The Enemy, Ino-Shika-Chō!

Confronted on the road, the runaways demand to know why Team 10 has followed them, and Shikadai's squad spells out their orders: return to the village or be labelled missing-nin. Talking fails, so the two sides fight, though the pursuers hold back from anything lethal. Even so, they press hard. Inojin moves to seal Boruto while Chocho locks Sarada down, but Boruto shreds the sealing scroll with a Vanishing Rasengan and Sarada burns free using a flash bomb. The pair slips away, yet Shikadai is certain he has already read the rhythm of their movements.

Back in Konoha, Temari brings Shikamaru his lunch and asks why Team 10 in particular drew this assignment. Shikamaru explains that the Byakuya Gang affair taught his son to act on his convictions even against friends. In the field, Inojin's aerial scouting spots two identical sets of Boruto and Sarada, so the squad divides to run both down. Moegi wipes out the decoys, and the genin close the gap by riding Inojin's inked beasts. Reading their plan in advance, Shikadai baits them through a feint and finally pins the two down.

Spotting Mitsuki's snake among their gear, Shikadai listens as the pair reveals the contents of Mitsuki's message and how it came to light. Reasoning that every oddity about the disappearance fits together, he decides to join the runaways rather than force them back, stunning his teammates. Chocho throws in so Moegi will not scold her for failing, and Inojin follows rather than be the odd one out. Convinced that Mitsuki himself is the only reliable source of the truth, the group presses on toward Ryuchi Cave as night falls.

The installment is part of the Mitsuki's Disappearance arc in the Boruto anime. Away from the genin, Moegi is ambushed by a stranger who mirrors her Water Release and then withdraws, a stall for time that turns out to be Suigetsu, who watches the young ninja advance while pondering what Orochimaru truly intends. It first aired in Japan on September 20, 2018.