Chapter Summaries

Anya reunited with Boruto during the exchange meet, but news of a mysterious illness in Kirigakure darkened the group's evening. Their shopping trip ended when Ao confronted Kagura about the exchange, and Jade defended Kagura's plans.

• Anya learned that Boruto was Himawari's brother, and the group decided to celebrate their reunion with dinner.
• Several ambulances rushed toward Kirigakure Hospital, and Jade explained that people had been collapsing with acute blood loss and rapid organ failure.
• Sarada and Kagura discussed the possibility of seeking help from Sarada's mother if Kirigakure's medical team could not identify the illness.
• After dinner, Jade led the exchange students shopping while Boruto looked for a gift for Himawari.
• Ao and six Kirigakure Ninja blocked the group and criticized Kagura for turning the exchange into games and shopping.
• Jade stepped forward and defended her idea of helping the visitors relax and experience life in Kirigakure.

Ao proposed a fierce exchange between his new Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the visiting young shinobi, despite Kagura’s warning that it could become dangerous. Damian volunteered for the first match, and Ao selected Buntan Kurosuki to face him.

• Ao introduced the six new Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and called for a test of strength against the visiting students.
• Kagura urged Ao to reconsider, warning that a real fight could cause serious injuries and needless conflict.
• Damian and Boruto accepted the challenge, and Ao led the students to Kirigakure’s underground Training Ground.
• Kagura quietly warned Boruto that Ao’s exchange might be more than a sparring match, while Boruto tried to reassure him.
• Damian entered the Training Ground and challenged Ao to choose an opponent.
• Ao assigned Buntan Kurosuki to fight Damian.

Damian defeated Buntan Kurosuki with his Thunder Breathing techniques, and Boruto began a dangerous match against Hebimay. Boruto disrupted her control of Nuibari with a powerful wind technique, leaving her weapon and wire tangled.

• Damian dodged Buntan’s lightning attacks and overwhelmed her with fast Thunder Breathing strikes, forcing her to surrender.
• Ao declared Damian the winner, and Buntan returned to the line while Anya and Mikoto watched.
• Boruto entered the arena and faced Hebimay, whose Nuibari and wire repeatedly targeted him with lethal precision.
• Boruto used clones, wind, lightning, and water techniques to evade Hebimay’s attacks and identify her reliance on precise wire control.
• Boruto’s Great Breakthrough scattered the airflow, throwing Nuibari off aim and tangling its wire.

Boruto Uzumaki and Sarada Uchiha won their exchange matches against Kirigakure swordsmen, leaving the Konoha and Kumogakure side undefeated after three bouts. The next match appeared to fall to Anya Forger, drawing everyone’s attention.

• Boruto Uzumaki used a Shadow Clone and Gale Palm to disarm Hebimay and win his match.
• Sarada Uchiha faced Hassaku Oimichi and dodged his powerful Kubikiribōchō strikes using her Sharingan.
• Sarada Uchiha used Fire Release to raise smoke, slipped behind Hassaku Oimichi, and held a Kunai to his neck.
• Hassaku Oimichi conceded, and Ao announced Sarada Uchiha as the winner.
• With the Konoha and Kumogakure side winning all three exchange matches, the crowd turned its attention to Anya Forger as the apparent next fighter.

Anya tried to avoid fighting in the exchange, but Ao grew suspicious of her companions’ protectiveness and mistook her awkward attempt to look intimidating for evidence that she was a hidden weapon. When Ichitaro prepared to test her, Anya read his intentions and called him out before he could move.

• Mikoto Misaka and Damian offered to take Anya’s place in the next match, following Aizen’s instruction to keep her out of combat.
• Ao became suspicious when he saw Mikoto and Damian protecting Anya, whose background was largely unknown to him.
• Anya heard Ao’s thoughts and tried to imitate Yor’s cold expression, convincing Ao that she might be a trained assassin or secret weapon.
• Ao signaled Ichitaro Oniguzu to test Anya, and Ichitaro prepared to approach her with his explosive-tagged sword.
• Anya read Ichitaro’s intentions and identified him and the explosive tags on his sword before he could make a move.

Anya Forger convinced Ao and Ichitaro Oniguzu that she could read their intentions, ending Kirigakure’s attempt to test her. Mitsuki then fought Bifū Fuefuki, defeated him with a White Snake technique, and left him unconscious.

• Anya predicted Ichitaro Oniguzu’s planned demonstration, and he froze in fear of her perceived abilities.
• Ao stopped the test, and Mitsuki stepped forward to represent Konoha.
• Ao sent Bifū Fuefuki against Mitsuki, who dodged Kabutowari and used snakes and precise strikes to wear him down.
• Mitsuki restrained Bifū Fuefuki with White Snake until Boruto called for him to stop, leaving Bifū unconscious.
• Ao had two Ninja Swordsmen carry Bifū Fuefuki from the training ground.

Mikoto Misaka defeated Kurosuki Shizuma by firing a Railgun that overwhelmed Samehada with kinetic force and heat. Ao led the defeated Kirigakure group away, leaving Kagura and Jade relieved after the tense exchange.

• Mikoto Misaka faced Kurosuki Shizuma, whose Samehada resisted her attempts to control it and tried to consume her electromagnetic energy.
• Mikoto Misaka fired a Railgun at Shizuma, and Samehada could not absorb the projectile's kinetic energy and heat.
• The Railgun sent Shizuma crashing into the arena wall, where he fell unconscious, while Samehada dropped to the ground.
• Mikoto Misaka explained how her Railgun worked, and Ao ordered the remaining Ninja Swordsmen to leave with Shizuma and Samehada.
• Kagura and Jade relaxed after the Kirigakure group left, and Kagura called the exchange nerve-racking.

The visiting students settled into Kirigakure’s guesthouse, where mixed room assignments led to a boys’ pillow fight and a friendly evening among the girls. Boruto and Damian ended the night talking about their absent parents, with Boruto sharing his anger over his father missing Himawari’s birthday.

• Kagura assigned Boruto, Mitsuki, Damian, and himself to one room, and Sarada, Mikoto Misaka, Anya, and Jade to another.
• Boruto started a pillow fight with Damian, and Mitsuki and Kagura joined in.
• Sarada, Mikoto Misaka, and Jade chatted about their homes, schools, and families while Anya fell asleep with a jellyfish plushie.
• Boruto asked Damian whether his parents were often away, and Damian said he rarely saw them because of their responsibilities.
• Boruto told Damian that his father had missed Himawari’s birthday after sending a Shadow Clone that collapsed into the cake.

Boruto learned why Damian never acted out over the Raikage’s absence and helped him voice the hurt he had kept buried. As the boys found comfort in sharing their complaints, Kagura saw the exchange bringing them closer, while Mitsuki watched Boruto intently.

• Damian told Boruto that his father had not celebrated a birthday with him since he entered the Ninja Academy, and explained that causing trouble would burden the Raikage further.
• Boruto remembered how his own pranks had made his father apologize and pay for the damage, and he felt guilty about dismissing the consequences.
• Boruto encouraged Damian to complain about his father, and Damian tentatively called him a stupid dad for being away and forgetting his birthday.
• Boruto and Damian quietly traded complaints about their fathers, easing some of the hurt and guilt they had been holding inside.
• Kagura listened with his eyes closed and felt relieved that the exchange was helping the boys understand one another, while Mitsuki watched Boruto from his bed.

Aizen met secretly with Myotismon in Kirigakure to hear his investigation into the intruder who entered the Shadow Kingdom. Myotismon suspected Jade but feared attacking her or entering Uncle's Antique Shop, leaving Aizen wondering what danger was hidden there.

• Aizen left Moegi and walked through Kirigakure to a secluded alley, where he secretly formed a hand seal and waited for Myotismon.
• Myotismon reported that Jade was his strongest suspect because of her exceptional talent, age, and build.
• Aizen questioned why Myotismon had not captured and interrogated Jade, and Myotismon explained that Kirigakure's guards made an attack too risky.
• Myotismon revealed that his instincts warned him he would die if he entered Uncle's Antique Shop, and Aizen wondered who Kirigakure was hiding there.

Aizen and Myotismon plotted to abduct Jade during Kirigakure’s New Generation Exchange Meeting, while Myotismon secretly recruited Ao with the promise of restoring his body. Ao accepted the Blood Source Essence but privately resolved to use the arrangement for his own purposes.

• Aizen told Myotismon that Jade would leave the protection of the Antique Shop during the Exchange Meeting, giving them a chance to stage an accident and take her.
• Myotismon agreed to target Jade, then privately admitted that he had joined Nine Nether to gain power against Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Myotismon met Ao in a secluded Sea Cliff Cave and asked him to lure Jade outside the village during the Exchange Meeting.
• Myotismon offered Ao Blood Source Essence to restore and strengthen his body, and Ao accepted the vial.
• After Myotismon vanished, Ao resolved to proceed without being the selfish tool Myotismon expected.

Ao rejected the offer of Blood Source Essence and suspected Nine Nether was involved in Kirigakure’s unrest. Hoshigaki Shichengzhen tried to recruit Kagura into a plot to restore the Bloody Mist, leaving Kagura shaken by the scar he had given Shichengzhen and the claims about his family’s past.

• Ao threw the Blood Source Essence into the sea and resolved to warn Chojuro about Nine Nether.
• Kagura secretly met Hoshigaki Shichengzhen, who urged him to join a plan to assassinate Chojuro and reverse Kirigakure’s reforms.
• Kagura rejected the plan and praised Kirigakure’s protectors, military police, and peaceful progress.
• Hoshigaki Shichengzhen revealed that the conspirators were cooperating with Nine Nether and claimed Kagura was destined to follow his grandfather Yagura’s path.
• Hoshigaki Shichengzhen exposed the scar Kagura had inflicted on him during training and used it to unsettle Kagura before leaving him to reconsider.

Mei Terumi saw a future movement seeking to restore the Village of the Bloody Mist and responded by establishing Kirigakure’s Will of Water. She ordered Ao and Chojuro to suppress Bloody Mist extremism and teach a new generation to reject that era.

• Mei praised Ao’s future self for choosing loyalty to Kirigakure when Myotismon offered to restore his body.
• Mei and Chojuro discussed whether they could identify the veteran called Uncle from the Canopy Screen’s vision, but his identity remained unknown.
• The Canopy Screen showed Hoshigaki Shichengzhen organizing the New Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to assassinate the Mizukage and revive the Village of the Bloody Mist.
• Mei blamed Chojuro’s future self for failing to guide the village’s young people and decided Kirigakure needed a shared guiding belief.
• Mei announced the Will of Water and ordered Ao to monitor and stop Bloody Mist extremism while Chojuro revised education, history texts, and the ninja code.

Kagura showed the young visitors the horrors of past wars to teach them the value of peace. Afterward, Ao arranged a bandit mission near Blackstone Mountain, and Kagura agreed to lead the eager group outside the village.

• Kagura gathered the young visitors and Jade for a lesson on peace, then showed them footage of war and its casualties.
• Boruto, Damian, Anya, Sarada, Mikoto Misaka, and Jade reacted to the images and reflected on the cost of war.
• Ao proposed that the group confront bandits harassing caravans near Blackstone Mountain, saying he had already informed Chojuro.
• Boruto and Damian eagerly supported the mission, and the others wanted to go as well.
• Kagura accepted Ao's proposal and ordered everyone to prepare to leave in ten minutes, warning them to follow his orders.

The group discovered that Myotismon and Ao had lured them to a hidden valley, where Myotismon revealed his plan to take control of Kirigakure. Kagura refused Ao’s offer to defect, and just as Myotismon attacked Boruto, Ao turned on him and pierced his chest with a laser.

• Kagura warned the group that the empty valley could be an ambush site, and Myotismon and Ao emerged from the mist.
• Myotismon demanded Jade and said he would kill the others, while Ao urged Kagura to join him.
• Kagura refused to betray Kirigakure and challenged Ao, who denied wanting to restore the Village of the Bloody Mist.
• Myotismon revealed that he planned to control Kirigakure and use its resources to protect his Dark Organization from Naruto Uzumaki.
• Myotismon struck Boruto with a Blood Energy whip, sending him into a rock wall.
• Ao attacked Myotismon from behind with a laser fired from his bandaged hand, punching through Myotismon’s chest.

Ao revealed that he had pretended to cooperate with Myotismon, then called on Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Smoker to protect the others and fight the traitor. As Kagura led the younger fighters toward Kirigakure, Myotismon engulfed the valley in darkness, and Kuzan began his counterattack.

• Ao struck Myotismon through the chest and ordered Kagura to evacuate the children.
• Myotismon healed by turning into vampire bats and attacked Ao with Night Demon Assault.
• Kuzan, Smoker, and Sakazuki emerged from the mist, having been warned of Myotismon's scheme by Ao.
• Kagura escorted Boruto, Jade, Anya, and the others toward Kirigakure while the three senior Jonin stayed to fight.
• Myotismon unleashed Dark Night Kingdom, and Kuzan answered with Ice Style: Ice Thorn Spear.

Aokiji, Smoker, and Sakazuki combined their powers to overwhelm Myotismon and leave him badly wounded. Aokiji began sealing Myotismon in deep-blue ice as the chapter ended.

• Aokiji froze the valley and tore apart Myotismon's Dark Night Kingdom, while Smoker trapped him in corrosive mist.
• Sakazuki struck Myotismon with Great Eruption, shattering his shield and burning him before he crashed into the ice.
• Smoker bound the fallen Myotismon with acid mist chains as his injuries and the lingering cold slowed his regeneration.
• Aokiji used Extreme Ice Seal to freeze Myotismon from the feet upward despite his final attempt to break free.

After the Canopy Screen showed Aokiji, Sakazuki, and Smoker defeating Myotismon, Mei Terumi welcomed the young versions of Smoker, Sakazuki, and Kuzan as Kirigakure’s future protectors. She entrusted their training to Ao, who led them off to get dumplings and visit the Training Ground.

• The Canopy Screen showed Aokiji, Sakazuki, and Smoker freezing Myotismon and leaving him sealed for interrogation.
• Mei Terumi and Chojuro praised the trio’s combined Kekkei Genkai and their future as Kirigakure’s pillars.
• An ANBU Ninja brought Mei three children whose Kekkei Genkai matched those of the future shinobi: Smoker, Sakazuki, and Kuzan.
• Mei welcomed the children and taught them about the Will of Water, then placed them in Ao’s care.
• Ao promised to guide the children and took them to get dumplings before visiting the Training Ground.

Myotismon broke free from Ao’s ice prison after evolving into VenomMyotismon and overwhelmed the three Kirigakure shinobi who confronted him. Aokiji, Sakazuki, and Smoker unleashed their strongest techniques, leaving the battle evenly matched as its shock waves reached Kirigakure.

• Ao approached the ice imprisoning Myotismon, but cracks spread across its surface as Dark Energy surged within.
• Myotismon shattered the ice, transformed into VenomMyotismon, and vowed to drag Ao and Kirigakure into hell.
• Aokiji, Sakazuki, and Smoker shielded Ao from VenomMyotismon’s attack, then faced him as he turned his fury on them.
• VenomMyotismon’s enhanced speed, dark magic, and crimson force field pushed the three shinobi onto the defensive.
• Aokiji, Sakazuki, and Smoker unleashed their strongest techniques and fought VenomMyotismon to a brutal stalemate.
• The battle’s explosions and shock waves spread through the night and reached Kirigakure.

Kurosuki Shizuma and the Ninja Swordsmen opened a gate to unleash the Dark Army of Digimon on Kirigakure, throwing the village into chaos. When Boruto and the others returned, Kagura revealed the attackers’ plan to assassinate Chojuro and rushed to protect him.

• Kurosuki Shizuma sensed the battle at Blackstone Mountain and ordered the Ninja Swordsmen to begin their attack on Kirigakure.
• Shizuma and the Ninja Swordsmen summoned a black gate and released the Dark Army of Digimon into the village.
• Kirigakure’s defense forces fought the Digimon while trying to protect civilians and vital facilities.
• Boruto and his companions returned to Kirigakure and found the village under attack.
• Kagura told Jade to lead the others to safety and explained that the New Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and Nine Nether planned to assassinate Chojuro.
• Kagura hurried toward the Mizukage Building to stop the assassination attempt.