They say the Will of Fire protects the village.But what protects the people from the village itself?"
BOOM.
The sky cracked. Sirens howled.
Chakra suppression towers flared to life as Protocol Black swept across Konoha like a tide of cold iron. Civilians were ordered into their homes. Shinobi squads deployed like clockwork—perfect, polished, obedient.
Boruto crouched low on a rooftop, staring at the monolith in the center of the city—the Control Tower, one of the three linked to Konoha's chakra surveillance system.
It was a bastardized monument to Kawaki's rule, glowing with foreign energy. A mix of science, jutsu, and fear.
"There's no village here anymore," Boruto muttered. "Only a cage."
He tapped his earpiece. "Sarada. I'm in position."
"Same here," her voice replied. "East Tower. Mitsuki's moving underground."
"Copy. We hit all three at once. Ten-minute window. Then we ghost."
Boruto stood. The Karma on his hand flared, pulsing with power that warped the air around him.This wasn't infiltration anymore.
This was war.
🌒 Flashback: The Day Naruto Vanished
Boruto remembered it vividly.
A simple meeting in the Hokage's office. Council members. Kawaki. An unknown figure in a cloak—one that pulsed with Ōtsutsuki chakra.
Words were said. Secrets exposed. And then—
BOOM.A surge of energy swallowed the room.
Naruto shoved Boruto out. Sealed the room. And vanished with a smile.
The next time Boruto saw the monument…his father's face was glowing—not with honor, but with the seal Kawaki used to bury him alive in chakra stasis.
⚔️ Present — Control Tower Raid
Boruto landed silently on the upper balcony of the tower, fingers flashing through one-handed seals.
Fūin: Shadow Bind.
Ink writhed around the floor, freezing the guards in place. Their mouths opened, but no sound came out—his silence seal was in full effect.
He moved like lightning—three steps, one flip, a kunai to the control panel.
"They made this place perfect. Too perfect."
With a twist of his Karma-marked hand, he stabbed it into the console.
Karma Sync: Domain Breach.
The building groaned. Reality shifted.Around him, the room bent, as if his very presence disrupted the artificial chakra field.
"This control system is based on dominance," he said aloud. "Let's see what happens when you feed it freedom."
🔥 Meanwhile — East Tower: Sarada
She sprinted up the tower stairs, her Sharingan spinning. She had already disarmed six traps, knocked out three Chūnin, and disabled a kunai launcher trap with a kunai in her teeth.
Her Mangekyō glowed now—a unique power called Tsureme:
The Binding Thread — she could trap people inside their own emotional regrets, forcing them to relive the moment that broke them.
"You think Kawaki rules out of strength?" she hissed, slamming a fist into the final control room. "No.He rules out of fear."
She activated the override seal. Alarms shut down. The chakra scanner blinked once—and died.
🌑 Underground — Mitsuki
No sound. Just serpents of light moving through the ancient tunnels beneath the village.
Mitsuki, in full Sage Mode, faced off against a secret squad of Root ANBU who had long since been rebranded as Kawaki's ghosts. Soulless, masked, fast.
They moved like shadows. He moved like light.
He summoned clones, each one crackling with bio-luminescent chakra.
"You fight to protect the system.I fight to protect the possibility of choice."
The underground seal point shimmered ahead—ancient Uzumaki-style sealing marks twisted with Kawaki's foreign tech. It took Mitsuki eight seconds to disable it.
The city began to dim.
🌀 Back to Boruto — Karma Unleashed
As the suppression field collapsed, Boruto's Jōgan activated fully.He saw everything.
The chakra lines that ran through the city.The manipulation. The fear woven into every corner of this new Konoha.
And something deeper—
A chakra thread leading from the tower, straight to the Hokage Monument.Straight to his father.
His breath caught. "Dad..."
A sudden presence crashed into him from above.
BOOM.
A body hit the tower floor in a blur of red lightning.
Code.
Older. Scarred. Still cocky.
"You really thought you could walk back into this village and not run into me?" he smirked, claws sliding out of his hand. "Kawaki told me to welcome you home."
Boruto narrowed his eyes. "Funny. I was just about to burn it down."
⚔️ Fight: Boruto vs Code
Code moved first—claws slicing, teleporting through Claw Marks like warping shadows.
Boruto blocked with his Karma arm, twisting midair and vanishing—reappearing behind Code using a time-fracture step unique to his Chrono Collapse domain.
They clashed again—fist to claw, eye to eye.
"You're just another dog on a leash," Boruto spat.
"And you're just a scared boy with daddy issues," Code laughed.
Boruto smiled.
"Good. Now you die knowing I'm more than that."
His Karma flared—blackened with blue lightning—and he activated a new technique:
Fūinjutsu: Devourer Gate.
A massive seal opened midair behind him—pulling Code into it like gravity.
Code screamed as half his body warped.
"Tell Kawaki… I'm coming," Boruto whispered.
"And I'm not alone."
🏁 Chapter End Scene