Crackle, crackle!
Sounds of things breaking and furniture being knocked over came from inside the house.
At the same time, a cheerful, childish voice called out:
"Wait!! I'll be right there to open the door!!"
Creeeak.
The door opened, revealing a handsome blond boy of about six or seven.
He looked at the three of them with a mixture of delight and fear.
"Who are you?"
At that moment,
Sasuke saw Naruto's delighted yet fearful expression and was reminded of the Naruto he had met by the river in his childhood.
Back then, Naruto had been just like this—cautious, yet cherishing every person who came into contact with him.
Sasuke had grown used to it from an early age, so he didn't react in any particular way.
Instead,
as someone who truly considered Boruto his student, he focused all his attention on Uzumaki Boruto.
He sighed to himself:
Boruto, take a good look. Your father's circumstances as a child were several times worse than you could ever imagine!
I think seeing the contrast with Naruto's situation will surely move you.
I hope that this feeling will help you grow.
Even though they still hadn't confirmed whether this world was the past of their own world...
or a parallel world, as Uchiha Yuzhen had said,
Sasuke felt that Boruto had to see this scene.
And compare it carefully with his own circumstances.
He needed to take a good look.
To see where he and his father differed!
For Boruto, this was an unbelievable sight.
His father—Uzumaki Naruto...
Ever since Boruto could remember, people had hailed him as the great hero who saved the Ninja World.
His father had always been so busy with work that he barely had time for Boruto or Himawari.
That had left Boruto with plenty of complaints.