Then Uchiha En pointed to the TV and said, "Start watching. You don't need to do anything else. You'll only be allowed to go back to your world after you finish watching. Otherwise, even if Urashiki is killed, you won't be able to leave. Understand?"
Boruto was stunned by the words. He didn't understand why Uchiha En wanted him to watch TV here, but as the plot progressed, Boruto gradually fell silent.
Because the TV was playing the original work, Naruto.
Boruto just couldn't understand why the show was a 2D animation.
The reason the TV was playing 2D animation was that the Naruto Uchiha En watched was 2D animation; this was just a reproduction of his memory.
As Uchiha En's strength grew stronger, especially after he was able to enter Six Paths Mode, his memories of his previous life became clearer. He had watched Naruto through so many times, so playing it wasn't a problem.
The reason Uchiha En made Boruto watch Naruto was because he remembered that before he transmigrated, he often heard people online complaining about Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, with memes like 'Boru-burn' or 'my grandpa,' none of which were positive.
So Uchiha En decided to let Boruto see his father's experiences, hoping it might change him.
After watching a few episodes, Boruto's expression changed from incomprehension to shock: "Mr. En, did my father grow up in an environment like this? His parents' identities were concealed, he was isolated by everyone in the Village whom his parents saved, and he lived on instant ramen and expired milk every day?"
"If you don't believe it, you can ask your master. Nothing shown here is exaggerated."
Boruto fell silent. To be honest, such a life was unimaginable to Boruto.
Boruto had heard that his father's living conditions were very poor when he was a child.
But in Boruto's view, no matter how bad life was, surely vegetables, fruits, and meat couldn't be missing every day?
However, Boruto never expected that his father grew up in such difficult circumstances."
After a long while, Boruto asked, "Mr. En, why was my father able to maintain such optimism and kindness in this environment, and finally become the Seventh Hokage, loved and respected by everyone?"
Uchiha En smiled and said, "I think it was because he never gave up! Your father wanted those who once looked down on him to see him in a new light. He wanted to avoid being isolated and ignored, so he kept striving to become stronger, and eventually grew into the Seventh Hokage."
As Uchiha En's favorite protagonist from a shonen manga in his previous life, Uchiha En could have listed many of Naruto's good qualities.
But in the end, he chose the most inconspicuous quality—never giving up—to tell Boruto.
Because in Uchiha En's view, the most important factor in Naruto's growth into the beloved Seventh Hokage was this spirit of never giving up.
This spirit of never giving up had once inspired Uchiha En, leading him to make some life choices that seemed incredibly correct now.
Uchiha En had changed many phones before transmigrating, but no matter what, his phone wallpaper was always Naruto.
This was because Uchiha En hoped he could be as stubborn and as unwilling to give up as Naruto.
As the episodes continued to play on TV—the Land of Waves mission, the Chunin Exams, the Konoha Crush, Sasuke's defection—
The image of Naruto as a child gradually became richer in Boruto's mind.
Although the young Naruto was not outstanding and seemed impulsive and reckless, the spirit of never giving up that he possessed was something Boruto lacked.
Moreover, Boruto realized at this moment that his father, as a child, was not only isolated by the villagers and lived an extremely poor life but also had to constantly fight Kurama.
It was only now that Boruto knew that Kurama was not the gentle, harmless giant fox he had met at first.
He was the Tailed Beast known as a natural disaster! And the strongest among the Tailed Beasts, possessing the power to restrict the world.
Although there were still hundreds of episodes left to play, Boruto was already shocked to realize that his seemingly useless father did not become Hokage through connections.
He had misunderstood one thing: it wasn't that his father became Hokage because he had good popularity in the Village, but rather the Village's support for his father that allowed him to become Hokage.
In addition to this, there was other information that popped Boruto's eyes open.
His father, as a child, actually liked Uchiha Sarada's mother, his Aunt Sakura.
His beloved teacher Jiraiya was actually a massive pervert!
His perfect, flawless master Sasuke had once become a rogue Ninja in pursuit of power!
So that's how Shikadai's father, Nara Shikamaru, and his mother, Temari, met? And they looked so much alike!
The kind and amiable Uncle Gaara he knew was actually a terrifying, violent killer when he was young!
These were things that completely overturned Boruto's worldview!
When Boruto saw the Death of Jiraiya, and Naruto suppressing his grief, pulling himself together, learning Sage Art, and defeating Pain, Boruto couldn't help but sigh, "Compared to the Pain and trials my father endured as a child, the label of 'the Hokage's son' that I worry about can only be considered a happy kind of trouble, right?"
"Indeed, your worries are not worries at all. The current you just needs to calm down, study hard, get stronger, and improve yourself, becoming excellent enough to prove yourself on a suitable stage and display the results of years of learning.
That way, when people mention you later, they will naturally recognize you as Uzumaki Boruto, not the Seventh Hokage's son.
But if you act as you are now—having little knowledge in your brain and not being very strong yourself, yet forcing yourself to seek the limelight, calling it 'proving yourself'—then you will only end up hindering things.
Not only will this fail to make people look up to you, but it can easily lead to major mistakes.
And in life, proving yourself is only the beginning. You cannot become arrogant just because you achieved a small success. You must never forget your original aspiration and continue striving, only then can you constantly surpass yourself."
Uchiha En took the opportunity to pour a large bowl of inspirational advice into Boruto.
Boruto fell into contemplation after hearing this.
Meanwhile, while Uchiha En was giving Boruto a lecture on ideology,
Outside Konoha Village, two Anbu Ninja were rushing back to the Village.
Suddenly, the sound of rushing wind rang out, and a figure wearing a black cloak and a hat suddenly appeared, blocking the path of the two Anbu Ninja.
One of the Anbu Ninja glanced at the uninvited guest, whose long hair covered his eyes and whose slightly lowered head obscured his face. He drew the katana from his back, his tone turning cold: "Who are you, sir? Why are you blocking us?"
The other Anbu Ninja also took a fighting stance, because his Sharingan could clearly see the immense Chakra within this person's body.
Just looking at the Chakra, they knew the person in front of them was definitely not weak.
The one blocking the path of the two Anbu Ninja was naturally Uncle Sasuke, because one of these Anbu Ninja was Itachi of this world.
Uncle Sasuke had specifically asked Uchiha En about the whereabouts of this world's Itachi, which is why he sought him out. Although this wasn't his actual brother, Uncle Sasuke still wanted to see him.
Uncle Sasuke ignored the Anbu Ninja's question and instead looked at the familiar figure not far in front of him. Although he was wearing a mask, he was all too familiar with Itachi's figure.
"If you step aside now, we can pretend this never happened. We are less than two kilometers from Konoha."
Uncle Sasuke remained silent.
The Anbu Ninja's eyes turned cold, and he raised his hand, throwing three shuriken toward Uncle Sasuke.
Uncle Sasuke slightly turned his body, dodging the attack. Seeing this, the Anbu Ninja immediately grabbed his katana and slashed toward Uncle Sasuke.
Uncle Sasuke looked up at the Anbu Ninja.
Before the Anbu Ninja could clearly see the person's face, he felt his vision go black, and his entire body froze in place.
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