"Where was I? Even a specially edited version shouldn't erase me completely, should it?"
Mirai and Sasuke Uchiha gave the same assessment: was the video broken?
[This video is not broken. It merely projected what you might have gone through without the cheat that is this Diary.]
Luo Mang had never expected his complaint to draw a rebuttal from the Diary itself.
"Projection, my ass. I strongly suspect you're slandering me."
[Hmph. Without this cheat, how strong could you have become? A chunin? Even with your combat intelligence and skills, you would have been a special jōnin at best. What would qualify you to participate in the future war against aliens?]
Hearing his own cheat put it that way left Luo Mang stunned.
It did seem to have a point.
Without his cheat, he would never have had his portable pocket world, nor would he have awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
Even if his taijutsu and combat intelligence had helped him grow stronger, he would have been a special jōnin at best. He wouldn't even have reached elite jonin level.
Let alone become a Kage.
He had little chakra to begin with. He only had so much now because many of the Diary's lottery rewards had increased his chakra reserves and replenished his mental energy.
Even his genjutsu might have been lacking, so no matter how hard he worked, even if he worked himself to death, he would have reached jonin level at most.
It really did seem he wouldn't have been able to save her.
As for why his past mattered, he had saved Hinata Hyuga before awakening the Diary.
Afterward, Hinata Hyuga had secretly fallen for him. Given her devotion to love and determination to pursue it, if he truly hadn't had the Diary, she