Uzumaki Naruto -v.2- Nzc < Windows GENUINE >

Shikamaru, watching from a distance, shook his head. "Now there are two of them."

"What the hell...?"

V-2 was waiting atop a broken tower.

"NZC is a rogue protocol," Shikamaru said. "Originally designed by the Allied Shinobi Forces' R&D division during the war. It was supposed to be a contingency: if the Nine-Tails or another Tailed Beast went berserk, NZC would deploy an Anti-Jinchuriki Asset —a shinobi modified with synthetic chakra coils, immune to genjutsu, and trained to seal or eliminate jinchuriki."

"Course I did. You're crashing my legacy. That's a declaration of war, y'know." Uzumaki Naruto -V.2- NZC

He stood on the roof of the Hokage Tower, staring at the city lights. Beside him, a holo-screen flickered: .

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. Shikamaru, watching from a distance, shook his head

Naruto caught them before they fell. "Hey. Hey! You don't get to do that, you idiot. You just figured out who you are!"

Naruto pressed his palm to V-2's chest. A glowing spiral spread across their skin. "Originally designed by the Allied Shinobi Forces' R&D