Playing Pretend!

Two hundred meters beneath the Land of Loulan, the vast palace had undergone very obvious changes.

First, the formerly dark environment had become incomparably bright under the effect of numerous Lamp Dials, truly deserving the description brilliantly lit.

The circular altar that had originally stood alone high in the air, completely isolated from its surroundings, had once again been connected to the distant gate by stone bridges with the help of the alchemists.

Even the tightly shut, heavy stone doors had been thrown completely open.

They had also built a spiral staircase pressed against the wall that led directly outside.

This kind of work was simply too easy for alchemists.

Even a newly graduated junior alchemist could have done it, though it would have taken much longer.

Fortunately, the World Government had directly dispatched five junior alchemists who specialized in ores.

They finished everything in under twenty minutes, then dusted off their hands and returned through the Star Gate to the Canberra Continent of the Giant World.

Now, apart from those alchemists who particularly loved fighting and greatly wanted adventures in the Otherworld,

most alchemists had already decided not to participate in combat lightly, instead taking primary responsibility for education, construction, logistics, research, and other fields.

At the same time.

The two hundred Sea Ninja Village ninjas finally all passed through the Star Gate and arrived in this Shinobi World.

Then, under the leadership of Tengen Uzui, Wind Shadow, Bishamon, and Yazaemon, they split into four groups.

They rushed toward the upper levels of Loulan from two directions: the spiral staircase hugging the wall and the stepped corridor beyond the stone doors.

Very soon.

Accompanied by dense flocks of crows, ninja figures surged out from the upper and lower exits like a black tide.

[Swish swish swish swish.]

The moment