Chapter Summaries

The Amegakure ninja panicked after seeing Mirai defeat Ren Shang and feared they had been sent on a suicide mission. A captain rallied them to attack Mirai, while Qing Kui and Autumn Wind Thorn held back and prepared for what came next.

• The Amegakure ninja sensed that Green Sunflower was still alive and discussed Mirai's strength after he cut down Ren Shang.
• A captain ordered the Amegakure ninja to stop complaining and urged them to attack Mirai together to survive.
• Qing Kui approached Autumn Wind Thorn, and they agreed to wait for the others to fail before acting.
• Autumn Wind Thorn said she could kill the woman and complete the mission to protect her family.
• The Amegakure ninja launched a barrage of ninjutsu at Mirai while Qing Kui and Autumn Wind Thorn watched.

Mirai used the Yin-Yang Supreme Sacred Sword Technique to turn the incoming attacks into a huge elemental tornado, but he could not control or safely stop it. As his spiritual power dwindled, the Rain Hidden ninjas waited for the tornado to collapse and kill him.

• Rock Lee asked Mirai whether his defensive sword technique could stop the ninjutsu.
• Mirai swung the Divine Wind Sword and formed a tornado of wind, fire, water, and rock that redirected the attacks.
• The Rain Hidden ninjas and their allies were stunned by Mirai's unusual defense.
• Mirai realized he could neither control the tornado nor know what would happen if he stopped swinging.
• The Rain Hidden ninjas guessed that Mirai would die when his chakra ran out, and Autumn Wind Thorn and Qing Kui felt relieved.

Trapped in a shrinking tornado, Mirai searched for a way to survive and realized he might be able to improve the Big Ball Rasengan. He left himself with a new idea but had not yet acted on it.

• Mirai and Rock Lee watched the tornado shrink as the rain outside repeatedly used ninjutsu to keep it large.
• Rock Lee feared they would die, but Mirai cursed and insisted the tornado could not stop him.
• Rock Lee laughed at Mirai's crude scolding and found that it eased his fear.
• Mirai considered several ways to escape, including using Saiyan genes, but ruled them out as impossible.
• Mirai recalled that the Big Ball Rasengan had underperformed and realized he could improve exchanged skills by adding to them.

Mirai tried to escape the tornado by canceling the Yin-Yang Sword Technique and unleashing a timed sword attack. The chapter ended before revealing whether his Meteor Godslayer succeeded, while Yu no Namae berated Kawasaki over the lack of intelligence.

• Mirai realized Rock Lee could not feel his spiritual power through his straw raincoat and considered using Meteor to escape the tornado.
• As his spiritual power dwindled and his arms grew sore, Mirai told Rock Lee he would attempt a desperate breakout, and Rock Lee urged him to fight his way out.
• Mirai activated and enhanced his Byakugan, then studied the airflow to plan his escape during the brief moment after canceling the Yin-Yang Sword Technique.
• Mirai launched the Ultimate Divine Sword Technique—Meteor Godslayer.
• Yu no Namae shouted at Kawasaki for failing to discover what had happened, while Chuanqiao Yimeng stayed silent.

The Feudal Lord sent Kawasaki to investigate the blaze at Green Sunflower’s residence and offer help to the Amegakure ninja. As the ninja continued battling a powerful tornado, Green Sunflower looked forward to the reward for defeating its source.

• The Feudal Lord told Kawasaki to investigate the blaze and show goodwill to Hanzo’s ninja.
• Kawasaki left with two strong warriors, secretly vowing to take the Feudal Lord’s position.
• Amegakure ninja worried about the tornado’s seemingly endless chakra and speculated that its creator was young and dangerous.
• Green Sunflower argued that a stronger opponent would bring a greater reward, and the Amegakure ninja praised him.

Kawahashi Yume arrived at the morgue and paid his respects to Amegakure’s leaders after learning that Autumn Wind Thorn was the feared King of Assassination. He asked Qing Kui what had happened and what caused the enormous tornado, leaving the incident unexplained.

• Qing Kui ordered Amegakure ninja to clean up the blood and corpses at the morgue.
• Amegakure ninja reported that people from the Famous Prefecture had arrived.
• Qing Kui and Autumn Wind Thorn went to meet Kawahashi Yume and his two armored companions.
• Qing Kui introduced Autumn Wind Thorn as the King of Assassination, and Kawahashi Yume repeatedly apologized for failing to recognize him.
• Kawahashi Yume asked Qing Kui what had happened and what had caused the enormous tornado.

Kawasaki ingratiated himself with Qing Kui and Autumn Wind Thorn while they watched a tornado trapping a Konoha ninja. As Kawasaki looked toward the storm, a dazzling golden light burst from its center.

• Kawasaki assumed Hanzo's identity and asked what had happened, and Dao An explained that a Konoha ninja was caught in the tornado.
• Kawasaki offered to help Qing Kui and Autumn Wind Thorn, who welcomed his show of goodwill.
• Kawasaki asked why the two men had no umbrellas, and Qing Kui said his umbrella had to see blood before it could close.
• Qing Kui claimed the trapped Konoha ninja had only mastered a peculiar defensive sword technique, and Kawasaki accepted his explanation.
• Kawasaki spotted a brilliant golden light shooting out from the red and blue tornado.

Mirai escaped the tornado with Rock Lee in his arms, shocking the Amegakure ninjas and prompting Qing Kui and Autumn Wind Thorn to pursue him. After Rock Lee briefly saw Mirai’s eyes turn into the Byakugan, Mirai asked him to find shelter from the rain.

• Mirai burst out of the tornado, then cut apart the falling elements with his sword aura.
• The tornado’s debris injured several Amegakure ninjas, while Qing Kui and Autumn Wind Thorn reacted in disbelief.
• Qing Kui and Autumn Wind Thorn rushed toward Mirai to capture him before he recovered.
• Rock Lee noticed Mirai’s eyes had briefly become the Byakugan, but Mirai deactivated it and Rock Lee doubted what he had seen.
• Mirai asked Rock Lee to find them shelter from the rain, and Rock Lee closed his eyes and reached behind him.

Mirai escaped the tornado while carrying Rock Lee, using Lee’s sensory map to locate the hidden figures around them. He reached the guards maintaining the tornado and killed Niaoshan Fengsi and Fengtai Ming, leaving the way forward open.

• Rock Lee used his sensory ability to show Mirai the positions of more than a dozen hidden figures within two hundred square meters.
• Mirai surged out of the tornado at high speed while carrying Rock Lee.
• Niaoshan Fengsi dismissed the danger as he and Fengtai Ming maintained the tornado.
• Mirai burst through the tornado and carved a deep trench across the ground with a golden shockwave.
• Fengtai Ming was cut in half as he turned to call for an emergency assembly.
• Mirai killed Niaoshan Fengsi with a flash of sword light after criticizing his sword gestures.

Mirai slaughtered the Rain clan members at Qing Kui’s residence and confronted Qing Kui, Qiu Feng's Sting, and Chuanqiao Yimeng. As Qing Kui prepared to face him, Qiu Feng's Sting recognized that Qing Kui intended to exploit the distraction and attack from the shadows.

• Mirai used his spiritual power to speed through the scene and kill nearly every Rain clan member present.
• Mirai set Rock Lee down and taunted Qing Kui, who insisted that Mirai was not strong.
• Chuanqiao Yimeng challenged Mirai for entering Rain clan territory, but retreated behind his two warriors after seeing the bloodshed.
• Qing Kui told the others to stand back, while Qiu Feng's Sting realized Qing Kui planned a surprise attack.

Mirai killed Green Sunflower before he could complete his ranged ninja technique and took his Thunder God Sword. He gave the sword to Rock Lee, while Autumn Wind Thorn remained a dangerous presence.

• Rock Lee warned Mirai that Autumn Wind Thorn felt more dangerous than Green Sunflower.
• Mirai attacked Green Sunflower with sword qi as he prepared to use a ninja technique.
• Green Sunflower died when he could not evade Mirai's fast sword qi.
• Mirai picked up the Thunder God Sword and handed it to Rock Lee.

Mirai killed Autumn Wind Thorn after the assassin realized he could not evade Mirai's attacks. Kawahashi Yume begged Mirai to spare him and offered to be useful, leaving Mirai to consider his value.

• Rock Lee warned Mirai that the fleeing Echo might summon reinforcements and that Hanzo would be difficult to defeat.
• Mirai turned his attention to Kawahashi Yume and Autumn Wind Thorn at the Land of Rivers Bridge.
• Autumn Wind Thorn recognized that he could neither approach nor evade Mirai, and Mirai killed him with a golden shockwave.
• Kawahashi Yume begged Mirai to spare him and offered his services.
• Mirai asked Kawahashi Yume what value he could provide.

Mirai spared Kawahashi Yume after demanding fifty million ryo, then left with Rock Lee. As Kawahashi Yume recovered from the encounter, Mirai killed the two warriors Kawahashi Yume had brought and spoke to him from afar.

• Kawahashi Yume offered Mirai money and promised to make him Rain's honored guest if Mirai spared his life.
• Mirai demanded fifty million ryo and told Kawahashi Yume to clean up the place and have the money ready when he asked for it.
• Mirai revealed his name and led Rock Lee away through the rain.
• After Mirai passed, Kawahashi Yume saw that the two warriors he had brought had been beheaded.
• Mirai's voice drifted back to Kawahashi Yume as he tried to stand.

Kawahashi Yume abandoned his plans against Mirai and saw the deaths in the Rain Village as an opportunity. At Echo Village Tower, Pain and Zetsu changed their plan to frame Mirai for killing Echo Village forces and send word of his actions to the organization.

• After hearing Mirai explain why he had killed the two warriors, Kawahashi Yume gave up on confronting him and decided to report the deaths as an opportunity.
• Zetsu told Pain's Deva body that Mirai had killed nearly all the Rain Village forces they sent, along with Green Sea Anemone and Autumn Wind Poison Sting.
• Pain ordered Zetsu to spread a false account that Hanzo of the Salamander had captured Mirai and his companions and sent them to Konoha as spies.
• Pain told Zetsu to inform the organization that Mirai had killed more than fifty people from Echo Village, including named fighters and three Ren Shang.
• Zetsu understood Pain's intent, then burrowed underground to carry out the orders.

Chuanqiao Yimeng reported to the Feudal Lord that Mirai had killed all the Rain ninja and assured him the incident would be contained. The Feudal Lord ordered the battle site and bodies cleared and handed to Hanzo, while Chuanqiao Yimeng left with his true feelings concealed.

• Chuanqiao Yimeng sent fifty warriors to seal off Qing Kui's residence, then went to the Feudal Lord's estate.
• The Feudal Lord reluctantly admitted Chuanqiao Yimeng and asked whether the northern and southern residential areas had been dealt with.
• Chuanqiao Yimeng told the Feudal Lord that Mirai had killed all the Rain ninja and that he had sealed off the scene.
• The Feudal Lord worried Hanzo might reveal the incident, but Chuanqiao Yimeng said Hanzo would keep silent because disclosure would not benefit him.
• The Feudal Lord praised Chuanqiao Yimeng and ordered him to clean up the battle site and give the Rain ninja corpses to Hanzo.

News spread that Mirai had killed more than fifty Rain shinobi, including three Ren Shang, before being killed by one of Nagasaki’s Nintendo personnel. In Konoha, Ino told Hinata and the others that Mirai’s promotion would separate him from his squad, leaving them to consider Shino as a replacement.

• Kawasaki smiled as he heard a woman buzzing inside the room, then left.
• News of Mirai’s battle in the Rain Capital spread across the villages and reached Konoha.
• Ino told Hinata, Tenten, and Sakura that Mirai had killed more than fifty Rain shinobi, including three Ren Shang, before Nagasaki’s group killed him.
• Ino explained that Mirai’s strength meant he would leave Kurenai’s squad for Ren Shang missions, and suggested Shino join Hinata’s team.
• Hinata said Shino would be a good addition but regretted that she had held Mirai back.
• Two passing chūnin mentioned a name that caught the women’s attention.

News spread through Konoha that Mirai had defeated dozens of Rain ninjas and killed Yongzhilang, shocking the young ninja women. Sarutobi Hiruzen discussed Mirai’s growing power with his advisors and considered how the village should treat him.

• A chunin told Sakura and the other young ninjas that Mirai had killed more than fifty Rain ninjas, including Qing Kui, and escaped unharmed.
• The chunin said Mirai had also killed Yongzhilang, one of the Seven Great Elites of Water, leaving the women stunned and Oda clenching their hands.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu what they thought of Mirai.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu warned that Mirai could become either a powerful asset or a danger to Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen challenged their view of Jiraiya as a chess piece and asked whether they wanted to protect Mirai and make him a true Konoha ninja.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu discussed whether Mirai’s growing strength made him a threat when Danzo Shimura accused him of surrendering to Hanzo. Danzo suggested Mirai might be an undercover agent, but his confidence faltered when Hiruzen asked whether Ali was also an insider.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen said Mirai’s rapid growth meant he needed to be controlled, while Mitokado Homura questioned the change in his stance.
• Danzo Shimura burst into the office and claimed Mirai had surrendered to Hanzo, citing a spy’s report from Rain Village.
• Danzo said Hanzo had ordered news of Mirai’s killings to spread across the ninja world, and Mitokado Homura noted that Mirai and Ali had already left Rain Village.
• Danzo argued that Mirai might have been sent by Hanzo as an informant and undercover agent.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked whether Ali was also an insider, and Danzo’s pupils contracted as he began to respond.

Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed Danzo’s claim that Yamanaka Mirai had betrayed Konoha, but planned to have the Sensory Division inspect Mirai and Yamanaka Shinya when they returned. Meanwhile, Zetsu reported the meeting’s outcome to Pain, who revealed that the group had been intended as expendable pieces in the scheme.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped Danzo and the Root ninjas from leaving the village before Yamanaka Mirai and Ali returned.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu defended Danzo’s intentions and suggested that Mirai and Rock Lee might have gone undercover for Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed that explanation as implausible and planned to have the Sensory Division check Mirai and Yamanaka Shinya for seals.
• Zetsu told Pain that Sarutobi Hiruzen had not believed Danzo’s claim and that the girl had become the breakthrough point.
• Pain called the group worthless and indicated that they had been intended for disposal from the beginning.

Pain learned that the Nine-Tails was training with Jiraiya and reacted to the news with memories of his teacher and Yahiko. Meanwhile, Mirai and Rock Lee reached the Land of Tea in disguise, where Mirai stopped at a teahouse before continuing toward a village.

• Zetsu told Pain that the Nine-Tails had been following Jiraiya and seemed to be training with him.
• Pain reacted to Jiraiya's name and recalled his teacher, Yahiko, and peace.
• Mirai and Rock Lee fled the Land of Rain after Mirai killed a Rain ninja and ran through the night until they reached the Land of Tea.
• Mirai took Rock Lee to the Cherry Blossom Teahouse and ordered its cheapest tea.
• Rock Lee questioned why Mirai had stopped instead of heading straight to the village, and Mirai called her too young.