Uzumaki Naruto — -v.2- Nzc

V-2 was waiting atop a broken tower.

Konoha had rebuilt. Skyscrapers of steel and chakra-conductive alloy now rose alongside the old Hokage Monument. Tech-nin—shinobi-engineers—had fused sealing arrays with digital networks. The new generation called it the Shinobi Cloud . Naruto called it a headache. Uzumaki Naruto -V.2- NZC

Naruto's expression softened. He'd heard those words before—from a lonely boy in a mask, from a prisoner inside a seal, from himself, screaming at a village that wouldn't look at him. V-2 was waiting atop a broken tower

"Shut up. Kurama—!"

Shikamaru pulled up combat footage. V-2 moved like liquid shadow—no hand signs, no wasted motion. Their fighting style mirrored Naruto's own: shadow clones, taijutsu feints, even a crude version of the Rasengan. But there was something else. Naruto's expression softened

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