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His fingers were long and slender with distinct knuckles, bearing the thin calluses from years of wielding a sword.
He didn't touch Sakura's forehead, but stayed an inch away from her smooth forehead.
Extremely gentle, like a dragonfly skimming the water, a single point in the void.
This gesture carried an indescribable sense of familiarity that had transcended the long years and countless twists and turns, along with... a deep sense of apology.
"I can't answer that question."
The adult Sasuke's voice was deep and calm, yet it seemed to contain a thousand words.
He looked into Sakura's wide, emerald-green eyes, which were filled with astonishment, and the corners of his mouth seemed to twitch slightly upwards.
It could hardly be called a smile, yet it was incredibly gentle.
He paused, looking at the bewildered yet courageous girl in front of him.
It was as if through her I saw another figure in another time and space, a figure who was equally strong and equally devoted to love, experiencing a long wait and loneliness.
A sentence, imbued with complex emotions, was softly uttered:
"But... thank you for your hard work."
After saying that, he stood up and stopped looking at the stunned Sakura.
His gaze shifted to Sasuke, a boy standing to the side with his arms crossed, trying to maintain a cool expression.
The adult Sasuke's voice returned to its usual cool and aloof tone.
But if you listen closely, there seems to be a subtle hint of gentleness: "When you get back, take good care of your parents."
Seeing that young Sasuke suddenly became a little uncomfortable, he added, "Although Dad seems strict and his words are not pleasant to hear, he really cares about you. It's just... he's not very good at expressing it. Don't get angry because of his attitude."
Young Sasuke turned his face away, his ears seemingly turning slightly red.
He stiffened his neck and retorted in a slightly arrogant tone, "Hmph! I wouldn't be so petty!"
But his clenched fists and slightly trembling voice betrayed the shock he felt inside.
Parents... a word that has always carried complex emotions in his heart.
He was being mentioned so calmly by his future self, with a warmth he had never felt before.
"Consider this a farewell gift."
The adult Sasuke took the Kusanagi sword that had been with him for a long time from his waist and threw it to his younger self.
"Uncle, this..."
Boruto was somewhat surprised, after all, this was Sasuke's weapon that he never left behind.
"It's fine."
The adult Sasuke spoke calmly, taking one last look at the icy plain that had witnessed so many battles and farewells.
His gaze swept over everyone present: "If there's another chance in the future..."
Before he finished speaking, his body, like that of the adult Naruto, began to emit a faint purple aura, and his figure gradually became transparent.
Boruto was also enveloped in a layer of light.
"Well then, everyone!"
The adult Naruto had completely transformed into a dazzling golden starlight.
His voice seemed to come from the distant starry sky, carrying a warm smile and blessings.
The words echoed clearly across the icy plains: "Goodbye! Protect the present, cherish those you hold dear! The future is yours to create!"
His voice was like the final farewell bell.
Young Naruto stepped forward and shouted in the direction where the light had disappeared, "Goodbye! To us from the future!"
A slight spatial tremor rippled outwards.
The golden starlight and purple halo reached their peak simultaneously, then suddenly contracted.
It transformed into two thin streams of light.
As if drawn by an invisible force, it instantly disappeared into the "plow" in the hands of the adult Sasuke.
The light disappeared completely.
Only specks of light dust, not yet completely dissipated, remained, slowly drifting down under the cold sunlight of the icy plain, like stardust bidding farewell.
Chapter 170 Next, it's my stage!
After Naruto and Sasuke left in the future, Kakashi took a deep breath of the cold air, trying to calm his turbulent emotions.
The exhaustion of surviving the ordeal and the heaviness of separation across time and space intertwined, immersing everyone in a near-exhausted silence.
Only the howling of the cold wind whipping up ice chips and the muffled echo of distant ice peaks collapsing remained on the ice field.
Just as this oppressive silence was about to engulf everything—
"Haha...hahaha...hahahaha!!!"
A sudden, hoarse laugh, filled with ecstatic joy and the thrill of surviving a catastrophe, erupted from behind a vast expanse of icy ruins!
Everyone was startled and looked in the direction of the sound!
The pile of ice rocks and frozen soil, which had been overturned by the aftershocks of the battle and piled up like a small mountain, was suddenly pushed aside!
A figure covered in mud, ice chips, and dark red scabs staggered out!
His fine clothes were already tattered and worn.
The exposed skin was covered with frostbite and abrasions.
His once neatly combed hair was now disheveled and plastered to his forehead, and his face was covered in blood and dirt.
This person—is none other than Feng Hua Nu Tao!
He's not dead yet!
After experiencing the slash of adult Sasuke's Susanoo, the rampage of Urashiki's monster, and the final earth-shattering energy storm.
He was sustained by the remaining protection of his chakra armor, a bit of luck, and his obsession with the Land of Snow.
In the end, it survived as tenaciously as a cockroach!
The wind, flowers, and raging waves swayed but managed to stand firm, greedily breathing in the icy air.
At this moment, one of his eyes had been cut by ice shards during the previous battle, and he could only keep it tightly closed.
The single eye that was exposed stared intently ahead.
There was no such purple giant that blotted out the sky!
There was no golden, three-headed, six-armed demon fox!
Those two figures, like gods and demons, were nowhere to be found!
There was only a group of exhausted and wounded ninjas, and in his eyes, Fuuka Koyuki was like a lamb to the slaughter!
Overwhelming ecstasy instantly overwhelmed all the pain and fear!
He tilted his head back and let out an even more unrestrained, maniacal laugh at the gray sky:
"Hahaha! They're gone! Finally gone! Those world-destroying monsters are finally gone!"
His voice, hoarse and distorted from excitement and injury, was filled with boundless triumph and resentment: "Heaven has helped me! Heaven has truly helped me!"
He abruptly lowered his head, his single, intact eye locking onto Kazahana Koyuki like a venomous snake, a ferocious smile twisting his face: "What kind of bullshit is this, handing over the Snow Country with your bare hands? Kazahana Koyuki, you? You think you can take advantage of these few pieces of trash who were beaten half to death by monsters?"
He opened his arms wide, as if to embrace the entire shattered ice plain, his voice filled with madness and ambition: "See? Even the heavens are on my side! The Snow Kingdom is mine! It will always be mine! You want me to hand it over? Ask my fists if they'll allow it!"
Feng Hua Xiaoxue turned pale with fright at his ferocious gaze.
Her body involuntarily took a step back, hiding behind the Third Master.
San Taifu and the surviving old samurai were furious.
But looking at the frenzied aura of Feng Hua Nu Tao and the faint fluctuations emanating from the remaining fragments of chakra armor on his body.
I was also filled with a sense of powerlessness.
Kakashi's eyes narrowed, and he immediately entered battle mode.
However, the intense depletion of his chakra in order to resist those terrifying aftershocks had slowed his movements by half a beat.
Young Sasuke snorted coldly, his three-tomoe Sharingan appeared, and he was about to step forward.
However, a golden figure stepped forward first.
"Miss Xiaoxue!"
Young Naruto rubbed his still slightly aching shoulder, took a step forward, and stood in front of Kazahana Koyuki.
He straightened his back, and the grimacing on his face was gone.
Instead, she radiated a smile as bright and resolute as the sunlight on an ice field.
At this moment, Naruto's voice was loud and clear, filled with undeniable confidence: "My future self has left! Now, it's my time! Your country, your dreams, will be protected by the present me!"
"Idiot! Don't do anything reckless!"
Young Sasuke grabbed Naruto's arm, his three-tomoe Sharingan eyes filled with anxiety and anger: "Your shoulder injury hasn't healed yet! Your chakra is also greatly depleted! What are you trying to prove!"
He could clearly see Naruto's shoulder muscles twitching unnaturally, a sign that his meridians had been damaged by the aftershocks of Urashiki's energy.
Naruto turned his head and gave Sasuke a carefree yet unusually sunny smile.
Golden strands of hair fluttered in the cold wind: "It's nothing! Sasuke! This kind of minor injury has long since healed!"
He patted his chest hard, making a loud thud: "I'm going to be Hokage! How can I be defeated by such a small injury? Watch me!"
"Hmph! What skills could a little brat possibly have?"
Feng Hua Nu Tao looked at Naruto, who was blocking his way, his single eye filled with extreme contempt and disdain.
He had witnessed the earth-shattering battle just now.
In his eyes, this blond brat was nothing more than an ant who had survived by sheer luck, not even worthy of carrying the shoes of those two monsters!
"You think you can stop me? You're dreaming! Die!"