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I was still waiting. Waiting for her to make a move. But to my surprise, she stood still. And after a couple of minutes, She blended in with the darkness. Disappearing from my sight.

Despite the temptation to chase her, I chose to ignore it. It's not because I wasn't confident in my abilities but solely cause of the fact that I would attract unwanted attention.

Seeing as there wasn't any movement in the alleyway, I entered the store and proceeded to purchase some sweets available in the store. After making the purchase, I took out my storage scroll and stored it.

'And there go my savings'

With a sigh, I left the area and sprinted towards my home.

'I'm looking forward to seeing her in the Academy tomorrow'

"!!"

As I was about to use body flicker, my instincts went to the extreme. I tilted my head to the side, barely dodging to be what looked like a 'Water style: Gunshot' Jutsu. The bullet penetrated the fence and tore a perfectly circular hole through it.

I looked behind and locked gazes with the masked individual. Before she could even flinch from her position, I activated 'Thunderclap Impulse'. I felt my senses heightened to a whole another level.

*Crackle*

Yellow lightning danced around my physical body, I applied pressure to my right leg, Forming a small crater in the process. I could see the terror in her eyes. In an instant. My figure blurred, I stood behind her with my hands in front of my face. Between my fingers. 12 thin wires were there.

Before she could utter a word. I spun on my feet and delivered a kick to her head with a reverse-roundabout kick. Her body crashed into the ground in a straight line. I heard cracking sounds.

'Probably her skull'

I concluded. I deactivated 'Thunderclap Impulse'. While fighting, at first, I used 'Vein Extraction' and disabled the majority of the veins in her four limbs. Making her immobile, after that only did I kick her head into the earth.

Her body was in a puddle of blood. I hastily body flickered away, escaping from the scene.

I wouldn't have done that if she chose to flee without making a scene, but turns out that wasn't going to happen.

'If she doesn't learn her lesson by now...The next time we meet, I'll be sure to reunite you with your family'

'...That line felt kinda edgy. Meh, whatever'

Shaking my head, I concealed those thoughts and fastened my pace. Presently, I reached my home.

***

"Hey, Boruto! look at this!"

I heard Mom's voice, she had raised her voice quite bit, very unusual. quickly going downstairs, I passed into the living room where Mother was sitting on the sofa looking at the T.V with a worried expression. I understood what was going on.

"What is it?"

I asked, putting on an uneasy expression on my face as I neared her.

"O- One of your classmates...was attacked or... I don't know, but something happened to her last night, she was found unconscious in front of a shop last night. They say that she's in critical condition. But fortunately, she's going to live. Although she may not come to the Academy. I'm not too sure since I don't know about the current situation...If she's awake or not, I don't know"

At first, her tone was filled with worry. But as she explained, she calmed down. Tho, the worry in her expression remains the same.

"O-h my....I'm going to rest for a bit, Th-this is a little too much for me"

I changed my expression to distress. roughly breathing, I quickly went upstairs and went inside my room.

After closing the door. I hopped on the bed with a sigh.

'Welp, I guess that solves that, Even though mom did seem worried, I am happy that she calmed down'

It was still 5 in the morning. I chuckled at myself remembering last night. I almost entered my home without washing the blood in my hands. 'Vein Extraction' is probably my best self-made ability up to this date. Since it could immobile even someone who's stronger and bigger than me.

'Mr. Hokage is gonna have a headache... He'll probably go insane at this point'

With those thoughts, I entered the bathroom to freshen myself up. Quickly changed to my outfit, a black jacket with red vertical stripes running through shoulder to hand level, I wore a plain-white t-shirt under the jacket, and black Ninja pants.

I pulled a scroll out, and with a *poof* a sword with a black sheath appeared in my hand. I unsheathed the sword and looked at its jagged blade, It also had scrapes running through it. I took out a towel from the drawer and proceeded to clean it up slowly.

It was still sharp, my blade could still cut through brick like a hot knife cutting through butter.

'Ten-Ten- San said she had a surprise for me...I wonder what it is... Maybe a necklace, or another sword maybe... Might be a book'

Losing myself in my thoughts. I sheathed my sword and lay on the bed with it on top of my chest. I polished my swordplay quite a bit, though I wasn't an expert or anything, It still felt good to hold a sword.

***

"Sarada Uchiha. 38 seconds to reach the finish line"

'The girl wasted too much movement, she practically wasted an extra chunk of stamina for a simple course like that'

Shino said. Clicking his timepiece and then penned it down on the activity board. I saw the pride in her eyes...Oh well, time to crush it into oblivion.

I swept my gaze around me. Not a single individual was beside me, they all already took the test. Leaving me as the last person to participate. Shino looked toward me.

"Next. Boruto Uzumaki, please stand in front of the starting line and wait for further instructions."

I nodded my head in response. Nearly everyone's gaze was locked on me as I stood there, most of them radiating curiosity.

"As I said before. You're not allowed to use chakra in any method possible, Ok?"

I again nodded my head.

*Whistle*

As soon as the whistle blew, my figure burst forth. I bypassed every obstacle with minimal movement possible. Jumping across a huge wall instead of using the supporting logs that were present on the wall. I finished. Looking around, I saw that almost everyone had their mouth wide open.

"Oi Oi!!, What the he-"

"He definitely used Chakra!"

Several kids accused me of cheating. I couldn't blame them, as it's the first time in history that anyone beat that parkour session in under 10 seconds...Without the use of chakra. Shino's head was tilted, confusion clearly visible on his face.

"...Everyone!! Be quiet!!"

Shino kicked the ground while applying chakra under his feet, making the ground crack. Everyone shut their mouth. Their gazes were still locked into mine, except for shikadai's.

'Oh'

Sarada Uchiha. Her gaze was driven by bitterness. Clenching her fists and gritting her teeth, she turned her head away as soon as we locked gazes with each other. Shikadai's was something equivalent to satisfaction...guess he was expecting it, or maybe it exceeded his expectations.

The kids soon broke out in their own conversations, completely ignoring Shino. He sighed, looking at me, he gestured for me to come closer.

Shino did seemed lost in his thoughts, maybe I went a little oveboard? Nah, that's definitely not the case.

I stood in front of him, he sighed again looking at the group of kids. Focusing on me again, he held his hand out. I accepted it, returning the handshake.

"Congratulations, Boruto Uzumaki. As of today, you're officially the new record holder...beating the previous record of 28 seconds."

Shikadai came out of the crowd. He neared me, placing his hand on my shoulder, he also congratulated me.

I gazed at every person present here.

'This sure is gonna be interesting'

I thought.

"-Ruto!"

I snapped back to reality. Scratching the back of my head, I told assured him that I was fine. The day went by quickly. The bell rang. Everyone rushed outside with their friends.

I exited the building, Looking at all the kids with their parents and enjoying their childhood to their fullest. I would be lying if I said I never thought of myself in that situation.

But right now, training took priority. I've already enjoyed it while I can. Now, tho...there is no time for that. As much as an edge lord I might be, I can't just push away these thoughts just because they seem cringy. Reality slaps hard.

'Cool down'

I sighed deeply. and Body Flickered toward the Hyuga estate, Need to at least kick the oldy's ass up. Chuckling, I fastened my pace by using lightning style. But I felt I wasn't enough. I leaped in the air, and while doing so, I made a small tornado under my right foot. I suppressed it to the point where it became just as small as a pinball.

As soon as my right leg made contact with the ground, The ball of wind burst. Blowing dust everywhere, making my figure a blur to the naked eye. I continued like this with both my left and right leg. This technique's name that I created was 'Burst Step'. Suppressing a highly rotating tornado and releasing it like a burst of force. It practically launched me. Greatly helps me in leaping and making sudden turns while in combat and other situations.

'And adding that with the Gentle Fist...truly a combo made in heaven'

My blood boiled in excitement as I saw myself razing someone while using this combo. the sheer force would obliterate their internals without any remorse.

'It'l go from Gentle Fist to Brutal Fist'.

I slowed my pace. I reached in front of the Hyuga estate and took small steps while entering it

'The next five years are gonna be boring, Man..I need to get promoted soon, wish that they didn't ban the early graduation thing'

*Sigh*

***

Can I... Get some power stones?