As soon as dawn broke,
Everyone packed up and prepared to set off.
"Shino, can you confirm that guy's current position?"
Takumi looked at Shino.
"It's a bit far. I can only roughly confirm the location. It'll be possible once we get closer."
Shino said calmly.
"Follow me."
Gaara spoke at this moment. "I can sense my sand."
"As expected of you."
Takumi said with a smile.
Although Shino's bugs were also useful, Gaara's sand, which was completely under his control, was obviously easier to use for determining direction at times like this.
So, the group immediately followed Gaara, running towards the enemy's location.
To accommodate the director's speed, they even slowed down a bit.
Soon, they saw a huge metal building, charging recklessly through the mountains.
"What is this?"
Kiba's mouth dropped open in shock. He had never seen such a huge building, especially one made of metal.
Most importantly, this thing was moving!
"The enemy is inside."
Gaara said, manipulating his sand, preparing to rush in.
"Wait."
Takumi smiled and stopped him. "Since you asked for my help, how can I not show off a bit?"
Besides, this was his movie as the leading actor. If he let Gaara show off his power, how would he demonstrate his own prowess as the main actor?
So, the grand scenes had to be his.
Saying this, he reached out and grasped the air towards the front, preparing to blow up the enemy's building in one go.
"Wait!"
The director rushed up hastily, panting heavily, hands on his knees.
Apparently, running this short distance wasn't easy for the elderly director.
"What's wrong?"
Takumi was a bit puzzled and lowered his hand. "We're about to reach the enemy's stronghold. The movie is also about to end."
"This won't do."
The director waved his hands repeatedly. "We're just meeting the enemy, and we're going to start fighting immediately?"
"We need to have some dialogue, right? If we don't explain their identities clearly, how will the audience know they're the villains?"
He used gestures along with his words to make his meaning clear. "So, let's find them first, and then continue?"
"Oh!"
Takumi suddenly understood. "I thought it was about the movie's runtime, but what you said makes sense, director."
"If we just rush in and fight, it might make us look like the villains. That's not good. We are very civilized people. We can't do such reckless things."
"If that's the case..."
He looked at the huge building in the distance, a thoughtful expression appearing in his eyes.
If he remembered correctly, this thing was an amphibious mobile ship.
It used various advanced technologies from another continent, very different from the Shinobi World.
If he could keep this thing completely intact, it could become his mobile fortress on the sea.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel grateful that the director had stopped him.
Otherwise, he would have mistakenly blown up this good thing.
"Everyone, it's time to test your skills as Shinobi."
Takumi smiled and said, "Let's see who can find those enemies first."
"But don't rush to act when you find them. Before we fight, we need to let the enemy know why we're fighting them."
"Otherwise, we'll be the bad guys."
He formulated a plan that wasn't really a plan.
But this kind of competition-like approach was more likely to excite these young people.
"I'll be first!"
Kiba shouted excitedly and dashed out.
"Ah! You sneakily started!"
Naruto shouted dissatisfiedly and quickly jumped out as well.
"Wait!"
The director shouted in panic. "We didn't capture the previous parts!"
"It's okay. Just missing two people."
Takumi patted the director on the shoulder. "It doesn't matter without them."
"Besides, maybe it was captured."
He pointed to the still-operating camera.
"But I'm definitely in the shot!"
The director said dejectedly. "In that case, that footage definitely can't be used."
"We're going now."
Temari said helplessly before leaving.
As for Gaara and Kankuro, they had already rushed out.
Takumi turned around and saw that apart from Temari, Hinata, and Sakura, everyone else had already rushed out.
Those remaining were the crew members and Koyuki.
"Such impatient people."
Takumi shook his head helplessly, then said to the director, "It looks like we'll have to start the movie from the footage inside."
"Keep whatever earlier footage you can use."
"Reshooting is definitely out of the question. After all, this isn't really filming a movie; it's executing a mission."
"The enemies aren't weak. If I'm not there to watch over them, I'm worried someone might get hurt."
As Takumi spoke, his expression gradually became serious.
Haido and his three female knights were nothing to Takumi.
But dealing with them was a bit troublesome for the others.
Among them, the only one who could fight them without injury was Gaara.
After all, Gaara's strength was at a significantly higher level compared to the others.
Unless Naruto could freely use the Nine-Tails' power.
"..."
The director was stunned.
One moment he was in the forest, the next he was in a pitch-black place.
The surrounding walls were all metal, with clear signs of artificial construction.
He immediately judged this was definitely the inside of the mechanical building they had seen earlier.
'But how did we get in?'
As he wondered, he suddenly heard sounds behind him.
Turning around, he was shocked to see figures appearing one after another – all the crew members.
Everyone, like him, was first confused, then shocked.
"It must be Takumi-kun!"
After a moment of confusion, the director said very certainly.
In his view, among those remaining, only Takumi possessed such ability.
After all, besides the three girls, the only Shinobi left was Takumi.
"But, why hasn't Takumi-kun arrived yet?"
The director said puzzledly. "The main actor isn't here. What are we supposed to film?"
Koyuki beside him also looked puzzled.
At that moment, after sending everyone inside, Takumi had returned to the spot where they had previously observed the mobile ship alone.
He was waiting for someone to appear.
"Come out, I know you're there."
Takumi looked towards a tree.
A few seconds later, Konan, wearing her cloud-patterned uniform, emerged from behind the tree.
She was a bit surprised. She hadn't expected to be discovered.
After all, even that girl with the Byakugan hadn't noticed her.
"How did you find me?"
Konan frowned slightly.
"My nose is very sensitive to cute girls."
Takumi pointed to his nose. "You appeared at my house before, right?"
Konan immediately understood. Her previous infiltration into Takumi's room had also been discovered by him.
"Why didn't you expose me then?"
Konan frowned, unable to think of a reason.