Chapter Fifteen - Dreaming of Castles

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I stumbled over to the altar and snatched the scroll up.

"Don't worry, buddy!" I said cheerfully, "We're going to send you home now, but we will probably call you back up in a little while, just for a quick chat cya!"

I inventoried the scroll, and then without a single frame of transition, we were suddenly standing on the stone foundation that had sat beneath the castle. Massive plumes of white smoke surrounded us in thick roiling clouds that drifted off into the air before vanishing after several long moments.

I turned to Karenbana, who looked equal parts terrified and amazed.

I pulled the scroll back out of the inventory with a thought and tossed it at her head, Karenbana was a ninja, so of course, she snatched it out of the air before it hit her in the face, but it was the thought that counted.

"That's two months pay, shitty bodyguard," I said easily, "Don't spend it all at once."

Karenbana just stared at me with wide eyes.

"You should probably sign it straight away and then try to call him up," I said thoughtfully, "I told him he had a few minutes and they can probably tell when someone signs it, I'm pretty sure they can do some weird reverse summoning thing to get back here, better to establish that relationship as quickly as possible, especially while he's still grateful that we saved his leathery old ass."

Karenbana stared down at the scroll in her hand in disbelief and made no move to follow me when I left.

I headed back towards the foundation staircase.

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I wonder how many people were going to freak out when they noticed the castle was suddenly missing? That would be hilarious, there were a couple of small cities in the Land of the Neck, at least Karenbana had said there was earlier, none of them were very near though, so the news would probably take a while to spread.

Actually, it was probably better if we just left as soon as possible because if they did notice it and were pissed off that an important landmark had suddenly been stolen, they might hire a ninja to come find out what had happened.

I wanted no part of that nonsense.

The other thing that had been on my mind since I realized the castle was still here was that everything did seem to exist here. Naruto was still going off on a training journey with Jiraiya, which was the main story content, Land of the Moon mission existed, which was movie content, and they actually went there which implied they might go to other movie locations.

I don't know where that Janin nonsense was from, but it reeked of filler.

Mount Koryū also existed, which was fucking game content, and the fucking summoned animal castle existed, which was uh, was that filler?

Only Naruto hadn't done this one, but he had done the Land of the Moon, and what did that mean exactly? Movies were probably happening here, and Naruto was out here doing filler stuff when he should have been with Jiraiya doing main-story stuff.

Some of the events from different mediums overlapped during the same periods, like how the Dragonblade game took place during the Hunt for Itachi mission, somehow. If both of those things existed in this world, the Dragonblade and Itachi, but Naruto could only be present for one of them

What the fuck happened then? What if Naruto didn't stop that stone of Gelel crap? What if it happened later instead? Why didn't I ask him? I had only stumbled upon this by chance because I wanted a strong sword, and I had immediately remembered the game.

The shadow demon asshole from Land of the Demons happened right at the start of Shippuden, so what happened if Naruto went to save Gaara instead? Or would he go stop the massive immortal army, and Gaara would die?

What about that Blood Prison movie with Naruto and that white-haired ninja that could somehow revive people. When had that happened? What if Naruto ended up in prison while one of the other big things happened?

Which events were going to be ignored? Were these the things I was supposed to 'Save the World' from? The ones that he couldn't be present for? How did I figure out which ones?

What about events that had already happened before I had gotten here, the ones that had overlapped? Did Team Seven go and save that snow-princess-actor chick from that movie? Or was she still pretending to be an actress? Were they busy somewhere else when that was going on?

Was she was just shit out of luck? Why didn't I ask when I had the chance? I wasted so much time! I should have been thinking about this already! I sat down next to the coals of our long-dead campfire and thought furiously.

What about that sky ninja movie, that was during Shippuden, and Orochimaru was still alive at that point. Would Sasuke actually go and get the immortality jutsu for Orochimaru as he did in the movie? Or would Sasuke just kill him as he did in the anime, because he was sick, and his arms didn't work?

Naruto would most likely be there for that one because those ninjas attacked Konoha, so Konoha shinobi would definitely respond to the aggression, but if Sasuke didn't go for the technique and gank the sky dude, what would happen?

Would Naruto just die there?

What about that time travel puppet asshole, Naruto had also gone to that thing, but it was in the same period that he was supposed to be training sage mode I think? Sometime after, Jiraiya had already died. I don't know about all that time travel nonsense but if Naruto weren't there to help his own dad then that puppet-guy would win in the past, Minato would either flee or die and if he died Naruto wouldn't be born so he couldn't do any of the stuff he had already done? Or something?

I don't fucking know.

"Sora," Karenbana said quietly, from directly behind me.

"I am having a mental breakdown right now, Karenbana," I said honestly. "I'm afraid I'll be unavailable for any consultations, please schedule in an appointment for yourself sometime later this week."

"What?" Karenbana said, confused.

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Status

Name – SoraTitle – N/AAge - 22Level - 23Health Points - 860/860Mana Points - 2010/2010Vitality 86 (Total Health, 10 HP per point.)Strength 97 (Physical Power.)Speed 230 (Movement speed, Reflexes.)Perception 42 (Sensory Reception, Accuracy.)Intelligence 27 (Plasticity, Comprehension, Memory.)Mana 174 (Total Mana, 10 MP per point.)Luck 0 (Increases chance of finding loot, Increases quality of item drops.)Stat points 0Health Recovery Rate – 2.25 HP/sMana Recovery Rate – 34.5 MP/sMana Cost Reduction – 29.25 MPCast Time Reduction – 29.75 seconds.Stealth Rating – 103Perception Rating - 42* () are tooltips that appear when hovered.Money (moon dollars) - $6,068.Skills in useIron Hide - (1mp/s)Energy Sense – (1mp/s)Vision – (1mp/s)

Skills in useIron Hide - (1mp/s)Energy Sense – (1mp/s)Vision – (1mp/s)

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