Uzumaki Naruto -v.2- Nzc 【Edge GENUINE】

"That's... one way to put it."

"You came," V-2 said. Their voice was modulated, but underneath it, Naruto heard something unsettling: his own cadence, his own pauses.

The rain fell harder. Naruto didn't answer right away. Instead, he sat down on the wet stone, ignoring the cold. V-2 hesitated, then sat across from him. Uzumaki Naruto -V.2- NZC

Not as a copy. Not as a weapon. But as someone who had finally found their own name. END OF PROLOGUE

Sakura elbowed them both. "The village will be fine. The takeout budget, though..." "That's

Underneath was a face almost identical to Naruto's, but older, wearier, scarred across the bridge of the nose. And the eyes—one blue, one red with a Mangekyo pattern he didn't recognize.

"The Zero Code was flawed. It assumed jinchuriki were weapons that needed counters. But you proved otherwise. You befriended Kurama. You ended the cycle of hatred. So I ask you, Naruto Uzumaki—" V-2 removed their mask. The rain fell harder

"Yeah, I did." Naruto grinned. "You're terrible at ramen, though. We're fixing that."