The day of the invitation arrived.
Above their own villages, all the Kage who had not explicitly declined Yanbai's invitation were greeted by flying ninja beasts specially dispatched by the Land of Fire.
Sunagakure, Land of Wind.
Thanks to the arrival of the Konoha Shinobi Village's farmers' market.
A high-speed route had swiftly been built between Sunagakure and Ishinomaki City in the Land of Fire.
The staff responsible for transporting supplies for the farmers' market had delivered Yanbai's invitation to the Third Kazekage several days in advance.
Today, Konoha Shinobi Village's highest-class transportation would visit the various shinobi villages to take their Kage to Konoha.
This was both a courtesy and a show of force.
After so much contact with Yanbai, the Third Kazekage's thinking was gradually being brought into line with his.
When the morning light slanted across the earth.
The Third Kazekage and his entourage were already packed and ready, waiting on the "landing pad" that personnel dispatched by the Konoha Farmers' Market had built outside Sunagakure for Konoha's dedicated transport crew.
An intangible pressure hung in the air.
A beetle with six wings and one tail circled overhead, filling their field of vision.
Its wings made a racket mingled with a mournful whine, and the shock waves from their beating whipped up the sand and dust around the village.
The claws beneath the enormous insect gripped an ornate structure resembling a lavish house, complete with doors and windows, with room for several people inside.
The Third Kazekage looked up and saw nothing but a gigantic insect gleaming with dazzling colors in the morning light.
The door of the compartment beneath the strange flying insect bore the symbol of the Land of Fire-its national emblem.
Before long, the enormous flying insect landed on the pad and pushed the