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In the Land of Cedars, Uchiha Kei and Hyuga Aya walked at the front.

With her Byakugan, Hyuga Aya was the best possible scout. Behind them were the Fourth Raikage, Jiraiya, and Nara Shikaku.

The Fourth Raikage's subordinates were responsible for covering the rear, while Kakashi and Imai Kenta guarded the flanks in support of the team.

The Land of Cedars was not large. It was merely a small country in the Ninja World, but its terrain combined the features of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth—mountains piled upon mountains, exceptionally steep and treacherous.

Honestly, if it had been anyone else, they might not have been able to track through terrain like this.

But the Byakugan clearly ignored all of that, especially Hyuga Aya's Byakugan.

"They're up ahead, if nothing has changed," Jiraiya suddenly said as they tracked their target.

"Byakugan!" Hearing Jiraiya's words, Hyuga Aya did not hesitate in the slightest and instantly activated her Byakugan. "There are no traces of anyone else. Looks like your toad lost them."

"Just as expected. I'm really not surprised at all." Imai Kenta had absolutely no awareness that he was jinxing things. He curled his lip and said, "Forget it. We weren't very hopeful to begin with. Let's see whether we can get any intelligence."

Jiraiya shot Imai Kenta an irritated look, but he did not say anything.

His relationship with Imai Kenta was fairly good, and what Imai Kenta said was true. All he hoped now was that Toad Ryo could truly obtain something useful.

With that thought, Jiraiya quickly stepped forward and temporarily left the group.

"Your tracking seems not to have gone very smoothly." Seeing Jiraiya leave, the Fourth Raikage could not help but speak. "The Land of Cedars is not exactly a friendly place, especially