Child of Destiny

It was still the same night, with a bright moon, sparse stars, and lights blazing everywhere.

Inside the Hokage Building, Naruto was also awake beneath the moon, working diligently.

Looking at the mountain of documents piled before him, even Naruto had a headache as he painfully dealt with all kinds of problems.

At that moment, the office door was pushed open. It was Naruto's strategist, Shikamaru, carrying over a steaming cup of coffee.

"Take a break. As the village's pillar, you can't afford to collapse."

"Yeah, isn't all my hard work for the villagers' happiness?" Naruto took the coffee and forced a smile.

The two heavy dark circles beneath his eyes still reflected Naruto's current state. He looked utterly drained!

Just as Naruto sipped his coffee and enjoyed a brief rest, there was suddenly a bang, and a messenger frog appeared amid a cloud of smoke.

"Oh, a communication frog from Mount Myōboku." Naruto took the scroll from the messenger frog's hands.

Little Naruto, the Great Toad Sage has made a prophecy. It concerns the Child of Destiny. The Shinobi World may be facing huge trouble!

"What kind of news could make your expression do a complete one-eighty?" Shikamaru leaned closer as he spoke.

"Here." Naruto casually handed the scroll to Shikamaru.

Hmm... After reading the message, both of them frowned deeply, unable to make sense of the situation.

"The Child of Destiny, huh? That certainly sounds impressive." Naruto gave a mocking laugh, his eyes flashing with reminiscence.

Shikamaru, who knew Naruto's past, quickly understood. Naruto had once been called the "Child of Prophecy." Because of that, Jiraiya, one of the Konoha Sannin, had traveled throughout the Shinobi World for years before finally determining that Naruto was the Child of Prophecy.

Naruto had not disappointed anyone either. Through his own efforts, he changed the situation of the Shinobi World and truly brought about peaceful development!

Then conversely, the appearance of this "Child of Destiny" likely meant that disaster would befall the Shinobi World.

"Yeah, but what kind of trouble could it be...?"

"How about you make a trip to Mount Myōboku yourself? Leave the work here to me!" Knowing the severity of the situation, Shikamaru immediately offered to take on Naruto's workload.

"I'll leave it to you, Shikamaru." Naruto drained his coffee, then said to the messenger frog, "Have Granny Shima and the others summon me over."

Over on Mount Myōboku, they had waited a long time before receiving Naruto's reply. They could not help sighing that little Naruto was truly too busy, only finding time to come now.

In the past, the two sages would simply summon him directly. They would not care what Naruto was doing!

After sighing, Sage Shima quickly formed hand seals and used the Reverse Summoning Technique to summon Naruto to Mount Myōboku.

At the same time, beneath the mottled night sky and radiant moonlight, a small black dot was rapidly falling.

Against the dark surroundings, the two powerful dōjutsu in his eyes shone like lanterns.

One was the Jōgan, its faint pale-blue radiance flickering as it saw through all that was real and illusory.

The other was the Tenseigan. Its azure eyeball seemed engraved with snowflake-like patterns. Both simple and dazzling, it also granted Boruto the ability to fly. (Repulsion and attraction)

Soon, Boruto had descended to a manageable height. In his eyes, the direction of the wind, the veins of leaves, and the rays scattered by the lights all became extraordinarily clear and transparent. Everything felt completely under his control.

However, just as he was about to land, something unexpected happened. Boruto's right eye suddenly erupted with intense light, illuminating the entire sky as brightly as daybreak.

At the same time, strange vortices surged through the space around Boruto, swallowing his entire body.

A moment later, the sky returned to normal. The sun slowly rose, and everything continued as usual, as though what had just happened was merely blurred vision upon waking.

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Inside the space-time passage, Boruto was utterly baffled as he was inexplicably dragged inside. Along with Naruto, he was summoned to Mount Myōboku.

Boruto quickly calmed down. The Jōgan could open alternate dimensions. Could some space have been disturbed just now, caught by the Jōgan and entered automatically?

Arriving at Mount Myōboku a step later, Boruto fell onto a huge plant leaf. He was stunned for a while before slowly getting up and surveying this vibrant world.

The first thing he saw was strange vegetation, and... giant toads? Mount Myōboku?

Well-traveled as he was, Boruto had seen Mount Myōboku on television before, so he immediately knew where he had been transported.

Since that was the case, there was nothing to worry about. Mount Myōboku was a sacred land of sages, and he could take this opportunity to learn senjutsu!

As far as Boruto knew, besides Naruto, the only person who could enter Mount Myōboku was probably Konohamaru.

The flora and fauna of Mount Myōboku were enormous. If one did not stand somewhere high up, merely walking on the ground would likely leave one hopelessly lost in the maze formed by the tangled roots, stems, and leaves of giant plants!

Using the Tenseigan to float, Boruto gradually familiarized himself with the sensation of flight. He constantly adjusted his Chakra output, finely controlling attraction and repulsion until the two reached a delicate balance, allowing him to move normally through the air.

As a sage land, it naturally possessed exceptionally abundant natural energy. With every breath, it felt as though he inhaled the entire forest into his lungs before gently exhaling it.

After repeating the cycle over and over, Boruto felt as though his body was faintly glowing! Perhaps it was a sign that his physique was being awakened.

Meanwhile, Naruto went to the main hall. Seeing the two sages he had not met in many years, Naruto warmly stepped forward to greet them.

"It's been a long time, little Naruto. Being Hokage must have been hard on you."

"It's been a long time, Sage Fukasaku, Granny Shima."

After exchanging brief greetings, Naruto asked why he had come. "Regarding the Child of Destiny, what did the Great Toad Sage dream about?"

"Uh... the Sage is still asleep..."

"But little Naruto, I specially prepared a lavish meal. While we wait for the Sage to wake up, you can get some proper rest first." Granny Shima enthusiastically invited Naruto, making as if to drag him home as a guest.

Fortunately, Gamamaru woke up after hearing the commotion. He lay back in his chair, still drowsy.

In the center of the hall, Gamamaru spoke through half-open eyes. "This Child of Destiny seems extremely strange. Even I cannot see through his origins. All I saw was that, in the future, when the Shinobi World faced enemies time and again, he led a group of companions to confront them!"

"Face enemies? Could there really be an enemy so powerful that even little Naruto could not stop them?" Fukasaku still looked utterly puzzled.

"I don't know. I did not see Naruto's shadow in the future. The only thing I could see was a young man with two differently colored eyes, turning the tide as he protected the Shinobi World."

"As for the enemy, that is a long story. It involves the progenitor of Chakra, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki!"

Those words immediately shocked the man and two toads below.

The ninja war from more than ten years ago was still vivid in their memories. Back then, Team 7 had only barely managed to seal her with the Yin–Yang Release bestowed upon them by the Sage of Six Paths.

And now, from what Gamamaru meant, the Shinobi World would encounter enemies in the future on the same level as Kaguya?

Naruto's expression turned grim, and his hands even clenched faintly as he struggled to suppress the shock in his heart.

"Kaguya was a visitor from beyond the heavens. Even she did not hesitate to sacrifice the vast majority of humanity and cultivate a massive army of White Zetsu, all so she could resist the other members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan!"

Gamamaru's words were like thunder exploding in Naruto's heart. There were enemies even more terrifying than Kaguya?

Sage Shima saw the shock on Naruto's face and hurriedly asked, "Then how should we find this Child of Destiny?"

"He seems to be hiding in the shadows, doing everything he can to conceal his identity. In such a vast Shinobi World, if a powerful ninja truly wished to hide, I fear no one could find him."

"But... whenever the Shinobi World encountered a powerful enemy, he would immediately appear and resolve the crisis."

Listening to Gamamaru's description, Naruto thought of a friend he had not seen in many years—Sasuke. Could it be a disciple Sasuke had taken in while traveling outside?

"Mount Myōboku seems to have received another guest..." As Gamamaru spoke, he closed his eyes again and slowly drifted back into sleep.

"Great Toad Sage?... The Sage fell asleep again." Fukasaku sighed.

"But aside from little Naruto, who else could be brought here by the Reverse Summoning Technique?"

"Maybe one of little Naruto's companions? Did you bring a guest with you?" Shima asked.

Naruto shook his head. "I came alone."

"Then this is strange. Could it be another genius like little Jiraiya, who accidentally summoned himself here?" Fukasaku wondered aloud, slowly entering Sage Mode.

Sage Mode possessed sensory abilities. He intended to find Boruto directly.

At that moment, Boruto's entire body was filled with natural energy, making him no different from the surrounding environment. He happened to evade Fukasaku's sage sensing.

After searching around, Fukasaku shook his head. "I couldn't find him."

"How strange. Could the guest not have arrived yet? Is that also within the Great Toad Sage's prophecy?"

Naruto clearly had no time to dwell on it now. A new powerful enemy had appeared in the Shinobi World, one on Kaguya's level. If necessary, preparations to convene a meeting of the Hokage needed to begin as soon as possible.

"Then, Grandpa Fukasaku, Granny Shima, I'll be heading back first."

"You're leaving without breakfast?" Shima looked regretful.

"Thanks, but I have more important things to do right now." Naruto declined with a wry smile.

The two sages nodded. "You've worked hard."

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