Kurama stared at Ryūji, who was still in his catatonic state. After waiting a few more seconds, he grew tired and spoke once more, bringing Ryūji out of his trance.
"Kid, you're asking yourself a lot of questions right now, but if you don't talk, I won't answer any of them, so ask yours."
"I-I'm so sorry for leaving you in a trance, b-but what are you doing here!?"
"Hmm, to put it simply, Naruto and I became one being after the Rikudō Sennin gave Naruto his chakra and gave Naruto the Sage of the Six Paths."
Ryūji, surprised by this revelation, realizes something is wrong with this statement, so he asks.
"But that's impossible, as far as I know, you and Naruto were two different entities, and that never happened in the original story!!"
Kurama stares at Ryūji for a few seconds before bursting into laughter.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!! You still haven't realized it. Listen, kid, I'm not that Kurama. I'm the Kurama where I merged with Naruto. And if you haven't noticed yet, I'm from another Naruto universe."
"W-What?!"
Ryūji was still processing this information, but he noticed something strange in Kurama's words.
"Wait a minute! How do you know you're from another Naruto universe? That doesn't make any sense!"
Kurama, already aware of the question, responds just as calmly and explains to Ryūji.
"Kid, I saw your memories the moment I appeared in your soul, and I saw your entire life story. Also, that thing called the system put all the necessary information in my head to know where I am and where I came from."
Ryūji, watching Kurama explain why he was here and how he knew he was here, asks another question.
"Okay, okay, that answers some of my questions, but why are you so small? Shouldn't you be much bigger?"
"To answer your question, I'll just say that right now I'm very weak because of you, kid. Since Naruto and I were one being, that's exactly what happened with you. And since you're very weak, I'm weak too."
Kurama responded with a shrug as if none of this was his problem. But before Ryūji could ask any more questions, Kurama spoke first.
"Okay, kid. You're out of questions, and I have to talk to you about something very important. Right now, as you know, I'm very weak. That's why I'm going to sleep until you recover all the chakra you need to wake up. And one more thing: Since we're one being, you're going to experience changes in your body."
Hearing Kurama's words, Ryūji quickly asks.
"How long are you going to sleep? And what do you mean my body is going to change?!"
"Mmm, to put it bluntly, I'll sleep for at least a year. Because even though Naruto's template gives you power and chakra, you also have to control all that chakra. Because when I wake up, I'll fuse with you. And if it disappears, causing your chakra and mine to fuse, it could overload your body and explode. Understand?"
Ryūji, hearing this revelation, nods quickly and promises to train diligently. He also feels a little sad knowing Kurama will disappear.
Kurama, seeing his expression, softens his gaze and lowers his head to face Ryūji and speaks.
"Kid, I don't want you to get sad over someone you don't even know. You may have seen me in your universe and admire me, but I'm not the same Kurama, and I hope you continue to achieve great things in this world. Even though it may not seem like it, I'm tired, and all I want is to rest in peace, okay?"
After finishing speaking, Kurama extends his arm to form a fist, and Ryūji, seeing this, can't help but laugh a little and extend his arm to bump fists.
Kurama, witnessing this, can't help but laugh a little because it reminds him a little of Naruto, and then says.
"As for the changes your body will undergo, they will be the following: your chakra will recover faster than normal, your hair will turn red, and you will grow 9 tails just like mine. Your body also has the ability to heal most wounds and you can even reattach severed limbs. You can also create bijudamas at will. You can become a giant fox just like me. Cool, right? And all those changes will happen in a week."
Ryūji, upon hearing all the changes his body will undergo, is surprised and glad that they are not harmful, but before he could continue speaking, he feels his consciousness slowly fading away.
Kurama, witnessing this, quickly adds with a mocking smile.
"And one more thing, your body will attract many women, so be careful not to get your limb cut off. HAHAHAHA."
"W-WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THEY'LL CUT MY LIMB OFF!? HEY, KURAMA, ANSWER!" BASTARD!!!!"
But before Ryūji could continue screaming, he faints, hearing Kurama's laughter before disappearing from his soul.
Seeing Ryūji finally leave, Kurama lies down with a mocking smile and falls asleep so he can rest.
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Ryūji woke up startled and confused for a moment, but calmed down when he remembered who he'd spoken to and couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of the situation.
"Hehehe, how crazy to meet the real Kurama and be able to talk to him."
But when he remembered that Kurama would disappear in a year, he couldn't help but feel sad again.
"Sigh!"
Sighing, Ryūji sat down and went into meditation so he could sense his chakra and test out his techniques.
After about 10 minutes, Ryūji felt a type of energy in his body, and wanting to try out the Kage bunshin no jutsu technique, Ryūji made the Manuel seal with his fingers before saying, "Kage bunshin no jutsu!"
Immediately afterward, a shadow clone identical to Ryūji appeared and quickly summoned the state to see how much the technique reduced.
MP: 990/1000
Seeing that the MP bar barely dropped, Ryūji became excited and wanted to try another classic technique. He urged the clone to stand up with him. Ryuji extended his hand, and the clone began to work through all the steps required to perform the technique.
First, he focused on its rotation, since you have to spin the chakra in multiple directions simultaneously. The next moment, a small sphere of chakra began to form, circling around it.
The second step was Power, since the volume and density of the chakra being released must be increased. Moments later, the chakra sphere began to grow until it was the size of the palm of his hand, but its chakra was still very violent.
And the third and final step is Containment, which is basically combining the previous two steps to form the perfect sphere. Immediately afterward, the sphere in Ryūji's hand stabilized, forming a perfect Rasengan.
"Yoshaaaaa!!!" ×2
Both Ryūji and his clone celebrated together as they performed the Rasengan. The original Ryūji then looked at his MP to see how much it cost.
MP: 950/1000
"So it only takes 10 chakra to make a clone and 40 chakra to make the Rasengan. For a novice like me, that's a low chakra consumption."
After looking at his MP, the original Ryūji deactivated the Rasengan and his clone. He saw that his MP bar had risen rapidly. Ryūji remembered that Kurama had said that one of his changes would be chakra recovery.
"It seems like the changes are happening faster than I thought. If I continue like this, I might not be able to recognize myself in a week."
Before So Ryūji could continue his experiments, he heard a commotion outside his apartment and quickly went to look.
Looking outside, he saw a hundred-foot man with the body of the hundred-foot man protruding from the back of his head. He also had some armor on his arms and legs, and two antennas instead of eyes.
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"I AM THE HUNDRED-FOOT MAN AND I WANT EVERYONE TO SUFFER AT THE HANDS OF THE HUMANS WHO ATTACK AND KILL US FOR OUR FORM. I WANT REVENGE!!!!"
Ryūji, seeing the monster, grins from ear to ear because he knows he has a new object for experimentation, so he starts dressing in his ninja clothes and, when he's done, jumps out the window to confront the monster.
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