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[— Manga Scene —]
"It looks like it's over… Kakashi…"
Zabuza said this as Kakashi approached his dying body.
"Yes…"
Kakashi replied.
"Kakashi… I have a request."
Zabuza asked.
"What is it?"
"I want to see his face…"
A sorrowful expression appeared on Kakashi's face as he pulled his forehead protector down to hide the Sharingan.
"Sure…"
Kakashi lifted Zabuza's dying body to fulfill his final request.
"Huh?"
At that moment, Naruto and the others were surprised as snow began to fall.
"It's snowing."
"Snow at this time of year…?"
The villagers gathered by Inari to protect their town were stunned to see snow falling at such an unusual time of year.
'Haku… are you crying…?'
Zabuza noticed the falling snow, thinking that Haku was crying.
"Thanks… Kakashi…"
Kakashi placed him beside Haku's body, allowing him to see his disciple's face one last time.
'You have always been by my side…'
'I'd like to be by your side at the end…'
Tears fell from Zabuza as he said,
"If I could… I'd like to… go to the same place… as you…"
A snowflake landed on Haku's eye and melted into a line that resembled a tear.
…
"He… was born in a snowy village…"
Naruto cried as he recalled what Haku had said before.
"I see… He was a boy as pure as the snow…"
Kakashi said with a sorrowful expression.
'You will be able to go… Zabuza… together…'
[— End Scene —]
As Kakashi closed Zabuza's eyes beside Haku under the miraculous snowfall, a silence fell over the Art Store, broken only by muffled sobs.
The snow in the manga was not merely a weather phenomenon; readers across the Five Great Villages felt as though a pure cold had washed the bitterness of negative emotions from their souls.
Konohagakure:
Tsunade wiped her eyes with a handkerchief soaked in tears as she stared at the final scene. She bit her lip with a trembling expression, never having believed she possessed such an emotional side—until today.
"He went with him…" she whispered shakily. "Zabuza, who said he was going to hell… and Kakashi says he's going to the same place as Haku… to heaven."
Beside her, young Nawaki's face was already drenched in tears, just like Naruto in the manga.
"Yes… they'll definitely be together in heaven…"
…
"Hooh, it's snowing. Was the sky moved by this scene, or was this the final use of his Kekkei Genkai?"
Orochimaru was intensely curious about what he was witnessing. He never once considered it mere authorial fantasy; he was convinced it was real.
He simply did not yet understand how it had happened.
…
Minato placed a hand on Kushina's shoulder, comforting her when he saw her tears.
Somehow, her crying face overlapped with Naruto's crying face in the manga, and he was struck by their resemblance.
He quickly shook off the distraction, his eyes fixed on Kakashi's line in the scene.
He was a boy as pure as the snow.
"This is the difference, Kushina," Minato said sadly. "This story doesn't just tell us about fighting—it tells us that true strength is recognizing the value of purity in the end."
"I thought Zabuza would die as a devil," Kushina said softly, "but after seeing his death, I feel deep pity for him. He must have lived a harsh life as well…"
"I want to see what happened to him in Kirigakure."
…
Fugaku Uchiha was completely silent at this moment, staring at the snowflake that melted on Haku's eye like a tear.
For a young man destined to lead a clan known for the Curse of Hatred, this scene was a profound shock.
'To die for someone else… not as a tool, but as a companion.'
Something stirred within Fugaku.
'Could I possess such a spirit? And prevent my clan's fate… Will this manga help me learn how?'
He did not know the answer, but he had long sensed that a terrible destiny lay in wait.
He knew it was inevitable—the manga would be the first station, and reality perhaps the second.
…
Young Obito felt the world was unfair. 'Why did a boy like Haku have to die?'
No—why was he given such a fate from the beginning? A mother was killed by his father, a father who tried to kill him as well, all because of his special blood… Even as a very young child, Obito instinctively rejected such a world.
'Will I have a similar fate?'
The thought alone terrified him. He, too, was a child of the Uchiha clan, bearers of exceptional blood.
Overcome with emotion, he cried bitterly, clutching his father's shirt.
"Dad… will they really meet again in the other place?"
Minoru smiled sadly and patted his son's back.
"Yes, Obito. Bonds forged in life do not end when breathing stops."
…
Kirigakure:
The atmosphere there was the heaviest of all.
Young Zabuza could no longer cry—his tears had completely dried up. He had never felt emotions like this before.
Seeing his future counterpart—an infamous devil who had killed a hundred students during graduation exams, who became a rogue ninja after being one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist—change completely at the end of his life…
"I never expected to witness the end of my son's life… through a comic book…"
Momochi Genma's lips trembled as his eyes filled with tears. He could no longer suppress the emotions he had bottled up throughout this arc.
In the end, a father's heart gave in, and a flood of complex feelings poured out as pure tears… this time, he needed his son to comfort him.
Around them, the gazes of the Mist Village's people and shinobi were filled with conflicted emotions. Everyone's eyes were wet—a clear sign of how deeply they were affected by this ending.
"So this is that child's story…"
"What a shame. A powerful man like Zabuza was used by a nobody and died without realizing the true treasure he had—his disciple."
"Hey… tell me this is just a fictional story…"
"No matter how I look at it, it feels real."
"Haku… I wish I could have a son like him."
"My son causes me nothing but trouble—I want to replace him."
"Oyaji, don't say that! From today on, I'll behave!"
"Really?!"
Away from the emotionally broken discussions of Kiri's residents, the Third Mizukage, Hōzuki Mizuro, slowly closed the volume, as if sealing a coffin.
"Snow in the Land of Waves…" he muttered hoarsely.
"This boy, Haku… he possessed a Kekkei Genkai native to our village—a weapon that should have belonged to us. And yet, instead, he became the heart that restored Zabuza's humanity."
He turned to his aide, Ao, and the Seven Swordsmen present.
"From today onward, I want a review of the records of families with special abilities we expelled. We cannot afford to lose more hearts like Haku's."
"Understood, Lord Mizukage."
That decision was a political earthquake for Kiri.
The manga had officially begun altering the village's bloody policies—preventing them before they could even occur.
…
Rob's Kiri Clone observed these reactions and felt deep satisfaction.
This was the ending he had always wished for—not just the conclusion of a story, but its impact on reality itself.
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Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):
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Chapter 112: The Land of Waves' Art Store!
Chapter 113: Characters from Suna Visit Konoha in the manga.
Chapter 114: The Chunin Selection Exam?
Chapter 115: Only One Chapter Remains Until the Finale.
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