Anna Karenina

The Entrusted Mission: Protect the One Tails!

Why you—!

Let me go!

You see him, don't you?

You're no match for Otsutsuki.

My, how confident of you to look away!

Father!

Shinki!

I told you to protect Shukaku!

But—!

Imagine that! Appearing all on his own!

Magnificent!

Your chakra…

shall be mine!

Grand Sand Mausoleum Seal!

Well, now you've gone and done it.

I guess I could sit quietly and bide my time for a bit.

Father!

Gaara!

– Lord Fifth! – Lord Fifth!

What is going on?!

Boruto, what are you doing here?

Tell me, what happened to Sasuke?!

Sasuke seems to have been thrown into another dimension.

But knowing him, he'll make it back on his own.

Father, you must not overexert yourself.

We received word from Sasuke that Otsutsuki was searching for Shukaku.

We assembled here to protect Shukaku, but…

We didn't expect Otsutsuki to appear so soon.

Did you bring him down?

Not yet.

The Grand Sand Mausoleum Seal won't completely hold him.

He will revive in time.

Before he does, we must get Shukaku to a safe place.

Shinki, give that to me.

What is that?

Be quiet and just watch.

You look pretty beat up!

It's nothing serious.

Will you do as I ask?

No thanks!

Otsutsuki is able to sense your chakra.

In order to prevent that,

we have no choice but to use the tea kettle.

I refuse to go into that thing.

I promise you.

On my honor, I will protect you from Otsutsuki.

You plan on performing the Sealing Jutsu in your condition?

You'll die.

In order to protect you, it's an easy sacrifice.

I wouldn't cry for you, if you die.

But I can't have you coming back as a ghost to haunt me!

So, this time, I'll go inside on my own.

I'm indebted to you.

SEAL

Kankuro.

Will you take on a troublesome job?

What is it?

I want you to take Shukaku to the Hidden Leaf.

The Leaf? So, then—?

Yes.

To Naruto.

At this point, it's the only location.

I'll call for immediate reinforcements from the village.

That will take too much time.

The Grand Sand Mausoleum on Otsutsuki won't hold forever.

Bring him there right away.

With your speed, you'll get there in three days.

Things have gotten pretty troublesome, huh?

Speaking of troublesome requests,

I have one more.

Hmm?

The three of us are going to take him?

Taking teamwork into account,

it's best if only people from the Sand take him.

We need Boruto's knowledge of the Leaf's terrain.

But—!

Can I entrust this to you, Shinki?

Yodo and Araya will escort Gaara back to our village.

This is an order.

– Yes. – Right.

Any objections, Shinki?

I'll do it!

Boruto, can we rely on you to guide us once we're in the Land of Fire?

Sure.

Can you do this?

What did you say?!

Shinki, you three are the only ones I can entrust this to.

But—!

Boruto has something that you don't possess at this point in time.

What is that supposed to mean?

You will probably come to learn what that is.

All right.

Oh! It's pretty heavy.

Who said you could touch it?

It's not like you own it!

Be gentler, will ya?!

Huh?!

Oh, shut up!

Here we go!

Why did you put this weird thing on me?

It's to protect you.

And what would we do in an emergency?

There's no way I can fight like this!

You'll be fine

as long as you have Kankuro and those two with you.

Master Shukaku.

Please come here. I shall carry you.

Oh, okay.

Here we go!

Pardon me!

You're way too uptight!

It can't be helped. Boruto, you'll carry him.

Stay still, okay?

Hey, who the hell do you think I am?

Yodo, Araya, I leave Father in your hands.

Leave it to us.

We'll protect him with our lives!

Let's go!

Just don't fall behind, Boruto Uzumaki!

Quit calling me by my full name all the time!

Can you two just try to get along?!

He keeps making snide comments!

Are you all right?!

I told you to keep up!

We don't have the time to match your pace!

Damn it!

I'm not used to running on sand, and I'm carrying the tanuki, okay?!

What did you just call me?!

Hey, are you sure this is the right direction?

Yes.

But the Hidden Leaf Village is that way.

Just shut up and carry Master Shukaku.

Are you tired?

It's nothing I can't handle!

I don't see it.

I see.

Where are we anyway?

A wind power station.

As you can see, it was built but it didn't work out,

so it was abandoned.

I thought we'd find some communication equipment if we came here…

But I was wrong.

I wish you would've explained it to me from the start!

Didn't I tell you?

Uncle, please take a look.

A map?

There are no other facilities in this area

where we can contact the Leaf.