Boruto Uzumaki Charges Forward

They were...

Kubikiribōchō candidate Onomichi Hassaku!

Samehada candidate Kagizaki Shizuma!

Nuibari candidate Hebiichigo!

Kabutowari candidate Fuefuki Kyohō!

Exploding Blade Shibuki candidate Kiyoyuzuki Ichirōta!

Lightning Blade Fang candidate Kurotsuchi Buntan!

And Hiramekarei candidate Kagura Kōketsu.

At that moment...

Kagura Kōketsu said softly, "I wonder when we'll finally get the real ninja swords and become true Seven Ninja Swordsmen!"

His face was full of longing. "Though the replica ninja swords we have now possess half the power of the real ones, they're still substitutes. I really want to hold the genuine swords."

Hearing that...

The other six nodded at once, fighting spirit gleaming in all their eyes.

In the original story...

They should have become rogue ninja of the village and caused great turmoil.

But now, with Ye Liangnai around, they had received a proper education. Thus, they had only one thought in their hearts: grow stronger with Ye Liangnai as their goal and swear to serve Kirigakure until death.

As Kagura Kōketsu spoke, he looked toward a silent, browless boy wrapped all over in bandages. "Yizhen, I really envy you. You're only a year older than us, yet you have a replica Kubikiribōchō with seventy percent of the real thing's power. Your strength is practically on par with A's, and you can already hold your own against the village's jonin."

"Are you about to inherit your father's Kubikiribōchō and become the youngest Seven Ninja Swordsmen member in the village?"

At those words...

The boy called Yizhen looked over and replied sparingly, "The youngest Seven Ninja Swordsmen member is Lord Mizukage Jurota. He was eleven!"

"I'm already twelve, yet I'm still only a candidate."

He paused before adding, "Besides, I'm not the only candidate for Kubikiribōchō."

As he spoke, he looked at a silver-haired boy opposite him with a protruding canine tooth.