Ever since learning that the Ninja World had the special profession of ninja, Heide and some of his subordinates had become much more cautious in their actions.
After all, they were afraid of suffering an unexpected defeat too!
Even if the ditch was an ocean trench, they still did not know what lay within it!
Thus, in the days that followed, Heide began piloting his amphibious Super Civilization Ship, frequently appearing in remote, uninhabited places.
But gradually, after discovering that the so-called ninjas of this continent were all especially "weak," they slowly became arrogant again.
It was mainly because Heide and the Super Civilization Ship he piloted had been lucky enough that, whenever they encountered ninjas, they were usually just rogue ninja.
Rogue ninja—those in the know understood. They were basically Genin and Chunin, or even people who could barely use Chakra.
More importantly, rogue ninja generally came from small countries.
It was precisely because they had not provoked any of the other four Great Shinobi Villages apart from Kirigakure that Heide and his subordinates had been able to remain so arrogant.
As for Kirigakure, Soji already had a plan, so he was not prepared to act until the other side found the Ancient Ruins sealing the Gelel Ore Vein.
With everything going so smoothly, Heide, who had originally retained some wariness toward ninjas, became reckless once more.
Perhaps it was precisely the weakness of those rogue ninja that gave Heide and his subordinates the mistaken impression that ninjas were only a little stronger than ordinary people?
At last, Heide and his subordinates' recklessness caused them to provoke a second one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages besides Kirigakure—Sunagakure!
At this moment, Jinin Akebino and his Anbu squad, whom Soji had sent out to track the Super Civilization Ship, were