Yes or no?
Naruto stared at the options for a second and smiled.
I'll choose neither! I choose or!
Cough, cough.
Actually, Naruto chose nothing.
He immediately closed the options. That could wait!
Returning to reality, Naruto retracted the Adamantine Sealing Chains, letting Urashiki's corpse drop to the ground.
He took a scroll from his backpack, walked over, and sealed the body.
The power of the Ion Cannon was supposed to be great enough to completely vaporize Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, so why did Naruto keep the body?
Not because he was kind!
But because this corpse was valuable!
Especially those Rinnegan eyes!
Naruto needed to study them carefully!
As for the fishing rod, Naruto simply picked it up and put it in his backpack. He had claimed this item long ago, and no one was going to take it from him.
Sasuke wouldn't try to take it from me, would he?
After a thought, Naruto took out the small fishing basket Urashiki had been carrying.
"Here, do you want it?" Naruto handed the red basket to Sasuke.
Sasuke shook his head.
Great! If you don't want it, it's mine!
In just a few quick movements, Naruto completely stripped Urashiki of all his belongings.
In short, Urashiki died peacefully!
He didn't even get a chance to complain.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Finished tidying up, Naruto began to evaluate Urashiki as a person.
In a word: He had an excellent hand of cards but played them terribly!
They say some people are so bad they look like masters; Urashiki was worse than a master!
If his abilities had been given to that old man who liked to dance, Uchiha Madara in the Duels Arena, Naruto couldn't imagine the havoc he could wreak.
Yet, in Urashiki's hands... that's all he could do?
Naruto felt bad that he'd prepared several other ultimate weapons that weren't even needed.
He'd just have to save them for Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki when he arrives later.
Thinking again, Naruto decided he couldn't blame Urashiki. He could only blame the fact that Urashiki ran into a cheat like him!
Without the time-traveler Naruto, Big Sasuke and Little Naruto would have likely been in for a huge struggle.
As for whether Urashiki would have succeeded?
Impossible!
Do you understand the value of a protagonist's halo or not!
"Naruto..."
Just then, Sasuke interrupted Naruto's thoughts.
"What is it?"
Naruto turned to him, meeting Sasuke's careful, tentative gaze. It gave Naruto a feeling of unfamiliarity!
It seemed that Big Sasuke, who had grown up with the Naruto of the other world, didn't quite know this Naruto.
Sasuke asked cautiously, "Where did you get your Rinnegan?"
"I have no idea!"
Naruto looked at him and instantly gave the prepared answer. "It was probably after a training session. My eyes felt itchy. I looked in the mirror, and there they were—these strange eyes."
"I thought my eyes were inflamed and that I had contracted some kind of purple-eye disease!" Naruto recounted with a tone of deep concern.
"Is that so?" Sasuke was speechless at this explanation.
He had nearly died to acquire his own Rinnegan.
Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito had fought to the death over a single pair of Rinnegan.
And here Naruto was, simply acquiring them without effort?
Still.
Sasuke couldn't find a fault in the story.
Factually speaking, both their ancestors were Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo. If someone became as powerful as Naruto, would the Rinnegan naturally manifest?
Sasuke didn't know, because neither he nor Big Naruto had ever reached such a state of power.
That's right!
Sasuke felt that this twelve-year-old Naruto was already more powerful than the peak forms of both Big Naruto and himself!
He knew this from the newspaper reports, Boruto's accounts, and his perception during the recent battle.
Boruto's understanding of Naruto's strength was merely a sense of his dad's power.
But Sasuke, as a high-level player, could naturally glimpse the full scope of it.
Naruto's strength was comprehensive: Chakra, Ninjutsu, dozens of types of Kekkei Genkai elemental releases, Taijutsu, Senjutsu, Fuinjutsu, and more.
In fact, Sasuke suspected that the news reports about Itachi defeating Naruto were merely a staged performance by Naruto.
It makes sense!
Naruto was defeated by Itachi's Tsukuyomi yesterday, which caused Itachi a severe backlash and mental instability.
And the other victim?
He showed no sign of injury at all!
Naruto was hit by the Tsukuyomi, and the next afternoon, he was happily wandering around Konoha with Boruto.
Sasuke realized that Naruto's strength had long since surpassed the limits of his imagination!
Suddenly, for no reason.
Sasuke was a little eager to see the look on Uchiha Madara's face when he was resurrected and saw Naruto's true strength.
He almost wanted to stay and watch.
But time did not allow it!
"Dad, what eyes? What eyes?" Hearing Sasuke mention the Rinnegan, Boruto excitedly scooted closer to look.
However, he only saw Naruto's eyes were the same blue as his own.
"Here."
Naruto's eyes instantly switched to the Rinnegan, giving Boruto a quick demonstration.
"Cool~~~ The same eyes as Mr. Sasuke!"
Boruto mused, "Mr. Sasuke has one such eye, and Dad has two. Does that mean I'll have two such eyes in the future too?"
Sasuke was speechless and found it difficult to answer.
Naruto, however, encouraged him: "Keep working hard, Boruto! If you get strong enough, you'll have eyes like your dad, too!"
"Mm!" Boruto nodded emphatically. "I will try my best!"
Naruto looked deeply at Boruto before shifting his gaze.
This kid Boruto's body isn't simple either!
He had previously just thought Boruto's chakra was slightly abnormal, but after absorbing Urashiki's memories, Naruto knew that this was the result of a 'Kāma' being imprinted by an Ōtsutsuki.
An Ōtsutsuki wanted to use Boruto's body for reincarnation and resurrection.
Naruto simply smiled at the thought.
Boruto's world timeline was many years in the future.
It was clearly the sequel to Naruto. The plot of time travel back to the previous generation was undoubtedly a ploy to evoke nostalgia.
And the two time travelers, Sasuke and Boruto, must be extremely important characters.
Sasuke was one of the main protagonists of the last series, so that was a given.
Naruto was certain that Boruto, as the former protagonist's son, was the protagonist of the next generation.
A protagonist is protected by a Protagonist's Halo. Such a parasitic relationship was no threat at all; in fact, it would likely become the secret to the protagonist's rapid growth!
Naruto decided not to interfere with Boruto's opportunities.
Looking at the deep crater again, Boruto sighed: "It's a shame. We defeated an Ōtsutsuki, but I couldn't help at all."
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki... Naruto muttered the name, and a flash of insight struck him—he finally remembered who this was!
No wonder Urashiki's voice sounded so familiar at first!
Is that you, Seaweed Head?
"Naruto~~~"
Suddenly, Jiraiya's voice echoed from a distance. Naruto's sharp hearing picked up the voices of many more people.
They weren't far from Konoha, and the Konoha ninja had detected the activity and were already rushing over.
The three looked into the distance, and a sense of parting unexpectedly arose.
"Boruto, we need to go."
Sasuke patted Boruto's shoulder. He wasn't planning on running into the many people of Konoha again.
"Mm," Boruto nodded, reluctantly looking at his father, who was the same age as him—only twelve—yet already impossibly powerful.
"Goodbye, Dad."
"Mm."
Naruto looked at the two. The adventure with the time travelers had been fun, but all things must come to an end.
"Oh, right."
Naruto remembered something and began pulling items out of his backpack.
"This is for you, Sasuke."
He handed a wrapped gift box to Sasuke, and then a scroll to Boruto. "And this is for you, Boruto."
"What is it?"
Boruto was incredibly curious, hugging a scroll large enough to hold his entire body.
"You'll see when you get home," Naruto said with a mysterious smile.
The two gifts were not strange at all.
The gift for Sasuke was a large gift pack of Nirvana Pills. Seeing that Sasuke was a little frail and showing symptoms similar to Sensei Kakashi, Naruto had prepared a large package, mostly the blue pills!
As for Boruto's gift... it was a Ninjutsu Scroll!
Naruto had previously prepared a lineage scroll of techniques for his descendants. It didn't contain much—just a few dozen to a hundred S-rank Ninjutsu and a few hundred to a thousand A-rank Ninjutsu.
Boruto had his blood and had called him 'Dad' for a few days. He might as well give him a copy; it wasn't in his own timeline anyway!
Watching the approaching Konoha ninja, Sasuke decisively turned and left with Boruto.
As he walked past Naruto, Sasuke suddenly stopped, his eyes fixed intensely on Naruto. "Naruto, is your goal still to be Hokage?"
"Of course," Naruto replied with an honest, sunny smile.
That cheerful smile was more refreshing than the mountain breeze.
His goal was far more than just Hokage!
"Is that so."
Sasuke relaxed. He waved his hand. "See ya~"
"Goodbye, Dad," Boruto also waved farewell.
Naruto waved back. "See ya~"
Soon after they left, Jiraiya and Sensei Kakashi arrived as the vanguard, followed by many more Konoha ninja.
The Root organization, being the most concerned for Naruto's safety, also rushed to the scene.
"Naruto!"
As soon as Jiraiya landed, he thoroughly checked Naruto for injuries. Seeing none, he finally relaxed.
"You brat! What was all this commotion about!" He sighed in relief and playfully punched Naruto.
He had seen the massive fireworks display all the way from Konoha.
The battle was so intense that Jiraiya had briefly thought the Akatsuki had launched a full-scale attack!
"Honestly, should I tell you all that I, Uzumaki Naruto, just saved the world again?"
Without waiting for an answer, he answered his own question. "No!"
Jiraiya's face darkened. He naturally understood that Naruto was mocking his constant talk of being the Savior.
With a wave of his hand, Naruto pushed through the crowd.
"Everybody clear out! The fireworks show is over! The enemy has been defeated! Mr. Savior is going to rest now."
Naruto squeezed through the crowd, with a dozen men in black suits clearing a path for him.
As Naruto departed, the Root organization naturally followed suit, their ranks stretching into a long column.
"That kid!"
Watching the retreating Root column, Jiraiya felt both proud and helpless.
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