Recaps

Shinki, Yeto, and Shikadai found themselves trapped in a sealed prison guarded by Jonin, until Child Emperor fought his way in and freed them. He began explaining that their minds were trapped in a virtual reality or massive Genjutsu Barrier, while their real bodies were likely unconscious.

• Shinki examined the barred cell door and sensed that his Chakra was being suppressed, while Yeto detected at least a dozen Jonin-level guards and a powerful seal locking down the entire cell.
• Shikadai urged the others to stay calm and learn where they were, but an explosion above them sent the guards rushing into battle.
• Yeto sensed the guards' numbers rapidly dwindling, though she could not detect the attacker’s Chakra as the fighting moved toward their corridor.
• Child Emperor arrived with a mechanical backpack and rotary guns, then used powered saws to cut through the sealed iron bars and free Shinki, Yeto, and Shikadai.
• Child Emperor told them their minds were trapped in a virtual reality or massive Genjutsu Barrier and that their real bodies were probably unconscious.

Child Emperor explained that the group was trapped in a virtual game and had to find Boruto and defeat the final boss to return to their bodies. As they searched the prison for Boruto, an unknown fighter destroyed Child Emperor’s scout robots, and the group found him examining the wreckage.

• Child Emperor told Shikadai, Shinki, and Yeto that Boruto was the game’s protagonist and that they needed to find him and defeat the final boss.
• Child Emperor explained that strong belief might grant powers in the virtual world, but Shinki and Yeto failed to summon their abilities.
• Child Emperor used his scout robots to track Boruto deeper into the prison.
• The scout robots’ signals vanished, and Child Emperor concluded that a fast and powerful fighter had destroyed them.
• Shikadai, Shinki, Yeto, and Child Emperor found a figure crushing a scout robot and examining it while wondering about its chakra-less design.

Child Emperor revealed that the Jackie Chan they encountered had been overwritten by the prison world's rules and warned that they had to defeat him to reach Boruto. As the group prepared to fight, Uchiha Jackie Chan suddenly attacked Child Emperor.

• Shikadai recognized Jackie Chan, but Child Emperor identified the Sharingan in his eyes as proof that the man had been alienated into a prison-area guard.
• Child Emperor explained that they needed to defeat Jackie Chan, while Boruto's death in the virtual world could doom the extraction plan and the people involved.
• Shikadai, Shinki, and Yeto struggled with the thought of fighting their former ally, then accepted the need to protect Boruto and clear the obstacle.
• Child Emperor assigned the group roles for the battle, with Shikadai stalling Jackie Chan, Shinki and Yeto seeking openings, and Child Emperor providing support.
• Uchiha Jackie Chan rushed the group and launched a powerful side kick at Child Emperor.

Jackie Chan fought Shikadai, Yeto, Shinki, and Child Emperor, overpowering their coordinated attacks with Susanoo and Amaterasu. Shikadai briefly stirred a flicker of confusion in Jackie Chan, but Child Emperor explained that the world's rules had overwritten his consciousness.

• Yeto shielded Child Emperor from Jackie Chan's kick, then restrained Jackie Chan with Nen while Shikadai bound him with Shadow Imitation Technique.
• Shinki attacked with Iron Sand Drizzle, but Jackie Chan awakened Susanoo to block the spikes and used Amaterasu against Child Emperor.
• Shinki shielded Child Emperor with iron sand and severed his Chakra connection before Amaterasu could spread further.
• Jackie Chan broke Yeto's Nen restraint and Shikadai's shadow technique, leaving both unable to fight.
• Shikadai called out to Jackie Chan, briefly prompting confusion before the Sharingan's cold glow returned.
• Child Emperor injected Shikadai and Yeto with medicine and explained that the world's rules had overwritten Jackie Chan's consciousness.

Child Emperor used Hellhound to hold Jackie Chan back while the others reached Boruto’s cell and freed him. Boruto offered Nameless a chance to escape with them, but she refused, insisting that her fate was to fight for the Uchiha.

• Child Emperor assembled Hellhound, which attacked Jackie Chan and briefly pinned him down.
• Child Emperor, Shikadai, Shinki, and Yeto hurried toward the prison’s lower levels while Hellhound fought Jackie Chan.
• Boruto heard the battle and called out to Shikadai, whose group cut open his cell door and freed him.
• Boruto saw Nameless in the corner and held out his hand, asking her to come with them.
• Nameless refused and said she was destined to fight for the Uchiha, but Boruto rejected her claim that fate decided her path.

Boruto persuaded Nameless to reject her life as an Uchiha weapon and take his hand, but Jackie Chan confronted the group and demanded that she return to the clan. Nameless trembled under the pressure of his words as the group faced the Uchiha warrior in the corridor.

• Boruto denounced the Uchiha clan for imprisoning Nameless and urged her to choose a life of her own.
• Nameless seized Boruto's hand, and he pulled her out of the shadows as Shikadai agreed to lead the group onward.
• Yeto caught the severed head of Child Emperor's Hellhound robot before it struck the group.
• Jackie Chan emerged from the corridor, having defeated the robot, and demanded to know why Nameless had sided with outsiders.
• Jackie Chan ordered Nameless to honor her Uchiha identity, and she trembled under the pressure of his demand.

Boruto defended Nameless from Jackie Chan’s accusations, while Child Emperor identified Jackie Chan as a Kage-level Taijutsu fighter and tried to stop his approach. As Jackie Chan advanced through a barrage of bullets, Child Emperor handed Shikadai a box of Scientific Ninja Tools and ordered him to protect Boruto and escape.

• Boruto stood between Jackie Chan and Nameless, rejecting the accusation that she had betrayed her clan and declaring her his companion.
• Child Emperor analyzed the combat data and warned that Jackie Chan’s Sharingan-assisted Taijutsu was at least Kage level.
• Child Emperor fired his Metal Gatling Storm, but Jackie Chan dodged and deflected the bullets as he moved closer.
• Child Emperor stopped firing and gave Shikadai a box of unfinished Scientific Ninja Tools, ordering him to protect Boruto and get him out.

Child Emperor used the Wind Eagle Armor to hold off Jackie Chan while Boruto and the others escaped the prison, which collapsed with Child Emperor still inside. The Canopy Screen then showed Jackie Chan deflecting gunfire, prompting Might Guy to tell Lee that opening the sixth Eight Gate and undergoing intensive training could bring his physical abilities close to Jackie Chan’s.

• Child Emperor fused with the Wind Eagle Armor and charged Jackie Chan, telling Boruto and the others to escape.
• Child Emperor and Jackie Chan traded blows in the prison corridor as the clash damaged its walls.
• Shikadai, Shinki, Yeto, and Boruto escaped through a stone door, and the prison collapsed behind them with Child Emperor inside.
• Boruto cried out for Child Emperor at the rubble, but the Canopy Screen went dark without showing what had happened to him.
• At Konoha’s Third Training Ground, Lee and Might Guy watched Jackie Chan deflect Gatling fire on the Canopy Screen.
• Might Guy told Lee that training to open the sixth Eight Gate could bring his physical abilities close to Jackie Chan’s.

Guy explained to Lee how technique and strength formed different paths in Taijutsu, inspiring Lee to train harder. At Ichiraku, Naruto thanked Teuchi for an unspecified favor and rushed off excitedly, while Jiraiya briefed Tsunade about the border incident.

• Guy explained that the fighter on the Canopy Screen relied on precise technique, experience, and control, unlike the Eight Gates' explosive strength.
• Guy told Lee that overcoming such a fighter would require opening at least the seventh gate or developing a better balance between strength and technique.
• Lee asked Guy to train him harder, and they doubled their workout with fifty laps of upside-down frog jumps around Konoha.
• Naruto watched Boruto encourage Nameless on the Canopy Screen, and Teuchi recalled Naruto's childhood dream of becoming Hokage.
• Naruto thanked Teuchi for helping him before, mistook Teuchi's offer of help for agreement to an unstated request, and hurried out of Ichiraku.
• Jiraiya gave Tsunade a detailed account of the border incident inside the soundproofed Hokage's Office.

Jiraiya told Tsunade that Jigen had incapacitated him and that someone had secretly restored him and erased the evidence. Tsunade decided to conceal the incident and prepare Konoha for future threats, while the Canopy Screen showed a group of Uchiha warriors ambushing Boruto’s group.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Jigen had appeared while pursuing Naruto, defeated him effortlessly, and left him unharmed after an unknown person intervened.
• Tsunade decided not to investigate the unknown guardian and ordered the encounter classified as a secret known only to her and Jiraiya.
• Tsunade told Jiraiya to keep quiet and watch Naruto while Konoha used the Canopy Screen’s warnings to prepare for future dangers.
• The next day, the Canopy Screen showed Yeto blocking poisoned kunai with a Psychic Barrier as dozens of Uchiha warriors appeared among the trees and targeted Boruto’s group, especially Nameless.

Boruto, Shinki, Yeto, Shikadai, and Nameless were trapped by a battle-hardened Uchiha unit from the Warring States Period. Shikadai used Child Emperor’s Pencil Rocket Launcher to blast the attackers, and he launched more rockets as the Uchiha formation fell into chaos.

• Shikadai recognized the attackers as Warring States Uchiha and warned that their numbers, experience, and Sharingan made a direct fight hopeless.
• Shinki raised an Iron Sand Wall against the Uchiha’s Fireball Jutsu while Yeto maintained a Psychic Barrier, and Boruto’s four Shadow Clones were quickly destroyed by the unit’s coordinated counterattack.
• Nameless’s Mangekyo Sharingan briefly reappeared, but the Uchiha clan crests deepened her confusion and made its glow fade.
• Shikadai opened Child Emperor’s box, found the Pencil Rocket Launcher, and fired it at the Uchiha unit.
• The rocket exploded when an Uchiha ninja struck it with his blade, killing or injuring several attackers and throwing the unit into confusion.
• Shikadai saw that the launcher still had 59 rounds and fired several more rockets in rapid succession.

Shikadai used a Scientific Ninja Tool to drive off the Uchiha force, while Ōnoki and Deidara watched the battle on the Canopy Screen and considered what such weapons could mean for the Shinobi World. The chapter left Ōnoki concerned that mass-produced weapons could threaten even Kage Level fighters.

• Shikadai fired rockets from the Scientific Ninja Tool, breaking the Uchiha formation and forcing the surviving ninjas to retreat.
• Boruto, Shinki, and Yeto lowered their defenses as Shikadai realized Child Emperor's tools had let them survive.
• Ōnoki watched the battle on the Canopy Screen and reflected on how Scientific Ninja Tools had changed the balance of power.
• Deidara argued that the launcher relied on precision mechanisms and would pose only a limited threat to Kage Level opponents.
• Ōnoki worried that equipping hundreds or thousands of ordinary soldiers with such weapons could endanger even powerful ninja.

Ōnoki worried that Iwagakure could not adapt to the dangers of the future as the Canopy Screen showed Jackie Chan raising a powerful Susanoo against Boruto's group. Boruto's allies' attacks failed, and Yeto was badly hurt, leaving them facing the giant's next strike.

• Ōnoki reflected on Deidara's future power and feared that Iwagakure would be unprepared for the coming threats.
• The ruined prison erupted, and Jackie Chan summoned a towering, armored Susanoo.
• Shikadai, Shinki, and Yeto attacked Jackie Chan, but Susanoo easily withstood their rockets and Iron Sand.
• Jackie Chan repelled Yeto's psychic attack, injuring her and leaving her unable to fight.
• Susanoo raised its greatsword and gathered destructive Chakra along the blade.

Child Emperor used the Fearless Giant to hold off Jackie’s Susanoo and send Boruto’s group toward Senju Clan territory. The machine took a devastating blow as the group vanished into the forest, leaving Child Emperor’s fate uncertain.

• Boruto tried to awaken Jackie, but Jackie’s Susanoo brought its sword down on the group.
• Child Emperor launched the Fearless Giant and blocked the Susanoo’s strike, then fought Jackie to buy time for Boruto and the others to escape.
• The Susanoo damaged the Fearless Giant, but Child Emperor scooped up the group and had Yeto protect them with a Psychokinetic shield.
• Child Emperor told Boruto that he was their only hope and said Shikadai would explain the rest.
• The Fearless Giant hurled Boruto, Shikadai, Shinki, Yeto, and Nameless toward Senju Clan territory, then took Jackie’s sword through its back and chest.

Child Emperor sacrificed himself by detonating the Fearless Giant, destroying the Susanoo and allowing Boruto and the others to escape. After they landed in an ancient forest, Shikadai argued that Child Emperor might only have died within their illusory world, and the group reconsidered who controlled it.

• Child Emperor activated the Fearless Giant's self-destruct protocol as the Susanoo prepared to strike.
• The explosion annihilated the Susanoo and devastated the surrounding land while Boruto and the others escaped behind Yeto's shield.
• Yeto and Shinki cushioned the group's fall into an ancient forest after the shield failed.
• Boruto grieved for Child Emperor until Shikadai suggested that his death might have erased only a projection inside the illusory world.
• Boruto recalled Sasori's clue about defeating the final rule-maker, and Shikadai turned his attention to Nameless.

Shikadai suspected Nameless was connected to the illusion, but Boruto refused to let Yeto harm her. After Boruto declared he would end the war, Shikadai proposed that helping Nameless fulfill her wish might be their way out.

• Shikadai recognized Nameless's resemblance to the Uchiha girl and theorized that the Warring States Period illusion might be built from her memories or dreams.
• Yeto suggested killing Nameless to collapse the illusion, but Boruto protected her and Shikadai and Shinki stopped the confrontation.
• Shinki reminded the group that Child Emperor had called Boruto their only hope and asked him what he wanted to do.
• Boruto vowed to end the war between the ninja clans, and Shikadai rebuked him for setting an impossible goal.
• Shikadai reasoned that Nameless might be a key character in the illusion and that fulfilling her wish could help them escape.

Boruto encouraged Nameless to reveal her wish, and she said she wanted a quiet, safe place far from war. Shikadai and Shinki chose the Land of Wind as their best chance of finding somewhere secluded, and the group prepared to head into the desert.

• Shikadai told Boruto that everyone’s return to reality might depend on helping Nameless define her wish and advance the illusion’s story.
• Boruto accepted responsibility for saving the others and asked Nameless what she wanted to do once the war ended.
• Nameless said she wanted to find a quiet, safe place without war, while privately wishing she could stay there with Boruto.
• Boruto announced that their mission was to find Nameless a peaceful home, and Shikadai compared the lands before recommending the sparsely populated Land of Wind.
• Shinki offered to guide the group through the desert and help them find water and a safe route to an oasis.

After the Canopy Screen showed Boruto’s group setting out for the Land of Wind, Pain asked Konan whether Amegakure could achieve similar prosperity. Konan warned that the future Five Great Nations’ economic openness could quietly impoverish small countries like theirs through market competition.

• The Canopy Screen ended its broadcast as Boruto’s group began traveling toward the Land of Wind.
• Pain watched visions of the Five Great Nations’ prosperity and asked Konan whether Amegakure could develop its economy to thrive like them.
• Konan explained how each great nation built its economy by using its advantages and adapting, while lowering barriers to trade, travel, and technology.
• Pain questioned whether the nations’ growing connections fulfilled Jiraiya’s ideal of peace, and Konan warned that shared prosperity could leave weaker nations behind.
• Konan illustrated how cheap, mass-produced Konoha umbrellas could destroy Amegakure’s umbrella trade without any war, leaving local craftspeople without livelihoods.

Konan explained to Pain how small nations were structurally disadvantaged and might rise only if a major war shattered the Five Great Nations’ order. The next day, the Canopy Screen showed Boruto’s group discovering a vast battlefield strewn with the dead.

• Konan told Pain that wealth, technology, and talent naturally flowed toward the Five Great Nations, leaving small nations vulnerable to dependence or isolation.
• Konan said a brutal Fifth Shinobi World War might give small nations a chance to rise by crippling the great powers.
• Pain wondered whether Naruto Uzumaki would allow the injustice to continue, and Konan answered that the imbalance was a structural trend beyond his control.
• The next day, Shinki guided Boruto’s group along a secluded route while they avoided Senju Clan patrols searching the border.
• Boruto’s group emerged from the forest and found hundreds of corpses from a recent battle involving the Uchiha, Senju, Hyuga, Sarutobi, and other clans.
• Boruto doubled over and vomited at the sight of the battlefield.

Boruto and his companions crossed a battlefield strewn with corpses, where Boruto found Temari’s Iron Fan and feared she was nearby and in danger. Shikadai stopped him from searching, insisting they complete their mission, and recalled Shikamaru teaching him that a battlefield sometimes demanded sacrificing someone close for the greater goal.

• Boruto, Shikadai, Shinki, Yeto, and Nameless confronted the carnage of a recently fought battle, and Boruto struggled to endure the sight.
• Shikadai identified their location and urged the group to cross the battlefield quickly on their way to the Land of Wind.
• Boruto found Temari’s Iron Fan beneath a corpse and insisted they search for her.
• Shikadai restrained Boruto and said escorting Nameless to safety remained their priority, then broke down as he admitted he knew Temari mattered.
• Shikadai remembered Shikamaru explaining that a real battlefield could force someone to sacrifice a loved one for the greater goal.

Shikadai overcame his grief over Temari and persuaded Boruto to continue their mission through the illusion. As the Canopy Screen ended, Shikaku warned Shikamaru that the Nara Clan’s sharp minds could be both a blessing and a curse.

• Shikadai recalled Shikaku’s example and told Boruto that they had to finish the mission rather than turn back for Temari.
• Boruto accepted Shikadai’s reasoning, and the five companions left the Three-Star Fan and hurried toward the Land of Wind.
• A human-sized eyeball watched the group from the sky as the Canopy Screen ended.
• Shikaku praised Shikadai’s resolve while playing go with Shikamaru, who credited his father’s example.
• Shikaku told Shikamaru that the Nara Clan’s keen minds were a curse as well as a blessing, especially for someone who might become the Hokage’s adviser.

Shikaku taught Shikamaru that knowing when to play dumb could help the Nara Clan navigate dangerous conflicts. The next day, Gaara appeared as a Senju ninja and demanded that Boruto’s group leave Nameless behind.

• Shikaku explained to Shikamaru that some problems were better left unspoken to preserve a delicate balance.
• Shikamaru stayed behind to reflect on his father’s advice about the complexities of human affairs.
• The Canopy Screen showed Boruto’s exhausted group resting after crossing a battlefield, where Yeto had retrieved uncontaminated supplies using Psychokinesis.
• Yeto sensed someone approaching, and the group prepared as Gaara arrived atop a mass of sand.
• Gaara identified himself as Senju Gaara and ordered Boruto’s group to leave, insisting that Nameless stay.
• Shikadai realized that this world had changed Gaara into a Senju ninja and Nameless into an Uchiha War Weapon, while Boruto resolved not to let Gaara take her.

Boruto, Shinki, Yeto, and Shikadai tried to protect Nameless from Gaara, but Gaara dismissed their pleas and prepared to kill them. The chapter ended as Gaara raised his hand to attack them all.

• Boruto attacked Gaara with Shadow Clones and a Rasengan, but Gaara's sand trapped him.
• Shinki tried to pull Boruto free with Iron Sand, while Yeto protected him with a Psychokinetic barrier; they finally rescued him.
• Gaara told the group to leave Nameless behind, but Boruto refused to abandon his friend.
• Shinki warned Boruto that Gaara was a Super Kage Level fighter and that they had little chance of winning.
• Shikadai asked Gaara to let Nameless go live peacefully, but Gaara accused her of deception and raised his hand to attack them all.

Gaara buried Boruto, Nameless, Shinki, Shikadai, and Yeto beneath a massive sand wave, but Yeto awakened a powerful emerald psychic state and rescued the others. She faced Gaara alone and told them to flee, while Shinki warned that Brain Overclocking could permanently damage her brain.

• Gaara unleashed a towering sand wave that overwhelmed Yeto’s barriers and Shinki’s Iron Sand Fortress.
• Yeto, Shinki, and Shikadai were badly injured as the fortress collapsed, and Boruto shielded Nameless as the sand buried them all.
• Gaara prepared to crush the group with Sand Binding Coffin, but an unseen force burst from the mound and flung Boruto, Nameless, Shinki, and Shikadai to safety.
• Yeto appeared above them, glowing with emerald light and wielding a powerful psychic field.
• Yeto told the others to go because she could hold Gaara off, and Shinki warned her that Brain Overclocking could overload her nerves and damage her brain.

Yeto used her Psychokinesis to send Boruto, Shikadai, and Shinki away from Gaara, then held back Gaara’s devastating sandstorm with a massive Psychic Barrier. After the storm stopped and her barrier vanished, Yeto fell from the sky, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Yeto told Shinki she was glad to have met him and urged him to survive before using Psychokinesis to hurl Boruto, Shikadai, and Shinki away from the battlefield.
• Gaara tried to stop the group with his sand, but Yeto’s Psychic Barrier resisted his attacks.
• Gaara unleashed Sand Burial, raising a gigantic sandstorm that threatened Yeto and the fleeing group.
• Yeto expanded her barrier to block the sandstorm, suffering severe injuries as she struggled to hold it back.
• Shikadai redirected Boruto and Shinki toward the forest so they could evade Gaara by taking a concealed route.
• The sandstorm abruptly stopped, Yeto fell from the sky, and Gaara’s sand caught her before she hit the ground.