Twelve years before the start of the series, the Nine-TailsattackedKonohagakure, destroying much of the village and taking many lives. The leader of the village, the Fourth Hokage sacrificed his life to seal the Nine-Tails into a newborn, Naruto Uzumaki. Orphaned by the attack, Naruto was shunned by the villagers, who out of fear and anger, viewed him as the Nine-Tails itself. Though the Third Hokage outlawed speaking about anything related to the Nine-Tails, the children — taking their cues from their parents — inherited the same animosity towards Naruto. In his thirst to be acknowledged, Naruto vowed he would one day become the greatest Hokage the village had ever seen. Read more...
Isshiki finishes shrinking the remaining pillars at their location. Koji breathes fire at him, but he harmlessly shrinks them as he approaches. Koji grabs him with his hair and tosses him on the ground, but Isshiki shrinks and escapes. Koji tries stabbing him with his hair when Isshiki is close to him, but he evades it as well. Isshiki ponders that with the body he has, he only has two or three days of life left, and praises Amado's planning. He taunts Koji that Amado likely intends for Naruto and Sasuke to defeat him, and that means Koji's role was done the moment he forced Isshiki to resurrect in Jigen's body, lacking the strength to actually kill him. He'll make Koji understand he can't be a heroic ninja tool, being a sacrificial pawn instead. Koji enters Sage Mode. Amado goes over the terms of his asylum agreement, the limitations and obligations imposed on him. Shikamaru requests that he disarms the bomb on Shikadai's neck, and Amado reveals it was a bluff on his part. Turning to Naruto, he stresses the hard part has yet to come. He advises them against going to fight Isshiki, as with his limited time, his priority will be to apply another Kāma to Kawaki, so he might even ignore Naruto and Sasuke if they take the fight to him. Amado suggests evacuating Konohagakure civilians. He also advises hiding Kawaki, somewhere close where Naruto and Sasuke can protect him if his location is exposed. Isshiki must be defeated before applying another Kāma to Kawaki. Read more...
Victor observes as the Konoha-nin fight Anato. Mugino considers Boruto soft for not wanting to attack Anato over his promise to Mia, so Konohamaru suggests sealing him. Anato is able to break through Konohamaru and Boruto's seal, and attacks him. Mitsukirestrains him with snakes, one of them biting through a chunk of his arm when he also breaks free. Victor's subordinates all attack him from afar with Scientific Ninja Tools. Victor berates them for failing to restrain Anato and tells them to return to Konoha, while his company will provide care for Anato. Boruto picks up Anato's wedding ring. Boruto is frustrated with their failure. Mitsuki experiences loss of feeling in his arm. Victor visits a facility Anato worked at, and tells a subordinate a missing item Anato had is still missing. They report what they know of the events. Victor orders Anato's death, and receives a report of a mismatch on the number of search party members and corpses found. Something is spreading over Mitsuki, starting from his arm. Mugino knows of a doctor nearby, and takes them to see Yubina. She notices Boruto's injury, and painfully grabs his hand, healing it in a show of her skill. Yubina examines Mitsuki, and determines a foreign matter has invaded his system. As Sarada has some experience with Medical Ninjutsu, Yubina has her assist in removing the matter from Mitsuki while the others wait outside. Read more...
