Qingye's gaze sharpened.
He looked down at Pakkun and took out a map of the ninja world.
Unlike the previous map of the entire ninja world, the one Qingye took out this time was a more detailed map of the southeastern region of the Land of Fire, including parts of the Land of Water and other areas.
"Which direction?"
Qingye spread the map on the ground.
"...Here!"
Pakkun studied the map for a long time before pointing one small paw at a spot. "Then it left in this direction."
This direction...
A complete map of the ninja world surfaced in Qingye's mind.
It was completely off from the direction of the Land of Frost!
He took out a pen and, using the place where Kakashi and Pakkun had discovered White Zetsu as the starting point, extended a ray in the direction Pakkun had indicated...
Uchiha Madara!
He was most likely somewhere near this line right now!
"Phew..."
Qingye let out a long breath.
It was already February of Konoha's forty-seventh year.
More than four months had passed since the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.
Uchiha Madara, that old bastard, had finally arrived!
After pondering for a moment, Qingye suddenly said, "Go out more often lately."
They could change locations and draw lines from different directions.
As long as they drew enough lines, they could gradually narrow the margin of error and eventually roughly pinpoint the area where Uchiha Madara was located.
"There's one more thing."
Kakashi did not ask further. With a grave expression, he said, "Something happened in the Land of Sea."
Konoha.
The Hokage Building.
Reports from all over the ninja world lay scattered across Hiruzen Sarutobi's Hokage desk.
There was one from Sunagakure. The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, had declared that Sunagakure's hero, Scorch Release user Pakura, had