"Young Sasuke or middle-aged Sasuke both seem a little off, so let's call him Adult Sasuke for now. I was originally going to call him Big Sasuke, haha."
Among the Konoha crowd below the Hokage Building, Adult Sasuke blinked as he looked at Jiraiya holding the Hokage hat, then at the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Hokage standing behind him.
If his Rinnegan hadn't confirmed that everything before him was real, Adult Sasuke would have suspected that someone had cast Infinite Tsukuyomi on him without his noticing.
"You look so cool, Pervy Sage!"
Just then, a voice he could never forget rang out in excitement. Even amid the noisy crowd, Adult Sasuke caught it unmistakably.
Adult Sasuke whipped his head toward the sound, but the densely packed crowd blocked its owner from view.
Judging by where the voice came from, the speaker was clearly at the very front of the crowd.
"Boruto, wait here for me."
Adult Sasuke casually left that instruction with Boruto, who was almost being crushed flat beside him, then vanished in an instant.
He moved so quickly that almost none of the surrounding Konoha Ninja noticed his Body Flicker Technique. They didn't even realize someone had disappeared.
"Sa..." Boruto froze, almost blurting out his name, but remembered Mr. Sasuke's earlier warning not to reveal their identities or names for now, lest they cause some abnormality in this timeline.
"Aw, you could've at least taken me with you."
Boruto looked up, but all he could see were the countless heads surrounding him. He was getting curious himself.
"Um, sorry for the trouble, but could you let me through? I'd like to go take a look."
On a newly built rooftop nearby, Adult Sasuke, dressed in a black cloak, hid behind a somewhat inconspicuous utility pole and looked