Hey!
You're really gonna reduce my sentence, if I fight him?
Of course, that's a promise!
That's only if you're still standing at the end.
This is gonna be easy!
Hey, brat!
This isn't gonna go down like last time.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
I'm taking off Shojoji's restraints.
Sure. I'm ready to go anytime.
So confident!
Begin!
Wind Style: Rasengan!
Wind Style: Zephyr Shield!
An invincible wind barrier that can repel
every attack that I can detect.
You didn't forget… that I had this, did you?
Looks like you've strengthened your jutsu a tad
since the last time we fought.
But if that's all you've got, it's not gonna work!
The Results of Training
Looks like you've strengthened
your jutsu a tad since the last time we fought.
But if that's all you've got, it's not gonna work!
Wind Style Rasengan doesn't have enough power.
Guess I need to do that!
I think the real fight is about to start now.
I'll bite off your head!
Your aim is always so obvious!
You brat!
It's my turn next!
Your shabby jutsu is nothing against my Zephyr Shield!
Give me your opinion after you get hit by it.
That's—!
Only the shape's different. It's still the same old technique.
High Compression Rasengan!
What—?!
How was that?!
Oh?
What just happened?
He totally misread it…
Boruto's new jutsu, that is.
Still, that power is amazing.
If he wasn't using his Zephyr Shield, he'd be dead.
That's my new Rasengan, ya know!
Yeah, I saw it.
Instead of enlarging your Rasengan,
you compressed and condensed its density up to its limit, correct?
That's right!
I moved mountains to make it happen!
But ya know, I think I overdid it…
Oh dear…
Is he okay?
He probably ran out of chakra.
He's been training nonstop since yesterday.
The kids these days are quite impressive.
Again!
Do you want to take a short break?
It's fine.
I think I'm close to getting it.
One more time please, Dad!
Going at it blindly isn't going to help you get better.
Mom!
Did you come to interfere with my training?
No.
I'm here to verify your resolve.
What?
Do you really know what it takes to hone your Sharingan?
It can't be done by training halfheartedly, you know.
I know that already!
Then let me see how serious you are!
Let me see your resolve.
Fight me.
Huh? With you, Mom?
After all, even I'm a Leaf Jonin.
I'll show you what I lived through and experienced.
Are you ready?!
Fine.
I'll show you just how serious I am, Mom!
I'm sorry, I just–
Don't worry about it.
Sasuke…
You're able to see things that I can't.
Try it your way.
Thank you, Sasuke!
Attack me with everything that you've got.
I know that.
First to attack wins!
Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!
A Substitution?!
Was that all you've got?
I couldn't follow you at all.
The instant you throw your punch,
you apply the chakra you've infused
to explosively intensify your attack power.
You have the basics down, but it's still inadequate.
I'll show you how it's done.
So, this is what Mom… is like!
What?!
What's going on?
Your chakra control's weak.
I shouldn't have to tell you this,
but in order to use the Sharingan, you need lots of chakra.
Unless you allocate it wisely,
you're going to run out of stamina quickly.
But fighting in reality is different from training.
The tension you felt made your body use up more energy than you realized.
And that caused you to run out of chakra.
Even in your attack, at the moment that your fist made contact,
your chakra wasn't applied efficiently, so, it was only half as powerful.
That's your weakness.
You have to master delicate chakra control or
your Sharingan will not develop any further.
Mom had perfect chakra control.
She can deftly transform her internal chakra
into an attack without any waste.
That's why she could keep attacking in succession so smoothly.
I understand how strongly you feel about this
from the way that you begged your dad to train you.
But that's not enough.
Do you have the strength to recognize what you lack
and overcome those weaknesses?
Right now, you're driven only by impatience.
That's why you're stuck.
At this rate, you're never going to get better.
Still, I can't just say "okay, sure" and quit!
I've made up my mind to become strong!
Boruto feels the same way!
Mitsuki will come back soon too!
We never, ever want to go through that misery again!
I hear you.
So, show me your resolve.
Of course, that's what I intend on doing!
Your chakra control is still too weak!
Taking one hit from her could be lethal!
This is difficult!
Okay, that's enough.
Dad!
Is this as far as my Sharingan can go?
You did well.
There's no need to rush.
Give it time and increase the things you're able to do.
Things I'm able to do?
There's one more thing left!
Sorry, Dad.
There's no reason to go any further.
There is.
There are still things I can do!
This is the last one, okay?
Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!
Calm down.
Watch Mom's moves very carefully.
Seems you're at your limit.
Let's wrap this up.
– Cha! – Cha!
Cha!
Well, Mom?
Did I prove my resolve?
Dad!
Did you use the Sharingan to copy Sakura's moves?
It was on the spur of the moment, so it was a little forced, though.
Mom's chakra control is perfect,
so, it's impossible to copy that with my Sharingan.
But I could copy her physical movements, so…
By moving in the exact same manner and applying chakra on top of that,
you forcibly copied Sakura's chakra control?
Yeah!
If it's a big attack,
I can measure the timing of the chakra flow.
So, I synched up to that.
It's a reckless method.
But it's a way to get the feel of it.
Yeah! I'm glad it worked!
That's the first time I ever felt chakra flow through my body so smoothly!
Mom!
You fool!
That was so reckless of you!
Sorry, Mom!
But you know,
I just felt like if I gave up now, I'd never improve.
Will you acknowledge my resolve?
Of course!
You didn't give up, no matter how hard you were pushed.
You have guts, and you proved it to me.
After all, girls have to be tough or we won't survive!
You're definitely my daughter!
You're desperately focused and unbelievably stubborn!
Thanks, Mom!
All right!
You and me, let's start training right now to sharpen your chakra control!
Huh?!
Yeah, you should do it again,
so you don't forget how it felt just now.
But, I'm all out of chakra!
This takes me back to my training with Lady Tsunade.
She used to say "the real training begins after you pass your limit!"
She wouldn't let me take a break even if I broke a few bones,
because she could just heal me up later!
Seriously?!
About the Hashirama Cell in question…
There's a high possibility that it's one that was taken
from your collection that you kept at your old research lab.
That was such a long time ago.
I understand quite a few were stolen at that time.
Yes. I was able to find and retrieve most of them.
But a few, I could not.
Well, it can't be helped.
Besides, it's not something anyone can handle easily.
Who could have stolen it?
Who knows?
Do you have any ideas?
No.
You're awake. How do you feel?
How's Mitsuki's physical condition?
It's quite severe.
Many parts are no longer usable.
They'll have to be replaced,
but there's no guarantee that they'll work like they used to.
I see.
Was it worth getting hurt so badly just to save those children?
I'll do whatever I can for you,
since I went through such pains to collect all that data.
It would be a waste to let it end like this.
We have to get an autograph from that person?!
We have to do whatever we can
for kids who are scared and anxious waiting for their surgery!
I really think we should refuse this one…just this time!
How can you call yourself a shinobi
when you can't do one thing for a kid?!
But the autograph that kid wants is—!
Next time on Boruto: Naruto Next Generations:
"A Signature of Fear"
A SIGNATURE OF FEAR
Orochimaru's?!