Who's there?!
Let's go!
Water Style: Syrup Trap!
What is he?!
Wind Style: Wind Scythe!
You're not getting away!
Damn you!
Mitsuki's Will Hey!
Mitsuki's Will
MEDICAL
I leave it to you…
Okay.
Captain!
What's the status?
Two chunin guards were attacked and are in a coma.
And the assailant?
So far, we've found nothing,
but we're still in the midst of our investigation.
I see, thank you.
Mitsuki's not here yet.
He's probably still crashed out at home.
How would you know?
We're totally in synch with each other.
I know everything about Mitsuki, ya know?
Is that right?
Still, I wish Big Bro Konohamaru would have told us yesterday
that our mission's cancelled.
He said something urgent came up.
Oh well, if there's no mission, let's go tell Mitsuki in person!
What?
Yeah…um, where's his house again?
Really? How are you two "totally in synch" then?
Mitsuki and I are so close,
we don't need to know where we live.
Hold on, I think it was…
Mitsuki! Are you there?
Maybe he's out?
You think someone contacted him suddenly and he went out?
And not come to our meeting spot first?
That's not likely.
It's open!
Hey…
Hey!
Doesn't seem like he's here.
I don't know how to say this, but his place is…
so depressing.
Oh…
So Mitsuki lives in a place like this.
Did you know about this, Boruto?
Nope.
But I heard he lived alone.
Come to think of it,
we never heard him talk about his parents
or his life back in his home village, did we?
Yeah.
Even though we were always together.
We haven't seen him in a while.
I see.
It's because we were all busy with the Five Kage Summit.
Do you know of any places where Mitsuki might hang out?
Hmm…
Why don't you know, Boruto?
You two are always together.
Isn't that something you would know better?
Hey!
Well, I guess you can be close to someone
and be pretty much in the dark about that sort of stuff.
We didn't find him either!
I'm getting a super nervous vibe.
I think we should all just go home soon.
What do you mean?
They're telling all the jonin to assemble in the Hokage's Office.
No wonder all team missions were suddenly cancelled.
It's nice to get a break…
but all the jonin wouldn't have been called up without a reason, right?
I tried asking Moegi Sensei what's going on,
but she just brushed me off.
I don't like the sound of this.
Dad and the others are hiding something.
Sorry!
I just remembered something I gotta do.
Hey!
Hold on a minute!
This is turning into a drag…
Mitsuki's gone missing?!
What's going on?
Did something happen?
We heard all the jonin were ordered to assemble.
No, it's just a meeting to go over the Five Kage Summit.
You haven't heard anything about Mitsuki?
We can't find him anywhere, ya know!
You know Mitsuki. It's probably nothing.
Aren't you worried, Big Bro?!
Look, I've got to go!
Just stay out of trouble, okay?
Did you pick up on that?
Yeah, Big Bro Konohamaru is hiding something too.
Who's there?
Just a little more!
Shh!
The main troop is already on the move.
If it turns out to be an attack
the Police Force won't be able to handle it alone.
An attack? What do they mean?
This doesn't clear anything up.
Seems the other chunin's condition has stabilized.
I see. At least that's some good news.
Still, it's been a while since we've been provoked directly.
Is there a chance that it's the Otsutsuki?
If it was, Sasuke would have contacted us already.
But today, the Five Kage have a cooperative relationship.
And there's been nothing unusual with the other villages.
How about the possibility of it being terrorists or rebels?
We're continuing our investigation,
but without a statement from the attackers,
any sort of conclusion is difficult.
Since they only attacked the guards at the gate,
there's no way to read their motives.
Who's there?!
I return from a long trip to all of this, Naruto?
Granny Tsunade!
It's the Fifth Hokage, Lady Tsunade.
What?
She always used to scold me when I was a kid…
She's really scary when she snaps!
What did you do anyway?
Lady Fifth!
When did you return?
Never mind that.
I heard that Leaf shinobi were attacked.
Yeah, before dawn this morning.
The chunin guards at the gate were attacked.
Naturally, you're investigating?
What's going on?
Well, you see…
This was left at the site.
Does it belong to one of the chunin who was attacked?
No. I wanted to verify,
so I asked Konohamaru to attend this meeting.
This belongs…to Mitsuki.
Mitsuki?!
He's connected to the attack?
As expected.
No one's seen him from this morning.
Boruto and the others said the same thing…
So they were after Mitsuki?
That's a high possibility.
Considering Mitsuki's position,
it's not unusual for him to be targeted.
Mitsuki? Who's that?
That's right…
I haven't told you about that yet, Granny Tsunade…
We're ready for the investigation.
Please explain everything to her later.
We need to head to the medical department now.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Ino's going to use her jutsu now
to check the memories of the chunin who were attacked.
Due to the seriousness of this incident,
we asked you two advisors to sit in.
We'd like your input in order to decide how to proceed.
To think you'd call us in.
What is going on?
Okay, Ino… We leave it to you.
Right.
So, this will help find out who took Mitsuki?
Considering their injuries, it's dangerous to probe too deep.
We can only take a glimpse just before they lost consciousness.
That's the limit.
Yeah, that's fine.
We should be able to find out just what happened.
I found it…
I can see images from the incident.
Let's get out of here now.
M-Mitsuki!
No way! It can't be!
He ran toward the setting moon…
then the memory cuts off.
Are you absolutely sure about that?
Yes…
He wasn't kidnapped.
He left of his own free will…
What about the possibility of someone using a Transformation Jutsu?
It's possible, but for what purpose?
As long as we don't know where he is,
we have to assume this was indeed Mitsuki.
This is turning into a drag.
What's up with that?
It's got to be some mistake, ya know!
If this shinobi named Mitsuki is connected to the assailants,
we can't let him go.
Yeah, I know that.
Just a minute.
Isn't it premature to conclude that Mitsuki's a traitor?
He isn't the kind of person
who would do something like this without a reason.
We should first contact his guardian.
I believe he's from the Hidden Sound Village.
The Hidden Sound?
We should be able to contact him immediately through a monitor…
Are you saying he's been under observation
even before this incident?
Naruto! Just what are you hiding?
What's the meaning of this, Lord Seventh?
Konohamaru,
Mitsuki is…
Orochimaru's son.
What are your intentions, Naruto?!
In the past, Orochimaru caused the Hidden Leaf irreparable harm!
You saw it with your own eyes!
Yeah, there's no way I'd forget that…
However, I accepted Mitsuki
as simply a shinobi.
– However—! – Besides—!
Orochimaru has no reason to make a move at this time.
His moves aren't something you can rationalize.
Yes, but the data from Orochimaru's research
will be critical to the Ninja World when the time comes to battle the Otsutsuki.
It was from that reasoning that Naruto…
Then what about Mitsuki?
Do you intend on leaving him be?
In any case, it should clear by now.
Orochimaru's son poses as much danger to the Hidden Leaf
as his parent.
He is the son of the shinobi who killed the Third Hokage.
Isn't it common sense to consider him a dangerous presence to the Leaf?
Mitsuki isn't like that!
If we can't count on Dad and the others doing something,
we have to do it!
I just don't get it.
Get what?
The memories that Ino saw weren't lies or illusions.
You heard what Big Bro Konohamaru said!
Mitsuki isn't the kind of person
who would do something like this without a reason.
But we don't know everything about Mitsuki, do we?
That's not true!
We didn't even know anything about Mitsuki's parent.
You mean about that Orochimaru guy?
I met him just once, but…
He was conducting strange research…
and he felt like someone I didn't want to get near.
What's that got to do with this?
Mitsuki is Mitsuki!
But when he heard that Mitsuki's father was Orochimaru,
Konohamaru Sensei was really shocked.
The others said he was a dangerous presence too.
You must know deep down in your heart too, right, Boruto?
That there's a lot that we don't know a lot about Mitsuki.
Still…
Mitsuki is our friend, isn't he?
If we don't have faith in him right now,
who will?!
I want to trust Mitsuki too.
– Then—! – But—!
We're shinobi.
We have to put aside our emotions,
and analyze every possibility out there.
Even if it involves a friend who…
Betrayed us? Is that what you want to say?
Do what you want.
Wait!
We're not done talking!
Listen, Sarada…
What?
The Hokage that you want to become…
Is it just a shinobi with amazing skills?
I thought you, of all people, would have given Mitsuki
the benefit of the doubt until the very end.
Later!
THUNDER BURGER
I heard about Mitsuki.
Shikadai!
Just now,
the village went into a temporary maximum level emergency security alert.
Anyone leaving the village without authorization
will be treated as a deserter.
Then what about Mitsuki?!
An official tracking team is supposed to be formed to go after him.
In the worst case, as a criminal.
Why doesn't anyone trust him?
Hey!
Don't think about doing anything stupid.
I'll behave myself.
I'm just exhausted. So many things happened today.
Where the hell did you go?
Hey, you're Mitsuki's—!
What's going on?
I'm not gonna let you have it!
What was that?
Boruto!
This is…
my…
will.
"My will"?
What the hell is going on?
AUN
Sarada.
Isn't that—!
I got a message from Mitsuki.
What did he say?
"This is my will."
That's all.
Does that mean he left the village of his own free will?
Maybe.
But there's no way to verify it staying here.
There's no way I can understand why he left.
Even though we were always together,
I wasn't able to understand him at all…
It's only after Mitsuki left that I realized it.
You're right.
That's why I want to see him again, and make sure…
…what Mitsuki's will is.
If you leave the village now, this time,
you'll be the one hunted by your friends.
Do you know that?
Yeah… I've made up my mind.
I'm gonna trust Mitsuki.
Right now, that's my will.
Let's take that snake to Orochimaru's research lab.
We can probably get more information there.
Until we find out what Mitsuki's thinking,
I'll keep you company.
Are you okay with that?
You'll end up being pursued too.
You and Mitsuki aren't the only members of Team 7!
I want to know what Mitsuki's will is too!
Sarada…
Besides,
if I leave it all up to you,
who knows what you'll end up doing?
Oh, shut up!
Hey, about Mitsuki's snake…
Will we really find out more just by asking this Orochimaru guy?
Probably.
I think asking him about the snake is the quickest route.
All right!
Let's get some clues quickly and find Mitsuki, ya know!
But Orochimaru conducts some really questionable research…
Next time on Boruto Naruto Next Generations:
"The Other Side of the Moon"
Wait for us, Mitsuki!
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON