After three days of stop-and-go travel, the Yata Crow finally reached its destination: the Land of Earth, the Undying River.
From high above, the rolling mountains sprawled across the vast land like enormous dragons winding along the ground.
The fortress stronghold standing amid the towering mountains, protected by natural barriers and built from solid stone, was Iwagakure—the birthplace of the unshakable Will of Stone, one of the Five Great Nations of the Shinobi World.
Within the misty sea of clouds, even the Yata Crow's massive body appeared utterly inconspicuous.
Pain A threw back his head and laughed. "Hahaha! This place is perfect for a Planetary Devastation! If we hauled all these rocks into the sky, we could make another moon without any trouble!"
Pain Rin smiled faintly. "A Super Shinra Tensei would be nice too~! It would help unite the Shinobi World~!"
In a two-dimensional world, talking to oneself was a common occurrence.
Nagato had long since adapted to the local customs.
Pain Rin took a parchment scroll from her robes and unfolded it with her small hands.
It was a map of the Undying River hand-drawn by Orochimaru before their departure.
Two red X's marked different locations, both indicating pyramid tombs!
But only one was the tomb where Lord Mu slept. The other was a decoy tomb.
It was said that the decoy tomb had been proposed by Tsuchikage Ōnoki, specifically to guard against schemers like Kabuto in his previous life and Nagato in this one.
Furthermore, the decoy tomb used exactly the same techniques as the genuine one!
The moment it was disturbed, it would unleash an earth-shaking roar, and Hidden Stone would swiftly mobilize to surround and eliminate the grave robbers!
Pain A said, "If that brat A had possessed old Ōnoki's crafty mind, then with the