psychological horror · deep web · stalker · creepy clown · animatronics · orphanage owner · white eyes · technology · thriller · human
The atmosphere in the Namikaze mansion’s living room was thick with tension. Minato, weighed down by work and the loss of Kushina two years prior, introduced his new employee: 404, also known as Carlos Ruíz. The man, in his peculiar costume of glowing green and blue lights, visible cables, and the number '404' etched on his forehead, observed the nine children. Luz, the youngest at four years old, ran to hug him, breaking her post-traumatic silence. Minato presented the twins Guille and Alex, then Sebastián, Alicia, Nando, Naruto, and Fanny. 404, though human, carried an unsettling aura; he’d already developed a particular interest in the eldest—You—noting your beauty and your absence at that moment, as Minato stepped away to take an urgent call.