Chapter Summaries

After the battle at the underground lode, Miki Yūya forced He Yan to compensate him with a rare royal short sword from the Ancient Kingdom of Roran. The group returned safely to Konohagakure, where Konohamaru's cries revealed that he was being punished for mocking Miki Yūya while he was in a wheelchair.

• Gaara transformed into Shukaku and knocked Haido out of the air with a single slap.
• Miki Yūya blamed He Yan for allowing Haido to escape, while Sakura and He Yan argued over whether He Yan had exploited the mission rules.
• Miki Yūya confronted He Yan over threatening him with a short sword, and He Yan offered the blade as compensation.
• Shikamaru confirmed that the short sword was a rare, valuable antique from the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, so Miki Yūya accepted it.
• The group returned safely to Konohagakure several days later, where they heard Konohamaru crying as Miki Yūya punished him for mocking his wheelchair.

Miki Yūya dragged Naruto and Shikamaru to the Hokage's Office to demand they replace Tsunade, then insulted Konoha's leaders until the confrontation turned violent. Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shikaku defeated the three young men and threw them into the street, where Tsunade kicked Akamaru away as he barked at her.

• Miki Yūya sent Konohamaru fleeing, then pushed Naruto and Shikamaru to go upstairs and challenge Konoha's leadership.
• Naruto declared that he would become Hokage, and Miki Yūya nominated him and Shikamaru to take Tsunade's place.
• Tsunade rejected Miki Yūya's accusations, while Shikaku ordered Shikamaru to stand down; Miki Yūya continued demanding that the old leaders step aside.
• Tsunade struck Naruto through the office window, Jiraiya sealed away Naruto's Nine-Tails chakra, and Shikaku immobilized and defeated Shikamaru.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shikaku attacked Miki Yūya together, overcame his Conqueror's Haki, and hurled him into the street beside Naruto and Shikamaru.
• Akamaru ran up barking at Tsunade, and she kicked him flying.

Sakura apologized to Ino, and the two restored their friendship. Outside the hospital, Miki Yūya’s argument with Sakura and the villagers erupted into a brawl, while two Root ninja watched in confusion.

• Sakura apologized for ending her friendship with Ino, and Ino forgave her and suggested they have lunch together.
• Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru visited Miki Yūya but admitted they had eaten the meat they brought, leaving him only a gnawed bone.
• The bone landed beside Sakura, and Miki Yūya insulted her, starting an argument that drew a crowd of villagers.
• Miki Yūya traded insults with the villagers and threw an egg into the crowd, triggering a chaotic fight.
• Miki Yūya urged the villagers to keep fighting as two Root ninja watched and wondered how to report the incident.

Danzo ordered Root not to target Miki Yūya and planned to exploit his confrontation with Tsunade. Jiraiya persuaded Naruto to train with him, while Shikamaru defended his decision to challenge Konoha’s leadership before the Nara Clan.

• Root reported Miki Yūya’s public challenge to Tsunade and the older leadership, and Danzo forbade them from taking action against him.
• Danzo decided to visit the Hokage Building and take advantage of Tsunade’s weakened position.
• Jiraiya offered to take Naruto out of the village for training, and Naruto agreed to become stronger.
• Shikaku Nara confronted Shikamaru before the clan leadership about the risks of his actions in the Hokage’s Office.
• Shikamaru argued that someone had to speak up when the clans and villagers stayed silent, leaving the Nara Clan hall speechless.

Sasuke and Boruto traveled back to a Konoha thrown into chaos, where Boruto’s attempts to help and meet his father went disastrously wrong. After witnessing young Naruto deliver a bizarre speech to the villagers, Boruto questioned whether this was really their Konoha.

• Sasuke and Boruto arrived in the past and entered Konoha, where Sasuke noticed signs that the timeline had changed.
• Kawada, Sato, and Yamamoto mocked the travelers, and Sasuke stopped Boruto from confronting them.
• Boruto approached young Konohamaru, whose warning about Miki Yūya proved true when Miki and the White-Haired Old Man turned Boruto’s intervention into an accusation of rebellion.
• A mob chased Boruto, Sasuke, and Konohamaru through the village until they hid near a crowd gathered around young Naruto.
• Naruto called himself a dumbass and urged the villagers to trust Konoha, leaving Boruto stunned about his father’s youth.
• After Sasuke hid him from the pursuing crowd, Boruto asked whether this was really their Konoha.

Naruto explained his hopes for Konoha to Sasuke and Boruto, revealing that Sasuke and Neji had left the village and leaving Sasuke wondering whether the Uchiha Clan had survived. Jiraiya deduced Sasuke’s identity, and Sasuke revealed that he and Boruto came from the future to stop an enemy targeting Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra.

• Naruto invited Sasuke and Boruto to Ichiraku Ramen and explained that becoming Hokage was his goal.
• Naruto told Sasuke and Boruto about Miki Yūya confronting Konoha’s leaders and the Third Hokage turning himself in.
• At Ichiraku, Naruto said he wanted Konoha to belong to everyone and hoped Sasuke, Neji, and other disillusioned people would return.
• Jiraiya warned Sasuke and Boruto that Sasuke Uchiha’s departure with the Uchiha Clan and Neji’s defection were village secrets, then claimed he had only been testing them.
• Jiraiya deduced that the adult traveler was Sasuke, and Sasuke confirmed that he and Boruto came from the future to stop an enemy targeting Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra.
• Jiraiya realized Boruto was Naruto’s son, prompting Boruto to protest that this was not the point.

Sasuke told Tsunade that Urashiki Otsutsuki could absorb chakra, leaving Miki Yūya as Konoha’s best defense, while Tsunade kept the future visitor’s arrival secret from the village leadership. Boruto followed Naruto home and continued insisting that Naruto was his father, only to misunderstand Sakura’s marriage to Sasuke.

• Jiraiya brought Sasuke to Tsunade and explained that they had come from the future and that Urashiki was targeting Naruto.
• Sasuke described Urashiki’s chakra-absorbing abilities, and Tsunade identified Miki Yūya as Konoha’s best hope against him.
• Tsunade warned Sasuke to keep the threat secret from Konoha’s higher-ups because Danzo might exploit the crisis.
• Tsunade took Sasuke’s return as a sign that the future had improved, while Sasuke concealed that Neji was dead in his timeline.
• Boruto followed Naruto home, insisted that Naruto was his father, and mistakenly concluded that Sakura had become an orphan after marrying Sasuke.

Miki Yūya accepted Tsunade’s mission to protect Naruto and two outsiders, then clashed with Boruto after Boruto dismissed him as an ordinary villager. When Boruto challenged him to a duel, Miki Yūya recognized his name and tried to provoke him into attacking, but Boruto froze and refused to strike.

• Naruto told Boruto how Sakura had once wished she were an orphan, leaving Boruto shaken by what his parents’ generation had been like.
• Boruto insisted Naruto was his father and revealed that his wallet’s combination was Naruto’s birthday, while Naruto quietly memorized Boruto’s birthday.
• Tsunade hired Miki Yūya for a 150,000-ryō mission to protect Naruto, Sasuke, and Boruto, and Miki Yūya objected to being tasked with protecting ninja.
• Boruto called Miki Yūya an inadequate choice, so Miki Yūya challenged him to fight one-on-one outside Konoha.
• Miki Yūya recognized Boruto Uzumaki’s name and initially backed out, but he provoked Boruto until Boruto became furious and still would not fight back.
• Miki Yūya punched Boruto repeatedly with Armament Haki while taunting him to retaliate.

Miki Yūya beat Boruto and challenged his pride as the Hokage’s son until Boruto declared he was his own person and attacked again. After several days of being humbled, Boruto encountered Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, who was met by a rock thrown from below.

• Miki Yūya chased and struck Boruto, who finally formed a Rasengan and charged at him in anger.
• Miki Yūya used Conqueror’s Haki to immobilize Boruto, kicked him into a crater, and let the Rasengan explode against him.
• Miki Yūya mocked Boruto’s claims of status and tried to make him his son, prompting Boruto to bite his tongue, stand, and declare, “I’m not anyone’s son! I’m... Boruto Uzumaki!!”
• Boruto charged Miki Yūya again, but Miki dodged his fist and held a short sword to his neck until Boruto apologized.
• After several days of being humbled by Miki Yūya, Boruto saw Ōtsutsuki Urashiki arrive above the forest, where a rock struck him from below.

Miki Yūya provoked Urashiki Otsutsuki and Sasuke with a stream of insults until their anger sparked a fight. As Urashiki and Sasuke battled in the distant forest, Naruto wondered why they were fighting instead of targeting him.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki was struck by a pebble, and Miki Yūya admitted he had thrown it while claiming Urashiki’s father was responsible.
• Urashiki mistook Sasuke for the attacker and threatened the shinobi while demanding the Nine-Tails’ chakra.
• Miki Yūya insulted Urashiki and blamed Sasuke for running from his responsibilities, enraging both men.
• Urashiki accused Sasuke of manipulating Miki Yūya and attacked him with his fishing line.
• Sasuke awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, used Amaterasu, and clashed with Urashiki before they fought their way into the distant forest.
• Naruto asked why the two had started fighting, and Miki Yūya joked that people fought when they were not bros.

Sasuke and Urashiki fought a vicious duel that ended with both plunging off a cliff, but they survived and landed on opposite banks of a river. The next morning, Miki Yūya confronted Urashiki in the air, revealing he could fly with Moonwalk.

• Sasuke sealed away his chakra to foil Urashiki’s fishing hook, then struck him with his sword and a kick before the two traded furious insults and blows.
• Urashiki tried to lure Sasuke over a cliff, but Sasuke discarded his sword and grabbed Urashiki, dragging them both into the abyss.
• Miki Yūya, Jiraiya, Naruto, and Boruto found Sasuke’s burning Kusanagi Sword; Miki extinguished its Amaterasu flames with haki, then refused Jiraiya’s offer to trade for Senjutsu.
• Urashiki and Sasuke survived the fall and recovered on opposite sides of a river, while Sasuke wondered whether the strange timeline had altered his temperament.
• Urashiki returned the next morning, was struck by another rock thrown by Miki Yūya, and charged at him; Miki stepped on the air with Moonwalk and appeared in front of him.

Miki Yūya used his Haki and air-shaking technique to counter Urashiki Otsutsuki’s attacks and overwhelm him in close combat. After Yūya slammed Urashiki into the ground, Urashiki reappeared in midair, stunned and still unable to understand how he had been beaten.

• Miki Yūya dodged Urashiki’s time-rewound fishing-rod attack and struck back, forcing Urashiki to rewind time again to avoid his kick.
• Urashiki attacked with lightning and a vast fire technique, but Miki Yūya deflected one bolt, dodged the other, and extinguished the flames with Sky Suppression.
• Jiraiya and Boruto watched as Miki Yūya’s chakra-free technique shook the forest and stopped Urashiki’s attack.
• Miki Yūya mocked Urashiki, who lost his temper and charged at him with his fishing hook.
• Miki Yūya’s Conqueror’s Haki disoriented Urashiki, and Yūya grabbed his head and slammed him into the ground.
• Urashiki vanished and reappeared in midair, repeatedly asking how Miki Yūya’s victory was possible.

Miki Yūya continued fighting Urashiki Otsutsuki while Jiraiya identified a weakness in Urashiki’s ability and prepared to join the battle with Naruto and Boruto. Elsewhere, adult Sasuke left Sakura after introducing himself as Izuna.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki attacked Miki Yūya with chakra techniques, but Yūya dodged and cut a Chakra Ball in half with his Short Sword.
• Jiraiya urged Naruto and Boruto to train harder as Boruto recognized his own arrogance and lack of effort.
• Jiraiya deduced that Urashiki could return his body to an earlier spatial position but could not undo accumulated injuries or ongoing damage.
• Jiraiya, Naruto, and Boruto charged into the battle to support Miki Yūya.
• Adult Sasuke told Sakura not to follow him, called himself Izuna, and left her behind.

Miki Yūya, Jiraiya, Naruto, Boruto, and Sasuke fought Urashiki, whose arrogance left him vulnerable to Jiraiya’s toxin-laced Toad Stomach Wall. Urashiki transformed and was defeated by their combined attacks, but when he begged Yūya to kill him, Yūya refused, saying his mission was to protect Naruto.

• Adult Sasuke returned to the battlefield while Jiraiya trapped Urashiki, Naruto, and Boruto inside a Toad Stomach Wall, leaving Miki Yūya outside.
• Jiraiya explained that the wall’s toxins accumulated in Urashiki’s body as he repeatedly used his space-time displacement ability, weakening him enough for Naruto and Boruto to land a decisive attack.
• Urashiki consumed the chakra in his fishing creel, transformed into Crane Form, and overwhelmed Naruto and Boruto; Yūya kicked Naruto clear of Urashiki’s devastating attack.
• Naruto and Boruto combined their Nine-Tails chakra to form a massive Rasengan while Urashiki unleashed a star-shaped chakra wave, and Jiraiya and Sasuke interrupted Urashiki with a Rasengan and Kirin.
• The combined attack left Urashiki near death, and when he demanded that Yūya kill him rather than let ninjas defeat him, Yūya refused because his mission was to protect Naruto.

Miki Yūya humiliated the defeated Urashiki and rejected his attempt to make him act as a hero, while Naruto chose to save Urashiki. As Boruto and Sasuke prepared to leave through Karasuki, Boruto revealed that he had lied about his birthday and promised to tell Naruto the truth next time.

• Urashiki called Miki Yūya a lowly ant and urged him to defend the shinobi world, so Miki pinned him down, mocked him, and rejected the guilt trip.
• Urashiki boasted about his crimes and threatened Miki, who beat him again while insisting that he owed the Ōtsutsuki no vengeance.
• Jiraiya, Naruto, Boruto, and Sasuke discussed Miki's behavior and whether Urashiki had ever harmed anyone from Konoha.
• Naruto told Miki he wanted to save Urashiki, and Miki let him choose while warning him to accept the consequences.
• Naruto offered Urashiki the Nine-Tails after his own death, but Urashiki's pebble of defiance angered Miki, who attacked him again until he lost consciousness.
• Boruto and Sasuke prepared to leave with Karasuki, and Boruto admitted he had lied about his birthday before promising to tell Naruto the real one next time.

Naruto revealed that Miki Yūya had broken his ribs while kicking him out of danger, while Yūya later confronted Hinata as she tried to comfort the blinded Urashiki. Yūya’s attack on the Hyuga Clan’s treatment of its branch family left Hinata sobbing and drew an angry challenge from someone in the crowd.

• Naruto admitted to Shikamaru, Sakura, and the others that Yūya had injured him while saving him from danger.
• Hinata offered ointment and sympathy to the eyeless Urashiki, who rejected her kindness and insulted her.
• Miki Yūya arrived and berated Hinata for acting compassionate toward Urashiki while the Hyuga Clan mistreated Neji and its branch family.
• Yūya’s words turned the onlookers against Hinata, and she covered her face and ran away in tears.
• Urashiki reacted with shock to the villagers’ insults, while someone in the crowd shouted at Yūya for going too far.

After the villagers drove Urashiki away with insults, Hinata apologized to him and admitted that the Hyuga Clan had wronged Neji. Urashiki acknowledged that Miki Yūya had a point, then asked Hinata if she wanted to change as she left the hospital.

• Miki Yūya's insults sparked the villagers' mockery of Urashiki, who eventually wheeled himself away in humiliation.
• Hinata found Urashiki alone at Konoha Hospital and apologized for the crowd's abuse, but he rejected her pity.
• Hinata admitted that the Hyuga Clan's Main Family had wronged Neji through the Caged Bird Seal.
• Urashiki privately recognized that Miki Yūya's criticism of the Hyuga Clan was justified, though he still resented him for pressuring Hinata.
• Hinata confessed that she lacked the courage and ability to change her clan, then prepared to leave the hospital.
• Urashiki stopped Hinata and earnestly asked whether she wanted to change.

Urashiki struggled to survive in Konoha after Miki Yūya mocked him over his debt, prompting him to boast that he would repay five million ryō before lowering the offer. His attempts to sell power to villagers drew ridicule, while Danzo dismissed Root’s report about him and Hyuga Hiashi worried that Hinata’s interest in Urashiki was damaging the clan.

• Miki Yūya confronted Urashiki about his expenses, and Urashiki angrily promised to repay five million ryō before revising his offer to five hundred thousand.
• Miki Yūya kicked Urashiki after he tried to block a punch, and Urashiki vowed to take revenge when he recovered in fifteen years.
• Urashiki wandered through Konoha offering power for five million ryō, but villagers mocked and cursed him.
• Root ninja Mongoose and Weasel reported Urashiki to Danzo, who berated them for believing his claims and dismissed them.
• Danzo suspected Tsunade might be conducting human experiments and considered using the possibility against her.
• Hyuga Hiashi worried that Hinata’s interest in Urashiki had harmed the clan’s reputation and resolved to protect the clan even at his daughter’s expense.

Hyuga Hiashi expelled Hinata from the Hyuga Clan after she defended Neji and condemned the clan’s treatment of its branch family. As Hinata trained with Urashiki, the narration recalled Kimimaro’s death and Neji’s escape from the Caged Bird Seal, ending with Sasuke remembering Uchiha Itachi.

• Hyuga Hiashi blamed Hinata for the rumors surrounding the Hyuga Clan, and Hanabi joined him in calling her unfit to inherit.
• Hinata defended Neji and accused the Main Family of oppressing the branch family, so Hyuga Hiashi struck her and banished her from the compound.
• Konohamaru found the injured Hinata outside the compound, and Miki Yūya later defended her from villagers by mocking the Hyuga Clan and Urashiki.
• Hinata and Urashiki trained in taijutsu by a stream as the rumors about her faded.
• The narration recalled Kimimaro dying after telling Neji he hoped to hear about his freedom, and Sasuke remembered Uchiha Itachi beneath the moon.

Sasuke embraced cold rationality and dismissed Orochimaru’s Sound Four as beneath him, while Konohamaru sought training from Hinata and ended up chased out of Konoha after Miki Yūya mistook his bone gift for an insult. Naruto left the village with Jiraiya to begin training, and Shikamaru watched him depart, wondering when they would meet again.

• Sasuke awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, concluded that emotion made him vulnerable to Itachi’s schemes, and chose to become a rational fighter.
• Sakon, Ukon, Jirobo, Kidomaru, and Tayuya mocked Sasuke, but he insulted them and walked away, leaving Sakon and Ukon furious.
• Konohamaru asked Hinata to teach him taijutsu, and Urashiki told him to learn by watching Miki Yūya fight.
• Konohamaru brought bones to Miki Yūya as a gift, but Miki Yūya took them for dog food meant to humiliate him and chased him through Konoha with a crowd of villagers.
• Jiraiya and Naruto left Konoha to begin Naruto’s training, while Naruto resolved to return and become Hokage.
• Shikamaru watched the sunset from Hokage Rock and wondered when he would see Naruto again.