Over here, Qian had just spent a day cultivating according to his adjusted cultivation plan when, by the evening of the second day, the shadow clone left behind in the village sent him a message.
The Land of Fire.
The northeast.
In that Primeval Forest.
Qian, who was in the middle of using the "Mind Reflection Technique" to spur the evolution of his Sharingan, abruptly stopped moving.
A trace of doubt first flashed through his eyes.
Then his gaze swept over the surrounding woods, as though he were trying to find which shadow clone had made a mistake and pushed itself to the point of collapse, causing its memories to be transmitted to him.
But very quickly, he withdrew his gaze.
For no other reason than that, through the memories in his mind, he already knew who their owner was.
It was not one of the shadow clones cultivating nearby, but the shadow clone left behind in the village actively passing him information.
After confirming the owner of the memories, Qian seemed to think of something. He hurriedly closed his eyes, focused all his attention, and carefully browsed through the memory.
Time passed minute by minute.
Only after a full several minutes did Qian open his eyes again.
"It's finally about to begin, huh."
Qian let out a murmur.
At the same time, a hint of relief appeared on his face, as though the other shoe had finally dropped.
That was right. According to the information sent by the shadow clone, Kushina Uzumaki was very likely about to give birth.
Just now, the Flying Thunder God Seal he had previously left on Kakashi had vanished.
At the same time, the Anbu ninja belonging to Sarutobi Hiruzen had also begun making unusual movements.
All of this pointed to one thing: the