A flash of light streaked across the sky above Konoha, and two figures fell from the air.
"Aah!"
With a miserable cry, a blond brat hit the ground headfirst.
Beside him stood a man wearing a black cloak, his black hair spiked up.
The man's purple Six-Tomoe Rinnegan were particularly striking.
"You all right, Boruto?"
"I'm fine."
The boy called Boruto picked himself up off the ground and rubbed his neck.
Fortunately, he had inherited his parents' extraordinary constitution, so he was unharmed. An ordinary person falling headfirst from that height would probably have broken their neck and died on the spot.
"Master Sasuke, where are we?"
Sasuke shook his head.
"I'm not sure either, but this area looks familiar. Let's walk a little farther and find out. Can you still walk?"
"No problem."
The two headed forward, soon passing through the small grove and arriving on a hillside.
Looking out, they saw a village before them. Several enormous faces were carved into the cliff opposite them. It was Konoha's iconic landmark, Kage Rock.
"That's Kage Rock! But why are there only four faces?"
"It looks like we've gone back to the past."
"Back to the past?"
Boruto froze, then said with wide eyes,
"Master Sasuke, you mean we've traveled back in time, just like in novels?"
"Yes. As for exactly what happened, we'll have to let this fellow explain."
As he spoke, Sasuke took out the Treasure Tool Karasuki, a little pink turtle he had snatched from Urashiki Otsutsuki.
"Warning, warning. Combat caused a deviation from the preset destination. Final arrival timeline: Year 61 of Konoha, during the Fourth Hokage's administration."
"Just as I thought."
Seeing that everything matched his suspicions, Sasuke roughly understood what had happened.
Urashiki Otsutsuki wanted to seize the Nine-Tails' chakra, but he was no