Naruto: Boruto Returns to Shippuden

Chapter 125 Cultivation

At Naruto's house, Boruto and Naruto were busy packing their luggage, preparing to follow Jiraiya on a new training journey, leaving Konoha Village for a faraway place.

"Alright! Training begins!" Naruto clenched his fist excitedly; he had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

He believed that once he finished training with the Perverted Sage and his strength had greatly increased, he would have enough power to fulfill his promise to Sakura and bring Sasuke home!

"Seriously...you should lend a hand too..."

Just as Naruto was excited about his upcoming long training trip, Boruto was complaining as he carefully wiped every corner of the room with a rag.

Their training with Jiraiya might take several years, and if the room isn't cleaned properly, mold could grow there after being left empty for a long time.

"Oh, here it comes!" Naruto scratched his head awkwardly after hearing Boruto's complaint, quickly grabbed a mop from the corner, wet it, and then formed hand seals: "Shadow Clone Technique!"

As smoke filled the room, Naruto summoned several shadow clones from his arm.

Naruto himself faced the other shadow clones he had summoned, raised his hand and said, "Alright, let's work together to make this room spotless!"

Naruto's shadow clones responded in unison, "No problem!" Then, they began to speed up the cleaning of the room together.

"Oh right! I forgot you could do that!" Boruto suddenly realized, and then used Shadow Clone Technique to create several clones to join the cleanup.

After the two of them and their shadow clones worked hard, the room was finally thoroughly cleaned, and all the items were in good order, waiting for their return from their cultivation.

"Phew, that's about right!" Boruto wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked around with satisfaction.

Naruto nodded, picked up his already packed backpack from the bed, and slung it over his shoulder: "Yeah, everything's ready now, all we have to do is wait for the perverted sage to come and pick us up."

At this moment, Naruto turned to Boruto with a curious look: "I wonder where the perverted sage will take us to train. I'm really looking forward to it!"

Boruto shook his head, indicating that he was also completely confused: "He didn't reveal the location of our training; he just kept saying we'd find out when we got there."

Boruto was already used to Jiraiya's way of doing things.

Naruto sighed deeply, his tone filled with reluctance: "I wonder if there's anything good to eat there. The thought of not being able to eat Ichiraku Ramen for a long time makes me feel like something's missing from my life."

Boruto looked even more helpless. What was this? I don't even know how long it's been since I've had a spicy burger.

Even though no one restricts my eating now, I still can't eat it, since there's no such thing as a Lei Burger in this era.

A layer of meat patty, a layer of fresh vegetables, two slices of soft bread, plus that incredibly spicy special chili sauce—the whole of Konoha Village was captivated by it.

Boruto was lost in memories of the Spicy Burger and subconsciously reached out to wipe away non-existent drool from the corner of his mouth.

......

The two waited quietly in the room when suddenly a tremor came from outside. Boruto immediately realized that it was Jiraiya arriving with his summoning beast, Gamabunta: "They're here!"

Boruto quickly walked to the door, pulled it open, and sure enough, he saw Jiraiya leap from Gamabunta's back onto the second-floor platform where they were.

However, Boruto noticed that Jiraiya's hands were empty and he wasn't carrying any backpack or luggage, which made him realize that something was wrong. He gestured to the two of them and said, "I forgot something. Wait for me."

Boruto then turned and went back into his room without giving Jiraiya a chance to speak.

A short while later, Boruto reappeared in front of Jiraiya and Naruto carrying a backpack full of necessities, indicating that he was ready.

At this moment, Naruto also sensed that something was wrong. He circled Jiraiya carefully, observing him closely, and asked with some doubt, "Wasn't the training supposed to go?"

However, Jiraiya smiled at the two people in front of him, with a hint of apology: "I'm sorry, you two, don't be angry. I suddenly got a job, so I can't take you to train now."

Boruto pondered for a moment, his expression turning somewhat dejected: "Ah... since there's important work to do, there's nothing I can do..."

Jiraiya was taken aback, clearly surprised by Boruto's decisive reaction. He had originally thought that Boruto would insist on training like Naruto, and might even pester him relentlessly.

Naruto crossed his arms, turned his head to the side, and said with a disdainful look, "Boruto, you actually believed the perverted sage's nonsense? The job he was talking about is probably just gathering material for pornographic books or something! That kind of thing isn't a job at all!"

Naruto was clearly skeptical of the perverted sage's so-called "job." Every time he went out on an operation with the perverted sage, he was either gathering materials or on his way to gather materials.

Jiraiya smiled wryly to himself at Naruto's teasing, but he did have serious work to do this time, so he had to cancel his previous training plans.

This time, Jiraiya received an intelligence gathering mission about the Akatsuki organization, a mission fraught with danger.

If he were to tell the truth, not to mention Boruto, Naruto would definitely be crying and begging to go with him.

Jiraiya then took out a scroll from his pocket and tossed it to Boruto and Naruto respectively: "As compensation for canceling this plan, I have prepared something good for you."

Boruto quickly caught the scroll Jiraiya tossed to him and asked curiously about this supposed compensation, "What is this? A ninjutsu scroll?"

Jiraiya smiled and explained, "No, no, no, this is because I arranged a training program for you two so you wouldn't be too bored when I went out."

"Wow!~" Naruto became excited as soon as he heard that the scroll contained a training plan, and couldn't wait to open the scroll in his hand to find out what it was.

Seeing that his plan was about to be exposed, Jiraiya quickly stopped Naruto's hasty actions, saying, "Wait, wait! Before you open this scroll, I need to say something!"