Scene: Sky Above the Uzumaki Shrine – 12 Hours Until Reboot
The sky cracks.
A fissure of pure white opens across the heavens, and from it descends an obsidian pen the size of a mountain. Its point glows with searing light, dripping molten editorial ink.
Amara whispers:
"It's not just a tool… that's him. That pen is the Supreme Editor."
Naruto clenches his fists.
"You mean the one who's been deleting timelines like they're bad drafts?"
Ben stares skyward.
"No… worse. He's the one who decides which stories never even get written."
Arrival – Supreme Editor, Lord of Retcon
The pen strikes the earth and unfolds.
What steps out is neither man nor god, but something between logic and creation.
He wears a cloak made of redlines and margin notes.
His eyes are empty boxes waiting to be filled.
His voice is cold—yet perfect.
"Benjamin. Designation: Void Prince. Violation: Existence Without Approval."
"Judgment: Immediate Deletion."
Ben's Stand – The Story That Refused to Die
Ben steps forward, every version of him flickering across his form:
The scared human.
The Void Prince.
The Resistance General.
The Echo of All Drafts.
He plants the Meta-Quill in the ground.
"I've fought erased versions of myself.
I've seen timelines bend and break.
But you?
You're just afraid of what happens when a story writes itself."
The Editor raises his Pen-Spear.
"You are a plot hole wrapped in contradiction.
Prepare to be resolved."
The Clash Begins – Rewriter vs Editor
Ben charges with Meta-Quill blazing.
The Supreme Editor answers with a stroke of the Pen-Spear that erases gravity around them.
Ben spins mid-air, rewriting physics on the fly.
Ben writes: "I defy deletion."
The Editor strikes: "Redundant character arc removed."
Ben rewrites: "My growth is my canon."
The Editor slashes: "Retcon applied—childhood erased."
Ben counters: "Then I'll forge a new one."
Amara and Naruto Join In
From below, Amara fires glyph arrows laced with Reader Resonance—the raw hope of those who read and believed.
Naruto leaps, fusing shadow clones with narrative inconsistencies.
"If this world's gonna end, I'm going out swinging with my best plot twist!"
They force the Supreme Editor back—momentarily.
Ben Awakens Final Form: Inkborn Ascendant
His body glows with fractal script.
His mind links to every page ever written about him.
He becomes the Inkborn Ascendant, a being of paradox and purpose.
"I am the story they refused to end.
The voice between the chapters.
I AM THE MARGIN COME TO LIFE."
He drives the Meta-Quill into the sky.
Reality splits.
The Editor's Trump Card – The Manuscript Lock
The Supreme Editor roars.
From his cloak, he draws the Manuscript Lock—a golden seal with one terrifying command:
"THE END."
He throws it at Ben.
Everything slows.
Even time holds its breath.
Ben hears one voice—his own, from Chapter 1.
"I don't know what's happening… but I want to live."
Ben reaches deep.
He writes one word across the lock:
"Continue."
The seal cracks.
Cliffhanger – The Final Rewrite Vote Begins
The sky flashes with a new message:
"Narrative Judgment Pending.
Reader Resonance: 98%.
Final Verdict Will Be Chosen by the Collective."
The Supreme Editor retreats into the clouds.
"Then let the readers decide.
Do you deserve to exist… or be forgotten?"
Ben stands tall.
"Let them read everything. Then let them choose."
[CHAPTER END | NEXT: Chapter 50 – The Vote of All Readers – Will Ben Be Erased?]