Ikada?!
How are you feeling, Big Sis?
Kobuna!
Did you come to visit?
Here!
Please give these to Lady Seiren!
The Blood of the Funato
These shells are beautiful!
It must have been difficult gathering all of them.
Nope!
I can stay underwater for three minutes now!
Oh!
This is—!
Did you draw it, Lord Ikada?
Oh...
That's nothing special.
Oh...
Oh yeah! I have to show you something cool!
Come with me!
Whoa!
Please watch her for a little while.
Understood.
Wow!
Did you see that?!
Yeah, that's amazing!
I might be a genius...
You might be right.
The truth is...
my mom told me to check in on you.
You've been cooped up taking care of your sister,
so she asked me to get you out from time to time.
Sorry for the trouble.
It's okay.
Watch me again!
All right!
You've hit every target!
That's because I practiced a bunch!
Are you planning on hunting or something?
No!
Someday, I'm going to take down those Hidden Mist guys with this!
Even if I'm small, I should be able to fight using this, right?
My dad promised me that he'd teach me how to fight
once he came back from his operation.
Oh, right...
Funamushi's still in the middle of his operation.
You're seriously admirable.
My mom says that
everyone who lives here has to work and pull their own weight.
The men have to fight to defeat the enemies, right?
That's why she says each of us needs to do our part...
Lord Ikada, aren't you going to fight?
I'm not good at fighting.
Don't worry about it!
I'm sure that if you work hard and practice a lot like I do,
I'm sure you'll get stronger!
Look.
I don't have any gills.
All of my siblings have them, but I don't.
It probably means that I'm a failure.
What?
But you're good at swimming.
I think you're amazing, Lord Ikada!
Someone said that to me before...
Hm?
So, this is where you were!
How much more time are you going to waste taking care of Seiren?!
Aren't you worried about her, Father?
Let someone else take care of her.
You being there won't affect anything.
Whatever will be will be.
There are other things you need to do, aren't there?
Don't decide for me what I need to do!
Is it okay that you said that?
It should be fine.
Hey, where are you going?
Wait up, Lord Ikada!
Will you let me help you with that?
Lord Ikada?!
What's going on?
Who knows?
How is Lady Seiren doing?
There's no need to worry.
She'll wake up eventually.
My husband was killed by the Hidden Mist...
Stop that!
Lord Ikada, you'll join the fight as well, won't you?!
The squadron to the north has been obliterated.
Our men to the south and the west
are managing to hold up against the Hidden Mist's fierce attacks,
but every squad is short on ships...
Don't hold back.
Just spit it out.
We believe it's only a matter of time
before they find our location...
Have you been making progress on the repairs to the mobile fortress?
We're working as fast as we can,
but we're short of all materials, so we'll be delayed...
If there aren't enough materials, then steal them!
Where will we get the manpower to do that?
Right now, we have barely enough on every front.
We don't have enough people to task with obtaining materials.
What happened to Funamushi?
Isn't he back already?!
I believe he should have received
your order to cancel the ambush by now...
I can't count on anyone!
With all due respect,
I've always believed that our only chance of winning
was through a swift and decisive battle.
What?!
Since we cannot match them in strength,
the longer we take, the greater our disadvantage.
Stop just giving me reasons why we can't do this!
Father, please reconsider withdrawing once more!
It would be best if we can regroup and then launch another attack!
Are you saying we should abandon the seas?
If we act now, we'll still have time.
Tens of thousands of our comrades who resented the Hidden Mist
are now slumbering on the sea floor!
Are you saying we should abandon the sea and run away?!
Do you have any intention of avenging them?!
But we have a duty to protect our clan!
You've become quite the coward
during the five years I was imprisoned,
haven't you, Isari?
You're not the only one who's had to endure hardships
during that time, Father!
It seems you have no idea what we siblings have had to endure
to rebuild our clan to this point, Father.
Bring Ikada here!
How long does he intend on acting like a coward?!
Father, do you still intend on
betting everything on Ikada's powers after all this time?
You don't understand.
No, I don't understand!
So, please tell me.
Why do you keep expecting so much from Ikada?!
You're quite arrogant for a commander
who lost half of our ships.
Thanks to my mistake of leaving you in command,
I lost Tenma,
and I'm on the verge of losing Seiren!
Father!
You are completely—!
What's the matter? Go ahead.
Do it if you can.
However, I gave you that harpoon.
It doesn't defy my commands.
Please excuse me.
Minamo...
Seeing a kid on the battlefield throws me off.
Don't listen to him, Ikada.
Your father is just being shy.
Look, he's smiling!
In the future, I'm sure he'll become
a wonderful leader for our clan.
Yeah.
Be careful, everyone!
Or else, you'll get frozen!
Minamo!
Please take care of Ikada!
You protected him?
Why did you do something so stupid?!
This child is the future of the Funato!
Promise me... you'll raise him well!
Damn it!
Minamo!
You're beautiful and never-changing, as always.
Yes, I know.
I've never forgotten my promise to you.
Lord Araumi!
So, this is where you were.
We couldn't find you anywhere!
What is it?
Lord Funamushi has just returned.
He sure took his time.
Guess I need to go give him a good scolding!
Well, about that...
Our men scattered,
and before I realized it, I was alone.
You can tell us the details later.
Funamushi!
You too?!
What happened?!
Didn't you receive my order to retreat?!
We received your orders!
But we passed by a village that was being protected
by the people who got Lady Seiren,
to avenge her, we couldn't just retreat!
Avenge Big Sis?
Yes.
We took down Kagura of the Hidden Mist,
but we were unable to get the Leaf brat!
Boruto!
Dad!
Kobuna!
Don't look.
Dad...
Dad!
I'm so sorry.
Kobuna...
Tell me who did this to my dad!
I won't let him get away with this!
Come on, tell me!
Calm down, Kobuna!
It's not your job to avenge him.
Leave that to the adults!
Silence, Ikada!
Even this child is shedding tears of frustration!
But what about you?
Aren't you ashamed of yourself?!
Stop it.
Seiren, Tenma...
and your mother!
When are you going to avenge them?!
I don't remember anything...
about my mother.
She died protecting you!
If you aren't the chosen one,
then she'll never be able to rest in peace!
I never wanted to be chosen in the first place!
Can you really claim to have Funato blood in your veins?!
Ikada! Where are you going?!
Use it.
It seems Father is placing all his hopes on you.
I just don't understand why.
I can't figure it out, either.
It's your choice to sulk,
but just remember that your indecisiveness
sometimes causes harm to others.
What do you mean?
Seiren is on the verge of death because of her futile hope in you.
What?
Normally, she would have headed straight into the ambush operation.
But she stopped by that island because she believed
your power was necessary and essential to the Funato.
Is that true?
If she didn't go to the island,
she wouldn't have been critically injured...
And she would have successfully launched our ambush by now.
Her attending physician says she has no chance of recovery.
We don't know that for sure!
I'm sure that Big Sis will get better!
If Seiren recovers enough to be able to fight,
you won't need to do anything. Isn't that why?
You only wish for Seiren's recovery
because you want a reason not to fight.
Hey, Ikada...
How long are you going to use your older sister
as an excuse not to fight?!
Lord Ikada! Please come!
It's Lady Seiren!
Big Sis!
Earlier, I heard her call out your name!
Big Sis!
Is that you, Ikada?
It's been a while, hasn't it?
Huh?
Her memories are probably just temporarily confused.
What am I doing here?
You were injured and brought here.
But you don't need to worry anymore.
Injured?
I see!
Back then—!
I need to carry out the operation!
Where's Funamushi?!
You shouldn't move, Big Sis.
Everything is riding on this op!
Oh! Wait a minute!
Big Sis! Please, just stay in bed!
G-Get the doctor!
The future of the Funato...
is bright.
Big Sis... you're so...
As long as you open your eyes... Ikada...
we can't... lose!
You have to win.
Win... and reclaim our seas!
The seas!
Our seas!
That's enough, Big Sis.
Ikada?
We won.
The ambush was a success.
Really?
Father and I led the troops
and wiped out the Hidden Mist.
I see...
We won, huh?
Thank goodness!
I always believed in you.
Thank you, Ikada.
I see...
Now we can reclaim our sea.
Thank goodness...
Father...
Mother...
Please.
I want the same markings as my dad's.
Are you sure? It's gonna hurt a lot.
Can you handle it?
Yeah.
I have one more request.
Once this is done, I want you to take me by boat...
to the ones who killed my dad.
Leave it to me.
Jibiki...
Aging is quite sad.
Father has grown too old.
Hate has consumed him,
and he is no longer able to make sound decisions.
The Funato has no future if we let this continue.
What are you going to do?
We make peace with the Hidden Mist.
You intend to enter into a peace treaty?
Since we currently control the seas,
we can still negotiate to our advantage.
I'm sure they want to avoid a drawn-out war as well.
What about Lord Araumi?
Father has no idea.
But this is the only way to save the Funato.
We must secretly approach the Hidden Mist on this matter.
We should do it as soon as possible.
Yes, sir!
We've been waiting for you, Ikada!
I think...
I might have done something horrible!
Ikada's my friend.
But I'm the one who drove him into a corner as well!
What should I have done back then?
Next time on Boruto: Naruto Next Generations:
THEIR RESOLVE
"Their Resolve."