Before Boruto had even figured out what was happening, Mitsuki was already fighting Boro. Seeing this, Kawaki and Sarada hurried to join the battle, leaving Boruto standing there dumbly, at a complete loss.
How did I just happen to glance somewhere and find an enemy crouching right there? Who am I supposed to complain to about that?
Boruto wanted to cry, but no tears came. Worse, one look at that hulking brute told him he was bad news. Why hadn't he shown up earlier? Why wait until their teacher Itachi had left? Boruto seriously suspected Boro was picking on the weak and avoiding the strong.
There was no helping it. Everyone else in Team 7 had joined the fight, leaving only Boruto out. He couldn't just stand stupidly in the back.
"Kawaki, come back with me quietly, and you can spare yourself some pain."
Kawaki answered Boro with even fiercer attacks, as though he were venting all his past resentment and humiliation on Boro with every punch.
But none of the others had expected the enemy before them to know Kawaki.
"Chidori!"
Sarada quickly formed hand seals and, the instant Boro let his guard slip, drove her attack straight through his kidney.
Seeing Sarada land her attack, the others breathed a sigh of relief.
"All right! Nice work, Sarada!"
Seeing how quickly Sarada had managed to wound Boro, Boruto wanted to follow up and finish him off.
"Take this! Rasengan!"
Boro, who had been writhing in pain just a moment before, suddenly flashed a mocking smile.
Kawaki instantly realized something was wrong.
"Boruto, Sarada, get away!"
By the time the two heard his warning, Boro had already moved.
"You brats are like flies. You're driving me crazy."
The wounds Boro had just suffered healed in an instant. The speed of