Just as Naruto ended the video call, an incoming video invitation from Kaito Kuroba appeared.
The moment the call connected, Kaito Kuroba spoke at breakneck speed. "Naruto... Naruto... come get us! This place is even more dangerous than being around that Conan brat!"
"The number of bizarre deaths around here keeps climbing, and... the government isn't doing anything about it! I suspect there must be Parasytes among the higher-ups!"
Naruto barely heard any of Kaito Kuroba's rambling. His attention was entirely fixed on Ai Haibara in the background.
More precisely, on Ai Haibara's elongated left hand.
Her left hand had extended a little, sprouting eyes and tiny hands.
That hand was flipping through books on the shelf...
Meanwhile, Ai Haibara watched her left hand diligently studying with great interest.
Seeing that Naruto had no intention of paying attention to him, Kaito Kuroba was speechless.
"Kaito, how did Ai Haibara get parasitized?"
At that, Kaito Kuroba held his watch in front of Ai Haibara. "I'll let her tell you herself!"
Ai Haibara had naturally heard Naruto's question too, so she explained the entire process of how her left hand had been parasitized.
It was actually quite similar to what had happened to the protagonist in the original story. Ai Haibara had been listening to music while sleeping late at night, so the Parasyte could only burrow into her arm, intending to devour her brain.
But just then, Akako Koizumi, who had been sleeping beside her, noticed something wrong and immediately used magic to block the Parasyte's path. As a result, it could only settle in her left hand.
Ai Haibara had even named her left hand "Xiaobai Mouse."
After hearing Ai Haibara's account, Naruto was speechless.
Besides, Naruto could see that Ai Haibara and her Xiaobai Mouse got