Uzumaki Naruto -v.2-: Nzc

Naruto tilted his head. "That sounds like a bad pickup line."

"You're nothing like the files described." Uzumaki Naruto -V.2- NZC

V-2 smiled—Naruto's smile, but different. Gentler. "I was... made to be your shadow. But shadows only exist because of the light." They coughed, blue chakra flickering. "So... be the light, Naruto. Be the Hokage you dreamed of." Naruto tilted his head

Not as a copy. Not as a weapon. But as someone who had finally found their own name. END OF PROLOGUE glowing faintly blue—synthetic chakra veins.

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

V-2 descended slowly. Up close, the differences were clearer. Their cloak was patched with fuinjutsu tags. Their right arm was bandaged from elbow to fingertip, glowing faintly blue—synthetic chakra veins.