Chapter Summaries

Mirai asked Sarutobi Hiruzen how to improve the Body Substitution Technique, whose range and chakra requirements limited it. Hiruzen explained the value of strong perception, and Mirai wondered if his Mind's Eye could help him locate a substitute, leaving him eager to test the idea.

• Mirai asked Sarutobi Hiruzen for advice on overcoming the Body Substitution Technique's weaknesses.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that stronger perception and chakra control could help, but had not fundamentally improved the technique.
• Hiruzen said users needed to sense the chakra in a substitute to locate it, and that most people struggled to do so beyond two meters.
• Mirai wondered if there were other ways to determine a substitute's location and considered using his Mind's Eye.
• Hiruzen admitted he knew of no other method and asked Mirai whether he had a better way to sense things.

Mirai learned from Sarutobi Hiruzen that improving chakra control could barely offset the Body Replacement Technique’s enormous chakra cost, but Hiruzen encouraged him to keep exploring ways to improve it. Back at the Mountain Flower Shop, Mirai began testing whether Mind's Eye could help him observe his surroundings while using the technique.

• Mirai asked Sarutobi Hiruzen whether better chakra control could reduce the Body Replacement Technique’s chakra consumption, and Hiruzen explained that the improvement would be negligible.
• Mirai asked why the technique’s chakra cost rose so sharply, but Sarutobi Hiruzen could only suggest that it was a limitation of the rules.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen encouraged Mirai to keep thinking about improving the technique and offered to answer future questions.
• Inoue escorted Mirai back to the Mountain Flower Shop, where Tanaka eagerly asked what Sarutobi Hiruzen had taught him.
• Mirai escaped Tanaka’s questions by saying he needed to practice, then tested whether Mind's Eye could monitor his surroundings during the Body Replacement Technique.

Mirai used Mind’s Eye during the Body Replacement Technique and saw chaotic spatial vortices, but the sight drained his mental energy and left him sick. Meanwhile, Tanaka announced that the Hokage had accepted Mirai as his disciple.

• Mirai tested the Body Replacement Technique while using Mind’s Eye and arrived at his destination, but vomited from the experience.
• Mirai saw countless spinning vortices in space and felt his mental energy rapidly drain.
• Mirai suppressed his curiosity about the vortices and decided to wait until he practiced with Max before investigating further.
• Mirai cleaned up and returned to practicing ordinary ninja skills.
• Tanaka told Dashan and Shuitong that Lord Hokage had accepted Mirai as his disciple.

The Yamanaka Clan celebrated Mirai becoming the Third Hokage’s disciple and discussed how to support him without overreaching. The next afternoon, Mirai welcomed two new friends while training in the backyard.

• Yamanaka Fū and the other clan members celebrated Mirai’s new status and teased Fū about once opposing his inheritance of the clan legacy.
• Tanaka proposed investing more resources in Mirai, while Kaitō advised giving him the clan’s techniques and arranging protection and instruction.
• Tanaka agreed to inform the Akimichi Clan and the Nara Clan, and Yamanaka Shinya set out to deliver the news.
• Haiyi met with Kaitō and the other Elders to decide the clan’s future direction.
• The next afternoon, Mirai welcomed two new friends as he trained in the backyard.

Tanaka brought Nara Shikaku and Akimichi Choza and their sons to meet Mirai, hoping to give him friends to practice with. The children began getting acquainted while the adults prepared to go out for a drink.

• Yamanaka Kai introduced Nara Shikaku and Akimichi Choza to Mirai, who greeted them and recognized them as Tanaka's old teammates.
• Tanaka introduced Nara Luyi and Qiu Yidao as Mirai's new practice companions.
• Mirai and Nara Luyi introduced themselves, and Mirai reluctantly shook Qiu Yidao's greasy hand.
• Qiu Yidao offered Mirai a snack, and Mirai accepted a potato chip despite feeling awkward about it.
• Tanaka suggested the adults go out for a drink, and Nara Shikaku eagerly agreed.

After Tanaka and his uncles left, Mirai entertained Nara Luyi and Qiu Deyi, and Luyi challenged him to a kunai-throwing contest. Luyi landed eight of ten throws, then watched as Mirai began his turn by throwing three kunai at once.

• Tanaka and his two uncles left Mirai with Nara Luyi and Qiu Deyi.
• Nara Luyi challenged Mirai to a contest throwing kunai at a target from ten meters away.
• Nara Luyi threw ten kunai and embedded eight in the target.
• Mirai took his turn and threw three kunai at the target simultaneously.

Mirai outperformed Nara Luyi in a kunai-throwing contest, then agreed to teach Qiu Yidao in exchange for potato chips. He gained both boys as followers, and their practice together improved their taijutsu and swordsmanship.

• Mirai threw nine kunai in a precise circle around the target and made his final throw hit the bullseye.
• Nara Luyi conceded defeat after Mirai claimed victory by one hit.
• Qiu Yidao asked Mirai to teach him kunai throwing and offered him his favorite potato chips.
• Mirai returned some of the chips and promised to teach Qiu Yidao, who hugged him and called him his best friend.
• Nara Luyi and Qiu Yidao began visiting Mirai to learn, giving him partners for practical sparring.

Mirai’s training helped Nara Luyi and Qiu Yidao improve quickly, while the other children trained harder to keep up. As the children continued practicing, Aoshima Hirota struggled to hold onto his place among them.

• Nara Luyi and Qiu Yidao trained with Mirai for a month and surpassed Aoshima Hirota and the other children.
• Mirai said goodbye to Nara Luyi and Qiu Yidao and watched them leave together.
• Mirai reminded Aoshima Hirota and the other children not to train too late or overwork themselves.
• Aoshima Hirota worried as Taro Akiyama, the Watermelon Head, Aoki Yuji, and Kiko Ando made rapid progress.
• Aoshima Hirota recalled that Nara Luyi and Qiu Yidao had defeated him within a month, though he still kept his title of “Second Young Master.”

Mirai considered learning medical ninjutsu so he could treat the children he trained, given his improving chakra control. On his way home with White Emperor, an explosion destroyed an inn and set nearby shops ablaze, leaving Mirai injured by flying debris.

• Mirai decided to seek medical knowledge from Akita Yamanaka and later learn medical ninjutsu as his chakra control improved.
• Mirai said goodbye to the children and walked home with White Emperor through Konoha’s dark, cold streets.
• An explosion tore through an inn beside Mirai, scattering debris and liquor and igniting nearby shops.
• Mirai scooped up White Emperor and fled across the street while using his Mind’s Eye.
• Flying bricks and stones struck Mirai’s back and arms, and liquor and dust splashed over him.

Mirai used his Mind's Eye to navigate a series of traps after an explosion targeted him, while Inoue Kawakami tried to reach him despite an injury. The Hasegawa Brothers watched in surprise as Mirai spotted their trap inside a clothing store and escaped it.

• Mirai noticed detonators and an unknown black substance after the bar explosion and fled across the street.
• Inoue Kawakami was injured while escaping the blast, then hurried toward Mirai to protect him.
• The detonators ignited the substance and raised a wall of fire between Inoue Kawakami and Mirai, forcing Inoue Kawakami to seek another route.
• Mirai used Mind's Eye to avoid traps and cross the road while debris struck him.
• Mirai detected a detonator behind the clothing store's door and ran away instead of entering.
• The hidden Hasegawa Brothers were astonished that Mirai repeatedly evaded their traps.

Mirai used his newly developed Phantom Separation technique to evade the Hasegawa brothers’ ambush and tried to stall until the Konoha Guard arrived. The brothers realized they had underestimated his abilities and remained determined to kill him as a threat to Kumogakure.

• Mirai avoided the trapped clothing store and used Phantom Separation to create four chakra-controlled doubles.
• Mirai rushed to escape the blast zone while using the doubles to confuse his attackers and buy time for the Konoha Guard to arrive.
• Hasegawa watched in shock as Mirai revealed a technique he had never used publicly.
• The Hasegawa brothers recalled investigating Mirai after Konoha’s defenses weakened and learning how quickly the children he trained improved.
• The brothers concluded that Suzuki Taiga wanted Mirai captured because his teaching could strengthen Konoha, and they resolved to kill him.

Mirai tried to escape a steel-wire trap while the Hasegawa Brothers launched their coordinated assassination attempt. He redirected the younger Hasegawa’s explosive kunai, but Inoue Kawakami was struck during the attack.

• Mirai ran toward the other side of the street as the Hasegawa Brothers prepared their assassination plan.
• Hasegawa sealed Mirai’s route with steel wires, and Mirai failed to cut through them with his kunai.
• Inoue Kawakami reached the roof of the clothing store and tried to go to Mirai, but the elder Hasegawa attacked him from below.
• The younger Hasegawa threw two explosive kunai at Mirai, who used four shuriken to change their trajectories.

Mirai used the hidden detonator to break through Hasegawa’s wire trap and fled toward the street, but Hasegawa identified his real body and caught up with him. The chapter ended as Hasegawa stabbed Mirai in the heart.

• Mirai redirected Hasegawa’s kunai into the hidden detonator, whose explosion destroyed the wire trap’s anchors and opened a path for him to escape.
• Hasegawa chased Mirai through the gap while villagers hid from the fight.
• Mirai threw White Emperor out of danger and ran down the street, shouting for help from approaching ninja.
• Hasegawa tested Mirai’s identity by throwing five kunai, forcing Mirai’s real body to evade and revealing it.
• Hasegawa overtook Mirai and drove a kunai into his heart.

Mirai used a tiny chakra-infused wooden ball to escape Hasegawa’s shuriken attack, then tricked him with phantom doubles and took over his body with the Mind Body Switch Technique. After a brief struggle of wills, Mirai defeated Hasegawa’s spirit and gained control of his body.

• Hasegawa realized the Mirai struck by his shuriken was a Body Double made from a tiny wooden ball.
• Mirai used the Body Double Technique again to appear behind Hasegawa.
• Mirai created four phantom doubles to distract Hasegawa and successfully used the Mind Body Switch Technique.
• Mirai’s spiritual body entered Hasegawa’s body, leaving his own body collapsed on the ground.
• Mirai fought Hasegawa’s spirit for control and won after two or three seconds.

Mirai controlled Hasegawa but surrendered rather than risk fighting with his unstable hold on the body. Shiba Guy restrained Hasegawa without injuring him, and Mirai remained in control.

• Mirai rejected the idea of using Hasegawa to fight because Hasegawa was resisting and injuries to his body could harm Mirai too.
• Shiba Guy arrived and cautiously approached Hasegawa, who had raised his hands in surrender.
• Mirai told Shiba Guy that he was from the Yamanaka Clan and was using its secret technique to control Hasegawa.
• Shiba Guy believed Mirai and restrained Hasegawa carefully, avoiding harm to his body.
• Shiba Guy confirmed that Hasegawa was restrained and told Mirai he could come out.

Mirai survived the fight with Hase Tamaki, then went to Konoha Hospital for treatment with the injured White Emperor. Tanaka and Akita arrived at his ward, relieved to find him recovering.

• Mirai withdrew from Hase Tamaki and discovered that his body was badly injured and his chakra nearly depleted.
• Mirai picked up White Emperor, checked its injured hind leg, and comforted it.
• Shiba Guy handed the unconscious Hase Tamaki to arriving ninjas and took Mirai and White Emperor to Konoha Hospital.
• Mirai recovered under Nirvana's treatment while White Emperor rested beside his bed with its injuries bandaged.
• Tanaka and Akita arrived at the ward, and Akita tearfully rushed to Mirai's bedside while holding Ono.

After being treated for his injuries, Mirai reassured Akita Yamanaka and Tanaka while receiving visits from family and friends. Uchiha Kai reported that Inoue Kawakami was recovering, then left to handle the aftermath of the incident.

• Akita Yamanaka comforted Mirai and cleaned his face while Inoue reached toward him from her arms.
• Mirai told Tanaka that he had used the mind transfer technique to capture an enemy, and Tanaka focused on his safety.
• Yamanaka Shinya, Mrs. Yamanaka Fū, Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, Nara Luyi, and Qiu Yidao visited Mirai.
• Uchiha Kai told Mirai that Inoue Kawakami’s injuries were not serious and passed along his thanks.
• Uchiha Kai left to attend to the Konoha Police Force’s work after the incident, and Mirai thanked him.

Sarutobi Hiruzen responded to the Cloud Ninja’s attack on Konoha civilians by ordering a crackdown on spies and preparations for a counterattack. He then visited the injured, ending at Mirai’s hospital ward and praising his actions.

• Mitokado Homura reported that the Cloud Ninja had killed eight civilians, injured seventeen, and burned five shops.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered a sweeping search for spies, a renewed attack on the Cloud Ninja front, and harassment of their support forces.
• Zang Jun blamed the Uchiha Clan for the Nine-Tails disaster, but Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped the argument and told Lu Jiu’s team to plan a counterattack.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen visited the injured villagers and Inoue Kawakami, promising stronger hospital security and punishment for the attackers.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived at Mirai’s ward, where Tanaka and Akita remained, and praised Mirai for fighting to protect the villagers.

Sarutobi Hiruzen visited Mirai in the hospital after learning that he had defeated the Kumogakure ninja who targeted him. He left to handle the village’s urgent affairs, promising to teach Mirai ninjutsu once Mirai recovered.

• Konoha concealed that Kumogakure had targeted Mirai and presented him as a young hero who had protected the villagers.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen visited Mirai and reassured himself that his injuries were not serious.
• Akita cried as she told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Mirai would recover after a few days of rest, while Tanaka comforted her.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen apologized for what Mirai had suffered, and Tanaka told him not to blame himself.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen left to deal with village matters after promising to teach Mirai ninjutsu when he recovered.

Mirai recovered in the hospital, where he strengthened his relationships with Inoue Kawakami and the medical staff. After four days, he was discharged and met Kitano Saori, who teased him by pinching his cheeks.

• Akita made Mirai rest after he became exhausted from training and surviving an assassination attempt.
• Mirai recovered in the hospital, made friends with young doctors and nurses, and received handmade gifts from his friends.
• Mirai visited Inoue Kawakami, who explained how his injured leg had kept him from quickly defeating Hasegawa during the attack.
• Mirai and Inoue Kawakami grew closer, and Inoue held back from offering to teach him Fire Release and genjutsu because Sarutobi Hiruzen was already teaching him.
• Four days later, Yamanaka Keiko led the recovered Mirai out of the hospital, where Kitano Saori greeted him and teased him by pinching his cheek.