Konohamaru looked at his mentor with a gaze of utmost respect.
"Boss, When do we start the training?" Konohamaru asked.
"Oh, the training" Boruto was snapped back into reality.
"Don"t you have a sensei already?" Boruto asked, preventing himself from revealing the fact that he already knew all the details about Konohamaru"s jōnin teacher, Ebisu.
"Ebisu-sensei?"
"Pft, that guy barely qualifies as my teacher,"
"Now that boss defeated the geezer today, you are more powerful than him to me," Konohamaru said.
("He"s quite the fickle-minded one…") Boruto mentally made a note.
"Konohamaru,"
"Ninja or not, one must always respect their sensei,"
"Ebisu-sensei has never shown his full skills, nor has your grandfather,"
"If I were to display my skills, I"d probably be an ant in front of them," Boruto said.
"You"re too humble, Boss!" Konohamaru complimented.
"It"s not a joke Konohamaru, I"m serious here dateba.s.sa," Boruto said with a heavy tone.
"…" Konohamaru remained silent.
"One of the most important things when facing your opponents is to never underestimate them," Boruto said.
"Ah,"
"That"s why the geezer lost to you…"
"…"
"I see…" Konohamaru immediately started taking notes.
"Listen up Konohamaru,"
"Come to my house in the evening tomorrow, we will start with your training," Boruto said with a smile.
"Really, Boss? Thanks a lot," Konohamaru said energetically.
"You"d better rest up tonight, tomorrow"s training is going to be really hard," Boruto said.
"Yes, Boss!" Konohamaru saluted.
("If it were Kagemasa, he would have said this…") Boruto thought as he looked towards Konohamaru.
"Are you going to become a Hokage?" Boruto asked.
"uh…" Konohmaru was confused seeing Boruto ask him something he had already explained.
"I said, are you going to become a Hokage?" Boruto asked once again.
"Yes, Boss!" Konohamaru affirmed.
"Don"t just say it,"
"You must prove with actions," Boruto said.
"I will train hard and become the number one Hokage," Konohamaru replied.
"I see, Well then, You"re dismissed!" Boruto said, following which he walked away.
"Take care, See you tomorrow, Boss!" Konohamaru spoke aloud with a rigid voice as he stared at Boruto"s departing back.
At this moment, however, a few meters away on top of a building, a man stared at the spot where Konohamaru stood. The man was none other than Ebisu-sensei. Ebisu then turned towards Boruto, who was walking away from the scene.
"Trying to steal my disciple away from me, eh?"
"Although you know your place, it doesn"t change the fact that you will be going against me if you want to train honorable grandson," Ebisu murmured to himself.
(Whoosh!)
Ebisu departed from the place silently leaving no trace of his presence.
Later that night, Boruto prepared the hamburgers without any more interruptions.
"It"s done!" Boruto stared at the burger swallowing a gulp of spit from his watery mouth.
Soon he sat down at the table with everything prepared.
"Itadakimasu," Boruto then took a big first bite.
"…" (gulp) Boruto swallowed down what he chewed.
("Ah…") Boruto marveled at his creation.
("It"s been a long time since I had hamburger steak…") Boruto thought.
He then took a look at his shabby Hamburger which was ever more messed up after he had taken a bite out of it.
"If only this world had ketchup or mayo…"
"I"m lucky they at least have BBQ sauce here," Boruto sighed.
He then looked towards the fridge at the end of the room.
"I"ve made one for Uncle Shikamaru and three for Uncle Chōji,"
"I hope he doesn"t ask for more…" Boruto said as he thought back to how Chōchō would eat endlessly.
"Oops,"
"I"d better remember to call them by their name,"
"If I add uncles to their name, there"s no telling what could happen," Boruto said as he thought back to Sakura"s reaction of him calling her aunty.
"Now, how do I handle my mom…" Boruto murmured.
A few minutes later he was sweating unable to come up with anything.
"Time out," Boruto brought his hands together.
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(Poof!)
(Poof!) (Poof!) (Poof!)
(Poof!) (Poof!) (Poof!) (Poof!)
About a dozen shadow clones suddenly popped out.
"Ah, dad"s chakra was always this high," Boruto sighed, seeing his effort to summon three or four shadow clones to end up summoning twelve of them.
He then took a look at his counterparts.
"Sorry guys, could seven of you undo yourself?" Boruto asked.
"I say let"s get this meeting started as is,"
"With more minds to think, we can come up with faster and better solutions," the clones replied.
"…" Boruto stared silently.
"Listen up," one of the clones took on the position of a leader by standing up on the table.
"We need to a.n.a.lyze everything that"s happened till now, including the old man from before," The clone announced.
"Don"t you think we need to find out what happened with Uncle Sasuke"s elder brother as well?" Boruto asked.
"Ah, Uncle Itachi,"
"But he"s a criminal right?"
"But Uncle Sasuke didn"t tell us anything about him," The other clones argued.
"Guys, let"s sort everything out one by one," Boruto brought back the team"s focus.
"Back to the fortuneteller,"
"Anyone has any ideas on how to leave this world?" The leader clone asked.
"Hmm…." The team thought hard.
"Wait, don"t tell me that I have to spend the rest of my life here…" One of the clones murmured with despair.
"He said until I understand my dad," Boruto said.
"Haven"t we learned enough?" One of the clones asked.
"We are nowhere close to understanding his entire life," another clone argued.
"I feel sorry for him," another clone said.
"me too," the others chimed.
"Well, does anyone have an answer?" Boruto asked.
"none," the clones answered helplessly.
"…"
"All right then, let"s go onto to other topics,"
"Sakura Obachan!" A clone announced.
(Bang!)
Another clone hit him in the head, causing him to disappear.
"Don"t get me killed dattebasa," Boruto said.
"Serves him right," the others nodded in agreement.
"We need to solve that problem with Sakura,"
"The only way to get her to forgive me is to get her a date with uncle Sasuke," a clone said.
"seconded," another one said.
"Again with the uncle," Boruto raised the issue.
"Like he says, we need to get the names right no matter what," The leader clone suggested.
"Right,"
"The only way to that is to start reciting their names with the honorific we need to use in the current timeline," Boruto said.
"Agreed," the others nodded.
"Next issue," the leader clone said.
"Mom," A clone suggested.
"…" The room fell into silence.
"There"s no way in h.e.l.l I"m going to become the dad of myself," one of the clones said with a determined gaze.
"We can"t keep avoiding her for a long time," Another suggested.
"We will deal with it when the time comes,"
"Best to just be friendly with her," Boruto said.
"Agreed," the clones nodded in unison.
"Next," The leader clone asked.
"Sasuke," Boruto said.
"Uncle Sasuke, eh,"
"After that match, he must be wanting a rematch badly," the leader clone said.
"Hmm," the other clones nodded in agreement.
"If he wants a rematch,"
"he must go on a date with Sakurob… erhm Sakurchan," a clone said.
"Be careful of the name," a nearby clone warned.
"Sorry," the clone replied.
"Not a bad idea," Boruto said.
"All right then,"
"If Sasuke wants a rematch, he must go on a date with Sakurchan," The clone leader announced.
"Next," Boruto asked.
"…" The clone leader remained silent.
"Uchiha Itachi," A clone said.
"This might be troublesome,"
"He"s an S-Cla.s.s criminal after all," a clone said.
"Kill on sight, huh…"
"Must be pretty powerful," Boruto murmured.
"Is he stronger than Uncle Sasuke also?" Boruto asked himself, referring to the Adult Uchiha Sasuke.
"We don"t know that,"
"But we need to find out more about that guy," Another clone said.
"Do we ask Sasuke?" A clone suggested.
"…" The room was silent for a moment.
"That topic could be taboo for Sasuke so we might have to find it using other means," The leader suggested.
"I think so too," Boruto replied.
"All right then,"
"Next," The leader asked.
"Konohamaru," Boruto said.
"Konohamaru…"
"We need to train him, after all, Konohamaru-no-niichan had always taught me since the beginning when dad was not around,"
"We also played together a lot," Boruto reminisced.
"We will train him," The leader clone nodded to the idea.
"What about our training?" Another clone suggested.
"That is something we need to consider…" The leader clone murmured.
"Dad"s body is different after all,"
"He had more chakra, more stamina and there"s also Kurama," Boruto said.
At this moment, Boruto felt a pulse in his psyche.
"Who are you, brat?" Kurama asked from within.