Ryogi…
What are you doing, Shikadai?
They're gonna get away!
Yeah… I know!
Once we're on here…
it's a direct shot to the other side of the border.
I wouldn't be so sure!
Checkmate.
Shikadai!
The Figure I Want to Be
Ryogi, will you just snap out of it already?!
You don't give up, do you?
Are you the one who put stupid ideas into Ryogi's head?!
Who's the stupid one?
Do you think that you can save
all the desperate people with your naive thoughts?
Reality isn't that simple!
Now if you get it,
be a good little brat and go back home!
You think you can write us off with such a lame reason?
I've seen your true, filthy character with my own eyes!
Ryogi, why do you go so far to protect him?
It's because…
he saved my life!
Do you want to come with me?
What do you say?
But that's no reason to become a thief!
Is this the kind of life that you hoped for?
Hoped for?
Typical, from someone who's had a free and easy life in this village.
In this world,
there are ways of life that one has to accept and adhere to!
You're just straining to fit into a mold that's too tight!
Are you telling me that
those days when we played shogi together was a lie?
That was just an act, to get close to you.
Why can't you just realize that?!
My head…!
What's wrong, Ryogi?!
Are you okay?
Shut up!
Don't talk to me!
Ryogi! Use that!
Yes.
Ice Style: Crystal Wall!
What?!
Watch out.
This isn't an ordinary Ice Style.
Where am I?
Well done, Ryogi!
My head!
Quit it! Stop!
Calm down, Ryogi.
See… You look awful.
Damn it. What are we going to do, Boruto?
Hey, are you listening, Boruto?
You're—!
Huh?
Where did you come from?
What's the big idea?!
What's wrong, Boruto?!
Where'd you put Shikadai?!
Is he caught in a genjutsu?
I get it… The mirror!
Like I'm gonna stand being shoved into a mold that's too tight !
I'm sorry…
I just got a little confused.
PAWN
Did you get that from that black-haired kid?
I get it.
I see how it is.
Please don't put it like that!
He means nothing to me!
Then prove it, by getting rid of that brat.
I'm gonna go check on things in front.
I understand.
Wait.
Show me your wound.
Let me tend to it.
Yes.
Calm down, Boruto!
A Shadow Clone?!
Talk about a close call…
Damn it, let me go!
Who the hell are you?!
Just how weak are you to genjutsu?
Release!
Shikadai?
Was I by any chance, under a genjutsu?
Seems that way.
I see.
It's possible to cancel a genjutsu by directly touching the one affected
and passing chakra through them…
Ever since I was little, Mirai constantly experimented on me…
I'm glad she drilled into me the way to release a genjutsu..
That hurt!
What's the big idea?!
Shut up… It's one for one.
Boss…
Once we get over that mountain, we'll be in safe range.
Yeah.
You're right.
W-Why?
You think maybe… Ryogi is also under a genjutsu?
There's a high possibility of that.
If we encounter a situation, we're not to get involved,
but instead, have to report it immediately to someone ranked chunin or higher…
That's the rule for us genin, right?
Huh?
So, what about it?
You know, you don't have to stick around
with this good-for-nothing rule breaker…
Shikadai, you always went by the book,
and never got involved…
Yet, here you are sticking your nose
into something's that bound to become a drag.
I can't turn my back on something so fun!
Heh… You've got a great personality.
Okay!
Maybe I'll go give Ryogi a punch too!
Guess I owe you one now.
You can treat me to the next new burger that they come out with.
Don't get too carried away.
It's just Ryogi.
You think their boss escaped already?
I didn't sense the Thunder Train slowing down.
He must still be on board.
Weren't we gonna stop Ryogi?
If he's under a genjutsu,
we have to bring down their boss first.
I won't let you go.
Boruto, go on ahead!
Watch out for any mirrors!
Leave it to me!
Hold it!
I'm your opponent!
Do your best and take care of the rest, Ryogi.
Huh?
Let go of that hand!
He's gonna use you as much as he needs to,
and then abandon you.
I'm sure you've already figured that out.
Even still, it's my job to protect him!
Don't you think living life like that is boring?
C'mon, let's go sit on that bench again…
and play shogi!
I'm…a pawn.
The pawn protects the King.
What are you—?
The only way to repay the debt for saving my life…
is with my life!
PAWN
Ryogi…
Why are you here?!
You were still alive…
How dare you… kill my mom and dad!
Hold on now…
Let's have a conversation and work through this.
You can talk all you like back at the village.
How about teaming up with me?
There will be countless buyers for this.
If we sell it successfully, we'll both be fabulously rich.
A noble thief would be disgusted with you.
Okay, fine, fine.
I lose.
You just want this back, right?
Damn it!
Boruto!
Sorry, I messed up.
Damn it!
You were so close, brats!
Dad… Mom…
I'm sorry I couldn't protect you then…
Ryogi! You're being tricked!
You're right!
I rewrote his memories,
so I could turn him into my willing pawn!
Stop, Ryogi!
If you use that much chakra, you'll explode!
I can't even get close enough to touch him.
Ryogi, do you remember when we first met?
You interrupted me all of a sudden, and you put up your own barriers.
It's a bad habit, you know…
Not letting anyone get close to you, Ryogi!
Well, I have no right to talk about others…
Shut up…
Shut…up!
Shikadai!
You should take a look at yourself.
You look just like a monster.
Is that the kinda figure that you want to be?
PAWN
I'm…
a pawn!
Boruto!
You seem to be in some trouble.
What will you do?
I'll strike a bargain with you for that new burger, fries and a juice.
That's a real bargain!
Ryogi!
I'm…
You're…
…a sacrificial pawn!
You are not a sacrificial pawn!
Release!
I…
I said cool things like I'll be a pawn…
even though it was for avenging my parents…
What a joke, huh?
I have nothing left now.
I complain about… things being a drag,
all while growing up in this peaceful village.
So I don't understand about your past and how tough things can be, but…
I don't know about these things…
but I know it'll all work out.
What's that supposed to mean?
You got a basis for saying that, like that one time?
Nope. It's just…
I think it can work out.
I told you, right?
That with pawns,
it's up to you…
That anything is possible.
Damn it!
He got away right under our noses!
This is it, huh?
What was that?
With this, I can say goodbye to a life of petty robbery.
I'm on a one-way ticket to a life of sheer luxury.
Huh?
You're—!
No way!
Is it…over?
Oh!
Thank you, Young Lord!
Aw c'mon, you don't have to cry just because I got it back.
No, it's not that.
I'm just overwhelmed because society finally acknowledged
that this scientific ninja tool is so valuable that people tried to steal it!
Oh…
What is it that "scientific ninja tool," anyway?
This is a new power that can change all of the past.
Young Lord, it's for excellent, new shinobi like you.
Old man?
PAWN
What's up?
Waiting around again today?
Yeah well…
I wonder how long it's gonna be for Ryogi?
Who knows?
Seems it's finally the end of the Byakuya Gang too.
Seems like Lord Seventh took care of that.
Yeah… Seems like it.
But if he was gonna come, he shoulda made that clear!
Don't say that.
Lord Seventh settled everything in the end.
If it had been only us, he'd have gotten away.
Missions are… pretty hard, aren't they?
But we just have to chip away at it to get better.
Even though it's a drag.
And we will one day… both you and me.
And Ryogi too.
Seems like you've changed a little too.
So? When are you gonna treat me?
Oh, I totally forgot about that.
Hey!
What a drag…
You have to be recommended by your sensei
to be able to participate in the Chunin Exams, right?
But we weren't able to help with the Byakuya Gang incident one bit!
If this continues, we won't be recommended!
If we don't get to participate in the exam,
we'll end up being called Team Repeater!
Next time on Boruto Naruto Next Generations:
"The Genin Documentary"
There's no way in hell I'm gonna repeat again!
THE GENIN DOCUMENTARY