Remaining Time

Late one night, a distracted Boruto dwells on how Momoshiki had commandeered his body after Isshiki fell. Over a Five Kage video call, Shikamaru reports that ruined Space-Time Gates, believed to open into Kara's dimension, have been found in several spots. Naruto frets that they can no longer probe that dimension for Kara's Ten-Tails, yet judges it no immediate danger since the enemy lacks a sacrifice to raise a God Tree. Turning to Code, the leaders agree hunting him down comes first, though several Kage bristle that so much of their intelligence traces back to Amado, whom Naruto admits he does not fully trust but leans on for his help against Isshiki.

Pressed on what he would do should Boruto's Kāma make the boy a threat, Naruto hears Gaara warn that, with Kurama gone, he may lack the power to stop another Ōtsutsuki and might have to act early. At home, Himawari mourns that Kawaki can no longer wear the prosthetic, and Sumire brings him to Amado to have his own arm rebuilt while he cautions everyone to stay wary of the scientist. Learning from Katasuke that Boruto's Kāma is advancing faster, Naruto insists on breaking the news himself, and after he and Sasuke talk over the danger, Sasuke reveals his vow to cut Boruto down if it comes to that. Naruto tells his son the hard truth and comforts him until the exhausted boy finally sleeps.

Amado then offers Naruto a drug he built to dull the Byakugan, which may stall the Ōtsutsuki progression the way years of secret microdoses slowed Kawaki's, though Boruto's Byakugan potential could bring side effects Kawaki never faced. Admitting he understands the fear of losing a child, having buried his own daughter twelve years earlier, he wins Naruto over, and the medication begins to lift Boruto's spirits. Amado is welcomed onto the Scientific Ninja Weapons Team, Kawaki hands back the prosthetic and mulls becoming a genin, and Naruto resolves to stage another Chūnin Exam. In a lighter beat, Boruto's video game plays as an obvious nod to Super Mario Bros.