What should I do?
Should I tell Kiyosuke-sama that in the future he dies in battle?!
In the final fight against Kaguya, Kiyosuke sacrificed himself to save him and Naruto, blocking a fatal strike. In the end, he died in that battle.
Although they managed to seal Kaguya, the price was far too great.
Konoha lost a hero, and Naruto lost an elder who had been like a father to him.
He still remembered the day Naruto and Hinata got married. The two of them couldn't even smile, because Kiyosuke was already gone by then.
"Eh? Judging by your faces, don't tell me… something happens to me?" Kiyosuke's own expression darkened.
Adult Sasuke nodded, admitting, "Yes. You… died protecting me and Naruto."
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Damn it! Because I'm too combustible, I don't even get to appear in Boruto, which is clearly non-combustible material?!
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Then what was the point of writing all those plans?!!
Watching Kiyosuke's face shift through different expressions, adult Sasuke sighed inwardly. Telling Kiyosuke that his future held death was…
After brooding over it for a long time, Kiyosuke suddenly smacked Boruto on the head with his fist and exhaled.
"Feeling a lot better now."
"Naruto isn't in Konoha right now. You've come at the wrong time. If you want to find him now, you'll have to go through Jiraiya-sensei first."
"So it's this point in time?"
Which meant his younger self was still training under Orochimaru.
"I understand. We'll set out to find Naruto. But I've spent a lot of chakra, so Kiyosuke-sama, I'll have to trouble you with Boruto and me for today."
"Fine. Follow me to my house."
Kiyosuke didn't argue and simply led the two back home.
"Come with me."
Once inside, he brought them to his room, lifted a floorboard in the corner, and revealed a hidden passage.
Adult Sasuke wasn't surprised and followed him down.
They passed through a dim corridor and arrived at a lab.
But rather than a laboratory, it looked more like a cluttered storage room—piles of random items everywhere, bottles, scrolls, and scattered papers filling the place in chaos.
"What is this place?"
Boruto asked curiously.
"My basement. Just a place where I keep some things." Kiyosuke pulled a scroll from a drawer, then clicked his tongue. "Tch. This thing's useless now."
To avoid forgetting, Kiyosuke had long ago written down a detailed plan and stored it here. But now, knowing the final outcome was his death, that plan could only be burned.
"Your plan?" adult Sasuke asked.
He had seen that plan before—when he and Naruto were going through Kiyosuke's belongings after his death.
It had laid out everything in detail: their growth, Obito's return, Kaguya's resurrection, even the Fourth Great Ninja War to come. Everything had been accounted for.
Everything, except Kiyosuke's own death.
He still remembered that scene, when Kiyosuke's body shattered apart.
"Damn it… I calculated everything, but missed this. Looks like my journey ends here. So Naruto, Sasuke—win!"
Kiyosuke had given them a thumbs-up with a brilliant smile. That was the last image he left behind for Naruto and Sasuke.
Afterward, they had turned grief into strength and sealed Kaguya. Kiyosuke's soul then followed the Sage of Six Paths into the Pure Land.
Everything had happened exactly as the plan predicted—except for his death.
"That's right. It's useless now."
Flames rose from his palm and burned the plan into ashes.
"If I die, then the plan means nothing." Kiyosuke had prepared meticulously so he could live on. How could he accept such an end?
"Sasuke-san, it feels like we've already changed the future," Boruto said nervously.
Urashiki had warned them not to interfere with the present, as it could alter the future and cause people to die.
Sasuke too felt a pang of worry, but Kiyosuke spoke first.
"Sorry, but what is your present is my future. Those who play with time will always end up played by it. For me, the future is something that can be changed."
Once the timeline was disrupted, untangling it was nearly impossible. But Kiyosuke didn't care. A future where he couldn't live was not a future he wanted!
Sasuke fell silent, his hand drifting toward his eyepatch.
The next moment, an immense surge of chakra burst forth, pressing down so heavily it made breathing difficult. The entire basement trembled.
Boruto turned pale. He had never felt such crushing pressure before.
"You plan to use the Rinnegan to erase my memory? Forget it, Sasuke. Don't forget—most of your future was laid out by me. Even if it was destiny, I know exactly what you're trying to do. My survival won't break your future. The moment you two came back in time, the future had already begun to change."
Adult Sasuke thought carefully. That… was true. Kiyosuke's survival might not disrupt things as much as he feared.
After a long silence, he finally said, "Fine. I understand. Kiyosuke-sama, you're as forceful as ever."
If anyone opposed him, he'd just beat them down!
That was Kiyosuke's way.
It was almost nostalgic…
"But… Sasuke-san…"
Boruto tried to argue again, but adult Sasuke cut him off.
"Enough, Boruto. Once Kiyosuke-sama decides on something, no one can change it. Not even Naruto. Him staying alive will only help the future more."
"Yes."
Boruto didn't have much of an impression of Kiyosuke. He had only heard his parents talk about him since childhood—always with respect.
Meeting him now, he realized this man was domineering and did whatever he pleased.
Looking at the ashes of the plan, Boruto couldn't help but wonder—what kind of person could map out the events of years to come so thoroughly?
"Alright then. Time to rewrite the plan. Other than my death, everything seems to be proceeding as expected. Next… what about Ōtsutsuki Urashiki? Do we have any intel on him?"
As for the Ōtsutsuki clan, Kiyosuke only had information on Kaguya. Nothing complete about the others.
"The opponent is, like Kaguya, a member of the Ōtsutsuki clan. His kekkei mōra surpasses even kekkei tōta. He has both the Byakugan and Rinnegan, and wields space–time ninjutsu. He carries a glowing red fishing rod and basket. I suspect these are yin–yang release constructs—the hook can steal chakra. He also has formidable taijutsu."
"A tricky opponent indeed. But that's not a problem." Kiyosuke's confidence brimmed as he said, "In that case, I'll need to use certain measures."
He opened a drawer and pulled out a Shinigami mask.
"Let's see… Edo Tensei the three Hokage. With Hashirama alone, we can pin him to the ground and pound him!"
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