Having gone around the mountain and still unable to find a way in, Alex, Whisker, and Shumi were left scratching their heads.
"Brother, we've tried going above and through the mountain, so what about below it?" Whisker asked. "I can move underground and check if there are any openings there."
Alex considered Whisker's suggestion for a bit, hesitating to find anything credible within it. His spiritual sense expanded at once, encompassing the entire island, searching for any caves or crevices that could lead to a tunnel system, but he found nothing at all.
"There's no opening to a cave, so if the only way was underground, then that would be stupid," Alex said.
"But we don't have any other ideas, right?" Whisker asked. "We can at least cross out the possibilities. That's my purpose anyway, is it not?"
