Chapter 497

The first rays of morning sunlight gradually climb over the horizon.

Sasuke originally wanted Naruto to give him a quick end, then transplant his eyes to Kakashi, and let all of this come to a complete stop.

However, Naruto refuses Sasuke's request, sternly scolding him that instead of rushing to die, he should stay alive and help him.

"I really can't stand you... you, dead last."

Sunlight shines on the two of them at this moment.

Their adjacent arms have disappeared, leaving only blood connecting them.

And as the camera slowly pulls back, the audience sees the index and middle fingers of the statues of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama beneath them touching.

Representing the... Seal of Reconciliation that couldn't be completed in their childhood.

Unknowingly, this episode is finally coming to its final conclusion.

Sakura and Kakashi arrive shortly after.

Sakura uses medical ninjutsu to heal their severed arms.

Sasuke apologizes to Sakura for everything he has done.

Sakura bites her lip, tears falling, and mutters, "Idiot."

And Kakashi stands to the side, showing a motherly smile, thinking to himself:

"Finally... they're back."

As the BGM of the first divine song of the *Naruto* series, "Blue Bird," slowly plays.

"Naruto, you once said, right? The feeling of being with me is like being brothers. Now... I can understand that feeling."

Sasuke's narration, and the plot after the war, are quickly interspersed in a montage.

People all over the world wake up completely from the dreams of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Naruto, with his missing arm, has just returned with Kakashi's help when he is attacked by his "friends" like Kiba and Choji.

Tossing him high into the air, falling, tossing him again, falling... repeating this cycle.

And Sasuke's narration continues:

"After that, we walked different paths, but... you never gave up from beginning to end, and you were always reaching for my heart."

"It wouldn't be strange if you hated me, but you never gave up on me. Even though I intended to abandon this longing for you, you..."

Following the narration, the scenes flash by quickly.

After returning to Konoha, everyone is dressed in black.

Standing in the Konoha cemetery, paying the highest respects to heroes like Hiashi Hyuga and Shikaku Nara who gave their lives for this war.

However... the scene freezes on the newly built statue of Kakashi on the mountain wall behind Konoha.

Sakura and Kakashi, wearing the Hokage hat, stand at the gate of Konoha to see off Sasuke, who is about to embark on a journey of atonement.

And Naruto, in Sasuke's surprised gaze, hands the Konoha headband that originally belonged to him to the other.

The ending theme slowly plays.

Director—Xu Feng

Screenwriter—Xu Feng

Starring

Peng Yu as Naruto Uzumaki

Wu Lei as Sasuke Uchiha

The list of creative staff slides by slowly.

The stories of the protagonists follow in the form of jumping images.

Under Kakashi's guidance, Naruto, with a headache, sits in the Hokage's office chair, with a mountain of documents on the table, clearly preparing to succeed as Hokage.

Temari and Shikamaru, Ino and Sai, Neji and Tenten...

As the ending theme plays, these pairs are presented to the fans one by one.

Making countless viewers who have followed the show until now show motherly smiles.

Without a doubt, this is an official hint.

And when the ending theme ends, the scene freezes on Naruto and Hinata, dressed in red, bowing to each other as husband and wife, surrounded by friends from Konoha and the entire ninja world.

The four characters [End, Throwing Flowers] crowd the playback page, but it still can't stop the fans' enthusiasm.

They frantically express their feelings through bullet comments and comment sections.

"Time to go, Naruto~."

Just then, Sasuke's voice suddenly sounds.

This makes the fans who were frantically typing on their keyboards pause, hurriedly stop their actions, press the bullet comment close button, and stare at the screen with full attention.

The first thing that comes into view is a large conference room.

On the round table, four hats with "Earth," "Water," "Lightning," and "Wind" written on them are already placed on the table.

"As the host, being late is really inexcusable, isn't it?"

The first to speak is Kurotsuchi, played by Fat Di, wearing a cheongsam, her beautiful legs particularly eye-catching, her hand supporting her cheek, looking a bit displeased.

"Did your daughter cause trouble for you again? Being a parent isn't easy."

Chojuro teases.

"Alright, alright, we know how busy he is as the joint initiator of the Five Great Ninja Villages, let's let him off this time."

Darui adds.

"Enough small talk, let's get to the point... Hokage."

Gaara turns his gaze to the front of the conference room.

Following Gaara's words, a hat with the word "Fire" on it is placed down on the main seat.

Revealing the face of a man with short hair and a cheerful expression as always.

"Hmm, then, let's start the new Five Kage Summit."

Accompanied by Naruto's final passionate shout.

The long-lost narrator's voice echoes again—

"Once there was a demon fox, and the demon fox had nine tails."

"The demon fox was sealed inside a child in the ninja village, and for a long time, it accompanied him. I don't know when it started, but the two became friends."

"Later, although the disaster [Ten-Tails] was resurrected, the children of the ninja world grew into ninjas, and together with the demon fox and the Allied Shinobi Forces, they sealed the disaster."

"The ninja who sealed the disaster is the son of the Fourth Hokage, and is the Seventh Hokage, named—"

"Naruto Uzumaki!"

The narrator's voice fades, and the words [The End] are displayed in the center of the screen.

Is it... over?

Audiences across the country, and even the world, sit blankly in front of their screens.

Silently looking at the three big characters in the center of their computers or phones.

Even knowing how exaggerated Xu Feng's productivity is this year, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe him as a "sow."

But the impact brought by the true ending of *Naruto* is still far more exaggerated than imagined.

Xu Feng remembers that when *Naruto* ended in his previous life, it happened to be his third year of high school.

He doesn't know what the top students thought about it, but the underachievers led by him were arguing like crazy.

Especially regarding the final ending.

Remarks like "Win and become Hokage, lose and marry Sakura" were common.

Not many people were surprised that Naruto and Hinata ended up together.

But why did Anko become a middle-aged woman, why do Asuma and Kurenai's child look like Uchiha Shisui, and how did Karui from the Cloud Village and Choji, two people who had no intersection in the previous plot, end up together...

There are too many questions to discuss.

However, the most talked-about pair is still Sasuke and Sakura.

Even though Xu Feng had just reached adulthood at the time, seeing these two together still made him show the "subway old man" face.

Thinking to himself, if he remembers correctly, Sasuke tried to kill Sakura several times, right?

And you still dare to marry him?

Xu Feng thinks about it and decides to delete the plot about the descendants of Shikamaru and the others.

Anyway, he is determined not to produce a sequel.

Hmm, actually, Xu Feng also thought about whether to rename Naruto's son "Kawaki Uzumaki" or something...

*Cough cough*, forget it, forget it, let's do fewer crazy things.