Neji's mind began flashing with countless images.
The timeline began when Neji was a child, just after Hizashi had died.
Then came his daily interactions with Tenten. Neji watched this slightly different life unfold.
He had never expected that his father had also died in another spacetime.
So this was how bitter and cynical he had been as a child.
So this was how he had formed a bond with Naruto.
Oh... this Naruto was so pitiful.
Although most of Tenten's memories were about Neji,
from the sidelines, Neji still learned about the differences between the Naruto of Boruto Spacetime and the Naruto of his own spacetime.
As the memories continued to roll by, he saw that he and Tenten had interacted a little more before the Fourth Shinobi World War, and their feelings had been deeper too.
But neither of them had pierced that final veil.
Still, anyone could tell that if things had continued, they would definitely have ended up together.
But those beautiful memories came to a complete end with the Fourth Shinobi World War.
After he died protecting Naruto from the Piercing Technique during the Fourth Shinobi World War,
Tenten held back her tears and continued fighting.
During the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Tenten sank into the Tsukuyomi world for him.
After the victory of the Fourth Great Ninja War, she missed him every single day.
She gradually withdrew from the front lines, guarding an unprofitable weapon shop every day.
Naruto and Sasuke had both gotten married and had children, yet Tenten remained alone.
Even when their other friends introduced people to her, Tenten refused them all.
At set times, she visited his grave, waiting for someone who would never return.
Whispering to him again and again before his grave, sobbing again and again.
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