Chapter 59: The Author Wraith – Erase All Rewrites

Scene: The Frozen Nexus – Where Reader Will and Writer Power Collide

The Reader Shadows retreat, flickering with uncertainty.

The Author Wraith steps forward—a towering, ink-black entity wrapped in papyrus chains and splattered with red-ink rejection stamps.

Its face is a swirling mess of erased dialogue, and its eyes glow with editorial fury.

"Fanfiction is blasphemy," it growls.

"Only canon may persist.

Retcons, self-inserts, AUs… all shall be purged."

Ben and Ryunosuke – Reluctant Allies

Ryunosuke stumbles backward, his perfection shattered.

Ben steps between him and the Wraith.

Ryunosuke: "Why defend me now?"

Ben: "Because you were written by hope.

And this thing… is born from spite."

Ben tosses Ryunosuke a Fragment of the Narrative Core.

"Time to be more than a rewrite. Be a character."

The Author Wraith Attacks – Canon Strike

It lifts its quill-scythe and roars:

"Original Canon Attack: Episode Zero Reset!"

A wave of raw, white-hot canon energy blasts through the battlefield—deleting inconsistencies, erasing timelines.

Naruto universes collapse. One by one:

The AU where Jiraiya lived? Gone.

The world where Sakura became Hokage? Erased.

The reality where Neji survived and married Tenten? Vaporized.

Ben snarls.

"This thing is erasing reader dreams."

Counterattack – The Archive of Dreams

Ben calls on the Archive of Dreams—a cosmic armory of fan-made concepts:

The Dual-Rasengan Dance Technique from a long-forgotten DeviantArt post.

Kakashi's "Maskless Wrath Mode" from a one-shot fic.

The Konoha Academy Reversal AU where Itachi was the class clown.

These ideas swarm the battlefield, shielding it.

"Your canon ends where our stories begin!" Ben shouts.

Ryunosuke's Awakening – From Insert to Individual

Seeing the destruction, Ryunosuke rises.

He tears off the cloak of perfection and dons a new form—flawed, real, emotionally scarred.

"I won't be anyone's fantasy anymore. I'll be… me."

He activates a new ability:

Rewrite Resonance: Identity Spark

Now empowered by his own growth—not fan expectations—Ryunosuke joins Ben.

Final Clash – Fanverse vs. Wraith

Together, they launch a dual strike:

Ben uses Void Inkstorm, channeling raw imagination and reader emotion.

Ryunosuke unleashes Broken Quill Barrage, weaponizing every canceled character arc.

The Wraith howls.

"You are not canon!

You are not REAL!"

Ben yells back:

"We're not canon…

We're choice.

We're passion.

We're why stories live forever."

They strike.

The Wraith collapses, unraveling into raw ink and whispers of old arguments left in comment sections.

The Multiverse Breathes Again

Time begins to stabilize. The fics return. The AUs stabilize. Even the failed drafts glow anew.

The Reader Shadows slowly applaud—silent, but present.

Ben and Ryunosuke stand in the center.

Ryunosuke: "I never thought I'd be worth more than what people wanted me to be."

Ben: "You just needed a chance to write yourself."

Cliffhanger – The Real Author Watches

Somewhere far beyond the narrative layers, in a realm untouched even by the Void…

A figure watches.

Their quill floats in mid-air.

They smile.

"Interesting.

I didn't write any of that.

But maybe… I'll read it to the end."

A book labeled "The Void Prince Saga" closes.

Another, blank, begins to open—its title slowly forming:

"Damien Graves: Ascension Protocol…"

[CHAPTER END | NEXT: Chapter 60 – Beyond the Multiverse: The Rise of Graves]