"Damn Naruto! Damn Naruto! Stupid Naruto!"
Kurama muttered under his breath, fuming the entire way.
It all sounded so nice at first—but in the end, she was just another test subject to him.
To be fair, Naruto didn't mean to do it. His power had simply grown too overwhelming.
If Boruto tapped into the legacy of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, then naturally, Momoshiki would retreat deeper within him to avoid being exposed.
Uchiha Sasuke furrowed his brows, his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan spinning open as he stared at Boruto, who had awakened the Jōgan.
There was something ominous—something all too familiar—hidden deep inside Boruto.
A terrifying chakra.
Boruto's appearance was also beginning to shift.
"…What's happening?" Sasuke asked, turning to Naruto.
Naruto lifted his chin slightly in silent response.
Sasuke's eyes snapped back to Boruto.
At that moment, Boruto, who had looked confused just moments ago, suddenly trembled from head to toe.
And then… a foreign presence emerged.
His expression twisted into something strange.
"Hehehe… hahaha~!"
'Boruto' lowered his head, shoulders trembling with laughter that clearly didn't belong to him.
"How wonderful… thank you so much."
"By my calculations, it should have been ages before I could awaken… yet here you are, bringing me out all on your own."
"This flesh—he's the son of that damned fox, isn't he?"
'Boruto' slowly raised his head and locked eyes with Sasuke, whose expression shifted drastically.
"Really?" he sneered.
"Otsutsuki… Momoshiki?!" Sasuke's breath caught, and he instinctively dropped into a battle-ready stance.
At that moment, Momoshiki finally noticed Naruto.
His brow furrowed.
"Fox?"
"What happened to your appearance?"
Momoshiki narrowed his eyes, studying Naruto carefully. Something felt… off. This Naruto wasn't the one he remembered.
Younger. Stronger.
More dangerous.
He hesitated, the word powerful briefly flashing through his mind—a word he hadn't associated with mortals in a long time.
"Could it be… this is the past?"
He muttered the possibility aloud, his voice low and uncertain.
But then he scoffed and shook his head. "It doesn't matter."
"Your chakra will belong to me, eventually."
"Dad… Dad!"
The word came suddenly—and not from Boruto.
It was Momoshiki who had said it, accidentally using Boruto's voice.
He was stunned.
Boruto's willpower was much stronger than expected.
Just the thought of attacking Naruto had stirred Boruto's consciousness, enough to fight back and momentarily seize control.
And because of that struggle, Momoshiki had failed to sense the sheer number of powerful chakras currently gathered in the Hidden Leaf.
"Shut up, you wretched human!"
Momoshiki snarled in frustration. The fact that he had just called Naruto 'Dad'—even unintentionally—was an unbearable humiliation.
Whoosh—
Just then, a spatial portal opened behind Naruto.
And from it stepped the beautiful and serene face of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
But this time, the coldness usually etched into her features was missing. There was even a bit of grilled Myōboku frog soup at the corner of her lips.
"Kaguya?!"
Sasuke was so shocked he momentarily forgot to breathe, standing frozen in disbelief.
Even Momoshiki staggered backward, his face full of alarm.
Wasn't she sealed away?!
Kaguya spared Sasuke a passing glance, then turned her attention to Boruto.
Crack—
The veins around her Byakugan pulsed slightly.
Naruto turned, casually wiping the corner of her mouth.
"If you attack now, Boruto might get hurt," he said gently. "It's fine here. Don't worry."
What happened next made Sasuke wonder if he was trapped in a genjutsu.
Kaguya didn't just accept Naruto's closeness—she even nodded obediently.
She stepped back and calmly closed the portal behind her.
Boom. Boom.
Sasuke felt like his mind was exploding with questions.
Gulp—
He swallowed hard, opened his mouth—and found he couldn't speak at all.
"Hahaha—"
"This is perfect… makes things so much easier!"
Momoshiki, realizing what was happening, burst out laughing again.
He clearly didn't take anyone present seriously.
Sasuke finally recovered, quickly shouting, "Be careful—he's from the Ōtsutsuki Clan!"
Naruto remained calm, taking a step toward Momoshiki.
"In truth, if you'd stayed hidden deep inside Boruto's soul, I might not have been able to save him without risk."
"Soul interference is delicate—and Boruto's own soul is still far too fragile. In the worst case, I would've had to give him a new body altogether."
"Since you've taken the initiative to show yourself, things just got a lot easier."
Naruto's eyes had silently shifted—now glowing with the Rinnegan.
Through his gaze, he peered directly into Boruto's soul.
There, he saw it clearly: Momoshiki's and Boruto's souls were no longer entangled.
Momoshiki had forcefully suppressed Boruto's will, continuously trying to erode his soul.
He was just waiting for Boruto's resistance to wane—so he could devour him completely.
"How shameless," Naruto muttered.
Just then, Momoshiki realized he couldn't move.
His first thought was that Boruto was regaining control—but no.
He quickly noticed it wasn't Boruto. It was… the Naruto standing before him.
The past version of Naruto—yet emanating such overwhelming pressure.
"Those eyes… Who are you?!" Momoshiki's voice trembled, a trace of fear slipping through.
Naruto had already stepped right in front of him, hand raised.
Momoshiki's pupils constricted as he shouted in alarm, "You damn fox! What are you trying to do?!"
Buzz—
A divine and demonic power surged forth.
Momoshiki froze in terror.
Behind Naruto, towering figures of ghosts and gods began to form.
"How… How do you possess this kind of power?"
Naruto didn't respond.
He simply placed both hands gently over Boruto's eyes.
"You've got decent power. Staying inside Boruto as a plug-in? Sure."
"But your consciousness?" Naruto's tone turned cold. "That doesn't need to exist."
As he spoke, a monstrous, otherworldly hand—formed from divine-demonic energy—pierced through the soulscape and gripped Momoshiki's spirit.
With one swift pull, he yanked it straight out of Boruto.
Sasuke, watching from the side, remained frozen.
Through his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he could vaguely see the shadows within the soul world.
Even if it was just a blurry outline, he recognized it—that was Momoshiki.
But at this moment, Momoshiki was no longer the focus.
Now, Sasuke truly understood the gap between the Naruto he knew… and this Naruto.
This wasn't just overwhelming strength.
It was something else. Something deeper.
Even Momoshiki could sense it.
"You bastard! Let me go! I'd rather self-destruct than let you succeed!"
Momoshiki's soul struggled violently.
But Naruto calmly held his head in one hand, making self-destruction impossible.
A surge of chakra erupted from Momoshiki.
But the moment it made contact with Naruto's demonic hand, it was devoured by the forest-like power—the power of the Mori-Mori no Mi.
Naruto's body began to shift for a moment, almost transforming into the likeness of an Otsutsuki.
But with a deep breath, he suppressed it.
Momoshiki, being an Otsutsuki himself, noticed the change—and his expression warped in disbelief.
"You… You're an Otsutsuki?!"
"No... That's impossible! Unless you're that one… But you're completely different!"
"Ugh—!"
He couldn't finish the sentence.
Naruto's demonic hand clenched slightly—crack!
Momoshiki's head exploded in an instant.
His soul shattered.
A vast amount of Otsutsuki-origin chakra surged outward.
Naruto calmly absorbed it all.
Then, his demonic hand reached out again—touching the remains of Momoshiki's soul.
Using the ghost-god power, Naruto reformed Momoshiki's head—but it no longer housed a will.
Just raw, mindless Otsutsuki power.
Only then did Naruto retract the hand.
Momoshiki's consciousness was gone, completely erased.
Only his strength remained.
Boruto lay unconscious—but his soul had stabilized.
"Power without roots," Naruto murmured. "It dries up eventually."
Closing his eyes, Naruto paused in thought.
Moments later, a small white figure popped out of the ground.
"Master Naruto~ I'm here! Did you call for Fei?"
It was Afei—the oddball White Zetsu who had led so many second-generation Zetsu astray.
Naruto smiled warmly.
"Afei, want to become a new kind of Tailed Beast?"
"Huh? The Tailed Beasts? Are they... fun?"
"Of course. You'll even get to live inside a human body."
Afei hesitated, unsure—but he dared not disobey.
Naruto suddenly added, "You'll also get to experience how people poop."
"I want to become a Tailed Beast!" Afei shouted, kneeling eagerly.
"Alright. From now on, you'll live inside Boruto."
"Boruto?" Afei turned around, seeing the boy's face.
He looked just like Naruto.
Afei tilted his white, featureless head to one side and leaned close, cheek to cheek with Boruto.
"Oops... I forgot I don't have a nose."
"Ah~!"
At that moment, Naruto poured Momoshiki's remaining soul power into Afei's body.
Afei let out a sound—something between a shriek and a groan… and then it happened.
His pure white body began to twist and morph.
In the blink of an eye, the distinct features of the Ōtsutsuki clan began to emerge.
Before long, Afei had fully transformed into Momoshiki's appearance.
But anyone who looked closely at his eyes could immediately tell—this Momoshiki was different.
He looked… clever. Suspiciously clever.
Naruto didn't bother with hand seals. With a single motion, he grabbed Afei by the collar and pressed his palm against Boruto's dantian.
Buzz——
A sealing formula activated instantly.
In a flash of chakra light, Afei was sealed inside Boruto.
At the same time, a sealing mark—similar to the Four Symbols Seal—appeared in Boruto's lower abdomen, quietly pulsing with chakra.
"Where... is this place?"
Boruto's consciousness had entered a brand-new sealed realm.
He looked around in confusion, trying to get his bearings.
Suddenly, a voice echoed behind him.
"You're my Jinchūriki now?"
Boruto spun around at the sound.
And froze.
"You?!"
Standing in front of him... was Momoshiki.
But before Boruto could say anything else, his brain nearly short-circuited.
Behind this Momoshiki…
There was a literal mountain of crap and a flooded sea of urine.
"..."
The silence was suffocating.
Then the fake Momoshiki waved.
"My name's Afei~! Master Naruto sealed me inside you!"
He gave Boruto a proud thumbs-up and added:
"Oh, and by the way… I've got that little peach's power now~!"
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