Land of Waves, Dawn Company's port.
Jiraiya stood high above the harbor, gazing out over the sea belonging to Dawn Company and the Land of Waves.
Ever since answering Zabuza's question, he had effectively acknowledged Naruto's ultimate vision and joined the plan.
So he decided to remain in the Land of Waves and carefully experience the changes it had undergone.
And now, at this private port belonging to Dawn Company, he witnessed a truly awe-inspiring sight.
Beside the harbor was a fleet of five or six ironclad ships.
Their materials and appearance differed from the wooden passenger ship he had ridden before.
The ironclads had cylindrical hulls made of metal and steel, with Dawn Shipping's signature emblem still engraved along their sides.
What shocked Jiraiya even more was that their decks were fitted with intricate towers of varying shapes and heights.
A middle-aged man in a Dawn Shipping uniform stood on the flagship's command platform. He took a deep breath, raised a microphone, and shouted in a booming voice, "Begin!"
The ninjas who had long been waiting on the decks, also dressed in Dawn uniforms, each had a narrow golden wooden board fixed to their backs.
As the order was given, they moved with practiced precision, jogging along routes they had long memorized before climbing the towers.
Upon reaching the tops of the towers, they stood there.
Their hands tightly gripped the handles before them, their bodies leaning slightly forward.
With a dull boom, as though some mechanism had been activated, everyone standing atop the towers shot forward on a powerful thrust, then leaped fiercely into the sky!
The instant they launched from the tower tops, the golden boards on their backs abruptly unfolded to either side, extending into a pair of broad wings.
The next moment, beneath Jiraiya's stunned