"Utopia?"
Chinatsu smiled faintly and shook her head.
"Not quite."
Hearing Otsutsuki Toneri's high praise of the Land of Whirlpools a country she had managed with surprisingly little effort Chinatsu couldn't help but correct him.
Utopia was an ideal kingdom that existed only in fantasy.
A society free from corruption and evil, filled with justice, fairness, harmony, and happiness.
It sounded beautiful.
But in reality, such a society could easily become pathological.
When everything was perfect, people might gradually lose the desire to change.
Innovation would slow.
Progress would stagnate.
And the pursuit of something better could eventually disappear altogether.
The Land of Whirlpools wasn't perfect.
Nor did Chinatsu intend for it to become perfect.
After integrating herself into the entire ninja world, Chinatsu had increasingly noticed subtle changes in her own way of thinking.
Her core consciousness remained the same.
She was still Chinatsu.
Still lazy.
Still carefree.
Still someone who would rather lie on the sofa and eat grapes than deal with unnecessary trouble.
But the way she viewed certain things had changed.
She no longer looked at everything purely from a human perspective.
Instead, she sometimes looked at the ninja world as a whole.
She considered whether her intervention was necessary.
Whether a problem truly needed to be solved.
Whether something should be allowed to develop naturally.
Perhaps…
This was the price of becoming a "god."
But if that truly was the price, Chinatsu didn't care.
It didn't affect her heart.
Her foundation had already been built around a carefree, unassuming existence.
No matter how high she climbed, she would always remember who she was.
Beside her, Toneri looked at Chinatsu in silence.
In his eyes, the words "Master" seemed to shine brightly above her head.
The difference between them was simply too enormous.
Toneri eventually stopped thinking about it and followed Chinatsu's gaze downward.
He looked at the Land of Whirlpools again.
This time, there was no longer the filter of his first impression.
He observed everything carefully.
Indeed…
Calling it a utopia wasn't completely accurate.
But there was undeniably something special about this country.
Something that attracted him.
Something that made him want to experience it personally and understand exactly what had created that feeling.
Curiosity quietly sprouted within Toneri.
Before this, he had lived on the moon.
He had been born blind.
He had lived alone.
His world had been empty.
Now, for the first time, he had the opportunity to fill that emptiness with something new.
And because of that…
Few people could rival Otsutsuki Toneri when it came to curiosity.
His attention remained fixed on the country below.
Then he expanded his chakra perception.
Two peculiar chakra signatures immediately caught his attention.
One was golden.
The other was purple.
Toneri followed them.
In the center of a courtyard, Naruto and Sasuke were engaged in their usual sparring session.
They couldn't fight seriously.
If they unleashed their full power, the entire Land of Whirlpools might be reduced to ruins.
So their regular matches had gradually evolved into pure taijutsu.
"Naruto, your punches are weak!"
"Sasuke, are you talking about yourself?!"
The moment the trash talk ended
BOOM!
Their fists collided with each other's faces.
Both of them were sent flying several meters.
Toneri's expression became strange.
Neither Naruto nor Sasuke was injured.
They immediately jumped back up.
Then they charged at each other again.
The fight quickly transformed from a high-level ninja battle into something resembling a Hollywood action movie.
Then, somehow, it devolved further.
Eventually, it became nothing more than an old men's brawl.
"Take this!"
"Come here!"
"You're finished!"
"You're the one who's finished!"
After several minutes of chaos, both finally collapsed onto the ground.
Their faces were bruised and swollen.
Their mouths were open as they desperately gasped for breath.
"Yes…"
Naruto panted.
"I won…"
Sasuke immediately retorted.
"I clearly won…"
"Ha… ha…"
Naruto turned his head.
"Wanna go again?"
"Huff… huff…"
Sasuke grinned.
"Who's afraid of you?"
The two continued arguing even while lying exhausted on the ground.
They were completely unaware that some people in the Land of Whirlpools had already begun misunderstanding their relationship.
After all, the two were closer than ordinary brothers.
Some particularly imaginative people had even created BL manga based on them.
Those books currently lay quietly in a corner of a manga shop somewhere in the Land of Whirlpools.
Waiting.
Waiting for some unfortunate or perhaps fortunate customer to pick one up and turn the first page.
Naruto and Sasuke, naturally, knew nothing about this.
Toneri watched the two for several seconds before something else caught his attention.
His gaze shifted toward the center of the Land of Whirlpools.
There stood a massive statue.
A statue modeled after the woman standing beside him.
Toneri stared at it.
He couldn't understand the aesthetic standards behind the sculpture at all.
But that didn't prevent it from leaving an enormous impression on him.
Chinatsu noticed where he was looking.
Her expression immediately became awkward.
That statue…
Why did this guy have to look at that?!
Even Chinatsu, who usually had thick skin, couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.
She immediately reached out.
Snap!
Toneri's head was forcibly turned away from the statue.
His eyes met Chinatsu's.
Silence.
A very awkward silence.
Chinatsu coughed.
Then
Snap!
She twisted Toneri's head back into position.
Like a professional doctor correcting a patient's stiff neck.
"Ahem."
Chinatsu pretended nothing had happened.
"Have you considered staying here for a while?"
Toneri was startled.
The question immediately interrupted his thoughts.
For a moment, various possibilities flashed through his mind.
He had originally come to the ninja world with the attitude of simply taking a look.
But after arriving…
He realized that the ninja world was completely different from what he had imagined.
In the original timeline, he would have awakened the Tenseigan, used the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to split the moon, and attempted to destroy the ninja world.
But now?
If someone dared to tell Toneri that they wanted to destroy the ninja world…
Even if Chinatsu didn't say anything…
He would be the first person to stand up and stop them.
"I…"
Toneri hesitated.
Then he raised his head slightly.
"I did have that thought."
Chinatsu smiled.
She didn't say anything else.
Time would prove that Toneri had made the correct choice.
"Then let's hurry down."
Chinatsu stretched.
"Kaguya and I will be your tour guides today."
She grinned.
"You'd better be grateful!"
Toneri immediately became nervous.
One of his guides was an absolute powerhouse.
The other was his ancestor.
How could he possibly not be nervous?!
Kaguya, meanwhile, wasn't particularly opposed to the idea.
She was bored anyway.
And watching Toneri experience the Land of Whirlpools for the first time might actually be entertaining.
"Had enough?"
Kaguya glanced at him.
"If you've seen enough, let's go down."
Before Toneri could answer, Kaguya grabbed him.
Whoosh!
The three figures descended vertically toward the city below.
Chinatsu chuckled and followed.
With Toneri's complete redemption…
The story of Naruto Shippuden: The Movie The Last had officially come to an end.
As she descended, Chinatsu's eyes gradually narrowed.
She suddenly remembered her first arrival in this world.
Back then, Itachi Uchiha had brutally attacked her.
At that time, she had genuinely believed she was finished.
Now…
A smile slowly appeared on her face.
"It really has been…"
"A long time."
Scenes from her journey flashed through her mind like fragments of a dream.
At first, she had tried to categorize them.
Important memories.
Unimportant memories.
Dangerous memories.
Happy memories.
But now…
She realized that there was no point.
Nothing was truly unimportant.
Even those peaceful days between dangerous battles…
Even the boring afternoons spent doing absolutely nothing…
Even the ridiculous arguments.
The meals.
The laughter.
The people she had met.
The enemies she had defeated.
The friends she had gained.
All of them were precious memories.
They were all part of her life in this world.
Chinatsu quietly looked toward the peaceful city below.
After Shippuden…
There was still Boruto.
But Chinatsu knew that her story wouldn't end there.
She would continue to cherish this hard-won peace.
She would continue living her carefree life.
And she would protect everything she had gained.
Until the very end.
As for those who intended to interfere with this peaceful world…
Chinatsu's eyes slowly narrowed.
She smiled.
They would have to ask her first.
Because this time…
She wouldn't allow any outsider to take away what belonged to her.