Chapter Summaries

Chiyo and the others escaped Ebizo’s attack and brought Mirai to camp, where Chiyo failed to restore feeling to his right hand. The chapter left Chiyo grieving over her inability to treat him while Mirai resolved to find another way.

• Chiyo and the others left after Ebizo retreated, and Chiyo thanked the giant bug for protecting Mirai.
• Chiyo, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and the others took Mirai to camp by the river while Hatake Sakumo fought to give Chiyo time to treat him.
• Zhaisi Shomer was relieved the mission team returned safely but became troubled when he saw Mirai’s injured right hand.
• Chiyo repeatedly sent chakra into Mirai’s hand but could not restore its feeling, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke urged her to stop before she exhausted herself.
• Chiyo sobbed over her failure to protect and treat Mirai, while Sarutobi Shinnosuke silently shared her grief.

Mirai’s companions praised his courage for facing Mahabi rather than abandoning them, while the old woman learned that Dan Katō had been subdued. The Sand Village leaders learned that Mirai had killed Mahabi with a forbidden technique and worried about Mirai’s injured hand and whether the old woman would heal him.

• Qi Mu Shuo praised Mirai for standing by his companions and facing a seemingly unbeatable opponent.
• The old woman asked about the traitor, and Sakumo Hatake told her that Mirai had subdued Dan Katō and that he would be punished.
• Qi Mu Shuo left to manage the forces and create an opening for the Sand ninja, while the injured Sarutobi Shinnosuke and the others went to rest.
• Ebizo told the First that Mirai had killed Mahabi with a powerful forbidden technique.
• Ebizo reported that Mirai's right hand had been burned, and the First worried about whether the old woman would heal him.

Garura explained that losing his hands would barely weaken Mirai because most of his strongest techniques required no hand seals, frightening the Sand Ninja leaders. Danzo learned that Mirai had survived and, thinking of a way to replace his lost hand, considered having Orochimaru make him an artificial one using Hashirama’s cells.

• Garura told the Sand Ninja leaders that Mirai’s non-seal techniques meant losing his hands would not greatly reduce his strength.
• Ebizo panicked about Mirai and asked what they should do, while the First told him to let the Kazekage handle the crisis.
• Danzo heard that Mirai had survived and killed Baki with his remaining hand, and he grew furious over Mirai’s injury.
• Danzo considered asking Orochimaru to make Mirai an artificial hand using Hashirama’s cells.

After Mirai killed Mahabi, Sarutobi Hiruzen recalled him to Konoha, while the Third Kazekage put a bounty on his head. Mirai woke after two days with his right hand badly damaged but not lost, and Grandma promised to find a way to heal it.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Mirai had killed Mahabi and ordered Shi Mu to bring him back to Konoha for his safety and growth.
• The Third Kazekage marked Mirai for death and placed a bounty on him in the Black Market.
• Mirai woke in Grandma's tent after sleeping for two days and reassured her that he was all right.
• Grandma told Mirai she had saved his right hand but could not heal it, and Mirai realized its tendons and chakra circulation were still impaired.

Mirai decided to return to Konoha while recovering from his severe injuries, and Sakumo Hatake agreed to send Granny with him for protection. Granny remained uncertain about her next assignment, while Mirai worried about his lack of strength and resolved to use his money to improve himself.

• Mirai considered capturing Nagato’s mother but abandoned the idea because Madara might retaliate against Konoha.
• Mirai announced that he wanted to return to Konoha, and Granny welcomed his decision while worrying about his safety.
• Mirai thanked Granny for keeping him from going to the dangerous Land of Rain battlefield, and she told him to thank his teacher.
• After his injuries left him able to move only his hands, Mirai requested to return to Konoha, and Musa Xiaoma agreed.
• Sakumo Hatake decided Granny should accompany Mirai to protect him from Sand ninja on the road.

Mirai and Granny discussed the bounty hunter pursuing them, and Mirai recognized him as Kakuzu, a powerful veteran who had once fought the First Huo Ying. They remained wary of Kakuzu as they considered why such a formidable fighter had become a bounty hunter.

• Granny asked whether this was the fourth time they had been attacked, while Mirai speculated about his bounty.
• Granny worried that the bounty hunter was too strong for Mirai to handle and resolved to become stronger herself.
• Mirai recognized the bounty hunter as Kakuzu and described his past service in the Dragon Ninja Village and his fight with the First Huo Ying.
• Granny was shocked that someone who had fought her grandfather was still alive.
• Granny questioned why a true powerhouse would work as a bounty hunter, and Mirai suggested that betrayal and money might explain it.

Mirai told Granny and Sarutobi Hiruzen that he planned to start a business while his hand healed, and they worried about the effect his venture could have on Konoha. He proposed launching Mirai's Kentucky Fried Chicken, leaving them confused by the unfamiliar name.

• Granny and Sarutobi Hiruzen were shocked when Mirai said he wanted to go into business.
• Mirai said he wanted to find a better way in Konoha while his hand recovered.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen offered to help Mirai with his plans.
• Mirai considered making Sarutobi Hiruzen a brand ambassador but decided against it.
• Mirai announced that he would try out Mirai's Kentucky Fried Chicken, leaving Granny and Sarutobi Hiruzen baffled.

Mirai told Sarutobi Hiruzen he planned to sell food and left the Hokage’s office with Granny. Granny encouraged him, but her intended kiss on his forehead accidentally became a kiss on his lips.

• Mirai explained that food in this world was poor and that he planned to sell better meals.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted Mirai’s plan and returned to the grocery store.
• Granny asked whether Mirai really intended to become a merchant, and Mirai confirmed it.
• Granny encouraged Mirai and tried to kiss his forehead, but he rose onto his tiptoes and their lips met.
• Granny glared at Mirai, then told him to go home with her and visit his grandmother.

Mirai and Grandma visited the Senju clan’s courtyard, where they met Kushina and recognized that Grandma planned to make her the next vessel. Kushina feared being turned into a monster, while Mirai’s injured hand drew her attention.

• Mirai wondered whether Uzumaki Mito had recovered enough for him to stop relying on one arm.
• Grandma brought Mirai to the Senju clan’s guarded main courtyard.
• Kushina greeted Grandma and Mirai, and Grandma noted how much Kushina and Zhang Xina had improved.
• Kushina feared Grandma’s impending death and worried she would be made into a monster, but she did not know whether Mirai could save her.
• Kushina noticed Mirai’s injured hand and asked what had happened to it.

Mirai, Kushina, and Tsunade visited Mito Uzumaki, whose life was nearing its end. Mito planned to seal the Nine-Tails inside Kushina while she still had strength, and she greeted Mirai as if she knew more about him than he expected.

• Kushina worried over Mirai's missing hand, while Mirai insisted he would find a way to heal it.
• Tsunade reassured Kushina that Mirai would recover, and Kushina asked him whether fighting at the front lines had been fun.
• Mirai noticed Mito Uzumaki had grown much older and realized Kushina seemed to have become a jinchuriki.
• Mito Uzumaki prepared to seal the Nine-Tails inside Kushina before her strength ran out, hoping to spare Konoha greater losses.
• Tsunade mourned that her grandmother was about to die, while Mito greeted Mirai and Mirai replied that she was mistaken.

Mito Uzumaki examined Mirai’s damaged hand and said it might be healed with Hashirama’s level of medical ninjutsu, giving Grandma hope that she could save him. Mito then suggested the Nine-Tails might help, encouraging Kushina to accept her future as its jinchuriki, while Mirai recognized that Mito was using the promise to strengthen Kushina for the village.

• Mito Uzumaki examined Mirai’s right hand and said it had not fully necrosed, so Hashirama-level medical ninjutsu might still save it.
• Grandma regained hope that she could learn enough medical ninjutsu to heal Mirai, while Mirai considered whether his own remembered techniques could help.
• Mito suggested Kushina and the Nine-Tails might be able to heal Mirai, and Kushina’s resistance to becoming a jinchuriki weakened.
• Mirai doubted the Nine-Tails could heal him and realized Mito was misleading Kushina to strengthen her for the village.
• Mito sensed Mirai’s emotional reaction but stayed silent, trusting him to find a way forward.

Mirai returned to the village and went for ramen with Super Bubble, who seemed to have noticed something about Mirai. Mirai learned that a closed restaurant across the street belonged to his family and announced he would open a shop there, leaving Teuchi wary.

• Super Bubble appeared, looked at his hand, and joined Mirai for ramen without explaining what he had noticed.
• Teuchi offered Super Bubble another bowl and joked that Mirai could get extra meat and a discount.
• Mirai asked Teuchi about the closed shop across the street and learned it was called Mirai House and belonged to his family.
• Mirai told Teuchi he would open a shop across from the ramen shop and asked him to look after him.
• Teuchi reluctantly accepted and hoped Mirai would not cause trouble.

Mirai ate ramen with Super Bubble and discussed the dangers and purpose of ninjas with Teuchi. After they left, Teuchi muttered that the appearance of ninjas had been a mistake, while Mirai asked Super Bubble what he had found unusual about him.

• Mirai ate ramen with his left hand because his right hand was injured, and Super Bubble offered to feed him.
• Teuchi asked Mirai whether ninjas were wrong and what the best world would be like.
• Mirai said he did not know and finished his ramen alongside Super Bubble.
• Teuchi watched them leave and muttered that the appearance of ninjas had been a mistake.
• Mirai asked Super Bubble what had seemed unusual about Teuchi.

Mirai returned home and raised his Cooking skill to level sixty so he could prepare food for his planned shop. He ordered a Root ninja to bring him ingredients, while Zang Jun and Danzo felt relieved that he was back in Konoha; Mirai then told Danzo he wanted to become a merchant.

• Mirai opened his life skills page and raised Cooking to level ten, then to level sixty.
• Mirai asked a Root ninja to get him flour, two chickens, and milk.
• Zang Jun learned that Mirai had returned to Konoha and felt relieved.
• Danzo also relaxed, believing Konoha was safe for Mirai.
• Mirai told Danzo that he wanted to become a merchant.

Mirai introduced his new food business idea to Danzo Shimura, who agreed to let him try it. Mirai prepared KFC-style food for his family, and Kushina and Grandma enjoyed it.

• Danzo Shimura decided to support Mirai's plan to become a merchant.
• Mirai got up early and made hamburgers, fried chicken, and chicken wings using Kendall's recipes.
• Mirai gave copies of the food to Grandma and the others as a preview of the Mirai farm's future.
• Kushina tasted an Orleans chicken wing and praised it, then Grandma tried a hamburger and became excited.

Mirai returned to school during the tense war and reunited with Qin Mei, bringing her homemade chicken. He reassured his classmates that his injured hand would not weaken him and warned that his remaining hand could still unleash a powerful technique.

• Grandma learned that chicken was affordable, while Kushina wished she could go to school with Mirai.
• Mirai left the Senju Clan compound and enrolled at Konoha's school as student enrollment expanded for the war.
• Mirai surprised his classmates, including Qin Mei, by returning to the classroom.
• Mirai gave Qin Mei homemade chicken, and Uchiha Mikoto praised its taste.
• Nara Shikaku asked about Mirai's injured hand, and Mirai said it would not affect his strength and described the technique he could still use.

Mirai told Minato that he was opening a grocery store and invited everyone to eat together, then left to renovate a former restaurant into a KFC. His Sage of Six Paths advertising poster alarmed Teuchi and nearly knocked Sarutobi Hiruzen off his stool.

• Mirai told Minato he was opening a grocery store and offered discounts, while Minato offered to help if needed.
• Mirai said goodbye to Uchiha Mikoto and left, promising to pick her up after school.
• Mirai brought his decorating crew to renovate a restaurant across from Ichiraku Ramen into a KFC.
• Mirai greeted Teuchi and introduced himself as his new neighbor.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Mirai was using the Sage of Six Paths as his business trademark and was nearly frightened off his stool.

Mirai’s use of the Sage of Six Paths’ portrait as a business trademark alarmed Sarutobi Hiruzen and drew Madara and Black Zetsu’s attention. Unaware of their interest, Mirai went about his quiet life in the Leaf and picked up Jinmei from the academy.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen worried about Mirai using the Sage of Six Paths’ portrait but decided not to interfere.
• A man in hiding told Madara that Mirai had returned to the Forest and planned to use the portrait as a trademark.
• Madara praised Mirai’s talent, while Black Zetsu suggested they might use Mirai in their plan and asked about his eyes.
• Mirai handed the renovations to professionals and went to the academy to pick up Jinmei.
• Jinmei shyly ran to Mirai as others teased him, and Mirai reflected that he was bored, injured, and had not completed his secret mission.

Mirai brought his friends to see his shop while it was still being renovated, and explained that a portrait showed the Sage of Six Paths' Rinnegan. The chapter ended when Uchiha Mikoto invited Mirai to her house, leaving him wondering if she was asking him to live with her.

• Choza praised Mirai's chicken wings and promised to eat at his shop if the prices were reasonable.
• Mirai handed out coupons, and the group followed him to his shop, where they saw that renovations were still underway.
• Namikaze Minato asked about the unfamiliar eyes in the Sage of Six Paths' portrait, and Mirai identified them as the Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Mikoto noticed Mirai's mood shift, but he told her he was fine.
• Uchiha Mikoto asked Mirai to come to her house that day, surprising everyone and leaving Mirai confused.

Ye Han agreed to train with Uchiha Mikoto and Namikaze Minato at his home. Mikoto asked to stay under Ye Han’s care, and he introduced them to Super Bubble as their opponent.

• Uchiha Mikoto suggested that Namikaze Minato train with Ye Han, and Ye Han agreed.
• Nara Shikaku objected to relying on Ye Han’s guidance, while Minato remained eager to practice with him.
• At Ye Han’s house, Mikoto learned that his father was away at war and that the household nannies had left.
• Mikoto asked Ye Han to take care of her, surprising both Ye Han and Minato.
• Ye Han summoned his level-40 Super Bubble and asked Mikoto and Minato to test their strength against it.