Shindai was reading a letter from his future self.
At first glance, Shindai thought his future self was quite polite since he described himself as impressively good-looking.
However, Shindai had overestimated himself—the tone degraded immediately afterward.
[Wow, it's me being impressively good-looking again, hello there.
You big idiot, are you even up to this? Because of you, I've been totally humiliated in front of those two girls! Whatever happened to the manly dominance you used to talk about? Where did that go?
Can't you try actually living up to the crap we bragged about?
Do you even know what kind of hell I'm going through right now? Do you get it?!
I'm begging you—starting right now, show some manly dominance! Make it crystal clear who's really in charge at home!
I can't tell you anything specific about the future—even if I did, it'd be useless because you're going to lose your memory after this trip to Loulan. Just write things down on a piece of paper.
Head to the Kannabi Bridge Seal ASAP—pretend there's some hidden treasure trapped inside.
And I mean it—A MAN'S DOMINANCE! This point is freaking crucial! I don't want to be the uke anymore—I want to stand tall and take control for once!
Hurry up and write it all down. Don't sit there grumbling to yourself—you and me are the same person, so every curse you throw my way is just you cursing yourself!
That's it. Honestly, I have no clue what you're doing with yourself these days. Whether I can walk tall in front of you in the future is entirely up to you!]
Shindai's face had already turned pitch black.
Muttering curses under his breath, he said, "What the heck? You say I'm cursing myself by cursing you, but then why'd you call me an idiot in the first place? Remember this? Forget that! Since I already have this scroll, why would I need to remember anything?"
As Shindai was about to stuff the scroll into his ninja gear pouch, the scroll suddenly disintegrated into a pile of iron sand particles.
The expression on Shindai's already dark face turned a shade darker with hints of Ao-green.
"What a lunatic! Now you're even pulling off a self-destruction act? Then why bother telling me all this? Are you determined to make me memorize everything by force?!"
Even while muttering curses under his breath, Shindai still took out a blank scroll and a brush pen to start writing.
"Crap, I got so angry I forgot. What exactly did he tell me to remember again? Oh right, go break the seal on some treasure near Kannabi Bridge. And what else? Well, whatever. Not important."
He wrote "Kannabi Bridge holds treasure" onto the scroll.
After sealing the scroll away, Shindai fell into deep thought...
Those two girls? Could it mean... in the future, I actually achieved my dream and married two wives?
But somehow, it feels like my future self's life is quite complicated and hard to describe.
Naruto Uzumaki looked at Shindai with a strange expression. Somehow, this younger version of Shindai seemed pretty abstract and hard to understand.
"Oh right!" Naruto suddenly pulled out a card and asked, "Aniki Shindai, can I get your autograph?"
Shindai took the card Naruto handed him.
Looking at the card, Shindai's expression turned peculiar.
This was because the card featured a hand-drawn illustration of Shindai himself, with the word "Outstanding" marked at the top right corner.
He had to admit—it was actually quite flattering.
Shindai flipped the card over and began reading its back side.
[An ultimate Magnet Release kekkei genkai bearer blessed with unmatched looks, intellect, and power!]
[Effect: Can nullify all abilities of opponent's cards, and force the opponent's entire hand to be removed from play. When the opponent has no cards left in hand, victory is immediately achieved.]
Then came a pentagon-shaped stat graph.
Nearly all stats were maxed.
Curious, Shindai asked, "What is this thing?"
Naruto Uzumaki explained, "It's a popular card game that swept across the entire ninja world during our time."
Shindai's eyes lit up, "Oh really? It actually sounds pretty cool. Look at this card's effect—it must be super rare and completely unbeatable, right?"
Naruto nodded, "It's indeed very rare, and definitely unbeatable. That's exactly why it's banned—it can only be collected as a collector's item."
Tsk!
"Why ban it? This card's this powerful! By the way, who created this card game—who was the genius behind it? Was it me? Only someone like me could pull something like this off."
Naruto scratched his cheek, "Uh, I won't say for now since it involves future events."
"Alright alright, here you go—signed."
Shindai signed his name on his card and handed it back to Naruto Uzumaki.
Seeing Shindai's distinctive signature on the card, Naruto's face lit up with delight. Carefully, he placed the card back into his ninja gear pouch.
Shindai glanced toward the elevator area, "Alright then, we should go find that clueless queen now."
Naruto smacked his forehead, "Ah! I totally forgot about Sāra. Shindai, my Aniki, let's hurry over!"
With that, Naruto raced after Sāra while Shindai followed slowly behind.
...
Sāra was walking down the corridor.
At that moment, she remained determined to prove that An Lushan was innocent.
Just as she passed by a room door, someone burst out from inside, yanked her in, and slammed the door shut.
Inside the room stood more than ten fully armed individuals whose faces were completely covered except for their eyes. They were using farming tools as weapons.
Looking at the dozen or so figures before her, Sāra felt a wave of fear rise within her.
So there really were people trying to kill her.
A woman pushed her face close to Sāra's and scrutinized her. "Are you truly our Sāra-sama?"
Sāra replied defiantly, "I am Queen Sāra!"
"If you want my life, at least have the courage to face me directly!"
The dozen or so people suddenly raised their tools, startling Sāra and making her take a step back. All her earlier boldness vanished.
The woman glared at Sāra and shouted, "Give it back to us!"
Sāra looked genuinely puzzled. "What exactly do you want me to give back?"
The woman threatened Sāra, "Otherwise, we won't be held responsible for what happens next!"
Behind the woman, everyone chanted together, "Give it back! Give it back!"
The woman spoke again with determination, "We're all serious! Return it right now!"
At this moment, Naruto Uzumaki arrived, rushed into the room, and stood in front of Sāra. "Sāra! Stay away from her!"
The Chakra Blade in Naruto Uzumaki's hand, capable of cutting puppet strings, frightened one of the brats who covered his head in fear, "Help! Don't kill me!"
Shindai also appeared at the doorstep. After glancing at the situation inside, he said to Naruto Uzumaki, "Naruto, put down the blade in your hand. These people don't even have proper ninja equipment; they're clearly commoners."
Shindai looked at Sāra and asked, "Did you bully your own people until they had no choice but to stand up to you?"
Sāra retorted, "No way! How could I possibly oppress my own people!"
Naruto Uzumaki was completely baffled, struggling to make sense of the chaos unfolding before him.
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