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

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Urataro threw the victimized chunin into a garbage-filled alley.

Continue scouting and waiting.

"Hiccup!" Amidst the hiccuping sound, a drunk man, carrying a bottle of liquor, staggered over.

Urataro saw that he was wearing a white lab coat, with a square face and glasses that looked very polite, and his brows were slightly furrowed.

This guy doesn't look like a ninja.

He had no interest in ordinary people and was preparing to let them pass.

Unexpectedly, the drunk man in the white coat suddenly stopped, pointed at him with the bottle, and shouted, "You, you're in cahoots with that guy with horns on his head from earlier today, aren't you!"

"What!?" Urataro was so shocked that his eyes rolled back and veins bulged.

Tono Kazusuke's features were contorted in pain, and the murderous intent surging in his eyes made his pupils radiate a terrifyingly fierce light: "It must be! It's all in cahoots! They're all in cahoots!"

"You guys! This is an organized and premeditated scheme! You were sent by an evil organization specifically to oppose me, Tohno Kakusuke! You're jealous of my talent in developing scientific ninja tools! That's why you're targeting me at every turn, isn't it!"

"Ugh! I'll fight you to the death!" Tono Fusuke threw the bottle in his hand at Urataro.

"What? Turns out he's just drunk and talking nonsense." Urataro turned his head to dodge, and the bottle smashed against the wall behind him.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, he stared intently at the crazed Tono Hōsuke in front of him. In his Byakugan gaze, he saw that Hōsuke was shrouded in a dark purple aura that he had just been unable to see!

"What's going on? Is he possessed by something?"

"Aww, I'll strangle you! I'll strangle you monsters!"

"Snap!" The red fishing rod pierced through his chest, pulling out a dark purple chakra flame the size of a beaker.

"Huh..." The moment the flame was extinguished, Tono Hosuke suddenly realized that the suffocating feeling that had been building up over the past two weeks, making it hard for him to breathe, had also disappeared.

What have I been doing these past few days? What have I been doing? I actually encouraged Boruto to do that kind of thing!

"Thump!" Fang Zhu collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

Uratarou, holding the fishing hook, said incredulously, "We've caught more people from this commoner than from ninjas? This looks like a product of negative chakra."

"Considering his crazy behavior just now, I see. Was he being disturbed by this thing?"

His expression shifted, he put his spoils into the fish basket, leaped onto a tall building, and looked down at the entire Hidden Leaf Village with his Byakugan!

"Unbelievable! More than half the people in this village are shrouded in that dark aura! This is some kind of 'spell,' and it's a wide-ranging, indiscriminate spell. Anyone with negative emotions will be affected by it. The spellcaster must be in this village!"

He immediately traced the dark aura emanating from the crowd through the air, pinpointing it to the purple-haired girl walking alone in the dark alleys of northwest Konoha, wearing a mask.

"Ha, there's a kindred spirit here! Even the heavens are helping me, Urashiki! There's no need for scouting anymore! I'm going to collect the negative chakra from her and take that technique!"

In the original timeline of Boruto, the 'Ushi-no-Ten-King Rebellion' triggered by Sumire Kakei, due to the butterfly effect caused by Chen's time travel, unfolds at this moment with a slight delay! (This event is unrelated to the jutsu Shikamaru uses; they are not on the same level.)

To help those who haven't watched "Boruto," here's a brief overview of Sumire's background.

Sumire Kakei, whose full name is Sumire Shigaraki, is the daughter of Shigaraki Tanuki, a survivor of the "Root" organization and a loyal follower of Danzo Shimura. She made outstanding contributions during the Fourth Shinobi World War, but was treated as a criminal by Konoha.

He and his family had always lived a life of hiding and running away. He was filled with hatred for Konoha, so he trained Sumire rigorously. Before he died, he had Danzo imprint the technique [Ushi no Tenno], which he had created with Hashirama's cells, on Sumire's back, so that she would join Konoha under an assumed name after his death and he hoped that one day he could completely destroy Konoha.

After graduating from the Ninja Academy, Sumire Kakei joined Team 15, where she served as a Jonin and was called 'Team Leader' by Boruto.

Half a month ago, Jian Jin began to act in accordance with her deceased father's last wishes, using the Bull-Headed Heavenly King to communicate with the spirit 'Nue'.

Nue feeds on negative chakra generated from negative emotions, and can also awaken and exacerbate the negative emotions in people's hearts, causing them to go crazy and lose their minds, and do a series of incomprehensible things.

Tono Kasuke, a scientific ninja tool expert, is one of the victims of this incident (in the original timeline, Ao used genjutsu to control the character, but this timeline is different; the reason will be revealed in the subsequent plot).

Nearly a hundred Konoha members, including him, had been affected for half a month, yet not a single person in the vast village had noticed anything amiss. (In the original timeline, this disturbance was ultimately ended by Naruto using Kurama Mode to successfully suppress 'Nue'.)

The fight between Chen and Momoshiki during the day today shocked everyone. In addition, the Five Kage's departure to the other dimension and their prolonged absence amplified the negative emotions of anxiety and worry in the hearts of the Konoha and the Five Great Nations ninjas. As a result, the scene that Urataro witnessed occurred.

This also allowed Sumire to collect negative chakra far exceeding that of the original timeline.

Kakei walked alone through the dark alley, gazing at the village where she had lived for many years, and thinking of her companions from the ninja academy. Conflicts and struggles swirled like boomerangs, piercing her heart.

But... his father's dying words were a shackle even deeper than any bondage.

"I don't belong here," Jian Jin painfully told herself.

"The turmoil at the Chunin Exams during the day has left Konoha in a state of panic. Fear and anxiety are the breeding ground for negative emotions and a natural catalyst for Nue to create negative chakra."

"After tonight, many people will go mad, and their chakra, amplified by negative energy, will all become food for Nue. At that time, I will summon Nue to attack the village. If the Five Kage are absent, no one can stop Nue."

"Father, is this what you hoped for?"

"Snap!" Suddenly, a fishhook flew from the shadows and pierced her chest through her back!

"Whoosh!" A dark ball of chakra, as big as a grizzly bear's head, landed in Uratarou's hand as the fishing hook was pulled away!

A sinister smile spread across Urataro's handsome face: "Sparashi!!!"

"How could this be...?" Jian Jin collapsed to the ground, filled with shock and confusion.

He put the chakra ball he was holding into the fish basket.

Looking at her bare back, there was that eerie bull's head totem. (See attached image)

"Is this the Bull Head Technique you use to collect and store that chakra?"

"Compared to the 'fish' that was already there, this 'fishing' is more appealing to me."

"I'll accept this bull-headed seal on your back without any hesitation, but of course... you'll die, and you'll die a gruesome death." Uratarou grinned maliciously, his left hand, marked with the 'Karma' seal and enveloped in a thin layer of red chakra membrane, reaching towards Sumire's back.

Upon hearing the word "death," Jian Jin felt a sense of relief.

On one hand, there's her father's dying wish; on the other, the bond with her close companions. Perhaps death is also an option.

"That's it..." She closed her eyes, accepting her impending death with equanimity.

"Whoosh!" Suddenly, a blue whirlwind rose from the ground without warning, engulfing Jian Jin's figure!

"What!?" Urataro stumbled backward.

The gust of wind came quickly and went quickly.

Following the gust of wind, Sumire vanished right before Uratarou's eyes.

He glanced around in shock, rolling his eyes!

"What's going on...? I haven't detected any sorcerers in my field of vision at all! Who is it! Who is it?!"

"Huh? I'm still alive...? May I ask... who are you?"

Kakei opened her pale purple eyes, and what she saw before her was...

Chapter 96 What you can't have is always the most alluring.

Hehe, any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Before Jian Jin sat a beautiful young girl. She was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with long, straight, sky-blue hair that reached her shoulders. Her black shirt with a white collar accentuated her graceful figure, which was far beyond that of her peers.

She smiled at Jian Jin, her eyes as bright as ocean jewels beneath her sky-blue eyelashes, matching her hair color.

The light in her eyes didn't come from any special eye technique; it was simply a natural expression.

"You're awake. Do you feel alright anywhere?"

Her voice was crisp and textured, and her tone was gentle, which made people feel at ease without even realizing it.

Kakei touched the spot on her chest where the strange fishhook had pierced her earlier. Strangely, it didn't hurt anymore, and the feeling of exhaustion had also disappeared.

"It's all right now."

The girl smiled and said, "That's good. But you're really naive. Do you really think you can destroy Konoha with that kind of summoning beast? Although the Five Kage haven't returned yet, former Hokage Kakashi Hatake and the guards of the Kage from each village are here. They're more than enough to deal with you."

It turns out this woman knew what I was going to do, yet she still saved me.

"Why...why save someone like me?"

"There's no reason why, I just couldn't bear to see such a beautiful young girl go astray."

Kakei thought to herself: If this way of speaking and wording weren't for the face of such a beautiful and approachable older sister, I would really think he was a weird middle-aged man.

Looking at the serene and beautiful smile on the girl's lips, Jian Jin said gratefully, "Thank you for saving me. How should I address you?"

"My name is Jinghua, and my hobby is doing all sorts of wonderful things with all kinds of beautiful girls~" Jinghua introduced herself with a smile, making a handprint with two fingers.

With a whoosh, the spirit crane beneath him spread its wings and soared straight up from the mountain peak, disappearing into the misty clouds.

"Jinghua, where are we going?"

"A paradise on earth."

Kakei noticed the headband tied around Jinghua's waist.

His expression shifted: "You're from the Dark Ninja Village?"

Jinghua asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

Sumire didn't keep them in suspense and said truthfully, "During the Chunin Exams in Konoha during the day, I saw a girl named 'Yuki' wearing this headband."

"Oh, you've met my niece Xue before~ Then it might not be appropriate for you to call me 'sister' then," Jinghua said with a smile.

"Huh? She, she's your niece, then you're not..."

"Yes, Xue's father is my brother!"

"Brother? Is he... your biological brother?" Jian Jin blurted out subconsciously. It wasn't that she was being impolite, but Xue's hair color and appearance were so different from Jinghua's.

"Oh, sorry... I don't think it's appropriate for me to ask that."

"It's okay, it's okay~ Xue's dad isn't my biological brother, but he's even closer to me than a biological brother~"

"Huh? Closer than a biological brother?"

"Well, my grandfather was my brother's master. He entrusted me to my brother shortly after I was born, so he basically raised me. How should I put it? We could bathe together and scrub each other's backs!"

“Ah…” Jian Jin was a rather traditional girl at heart. Thinking of the scene Jinghua described, she couldn’t help but blush.

She quickly changed the subject, saying, "So...so the place we're going to next is the Dark Ninja Village?"

"Hmm." Jinghua's smile faded, and she said seriously, "Jianjin, I have two pieces of news for you, one good and one bad. Which do you want to hear first?"

Kakei thought for a moment and said, "Let's hear the bad one first."

Jinghua said, "The bad news is that even if you're reluctant, you can't go back to Konoha."

In fact, Jian Jin had already vaguely anticipated this.

He thought to himself sadly: I've done things that have harmed Konoha, and I really have no face to go back...

"So, what's the good news?"

Jinghua smiled knowingly and said, "Good news, you won't be alone anymore~"

The Land of Lightning, in the mountain forests.

Three small figures were running swiftly, one in front and two behind.

It is Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki!

Boruto woke up at home in the afternoon. After waking up, he left a letter for Naruto and hurriedly ran out of Konoha, then rushed here.

Sarada and Mitsuki saw him rushing between the rooftops in such a hurry that they followed him out of concern.

"Boruto, where are you going?!" Sarada shouted at Boruto's retreating figure.

Boruto didn't respond; he just kept running forward.

Sarada said worriedly, "Ever since Boruto was brought back from the other dimension by the Seventh Hokage while he was unconscious, he seemed to have suffered some kind of shock after waking up. Could it be that he went crazy because he didn't see the Seventh Hokage after waking up? But what's with him coming to the Land of Lightning?"

In a great hurry, that was just Sarada and Mitsuki's subjective impression when they saw Boruto's figure in the distance.

Boruto was quite clear-headed; he knew exactly what he was doing and what he was going to do next.

As he ran, Boruto calmly surveyed his surroundings.

I overheard my father talking to the Nara advisors in the hospital room; it was probably around this location.

"Whoosh!" He leaped into a grove of acacia trees and saw scattered pits and depressions that were clearly not naturally formed, as well as an old tree whose base had been pierced by a conical object and was beginning to wither.

It seems that Uncle Chen had nailed my father to this tree before.

He also saw the traces of giant footprints not far away.

Boruto said casually, "That's Uncle Sasuke Uchiha using chakra."

"Whoosh!" Passing through the end of the grove of acacia trees, a simple Japanese-style house came into Boruto's view!