Meeting with Snakes

The sky was clear, the weather was pleasant, neither too warm nor too cold, making it the perfect time to go out.

Several days had passed since the Nue incident, and the village remained as prosperous as ever. The higher-ups in Konoha had suppressed all the unrest, and since there were no casualties or damage to buildings, the turmoil was easily quelled on the surface.

However, behind the scenes, the top officials gathered to speculate about "Moon" and investigate the Nue.

Paper cannot contain fire, so the day after the Nue appeared, Sumire Kakei, accompanied by Boruto, met with Naruto and explained the matter in detail.

After all, with the investigative skills of Sai, the head of the Anbu, he was the one who discovered and investigated the records and experiments related to the Nue in the original story.

Just as the higher-ups had foreseen, the leader of Moon had successfully stopped everything. After obtaining what it wanted, the alternate dimension collapsed.

Boruto had previously coordinated his story with Sumire Kakei, saying, "Anyway, the alternate dimension is isolated, they have no evidence, so we can make up whatever we want."

Sure enough, Kakashi said, "The level involving alternate dimensions is beyond our ability to investigate.

No traces of a space-time ninjutsu were found at the scene, as if the alternate dimension that housed the Nue never existed."

Reluctantly, Shikamaru could only try a different approach, probing from the side, "The opponent used Sage Mode during the battle. Could this provide us with enough information?"

Clearly, this was a question for Naruto. The person in the room who knew the most about Sage Mode was Naruto, and the only three places in the Shinobi World where one could learn Sage Mode were the Three Great Sage Regions.

Currently, Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest were vaguely biased towards Konoha. Besides them, there was only the Sage Mode of Ryūchi Cave, which had no restrictions on training. Its rules were that as long as one passed the examination, one was qualified to learn.

Naruto said, "The opponent probably learned Sage Mode from Ryūchi Cave. Mount Myōboku hasn't mentioned teaching Sage Mode recently, and Shikkotsu Forest is even less likely. Granny Tsunade said that she is the last disciple of Shikkotsu Forest."

At the same time, the Konoha higher-ups were lenient towards Sumire Kakei, the 'rebellious' student. The original words were: considering that there were no casualties and no losses to the village, it was a criminal state of pulling back from the brink.

And Sumire Kakei had enough remorse, and the threat of the Ox-Head Heavenly King had been eliminated, so her status as a student at the Ninja Academy was restored.

Afterward, the two sat down to eat at a certain burger joint, relieved. After finally settling down, Sumire Kakei regretted her previous recklessness, almost destroying everything she once had (friendship and companions).

Sumire Kakei had also curiously asked where Boruto's Sage Mode came from.

But Boruto said very frankly that his Sage Mode came from Mount Myōboku, but he had reached an agreement with them.

Before I become completely strong, this secret will be kept.

Sumire Kakei exclaimed, "As expected of Boruto, even the sages of the Sage Region are defending him."

Just as the two were immersed in a happy chat, a discordant voice broke the silence, like a scream suddenly ringing out in the middle of a heavenly melody, extremely jarring and annoying.

Sarada passed by the burger joint. Since Boruto and Sumire Kakei were sitting by the window, she happened to see them and said loudly, "Boruto, really, bringing a girl to eat fried food so early in the morning."

Boruto: ...

Sumire Kakei quickly explained, "No, I asked him to help me find the Seventh Hokage, and we came here together for breakfast after that."

"Oh," Sarada said.

"Want to come in and eat something?" Boruto invited.

"No, I'm not as free as a certain prince. I still have to help my mom with some things," Sarada said with a slight sarcasm.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm just too idle, but at least I've learned another representative ninjutsu of the Seventh Hokage.

I wonder what amazing gains the diligent and studious Sarada, who has been exceptionally intelligent since childhood, has achieved now?" Boruto retorted sarcastically.

"Uh..." Sarada was speechless.

The scene of Boruto defeating the summoned monster with the Rasengan still echoed in her mind. Thinking of the scene at that time, especially Boruto's wonderful performance in resolving the crisis, made her, who had always looked down on Boruto and was proud enough, feel a little ashamed.

She had always thought she was better than others, but in the end, even the half-baked Boruto was one step ahead of her or, rather, ahead of his peers. Like those running laps and those leading the race, there was no doubt that in this competitive world, the leaders would always run ahead of those running laps.

The one who should be leading everyone should have been herself, who had always been strict with herself since childhood. She couldn't accept that the half-baked Boruto, who was always cynical, either played games or annoyed his father, had become the pioneer leading the way.

Sarada was stunned for a long time, hugging the doll she was about to return (the doll is original content), and left silently but stubbornly.

She walked slowly, leaving behind a domineering sentence: "Just wait, it won't be long before I show you how excellent I am!"

Boruto smiled slightly, noncommittally continuing to savor the deliciousness of the burger. Fried food with soda was always a treat.

Conservative people always live in self-righteous satisfaction, like frogs at the bottom of a well.

At night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, the moonlight shining faintly, and the stars in the sky were hidden in the clouds, shyly covering up the dim starlight.

Boruto and Mitsuki gathered together, of course, Boruto came to Mitsuki's house, with minimalist decorations and blue curtains. In the spacious house, there was only a bed, the bedding neatly folded. Opening the curtains, you could enjoy the night sky.

Of course, there was also Boruto's photo, which Mitsuki had placed by the bedside table.

"Has Orochimaru's preparation work been completed?" Boruto asked, arriving at Mitsuki's house.

"Father said the experiment has been completed, it just depends on when you go over," Mitsuki said.

Boruto nodded. After all, Orochimaru had mastered the technology of cloning to perfection. Not to mention genetic cultivation, it was just like doing a math problem for him.

"Now is fine," Boruto said.

"Okay, how do we get to Father's place, travel?" Mitsuki asked, puzzled.

"Summoning," Boruto said.

Mitsuki immediately realized that although it was a stupid method, it was indeed the fastest and most convenient way at the moment.

"However, are you sure you want to be swallowed into the belly of a snake?" Mitsuki kindly reminded him.

After all, in his understanding, to achieve spatial movement through a summoning beast, one could only be completely enveloped by the summoning beast, that is, swallowed into the belly of a larger summoning beast. (Reference: Shippuden Sasuke)

"No, it's not that troublesome." Boruto denied, simply asking him to summon that little white snake.

Mitsuki did as he was told. Then, Boruto gently pressed on the snake's back, and a pattern was immediately engraved on its back, like a tattoo, except the pattern was a cluster amaryllis flowers.

"What kind of jutsu is this?" Mitsuki was clearly full of curiosity.

"The Flying Thunder God Technique."

Previously, when taking Sumire Kakei to the Hokage Residence, Boruto had a shadow clone make a trip to the forbidden jutsu library and borrowed some interesting ninjutsu.

In another underground chamber, Orochimaru was briefly stunned when he saw the little snake delivering the message, then reacted, revealing a face of excitement and anticipation.

"So, Boruto, let me see, how high will this wind blow?"