Calm

"Heh. I said I'd relax today, and then I ended up busy all day again."

Inside the Cultivation Room, Qian stood up, stretched hard, and muttered under his breath.

Yet though his words carried a hint of complaint, there was no trace of displeasure on his face.

There was no helping it. Anyone who got exactly what they wanted and obtained the thing they had been after would not be in too bad a mood.

Of course, the most crucial point was that he had not paid any great price in the process.

Touching the Sealing Scroll in his Ninja Tool Pouch again, Qian left the Cultivation Room in complete satisfaction.

The moment he came out, he saw the Shadow Clone standing outside the door.

Only then did he remember that, not long after he had begun his research, just as he had expected, Konoha's Patrol Team and the Uchiha clan's Patrol Team had come looking for him.

Why had he made that prediction?

It was simple. The battle had taken place near the Cemetery, and after breakfast that morning, he had gone there.

During that time, because he had not expected to run straight into Obito Uchiha, he had not even thought about hiding his movements.

That being the case, as long as the village investigated, they could easily find traces of him.

Following that line of reasoning, it was only natural that they would come afterward to verify certain details with him.

As for why they had not come looking for him because he had used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return home?

The reason was simple as well: Konoha's Perception Barrier could only sense things passing through the barrier, and could not detect spatial fluctuations inside it.

This flaw was later exploited when Pain attacked Konoha.