RNP Chapter 89 Riverside
Chapter 89 Riverside
Early in the morning, Boruto stood in a clearing in the woods of Konoha Village and began his morning exercise.
Boruto gripped the kunai tightly in his hand and hurled it forcefully at the target not far away, muttering angrily, "How annoying! Those two went out to train without taking me with them."
Boruto, in a fit of rage, forcefully flung the kunai in his hands at the target one after another.
Not long ago, he stood at the village entrance, watching Jiraiya and Naruto embark on their journey to find the Fifth Hokage.
Just as Boruto was about to start practicing his taijutsu, a hurried shout interrupted him: "Boruto-nii, please teach me ninjutsu!"
At that moment, Konohamaru arrived breathlessly at Boruto's training area.
Boruto looked at Konohamaru in front of him, puzzled, and asked, "Why did you suddenly decide to come to me to learn ninjutsu?"
"I'm learning the Rasengan." Then Konohamaru complained, "Last night, Naruto was teaching me when he suddenly said he had to leave the village for training today and couldn't teach me anymore."
Konohamaru chuckled and said, "I was thinking that Boruto could also use the Rasengan, and besides, you taught Naruto how to use it, so I thought I'd come to you to learn."
Actually, Konohamaru came to Boruto for help because he couldn't understand how to use the Rasengan that Naruto had taught him yesterday.
"The Rasengan, huh...?"
Boruto stroked his chin thoughtfully for a moment. "I remember Konohamaru's Rasengan was taught to him by Dad, and considering my experience teaching Dad last time, perhaps..."
Boruto tentatively said to Konohamaru, "Bang, pop the balloon...?"
When Konohamaru heard Boruto's description of teaching him the Rasengan, he realized that the explanation was exactly the same as what Naruto had taught him before. He felt completely stunned. Was this really a technique for practicing the Rasengan?
He initially thought Naruto was just teasing him by teaching him the Rasengan, but since Boruto said so, it seems he really misunderstood Naruto.
After Boruto saw Konohamaru's expression of utter despair and confusion, he realized he had misunderstood the situation.
Boruto, embarrassed, quickly waved his hand and said, "Uh... well... that doesn't count, let's start over..."
"Oh... okay." Konohamaru was now deeply doubting himself, wondering where he had fallen behind them.
Boruto began to explain the principles of the Rasengan to Konohamaru again: "Actually, the Rasengan requires you to start gathering chakra in your hand..."
After Boruto explained the Rasengan, Konohamaru's eyes, which had initially looked utterly hopeless, gradually regained their light.
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After practicing for a while, Konohamaru excitedly held up the ball of chakra in his hand. This was the first time he had condensed the chakra in his hand into a form, although it was not yet stable enough.
Boruto looked at the chakra ball in Konohamaru's hand and nodded in satisfaction. It was significantly faster than when his father was learning the Rasengan.
At that moment, Boruto caught a glimpse of a shark formed from water-style chakra rising into the sky not far away.
Boruto frowned. The amount of chakra he sensed was unusually strong. This didn't seem like a regular ninjutsu practice. Could it be that someone was fighting nearby?
At this moment, Boruto had no mind to continue teaching Konohamaru. His attention was completely drawn to the chakra fluctuations in the distance, and he didn't even react to Konohamaru's shouts.
Konohamaru stretched out his hand and waved in front of Boruto: "Boruto-nii, are you even listening to me?"
When Boruto came to his senses, he turned to Konohamaru and said apologetically, "I'm sorry... I suddenly have some urgent business to attend to. You can practice the Rasengan here by yourself for now. I'll come back in a while to check on your progress."
Konohamaru could only nod in response, "Oh... I understand."
After saying that, Boruto quickly disappeared into the trees in the distance and was gone from Konohamaru's sight in no time.
Konohamaru looked in the direction Boruto had left and said, "Hey, why are they all so busy... In that case, I'll have to work even harder!" With that, Konohamaru began practicing the Rasengan by himself.
"Rasengan!!!"
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A moment later, Boruto arrived at a large tree near his destination, carefully parting the leaves in front of him to observe the situation.
Boruto's gaze was immediately drawn to several figures in the middle of the river: "Kakashi-sensei? Who are those two ninjas...?"
He saw Kakashi, Asuma, and Red confronting two figures dressed in black robes embroidered with red clouds.
At this moment, Asuma and Kurenai had their eyes closed, while Kakashi only made eye contact with the person in front of him for a moment before collapsing to his knees on the river, panting heavily.
Just then, Itachi Uchiha's gaze suddenly turned towards the direction of the large tree where Boruto was hiding, and he made eye contact with Boruto.
Boruto stared in surprise at Itachi's Sharingan, then immediately realized that his position had been exposed, and a sharp shuriken was shooting toward his location.
Boruto leaped down from the tree, dodging the shuriken thrown by Itachi Uchiha, and landed on the river, creating ripples.
Boruto noticed that the person in front of him was wearing a Konoha rogue ninja headband, while the shark-faced man next to him was a Kirigakure rogue ninja.
Uchiha Itachi looked at Boruto in front of him and murmured, "Uzumaki...Naruto?"
Itachi Uchiha immediately realized he had mistaken someone for someone else. Although the person in front of him looked very much like the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, a closer look revealed that they were not the same person.
Hearing the commotion, Sarutobi Asuma suddenly opened his eyes and exclaimed in surprise at Boruto's sudden appearance, "Boruto!? What are you doing here? Get out of here!"
Although Boruto demonstrated his impressive strength during the Chunin Exams, the two people in front of him were not ordinary ninjas, but rather S-rank rogue ninjas.
In Asuma's eyes, Boruto was still too inexperienced and had almost no power to fight back against the two S-rank rogue ninjas in front of him.
Kisame Hoshigaki looked at Itachi Uchiha and grinned, "Itachi-san, this brat doesn't seem to be our target."
Boruto's eyes narrowed as he listened to their conversation: Target?