Naruto's Retsuden novel and BrentonsArt's fanart cover a mission that included ... Another light novel, Sasuke Retsuden, was adapted into a manga and in the Boruto anime in 2023.

Hence, Boruto might have unintentionally taken some of Sasuke's habits ... did not fit the setting of a volume cover. The latest volume does shift the manga's storyline and the protagonist's ...