[V2] - Chapter 34. Something Big is About to Happen!
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Today.
The weather was nice.
A gentle breeze, sunny skies~
Even though the issue with Otsutsuki Urashiki still loomed overhead, the village remained quite peaceful.
After all, not many people knew Urashiki's true identity, so life just went on as usual.
Sasuke let out a sigh of emotion, pulled out the phone he'd bought with the money he'd earned from delivering packages lately, and glanced complicatedly at the news about the moon getting internet access.
He wondered… what expression that other Otsutsuki Toneri would have once he found out? Probably just as conflicted as he was!
The moon's development in this Ninja World… was actually going quite well.
Quite well indeed.
Speaking of which—
Ever since Urashiki descended, Toneri had vanished. No one knew where he had gone.
Thinking of this, Sasuke sighed again. His eyes grew determined once more. He shut off his phone and said calmly, "I must return as soon as possible!"
Naruto.
He was still waiting for him to return.
Arriving at Uchiha Yuto's home, to be honest… it was a little awkward.
He'd been working hard delivering packages just to earn a bit of money to buy a phone—all to avoid troubling that guy. If he could avoid seeing him… then better not to see him at all!
But no matter what… it had been days already. He had to check on Boruto.
He had no idea how Boruto had been doing here all this time.
Ding-Dong! Ding-Dong!
After the doorbell rang, the door was soon opened.
"Huh? Is it Big Sasuke-Onii-chan?"
"…"
Looking at the cute little girl with white eyes in front of him—Uchiha Asuka!
The corner of Sasuke's mouth twitched slightly, but he still nodded helplessly. "Excuse me."
Unknowingly…
He'd actually become the same generation as Boruto!
Under Asuka-chan's warm welcome, Uchiha Sasuke walked in, and right away—
"Hey, Sasuke is back today?" Yuto, lazily lying on the sofa with his laptop, saw Sasuke enter and quickly greeted him enthusiastically. "Your dad is really concerned about you! Even though he always gives me the cold shoulder, I can feel it—he really wants to ask about you! How about it? Want to come home with your uncle today?"
"…No need." Hearing that annoying voice, Sasuke expressionlessly looked at Uchiha Yuto. "And… I'm the Sasuke from another ninja world!"
This guy…
Thank goodness his own clan didn't have someone like Uchiha Yuto.
Though—
If his world did have someone like Yuto… maybe the Uchiha clan wouldn't have been destroyed?
Since coming here, he'd gradually come to understand a few things.
Just as he was silently giving Uchiha Yuto a complicated look—
"Of course, Uncle is very concerned about you too!" Uchiha Yuto sighed. "I already said, we each just look after our own business."
"…"
If the Uchiha were destroyed, then so be it!
This "uncle"… it doesn't matter if he doesn't have him!
Uchiha Sasuke completely ignored him and awkwardly nodded at Uchiha Suzune, who had poured him some tea and could be considered his "aunt."
"Thank you."
Then.
Looking at Hanabi, "Where's Boruto?"
"He's probably upstairs playing games!" Hanabi was holding Yumi and always had the feeling that this little girl had been hiding some kind of secret from her lately, so she was teasing her daughter. "He's been playing games upstairs this whole time!"
As soon as she said that—
The door upstairs suddenly opened!
Uzumaki Boruto came down with dark circles and eye bags.
Judging by his appearance, he must've played for a long time again last night!
When he saw Sasuke-sensei, a happy smile immediately appeared on his face. "Sasuke-sensei! You're back?"
However—
"What's with you…" Sasuke frowned, looking at the exhausted Boruto. "You have been playing games all the time?"
"No! No!" Boruto quickly laughed it off and said, "Actually, it's because Dad keeps asking me to play games with him!"
"…"
This world's Naruto… is also a gaming addict?
Sasuke let out a complicated sigh, shook his head, and looked at Boruto. Forget it! For now, you just need to keep an eye on Naruto and the Nine-Tails!"
As for the rest—
Once they return to the other Ninja World, Naruto can deal with it!
"I'll definitely take good care of Dad!" Boruto quickly nodded, patting his chest, and said, "Don't worry! As long as I start a ranked match, Dad… Naruto will definitely match with me!"
"…"
I really don't know how to complain about this anymore.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, helplessly continued sipping his tea.
Just then—
Yuto, who was nearby, yawned and looked at Boruto. "Why are you coming down so early today? Don't you usually play for a long time?"
"I haven't played for that long! It's just because I don't know how much longer I'll be able to play, so I played a bit more." Hearing his uncle's words, Boruto quickly shook his head and sighed, speaking with a trace of melancholy: "Really! I'm actually just enjoying the time I get to play with Dad! He was always busy when I was little…"
But when he saw Yuto's look of contempt, he quickly laughed again and awkwardly explained, "The blind guy on the moon can only play for two hours a day, so he's already logged off! The other guy… seems to be working in some factory. I don't know which factory it is, but suddenly there was some kind of riot, so he couldn't get online! So I came down to take a break!"
Looks like…
This Ninja World isn't peaceful either!
Could it be the factory isn't paying wages?
After saying that, he also found a place to sit down. But then… he suddenly realized that after he joined in, the atmosphere became a little awkward.
After all, the relationships in this house… were just way too complicated.
Boruto awkwardly laughed again and looked at Sasuke-sensei. "By the way! Sasuke-sensei, have you found Otsutsuki Urashiki yet?"
"No, not yet." Sasuke, who had originally lowered his head, preparing to leave once the time was right, now lifted it, frowning as he looked at Boruto. "It's been this long, and he still hasn't shown up. Could it be because he hasn't seen a good opportunity?"
"Is his target really the Nine-Tails and Naruto?" Boruto also frowned. "Could he be considering changing targets since the opportunity isn't there?"
"It's unclear for now." Sasuke sighed, nodded. "Maybe… let's just hope your guess is wrong."
Looks like things were getting more and more complicated.
He helplessly took another sip of tea, estimated the time was about right, and was just about to stand up and leave this awkward place when—
Suddenly—
"Pff~"
Yuto, who was drinking tea while messing with his computer, suddenly spat all the tea out of his mouth.
"???"
Everyone was stunned.
Even Sasuke stopped moving.
Then, seeing Yuto's serious expression and how he had turned back around to stare intently at the computer—
Everyone realized something wasn't right.
Could it be…
Otsutsuki Urashiki has appeared?!
"What's going on?" Sasuke quickly stood up, leaned forward to look at the screen, eyes narrowing as his tone grew serious. "Otsutsuki Urashiki, he…"
Before he could finish speaking, after seeing what was on that so-called screen—
Sasuke once again fell silent, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.
Sure enough.
This Ninja World always had strange and bizarre things happening.
On the screen—
A figure.
A man with long black hair, a delicate face, and vaguely filming with a webcam inside a dim, shabby, and unsafe-looking factory.
"Hello everyone, I'm Little White Man 10086! By the time you receive this video, I may already be dead! But for the sake of a better life in the Ninja World, no matter what, I must expose this dark, evil factory! A processing factory that eats human ashes…"
"…"
As the footage kept playing—
Everyone grew increasingly silent.
Especially when they saw a figure that was supposed to be dead, still working in the dark, sealed processing plant—
Their hearts trembled.
This is insane!
Something big is about to happen in the Ninja World!
At that moment—
Boruto: "…"
The corner of his mouth twitched.
It felt like something had just clicked in his mind.
Could that online friend… actually be working in that factory?
Had he…
Been playing games all this time with a dead person?!
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