Just as Sasuke and Boruto were passing through a forest path, Sasuke suddenly stopped.
Seeing this, Boruto also stopped.
"Yo, Sasuke, and the little guy from the future."
In front of them, where there had been no one, Satoru appeared before them, grinning as he spoke.
Stop!
Sasuke and Boruto were both startled at the same time.
It wasn't his sudden appearance that surprised them, but his words.
"You are… Director Satoru… Ugh!" Before Boruto could finish, Sasuke covered his mouth.
Sasuke looked at Satoru: "You noticed us a long time ago, didn't you?"
The moment he saw Satoru, coupled with his words, he deduced that Satoru had probably noticed them a long time ago.
And had been observing them for quite a while.
Otherwise… how could anyone deduce that they were from the future?
One must know that time travel was an unheard-of thing.
Was Satoru already that strong at this time?
He only discovered him when he was so close.
"Yes, this one is called Boruto, isn't he? A very outstanding young fellow. I imagine he'll be a genius in the future as well."
Satoru looked at Boruto, whose eyes were wide with surprise.
"Hmm, since you know we are from the future, then you know that people from the past shouldn't know too much about the future, otherwise it might affect the course of the future.
So your sudden appearance is…"
Sasuke said to Satoru.
In one of his eyes, a Mangekyo appeared, intending to use a genjutsu to seal Satoru's memory.
To avoid affecting the future.
Boruto also watched this scene with anticipation; Uncle Sasuke was about to make a move.
"Don't waste your Chakra. Although you are very strong now, to forcefully use genjutsu on me, you'd need at least two eyes, wouldn't you?
One eye is looking down on whom?"
Satoru's eyes were blank for less than a second, then he suddenly spoke.
A smile still played on his lips.
"…As expected of Captain Satoru, then why did you suddenly appear?"
Sasuke could only stop his Sharingan and sighed.
There was nothing he could do, but how did he manage it?
"I know you don't want to reveal too much about the future, or even nothing at all.
However, I'm more interested in why you appeared here.
I guess there must be a powerful enemy who wants to go back to the past, which is Konoha now, to carry out some kind of action, and you are here to stop him."
Satoru said slowly.
Boruto was completely stunned. Was this Director Satoru still the same director who occasionally visited schools and taught ethics classes?
When did he notice them?
He actually got so much information.
And even Uncle Sasuke's Sharingan was no match for him.
That was the eye of the savior who defeated Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and saved the Ninja World.
"But I've been following you for so long, and besides discovering that you are people from the future, I haven't sensed any other powerful, unfamiliar Chakra.
This means your enemy hasn't appeared here.
So, give me the enemy's intelligence.
Since you can travel back to the past, it means the enemy can too, but for some purpose, the enemy hasn't appeared.
Perhaps he fell into a different time, maybe a few days or years in the future, who knows?
I need intelligence."
Satoru stated his purpose.
In the original story he had read, he knew that Sasuke and Boruto had defeated the Ōtsutsuki. The current situation, where this hadn't happened, indicated that things were exceeding expectations, so he needed intelligence.
Just as he said, what if that Ōtsutsuki appeared after Sasuke and Boruto left?
He didn't want to fight an unprepared battle.
And it was an Ōtsutsuki.
Even if that Ōtsutsuki hadn't absorbed the Ten-Tails, he was still not comparable to an ordinary Ninja.
Without intelligence, he would have to gather it little by little, which would be troublesome.
He thought that his future self, by considering sending him a message, meant that his future self knew his thoughts.
He must know that he would come to ask Sasuke and the others.
Risking the possibility of the future changing.
Boruto and Sasuke both fell silent.
Satoru's statement was exactly what they were worried about.
If information about the future was revealed, then the future might be changed, and who knew what would happen.
But if they didn't speak, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki might still appear, which would also affect the future.
As for whether Ōtsutsuki Urashiki would appear in a shorter past, they speculated he would not.
Because the current Konoha and situation had not changed at all.
According to this reasoning, the opponent could only appear in the future, or be lost in other timelines.
It would not affect the past or future timelines.
Anyway, for now, only Satoru, who knew of their existence, and Urashiki, who could only appear a bit further in the past, would affect the future.
Which one to choose?
Of course, trust the man in front of them.
This was the initiator of the future Technology Development Bureau, the Deputy Director of the Technology Development Bureau, a great figure who, even after retiring from the front lines of Konoha, still made huge contributions to Konoha.
They hadn't spoken yet when Satoru smiled.
"You don't have to worry about any impact on the future. I will only retain this one piece of information: that this enemy might exist in the future, along with his intelligence. I will use a seal to store the memory and set activation conditions.
My future self, since he's some kind of director, must be living very well.
I don't want to affect the future either, do I?"
Director, it sounded grand and authoritative, much more impressive than some Hokage.
Through that one word, he also thought of many things.
Director, it meant that when he knew the Boruto storyline would appear in the future and he would have to face other Ōtsutsuki, he would do things that would change the plot to deal with the Ōtsutsuki.
After all, one person's strength was limited.
He didn't have a system; gathering the strength of many people would give him a better chance to defeat someone stronger than Kaguya.
Anyway, becoming a director in the future felt pretty good.
"What kind of bureau will I create? Since it's to deal with Ōtsutsuki enemies, it must be about researching Ōtsutsuki genes, as well as the Ten-Tails, Zetsu cells, and Sage Mode—things that can enhance strength.
After all, in the future, I will be involved in the Fourth Shinobi World War.
I will definitely find ways to get body information on Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, Zetsu, and the Ten-Tails.
In that case, it must be some kind of laboratory or something.
Then it can't be called the Political Bureau, the Administration Bureau, or SHIELD.
Perhaps it will be called the Technology Development Bureau?"
Sasuke and the others hadn't spoken yet, but Satoru had already thought of so, so much.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed, and he also conceded: "This enemy is from the Ōtsutsuki Clan… named Ōtsutsuki Urashiki…"
He had also figured it out. Throughout Konoha, this man was someone who could be trusted from beginning to end.
No matter what he did or what position he held, there were never any mistakes.
And he could only trust him.
Because Sasuke had no confidence in sealing his memory, nor could he kill him.
That would be no different from directly changing the future.
And Boruto could only watch silently.
Indeed, every word from Satoru was decisive, completely cornering them.