Chapter 94: Neji: Die, You Pervert!
Naruto's terrified scream echoed through the quiet night.
Don't blame Naruto for panicking this badly.
Put yourself in his shoes: you kindly invite a same-sex friend you just met today to stay over. In your dream, you're trying to take a dump, but no matter what you do, it just won't come out. You wake up in shock, only to find that friend fiddling with something next to you.
Isn't that horrifying?
While following Naruto around Konoha during the day, adult Sasuke had suddenly remembered what Tsunade said in the Hokage's office: "Go call the Third."
But at this point in time, the Third Hokage was already dead. So why would she say something like that?
With that doubt in mind, adult Sasuke left the group to gather information.
After confirming through his investigation that the Third Hokage was indeed still alive, Sasuke did not return. Instead, he continued observing things from the shadows.
He suspected that Urashiki had arrived here ahead of time and altered certain events.
The moment he heard Naruto's scream, adult Sasuke ignored the fact that his current body was so weak it rivaled Kurama Yakumo's, and used Body Flicker Technique to appear outside Naruto's house.
He was just about to break the window when he realized that nothing dangerous was happening inside.
Standing outside the window, Sasuke saw Boruto's hand inside Naruto's pants, while Naruto wore an expression of sheer terror.
What on earth was going on here?
"S-Sensei, Sensei! Save me!"
Boruto was on the verge of tears. When he saw Sasuke's silhouette outside the window, he hurriedly cried out for help.
After confirming there was no danger, Sasuke used Body Flicker Technique again and left.
Better go think about why the Third Hokage is still alive. That's easier to understand than this.
"Sensei? Don't try to trick me into turning around, you pervert! Prepare to die! Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Naruto didn't believe a single word.
He'd been having a perfectly good dream, beating Sasuke into the ground. Then dream-Sasuke suddenly reached into his pants, scaring him awake.
And when he woke up, the guy named Boruto, the one he'd brought home today, actually had his hand inside his pants for real!
Bang bang bang bang bang.
The cramped bedroom was instantly packed full of Naruto's shadow clones.
"Ah!"
"Oof!"
"Ugh!"
That beating successfully made up for Boruto's lifelong regret of never having been beaten by his father.
In the end, Boruto was tied up with rope and thrown into a corner. To keep him from making noise, Naruto even stuffed a smelly sock into his mouth.
Naruto dusted off his hands. Only after confirming that Boruto could no longer harbor any ill intentions toward him did he put his pants back on properly, tighten his waistband, and return to bed.
After waking up the next morning, Naruto decided to take Boruto to the Hokage Building. He planned to report this person, and, while he was at it, cancel this mission that was interfering with his training.
"No! I'm innocent!"
Boruto spat out the sock and hurriedly begged for mercy.
Bound all night with a sock in his mouth, he hadn't slept at all. He'd spent the entire night thinking up excuses, and at last, he'd come up with one.
"Innocent? Then explain what happened."
Naruto stopped, turned around, crossed his arms, and questioned him sternly.
"Last night, I was already asleep. Suddenly, a strange stream of chakra flowed over from your side. I even thought you'd wet the bed…"
"You're the one who wet the bed!"
"Hey, don't interrupt, let me finish. After that weird chakra reached me, I couldn't control myself. There was a voice constantly whispering in my ear, tempting me, and then… that happened."
Boruto spoke with a face full of grievance.
"Whispering in your ear?"
Naruto froze, then rubbed his chin and thought for a while.
Could it be that the Nine-Tails' chakra had leaked out and caused him to do that?
"If that's the case, then maybe it really wasn't your fault…"
Naruto stepped forward and untied the rope.
He'd thought so. This guy had always given him a strangely familiar, friendly feeling, how could he really be a pervert?
So it was that evil Nine-Tails again. How hateful. It tempted him all the time, and now it was even tempting his friends.
"To make it up to you, I'll take you to eat at Ichiraku Ramen."
Naruto took out his wallet, counted his money, and invited Boruto.
Walking along the streets of Konoha, the two happened to run into Hinata.
"That's Hinata."
"By the way, her sister went out of the village to train with Brother Hakumo. I'm so jealous."
"At this rate, I won't fall too far behind… right? I won't end up weaker than even kids, will I?"
As he spoke, Naruto once again grew gloomy over his inability to train.
"Mom?!"
Boruto blurted out instinctively.
"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"
A shockwave blasted Boruto, who was still in shock, flying backward, slamming him face-first into the ground.
Boruto was completely stunned.
Struggling to get up, he saw someone he'd previously only seen in photographs.
Uncle Neji?
No, why was he even here in this era?
Was he here to make up for the regret of not being beaten by family?
Boruto complained inwardly.
"Neji, why did you hit him?"
Naruto grabbed Neji, who was about to attack again, and demanded.
"Naruto, don't stop me. I must protect Hinata-sama and deal with this pervert!"
Neji shouted sternly.
"Pervert?"
Hearing that familiar word, Naruto froze, then hurriedly explained, "Neji, you've misunderstood. There were special circumstances behind him putting his hand in my pants."
Naruto thought Neji must have activated his Byakugan late last night and seen what happened in his house.
"What?! He even put his hand in your pants?!"
Neji looked utterly shocked.
Hinata was even more shocked.
No wonder she'd felt a sense of familiarity upon seeing Boruto, so he was actually a rival?
"Then we absolutely can't let him live! Eight Trigrams…"
"Wait! Even if you want to kill me, at least let me die knowing why!"
Boruto stood up and shouted at Neji.
"Hmph. Very well."
Neji snorted coldly, turned his head aside, and began explaining.
"Guy-sensei, in order to understand his rival Kakashi, bought a novel written by Kakashi. I accidentally saw part of it…"
"There was a pervert in it named 'Wajima.' Whenever he saw a woman he liked, he'd call her 'Mom,' and he was always going on about things like 'Mom, hit me,' or 'Mom, wash my feet'!"
"This person just now saw Hinata-sama and his first reaction was to call her 'Mom.' Don't think I didn't hear it! He's exactly the kind of pervert from that book!"
"Everything in books is fake! How old are you? Why would you still believe that stuff!"
Boruto argued stubbornly, struggling to defend himself.
There was no way he could explain why he'd called her "Mom," so he could only try to steer the conversation elsewhere.
"Fake? Yesterday, when Lord Jiraiya was chatting with someone outside the bathhouse, he mentioned that his novels are all based on real life. His next one is even going to be about the story after the deaths of the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara."
"Since Kakashi is such a fan of Lord Jiraiya, what he writes must also be based on reality. Don't try to argue your way out of this!"
"Prepare to die, you pervert!"
Neji broke free of Naruto's grip and leapt high into the air.
(End of the chapter)