"Go on, the Hokage world is in my hands."
"I'll wait for your return, my other half."
The Split Body spoke slowly.
Hearing this, Naruto could not help but shake his head.
In his perspective, he was the Naruto heading to the New World, while the one opposite him was himself remaining in the Hokage world.
This perspective felt so strange, yet both of them were him.
Right after that, Naruto smiled and then turned to look at the Dimensional Gate.
He had just taken a step, walking into that gate.
At that moment, the shout of the Split Body came from behind, his voice carrying a trace of a smile: "Remember to come back and check on the kids."
Naruto did not turn back.
He merely raised his hand, waved it behind him, and then his figure merged into the faintly glowing passage.
The moment he entered the Dimensional Gate, white light burst forth, and Naruto instinctively closed his eyes.
This light had neither temperature nor sound, pressing over from all directions like a layer of thick water.
When Naruto opened his eyes again, what lay beneath his feet was an endless sea.
The surface of the sea was very calm, and the wind blew from afar, carrying a salty taste.
"Is this the New World?"
Naruto lowered his head to look. He was stepping on the surface of the sea, a layer of Chakra separating his feet from the seawater as ripples spread outward in circles.
He looked up and glanced around. The sky and the sea merged into a single line; he could see neither ships nor islands.
At this moment, the patterns of the Dimensional Gate deep within his consciousness were dim, its edges like fire-extinguished iron.
Naruto's consciousness touched it, yet there was no response