Boruto and Mitsuki

Late at night, Mitsuki confers through a white snake about the recent disturbances, mentioning a Root heirloom and a likely culprit, and recalls waking inside a tank. At the Academy the instructors set the students loose on an obstacle course in trios. Boruto and Mitsuki stop to help a struggling Denki, burning through their time in the process, and Shino fails every group because those who finished did so by ditching their partners. Konohamaru and Moegi drop by to scout who might one day serve under them and urge the students to test which formations work best.

Curious about the pull Boruto has on others, Mitsuki asks Shikadai why he aided Denki and watches Boruto tutor Iwabee through arithmetic. Inojin points out how far Boruto goes to be seen as more than the Hokage's child, and Mitsuki carries the question to Sumire, who calls Boruto fun and shares that her whole family is gone and her nerves stem from never matching her late father's skill.

Invited to dinner at Boruto's house, Mitsuki tries to pin down exactly how Boruto feels about Naruto before Hinata calls them to the table. Naruto and Mitsuki are introduced, but at the Hokage's office Shikamaru reports a chakra signature tied to the incidents and notes that Sai has gone to investigate. Naruto's clone vanishes and the real Hokage leaves the meal, prompting Boruto to storm out in frustration.

Boruto vents that ever since taking the hat, Naruto has neglected the family, and he swears never to abandon the people he cares for the way he feels his father has. The words stir a buried memory in Mitsuki of a parent saying something similar. Understanding Boruto at last, Mitsuki admits that he knows who is behind the ghost incidents plaguing the village.