"Who are you?"
Just then, a voice rang out behind Sasuke.
Sasuke turned his head to see someone who looked similar to him, yet younger than him, standing behind him.
"How should I put it, a traveler."
Future Sasuke from the future timeline slowly spoke as he saw his younger self.
"Tch."
Hearing this, Sasuke let out a cold snort, his body instantly assuming an offensive stance. "You have the same chakra as me."
"Speak, who are you?"
Future Sasuke looked at this appearance and gently sighed:
"I am Sasuke, which is to say, you."
"Who are you trying to fool!"
Sasuke's gaze turned cold.
"I am you from a future timeline."
"A future timeline?"
Hearing this, the motion in Sasuke's hands slackened by half.
Future Sasuke nodded and briefly explained the origins and causes of the two timelines.
After listening, Sasuke remained silent for quite a while.
He stared at the face identical to his own in front of him for a long time, and finally withdrew his offensive stance.
"I see."
Then, silence fell between the two of them.
Neither looked at the other, and a subtle awkwardness permeated the air.
After a good while, Sasuke's gaze swept over the Rinnegan hidden behind Future Sasuke's hair, and after a moment of thought, he spoke to break the silence:
"Can you teach me how to use the Rinnegan?"
A thought stirred in Future Sasuke's heart as he turned to look at him, a trace of doubt in his tone:
"Why are you asking me to teach you how to use the Rinnegan?"
"You at this time shouldn't have awakened the Rinnegan yet..."
Before he even finished speaking, he saw Sasuke slowly close his eyes.
When he opened them again, his eyes had already turned into a pair of Purple