Everything Restored! (Finale)

Crack, crack.

Everything was collapsing.

She accepted it all, accepted her own foolishness, and in the end, extinguished Naruto's possibility.

She did not want to blame Naruto for his stubbornness. It was all because she herself had been just as stubborn.

Nothingness devoured without restraint. She gradually felt herself going numb, her consciousness fading away amid an endlessly prolonged, desolate sensation.

At the same time, a disaster spanning vast swathes of time and space was erupting.

But she could not be bothered to spare it another glance.

It meant nothing to her.

"How could it mean nothing?! These are all your sins!"

A voice came.

Was it an illusion?

"Of course, they are also my sins. You did all this for me. Although I am pretty annoyed that you caused so much trouble for my sake, I have to admit that this is my responsibility too. I will bear this guilt as well... and then."

A faint light appeared before her.

A fist suddenly swelled within that light!

Urgh!

The punch landed squarely on her face, sending her flying.

"I've wanted to do that for a long time! I won't go easy on you just because you're a girl. You need a beating, Mitsuki. I'm serious! You've never been beaten during your entire childhood, have you? Lord Fifth never hit you either, so you've never received the lessons you were supposed to learn while growing up!"

"Why, you..."

Mitsuki's eyes widened.

Crack, crack.

She laughed.

"This is fine too, Naruto. Keep moving toward the future that belongs to you! You will break free of all restraints... ngh."

Her cheeks were pinched.

Crack, crack.

"Do you want to just leave like this?"

"It is too late," she said with a smile.

"Why is it too late? I saw you."

"?"

"Mitsuki,