Night fell: 1 hour.
In the Research Institute's conference room were projections of Tsunade, Ōnoki, and the others. On the other side were projections of the daimyo of various nations, including Oda Ieyasu and Tokugawa Shingen, as well as government officials.
Everyone wore grave expressions as they listened to Samui explain the current situation:
"...The temperature is dropping."
"At the current rate, the world's average temperature is expected to fall to zero degrees within forty-eight hours."
Killer B scratched his head and asked, "If it's getting colder... can't we just burn more firewood?"
There was no shortage of unclaimed forests throughout the Ninja World.
They could send the village ninja to chop down a batch of trees, distribute some to every village, and endure these few days of bitter winter.
Besides, Heaven-Opening III was still being assembled. Once the rocket launched, they would go to the moon with Lin Qing and scatter Toneri's ashes, along with those of the entire Otsutsuki clan.
"If it were merely the loss of sunlight... then yes, that would be the case. We have too many ways to ignore the effects of the cold in the short term. But the key lies in—"
The image on the conference room's large screen changed, displaying miniature images of the moon and the Ninja World.
"The moon is too close."
Samui lightly pushed up her glasses. Her usually cool eyes now held concern that was impossible to conceal.
"According to calculations by the Research Institute's experts, the moon's sharply increased gravity will trigger super tides twenty meters high in coastal regions, flooding the vast majority of coastal cities.
"At the same time, the moon's gravity will cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to occur one after another along the edges of the tectonic plates. As time passes, this process