Kino and Hermes board a "traveling country", housing an entire population in a gigantic moving vehicle. The diplomat explains that the vehicle is powered by an automatic generator whose energy must be consumed to prevent overheating. When they arrive at the border barrier of another country, the general refuses permission to continue. Undaunted, the traveling country breaks through the defensive wall using a powerful laser and crosses the green pastures. The local military fails to penetrate the vehicle's armor and in frustration they target a mural painted on the side by the children of the traveling country. Kino helps the diplomat and president by shooting the targeting binoculars and missiles...