June 2nd, 6:30 a.m.
Just as countless people across Sea Star were waking up from the 'Main God Space'...
Getting out of bed, washing up, and welcoming a new day...
Void, with crossed twin swords on his back, dressed in a black vest and wearing his Sea Ninja forehead protector at his waist...
Had already arrived at the westernmost end of RL1111 on the Red Line, following Tengen Uzui's instructions.
At some point, a massive fifty-meter-tall gate and walls had appeared here, sealing off the entire area.
At the easternmost end...
Old A, clad in a black robe patterned with red clouds and standing before the gate with his arms folded, let the floating livestream orb point at him as he rested with his eyes closed.
At the same time...
Many people throughout the military who were interested in this 'Paramount War' were also watching.
However, the main audience was still the ninjas of Sea Ninja Village.
'Earth Minister' Onoki, 'Wind Minister' Rasa, 'Water Minister' Hyuga Masato, 'Fire Minister' Fugaku Uchiha, 'Administrative Advisor' Shikaku Nara, 'Director of the Ninjutsu Research Institute' Tobirama Senju, and others had gathered together.
They all wanted to know just how strong Old A had become.
A short thirty minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
Void and Old A entered through the gate just as it was raised.
They abruptly vanished from everyone's sight.
The livestream then automatically switched to the interior.
The two had already appeared within an abandoned city at the heart of the continent.
Cracks in the asphalt had become territory claimed by weeds.
Abandoned cars had rusted into hollow iron shells, lying silently at what had once been bustling intersections like the carcasses of giant beasts.
The glass curtain walls of the high-rises were coated in thick grime.
Many had