The Expedition and the Dire News

The night was long.

Especially for the villagers of Kumogakure, whose village had been destroyed. Nearly all of them spent the entire night tossing and turning in fear and anxiety.

No one knew what fate awaited them and their families the next day.

After all, the ones who had conquered their entire village were the evil Sasuke Otsutsuki and the Shell Organization. They weren't even human. Who knew whether they saw people as people?

Fortunately, Sasuke didn't care about the ordinary villagers of Kumogakure at all.

Early the next morning.

As the sun shone over the village shrouded in mist, the night of terror came to an end.

Impure World Itachi carried the sleeping Boruto out of the room and found Impure World Shisui, who had been eavesdropping outside all night.

Kawaki, who had spent the whole night fighting, walked out too, dark circles under his eyes but a thoroughly satisfied smile on his face.

The two sides exchanged a glance, then Itachi tossed Boruto to Kawaki.

The latter caught Boruto cheerfully, and only then did Boruto slowly awaken from the Genjutsu.

Boruto gradually came to.

"What happened to me?"

"Hey, bro, you awake? You sure were wild in your sleep last night. By the way, are you hungry? Want to grab something to eat?"

"Huh?"

Kawaki's enthusiasm left Boruto bewildered. Hadn't he been talking with Uncle Itachi until late last night? Then he'd drifted off to sleep.

Why did the way Kawaki put it make it sound like he'd slept with him last night?

Had someone swapped him out in the middle of the night?

Or...?

Before Boruto could figure out what had happened, a summons to assemble came from the Raikage's office.

Kashin Koji came over carrying a big bag of breakfast. As he handed it out, he