuga Mirai. As the groups returned toward camp and the village, Mirai approached Orochimaru to discuss something privately.

• Minato stopped to ask Naruto, Sakura, and Yamato why they had reacted so hostilely to Mirai.
• Naruto and Yamato explained Mirai’s role in Konoha’s future troubles, including Hinata’s injury and the Hyūga Clan’s conflict.
• Minato comforted Naruto, vowed to prevent that future, and warned the three to avoid antagonizing Mirai and Orochimaru.
• Minato explained that Mirai had deciphered several Suna-nin poisons and saved many Konoha shinobi during the war.
• Minato set out with Naruto, Sakura, and Yamato for the River Country camp, while Mirai returned toward the village with Orochimaru’s force.
• Mirai quietly asked Orochimaru to discuss something with him, and Orochimaru suggested they wait until they reached the Laboratory.

After returning to Konoha, Hyuga Mirai worried that future Uzumaki Naruto’s hostility could lead Namikaze Minato to target him, so he went to warn Orochimaru. He revealed that three people had come from the future and were hostile toward them, leaving Orochimaru with a reason to reconsider the safety of his laboratory.

• Hyuga Mirai reported Hyuga Kiyomi’s mission performance to the Main Family's Fourth Elder and ignored the clan’s attempts to lecture him.
• Hyuga Mirai considered how to prepare for a possible conflict with Namikaze Minato and went to Orochimaru’s research base.
• Jiraiya asked Orochimaru about a purple winged snake, but Orochimaru dismissed him and returned to his laboratory.
• Orochimaru reviewed the Clone Body’s growth and said it would be fully grown in two years, bringing his plans for immortality closer.
• Hyuga Mirai told Orochimaru that Uzumaki Naruto had come from the future and that three future visitors were hostile toward them and knew they would become Rogue ninja.

Hyuga Mirai warned Orochimaru that his experiments and future plans could bring trouble, then borrowed Hashirama Cells for Purple Snake’s growth serum. Back at Konoha Hospital, he checked Android 18’s business progress and arranged for Uzumaki Ayaka to learn more Medical Ninjutsu, while Uzumaki Company continued expanding.

• Hyuga Mirai warned Orochimaru that people might condemn him for his experiments, urged him to relocate his Laboratory, and borrowed Hashirama Cells.
• Hyuga Mirai returned to Konoha Hospital, where Medical-nin praised his battlefield performance and growing reputation.
• Hyuga Mirai used Shadow Clones to begin producing Purple Snake’s genetic growth serum with the Laboratory equipment.
• Android 18 reported that Uzumaki Company had sold over seven thousand Computers and earned 160 million ryo in net profit, though it could deliver only one thousand units so far.
• Hyuga Mirai ordered Android 18 to keep expanding the company and sent her Medical Ninjutsu materials and hospital records to pass on to Uzumaki Ayaka.

Kimura informed Hyuga Mirai that she had recommended him for promotion to Medical Jonin, which was expected to be approved soon. After welcoming Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Kiyomi back to Konoha, Mirai celebrated his promotion with them, but Kiyomi noticed that he was walking heavily.

• Kimura told Hyuga Mirai that she had recommended him for Medical Jonin and praised his achievements at the River Country camp.
• Kimura warned Hyuga Mirai that his group might receive only a month of rest before renewed fighting with the Earth Country or the Land of Lightning.
• Konoha’s forces continued their stalemate with Sunagakure under Namikaze Minato’s command after Orochimaru left the front.
• Hyuga Mirai greeted Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Kiyomi when they returned to Konoha and offered to take them out for a meal.
• Hyuga Mirai told Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Kiyomi that he was being promoted to Medical Jonin, and Hyuga Kiyomi noticed his heavy steps.

Hyuga Mirai resumed training with the Added-Weight Rock Technique after Uzumaki Naruto’s unexpected arrival made him wary of future threats. He sparred with Orochimaru to build combat experience and ended the day planning to track his physical progress.

• Hyuga Mirai concealed his increased weight from Hyuga Kiyomi, who noticed but accepted his explanation.
• Hyuga Mirai and Android 18 combined the Added-Weight Rock Technique with Sealing Technique to keep three-times gravity on his body.
• Hyuga Mirai ate little at a barbecue meal with Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai because the added gravity strained his internal organs.
• After parting from the two women, Hyuga Mirai decided to train and asked Orochimaru to spar with him.
• Hyuga Mirai fought Orochimaru using his ninjutsu and mobility, then stopped after less than half an hour when his stamina ran low.
• Hyuga Mirai told Orochimaru that strength was necessary for survival and decided to record his physical data regularly.

Orochimaru and Hyuga Mirai discussed Danzo’s request for more Wood Style Subordinates, and Mirai helped raise the proposed research funding to six hundred million ryo. At the Hokage Tower, Sarutobi Hiruzen approved Mirai’s promotion to Medical Jonin despite Namikaze Minato’s warning and decided to have Jiraiya investigate him.

• Orochimaru told Hyuga Mirai that Danzo wanted more Wood Style Subordinates and wanted to control Wood Release himself.
• Hyuga Mirai suggested charging Danzo six hundred million ryo for the research, and Orochimaru agreed that safety justified the cost.
• Orochimaru offered to find Hyuga Mirai suitable opponents for their next sparring session and planned to research the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen reviewed Hyuga Mirai’s promotion application and considered Namikaze Minato’s request to keep an eye on him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen approved Hyuga Mirai’s promotion to Medical Jonin and decided to assign Jiraiya to investigate him.

Hyuga Mirai received his promotion to Konoha's youngest Medical Jonin while Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya discussed Minato's warning about him. At his training site, Mirai practiced the Spirit Transformation Technique and sensed an unfamiliar energy that might be Natural Energy.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen promoted Hyuga Mirai to Medical Jonin and gave him his certificate.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen showed Jiraiya a message from Minato, and Jiraiya declined to investigate Mirai himself.
• Hyuga Mirai avoided observation on his way out of the village and reached his training spot.
• Hyuga Mirai chose to practice the Spirit Transformation Technique and considered how to protect his body while his soul was outside it.
• Hyuga Mirai sensed unfamiliar energy in his soul form and wondered whether it was Natural Energy.

Hyuga Mirai focused on gravity training and designing an exoskeleton while delegating materials research, then took a day away from the hospital to train with Hyuga Kiyomi and join his classmates for a meal. At dinner, Shiranui Genma mentioned a newly released ninja computer game, and Mirai suspected Android 18 had made it.

• Hyuga Mirai planned to develop an exoskeleton and a high-end materials laboratory while Shadow Clones handled research and his real body trained under three times gravity.
• Hyuga Kiyomi persuaded Hyuga Mirai to skip the hospital and spend the day training with her and Yuhi Kurenai.
• Hyuga Mirai guided the team through training, then joined his classmates at a barbecue restaurant after Kakashi, Obito, and Nohara Rin returned from the front line.
• Shiranui Genma suggested they check out a new computer game about Konoha Ninja fighting other Great ninja villages, and Hyuga Mirai wondered if Android 18 had developed it.

Hyuga Mirai and his companions visited Uzumaki Company's stall in Konoha's commercial district, where the popular Ninja Game drew crowds of children eager to buy computers. Mirai saw the game's appeal and the potential of Android 18's networked computers to gather useful information, then left to discuss the company's progress with her.

• Hyuga Mirai and his companions reached Uzumaki Company's stall and watched children line up to try the Ninja Game.
• Hyuga Mirai joined the queue and tried the game, while most children who played begged their parents to buy them a computer and game.
• Obito argued with Kakashi about the game before excitedly discussing it with Shiranui Genma and the others.
• Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Kiyomi discussed the game's entertainment value and the importance of relying on real ninja strength.
• Hyuga Mirai considered the computers' popularity and Android 18's ability to monitor network users, then suggested that the group head back so he could speak with her.

Hyuga Mirai learned that masked Konoha Ninja were investigating the Uzumaki Company and strengthened its security while setting new plans for Ayaka and the company. At the Hokage Tower, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the elders discussed rising tensions between the great nations and the Uzumaki Company’s ties to the Uzumaki Clan.

• Android 18 told Hyuga Mirai that four masked Konoha Ninja had been surveilling the Uzumaki Company, and she estimated they were most likely targeting Uzumaki Ayaka.
• Hyuga Mirai directed Android 18 to put part of the company’s profits toward weapon development and increase Ayaka’s protection, then assigned Ayaka further training and monthly bounty missions.
• Hyuga Mirai sent Android 18 weapon blueprints and scientific knowledge, then planned research into Sage Art and the gene sequences needed for his experiments.
• Danzo reported the Third Raikage’s death and rising tensions among the great nations to Sarutobi Hiruzen, Koharu, and Homura.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told the advisors that Anbu had found no unusual developments in the Land of Fire, but the Uzumaki Company appeared closely connected to the Uzumaki Clan.

Danzo and the other elders learned about the Uzumaki Company and Uzumaki Ayaka’s medical abilities, while Hiruzen planned to approach her through Kushina. Hyuga Mirai then began experimenting with Natural Energy and gathered useful data before Android 18 started calculating ways to absorb it.

• Koharu explained that the Uzumaki Company sold Computers and Ninja Game, and Hiruzen said the game helped strengthen Konoha’s reputation.
• Hiruzen showed the elders an Anbu report about Uzumaki Ayaka’s exceptional Medical Ninjutsu and said he would ask Kushina about inviting her to Konoha.
• Danzo offered to handle the matter, but Hiruzen rejected him, prompting Danzo to resolve to gain control of more Wood Release Ninja.
• Hyuga Mirai arrived at the laboratory, connected with Android 18, and used the Spirit Transformation Technique to draw Natural Energy into a Four Symbols Seal formation.
• Mirai returned Natural Energy to his body and tried to balance it with physical and spiritual energy, but the Natural Energy dissipated.
• Android 18 began calculating ways to absorb Natural Energy and estimated that the calculations would take 472 minutes.

Hyuga Mirai used Android 18’s calculations to develop a method for absorbing Natural Energy and eventually entered Sage Mode. After reviewing the changes to his body and perception, he decided to use Sage Chakra as the basis for developing Sage Arts.

• Android 18 calculated two methods for Hyuga Mirai to absorb Natural Energy and optimized the Cell Activation Potion.
• Hyuga Mirai trained for several days, failing repeatedly before he successfully absorbed Natural Energy.
• Hyuga Mirai balanced the three energies and entered Sage Mode, gaining the ability to sense Ninjas within two kilometers and distinguish their Chakra.
• The Shadow Clone collected data on Hyuga Mirai’s body in Sage Mode before dispelling and returning its memories to him.
• Hyuga Mirai reviewed the results and decided to develop powerful Sage Arts using Sage Chakra.

Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Uzumaki Ayaka, a possible Uzumaki clanswoman, was in the Land of Fire's capital and arranged for Uzumaki Kushina to travel there with Anbu. Meanwhile, Hyuga Mirai continued researching Sage Chakra until Hyuga Kiyomi summoned him back, suggesting war was beginning again.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned Uzumaki Kushina about the Uzumaki Company and showed her a file identifying its owner as Uzumaki Ayaka.
• Uzumaki Kushina recognized Ayaka as the daughter of an old clan acquaintance and asked to see her, so Sarutobi Hiruzen arranged for Anbu to escort Kushina to the capital.
• Hyuga Mirai experimented with adding Yang Release properties to Sage Chakra and considered storing it in his Yang Seal.
• Hyuga Kiyomi found Hyuga Mirai at Konoha Hospital and told him their grandfather had ordered him back, as before.
• Hyuga Mirai agreed to return with Hyuga Kiyomi, suspecting they were being called to war.

As war intensified, the Hyūga Clan agreed to send ninja to the front, while Danzo became Konoha’s commander against Earth Country. Uzumaki Kushina left Konoha for the Land of Fire’s capital, and Uzumaki Ayaka learned that her clanswoman was coming to find her.

• Rasa resumed attacks against Namikaze Minato, while Iwa-nin sent three hundred ninja into Grass Country.
• Hyuga Kiyomi volunteered to lead a squad to the battlefield after the Hyūga Clan was asked to send forty ninja.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen appointed Danzo as front line commander against Earth Country after Jiraiya declined the position.
• Uzumaki Kushina received an Anbu escort and set out from Konoha for the capital to visit her clansmen.
• Android 18 told Uzumaki Ayaka that Uzumaki Kushina was on her way, prompting Ayaka to recall her childhood and wonder why Kushina had joined Konoha.

Uzumaki Ayaka decided to stay with the Uzumaki Company and refuse Konoha’s demands, while Uzumaki Kushina arrived in the capital and went to meet the company’s president. Kushina was admitted to the company, where she was about to meet Ayaka.

• Android 18 told Uzumaki Ayaka that Lord Mirai had ordered her not to agree to Konoha’s demands and promised to eliminate anyone who tried to take her by force.
• Uzumaki Ayaka decided not to go to Konoha and continued treating patients so her routine would not arouse suspicion.
• Uzumaki Kushina explored the capital, bought food, and joined youths discussing Ninja Game before running off after hitting those who mocked her.
• Uzumaki Kushina reached the Uzumaki Company with two female Anbu and asked to meet its president.
• A guard admitted Uzumaki Kushina and her companions and arranged for someone to lead them to the president.

Uzumaki Kushina met Uzumaki Ayaka at the Uzumaki Company and asked her to join Konoha, but Ayaka refused and declared her intention to rebuild Whirlpool Country. Kushina left the reception room without changing Ayaka’s mind.

• Uzumaki Kushina entered the reception room and reunited with Uzumaki Ayaka after more than ten years apart.
• Uzumaki Ayaka served Kushina dinner while Kushina hesitated to ask her to join Konoha.
• Uzumaki Kushina asked Uzumaki Ayaka to join Konoha so she could use her medical skills to treat more people.
• Uzumaki Ayaka challenged Kushina’s loyalty to the Uzumaki Clan and said she had established the company to remind herself to rebuild Whirlpool Country.
• Uzumaki Ayaka ended the conversation and had attendants escort Uzumaki Kushina out.

Android 18 uncovered Root's plan to abduct Ayaka and received Hyuga Mirai's orders to provoke tensions between Konoha and the Land of Fire while protecting her. As Konoha's vanguard headed for the Grass Country battlefield, Hyuga Kiyomi relayed her grandfather's expectations for Hyuga Mirai, while Hyuga Souya considered securing Mirai's loyalty to the clan.

• Android 18 used surveillance robots to reveal that four Root members planned to seize Ayaka and secretly deliver her to their lord.
• Hyuga Mirai ordered Android 18 to follow their plan, provoke conflict between Konoha and the Land of Fire, and flee with Ayaka if the Root proved too dangerous.
• Hyuga Mirai developed plans for new medicine and mineral-resource businesses, a biomechanical company manager, and research into Nanotechnology.
• Konoha's vanguard prepared to leave for the Grass Country, with Hyuga Mirai serving as a Medical Jonin and deputy of the medical team.
• Hyuga Kiyomi told Hyuga Mirai that Hyuga Souya expected him to perform well in the war, and Mirai promised to protect the Medical Camp from serious casualties.
• Hyuga Souya considered using Mirai's growing status and talents to strengthen the Hyūga Clan's ties to him, including addressing his future marriage.

The Land of Fire Daimyo learned that Konoha Anbu had killed Finance Minister Yasunori during an attack on Uzumaki Ayaka and demanded an explanation from Sarutobi Hiruzen. At the Grass Country camp, Hyuga Mirai learned how Android 18 had arranged the incident and then attended Danzo’s briefing on a plan to pressure Kusagakure.

• The Land of Fire Daimyo’s Guardian Ninja confirmed that Konoha Anbu had attacked Uzumaki Ayaka, seriously wounded her, and killed Yasunori in the incident, prompting the Daimyo to demand an explanation from Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Hyuga Mirai learned from Android 18 that she had lured Root into attacking Uzumaki Ayaka, while Ayaka had secretly killed Yasunori, and he told Ayaka to recover and awaken the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Hyuga Mirai asked Android 18 about the second company, learned its biological organism needed more time to cultivate, and instructed her to begin recruiting subordinates.
• Medical Jonin Aoki brought Hyuga Mirai to Danzo’s meeting, where Danzo outlined a plan to disguise Konoha forces as Iwa-nin and attack Grass Country’s nobles and civilians to pressure Kusagakure.
• Aoki assumed Hyuga Mirai was troubled by Danzo’s plan, but Hyuga Mirai said he would focus on his duties as a Medical-nin.

Namikaze Minato sent Naruto and his companions back to their own time, then sealed away only his memories of his time with Naruto. In Grass Country, Danzo’s strategy helped expose Iwa-nin’s attacks and secure an alliance with Kusagakure, while Mirai’s medical work made his reputation rise again.

• Namikaze Minato used the Dragon Vein to send Naruto and the other two back, resealed it, and decided to seal only his memories of Naruto.
• Kusagakure’s Anbu discovered that Iwa-nin had attacked villages and nobles while disguising themselves as Konoha Ninja.
• The Grass Shadow allied with Konoha after Kusagakure’s leaders demanded action against the Iwa-nin, and the alliance letter reached Danzo’s camp the next day.
• Danzo kept sending Konoha squads on dangerous probing missions, increasing pressure on the Iwa-nin and flooding the medical camp with wounded.
• Hyuga Mirai successfully operated on a badly injured Ninja, further strengthening his reputation as Konoha’s leading medical talent.
• Hyuga Kiyomi waited for Hyuga Mirai after work, asked about Kurenai, and handed him a handkerchief to wipe his sweat.