Scene: The Inner Chamber of the Narrative Core – Hidden Memory Sector
Ben sits in silence, flipping through glowing pages—each a world he's touched, rewritten, or saved.
But Ryunosuke… there's no entry.
No backstory. No appearance. No fanfic.
Just one phrase, scribbled in corrupted red:
"The Rewrite that Rewrote the Rewriter."
Amara appears beside him.
"I checked the multiverse logs. No such character was ever uploaded.
He doesn't exist in canon, fanon, filler, or even parody."
Ben's eyes narrow.
"Which means he wrote himself in."
Search for the Impossible Begins
Ben consults the Index of Unfinished Arcs, a dangerous collection of fragmented realities.
With Amara and a spectral version of Tenten as his anchor, he dives into unstable timelines in search of Ryunosuke.
First Stop:
A post-war Konoha where Naruto is Hokage… and no one remembers Sasuke ever existing.
Second Stop:
A genin team where Ryunosuke Uzumaki stands proudly next to Hinata and Shino.
Third Stop:
A world where Naruto died as a baby, and Ryunosuke became the Jinchūriki.
In every world, one detail stays consistent:
Ryunosuke is always perfect.
Beloved. Gifted. Balanced.
Too balanced.
Too… unnaturally accepted.
The Horror Unfolds – Ryunosuke's Origin
Ben finally uncovers a hidden note in a corrupted scroll:
"Created by a desperate reader. Inserted into abandoned fics. Never noticed.
Became real when no one rejected him."
He wasn't written by a writer. He was willed into being by the collective unconscious of dissatisfied fans.
A self-writing character—feeding off the need for a "better Naruto."
"He's not a rewrite," Amara whispers.
"He's a replacement."
Confrontation in a Mirror World
Ben travels to a crystalline world—a mirror reflection of Naruto's timeline.
There he sees him.
Ryunosuke Uzumaki.
Tall. Charismatic. Sage Mode mastered.
Son of Minato and Kushina. Childhood friend of Sasuke.
Married to Hinata. Student of Kakashi. Rival of Itachi.
Everyone loves him.
Naruto? Doesn't exist here.
Ben steps forward.
"You're a virus in the script."
Ryunosuke smiles calmly.
"No. I'm the correction."
Their Words Clash – Ideal vs. Identity
Ben:
"You're everything fans thought they wanted.
But you erased the pain, the struggle, the growth."
Ryunosuke:
"I am what Naruto should've been.
Why suffer to be loved? Why fall to rise? I offer the perfect story."
Ben draws the Meta-Quill.
"Perfection kills stories.
Flaws make them real."
Cliffhanger – The Final Rewrite Begins
Ryunosuke draws a weapon unlike any Ben has seen—a Pen-Sword of Absolute Continuity.
"Then let us write each other out, Ben.
Let the better rewrite survive."
As the multiverse trembles once again, the two prepare for a duel not just of power…
…but of narrative philosophy.
[CHAPTER END | NEXT: Chapter 58 – Duel of the Rewrites: Void Prince vs. Fan-Perfect Savior]