I am the most popular character in Naruto!

Along the way, Chiaki gave Mirai a general overview of the plot of the second Naruto movie, "Great Clash! The Phantom Ruins".

"Eh?!"

Future stared in surprise, her mouth agape. "So, Hyde is actually a bad guy, and Timothy is actually a good guy?"

"Yes, in the end, Timothy displayed chivalry and volunteered to activate the Time-Space Cave, sending the entire Grell Mine into it... If Naruto hadn't pulled him out..."

As Qianqiu was speaking, she suddenly froze.

Naruto... pulled him... out of the Time-Space Cavity?

Huh?

When Chiaki watched it back then, she didn't feel anything was out of place. After all, the idea that the male protagonist is invincible was deeply ingrained in people's minds, and no matter what Naruto did that went against reason, she wouldn't find it strange in front of the screen.

But now that I think about it, after personally immersing myself in the ninja world and considering it, how could an ancient time-space summoning ninjutsu that requires the caster's blood and soul to activate be so easily pulled away from the center of the ninjutsu by Naruto?

Spacetime rules are the most terrifying rules, bar none!

Naruto pulled Timothy out of the activated space-time ninjutsu without any cost, and the space-time ninjutsu was successfully activated, sending the Grell mine into the space-time dimension, thus ushering in a perfect ending, which is truly gratifying.

Is it really possible for such a perfect coincidence to happen in the world?

Is it really that easy?

Would the will of the world allow such a thing to happen?

"...Oh my god..."

Qianqiu became increasingly frightened as she thought about it; it was truly terrifying to contemplate.

Could it be that the world she is experiencing now and in the future is because the world's will has cut this period of time from the future into the present world after the rules of spacetime were disrupted?

If that's the case, it would explain why Naruto and his friends don't exist in this world, while Timothy and the others still do.

Because this world has been exiled separately by the world's will, it has become a true copy of itself.

"...So, in the end, my only chance of returning is for Timothy to open the spacetime cavity and pull the Grell mine back into spacetime?"

Qianqiu was dumbfounded. "Then this dungeon will go back to Naruto's era, let Naruto run it again, and then it will become the dungeon we are running now?"

"What a mess..."

Chapter 160 Strange Caravan

Qianqiu was right.

Because of the intervention of the Chosen One, the Grell Mine, an extra-specific energy cluster formed by the world's will, conflicted with the rules of the world's will. The world's will simply pulled it out separately and turned it into an infinite loop.

If the future and the beginning of time do not arrive in this world, then this instance will continue to exist until the future Naruto enters, completes the instance, and then puts it back into the present of the timeline, waiting for the future Naruto of that timeline to continue completing the instance.

In other words, after Chiaki and Mirai entered this instance, they will destroy Naruto's instance on another timeline.

Because of their existence, multiple timelines will become chaotic, leading to the creation of even more timelines.

Fortunately, this world is of a high level, enough to extend multiple timelines and parallel worlds; otherwise, who knows what unusual changes might have occurred.

Anything involving a timeline becomes chaotic and complicated.

In short, what Qianqiu and Weilai can do now is to find Timothy, follow his lead to the Grell Mine, see if they can gain anything from the Grell Mine, and then use Timothy to return to their original world.

Although this is not a good thing for Timothy, it is the only way. In order to return, Chiaki has no choice but to do this.

Let's leave Timothy to Naruto, who can break the rules, to save him. Chiaki said he couldn't help.

"Qianqiu, I see the river!"

Following Qianqiu, the two searched down the cliff and found the river that had saved Timsi, who had fallen off the cliff.

"If we keep going along the river, we should be able to find a caravan."

Qianqiu pursed her lips and ran forward quickly.

Having a good grasp of the plot has one advantage: she can anticipate the next move, and as long as the plot doesn't go awry, she can get what she wants along the way.

Sure enough, after following the river for a while, Qianqiu and Weilai spotted a large caravan.

It's outrageous; this caravan contains all sorts of exotic animals and features decorations in various styles.

Elephants, ostriches, rhinos...

Indian style, Eastern style, Persian style...

In short, it was all flashy and gaudy, not at all like a normal caravan.

Chiaki felt a headache coming on. To be fair, even if the five great nations of the ninja world were outrageous, they at least referenced the Japanese style in their architecture and daily life.

At most, the Land of Wind is somewhat more like Southeast Asia, where people like to wrap their heads with headscarves and build houses with clay to protect themselves from the sun.

But where did these styles of decoration and exotic animals that are completely out of place in the entire ninja world come from?

"Oh—welcome, guests from afar!"

Upon seeing Chiaki and Mirai arrive, several girls riding pink ostriches appeared in the caravan and greeted the two with delight.

"This is an ostrich... right?"

Future was stunned. She looked at the ostrich so close to her and blinked hard.

The pink ostriches winked at the future and obediently lowered their heads to get closer to it.

"Eh?"

Looking unexpectedly at the girls perched on the ostriches, the girl smiled and said, "You can pet them, they're very well-behaved~"

"really?"

After getting the girls' permission, Mirai reached out her little hand with delight and patted the ostrich's head.

Is this what they mean by "smiling while patting a bird's head"?

Qianqiu's eyebrows twitched; she wasn't really interested in these rare and exotic beasts.

She seems to be having a very happy future. When she was in the world beyond the boundary, she was always very poor and never even went to a zoo.

"Come, guests, let's rest at the campsite for a while."

The girl in the lead whistled twice, and two pink ostriches quickly ran over and obediently landed in front of Chiaki and Mirai.

"Can...is it okay?"

The future was already twinkling with little stars, and the girl nodded vigorously. "Of course, our guests are honored guests to us, so please do as you please!"

"Wow!"

Mirai happily jumped onto the ostrich's back, and Chiaki, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, simply jumped onto the ostrich as well, sitting sideways on its back.

Two ostriches led Chiaki and Mirai to the caravan's camp. Along the way, the girl kept whistling a cheerful tune. Chiaki could see that the people in the camp started to move in response to the girl's whistling, preparing food and drinks.

To be honest, sitting on an ostrich's back is quite uncomfortable. The thing runs fast and bumpy, so it's not a good mount at all.

However, its advantage lies in the novelty of sitting in it, an experience that neither Qianqiu nor Weilai has ever had, so it was still quite enjoyable.

A banquet had already begun in the camp. After the girl escorted Qianqiu and the other girl to the camp, she winked at them, then moved her feet and shooed the ostriches away.

It seems her job was to patrol around the camp and see if anyone was straying off course...

no……

It was to check if there were any lost travelers who could be welcomed into the caravan.

Following the directions of the girls, Chiaki and Mirai sat down on chairs that had been prepared in the camp. The people in the caravan brought out food and drink to entertain Chiaki and Mirai.

"...Chiaki, are they really that hospitable?"

He repeatedly declined with a smile, but he couldn't refuse the enthusiastic merchants, so he had no choice but to start eating the food that tasted pretty good.

Qianqiu casually picked up a piece of meat from some unknown animal and put it in her mouth, blinking innocently.

"I don't know about that. Maybe it's because they haven't had many customers..."

"Cough um."

Just as Chiaki and Mirai were whispering to each other, an old man coughed and walked over, standing in front of them and giving them a special salute.

"Greetings, both of you. I am the elder of the caravan; you may call me He Yan."

Qianqiu nodded slightly to He Yan, while Wei Lai stood up seriously and bowed to He Yan.

"Hello, sir. I am Senju Chiaki, a ninja from Konoha. This is Kuriyama Mirai."

Chiaki said to He Yan, "Have you ever heard of Konoha?"

"Konoha Village, of course I know about it!"

He Yan smiled and beckoned, when suddenly a ferret with eyes like rubies jumped onto his neck.

"If this child gets lost in the future, I will definitely ask the Konoha ninjas to help me find him."

"Right, Nilugu?"

He Yan teased the ferret, and Qianqiu and Weilai exchanged a glance, simultaneously noticing a hint of emerald green in Nilugu's mouth.

Chapter 161 Can't Afford It

"So, what is your destination, you two guests who have come from afar?"

After Chiaki and Mirai finished their meal, He Yan started chatting with them.

"We came from Konoha Village, and our destination is..."

Qianqiu looked at He Yan's face meaningfully. Her purpose was to come for He Yan, which goes without saying.

However, He Yan seemed to have misunderstood Qian Qiu's meaning. When he saw Qian Qiu looking at him, he clapped his hands with great joy.

"So you've come here to make a deal with us!"

"Help! Everyone, bring your goods up here quickly!"

"We have a customer here to make a deal!"

snoring

He Yan blew a deep whistle, and the entire camp erupted in cheers.