Yataro returned to his hideout, this was how Gakuro was standing, leaning against the wall

"And how, did you get the crystal?"

"Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity."

Gakuro walked over to his companion and, grabbing his shirt, he nailed him to the wall.

"That's not what I wanted to hear, you realize that we need this crystal to revive the demon lord."

"Yes, but don't worry about Gakuro-sama, we'll be able to get it later, we should first focus on finding the other two parts."

Gakuro calmed down and released Yataro.

"You are right, now that we know who has one piece of Zexiro's crystal, we can leave it for the last."

"In that case, I will immediately go in search of the next parts." he replied as he departed

"Boruto Uzumaki, he is not an ordinary man, I have to get rid of him because he can mess up."

Meanwhile, Boruto was still unconscious, Sayori, with Mirika's help, took him to Asami's mansion and placed him in his room, then they started treating his injuries, to the girls' surprise, most of the serious wounds had already healed. The blonde was sleeping peacefully, but soon his eyes began to open, soon after he felt some weight on him, lifting the covers he saw Mirika sleeping on him, wearing only a see-through nightgown.

"What the hell!" Boruto's movement made the red-haired girl wake up.

"Good morning, Boruto."

"Mirika, what are you doing here?"

"I decided to stay here to make sure you're okay."

At that moment, Sayori entered the room.

"Boruto you woke up, I heard your voice ..." However, the brunette's eyes widened seeing Boruto and Mirika in one futon.

"What's going on here?"

"Well, Sayori, it's not what it looks like, wait a second why do I have to explain it at all, since I'm the least guilty of this situation."

"So you stayed to make sure Boruto is alright, unnecessarily in good hands."

"I really doubt if you can give him good care."

Boruto could swear he saw the sparks coming out of their eyes

"Listen girls, calm down there is no need for you to argue, the most important thing is that everything ended well."

"Actually, I wonder why that demon didn't kill us when he had a great opportunity?" Sayori said

"Because he was checking us," Boruto said

"What do you mean?"

"Someone like him could have killed us easily, but he didn't.

Mirika walked over to Boruto picking up his shirt.

"What are you doing?"

"Shut up and let me Focus" Mirika stuck out a finger, the tip of which started to glow, then put it to Boruto's breast, drawing a symbol

"What did you just do?"

"We made a pact, from now on you are my partner. This is one of our clan's methods known as the pact. We Devils can thus make pacts with other races, making them our partners. Thanks to this, we can communicate telepathically, and if something happened to you, I can teleport to you immediately, thanks to which your physical strength will also increase by about fifteen percent."

" It's all still new to me."

" Then let me explain everything to you in more detail."

Meanwhile, the rest of the seventh team roamed the forest in search of Boruto, suddenly Gakuro appeared against them.

" Judging by your armbands, you must be Boruto's friends."

" How do you know him, where is he?" Sarada asked

" Don't worry, you will meet soon, and it will not be a nice meeting, I assure myself."