03 "Bothersome Country —Leave Only Footsteps!—"

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. Kino realizes her hosts could easily conquer other countries, but the diplomat desires only to travel the world in peace. As Kino and Hermes leave the traveling country, Hermes remarks on the "bothersome countries", both the traveling country that causes destruction with its massive tracks and the border barrier country that charges a high toll for travelers to pass through the land. Kino is embarrassed when Hermes mentions that the children of the traveling country might paint a new mural depicting her heroism.