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He perked up, ran faster, and stopped in front of the house.
Sarada, who had caught up from behind, bent over, panting heavily.
"Huff, huff, huff, how could anyone live in this desolate wilderness? Boruto, did you know this from the beginning and then come here?"
"I suppose so," Boruto replied calmly, stepping onto the wooden steps and reaching for the door.
The door wasn't locked; it opened with a gentle touch.
Boruto withdrew his hand, paused slightly, and went inside.
Take off your shoes in the entryway and place them neatly on the shoe rack.
Sarada and Mitsuki nodded to each other and then took off their shoes as well.
Upon entering the living room, Boruto was immediately drawn to a family photo of the four of them on the TV cabinet.
Pick up the picture frame and brush away the dust on the surface with the edge of your palm.
Looking at Xue, dressed in casual clothes, nestled beside her father with a radiant smile, a stark contrast to the sharp look in her eyes during their fight, she felt a mix of emotions.
Xue, you really are Uncle Chen's daughter. It makes sense, only his daughter could have that kind of ability at the same age as me.
When Sarada saw the group photo, she froze on the spot, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head, and her face turned deathly pale.
This...this...isn't this the girl named Yuki? This...this is his home. Boruto, you've come all this way to find her? Why? When did they become friends? And how does he know where her home is?
But she suppressed the turmoil in her heart and forced herself not to ask.
Maybe it's not what I think. No matter what Boruto is like, he wouldn't disregard the bigger picture at this critical juncture. Yes! There must be some other hidden reason. Yes, that must be it. Let's see what he's planning to do first.
Boruto put down the photo frame and scanned the dust on the table, counter, sofa and other objects.
It's confirmed that no one has visited this house for at least a week.
Uncle Chen didn't come back here?
Xue is Uncle Chen's daughter and a ninja from the Hidden Shadow Village. Does that mean that Hidden Shadow Village is Uncle Chen's village? Did they go back to that village?
But where should I look for the Hidden Ninja Village?
After a moment of contemplation, Boruto loosened his clenched right hand and stared intently at the blue mark that had appeared in his palm since he woke up.
After a long while, he lowered his gaze, clenched his palms tightly, and shouted in his heart.
"Momoshiki, come out and see me!"
The earth in my heart fell silent for a moment, then suddenly a strong wind arose and the earth shook!
A dark brown, ancient and solemn sacred altar rose up before Boruto!
Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki, dressed in ethereal white robes, sat cross-legged atop a pillar of the shrine, his head slightly tilted. Beneath his curved horns, between his handsome brows, his white eyes gazed down at him expressionlessly. (See attached image)
"As expected, that mark was left by you! A sissy face, is this your true face? Momoshiki!"
"Boom!" Before Boruto could finish speaking, Momoshiki suddenly appeared in front of him and slammed Boruto's head to the ground with his palm.
"You inferior creature, watch your words! Or I'll crush your head in the next second!"
"Heh, heh, stop bluffing, Momoshiki..." Boruto, with half his face pressed to the ground, met Momoshiki's gaze and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "After you were severely injured by Uncle Chen's Purple Lightning, you resorted to any means to come and mark me with this mark."
"Although I don't know exactly what it is, I guess it must be something that can save your life. If I die, you won't survive either!"
Seeing the fleeting glint in Momoshiki's eyes, Boruto thought: "Yao Xi! Although I might not be entirely right, the direction should be correct. At least I'm certain he absolutely cannot intentionally harm me!"
Momoshiki stared intently at him: "Kid, I've gotten a better impression of you. I can't kill you, but I can certainly make you suffer."
Boruto said seriously, "Momoshiki, I take back what I said earlier about you being a sissy. I'd like to ask you for a favor."
Tao sneered: "Heh, you really dare to say that, but let's hear it."
"Help me find Uncle Chen, I need to see him."
"What if I don't agree?"
"What, are you scared? Scared of seeing Uncle Chen again and getting beaten up by him again!"
"Boom!" Momoshiki forcefully shoved Boruto's face into the ground.
"You little brat's provocation is useless except to make people angry. You're still far from being good enough."
“If it were anything else, I would definitely get you out of my sight.”
The smile that appeared on Peach's lips was just like a song lyric.
What you can't have always seems more alluring!
"There's only one thing... I can help you achieve it!"
Because I want to see him even more than you do! Uchiha Chen, that man who evokes both love and hate!
Chapter 97 He is the great ninja and hero in my heart.
On the land of his heart, Boruto stood up, and the crater in the ground where the face model had been wasted disappeared.
"Uncle Chen, where are you?"
Momoshiki said, "His chakra has disappeared in your so-called ninja world. He is either in another dimension or somewhere that can shield chakra perception."
Boruto frowned, displeased: "What did you say? Does that mean we still can't find it?"
"Heh." Momoshiki chuckled coldly, then slapped Boruto in front of him, turning him into specks of light.
"You take advantage of my kindness!"
"Ugh!" In the real cabin, Boruto covered his face and stumbled back several steps. Remember that slap, Momoshiki!
Peach's voice echoed in my mind.
“Uchiha Yuki is Uchiha Chen’s daughter, so finding her means finding the Dark Ninja Village you mentioned, right? Her chakra is currently moving at high speed in the southwest direction of the earth. I’m synchronizing my senses with yours; if you’re fast enough, you should be able to catch up!”
"Sizzle!" Blue veins emanated from the wedge in Boruto's right palm, covering his palm and wrist.
Then, a distant chakra perception immediately appeared in his senses.
It was Yuki's chakra, which Boruto knew all too well.
I see. Because Momoshiki and Yuki had a brief encounter, her chakra was marked by Momoshiki.
Boruto clenched his fist and slowly lowered it.
He said this to the two people who were anxiously waiting beside him.
"I'm sorry, Sarada, Mitsuki, I need to get going at full speed from here on out. You should go back. I don't plan to return to Konoha anytime soon."
"Boruto? What did you say? Where are you going? Why aren't you coming back to the village?" Sarada's anxious voice came, and Boruto stopped at the entrance.
"Sigh." He let out a soft sigh.
The difference between him and Sasuke back then is that he doesn't deliberately hide what he believes in, causing those around him to overthink and worry unnecessarily.
He turned to Sarada and said frankly, "I'm going to find Uchiha Chen!"
Sarada immediately exploded: "Are you crazy, Boruto! Do you even know who he is?! You're looking for revenge against him now! It's no different from courting death!"
"It's not about revenge. I'm looking for Uncle Chen because I have something else to discuss."
"Uncle Chen!?" Sarada staggered back three steps as if struck by lightning: "You, you call him Uncle Chen?"
Boruto said solemnly, "Listen, Sarada, Uncle Chen, Uchiha Chen isn't what you think. My dad, your dad, everyone in Konoha doesn't know the real him!"
"He is a true great ninja and hero in my heart, and I vow to become a ninja like him!"
Sarada rushed forward, grabbed Boruto's shoulders, and shook him violently: "Hey! Wake up, Boruto! You're under a genjutsu! You've been brainwashed! Wake up, Boruto!"
"No, I am very clear-headed, more so than ever before."
Sarada was stunned by Boruto's chillingly calm gaze.
Boruto raised his hand and gently grasped her wrist, gritted his teeth, and loosened his grip on her shoulder.
"In any case, I must see him!"
Sarada's eyes were filled with tears, and in each of her bloodshot eyes were three bright tomoe.
"You, your eyes, when?!" Boruto was stunned in surprise.
Sarada clenched her fists and said excitedly, "It was when you were fighting that snow and almost got entangled in the tree, right? Listen, Boruto! I don't know if Uchiha Chen is the great ninja and hero you're talking about!"
"All I know is that your actions are practically tantamount to betraying the village! And betrayal means I'll never see you again! Even if I do see you again, I'll draw my sword against you! I don't want that! Absolutely not!"
Boruto clenched his fists, his heart heavy: So, you're going to stop me here, by force...?
He let go, and as if he had made up his mind, he straightened his collar.
Sarada wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, looked up at him resolutely, and said, "So! I'm going with you!"
The second half of the sentence is Sarada's inner cry.
I'm going to ask that Uchiha Chen what he did to Boruto!
Sarada didn't realize her feelings for Boruto until much later, and it wasn't until she was an adult that she finally confessed her feelings to Sumire Kakei for the first time. (See attached image)
In the latest Boruto episode, Sarada opens up to Sumire Kakei.
However, a series of recent events have allowed this budding affection to grow rapidly. In particular, facing the choice of losing Boruto, she made a bolder and more courageous decision in her pain than physically stopping Boruto.
This is also where she differs from Sakura back then; she doesn't easily express her feelings verbally, but only through passionate actions.
Boruto was touched by her words.
It seems I didn't fully understand Sarada before.
The clenched fist loosened.
Boruto turned around and said, "Do as you please. However, I'll be traveling without taking a breath from now on, so you'd better eat a soldier's ration pill first."
"I would have done it even without you telling me!" Sarada took out three military ration pills made by her mother, put them in her mouth, chewed them, and swallowed them.
Mitsuki closed his Sharingan and ran after Boruto without saying a word, watching Boruto's back as he silently followed.
The night was windy and uneventful. The next morning...
In a nameless little country on the southwestern border of the ninja world, in a valley shrouded in mist.
After the Chunin Exams in Konoha ended, Hikaru and Samui immediately set off on their return journey. They waded through the water, and at the end of the mist ahead, the dead end surrounded by mountain walls was the entrance to Peach Blossom Spring.
Only Chen and Xiao Nan can open the gate to Peach Blossom Spring.
Even if Chen doesn't return, Guang and the others still have a way to enter. They can use the White Zetsu from the inner and outer formations to send a message to Xiao Nan, who will then come to open the Peach Blossom Spring Gate.
Finally, we arrived at the dead end of the Peach Blossom Spring Gate.
Stopping in her tracks, Samui's chest heaved as she rubbed her aching shoulders. "Ah, ah, we've finally arrived. I'm exhausted... Ah Chen must have run off somewhere having fun, leaving us two women with our families to travel like this."
Guang joked, "Samui is a bit lacking in training. Xiaohua's stamina is better than yours~."
Samui watched as Xiaohua played with her ninja sword, seemingly unaffected.
She thought to herself: Although her hair color and precociousness in some aspects are just like mine, she is ultimately Jin's offspring. Jin is the kind of man who can carry me and sprint at full speed for half a night without even breaking a sweat.
Although I was sore all over afterward, that kind of soreness was different from the kind of soreness caused by manual labor.
Samui lowered her hands from her shoulders, placed them on her waist, and said in a haughty manner, "After all, I haven't been a ninja for many years."
Guang smiled and said, "Doing more aerobic exercise at home when you have nothing to do is good for your skin too."
Samui thought to herself: Hmm, when I get home, I need to take a good shower and then reward myself handsomely...
"Whoosh!" A white Zetsu emerged from the ground in front of them.
He said respectfully, "Your Excellencies, Your Highnesses, and Young Master Feng, we are honored to have you help our classmate. This gentleman is..."
Nadeshiko said, "Ah, I, I am..."
Gansuke spoke first: "This is Aunt Nadeshiko, our teacher who led us in the Chunin Exams."
"Oh, my apologies." White Zetsu said seriously, "I am Outer Formation Number 17."
"Hello, number 17, please contact your inner formation and ask Sister Xiao Nan to come and open the Peach Blossom Spring Gate."
Outer Array Number 17 said, "I'm afraid that won't work, Madam, because three guys from Konoha are rapidly approaching the location of this Peach Blossom Spring!"
Chapter 98 Uncle Chen, please…