03x133 - A Village Without Sasuke

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Wait, you're… the traveling performer?

Be careful.

Oh! Hey, hold on!

This is—!

Hey!

What do you want?

I just wanted to express my gratitude

since you've been awfully kind to Naruto, even though you've just met him.

Oh, no.

It's just that he looks like someone I knew in the past.

Hmm… I see, I see…

In the past, huh?

Sorry, but I'm in a hurry.

By the way, are you…

Sasuke Uchiha?

Just kidding!

There's no way you could be him.

A Village Without Sasuke

Found ya!

It's you…

– Hey, so um… – Hey, so um…

– What is it? – What is it?

– You go first, ya know! – You go first, ya know!

Sorry about earlier!

And for leaving in the middle of training.

No, I should be sorry for hurting you…

Oh, don't worry about it. It's nothing.

I know you didn't do it on purpose.

Besides, I figure it won't matter if I get stronger than you.

Let's not waste any more time and get back to training.

Yeah!

Or else, we won't be able to b*at up Urashiki.

You're right!

I was just about to say the same thing, ya know!

All right, let's start training!

I didn't sense any pretense in your efforts to save Naruto in the last battle.

But the fact is, I still don't know your identities.

So, why don't we make a deal?

I won't delve into your identities any further,

if you give me intel on the enemy, Urashiki.

Consider it a give-and-take.

Apologies…for making you worry.

So, we have a deal!

And what of Urashiki since then?

Have you sensed his presence?

I don't sense him yet.

But he came here to take chakra…

and his goal is to take the Nine Tails' massive amount of it.

I see…

I'm sorry for lying about being traveling performers.

We're in a position where we can't let anyone know who we are.

But our desire to protect Naruto from Urashiki is absolutely real.

If Urashiki gets a hold of the Nine Tails' Chakra,

there's no future left for us as shinobi.

Then, we must do everything to protect Naruto and

prevent the Nine Tails from getting taken.

Thanks to your Sealing Jutsu,

we now know we can counter Urashiki's chakra-extracting jutsu.

But my jutsu isn't foolproof.

Also…

The Sealing Jutsu on Naruto is a special one.

But when he's under Nine Tails Transformation,

it seems that some of his chakra can be extracted.

What other jutsu does Urashiki possess?

He is able to teleport using a special jutsu.

A type of Transportation Technique?

That is troublesome.

It means that we can't tell where he's coming from, right?

Yeah, but when he uses that jutsu, I'm able to sense it.

Oh?

We're still not sure,

but it seems he has other powers as well.

The enemy has unknown variables, huh?

In any case, we need to come up with a strategy

to protect Naruto and the Nine Tails from Urashiki.

How's training going with those two?

Not sure how it will end up.

Naruto especially isn't very adept.

A Collaboration Jutsu might not be possible.

However, children are also unknown variables.

Boruto and Naruto are similar beyond just their chakra.

They both have good, strong and direct eyes.

ICHIRAKU RAMEN

ICHIRAKU RAMEN You know,

you just can't put your all into training when you're hungry.

Looks delicious!

Ramen again…

This ramen here is seriously really good!

Of course, cup ramen is good too.

Thank you for the food!

So good!

Granny Tsunade mentioned a genin who deserted the village.

It was you, wasn't it, Sasuke?

Why?

Back then, I saw no other choice.

Hey, can I ask you something?

Hmm?

Your friend…

Why did he leave the village?

Why do you wanna know?

Well, it's bothering me.

I mean, he's a genin of the Leaf Village, right?

There had to be a big reason for him to desert the village…

He said it was to gain power.

His entire family, the Uchiha clan, was annihilated.

He's the sole survivor.

That's why he wants to become stronger to get revenge.

That's so—!

But to desert the village?!

To sever bonds…

He said that strength lies in the pain of solitude.

That's why he severed our bond, and his bonds with all of us,

to become stronger.

We tried our best to stop him.

But he ended up going to Orochimaru.

By Orochimaru, you mean—?!

Why would you go to such lengths to bring Sasuke back?

Because he's a connection that I finally made.

A connection…

I don't have any parents or siblings, so I don't know what it's like.

But after being on the same team as Sasuke,

I felt like…

maybe this is what it's like to have a sibling.

I need to get stronger to bring Sasuke back.

That's why I'm training with Pervy Sage.

I need to b*at some sense into him one more time,

make him wake up

and bring him back to the village.

Because he's my friend.

That's why I don't have time to be dealing with that Urashiki guy, ya know!

Come on! After we eat this, let's get back to training!

Right!

Thanks for the food!

ICHIRAKU Mmm! This is so good!

Right?

So, you can't fight at full strength yet?

Yeah, thanks to your Sealing Jutsu,

he couldn't steal my chakra this time.

Still, I haven't replenished the chakra he took in our previous fight.

I see…

He could actually see that I wasn't at full strength.

I see.

You said earlier that Urashiki has special jutsu, right?

Yeah.

In that case, you block him from using his jutsu.

During that time, I'll use my Sealing Jutsu to seal him.

Then, I'll blow him away with a Toad Oil b*mb.

That said, he looked extremely experienced.

Ordinary means won't work.

If I could only infuse my chakra even a little.

The reality is that I don't have much of a counter jutsu.

The view here is amazing,

but it's probably time for me to get moving.

I shall take all of the Nine Tails' Chakra.

I'm saying, you're not even trying to sync up with me, are you?

What?! You're just infusing your chakra in your own way!

I-I'm doing it, I'm telling you!

Come on, one more time!

Damn it!

How are we supposed to do this?

If we're doing this like the Rasengan, it's supposed to work.

That's it!

Hey, Boruto, give me your hand.

What is it?

Come on, just give it!

What are you doing?

The Leaf symbol?

Let's visualize concentrating our chakra here.

I get it!

The two of us just have to infuse our chakra over one target!

That's right, ya know!

Let's do this!

Nope! I ran out of chakra!

But…

– Looks like it can be done! – Looks like it can be done!

Just a little more!

I didn't feel any resistance.

You came up with a pretty good idea!

Of course!

There you are!

Sakura!

You got a minute?

I want to ask you something.

What is it?

This.

The guy you're with dropped this.

Huh?

I can only read some of it, but…

Boru…Sasuke… borrow from…love, Sarada.

Oh no!

That's probably a note that Sarada wrote to Sasuke!

I don't understand it at all, but look right here.

It definitely says Sasuke, right?

Do you know anything about Sasuke?

Um…

In the first place,

all I know is that you're nameless traveling performers,

who haven't even performed!

So, who are you? What are you doing here?

C'mon, Sakura.

No need to ask so many questions at once.

Besides, there's no way he'd know anything about Sasuke!

Naruto, you stay out of this!

Fine. Just tell me this.

Do you know Sasuke?

Huh? Do you?

No, I don't think so.

How am I supposed to explain my way outta this, ya know?!

Let me see that for a second.

Oh, so maybe it's a different person named Sasuke?

I'm not completely sure, though.

Oh, what? You had me surprised there for a second.

But that's so—!

We really are just traveling performers and

Believe me! We really don't know your friend!

Yeah, you're right.

Thank you. Sorry for bothering you.

Sakura…

Sakura's also trying to get Sasuke back, just like Dad…

But I can't tell them the truth!

I guess I'll have to ask him directly, after all.

I'm totally destroyed from today, ya know!

Hey, Naruto!

Shikamaru!

Hey.

What are you guys doing here?

The two of us were…uh… rehearsing a performance up until now!

Oh?

How's it going?

Well, it's going well, right?

Uh, yeah!

Well, that's good.

Are you guys heading here to eat too?

Nope! We always go with ramen over barbecue, ya know!

What?! We just had it earlier!

Please, no more ramen!

What!? What's wrong with ramen!

You're going to eat ramen again?!

S-So what!

Don't you feel bad making him eat just ramen all the time?

Yeah, yeah!

It would be tough to eat it every day.

What's wrong with that!

BARBE-Q

Oh, come on, it's fine.

Choji's with us, so it's going to cost a lot anyway.

Prime sirloin and deluxe kalbi for six!

All right!

This is so good!

I was getting bored of just eating ramen, ya know!

I can eat ramen for all of my meals!

Hey, if you take your time eating, Choji will eat everything up.

Let's eat lots too!

Seems he's always had a healthy appetite.

Naruto.

Hm?

If there's something going on, say so.

Before things turn into a drag.

Yeah, I know.

So I can bring my friend back.

I need to b*at some sense into him one more time,

make him wake up

and bring him back to the village.

Because he's my friend.

It's not working, huh?

Damn it. We can't get it to break.

He's here!

Is it him?

I figured it's about time to harvest from you.

We won't let you!

It won't be like last time!

Hey, you idiot!

You are an idiot!

Whoa!

Don't charge in!

You'll get caught like last time!

B-But!

We need to be cautious!

Okay!

I'm definitely taking it this time.

Get out of here!

Damn it!

Stop!

Fire Style: Flame Bombs!

Well? How does it feel to be att*cked

by a jutsu that was taken from you?

I've still got more left!

Too slow.

Pervy Sage!

I'm not gonna let you!

I can see it.

My eyes can see the future.

Let's end this now, shall we?

Please, just give up already.

Urashiki knows about the future?

It's not strange if he has a jutsu like that

in addition to his Transportation Technique.

Whoever he is, I've never heard of a jutsu

that enables one to see the future.

Next time on Boruto: Naruto Next Generations:

"The Power to See the Future."

How can Urashiki easily evade our att*cks?

THE POWER TO SEE THE FUTURE