Chapter Summaries

Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, and Reid sealed Mirai and Chojuro inside a barrier as Mirai confronted his former teacher. Mirai questioned whether the barrier could stop his Body Flicker, then cryptically remarked that the third exam was tomorrow.

• Kakashi ordered Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi to prepare a barrier while they formed shadow clones, and Reid watched the battle.
• Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi completed the Little Red Sheep Seal Array, trapping Mirai and Chojuro inside a square barrier.
• Chojuro charged at Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma but crashed into the barrier.
• Mirai addressed Kurenai Yuhi as his teacher and asked whether she wanted to know why he had defected.
• Mirai questioned whether the barrier could stop his Body Flicker, then mentioned the third exam and said it was very good.

Mirai faced Chojuro after their opponents forced them to fight, and his Meteor sword technique wounded Chojuro despite being blocked. Chojuro unleashed Hiramekarei’s strongest offensive form and struck through the dust, leaving Mirai’s fate unclear.

• Mirai refused to use the Body Flicker Technique, and Chojuro decided to attack him first.
• Chojuro charged Mirai with Hiramekarei, but Mirai deflected the blow and countered with the Meteor technique.
• Chojuro blocked Meteor, but sword energy cut a shallow wound across his chest.
• Chojuro released Hiramekarei and formed a colossal chakra hammer.
• Chojuro smashed the ground with the chakra hammer, filling the area with dust.

Mirai killed Chojuro and completed his main quest, but his next quest required him to become a Konoha shinobi. With Kakashi confronting him, Mirai prepared to fight by exchanging for Godslayer.

• Mirai explained that he had used an illusion to make Chojuro lower his guard before delivering a fatal attack.
• Mirai cut Chojuro apart, completing the main quest and earning 700 Energy Points.
• The system gave Mirai a new quest to become Haruki Murakami and join Konoha, prompting him to curse the system.
• Kakashi entered the barrier and faced Mirai, who challenged him to fight.
• Mirai exchanged 50 Energy Points for the supreme sacred sword technique, Godslayer.

Mirai tried to understand why Kurenai Yuhi reacted uneasily to Kakashi's Raikiri, but his distraction let Kakashi's attack wound him and knock the Divine Wind Sword from his hand. Kakashi revealed that he had gambled on the strike after realizing Mirai was far stronger than expected.

• Mirai exchanged for a Divine Wind Sword and prepared to fight Kakashi.
• Kakashi formed Raikiri, and Mirai wondered why Kurenai Yuhi looked troubled.
• Mirai became distracted while considering the reason for Kurenai's reaction.
• Kakashi struck Mirai's shoulder, making him drop the Divine Wind Sword.
• Kakashi felt relieved that his gamble had succeeded and recalled that Mirai had defeated Nagashima Castle despite its seven powerful abilities.

Kakashi gambled on defeating Mirai with a misleading attack, while Mirai recognized the plan and let himself be captured. As Kurenai Yuhi used magic to contain him, Mirai believed he could return to Kazo without arousing suspicion and complete his mission.

• Kakashi attacked Mirai with A-rank techniques and relied on Kurenai Yuhi to mislead him, then struck and injured him.
• Kurenai Yuhi rushed to Mirai and used magic to wrap him in a flower-like cocoon.
• Mirai realized Kakashi had gambled on capturing him and decided to play along, expecting Kakashi to take him back to Konoha.
• Mirai planned to return to Kazo openly and complete his mission, keeping the option of defecting again if necessary.

Mirai was captured by Kakashi and Kurenai Yuhi and taken back to Konoha, while Zetsu watched and considered using him in a plan. Mirai learned that Yokota was under house arrest and feared what would happen when he faced the Hokage and Danzo.

• Mirai asked Kakashi to hold his sword, and Kakashi took it before telling Reid to bandage Mirai's wound.
• Zetsu watched from a cliff and considered taking Mirai down if he proved strong enough to help the plan.
• Mirai asked who would judge him, and Reid told him he was being taken to the Hokage.
• Reid told Mirai that Yokota was fine but had been placed under house arrest because of Mirai's defection.
• Kakashi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Reid carried Mirai onward, and a Konoha ninja informed them of Mirai's mission, ending his hunting mission.

Kakashi and the others met Yanxi, who claimed he had stabbed Mirai through the abdomen, but Mirai showed no such wound. They brought Mirai back to Konoha for examination and interrogation, while Yanxi grew intrigued by the boy.

• The Ninja Hound told Yugao Uzuki that Mirai's mission was complete, then Kakashi and the others arrived.
• Yanxi said he had fought Mirai and stabbed him through the abdomen, but Mirai had only a shoulder wound and an uninjured back.
• Kakashi wondered whether the boy was really Mirai, but Kurenai Yuhi insisted that he was.
• Kakashi decided to take Mirai back to Konoha and hand him over to the Hokage for examination and interrogation.
• Yanxi watched Mirai with renewed interest as the group continued toward Konoha.

After the Anbu discovered Gekko Hayate’s corpse, Mirai regained consciousness in the Hokage’s office and demanded his Divine Wind Sword. Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned him about betraying Konoha and his knowledge of Root, but Mirai’s reasons remained unexplained.

• Yanxi and the Anbu found Gekko Hayate’s corpse and took it to report to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Mirai released from the illusion after Anbu set up a barrier outside.
• Mirai woke in the Hokage’s office and asked Kakashi to return his Divine Wind Sword.
• Mirai challenged Sarutobi Hiruzen’s authority and asked why Danzo had not been called to speak with him.
• Mirai admitted he had betrayed Konoha because Danzo hid him in Root, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen to ask how he knew about Root.

Mirai negotiated with Sarutobi Hiruzen to have his rogue-ninja status revoked and revealed that he had foreseen Hiruzen’s death. The chapter ended with Mirai warning that Orochimaru was posing as the Kazekage of Sunagakure that day.

• Mirai argued that his strength and the value he could create outweighed Tuan Tuan’s usefulness to Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Mirai whether he had new predictions based on his claimed ability to foresee the future.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that he had revoked Mirai’s arrest warrant and withdrawn the bounty, restoring Kiba as Mirai’s home.
• Mirai told Sarutobi Hiruzen that he had foreseen Hiruzen’s death, alarming Asuma, Kakashi, and Kurenai Yuhi.
• Mirai warned Sarutobi Hiruzen that Orochimaru was the Kazekage of Sunagakure that day.

Mirai told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Sain was involved in a plan to attack Konoha, prompting Hiruzen to recall all active mission teams and secretly monitor Mirai. After leaving the Hokage Office, Mirai recognized Yugao and decided to let her go despite her blame for Hayate's death.

• Mirai told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Sain was involved in the threat against Konoha, and Hiruzen ordered Kakashi to recall everyone serving on missions.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Mirai to stay hidden from villagers, but Mirai asked only that Konoha stop pursuing him and let him move around freely.
• After Mirai left, Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Dragon to follow him and report any changes without being detected.
• Mirai passed Yugao and other ANBU members, and Yugao gave him a cold look before leaving to submit an urgent report.
• Mirai remembered that Yugao blamed him for Hayate's death and decided to teach her a lesson another time, but let her go for now.

Mirai returned to the village as an S-rank rogue ninja, prompting the villagers to flee while he casually helped himself to food and other goods. He then met Inoue, who urged him to escape before the ANBU arrived.

• Mirai entered the village center, where the people recognized him as a rogue ninja and panicked.
• Mirai told the villagers to evacuate, but they fled and left him alone on the street.
• Mirai took advantage of the empty shops to eat, drink, and browse as the ANBU watched helplessly.
• Inoue approached Mirai with flowers and warned him to leave before the ANBU arrived.
• Mirai recognized Inoue while peeling an apple with the Divine Wind Sword.

Mirai visited Ino at her family’s flower shop and teased her by pretending he wanted her to leave with him. Ino’s mother gave her permission to go out, but Ino realized Mirai had tricked her and stolen the flowers; meanwhile, villagers began returning and greeting him.

• Mirai found Ino at her family’s flower shop and asked why she was there.
• Ino urged Mirai to leave before it was too late, but Mirai flirted with her and took her flowers.
• Ino’s mother came downstairs, recognized Mirai as her daughter’s classmate, and told Ino she could go out with him.
• Ino started to follow Mirai, then noticed the flowers were gone and angrily realized he had fooled her.
• Mirai walked slowly away as villagers returned and some greeted him amicably.

After returning to Konoha, Mirai learned that villagers admired him because Hiruzen had revealed his defection was a mission. He reunited with Ino, who thanked him for the flowers but teased him about his reputation, and they discussed the upcoming Chunin Exams.

• Mirai realized that Hiruzen had explained his defection as a mission, turning the villagers' suspicion into admiration for him.
• Mirai hurried through the welcoming crowd, worried the villagers would discover what he had done to their shops.
• Ino confronted Mirai for pretending he was fine and stealing her flowers, and Mirai gave her a rose and thanked her.
• Mirai asked Ino whether she was going to the Chunin Exams, and she teased him for claiming he was a big player.

Mirai was about to refuse Ino’s invitation when Orochimaru appeared in the city on a giant snake and confronted him. Ino fled after Mirai told her to run, leaving Mirai alone to face Orochimaru.

• Mirai examined his reflection in the Divine Wind Sword and considered whether to go where Ino had invited him.
• The ground shook, a huge snake appeared in the city, and Orochimaru stood on its head as villagers fled.
• Orochimaru accused Mirai of exposing his plans after Mirai returned and turned his attention to him.
• Orochimaru used genjutsu to incapacitate the ANBU operative Dragon.
• Mirai told Ino to run, and she vanished, leaving Mirai alone with Orochimaru.

Mirai fought Orochimaru, using the Divine Wind Sword to cut him in two. Orochimaru appeared unharmed afterward, leaving Mirai unsure how to defeat him.

• Mirai asked Orochimaru whether he feared Konoha's ninja, and Orochimaru said his people had kept them occupied.
• Mirai attacked Orochimaru with the Divine Wind Sword, but Orochimaru vanished and left a summoned snake to take the blow.
• Mirai blocked Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword and then used Great Swordsmanship: Godslayer to split Orochimaru's body in two.
• Orochimaru appeared behind Mirai unharmed, and Mirai wondered how he could defeat someone who could not be killed.

Mirai activated the Divine Wind Sword and lost 500 energy points, leaving him weakened and furious. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen fought Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release and summoned a white-haired monkey as the Second Hokage appeared beside it.

• Mirai regretted failing to kill Orochimaru and vowed to kill him in front of everyone next time.
• Mirai touched the Divine Wind Sword, and the system drained 500 energy points to activate it, leaving him with 200.
• Hashirama Senju used Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees against Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen dodged the spreading roots and summoned a white-haired monkey.
• The Second Hokage appeared beside the summoned monkey using the Flying Thunder God technique.

As Konoha descended into battle, Sarutobi Hiruzen struggled against the revived Senju Tobirama and First Hokage while Kakashi and Asuma fought elsewhere. Exhausted Mirai chose to head home and sleep, then asked the system to explain the Divine Wind Sword’s grade.

• Senju Tobirama and the First Hokage attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen, who struggled to defend himself as trees rose to strike him.
• Asuma called to Kakashi to handle his opponent while the Hokage faced the revived First and Second Hokage.
• Mirai struggled to his feet after the battle with Orochimaru and considered whether to help the Hokage or go home.
• Mirai decided to go home and sleep because he was too exhausted to wield the Divine Wind Sword.
• The system explained weapon and divine-artifact grades, and Mirai asked what grade his Demon Sword was.

Mirai returned home after using up his spiritual power and stumbled into a fight between a Sunagakure ninja and a Silver Village ninja. As he tried to escape, the system blocked Blink because he had used it 1,000 times that year, leaving him helpless in front of the two fighters.

• Mirai learned that the sword was the lowest-ranked Inferior Divine Artifact and felt relieved he had not exchanged for the more expensive Flowing Light Meteor Blade.
• Mirai asked the Inferior Divine Artifact System where it came from, but it refused to answer because his level was too low.
• Mirai crossed streets filled with battles between Silver Village and Konoha ninja and hurried home after a fighter noticed him.
• Mirai entered his home and interrupted a fight between a Sunagakure ninja and a Silver Village ninja, who mistook his scratched Konoha forehead protector for that of a rogue ninja.
• Mirai tried to flee but fell, and the system announced that Blink was on cooldown for a year after 1,000 uses.

Mirai was cornered by a Sound ninja after the ninja killed the Sand ninja, but his first brain region broke through its limits and awakened a new power. He used the Eye of Illusion to destroy the Sound ninja, leaving his own fate unresolved.

• The Sand ninja attacked Mirai, while the Sound ninja broke free and struck down the Sand ninja.
• The Sound ninja approached Mirai, who could not move and desperately feared for his life.
• Mirai's first brain region broke through its limits as the Sound ninja reached for his neck.
• Mirai used the Eye of Illusion, and the Sound ninja crumbled into bones and dust.

While Mirai was unconscious, the Sound ninjas lost ground as Konoha and the Sand Village overwhelmed them, and Orochimaru’s plan fell apart. As Sarutobi Hiruzen fought the First and Second Huo Ying, the First called him “Teacher,” leaving Hiruzen stunned.

• Mirai collapsed after sudden dizziness and stabbing pain, while the battle continued without him.
• Asuma and Kakashi killed Kidomaru and then joined the Anbu against the Sound Four.
• The Sound Four were killed before they could complete their famed battle.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen continued fighting the First and Second Huo Ying without Orochimaru present and avoided using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
• The First Huo Ying called Sarutobi Hiruzen “Teacher,” and Hiruzen froze in shock.