Chapter Summaries

Mirai used a seal he had created to cut Tanro off from part of the Dragon Vein’s power, exhausting his chakra in the process. The seal held, and Rōran stopped trembling as Mirai called for Naruto and Sara.

• Mirai evaded Tanro’s purple flames by teleporting to a kunai across the crack.
• Mirai formed hand seals while Tanro realized the Dragon Vein’s power was being diverted into his consciousness.
• Mirai activated his First Seal, which covered the crack in a transparent crystal layer and severed Tanro’s connection to part of the Dragon Vein.
• Tanro stomped on the crystal layer, but Mirai’s seal held firm.
• Rōran returned to normal, and Mirai called for Naruto and Sara.

Mirai fought Tanro while trying to prevent the Dragon Vein’s power from destroying Rōran. Tanro’s strength kept him on equal footing with Mirai, who continued battling despite exhausted chakra and found his Flying Thunder God technique repeatedly restricted.

• Mirai realized he needed to find and seal the Dragon Vein’s power source before its accumulating energy destroyed Rōran.
• Tanro saw that Mirai could not break the seal and charged at him, intent on taking his power.
• Mirai countered Tanro with a Big Ball Rasengan, and their clash sent them both several meters back.
• Tanro wondered what secret made Namikaze Mirai exceptional and continued attacking him.
• Mirai and Tanro repeatedly collided at high speed, while Tanro used his knowledge of Mirai to restrict his Flying Thunder God technique.

Namikaze Mirai fought Tanro, who suspected Mirai had traveled through time after learning he knew the titles of the Fourth Hokage and the Yellow Flash. As the Dragon Vein’s power strained Mirai’s seal, Tanro struck him and pressed his attack.

• Tanro wondered how Mirai had recovered his chakra so quickly and concluded that his constitution was extraordinary.
• Tanro recalled Mirai’s apparent ability to predict future events and suspected that he had traveled through time and space.
• Tanro confronted Mirai with his suspicion, and Mirai briefly reacted before deciding to kill him regardless.
• The Dragon Vein’s power made Mirai’s seal blaze and cracked the ground, distracting him.
• Tanro struck Mirai and sent him flying, but Mirai vanished as Tanro charged again.

Namikaze Mirai used a hidden shadow clone to enter Sage Mode while fighting Tanro, then overwhelmed him with a Big Ball Rasengan. The battlefield cracked, and Mirai's seal spread across the ground as Tanro was sent flying.

• Tanro broke free from Namikaze Mirai and two shadow clones, then continued fighting him as the ground trembled.
• Tanro taunted Mirai to undo the seal, but Mirai formed a different hand seal instead.
• Mirai revealed he had secretly sent another shadow clone away from the battle to gather natural energy and enter Sage Mode.
• Mirai's Sage Mode boosted his abilities, while Tanro's Dragon Vein power weakened, leaving Tanro unable to follow Mirai's movements.
• Mirai struck Tanro in the chest and sent him flying as the ground split and Mirai's seal spread across its surface.
• Mirai formed a Big Ball Rasengan in his palm.

Mirai defeated Tanro with repeated attacks and lifted the seal on the Dragon Vein, but Tanro survived and tried to destroy its energy flow. Tanro blew up both his legs to force Mirai back, leaving Rōran’s fate in danger.

• Mirai struck Tanro with another Spiral Pill Shuriken, then removed the seal from the Dragon Vein despite noticing its energy cycle had been damaged.
• Tanro revealed he had survived, crawled toward the crack, and watched the Dragon Vein’s energy fade as Sara finished sealing its power.
• Tanro threatened to detonate the remaining Dragon Vein energy and destroy Rōran, so Mirai rushed to stop him.
• Tanro exploded both legs, forcing Mirai back as he fell and blamed Mirai for Rōran’s destruction.

Mirai and Kushina teleported Tanro away, where his body was destroyed in an explosion over the sea. They prepared to seal the Dragon Vein and restore the temporal disturbance, which would send Naruto back to his own era.

• Kushina appeared across the fissure and threw her special pain at Tanro as Mirai formed hand seals.
• Mirai used Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder, Second Stage to teleport Tanro over the sea.
• Tanro's body was erased in a purple explosion that left a huge whirlpool in the sea.
• Mirai thanked Kushina, and she asked what had happened to Tanro's body.
• Mirai said they would seal the Dragon Vein, while Kushina showed reluctance at Naruto's impending return to his own era.
• Mirai reassured Kushina that they would meet again, and she met his gaze.

Mirai and Kushina reunited with Naruto and explained that the unstable Dragon Vein had to be sealed. Sara accepted the loss of its protection and vowed to lead Rōran’s people, leaving the group ready to seal the Dragon Vein.

• Mirai and Kushina appeared beside Naruto, praised him, and told him they had dealt with Tanro.
• Mirai explained that the last battle had damaged the Dragon Vein, so he and Kushina planned to seal it completely.
• Mirai brought Kushina and Naruto to the Dragon Vein’s source, where Sara learned why they intended to seal it.
• Sara accepted that Rōran would lose the Dragon Vein’s protection and vowed to protect her people, even if the city no longer existed.
• Sara thanked Mirai’s group, and Kushina encouraged her to become a qualified queen.

Mirai erased the Roran citizens’ memories of Naruto and sealed the Dragon Vein with Kushina. As Naruto began returning to his own time, he confessed that he had run away from his father, but Mirai revealed that he had already known.

• Mirai erased the memories of the Roran civilians who had seen Naruto.
• Mirai and Kushina sealed the source of the Dragon Vein, stopping its energy from flowing through Roran.
• After the seal was completed, Naruto began to tremble as time and space shifted around him.
• Naruto tearfully admitted to Mirai and Kushina that he had run away from his father.
• Mirai removed the memory-erasing seal and told Naruto he had known because he was his father.

Naruto reunited with Mirai and Kushina, who encouraged him to follow his own path and promised to support him. As he was pulled away by the spatial distortion, Naruto promised Kushina he would return safely.

• Naruto admitted to Mirai and Kushina that his stubbornness had worried them, and Mirai told him to forge his own path.
• Kushina and Mirai promised to support Naruto, while Kushina urged him to face his feelings honestly and be wary of Jiraiya.
• As Naruto began to disappear, Kushina asked him to prioritize his safety and promise to return.
• Naruto promised Kushina he would come back safely, then vanished into the distorted space.

Mirai returned to Konoha with Kushina after completing the Rōran mission and sealing the Dragon Vein. He reported the mission to the Third Hokage while keeping Naruto’s appearance and Taro’s origins secret, and Kushina went to explore the village.

• Mirai concealed his encounter with Naruto and erased Kushina’s memories of him, then left Rōran with her.
• Mirai and Kushina returned to Konoha, where Kushina declined to rest and headed out to look around.
• Mirai reported the Rōran mission to the Third Hokage, leaving out the truth about Taro and Naruto.
• The Third Hokage praised Mirai for killing Anrokuzan and sealing the Dragon Vein, and Mirai prepared to leave.

The Third Hokage told Mirai that Uchiha Bohai had a terminal illness, forcing the Uchiha Clan to consider choosing a new clan head. Mirai believed Uchiha Fugaku would succeed, since Uchiha Yan would prioritize training, though the Third Hokage hinted Yan's father wanted him to compete.

• The Third Hokage informed Mirai that Uchiha Bohai had been diagnosed with an incurable illness linked to the Sharingan.
• Mirai realized Bohai's illness would unsettle Konoha and lead the Uchiha Clan to choose a new head.
• Mirai said Uchiha Fugaku was likely to become clan head, but Uchiha Yan could challenge him.
• The Third Hokage asked whether Yan would compete, and Mirai said Yan would not want the position to distract from training.
• The Third Hokage noted that Yan's father wanted him to seek the position, while Mirai warned that Yan could not be manipulated and would be a riskier choice for the village than Fugaku.

The Third Hokage considered Mirai’s connections and questioned him about the incident, while Uchiha Yan’s father tried to force him to enter the upcoming clan-head election. Yan refused and challenged his father’s motives, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• The Third Hokage reviewed Mirai’s relationship with Kushina, Uchiha Mikoto, and Uchiha Fugaku as a possible future asset.
• Five days before the clan-head election, Uchiha Yan refused his father’s demand that he run for the position.
• Uchiha Yan argued that his father, an Elder, had no authority to overrule the former clan head’s election rules.
• Uchiha Yan warned that becoming clan head would draw the Hokage administration’s attention and questioned why his father wanted the position.
• Uchiha Yan’s father began to explain what the village ought to have, but Yan’s eyes fixed on him before he could finish.

Uchiha Yan warned his father, Uchiha Nan, not to threaten the clan or village, then left. Five days later, Mirai accompanied Kushina to watch the Uchiha clan choose a new head, where Mikoto nervously watched Fugaku prepare to compete.

• Uchiha Yan threatened to eliminate Uchiha Nan if he tried to harm the clan or village.
• Uchiha Nan realized he could no longer impose his will on his stronger son.
• Kushina persuaded Mirai to attend the Uchiha clan head election, which was to be decided by a mixed battle.
• Mirai and Kushina arrived at the packed arena and saw Uchiha Fugaku and the other candidates, along with representatives of the Third Hokage.
• Kushina noticed Mikoto's anxiety, and Mirai reassured her that Fugaku was strong enough to win.

Uchiha Fugaku won the contest to become the Elm Fortress clan head and proposed to Mikoto before the assembled crowd. Mikoto hesitated but kept her eyes on him, leaving her answer unresolved.

• The candidates with Three-Tomoe Sharingan fought for the position of Elm Fortress clan head while Mirai watched the terminally ill Uchiha clan head.
• Uchiha Fugaku defeated his opponents and became the new Elm Fortress clan head.
• Fugaku turned to Mikoto, Kushina, and Mirai, then proposed to Mikoto in front of everyone.
• Mirai congratulated Mikoto, while Mikoto stared at Fugaku and hesitated to answer.

Fugaku proposed to Mikoto, and she accepted, prompting Mirai to promise Kushina that he would propose when he became Hokage. The chapter ended with Obito telling Rin he would do anything for her.

• Mikoto accepted Fugaku's proposal, and Fugaku lifted her up in celebration.
• Kushina hinted that she wanted Mirai to propose to her, but Mirai took her to the Hokage Building instead.
• Mirai promised Kushina that he would propose on the day he became Hokage, and Kushina said she believed in him.
• Obito arrived late to meet Rin, who shared her lunch with him.
• Obito told Rin she was the most beautiful and kindest girl in the world and that he would do anything for her.

At Fugaku and Mikoto’s wedding, Mirai befriended the lonely Obito and invited him to dinner with Kushina. Obito left the meal feeling closer to Mirai and remarked that their future child would be happy.

• Mirai and Kushina served as best man and bridesmaid at Fugaku and Mikoto’s wedding.
• Mirai noticed Obito standing alone and invited him to his home after the wedding.
• Obito met Kushina and watched her and Mirai prepare dinner together.
• Obito laughed when he saw Mirai struggle with cooking, and Mirai admitted it was not his strength.
• Kushina encouraged Obito ahead of his graduation exam, and Obito said Mirai and Kushina’s child would be happy.

Mirai was appointed as the guiding instructor for Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, and the Third Hokage explained what each child needed from him. The next morning, Kakashi and Rin waited at the Seventh Training Ground for their instructor and wondered when Obito would arrive.

• Mirai encouraged Obito to hold fast to his dream and not give up.
• The Third Hokage appointed Mirai as guiding instructor for Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, asking him to guide Obito and arrange for Rin to study medical ninjutsu with Tsunade.
• Mirai reflected that his presence had changed events in Konoha but could only delay the next war, and resolved to use his abilities to end it quickly.
• Kakashi and Rin arrived at the Seventh Training Ground early and waited for their instructor.
• Rin wondered why their instructor had not contacted them, while Kakashi asked whether Obito had arrived.

Mirai became the instructor for Kakashi, Rin, and Obito and tested whether they could pull him out of a circle before nightfall. After easily stopping Obito and neutralizing Kakashi’s wind attack, Mirai showed that his wind blade could reach Kakashi without harming him.

• Mirai greeted Kakashi and Rin and announced that he would be their teacher.
• Obito arrived more than an hour late, learned Mirai was their instructor, and joined the team.
• Mirai drew a circle and challenged all three to pull him out before nightfall or return to the Ninja Academy.
• Obito charged Mirai and was restrained, then flicked backward with a light blow.
• Kakashi attacked with ninja tools and Wind Style: Great Breakthrough, but Mirai cut through the storm with a kunai.
• Mirai’s wind blade reached Kakashi’s face and became a harmless breeze.

Mirai tested Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, easily defeating their individual attacks and forcing them to recognize the need for teamwork. After Kakashi devised a coordinated plan, the three attacked Mirai together, who countered their combined fire-and-wind ninjutsu with a powerful Flame Bullet.

• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin attacked Mirai, but he effortlessly repelled them and reminded them that three people would have to return to the Ninja Academy if he won.
• Rin apologized for not helping, then joined Obito in attacking Mirai, but he quickly defeated both of them.
• Kakashi stopped Obito and led him and Rin into the Forest, explaining that their only chance was to work together and share their abilities.
• By noon, the three returned and surrounded Mirai in a triangle, launching a coordinated attack.
• Kakashi and Obito combined Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu with Wind Style: Great Breakthrough, and Mirai answered with Fire Style: Flame Bullet, setting the grass ablaze.

Mirai defeated Kakashi, Obito, and Rin’s coordinated attack, revealing that he had reflected Rin’s genjutsu by using chakra control through his feet. Though exhausted and unable to beat him, the three refused to give up before nightfall.

• Kakashi and Obito attacked Mirai while Rin used Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique to try to force him from the circle.
• Mirai reflected Rin’s genjutsu back at her, then threw Kakashi and Obito to the ground and released Rin from the illusion.
• Mirai explained that he had used his feet to form the seals needed to reflect Rin’s genjutsu.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin admitted they were exhausted and could not defeat Mirai, but each refused to return to the Ninja Academy without continuing.
• Obito helped Kakashi stand, and all three prepared to keep trying as Mirai watched.