The Pursuers

Omoi's Cloud squad intercepts the young Leaf ninja and presses them for details on the recent bloodshed, though Konohamaru and Mugino arrive before the standoff erupts into a brawl. Once the two groups trade what they know, Omoi identifies the toxin and blade that felled Sakuya as the handiwork of operatives from the Land of Haze. With Hashirama's harvested cells known to be volatile, the shinobi map out the likeliest escape corridor the culprits would take. Far off at Fushu Castle, Deepa hunts for the missing cell and slaughters the scavengers picking through the ruins, while the Haze runners take turns carrying their prize and dwell on memories of Yoruga.

Deepa overtakes the Cloud and Leaf ninja and discovers neither party holds the sample he wants. The Kumo fighters volunteer to hold him off so the Leaf side can press on after the fleeing Haze operatives. Sensing that trackers are gaining, Asaka lets Yuga peel away to buy time. The cloud shinobi briefly stagger Deepa using clones, but he feigns paralysis and cuts down Marui and Kakui when they close in. As Omoi's strikes fail to land against him, the Leaf ninja grow uneasy that their allies never caught up and wonder just who Deepa is, and then Yuga steps into their path.

This installment aired as the 163rd episode of the Boruto anime and belongs to the Kara Actuation Arc. It first broadcast in Japan on August 30, 2020, with the English dub following on May 17, 2022. The opening theme is Starting and Growing and the closing theme is Maybe I. The episode continues the flashbacks to Yoruga, one of the Haze brothers.