Chapter 688: Same Person, Different Soul
But Jiraiya's words were not wrong. What crime was there in wanting to live? What was wrong with not wanting to die? Nothing! The mistake was in letting the Jiraiya from the past learn when he would die in the future.
Naruto looked at the Jiraiya before him and sighed softly. He wanted to say something but didn't know how.
"Little Jiraiya, birth, aging, sickness, and death are the most normal things in the world. What you will encounter in the future, what will happen, you cannot change!"
"I can!" Jiraiya heard Shima's words and immediately retorted, "Why not? A person's life is controlled by themselves, why not!"
Hearing Jiraiya's words, Fukasaku also felt that this Jiraiya was not quite the same as the Jiraiya in his memory. It wasn't just his age; although looking a bit younger wasn't a big deal, more importantly, Jiraiya's personality made Shima and Fukasaku feel a bit strange! It seemed a bit different from the one in his memory. The Jiraiya in his memory, when faced with this kind of problem, seemed not to react so strongly.
At this time, Naruto also noticed this point. He looked at Jiraiya. "Master..." Calling the Jiraiya of this age 'Master,' Naruto also felt a bit strange. Jiraiya also didn't know how to answer! Being called 'Master' by someone, and a terrifyingly strong guy at that, gave Jiraiya a strange feeling!
"No matter what Master wants to do later!"
"For now, Master, can you return to Konoha with me?"
Jiraiya looked at Naruto. "No!"
No? He hadn't expected Jiraiya to refuse. This gave Naruto an even stranger feeling.
"Staying at Mount Myōboku makes me feel more at ease. I want to continue training and become stronger!"
Become stronger? It seemed that Jiraiya at this age was indeed not so easy to lightly accept his future destiny! Thinking of this, Naruto didn't know what to say. Konoha still had many things waiting for him; he couldn't delay for too long.
"If that's the case, then Master should continue to stay at Mount Myōboku!"
"If you want to come back, you can at any time!"
"I would be very happy for Master to come and see Konoha. The future Konoha should be better than Master imagines." As he spoke, Naruto glanced at Fukasaku and Shima. The two of them saw some hidden meaning in Naruto's gaze.
"It's been a long time since you came to Mount Myōboku to see the two of us, little Naruto. Come over here! You can catch up with me a bit!" After speaking, Fukasaku pretended to be taking Naruto for a walk, getting him alone with Naruto.
After moving far away from Jiraiya, Fukasaku spoke. "Little Naruto, I don't know if you've noticed, but this Jiraiya seems a bit different from the Jiraiya in my memory!"
Different? Of course, he was different. The Master Jiraiya of this age was completely different from the one in his memory.
"Indeed, very different!"
"But Master Jiraiya at this age, it's not surprising that he's like this!" As he spoke, Naruto began to sigh.
And Fukasaku looked at Naruto with a serious face. "No!"
"That's not what I mean!" Fukasaku jumped in front of Naruto. "Although he looks like Jiraiya, and he also has the contract with Mount Myōboku!"
"But I feel that he is not the Jiraiya I know at all!" As he spoke, Fukasaku gave Naruto the most powerful proof.
"Your master, Jiraiya, although his talent is not bad, when he trained in Sage Mode, the very last part, he could never do it perfectly."
"So he always retained a part of his frog-like state."
"And this Jiraiya before us has even overcome that final step!"
Hearing this, Naruto was still a bit confused. Master Jiraiya of this age, he came to this era and trained hard to complete this final step. It didn't seem hard to understand!
However, Fukasaku did not think so. "What I mean is, he may be Jiraiya, that's correct, but he is not the Jiraiya belonging to our world!"
Hearing this, Naruto was instantly shocked. "Lord Fukasaku's meaning is..."
Fukasaku sighed, as if lamenting why Naruto still didn't understand. "After experiencing so much, Naruto, do you think there's a possibility that this world is not the only one, and our time is not the only one? Perhaps there are other similar worlds, with identical people, but with different personalities!"
Naruto suddenly gasped. "Lord Fukasaku, do you mean... parallel worlds???"
He lowered his head and thought carefully. It was indeed possible. The chaos could affect both the past and the future, why couldn't it affect parallel worlds! If there really were parallel worlds, then the Jiraiya before him was very likely someone from a parallel world. He was not the master from his own world!
Parallel worlds! These two words made Naruto instantly think of many things. If there were parallel worlds, then if the chaos continued, it wasn't just ninjas from the past who would appear! It was even possible that the same person from different parallel worlds could appear. They would have had different encounters and become different people.
Thinking of this, Naruto suddenly felt that things were going very badly. The longer the chaos dragged on, the more dangerous this world would become!
"No!"
"I must return to Konoha immediately!" Naruto didn't know how to digest this news for a moment. Now he had to go find Shikamaru and discuss this with the Sage of Six Paths and the others.
"You should go quickly!" Fukasaku only had a guess, but seeing Naruto's expression, Fukasaku also roughly understood how serious this matter was. This was not something that could be dismissed as if it never happened just by talking about it.
Naruto released the state of reverse summoning and directly reappeared in the Konoha office!
And at this moment, Shikamaru was somewhat surprised. "Naruto, you came back alone?"
At this moment, Naruto was just about to find Shikamaru. "Shikamaru!"
"I'm saying, if, just if, do you think there's a possibility that the people appearing in our world are not just from the past, but could even be from parallel worlds!"
Parallel worlds?
Shikamaru, who was busy with documents, suddenly raised his head upon hearing this, looking at Naruto! "What did you just say?"
...
At this moment, somewhere in Konoha, a person silently infiltrated Konoha. And he arrived at the Uchiha clan's compound. Looking at the numerous Uchiha clan members, the person smiled, suddenly feeling a familiar sensation. He looked at the people before him and suddenly saw a girl weaving through the crowd of Uchiha. She was sizing someone up! And seeing this figure, this person was instantly stunned in place.
The mask on his face was directly snatched off!
"Rin!!!!"
This person was Obito. Obito, who had arrived in this era, after figuring out his situation, immediately prepared to return to Konoha to see. Because he had come, then Rin might also appear in this world due to the chaos. Then he would dare to see... Rin!!!!
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