# E86 - Kozuchi's Will
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNV5D10R/kozuchis-will)
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**[00:09] ---**
Where are you taking me, Old Man?
**[00:12] ---**
You'll soon find out.
**[00:14] ---**
You said earlier that you want to create
a world where everyone can live happily.
**[00:19] ---**
What was that about, ya know?
**[00:21] ---**
The place we're going to
**[00:23] ---**
is the ideal place to
make you realize this.
**[00:30] ---**
We're here.
**[00:32] ---**
There's nothing here!
**[00:35] ---**
I once told you the story
**[00:36] ---**
when I was in
the Hidden Leaf Village, right?
**[00:39] ---**
About how my grandchild died?
**[00:42] ---**
Oh yeah, his name was Kozuchi, right?
**[00:46] ---**
This is the place.
**[02:23] ---**
EARTH
*Kozuchi's Will*
**[02:25] ---**
*Kozuchi's Will*
**[02:26] ---**
This all happened when
I was under a genjutsu?!
**[02:29] ---**
I'm sure that
Lady Kurotsuchi is also…
**[02:32] ---**
Since it's come to this,
we must notify the other villages!
**[02:37] ---**
It's useless.
**[02:43] ---**
You're—!
**[02:45] ---**
This village is now under our control.
**[02:51] ---**
It is all for Master's sake.
**[03:12] ---**
How disappointing…
**[03:14] ---**
So, this is the extent of the Hidden Stone
under Kurotsuchi's leadership?
**[03:18] ---**
I'll leave you in command
of the Akuta.
**[03:21] ---**
Understood.
**[03:23] ---**
By the way, Lord Ku,
**[03:24] ---**
I hear the Leaf shinobi
that was under our custody escaped.
**[03:27] ---**
Right now, the whereabouts
of our master takes priority.
**[03:32] ---**
It's just one rat.
**[03:33] ---**
You should be able to deal
with him by yourself.
**[03:38] ---**
What is it?
**[03:40] ---**
It's nothing. I understand.
**[03:48] ---**
This is where
your grandchild died, Old Man?
**[03:50] ---**
Yes.
**[03:52] ---**
This all started when
my grandchild, Kozuchi, died.
**[03:59] ---**
FIRE
WATER WIND
EARTH LIGHTNING
*The Fourth Great Ninja War*
*left massive scars on the world…*
**[04:06] ---**
*Our village was no exception.*
**[04:10] ---**
*We spent day and night*
*restoring our village,*
**[04:13] ---**
*and in a few years,*
*we somehow built a new town, but…*
**[04:21] ---**
We suffered great losses in
human life during that last war.
**[04:26] ---**
The younger generation
seriously lacks the skills.
**[04:29] ---**
How do we compensate for that?
**[04:32] ---**
Well, the age of wars is over.
**[04:35] ---**
Just give it time and
nurture their talent.
**[04:39] ---**
Now that you've retired,
you make it sound so easy, Grandfather!
**[04:45] ---**
You're leaving?
**[04:46] ---**
I promised to meet up
with Kozuchi.
**[04:51] ---**
He's turned into such
a doting grandfather.
**[05:00] ---**
Welcome home, Grandpa!
**[05:02] ---**
Oh, sorry I'm late, Kozuchi!
**[05:09] ---**
You seem awfully happy.
**[05:12] ---**
That's right, I am!
**[05:13] ---**
The Genin Exams are about to begin
and I've been looking forward to them!
**[05:16] ---**
That's right…
**[05:17] ---**
You're at that age now,
aren't you, Kozuchi?
**[05:20] ---**
Kozuchi, from now on,
**[05:22] ---**
it's all going to be up to
young shinobi like you.
**[05:26] ---**
I've lived a long life and
I have no regrets now.
**[05:30] ---**
What are you saying, Grandpa?!
**[05:32] ---**
You have to live long to see me
become a jonin…
**[05:35] ---**
no, the Tsuchikage, okay?
**[05:38] ---**
Oh, the Tsuchikage, eh?
**[05:40] ---**
Then I will teach you the precious words
that I live by.
**[05:47] ---**
The shinobi who becomes
the Tsuchikage must never run away.
**[05:52] ---**
He must confront
any and every difficulty.
**[05:55] ---**
A will strong enough to do so
is absolutely essential.
**[05:58] ---**
Never run away…
**[06:00] ---**
A strong will…
**[06:01] ---**
Do you have that?
**[06:04] ---**
I sure do!
**[06:05] ---**
I'm gonna become a Tsuchikage
who will surpass you, Grandpa!
**[06:10] ---**
My, my… Such confidence!
**[06:14] ---**
I have high hopes for you, Kozuchi.
**[06:17] ---**
Yup!
**[06:18] ---**
*I have no more regrets…*
**[06:21] ---**
*Back then, I seriously felt that way.*
**[06:26] ---**
*However…*
**[06:29] ---**
Kozuchi's unusually late today.
**[06:33] ---**
I wonder where
he's loitering about?
**[06:36] ---**
Lord Ohnoki!
**[06:37] ---**
It's terrible!
**[06:39] ---**
Kozuchi is—!
**[06:41] ---**
Kozuchi is—!
**[06:42] ---**
What?!
**[06:51] ---**
Kozuchi! Hang in there!
**[06:54] ---**
Why… Why?
**[06:56] ---**
*Some deadbeat ninja attempted*
*to steal village secrets…*
**[07:01] ---**
*And Kozuchi tried to stop them and…*
**[07:06] ---**
Grandpa…
**[07:07] ---**
Kozuchi!
**[07:09] ---**
I wanted to become
the Tsuchikage…
**[07:12] ---**
But I don't think
that's possible anymore…
**[07:14] ---**
What are you saying?!
**[07:16] ---**
It's still possible!
**[07:18] ---**
I really wanted to become…
**[07:21] ---**
A shinobi who protects the peace…
of the world…
**[07:32] ---**
Kozuchi?
**[07:35] ---**
Kozuchi!
**[07:45] ---**
Kozuchi…
**[07:48] ---**
Why?
**[07:49] ---**
Why did Kozuchi have to die?!
**[07:52] ---**
By chance, Kozuchi realized that
robbers were about to attack,
**[07:56] ---**
and he confronted them alone…
**[07:59] ---**
By himself, until reinforcements came.
**[08:03] ---**
Don't tell me…
**[08:04] ---**
Was it because I told him
never to run away?
**[08:09] ---**
No!
**[08:14] ---**
What have I done?!
**[08:18] ---**
Thinking the world was at peace,
**[08:20] ---**
I foolishly set high expectations
upon him…
**[08:23] ---**
And this is the result!
**[08:25] ---**
What have I done?!
**[08:28] ---**
It's as if I'm the one
who killed Kozuchi!
**[08:59] ---**
He's been like this ever since…
**[09:01] ---**
It's understandable…
**[09:04] ---**
*I was like the walking dead…*
**[09:07] ---**
*And spent every day*
*in remorse and despair.*
**[09:12] ---**
*Then one day…*
**[09:21] ---**
This was found among his belongings.
**[09:25] ---**
Is it Kozuchi's?
**[09:30] ---**
All right, I'm handing it over to you.
**[09:39] ---**
*Grandpa always tells me…*
**[09:42] ---**
*That the peace we have*
*in the world…*
**[09:45] ---**
*was made possible by great shinobi*
*who risked their lives.*
**[09:49] ---**
*I want to become a shinobi*
*like them!*
**[09:53] ---**
*A shinobi who never wavers,*
**[09:55] ---**
*who maintains a strong will,*
*no matter what happens.*
**[09:58] ---**
*And this time, I'll be the one*
*to protect the peace.*
**[10:01] ---**
*By becoming a great Tsuchikage,*
*just like Grandpa.*
**[10:08] ---**
That's right…
**[10:09] ---**
That is the least I can do.
**[10:13] ---**
I must fulfill Kozuchi's will!
**[10:16] ---**
There must never be
another tragic death like yours.
**[10:21] ---**
I will build a lasting peace,
**[10:23] ---**
so that young lives will never
be sacrificed again.
**[10:26] ---**
That will be my tribute to you, Kozuchi…
**[10:32] ---**
*But what should I do?*
**[10:35] ---**
*I gave it a lot of thought…*
**[10:38] ---**
*And I came up with one solution.*
**[10:42] ---**
*If those who were*
*to fight weren't human,*
**[10:46] ---**
*but soldiers who had no will*
*and did exactly as ordered…*
**[10:52] ---**
*I unearthed jutsu that had been lost,*
**[10:54] ---**
*and tried to create soldiers*
*who had no will of their own,*
**[10:57] ---**
*who would do the fighting*
*for humans, but…*
**[11:01] ---**
*They were defective*
*and uncontrollable…*
**[11:03] ---**
*There was no way would Kurotsuchi and*
*the others would approve of such soldiers…*
**[11:11] ---**
*I tried everything possible*
*in search of a breakthrough.*
**[11:16] ---**
*And the solution came from*
*a most unexpected source…*
**[11:21] ---**
What did you want to talk
about confidentially?
**[11:24] ---**
This plan that
you are pushing forward, Lord Ohnoki…
**[11:28] ---**
perhaps I may be of
some assistance.
**[11:30] ---**
What?
**[11:32] ---**
This is a sample of what was discovered
the other day at a certain ruin.
**[11:37] ---**
This is—!
**[11:39] ---**
Wouldn't you agree that with this,
**[11:41] ---**
great progress can be made in
the research to create non-human soldiers?
**[11:46] ---**
Why have you brought this to me?
**[11:48] ---**
I support your plan wholeheartedly.
**[11:52] ---**
And so, rather than show it
to Lady Kurotsuchi, I thought I'd first...
**[11:56] ---**
But to rely on something like that…
**[12:00] ---**
Would such a thing be approved?
**[12:10] ---**
*What do I do?*
**[12:14] ---**
*Kozuchi…*
**[12:18] ---**
*I must carry on Kozuchi's will*
*and fulfill his wish.*
**[12:23] ---**
*For that…*
**[12:25] ---**
*Even if the means is detestable…*
**[12:28] ---**
*I will—!*
**[12:31] ---**
*There was an old underground facility*
*that hadn't been used in a long time…*
**[12:35] ---**
*I secretly made it my base,*
*and revived my plan.*
**[12:41] ---**
*The sample that was*
*brought to me was used…*
**[12:44] ---**
*And the plan to create artificial life*
*known as "Fabrications" began.*
**[12:51] ---**
*First, came Ku who is like my clone…*
**[12:54] ---**
*who would command the soldiers.*
**[12:58] ---**
*Then four more Fabrications who*
*would serve as his arms and legs…*
**[13:04] ---**
*And finally, to be led by these five…*
**[13:07] ---**
*the Akuta troops were born.*
**[13:12] ---**
Once these beings are perfected,
**[13:14] ---**
the peace of the Hidden Stone
will be protected.
**[13:17] ---**
And Kurotsuchi will have no choice
but to acknowledge that I was right.
**[13:22] ---**
If we let non-humans do the fighting,
**[13:25] ---**
there will never be another tragedy
in which young lives are lost.
**[13:31] ---**
We are almost there, Kozuchi.
**[13:37] ---**
Something like that is…
**[13:39] ---**
I must bring this plan to completion.
**[13:42] ---**
Because I am carrying out
and fulfilling Kozuchi's will.
**[13:46] ---**
Old Man…
**[13:48] ---**
I told you this story because I believed
that you would understand.
**[13:55] ---**
I'm not even thinking about using
the Akuta
**[13:58] ---**
to conquer the territory
of another land.
**[14:02] ---**
In fact, it's just the opposite.
**[14:04] ---**
Ultimately, this is a power to preserve
the peace in Hidden Stone…
**[14:08] ---**
and the entire shinobi world.
**[14:11] ---**
You were all captured only to prevent you
from interfering with the plan's completion.
**[14:18] ---**
Once this is all over,
you will be released.
**[14:22] ---**
Does that mean you had no intention
of fighting with us in the first place?
**[14:26] ---**
As long as
you didn't get in my way.
**[14:29] ---**
Well? Do you still have
a reason to oppose me?
**[14:34] ---**
That's…
**[14:37] ---**
What is it?
**[14:40] ---**
Hey, you said you had a sample…
**[14:42] ---**
that made your research reach
a turning point, right?
**[14:46] ---**
What was it?
**[14:50] ---**
It's something
you are very familiar with.
**[14:55] ---**
Yes…
**[14:58] ---**
It's a White Zetsu!
**[15:03] ---**
A White Zetsu?!
**[15:09] ---**
You're using a dangerous monster
like that?
**[15:11] ---**
What are you thinking?!
**[15:12] ---**
I'm fully aware of the danger.
**[15:15] ---**
But—?!
**[15:16] ---**
That thing was created by
the Otsutsuki in the first place, right?
**[15:20] ---**
Admittedly, there are still things
that are a mystery.
**[15:24] ---**
That is why Mitsuki
is so critical to us.
**[15:27] ---**
Mitsuki? What do you mean?
**[15:31] ---**
The lifespan of a Fabrication
is still unstable…
**[15:35] ---**
They do not live long.
**[15:38] ---**
They don't live long?
**[15:41] ---**
A year, or even several months…
**[15:44] ---**
Sometimes even the following day…
**[15:46] ---**
They could suddenly stop functioning.
**[15:50] ---**
And Mitsuki is the means to resolve this.
**[15:54] ---**
A perfect synthetic human…
**[15:57] ---**
From the data we gather from Mitsuki,
we can make perfect Fabrications.
**[16:04] ---**
At that time, we will release Mitsuki.
**[16:07] ---**
What he decides to do
after that is all up to him.
**[16:11] ---**
You're saying that
you don't intend to hurt him?
**[16:14] ---**
I would never want to do that.
**[16:17] ---**
What I desire is peace,
and only peace.
**[16:20] ---**
Peace…
**[16:22] ---**
All right.
**[16:23] ---**
I've been very honest with you
and told you everything.
**[16:26] ---**
Do you still mistrust me?
**[16:29] ---**
But—!
**[16:30] ---**
I won't ask you to cooperate.
**[16:33] ---**
However,
**[16:34] ---**
there is no reason for
a conflict between us.
**[16:38] ---**
Preventing the loss of lives,
**[16:41] ---**
and protecting the peace
of the shinobi world…
**[16:44] ---**
You are a shinobi too, and you must feel
the same way, Boruto.
**[16:49] ---**
Am I wrong?
**[16:51] ---**
Old Man!
**[17:01] ---**
*This is a coup d'état!*
**[17:03] ---**
*Don't they care about*
*how this is received?*
**[17:06] ---**
*I've got to get word back to my dad!*
**[17:11] ---**
It seems all the key points
of the village have been secured.
**[17:14] ---**
Anyone who has tried
to interfere has been jailed.
**[17:17] ---**
We killed two birds with one stone.
**[17:19] ---**
We also got the "thing" that we need.
**[17:25] ---**
We chose five as you ordered.
**[17:28] ---**
So, if we use their hearts,
we can extend our lives?
**[17:33] ---**
Correct.
**[17:34] ---**
However, we cannot lay a hand on them
without the master's authorization.
**[17:38] ---**
Huh?!
**[17:39] ---**
That's ridiculous after
we've come this far, Lord Ku!
**[17:42] ---**
No!
**[17:43] ---**
It is not the master's desire
to take away human lives.
**[17:47] ---**
Yes, but this is no time
to be so deliberate…
**[17:50] ---**
The master has the final say.
**[17:53] ---**
Just get everything ready.
**[17:58] ---**
Okay, I leave everything to you!
**[18:03] ---**
So, what do we do?
**[18:05] ---**
Split up and search for the master.
**[18:08] ---**
However, don't go overboard.
**[18:10] ---**
Are you worried about us, Lord Ku?
**[18:13] ---**
We are necessary tools
for the master.
**[18:16] ---**
We cannot take risks.
**[18:18] ---**
But what if we don't make it in time?
**[18:20] ---**
We have a way to live now,
yet you want us to just wait for death?
**[18:26] ---**
When the time comes…
**[18:29] ---**
A little sacrifice can't be helped.
**[18:31] ---**
Oh, my!
**[18:33] ---**
My wish is the master's wish.
**[18:35] ---**
I'm sure he feels the same way.
**[18:42] ---**
I understand what
you talked about earlier.
**[18:45] ---**
That you're seriously thinking
about peace.
**[18:49] ---**
Yes…
**[18:50] ---**
So that young lives are not sacrificed,
**[18:53] ---**
they are essential.
**[18:56] ---**
But still, Old Man…
**[18:58] ---**
Huh?
**[18:59] ---**
I don't know much about them.
**[19:02] ---**
I had run-ins with two of them,
that's all.
**[19:04] ---**
But…
**[19:05] ---**
they could talk and think
like us humans.
**[19:10] ---**
And it seemed to me
that they had personalities.
**[19:14] ---**
Letting guys like that
do the fighting…
**[19:16] ---**
What's the difference between
us and them fighting?
**[19:21] ---**
They may look like humans,
**[19:24] ---**
but they are Fabrications,
just like their name.
**[19:28] ---**
What seems like a will and personality
are merely functions.
**[19:32] ---**
Do you really believe that?
**[19:35] ---**
What?
**[19:36] ---**
Your belief in "will" is much stronger
than others.
**[19:40] ---**
Just like the time you taught us
back at Hidden Leaf Village.
**[19:45] ---**
And here, you're saying that
those Fabrications have no will…
**[19:49] ---**
Do you really mean that?
**[19:51] ---**
Do you really believe that?
**[19:56] ---**
What a strange thing to say.
**[19:58] ---**
You know nothing about them.
**[20:02] ---**
Maybe not…
**[20:03] ---**
But I know a little about Mitsuki.
**[20:07] ---**
As well as the fact that those guys
and Mitsuki acted like friends.
**[20:18] ---**
Mitsuki has a will of his own.
**[20:20] ---**
So, you have no proof that
those guys don't have a will, do you?
**[20:27] ---**
And if they do have a will, how different
are they from human beings?
**[20:31] ---**
How different is it from sacrificing
human shinobi in battle?
**[20:38] ---**
Don't get so emotional.
**[20:40] ---**
While they may seem alike in appearance,
Fabrications are not humans.
**[20:45] ---**
Perhaps, this applies to Mitsuki as well.
**[20:48] ---**
What did you say?!
**[20:49] ---**
Are you saying Mitsuki
doesn't have a will?!
**[20:52] ---**
On what grounds
can you say he does?
**[20:55] ---**
That's crazy!
**[20:56] ---**
Mitsuki has a will!
**[20:58] ---**
And if you insist on it,
**[21:00] ---**
I won't believe all this talk
about Fabrications having no will!
**[21:04] ---**
There's no way I can cooperate
with a plan like that.
**[21:10] ---**
I've explained what I wish to do.
**[21:13] ---**
If still you aren't convinced…
**[21:16] ---**
If you oppose
this heartfelt vow of mine…
**[21:20] ---**
Then it can't be helped.
**[21:22] ---**
We'll just go back to being enemies.
**[21:29] ---**
It looks like someone has
come for us, just in time!
**[21:34] ---**
Here you are, Lord Ohnoki.
**[21:44] ---**
Good of you to come for us, Kakou.
**[23:26] ---**
Kakou? No way,
is he a Fabrication as well?
**[23:29] ---**
Hey, you! Could your heart
be pounding right now?
**[23:33] ---**
Let me get a taste
of that feeling!
**[23:36] ---**
Quit saying stuff that
makes no sense!
**[23:38] ---**
Hey, entertain me some more!
**[23:42] ---**
Next time on Boruto
Naruto Next Generations:
**[23:45] ---**
"The Sensation of Living"
**[23:46] ---**
It's so fun!
Fighting is so fun!
**[23:51] ---**
THE SENSATION OF LIVING