The moment the Sky Warship rose into the air, Sky Ninja carrying flight devices swarmed around it like locusts.
Before long, the Sky Warship entered the clouds, using them to conceal its position.
Inside the engine room, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, Fū, grimaced as her chakra was drained. Even as a jinchūriki, she struggled to provide enough power to lift the warship.
Watching Fū on the monitor, Shinnō gauged how large a Zero-Tails he could create.
Although the technology for creating the Zero-Tails was already perfected, the enormous chakra fluctuations it produced would attract attention.
The Sky Ninja Corps and the Sky Warship alone could not withstand Akatsuki's wrath.
Shinnō stood, left the control room, and stepped onto the deck, where he could reach out and touch the moisture that condensed into clouds.
Gazing at the Shinobi World flickering in and out of view beneath his feet, Shinnō felt a surge of accomplishment and gradually began recalling days gone by.
The Sky Bandit Corps had once been free, soaring through the skies at will, plundering the wealth of every nation, and looking down upon the creatures on the ground as though they were ants.
Time flew, and night fell.
Shinnō had long since returned to the laboratory aboard the warship to begin preparing to create the Zero-Tails.
After working for a while, Shinnō looked out the window.
Only when he saw the bright moon reflected in the sea did he belatedly realize that the Sky Warship had reached Sea Mountain.
Soon, the bright moon in the sky caught Shinnō's attention, and he stood rooted to the spot, staring blankly.
Suddenly, Shinnō noticed a black speck on the moon. As time passed, it grew larger and larger, until he could vaguely make out the outline of a person.
*How could there be