It did not even take much effort. Even with Azure Tide Port alone in operation, they could easily screen the entire Shinobi World.
The intelligence submitted by the officials Xuandou had dispatched to various regions began to be cross-referenced with the merchant networks throughout Azure Tide Port, the best-informed channels in the Shinobi World.
In just one month.
Almost every place in the Shinobi World, large and small, had been screened. Countless bandits and thieves with criminal records were dragged out and beaten several times before information from various channels finally led them somewhere.
They found a mysterious base-
On a remote, deserted mountain at the edge of the Land of Snow, east of the Land of Lightning's high latitudes... there had been sightings of people dressed in black with golden pupils in their right eyes.
When Xuandou learned of this, he almost laughed in anger.
The Land of Snow was his territory. What were they trying to do?
When the tiger was away, the monkeys proclaimed themselves kings?
Xuandou had thought that, given his formidable record, those people ought to show respect for the strong no matter what and relocate their territory to the Land of Wind, the Land of Water, or overseas...
That was also why Xuandou had continued to slow his unification of the Shinobi World even after Rasa had taken the initiative to signal his willingness.
Aside from the shortage of talent trained by Xuanyin.
He also wanted to gather all his enemies in one place and sweep them away before the impending threat of the Ōtsutsuki Clan arrived, cleaning house before getting down to business.
He had never expected these people to show him, the lord of Hidden Xuan Village, so little respect.
They had hidden right under his nose, occupying his territory one moment