Sasuke and Boruto began their mission to protect Naruto from the shadows.
But Boruto had inherited Naruto's childhood tendency to be clumsy at times.
He had only just approached Naruto when Naruto crashed straight into him, sending them both tumbling to the ground.
Naruto climbed to his feet and complained.
"Hey! Who are you? Don't you watch where you're going?"
Knowing he had messed up, Boruto apologized over and over.
"Sorry, sorry! I was talking to my master just now. I'm sorry, did I hurt... Dad!"
Boruto's eyes widened as he looked at the boy in front of him, whose face bore a striking resemblance to his own.
"Huh?"
The oblivious Naruto looked utterly bewildered.
"Sure, you should apologize, but you don't have to call me Dad."
"Sorry, sorry, I mistook you for someone else. Are you okay?"
Knowing he had nearly made a huge mistake, Boruto kept apologizing.
Naruto didn't really mind, but inside the Sealing Space, Kushina sensed something unusual after seeing Boruto and hearing him call Naruto Dad.
"Why does this kid look so much like our Naruto?"
He had the same blue eyes and blond hair. Most importantly, he even had the same whisker marks as Naruto.
"No, something's wrong. Could this boy be Minato's illegitimate son?"
The moment he heard the words "illegitimate son," the Nine-Tails reacted, hurriedly trying to talk her down.
"Kushina, don't go imagining things. You know better than anyone what kind of man Minato was. How could he have an illegitimate son?
Rather than suspecting he's Minato's illegitimate son, it'd make more sense to think he's this brat Naruto's future kid, who traveled back from the distant future. Right?"
Kushina rolled her eyes at the Nine-Tails.
"I know you're afraid of getting beaten up, but you don't have to make up