The next day.
Early morning.
Deep in the ocean.
On the isolated island Qian had once used to extract Danzo's Chakra, Snow Wind slowly woke from unconsciousness.
"Where am I?"
A mutter slipped from his mouth.
He propped one hand against the ground and sat up from the slightly damp earth, sweeping his gaze around. At first, he was still somewhat dazed, but once he recalled what had happened last night, he immediately grew alert.
Then, with a carp-flip, he sprang up from the ground.
He wanted to reach for the Kunai in the Ninja Tool Pouch at his waist, but when his hand stretched out, it found nothing.
Looking down, he saw that his Ninja Tool Pouch had been removed at some point.
When he carefully sensed around his body again, his expression abruptly turned ugly.
It was nothing else—beyond the Ninja Tool Pouch, the other ninja tools he had hidden on his person, whether obvious or concealed, had all vanished.
Snow Wind did not know who had done this, but there was no doubt that the technique was extremely professional, leaving him no opening at all.
Qian did not know what Snow Wind was thinking. If he had, he would definitely have laughed out loud.
Professional technique?
No, it was not that the technique was professional. It was that the Byakugan's see-through ability was too broken.
With the places he had hidden things, Qian only had to lift his eyes and sweep them over once to see everything clearly.
In that case, how could he possibly leave him even the slightest opening?
Back to Snow Wind. After seeing that his body had been searched clean, he decisively gave up on the idea of looking outside for ninja tools.
As he raised his hand, he was about to use