Can Code Be Fixed?

Of all of the disagreements the Boruto fans can have, one of the things that seems to unite is the fact that this creature right here, Limited ‘L’ Code, is a loser. At this point, not even the Shigaraki parallel makes sense to talk about at this point. However, one of the things writers always keep in mind in stories is that there is always a fix in even the worst of situations.

Believe it or not, Code allows for a very interesting storyline if the circumstances were different on his end. And depending on what elements you choose to work with, you could have a very different character on your hands. So that’s what I’m attempting to do this time. As usual, there has to be some rules so it’s not simply a vain project. With Code, major changes have to be done but…

• We’re going to maintain the heart of Code’s conflict with trying to live up to Isshiki’s legacy.
• We’re going to maintain Code’s infatuation with Eida.
• We’re going to maintain Code’s conflict with Kawaki.
• Omnipotence is still going to occur.
• Code is still going to be introduced after Isshiki’s death.

Most of the rest will change.

Part 1: Code Saga [Code Arc and Omnipotence Arc]

Code is introduced in Chapter 55 to take over Isshiki’s plan. We’re going to ignore the purpose Isshiki lays before him because it’s not as interesting. Instead, Code is going to hear Isshiki is dead and set his mind on destroying Kawaki so he can avenge for Isshiki’s death. The story had him have limiters to make him sound intimidating because if removed, he could be a threat. I’m going with the exact opposite approach on this one.

Code’s White Karma works differently from Kawaki’s Karma because while Kawaki can have Isshiki download his entity all the way to 100%, Code’s Karma starts off at 80% of Isshiki and is only ever going to lose Isshiki’s data and power over time. Meaning that at some point in the future, Code is going to lose Isshiki and become ‘just Code’. This time, Code is compelled to look for Amado, not so his limiters are removed but so that the White Karma is stabilized before he loses the data. Amado however is clear that the White Karma is too much of an anomaly to fix without ample time. He needs years before he can do anything worthwhile.

Daemon is sent to attack Code and their fight goes differently. They are pretty much on par, with Code getting close to making an attack that can harm Daemon, which Daemon notices. This sets a hard baseline for Daemon as only 20% less powerful than Isshiki and that while Code is capable of being as strong, it’s not going to be a reality with the way the White Karma works. Code is infatuated with Eida as before and is willing to do anything for her, including stop his fight with Daemon in order to take a full reflect from Daemon that decommissions him.

Code wakes up to seeing Eida and Daemon gone with Amado and though Bug has been able to restore his energy, the White Karma was forced to take the brunt of the reflect, losing a whole 20% of his power and bringing him to 60% Isshiki. Annoyed at how Kawaki was able to take Eida away, Code gathers his resolve to attack Konoha and this forces Naruto to try and protect Konoha with Sage Mode.

Sage Mode Naruto has experience fighting Isshiki so he has the reaction speed to take Code on but does not carry as much power output as when he had Kurama. This forces Naruto to think outside the box for the fight and he uses Summoning so he can buy time to trap Code in a Sage Mode Genjutsu he’d been formulating. Kawaki rushes off to give backup to Naruto and Shikamaru is forced to follow. Boruto however is held back for fear of Momoshiki being set free. Boruto finds a way to escape anyway.

Naruto’s plan is barely functioning as Code keeps using his zips to escape from various attacks, mocking Naruto’s role as the 7th if he’s not even capable of stopping someone like himself. Naruto is not perturbed; he’s been facing powerful people for most of his life. Sure enough, the seal sets, memorizing Code’s patterns to ensure he couldn’t escape. Code beats Naruto to a pulp and laughs as he stomps on him only to see him disappear and be right where he was moments before Code beat him. Code tries to wreck Naruto and after a few times of seeing the same results, realizes what happened.

Naruto talks about how Kabuto had once been caught up in a similar Genjutsu; Izanami. Naruto does not have the Sharingan so his version could never really work without ample time to plan and a terrain that had his advantages. Etched onto the forest were small seals that were manipulating Nature Energy to activate a wide enough seal over time that recreated the scenario. As long as they were in the forest and the seal was active, Naruto could ‘never truly be killed’. It was a plan to protect Konoha from a villain who would try to wreck the village the way Pain did all those years ago, especially after Isshiki’s attack.

The way the Genjutsu worked was that it displaced where both Naruto and Code truly were in the forest relative to where their minds thought they were. So while it was possible for Code to truly hurt Naruto, it would be difficult to tell when that would be the case. Code could be knocking air and never truly know the difference. This also meant that Code could not escape because he had to know where he was to do that. However, the technique was demanding and Code’s attacks were not easy for Naruto to shrug off. Worse still, Kawaki arrives and forces Naruto to reveal his location and Code goes in for the attack. Naruto does his best to fight with the remainder of his strength and Code is curious at why he keeps going despite having the shorter end of the stick.

“What kind of question is that? Of course I have to fight to protect everyone. I am the 7th Hokage after all. That is My Shinobi Way.”

Annoyed by this answer and how arrogant it comes across, Code lethally stabs Naruto and he falls, unconscious in a pool of blood. Kawaki looks at the Hokage, horrified, and in his bitterness and rage, unlocks his Karma and takes Code to town.

Code vs Kawaki is a tough Karma fight that has Code on the ropes and Kawaki is channeling nothing but rage at Naruto possibly dying. Though Code is strong, he realizes that Kawaki is capable of killing him in this moment and thus escapes. Kawaki is left holding an unconscious Naruto in his arms and thinking that he never wants the 7th to be in such a position ever again. Naruto is taken to hospital and Kawaki looks at Boruto with a blank stare. The next few days has him sleepless, wondering if he has the resolve to do what it takes to do what he believes what is right.

Boruto is worried about Kawaki and the two talk about it. Kawaki insists that he is fine and remains closed off, hoping to slowly break his bond with Boruto so he can see him for what he truly is; a liability. Kawaki has chosen this path. Before he begins his plan, he asks Eida if she cares to help him and she replies in affirmation. Kawaki then enacts his plan. He goes to Naruto’s house and finds Hinata and traps her, fails to find Himawari, then heads to the hospital. Naruto is surprised but is too weak to stop Kawaki and is trapped as well. This garners the attention of the Sensory unit and Boruto, the latter of who goes to face Kawaki. The two have one final duel and Kawaki is ready to kill Boruto and escape with the 7th when he finds himself surrounded by Konoha shinobi, Sasuke included.

Momoshiki is able to take control, sure that this is the moment when Boruto despairs and slows time and frees Kawaki to enact the future. Kawaki is willing to kill Momoshiki where he stands but Momo tells him that killing Boruto won’t be possible in this scenario. His only best bet is to use Eida’s ‘true power’ with a smile. Kawaki escapes and gets to Eida, asking her to use her true power. Eida admits that her power can only make true the deepest desire and that Kawaki has to want it more than his life for it to work. Kawaki believes that he truly does desire that and Eida fulfills the wish…except she realizes her power does not kill Boruto.

Instead Kawaki and Boruto switch fates for all except a few people. Sasuke is the first to notice something is not right and grabs Boruto from an angry Konoha, the nagging feeling of his Rinnegan returning to him via instinct. Sarada is shocked beyond words at everything happening and unlike before, falls into a coma. Sumire locks herself in her room. But more importantly, there is one character who is also revealed to be immune to Omnipotence this time around; Code. In fact, it is revealed that despite not being Otsutsuki, Code was never really affected by Eida’s charm to begin with.

He had genuinely been charmed by her.

This formed a sort of immunity where Code could truly enact his will if he wanted to but he chose to instead follow that of Eida. This is going to be important for later. So Code knows the truth that Kawaki set all of this up so he could have Konoha to himself and it disgusts him that such a weak shallow character could be the inheritor of Isshiki. Kawaki tells himself that this was the true path and that by being in Konoha, Boruto cannot harm the village and Kawaki can protect both the 7th and the village in peace.

Unlike in the original, Boruto leaves with a heavy heart thirsting for justice for what Kawaki put him through.

Part 2: Time Skip Era Code

I honestly did not expect the first part to be as long as it did but I guess I did need the groundwork for the character dissection in Part 2. So the dynamics are set between characters.

• Kawaki hates Code because he nearly killed Naruto and he forces himself to hate Boruto because he could be a legitimate threat to Naruto.
• Code is indifferent to Boruto outside of being Naruto’s son but because he will attack Konoha, Boruto is an enemy. He hates Kawaki because he is spineless in his eyes.
• Boruto hates Code because he nearly killed Naruto and he hates what Kawaki did to him in order to establish his form of justice.

This makes the trio an interesting group of characters who are starting on the wrong foot. I initially wrote Part 2 notes with only Code in mind so I hope you don’t mind if Kawaki and Boruto are not the center focus of the rewrite. Code is planning to attack Konoha in a few days so we have a chapter or two setting the new status quo between characters. Sarada was out for the first few months and once Sakura was able to revive her, she realized Sarada’s shock rewired her Sharingan to one tomoe. Lacking an outlet for her frustration, Sarada requested to join the ANBU and she was able to get in.

Sarada spent her time getting back to her 3 Tomoe status by handling missions with ruthless efficiency, gaining the attention of the last person who used the ANBU as an excuse to hold in their trauma; 6th Hokage Hatake Kakashi. Kakashi doesn’t discourage Sarada but instead asks that she trains under him since she’s hoping to be a Hokage herself and she eagerly accepts. With this, Kakashi takes the excuse to avoid returning to the Hokage seat so Shikamaru is chosen as the 8th. Before Kakashi took over her training, there was a mission that had several ANBU sent to survey and it was such a bloody mission that the only survivor was Sarada, who returned with Mangekyo Sharingan and fear from her peers as a ‘Teammate Killer’

The only true friend Sarada is left with is Sumire, who is also avoided for her conspiracy theories about what happened years ago. Sumire was forced to ask for a leave of absence from her work and thus the two have been spending time in the old Root Archives, trying to piece together how Omnipotence works. Shikamaru does not mind their enthusiasm and told them that he would personally believe it if they were able to find irrefutable proof of this being the case. Sai on his part believes that as long that as long as Sasuke got involved, then it’s something worth investigating. Sakura is also a skeptic and has been the only one to find a way to communicate with Sasuke over the 3 years.

Many of the Konoha Senpai have their reservations but due to social climate, see it better to keep the peace for now.

It is here that we begin to learn that Momoshiki’s initial plan to spook Boruto is getting to him. Boruto is beginning to notice Momo is hesitant and irritable and calls him out for it but Momo says nothing. Only in his eyes can you tell there is hesitation.

Code is now getting to less that 50%. He is desperate to act and thus he stages an attack on Konoha, with the hope of destroying what Kawaki cares about while Boruto is not present. He had been keeping track of information and realized that Omnipotence had created tensions in Konoha with people holding different ideas about what their memories were supposed to mean. He thus decides to use the Ten Tails to attack even if it comes at the cost of his life. Like I mentioned in a previous post, this fight takes a couple of chapters to enact and Sarada and Ino-Shika-Cho are the main stars.

Code however has a very rough fight with Kawaki, barely keeping up with his attacks. Kawaki is getting closer to being as powerful as Isshiki and Code knows that so he uses the attack on Konoha to place his priorities. Kawaki is instructed by Shikamaru to keep his eyes on Code and let them take care of the rest. Code mocks Kawaki for trying to be Naruto when in reality the path he took to being the one everyone leans on is something Naruto would frown at. Kawaki doesn’t care about that. Being Naruto is impossible for him. Protecting what Naruto cares about however, Kawaki can do at all costs.

“Even if the cost is Konoha itself?” Code says with a sneer.

“I don’t expect you to understand. You’re trying to fulfill the legacy of one who never truly cared about you.”

The two talk about what Isshiki was to both of them and Code is clear that no matter what, he is going to be the true living legacy of Isshiki. Code takes a beating from Kawaki, who warns him to escape while he still can and Code stands his ground.

“Something the Hokage said to me a while back. Having a shinobi way. I wouldn’t know what that means. But his resolve to fight against the odds. Can’t say I don’t admire that. I don’t care if I don’t stop you, Kawaki. You’re a fraud. And I’m going to destroy Konoha to prove it.”

His Ten Tails are about to destroy Konoha with Tailed Beast Bombs [sorry, I’m borrowing my own ideas here] when Boruto shows up and absorbs it with Karma. He warns Code to leave while he still can. Code reminds Boruto that just a moment ago, he tried to destroy the village and that if given a chance, he will do it again.

“Your destiny is through,” Boruto says as his eye lights up. “I don’t need to see your future to know that. I will deal with Kawaki.”

Code is annoyed by that sentiment, seeing the same arrogance that he once saw in Naruto and tries to attack Boruto. Boruto vanishes from his eye and Code immediately feels a cold blade run through his back, the blood splattering and sending Code to the ground. Boruto points to Code with his blade.

“It wasn’t a request, Code. Run away, while you still can.”

Code is too tired to do anything so he uses the last of his strength to escape with his minions. He returns to his lair, unconscious. Boruto points to the Hokage Rock as the place the two will fight and vanishes. Kawaki follows. You can see where I’m going with this one.

Boruto is holding on to a lot of boiling anger. He tries to reason with Kawaki but it fails. Kawaki had not planned all of this in vain. Boruto is going to die. Boruto points out that all that Kawaki has done is not befitting of a shinobi and Kawaki tells Boruto that the shinobi era will be useless to handle the future and so it ought to die while it lasts. It is here that we get the famous Chapter 1 line…

I’m going with the assumption that the Jougan has the ability for foresight, but consumes too much chakra to be on at all times. Unlike the Sharingan, however, Jougan goes one step further by seeing all possible outcomes so that Boruto always makes an optimum move as long as he is as strong as the opponent. In other words, as long as Boruto is using the Jougan, he will not miss and he will not use any more stamina than is necessary for an attack. Momoshiki has always been noted to take advantage of Boruto’s low chakra level to appear and Boruto is attempting to keep track of that.

The first few seconds of the match is a bloodbath as Boruto wrecks Kawaki [picture the Invincible meme where Omni-Man beats his son], taking out his anger for 3 years on his ‘brother’. Kawaki tries to escape and finds Boruto stopping him for accessing his portal. He tries to use Sukunahikona and Daikokuten and finds that Boruto is always a few seconds earlier than his attack. This slowly drives Kawaki to an anger of his own as he feels weak again, something he had been hoping to destroy the past 3 years.

Boruto’s Jougan begins to fail him and Kawaki takes advantage, throwing everything at Boruto and Boruto barely missing the attacks. Finally, Boruto loses his stability and Kawaki traps him with the rods and punches him non-stop.

“Die, you Otsutsuki scum, die!” Kawaki says with each punch. “Don’t you get it, Boruto? Don’t you get that you are dangerous?”

“I don’t get it,” Boruto says, stunning Kawaki. “In fact, I don’t think I’ll ever get it. What do you think is the difference between them and us, Kawaki?”

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“There isn’t one. Not as long as Momoshiki has the ability to take over.”

“Precisely. Control. The urge to let power to get to our heads and desire to take even more. They are creatures of instinct. We fight it with every fiber of our being. It was what led Dad to conquer the hatred of Kurama.”

“This is different, Boruto. Kurama is capable of reason and love. Momoshiki is not. He is just chaos waiting to happen.”

“So we grow stronger than Dad, then. Otherwise, he fought for peace in vain.”

Kawaki is ready to destroy Boruto but he is able to use Jougan once more and he fights back.

“I’m sorry, Kawaki. I know you mean well. But I’m not going to stand here and watch you take away everything I want to protect. I have the right to protect them, too.”

“Are you sure about that?”

Momoshiki then decides to fight for control over Boruto. Boruto’s mind is too weak and Momoshiki takes over. Boruto travels to where Momoshiki is in his subconscious. So now, two fights are present.

• Momoshiki uses Boruto’s body to fight Kawaki like he promised to do a while back. He has Boruto’s Jougan so he plans to use it to destroy Kawaki.
• Boruto heads to his mind to face off with Momoshiki before Momoshiki destroys Kawaki.

Momoshiki jeers Kawaki as he fights him, attempting to prove Boruto wrong. Eida, who had promised not to be involved because of Omnipotence, warns Sarada and together they both head to where Kawaki is. Kawaki is resolved to kill Borushiki but he’s growing too weak. He notices that the Jougan time-limit is approaching and thus decides to stall for time.

Boruto has a fruitless fight with Momoshiki who stomps on him and tries to force Boruto as he gets rid of his dreams and break his spirit so he can finally win and prevent the future he sees from happening. Eida and Sarada arrive just in time and team up with Kawaki, despite Sarada hating him. Sarada reveals her MS ability Konohanasakuya-Hime.

• Under Konohanasakuya-Hime, a sakura tree appears full of cherry blossoms. This ability matches with Sarada unlocking her Byakugo seal and a timer for the cherry blossoms will fall completely. As long as the tree holds blossoms, Sarada and her chosen teammates are virtually immortal, incapable of dying from any damage whatsoever.
• Sakuyahime is a powerful ability that taxes Sarada as she holds the burden of the fight. Once the ability is used up, she will always fall unconscious and remain blind for a few days. She regains both sight and vitality later on.

Using this ability, the trio place pressure on Momoshiki. Using Omnipotence, Eida is capable of extending her Senrigan abilities to predict one or two seconds ahead. It is not as powerful as the Jougan but it is functional enough. Boruto shows Momoshiki that even if he isn’t powerful enough to stop him, his friends are. Borushiki is forced all the way to the forest near Konoha where Naruto’s Genjutsu trap activates via a Konohamaru using Sage Mode. Sarada and Kawaki beat Borushiki unconscious, ending the first fight. This is the moment when Kawaki realizes how heavy a burden he has given Boruto and Konoha.

The accumulation of the fight rubs on Momo in Boruto’s mind and Boruto is able to pin him down. Momoshiki tells Boruto that he’s giving up for now and that if Boruto wants to see the end of his world that badly, then he might as well see what’s ahead.

Momoshiki allows Boruto to see a vision of 9 Otsutsuki members floating outside the world of Boruto as it explodes. However, Momoshiki is vulnerable enough for Boruto to go back in his memories and see that he was once a part of the group, Number 3 of the Rangers. Momoshiki notices and boots Boruto out before he sees any more.

“The Rangers are coming. There is nothing you can do to stop them.”

Part 3: The Otsutsuki Rangers

Alright, again, I admit that I didn’t expect to have that many plot points since this was a Code story rewrite. Regardless, let’s finish the third and final saga of the story.

The story has taken one final time-skip of 2 years. Kawaki chooses to trust Boruto and reveals Naruto and Hinata to be alive. Eida asks Boruto if he would like for her to use Omnipotence to return things to normal and Boruto refuses, instead asking her to change Naruto and Hinata’s memories instead to have Kawaki be an Uzumaki officially. Way too much has been changed since the first time the power was used and Boruto does not want it to be common knowledge that Eida is capable of changing memories at a whim.

Boruto officially goes on record that he [since he has Kawaki’s fate] had not in fact killed Naruto and instead chose to keep him safe from Code and other Otsutsuki. Shikamaru vouches for this record of events, fully convinced that Boruto is just trying to hold the burden of Kawaki. As the Hokage, he officially calls off the hunt for Boruto and has Boruto under house arrest. Sasuke, who is alive this time around because I don’t feel like having him killed in this iteration, is also pardoned for the crime of abetting with Shikamaru laughing at how he always seems to be a wanted man. Kawaki spends a few chapters with Naruto, Hinata and Himawari and the new treatment gets to him. He decides he wants to run away when Sarada meets him.

Sarada is not happy that Boruto chose to keep the lie but she is even more annoyed that Kawaki is still acting spoilt when he has finally gotten Boruto’s blessings. Kawaki has nothing to say in reply. Sarada tells Kawaki that from that moment forward, he had to suck it in. Kawaki nods and returns. Kawaki thus begins his arc of accepting this new reality with Naruto, not as surrogate father but actual dad. Sarada asks Boruto if he’s going to be okay with all he’s done.

“The 7th Hokage is always going to be my father, even if he doesn’t remember it. But for once, he is going to be Kawaki’s dad too. For once, we can actually be brothers.”

Code is near dead when he is found by Bug. Bug puts Code on life support until the two are visited by an Otsutsuki. The 9th Ranger, Otsutsuki Asami. Asami is the Ranger of Beauty and like Hagoromo, is half humanoid and half Otsutsuki. Her Shinjutsu ability is Miwakutekina.

• Under Miwakutekina, anyone who is obsessed with beauty or love for someone automatically gets their strength doubled or even tripled depending on affection for either attribute. Asami is somewhat narcissistic and thus is the strongest user of this boost.
• Anyone either not obsessed with beauty or love or is incapable of experiencing such a feeling will always have their power halved in capacity as long as Miwakutekina is active.

Asami falsely perceives Code to be Isshiki’s true Karma vessel and decides that if something was good enough for Isshiki, then it should be hers because she is the best. She forms a new Karma with Code but it immediately turns white, much to her shock. Code, who is revived and a host to a new Otsutsuki, is confused as to why he consistently has White Karma and Asami decides to explain as it is the only way for her goals to move forward.

“Incompatibility is the simple answer. But that won’t be enough for you so I’ll be frank. The real reason is inferiority complex. Contrary to what you hear from the Otsutsuki, there is a lot more a Karma considers before hosting. Physical strength, will of spirit, patience, ego, hatred, chakra levels, there must always be a meeting point between host and Karma marker.

Because you bought in to being inferior to Isshiki in everything, there was no meeting point. So your body only rejected Isshiki as it now does me. Now you listen to me, Code. I have no interest in marking failures. Grow a spine so you can fully gain Karma or I will kill you.”

Code takes some time to consider what meeting point he and Asami can have and he only has a week. He looks to his past and desperately tries to find one. Code settles on ego and Asami and Code try to link again and this time it works. But Asami is clear…

“You found an answer. But our meeting point was not ego. Someday, you will have to be honest with yourself.”

With the Karma formed, Asami begins to download her data. At this point, you can practically feel the Shounen Jump editor breathing down your neck to come up with new power forms so we have to deal with that. At 50% of her data, Asami stops and challenges Code one last time. She will duel him in his subconscious at half of her power. If he loses, she will complete her data and erase Code. If he wins, she will merge her data with his and he can obtain a new power. This is Rigveda.

• Rigveda merges the data of an Otsutsuki with their host, opening the libraries of the Otsutsuki’s memories to the host as though it were their own. It actively cancels out rebirth in the process.
• The host will retain the power level of an Otsutsuki relative to the data downloaded. So Code would effectively have half of Asami’s power, including Shinjutsu.
• The host will not be able to use Rigveda for more than 60 seconds per full stamina. [So that means less stamina, less time]
• Rigveda is a slow poison and thus should be used in moderation lest it kills the user.

It’s what I could think about on short notice. Code wins and gains Rigveda but is warned against using it until he has to.

Sumire, Amado and Ino-Shika-Cho [New Gen] had been sent by Shikamaru on the hunt for Shibai’s DNA in order to protect Konoha in the event the Rangers appear. They return with news that they found a sliver and that together with Code’s Ten Tails DNA, they should be able to create in a willing host who will become a new Sage of Six Paths.

Given that it’s a 50/50 chance and the formula cannot be replicated before the Rangers arrive, Naruto and Sasuke are chosen as hosts and both are given the formula. Momoshiki, scared that the Rangers will destroy him because they have beef, suggests that Boruto accept Rigveda, but on learning about the terms, Boruto refuses. He’s going to do this his way. The serum ends up killing both Naruto and Sasuke, much to the horror of everyone and before they have a chance to process the information, the Rangers arrive.

I won’t break down how the final fights go because this post is way too long by now. The basic notes are these.

• Code shows up to help. His meeting point with Asami wasn’t ego, it was his unrequited love for Eida [which I’m sure most of you guessed]. He’s not going to use Rigveda yet because it is time bound but remains as security.
• He has one final moment of looking at his past self that held on to Isshiki as what defined him and looks ahead together with Asami for a chance to be his own self.
• However, the fight does get too one-sided and Code has to intervene. [For the record, Kawaki cannot use Rigveda because he’s not a real host] Using his Shinjutsu in tandem with Sarada, the fights become easier since most of the Rangers are incapable of processing love for someone or beauty.
• As the seconds roll by and everyone is fighting, Momo is arguing with Boruto since with Rigveda and having a very high percentage of Momo’s data, his would be one of the most powerful. Naruto’s flatline stabilizes and gives hope that with more time, his ascension to the SOSP will give them an edge. Boruto is willing to take the chance and activates Rigveda.
• Momoshiki’s Shinjutsu is broken in two halves; Kyosaku [Constriction] and Kakucho [Dilation]. Basically, Momoshiki can erase and add ‘time-distance’ between two things at will. Unlike the Deva Path of attraction and repulsion however, Momoshiki’s Shinjutsu is time based. So if you attack something he’s meant to constrict, time will considerably slow down relative to that object, so that the closer you get to hitting the target, the slower you get. Vice versa. If he’s meant to dilate, time will speed up incredibly relative to that object.
• However, unlike traditional speed amps, the person being stalled actually feels the weight of going against Momoshiki’s time distortion. So someone who is faster is also to some degree stronger, with Momo reducing forces normally reacting against the attack. And someone slower is also to some degree less effective because they have to overcome greater forces of reaction.
• Using Kyosaku and Kakucho in tandem with Jougan adds salt to the injury because now, not only is Boruto able to see all possible variations of a fight, he’s also able to slow them down for others to evade as well.
• Time is up for Code and he sacrifices himself trying to save Eida. Eida uses the last of her stamina to rewrite some of Code’s wounds, before both pass out.
• Daemon exists. I don’t care much about him to rewrite him. The Otsutsuki Rangers manage to outlast the final shinobi team and Boruto is left standing. He staggers to fight for a moment before he falls to the ground, giving up hope…until he sees Sasuke, who is now one half of the Sage of Six Paths.
• The Rangers warn Sasuke that if he ends up killing the Rangers, there will be a beacon sounded for Otsutsuki all around the universe to find and destroy this world. At that point, only Shibai can save them and nobody has been able to find him thus far.
• Sasuke mentions that he’ll take his chances and tells Boruto to activate Rigveda one last time and uses the 60 seconds to take out the Rangers with Boruto. The beacon is sounded, sure enough, and now a horde of Otsutsuki are going to be coming soon to destroy Boruto’s world.
• Sasuke gives Sarada the ability to use Rinnegan abilities with her EMS, converts Mitsuki’s base chakra into Nature chakra and gives Kawaki the option of picking a Ranger so he can give him the ability of Rigveda. Together with Isshiki’s Doujutsu, he gains a new ability; Shoryaku.
• In Shoryaku, the user is capable of omitting one of the opponent’s attack every 6 seconds. [so 10 times per full stamina] Essentially, like Izanagi, the reality in which a certain attack happens [present or past] is completely deleted from existence. However, unlike Izanagi, if you time Shoryaku just right, you leave the enemy stunned, like a glitch in the matrix, for a reverse attack.
• Sarada and Boruto are sent on the Northern Route and Mitsuki and Kawaki on the Southern Route in search of Shibai. Naruto and Sasuke, who will no longer be able to return to the world of the living, will hold off on the Otsutsuki retaliation until that happens. They will be assisted by Code, Daemon and Eida, who will stay.
• Akebi is restored by Sasuke and Boruto and Kawaki are given one last chance to see Naruto before he is lost to time forever. Naruto in his Six Paths form is finally able to remember Boruto as his son and the two are reunited tearfully. Kawaki chooses to walk away but Naruto states that being his father was not something he’d ever regret, which Kawaki does not respond to. Naruto hugs both of his sons in pride and happiness and wishes them well as they seek to save the universe.
• Eida visits Code in hospital and the two promise to start fresh. Code vows to win Eida’s heart and save the world while he’s at it, which earns a smile.
• Amado is able to create twin spaceships and trains Sumire on how to run one of them. Amado goes with Team Kawaki and Sumire goes with Team Boruto [that way we don’t have to worry about shipping until the polls are up and we know who is more popular, he he he]

And with that, Boruto ends it’s first major run. If the story wants to continue, there is an open road. And I think Code would be more interesting as well. Man, that took like 4 days to write. I hope you like it.