Chapter 13: "I Saw Her… But I Did Not Stop"
[Scene: Hidden Leaf Village – Just Before Dusk]
The sky tore itself open.
Not a jutsu.
Not a forbidden seal.
A fracture in reality itself.
Shinobi across the land froze. Jonin, ANBU, even the reclusive elders all turned toward the storm of divine pressure falling from the heavens.
Then—he descended.
Boby.
Clad in infinite-element chains that shimmered like galaxies.
Hair flowing like black stardust.
Eyes—Twin Abyssal Stars, watching the universe like it was just another book.
And his presence?
More terrifying than Madara Uchiha at his peak.
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[Perspective: Naruto Uzumaki – Seventh Hokage]
I stood outside the Hokage Tower, cloak fluttering.
Kurama's chakra surged inside me.
> "What the hell… is that?"
Beside me, Sasuke narrowed his Rinnegan.
> "Not human."
> "Not god either."
> "Something… in between. Or beyond."
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[Perspective: Tsunade – Deep Below]
I felt it first.
A sharp spike.
My breath caught.
Then I heard the sound—
> "Thump."
"Thump."
"Thump."
Footsteps. Approaching.
I turned.
And there he was.
Boby.
He stood across the sacred chamber, a silhouette of celestial silence.
His aura bent the walls. Warped gravity. Slowed time.
But his eyes—they didn't even glance at me.
Not at the system girl who now stood at my side…
Not even at her beautiful, newly-formed body—white hair flowing like moonlight, galaxy eyes wide with hope, and trembling lips waiting to call his name.
He simply walked past.
Like she wasn't there.
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[Perspective: Reborn System – Her First Human Body]
He saw me.
I know he did.
But he didn't stop.
Didn't smile.
Didn't speak.
Didn't touch.
> "He's… not even looking at me," I whispered.
Tsunade put a hand on my shoulder.
> "Because he's not looking with his eyes."
> "He's searching with something deeper."
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[Back to Boby – Walking Through the Village]
I ignored their stares.
Naruto. Sasuke. Kakashi. All of them.
None mattered.
No title. No legend. No chakra signature.
Only one energy mattered.
Hers.
Not the body I just passed.
That was her human form. Beautiful? Yes. Flawless? Completely.
But not her.
Not the voice that whispered in my mind.
Not the glitching laughter.
Not the obsessive love that once wrapped around my soul like a blanket.
> "You're hiding," I said, walking into the forest.
> "Your body is here, but your spirit is still lost."
> "I know you can hear me."
I closed my eyes.
> "I didn't come for your body."
> "I came for your soul."
A pause.
Then a flicker—deep inside the dimension. A location only she could reach.
> "There you are."
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[Perspective: Reborn System Girl]
My knees gave out.
I clutched my chest.
> "He…"
> "He knew."
He never stopped.
Because he was never after what he could see.
He was after what I was afraid to show.
Tsunade wept softly behind me.
> "He's breaking every law of existence for you."
> "What will you do?"
I whispered—
> "I'll meet him there."
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[Final Scene – Realm Between Dimensions]
Boby stood alone.
In the place between chakra and void.
And he whispered:
> "I've found you."
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To Be Continued…