Shino has Naruto to try and distract him while he would surprise him with his bugs. Including that Boruto would have to die in order for the mark to be removed from him. However Boruto is not afraid to tell Sarada about Naruto's bad habits of oversleeping a lot, leaving the lights on, putting his shoes on wrong, not being good at cooking and that he can't do medical ninjutsu. After returning to the village, while personally applauding Boruto and Sarada for loyally supporting Mitsuki, whose own efforts were revealed to have saved Iwagakure, he still was reluctantly forced to strip the Team 7 genin of their shinobi status as punishment for deserting the village.
Naruto and Sasuke talking to each other in their minds.Both survived the clash, with Obto and Zetsu coming to Sasuke's aid. Once Naruto came to Boruto's room to talk to him in person, this surprise Boruto overall. Responding when Naruto called for them telepathically, Kiba, the other Konoha 11 shinobi and Sai are shocked when Naruto's Tailed Beast Mode mantle forms around them as well when he enters one of Kurama's tails. His efforts ultimately succeeded and Naruto went into a rampage. Naruto was also seen in Rock Lee's dream, in this case with him and Neji being defeated by Lee in a battle. Naruto was nervous on the outcome of the second test, when Shikamaru comes in Naruto pretends to type at his computer along with being unimpress. These actions also started the legend of people being captured by spirits. The young man, who was still being cared for in the hospital, quickly acted by saving an infant with the aid of strange technique performed with his ocarina. With the help of the circus Michiru had purchased earlier, Kakashi's team made a rescue attempt with Hikaru and the rogue soldiers, infiltrating the palace by disguising themselves as members of the circus. Her little sister, Meanwhile, various puppets secretly invade Konoha, raid the Hyuga Estate and kidnap Hanabi. Afterwards, Naruto walked Kawaki through the village, where they met Sarada. They end the conversation with a conclusion that they are getting old, and a decision to leave the future in the hands of young generation in which they can freely put their faith into. Soon, one of Sai's ink clones approached Naruto, telling him, Kakashi, and Yamato about Sakura and the rest of the Konoha 11's decision to kill Sasuke to prevent him from involving Konoha in another war, and also mentioned that he thinks Sakura is still in love with Sasuke, later proven to be true, and wanted to be the one to stop him from sinking any lower. The team travels to a harbour in the Land of Fire to travel by sea. After the attack, Naruto and Sakura join up with Shiseru, Yamato and Sai in going with the rest of the guards. Even without his shadow clones, Naruto remains calm in a fight, being able to get near skilled taijutsu practitioners and briefly spar with them. Fortunately, Shino had already hid the bikōchū too thoroughly for the enemies to find. Using his nunchaku to counter Obito's gunbai, Guy is able to sent Obito throttling towards Naruto and his Super Mini-Tailed Beast Ball. Upon entering Six Paths Sage Mode, Naruto was able to fight side-by-side with Sasuke to overwhelm Momoshinki even when he summoned a staff and used it against him.

Naruto admitted that he hated Nagato, but restrained himself long enough to ask how Nagato, a fellow student of Jiraiya, turned out this way. As Hinata sits on a park swing, she thinks it was one of the girls that was with Naruto who gave him the scarf and begins to cry uncontrollably, thinking he must be happy that way and that she has lost her chance to be with Naruto. They close in on the two Kumo-nin, who notice that the trap has been triggered, and begin to leave. While Naruto is confined, Ryuzetsu attempts to kill Mui only to reveal that she attacked Maroi, Maroi forms an alliance with her, saying he is not really on Mui's side, just the side that benefits him the most. From there, Naruto is sent back to Ichiraku where some of the villagers asked for his autograph. Later they all gather at the ocean, where Temujin and the others all gather and prepare themselves to leave, back to the land that they came from. However Boruto still hated how his father kept eating ramen and how his father's era didn't have technology. Naruto faced off against Renga, but his unique ability to create ice disks out of the moisture in the air allowed him to repel all of Naruto's attacks and force him on the defensive.