"Mm."
Hearing his words, Namikaze Minato nodded.
Then he stood up, walked out from behind his desk, pointed to the sofa beside them, and said, "Let's sit down and talk."
"Yes, sir!"
Qian answered, then sat down on the sofa with Namikaze Minato, one after the other.
Namikaze Minato looked at Qian, pondered briefly, then said, "You should already know about what happened last night, right?"
"Mm. Lord Orochimaru came into conflict with the Anbu."
Qian answered very cautiously.
He did not deny it and say he knew nothing.
Although in the eyes of those four Anbu ninja last night, he had never left his room from beginning to end, something so major had happened in the village. If he claimed to know nothing at all, that would be far too fake.
But likewise, he did not state outright that Orochimaru had defected.
After all, the village had not yet announced that Orochimaru had become a rogue ninja. How could he casually convict him?
However, Namikaze Minato clearly did not care about that.
He looked at Qian and said, "For certain reasons, I was unable to act last night. Orochimaru broke through the blockade set up by the Anbu and the Special Operations Squad and escaped the village. As for the reason the Anbu made their move, I'm sure you know as well."
"Human experimentation."
Qian replied concisely.
"That's right."
Namikaze Minato nodded and said, "It was human experimentation. The Anbu have already sealed off Orochimaru's laboratory and found more than enough evidence inside. It will be made public shortly."
Hearing this, Qian only nodded slightly and still did not say anything more.
Namikaze Minato carefully observed his expression. Seeing that he remained indifferent from start to finish, he secretly shook his head.
After a brief silence, he spoke again.