I, Naruto Uzumaki, don't need your approval.

"Konoha is so small now. In my time, the area of ​​Konoha city was three times larger than this."

"How about we take a Lei tram now and go to the next town to eat Lei burgers? Lei burgers are delicious, I'm sure you'll like them too..."

Boruto kept talking in fits and starts, and Naruto, getting a little impatient, said, "There are no Thunder Cars or Thunder Burgers right now, and didn't we just come out of the restaurant?"

"You and Sasuke-sensei were too serious just now, I didn't dare to eat."

“So you can be scared too…” Naruto smiled, then led Boruto toward the Hyuga clan’s territory. “Come on, let’s go eat at Hinata’s house. I was planning to eat there anyway today.”

Upon mentioning Hinata, Boruto's eyes widened in fear. He waved his hand and said, "Maybe we should just forget about it. Sasuke-sensei said that neither he nor I can have too much contact with people we know, or it will change the future."

Naruto, as if he knew exactly what Boruto was thinking, chuckled and said, "You're afraid of Hinata, aren't you..."

Boruto nodded, and said somewhat guiltily, "Mom is scary. When she gets angry, she's scarier than a sunflower. But it's all because of Dad. He's always busy with work and doesn't come home until midnight."

"He only came back in the middle of the night. Looks like his work efficiency isn't very good. Does he still eat instant noodles every day?"

"That's right, he eats instant noodles every day, but I can understand his behavior. He is the Seventh Hokage of the village, and he has a lot of things to deal with every day. He is a qualified Hokage, but not a qualified father."

Naruto's expression gradually turned serious, then he joked, "It's okay, when I have the chance to go to your era, I'll teach that good-for-nothing Naruto a lesson."

"Really?" Boruto looked at Naruto beside him.

Naruto nodded slightly and then said, "But the premise is that you are even more outstanding. With your current abilities and awareness, you are not comparable to becoming the Seventh Naruto. The pain he went through is unimaginable to you."

"Father, what did you experience when you were a child?"

"It's nothing. At most, I was isolated by most of the villagers, used by the village's higher-ups, and even my parents' former subordinates wanted to assassinate me. It's just a past that I don't really want to remember."

This is just "at most"... Boruto is starting to lose his composure; if it were him, he would have collapsed long ago.

However, after experiencing so many events, his father was still able to become the Seventh Hokage. If it were him, he would never have been able to do it and would have doubted the world and himself.

Naruto noticed Boruto's gaze, recalled the plot of Naruto, and sighed softly.

In the original work, even Naruto, who was suspected of being influenced by Ashura's chakra, was on the verge of turning evil several times. However, he was saved by Iruka the first time, and the three years he spent away from home with Jiraiya filled the void of his father's love.

After Pain attacked the village, a large group of comrades died for Naruto.

That's how Naruto was gradually pulled back from the brink of turning evil.

However, in the original story, Naruto should also thank one person: Nagato. Nagato sacrificed his life to activate the Rinne Rebirth technique, reviving the dead Konoha ninjas and villagers.

Otherwise, even if Naruto defeated Pain, he could not become a hero and would still be the son of the demon fox.

After all, Pain's attack on Konoha was for the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. If handing over the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki could avoid war, they would be very willing to do so.

The deaths of villagers caused by Pain's attack on the village will be attributed to Naruto, not Nagato.

After walking and stopping frequently, Naruto and Boruto soon arrived at the outer edge of the Hyuga clan's territory. Upon seeing Naruto, the Hyuga ninjas at the edge of the territory quickly came over to greet him: "Lord Naruto, are you here to visit Lady Hinata?"

Naruto nodded and, led by the Hyuga ninja, entered the main family's old residence.

Hinata, dressed in a light blue training uniform, was practicing Gentle Fist in the dojo. Each move seemed to draw upon natural energy, producing a muffled sound in the air.

In fact, Naruto did teach Hinata how to cultivate natural energy.

Hinata may not have much talent in combat, but her basic conditions are excellent. The purity of her Byakugan is so high that even the Otsutsuki on the moon would covet it. In addition, with the Shikotsumyaku bloodline limit bestowed upon her by herself, it will be very easy for her to reach the Kage level in the future.

Only in this way can Hinata avoid becoming a housewife and even failing to become a Jonin.

Upon hearing the news of Naruto's visit, Hinata wiped the sweat from her face and ran up to him, saying timidly, "Naruto-kun, I thought you weren't coming today."

Then, Hinata changed her tone and stared at Boruto beside her, saying, "Naruto-kun, who is he?"

Boruto hid behind Naruto, not daring to show himself. Naruto chuckled and said, "Hinata, this is Uzumaki Boruto, my son."

"Naruto's son!"

Hinata froze on the spot. After glancing at Boruto and Naruto a few times, she noticed that the two did indeed have some similarities. She then said somewhat dejectedly, "So Naruto-kun, you already have a son, and he's already this big."

……

The outer perimeter of the Hyuga clan's territory.

After Naruto and Boruto entered the Hyuga clan's territory, the ANBU squad that had been silently following them exchanged glances and then headed towards the Hokage Building.

Soon, the Anbu squad met Jiraiya in the Hokage's office.

After listening to the intelligence delivered by the ANBU squad, Jiraiya's expression became very strange. He paced back and forth in the room, glancing occasionally toward the direction of the Hyuga clan's territory.

His dispatch of the Anbu to monitor Naruto was, in a sense, a way of expressing Konoha's attitude.

Although Konoha cannot defeat Naruto, it must at least keep track of his whereabouts and not allow such a strong person to roam freely in the village. Otherwise, how can Konoha maintain its dignity in front of other great ninja villages?

But after hearing that a strange ninja who looked somewhat similar to Naruto had appeared beside him.

Jiraiya couldn't help but have doubts. It wasn't that he doubted Boruto was Naruto's brother—he knew exactly how many children Kushina had—but rather that Naruto might have collaborated with Orochimaru to conduct some kind of evil experiment.

If that's the case, he needs to find some time to have a serious talk with Naruto.

Given how much benefit Konoha has given up, it would be incredibly unfair for Naruto to still be allied with Orochimaru. He, the Hokage, is not someone to be bullied.

Chapter 263 The Arrival of Otsutsuki Urashiki

Seeing Hinata's dejected expression, Boruto reluctantly called her "Mother."

Hearing this, Hinata was even more confused. She was so young, so why did she have a son who was about the same age as her? Naruto and Boruto's ages didn't match either, so she looked at Naruto in bewilderment.

Naruto scratched his head and revealed to Hinata the information that Boruto came from twenty years in the future.

Hinata nodded with a hint of disbelief, then said with a smug look in her eyes, "So Boruto is my future child with Naruto-kun, and we'll become husband and wife later on."

"That's true in Boruto's world..."

Hinata ignored Naruto's words and looked at Boruto more kindly, but having a son the same age as her always made her feel a little strange, and she didn't know what to say.

At this moment, Naruto stepped forward and said, "Let's not worry about Boruto for now, let's just do what we need to do. Didn't we agree to train in natural energy together today..."

After saying that, Naruto went to Hinata's side, and the two walked into the main family mansion chatting and laughing.

Boruto, who remained where he was, felt somewhat lost, as if he had become an outsider.

Just then, Neji walked over with Hanabi, glanced at Boruto, and said, "You're Boruto? Lord Naruto instructed us to teach you Gentle Fist, in addition to some lessons from Uzushio Village."

After the Uzushio ninjas established a base in Konoha, the Hyuga clan was the first ninja clan to show goodwill. As a result, the Hyuga clan also received advanced teaching materials from the Uzushio Village Ninja Academy, becoming a testing ground for Konoha.

Boruto felt that Neji looked familiar, but he was quickly taken to the Hyuga training ground and began intensive training.

Naruto and Hinata watched from a distance, feeding each other while observing Boruto being forced to learn. Boruto, who had Momoshiki Karma as an advantage, didn't actually need to learn ninjutsu or genjutsu.

All that's needed is to train in physical techniques and tactics; these are the key elements in the Otsutsuki War.

……

Meanwhile, Shisui returned to the Uchiha clan territory with Sasuke and Sasuke.

After realizing that the middle-aged man in front of him was his future self, Sasuke had many questions to ask: whether he would defeat Itachi Uchiha in the future, and whether he would lose an arm in the battle with Itachi Uchiha.

Faced with Sasuke's question, the middle-aged Sasuke remained silent for a long time before saying, "Your future and mine are destined to be different. In my world, Itachi Uchiha killed all his clansmen for the sake of the village, and there were other reasons why his arm was severed."

Sasuke frowned, clearly not expecting the answer to be like this.

Just as he was about to ask for specific details, the middle-aged Sasuke shook his head and said, "You are different from Naruto. There are many things about the future that I cannot tell you. The only thing I can tell you is that Itachi Uchiha had his reasons."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Shisui's face darkened considerably: "Regardless of Itachi's reasons, he is a sinner of the Uchiha clan. The Uchiha can lose to the Third Hokage's lineage, but they cannot die from the betrayal of their own people."

Furthermore, he was capable of harming even the women, children, and the elderly within his own clan, yet he spared Sasuke's life.

The middle-aged Sasuke was stunned. He respected his older brother Uchiha Itachi very much, but he couldn't refute Uchiha Shisui's question.

Yes, on the night of the massacre, all the members of his clan died, and he was the only one who survived.

This was love from his older brother to him, but it was too unfair to the rest of the Uchiha.

However, these matters had already been resolved in his time. In this era, only young Sasuke and the other members of his clan could make decisions; he had no right to interfere.

Just then, Sasuke seemed to have made up his mind and said to the middle-aged Sasuke, "My future self wants to ask you for a way to quickly become stronger. You should be able to understand how I feel right now."

The middle-aged Sasuke glanced at the young Sasuke, then sighed softly: "I understand. In the next few days, I will teach you some ninjutsu that you will master in the future. I hope you will not regret your choices in the future."

"Of course I know that. You have nothing left, but I still have many people of my clan."

Even when facing his past selves from different times, Sasuke spoke without any politeness, revealing his true thoughts.

Uchiha Shisui, on the other hand, fell into deep thought, looking in the direction of the Uzumaki base, his eyes filled with complex emotions and gratitude.

Through the conversation between middle-aged Sasuke and young Sasuke, he had a pretty good idea of ​​the fate of the Uchiha clan in another timeline.

In that timeline, he might not have encountered Naruto disguised as Menma, but instead entrusted his Sharingan and dreams to Itachi Uchiha. However, Itachi Uchiha failed to save his clan and ultimately joined forces with Obito to kill all his clan members.

But this was clearly the outcome he didn't want; he would rather Itachi Uchiha lead his clan to escape.

Even if it were just taking one or two innocent children with him when he ran away, it would have been fine, but Uchiha Itachi left Sasuke behind, abandoning his clan, lover, and even his parents.

Thinking of this, Shisui's hatred for Itachi intensified.

……

Over the next few days, Boruto and Sasuke underwent training of varying degrees.

Meanwhile, Naruto and middle-aged Sasuke also discussed their battle plan for hunting down Urashiki Otsutsuki during their free time.

Unlike ninjas in the ninja world, Otsutsuki possess the ability to absorb chakra, making them virtually immune to all ninjutsu and genjutsu. Only taijutsu, senjutsu, and space-time abilities can harm Otsutsuki.

Besides that, there is the sealing technique that grants equality to all beings.

"Urashiki has many abilities. In addition to Yomotsu Hirasaka, which allows him to travel through space, his fishing rod can also steal a ninja's chakra and increase the power of his ninjutsu through the fish basket."

"Therefore, Naruto, you must not let Urashiki steal your chakra during the battle, otherwise the difficulty of the battle will increase significantly."

Faced with the information shared by the middle-aged Sasuke, Naruto recalled the plot of the original work and said, "We can prevent Urashiki from stealing chakra through sealing techniques. Since sealing techniques can seal Kaguya Otsutsuki, there is no reason why they cannot seal other Otsutsuki."

After listening to Naruto's advice, the middle-aged Sasuke wholeheartedly agreed.

He did indeed forget to use sealing techniques to protect himself during his battle with Urashiki Ōtsutsuki. If this method had worked, the probability of hunting Urashiki Ōtsutsuki would have greatly increased...

Having perfected their battle plan, Naruto and the middle-aged Sasuke arrived near the Forest of Death, where they set up a sealing barrier in advance, awaiting the appearance of Urashiki Otsutsuki.

A few hours later, as ripples spread through the space, an incredibly terrifying chakra descended upon the ninja world.

Naruto and middle-aged Sasuke exchanged a glance and then looked up at the sky. There, a doorway opened in the void, and Urashiki Otsutsuki, holding a fishing rod and a fish basket, stood in the void.

Chapter 264 The Weakest Otsutsuki