After seeing Hinata's discouraged expression, Boruto braced himself and called out:
"Mom..."
Hearing this, Hinata became even more confused.
She was still so young, so how could she suddenly have a son who looked about the same age as her?
Besides, Naruto-kun and Boruto clearly weren't the same age either.
She immediately looked at Naruto in confusion.
Naruto scratched his head and briefly explained Boruto's identity as their child from twenty years in the future.
Hinata nodded suspiciously, but her eyes gradually curved into a smile.
"So Boruto is the child of future me and Naruto-kun..."
"And we become a couple later on."
"That's only true in the world Boruto comes from..."
Naruto corrected her, but Hinata automatically ignored that part.
Instead, she looked at Boruto much more fondly now.
Still, having a son around the same age as herself felt incredibly strange, and she had no idea what she was supposed to say.
At this moment, Naruto stepped forward and said:
"Let's stop worrying about Boruto for now."
"Didn't we agree to cultivate natural energy together today?"
After speaking, Naruto walked over to Hinata's side, and the two entered the clan mansion while chatting and laughing.
Boruto, who had been left standing there alone, suddenly felt a little lost, as though he had somehow become an outsider.
At this moment, Neji walked over with Hanabi.
He glanced at Boruto and said:
"So you're Boruto?"
"Naruto-sama ordered us to teach you Gentle Fist."
"Besides that, there are also assignments from Uzushio Village's Ninja Academy."
Ever since the Uzushio ninja established a stronghold inside Konoha, the Hyūga Clan had been the first clan to openly show goodwill toward them.
As a result, the Hyūga Clan had gained access to advanced teaching materials from Uzushio Village's Ninja Academy and had even become one of Konoha's testing sites.
Boruto felt that Neji looked strangely familiar, but before he could think too much about it, he was dragged straight to the Hyūga training grounds and thrown into intensive training.
Meanwhile, Naruto and Hinata watched from not far away while feeding each other snacks and observing Boruto being forced to study.
With Momoshiki's Kāma acting as a cheat, Boruto actually didn't need to spend too much time learning ninjutsu or genjutsu.
For him, taijutsu and combat tactics were far more important.
Those were the true keys to fighting the Ōtsutsuki.
...
At the same time, Shisui returned to the Uchiha district together with the adult Sasuke and the younger Sasuke.
After realizing that the middle-aged man before him was his future self, Sasuke had countless questions he wanted to ask.
Would he defeat Uchiha Itachi in the future?
Had he lost his arm while fighting Itachi?
Facing Sasuke's questions, the adult Sasuke remained silent for a long time before finally saying:
"Your future is destined to be different from mine."
"In my world, Uchiha Itachi slaughtered the clan for the sake of the village."
"As for the missing arm... there were other reasons."
Sasuke frowned, clearly not expecting such an answer.
Just as he was about to continue asking, the adult Sasuke shook his head and said:
"You're different from Naruto."
"There are many things about the future that I can't tell you."
"The only thing I can say is that Uchiha Itachi had his own difficulties."
Hearing this, Uchiha Shisui's face turned extremely gloomy.
"Whether Itachi had difficulties or not, he's still a sinner of the Uchiha Clan."
"The Uchiha could accept losing to the Third Hokage, but they could never accept dying because of betrayal from one of their own."
"And that night, he even killed the clan's women and children."
"Yet he alone spared Sasuke."
The middle-aged Sasuke froze.
He respected Itachi deeply, but he found himself unable to refute Shisui's words.
Yes, every clan member had died that night.
Only he had survived.
To him, that had been his brother's love.
But to the rest of the Uchiha, it had been profoundly unfair.
Still, those matters belonged to his own era.
Only Sasuke and the remaining clan members in this world had the right to decide how to judge Itachi.
He had no right to interfere.
At this moment, Sasuke suddenly seemed to make up his mind and said to the adult Sasuke:
"In the future, I want you to teach me how to become stronger as quickly as possible."
"You should understand how I feel right now."
The adult Sasuke glanced at the younger Sasuke and sighed softly.
"I understand."
"For the next few days, I'll teach you some of the ninjutsu you'll master in the future."
"I only hope that the choices you make in the future won't leave you with regrets."
"Of course I know that."
"You already lost everything."
"But I still have many people left."
Even when facing himself from another timeline, Sasuke showed absolutely no politeness and spoke his true feelings directly.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Shisui fell into deep thought.
He looked toward the direction of the Uzushio compound, his eyes filled with both complexity and gratitude.
Through the conversation between the adult Sasuke and the younger Sasuke, he had already more or less learned the fate of the Uchiha in that other world.
In that timeline, he probably had never met Naruto disguised as Menma.
Instead, he must have entrusted both his Sharingan and his dreams to Uchiha Itachi.
But Itachi had failed to save the clan.
In the end, he had joined forces with Obito and slaughtered every last Uchiha.
Yet such an ending was clearly not what Shisui wanted.
He would rather Itachi have escaped with the clan.
Even if it was only with one or two children who knew nothing about the world.
Instead, Itachi had abandoned the clan, his lover, and even his own parents—leaving only Sasuke alive.
Thinking of this, Shisui's hatred toward Itachi deepened further.
...
Over the next few days, both Boruto and Sasuke underwent different kinds of training.
Naruto and the adult Sasuke also spent their spare time discussing plans to hunt Urashiki Ōtsutsuki.
Unlike ordinary ninja, the Ōtsutsuki possessed the ability to absorb chakra and were almost completely immune to ninjutsu and genjutsu.
Only taijutsu, senjutsu, and space-time abilities could truly injure them.
Beyond that, sealing techniques remained the great equalizer against all living beings.
"Urashiki possesses many abilities."
"In addition to Amenominaka-like spatial travel, the fishing rod in his hand can steal a ninja's chakra and even amplify the power of ninjutsu through the fishing line."
"So Naruto, during the battle, you absolutely cannot allow Urashiki to steal your chakra."
"Otherwise, the difficulty of the battle will increase dramatically."
After hearing the information shared by the adult Sasuke, Naruto recalled the original storyline and said:
"We can use sealing techniques to prevent Urashiki from stealing chakra."
"If sealing techniques were capable of sealing Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, then there's no reason they can't seal other Ōtsutsuki as well."
After hearing Naruto's suggestion, the middle-aged Sasuke strongly agreed.
Back when he fought Urashiki, he really had forgotten to use sealing techniques to protect himself.
If this method actually worked, then the chances of successfully hunting Urashiki would increase significantly.
After finalizing the battle plan, Naruto and the adult Sasuke arrived near the Forest of Death and secretly set up a sealing barrier in advance, waiting for Urashiki Ōtsutsuki to appear.
Several hours later, ripples spread through space itself.
An overwhelmingly terrifying chakra descended upon the ninja world.
Naruto and the adult Sasuke exchanged glances before simultaneously looking up toward the sky.
A spatial portal slowly opened in midair.
Standing above it was Urashiki Ōtsutsuki, holding both a fishing rod and a chakra fishing reel.
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