The gate opened, revealing a vast plaza on the other side.
Several people stood at the entrance.
One had flowing short white hair, a full white beard, and glasses. With a white lab coat draped over him, he exuded the air of a scholar.
Another was tall and thin, his long black hair tied loosely behind him, with bangs long enough to cover half his face.
His golden, slit-pupiled eyes carried a chilling gleam, while purple eye shadow lent him an even more sinister allure.
A white lab coat hung loosely over his long black robe like a cape.
Behind this tall, sinister-looking man stood a white-haired young man with an upright bearing and handsome, refined features. His face, however, was utterly expressionless. He stood behind the man like a bodyguard, watching the area ahead warily.
Farther back stood several ordinary researchers in matching white lab coats, though their hair was somewhat sparse.
"A complete success!"
The Space-Time Gate had successfully connected two lands thousands of miles apart, and Tetsuya couldn't help applauding.
Hidan stepped curiously through the gate and into the Research Department.
"So, I'm back in the Shinobi World?"
Orochimaru licked his lips and smiled.
"Yes. Welcome back to the Shinobi World, brave pioneers."
Orochimaru was quite happy to call these four Akatsuki members warriors, given that they had ventured onto the New Continent ahead of everyone else.
Sasori followed him through the gate.
"So this is the Shinobi World Federation's Research Department? It really is completely different from everywhere else. It hardly looks like something built in the same era."
After Tetsuya unified the Shinobi World, development had begun across the land. High-rises and skyscrapers were going up, and cities were beginning to modernize.
Even so, compared with the Research Department's buildings, those modern cities still under