Boom!
Naruto Uzumaki's words seemed to irritate Hinata Hyuga, causing her to punch with all her strength. This time, it was no longer a slow, telegraphed air palm but a lightning-fast Vacuum Palm.
With one strike, Naruto was sent flying into the street, crashing into a rock wall and embedding himself like a hanging painting.
"I know he's from a parallel world. That has nothing to do with us," Hinata said, clapping her hands together. Her usually gentle voice was laced with cold indifference. "But after hearing about it, I just got an itch to punch someone. Any objections?"
"No... no... no problem!" Naruto groaned from inside the crater, weakly waving his hand in surrender.
"O-Okay... that's terrifying... Is that really my mother? The gentle, kind Mother was that scary in her youth?" Boruto Uzumaki shivered as he spoke, standing next to a one-armed, black-haired man who looked slightly worse for wear.
The man beside him was none other than Sasuke Uchiha—the reincarnation of Indra, the savior of the ninja world, and wielder of the Rinnegan.
However, at this moment, even Sasuke was trembling slightly, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. "This... your mother was definitely not that aggressive when she was younger, and she was certainly not that strong!"
"It's not just your mother. Naruto is also insanely powerful now. No—this whole world is filled with monsters!" Sasuke exhaled deeply, still in shock.
"Is this really our parallel world? The power difference is as vast as heaven and earth."
As he spoke, Sasuke recalled the terrifying events of their arrival in this world.
The Fall of Ōtsutsuki Urashiki.
When they first arrived, Sasuke witnessed the sheer brutality with which Ōtsutsuki Urashiki was dealt with.
First, he was sealed inside the so-called Book World, then relentlessly attacked by numerous ninjas who had mastered Sage Mode. After a relentless beating, he was healed—only for the cycle to repeat. Urashiki had become nothing more than a training dummy.
It wasn't until nearly a hundred sage-level ninjas had taken turns fighting him that Urashiki was finally overwhelmed.
Then, a golden light descended from the sky, instantly incapacitating Urashiki before he was teleported away to an unknown location.
It was at that moment that Sasuke realized they had not merely traveled to a parallel past.
This was a completely different world.
There had never been this many monstrous ninjas in his world's history!
At least in his timeline, the Five Kage were nowhere near the level of Uchiha Madara or Hashirama Senju.
But here?
Not only were there countless super Kage-level ninjas, but the sheer number of monsters among the high-ranking officials was mind-boggling.
There were at least seventeen or eighteen ninjas at the super Kage level.
As for the lower ranks? This world had universal chakra training!
Except for children and the elderly, every citizen had at least Genin-level chakra, with most reaching Chūnin level.
Even a small ninja village in this world could annihilate entire nations in his timeline.
When Urashiki finally fell, hundreds of sage-level ninja turned their gazes toward him.
At that moment, Sasuke's heart nearly stopped.
Middle-aged or not, he had barely stepped into Six Paths-level power, and just two or three super Kage-level opponents would have given him trouble.
Now, with hundreds of them staring at him, he realized...
This was a death sentence.
So, he made the only rational choice.
He surrendered immediately.
Later, when interrogated, Sasuke spilled every detail of his world, speaking as fast as possible, not even bothering to worry about the butterfly effect.
Even if he wanted to, he quickly realized there was no causal link between his world and this one.
So, there was no reason to worry.
Of course, the ninja here didn't immediately believe him. They performed DNA analysis to confirm his identity.
Boruto underwent paternity tests with Naruto and Hinata, verifying that he was indeed their child.
Then, upon seeing the results...
Hinata mercilessly beat Naruto.
"Alright, enough sighing," said a young boy with dead-fish eyes standing beside Sasuke.
This thirteen-year-old was none other than Uchiha Sasuke from this world.
"Your patrol ended today, right? Let me introduce you to the Virtual Space!"
"Virtual Space?" Sasuke blinked. "That's the biggest difference between our worlds, isn't it?"
"Exactly. If not for the Virtual Space, our world would have been just like yours ten years ago," the younger Sasuke explained.
He then sighed. "You know, Uchiha was once the strongest ninja clan in the world! If only the Hyuga Clan hadn't sided with the one who controlled the Virtual Space first, our Uchiha wouldn't have been overshadowed."
Of course, there were more reasons for Uchiha's slower rise.
After all, Uchiha Shisui and Fugaku—both Mangekyō Sharingan users—had been personally stripped of their eyes by Shin.
Shisui had even attempted Kotoamatsukami on Shin.
Unfortunately, anyone who tried to hypnotize Shin found themselves losing their Sharingan.
This wasn't widely known, but the other major clans of Konoha had their suspicions. To them, the Uchiha had unknowingly angered the one who ruled the Virtual Space.
While Shin himself held no particular grudge against the Uchiha, his casual removal of their eyes had sent shockwaves through the village.
Thus, while no clan actively suppressed the Uchiha, there was an unspoken distance from them.
Other clans were hesitant to interact with them, fearing they would offend Shin by association.
As a result, the Uchiha's influence waned, despite their immense strength.
Little Sasuke sighed. "But still, you should see it for yourself. The Virtual Space changed everything."
Sasuke Uchiha narrowed his eyes. "Fine. Show me."
He had to see it with his own eyes.
The force that turned this world into something unrecognizable from his own.
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