In an unknown forest in the Land of Fire.
Mecha Naruto, controlled by Naruto, wandered aimlessly here.
"What the heck? I actually forgot to ask Itachi for a map of the Land of Fire."
But getting lost was nothing that could stump Naruto.
Naruto casually took out a mini signal generator from his spatial backpack and buried it in a random spot.
After doing all this, Naruto once again pulled out a rocket launcher from his backpack.
This rocket launcher didn't fire shells, but a small satellite.
With a satellite, it was like having a map.
Just as Naruto had launched the satellite, he heard a curious voice behind him.
"What a fine piece of art!"
Hearing this sudden voice, Naruto was startled.
Mecha Naruto had a thermal sensing device inside him, with a sensing range of a hundred-meter radius.
It was impossible for a living person to appear within a hundred meters without Naruto noticing.
Naruto turned his head and saw a person, dressed in a black robe with red clouds, appearing behind him, as if he was crawling on the ground.
Seeing this person, Naruto finally understood why the thermal sensing device hadn't scanned him.
Sasori of the Red Sand had already transformed his body into a puppet, so his body had no temperature whatsoever. The only part with temperature, his core, was so small that it could easily be mistaken for a bird or even other mammals.
Seeing that Sasori had completely puppetized himself so early, Naruto really wanted to ask how he managed to do it!
After all, it was a full-body modification.
Many Naruto fans speculated that Orochimaru helped Sasori of the Red Sand modify his body.
But Naruto didn't think so. Firstly, Sasori of the Red Sand wouldn't easily trust anyone, let alone Orochimaru.
Secondly, if Orochimaru really helped Sasori of the Red Sand with the modification, he would definitely hide some undetectable tricks within it.
As for whether Orochimaru could do it? Heh heh... never underestimate the methods of the Ninja World's top scientist.
While Naruto was lost in thought, Sasori of the Red Sand approached Mecha Naruto and carefully examined Mecha Naruto's body structure.
When Sasori of the Red Sand tried to touch Mecha Naruto's body, Naruto jumped back and watched Sasori warily.
"Heh heh heh, little brat, don't be nervous!"
Although Sasori's voice was hoarse, Naruto could hear a hint of joy in it.
"A puppet with thoughts? Sure enough, like me, you've become eternal!"
Naruto: ...
Naruto really wanted to say, you're eternal, your whole family is eternal.
Naruto naturally knew what Sasori's so-called 'eternal' meant. It was nothing more than seeing the body structure of Mecha Naruto and assuming that he, like Sasori, was a pervert who had undergone a full-body modification.
In Naruto's opinion, anyone who fantasized about eternity was a pervert.
Orochimaru, the Snake Sage, dreamed of eternal life, and he became a pervert; in the end, no one knew if he was male or female.
Sasori of the Red Sand also became eternal, directly transforming himself into a puppet. Giving him the title of 'pervert' wouldn't be an exaggeration!
If the Snake Sage hadn't left Akatsuki, there probably wouldn't have been an 'Art Duo' but an 'Eternal Duo' or 'Pervert Duo'!
Sasori had no killing intent towards Naruto. After all, it wasn't easy to encounter someone so interesting and who acknowledged eternal art; he wouldn't easily kill the other party.
On Naruto's side, seeing that Sasori indeed had no ill will, he was also a little surprised.
According to Naruto's thoughts, the greatest possibility when Sasori saw Mecha Naruto was to capture and dissect it.
But now it seemed Sasori really didn't have that intention; if he did, he would have acted already.
Since Sasori didn't plan to act, Naruto naturally had no intention of eliminating him either.
Although Sasori was strong, Mecha Naruto had a high probability of being able to defeat him.
Not to mention attack power, just the self-destruct device inside Mecha Naruto could definitely destroy all matter within a fifty-meter radius.
The self-destruct function was something Naruto had Grey Wolf deliberately add.
Imagine an opponent painstakingly defeating Mecha Naruto, just about to declare victory or explain his strategic and tactical methods, when Mecha Naruto suddenly self-destructs...
This kind of forceful interruption of the opponent's showing off, although quite unethical, made Naruto feel very satisfied.
In Ninja battles, it was often like this: when victory was imminent, the victor would definitely show off by explaining their strategies and tactics, especially technical Ninjas.
Besides that, it was shouting out skill names during battle.
Naruto felt a bit tired thinking about his father, Minato, shouting out 'Spiral Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three' or 'Flying Thunder God Mutual Instantaneous Revolving Technique' every time he attacked an enemy during battle.
In fact, after Naruto cultivated his Nen Beast, Minato Namikaze even gave the Nen Beast a very high-class and long name.
"Nen Beast: Five Finger Thousand Kill Faceless Zero Style Ass-Blaster."
Naturally, this bizarre name was definitely rejected by Naruto; he still felt that Five Finger Floral Explorer was a pretty good name.
In summary, the self-destruct function was actually very important.
Especially for those who liked to talk a lot during battle.
Sasori continued to look at Mecha Naruto and asked curiously, "Can you tell me who modified you?"
Sasori's words made Naruto pause.
"Eh? Why do you ask that?"
"It's simple. Your current body appears to be only seven or eight years old, which means your age during modification was also that young. A seven or eight-year-old child cannot do that!"
"So, I speculate that someone must have modified you!"
Naruto was momentarily stunned, then nodded and said, "That's right... I was modified by a scientist named Dr. Grey Wolf!"
"Grey Wolf?"
"Yes, it was him."
"Dr. Grey Wolf was originally a scientific Ninja from a Ninja village called the Red Ribbon Army. One day, a Ninja named Sun Wukong invaded that village. After a rampage, the entire village was left in ruins, and only Grey Wolf survived."
"The surviving Grey Wolf began to frantically research androids, with the goal of finding Sun Wukong to avenge the entire Red Ribbon Army."
"And I am one of Grey Wolf's test subjects!"
After listening to Naruto's story, Sasori asked with great interest, "Then what? Did Grey Wolf eventually kill that Sun Wukong?"
Naruto shook his head and said, "No..."
"Dr. Grey Wolf created what he believed to be the two strongest androids, Android 17 and Android 18."
"Both androids possessed infinite Chakra and infinite stamina."
"Although the two androids were powerful, that Sun Wukong also awakened his Bloodline Limit, a power called 'Saiyan.' Ultimately, Sun Wukong transformed into a Super Saiyan, defeated the androids, and killed Dr. Grey Wolf."
"Perhaps sensing his own death, Dr. Grey Wolf preserved and hid all his knowledge before the final battle."
"At the moment of his death, Dr. Grey Wolf actually comprehended the true meaning of so-called eternity!"
"After all, eternity is what every puppet master pursues throughout their life, and Dr. Grey Wolf was no exception. To comprehend it before death, Dr. Grey Wolf must have rested in peace!"
Having told the story this far, Naruto stopped speaking.
This greatly displeased Sasori. He really wanted to know what eternal truth Dr. Grey Wolf, who created such powerful androids, had comprehended.
That's why cliffhangers are the most annoying.
To know what happens next, tune in for the next installment.