The shadow sounded pleased when Hinata agreed. "You won't regret your decision today. We won't hurt you, either. After all, we went to so much trouble to let you be reborn again. If anything happened to you, it wouldn't do us any good."
Hinata was stunned by his words. She had never imagined that her rebirth into her childhood had been his doing. Just as she was about to ask why, the shadow cut her off. "All right, don't ask. I won't tell you, either. You'll find out when the time comes. I have to go now. That brat Naruto is coming to find you."
No sooner had the shadow finished speaking than Hinata sensed Naruto heading her way. The shadow chuckled. "Heh, I'll be off, then. If that brat Naruto sees me here, he'll never leave me alone. I'd better go." Before Hinata could react, he dissipated as though he had never appeared at all. She tried sensing him, but not even a trace of his presence remained. If she hadn't still been holding the syringe he had given her, she might have thought she was hallucinating. But Hinata knew none of this was an illusion. Her rebirth, and Naruto's as well, really might have been the work of this person who had suddenly appeared.
While Hinata was pondering the shadow's intentions, Naruto's voice rang out behind her. "Hinata, what are you doing here? I practically turned the whole Hyuga Clan compound upside down looking for you, and here you were!"
Hinata turned around with a smile. "Naruto-kun, what brings you here? Didn't we just see each other this morning? Did you need something so urgently?"
Naruto smiled. "Nothing much. I just wanted you to help take a look at Boruto's eyes. This is Boruto." He pushed Boruto in