Looking at Boruto, who seemed to have understood something, Naruto smiled and answered his question.
"Because he didn't want to admit defeat, he wanted those who once looked down on him to see him in a new light, he didn't want to be isolated and ignored, so he kept working hard to become stronger, and finally grew into the Seventh Hokage."
Although Naruto looked down on Old Man Naruto.
Whether it was his terrible work-life balance, his idiotic parenting skills, or his lip service to world peace, and the powerlessness of not being able to change anything in the end, Naruto couldn't stand it.
But he had to admit that the two were actually the same at heart.
The same stubbornness, the same unwillingness to admit defeat.
The former Naruto also didn't understand why Old Man Naruto could be so sunny in that kind of environment, but now he understood that it wasn't just Asura's passive brainwashing, but also the different educational environment.
The difference in educational environment made people with exactly the same bloodline and living environment eventually become two completely different people in the process of growing up.
And because he understood, Naruto could answer Boruto's question at this moment.
"Is that so?" Boruto muttered to himself.
As the episodes on TV continued to play, the Land of Waves mission, the Chunin Exam, the Konoha Crush Plan, Sasuke's defection...
The image of Old Man Naruto as a child gradually became fuller in Boruto's eyes.
Although Old Man Naruto wasn't excellent as a child, and seemed very impulsive and reckless, he had a spirit of never admitting defeat that Boruto didn't have.
Moreover, his father, Naruto, not only had to be isolated by the villagers when he was a child, and lived a very poor life, but also had to constantly fight against Kurama.
At this time, Boruto realized that Kurama wasn't the gentle, kind, and harmless Big Fox he had seen at first. This was a Tailed Beast known as a natural disaster!
Although there were still hundreds of episodes to be played, Boruto was already shocked at this time, that his father, who seemed extremely useless, didn't buy his Hokage position with money.
In addition to this, there was other information that made Boruto's eyes pop.
Naruto liked Sarada's mother, his Aunt Sakura, when he was a child, and Sasuke, the perfect and flawless master in his mind, had actually become a Rogue Ninja in pursuit of power!
So that's how Shikadai's father, Shikamaru, and his mother, Temari, met?
And that kind and amiable Uncle Gaara was actually such a terrifying violent murderer when he was a child!
These were all things that subverted Boruto's worldview!
"Compared to the pain and training my father endured as a child, the label of being the Hokage's son that I'm worried about is just a happy worry, right?"
After watching the first part of Naruto's story, Boruto said with a wry smile.
"Yes, your worries are not worries at all."
"Now you just need to calm down, study hard, become stronger, improve yourself, make yourself good enough, and then prove yourself on a suitable stage, and show the results of your many years of study."
"That way, when people mention you in the future, they will naturally recognize you as Uzumaki Boruto, not the Seventh Hokage's son."
"And if you are like you are now, with no knowledge in your head and not very strong, but you want to forcibly show off, calling it proving yourself, then you can only be a hindrance in the end."
"Not only will this not make people think highly of you, but it can also easily lead to big mistakes."
"And in life, proving yourself is just the beginning. You can't be proud and complacent because you have achieved a little success. You must not forget your original intention and continue to work hard, so that you can constantly break through yourself."
"Then, in this process, you will find that you have unknowingly left most people behind you, becoming the most dazzling person in the world."
Naruto calmly spoke about the principles of life, content that Old Man Naruto had never shared with Boruto.
To increase the persuasiveness of his words, Naruto brought Boruto to the place where he trained.
By the sea, Naruto's main body wielded a long sword, directly challenging the ocean, using the raging waves to temper his physique.
Sharp sword energy bloomed continuously, constantly splitting the waves.
In the nearby beach, there were also hundreds of Shadow Clones, some training their Chakra control, some studying Sealing Techniques, and some studying the newly acquired Sage of Six Paths Techniques.
"Father, you're already so strong, yet you're still training so seriously!"
Boruto was shocked, recalling the words Naruto had spoken to him earlier, and comparing them to the busy training ground before him, for the first time he listened to someone else's lecture.
It wasn't that the young man didn't have the determination to work hard, but he had never seen the scenery from a high place, so naturally he didn't know which direction to work towards.
"Yes, I've been doing this all these years. You know what your father's strength was when he was about your age, and your master has also told you about my strength."
"If I hadn't worked so hard, how could I have become so strong?"
At this moment, Naruto spoke in a timely manner, "Making yourself better requires not only an unwavering belief, but also the right method. Do you want to learn?"
Hearing this, Boruto's eyes lit up.
Theoretically speaking, the Naruto of the parallel world and his father Naruto are the same person, but this Naruto's strength at the same age is much stronger than his father's.
Boruto didn't believe that there was no special training method.
And now that Naruto was willing to teach him this method, Boruto naturally had no reason to refuse.
"Okay, I want to learn, Father, teach me," Boruto said excitedly.
Naruto smiled, brought Boruto back to the Sea View Villa, and logged back into the Sealing Space.
He had Boruto sit down at the desk, and Naruto slammed a stack of papers in front of him with a thud.
"This is a Comprehensive Academic Ability Test Paper, including knowledge of biology, ninja theory, mathematics, and language, all of which were taught at the Ninja Academy. Answer it and let me see your knowledge level."
"Ah???"
Boruto opened his mouth wide. Wasn't he going to teach him how to become stronger quickly? Why was he suddenly taking a test again?
"You have ninety minutes to answer the questions."
Naruto took a pointer from who knows where, held it horizontally between his hands, and looked at Boruto indifferently.
Watching Shippuden could be done anytime, and if there wasn't enough time, he could directly use Chakra to link and stuff the content into Boruto's brain.
But the immediate task was to improve this silly son's IQ.
Reading can enlighten!
Meeting Naruto's threatening gaze, Boruto obediently picked up the pen and started answering the questions.
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