The fishy stench of rotting leaves mingled with the bitter scent of pine needles, drifting through the forest. Pale moonlight lay frozen over the earth.
This was somewhere in the mountains far from the urban district of Z City.
Even so,
the faint roar of distant explosions could still be heard.
Several people dressed like shinobi, though without forehead protectors, stood around a specially cleared open space.
They carefully inspected the large Flying Thunder God Formation Diagram they had just set up.
Minato Namikaze was among them.
Their mission was to establish a hidden Flying Thunder God Formation Diagram within every city on the Super Continent.
That way, World Government personnel could travel back and forth quickly whenever necessary.
Since it had to remain hidden, compared to technological portals that required electrical power,
the Flying Thunder God Formation Diagram was undoubtedly more suitable and convenient.
That was why every city now had a team from the Space Research Institute.
The reason Minato Namikaze had joined this team was because Z City had the most complicated and dangerous situation.
"Director, we received a message from the Hero Association headquarters. Kyros from K City, Yami Tsukahara from G-City, Aite the 'Watchdog Man' from Q-City, and Jiwei the 'Police Man' are about to teleport here."
Hearing the researcher's report, Minato Namikaze indicated that he understood.
Sure enough, Morgan William intended to gather high-level combat power and directly deal with the Monster Association headquarters in Z City.
Although this would very likely leave Z City completely devastated,
it was still far better than allowing their monster army to scatter across various regions.
Not long afterward,
the fifty-meter-wide Flying Thunder God Formation Diagram in the clearing lit up with white light.
The next second,
Kyros appeared before Minato Namikaze and the others, already clad in