Chapter Summaries

Mirai and his companions realized their cover had been exposed and that enemy teams were closing in as they fled the Land of Wind. Weak Force urged Mirai to escape with a secret scroll, but Mirai instead asked whether Weak Captain could carry him.

• Carlo left after warning the others to go home early, and Mirai suspected she had recognized his identity.
• Weak Force said their mission was complete, and Mirai bought supplies before heading toward the Land of Fire with his companions.
• Weak Captain warned that their group had been discovered, and Weak Force explained that Jia Luyu and Luo Zheng had recognized them.
• Weak Force reported that twelve pursuers in three teams were approaching, with the nearest less than a thousand meters away.
• Weak Force offered Mirai a scroll and urged him to escape because he was Konoha's youngest and fastest ninja, but Mirai asked if Weak Captain could carry him.

Mirai used a rainstorm and a massive wave to help himself and his teammates escape from the pursuing Sand ninjas. Rasa blocked the wave and became determined to capture Mirai, whose ability to bring rain could help the village.

• Mirai’s teammate carried him as dark clouds gathered and rain fell over the pursuing ninjas.
• Karura and Rasa recognized the rainstorm as Mirai’s technique, and Rasa hoped to use Mirai’s power to bring rain to the village.
• Mirai gathered the rainwater into a huge wave, but Rasa used sand to hold it back and give the brown bear time to escape.
• Mirai controlled the rain from a distance and ran several hundred meters ahead with his teammates.
• Rasa decided Mirai had to be captured, while Karura recognized him and understood Rasa’s intentions.

Mirai used waves to hold Rasa back and gave his teammates hundreds of explosive tags to defend themselves against the pursuing Sand ninja. As Karura and Luo followed the others, a chain of explosive-tag blasts struck the pursuit squad.

• Rasa used Magnet Release to resist Mirai's waves while ordering the other eleven Sand ninja to pursue Mirai and capture him alive.
• Mirai handed Weak, Weakpower, Weakbug, and Weak Chicken a large supply of explosive tags, taken from the stock Danzo had hidden in his bedding.
• Weak Chicken's group laid explosive-tag traps as they continued ahead to keep the pursuers from reaching Mirai.
• Karura and Luo chased after Mirai, and Karura fell behind the leading pursuers.
• Several explosive tags detonated in front of Karura, sending a heatwave toward her and filling the air with the pursuing ninja's cries.

Mirai and his companions survived a brutal clash with Rasa and the Sand ninja, using dozens of detonating tags to cripple and kill their pursuers. The four escaped across the desert and reached the Land of Fire, where they finally relaxed.

• Karura found several of her comrades dead or badly injured after the detonating tags exploded, and hesitated to continue chasing Mirai.
• Rasa heard the explosions, lost focus on his battle with Mirai and the others, and stopped fighting to check on his teammates.
• After Tornado Rain dispersed, Mirai admitted that the technique had drained him and asked for chakra to be restored to his back.
• Mirai and his three companions hurried across the desert, avoiding Sand ninja along the way.
• The four reached the Land of Fire and slowed their journey after finally feeling safe.

After returning from the Land of Wind, Mirai reunited with Haku, who had hurried to the border to wait for him. Mirai asked to stay with her there, and Haku seriously asked whether he had made up his mind.

• The captain praised Mirai for helping the team, and Mirai said the long pursuit had left him exhausted.
• Mirai regretted that he had not seen Haku before reaching the border of the Land of Fire.
• Haku appeared above Mirai and his companions, who initially suspected she might be a spy or impostor.
• Mirai recognized Haku as his teacher and reassured her that he could find her even with his eyes closed.
• Mirai asked Haku if he could stay at the border, and she asked whether he had truly made up his mind.

Mirai joined Granny at the tense Konoha camp on the Land of Wind front, eager for revenge after being chased and injured people in an explosion. He learned Orochimaru was not there and waited for the war against the Sand ninja to begin.

• Granny urged Mirai to stay with her, but then took him to the front-line camp and sent him to report his situation to the old man.
• Mirai removed his mask and arrived at the camp, where about two hundred Konoha shinobi faced the Sand ninja.
• Jiraiya was surprised to see Mirai and learned he had come after completing a mission.
• Mirai asked about Orochimaru, and Granny explained that he was not at the camp.
• Mirai prepared to use Tornado Rain against the Sand ninja when the war began.

Granny informed Sarutobi Hiruzen about Mirai’s actions, and the leaders accepted that he had postponed revenge until his mission and teammates were safe. At camp, Jiraiya proposed that the group share Mirai’s tent, and Granny glared at Mirai after Jiraiya teased him about sleeping with his stepmother.

• Granny sent Sarutobi Hiruzen a letter explaining Mirai’s actions.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sakumo Hatake, and Qi Mu Shuo discussed Mirai’s revenge and recognized that he had waited until his mission was complete and his teammates were safe.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Granny’s letter to Zang Jun, who was pleased with Mirai’s choice.
• Jiraiya suggested that the group squeeze into Mirai’s tent for the night.
• Jiraiya teased Mirai about wanting to sleep with his stepmother, and Granny gave Mirai a cold look.

Mirai and Jiraiya argued over who would share a tent, but Granny assigned Mirai to night watch and brought him to her camp. There, he found her tent messy, with clothes scattered around and Pink K inside.

• Mirai rejected the idea of sleeping with Jiraiya, and Granny said he would take night watch instead.
• Mirai offered to share with Jiraiya so Granny would not have to give up her tent.
• Jiraiya objected when Mirai called him a lecher, and Granny scolded Mirai for acting as though he worked for her.
• Granny took Mirai to her campsite, where he found scattered clothes and Pink K inside her tent.

Granny examined Mirai for hidden injuries after his demanding missions, found him healthy, and made sure he rested. Mirai fell asleep peacefully in Granny’s tent while she kept watch outside.

• Granny hurriedly put away things Mirai was not supposed to see and called him over for an examination.
• Granny checked Mirai for hidden injuries and found his body in excellent condition.
• Granny told Mirai to sleep and warned him not to do anything with her blanket.
• Mirai crawled into Granny’s bed and quickly fell asleep, relieved to feel safe.
• Granny stayed outside the tent and watched over Mirai until he was asleep.

Mirai woke beside Grandma and learned she had arranged for him to be assigned to Mirai and obey his orders. As they prepared to get food, Mirai produced fresh ramen from his system warehouse, which Grandma promptly took and ate.

• Mirai woke to Grandma watching him and heard her criticize how poorly he had kept watch overnight.
• Grandma gave Mirai his mission letter, which assigned him to Mirai and put him under Mirai's orders.
• Grandma and Mirai discussed Sakumo Hatake's unexpected decision to continue the mission without Hiruzen's direct involvement.
• When Grandma offered to take Mirai to eat, he brought out a steaming bowl of ramen from his system warehouse.
• Grandma snatched the ramen and ate some, while Mirai let his irritation go after recalling her decision to give up the tent.

Ye Han and Granny discussed his mysterious spatial ability and the possibility of studying the Flying Thunder God Technique, which Ye Han admitted he could not learn yet. Jiraiya then warned them of trouble, and they saw Misha being driven out of the Sand ninja camp.

• Ye Han gave Granny another meat bun, and she ate it before asking about his strange ability.
• Ye Han said the ability had appeared after his contract and that he had found no record of anything like it in Root or Anbu files.
• Granny suggested they study the Second Hokage's spatial ninjutsu from the sealing scrolls, and Ye Han recognized the Flying Thunder God Technique but said he could not learn it.
• Granny reassured Ye Han that he could take his time, and Ye Han considered learning spatial ninjutsu from Namikaze Minato someday.
• Jiraiya warned Granny and Ye Han that something was happening, and they went to the camp entrance to see Misha being driven out of the Sand ninja camp.

As Sunagakure's forces threatened the border, Mirai summoned torrential rain while Jiraiya and the old woman prepared to hold them back. First Generation blamed Konoha and demanded Mirai be handed over, but Mirai answered with a furious insult that stunned both sides.

• Jiraiya and the old woman realized Sunagakure's force greatly outnumbered them and asked Mirai how powerful his Water Style could become.
• Mirai summoned dark clouds and unleashed heavy rain across the dry borderlands.
• Jia Luyu recognized Mirai's technique and recalled that he had killed most of the twelve ninja who had fought him before.
• Jiraiya told the old woman that Mirai had contacted Sensei and that reinforcements might arrive, while she warned that their survival depended on Mirai holding out.
• First Generation declared that the war had begun and demanded Konoha hand Mirai over, blaming him for the conflict.
• Mirai rejected First Generation's accusation and denounced her and the Land of Wind, leaving everyone stunned.

Mirai unleashed a massive storm to flood the Sand camp and destroy its supplies, hoping to delay the Sand offensive without killing large numbers of ninjas. The Sand forces began their attack against Konoha, and Mirai’s strike won Granny’s approval even as it angered the First Generation.

• Mirai insulted the First Generation by calling her an old hag, provoking her fury.
• As he maintained the downpour, Mirai asked Granny about developing medicine to restore chakra quickly.
• Mirai explained that he was waiting for the Sand forces to attack first so he would not start the Second Shinobi World War.
• Thousands of Sand ninjas advanced on Konoha’s two hundred soldiers with their puppets.
• Mirai sent enormous waves toward the Sand camp, aiming to destroy its supplies rather than kill the Sand ninjas.
• Granny praised Mirai for targeting the supplies, while the First Generation remained hostile toward him.

Mirai used Tornado Rain Strike to redirect the Sand ninja’s attack toward their camp, where Granny Chiyo and Rasa tried to stop the wave. He recognized Rasa’s strength and increased the technique’s power, leaving the camp’s fate unresolved.

• Mirai revealed that he had planned to lure the Sand ninja into underestimating him before destroying their camp.
• The Sand ninja abandoned their attack on Konoha’s camp and rushed to protect their supplies from Mirai’s Tornado Rain Strike.
• Granny Chiyo deployed puppets with Human Puppet Art: Mechanical Light Shield Seal, but Mirai’s wave swept them away and broke through the camp’s fence.
• Rasa raised a wall of sand that temporarily halted the wave, surprising Granny Chiyo.
• Mirai identified Rasa and praised his potential, then increased his chakra output and made the wave grow larger.

Mirai overwhelmed the Sand Shinobi camp with Tornado Rain, forcing its defenders to scramble to save their supplies. Rasa recognized Mirai’s plan too late, and the attack killed Sand Shinobi, deepening their enmity.

• Rasa tried to stop Mirai’s strengthened Tornado Rain from reaching the Sand Shinobi camp, but the storm pushed the battle outside the camp and drew in reinforcements.
• Granny worried that Mirai would be suppressed as the Sand Shinobi gathered, while Mirai struggled to overcome their combined resistance.
• Mirai spread rain across the camp, prompting the First Generation to order the Sand Shinobi to save their supplies.
• As the Sand Shinobi rushed to protect the supplies, Mirai redirected the water waves against them and began killing ordinary fighters for experience.
• Rasa warned the Sand Shinobi to run, but a huge wave struck and killed six of them, making him regard Mirai as an irreconcilable enemy.

Mirai kept the Sand ninja from overwhelming the camp by controlling heavy rain, but his chakra was nearly exhausted. As the Sand ninja regrouped and a later battle remained possible, Granny worried about his safety while Mirai insisted he could still fight.

• Rasa roared that Mirai would never die without him, but Mirai dismissed the idea of becoming friends with him.
• The Sand ninja retreated to rescue their supplies after Mirai drove back their advance and their base was nearly taken.
• Granny returned bloodied from the fighting, and Mingnian warned that the camp could fall into a trap without Mirai's help.
• Mirai continued controlling the rain despite his dwindling chakra, while Granny urged him to conserve strength for another battle.
• Mirai reassured Granny that his speed and taijutsu remained strong, and she smiled at his confidence.
• Mirai took two chicken legs from his system inventory and offered them to Granny, astonishing everyone.

Mirai recovered while Grandma fed him chicken, and Jiraiya watched enviously. After Jiraiya reported the casualties and explained how Mirai had disrupted the Sand Shinobi attack with Tornado Rain, the system announced that Mirai had unlocked an instance and earned rewards.

• Grandma fed Mirai a chicken leg while Jiraiya tried to get one for himself, but Mirai and Grandma refused to share the other leg.
• Grandma asked about casualties, and Jiraiya reported one dead, two seriously injured, and thirteen lightly injured.
• Jiraiya credited Mirai with winning the battle by disrupting the Sand Shinobi's deployment with Tornado Rain.
• Mirai's attack flooded and wrecked the Sand Shinobi camp, leaving the enemy temporarily unable to attack.
• The system announced that Mirai had unlocked the Second Shinobi World War instance and awarded him experience, currency, reward points, and two Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

Mirai’s success in stopping the Sand ninja left him with a powerful fake system and earned him the respect of the Konoha camp. Chiyo decided to publicize an exaggerated account of the defeat, and Rasa recognized that the Sand intended to kill Mirai before he could grow stronger.

• Mirai realized the fake system had given him maximum experience, money, and Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, then went to rest in Chiyo’s tent.
• Chiyo treated the wounded while a report about the battle was prepared for the Hokage through the Mount Myoboku toads.
• A Sand ninja complained about the losses and chaos Mirai had caused during the battle.
• Chiyo ordered the Sand to exaggerate the battle’s events and spread the information.
• Rasa asked if Chiyo wanted to kill Mirai, and she agreed that the seven-year-old had to be eliminated before he became a threat.

Karura identified a weakness in Ye Han’s Tornado Rain Strike: he could not move after using it and likely needed someone to guard him. In Konoha, Ye Han Legion condemned Sarutobi Hiruzen for refusing to send troops before the Sand attack, renewing their dispute over peace and war.

• Karura told Chiyo and the gathered leaders that Ye Han could be found and attacked while he was immobilized after using Tornado Rain Strike.
• Rasa supported Karura’s assessment, and Chiyo ordered the weakness reported so Konoha would have to respond to it.
• Karura reflected on Ye Han’s abilities and said she had studied his record after her team’s failed capture attempt.
• Ye Han Legion berated Sarutobi Hiruzen for withholding troops despite the threat of war and the Sand’s attacks.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen defended his preference for peace, while Ye Han Legion pushed for war against Konoha’s enemies.

With the Land of Wind, Land of Earth, and Land of Rain at war with Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen organized reinforcements and defenses. Mirai’s defeat of the Sand ninja spread across the ninja world, earning him a reputation as a potential Second God of Shinobi.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha’s leaders recognized that war had begun after Konoha failed to send the Sand ninja reinforcements.
• Orochimaru sent a report saying the Land of Earth and Land of Rain had declared war and requested support.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that border tensions between the Land of Lightning and Land of Earth had risen, but there was no news of the Land of Water joining the conflict.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned White Fang, Konoha clans, and Danzo troops to support the Land of Rain and ordered Nakajima’s forces to hunt spies within the Land of Fire.
• News spread that seven-year-old Mirai had single-handedly stopped the Sand ninja attack and inflicted heavy losses.