Recaps

Boruto tried to hide that he could see the black shadow, but he attacked it when it reached for Sarada in the cafeteria. The shadow escaped, and Boruto’s Rasengan destroyed the serving well and drenched Sarada and the other students in food.

• Boruto assured Shikadai and his classmates that he was fine after leaving school the previous day, and Shino began class without incident.
• At lunch, Boruto saw the black shadow clinging to a tired cafeteria worker and forced himself to stay quiet.
• The shadow taunted Boruto, then reached toward Sarada as she stood at the counter.
• Boruto shouted and threw a Rasengan at the shadow, which escaped into the kitchen passage.
• Boruto’s Rasengan tore apart the serving well and covered Sarada and the other students in food.
• Sarada angrily confronted Boruto and demanded to know why he had attacked her.

After Boruto’s Rasengan wrecked the cafeteria while he tried to protect Sarada from a dark figure, Iruka reprimanded him and Naruto took him home. Naruto gently asked whether Boruto had really been seeing a dark figure, but Boruto hesitated to tell him what he had seen.

• Boruto stayed silent as Iruka arrived, heard the students’ accounts of the cafeteria damage, and took him to his office.
• Iruka told Boruto his actions had endangered his classmates, then asked everyone else to clean up.
• Naruto arrived at Iruka’s office, apologized for Boruto, and agreed to talk with him.
• Boruto apologized to Iruka, accepted responsibility for the damage, and left school with Naruto.
• Naruto stopped on a quiet road and asked Boruto whether he had really seen a dark figure, while Boruto recalled how others had doubted him.

Boruto hid his vision of a dangerous black shadow from Naruto and sought help from Sasuke, hoping the Rinnegan could reveal it. After apologizing to Sarada, he learned Sasuke and Sakura were away for several days, leaving him unsure how to protect anyone before Sumire appeared.

• Boruto told Naruto he was fine and said he wanted to apologize to Sarada, then learned Naruto had been speaking through a Shadow Clone.
• Boruto went to Sarada's house, apologized for the cafeteria accident, and asked to speak with Sasuke about the black shadow.
• Sarada told Boruto her parents were away on a family trip and asked him not to interrupt them over something unproven.
• Sarada said Boruto could return in three days, and Boruto left worried that the shadow might hurt someone before then.
• Sumire called out to Boruto from a nearby street corner.

Sumire Kakei told Boruto that old records described Root experiments whose unseen byproducts fed on Chakra, and they agreed to investigate Konoha’s Confidential Archives Room. After the Canopy Screen showed their meeting, Naruto wondered why his future self could not convince Boruto.

• Sumire Kakei told Boruto she had found a travelogue fragment describing Root experiments and shadowlike beings that fed on Chakra.
• Boruto suggested finding proof of Root’s conspiracy, and Sumire Kakei identified the Confidential Archives Room as a possible source of records.
• Boruto asked Sumire Kakei to help investigate, and she agreed to meet him the next morning.
• After Boruto left, Sumire Kakei’s encouraging smile faded, and she quietly apologized to him.
• Naruto watched the Canopy Screen and asked Pervy Sage why his future self could not convince Boruto.

Jiraiya explained to Naruto how the Hokage’s duties could leave Boruto feeling neglected and burdened by his father’s status. The next morning, Naruto felt relieved when Boruto seemed cheerful again, though he still faced the challenge of balancing his responsibilities with fatherhood.

• Naruto asked Jiraiya why Boruto would fail to understand the Hokage’s responsibilities.
• Jiraiya explained that Naruto’s absences and public role could make Boruto feel overlooked and judged as the Hokage’s son.
• Naruto silently considered how his duties might damage his relationship with his future son.
• The next morning, Naruto watched Boruto arrive at breakfast in a lively mood and felt relieved.

Boruto tried to bribe Kizaru with his father’s expensive cigars so he and Sumire Kakei could enter Konoha’s secret Archives Room. Kizaru initially refused, but after Boruto pleaded, he pocketed a few cigars, leaving his decision about letting them in unresolved.

• Hinata lectured Boruto about using Ninjutsu recklessly, but he focused on his plan to visit the secret Archives Room.
• After Naruto left, Boruto took cigars from his bedroom and packed them to offer Kizaru as a bribe.
• Boruto met Sumire Kakei at the street corner, and they went to Konoha’s main gate to find Kizaru.
• Boruto offered Kizaru the cigars and asked him to let them into the secret Archives Room to look up information.
• Kizaru refused at first, but Boruto pleaded and pushed the cigar box toward him until Kizaru pocketed a few cigars.

Boruto and Sumire Kakei entered the Confidential Archives Room after Kizaru covertly made its keys accessible. Sumire found a Root dossier and sent Boruto to watch the entrance while she searched the records.

• Kizaru refused Boruto’s cigars, pointed him toward the keys in his drawer, and left to smoke so he could deny knowing anything.
• Boruto took the Archives Room keys, and he and Sumire Kakei hurried to the building and unlocked its door.
• Boruto explained that Kizaru’s senses and speed made ordinary defenses unnecessary, and they descended into the underground archive.
• Sumire quickly located the Root records and pulled a dossier from a shelf.
• Sumire asked Boruto to keep watch near the entrance while she searched, and he went to listen for anyone approaching.

Sumire secretly searched Konoha’s Archives Room and told Boruto that the records linked the black shadow to Nue and warned of a full-moon threat. After sending Boruto away with the key, she reported the Owl project files to her father through an encrypted Communicator.

• Sumire rushed through restricted files, restored them to their shelves, and told Boruto that Shimura Danzō had controlled Root and overseen experiments involving Nue.
• Sumire explained that Nue could drain Chakra and affect minds, and that it might grow stronger on the full moon coming the night after tomorrow.
• Boruto said he would tell Naruto and his master so they could prepare an ambush, while Sumire asked him to keep the discovery secret and return the key.
• Boruto returned the key while Kizaru watched him, then Sumire went home and retrieved an encrypted Communicator from a hidden compartment.
• Sumire recited the Owl project files to her father, who praised her and called the information vital.

Sumire Kakei agreed to her father's plan to release Nue and escape Konoha, despite worrying about Boruto and the danger to others. As she prepared to leave, Boruto encountered Shikadai and Inojin, whose remarks about a trusted companion being a hidden enemy made him freeze.

• Sumire's father ordered her to activate Nue's trigger near the Training Ground, exploit the ensuing chaos to escape through a weak point in Konoha's Barrier, and hide in the Land of Waves.
• Sumire questioned the plan's consequences for Boruto, but her father argued that Konoha's rules treated ordinary people differently from powerful or connected figures.
• Sumire accepted her father's instructions, ended the call, turned the class photo face down, and began packing for her escape.
• Boruto walked home cheerfully, imagining how exposing the plot would impress his father.
• Boruto met Shikadai and Inojin outside the movie theater, and Shikadai's comparison between a trusted companion and the hidden villain made Boruto's smile freeze.

Boruto realized Sumire Kakei might be behind the dark shadow and confronted her at the training ground. Sumire summoned Nue and warned Boruto to flee, but he refused to move.

• Boruto asked Shikadai and Inojin about Sumire's family, realized he knew almost nothing about her, and rushed to find her.
• Boruto found Sumire alone at the training ground and accused her of creating the dark shadow; Sumire admitted it.
• Boruto tried to dismiss the incident as a prank and urged Sumire to confess to his father, but she refused and warned him not to interfere.
• Sumire summoned Nue, whose ominous chakra withered the surrounding plants, and warned Boruto that he would die if he stayed.
• Boruto refused to move and prepared to face Nue.

Kizaru badly wounded Nue, and Boruto repeatedly stopped Sumire Kakei from killing herself after her plan was exposed. As Sai and the ANBU surrounded the training ground, Boruto’s bloodied hand prevented Sumire from stabbing herself, leaving her slumped and defeated.

• Kizaru struck Nue at the speed of light and severed his tail, leaving Sumire Kakei despairing over her failed mission.
• Sumire Kakei tried to swallow a crimson pill, but Boruto tackled her and knocked it away, injuring his hand in their struggle.
• Boruto told Sumire Kakei he would not let his sidekick die, and she stopped resisting for a moment.
• Sai arrived with dozens of ANBU and surrounded the training ground as Sumire Kakei decided to take her own life rather than be captured.
• Boruto caught Sumire Kakei’s kunai in his left hand, and she dropped it before slumping down in despair.

Boruto persuaded Sumire to abandon her mission, but Sai arrested both of them. Sai then briefed Naruto and the village leaders on Sumire’s plot, while the mastermind behind her actions remained unknown.

• Boruto urged Sumire to choose her own path, and she began to understand Mitsuki’s description of Boruto as his sun.
• Sai arrested Boruto and Sumire, and ANBU took Boruto to their base for questioning.
• Sai reported that Sumire used a black shadow linked to Root’s Nue experiment to drain chakra, cause distress, and manipulate Boruto into helping her enter the Confidential Archives Room.
• Sai told Naruto and the advisors that Sumire had refused to reveal who ordered her mission.
• Naruto forbade torture and psychological coercion against Sumire, then asked Sai whether the mastermind could be identified through other evidence.

Sai identified Shinraku Raccoon as the prime suspect in the incident and likely Sumire Kakei’s biological father, while the meeting confronted the village’s past and Boruto’s legal responsibility. Naruto stopped Sumire’s coercive interrogations, took responsibility for failing Boruto, and arranged house arrest for Sumire as the investigation continued.

• Sai reported that Shinraku Raccoon, a former Root operative wanted for human experimentation and suspected conspiracy, was the lead suspect and likely Sumire Kakei’s biological father.
• Sasuke challenged the Advisors over punishing former Root members for actions the village had once tolerated, and Naruto ordered Sai to stop pressuring Sumire during interrogations.
• Utatane Koharu cited the law against Boruto, but Naruto, Sasuke, Shikamaru, and Sai each claimed responsibility for failing to recognize the warning signs around him.
• Mitokado Homura and Koharu agreed to set Boruto’s case aside until the investigation was complete.
• Naruto proposed keeping Sumire under house arrest with ANBU supervision while investigators searched for Shinraku Raccoon, and the meeting ended without objection.