Shisui and Itachi arrived at the door of Naruto's House.
Before either of them could knock, someone opened the door from inside.
It was Naruto who opened it, but something about this Naruto seemed strange to Itachi and Shisui.
"Yo... you're here!"
Naruto greeted them.
Itachi and Shisui exchanged glances. Before Naruto could say anything else, Shisui used the Body Flicker Technique to appear behind him and locked an arm around his head.
Itachi also drew a kunai and pressed it against Naruto's chest, asking in a low voice.
"Who are you? Where's Naruto?"
Indeed, the figure before them wasn't Naruto, but a robot Naruto was controlling through the Brain-Computer Interface.
Under Wolffy's guidance, Naruto had already mastered the robot's various functions and controls. Operating it felt almost like using his own body.
When he saw Itachi and Shisui coming to his house, Naruto put on the Virtual Headset and hid in the bathroom.
Seeing that Itachi and Shisui had recognized at a glance that this body wasn't really him, Naruto decided to play a prank.
In response to Itachi's question, Naruto gave an eerie smile. "I killed him, of course!"
As soon as he spoke, Mechanical Naruto's limbs and head suddenly detached from his torso, allowing him to escape Shisui's hold.
Once free, Mechanical Naruto shot out the window and sprinted into the distance.
Shisui immediately gave chase without a word, while Itachi looked around Naruto's bedroom and living room in puzzlement, his expression thoughtful.
After a moment of thought, Uchiha Itachi activated his Sharingan and scanned the entire room, then said in a low voice, "No signs of a struggle..."
Suspecting that he and Shisui might have been tricked, Itachi used his Sharingan to examine the traces of movement throughout the room, finally fixing his gaze on