Boruto looked utterly horrified. He was dumbstruck.
"Dad, how could you say something that insane?!"
Naruto scratched his golden hair, looking innocent.
"That's what Sakura told me herself."
"Back when Sasuke left the village, Sakura got upset. When she went to stop him, she started saying she wished she were an orphan too. Then Sasuke said that if it was so great, she should go home and kill her parents."
"Sure, he only said it out of anger, but who knew if something might actually happen? I didn't dare think too much about it."
The fact that Sakura could tell Naruto about it meant she truly understood that she'd been wrong.
But after hearing that, Boruto's face fell completely, and a chill ran through him.
He'd always thought his parents' generation had been passionate, dependable ninja when they were young. It turned out they were all lunatics.
To think Aunt Sakura had entertained such extreme ideas in her youth. That was terrifying.
By comparison, his dad Naruto was practically a saint.
After dwelling on it for a while, Boruto quickly composed himself and looked seriously at Naruto.
"Whatever you say, everything I've told you is true. You're definitely my father!"
Naruto didn't believe a word of it. He just thought the kid was spouting nonsense and teased him with a grin.
"Oh, come on. Quit making stuff up."
"By that logic, Yūya put up ads around the village offering big money for a son, too. Whoever paid him, he'd be their son. In the end, he couldn't even scam anyone out of their money."
Halfway through, Naruto suddenly froze, realizing something was off.
He narrowed his eyes and studied Boruto, growing more suspicious by the second.
"Wait a minute."
"Are you trying to take advantage of me being nice so