Naruto:karma of time

the time

"Alright, alright. I must quickly explain for comprehension and simplification, young man. Now, let me clarify your new power before I fade from existence."

Naruto smiled in his place and returned to sit in front of the table. The being also smiled and sat in front of him.

"Alright, what exactly is this power, and will I be able to see these dimensions or travel to them?"

"In the beginning, I must clarify something important, but yes, ultimately you will be able to do that."

Naruto looked seriously at the being, this time not afraid of those empty eyes. "I'm listening."

"Good. Now listen, while you are far from having the ability to see or travel between dimensions or times, you do have the ability to travel through time in the past. As for the future, you can travel there spiritually and mentally, giving you the ability to see possible future outcomes, but only for the short term, whether it's the past or the future. And here comes the spiritual aspect, it makes you just a stopping point between the past and the future, meaning you're in the past and the event is in the future. The rest is up to you. But you'll be able to physically travel to the future once you become stronger." said the being, still in a state of calmness in front of Naruto.

Naruto took a moment to ponder and said, "So, you're saying for example, I can travel to the past for just a few hours, and I can see near-future possibilities? For example, if someone attacked me, I could see the trajectory of the attack with all possible future outcomes and find the right solution?"

The being smiled and clapped his hands, "Correct, correct. You're quite sharp indeed, young man. But I must warn you against the arrogance you might fall into, or the idea that you can change everything. Let's take an example with your parents; if they became stronger and you managed to go back to the past and save them from death, that doesn't make them alive in your timeline, but rather, you create a new timeline. However, the original line remains protected, so you're just creating a branch from that saving point. And this won't affect you; because when you return to your future, you'll find your parents are still dead."

Frankly, when Naruto first heard about his ability, he had a simple idea of saving his family, perhaps he wouldn't be alone after that, but what the being said now had stripped any of these thoughts. "So, I can't change anything?"

"That's the idea, but mostly you'll find yourself in the same line you created when you attempt to return to your time. Or you'll get lost entirely in other timelines, although you won't be affected by any timeline other than the original one that doesn't change. Here's another example: if you return to a time where you kill your grandfather"

"Nothing will happen to you "

"You're saying that I'm protected by the original timeline, and my parents' fate cannot be changed, right? But what about the future?" Naruto asked.

The entity pondered and replied, "The future is yours to shape now. You can alter any timeline starting from the moment you acquired the ability, as you'll find yourself in the same body."

Naruto had more questions but noticed the entity beginning to fade.

"Wait, what's happening to you?" Naruto asked, but the entity, without even looking at him, said, "I'm disappearing. My time is up. Listen carefully, Naruto. Your body has been slightly altered to be stronger, to match the cosmic power. You've been given a boost of power to freeze time and train in the interdimensional space until you get used to the ability. Using it might overwhelm you, so synchronize it with pausing the immediate time," the entity said before vanishing.

Naruto tried to ask how, but suddenly felt someone pulling him with a hook, and he found himself in the cold air behind Hokage Mountain.

Looking around, Naruto realized he was back at the exact moment he entered his training dimension. It seemed the oily scene was beyond time's control. He marveled at the mind's incredible speed in processing the visual information.

Naruto got up and inspected the changes mentioned by the cosmic entity. He was now more muscular but more flexible. His hair was finer, whiter, and longer, and his skin was slightly paler. He was taller by a head's length.

Suddenly, he felt a surge of power in his right hand and chest. He looked at his right hand and saw the middle, ring, and index fingers spinning, each with a white ring tattoo extending to his forearm, forming another tattoo in the shape of a clock.

He unbuttoned his shirt and found another white circular tattoo on the right side, with lines extending to the wrist, intersecting with the tattoo on his hand where the watch would be.

Naruto didn't know what he should do. If his mother saw him with tattoos at this age, she would surely kill him. There was no room for doubt.

He tried to apply some chakra to his right hand and chest. Suddenly, a pulse of light spread from Naruto, causing everyone and everything around him to freeze in place. Even the birds stopped moving, suspended in mid-air.

Naruto looked around and saw a bird frozen in the sky. Time had stopped flowing.

Suddenly, a gate opened, swallowing Naruto. He closed his eyes against the brightness from the mentioned gate.

When he opened them, he found himself in an empty, black space. He looked around and saw thousands, if not millions, of mirrors surrounding him, with a giant mirror occupying the infinite space within the room.

Naruto analyzed what was happening and understood that he was now at the point between dimensions, inside the tree in his Narutoverse dimension, where he trained.

"So, this is where my destiny begins," Naruto said, his tattoos and eyes glowing bright white.

Only time would tell, as Otsutsuki Urashiki hadn't stopped here. He was in a state of time travel through turtles.

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Anyway, stay tuned for the new chapter tomorrow, titled "Visions." You can think about what the title means. I really want to see your ability to infer. If you

don't know, it means your head is emptier than that space.