Snow-white and boundless.
Within the endless white fog.
An owl circled through the air, observing something.
"How is it, Abo? Is there anything unusual inside the clouds and fog?"
A backpack was strapped to the owl's back.
The questioning voice came from the Den Den Mushi inside the backpack.
"Chirp, chirp!"
Despite his powerful body, his voice was as crisp as a baby chick's.
"Oh, the fog is too thick to see clearly?"
At the other end of the Den Den Mushi.
A man standing on the beach muttered to himself after hearing the owl's cries.
He belonged to the Flower Country's aerial reconnaissance unit. They had only been allowed back the day before yesterday, yet the infuriating part was...
Early this morning, his superior had summoned him to the coast and ordered him and his not-yet-rested partner to investigate the dense fog along the shore.
"Abo, he's an owl! Making an owl work during the day, and having him fly through thick fog at that? What kind of joke is that?
Damn it, what do those officials take us for? Is it because we have no backing that they make us do all the dirty, exhausting work?"
"Chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp!"
Just as the man complained about his superior's exploitation and the unfairness of reality.
A burst of urgent, piercing screeches suddenly came through the Den Den Mushi in his hand.
"Abo, Abo, what's wrong? What happened over there?"
The sudden development made the man's face change drastically.
Terrified cries kept coming from the Den Den Mushi's mouth.
Having worked with the owl for many years, the man knew that something must have been discovered within the thick fog.
"Abo, come back! Come back now! Forget the mission—your life comes first!" His eyes filled with incomparable urgency as