Naruto, my father's name is Uchiha Madara.

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Ban didn't even bother to open his eyes, only letting out a faint hum, his tone as arrogant and impatient as ever: "Hmph, whatever. Just leave me alone."

Nine-Tails couldn't help but complain, "You damn tsundere!"

The space of consciousness was filled with the long-lost warmth and noise of family.

Meanwhile, outside, the golden sunset shone on the ravaged battlefield and also illuminated Naruto and Boruto, who were supporting each other and preparing to embark on their journey home.

Chapter 398 Boruto's Shura Field

Meanwhile, the battle within Konoha Village has come to an end.

With the help of light, the balance of the battle shifted decisively.

Ultimately, with Boruto and Sarada's combined attack, Sarada completely disappeared from this world.

With the annihilation of the Divine Tree Manzo, no common remains were left at its core.

Instead, it condensed into a crystal about the size of a fist, completely black, with strange spiral patterns on its surface, resembling the seed of some kind of plant.

It lay quietly on the ground, emitting a faint yet peculiar energy fluctuation.

"This is... 'Thorn Soul'?"

Guang stepped forward and carefully took it in his hand.

It felt cool to the touch, and its interior seemed to contain some kind of power that was the same as, yet completely opposite to, the strange tree that imprisoned Uncle Sasuke.

"With this, we can save Uncle Sasuke, right?"

She murmured to herself, a glimmer of hope flashing in her eyes.

However, the atmosphere at the scene was not entirely one of joy and victory.

Sarada pushed up her glasses.

He scrutinized the strange girl who had suddenly appeared, possessed powerful eye techniques, and was with Boruto.

A strange hostility, which she herself did not fully understand, quietly grew in her heart.

She stepped forward, her tone scrutinizing and tinged with barely perceptible wariness: "You appeared with Boruto, didn't you? Who exactly are you?"

Hikaru turned his head and met Sarada's gaze.

She could clearly sense the unfriendly probing in the other person's eyes.

Her innate aloofness and past experiences make her neither adept at nor inclined to respond warmly to such criticism.

She answered calmly, even with a hint of taken for granted:

"Light. Uchiha light."

"Uchiha Hikaru?"

Sarada's voice unconsciously rose, and her Sharingan even activated on its own due to the fluctuation of her emotions.

The three tomoe slowly rotated within it: "This is impossible! The Uchiha clan is now down to just my father and me! Who are you?!"

Despite Sarada's excitement, Hikaru's reaction remained calm.

Not only did his tone remain firm, but he also made no intention of using a pseudonym: "...But this is my name. It's the name Boruto told me, and it's also my name."

"Boruto..."

Hearing that name spoken so naturally by the other person, Sarada felt as if a thorn in her heart had been plucked.

She pressed on, her Sharingan fixed on the light: "What exactly is your relationship with Boruto?"

Guang's brows furrowed slightly; the other party's aggressive attitude made her feel a little displeased.

Her three-tomoe Sharingan also activated uncontrollably.

His eerie yet powerful eye power flowed out naturally, forming a stark contrast with Sarada's three-tomoe Sharingan.

Her voice also turned colder:

"Does this have anything to do with you?"

In an instant, the air between the two Uchiha girls seemed to freeze, and invisible sparks flew as they stared at each other.

The powerful auras of their pupils collided, causing everyone around them to feel a chill.

"Um... you two, the fight just ended, shouldn't you calm down first..."

As the class monitor, Jian Jin keenly sensed the strong smell of gunpowder in the air and quickly stepped forward to try to ease the tense atmosphere.

At this awkward and tense moment—

Two slight spatial fluctuations resounded, followed by a flash of golden light.

Boruto and Naruto appeared out of thin air, landing simultaneously in front of everyone.

The Flying Thunder God kunai that Naruto had casually left behind had now become their most convenient means of returning home.

"This feeling... is it Flying Thunder God? Dad, you're amazing."

After landing, Boruto felt the ripples in the space around him that had not yet completely subsided, and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

But then he realized that his father's body housed the soul of his grandfather, Minato Namikaze, known as the "Yellow Flash."

Learning the Flying Thunder God Technique seems like a natural progression.

In comparison, the simplified version of the Flying Thunder God that I devised by combining the power of the Otsutsuki clan did indeed appear quite crude.

However, before Boruto could fully recover from the slight discomfort of the spatial teleportation...

Two voices, filled with urgency and accusation, rang in his ears almost simultaneously:

Sarada and Hikari appeared before him in an instant. They simultaneously raised their hands, pointed at each other, and asked in unison:

"who is she?!"

Boruto froze instantly, looking at Sarada on his left, whose eyes were burning with scrutiny and a hint of grievance.

Then he looked at Uchiha Hikaru on the right, whose expression was cold but whose eyes were equally determined.

For a moment, I felt my scalp tingle and my tongue felt like it was tied in knots. I had absolutely no idea how to explain this incredibly complicated situation.

Naruto, who was standing nearby, witnessed the entire scene.

A sly, gossipy grin immediately appeared on his face.

He nudged Boruto, who was frozen in place, with his elbow, and said in a low, gloating tone:

"Oh my! You little rascal, you've really got some nerve! This is going to be a battleground!"

"you……!"

Boruto was both angry and anxious, wishing he could cover his father's mouth, who seemed to enjoy watching the drama unfold.

Sarada, who had been focusing all her attention on Boruto and the strange girl, was now in a different situation.

Upon hearing that familiar, slightly teasing voice, my gaze instinctively shifted to Naruto.

When she saw clearly that face with a wicked smile, yet so familiar, the face she had seen countless times on the Hokage Rock and in the village posters.

The anger and questioning in his eyes vanished instantly, replaced by utter shock and disbelief!

She abruptly took half a step back, her finger trembling as she pointed at Naruto, her voice shrill with shock:

"You... the Seventh Generation?!"

This exclamation was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake.

Instantly, everyone's attention was forcibly drawn from Boruto and Hikaru to the smiling blond youth.

Naruto looked at the girl with glasses, black hair and black eyes, whose eyebrows and brows bore a seven or eight-tenths resemblance to his best friend Sasuke.

He immediately guessed her identity and deliberately put on a kind and amiable demeanor, like an elder.

She chuckled and said, "Oh? Looks like you must be Sasuke's daughter! Wow, you really do look like Sasuke when he was little!"

"No! The Seventh Generation!"

Sarada stepped forward excitedly, her voice trembling, "You...how did you escape from Kawaki's seal?! I'm so glad you're alright!"

A glimmer of hope instantly appeared in her eyes, as if she had seen the dawn of an end to all suffering.

However, Naruto's next words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the joy that had just begun to ignite within her.

Naruto looked at the excitement shining in the girl's eyes and felt a little sorry, but he still shook his head and said honestly, "I'm sorry, Sarada."

"I... might not be the Seventh Hokage you know."

He pointed to himself, trying to make his tone seem believable: "As you can see, I am Naruto Uzumaki, but... I am Naruto Uzumaki from the past."

"The seventh generation... from the past?"

Sarada was stunned; her brain couldn't process the information for a moment.

The Naruto in front of me does look much younger than I remember and in the photos.

He's lost the composure and dignity of a Hokage, but gained a youthful vigor and... a bit of an unreliability?

Naruto nodded, preparing to continue explaining the complex theories of time travel and parallel worlds.

However, at this moment——

"Everyone over there! Drop your weapons and stop moving! You are surrounded! Surrender!"

A stern rebuke rang out from all around!

A group of Konoha ANBU ninjas quickly and systematically surrounded them!

Kunai and shuriken gleamed coldly in the sunlight, and everyone's eyes were filled with vigilance and hostility.

Most of this hostility was clearly directed at the newly appeared Boruto Uzumaki!

Clearly, the appearance of Naruto, the "Seventh Hokage of the past," brought a great shock.

However, under the influence of Ada's "omnipotent" technique, the "fact" that Boruto "killed the Seventh Hokage and defected" is still deeply ingrained in the minds of most Konoha ninjas.

His sudden return immediately triggered the highest level of alert!

The scene instantly shifted from a slightly awkward "battleground" to an even more tense and dangerous standoff!