In the forest, cooking smoke curled into the sky, clearly visible even from far away. Yueguang Han and the Ninja under his command had no intention of concealing their movements at all, setting up a stove and cooking right there in the forest. The aroma of the food could be smelled even from a great distance.
"Tokugawa, go eat! We'll take over reconnaissance from here." Hyuga Mei brought ten full and satisfied Konoha Ninja to a tree and shouted up at Hyuga Tokugawa on the treetop.
"Any discoveries?" Hearing the shout, Hyuga Tokugawa was the first to leap down from the treetop of a large tree with his binoculars in hand. He asked the ten Konoha Ninja who had likewise jumped down from other trees.
"None!" the ten Konoha Ninja all shook their heads.
"Mei, I'll leave the rest to you." Seeing this, Hyuga Tokugawa said to Hyuga Mei and handed her the binoculars. The other Konoha Ninja who had climbed down from the trees also handed their binoculars to the Ninja Mei had brought, then followed Hyuga Tokugawa toward the place where they were eating.
"My lord, no Ninja Hawk has been spotted flying within ten kilometers of here." When they arrived at the dining area, Hyuga Tokugawa first brought his men to Yueguang Han, who was eating with Yueguang Xingye and the other Jonin, and respectfully reported his findings.
"Still nothing? Normally, after the huge disturbance we caused yesterday, the Stone Ninja following us should have sent the information to the nearby enemy." Kimura Takuya frowned as he spoke.
"Perhaps they've already figured out how we found their base and therefore didn't release any Ninja Hawk in this direction." Yueguang Han spoke indifferently. It wasn't that Yueguang Han truly knew the reason; he simply didn't care much about