Disappearing Lives
Ouga! How long are you going to make us wait?
Give us an answer, at least!
Without any water, we're gonna get dehydrated...
I'm so thirsty, I'm done for...
What's going to happen to us?
I'm so worried, Shamocchi.
I'll protect you!
You're so cool!
Ouga better not be planning on leaving us here to die.
L-Leaving us here to die?!
S-Sorry.
I sneeze when I get nervous.
Give me your water.
I'll trade you this wristwatch.
It's a luxury brand.
Not a chance!
How dare you! You pauper!
Stop embarrassing yourself, Mister.
Listen up, everybody.
Ouga thinks nothing of human lives.
The only way to stand up to him is to cooperate.
He's right.
If we want to stay alive, we should all help each other.
Go on ahead with your charity work.
I'm a professional shinobi.
I'll do whatever it takes to protect a paying client.
But I'm not stupid enough to protect someone
who's not paying me.
Both opinions have merit.
What do you think, Rokuro?
Stop it, Yatsume!
It's presumptuous to assume we'd help one another.
What's needed here is a desire to survive
that is stronger than anyone else's.
Even more so because we have no idea
where Ouga's minions are lurking.
For example... like you?
What are you talking about?!
I was on the Thunder Train by coincidence,
just like everyone else!
You knocked down the scroll intentionally.
You knew what experiment was going to be next.
Now that you mention it, back then—!
Don't come near me!
You're just being delusional!
That bug will tell us if I'm being delusional or not.
It will take control of your brain and make you reveal any secret.
What'll it be?
You want to tell us yourself, or...?
Help me, Lord Ouga!
Let go.
Why?
I have no use for someone who cracks so easily.
Ouga!
All right, test subjects!
Now that you've collected yourselves,
choose your next experiment.
If you do not pass the next four,
know that you will never leave this maze.
It's just a waste of time hesitating like this.
Very nice!
You're quite noteworthy!
LIGHT
It's so dark, I can't see anything!
Shamocchi, I'm scared!
A candle?
It lit on its own when I grabbed it.
Look!
There are more.
I need you all to reach the goal
without letting your candles go out.
Along the way, I've set up many fun traps for you.
I wonder how many of you will survive this time around?
And by the way, do be careful of how you handle those candles, okay?
If the flame goes out...
I did it again...
Oh no... he died.
I was just about to tell you to be careful
because that flame is your life...
It wouldn't be an experiment if you die so easily,
so I've prepared lanterns to put your candles into.
Is it s-safe to let go of the candle?
You won't die if you let go of it.
The candle can also be passed to someone for a moment.
Also, if a person holding two candles lets a candle go out,
the person not holding a candle dies
regardless of whose candle went out.
Mine!
So, that means someone else's candle can become ours, right?
How astute of you!
Any candle belongs to the person who's holding it.
But that only applies after the experiment begins.
H-Hot!
I'll be waiting near the goal.
Have a nice journey...
I don't remember what every passenger looked like.
Five nights ago, he got on the Thunder Train at this station.
What's going on?
So, she's looking for that Thunder Train
that went missing.
The Department of Prisons also came asking,
but we're as much in the dark as you are about what happened.
And the employee in charge that day suddenly quit.
Can you contact that person?
I think that's gonna be impossible.
Seems he went somewhere far away.
Maybe he suddenly came into money or something.
Boruto just disappearing like that on his way back from a mission is so...
Where could he be and what is he doing?
My dad's letter tells us where they parted ways, but...
Are you worried?
No way!
But if I knew this was going to happen,
I should have gone with him.
I hope he didn't get mixed up in something bad.
Who's there?!
NINJA
Money?
What terrible things did I get involved in?!
Does he want us to go this way?
No lantern is any good if it gets wet.
Move! Get out of the way!
Batta!
You guys can be buddy-buddy and go at your own pace!
Suit yourselves!
What's with you two?!
I can't let a lady wade through filthy water, can I?
Suit yourselves, too...
Be careful.
It's getting slippery.
Helping people out is good, but don't let your guard down.
Ouga might have more than one minion out here.
Yeah, well, what about you?
Not good! Run!
We didn't make it, huh?
This is the only path.
Looks like the only way to proceed is by raising this gate.
Okay, then let's get it over with quickly!
Hold on!
You have to use both hands to raise it!
Can we risk entrusting our candles— and our lives—to someone else?
Ouga's minion might be among us.
What's wrong?
Looks like there was an interesting trap back there.
What?!
Want me to hold that case for you?
That way you can hold your candle with both hands.
No, that's fine.
I won't steal it.
Both of my hands are full, so...
Don't let it go out, okay?
What's important now is unity.
Somebody needs to take the lead.
Damn it! It won't go up!
Mr. Namua!
Mr. Kiseru!
Can't let you grab all the glory now, can we?
Here you go.
Thank you.
You're quite the odd one, aren't you?
What is this place?
There's ash everywhere!
This heat and odor suggests they're burning garbage somewhere.
This place is like a desert!
We have to get through this?
Not good! It's a dust storm!
If it hits us, our candles don't stand a chance.
But if we try to run for it now, we won't make it.
Let's form a shield.
What do you mean?
We'll have the people who aren't shinobi hold our candles...
while we surround them and protect them from the wind.
That's a wild plan.
Shamo, help us form a wall!
No, I think I should be inside to protect the candles.
I'm counting on you, Shamocchi!
Leave it to me!
Earth Style: Mud Wall!
Good job!
Th-That's the best I can do with my strength...
We're still here.
Looks like we made it.
Drink this.
It's yours, lady.
Keep it.
We're still alive because of you.
Yeah, she's right.
Without you, we would have been dead already.
That's not true!
It's because we all helped each other.
If you're going to share, I'll split it with everyone.
Where's Shamo and that woman?
Don't worry about them.
They went on ahead.
The woman said she couldn't stand the heat.
She's got him completely wrapped around her finger!
H-How is it? Can you reach?
Just a little more!
I did it! I made it up!
Can you pull me up next?
Quick! The ash is already halfway up my legs.
Huh? What's the matter?
I'm so sorry!
I might break a nail, so can you get up here by yourself?
You've got to be kidding.
The exit seems close by, so I'm going to go!
Good luck, Shamocchi!
Hey, wait!
Come to think of it, I didn't get your name.
Okay... the last sip is yours, lady.
Lady! What's wrong?!
What happened?
Her candle melted down completely.
Ours are melting too!
The candles melted that much?!
The temperature in this room
exceeds the melting point of the candle wax.
She went too close to the side that was hotter.
Damn it! No! Lady!
At this rate, we'll be dead, too!
Let's get out of this room, quick!
We're safe! We can get out!
What the—?!
H-Help me, please!
Shamo!
She just used you, huh?
But she's a good person, deep down inside!
I got so tired of waiting.
Come on. This way, this way!
Shamocchi, you're okay!
I'm so relieved.
Yeah!
This is Rokurocchi!
He's very strong and dependable.
Forget her.
You must be exhausted after that hard experiment!
This is my present to you— a bonus stage.
A bonus stage?
Split up and get into the two elevators you see here...
and they'll take you automatically to the goal.
There's only space for two more
in the elevator that will be going first.
First come, first serve.
That means only two more can get on!
I'll go! Let me in!
Hey, are you sure?
Sorry! My candle's almost gone.
All right! We have six people.
We'll depart now!
Now I can finally be free of this thing.
Huh? It doesn't feel like we're moving at all, right?
Hey, this isn't good, is it?
At this rate,
it'll probably take us 30 minutes to reach the top.
Is Ouga planning on leaving us here to die?
What?
Our candles will last 15 minutes tops.
By the time we reach the top, all of our candles will be gone.
No! I don't want to die!
There's only one way to stay alive.
What's that?
By stealing each other's candles.
We put out the candle we take and save it for later.
When our own candle is about to go out,
we light the saved one.
According to the rules, we'll be able to stay alive.
But if we put out the candles we steal...
...people will die.
Half of the people in here can stay alive.
Two, maybe three, at most.
Correct!
There is only one way to stay alive here!
Kill each other and take their candles!
That wasn't the deal!
That means that those who got on first...
N-No way... You wouldn't, Rokurocchi!
How could you?!
One should be enough for me.
The rest of you can kill whoever you want.
Take theirs! Or we'll both die!
P-Please spare me!
I don't want to die yet!
I, uh...
What are you doing?
Weren't you going to save your client
no matter what it takes?!
Hold this.
Nobody come near me!
I already know... that I'm the weakest one here!
Calm down, Shamo.
What do we do, Boruto?
I don't know...
What do we do?
The wax that drips onto the floor...
Whose candle does it belong to now?
I don't know.
My wax and yours melted together,
so I don't think there's a way to know.
Any candle belongs to the person who's holding it.
Maybe we can all be saved.
What? Really?
What do we do?
Ouga assumed that we would steal each other's candles.
But what if instead of taking each other's candles,
we connect them?
We could create one long candle.
But with a single candle, only one person can live, right?
No. Ouga said that any candle belongs to the person who holds it.
If that's so, if we all hold onto
a long candle with a connected wick...
according to the rules, that candle belongs to all of us.
D-Do you really think a clever trick like that
is going to save us?
I don't know.
But I don't want to kill anyone here.
Good job.
What a great expression on your face!
You are indeed a pro!
Now then, I wonder who made it in the other group?
Oh, I see you've thought of something fun.
You're a bastard,
but it seems you at least abide by your own rules.
I think I can get some good data from this!
Stand by in the waiting room.
The real hell is about to begin!
LIGHT
No!
Please stop!
We just want to talk to you!
Doesn't look like he's in any state to talk!
F-Forgive me!
I had no idea something like that was going to happen!
There's a manual switch here...
It's pretty rusted.
But there's evidence it's been thrown recently.
Could this be where it happened?
Let's hurry!
This is where the Thunder Train vanished, right?
Calm down. We just want to know the reason.
What happened to the passengers?
They became test subjects for his experiments...
Experiments?!
Who would do such a thing?
I don't know! I didn't know anything!
Forgive me!
I can't take this!
EXPLODE
No way...
Well then, which experiment do you want to do next?
There's three left!
We can't proceed if you just sit here waiting.
I'll choose!
We can't waste time dawdling here.
Good choice!
I think this will be the harshest experiment yet.
Well then, I shall lead the way!
What is with this creepy room?
Next time on Boruto: Naruto Next Generations:
"Musical Chairs."
MUSICAL CHAIRS