The Singularity of Fate

The chapter opens in the past, where Koji breaks down for Boruto how space-time ninjutsu functions. Although Boruto had been calling his method the Flying Thunder God Technique after his grandfather Minato, the two are entirely distinct. Borrowing the older jutsu as a starting point, Boruto builds his own version that plants metal objects to fix a destination. Early on the technique proves flawed, hampered by a short sighting range and by his inability to tell one marked object from another. Koji recounts that Boruto solved this by casting metal markers in a range of distinct shapes, letting him single out the exact object he means to jump to no matter the distance. Armed with insight that would ordinarily take years to gather, Boruto throws himself into relentless training. The scene then shifts to their talk within a hideout, where Boruto wonders why Koji keeps the futures he has glimpsed to himself instead of rallying others to make them happen. Koji answers that the moment an ordinary person learns of a coming future, they can no longer behave as they once did, and that shift can unravel the very future they saw.

Koji adds that anyone who knows enough possible futures begins to slip free of destiny, and such people, himself and Boruto among them, are called singularities or heretical beings whose task is to steer everyone toward a good outcome from the shadows. He notes that Ada is turning into one as well, fully aware she will later spy on this exact conversation through her Senrigan. In the present, Sarada and Sumire press Ada to uncover what Boruto is concealing. To protect the secret talk she witnessed, Ada claims Boruto only withholds things to keep them out of danger. Sarada, exasperated that Boruto always carries every burden alone, asks Ada to pinpoint his whereabouts, but Sumire objects that he may not wish to be found. Voicing her real feelings, Sumire accuses Sarada of ignoring how others feel, citing the way Sarada embraced Boruto in front of her despite her own crush on him, then rises and walks out. Shikamaru reaches Ada telepathically. Elsewhere, the elders Koharu and Homura are contacted by Ikkyu Madoka about Konoha's repeated failure to seize Boruto, and he demands a swift recapture or consequences for those at fault.

Meeting Ada on the patio, Shikamaru admits her presence clouds his mind, though she wanted no sensory unit listening in. Ada confirms a fresh Human God Tree called Ryu, modeled on Shinki, is hunting Gaara, who stays safe for now sealed within Shinki's Magnet Iron Grain Seal Palm, a seal Ryu can nonetheless break. She warns that her intel is hours old because another God Tree, Mamushi, can peer back through her own eyes as she watches, and she no longer wishes to observe the group live. Ada also reveals she knows Shikamaru helped Boruto flee yet will stay silent, believing Boruto and Kawaki should handle the God Trees alone. When Shikamaru guesses Koji Kashin is Boruto's hidden ally, a toad emerges from Ada's hair and Koji speaks through it, issuing orders and forbidding questions: send Sarada, Mitsuki, and Konohamaru to Sunagakure to face Ryu or Matsuri alongside two Suna ninja, and keep Himawari confined to Konoha, since Jura targets her and any clash would kill her. Because Jura respects the village's culture, he will not fight within its walls, so citizens must treat him as an ordinary visitor and avoid provoking him at all costs, retreating instantly if he appears. Koji praises Shikamaru for following his conscience over the village's rules before the toad withdraws. Time passes, and Sarada, Mitsuki, and Konohamaru reach the Land of Wind bound for Sunagakure, met there by Yodo and Araya. At the coordinates Shikamaru supplied, Konohamaru spots Ryu and Matsuri in the distance examining one of Koji's toads lying dead on the ground, and the team wonders whether it might lead them to Boruto. This chapter is part of the Matsuri and Ryu Arc within Boruto: Blue Vortex.