Chapter Summaries

Mirai connected Roran’s Dragon Vein to the space-time disturbance that had changed his life and considered traveling there with Kushina to investigate. As Konoha’s leaders discussed Anrokuzan’s rise in Roran, Mirai suspected the mysterious ninja might not have come from the future.

• Mirai read that Roran’s Queen controlled the Dragon Vein, a source of power beneath the country.
• Mirai recalled how the Nine-Tails incident had twisted space and time and wondered whether the Dragon Vein could cause a similar phenomenon.
• Mirai considered taking Kushina outside the village on a mission to investigate Roran and find answers.
• Minato asked who Anrokuzan was, and the Third Hokage explained that the ninja had appeared in Roran three years earlier and gained the Queen’s trust.
• Mirai learned that Sunagakure’s ninja had apparently failed to survive in Roran and began to suspect Anrokuzan was not from the future.

The Third assigned Mirai to investigate Anrokuzan’s plans for the Dragon Vein and find the Queen of Roran’s daughter. Mirai secured permission to bring Kushina, and the mission ended with the Third expressing trust in his ability to protect Konoha’s future.

• The Third told Mirai that Anrokuzan was using the Dragon Vein for a plan that could threaten Konoha.
• The Third ordered Mirai to investigate Anrokuzan in Roran and find the Queen’s daughter, who could control the Dragon Vein.
• Mirai agreed that Anrokuzan might have killed the Queen after she uncovered his motives, and the Third said they would kill Anrokuzan if his plans threatened the shinobi world.
• Mirai asked to bring Kushina, arguing that the Dragon Vein might need to be sealed and that she could help him do it.
• The Third approved Kushina’s participation, citing her sealing skills and Special Jōnin status.
• The Third told Mirai he trusted his judgment and believed he could protect Konoha’s future.

Mirai and Kushina prepared to disguise themselves for their mission to Rōran by visiting a mask shop. There, Mirai caught a boy named Xiao Yao as he nearly fell, and the chapter left them meeting his worried parents.

• Mirai returned home and told Kushina about the Rōran mission, keeping his suspicions to himself.
• Kushina decided they needed disguises and took Mirai to Konoha’s mask shop.
• Mirai and Kushina reminisced about their first visit to the shop together.
• A little boy named Xiao Yao tripped near a shelf, and Mirai caught him before he fell.
• Xiao Yao’s mother hurried over, and he told her that Mirai had saved him.

Mirai and Kushina left the mask shop and talked about marriage and having children. Mirai imagined their future child becoming a mischievous boy who wanted to be Hokage, leaving Kushina wondering how he knew so much about a child he had never met.

• A man and woman thanked Mirai and Kushina for helping their son Xiao Yao and gave them masks.
• Mirai and Kushina left the shop, and the Water Gate Administrator brought them back to Mirai's building.
• Kushina asked Mirai if they would marry and have children, and Mirai asked her to be his wife and the mother of his children.
• Kushina asked what their future child would be like, and Mirai described a mischievous boy who would want to become Hokage.
• Kushina questioned how Mirai knew those details, and he replied that he knew because he was the child's father.

Mirai and Kushina set out for Rōran, while a young blond ninja already there searched for answers about the city and its armored guards. The boy devised a plan as Mirai and Kushina neared Rōran, uncertain what awaited them inside.

• Kushina agreed to marry Mirai and wanted to see their child soon, so they disguised themselves as unaffiliated ninja and left through time and space.
• A young blond ninja explored Rōran and found only armored guards among its empty buildings.
• The boy suspected the guards’ armor was powered by the Dragon Vein and recalled being swept away by its energy after his parents’ seal failed to stop their target.
• The young ninja formed an idea for dealing with the situation.
• Mirai and Kushina raced across the Land of Wind toward Rōran, and Mirai warned Kushina not to act alone once they arrived.

Mirai and Kushina reached the outskirts of Rōran, where they sensed immense power, and agreed to hide their identities with the nicknames Little Sun and Pepper. Inside Rōran, a young man entered Sage Mode and unleashed shadow clones against the armored guards.

• Mirai and Kushina arrived at a cliff overlooking Rōran and sensed a huge latent power within the land.
• Mirai told Kushina not to use his real name in Rōran, and they chose the nicknames Little Sun and Pepper.
• The two leapt from the cliff and headed toward Rōran.
• A young man entered Sage Mode, exposing himself to the Dragon Vein's power perception across Rōran.
• The young man summoned more than a dozen shadow clones, which divided into teams and charged the guards with Sage Art: Giant Rasengan Barrage.

The young man fought Rōran’s armored guards and destroyed the dark-purple energy horse repairing their armor with the Dragon Vein’s power. He discovered a connection between the guards and the energy, then used natural energy to stop its gathering.

• The young man and his doubles attacked the armored guards, shattering their armor and bringing several guards down.
• A dark-purple energy horse descended from a tower and repaired the guards’ armor, but the young man’s Fairfax Spiral Pill clashed with it until both energies dispersed.
• The young man sensed a resonance between the guards and the Dragon Vein, then destroyed another energy horse with a Fairfax Big Ball Rasengan.
• The young man summoned hundreds of shadow clones to fight six incoming reinforcements while his original body approached a guard held by a clone.
• The young man placed his palm on the guard’s shoulder and used natural energy to stop the dark-purple energy from gathering.

The boy captured a guard and brought him to a place beyond the Dragon Vein’s reach, hoping to learn what was happening. The guard collapsed in terror, and the boy discovered he could not summon help, while Li Ling realized the boy might have escaped the Dragon Vein’s influence.

• The boy concealed himself with natural energy and escaped pursuit with a captured guard.
• The boy brought the guard to the place where he had awakened, beyond the Dragon Vein’s reach.
• The guard woke in terror, shook off the boy, and collapsed unconscious.
• The boy tried twice to use the Summoning Technique, but neither attempt worked.
• Li Ling investigated the Dragon Vein’s power and concluded that the boy might have reached a place it could not touch.

Mirai and Kushina entered Roran and discovered that someone was using the Dragon Vein to sense intruders. Anrokuzan detected them and considered using the boy to draw them out.

• The black-robed man sensed the Fourth Hokage's chakra through a glowing stone pillar and resolved to kill him and his family.
• Kushina recognized the Dragon Vein's energy as she and Mirai arrived outside Roran.
• Mirai sensed that someone was using the Dragon Vein to detect their surroundings and warned Kushina to conceal their chakra.
• Mirai and Kushina suppressed their chakra and decided to enter Roran to assess the situation.
• Anrokuzan noticed that the pair had disappeared and decided the reckless boy might help lure them out.

Mirai and Kushina searched Rōran and found signs of a battle with armored guards, while an unidentified blond ninja used natural perception to scan the city. Mirai recognized the technique and realized another person could control natural perception.

• Kushina and Mirai found Rōran strangely empty except for armored guards patrolling the streets.
• A blond young man left an unconscious middle-aged man behind and searched Rōran without finding anything.
• The young man used natural perception to scan the city, but the Dragon Vein blocked his senses from reaching underground.
• Mirai and Kushina found traces of a battle and sensed someone spreading perception across Rōran.
• Mirai recognized the perception as natural perception and wondered who else besides him and Jiraiya could use it.

Mirai and Kushina hurried toward a battle in Rōran after sensing unfamiliar energy, while a young man fought the Dragon Vein-powered armored guards with shadow clones. The guards’ attacks overwhelmed dozens of clones and their shared damage made the young man convulse, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Mirai decided to investigate the unknown presence and pulled Kushina toward it at full speed.
• A young man summoned hundreds of shadow clones to hold back the armored guards while he continued sensing for Rōran.
• The guards clashed with the clones, and dark purple energy from the Dragon Vein formed spear-like drills that struck the area.
• Mirai and Kushina recognized the energy as the power of the Dragon Vein and continued toward the battlefield.
• The guards’ armor healed with Dragon Vein energy, and their attacks erased dozens of clones despite the clones’ Spiral Pills tearing open some armor.
• The damage to the clones rebounded onto the young man, whose back convulsed as the accumulated injuries took their toll.

Mirai and Kushina arrived during a battle in Rōran and saw a Konoha ninja using Mirai’s Spiral Pill. Mirai recognized the blond young man as his future son, Naruto, leaving him stunned by the time-space distortion.

• The young man sensed a faint fluctuation in Rōran, entered Spirit Mode, and fought the armored guards with punches and shadow clones.
• The young man used the Spiral Pill to smash through several guards as more continued to close in.
• Mirai and Kushina arrived and recognized the young man’s Konoha forehead protector and Spiral Pill.
• Mirai realized the young man was Naruto, his and Kushina’s grown-up son, who had come through the time-space distortion.

Mirai and Kushina rescued Naruto from a dark violet attack in Rōran using Flying Thunder God. Naruto mistook them for his parents, while Kushina angrily rejected his claims.

• Naruto escaped the pursuing guards in Sage Mode as Kushina urged Mirai to follow him.
• A guard confronted Naruto, and a dark violet energy sphere struck the ground and sent out destructive shockwaves.
• Mirai used Flying Thunder God to teleport Naruto out of danger and bring him beside Kushina.
• Naruto recognized the technique and Kushina’s red hair, then nearly called them his father and mother.
• Kushina scolded Naruto for calling her his mother, while Mirai smiled, knowing the truth.

Mirai, Kushina, and Naruto faced the Dragon Vein’s strange reaction to the deep-purple spheres, which absorbed armor and crumbling ground to form a giant. After a beam struck the giant, it emerged saturated with energy and spilling lightning.

• Mirai stopped the conversation, and Naruto thanked him and Kushina for saving him.
• The deep-purple spheres resonated with the Dragon Vein and began pulling armor from the guards and breaking apart the ground.
• Naruto realized the interaction between the spheres and the armor had reversed, and Mirai inferred that Naruto had a plan.
• The spheres absorbed armor and fragments of ground, forming a nearly ten-meter-tall giant.
• Mirai pulled Naruto and Kushina away from a descending energy beam, which engulfed the giant.
• The giant reappeared, saturated with energy and shedding lightning, leaving Naruto stunned.

Naruto attacked the giant with a barrage of Sage Art Super Big Ball Rasengan, weakening its energy but failing to defeat it. He followed up by throwing a Sage Art Wind Style Rasengan Shuriken at the giant.

• Kushina sensed the giant's immense power and asked Mirai what they should do, but Naruto charged in with shadow clones.
• Naruto and his clones struck the giant with more than a dozen Sage Art Super Big Ball Rasengan.
• The attack wounded the giant and disrupted its saturated energy, but it remained standing with most of its power intact.
• Naruto formed two more shadow clones and created a Sage Art Wind Style Rasengan Shuriken.
• Naruto hurled the Wind Style Rasengan Shuriken at the giant.

Naruto destroyed the giant, but it regenerated by drawing on the Dragon Vein, so Mirai determined that the power had to be sealed. As Naruto prepared to fight again, Mirai and Kushina stepped in to take over.

• Naruto's Spiral Pill Shuriken tore apart the giant, but a purple beam restored it using the Dragon Vein's power.
• Mirai explained that the giant would keep regenerating unless the Dragon Vein's power was sealed.
• Naruto said Tanro had forcibly swallowed the Dragon Vein's power without breaking the seal his parents had placed on it.
• The giant fully recovered, and Naruto prepared to attack again.
• Mirai stopped Naruto, and Kushina joined Mirai to take over the fight.

Mirai and Kushina transported the giant from Rōran to the Grass Country and contained its explosive energy with a barrier. Naruto realized Mirai knew the Flying Thunder God Technique and questioned who he was.

• Mirai used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Kushina and the giant away from Naruto.
• The black-robed man in Rōran realized he had lost control of the giant and identified Mirai’s technique.
• In the Grass Country, Kushina formed a barrier around the giant while Mirai stripped away its armor and stone exterior.
• Mirai and Kushina’s barrier contained the giant’s energy explosion, limiting the destruction to a small area.
• Mirai and Kushina returned to Naruto, who asked Mirai who he was after recognizing the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Mirai led Naruto and Kushina to safety after hiding their chakra from the Dragon Vein’s detection. When Mirai asked Kushina to remove her mask, Naruto recognized her and Mirai as his parents, though they were much younger than he remembered.

• Mirai warned Naruto and Kushina that the area was unsafe and offered to shield their chakra.
• Mirai concealed their chakra fluctuations, grabbed Naruto and Kushina, and led them away at high speed.
• The black-robed man realized Mirai had disrupted his plan and decided he needed a proper plan.
• Mirai’s group hid on the first floor of a building, where Naruto demanded to know who the masked pair were.
• At Mirai’s request, Kushina removed her mask, and Naruto recognized her and Mirai as his parents.
• Kushina angrily told Naruto not to call out randomly, and Mirai clarified that Naruto had not been calling her.

Mirai explained to Kushina and Naruto that Naruto was their son from decades in the future and that the Dragon Vein had brought him and Tanro into the past. Kushina accepted the possibility and gently touched Naruto’s cheek.

• Mirai told Kushina and Naruto that Naruto was their future son.
• Kushina and Naruto noticed their resemblance and Naruto tentatively asked whether they were his parents.
• Mirai connected Tanro’s arrival in the past to the mission in Rōran three years earlier.
• Naruto explained that the Dragon Vein erupted after Tanro swallowed the seal, drawing him into the pursuit.
• Mirai explained that the Dragon Vein’s power had distorted time and space, and Kushina gently touched Naruto’s cheek.

Kushina met Naruto, the future son she and Mirai would have, and joyfully asked him about their future together. Mirai stopped Naruto from revealing more, fearing that knowledge of the future could change it.

• Kushina asked Naruto if he was the son she and Mirai would have, and Naruto confirmed it and called her Mom.
• Kushina asked Naruto about his name, and he introduced himself as Namikaze Naruto.
• Mirai remembered Kushina's final wish and felt moved as he saw her reunited with Naruto.
• Kushina asked Naruto about her marriage to Mirai and his birth, but Mirai stopped him from answering.
• Mirai explained that learning too much about the future could change it, and Kushina agreed not to ask further.