Main World.
Winter, Year 26 of Konoha.
Ocean Planet, the Training Ground outside Navy Headquarters.
This newly opened site lay east of Navy Headquarters, right beside the coastline. It covered an area the size of several dozen soccer fields, its surface paved with thick alloy plates. Dozens of watchtowers stood along its edges, automatic artillery and amplification runes mounted on their tops. There were no facilities in the center, only an empty expanse of gray-white alloy ground, scorching hot beneath the sun.
Today, there would be no naval training here, no assessments for the awakened. Today, this place belonged to the Dubhe Battle Group.
The stands had been built on the northern side of the Training Ground, with Navy Headquarters behind them. They were small, seating only a few hundred people, but today they were full.
Toyotomi Yinglang sat in the center of the first row, his moon-white Kariginu glowing softly in the sunlight, a faint smile on his lips. To his left sat Tsunade, Sakura Haruno, Kushina, Pakura, Karura, and Sasha-the Empire's consorts. To his right sat Jilan, Ryukōshi, Jin Zhiyin, and Senrin-the Empire's princes and princess.
The second row held Ocean Planet's prodigies-the top hundred registered awakened, those with mutant bloodlines, Kāma Awakened, and Naturally Awakened. They ranged from teenagers to people in their thirties, but they all shared one trait: strength. They were at least elite Jonin level.
The third row held naval officers-from admirals to lieutenant commanders, from ship captains to observation station chiefs. They wore dark blue naval uniforms, the stars on their shoulders gleaming in the sunlight.
Mikoto stood at the edge of the first row in a black maid's uniform, a white apron tied around her waist and a tea tray in her hands. Several cups of freshly brewed tea sat on the