"Sorry to intrude." Adult Sasuke looked at Naruto before him, carefully concealing the countless thoughts running through his mind.
Putting on the calm demeanor of someone simply looking for another person, Adult Sasuke treated Naruto like a stranger and said, "I'm here to take my child home."
"Your child? You mean Boruto?"
Naruto asked with mild curiosity.
[His name got out... I wonder if that will affect anything?]
Adult Sasuke sighed inwardly and nodded. "Yes. Sorry for the trouble, and thank you for looking after him. I thought he'd gotten lost during the Hokage ceremony this afternoon."
"Oh, so that's why you came here?"
"Yes. Luckily, I finally found someone who'd seen him come to your house. You were probably having so much fun that you lost track of time. It's getting late now, though. He has to go home eventually, right?"
"Are you from Konoha?"
"...Yes."
"I've never seen you before."
"I spend most of the year doing business away from home. I only return to the village occasionally."
"What's your name?"
"...My name isn't worth mentioning."
"Oh, Mr. Isn't Worth Mentioning, why don't you come in for a chat?"
"...No, thank you."
Naruto kept up this back-and-forth with Adult Sasuke at the door, while also talking to the Nine-Tails in his mind.
[Kurama, is that what Sasuke's personality is like when he grows up? He's so patient!]
"He might not be the Sasuke you know, but he certainly is the Sasuke Uchiha I'm familiar with... Are you trying to provoke him? See if he'll attack?"
[Oh, no, nothing like that. I'm just curious how long he can keep pretending. Hehe, that's why I wanted to ask a few more questions...]
Just as Naruto was about to expose him as Sasuke, he suddenly noticed something and froze for a