Chapter Summaries

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.

Mirai became famous after stopping a Sunagakure attack, and Danzo realized that his son’s public reputation would draw powerful enemies toward him. Back at the Ninja Academy, Kushina and Mirai’s classmates heard the news, while Minato decided he needed to graduate and Uchiha Fugaku brooded over his hatred of Mirai.

• Mirai’s group headed toward the Land of Rain’s border as he realized the First had deliberately publicized his accomplishments.
• Danzo recognized that the publicity would make the war fiercer and bring powerful enemies whose deaths could strengthen Mirai.
• Uchiha Qinmei told Kushina and the other children that one of Mirai’s classmates had stopped a Sunagakure attack and might become the Second God of Shinobi.
• Minato Namikaze decided to graduate so Mirai would not leave him behind.
• Uchiha Fugaku brooded at home over his family’s conflict with Mirai.

After exhausting his chakra to disrupt the Sand ninjas’ assault, Mirai woke beside Granny and learned that they were regrouping. He accepted that his rain attack had bought Konoha time, while other villages’ leaders continued to regard him as a threat or dismiss his potential.

• Uchiha Fugaku agreed to focus on growing stronger and replacing Mirai, though he still blamed Mirai for his setbacks.
• The Mizukage dismissed claims that Mirai could become a future God of Shinobi, while Hanzo recognized him as a threat to the Land of Rain.
• After sleeping for about twelve hours, Mirai woke beside Granny and panicked when he realized he had touched her inappropriately.
• Granny comforted Mirai and told him that his chakra had recovered to around seventy or eighty percent.
• Granny explained that the Sand ninjas were rebuilding their camp before setting out, and Mirai accepted that his Tornado Rain had successfully disrupted their assault.

After Granny warned Mirai that he had been named the Second Ninja God and would attract attention from other villages, he went to learn about the war situation and consider his next move. White Fang had arrived, but Konoha faced war on additional fronts, and Jiraiya asked whether Mirai could trouble the Sand shinobi again.

• Granny told Mirai that the First Elder had named him the Second Ninja God because of the previous day's incident and warned him about other villages' attention.
• Mirai considered using Tornado Rain again, then left Granny's tent to find out what was happening at the front.
• Jiraiya and the Nara clan members told Mirai that they were monitoring the Sand camp and that White Fang had arrived, while the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth had declared war on Konoha.
• Mirai welcomed White Fang's arrival and hoped his help would strengthen their revenge against the Sand shinobi.
• Jiraiya asked Mirai whether he could cause the Sand shinobi more trouble with Tornado Rain.

Mirai asked Jiraiya to cover him while he challenged Rasa, betting that Rasa could not refuse without damaging his standing. Jiraiya hesitated over the risks, but Nara Shikaku supported the plan, and Jiraiya finally let Mirai decide.

• Mirai asked Jiraiya to watch his back while he challenged Rasa, and admitted he would run if he could not win.
• Jiraiya warned that he could not guarantee Mirai’s safety or prevent an attack on the camp.
• Mirai argued that Rasa would have to accept the challenge to protect his reputation as a genius.
• Nara Shikaku judged that the Sand ninja were unlikely to attack Mirai after rebuilding their camp, leaving the rest to Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya reluctantly agreed to let Mirai proceed and urged him not to lose or die.

Mirai taunted Rasa into coming out for a duel, despite the risk that Sand might have prepared an ambush. Rasa accepted the challenge, and both sides gathered as the First Generation remained wary of Mirai’s intentions.

• Mirai left the camp and called Rasa out, waking Granny and drawing attention from both camps.
• The First Generation warned Rasa that refusing would damage his reputation, while accepting could lead him into an ambush.
• Rasa decided to face Mirai and asked the First Generation to support him.
• Mirai continued mocking Rasa until he charged out of the Sand camp.
• The First Generation, Karius, and the others followed Rasa, but the First Generation suspected Mirai was using the small Konoha group as bait.

Mirai confronted Rasa at the Sand camp while allies and observers gathered nearby, and the two prepared to fight. As Rasa moved the sand with his hands, the battle began.

• Granny worried that Mirai’s group would be overwhelmed, but Jiraiya told her to stay quiet because Mr. Yang’s Sky Plan was about to be used.
• The First identified Mirai, Granny Ji, and Jiraiya for Guangming Yu and Luo Lin, while warning that she could not see any sign of an ambush.
• Hatake Sakumo, Kurenai Yuhi, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke arrived and watched Mirai face the Sand ninja.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke spotted nearby Sand squads, and Hatake Sakumo drew his blade and attacked them.
• Mirai taunted Rasa and challenged him to prepare for death, while Rasa raised his hands and began controlling the sand.

Mirai used a bluff to draw Rasa into a confrontation, then surprised him with extraordinary speed. Rasa attacked to prove himself, while Granny criticized Mirai’s weak punches and Jiraiya urged her to run.

• Mirai realized his bluff had made Rasa advance alone and rushed toward him at tremendous speed.
• Rasa formed a defensive sand fist, noticed Mirai’s attacks lacked strength, and chose to fight him to prove he was the Sand Ninja genius.
• The First Generation understood that Rasa felt compelled to face Mirai after their previous clashes and marveled at the boy’s speed.
• Granny complained that Mirai’s punches were too weak, while Jiraiya praised his speed and told Granny to run.

Mirai struggled against Rasa and the Sand ninja, who tried to overwhelm him while targeting the people behind him. White Fang arrived with the corpses of the First's son and daughter-in-law, shifting the battle and leaving Mirai resentful that his fight with Rasa had been upstaged.

• Rasa grew furious that Mirai evaded his attacks and ordered the Sand ninja to force him into danger.
• Rasa unleashed a massive wave of sand while the First's students prepared their puppets to attack Mirai.
• Granny warned Mirai to get out of the way as the attack threatened him and the people behind him.
• White Fang arrived with Kono Yohei and two corpses, revealing that the First's son and daughter-in-law had been killed.
• Jiraiya recognized White Fang as a powerful reinforcement, while Mirai lamented that White Fang had stolen the spotlight from his fight with Rasa.

The First Generation recovered her son and daughter-in-law’s bodies after Qi Mu Shuo threw them down a slope, while Mirai was blamed for the disaster. She chose to withdraw with her army rather than risk another defeat, leaving her threat against Mirai unresolved.

• The First Generation accused Mirai of plotting with Rasa, while Mirai insisted he had nothing to do with what happened.
• Qi Mu Shuo surprised the First Generation by throwing Sasori’s parents’ bodies down the slope, and she used her puppets to retrieve them.
• The First Generation’s subordinates urged her to avenge her family, but she silenced them and declared that Mirai would not get away with this.
• The First Generation told her forces that Mirai had returned and chose to prioritize the army’s safety over attacking Mirai and Sanmu.
• The First Generation carried her son and daughter-in-law’s bodies away using her puppets.

Hatake Sakumo and the others celebrated after their empty-city trick forced the First Generation and the Sand ninja to retreat. Sakumo praised Mirai, took command of the camp, and the group anticipated the enemy’s reaction when they learned reinforcements had not arrived.

• Hatake Sakumo, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and Shinku discussed how Mirai’s empty-city trick had forced the Sand ninja back to camp.
• Sakumo praised Mirai’s accomplishments and told him that his merits had been recorded for him to redeem later.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen understood that Mirai did not care much for ordinary rewards.
• Jiraiya and the others were surprised to see Sakumo praise Mirai and relieved when Sakumo took command of the camp.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke remarked that the strategy could go down in Konoha’s textbooks and wondered how the First Generation would react upon learning reinforcements had not arrived.

The Konoha camp learned that seven-year-old Mirai had devised the strategy that had turned the battle against the Sand ninja. During the meeting, Mirai hid his private thoughts about wanting to sleep beside his mother by claiming he was reviewing the battle.

• Balu told Hatake Sakumo, Shinku, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke that Mirai had come up with the strategy.
• Hatake Sakumo realized Mirai had planned to crush the Sand ninja's morale and suppress their attack even before the others arrived.
• Mirai's mother struck him for fooling around during the meeting and asked what he was thinking about.
• Mirai claimed he was summarizing the previous battle, and the others praised his supposed diligence.
• Mirai's mother hit him again and demanded to know why he did not use what she had taught him.

Mirai claimed he had deliberately spared Rasa and dismissed his battle plan as simple, prompting Qi Mu Shuo to question his abilities and ask what he thought of Rasa. The group considered Rasa a possible future Fourth Kazekage, while Mirai left, saying he was tired.

• Granny warned Mirai to prove his strength within a few days or die, and Qi Mu Shuo stepped in to redirect the conversation.
• Qi Mu Shuo asked Mirai how he had devised his plan, and Mirai called it simple.
• Qi Mu Shuo asked Mirai what he thought of Rasa, and Mirai calmly predicted that Rasa would become the Fourth Kazekage.
• Zhaisi Shumo recalled that the Land of Wind was considering cultivating Rasa and weighed the value of killing him.
• Mirai said he was tired and left the group.

Jiraiya asked to transfer to the Land of Rain battlefield to reinforce Oromo, who had been killed, and argued that the Land of Wind should send troops there as well. Qi Mu Shuo Mao warned that Jiraiya's departure could endanger the forces on their current front, leaving the request contested.

• Mirai received a scroll from Ramadan Shoma and went to Grandma's tent.
• Qi Mu said the war had fully erupted and described the tense situation on the Land of Rain battlefield.
• Jiraiya asked Qi Mu Shuo Mao to let Mirai go to the Land of Rain battlefield to reinforce Oromo.
• Qi Mu Shuo Mao warned that moving forces could cause needless trouble and cost lives on their current front.
• Jiraiya argued that their side had enough capable fighters and that the Land of Wind should also send troops to the Land of Rain.
• Ramadan Shoma stayed silent as he and Qi Mu Shuo Mao considered the formidable opponents and the possibility that the Third Kazekage would join the battle.

Qi Mu Shuo learned that Granny had decided to stay with Mirai while Jiraiya left. Mirai settled into Granny’s tent, examined the supplies Danzo had sent, and ate ramen while reflecting on his recent battle and how to gain experience.

• Qi Mu Shuo confirmed that Rasa had let go, then asked Granny to make her decision about Mirai.
• Granny chose to stay with Mirai, and Jiraiya encouraged her before leaving the camp.
• Granny watched Hatake leave and wrote a letter to her brother on the Land of Rain’s front lines.
• Mirai returned to Granny’s tent and opened the scroll Mu Seshidemo had brought from Danzo, finding it filled with food and clothes.
• Mirai stored most of the food in his system space and ate ramen while thinking about gaining experience and the Ichiraku Ramen owner.

Mirai shared ramen with his teacher, who learned about Ichiraku and said she would soon head to the Land of Rain. She asked whether he wanted her to stay, and Mirai told her to stay; after he went to sleep, the system announced his rewards for helping his team win in the Second Shinobi World War.

• Mirai served his teacher ramen, and she accused him of having given her bad food earlier that day.
• Mirai explained that White Fang had sent food to his father and that he had bought the ramen at Ichiraku.
• Mirai's teacher said she would soon go to the battlefield in the Land of Rain, then asked whether he wanted her to leave or stay.
• Mirai told his teacher to stay, and she nodded in satisfaction.
• Mirai's teacher wrote a letter to Nawaki while Mirai went to sleep, and the system awarded him experience, money, tributes, and scorpion beauties for his role in the war.

Mirai woke up in an embarrassing position beside his stepmother, then went to Island House and announced that he would challenge Rasa alone. He explained that the move would confuse the First Hokage and set up a real ambush for the next day if it succeeded.

• Mirai woke with his hand beneath his stepmother's breasts, his face against her, and his foot caught between her legs, but she silently got up and told him to wake.
• Mirai and his stepmother washed up and ate breakfast together, and she accepted the food with a smile.
• Mirai went to Island House and declared that he would challenge Rasa without waiting for reinforcements.
• Mirai told Qi Mu Shuo and the others that appearing alone would confuse the First Hokage, who might suspect the previous day's Empty City Strategy.
• Mirai said that if his plan succeeded, he would set up an ambush the following day, and the others realized it was part of a larger strategy.

Mirai persuaded the Konoha leaders to approve his risky plan and returned to provoke Rasa at the Sand camp. Rasa hesitated to face him again, and the First Generation asked whether he could kill Mirai.

• Nara Shikahachi proposed a plan, but Ramadan Shoma warned that Mirai could be captured or killed and provoke the Sand.
• Mirai insisted he could handle the danger, and Qi Mu Shuo approved the plan while warning him not to force himself.
• Grandma remained worried, but Mirai asked her to trust him and left the Konoha camp.
• Mirai arrived at the Earth camp and called out to Rasa, frustrating the Sand ninjas.
• Rasa struggled to decide whether to face Mirai, and the First Generation asked if he was confident he could kill him.