"Don't worry, I'll finish reading it right here."
After receiving a thick booklet of information about the Giant Puppet Prototype from Nara Shikahito, Shin'un turned and walked to a small round table in a corner of the room, intending to finish reading it there.
Seeing this, Nara Shikahito ordered someone to bring Shin'un a cup of hot tea, then turned and walked towards the dozen or so busy clerks, preparing to concentrate on the negotiation.
Thank you.
Sitting at the round table, Shin'un accepted a cup of hot tea from a clerk, took a casual sip, and put it down. He then opened the thick document on the table in front of him.
The first thing that catches the eye is the specific source and provider of all the information in the document.
In chronological order, the first source of information was Hirakawa Shin'un himself.
Upon seeing his name appear in the first line, Shin'un's lips twitched immediately.
"Next time we obtain any important intelligence, we must review the detailed report submitted beforehand."
Shaking his head, Shin'un silently berated himself for his carelessness, then turned to the next page.
Starting from this page, we find specific information about the Giant Puppet Prototype.
Shin'un bent down, frowned, and began to read through the pages, word by word.
[At 6 PM on September 6th, Konoha Year 34, amidst the fierce fighting of the Second Shinobi World War, a gigantic crater appeared out of nowhere outside a village called Windmill Village in the heart of the Land of Wind.]
[A portion of the giant crater covered Windmill Village, causing most of the Windmill Village and its 221 residents to disappear.]
[According to the other surviving villagers, the giant pit appeared suddenly; one moment everything was normal, and the next moment the pit was already there, without any sound or tremor.]
[On the same day, at 9 PM, the surviving Windmill Village Windmill Village, carrying a reward of 5,100 taels raised by the remaining 37 villagers, went alone to Sunagakure Sunagakure, hoping to issue a D-rank missing person mission there.]
[At 3:00 AM on September 9th, Konoha Year 34, the Windmill Village arrived at Sunagakure, but due to wartime conditions, the Sunagakure mission handling department was temporarily closed.]
[At 8:00 AM on September 9th, the Windmill Village left the Sunagakure Mission Acceptance Department and headed to the Kazekage Building in the center of Sunagakure.]
[After standing in the plaza in front of the Kazekage Building for several minutes, the Windmill Village knelt down in front of the Kazekage Building's gate, begging the Third Kazekage to accept his D-rank mission to find the missing villagers.]
[At 10:00 AM on September 9th, a Sand Ninja Anbu appeared before the Windmill Village and took him to the Kazekage's Office for a talk. (The specific details of the conversation between the Third Kazekage and the Windmill Village are missing.)]
[Seventeen minutes later, Sand Ninja Elite Jonin Kazama Saori, led three Chunin teams towards Windmill Village.]
[At 11:00 AM on September 9th, Kazama Saori led her team to Windmill Village. After searching, they discovered an unknown, gigantic humanoid object in the center of the mysterious crater. (None of the 221 missing villagers have been found.)]
[At 2 PM on September 9th, upon receiving Kazama Saori's report, the Third Kazekage began to take the giant crater seriously, assigning Chiyo to personally lead a team to seal off Windmill Village and relocate the remaining thirty-seven villagers to Sunagakure Windmill Village. ]
[On September 11th, Konoha 34, Chiyo disassembled part of the outer shell of the giant humanoid object found in the crater. After a brief study, she concluded that the giant humanoid object found in the crater was likely a massive steel golem.]
[From September 15th to October 4th, Konoha Year 34, Konoha Chiyo a team to move the steel golem from the giant crater. (The exact location of the steel golem after its relocation has not yet been discovered.)]
[On December 21, Konoha Year 34, Chiyo returned to Sunagakure with a giant humanoid puppet and requested funds from the Third Kazekage to create a giant puppet. She officially named the steel puppet found in the crater the Giant Puppet Prototype.]
[Information provided by: Yakushi Nonō, Shimura Danzō, Hirakawa Shin'un, Dan Katō...]
"From a suddenly appearing giant crater, we discovered... so this is how the so-called Giant Puppet Prototype came to be."
Upon seeing this, Shin'un temporarily put down the document in his hand, rubbed his eyebrows, and silently sighed for the villagers of Windmill Village.
"The villagers of Windmill Village also suffered an undeserved disaster. Of all places, why did the giant crater have to appear right next to Windmill Village?"
"Fortunately, the Third Kazekage relocated the surviving villagers to Sunagakure, which ensured their safety for the rest of their lives."
"But the chances of finding those missing villagers are very slim."
"Sigh~"
Sighing for the missing villagers, Shin'un then raised his hand to his chin, frowning as he began to summarize all the information he had just received.
"The giant crater that appeared instantly... this eliminates the possibility of someone secretly causing trouble Chibaku Tensei."
"Furthermore, to my recollection, there is no Ninjutsu in the Chunin world capable of creating a giant crater instantly without making a sound."
Thinking about this, Shin'un felt inexplicably irritated.
She simply leaned back in her chair, raising a hand to gather her silver ponytail, which had drooped down her back due to neglect, while thinking to herself:
"If that's the case, then the Giant Puppet Prototype is even less likely to be a product native to the Shinobi World..."
"Sigh~" Shin'un sighed, and the more he thought about it, the more chaotic his mind became.
Shin'un straightened up and looked at the end of the intelligence book in front of him, where there were a few extra lines of notes.
[Note 1: The mysterious giant crater that appeared in Windmill Village is approximately 1244 meters long, 759 meters wide, and reaches a maximum depth of 345 meters.]
[Note 2: After all the relevant information was gathered, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, ordered a thorough investigation into whether any similar mysterious giant pits had appeared in the Shinobi World.]
After investigation and elimination of a large amount of false and redundant information, in addition to the giant crater that appeared in Windmill Village, traces of five other giant craters have been found in various parts of the Shinobi World.
[Note 3: The six giant craters appeared at different locations, sizes, and times. (For detailed information, please refer to the classified file codenamed " Giant Craters from the Sky.")]
[Note 4: The Giant Puppet Prototype is roughly humanoid, with a dark blue paint job, reaching a height of 79 meters. It has an unknown turbine-like device mounted on its chest. Other information is unknown.]
After finishing reading the document in his hand, Shin'un was overwhelmed by another huge amount of information, and his mind became somewhat chaotic, with all sorts of random thoughts surfacing.
Helpless, Shin'un repackaged the document, then closed his eyes and took deep breaths repeatedly, hoping to calm his mind before thinking further.
A dozen or so breaths later, Shin'un opened his eyes, looked at the sealed document in front of him, and frowned in thought.
"There are giant steel golems in the crater in Windmill Village. It's not yet certain whether their simultaneous appearance was an accident."
"If this wasn't an accident, the other five giant craters will likely have appeared along with something else as well."
"Afterwards, it will be necessary to request access to that classified file codenamed ' The Giant Craters from the Sky '..."
Thinking of this, Shin'un frowned.
"Besides, looking at the description of the Giant Puppet Prototype, it seems kind of familiar..."
"Illusion?"