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Behind the boy, the laptop screen turned deep, abyssal black. A massive, pale eye opened in the center of the desktop.

Kenji looked at his router. The 'Internet' light was flashing a rhythmic, panicked crimson. He hadn't just downloaded a show; he’d opened a door. Download Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017)...

"The history you're watching is a lie," the boy whispered, his voice a glitchy rasp. "In my timeline, the seventh never woke up. And the thing that killed him just followed me through your signal." Behind the boy, the laptop screen turned deep, abyssal black

Kenji clicked it. He didn’t notice his laptop fan beginning to scream like a dying engine. He didn’t notice the date on the file: 2027 . The 'Internet' light was flashing a rhythmic, panicked

The glowing blue link on the forum was titled "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations - Unreleased Director’s Cut."

"Unplug it," Boruto growled, leveling his blade at the router. "Before the rest of them find the link."

The figure that stepped out of the monitor wasn't the heroic Boruto from the posters. This version was older, his cloak tattered, his right eye a milky, terrifying white. He looked around the cramped apartment with a thousand-yard stare, his sword dripping with a pixelated, glowing ink.