Chapter Summaries

Inoue invited Mirai to dinner, and he accepted before thinking of Ikeda. Meanwhile, Ikeda struggled through training with Hyuga Hiashi ahead of a mission, while Hiashi worried about Mirai’s growing strength and its effect on the clan.

• Inoue asked Mirai to meet her for dinner at seven, and he agreed.
• Mirai wondered how Ikeda was doing.
• Hyuga Hiashi ended Ikeda’s training session because she had a mission the next day, but Ikeda insisted she needed to catch up to Mirai and Naruto.
• Hyuga Hiashi worried that Mirai’s strength was rising quickly but insisted it could not shake his clan’s standing.
• Danzo grew uneasy over Sarutobi Hiruzen’s attitude toward Mirai and suspected something had gone wrong.

Danzo realized Hanzo’s information campaign had put him in a difficult position, while Mirai met Ino after failing to find his peers. The chapter left Mirai and Ino together outside an oden shop.

• Danzo suspected Hanzo was spreading information to make him accuse Mirai of being a spy and feared the consequences for his power in Konoha.
• Mirai spent the afternoon bathing after he failed to find Rock Lee and the others.
• Ino waited for Mirai on a lantern-lit street and wondered whether he would keep their appointment.
• Mirai appeared outside an oden shop, and Ino blushed before questioning him about being late.
• Mirai told Ino he had been bored and wanted to visit her house.

Mirai and Ino shared oden and snacks as they talked about Team Ten’s upcoming mission and Mirai’s place on the team. Ino said his strength could keep the others from gaining experience, and Mirai praised her for understanding the lesson.

• Ino visited Mirai, and he invited her to eat oden while trying to hide his embarrassment.
• Mirai and Ino ate together, then strolled through the streets and shared snacks.
• Mirai asked Ino whether she had a mission soon, and she said Team Ten seemed to have one the next day.
• Ino explained that Mirai’s strength could limit Team Ten’s growth by making their low-level missions feel certain to succeed.
• Ino admitted Asuma had taught her this, and Mirai encouraged her, saying that remembering it showed growth.

Mirai recited a love poem to Inoue during their walk, leaving her flustered, then escorted her home and practiced increasing the divine spiritual power in his Big Ball Rasengan. He reached a 1.7-times multiplier and reflected on how difficult further progress would be.

• Mirai told Inoue she was beautiful and recited a poem about meeting someone in the best years of one’s life.
• Mirai and Inoue walked together until he decided it was late and escorted her home.
• Mirai went into the woods near Konoha and practiced controlling his divine spiritual power with the Big Ball Rasengan.
• Mirai increased the Rasengan’s power to 1.7 times and considered how much harder it would be to reach 1.8 times.

Mirai tested the increased power of his Big Ball Rasengan and considered the limits of his physical attributes. As he resumed training, a black figure approached, muttering about what was happening.

• Mirai found that increasing the Big Ball Rasengan to 1.6 times its base size raised his divine spiritual power control to 120, though the technique slightly injured his palm.
• Mirai reviewed his personal information and judged that his current physical enhancements did little to improve his combat ability or defense.
• Mirai decided to save his remaining 50 energy points and wait until he completed his ninja mission to earn 500 more.
• A black figure approached Mirai through the branches and muttered, "Deng, what exactly is going on..."

Mirai encountered Sasuke while practicing the Jade Rasengan, but Sasuke left without explaining why he had come. The next morning, Kiba woke Mirai by shouting and threatening to break a window, and Mirai opened the door.

• Sasuke approached Mirai after noticing the bright light from his technique and recognized him.
• Mirai dispelled the Jade Rasengan and asked Sasuke why he had come, but Sasuke said nothing and left.
• Mirai continued practicing until after midnight, then went home to sleep.
• Kiba shouted and pounded on Mirai's door early the next morning, but Mirai ignored him.
• Kiba considered breaking a window, and Mirai suddenly opened the door.

Mirai learned that Yoda’s father had forbidden her from visiting him, so he went to the village entrance to meet her before the mission. They greeted each other after a long separation, leaving their reunion quiet but warm.

• Kiba told Mirai he had looked for him and noticed his unusual relationship with Inoue.
• Mirai asked why Yoda was not with Kiba, and Kiba explained that her father had ordered her not to visit Mirai.
• Mirai decided to go see Yoda despite her father’s order and followed Kiba to the village entrance.
• Mirai greeted Kurenai Yuhi and Shino Aburame, then approached Yoda and greeted her after a long time apart.

Mirai gave Ikeda a healing method before leaving and went to the Hokage Office to finish his mission. There, Sarutobi Hiruzen introduced him to Sakata, an envoy from Tea Village, who reacted with hostility.

• Kurenai Yuhi reflected on Mirai's strength and urged him to end his conversation with Ikeda and Jaya.
• Mirai gave Ikeda a healing method powered by life energy and departed.
• Ikeda watched Mirai leave, clutching the healing method and feeling a sense of loss.
• Mirai went to the Hokage Office, where Sarutobi Hiruzen introduced him to Sakata, an envoy from Tea Village.
• Sakata looked at Mirai with hostility.

Mirai accepted a mission to Tea Village with Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, and Rock Lee temporarily under his command. Meanwhile, Tenten and Zining waited for his group as Tenten secretly planned to bring three Konoha ninjas disguised as Kirigakure shinobi to find him, and Danzo confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over his decision to send Mirai.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Sasuke and Haruno Sakura to Mirai’s team because Haruki Murakami was injured and Kakashi had another mission.
• Mirai agreed to lead Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, and Rock Lee to Tea Village.
• Tenten asked Zining whether Mirai’s group had arrived, and Zining estimated they were still an hour away.
• Tenten worried about secretly taking three Konoha ninjas disguised as Kirigakure shinobi to meet Mirai.
• Danzo entered the Hokage Office and accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of risking Konoha’s interests for Mirai.

Danzo undermined Sarutobi Hiruzen’s confidence so he could seize the Hokage position, prompting Hiruzen to secretly order a search for Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki. Meanwhile, Mirai, Rock Lee, and Sakura traveled toward Tea Village, with Mirai unaware that his actions were shifting events.

• Danzo confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen and made him doubt whether age had weakened his judgment.
• Danzo left convinced that Hiruzen could no longer compete with him for the Hokage position.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen secretly ordered the ANBU to find Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki, and Danzo learned of the order through his spies.
• Mirai traveled toward Tea Village with Rock Lee and Sakura, chatting with Lee about a fruit while Sakura remembered their mission.

Mirai traveled toward Tea Village with Sasuke, Rock Lee, Sakura, and envoy Sakata Yutaka, after being assigned to lead the mission and receive unconditional obedience from the others. He brushed off Sakata Yutaka’s criticism, then grew suspicious when his senses detected a faint warning and turned to question the envoy.

• Sakura doubted the rumors about Mirai’s strength and believed Sasuke was stronger.
• Sakata Yutaka criticized Mirai for treating the trip like an outing instead of an apology mission.
• Mirai told Sakata Yutaka, “None of your business,” and continued walking.
• Sakata Yutaka silently resented Mirai and glared at him.
• Mirai sensed a brief warning, turned to Sakata Yutaka, and said he had a few things he did not understand.

Mirai questioned Sakata Kaze about how he became Tea Village’s envoy and why Tea Village had sent someone who seemed to lack backbone. He pressed Sakata to consider what he would do if Konoha rejected Tea Village’s demand, threatening not to visit the village if he refused to answer.

• Mirai mocked Sakata Kaze’s poor mental fortitude and gave him one last chance to explain how he became an envoy.
• Sakata Kaze said he had been sent because he was Mirai’s brother, and Mirai accepted the explanation before admitting he had only been scaring him.
• Mirai wondered why Tea Village had sent a royal relative instead of an envoy with the ability and resolve to face Konoha’s rejection.
• Mirai asked Sakata Kaze how he would explain Konoha refusing Tea Village’s request, and Sakata said he had never considered it.
• Mirai told Sakata to think of an answer or he would not go to Tea Village.

Mirai pressured Ban Feng into arranging compensation and a formal ceremony, while Terumi Mei used the unrest in Tea Village to pursue cooperation against him. Tea Village sent a subordinate to Konoha to demand that Mirai apologize.

• Mirai waited for Ban Feng to come up with an answer while Rock Lee, Sakura, and Sasuke watched.
• Ban Feng offered emotional-damages compensation and his family's highest private courtesy, and Mirai accepted.
• Terumi Mei learned that Mirai had killed Yongzhilang and became furious but lacked the authority to avenge him.
• Terumi Mei contacted Tea Village, whose Feudal Lord agreed to cooperate with the Hidden Mist Village.
• Amegakure helped Tea Village devise a plan, and Tea Village sent a trusted subordinate to Konoha to demand Mirai apologize.

Terumi Mei arranged for Kirigakure elites to assassinate Mirai on his way to Tea Village, hoping to bring Tea Village under her influence. At the Feudal Lord’s residence, a Kirigakure Anbu urged the Feudal Lord to trust the plan, leaving the assassination’s outcome unknown.

• Terumi Mei planned to kill Mirai and use Tea Village’s fear of Konoha to make it depend on Kirigakure.
• Terumi Mei dismissed Tea Village’s Feudal Lord as useless and resolved to bring the prosperous village under her control.
• At the Feudal Lord’s residence, a Kirigakure Anbu told the Feudal Lord their cooperation had been the right choice and that good news should arrive soon.
• The Feudal Lord worried Konoha could trace the disguised assassins if the plan failed, but the Kirigakure Anbu told him to pray that they killed Mirai.
• The Kirigakure Anbu claimed Kirigakure’s ninjas excelled at assassination and began to explain what had happened when they first sought the Feudal Lord’s cooperation.

The Feudal Lord and a figure hidden in mist arranged to have Mirai assassinated in Grass Country, with the plot intended to implicate Grass Country. When Mirai initially avoided the country, Sakata Kaze persuaded him to change course, and Mirai agreed after guessing that Tea Village was plotting against him.

• The mist-hidden figure told the Feudal Lord that his younger brother would ensure Mirai traveled through Grass Country for the assassination.
• Mirai reached the border of Grass Country and chose to head deeper into the forest rather than enter it.
• Sakata Kaze stopped Mirai and urged him to pass through Grass Country, claiming they could restock supplies and dine at a good restaurant.
• Mirai realized Sakata Kaze was steering him toward a scheme by Tea Village and agreed to travel through Grass Country.

Mirai and his group entered Grass Country and followed Rock Lee to a restaurant famous for Rainbow Balls, despite Ban Feng's attempt to take them elsewhere. They ordered ten skewers, and the chapter ended as the shop's young attendant greeted them.

• Mirai agreed to Sakata's suggestion, and his group entered Grass Country.
• After walking through the fields, the group reached the country's busiest street, where Sakata Kaze praised its prosperity.
• Rock Lee and Ban Feng disagreed over where to eat, and Mirai chose to follow Rock Lee's recommendation.
• Rock Lee led Mirai, Sakura, Sasuke, and Ban Feng into a small restaurant called Colorful Balls.
• Rock Lee ordered ten skewers of the shop's famous Rainbow Balls.

Mirai offended Sunny by spitting out her intensely sweet meatballs, prompting Liang Ye, a Kusagakure ninja, to confront him. The group was left facing Liang Ye’s anger as Sunny struggled to prevent the situation from escalating.

• Mirai tasted Sunny’s meatballs, spat one out, and remarked that they were far too sweet.
• Liang Ye confronted Mirai and demanded that he repeat his insult about Sunny’s food.
• Sunny asked Mirai why he had reacted that way, and Mirai apologized for being rude while criticizing the meatballs.
• Liang Ye slammed the table and threatened Mirai, making the others turn serious.
• Sunny tried to calm Liang Ye and worried that speaking up might make him angrier.

Mirai killed Liuye with a swift strike of the Divine Wind Sword after Liuye challenged him and dismissed the weapon as a trick. The others were left confronting the bloody result of Mirai’s attack.

• Mirai drew the Divine Wind Sword, startling Sasuke and Kinomoto Sakura while Rock Lee worried that someone would be killed.
• Liuye mocked Mirai’s sword and boasted of his position as captain of the Cao Zhi Min Guard Corps.
• Mirai used Meteor to strike Liuye down with a single swift sword attack.
• Liuye’s body split in two, and Mirai had used only a small amount of spiritual power.

Mirai killed a man who provoked him at Matsushima Haru’s shop, then threatened Haru when she called him a demon. As Mirai and his companions prepared to leave, Haru gathered her courage to speak to him.

• The girl in the shop screamed at Mirai for killing the man and called him a demon.
• Mirai warned the girl not to call him a demon again, then asked her name and learned she was Matsushima Haru.
• Mirai decided the meatballs were disappointing and suggested that he and the others leave.
• Matsushima Haru cleared the table while Rock Lee reluctantly let her take away the remaining meatballs.
• Mirai offered Haru ten yuan for the food, but she trembled as she steeled herself to say something.

Mirai intimidated Matsushima Haru after killing Liu Ye, while she tried to learn his name to ease her own guilt. A Grass Village ninja entered before Mirai could answer, and Matsushima Haru rushed to him for help.

• Mirai told Matsushima Haru to prepare Liu Ye's body and hand it over when the Grass Village came looking.
• Matsushima Haru asked Mirai for his name, hoping to lessen her guilt over the killing.
• Xiao Glass pinched Mirai's waist, interrupting his teasing before he could reveal his name.
• A Grass Village ninja entered, saw the corpse and Mirai's group, then shut the shop door behind him.
• Matsushima Haru recognized Captain Akeji and ran to him, pleading for help.