Uchiha Madara and Captain Thomas quietly made their way to a hidden spot in Nili City.
This was Nili's slum district, where all kinds of houses lay haphazardly across the ground, dark and dilapidated.
Slums often harbored all sorts of unspeakable things—criminal gangs, shady dealings, and the like. What Uchiha Madara and Captain Thomas had learned of was an underground prison here.
As a bartender in a tavern frequented by people from all walks of life, that man naturally knew many things, including the existence of the underground prison in this area. He naturally did not know its exact location, but he had pointed out its general whereabouts. Uchiha Madara guessed that the army would escort political prisoners such as spies to secret locations for interrogation, and an underground prison like this was the most suitable place.
Thinking that Yerudu and Mitchell might be being interrogated here made Uchiha Madara's heart sink. He quietly said to Captain Thomas, "If we don't hurry, Yerudu may not be able to withstand their brutal torture."
Captain Thomas was naturally anxious as well. "I'll give it a try. I'll have Bobo search for it."
He released the pigeon Bobo, and Bobo flew into the sky. Searching from above would naturally make it easier to spot clues. Things Uchiha Madara and the others could not discover from the ground might perhaps be found from the air.
However, after quite some time had passed, Bobo still gave no suitable signal.
"Could your pigeon's reactions have gotten slower? Or does it simply not understand what you want it to do?" Uchiha Madara asked.
"Impossible. Bobo has been with me for so long and has rendered us countless great services—you've seen that perfectly well. Without it, the Branetus II would never have become the most famous ship in