Chapter Summaries

Naruto helped Kawaki evade Konoha’s surveillance so Amado could re-imprint Karma using a culture fluid made from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s cells. The chapter ended with Kawaki offering his arm for the procedure.

• Naruto examined a Claw Mark outside Konoha and learned that marks had been found in other ninja villages as well.
• Kawaki felt unwelcome in Konoha and considered leaving, but Naruto found him and brought him home for dinner.
• Kawaki told Naruto he had decided to have Karma re-imprinted, and Naruto helped him avoid the village’s sensory barrier and watchers.
• Naruto took Kawaki to Amado’s sealed laboratory, where Amado explained the culture fluid’s role in selecting bodies suitable for Isshiki’s Karma.
• Amado drew the culture fluid into a syringe, and Kawaki extended his arm for the procedure.

Kawaki regained his Karma and concealed its mark, then used a Shadow Clone to fool Konoha’s surveillance as he secretly left the house. Boruto followed him, while Eida revealed Kawaki’s movements to Code, who took the chance to pursue him.

• Amado confirmed that he had helped Kawaki draw out his Karma’s power, and Kawaki woke up feeling reassured by its return.
• Kawaki covered the Karma mark with cosmetic dye and returned home with Naruto.
• Boruto saw Kawaki acting quietly over the next day and assumed he was still recovering.
• Kawaki used a Shadow Clone to deceive the surveillance shinobi, erased his chakra, and secretly left the house.
• Boruto sensed Kawaki’s aura moving away and chased after him.
• Eida told Code that Kawaki was alone, and Code used a Claw Mark to leave Konoha and pursue him.

Kawaki left Konoha, and Code confronted him at Amado’s residence. After Kawaki revealed that Amado had restored his Karma, he awakened Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s powers and fought Code, with Boruto arriving as the battle continued.

• Boruto discovered Kawaki had left the village and alerted Naruto, who ordered the Sensor Division and ANBU to search for him.
• Naruto found Amado at his residence while Code arrived and attacked Kawaki.
• Kawaki offered to die in exchange for Code sparing Konoha, but Code rejected his plea and explained his plans for the Divine Tree and Chakra Fruit.
• Kawaki’s Karma markings and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s horn and eye appeared, and he struck Code with Isshiki’s abilities.
• Boruto arrived and asked whether Kawaki was still himself, then watched him continue fighting Code using Sukuna Hikona.

Code took Boruto hostage to pressure Kawaki, but Boruto and Kawaki fought together after Boruto activated Karma and gained control of Momoshiki’s power. Code escaped, warning Boruto that he would return when his Karma fully thawed and he became a Living Sacrifice.

• Code seized Boruto as a hostage, but Kawaki attacked without hesitation and Boruto used Karma to help evade the Black Receivers.
• Kawaki pursued Code with precise attacks while Boruto treated his wounds and wondered how Kawaki’s fighting style had changed.
• Amado explained that Karma released the Otsutsuki’s accumulated combat experience, while Boruto’s case remained complicated by Momoshiki’s consciousness.
• Code discovered that Boruto could use Momoshiki’s power without losing control of his mind, and Boruto and Kawaki attacked him together.
• Code retreated and promised to return when Boruto’s Karma had completely thawed and he had become the highest-grade Living Sacrifice.

Boruto lost control of his body to Momoshiki, who battled Code before Naruto and Kawaki drove him back. After Boruto regained control, he and Kawaki followed their promise by having Kawaki kill him to eliminate his Karma, leaving Naruto devastated as Kawaki turned on Code.

• Boruto collapsed from the medicine’s side effects, and Momoshiki offered to kill Code in exchange for Boruto’s body.
• Momoshiki attacked Code with Rasengans while Kawaki restricted Code’s Claw Marks, and Naruto and Kawaki joined the fight against Momoshiki.
• Boruto regained control after Momoshiki was forced to retreat, then reminded Kawaki of their promise to remove his Karma.
• Boruto blew Naruto away with Gale Palm and let Kawaki pierce him with a hardened Scientific Ninja Tool, killing him.
• Naruto cradled Boruto’s corpse as Shikamaru restrained Kawaki, but Kawaki broke free and attacked Code.

Code used Daemon’s reflection ability to turn Kawaki’s attack against him, but Naruto then tracked Code’s intelligence source to Eida and Daemon in the Land of Snow. Naruto demanded all of Kara’s advanced technology and ended by questioning whether Daemon could reflect spatial turbulence.

• Code summoned Daemon from the Kara base to reflect Kawaki’s attack, leaving Kawaki unconscious and badly wounded.
• Code returned Daemon to the base, where Eida warned Code not to involve her brother in another fight.
• Naruto followed the spatial fluctuations to Eida and Daemon and asked how they had monitored events in Konoha.
• Naruto drank tea at Eida’s residence and demanded all of Kara’s cutting-edge technology in exchange for sparing them.
• Naruto asked whether Daemon’s reflection ability could counter spatial turbulence.

Naruto forced Eida to hand over Kara’s technical documents, then Boruto revived after Momoshiki used the remaining Karma data to heal him. Boruto learned he was now a complete Otsutsuki, while Konoha’s leaders remained uncertain about Momoshiki’s control and Naruto’s whereabouts.

• Eida accepted Naruto’s demand for Kara’s technical documents, and Bug gathered them for him.
• Code escaped the battlefield, and the Seventh Hokage told Shikamaru Nara that Kawaki should still be treated as family.
• Boruto revived and explained that Momoshiki had converted the remaining eighteen percent of Karma data to repair him, making him a complete Otsutsuki.
• Momoshiki warned Boruto that he had only one resurrection left, and Boruto wondered whether his blue eyes had caused what happened.
• At Leaf Hospital, Amado, Fang Zhu, and Sai discussed Boruto’s recovery and concluded that Momoshiki remained a threat because he could still control Boruto’s consciousness.
• Amado asked where Lord Namikaze was, but Sai said ANBU did not know Naruto’s whereabouts.

Naruto visited Boruto in the hospital and helped restore him as they anticipated a coming battle. Meanwhile, Code attacked Amado to demand that his limiters be removed, and Shikamaru tried to keep the confrontation contained until a mysterious figure struck Code.

• Naruto told Boruto he had gone to the Land of Snow to retrieve something and used Yang Release to help heal his chest wound.
• Eida told Code that Boruto had been resurrected and ordered Code to bring Kawaki to her in exchange for help removing his limiters.
• Shikamaru confronted Amado, who confirmed that Momoshiki could no longer be resurrected and claimed Kawaki had chosen to receive Karma.
• Code emerged from a Claw Mark, knocked Shikamaru aside, and seized Amado, demanding that he remove his limiters.
• Shikamaru told Ino to notify Naruto and Sasuke but not send reinforcements, hoping not to scare Code away.
• A gray-white figure appeared and slashed Code across the back.

Naruto confronted Eida when she arrived through a Claw Mark to help Code, but her enchantment could not affect him. After learning that Eida had joined Code because she liked Kawaki, Naruto persuaded her to consider dating him in Konoha, leaving Code furious and approaching again.

• Eida emerged from Code's Claw Mark, and her enchantment stopped Shikamaru's Shadow Imitation Technique and began affecting him and the others.
• Amado told Shikamaru through Ino's Mind Transfer Jutsu that Eida's enchantment affected everyone except Ōtsutsuki and her blood relatives, and that it could not be controlled or removed.
• Naruto spoke with Eida and learned that she had partnered with Code because she liked Kawaki and wanted Code to help her get close to him.
• Code attacked Amado to force him to remove his limiter, while Naruto offered Eida a place in Konoha and his support in dating Kawaki.
• Eida considered Naruto's vision of life with Kawaki and gently nodded as Code's angry roar drew closer.

Naruto let Code escape with Amado so Code could remove his limiter, intending to use him as a test for Kawaki and Boruto. After Amado agreed to help in exchange for his life, Code’s limiter was removed, restoring his power and injuries as he prepared to kill Amado.

• Naruto beat Code, then ordered him to find a way to remove his limiter and allowed him to escape with Amado.
• Naruto told Eida that he wanted to use people with Ōtsutsuki power as whetstones, then asked Kawaki whether he knew her.
• Eida and Daemon left the laboratory through a spatial rift, while Naruto briefly appeared at Code’s base and gave him more time.
• Code demanded that Amado remove his limiter, and Amado agreed in exchange for his life.
• Amado spoke three words, removing Code’s limiter and restoring his body as Code vowed to show Naruto no regret and raised his claw toward Amado.

Code killed Amado after removing his limiters, then compressed the Ten-Tails into many White Zetsu-like creatures marked with his Claw Marks. As Boruto and Kawaki arrived in the other dimension, Code prepared to use the creatures against them and other enemies.

• Code killed Amado despite their agreement, then ordered Bug to assist him.
• Code brought Bug to the Ten-Tails' prison dimension and covered the creature with Claw Marks.
• Code compressed the Ten-Tails until it split into numerous White Zetsu-like creatures, each marked with a Claw Mark.
• Code used one creature to observe the others and demonstrated that the creatures could travel through Claw Marks.
• Boruto and Kawaki entered the dimension, and Code presented them as opponents for his creatures.

Naruto turned Amado’s corpse into the Asura Path while Boruto and Kawaki fought Code to a standstill and pursued him after he fled. Naruto planned to return to his original world once Code was dead.

• Naruto repaired Amado’s corpse and began transforming him into the Asura Path to preserve and use his scientific knowledge.
• Boruto and Kawaki fought Code and his White Zetsu-like puppets, absorbing chakra as their reserves dwindled.
• Boruto and Kawaki grew more adept at fighting with Karma, and Code’s confidence faltered as they gained the upper hand.
• Code escaped through his Claw Marks, but Boruto and Kawaki followed him through a spacetime tunnel to carry out Naruto’s order to kill him.
• Amado awakened as the Asura Path and asked Naruto what came next; Naruto said they would return to their original world once Code’s death was confirmed.

Code attacked Sunagakure with Ten-Tails-created monsters, and Gaara and Kankuro fought to protect the village. Boruto arrived during the battle and struck Code with a powerful attack.

• Gaara ordered Sunagakure’s civilians evacuated and mobilized its ANBU and available jonin after Code attacked near the academy.
• Gaara and Kankuro confronted Code and the marked monsters, while Kankuro deployed the Human Puppet modeled after Sasori.
• Code severed Kankuro’s chakra threads, appeared beside him, and left him gravely wounded before Gaara and the ANBU rescued him.
• Code used an updated Claw Mark to wound Gaara through his sand defenses.
• Boruto suddenly arrived, punched Code, and dropped a massive cube onto him with Daikokuten.

Eida reported that Kawaki and Boruto had inflicted devastating losses on Sunagakure and Iwagakure, prompting Konoha’s leaders to discuss Kawaki’s status and the political consequences. Meanwhile, Boruto and Kawaki struggled to keep fighting Code, who used the Ten-Tails puppets to replenish his chakra.

• Eida told Shikamaru Nara and the others that Sunagakure and Iwagakure had suffered devastating losses in the battle against Kawaki and the other two.
• Eida clarified that Code without his limiter was stronger than Jigen but weaker than Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and she said she was not a member of Kara.
• Shikamaru Nara proposed giving Kawaki an official identity, and the Seventh Hokage and Second Pillar agreed.
• The Seventh Hokage told Kakashi-sensei to visit the border as Konoha prepared for possible hostility from the weakened villages.
• Boruto and Kawaki, nearly out of chakra, tried to reach a Ten-Tails puppet while Code used the puppets to restore his strength.
• Boruto used a smoke bomb to cover Kawaki’s approach, then formed a Black Receiver with Karma and hurled it at Code.

Boruto and Kawaki drove Code from Iwagakure, while Naruto collected the village’s ninjutsu research. Code then attacked Kumogakure, where the village’s cyborgs and Eight-Tails fought back as Boruto and Kawaki arrived.

• Boruto’s Black Receivers pierced Code’s puppet, but Code escaped through a Claw Mark while Kawaki absorbed its chakra.
• Boruto and Kawaki left Iwagakure through a space-time tunnel, and Naruto gathered research scrolls from the village’s lab.
• Naruto concluded Code was targeting the great villages to provoke a war and expected him to attack Kumogakure next.
• Code entered Kumogakure, where the Eight-Tails Gyūki appeared and the village’s modified shinobi confronted him.
• Killer B and Gyūki discussed Kumogakure’s defenders as Boruto and Kawaki arrived and watched Code fight Yi.

Naruto examined Kumogakure’s research into Otsutsuki cells and Natural Energy conversion while Boruto and Kawaki fought Code. After collecting the research, Naruto prepared to leave as the battle neared its end.

• Code summoned puppets to overwhelm the test subjects, but Boruto and Kawaki intervened and fought him.
• Kawaki warned One to retreat, and One fled from the battle.
• Naruto read Kumogakure’s reports on Otsutsuki-cell experiments and the conversion of Natural Energy into an injectable nutrient solution.
• Naruto studied the Blessed Land Plan, which would install Natural Energy conversion devices across Kumogakure to strengthen its ninja.
• Naruto collected the institute’s research and prepared Karasuki, observing that the fighters were nearing their limits.

Boruto and Kawaki defeated Code in Kumogakure, then returned to the Land of Dragons, where Naruto convened his ministers to revise the country’s development plan and appoint Amado to lead research and development. The chapter left Naruto considering how to cultivate a reliable prime minister and learning that Deva Path had left Konoha.

• Boruto and Kawaki confirmed Code was dead, sensed possible danger from the Kumogakure ninja, and escaped through a space tunnel.
• Naruto returned to the Land of Dragons after about two months and called a meeting to adjust the country’s policies.
• Naruto praised the ministers’ work and considered replacing Deva Path as prime minister with someone he could train himself.
• Deva Path assigned plans for railways, communications, steel production, and administrative restructuring, and appointed Amado to lead the new Department of Research and Development.
• Deva Path told Naruto he had left Konoha because its leaders had grown openly hostile, disappointing Naruto’s hope for an ally inside the village.

Tsunade sent Kakashi to the Land of Dragons to guide it in establishing a shinobi village, a move intended to reassure the nations’ nobles. Meanwhile, the Asura Path opened the Land of Dragons’ new research institute and appointed Kayaba Akihiko and Mizuno Otoko as deputy directors.

• Tsunade told Kakashi and Asuma that the nations’ nobles objected to the Land of Dragons operating without a shinobi village, since Dragonborn combined political, military, and economic power.
• Tsunade explained that the villages would send jonin to the Land of Dragons to guide the establishment of a shinobi village as a formality, and Kakashi volunteered for the mission.
• The Asura Path toured the new research institute and then went to lead a meeting attended by 132 researchers.
• The Asura Path announced that he would direct the Department of Research and Development, with Kayaba Akihiko and Mizuno Otoko as deputy directors.
• The researchers reacted with surprise and excitement at Kayaba Akihiko and Mizuno Otoko’s appointments.

Naruto reorganized the Land of Dragons, prepared for the coming Fourth Great Ninja War, and ordered retaliation after discovering that all Five Great Ninja Villages had backed assassinations against his officials. The villages escalated the conflict, and Tsunade learned that Kirigakure had been destroyed.

• The Asura Path established more than ten research departments, though the Land of Dragons lacked enough researchers to staff them.
• Naruto discussed Akatsuki’s nearing completion of Tailed Beast extraction and anticipated the Fourth Great Ninja War, while worrying that the Sage of Six Paths might intervene.
• The Land of Rivers’ people grew hopeful under the Land of Dragons’ new policies, while former nobles plotted to regain power and assassins targeted officials.
• Zabuza reported that all Five Great Ninja Villages had participated in assassination attempts, and Naruto ordered retaliatory killings against the involved nations.
• Naruto’s forces carried out assassinations across multiple nations, prompting angry threats from Ōnoki and Tsunade and driving tensions toward war.
• An ANBU informed Tsunade that Kirigakure had been destroyed.

After the Akatsuki destroyed Kirigakure, Tsunade convened a Five Kage Summit and secured command of a joint army by revealing Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Meanwhile, Nagato lost control of the revived Ten-Tails, which began heading toward the Land of Fire as Obito and Black Zetsu watched.

• Tsunade learned that the Akatsuki had erased Kirigakure and called an emergency Five Kage Summit.
• Tsunade proposed a joint army, and the Kage disputed who would command it.
• Tsunade revealed that Sasuke had awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and Ōnoki accepted her as commander.
• Nagato struggled to regain control of the rampaging Ten-Tails after using it to destroy Kirigakure.
• Obito and Black Zetsu watched as the Ten-Tails headed toward the Land of Fire and anticipated its next stage.