Naruto and Sasuke are doing nothing; Madara and I will set an example.

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The fat man said, "I need to ask for permission first."

“Hey, Amado…” The fat man raised his fat hand and pinched the communication earpiece in his left ear, but the only response was a piercing hissing sound from the earpiece.

"The signal's gone? Amado's [Scientific Ninja Tool - Technology Satellite], which claims to cover the entire ninja world, has unexpectedly failed in this dark corner!"

The thin man also checked his earpiece, but there was no signal. "After all, this is practically the end of the ninja world. It's like the ends of the earth."

The two are currently out of contact with headquarters and unable to receive instructions.

The thin man took off his headset and rubbed it into powder with the palm of his thin hand.

A smile of excitement curled at the corner of his mouth beneath the black hood: "Hehe~, in that case, even if we did something on our own initiative, there's no reason for us to be blamed, right?"

The fat man's chubby face, visible beneath his hood, showed wrinkles at the corners of his mouth: "As expected of a belligerent clown, Deepa!"

Deepa turned to him: "And how are you any worse than me... Boro, the walking plague!"

"It's been a long time since I've gone on a killing spree. Apart from the 'weapons,' I'll tear everyone I encounter on this mountain path to pieces. No objections, right?"

"of course not!"

Deepa and Boro, the two ruthless members of the inner circle, have reached a consensus!

"That rascal……"

"Could it be..."

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" They leaped up simultaneously, each wielding a dignified ninja sword!

One wields a scientifically-inspired ninja blade!

Clang! A violent collision under the moonlight!

Kawaki, Boruto... They meet on a narrow path!

Chapter 160 Boruto and Kawaki

"Clang!" After a brief encounter, the two landed on the water, ten meters apart.

Kawaki took out a photo from his pocket and compared it with Boruto in front of him.

Boruto also took out a photo from his pocket and compared it with Kawaki's.

"It really is you..."

"Boruto!" "Kawaki!"

The two called out each other's names at the same time.

Sarada and Mitsuki were completely bewildered: "Boruto, what's this?!"

“He is the target of my mission. You all step back. This is a mission that my master assigned to me alone, and I must complete it by myself.”

Boruto put away the photo and straightened his headband.

Looking at Boruto's headband and witnessing his words and actions, Kawaki gripped the photo tightly and angrily questioned, "Uzumaki Boruto! Have you really recognized a thief as your father?!"

Boruto tilted his head slightly: "Recognize a thief as your father? I don't know what you're talking about. My only father is Naruto Uzumaki, and that will never change. As for who this thief you're talking about is..."

"Of course I'm talking about Uchiha Chen! He harmed Konoha! He tarnished the Seventh Hokage's name! I've heard about it all. You went to join this ninja thief!"

Boruto did not show his surprise at the information gap on his face.

However, there are some things that need to be clarified before the actual confrontation.

He asked calmly, "It seems you admire my father a lot. What happened between you two?"

"Ah, so many things! They might overturn your understanding!" Kawaki exclaimed excitedly, holding up the crumpled family photo!

"You recognize this one, right?"

"That's a family photo taken last year, hanging in my living room. How did it end up in your hands!"

"Because at this moment! I am also a member of this family! The surname bestowed upon me by the Seventh Hokage! I am Uzumaki Kawaki!"

Boruto: "Huh?"

"Hehe, are you so shocked that you don't know how to react except by opening your mouth?"

After smoothing out the family photo, Kawaki carefully tucked it into his arms and said righteously, "Even knowing you're such a prodigal son, I can't just abandon you. After all, you're part of this family, my brother in name only!"

Boruto said with a strange expression, "Sorry, could you please stop calling me 'brother' for now? I'm not used to it. It feels like I suddenly found out that my usually kind-hearted dad had a child with my mom behind her back."

Kawaki laughed loudly: "Hahaha, a nice guy, huh... that's quite an apt description!"

The smile slowly faded.

"However, it is precisely because the Seventh Hokage is such a kind-hearted person that I cannot bear to see anyone betray him! Especially you! Boruto Uzumaki! I'm giving you two choices: either come home with me, or die here!"

Boruto: "So, you came all this way just to see me, right?"

Kawaki: "Otherwise what? Do you think I'd come and destroy your Dark Village's stronghold? I'd love to, but I have to admit I don't have that kind of power right now!"

Boruto: "You seem to hate my master, Uchiha Chen. What did he do to offend you?"

Kawaki: "Ha, Master, Boruto Uzumaki! You probably don't know what atrocities your so-called master, Uchiha Chen, committed against Konoha!"

Huh? Sarada was shocked: "Atrocities...you mean what Uchiha Chen did to the Five Kage during the Chunin Exams? But that was a misunderstanding! Uchiha Chen's purpose in showing up was to defeat Momoshiki! In that sense, he was a benefactor of the village!"

Boruto: "What atrocities?"

Kawaki clenched his fists, his voice sharp and menacing: "Just ten days ago, no... to be precise, eleven days ago! He attacked Konoha! He launched a vicious night raid there! 120 people, a full 120 Konoha ninjas, died at his hands!"

"What!?" Sarada covered her mouth and took three steps back.

It's a lie... This can't be real! If it were real, then Boruto would be...!

She had no time to grieve; instead, she checked Boruto's emotions!

Boruto was seen with his head down, his fists clenched, and his entire shoulder trembling.

Sarada cried out anxiously: "No... Boruto will break down under this shock! He trusts Uchiha Chen and even betrayed his village to become his disciple! I... I have to do something!"

She mustered her courage and took a step toward Boruto.

Having seized the initiative, Kawaki smiled and said, "Now you know just how cruel your so-called master is!"

Sarada: Boruto, Boruto must be devastated...

But then, Boruto slowly raised his head and said in a cold tone, "Hey, you keep saying you're my family, a member of Konoha, but you don't even know the true number of casualties in Konoha?"

Kawaki: "Huh?"

Boruto clenched his fists and said in a resounding voice, "Not 120 people! It's 180 people, you bastard!"

"What!?" Sarada stopped abruptly.

Kawaki took a step back, sweat pouring down his face. "You...you knew all along..."

Boruto said in a low voice, "Ah, my master told me about this the night he returned from Konoha, and explained the whole story to me. He asked me what I thought."

"To be honest, I was very shocked at the time and couldn't answer him immediately. I thought about it for three whole days and nights."

"Then, I figured it out."

"The deaths of those people could have been avoided, but they walked right into the line of fire."

"What killed them was not my master, Uchiha Chen, but the flawed system of this ninja world and the deeply ingrained backward ideas in people's minds!"

"Besides, if Master truly intended to harm Konoha, how could there only be 180 dead? 1800, 18000—what difficulty would it be to wipe out the entire Konoha?"

"Therefore, I... don't hate my master! I only hate that I wasn't born before the sun rose, when everything was still malleable! That way, tragedies like that night could have been avoided!"

"What on earth is this guy saying?!" Kawaki was sweating profusely. "It's one thing if he doesn't think about how to get revenge, but he's even speaking up for the murderer who killed his compatriots?"

Boruto stopped explaining anything about Dust to Kawaki.

Explaining something to someone whose understanding and experience are not on the same level is just a waste of breath.

Boruto stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Uzumaki Kawaki, is this all the resolve you have to show me? I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. I will not leave with you."

Kawaki clenched his fists tightly... To be honest, before arriving here, Kawaki was still not mentally prepared to actually attack the Seventh Hokage's son, or even kill him.

But now... things are heading in the worst possible direction.

Kawaki struggled internally: If I kill Boruto Uzumaki, the Seventh Hokage probably won't be able to forgive me, and I will forever lose my place in his heart.

But... rather than letting Boruto Uzumaki fall into depravity and do something that harms the Seventh Hokage in the future, I would rather, I would rather! Break this flag in my heart with my own hands!

"Sizzle!" Kawaki raised his head, and the wedge-shaped markings crawled up his left arm to his left cheek.

He glared at him and said, "Resilience, you say! Boruto Uzumaki! The resolve I hold is something someone like you can't understand!"

"Crack!" Growing ferocious lava spikes on his left arm, he launched a fierce attack on Boruto!

"Die, Boruto Uzumaki!"

Chapter 161 Boruto's Brutality Against Kawaki

"Ughhhhhh!" Kawaki charged at him with his ferocious left arm raised.

Boruto's eyes revealed calmness and caution: He's fast and his chakra is strong. Is it because of the 'Karma' that has been thawed to its first state, just like mine? But the way his left arm is connected to his body doesn't seem to be the function of Karma, nor does it seem to be a ninjutsu.

Is it a scientific ninja tool?

Boruto forms a hand seal with one hand!

——Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall!

"Boom!" With a resolute gaze, Kawaki thrust forward with his left arm, blocking the earthen wall in front of him!

This thing... won't stop me!

"Boom!" The earthen wall cracked, collapsed, and then... crumbled under the lava spikes on his left arm!

Seeing Kawaki coming at him aggressively, Boruto gently pushed the stunned Sarada behind him into the snake's hand that Mitsuki was coiling around from behind, and raised his sword to defend himself!

"Clang!" The block was successful, but unexpectedly, Kawaki's left arm slashed upwards, and like a branching blade, it crossed the blade and pierced into Boruto's chest!

"I see. Your left arm is indeed in danger and must be eliminated first." Boruto braced himself against the sword with one hand and formed a hand seal with the other.

——Dark Concealment Flow: Portable Explosive Flame Array!

"Swish, swish, swish!" From under Boruto's black divine robe sleeves, a dozen or so explosive tags flowed out, instantly piercing the barbs on Kawaki's left arm!

"Are you planning to take me down with you?!"

"No, it's just to make this shadow clone and the scientific ninja tool on your left arm perish together."

"Boom! B ...

The fire from the explosion annihilated Boruto's shadow clone and shattered the scientific ninja tool device on Kawaki's left arm!

Kawaki was shaken back to the ruins of the earthen wall where he had been standing, and looked at himself.

Strictly speaking, this left hand can regenerate infinitely, but several days ago, in order to protect the sunflower, he used his left hand to withstand Delta's destructive laser. Although it was only a slight graze, it damaged the regeneration core.

If Tono hadn't performed technical repairs on his left arm, he probably wouldn't have been able to grow back the spiky blade that attacked Boruto earlier.

But Boruto's attack with the Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Exploding Flame Array... has completely destroyed the scientific ninja tool on his left arm.

My left hand can no longer regenerate.

"That Shadow Clone Technique, the Seventh Hokage seems to know it too. That technique should disappear after just one hit, but Boruto's Shadow Clone didn't disappear after I hit it. Instead, it was able to launch a defensive counterattack immediately. Why is that?"

"The 'casual' gesture you spoke of that could make my dad's shadow clone disappear is probably not the kind of casual gesture you're thinking of. Also, your attack just now wasn't enough to instantly destroy my current shadow clone; that was all."

Boruto himself descended from the sky to Kawaki's astonishment, forming a hand seal with one hand!

—Water Release: Treasure Glaze!

"Splash splash ...

—Lightning Release: Power Blow!

"Crack!" — "Ughhhhhhh...!" Kawaki screamed, his body stiffening.

Mitsuki smiled and remarked: "Boruto's ability to unleash ninjutsu on his own has already surpassed the era of scientific ninja tools. It seems that under the guidance of the Shadow Master, Boruto's attempt to control the power of Karma has given him the strength of an elite Jonin!"

"Damn it! Don't underestimate me!" Kawaki activated the power of the wedge, absorbing the water and lightning.

"In actual combat, your opponent won't stop attacking just because you absorb ninjutsu!" Boruto kicked Kawaki away in mid-air!

"Boom!" The force was so great that Kawaki's back sank deep into the mountain wall.