Chapter Summaries

Mirai received a mission to kill Tsune after completing his previous mission and being promoted to Chunin. When Sarutobi Hiruzen discussed a new mission with him, Danzo arrived and tried to recruit Mirai into Root.

• Naruto congratulated Mirai on becoming a Chunin, and the system awarded Mirai 250 Points and assigned him a mission to kill Tsune for 700 Points.
• Three days later, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Mirai where he had learned his ninjutsu, and Mirai claimed he had realized them on his own.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Mirai he could skip the third exam and began to offer him a mission.
• Danzo entered the Hokage's office and said he wanted to recruit Mirai for Root.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen objected to Danzo reaching too far, and Danzo brought up Kakashi and Tenzo as former Root members transferred to the secret guard.

Mirai rejected Danzo’s plan to take him into Root and attacked him with his sword. He broke Danzo’s blade, leaving Danzo stunned by the sixteen-year-old’s strength.

• Danzo insisted that Mirai would be trained in Root, and Hiruzen reluctantly agreed.
• Mirai realized he needed to escape Root and considered defecting before growing strong enough to return.
• After Danzo told Mirai to train in Root, Mirai cursed him and drew his sword.
• Mirai struck at Danzo, and his blade snapped Danzo’s sword in two.
• Danzo stared at Mirai in disbelief, wondering how the boy was so strong.

Mirai killed Danzo with a sword, escaped using a space-time technique, and declared himself a traitor. Sarutobi Hiruzen issued a ten-million bounty and classified Mirai as an S-rank rogue ninja at Danzo's insistence.

• Mirai cut Danzo in half, but Danzo revived elsewhere using Izanagi.
• Mirai told Sarutobi Hiruzen that he valued his freedom and vanished from the Hokage Office.
• Danzo demanded that Hiruzen pursue Mirai, while Hiruzen questioned how Danzo had survived Mirai's strike.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen to kill Mirai and make him a target, calling him a threat to Konoha.
• Hiruzen ordered a wanted notice, and Danzo set Mirai's bounty at ten million and his status as an S-rank rogue ninja.

After defecting from Konoha, Mirai regretted leaving without extorting money and wandered through the mountains until he stopped to nap. Meanwhile, news of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s death sentence and bounty order spread through the village, where people discussed Mirai’s defection.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen saw Tuan hiding outside and appeared to age suddenly.
• Mirai traveled through the forest, regretted leaving without taking money, and praised his swordsmanship and blade.
• Mirai asked his system for a map, but it refused, so he continued through the mountains until he was exhausted.
• Mirai climbed a tree and fell asleep as news of his defection and bounty spread.
• Villagers discussed Mirai’s defection and denied having wanted him to marry their daughters.

Asada trained with Hyuga Hiashi and asked to see Mirai, who had recently visited him. Hyuga Hiashi told Asada that Mirai had defected from Konoha and was now an S-rank rebel, leaving Asada shocked and grief-stricken.

• Asada trained with Hyuga Hiashi, who was pleased by Asada's improved strength.
• Asada asked Hyuga Hiashi whether something had happened to Mirai because Mirai had not visited that morning.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Asada to forget Mirai, explaining that Mirai had defected from Konoha and become an S-rank rebel.
• Asada dropped to his knees in disbelief, and Hyuga Hiashi ordered Rock Lee Xiao Chun to keep an eye on Miss Ikeda.

A barefoot little girl found Mirai sleeping in a tree deep in the mountains and climbed toward him to tease him. Mirai woke suddenly and drew his sword, startling her into a fall, but he caught her.

• The little girl chased a rabbit to a tree and spotted Mirai sleeping on a branch.
• She fetched a bamboo pole and foxtail grass, then climbed the tree to get closer to Mirai.
• The girl crawled toward Mirai and studied him, deciding he looked good despite not being an uncle.
• Mirai sensed danger, woke, drew his silver longsword, and shouted at the girl.
• The startled girl slipped from the tree, and Mirai caught her as she fell.

Mirai rescued Nono and agreed to go with her to the Ghost household, hoping to help her troubled mother. Meanwhile, Itachi and a blue-skinned companion investigated the area, and Mirai encountered guarded warriors at the household’s gate.

• Mirai set Nono down after rescuing her, and she asked him to help her mother because he was a ninja.
• Mirai agreed to follow Nono to her home behind the mountain.
• Itachi and his blue-skinned companion examined signs of someone passing through and headed toward the nearby Ghost family.
• Mirai arrived at the Ghost household and was stopped at the gate by two wary warriors.

Mirai learned that Shion was the princess of the Ghost Country after guards questioned whether he could enter the city. Pine welcomed him inside, leaving the guards wondering why he had trusted a stranger.

• Shion asked the two samurai guards to let Mirai into the city, but they said outsiders needed special orders.
• Mirai told Shion he did not need to help her because her family seemed powerful, but she tried to persuade him with tears.
• Pine came out of the village and greeted Shion, then asked Mirai whether he was her friend.
• Mirai was surprised when Pine revealed that Shion was the princess of the Ghost Country.
• Pine invited Mirai inside, and the guards questioned why Lord Pine had admitted someone whose identity was unknown.

Mirai entered the Land of Demons’ castle with Pain and Shion, who trusted him despite his doubts about Pain’s intentions. He began wondering whether Hugh was in Buddha Root Village and asked Shion where her troubled mother was, but she did not know.

• Mirai questioned Pain about why he had brought him along, and Pain said Shion believed in him.
• Pain led Mirai and Shion to the castle, then left them there while he returned to work.
• Shion asked Mirai his name, and he introduced himself as Mirai.
• Mirai worried that Hugh might be in Buddha Root Village and asked Shion where her mother was.
• Shion said she did not know and began hopping around the castle to look for her.

Shion's mother learned that Mirai was a rogue ninja from Konoha but believed he had no ill intent and could benefit their family. After confirming Shion had seen no new visions of death, she took her daughter to meet Mirai.

• Pine told Shion's mother that Mirai was a rogue ninja from Konoha, and she said Shion could sense that he meant no harm.
• Shion's mother considered befriending the S-rank rogue ninja a possible turning point, while Pine worried that trouble might arise.
• Shion told her mother that meeting her ninja brother had cheered her up and that he could help with her mother's worries.
• Shion's mother asked whether Shion had experienced another premonition, and Shion said she feared her visions after one had foretold a villager's death.
• Shion's mother confirmed she had foreseen no deaths among them and took Shion to meet Mirai.

Mirai met Shion’s mother at the castle and learned that she knew about his S-rank classification. When his Body Flicker Eye failed to get him out, he agreed to stay the night and planned to leave the next day, while Shion’s mother asked what he intended to do afterward.

• Shion brought her mother to meet Mirai, and the woman recognized that he had been classified as an S-rank rebel.
• Mirai tried to leave with his Body Flicker Eye, but the technique failed to move him from the castle.
• Shion’s mother invited Mirai to rest for the night, and he reluctantly agreed.
• The next day, Shion asked Mirai why he was leaving, and he called himself a troublesome person.
• Shion’s mother asked Mirai whether he planned to take refuge with another family or become a bounty ninja.

Mirai asked a woman for information to reach the Water Country and find Chojuro and the Seven Five Yin Blades, intending to complete his mission to kill Long Shilang. As the woman offered to help, Mirai sensed a minor danger alert and remained wary.

• Mirai told the woman he wanted to go to the Water Country to complete his mission to kill Long Shilang.
• The woman offered to help Mirai, and he asked for the route to Five Yin Village, Chojuro’s location, and the Seven Five Yin Blades.
• When the woman began to explain, Mirai’s Danger Warning alerted him to a nearby threat.
• Mirai studied the woman and wondered whether she was dangerous as the Rain Region darkened around their fire.
• Mirai reflected on the dozens of ninja who had ambushed him and worried that the danger around him was increasing.

Mirai narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by a woman who had disguised her hostility as a massage. She killed He Jie, while Mirai faced her attack.

• Mirai reflected on how bounty hunters had pursued him, but his speed and blade had kept him alive.
• A woman offered Mirai a massage as Naomi watched in fury.
• When the woman reached toward his stomach, Mirai's danger warning sounded, and he dodged her attack with the Body Flicker Eye.
• Mirai clashed blades with the woman, who revealed she intended to kill him and summoned two Shadow Clones.
• The two clones attacked He Jie, and the woman killed him despite his pleas.

Mirai fought Uzuki Yugao after realizing she was a Konoha operative, but her clone feints and swordsmanship left him pierced through the abdomen. As Yugao prepared to kill him, Mirai promised he would come find her, and she began to realize something was wrong.

• Uzuki Yugao revealed that her orders had only required her to observe Mirai before drawing another blade.
• Mirai recognized the possibility that Yugao was a Konoha operative and fought her Dance of Three Suns and Moon technique.
• Mirai killed two clones and briefly appeared behind Yugao, but she vanished and stabbed him from behind.
• Yugao explained that she had anticipated Mirai's Body Flicker Technique and identified herself as Uzuki Yugao.
• Mirai told Yugao he would come find her, and her pupils contracted as she realized something just before striking.

Mirai survived Uzuki Yugao’s sword strike and recovered in the rain, then left with renewed resolve. As Yugao realized he had escaped, Kakashi, Reid, and Asuma arrived under a new secret Hokage order and began pursuing him.

• Uzuki Yugao searched for Mirai after driving him away but found only his bloodied sword and a pool of blood.
• Mirai recovered from his wounds behind a collapsed house, then left without seeking out Yugao.
• Yugao searched the surrounding area and realized Mirai had survived her strike and escaped her tracking.
• Pakkun told Yugao that Kakashi, Reid, and Asuma had gone after Mirai under a new top-secret Hokage order.
• Kakashi followed Pakkun through the rain as the dog tracked Mirai, who kept changing direction with the Body Flicker Technique.

As Mirai walked through the rain, he investigated the system’s physical and bloodline enhancement options and discovered how to view his personal information. He examined the panel’s likeness of himself, leaving his search for an upgrade unfinished.

• Kakashi led Reid and Asuma to find Mirai quickly, while Kurenai worried that he might be in danger.
• Mirai considered how to spend his remaining 220 points and chose to inspect physical enhancement after noticing his invisible stomach scar.
• The system explained that physical enhancement could double his attributes or grant abilities and genetic potential through bloodlines.
• Mirai learned how to open his personal information panel and summoned it in his sea of consciousness.
• Mirai studied the figure on the panel and admired its resemblance to himself.

After checking his personal information, Mirai learned that energy points and bloodline enhancements could raise his divine spiritual power and physical strength. He used the system to track Chang Shilang and headed toward his location, where the chapter ended as Chang Shilang faced another man in a canyon.

• Mirai checked his personal information and reviewed his abilities, energy points, and physical stats.
• Mirai asked the system whether bloodline transformations could increase his divine spiritual power and physical strength, and learned that they could.
• A Rain ninja offered to provide Chang’s location, but Mirai distrusted him and continued on alone.
• Mirai spent 20 energy points to track Chang Shilang through the system.
• Mirai reached a canyon where Chang Shilang, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, stood opposite another man.

Mirai confronted Yongzhilang in the Rain Village after the man’s intelligence mission was deliberately exposed. Their fight revealed that Yongzhilang was far faster and stronger than Mirai expected, and the chapter ended with Mirai narrowly evading another sword strike.

• Yongzhilang questioned Mirai when he blocked his way back from the Rain Village.
• Mirai declared that taking Yongzhilang’s head was his mission and drew his sword.
• Yongzhilang rushed Mirai with his two ninja swords, forcing Mirai to vanish and reappear to avoid the attack.
• Mirai realized Yongzhilang was stronger than he had expected and steadied himself in the rain.
• Yongzhilang launched another attack, and Mirai leaned back to narrowly avoid the Butterfly’s blade.

Mirai fought Zhang Shilang, but Zhang Shilang’s sword techniques overwhelmed Mirai’s Big Ball Rasengan. The chapter ended as Mirai retreated into the path of Butterfly’s shockwave and a hammering rain attack.

• Mirai realized Zhang Shilang could redirect Butterfly with his other hand and dodged the attack that shattered the ground.
• Mirai blocked Chang’s follow-up strike, then formed a Big Ball Rasengan and charged Zhang Shilang.
• Zhang Shilang met the Rasengan with Butterfly, trading a series of heavy blows with Mirai.
• Zhang Shilang’s repeated sword-energy strikes crushed the Rasengan before it could explode.
• Mirai retreated as Butterfly’s shockwave and the rain swept toward him, carving out a ten-meter-long vacuum.

Mirai and Zhang Shilang fought while Kakashi and two others from Konoha arrived at the canyon. Mirai recognized his instructor Kurenai Yuhi among them, as Zhang Shilang turned his attention toward the newcomers.

• Mirai and Zhang Shilang waited for an opening while arguing about whether they would fight.
• Kakashi and two others arrived, distracting Zhang Shilang and giving Mirai a chance to slash his shoulder.
• Zhang Shilang unleashed an explosive attack with Hiramekarei, striking Mirai and forcing him to retreat.
• Zhang Shilang and Mirai both shifted their attention to Kakashi’s group, and Mirai recognized Kurenai Yuhi among the newcomers.