Our World

After the meeting.

Shinki and Naruto walked downstairs arm in arm.

Naruto: "Come to my house for dinner tonight. I'll invite everyone over; Hinata's cooking is pretty good..."

"Oh, by the way, that blond guy you just saw is my son Boruto, he's really mischievous. I also have a daughter named Himawari, she's so cute..."

"After you've eaten and drunk your fill, you can rest at my place..."

Shinki: "No need, Ino even invited me to stay at her house. ( ˝ᗢ̈˝ )"

Naruto knew this was Shinki's excuse; Shinki just didn't want to bother him. So he said, "It's fine if you don't stay at my place. I still have the room we used to live in together. You can stay there tonight."

Shinki smiled and said, "You've put your heart into this."

That little wooden house is located right in the center of what is now Konoha. It's safe to say that Naruto must have stopped countless developers from building it over the years...

After stepping out of the building, Shinki saw a familiar figure.

Even after many years and with his appearance changed, Shinki still recognized him at a glance. "Sasuke!"

"You're back." Sasuke greeted Shinki casually, as if he were a stranger to him.

That evening, at Sasuke's house.

Sasuke: "Thirteen years, I've been searching for thirteen whole years... I'm finally back, waaaaah...꒦ິ^꒦ິ,.·´¯`(>▂<)´¯`·., (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)"

Sakura gently Sasuke's back. "It's alright, it's alright, don't cry, Shinki is back..."

The next day.

Shinki hadn't had a good night's sleep when there was a knock on his door.

"Who's knocking on the door so early in the morning...?" Shinki rubbed his eyes and reluctantly went to open the door.

Pushing open the door, the sun pierced my eyes...

Outside the door, Boruto saw the Shinki and said enthusiastically, "Uncle, my dad told me you're incredibly strong. Could you take me on as your apprentice?"

"Oh, Boruto, what do you want to learn?" Shinki asked, still a little confused.

"I want to learn an amazing Ninjutsu that can defeat my stinky dad!!" Boruto swung his fist.

Shinki recalled that Naruto seemed to have mentioned to him that Boruto was a mischievous kid and had even torn up his old clothes...

"Come here, Boruto. Considering my relationship with your father, I'll accept you as my apprentice."

"Today I'll teach you your first lesson... getting beaten up. (•̀⌄•́)"

A few minutes later, Boruto, his face bruised and swollen, gave up his training and ran home crying.

Shinki clapped his hands. "It's so much more fun to hit kids who aren't your own. ( ´▽` )

On the other side.

Hinata found Boruto with a bruised and swollen face when he returned home, and hurriedly asked what happened.

Boruto was stubborn; he only said he was going to train and didn't utter a single word about getting beaten up.

Finally, Little Himawari said, "Older Brother, didn't you say you wanted to Shinki's apprentice?"

Hinata finally came to her senses and even burst out laughing.

Himawari, standing nearby, asked curiously, "Why is Mom laughing when her Older Brother got hit?"

"It's alright. Your Uncle Shinki is the best person in the world. He hit your brother because he wanted what was best for him," Hinata said earnestly.

What mother doesn't love her son? But Hinata trusted Shinki completely...

Some time passed.

News of the return of the Shinki and the upcoming wedding spread throughout the Shinobi World.

On the wedding day.

Envoys from various countries came to offer their congratulations.

Killer B sat on the table, clapping and singing. "Yo yo~, as expected of the Shinki, so charming, disappeared for thirteen years, the root of all evil has been eradicated... Now he's going to marry five or six wives, let's see how he handles it~"

Gaara, with his hair parted to the side, said, "By the way, your lyrics are as terrible as ever."

"You little greasy-haired brat, you have the nerve to talk to me like that? Go back and change your hairstyle. ¯_(ツ)_/¯" Killer B Bee was as cheeky and arrogant as ever.

Gaara, too lazy to argue with him, asked, "What kind of wedding gift did your Land of Lightning prepare for the Shinki's wedding?"

Killer B scoffed, "You're kidding, Yugito Nii's marrying into the Land of Lightning is practically her maternal home..."

"Your family should also give you red envelopes," Mei Terumi said.

"That's right, that's right. If you put it that way, then my Land of Earth is also my maternal home, and the one who married into that family is the Tsuchikage..." The short Ōnoki said proudly as he flew in the sky.

"Anyway, our gift will definitely be much more generous than yours!" Killer B said stubbornly.

Then he changed the subject. "Ōnoki, you must be a hundred years old this year, right? I remember seeing you a few years ago, you looked like you were about to die at any moment, how come you're so radiant now that your granddaughter is getting married?"

Ōnoki, hands behind his back, proudly raised his head. "This brings me to my grandson-in-law... He now possesses extraordinary abilities, so it's not surprising that he could extend my life by a couple of days. (๑❛ᴗ❛๑)"

"Alright, alright, stop chatting, the wedding is starting," Tsunade said, sitting at a table with the others.

As the music began, Ino, Hanabi, Ada, Ada, Shion, Toki, Yugito Nii Kurotsuchi, the brides, took to the stage...

(500 words of wedding ceremony omitted.)

The wedding is over.

Shinki, Ino, and several other women lived a "happy" and fulfilling life.

One day.

Ada suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, honey, what else did you do in Takamagahara? I can tell you're hiding something."

Not only Ada, Ino and the others also looked at Shinki with great curiosity upon hearing this.

Shinki: "Oh. You're so eager to know?"

The group nodded immediately.

So, Shinki told them in detail about his relationship with Shibai and his time travel.

"So that's why you didn't respond to my feelings before—it's because of your unique identity as a time traveler." Ino suddenly realized.

"Then, will you leave again in the future?" Yugito Nii suddenly asked.

Shinki shook his head slightly. "No, my body in that world is already dead. If I go back, the result will be the same as Shibai's back then—I'll have a soul, but I won't be able to find a vessel."

Kurotsuchi then asked, "So, Shinki, in the world you lived in before, we were all characters in a comic book? Our lives were arbitrarily displayed to the people of your world?"

"That's roughly the idea," Shinki nodded. "Maybe we're right here in some comic book or some book, being watched or read by someone..."

Upon hearing this, Toki was startled. "Ah? So when they open the book, it's like opening the door to our world. Does that mean everything we do is also... ૮ ///▽/// ა"

"It's alright," Shinki laughed. "I am a god of this world; I can easily block certain content from them. (≧︎▽︎≦︎)."

Upon hearing this, Yu Yugito Nii and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

In the very end.

Shinki looked up and gazed intently into the distance, then said seriously, "If someone is really reading through my world, then here's a piece of advice: Don't look at comics while walking."

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PS: This is truly the grand finale! Thank you all for your support over the years! Hooray for the ending!! ~(^з^)-☆