At first, when he entered the apartment building, Uzumaki Boruto hadn't thought anything was wrong.
But as they went farther in and he saw the apartment doors packed close together,
he immediately sensed something was off. He raised his eyes and asked his master, Sasuke.
After all, as he saw it, Master Sasuke was from the same era as his father.
Surely he could answer Boruto's questions.
Sasuke lowered his eyes.
"Boruto... there's nothing strange about this." Sasuke replied to his disciple with a solemn expression. "Unlike you, after your grandfather, the Fourth Hokage, died, Naruto became an orphan. No one was willing to take him in..."
"So he could only live in an apartment like this!"
"No one was willing to take him in?" Confusion deepened on Uzumaki Boruto's face. "But hasn't Father always been loved by the villagers? Why was no one willing to take him in when he was a child?!"
He knew all too well how popular his busy father was.
Ever since Boruto could remember,
villagers had been constantly asking Naruto for autographs and photos.
As the three continued climbing,
this time, before Sasuke could explain things to Boruto,
Uchiha Yuzhen...
let out a mocking laugh.
"This is simple. There are plenty of Anbu around here, aren't there? There's one right above us. I'll have him explain it to you."
With that,
the three tomoe in Uchiha Yuzhen's already-active Sharingan slowly turned.
Whoosh!
An Anbu-clad figure used the Body Flicker Technique to appear in front of the three of them.
"Explain to this kid why no one was willing to take in Naruto Uzumaki at such a young age."
Uchiha Yuzhen didn't waste time. He directly ordered the Anbu, who was under Genjutsu control,
to explain to Uzumaki Boruto why his own father, Naruto Uzumaki,