The few people present could not help frowning slightly after hearing Pakkun's words. They exchanged glances, each of them feeling troubled.
Just who was it that had frightened Pakkun into that state with nothing but their scent!?
At that thought, Kakashi looked at Pakkun with a grave expression and slowly asked.
"So... Pakkun, you think that guy is far stronger than us!?"
Hearing this, Pakkun's body trembled slightly. He cast a sidelong glance at Sakumo, Dai, and the others, sweeping his gaze around before finally settling it on Kakashi.
A trace of gloom flashed across his canine face as he slowly said in a low voice.
"There's no comparison at all..."
"That feeling... I'd guess that perhaps only Great Sage Tengu could rival an existence that powerful..."
Hearing Pakkun's words, the others merely froze, wondering who this Great Sage Tengu he spoke of was. Kakashi, however, looked utterly shocked as he stared at Pakkun in disbelief.
Even so, they still remembered the unresolved matter at hand.
Sakumo and Dai exchanged a glance, and Sakumo hurriedly asked in a deep voice.
"Never mind that person whose identity we can't confirm... Can you determine where the person we've been pursuing is now, Pakkun!?"
Only then did everyone realize that their original purpose in coming here had merely been to confirm whether the other party's trail remained at this tower.
At that thought, their gazes turned solemn as they all looked toward Pakkun, awaiting his answer.
Feeling their earnest gazes, Pakkun's canine face tightened slightly. He slowly glanced in the direction they had fled from earlier and spoke heavily.
"If you mean that guy from before, then I can confirm his location!"
Hearing that, Kakashi's expression brightened, and he hurriedly asked.
"Where!?"
Pakkun slowly raised a paw, then suddenly pointed forward, his hoarse