Look It in the Eye, Face It, Defeat It!
Turtle Island.
The sky was overcast with dark clouds, and many of the sharp, pointed mountain peaks were covered with the corpses of all sorts of strange creatures.
Suddenly, a dark spatial rift appeared.
Uchiha Kei took a step forward, looked at the harsh environment on the island, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
We've finally found it.
Fortunately, he had some sense of this place; otherwise, relying solely on spatial rifts to travel would have taken him a very long time.
Just then, a huge shadow loomed over his head.
Uchiha Kei turned around, puzzled.
An enormous octopus, waving its eight massive tentacles, stared menacingly at the uninvited guest.
"Huh? This guy... he looks kind of familiar..."
Uchiha Kei scratched his head in confusion.
"Oh right! That's the giant octopus Naruto encountered when he arrived!"
Uchiha Kei clapped his hands in delight.
"Moo!"
The giant octopus looked at the jubilant Uchiha Kei and let out a deep, angry roar.
Happy?
This little thing is actually happy to see it?
That's incredibly disrespectful to monsters!
The eight long, giant octopus tentacles suddenly began to wildly lash out at Uchiha Kei.
"Bang--"
"Bang--"
"Bang--"
The heavy octopus tentacles slammed into Uchiha Kei's body, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Hey, big guy, don't mess around, be careful..."
Uchiha Kei dodged leisurely, looking completely relaxed.
Enraged by its repeated failures to hit the target, the giant octopus quickened its pace of slapping.
After hiding and dodging for a while, Uchiha Kei was getting a little bored.
"Buzz--"
Uchiha Kei raised his hand, his gaze instantly becoming profound.
A powerful force rose from his body, carrying an incomparably terrifying sharpness.
"Blade Two!"
Black Blade appeared instantly, slicing through the air in a single strike!
The incredibly sharp blade energy condensed instantly, and a blade surface gleaming with a cold light appeared in a flash.
"Whoosh--"
The blade, with its terrifying sharpness, hurtled straight towards the menacing octopus.
A flash of blade light!
Countless flashing blades of light wove together in the blink of an eye, forming a dense, intricate net that completely enveloped the giant octopus.
"Whoosh--"
The giant octopus's squinty eyes suddenly widened, its disbelief mixed with intense terror.
The next moment.
"Splash..."
A thick fog of blood enveloped the entire sky, and countless tiny chunks of flesh rained down from above.
Dismemberment!
With a single slash, the enormous octopus was chopped into pieces.
"See, I told you not to do anything reckless."
Uchiha Kei shook his head and turned to approach the terrifying island.
Although the outside was covered in dark clouds, creating a terrifying atmosphere.
But when Uchiha Kei went inside the island, he found it to be a place of birdsong and fragrant flowers.
Following the description in the anime, Uchiha Kei slowly delved deeper, guided by his hazy memories.
When they reached a waterfall, Uchiha Kei stopped.
Just a few more steps forward, and he will, like Naruto in the anime, see the dark side of his own heart.
But for some reason, Uchiha Kei hesitated to take those steps.
In the spiritual world, another version of him tells Uchiha Kei if he comes to the Waterfall of Truth, he will know the truth.
But what exactly is this truth?
From the moment we entered the Dark Space, the Naruto World began to go awry.
Jiang Hao, incredibly powerful, exists within the Dark Space.
A-Yi is both innocent and mysterious.
And that woman named Otsutsuki Xing Meng!
Everything that happened was completely different from what he had imagined the Hokage!
Which part of the process went wrong?
After pondering for a moment, Uchiha Kei sat down cross-legged, immersing his soul in the spiritual world.
He opened his eyes, and unsurprisingly, he saw another version of himself.
At that moment, another version of himself was looking at him with deep, penetrating eyes.
"You've reached the Waterfall of Truth, but you're afraid to face it?"
"He said it calmly."
Uchiha Kei fell silent for a moment.
Are you afraid to face it?
Perhaps.
He enjoys his current life very much.
Although Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Sarutobi Hiruzen causing trouble everywhere.
However, he was accompanied by four students with very different personalities.
Uzumaki Naruto is known for his carefree and oblivious nature.
Uchiha Sasuke has a penchant for putting on airs.
Hyuga Hanabi has a love for eating the wrong things, yet she remains adorable.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki is gentle and charming, and always listens to him.
Have...
Unbeknownst to him, he went from being alone to having so many ties.
And now, he seems to be getting closer to a truth.
This truth will shatter everything he has.
"There are some things you want to escape from, and that's normal. I've thought about escaping from things before too."
The other Uchiha Kei's expression turned somewhat sorrowful.
"But what about the consequences we can avoid? They stand right in the direction we're heading; even if you close your eyes, they're already there."
Finally, it will happen during your happiest moment...
"I'll deliver the most fatal blow!"
A terrifying aura rose from another Uchiha Kei.
This kind of aura was Uchiha Kei had never experienced before.
He didn't know how strong they were.
The only thing he knew was that, faced with such an imposing aura, even moving a finger was a luxury he couldn't hope for!
A long time.
The other Uchiha Kei calmed down his inner turmoil.
"So."
"Open your eyes, look directly at it, face it..."
"Defeat it!"
Uchiha Kei looked quietly at his other self and slowly nodded.
"I know what to do."
After saying that, Uchiha Kei withdrew from the spiritual world.
In the dim mental world, another Uchiha Kei watched the slowly dissipating Uchiha Kei and remained silent for a long time.
"When you know the truth, will you...?"
"Do you resent yourself?"
"Ginger..."
"Hao!"