"Captain!"
Tony swooped in, caught Steve in his arms, and flew away.
But Steve moved his arms and gritted his teeth.
"Tony, I can still fight. I will recover in a while."
"No! I can't do this, Cap. You are injured. I am running low on power. If we go back, we will be destroyed immediately. We can't fight them."
"It's better to let the X-Men handle this. Look there!"
Tony pointed in a certain direction and said.
"That's a broadcast. Letting mutants handle this situation and let them become heroes. This will help the mutants' situation."
Steve shook his head and looked him straight in the eye.
"You are smart, Stark, but not here. Your idea is flawed because mutants will always be threats to the government."
"I know that, but this will…."
Steve interrupted Tony and said.
"Humans will lose faith in us. They have already divided the mutants away from them. In their eyes, if we run away, they will see mutants as a greater threat."
"That's why we can't retreat. Humans and mutants can coexist. It will be difficult, but I believe in Charles Xavier's idea of co-existence."
"We are heroes, but we are also humans, Stark. If we let the government raise propaganda against mutants, it will only put us on their bad side."
Tony whistled inside his mask.
"I thought you were just a clown in an outdated costume. It turns out you are more than just the Government's propaganda."
"I was. But I grew up in war. I didn't have much of a choice there. Besides, it's not like I don't have a chance."
He said as he took out a card.
"Tony, put me down here! You are right about one thing. We can't fight them like this. You need a new suit, and I need a new power."
"New power?"
Tony looked confused.
"Naruto is not here. So, let me become a new Naruto."
Steve said with a strong determination, and Tony put him down while processing his words.
'What does that mean? Is Captain trying to replicate Naruto's powers? Naruto said he received his powers from a god.'
'But I thought he was just a result of an experiment or mutation. Anyway, I don't have time to think about it.'
'Fortunately, I brought an extra suit with me.'
While Tony flew away, Steve started walking back as he tore apart the card.
Kurama had left a secret message, telling him to tear this card when he was ready to sign the contract.
And, right now, it was probably the best time.
Suddenly, Steve found himself teleported to Kurama's dimension, but when he looked around, he found something strange.
He looked at Kurama and asked.
"Am I tripping, or has this place gotten incredibly small?"
"Well, I couldn't just take a loan to create Chakra Seed. So, I had to sell some of my land."
Kurama answered.
Steve was genuinely surprised to see that.
Ancient One had given him a crash course on Dimensional Rulers. They didn't just feed on souls.
Soul was like a currency to Hell Lords. What they truly wanted was a peculiar soul or a large space-time.
Whether it was Dormammu or Mephisto, they all wanted to swallow this universe.
And, Kurama, with all of his power, stood at the pinnacle of those Dimensional Beings.
So, he never thought Kurama would use his own land to create the chakra seed. He didn't even know what it would require to create the Chakra Seed.
His surprise lasted a few seconds before he said.
"I am here to sign the contract."
A huge grin appeared on his face as he waved his hand.
Steve read the full contract, and upon reading each term, he finally signed it.
Deep down, he was struggling to sign this. If the condition were just power, he wouldn't have signed it.
When the condition changed from power to two of his closest people, he couldn't walk away.
He wasn't a perfect human. He had flaws, but he never considered them flaws.
Because emotions were the ones that made him human. And, he couldn't abandon it.
After he signed the contract, his body didn't change much. Just a small almond-sized seed appeared inside his body, located at his navel.
Steve was surprised by its appearance.
He could feel it just by closing his eyes. But something stunned him. A new piece of memory appeared in his mind.
This memory stated the method to extract Chakra.
Chakra was extracted by combining his stamina with Willpower. If his Willpower was weak, even with a strong physique, his Chakra would be weak.
At the same time, a lot of information about Chakra appeared in his mind.
Chakra was the energy that could boost his physical and mental stats. He would be able to process information faster while reacting to extreme speed.
Something that would need years of training.
More importantly, Chakra could also be attached to his body parts to enhance their capabilities immensely.
By infusing Chakra into his feet, he could move faster.
If he could concentrate a large amount of Chakra at once, he could even move like teleportation.
More importantly, his Chakra could be transformed into the Five Elements, Yin, and Yang.
The Five Elements were Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, and Lightning. Yin represented spirituality, illusions, imagination, and shadow.
Yang represented life, vitality, creation, and light. Upon awakening the Chakra Seed, his body would transform from the first wave of Chakra.
This transformation would grant him a special element.
Those seven elements were only the basic ones. There were special attributes based on a person's special power.
For example, if a person were a mutant, that person could attach that ability to their Chakra, instantly boosting the ability several times.
Not only that, but the ability would also transform itself to grow like basic elements.
At the same time, he also learned that power produced using Chakra was called Jutsu.
Jutsu was another term for Technique and Art.
But while his mind was busy accepting the information, his body began changing. He felt a large wave of Chakra being stored in his Chakra Seed.
His expression changed drastically as he said.
"Wait, please, I can't get weaker right now."
If his stamina was depleted before battle, even if he could fight using Chakra, it wouldn't be that helpful.
Since this Chakra extraction was done to create Chakra Reserves in his Chakra Seed.
"Don't worry! After your chakra extraction is finished, you can rest here for some time and recover."
"Time passes differently in my dimension."
Hearing that, Steve released a deep breath and asked.
"Why is this happening?"
"Your body doesn't have a Chakra. Even if you know the method to extract Chakra, you can't do it because you don't have a proper Chakra Pathway System."
"So, Chakra Seed will forcefully extract your stamina and willpower to condense Chakra."
"Then, it will automatically use this Chakra to transform your body. This transformation is not as drastic as your superhuman transformation."
"But once done, you will understand how much Chakra your body can produce, and your Chakra Seed will start absorbing that amount regularly."
Steve replied.
"But that would affect my performance in a battle."
Kurama shook his head and said.
"It will only extract the access Chakra. Once you transform, your body can produce Chakra all the time."
"But this Chakra is like air. It doesn't have a lot of mass, nor can you control it."
"But once you use that method of Chakra Extraction, it will begin extracting Chakra, increasing the volume and mass of your Chakra."
"Since you won't be fighting all the time, your Chakra Seed can continuously absorb Chakra every time your body produces excess Chakra."
Hearing that, Steve nodded his head and asked.
"So, can I access this excess Chakra when I need it?"
Kurama clicked his tongue and said.
"That's not for you. That's for me. Well, it is for you, but it is mainly for me. You see, the quality of Chakra is more important to me than quantity."
"So, that excess Chakra will remain your Chakra Seed, and once it reaches a certain amount, it will go through a transformation."
"This transformation will make your Chakra better. Currently, your Chakra can increase your strength by two times."
"The first transformation will need around five times your total Chakra Reserve. Once it is done, your Chakra will begin twice as good."
"Then, your strength will increase by four times. And, the more special your Chakra becomes, the more powerful your affinity gets."
"If your affinity for elements becomes extremely strong, you can even merge two elements to produce a new power."
"By the way, your body has been transformed. You can check your Chakra Seed. It will show one of seven colors that will represent your affinity."
"Fire for red, water for blue, wind for green, earth for brown, purple for lightning, black for yin, and white for yang."
Steve closed his eyes for a moment and opened them with a look of amazement.
"My Chakra Seed has seven colors."