"Whoa! Well, would you look at that—the Sky Fortress... S.H.I.E.L.D., huh?"
Whitesnake spun a Memory Disc in its hand. "Those bastards sure know how to hide. Good thing the two of us are quick-witted, or we might not have found them."
After Lin Qing finished ordering breakfast, he summoned Hermit Purple and used the declaration-of-war poster as a medium for Spirit Photography, locking onto a ninja from the Sky Ninja Legion.
When they followed the trail, they found no terrorists flying through the sky—only an ordinary village.
Lin Qing caught the Sky Ninja hiding in the village. After Whitesnake pulled out his Disc and watched his memories, they learned that, to counter Hermit Purple, the group had come up with a way to "leave behind anyone connected to the cause."
The Sky Ninja didn't know where the Sky Fortress had flown. Under normal circumstances, capturing him would have been pointless. But...
"Given the Sky Fortress's flight speed,
the destination it's headed for,
and the fact that its maximum altitude can't take it beyond the range of normal visibility,
it must be hiding among the clouds to avoid being tracked by ninjas."
With that information, they could mark out a rough search area on the map.
Then they only had to look for places with large cloud formations. A few tries should be enough to find it.
Lin Qing's fingers swept across the clouds, tearing open a rift and slowly drawing the Blade of Ruin from within.
"When it comes to most opponents, I'll give them a chance if they're willing to surrender. But..."
On the way there, Lin Qing had passed through the city that was bombed last night.
It was truly quiet.
There were no cries, because the tears had run dry last night.
There were no screams, because