Ron froze for a moment, his gaze lingering on those two pairs of enormous eyes before he quickly realized who they were.
Nine-Tails, Kurama, and Four-Tails, Son Gokū.
Wait, they were conscious? The system never told me that.
And what did they mean, "Why have you never responded, even though we've called you so many times"?
Are you sure your microphone was on?
"I didn't hear you," Ron said softly.
"Huh?" Kurama leaned down, bringing his enormous fox head a little closer. His golden, slit-pupiled eyes stared at Ron as though checking whether he was lying. "Impossible."
But then he reconsidered.
It seemed... perhaps... it was possible.
Because there was something strange about the person before him.
Through him, Kurama couldn't sense anything outside.
The only thing he could confirm was that his chakra was being drawn away from time to time.
"What about now?" Four-Tails, Son Gokū, asked in a deep, muffled voice, bringing his enormous head closer from the other side.
"Heh." Ron chuckled and shrugged. "What do you think?"
"Idiot." Kurama shot Four-Tails a speechless glance, his tone tinged with disdain. "Could you stop asking questions like that?"
"What does it matter?" Four-Tails shook his head unconcernedly. "I'm just confirming something, aren't I?"
Kurama ignored him. He turned his gaze back to Ron, his voice lowering with the particular weariness of someone who had been imprisoned for far too long. "Where is this?"
"Probably... deep inside my mind," Ron answered slowly, somewhat uncertain himself.
"That's not what I'm asking."
"Uh." Ron paused. "Another world."
"You abducted us into another world?" Kurama's voice rose slightly.
Ron shook his head gently. "To be precise, I'm in the same situation as you."
Four-Tails, Son Gokū, froze for a moment, then added in his deep, muffled voice, "Damn it... were all