Mitsuki's Disappearance Arc

is the ninth arc of the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations anime. It covers episodes 71 to 92. The arc focuses on Mitsuki leaving Konohagakure and his friends pursuing him. It is preceded by the Chōchō Arc.

Five Kage Summit
Mitsuki wakes up after dreaming of when Log and Orochimaru both orchestrated him to join either one of them, and becomes surprised he can dream. At the Lightning Burger, Mitsuki tells his friends about having his first dream while wondering what to eat, and Boruto is surprised Mitsuki has never had a dream. When Boruto asks him, he confesses he never felt like rebelling against his parent. Shikadai and Inojin joins them, the former who has a chicken on his shoulder, and explains it got attacked to him after it hatched during his mission. When Sarada and Boruto explain it imprinted on him, Mitsuki compares it to first seeing Boruto after deciding not to choose neither his brother nor his father. Sarada reminds Team 7 they have security duty for the Five Kage Summit. At the summit, due to the meeting's topic being about the Ōtsutsuki clan, the acting Kage invite Kakashi, Mei and A. Darui notices Ōnoki's absence, prompting Kurotsuchi to inform the shinobi he travelled to Konohagakure with her, but slipped away, leading to them deducing he's sightseeing.

While keeping watch, Mitsuki asks Boruto if he ever felt like his thoughts weren't his own, and wonders if his attachment towards his friends is like the chicken imprinting on Inojin. Boruto dismisses his concern, saying they're not chickens. Boruto goes onto to telling his teammates a question Naruto asked him earlier, about what the hardest rock in the world is. Learning that Konoha shinobi are searching for Ōnoki, Boruto becomes excited as he's sure the Tsuchikage would know the answer to his father's riddle. Running into Ōnoki, he reveals he knows who Boruto and Sarada are, but not Mitsuki. Telling the Kage he needs to attend the summit, Ōnoki tells them he doesn't want to attend the boring meeting. Bortuo then asks Ōnoki his riddle, resulting in Ōnoki agreeing to tell the three is they show him around the village, which they agree in doing. At the summit, they discuss Urashiki, and Naruto states Sasuke has left to investigate, while Kurotsuchi is irritated by her peer's easygoing attitude.

While touring the village, a construction beam falls towards a villager, leading to Ōnoki using Dust Release to save them, resulting in him passing out from exhaustion. Waking up, Ōnoki mistakes Boruto for Kozuchi, and explains that he was Ōnoki's grandson who died in his youth. Fulfilling his promise to the genin, Ōnoki reveals the harest rock in the world is the unbreakable will of shinobi. Ōnoki asks Mitsuki about his will, but the genin finds himself unsure and it being complicated.

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