In a particularly artsy café on the tenth floor of Nine Dragon Warehouse, Ming Jing ordered a latte and found a secluded corner to sit in.
After borrowing paper and a pen from the waiter, Ming Jing took out his phone and connected to the café's Wi-Fi. He then tapped Weibo, only for an "Update" prompt to pop up first. Returning to the home screen, he tapped Naruto Mobile Game and got another update prompt...
Before long, Weibo finished updating. Ming Jing opened it and the first thing he saw was: "Cristiano Ronaldo's agent is in talks with Paris Saint-Germain; he may leave Juventus."
Ming Jing frowned slightly. He remembered Cristiano Ronaldo as Real Madrid's star player! How had he ended up at Juventus?
Could this be a parallel world? Ming Jing continued scrolling. There were all sorts of pointless GG posts and entertainment news, none of which interested him. After a few pages, he saw another article: "Beautiful Country President Trump announces another delay to the G7 Summit." Ming Jing froze. He remembered that the president of Beautiful Country was Obama!
Only then did Ming Jing notice that the date displayed on Weibo was August 11. He hurriedly opened his phone's built-in calendar, which showed August 11, 2020.
"I remember it being 2016!" Ming Jing rubbed his brow. Just then, the game finished updating. He opened it and discovered that the S-rank ninja roster had already reached Hundred Healings Tsunade, while the A-rank roster included Nine-Tails Mode Naruto. He instinctively flipped through the ninja list but found no character named "Akira Kurama." Given how this game worked, if Ming Jing had really existed, there should have been at least two versions of him in the game.
Putting down his phone, Ming Jing stared blankly ahead. He did not even