On the border of the Land of Wind, a massive land battleship was steadily advancing.
Aboard the battleship, Haido sat before a computer, communicating with a white-haired old man.
"How are things on your end? I'm almost at my destination."
Shinnō replied.
"I've set up barriers throughout the Shinobi World to collect dark chakra. All we need to do now is follow the plan.
Once you secure the Gelel Ore Vein, your battleship and my Sky Ninja will launch their attacks simultaneously.
The entire Shinobi World will be thrown into turmoil. Amid that chaos, the darkness in people's hearts will swell, and the formulas I've placed throughout the Shinobi World will gather all that dark chakra together.
Even if the Sage of Six Paths himself shows up, we'll have nothing to fear."
After waiting all these years, small-scale operations could no longer satisfy him. He wanted the entire Shinobi World to supply him with dark chakra.
"Then we're all set. Still, that fellow Mukade seems to have gone off the grid."
"It doesn't matter."
Shinnō spoke dismissively.
"I know a little about that so-called Dragon Vein, too. Its power is immense, but it's far too volatile and unstable.
There are two possibilities. Either he hasn't made his move yet, or he has, but couldn't tame that violent energy and died.
In any case, as long as he's alive, he'll turn up on his own."
"You have a point. Let's leave it at that for now."
Once the call ended, Haido looked toward the mountain range ahead.
"I've finally found it! The Gelel Ore Vein is mine!"
As he gazed at the mountains ahead, Haido's eyes brimmed with greed.
In the Sand Sea, a temporary camp had been established beside the wreckage of the massive battleship.
Inside the camp, Hiruko was