A Village Without Sasuke

Cornered by Jiraiya's curiosity, Sasuke waves off the toad sage's probing as nothing more than a joke. The two eventually reach an understanding: Jiraiya agrees to drop the mystery of the visitors' identities in exchange for whatever Sasuke can share about their enemy. Sasuke credits the sealing craft Jiraiya lent him for blocking Urashiki's chakra theft, then warns that the foe wields space-time techniques he can sense and possibly others still hidden.

Away from that discussion, Naruto and Boruto shake off their earlier tension and pick their training back up, later heading to Ichiraku for ramen. Over the bowls, Boruto steers the talk toward Sasuke, and Naruto recounts the collapse of the Uchiha and how loneliness once drove Sasuke to seek strength under Orochimaru. He describes the bond he shares with Sasuke as the nearest thing he has ever had to a brother, and the reason he trains so hard to bring him home.

Jiraiya begins plotting a chance to seal Urashiki, while the enemy readies his own next strike. Naruto's idea to fold the Leaf Concentration Practice into their drills sharpens Boruto's results. Sakura nearly untangles the truth after finding the smudged note Sasuke dropped, which still shows Sarada's and Sasuke's names, but Boruto talks his way around her suspicions.

The peace ends when Urashiki teleports straight into Naruto and Boruto's session. Sensing him, Sasuke and Jiraiya rush in, but Urashiki mocks Sasuke by hurling the man's own stolen Fire and Lightning Release back at him. Jiraiya's attempt at a surprise strike is read in advance, and Urashiki runs him through with his rod, boasting that his eyes let him glimpse what is coming.

The episode belongs to the Time Slip Arc, in which Boruto and Sasuke are stranded in the past during Naruto's youth. It leans on Sasuke's earlier clash with Urashiki, where part of his chakra was drained and never fully restored, a weakness the enemy is quick to exploit. The chapter opens on Teenage Dream and closes on Wish On.