" Lord Hirakawa, what brings you here?"
At this moment, the warehouse manager, who was directing the transport at the warehouse entrance, noticed the commotion and immediately spotted Shin'un standing next to the carriage.
After running a few steps, the Konoha Chunin, who was temporarily acting as the warehouse manager, bowed respectfully and asked:
"What's wrong? Is there anything you need me to do?"
Turning his head, Shin'un glanced at the warehouse manager beside him and said:
"The warehouse you're in charge of is used to temporarily store the Giant Puppet Prototype, right?"
"This!"
Upon hearing Shin'un loudly proclaim the name of the Giant Puppet Prototype, the warehouse manager immediately leaned closer, sweating profusely, and said:
"Sir, keep your voice down! Everything about the Giant Puppet Prototype is classified!"
Upon hearing this, Shin'un chuckled twice.
"Confidential?"
"We treat it as a secret, but Sunagakure has no intention of keeping it a secret."
After speaking, Shin'un raised his hand and pointed around.
"None of the Sunagakure's high-ranking officials were present for this supply transport; the escort team consisted of only four small squads, and the carriage drivers were all civilians."
"On this long road from the heart of the Land of Wind to the Land of Rain, who knows how many spies have already investigated this transport convoy, and how many of them came specifically for the Giant Puppet Prototype?"
"If Sunagakure hadn't told us, we probably wouldn't have known even if a few parts of the Giant Puppet Prototype were missing from the shipment."
"This..."
The warehouse manager looked around at the ordinary, dark-skinned civilians, unsure of what to say.
Shin'un glanced at the warehouse manager, waved his hand, and said:
"Okay, I won't say anything then."
Looking again at the enormous steel fingers mounted on the carriage in front of him, Shin'un narrowed his eyes and thought to himself:
"This doesn't seem like something from the Shinobi World..."
Turning his head, Shin'un looked at the warehouse manager standing to the side.
"Since you're in charge of this warehouse, then take me to see the other parts."
Upon hearing this, the warehouse manager paused, hesitated for a moment, and then said:
"Well... okay, please follow me."
The warehouse manager raised his hand, signaling Shin'un to go first.
Nodding, Shin'un walked straight towards Warehouse No. 8, which was not far away.
The warehouse manager quickened his pace and led the way to Shin'un.
As Shin'un passed by several horse-drawn carts unloading supplies in front of the warehouse gate, he followed them into the warehouse.
" Lord Hirakawa, this is Area One."
"You are welcome to look around; I won't go in."
Upon reaching this point, the warehouse manager stopped and pointed to the large components carefully placed in place by various frames.
Nodding, Shin'un walked into the small warehouse inside the large warehouse.
My gaze swept over all the parts stored in the warehouse, but at first glance, I didn't find anything noteworthy.
"Unlike the giant steel finger on the outside, these parts are all internal components, and you can't tell anything special about them from the outside."
Shin'un paced back and forth in the area, trying to find some more unusual items.
Suddenly, Shin'un noticed something and quickened his pace to move closer.
"This is..."
Reaching out his hands, Shin'un touched the very distinctive orange-yellow lens in front of him.
"Judging by its shape alone, it looks like a pair of semi-transparent, orange-yellow goggles... only it's far too big."
"It's like a semi-transparent, orange-yellow wall."
Shin'un took a few steps back, examined the orange mirror standing in front of him, and pondered silently.
"Speaking of which, the cockpit mirror on that mech's head seems to be orange..."
Shin'un looked at the orange mirror in front of him one last time, then turned and left, continuing to pace between the warehouses.
"That is?"
Shin'un scanned the enormous component with his eyes.
Suddenly, Shin'un's eyes narrowed as a smaller component caught his attention.
Stepping forward, Shin'un picked up the gear linkage shaft, which was only the size of a human fist.
"So heavy..."
After looking at it for a moment, Shin'un found what he had vaguely seen on the gears.
That was a Shin'un was quite familiar with.
"Madeina."
Upon understanding the meaning of those words, Shin'un's hands trembled violently, and his pupils constricted.
Scanning the text back and forth, Shin'un stood there, his heart filled with mixed feelings. He was surprised that his guess had come true, and he couldn't help but reminisce and miss it.
"Sigh... I guess I can never go back in this lifetime..."
In the end, Shin'un put the parts back in their original place, looked at them a few times with reluctance, and turned to leave.
After a few seconds of silence, Shin'un resumed inspecting the massive components in the warehouse.
However, after making the discovery, Shin'un decided not to wander aimlessly anymore. Instead, he planned to check each component to see if there were any unfamiliar characters on them.
After a while, Shin'un finally inspected all the huge components in this area. On the corners of some of the huge components, there was information recorded in a font that Shin'un was familiar with.
Among the nearly one hundred sentences, apart from the majority being Madeina, Shin'un managed to glean quite a bit of valuable information thanks to his rudimentary foreign language skills.
" Jaeger, Shatterdome, Gipsy Danger..."
Shin'un stood there, gazing at the huge components placed in the warehouse, and slowly exhaled.
"Phew... Is it because I expected it? I'm not surprised at all."
After a brief pause, Shin'un turned and walked out of the warehouse.
Now that we've achieved our goal, there's no need to stay here any longer.
" Lord Hirakawa, are you done?"
The warehouse manager, who had been waiting at the warehouse entrance, noticed Shin'un walking out of the warehouse immediately and rushed over to ask him what was wrong.
At this moment, Shin'un was filled with complex thoughts. When asked by the warehouse manager, he simply smiled and nodded before disappearing in Body Flicker Technique.
Having no interest in chatting with Nara Shikahito any longer, Shin'un returned directly to his tent in the Konoha camp, lay down on what was merely a wooden plank, and closed his eyes to sort out his thoughts.
After a short while, Shin'un opened his eyes, looked at the top of the tent, and pondered silently.
"First of all, it can be confirmed that the so-called Giant Puppet Prototype is not a product of the Shinobi World, but rather Jaeger from another movie world... Its real name should be Gipsy Danger."
"Secondly, now that it has been confirmed that it is not a product of the Shinobi World, the giant crater in Windmill Village that appeared alongside it deserves even more in-depth investigation."
"The two are most likely bound together."
"Besides the giant crater in Windmill Village, Konoha knows of five other giant craters of varying sizes in the Shinobi World."
"Based on this calculation, the mysterious giant pit should be the primary location, followed by the Gipsy Danger."
"In other words, it was the mysterious giant crater that brought the Gipsy Danger Gipsy Danger, not the other way around."
Thinking of this, Shin'un frowned deeply and raised his hand to cover his eyes.
But none of that matters for now...
"The important point is that since the giant crater in Windmill Village brought Gipsy Danger to the Shinobi World, it eventually became the origin of the giant puppet in Sunagakure."
"So... what will the other five giant craters bring to the Shinobi World?"