Boruto Ep 18 ((exclusive)) -

“You’re gripping your kunai too hard.”

“Dad? I thought you had briefings all day.”

Walking home under the streetlamps, Boruto’s shoulder brushed against Naruto’s cloak. The scroll in his pocket—the unopened one—didn’t sting anymore.

Naruto caught it with a grin—the same grin from the old war stories. “You’re on.”

Hinata smiled softly, tying her apron. “He left early. There was an emergency briefing about the captured puppets from the Land of Earth.”

At the Academy later that day, Shikadai nudged him. “You’re spacing out.”

Naruto rubbed the back of his neck. “I did. But Sarada’s dad told me something once—‘The village is important, but the people in it are more important.’ I saw your scroll. I’m sorry it took me this long to open it.”

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