Chapter Summaries

Mirai confronted Uchiha Fugaku and his guards when they tried to take Uchiha Mikoto back to the clan, then declared that Mikoto was his girlfriend. Fugaku insisted she must marry the Uchiha Clan Head, leaving Mikoto relying on Mirai as Minato watched the family dispute unfold.

• Uchiha Fugaku arrived to reprimand Mikoto, and Mirai challenged him and mocked the Uchiha Clan.
• Mirai invoked his killing of Baki, making Fugaku hesitate before telling Mikoto to return to the clan.
• Mikoto refused to go back, and Fugaku angrily called Mirai her fiancé.
• Mirai declared Mikoto was his girlfriend and would later take his name, while Fugaku insisted she must become the Clan Head's wife.
• Mikoto looked to Mirai for support as Minato watched, realizing the dispute was beyond his ability to intervene.

Mirai confronted Uchiha Fugaku after Fugaku and the guards entered the Mirai Clan’s territory, framing the intrusion as an attempted assassination that justified killing Fugaku. Sarutobi Hiruzen learned of the incident and sent the secret division and clan leaders to the Mirai Clan’s territory, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Mirai appeared before Uchiha Fugaku at startling speed and warned that Fugaku had entered his clan’s territory with murderous intent.
• Mirai accused Fugaku of attempting to assassinate him and pointed out that Fugaku had kicked down his front door, making the guards realize they could be held responsible for the intrusion.
• A shadow ninja told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Uchiha Fugaku and the guards had attacked the Mirai Clan’s territory.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the secret division and the leaders of the Nara Clan, Akimichi Clan, Mountain Clan, and Japan Clan to go to the Mirai Clan’s territory, and told them to notify Granny.

Mirai took Uchiha Fugaku hostage after the young clan head broke into Mirai's territory, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen and Uchiha Fugaku to arrive. Hiruzen questioned Mirai about the confrontation as Mirai pointed to the broken door.

• An Uchiha clansman told Uchiha Fugaku that fewer household heads were being detained and revealed that his son had been captured by Mirai.
• Uchiha Fugaku decided to go to Mirai himself, while Sarutobi Hiruzen hurried to the Mirai Clan's territory.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived and saw that Mirai had taken Uchiha Fugaku hostage, with no one dead.
• Uchiha Fugaku demanded that Hiruzen make a decision for him, but Hiruzen ignored him and asked Mirai what had happened.
• Mirai told Hiruzen that they had barged into Mirai's territory and kicked down the door.

Mirai accused Uchiha Fugaku of attacking him and stealing his techniques, while Hiruzen Sarutobi considered the evidence and Mirai’s motives. Nakajima Hiroe arrived, and Fugaku turned to his father for help.

• Mirai blamed Uchiha Fugaku for coming to his territory to cause trouble and claimed Fugaku wanted to steal his ninja techniques.
• Uchiha Fugaku accused Mirai of starting the conflict, but Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized that Mirai was shifting blame.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on Mirai’s relationships and grew more fond of him.
• Nakajima Hiroe arrived without bringing anyone else, leading Hiruzen Sarutobi to think the other side might be willing to reconcile.
• Uchiha Fugaku saw his father arrive and begged him to save Mirai from killing him.

Mirai forced the Uchiha to confront Fugaku’s misconduct in front of the Hokage and the other clan heads. Mikoto began by demanding that her engagement to Fugaku be canceled, while Nakajima Hiroe scolded his son.

• Nakajima Uchiha tried to pull Mirai away from Fugaku as Sarutobi Hiruzen and several clan heads arrived.
• Mirai said Fugaku had tried to hurt him and kept his hand on Fugaku until the crowd had gathered.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Nakajima Hiroe how he would handle Fugaku’s serious breach of conduct.
• Nakajima Hiroe asked Mikoto to decide what should happen, and she said Mirai wanted to cancel her engagement to Fugaku.
• Fugaku objected and insulted Mikoto, prompting Nakajima Hiroe to call his son an idiot and berate him.

Uchiha Fugaku opposed canceling his engagement to Yugito Nii, but Fugaku let her set the terms, and she demanded that Mirai be allowed to leave the Uchiha Clan. The chapter ended with Senju Tobirama arriving to support his disciple and welcome the chance to make the Uchiha suffer.

• Uchiha Fugaku protested when Fugaku canceled his engagement to Yugito Nii, but Fugaku told her to state her terms.
• Yugito Nii asked that Mirai be allowed to leave the Uchiha Clan, and Uchiha Fugaku objected.
• Fugaku raised the Uchiha Clan's tradition against marrying outsiders, but Yugito Nii said Mirai agreed to leave.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen admired Yugito Nii's political skill and approved of Mirai's decision.
• Senju Tobirama arrived to support his disciple and expressed his eagerness to make the Uchiha Clan suffer.

Mirai confronted Nakajima Hiroe over the Uchiha Clan’s decision involving Mirai and the Yu Zhibao family, while Sarutobi Hiruzen pressed the clan to follow official procedures. Nakajima Hiroe agreed to settle the matter but said Mirai needed to speak with his family.

• Nakajima Hiroe objected that the matter involving Mirai and the Yu Zhibao family did not concern the Senju Clan, but Mirai’s grandmother argued that she could take responsibility as his teacher.
• Nakajima Hiroe said the Yu Zhibao family did not allow its bloodline to be exposed, and Mirai told him that the Uchiha Clan was being informed rather than consulted.
• Mirai’s grandmother struck him for openly embarrassing the Uchiha Clan, while Sarutobi Hiruzen intervened to protect her and asked whether the Nakajima Clan had followed official procedures.
• Nakajima Hiroe fell silent, recognized that Sarutobi Hiruzen had effectively settled the matter, and said Mirai needed to speak with his family.

Uchiha Mikoto secured support from Kagami Uchiha and offered to have Mirai leave the Ninja Academy and give up becoming a ninja, persuading Uchiha Fugaku to accept a compromise. Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed the clan heads, and the chapter ended with Mirai staying to share his cooking with Granny and Kushina.

• Uchiha Mikoto told Uchiha Fugaku that Kagami Uchiha would support him and promised Mirai would leave the Ninja Academy and not become a ninja.
• Nakajima Hiroe confirmed that Mirai had agreed, and Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted the outcome and dismissed the clan heads.
• Uchiha Fugaku left with his guards, and Sarutobi Hiruzen greeted Minato Namikaze and invited him to visit.
• Minato Namikaze was moved by Sarutobi Hiruzen's attention and felt renewed loyalty to Konoha.
• Granny asked Uchiha Mikoto to serve food, and Mirai said he had already cooked before Granny urged him to stay for Kushina.

Minato and Mikoto met Mirai and Granny while trying to learn where Kushina was, and Granny teased Minato about his feelings for her. Mikoto watched Mirai serve Granny and offered to help him cook.

• Minato and Mikoto asked Granny whether she had seen Kushina.
• Granny told Minato that Kushina had called him a goddess, and Mirai teased him about liking red-haired girls.
• Granny scolded the young group about dating, and Mirai apologized to her.
• Mikoto reflected on Granny's reputation and was surprised by how much Granny had changed.
• Granny told Mirai to cook more food, and Mikoto offered to help him.

After Mirai’s group considered Kagami Uchiha’s possible role in the battlefield incident, Nakajima Hiroe warned Uchiha Fugaku to stay away from Uchiha Mei. The humiliated Fugaku revealed that he had awakened a three-tomoe Sharingan, astonishing his father.

• Mirai’s group received news of the incident and suspected Kagami Uchiha might have been involved.
• Duan Qizhang suggested Kagami Uchiha could be a mole, but Mirai’s group laughed off the idea.
• Nakajima Hiroe considered the Mirai Clan’s bloodline prospects and the risks of marrying into powerful clans.
• Nakajima Hiroe ordered Uchiha Fugaku not to contact Uchiha Mei unless she approached him first.
• Uchiha Fugaku activated his three-tomoe Sharingan, surprising Nakajima Hiroe.

Mirai’s breakthrough and Uchiha Fugaku’s three-tomoe Sharingan eased suspicions among Konoha’s leaders, while Uchiha Mikoto withdrew into the Mirai clan. Later, Grandma appeared unusually troubled and silent, leaving Mirai wondering what had happened.

• Uchiha Fugaku said the humiliation had helped his Sharingan progress, and Nakajima Hiroe accepted his three-tomoe awakening as a resolution to her worries.
• Koharu Utatane, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Mitokado Homura discussed Mirai and the tensions between the Land of Water and the Land of Lightning.
• Mirai subdued Uchiha Fugaku after he entered the Mirai clan, and Uchiha Mikoto left the Uchiha Clan to stay within the Mirai clan.
• Grandma arrived looking listless, and Mirai asked what had happened when she looked at him and Uchiha Mikoto without answering.

Mirai learned that the Nine-Tails would soon be transferred and insisted on joining the dangerous operation. He claimed he had developed genjutsu that could restrain the beast, leaving Grandma surprised and asking whether he was certain.

• Uchiha Mikoto left to fetch a quilt after Grandma hinted that an important day was near.
• Grandma revealed that the Nine-Tails transfer was approaching, and Mirai recognized that Kushina Uzumaki had been growing weaker.
• Grandma refused Mirai's request to take part, warning that the Nine-Tails was far beyond his strength.
• Mirai persisted and said he had a way to restrain the Nine-Tails.
• Mirai explained that he had developed genjutsu that could summon spirit beasts, and Grandma asked whether he was sure it could affect the Nine-Tails.

Ye Han prepared to help Kushina with the Nine-Tails, while he and Uchiha Mikoto made plans for Mirai Circle’s opening. The next morning, Ye Han arrived at the former Uzumaki clan grounds, where Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others waited as Kushina prepared to become the Nine-Tails’ jinchūriki.

• Grandmother told Ye Han to pick her up the next day, hoping he could control the Nine-Tails.
• After Grandmother left, Uchiha Mikoto discussed the opening of Mirai Circle and worried that the Uchiha Clan might cause trouble.
• Ye Han asked Mikoto to invite the Hokage to the opening ceremony, saying Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to keep Mirai Circle in Konoha.
• The next morning, Mom called Ye Han to the former Uzumaki clan grounds, where Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others were waiting.
• Ye Han reassured Kushina that the Nine-Tails was cute, but Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others reacted with disbelief.

Mito Uzumaki prepared Kushina to become the Nine-Tails’ jinchuriki and advised her to hold on to love so she could find happiness. The sealing began at Konoha’s fire altar, with Mirai set to start the ritual.

• Mito Uzumaki spoke with Mirai about the Nine-Tails and said it needed love.
• Mito Uzumaki told Kushina to ask about the Nine-Tails and urged her to find love before becoming its container.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen led Mito Uzumaki, Kushina, and the others to the fire altar outside Konoha.
• The barrier squad formed a powerful barrier over the sealing scroll.
• Mito Uzumaki gave Kushina her final advice, and Mirai began the sealing.

Mito Uzumaki released the Nine-Tails, and Mirai surprised it by calling it Kurama. The Nine-Tails attacked Mirai but was caught in Mito’s Adamantine Sealing Chains as she and Kushina began sealing it.

• Mito Uzumaki released the seal within her body, unleashing the Nine-Tails’ chakra.
• The Nine-Tails emerged and recognized Mirai as the person who had mocked it.
• Mirai called the Nine-Tails Kurama, startling it because few people knew its name.
• The Nine-Tails swiped at Mirai, but Mito Uzumaki restrained it with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Mito Uzumaki ordered Kushina to begin sealing the Nine-Tails, which accused Mirai of plotting against it.

As Mito Uzumaki and Kushina struggled to restrain the Nine-Tails, Mirai tried to distract him with a provocative transformation. The Nine-Tails remained pinned by the sealing chains as Mirai attempted to disgust him.

• The Nine-Tails fought Mito Uzumaki’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, and another chain wrapped around him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen watched as Mito Uzumaki and Kushina struggled to keep the Nine-Tails restrained.
• Mirai called out to the Nine-Tails and transformed into a fox-eared woman with a tail.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Grandma reacted with shock and anger to Mirai’s transformation.
• Mirai posed and wagged his tail while asking the Nine-Tails whether he was beautiful.

Mito Uzumaki and Kushina sealed the Nine-Tails inside Kushina, with Mirai helping create the opening. After Mito entrusted Kushina’s care to Mirai, he received 50 million experience points for defeating the Nine-Tails.

• Mito Uzumaki and Kushina used the Nine-Tails’ carelessness to drag it into Mito’s sealing technique.
• The Nine-Tails turned into chakra and entered Kushina, whose body was battered by the pain.
• The Nine-Tails vowed to return for revenge as Mito and Hiruzen Sarutobi completed the Four Symbols Seal on Kushina.
• Mito asked Mirai to care for Kushina and reminded him that the Nine-Tails needed love.
• Mirai received 50 million experience points for defeating the Nine-Tails and wondered whether he could earn more by fighting it again.

After Mito Uzumaki died, Sarutobi Hiruzen entrusted Kushina Uzumaki’s care to Mirai and supported his path toward leadership. The chapter ended with Mirai warning Hiruzen that Konoha’s spies had been increasing.

• Mito Uzumaki told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Konoha was in his hands, then died as Kushina Uzumaki wept.
• Mirai comforted Kushina, who clung to him and cried herself unconscious.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen reflected on Mito’s help and loss, then entrusted Kushina’s care to Mirai.
• Mirai agreed to look after Kushina and warned Hiruzen that Konoha’s spies had been increasing.

Mirai offered Sarutobi Hiruzen information from his system map to help uncover Konoha’s spies, asking him to attend the opening of Mirai’s Swordsmanship Chicken Shop in return. Mirai then led a raid to a hideout where he believed one of Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen was waiting, and the operation turned dangerous.

• Mirai told Sarutobi Hiruzen that his system map could identify nearby people and their affiliations, then proposed a deal to help Konoha find spies.
• Mirai asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to attend the opening ceremony of Mirai’s Swordsmanship Chicken Shop, and Sarutobi agreed.
• Mirai and the ninja accompanying him raided multiple hideouts, seizing six in an hour.
• Mirai identified the next target as the location of one of Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and the old woman realized what he meant.
• Dao An fought an Anbu master as Mirai’s group confronted the danger at the hideout.

Mirai and Granny pursued the Mist ninja who had escaped after attacking Konoha, and Mirai caught up with Samehada’s wielder, Yamamura Koji. The two prepared to fight as Granny hurried to join them.

• Mirai and Granny found the bodies of Konoha ninja as they chased the attacker out of the village.
• Granny urged Mirai to go ahead while she followed, warning him not to let anything happen to himself.
• Yamamura Koji noticed Mirai approaching and recognized him as Konoha’s powerful young genius.
• Mirai faced Yamamura, stayed wary of his strength, and welcomed the chance that his opponent might underestimate him.