No one had expected that vision to appear so suddenly.
Was it something Temari had done that triggered it?
In the game's Temari route, during the Chunin Exams, after the player defeated Gaara, Temari would beg for her brother's life. The player could choose to spare Gaara, on the condition that Temari serve as his maid for half a year.
During that time, with enough gifts and gestures, Temari's affection would gradually grow.
Then, a few years later, when the Akatsuki kidnapped Gaara, if Temari's affection level was high enough, she would come to the player first for help.
The player would agree without hesitation and help rescue Gaara (though, just like in the original story, it was really Chiyo who pulled him back from the brink). At that point, Temari's affection would spike again, unlocking her confession event.
Simple enough. Beat Gaara, give gifts, rescue Gaara — and you had it in the bag.
But reality wasn't that easy.
In the game, gifts raised affection.
In the real world, would it really work that way?
That wasn't the main issue now, though.
The real problem was—
"Sora..."
"That kid...!"
"Seriously, him again?!"
In Konoha, Hinata, Uzuki Yugao, Yuuhi Kurenai, and countless spectators all gasped.
Yet another confession vision.
And who was being confessed to this time?
Aoki Sora.
Damn kid. Two girls wasn't enough? Now a third?
And this one wasn't even from their village?!
Temari? Who was that?
Gaara? Who was that supposed to be?
From what Temari said, it sounded like Sora had fought Gaara, then saved him, and that's why Temari wanted to marry him?
And somewhere in there, she'd even served as his maid for half a year?!
What the hell? Where could they sign up for a deal like that?
Some of the onlookers couldn't help thinking:
If I beat Gaara, could I steal this storyline?
Weird hairstyle aside, Temari was clearly attractive. And in the vision, since she was confessing, she'd taken the trouble to dress up a little. She looked even more stunning than usual.
Watching that golden-haired beauty in the vision, hearing her speak about confessing and her reasons, a lot of young male ninjas subconsciously started plotting.
They knew the story now. Maybe they could hijack it.
Right now, everyone knew the script. Everyone had the advantage of knowing what a time traveler would.
Everyone wanted to be the time traveler.
And Sora had suddenly become the native about to have his story stolen.
All you had to do was beat Gaara, spare him, and rescue him later. Then the blonde beauty would confess, propose, and maybe even serve as your maid for a while.
Easy. I could do that!
Next time they ran into a guy called Gaara, they'd keep a close eye on him.
If there was a fight, they'd be the first to charge in and take him down.
Gaara seemed like easy pickings, right? After all, he kept getting beaten and captured according to the vision.
This storyline was theirs for the taking.
Of course, that was just the fantasy of some naive and overconfident ninja.
"Gaara, huh..."
Meanwhile, outside of Sunagakure, in other villages, the smarter ninjas focused on something else entirely.
From the vision, it looked like Gaara would clash with Aoki Sora, the same Aoki Sora who, according to that future vision, might one day be nominated as the Sixth Hokage.
That fight might finally reveal Aoki Sora's true strength.
And even if they didn't witness that fight themselves, seeing Gaara in action would give them a way to estimate the power of someone who could beat him.
That was the key detail worth paying attention to.
After three visions now, it was obvious: Aoki Sora wasn't just some random kid.
Even if all three visions had shown him getting confessed to, which seemed like just personal affairs, the fact that he kept appearing meant there had to be something special about him.
Could he be someone who would one day influence the entire shinobi world, maybe even the world itself?
Maybe that was why these moments from his life were being projected.
"Him again..."
In the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi took a long drag on his pipe, his thoughts heavy.
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