Hearing Boruto's question, Sasuke didn't know how to answer.
He stared blankly at Kage Rock.
There were only the Hokage statues up to the Third.
It seemed this mission wasn't going very smoothly.
There was no statue of the Fourth...
Didn't that mean they'd arrived in an even earlier time?
Had Naruto and he not even been born yet?
"Boruto, something's wrong. Come with me for now." He grabbed Boruto by the arm and led his disciple deeper into the alley.
"Master Sasuke, what's wrong?" Boruto was very interested in the Konoha of this era, even as Sasuke pulled him along.
His eyes darted from side to side.
"Take a look at Kage Rock... We may have arrived in an earlier time." After speaking gravely to Boruto, Sasuke led the way through a series of familiar twists and turns.
They soon reached a training ground.
Boruto fell silent too. He'd also seen that Kage Rock only had statues up to the Third.
He wasn't stupid, so he naturally began to wonder if
he and Master Sasuke had come to an earlier era.
It seemed he wouldn't get to meet his young father.
At the thought,
he grew quiet as well.
Uchiha Sasuke brought Boruto to this Uchiha training ground.
Seeing everything around him, so familiar, he gradually calmed down.
He turned around and said in a low voice:
"Now that we're here, we should be safe for the time being."
"Let's wait until I... gather the relevant information before we decide what to do."
Boruto looked at his reliable master and nodded firmly.
Just then,
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Three Military Police Force officers surrounded them.
"You still want to gather information? Who do you think you are, looking down on our Police Force like that!"
"Damn, was I careless?" Sasuke's