At a time when the whole world had fallen into chaos, it was not only the people of the Dream Organization stirring up trouble everywhere. Many schemers who usually kept themselves hidden had also leaped out one after another, seizing the chance to make their presence known.
For example, some time ago, the long-vanished Sky Ninja had piloted their Aerial Mothership and attacked Konoha directly, both to take revenge and to make a name for themselves, killing two birds with one stone.
Even now, they were still playing hide-and-seek with the people of Konoha.
There were no small number of people with that kind of mindset, and to them, the Five Great Nations were all excellent potential targets. Kirigakure naturally could not be an exception.
"What did you say? Our Exploration Fleet was attacked at sea?"
Araki looked at the member of the Blood Blade Unit who had come to report. "And then? Hit them! They dared attack us at sea? That's lawless! What's there to report?... Don't tell me you couldn't beat them?"
"That's not it, but the enemy is very strange. Compared to living people, they look more like a special kind of puppet. Therefore... Director Sasori of the Red Sands said that this matter should be left to their Puppet Corps."
"The Puppet Corps... how many people do they even have?"
Araki was somewhat speechless.
The Puppet Corps had only been established in the past few years under Sasori's direction. Rather than calling it a corps, it was more like an elite squadron. Even at full strength, it only had a few dozen people, and most of them had been trained in the direction of railway maintenance workers. Their combat power was truly worrying.
It was obvious that Sasori himself had gotten excited after seeing something that