The night was exceptionally serene in Mount Fuji, and as they stared across the landscape, the moonlit sky cast ever-changing shadows of the trees onto the surface of the road, accompanied by the sound of rustling leaves swaying in the wind.
A glaring light shone from a distance, and the growl of a high-capacity engine shattered the silence.
It was a military jeep, and upon closer inspection, they saw four people in the vehicle. The men in the driver's seat and front passenger seat had haughty looks on their faces and an icy edge to their gazes; everything about their posture suggested they were not people to be trifled with.