Naruto: Boruto Returns to Shippuden

Chapter 149 Ghostwriting

In the blink of an eye, Boruto's figure disappeared from Mount Myōboku and arrived outside a house. He could hear his father's complaining voice coming from inside.

Boruto pushed open the door in front of him and entered the room, where he saw Naruto dressed in light clothing.

At this moment, Naruto was still holding a pen tightly in his hand, sometimes gesturing, sometimes scratching his head, while many crumpled pieces of waste paper were scattered around him.

Boruto's expression turned strange upon seeing this, and he asked uncertainly, "Naruto...? What are you doing?"

When Naruto saw Boruto walk in from outside, his face immediately lit up with a look of surprise and delight: "Long time no see, Boruto! You look much stronger, is the food over there too good?"

Boruto smiled helplessly at this. During his time training at Mount Myōboku, the Sage had prepared high-protein foods for him. How could that not be plentiful?

Then, Naruto put the pen on the table and explained, "You mean this... Hehe, I'm writing a book right now."

Having never heard of his father writing books before, Boruto was curious and walked over to Naruto, picking up a few pages of manuscript in front of him and slowly flipping through them: "That's really surprising, you've actually started writing books...?"

After glancing at the first few lines of the manuscript, Boruto immediately threw the paper on the table and took a few steps back, which reminded him of the unpleasant experience of buying "Icha Icha Paradise" for the first time.

At this moment, Naruto stretched out his hand and formed a hand seal. Immediately, a puff of smoke rose up, and Naruto released the Sexy Jutsu. He scratched his head somewhat awkwardly and explained, "It's because the Perverted Sage's deadline is approaching, which means he hasn't had time to teach me training lately, so I wrote a small part for him."

Boruto's lips twitched slightly at this. He never imagined that in the future, his father would have contributed to the popularity of "Make-Out Paradise" throughout the village. This made it even harder for him to look at the novel the same way.

Then, Naruto's gaze shifted to the package on Boruto's back, and he asked curiously, "Boruto, what's in that package on your back?"

Upon hearing Naruto's question, Boruto took the package off his back: "This? This is a bento box that Grandma Sage prepared for me when I left Mount Myōboku. I was planning to..."

"What? You're saying this is a specialty of Mount Myōboku?" Naruto immediately reached out and took the bento from Boruto's hand; he was starving.

Naruto had been busy with training the day before and had just finished helping the perverted sage finish his manuscript, so he hadn't had time to eat and was now starving.

"This purple rice ball looks so delicious, and it even has sharp edges!" Naruto said, taking a big bite without even waiting.

"Wait! This is..." Boruto tried to stop Naruto's next move, but it was obviously too late.

Boruto watched as his father unknowingly took a big bite, and covered his face, unable to bear the sight. The purple rice ball was actually a larval rice ball carefully made by the Sage Grandma, and he didn't know how he would react after he found out the truth.

Naruto chewed and commented, "I didn't expect this rice ball to taste so unique. It doesn't taste like rice at all, and wow! It even has a stringy texture."

"Naruto! I brought back some food. Oh dear, I was delayed on the way. Are you alright?" Jiraiya said as he walked in, carrying a food package carefully wrapped in oil paper.

Jiraiya was shocked when he saw what Naruto was holding: "...Naruto, even if you're starving, you don't have to eat insects, do you?"

"What kind of bug?" Naruto chewed, his voice a little muffled, then looked down at the rich contents of the "delicacy" in his hand.

Naruto broke out in a cold sweat, pointing a finger at Boruto, then choked out, "...Ugh...Boruto...you...Ugh..."

Naruto could no longer hold back. He felt a violent churning in his stomach, covered his mouth, rushed outside, and began to vomit violently.

Boruto seemed a little confused: "Uh... is it really that exaggerated?" Boruto had been assimilated to the point that he had forgotten the days when he first came to Mount Myōboku.

After some time, Naruto lay exhausted on the tatami mat, his face slightly pale, tongue lolling out, looking utterly hopeless.

If someone who didn't know the actual situation saw this, they would really think he had food poisoning. Naruto said he would never touch insect dishes again.

Jiraiya curled his lip: "Seriously, eating things you don't understand is just asking for trouble."

Jiraiya then turned to Boruto and asked, "Boruto, I didn't expect you to be back so soon. How was your training at Mount Myōboku?"

Boruto smiled slightly at this, then lowered his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, patterns had appeared on his face, and his aura had become more subtle, clearly indicating that he had entered Sage Mode.

Jiraiya looked on in surprise as he stared at Boruto's face, which was adorned with the Sage's mask. He noticed that Boruto had activated Sage Mode on his own without the assistance of the two Sages: "This is... Perfect Sage Mode!"

Jiraiya never expected that Boruto would master Perfect Sage Mode in just over a month at Mount Myōboku, whereas he himself had spent a long time learning it, mainly because he spent most of his time on missions during his training at Mount Myōboku.

What Jiraiya was unaware of was that Boruto actually mastered the skill of activating Sage Mode in just one week, and spent the rest of the time training with the two sages in other areas.

At this moment, Naruto, who was lying on the tatami mat, had also recovered his energy. Looking at Boruto's current state, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, Boruto is amazing!"

Boruto responded, "If you plan to go, once you can control the Nine-Tails' chakra, you can have the Sage Master guide you in training Sage Mode."

Naruto looked troubled; the experience of that insect meal had clearly left him shaken.

But when Naruto thought about becoming a sage like Boruto and the Perverted Sage, he hesitated: "Let's... let's see, hehe."