Chapter 29.
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A few weeks later.
Day Time.
Forest.
The birds were chirping as Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada, in their usual outfits and had their pouches on them, were hopping from tree to tree. Their mission was to apprehend the Mujina Bandits, who robbed the Konoha Bank earlier. All of them were wearing wireless radios in their ears.
"And that's the situation." Konohamaru said through the wireless radios. "Do you understand the plan?"
Boruto wasn't listening as he was deep in thought.
"Kore! Damn it, are you listening, Boruto?!" Konohamaru asked yelling through radio, making Boruto snap out of his thoughts.
Boruto placed his left hand on one of the wireless radios in his left ear. "Ah.. err.. Sorry, Konohamaru-Sensei! I hear you loud and clear, dattebasa!" he said then took his left hand off of his left ear.
Sarada looked to the left side at Boruto. "You're spacing out again?!" she asked. "You've been acting kinda strange recently, are you alright?"
Boruto looked at Sarada. "Sorry about that! I'm fine." he said then turned forward. "... As of now... I don't really feel weird or anything..." he thought.
...
Flashback.
A few weeks ago.
Sasuke, in his usual outfit, and Boruto were standing on a building as they were a few inches away from a wall behind them. Boruto was on the left side while Sasuke was on the right side.
"And ever since then, I haven't seen him at all." Boruto said, looking down at his right hand that had the black diamond seal on it. "And I haven't been paralyzed like back then since either."
Sasuke looked down at Boruto before he looked up into the sky. "That wasn't something simple as paralysis. It felt as if time itself had been stopped..." he said.
Boruto looked up at Sasuke.
"Apart from you, who he was in direct contact with, him... And me, who was watching with the Rinnegan... No one had any realization at all as to what had happened." Sasuke said.
Boruto looked down at seal again.
Sasuke looked down at Boruto. "I'm not saying this to try to scare you or anything... But what's happening to your body is not normal. You need to be on guard. Especially that seal on your Palm. I'll keep looking into it on my own... But if you feel anything strange at all, let me know immediately. Got it...?"
Flashback ends.
...
Boruto smirked. "Thinking about it isn't gonna do anything... Right now, I need to focus on the mission, dattebasa!" he said.
Sarada looked at Boruto. "I wonder what Papa said to Boruto a few weeks ago..." she thought.
...
A few minutes later.
The 3 Mujina Bandit men were running on the ground and were running away from the Village. All of them had on dark blue long sleeved shirt and pants, black sandals, brown backpacks on their backs, and dark blue Konohagakure bandanna Forehead Protectors wrapped around their head and have been scratched off. The middle one had dark brown hair, black eyes, and mustache. The left one had orange hair, blue eyes, and a beard. And one on the right side had black hair, black eyes, and a beard.
"Everything went according to plan...!" the black haired one said.
"... Of course it did." the dark brown haired one said, smiling. "To the Mujina like us, this was a simple job. All that's left is to rendezvous with the boss..."
"Uwaaaah!" the orange haired one yelled in surprise as he felt himself being dragged by his right leg.
The dark brown haired one and the black haired one continued to run as they turned around to see the orange haired one being lifted from the ground by his right leg by Mitsuki, who was using Soft Physique Modification on him with his left hand and grabbing a tree branch with his right hand, was on a tree and looking down at them.
"Wh... What the hell is that?!" black haired one asked, yelling.
"Forget him, let's go!" the dark brown haired one said before he and the black haired one looked forward to see Sarada suddenly appear in front of them with her left fist raised up.
"Take this!" Sarada yelled before she used Chakra Enhanced Strength on the dark brown haired man with her left fist, making him go backwards a few meters away.
The black haired one stopped running as he looked at the dark brown haired one. "... Ah...!" he said.
The dark brown haired one landed on his feet as his right hand on the ground, smirking. "Damn it...! Guess I've got no choice...!" he said before he pulled his right hand out from his back and stood up before he threw 2 shurikens at Sarada. "I'll play with you for a bit!"
Sarada jumped up as she quickly dodged the 2 shurikens and pulled out 2 shurikens from her pouch with her right hand and threw them at the dark brown haired one.
The dark brown haired one pulled out a sword with his right hand and deflected Sarada's shurikens as he ran towards her.
Sarada ran towards the dark brown haired man and stopped in front of him, making him stop in surprise as Sarada kicked the sword out of his right hand with her right foot. Sarada punched the the dark brown haired man in the stomach with her right fist.
"Kah!" the dark brown haired man yelled in pain.
Sarada moved her right fist back as she kicked the dark brown haired man multiple times with her left foot before she kicked him one last time as he was sent flying backwards a few meters away. Sarada stood up on the ground.
The black haired man watched as the dark brown haired one was conscious on the ground on his back and the orange haired man was unconscious on the ground as Mitsuki had his left hand wrapped around him as he was sitting on him.
"...… Fuck..." the black haired man said before he looked at Sarada.
Sarada looked at the black haired man smiling, her right hand on her right hip. "The Mujina Thieves... So this is all you're capable of?" she questioned. "You sounded so full of yourselves too... Sorry to burst your bubbles."
The black haired man stayed silent for a moment before he smirked. "You maybe be confident in your abilities... but compared to our boss you're nothing but a regular little kid..." he said.
Sarada placed her left hand on the left side of her face. "Ohhh... your boss is strong, is he?" she asked. "I'd love to meet him... I wonder if he's my type?"
The black haired man ran towards Sarada, raising his right hand. "You are still looking down on me, you little wench?!" he asked, yelling.
When he made it to her, Sarada stopped smiling as she blocked his attack with her left fist but quickly became surprised when a sword sticked out of his right sleeve before she grabbed it with both of her hands as she was now trying to not let it strike her in the face.
"Nghk!" the black haired man grunted.
Sarada gritted her teeth as she saw a purple liquid coated the sword. "...! Poison...!" she thought.
The black haired man smirked down at Sarada again. "If you wanna meet our boss, I'll take you to see him... As a corpse, that is...!" he said.
Mitsuki was standing on the tree branch as he placed the unconscious orange haired man on his stomach on the tree branch with his left hand a few feet away from him, looking down at the scene below him. "Sarada?!" he asked yelling, worried.
"Die!" the black haired man yelled.
Boruto suddenly came out of nowhere and kicked the black haired man in the face with his right foot. Sarada released the black haired man as she closed her eyes and the black haired man flew backwards in pain and landed on his back a few meters away.
Boruto landed in front of Sarada, smiling at the black haired man.
"Boruto!" Sarada said.
"That ain't like you at all, Sarada!" Boruto said. "Did you get careless, dattebasa?"
Sarada smiled, fixing her glasses with her left hand. "Hmph! I was just trying to introduce some drama into the situation, to make an exciting climax to our fight... Anyways, thanks. I'll buy you some tea later."
The black haired man looked at Boruto and Sarada. "Damn it... There was another one of them...?!" he thought, reaching into his right pocket with his right hand. "Taking on 3 by myself is gonna be way to o tough...!" taking out a smoke bomb and threw it down on the ground.
Boruto and Sarada stopped smiling and became surprised when they saw the large white smoke and noticed the black haired man disappeared when the smoke cleared.
Sarada put her hands down as she started to sense the black haired man. "Alright... If we turned the situation into 3 versus 1, we'd drive him to run away. Everything's going to according to plan..." she said. "All we do now is follow him to where his boss is..."
Boruto started making a Rasengan with both hands. "You're not getting away, dattebasa!" he yelled.
Sarada looked at Boruto before she became annoyed at him. "Geeehh?!" she questioned, yelling.
Boruto ran and jumped up to one of the trees as he held up his Rasengan with his right hand. "Over there!" he said, seeing the black haired man hid behind the tree.
The black haired man looked behind the tree at Boruto nervously. "... Damn it!" he thought.
Boruto hit the black haired man in the stomach with his Rasengan, making him grunt in pain.
Mitsuki landed behind Sarada, raising his right hand smiling.
"That frickin' moron...!" Sarada said.
The black haired man landed on his stomach on the ground, unconscious.
...
A 20 minutes later.
Some of the Mujina Bandits were in custody as Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada were done with their mission and were now standing in woods.
Boruto was standing on the ground as Mitsuki was standing next to him on the right side. Sarada stood a few feet away from them, facing them.
Sarada held her fists down, mad. "Were you listening to the plan at all?! What was the point of a plan if we were just gonna beat 'em up like always?!" she asked yelling.
Boruto placed his right hand on the back of his head, smiling. "Ahh... Sorry about that... so that's what the plan was..." he said. "Well.. I mean I was listening to the plan and whatever... but it was just going in one ear and out the other..."
Sarada folded her arms together, annoyed. "Geez... After going on about how you were going to be a support role and all... You still end up putting in." she said.
Boruto placed his right hand down, stopped smiling. "Oh yeah...! I guess we'd better get going. Or... err... we're gonna be late for our rendezvous with Shikadai and the others." he said.
"Boruto..." Mitsuki said.
Boruto turned around as he looked at Mitsuki.
"Let me guess... It's that, isn't it?" Mitsuki asked.
"Yup, that! It's gonna end up selling out right away." Boruto said.
Konohamaru, in his usual outfit, was in a tree crouching on a branch and was smiling down at Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada.
"Hang on! Are you planning running away?!" Sarada question.
"Come on, cut me some slack already, Sarada! Dattebasa!" Boruto said.
"... What a mess... Ah, well... I guess for them, it's a job well done." Konohamaru said.
Hokage Mansion.
Office.
Naruto, in his usual outfit, was sitting at his desk while Shikamaru, in his usual outfit was standing on the right side of the desk and Karin, in her usual outfit, was standing on the left side of the desk.
From left to right, Sai, in his usual outfit, and Ibiki Morino, now 47 years old and in his new usual outfit, a dark grey standard uniform of the Intelligence Division, along with a light brown trench coat, black gloves, a long sleeved black and white shirt, black bandanna wrapped around his head with the forehead protector plate on his forehead, and dark grey sandals, were standing a few feet away from the desk.
Ibiki was folding up a brown clipboard that had small papers of information on Katasuke with his right hand.
"Did you learn anything?" Karin asked Ibiki.
"The Kote's special Jonin, Katasuke Tōno... was apparently under the effects of mind control from somewhere else outside the Village..." Ibiki said.
"What did you say...?!" Naruto asked, shocked. "He was being controlled by someone...?"
"Now that you mention it, Katasuke... He was acting rather strangely during the Chunin Exams..." Shikamaru said.
"Yeah, you're right." Karin said. "Have you guys done anything about it?" placing her left hand on her left hip.
"We've already freed him from the mental suggestions, and his own mind should be returning to him... But it seems, upon realizing the truth of what happened, he's gone through even greater shock." Sai said, placing his right hand on his right hip. "And while he had no idea what was going on... he was working and acting in the interest of our 'enemy'."
"There's also evidence that he was leaking information concerning the Ninja Tech to the enemy." Ibiki said, lowering his clipboard and placing his left hand on the left side pocket of his trench coat.
Naruto placed his left hand on his chin. "... Then... do you think that could've been responsible for Boruto's cheating...?" he questioned.
"... No... They likely only managed to take a powerful hold on Katasuke. No matter how powerful the suggestion, when spread over many people, it gets broken down and becomes weaker..." Ibiki said.
"We still can't be completely sure... but it's highly likely that the enemy is after something concerning the Ninja Tech..." Sai said.
...
10 minutes later.
Sai and Ibiki have left as Karin sensed a very familiar chakra coming towards them.
"What do we do Oniisan?" Karin asked, looking down at Naruto.
Naruto lowered his left hand. "... Alright. Have Sai and Ibiki continue to investigate this matter further, Karin. And Shikamaru, you'll continue treating and dealing with Katasuke, dattebayo." he said.
Shikamaru reached into his left pants pocket with his left hand and pulled out a pack of cigarettes and pulled one out with his right hand. "... Understood." he said, placing the pack of cigarettes back into his left pants pocket.
"Hai, Oniisan." Karin said.
"Regardless of what happened, he's still an able, skilled person... so I'm sure it'll go well." Shikamaru said, putting the cigarette in his mouth with his right hand.
Naruto looked up at Shikamaru. "I'll leave him in your hands, then, dattebayo." he said. "All that's left..." but was cut off when they heard a knocking sound at the door.
Naruto, Shikamaru, and Karin looked at the door for a moment before it opened to reveal Mirai Sarutobi, a slim 17 year old fair skin girl, long unruly black hair that reached a neck length, red, ringed irides eyes, in her usual outfit, black Konohagakure Forehead Protector wrapped around her forehead, the Konohagakure flak jacket uniform, except it has a high collared long sleeved black shirt, short black pants, the flack jacket has buttoned down lapels, red arm band on the left side of her arm that has the Sarutobi crest on it, and black sandals, was smiling as her left hand was on the doorknob.
"I've come to report! Team Konohamaru! The 3 Mujina Bandits that infiltrated the Village have been successfully captured!" Mirai said, taking her left hand off the doorknob.
Naruto placed both of his hands on his desk, surprised. "Boruto and them... They did it!" he said.
"I knew they could do it." Karin thought.
Shikamaru grabbed his left side of his jacket with left hand and reached into the left side with his right hand. "Heh... They're not bad." he said, smiling. "Mirai... You got a light?"
Mirai stopped smiling as she looked at Shikamaru, placing her right hand on her right hip. "... This is a no-smoking area, Shikamaru." she said.
Shikamaru released the left side of his jacket with his left hand before he used his right hand to pull out the cigarette in his mouth. "Yeah, yeah. I know... Anyways, just now... you said the '3', didn't you? So their boss, Shojoji, didn't show up?" he asked.
Naruto became serious. "Corpse clone Shojoji..." he said.
"I've heard stories and rumors about him." Karin said, folding her arms.
Shikamaru stopped smiling as he looked down at Naruto. "Yeah... one of the top names in the bingo book. Not only the bodies and voices of the people he's killed... but those within his memory... He's able to copy them and transform into them..." he said.
"... We've got to hurry and do something about him, dattebayo..." Naruto said.
"Well... Leave the Mujina issue to us. You've got to give all your attention to today's conference." Shikamaru said.
Naruto closed his eyes. "Ahh... the conference... was today, dattebayo?" he asked.
"Oniisan, not again." Karin said.
"Come on now... Do you have any idea how many times I reminded you about it?" Shikamaru asked.
Mirai walked up a little before she stopped as she, Shikamaru, and Karin looked down at Naruto.
Shikamaru placed his left hand on his left hip. "You've got to meet with the Land Fire's Daimyo... so don't even think about keeping him waiting!" he said.
...
1 hour later.
Game Store.
Boruto was standing in front of a fair skinned obese woman that had neck length blonde hair, black eyes, wearing her usual outfit, a short sleeved yellow shirt, an orange scarf wrapped around her neck, black hairband on her head, black jacket, and black sandals, was sitting on a bench as she was holding an orange pack of Extreme Ninja Scrolls with her right hand.
"Here ya go. That'll be 30 ryo." the lady said, holding out her left hand.
Boruto reached into his right pocket with his right hand and pulled out the exact amount and placed it in her before he took it out of her right hand with his left hand. Boruto walked outside to see Shikadai and Inojin, in their usual outfits, were standing outside before he walked over to them and stopped.
Shikadai placed his right hand in his pocket and holding a book with his left hand as he, Boruto, and Inojin looked down at the pack.
"Phew... All right... Here I go..." Boruto said, placing his right hand on the packet and ripped it open and pulled out the cards.
Boruto, Shikadai, and Inojin carefully looked at all of the cards to see one's of Naruto.
Boruto became annoyed, closing his eyes. "Gaaaahh! Another crap rare, dattebasa." he yelled, throwing the cards up in the air with both hands.
Shikadai closed his eyes as he laughed, placing his right hand on his stomach.
"You got a super special rare of Seventh... and that's a crap rare?" Inojin questioned, looking at Boruto.
Boruto placed his hands on his head, opening his eyes. "I've already got 5 of them! This is frinckin' ridiculous! What are the changes of pulling 5 of the same rarity, dattebasa?!" he asked, yelling.
Inojin grabbed one of the cards Boruto threw into the air with his right hand and looked at it. "Ah! I got the second!" he said.
Shikamaru looked surprised and took his right hand off of his stomach before he turned around and walked over to a nearby light brown wooden bench.
Boruto looked down at the ground as he placed his hands on his hips. "Damn it... I said wasn't gonna spend anymore today... But screw it..." he said then took his hands off of his hips and walked back over to the lady again. "One more pack of Ens!"
The lady smiled, pulling out another pack of cards with her right hand. "Hehehe! Here you go, dumb son." she said.
Boruto pulled out another 30 ryos with his right hand. The lady took the money with her left hand before she handed Boruto the cards from her right hand with his left hand. Boruto turned around and walked away before he stopped outside.
Shikadai smiled at Boruto as he had his book open with both hands. "Boruto... are you... planning to spend all of your mission rewards?" he asked.
Boruto placed his right hand on the packet, looking down at it. "Shut it." he said, ripping it open.
Shikamaru stopped smiling as he looked down at his book. "You're going at them so hard... What card are you even trying for anyways?" he asked, turning the page with his right hand.
Boruto stopped opening it as he looked at Shikadai. "Hehe...! When I pull it, I'll show it to you!" he said. "It's a reaaaaallly one! You might even go your whole life without seeing it, dattebasa!"
Sarada, who was watching from afar, was sitting on a bench as her hands were on it then she saw Mitsuki walking towards her on the left side. "Boys reaaaally are stupid..." she said. "They have no idea what's inside, and yet they still spend all their money on them..."
Mitsuki stopped next to her. "What's the fun in that?" he asked then looked over at Boruto. "Extreme Ninja Scrolls. Or Ens, as they call it. A super card game using history's most famous ninjas as it's theme. All the kids are totally into it. It's so popular that even the biggest stores sell out the day they get their shipments."
Sarada looked up at Mitsuki. "... Hmm... You seem to know a lot about it... But you don't play, Mitsuki?" she asked.
Mitsuki looked down at Sarada. "... No. I..." he said but was cut off when they heard a familiar voice.
"Heeeeeey!" a male voice yelled.
"Hmm?" Boruto asked confused.
Boruto, Shikadai, Inojin, Mitsuki, and Sarada looked to see Metal, in his usual outfit, was running towards them.
"Oh, it's just Metal." Shikadai said.
Metal stopped as he was running in place near Boruto, Shikadai, and Inojin.
"What's wrong? Coming to deliver a message while training again?" Boruto asked, placing his hands on his hips.
"Exactly, Boruto." Metal said panting. "Konohamaru-Sensei is calling for you."
Boruto became annoyed. "Seriously?! Me?" he asked.
"I wonder what Konohamaru-Sensei wants with Boruto...?" Sarada thought.
...
Sunset.
Naruto and Hinata's House.
Sarada made it to her Uncle Naruto and Aunt Hinata's house so she can go home with walked up the steps to the front door and knocked on the door with her right hand. She sensed 1 chakra coming to the door. It opened up to reveal Hinata, wearing her new usual outfit and pink house slippers.
"Hello Sarada." Hinata greeted smiling.
"Hello to you too Aunt Hinata." Sarada greeted back, having a little smile. "Is Sayuri ready?"
"Yes, she said she needs to say 'goodbye' to Himawari first." Hinata said. "But you did great on your mission today."
"Thanks." Sarada said.
Suddenly the 2 of them turned to the hallway as they heard footsteps quickly coming towards them. A few seconds later, it revealed Himawari and Sayuri, in their usual outfits, were running towards them.
"Onee-chan! I missed you." Sayuri yelled smiling.
Sayuri jumped on to Sarada hugging her tightly with both hands, making Sarada step back a little before she hugged back.
Himawari stopped next to her mother on the left side, watching as the 2 sisters hugged each other.
Sayuri pulled back a little bit to look up at her older sister's face.
"I've missed you too, Sayuri." Sarada said frowning down at her. "Sorry that I'm late to picking you up."
"It's okay Onee-chan, we can still play together at home." Sayuri said before she buried her head into Sarada's stomach, hugging her more.
Sarada smiled softly down Sayuri and she hugged her back. They hugged each other for a moment before they pulled apart.
"Thank you for watching her, Aunt Hinata." Sarada said.
"You're welcome." Hinata said smiling.
Sayuri pulled away from Sarada and put on her dark blue sandals that almost reached her calf.
"See you later, Aunt Hinata and Himawari." Sarada said.
"Goodbye." Hinata said.
"You too." Himawari said smiling.
Hinata and Himawari waved goodbye before Hinata closed the door as Sarada walked down the path with Sayuri's left hand was holding her right hand. Sarada and Sayuri walked through the crowd of people to head back to the Uchiha clan compound.
"Onee-chan." Sayuri said, looking up at her big sister.
"Yes." Sarada said looking down at her little sister.
"Are you alright?" Sayuri asked, worried. "I sort of heard about your mission."
Sarada saw that Sayuri was now giving her a worried look, she smiled. "Don't worry Sayuri. I'm fine." she said.
"Are you sure?" Sayuri asked.
"Hai but I need to stop playing on missions." Sarada said then looked forward. "And become serious on them, that's all."
Sarada and Sayuri continued to walk for awhile and they finally made it to the Uchiha compound. They walked inside and within a few minutes they were at their house, Sarada slid one of the shoji doors open with her right hand. They took their sandals off at the door with both hands and stepped inside before Sarada closed it behind them with her left hand.
"What should we make for dinner?" Sayuri asked, walking into the living room. "Mommy's probably going to be exhausted to make dinner this time."
Sarada walked into the living room. "Don't worry. I know just what to make." she said.
Sarada and Sayuri started sensing their mother coming towards the Uchiha clan compound.
"We should get started right away." Sarada said before she walked over to the kitchen with Sayuri following her.
...
Tomorrow.
Day Time.
Hokage Mansion.
One of the hallways.
From left to right, Mitsuki, Boruto, Sarada were were walking through one of the hallways to Konohamaru's office to see Konohamaru about their next mission. Boruto had his hands on the back of his head. They were talking about Boruto's mission to be the bodyguard of Tent Madoka, the heir of the Land of Fire.
"By the way, Boruto... How was that bodyguard mission of yours?" Sarada asked, looking at Boruto.
"Hmm? Ahh... That..." Boruto questioned, looking at Sarada then looked forward. "It was for the Daimyo's son... His name was Tentō... Well, just as you'd expect, he was totally naive, and a spoiled-rotten little prince, dattebasa... Completely terrible social skilled and totally impossible to get along with... at least that's what I thought at first. But after I got talking with him for a bit, I found out he was unexpectedly a good good guy." then put his hands down from his head.
The 3 of them made to the door and Boruto opened it up with his left hand.
"In the end, we actually became real friends, dattebasa." Boruto said smiling.
Sarada placed her right hand on her right hip. "Hmm...?" Sarada questioned.
Boruto let go of the doorknob and stopped smiling as he, Mitsuki, and Sarada looked in the room.
"Geh...!" Sarada said, taking her right hand off of her right hip.
The floor was cluttered with scrolls and books, the brown desk had a few scrolls and books on it but on one of scrolls were opened. Konohamaru was crouching down behind the desk looking for something. Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada stepped inside.
"Everything's all a mess again..." Boruto said.
"Ohh, you guys made it, kore!" Konohamaru said, picking up a brown and white scroll that had a black letter 'B' on it with his right hand. "Watch your feet."
"Mirai's gonna get mad at you again, Sensei..." Sarada said. "Don't tell me you called us here to clean all this up?"
Konohamaru stood up as he placed his scroll in his left hand and put his right hand on top of the chair beside him. "Don't be ridiculous! If I called you all the way to the office... Then it was for this, of course, kore!"
Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada looked at the scroll surprised.
"That's..." Sarada said.
Konohamaru took his right hand off of the chair, smiling. "Your new mission. And it's a B rank, kore!" he said.
"B rank... Those are highly difficult missions normally put in the care of Chunins or higher ranked ninjas, right?" Sarada asked.
"That's correct. But I've made the decision that you should be capable of it." Konohamaru said.
"It's not really all that strange. The current Kazekage was clearing B rank missions when he was a genin." Mitsuki said.
Boruto and Sarada looked at Mitsuki.
"Uncle Gaara..." Boruto thought.
Sarada stayed silent before she and Boruto turned forward smiling.
Sarada raised her left hand. "The path once taken by the Kazekage... As someone who's going to become the Hokage, it's only natural that I should be able to handle this...!" she thought, fixing her glasses with her left hand. "I'll give it a shot!" placing her left hand down.
"We genin are doing a B rank mission...? A highly difficult mission like Uncle Gaara used to take care of...?" Boruto thought. "That sounds awesome!"
"But don't let your focus stray. Though expectations are currently high for you... If you're to fail, the rumors and talk that spread would also be great." Konohamaru said. "If things go poorly... you'll end up making up for it by scrubbing this room from the ground up."
Boruto and Sarada stopped smiling.
Konohamaru sat in his chair as he placed his right elbow on it. "But of course, you don't need to worry about, right...?" he asked. "Now, how about showing me some guts!"
Boruto made his hands into fists, raising them up a little. Sarada placed both her hands on her hips.
"Yes, sir!" Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada said.
...
Night Time.
Uchiha clan compound.
Sasuke and Karin's House.
Sarada was in her room as Sayuri was playing with her toys in her room, while Karin was looking over some of the documents in the living room. They sensed Boruto but decided to wait for him to come to the door. Sarada's room has changed as there was a brown desk that had a few books neatly lined up on the right side, a black desk lamp on the left side with a picture her family's latest photo before left, an orange chair beside it in the middle, a light brown shelf above it that had 2 large binders books and her pouch neatly lined up, pictures on the wall on had a picture her mother, sister, and herself when she was 9 years old and one had a picture of her and her father when she was 5 years smiling, her bed, which was on the left side beside the balcony, had red blankets that had red and white pillows, a flower calendar hung above her bed, yellow and black drapes were on the window on top of the right side of her bed. A large brown clothes drawer on the right side of the desk that had a small plant and cactus on it. And a pink clock on another wall.
Sarada had her eyes closed as she had 5 knives in her left hand and had 1 knife in her right hand. A few feet away from her was a red and white target. She threw the knife in her right hand at the target, hitting the center, then she threw the 5 knives in her left hand, hitting the others parts of the target.
Sarada opened her eyes, smiling. "Perfect...! B rank or not, I'm ready for anything!" she thought.
Sarada stopped smiling as she heard knocks on her balcony door. "Errrrk!" she said then turned around to her dark blue curtain closed balcony. "Boruto? I thought he would be heading towards the door." she thought.
"Sarada! Are you there?" Boruto asked.
"Hai, I'm here." Sarada said, walking towards the balcony shoji doors.
Boruto stayed silent for a moment before he spoke. "Sorry for coming by so late..." he said. "Do you have a sec, dattebasa?"
Sarada stopped as she placed her right hand on the wall beside the balcony shoji doors. "What's wrong...?" she asked.
Boruto stayed silent for a moment. "I'm not going to be able... to make that mission." he said.
Boruto and Sarada stayed silent for a moment before Sarada took her right hand off of the wall before she turned around.
"Is it something important?" Sarada asked, turning to the right side at the window a little.
"Hai." Boruto said.
"Something you can't talk about?" Sarada asked.
"Hai." Boruto said.
Sarada stayed silent for a moment again. "I understand. Mitsuki and I will take care of things fine on this end. So you take care of whatever you need to!" she said.
"Thanks...! I owe you one!" Boruto said before he disappeared.
Sarada sensed that Boruto's chakra was moving away from the Uchiha clan compound. She placed her right hand on her right hip as she became annoyed, placing her left hand on her glasses. "... Geez..." she said, taking off her glasses then smiled to herself, placing some of the left side of her glasses on her lips. "He's reaaallly gotten all... tough and serious...!"
Sarada stopped smiling and snapped out of her thoughts when she sensed her mother was coming up the stairs. She put her glasses back on and took her right hand off of her right hip. Moments later, she heard a knock at her door.
"Sarada, can I come in?" Karin asked her oldest daughter.
"Hai." Sarada said.
Karin opened up the door with her left hand and released the doorknob before she stepped inside. "Why was your cousin Boruto here?" she asked, walking towards Sarada.
"He wanted to tell me that he wasn't going to be on the mission we were assigned to tonight." Sarada said.
Karin stopped in front of Sarada. "I see. I think you should follow him to see what he's up to." she said.
"Huh, why?" Sarada asked confused.
"I sense that something bad is going to happen to him and also it would be great practice for before you start your mission tonight." Karin said.
"Hmm, okay." Sarada said smiling.
"But it's wise that you don't go alone." Karin said. "And I will summon back up just in case."
"Hai." Sarada said.
...
Building in the Woods.
A giant hole was in the wall as Boruto was sitting down in pain, grabbing his right arm with his left arm as Tentō, an 11 year old fair skin boy, skinny, long upswept orange hair, curved sideburns, black eyes, wearing his usual outfit,a green turtle-neck shirt, a double-breasted yellow jacket, grey checkered pants, and brown sandals, was holding onto Boruto's right shoulder as they were in the building and watched as Shojoji, an obese fair skin man, looked to be in his late 30s or early 40s, has a green-coloured fauxhawk slicked back with what appears to be a shaved design on either side of his temples, "friendly" muttonchop facial hairstyle where his sideburns connect to his moustache and the absence of a beard except for a slight stubble, grey eyes, wearing, a long sleeved white shirt with an upturned collar that was ripped open, a black tuxedo jacket, a grey vest, pocket square along with pinstriped pants and simple brown shoes, was coming towards them, smirking.
"Now be a good boy and sit still...!" Shojoji said, walking over to them.
"Tentō... run, hurry, dattebasa!" Boruto said, looking up at Tentō.
"No way! Get up, Boruto!" Tentō said.
"Now accept your fate!" Shojoji yelled, running towards them.
Shojoji suddenly stopped and became surprised when he was being wrapped by arms. "Nghh?!" he said.
Boruto and Tentō became surprised when they saw Mitsuki a few meters away from them using Soft Physique Modification on Shojoji with both arms.
"You're the one who should accept your fate. Mujina Boss." Mitsuki said.
Shojoji slowly turned to the left side to see Mitsuki, who was his pouch on, behind him. "... Wh... Who the hell are you...?!" he asked yelling then looked up and became surprised when he saw Sarada, who has her pouch on, from the ceiling above him.
"Take this!" Sarada yelled before she kicked Shojoji with her right leg.
"... Kaaah..." Shojoji said, gasping in pain.
Shojoji fell on his back on the ground and Sarada landed on the ground a few feet in front of him.
Tentō was surprised as he and Boruto watched. Tentō released Boruto's right shoulder.
"... You guys..." Boruto said.
Mitsuki unwrapped his arms from around Shojoji as he stopped using Soft Physique Modification.
"Geez..." Sarada said turning around, looking at Boruto and Tentō. "We barely made it in time."
"Sarada...! Mitsuki! How did you know I was here...?!" Boruto asked, putting his hands on his lap. "What happened to your B rank mission, dattebasa?!"
Sarada placed her hands on her hips. "I sensed your chakra here before I met up with Mitsuki..." she said, looking at Mitsuki. "And we were headed to where Konohamaru-Sensei was waiting..." then looked to the right side. "But I just couldn't stop worrying about you...! But to think that you'd gotten into a situation like this!" "So this must've been when Mama that something wasn't right." Sarada thought.
Tentō smiled. "Boruto's ninja team mates...! They're so cool...!" he thought then stopped smiling and became a little scared when he saw a white snake slithering out of Mitsuki's shirt. "Eek!" he said.
Mitsuki placed his right hand gently on the snake, looking down at it smiling. "While Sarada sensed you, I followed Boruto's scent all the way here. I've had him learn nearly all the scents of our team mates and comrades." he said then put his right hand down as his snake slid back into his shirt.
Boruto slowly stood up on the ground. "So you had to blow off the mission to come here...?" he asked. "Sorry, guys...!"
Sarada closed her eyes. "Hah! Buy me a Caramel Macchiato and I'll forgive you." she said.
"I'll take a Cappuccino and panini." Mitsuki said.
Boruto smiled nervously. "Sure, sure... Talk about having a price, dattebasa..." he said.
Tentō placed his left hand on Boruto's right shoulder and pointed his right thumb at himself, smiling. "If that's the case then leave it to me! I can even buy out the whole store for you if you want...!" he said.
Boruto looked up at Tentō. "What the, Tentō?!" he asked then looked down at his right Palm to see that the mark turned back to normal. "... The seal... It's returned back to it's normal shape...? I don't feel any pain or numbness or anything... What the heck was that...?" then he remembered what Shojoji said to him earlier.
...
Flashback.
"... It can't be... Are you... with that organization...?!" Shojoji asked.
Flashback Ends.
...
Boruto continued looking down at the seal, serious.
Sarada looked at Boruto, confused. "What's with the serious face? Did something happen?" she asked.
Boruto smiled, looking up at Sarada. "... No. Nothing at all." he said. "A Caramel Macchiato and Cappuccino was it? Well, let's get going then." dusting himself off with both hands.
Mitsuki, Tentō, Sarada looked at Boruto.
...
Tomorrow.
Day Time.
Hokage Mansion.
Konohamaru's Office.
From left to right, Mitsuki, Boruto, who had his hands in his pockets, Sarada, who had her hands behind her back, and Tentō were standing a few feet away from Konohamaru, who was standing at his desk and facing them.
"I greatly appreciate you safely rescuing Tentō-san. Well done, kore. But..." Konohamaru said, his left hand on his hip and his right hand on his desk. "I can't let slide the fact that you abandoned a mission that you'd accepted. Of course, I do have to take into consideration the very complex circumstances at play this time... But regardless you'd best prepare yourselves for any punishment..."
Mitsuki closed his eyes as Boruto, Tentō, and Sarada looked in other directions.
Boruto looked up at Konohamaru. "I was the one that acted on my own. If there's any punishment, then I'll take it all myself." he said.
Konohamaru folded his arms together, looking down at Boruto. "I can't let that happen. Any team violation is taken as collective responsibility. If you truly care about your team mates then don't forget that." he said.
"Grr..." Boruto said.
Tentō looked at Boruto, worried.
The opened up to reveal, Ikkyū Madoka, the Fire Daimyō of the Land of Fire, a 47 year old fair skinned man, had grey hair, slicked back, grey stylized sideburns, and a grey goatee, grey eyes, wearing his usual outfit, a few red earrings pierced, has several rings on his fingers, a black and red, full-body suit, a simple white kimono over it, a black short fur-collared haori, and black sandals, had his left hand on the doorknob and was looking worried.
Konohamaru, Boruto, Mitsuki, Tentō, and Sarada looked at Ikkyū.
"Tentō!" Ikkyū yelled.
Tentō smiled. "... Dad...!" he said.
Ikkyū walked over to Tentō and crouched down in front of him, grabbing his son's face with both hands. "You are safe, Tentō! Are you hurt anywhere?!" he asked.
Tentō grabbed his father's arms with both hands. "Owww...! I'm fine! Not a scratch on me!" he said.
Konohamaru, Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada smiled at Ikkyū and Tentō.
"I was so worried, Tentō!" Ikkyū said.
"Hang on, Dad...! You're embarrassing me!" Tentō said then pulled back a little bit to see his father, smiling. "Hey Dad...! Guess what? I fought...! Using the shuriken techniques Boruto taught me! I practiced a whole lot...!"
Ikky stayed silent as he released Tentō.
Tentō made his hands into fists. "... And I... I'm gonna try my best every day from now on... To become a great adult that can support you...!" he said.
Ikkyū started to smile at his son. "... Tentō..." he said.
...
1 hour later.
Outside the Hokage Mansion.
Ikkyū, who now had his black hat on, and Tent were standing next 3 male bodyguards and from left to right, Sarada, who had her left hand on her left hip, Konohamaru, Boruto, and Mitsuki were smiling at them a few feet away as the Fire Daimyō and his son were heading back home.
"I truly thank you all." Ikkyū said smiling. "You have my gratitude."
"We're just happy that you're all safe. Take care on your travels." Konohamaru said.
"Tentō!" Boruto said.
Tentō stopped smiling as he looked at Boruto.
Boruto pulled a card out of his left pocket with his left hand. "This card you gave me... I'm returning it." he said.
"Boruto..." Tentō said.
"You remember don't you?" Boruto asked. "What I told you before?"
Tentō carefully took the card from Boruto with his right hand, smiling. "If you really want something, then no matter how hard it is to get... You've got to do it with your own strength...! Right?" he asked.
Boruto grinned. "Looks like you finally get it, dattebasa." he said.
Ikkyū smiled down at his son.
Tentō smiled down at the card then looked at Boruto again. "Thanks, Boruto. For everything." he said, raising his left hand.
"Yeah." Boruto said then shook Tentō's left hand with his right hand. "Until we meet again."
...
Later that Day.
Game Store.
Boruto and Mitsuki were at the Game Store buying cards as the female merchant was sitting down.
Boruto closed his eyes as he threw a few cards in the air with both hands. "Ahhh, damn it all! Another crap pack, dattebasa...!" he yelled.
"I guess it really won't just pop up that easily." Mitsuki said, his left hand on his left hip.
"Fools really do never learn their lesson." the lady merchant said.
Boruto opened his eyes and put his hands down as he looked at the lady merchant. "Shut up. What way is that to speak to your precious customer?" he asked.
"You really are a fool, though." a female voice said.
Boruto put his hands in his pockets and Mitsuki took his left hand off of his hip as they turned around to see Sarada, who had her hands on her hips, standing a few feet away from them.
"Sarada...!" Boruto said.
"If you wanted that card so badly, you should have just been honest and taken it." Sarada said.
Boruto smiled. "... Well... It's not like you'd understand." he said.
Sarada made a serious face. "Ma'am! Give me a pack, too!" she said, walking past Boruto and Mitsuki, who were surprised, then stopped in front of the lady merchant.
"Huh?" Boruto asked.
The lady merchant took out a pack of card from her right jacket pocket with her right hand. "Well, this is a surprise." she said. "That'll be 30 ryo."
Sarada pulled out the amount from her left pocket with her left hand. The lady merchant took the money with her left hand and gave the pack of cards to Sarada, who took it with her left hand.
Sarada turned around and walked away a little bit and stopped as Boruto and Mitsuki followed her. She took her right hand off of her right hip.
"There's 10 cards in each pack. You'll be lucky if you get a card that's above an R (rare) rating." Mitsuki said.
"... R?" Sarada questioned before she gulped.
"... Somehow... I'm really nervous all of the sudden..." Boruto said.
Sarada placed her right hand on top of the packet and ripped it open and pulled out the cards inside. "What?!" she yelled, surprised.
"Wah, you!" Boruto said, taking his hands out of his pockets. "All ready...?!"
Boruto and Sarada looked to see Orochimaru on the card.
"Geeeeeeh...!" Sarada yelled surprised. "... O... Orochimaru...!"
"Whoaaah! It's an SSR (Super Extreme Rare), dattebasa! I've never seen that card before!" Boruto said. "... But... Who is that...?"
Sarada put her left hand down. "... This sucks." she said, handing the cards to Boruto with her right hand, who took them with his right hand. "And besides... It doesn't even look like him. What's with his face?" placing her right hand on her right hip.
"He changes his physical appearance quite often." Mitsuki said smiling.
Sarada looked at Mitsuki.
"But recently, he's been taking on a lot." Mitsuki said.
"... Wow, Mitsuki... You sure know a lot about him." Sarada said.
"Well of course I do... He's my Dad, after all." Mitsuki said.
Boruto and Sarada looked at Mitsuki before Sarada became shocked again.
"Geeeeeeh?!" Sarada questioned shocked, forgetting that Mitsuki told them days ago.
"... Huh? Didn't I tell you that?" Mitsuki asked.
Boruto placed his left hand on his left hip and looked down at the card. "... Mitsuki's dad...?" he said before he sighed, lowering his right hand. "... I guess... It's not so easy, is it..." then looked up into the sky, smiling. "Damn... I really should have just taken it, dattebasa..."
4 days later.
Day Time.
Karin was walking to the Hokage Mansion until she suddenly stopped and sensed a very familiar chakra that she hadn't seen in weeks. "Sasuke...!" she said to herself before she walked again but a little faster.
It took her few minutes but she made it to the entrance of the Hokage Mansion and entered in as she walked through one of the hallways, following Sasuke's chakra.
Karin stopped walking when she saw Sasuke, in his usual outfit, walking through the hallway towards, Sasuke stopped when he saw his wife.
"Sasuke." Karin said, walking over to her husband.
When Karin made it to Sasuke, she hugged him, her arms wrapped around his neck tightly, closeing her eyes as a smile was on her face.
"I'm glad you're back, Sasuke." Karin said.
She felt him slowly wrap his arms around her waist, gently rubbing her back with his right hand.
"I'm glad to see you as well." Sasuke.
Karin opened her eyes as she pulled away a little bit to look up at Sasuke. "So, when did you get back?" she asked.
"Awhile ago." Sasuke said. "But I spoke with Shojoji."
"And I'm sure you've heard that Team Konohamaru took them down with ease." Karin said.
"I've heard, she was using her mother's skills." Sasuke said, placing his left hand on the right side of Karin's face.
Karin blushed softly at Sasuke's actions. I know and I'm sure Sarada and Sayuri would be happy to see you again." she said.
...
3 hours later.
Building near the Hokage Mansion.
Inside.
Many people were inside as most were sitting on the bleachers and some were standing up. From left to right, Shikamaru, who had his hands in his pockets, and Sai, who had his arms crossed, were standing in the middle of the bleachers, from left to right, Metal, who had his hands on the rails, Shikadai, who had his hands in his pockets, Inojin, who had his hands in his pockets, Chocho, who was eating a bag of chips, Sarada, who had her hands on the rails, and Mitsuki, were standing on the right side bleachers, and Karin, who had her arms crossed, were watching the Arena as Naruto and Boruto were about to battle each other. Sasuke was secretly watching them from the beige pillar on the right side behind the bleachers.
"You needn't hold back. Boruto." Naruto said.
Boruto held up his right index and middle fingers. "You don't need to tell them that. If I'm gonna do this..." he said then held up his left hand as he made the shadow clone jutsu, creating 2 clones. "I'm gonna go all out and win, dattebasa!"
The 2 Boruto clones ran towards Naruto and tried to attack him but he deflected their attacks with both hands. Naruto punched the clone on the right with his right fist and kicked the clone on the left with his left hand, making them both disappear.
Naruto noticed that Boruto wasn't there anymore.
"The real me's over here!" Boruto said, a few feet behind his father.
Naruto looked behind him to see Boruto.
"Using his Shadow Clone Jutsu as bait to get in back of him..." Shikamaru said. "Not bad."
"He's seriously trying to take him from the back?" Sai questioned. "He's got guts, that kid."
Shikamaru looked at Sai nervously before he focused his attention on the battle.
"He's much more skilled than the last time." Karin said.
Boruto made a Rasengan with his right hand before he threw it at Naruto. "Rasengan!" he yelled.
Naruto looked at the Rasengan before he grinned and used his right arm to block it, making Boruto's Rasengan disappear.
Boruto became surprised as he stopped running. "... Huh...?!" he asked.
Everyone on the bleachers except Shikamaru, Sai, and Karin were surprised.
"... What?! What happened just now?!" Sarada questioned, shocked.
Mitsuki placed his right hand on his chin, thinking about what happened.
"That was a pretty good Rasengan." Naruto said smiling. "You really have been training hard, haven't you, dattebayo?"
"... Damn it...! I have no idea what he just did but... Let's see how he deals with this!" Boruto said before he made the hand signs of Dragon → Tiger → Hare. "Water Release: Wild Water Waves!"
Naruto watched as giant waves of water were coming towards him.
Boruto smirked, raising his right hand. "I'm not done yet...! Lightning Release: Thunderclap Arrow!" he said, making white lightning with his right hand and threw it into the waves, making a combination attack.
Shikadai and Inojin looked looked impressed.
Shikadai took his hands out of his pockets and put them on the rails. "There's lightning coursing through the waves created by his water release...!" he said.
Naruto smirked before he made the hand signs of Tiger- Hare- Boar- Dog with both hands. "A combination attack...! Not bad!" he said then placed his right hand on the ground, kneeling down. "Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!" a solid wall of Earth appearing in front of him, shielding him from the lightning-water combination.
"The Earth wall has completely stopped the electric waves...!" Metal said.
"Incredible...!" Shikadai said.
"... Damn it!" Boruto said.
Naruto stood up and placed his left hand on the wall and made a fist with his right hand before he punched through it, creating a small hole.
Boruto became curious.
Naruto unfisted his right hand as it started sucking up the lightning-water combination.
Boruto became shocked.
"The water... Is disappearing?!" Sarada asked shocked.
"As I thought..." Mitsuki said.
Sarada looked at Mitsuki.
"The Rasengan earlier confirms it... The Seventh..." Mitsuki said. "Is absorbing his techniques."
Boruto watched as his father's right arm was done sucking up the lightning-water combination. "...? He's not moving at all..." he said. "What is he doing...?"
"Ninjas must see into what lies behind the behind, dattebayo." Naruto said.
Boruto became shocked. "Huh...?" he asked shocked, turning to the left side a little.
Naruto kicked Boruto right foot, making Boruto land on the ground a few meters away from him.
"Oww!" Boruto said.
Naruto put his right leg down.
Shikamaru placed his hands into his pockets again. "Alright! The Ninja Duel ends there!" he said.
"Geez... I mean of course I knew it... But the Seventh is really incredible." Inojin said.
"More importantly... It looks like Boruto was trying to win." Shikadai said.
Boruto slowly raised his top half. "Owww..." he said then his eyes widened when he saw his father's right arm was still in the wall and looked back at his father to see that his right prosthetic arm is gone.
"... Your right hand...!" Boruto said.
The right prosthetic arm started to move.
"That's right...! Since his right arm is artificial, he left it there as a decoy...!" Sarada said.
"I see... But still, how did he absorb those techniques...? Mitsuki asked.
Naruto walked over to Boruto, who had his left arm on his left knee. "... That was a fine match." he said, stopping in front of him.
Boruto looked up at Naruto.
"You have gotten stronger. Boruto." Naruto said, looking down at his son.
Boruto smiled.
...
1 hour later.
Hokage Mansion.
Office.
From left to right, Shikamaru, who had his hands in his pockets, Mitsuki, Boruto, Sarada, who had her hands on hips, and Karin were standing a few feet away from the desk and Naruto was sitting on the chair in front of desk.
"Whaaaat?!" Boruto asked. "... Damn it! What the hell are you playing at, dattebasa?!"
Everyone looked at Boruto.
"That right hand you were using earlier! It was ninja tech?!" Boruto asked.
"... Settle down, Boruto. As I already explained, this match was to experiment with it...!" Shikamaru said.
Naruto placed the prosthetic right hand on his desk with his right hand.
"This is prototype created by Katasuke. Using hints gleaned from the previous fight with Ōtsutsuki." Naruto said.
"Them...?" Boruto questioned, remembering Momoshiki and Kinshiki.
Karin and Sarada sensed a very familiar chakra coming towards the office. Sarada looked up at her mother to see that she was smiling at her.
"He's back..." Sarada thought.
"Using this, you absorb and nullify opponents' jutsus. Unfortunately... It's still unable to release the Jutsus back out like theirs could." Naruto said.
"I don't give a damn about that explanation! You cheated! You used ninja tech! After you got done telling that they were absolutely not to be used, you went and used one?!" Boruto questioned.
"... Err... Listen..." Naruto said nervously.
"And here I thought you had grown up a bit..." a male voice said.
Karin stopped smiling as everyone looked to see Sasuke was standing at the doorway.
"What's important is 'How you use them'." Sasuke said. "The tools and of themselves are not what are bad."
"Papa...!" Sarada said.
"Uncle...!" Boruto said.
"Besides... There are other things we learned from the fight with Ōtsutsuki as well." Sasuke said. "... That the danger in this world... Has yet to be driven out."
Everyone continued to stare at Sasuke as Sarada took her hands off of her hips.
...
5 minutes later.
"... A world-wide... crisis...?" Boruto questioned. "So are you talking about more guys like 'Mujina' from a while ago? But I don't get it..." then smiled. "You see, for small-time hoodlums for something like a world-wide crisis... Well isn't that exaggerating things a bit much?"
"... Why of course. I'm not referring to insignificant happenings like that. I'm referring to beings that we've yet to encounter who possess strong powers like the Ōtsutsuki." Sasuke said. "I'm saying that right now there is a high probability that there's something covertly operating somewhere."
"And that would be..." Mitsuki said then raised Boruto's right hand with his left hand, alarming Boruto. "Would that be connected to this 'Mysterious Seal' on Boruto?"
Boruto looked at Mitsuki. "Mitsuki, what are you...?" he asked.
Sarada looked at Boruto and Mitsuki.
"What was the cause of the strange incident that recently occurred?" Mitsuki asked, putting Boruto's right arm down with his left hand.
"I also heard about the situation from Sasuke." Naruto said.
Boruto looked at his father. "... What do you mean...?" he asked.
"You acquired that 'seal' because of Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki, but I wonder what it is...? There are still some many mysteries..." Naruto asked. "From what I understand, there's an 'organization' that exists which appears to be related to the same thing."
"...! That organization..." Boruto said, remembering Shojoji. "... Affiliated with that'organization'...?"
"... If there's an organization like that. There's a pretty good chance that they'll have something to do with the 'Ōtsutsuki'." Shikamaru said.
"Something like that. Well, it's not as if they'll be a decent organization." Sasuke said.
"The Ōtsutsuki...!" Boruto thought, remembering Momoshiki and the Arena being destroyed. "... There's still guys like that in the world...?"
"Boruto..." Naruto said.
Boruto snapped out of his thoughts and looked at his father again.
"You were there to witness the destruction of the Venue at that time." Naruto said.
Boruto stayed silent.
Naruto looked down at the prosthetic right hand. "We wouldn't consider doing things like injuring our fellow human beings. But it's crucial that we have the 'strength' for the sake of protecting everyone from those who would, dattebayo." he said.
"... I get it already..." Boruto said. "And so for that reason there's 'ninjutsu', right... And not using things like 'Scientific ninja weaponry'."
"... By the way, about jutsu-jutsu negation..." a male voice said.
Everyone turned to see Katasuke, in his usual outfit with the Kote scrapped to his right arm, was standing at the doorway, on the right side of Sasuke.
"When you have the means to do the 'Absorption'." Katasuke said smiling, pointing at the Kote with his left index finger. "You'll reduce the damage to the surrounding areas."
"... You bastard...!" Boruto said before he started to run towards Katasuke, but was held back as Mitsuki used his Soft Physique Modification on him with both hands. "This bogus scientist...! How dare you pull that during the Chunin Exams, dattebasa!"
Katasuke held his hands, nervously. "... Haha...! It's been a while, young master...!" he said.
"Don't call him stuff like 'bogus', Boruto!" Naruto said.
Everyone looked at Naruto as Mitsuki released Boruto.
"This is excellent 'technology'...! Besides, it's a power that supports the Hokage. Similar to how supportive Sasuke is to me, whom you admire." Naruto said. "Because this is different from the intention of banning it from the Chunin Exams. As I said, the purpose of the Exam is to test one's own innate strength. You know, it wasn't a question of whether it was a good or bad thing, dattebayo."
Boruto looked down.
"What's crucial is how it is being used. No matter what kind of strength it is." Naruto said.
Boruto looked up. "Being a shinobi is about effort and will-power!" he said. "You think that's what crucial about them instead, dattebasa?!"
"... I guess you don't understand... That's alright! You have the basics down since you're already genin." Naruto said.
Boruto stayed silent.
"And so... I'll give you this mission." Naruto said, taking out a brief case from under his desk with his right hand and placed it on the desk. "Please take this prosthetic hand to Ryutan City's research facility. Katasuke will go along, too."
"... What?" Boruto asked.
"This research facility hastened it's development by working on it based on there original date from awhile ago. You'll escorting Katasuke and transporting the Scientific Ninja Weaponry. This will be a 'C-rank' mission."
Boruto continued to stare at his father.
Katasuke closed his eyes as he placed his right hand behind his head. "It seems that'll be the case, you young youngsters... First off, please to be working with you all."
Boruto made a serious face before he closed his eyes. "Are you freaking kidding me, dattebasa!" he yelled.
Everyone looked at Boruto. Katasuke stopped smiling as he took his right hand off of his head.
"I don't like this at all...! A mission for the sake of someone like him..." Boruto said then turned around. "Make someone else do it, dattebasa!" walking out of the room.
"Wait up, Boruto! Boruto!" Sarada said.
Boruto slammed the door closed with his left hand.
"Urgh, that guy...!" Sarada said.
Naruto sighed. "Good grief." he said.
"Like father, like son." Karin thought.
Katasuke smiled.
"Sarada. Mitsuki." Naruto said.
Mitsuki and Sarada looked at Naruto said.
"Please pay close attention to Boruto's 'seal'. Your duty is to watch over him through out the mission." Naruto said. "I don't want you to take your eyes off of him as much as possible."
"... Roger that... But when it comes to that guy... I wonder if he'll be in the mood to accept the mission." Sarada said.
Everyone looked at the door.
"He'll... accept it eventually. Let him cool his head off for a bit..." Sasuke said.
...
20 minutes later.
Diner.
Boruto was sitting on one of the stools next to the long table with a cup of soda in front of him, thinking about something until he heard a very familiar voice.
"Somehow... During the Chunin Exams, you weren't giving in this sort of mood." Sarada said, raising her left hand a little. "Since you're grumbling it, we came persuade you."
Boruto looked to see Sarada on the right side and Mitsuki on the left side before he turned back around.
"So... what are you going to do about the mission?" Sarada asked, placing her left hand on her left hip. "You won't go?"
Boruto stayed silent for a moment as he grabbed his soda with his right hand and placed his left hand under his chin. "Well besides that... I don't understand what my dad was talking about." he said. "But... I don't like him at all... The guy with that 'Scientific Ninja Weaponry', dattebasa."
Sarada placed her right hand on her right hip before she looked down for a moment and looked back at Boruto again. "Well even I don't know how you feel exactly." she said.
Mitsuki looked at Sarada.
"But I'm going. I'll personally do it in the name of the Seventh." Sarada said then took her hands off of her hip before she turned around and walked away. "I have to live up expectations!" "I have to say goodbye to Sayuri before I leave." she thought.
...
2 hours later.
Train Station.
Team Konohamaru (except Konohamaru) and Katasuke were on one of trains and their backpacks and supplies on them. From forward to back, Boruto, Sarada, Mitsuki, and Katasuke were walking through to find available seats.
"Damn it... It's ridiculously crowded. It doesn't seem like there are any open seats." Boruto said, his hands in his pockets.
Katasuke raised his right hand up, smiling. "Aye, over here young master...! Thanks for coming with me! We'll be at Ryutan shortly... Let's have a relaxing atmosphere on our travels!" he said.
Boruto turned to the left side a little bit to see Katasuke. "... That's too bad, sensei. Because I'm not in the mood for that sorta thing, dattebasa. Because at it's core, this is 'mission'. As for me, I reluctantly came here to be professional. Please keep conversations to a minimum as necessary." he said.
Katasuke put his right hand down as he smiled nervously. "Haha..." he said.
"Urgh, what a brat..." Sarada said.
Mitsuki looked around and noticed seats available. "Perhaps there's a vacancy over." he said.
"Oh! Yeah!" Boruto said, he was about to run until Sarada grabbed his left shoulder with her right hand, pulling him backwards.
"No running, you idiot." Sarada said.
"Guh!" Boruto said before he turned around and looked at Sarada angrily, taking his hands out of his pockets. "That was dangerous, dattebasa! What do you think you're doing?!"
Sarada raised up her right fist, angrily. "Stop yelling at me!" she said.
Katasuke and Mitsuki walked passed Boruto and Sarada, who were fighting.
"... Should I keep proceeding?" Mitsuki asked, looking around.
"Haha... Good grief..." Katasuke said, looking around until he stopped when he found some empty seats and a man on the right side of him. "Excuse me. Could we take this seat?" placing his right hand on top of one of the seats.
The unknown man, who looked to be 63 years old, had fair skin, short light blue hair in a moused up manner, his right eye is blue as the right side of his face is heavily scarred, and a craniofacial prosthetic covers his right eye, right cheek, and right ear, back of his right hand and right wrist are also heavily wrinkles lining his face, wearing his usual outfit, a dark green suit jacket with beige trimmings over a light blue pinstripe turtleneck shirt and matching pinstripe pants, black sandals, his left hand and left foot have been replaced with experimental cybernetic prosthetics, was sitting a few feet away from him at the window as his left arm was resting on the window.
"Well look who it is...! Lord Ao...!" Katasuke said.
Ao smiled. "Katasuke-sensei...!" Ao said, smiling.
...
5 minutes later.
From left to right, Ao and Katasuke were sitting together while a few feet away from them, from left to right, Mitsuki, Sarada, who had her hands in her lap, and Boruto, who holding the briefcase with both hands in his lap, were sitting down.
"So he's an acquaintance of yours, sensei?" Boruto asked.
"Well... He's one of my patients." Katasuke said.
Ao took his left hand off of the window and rose it up a little, looking down at it. "My body's condition is like this... Because of the last Great Ninja War. Thanks to Sensei, I am able to live a normal life now." he said.
Katasuke looked at Ao. "No, not at all. It's through your own perseverance during your rehabilitation." he said.
When the train shook a little, Boruto held onto the briefcase.
"Woah... Tch!" Boruto said. "... Phew..."
Sarada looked at Boruto, smiling. "You seem to be pretty protective of that thing, as if it's precious." she said, crossing her arms. Don't you hate Scientific Ninja Weaponry?"
"You idiot, of course I hate it. But this is a mission, alright. Since I'm holding onto it, it's my responsibility." Boruto said.
Sarada stopped smiling. "But you shouldn't be so prejudice against it. Just like your beloved games PC, they all stem from science and technology. They're all the same thing." she said.
Boruto looked at Sarada, annoyed. "Of course they aren't. I'm saying that this type of thing is excessive, dattebasa." he said.
"That's not the case... Young Master." Katasuke said.
Team Konohamaru looked at Katasuke.
Katasuke raised his left index finger. "Let's consider the Scientific Ninja Weaponry to start off. Rather, now we're catering towards civilian usage by taking another direction with the technology. That's what we're in the process of doing. For example... making things like prosthetic hands and legs." he said.
Boruto looked at Ao, who had his left arm back on the window. "Prosthetic hands and legs..." he said.
Katasuke reached into his right pocket with his right hand. "Please excuse me for a bit." he said, pulling out a red screwdriver and looked at Ao.
"It seems like your wrist is a bit loose." Katasuke said. "Can you please let me examine it?"
Ao looked at Katasuke before he took his left arm off of the window, putting it into Katasuke's reach.
Katasuke grabbed Ao's left hand with his left hand and started fixing Ao's left prosthetic hand with his right hand.
"I'm grateful to you. Thank you. I've probably been overdoing it... It's hard to get out of habit. At least, trying not to be like how I was back when I was on active duty, you know." Ao said.
"That's to be expected though... That's what it means to be a 'Shinobi'." Katasuke said.
Boruto looked at Ao. "Uncle, were you a ninja?" he asked.
Ao looked at Boruto, confused.
Sarada moved a little closer to Boruto. "As for you... Your reckless communication skills are usually alright, but... Can't you be a bit more sensitive about the matter?" she asked, whispering before moving away.
Ao looked down. "When I was your age... I was already on the battlefield you know." he said.
"Eh! For whom? Which Village?" Boruto asked.
"... Hold on!" Sarada said to Boruto.
"... For the Mist." Ao said.
Boruto smiled. "Kirigakure! We went on a field trip when we were in the Academy, dattebasa. It's a great place, isn't it?" he asked.
"... Hmph... A field trip, huh... It seems as though Kirigakure has changed while I was away..." Ao said.
Boruto stopped smiling as he, Mitsuki, and Sarada looked up at Ao.
"... So you haven't been back to your Village recently?" Boruto asked.
"... Mmhmm... Not since the Great War..." Ao said then looked out the window. "The place where I was posted had befallen a horrific situation. Everyone who was at that post died... Except for me. The fact that I'm still even alive is a miracle... I owe it all to Katasuke-sensei... And his Scientific Ninja Weaponry."
Boruto looked down, a little sad.
Ao looked at Boruto. "So, do you still dislike the Scientific Ninja Weaponry? Boy." he asked.
"... No... Not anymore..." Boruto said.
Ao suddenly grabbed the screwdriver from Katasuke's right with right hand, making Katasuke surprised.
Boruto became shocked as Katasuke got up from his seat and pointed the screwdriver at his neck and grabbed Boruto's jacket with his left hand.
Katasuke, Mitsuki, and Sarada were surprised.
"See here... This is how you'd have died..." Ao said before he released Boruto, who gulped, and pulled the screwdriver away from his neck and sat down. "If I had been your enemy... Mmhm."
Katasuke smiled.
They continued to look at Ao.
"No matter what, it only depends upon how you used it... The very thing is neither good or evil..." Ao said then smiled, closing his eyes. "Mmhm. That's how you should feel about these kinds of things, alright?"
Boruto looked at Ao before he looked down, smiling.
The train suddenly stopped.
"Ryutan City... Now arriving at Ryutan City." the intercom said.
"Oh!" Boruto said, not smiling as he looked up.
"We're here!" Katasuke said then looked at Ao. "Please excuse us. I'll see you at your next Medical Examination."
Katasuke and Team Konohamaru stood up from their seat and started to leave.
"Thanks Uncle! Do you often come to Konoha?" Boruto asked smiling. "Let's meet again there!"
"Sure... Please send my regards to Lord Hokage." Ao said.
Boruto waved before he left with the others.
...
2 minutes later.
Team Konohamaru and Katasuke were walking out of the Ryutan City train station as Boruto, who was holding the briefcase in his right hand, ahead of them.
"Somehow, Boruto... You seem a lot more inspired." Mitsuki said.
Sarada stayed silent.
Boruto looked at Mitsuki. "When it comes to you, I keep thinking about this... Whenever you meet someone for the first time, you seem to be able to have a nice, intimate conversation with them." he said.
"... Really?" Sarada asked.
Boruto looked forward, smiling again. "Wasn't he such a good person?" he asked. "I want to hear more things from him."
Sarada started to think about something. "When we're done, I can go buy something for Sayuri like I promised." she thought.
...
8 minutes later.
From left to right, Sarada, Boruto, Katasuke, and Mitsuki were standing outside of a large white building.
"Finally, we've arrived! " Katasuke said.
Boruto, who had his left hand in his pocket as he was carrying the silver briefcase with his right hand, Mitsuki, and Sarada looked up at it.
"The advanced technology research institute... It's even smaller than I thought it would be." Sarada said.
Katasuke looked behind on the left side at Team Konohamaru, smiling. "The majority of the facility actually extends underground." he said then turned forward.
Katasuke and Team Konohamaru walked forward as the doors opened automatically. When they stopped inside, they saw a man who looked to be in his late 30s, had fair skin, short black hair, brown eyes, wearing his usual outfit, a white long sleeved shirt, long white pants, and black sandals, was standing a few feet away from them.
"Welcome back, Sensei!" the man said bowing.
"Ah! Hello!" Katasuke said.
The man stopped bowing. "Welcome, honourable guest!" he said.
Sarada suddenly sensed familiar chakra heading towards them.
The man turned around, smiling. "You all must be exhausted. Please come this way." he said, walking forward.
As Team Konohamaru were about to walk over to Katasuke, they suddenly heard something.
"Woah!" a female voice said.
Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada turned around to see a girl.
"Eh...?" Boruto asked.
"Boruto-kun...?!" the girl questioned surprised, raising her right hand to her chest.
The girl looked to be 13 years old, had fair skin, purple eyes, thigh length purple hair, the back of which is tied into two long braided ponytails, her hair frames her face and her bangs hang just above her eyes, wearing her usual outfit, viola hairbands, a black polo neck shirt, with a violet dress over it that has a white collar on it, knotted by a purple ribbon, almost resembling a seifuku overall with long black sandals.
"... Class Rep?!" Team Konohamaru questioned.
"So that was Sumire Kakei I sensed.." Sarada thought.
...
3 minutes later.
From right to left, Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki were sitting on a couch while Katasuke was sitting a few feet away from by himself and had the briefcase in his lap.
Sumire came into the room, holding a brown plate with both hands that contained 3 cream colored cups of tea and was walking towards them.
"I never would have thought that we'd meet up with in a place like this!" Boruto said smiling. "I hope you've been doing well, Class Rep!"
Sumire walked over to a coffee table in front of them and grabbed one of the cups with her left hand, placing it down on the table. "I hope you've been doing well, too!" she said, smiling at Boruto. "Because I didn't hear that you guys would be coming from the Village. I'm completely surprised by this." placing all of the cups on the table with her left hand before she hugged the tray with both hands.
"Class Rep, you didn't partake in the Chunin Exams, but you wanted to be in the Research Team, right?" Sarada asked.
"Yup... Now she is one of the indispensable and excellent staff members here." Katasuke said.
A woman suddenly came in through a door and was now standing a few feet behind Sumire.
"Hello, Sensei. Seems like you just arrived, eh?" the woman said smiling, folding her arms.
Team Konohamaru, Katasuke, and Sumire turned to see a woman who looks to be a young of average height and slender built, fair skin, long brown hair, black eyes, elogant canine teeth, wearing her usual outfit, a black dress, a white lab coat, black bracelets on both of her hands, white fang shaped earrings, and a black choker around her neck.
"Ahh, such adorable children! You look better in person!" the woman said.
Everyone looked at the woman.
Katasuke held up the briefcase to the woman with his left hand, smiling. "Ah, Miss Akita Inuzuka... You've been waiting for this, haven't you... It's the sample of the latest model of artificial limbs."
Akita unfolded her arms as she got excited. "Woah!" she said, raising her hands up."
"Please reference the enclosed scroll to browse the collected data." Katasuke said.
Akita walked up to Katasuke and grabbed the briefcase with both hands and hugged it, closing her eyes. "Sensei's latest project! This is awesome! I'm so psyched!" she said.
Team Konohamaru looked at Akita.
"Seems as though Katasuke-sensei... is highly respected. I guess that's sort of unexpected." Boruto said.
Akita pulled away from the briefcase as she opened her eyes and looked at Katasuke.
"Based on your suggestion, I changed the raw materials for the artificial nervous system. You were right about that." Katasuke said.
"Really...?!" Akita asked.
Katasuke stood up and faced Akita. "However, I'm worried about the slight delay in the reaction-time. Seems as though the actuator for the chakra-sensing still presents a challenge for us." he said.
"Ahh, I see..." Akita said.
"What chakra-sensing? Like Aunt Karin and Sarada?" Boruto thought.
"Well... This concludes the mission without a hitch." Boruto said then stood up. "We'll be heading back home soon, Class Rep.
"Eh? What do you mean by 'heading back'...?" Sumire questioned. "There's more to your mission. You know...?"
"Eh? Where are we going, dattebasa?" Boruto asked, looking at Sumire.
...
6 minutes later.
Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada were standing in a white colored room that like an arena and has 4 white pillar in the shape of a square. From left to right, Akita, who had her left hand on her left hip, Katasuke, who was sitting down in a chair, anmire were in another room, watching them through clear glass.
From left to right, Boruto, who had his hands on his hips, and Mitsuki were standing together while Sarada stood a few meters away from them.
"Damn it...! Well I guess this mission wasn't only for escorting him and transporting things... I didn't hear anything about collaborating with testing for the Scientific Ninja Weaponry, dattebasa!" Boruto said.
Sarada smiled. "That's because you didn't hear the end of the briefing. In fact, you were the one who rushed out of the Hokage's Office! We went through some trouble to finally get you to come along." she said.
Mitsuki looked at Boruto. This is doing a favor for our former classmate, isn't it? Don't you think this is somewhat interesting, at least?" he asked.
Suddenly the intercom came on.
"Alright, Sarada-chan! I'll leave it up to your discretion!" Akita said. "With how you'll use 'the thing' that we gave you a little while ago. Pleased to work together with you!"
Everyone stayed silent for a moment.
"Will you be okay?" Boruto asked. "I'll come at you for real."
"That's fine. Do whatever you want." Sarada said.
Boruto took his hands off of his hips before he ran over to Sarada and tried to attack her by using Gentle Fist with his right by Sarada moved blocked it with her left arm. Boruto continued using Gentle Fist with both hands as Sarada kept blocking with both of her arms until Sarada tripped Boruto with her right leg.
"Urgh!" Boruto said.
Sarada looked up to see Mitsuki was in the air and was coming towards as he was about to kick her with his right leg. She moved backwards and jumped into the air before Mitsuki could even kick her as Boruto was on the ground, smiling.
Mitsuki landed on the ground and looked up before he used Soft Physique Modification with both hands to catch Sarada in the air. Sarada's left hand was grabbed by Mitsuki's right hand and her left foot was grabbed by his left hand, making Sarada surprised. Mitsuki moved his arms so he could slam Sarada on the ground but she landed on her hands and feet.
Boruto got up off the ground and jumped up and made a fist with his right hand as he was heading towards Sarada, smiling. "Too bad, Sarada!" he said. "We've got you, dattebasa!"
"Heh." Sarada said smiling, placing her right hand on her right ear as a small black and white device rolled from under her.
Boruto stopped smiling and made a surprised look before the device exploded, causing a bright white light to appear and a sound.
Boruto landed on the ground. "Woah!" he said closing his eyes, covering his face with his right hand.
Mitsuki stopped using his Soft Physique Modification as he closed his left eye but squinted his right eye.
When it was over the light disappeared, leaving behind smoke. Boruto and Mitsuki were crouching down on the ground as Boruto still had his right hand covering his face while Mitsuki's right was on the ground as his left was on his left knee.
"Guhh...?!" Mitsuki questioned.
"... What was that...?!" Boruto asked. "Such impressive sound... and light... What is this feeling...?!" uncovering his face with his right hand.
When Boruto and Mitsuki stood up on the ground, they were suddenly pulled together as they had an arm around their necks with kunais pointing at their throats. Sarada had her right arm around Boruto's neck and had her left arm around Mitsuki's neck.
"Uhh?!" Boruto asked.
Sarada smiled. "Too bad, boys. I win!" she said.
The intercom came on again.
"Alright, that's enough! So what do you think about the power of the 'Smoke-Flash' bomb?" Akita asked. "It's a Scientific Ninja Weaponry that numbs the senses with intense sound and light. Do you think that it's great?"
Sarada released Boruto and Mitsuki as she placed her kunais back in her pouch with both hands.
Mitsuki placed his left hand on his head, smiling. "It was effective... I've been endowed with infra-red Ray detection and a hearing sense for low frequency waves within my body. Even those abilities were completely blocked." he said.
Sarada raised up her left fist as her left index finger was close to her ear. "Won't it be convenient in actual combat?" she asked. "However, if you don't have a signal, your comrads would also become enveloped by it.
Boruto looked down down at the ground, annoyed. "... Tch... What a cheap-shot...!" he said.
The intercom came on again.
"Alright! Let's head onto the next room!" Akita said.
Sarada lowered her left hand as a secret door opened up, revealing another room. Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada looked at it before they walked towards it and entered in before the secret door closed. The room was identical to the last on except it had no pillars and there were holes around them on the walls.
"Damn it... I feel as though I'm a lab rat." Boruto said. "What's next?"
The intercom came on again.
"Hehe... Let's go!" Akita said. "Switch... On!"
Then a beep sound was made.
Boruto had his hands in his pockets again as he, Mitsuki, and Sarada stood there.
"... What's happening...?" Boruto thought.
Boruto turned to the left side to see Sarada was looking at him and her mouth was moving but no words came out. He became confused.
"Eh...?" Boruto thought.
He looked at Mitsuki to see that he raised his hands up and his head was moving around.
Boruto took his hands out of his pockets. "... I've lost my voice...? ... No... I can't hear anything at all...!" he thought.
The intercom came on again.
"Hehehe..." Akita said?
A beep sound was made again.
"How was that? Wasn't it interesting?" Akita asked. "It's a device that extinguishers all sounds. It's name 'Shijima', meaning 'Silence'. Through colliding during a specific phase of the sound waves, the sound will become extinguished."
Mitsuki looked up. "So the 'waves' are being negated by other 'waves'... That's contrary to the principle for 'resonance'..." he said.
"That's amazing...! If we use this, it'll be so easy to sneak into enemy territory." Sarada said.
"Well... The device is quite large since it's supposed to be extinguishing all sounds. So for now, this is the only place where we can use it." Akita said.
The intercom turned off.
Boruto placed his left hand on his head. "... Oh... Well, let's head onto the next one!" he said. "... Seriously again, dattebasa...?"
...
9 minutes later.
Boruto and Sarada, who now had orange gloves and boots on their hands and feet, were a few feet away from one of the walls as they looked up to see Mitsuki, who also had orange gloves and boots on his hands and feet, crawling up the wall on his hands on feet. Sarada had her hands on her hips.
The intercom turned on again.
"It's the same as sticking to the wall like a gecko... These gloves and boots utilize van der walls forces." Akita said. "Isn't that interesting! It has macromolecules clusters that combine with the power of..."
Boruto looked down as he closed his eyes, sighing. "Excuse me." he said then opened his eyes and looked up. "Are you underestimating us ninja? Doing stuff like walking along walls using our chakra is something pretty easy we can do, dattebasa."
Mitsuki stopped walking as he looked down at Boruto. He used his Soft Physique Modification on his right hand and slip down from the wall before he stood on the floor on the right side of Boruto.
"This is pretty good. You won't have to need chakra to walk on the walls. You won't grow weary as much." Mitsuki said smiling.
Boruto looked at Mitsuki in silence.
"With this, it seems you'll be able to concentrate even more on combat instead." Mitsuki said.
Boruto looked down at the right glove before he looked up and towards the wall and hopped on I as Mitsuki stopped using the Soft Physique Modification on his right hand.
Boruto became interested before he flipped forward on the wall and started walking upwards. "Hehehe... Now I get it..." he said, smiling.
"Hey... Hey...?" Sarada asked.
Boruto turned to the left side to see Sarada walked beside him, smiling.
"Is that the face of someone who's finally enjoying themselves?" Sarada asked.
Boruto stopped smiling. "... What...?! Who are you talking about...?!" he asked.
...
20 minutes later.
Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada were in another as they no longer had the orange gloves and boots on. Boruto was to a machine on the cieling and it was rotating as Mitsuki and Sarada were watching him meters apart from him.
"Woah, this is awesome! I'm flying, dattebasa...!" Boruto yelled, smiling. "This is awesome!"
Sarada had her left hand on her left hip. "Heh. He's not usually in such high spirits." she said smiling.
Boruto stopped as he noticed the machine started to rotate even faster. "Huh?" he asked. "Whaaaaaa?!" spinning rapidly on the cieling until he crashed into one of the walls.
"... Ahh..." Sarada said as she took her left hand off of her left hip.
Mitsuki looked at the crash site.
...
30 minutes later.
A small room.
Team Konohamaru received an urgent call from Naruto. Boruto was next to the devices as from left to right, Sarada, Katasuke, and Mitsuki were standing a few feet behind him.
Boruto had his right hand on a device, looking down at it. "Hey Dad, it's me. Everyone can hear you." he said.
Naruto was sitting on his chair as he placed his right hand on a device, looking down at it. "Boruto? This is regarding Konohamaru, who's currently in the middle of doing a mission at the outskirts of the village borders. Act, all communications have with him just a short while ago." he said.
"... Eh?" Boruto questioned.
"His comrade, Mugino, was accompanying him for this. We don't know their circumstances, and whether or not they're safe." Naruto said.
"Oh no...! For Sensei to get cornered like that..." Sarada said.
"The closest platoon to the scene of the crime happens to be your team. Will you do it, dattebayo?" Naruto asked.
"Absolutely...! We'll do it, dattebasa!" Boruto said.
"Alright. Boruto, Sarada, Mitsuki... you 3 will suspend your current mission. Commence the search for Konohamaru and his comrades." Naruto said.
"Understood!" Boruto said.
"This is so uncharacteristic of him. If it was actually a threat to such a huge extent, he would have waited for reinforcements. He would've understood the situation at hand and dealt with it in a composed manner." Naruto said.
"I understand. Leave it to us!" Boruto said.
Naruto took his right hand off of the device as it made a beep. Shikamaru was standing on the right side of the desk with his hands in his pockets as Karin was standing on the left side of the desk as her right hand was on her right hip.
"I understand your concerns. He trusts in your command. He's not just a student anymore. They h thorough knowledge of the proper protocols." Shikamaru said.
"He's right, Oniisan." Karin said.
"Yeah... Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki have genuine strength and abilities... I'm not worried about them in that regard." Naruto said. "However..."
"Then what about 'Kara'...?" Karin asked.
"I don't think that the likelihood of that is actually low. If it's trouble to the extent that there was a telecommunication equipment failure and radio wave interference... They ought to have contacted us through another means by now... Even with the skills of the 2 Jonin... They weren't able to carry out their mission. They have succumbed to their situation." Karin said.
"So, it's a blimp of unknown national origin and purpose... It slipped past the air defense of the Fire Country... If something hadn't caused it to crash, we would have never probably noticed it." Shikamaru said.
"As far as that blimp is concerned, our only point is that we don't know which country it's affiliated with. The other 4 Kages each respective Villages are all of the same opinion." Naruto said.
"Seems as though they have a large scale ship yard. It's beyond our Village's capabilities. One thing that's clear for now. Is that the enemy managed to engineer a state-of-the-art blimp without their actions being exposed to anyone else. They have accomplices who are supplying them in particular. That is our 'enemy'." Shikamaru said.
"I really hope that they return safely..." Karin thought, thinking about them especially Sarada.
End of Chapter 29.
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