Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31074250-20170318090411/@comment-27089028-20170416185624

Ravenlot 27 wrote: I meant the clash of Naruto and Sasuke, i.e. that a battle between them could very well result in Konoha devastated to the extend we saw in Boruto manga/anime prologue (Kawaki vs Boruto), so it may be possible it really happened that way, with Kawaki mind-controlling these two and forcing to battle each other in Konoha as the battlefield. I don't see Naruto or Sasuke getting mind-controlled as Sasuke's visual prowess would overcome any genjutsu and we've seen his resilience to seals when he overcame Danzo's not to mention that Naruto as a Jinchuriki is of course not going to be done in by a Genjutsu and considering the overwhelming nature of their chakras the likelihood of Kawaki controlling them is very small. It makes sense that Kawaki would want to take Naruto on alone rather than risk being double-teamed by both him and Sasuke which would not end well for our little shinobi hater.

As for how he could defeat Naruto I do agree with the rest of you in that the power of his mark will probably contain a power that can cripple or at least handicap Naruto. But ultimately I think the only likely explanation for Naruto to lose is at the end of the day he's a soft hearted pacifist and Kawaki doesn't look much older than Boruto. I also feel that Kawaki may be the Dragon or Enforcer to a much more insidious Big Bad who may be the one to defeat Naruto with a finishing blow.

As for Naruto dying...naaaah, still doesn't sit right by me. But I do think he will be at the door of death and may even go into a coma like Tsunade did. Either way I do think Naruto will not walk away from the battle dandy and fine but with injuries that will definitely keep him from his active duty as Hokage. As for Sasuke, I definitely feel he will have a fight with Kawaki or alternatively the real Big Bad but will fare no better at which point he leaves it to Boruto as I do seem to recollect Boruto having Sasuke's sword in his fight with Kawaki but alas that may just be a replica as Boruto does seem to be going through a Sasuke imitation phase.