After Momoshiki and Jinshi were defeated by Maples, the Shinobi World ushered in a long-lost peace.
Maples learned about the Otsutsuki Clan from Jinshi, and left the Shinobi World one day, using Yomizu Ryōsaka to open a passage to the distant sky.
After that, he exhausted his Chakra, and then used Time Reversal to return to his previous state, and then traveled again.
A few days later.
Maples returned to the Shinobi World.
Kakashi asked Feng Ye what he had been doing in the past few days. Feng Ye's answer was that he went to the Otsutsuki Clan's Kin-Shiki and Momo-Shiki Clan's lands and beat up the enemies he encountered one by one. In the end, he accidentally destroyed the Otsutsuki Clan's planet, so he didn't bring back anything.
Kakashi fell into deep thought about this.
About a month later, Maples retired from the position of Hokage at the age of 28, and Konoha ushered in the Sixth Hokage, Hatake Kakashi.
Because everything was already prepared, and Kakashi's strength was already at the peak of the Shinobi World, the succession of Hokage didn't cause any waves.
Although many people were reluctant.
Many people hoped that Maples would continue to be Hokage, but Maples still retired and handed over all the power in his hands to Kakashi.
…
A few years later.
Somewhere in the North side of Konoha.
Maples sat in the corridor with a tea table in front of him. He held a cup of tea in his left hand and slowly sipped it.
In front of him.
A boy of about six or seven years old with short silver hair was sitting.
"Hmm … That's why it's natural for living things to reproduce and mate. Regardless of whether it's a female pursuing a male or a male pursuing a female, outstanding individuals will always be surrounded by more members of the opposite sex. This is also the result of natural selection."
"The more excellent an individual is, the more they can pass on their genes and have the right to reproduce, and those who are not excellent enough will not be favored by the opposite sex, so they will gradually be eliminated, and the part of their genes that belongs to them will disappear with time."
Maples drank the tea in one gulp, put the cup on the table, and said: "So, the more excellent a person is, the more they will be surrounded by the opposite sex. In fact, this is also a criterion for whether an individual is good enough, including humans."
"So, don't be troubled by being surrounded by a large number of members of the opposite sex, because it is a reflection of your excellence, and it is something you should be proud of."
The silver-haired boy seemed to understand something.
He nodded.
"I understand, Maples -san."
"It's good that you understand."
Maples smiled slightly and stood up.
At this time, Kakashi, wearing Hokage Hokage Haori Haori, came in and saw his son sitting sitting in front of Maples.
Kakashi looked looked at Maples and said said: "Hokage, Maples, Mai?"
"Nope, why would I?"
Maples smiled and said: "I just taught him how to look at things in another way, so that he can turn his troubles into something else."
Kakashi looked at Maples suspiciously, and felt that there was something wrong.
Maples put on his wooden clogs and walked into the room, saying: "Okay, Xiao Kong has played enough, bring him back, and tell Xiao Qiong to come and play if he has nothing to do."
Kakashi stared at Maples' back until Maples disappeared, then he looked at Qimu Kong and said: "What did Maples teach you just now?"
Qimu Kong said seriously: "Uncle said Dad, wearing a mask is a sign of lack of confidence, and told me not to learn from you, I think Uncle is right."
Kakashi: "…"
…
Squeak, squeak, squeak.
Maples stepped on his wooden clogs and went all the way to the rooftop.
He came to the edge of the rooftop and looked at the distant sky, and his eyes showed endless depth. If you look carefully, you can see from his eyes that the whole world is sunrise and sunset, as if it has experienced endless time in an instant.
This is the ability of the Illusory Clock Scale IV – Future Prediction!
It wasn't just the ability to foresee the short future like the perceptive ability. The ability under this scale allowed one to see countless futures, and one could see endless distant times!
The future is not a line, but a handful of sand.
To put it more vividly, it's like a tree-shaped map, a tree-shaped map that spreads out infinitely, and every difference will extend to a completely different future.
Just like the Observation Haki of the One Piece world, it can only see the future for a few seconds and only one future, but the ability of the Illusory Clock Scale IV can see the infinite future and see all the possible futures!
In other words.
Maples stood here and could actually see the end of time in this world.
"What a hateful ability …"
Maples closed his eyes, and the luster in his eyes disappeared, and he became calm again. He shook his head.
This ability was unlocked two years ago.
After getting this ability, whenever he is interested in the future, he will use this ability to see the future, and the perspective is like standing at a high place, looking at countless branches of time.
This ability is actually extremely powerful, but because of this, its side effects are also very obvious, that is, it will make people lose interest in the future.
Because he could see everything that would happen in the future.
If you can see everything that will happen, in fact, it's a very boring thing, so much so that Maples has lost interest in many things.
"If I use this ability too much, my human emotions will really gradually disappear."
Maples whispered in his heart.
In fact, even if he doesn't use this ability, he will still lose interest in this world because he has seen countless futures and things that will happen decades later.
"If this goes on, I won't be controlling time, but being controlled by time, I must make changes …"
Maples raised his head and looked at the sky in the distance, and a deep look flashed in his eyes.
After unlocking the ability of Scale IV, he received a message from the Illusory Clock. It was a message left behind by the previous owner of the Illusory Clock in time.
[The power you have, I call it — the Sand of Time.]
[The Sand of Time can unlock a total of 12 time abilities. When you get all 12 abilities, you will be standing at the peak of time and the world.]
[In fact, after unlocking three to four abilities, you should have reached the peak of a certain world. At most, you won't be able to unlock more than five abilities, so I recorded this message when you unlock the fourth ability …]
[The Sand of Time has the ability to travel through time and space, and you can go to different worlds.]
[What I want to tell you is that unlocking 12 abilities is not the end, and it doesn't mean you can truly control time. You are still a puppet of time, controlled by time, because your self will gradually disappear with time.]
[I don't know how to resist, how to break free from time and truly control time … I only know that if this continues, I will completely lose myself in the passage of time and become an existence akin to a puppet statue.]
[I tried to seal my memories and put myself into a new life. Every time I reach the peak of a new world, I will reclaim everything from the past, but this method can only delay it, not cure it. Unless I completely give up on my past, but if I do that, I will no longer be myself.]
[I can't find a way …]
[When I still had some sense of self in me, I recorded this piece of information here. When you received this information, it meant that I had already failed and lost myself in the passage of time. I became a failure and was abandoned by the Sands of Time.]
[Actually, after going through so many worlds and experiencing so many happy times, I am already satisfied, especially when my self is almost disappearing. Emotions like dissatisfaction, unwillingness, and unwillingness no longer exist.]
[I even feel that there is nothing bad about disappearing like this. My life is complete enough — this is also the scariest part of time.]
[Then …]
[Good luck.]
[I hope you can control time, not be controlled by it.]
After receiving this message from the Illusory Clock, Maples was silent for a long time. Everything he felt so far showed that there was no mistake in this message.
"I don't know how much time you have experienced, but my time has just begun, at least I won't easily surrender to time …"
Maples murmured.
His gaze swept across Konoha below, the entire Konoha Village, the entire Shinobi World, and finally looked up at the sky.
A pale golden luster appeared in his eyes, and the Illusory Clock appeared in his eyes, and then it was reflected, as if covering the entire sky at once.
Hum!!!
Some strange power swayed.
Kakashi, who was asking Maples what he taught his son, froze there.
Kurenai, who was cooking, also froze there.
Terumi Mei, who was taking a bath, also froze there, and drops of water froze on her body.
The wind was still.
The whole sky, the whole world, everything fell into silence, whether it was life or something, whether it was body or consciousness, everything fell into silence.
Maples also fell into silence, but only his body, his consciousness still existed.
"Time Stop …"
"No, this is not Time Stop, it's separating me from this time alone …"
Maples realized what happened.
Then.
The Illusory Clock emitted a bright light, covering him all of a sudden, as if a big hand pulled his figure out of this time.
In front of him appeared a golden river. It was a river, but if you look carefully, you can see that every drop of water seems to be a golden clock, constantly rotating.
His whole body flowed down this golden world, and he could feel his body aging rapidly. He didn't know how many tens of millions of years had passed, but he felt his body quickly become young again, and in an instant, he returned to his infancy.
Finally.
The power that wrapped him disappeared, and he fell down.
Golden waves splashed.
He disappeared in the river.
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