Land of Water, Hidden Cave.
"Black Zetsu, have you still not found an opening?!" Obito asked, suppressing his impatience.
"No. The Holy Church has been developing steadily. There hasn't been a single major disturbance," Black Zetsu said flatly. Was this attempt to save Mother going to fail too?
"Damn it! How does the Holy Church keep things so stable?" Obito angrily slammed his fist into the stone wall.
"Sigh! We'll wait! Obito, getting impatient won't help. If nothing else works, we've already collected enough bodies. We'll fight the Holy Church to the death!" Black Zetsu said resolutely, holding back his disappointment.
"Yes! For Rin, I'm willing to do anything," Obito said, his eyes filled with ruthlessness.
An undeveloped forest in Konoha.
"Aaah!" A scream rang through the silent forest.
"Uncle Sasuke, where are we?" Boruto asked the adult Sasuke beside him, rubbing his backside, which ached from the fall.
"Boruto, get up! This area looks a little like Konoha's Forest of Death," Sasuke said gravely, looking at Boruto as he continued rubbing his backside.
"Okay, Uncle Sasuke. Did we come back to Konoha?" Boruto asked in surprise.
"Yes. Let's take a look and find out." With that, Sasuke headed in a familiar direction. The farther he walked, the more certain he became that this was Konoha's forest.
"That's...!" Suddenly, Sasuke's eyes widened as an enormous city appeared ahead. High-rises stood everywhere, light rail trains constantly threaded through the city, and huge screens on the buildings played images of people one after another.
"Wow, where is this?" Boruto exclaimed, equally surprised.
"Could we have arrived in Konoha's future?" Sasuke wondered with a frown. But even if this is the future, why are there only four faces on Hokage Rock? Shouldn't there be eight or nine?
Sasuke gazed in confusion at the