Inside the Underground Base beneath a noble's estate in the Land of Lightning.
A middle-aged man rose from his bed and took off the Virtual Headset he had been wearing.
His eyes immediately went to his friend lying on the other side, who was also the chief negotiator representing the Land of Lightning in talks with the Revolutionary Army.
He held a hand beneath the man's nose to check for breathing, then felt his pulse. Finally, he murmured in horror, "Dead... he's really dead..."
At that moment, he thought of that young boy.
The boy had pointed at the chief negotiator's forehead and said, "You're already dead..."
Then... the chief negotiator had really gone offline!
Remembering it all, he hurriedly put on his Virtual Headset, hoping to enter the virtual world and get some answers.
Aside from power, nobles cared most about their own lives.
He certainly didn't want something like this-sudden, inexplicable death-to happen to him.
Meanwhile.
In the virtual world.
Inside the Revolutionary Army Conference Hall, the Land of Wind's chief negotiator watched his counterpart from the Land of Lightning suddenly go offline. Rather than join him in making snide remarks as he had originally planned, he chose to wait and see.
Both Itachi and Shisui looked at Naruto in confusion.
In the end, Shisui couldn't contain himself and asked quietly, "Naruto, what happened? Why was that man forcibly logged out?"
Naruto shrugged. "Didn't I tell you? He's already dead!"
Itachi and Shisui fell into thought at Naruto's words, but those seated across from them didn't believe him.
After all... how could the virtual world reflect what happened in the Real World?
Itachi and Shisui, on the other hand, felt it was probably true. They knew Naruto was the one who had created the Virtual Headset! It