Torifu thought those two wouldn't use such a stupid tactic.
"Time isn't an issue. Hokage, give it everything you've got. We'll be ready to fight at a moment's notice if anything happens."
Ōnoki gave him the greatest support he could. He didn't dare promise anything else.
Torifu didn't reply. He simply nodded and continued searching.
Nothing... Nothing... Nothing. Not here, either. Here... This place is empty too.
Where could they be?
Torifu searched carefully, inch by inch, starting with Rain Province in the Land of Fire. He combed through the entire province, but still found nothing.
He then searched the territories of the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, with the same result.
They had searched every cave throughout the Land of Rain, but hadn't found a single trace.
Could they be underwater? Torifu couldn't search underwater, but Yan was so afraid of water that she couldn't possibly have hidden there.
Neither of them could live underwater, either.
So Torifu quickly dismissed the idea. They can't be in the sky, either. That leaves underground as the only possibility.
At that thought, Torifu began forming Hand Seals. Then he raised his hands above his head and slowly pressed them downward.
As Torifu moved, the Tsuchikage and Kazekage saw the Cloud Mist around Central City begin to "dissipate."
"What's going on? Is the Hokage giving up on the search?"
Ōnoki was puzzled. Hadn't he just said he needed more time? Why was he canceling the jutsu now?
But after watching the Cloud Mist outside for a moment, the two of them realized something was wrong.
"Wait, that's not it. The mist isn't dissipating. It's slowly descending. The Hokage is controlling it!"
Torifu praised the Kazekage's sharp judgment. He was indeed planning to force the Cloud Mist into every crack in