Found Their Trail

Torikaze felt that those two probably would not use such a foolish tactic.

"Time is not an issue. Hokage, go all out. Whatever happens, we'll be ready to fight at any moment."

Ōnoki gave him the highest level of support he could offer. He did not dare promise anything else.

Torikaze did not reply. He merely nodded and continued searching.

Not here... not here... not here either. Here... nowhere.

Where could they be?

Torikaze carefully searched inch by inch, starting from Rain Province in the Land of Fire. He scoured all of Rain Province, yet still found nothing.

He then searched the territories of the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, with the same result.

He searched every cave throughout Rain Country, but found no trace of them at all.

Could they be in the water? Torikaze truly had no way to search underwater, but someone as afraid of water as Yan could not possibly hide beneath it.

Neither of them could survive underwater.

Torikaze quickly dismissed that thought. They can't be in the sky either. Then the only possibility is underground.

With that thought, Torikaze moved his hands. After forming hand seals, he raised them above his head and slowly pressed them downward.

As Torikaze moved, the Tsuchikage and Kazekage saw the clouds and mist outside Central City begin to "disperse."

"What's going on? Is the Hokage giving up on the search?"

The Tsuchikage was puzzled as well. Hadn't he just said he needed time? Why was he canceling the jutsu already?

But after the two of them watched the clouds and mist outside for a while, they realized something was wrong.

"No, that's not dispersal. The clouds and mist are slowly descending. The Hokage is controlling them!"

Torikaze silently praised the Kazekage's sharp judgment. He intended