Chu Ge left the seabed and reported the results of his investigation to his mother. "Mobilize the intelligence networks in every country. We have to find where the Azure Dragon's missing little toe bone ended up. This is important."
Wu Xiuyun said, "Your father has basically found everything within our borders. The ones abroad really are a headache."
Chu Ge said, "Other people can come stir up trouble in our country, but we can't go stir up trouble in theirs?"
Wu Xiuyun couldn't help laughing. "Of course we do that too. All right, we'll make this a priority for the near future and mobilize every intelligence resource to investigate. The main problem is that we don't have a clear target. The world is so big that casting a wide net probably won't turn up much."
Chu Ge added, "Barring anything unexpected, it should only be in East Asia, or Southeast Asia at the furthest. Not the West."
"Would that be the White Tiger's territory?"
"Very likely."
"Even your father isn't as certain as you are. Remember, the earth is round. Our definitions of east and west might not be the same as the divine beasts' definitions. Their definitions might even only cover our country."
"...I was less certain before you said that. Now that you have, I'm even more certain. Listen to me. Put more effort into looking around the countries of East Asia. That narrows the net and makes success much more likely."
Their definitions are my definitions, aren't they? I'm the Heavenly Dao, after all...
"All right." His mother agreed readily without further discussion. "Wait for our reply... huh, hold on. Why would we report back to you? Are you planning to go abroad?"
Chu Ge said, "...Am I not allowed to go abroad?"
His mother said, "We'll