Kushina: He Must Be Mu Yue's Son!

"It hurts."

Boruto fell from midair. Before he could adjust his posture, he landed face-first in the grass.

"Where is this? And where are Mr. Sasuke and that bastard Otsutsuki Urashiki?"

Boruto rubbed his slightly reddened face and looked around, only to find that both his teacher and enemy had vanished.

Only the little turtle he had desperately snatched away was still in his hand.

Boruto carefully examined the surroundings and decided this was probably a park.

"What? So I'm still in Konoha. I thought I'd ended up somewhere weird."

After leaving the park, Boruto spotted a Konoha ninja wearing a Konoha forehead protector and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Since he was still in Konoha, everything would be simple. He just had to return the thing, and Sasuke would handle the rest.

"This is strange. What district is this? I don't remember it at all."

Boruto stuffed the motionless little turtle into his bag and prepared to return to the Artifact Research Institute, only to realize that he did not know the way.

"Excuse me, do you know how to get to the Artifact Research Institute?"

Just then, Boruto spotted a red-haired female ninja and went over to ask.

"The Artifact Research Institute?"

Kushina scratched her head. She vaguely felt like she had heard a similar term before, but she could not remember where.

"Yeah."

Boruto nodded with certainty.

"I think it's in that direction."

Kushina pointed north, somewhat uncertainly.

"Thanks. See you."

Boruto politely thanked her and headed north.

After taking a few steps, though, he could not help looking back at Kushina.

"Why does that red-haired auntie seem kind of familiar? I feel like I've seen her somewhere before."

Boruto muttered inwardly.

For some reason, he felt certain he had seen that red-haired auntie before, but