Naruto has always masked his inner turmoil with loud laughter and reckless confidence, but beneath that façade, he's never been truly at peace. When a routine B-rank mission takes a dark and unexpected turn, it starts to unravel everything Naruto thought he knew about himself-his past, his identity, and the burden of the lives he's taken. As the lines between reality and madness blur, Naruto is thrust into a spiral of self-doubt and madness, forced to confront the terrifying possibility that the monster he fears might be staring back at him in the mirror. *Read tags for triggers*