Anime Worlds Collide on Boruto's Heavenly Screen
Chapter 175

Deidara's Entrustment

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[Iwagakure, the Tsuchikage's Office. The atmosphere was even graver than it had been during the Five Kage Summit.]

[Naruto Uzumaki frowned deeply and spoke first, relaying what Boruto had told him to everyone present. "Boruto told me that the Jashinist cultist calling himself Bakura and his people are after the 'Millennium Key' Sasuke carries."]

["And before they left, they declared that Haimā and Boruto were both 'sacrifices' chosen by their Evil God."]

["The Millennium Key?" A flicker of surprise crossed Sasuke Uchiha's eyes.]

[Instinctively, he reached beneath his collar and drew out the antique golden key he always wore against his skin. It gleamed softly under the lights.]

["This key..." Sasuke's voice took on a nostalgic note. "Izumi left it to me back then."]

["She said it connected to and protected a secret treasury passed down through the Uchiha Family."]

["But after all these years, I've long since taken everything out and used it up, distributed it, or sealed it away."]

["Now, it only has some sentimental value." He stroked the key, his gaze sharpening. "What exactly do they want with it?"]

[Naruto Uzumaki shook his head, his expression grave. "We don't have an answer to that yet."]

["But it looks like we didn't teach Hidan and the remnants of the Jashinist Cult a harsh enough lesson or root them out thoroughly enough last time! They're like sewer rats, always crawling out of some dark corner we'd never expect and coming back to life."]

["After this incident, we need to join forces with everyone and carry out another, more thorough sweep to wipe out the Jashinist Cult!"]

[He shifted the subject, turning to Deidara, the Fourth Tsuchikage. "But about that 'Shadow Game' Boruto mentioned, the one that lets you wager your life..."]

["Deidara, you spearheaded the promotion of the 'Yu-Gi-Oh!'

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