Land of Moon.
Swish, swish, swish.
One shadow after another, accompanied by the rush of wind, landed on a high cliff.
At the edge of the cliff, a towering figure stood gazing through the snowstorm at a town in the distance, its lights faintly glowing.
"Lord Raikage!"
The shadows that had landed on the cliff bowed in unison to the figure at its edge.
There was no doubt about it.
The shadows gathered at the cliff were Killer B, Yugito Nii, and the others, who had traveled day and night from the Land of Lightning and taken an entire day to reach the Land of Moon.
The towering figure at the cliff's edge was naturally the Fourth Raikage, who had decided to lead the team in person.
The Fourth Raikage continued gazing into the distance and asked in a deep voice, "Is everyone here?"
Killer B stepped forward. "Big Brother, Yugito's team and I arrived first. Your personal ANBU are still behind us. They'll need about half a day to catch up!"
The Fourth Raikage frowned at that, but said nothing more.
He knew all too well that even a ninja would usually need two or three days to travel from the Land of Lightning to the Land of Moon.
The fact that Killer B and the others had made it in a single day was entirely thanks to how elite their team was.
By comparison, his personal ANBU were somewhat less capable, so they needed a day and a half to get there.
Yugito looked around. Besides the Fourth Raikage and Killer B's "AB" duo, the cliff held her four-person team and a four-person communications squad.
This lineup would even be enough to launch a surprise attack on the Kage of another village. She stepped forward and said, "Lord