Seeing this, Qian also reined in his aura.
At that moment, Obito Uchiha's disguised, hoarse voice came from beneath the mask.
He said, "Why did you return the Nine-Tails?"
"Hm?"
Hearing this, Qian was momentarily stunned, then raised his eyebrows.
Seeing his reaction, Obito Uchiha thought he was about to deny it, so he added, "Don't tell me the person who took the Nine-Tails back then wasn't you?"
Hearing this, Qian finally understood why Obito Uchiha had asked that question.
So that was what he was hung up on.
That made sense. From Obito's perspective, Qian had always shown an attitude toward Tailed Beasts of rather capturing the wrong one than letting one go.
But this time?
He had clearly gotten the Nine-Tails, only to release it afterward. That completely went against his usual style.
It was no wonder Obito Uchiha had grown suspicious and asked that question.
Having figured this out, Qian could not help feeling delighted.
There was no other reason—this proved that his deception had succeeded.
Obito Uchiha truly had no idea that Qian still possessed half of the Nine-Tails.
Thus, Qian would always have a trump card with which to keep him in check. If they cooperated again in the future, he would also have much more confidence in concealing his movements.
However, this was not the time to think about that. He should first consider how to explain things to the other man.
But after pondering for a long while, he still could not come up with a good reason.
So he simply stopped explaining and said directly, "What I do isn't for you to dictate."
"You—"
Obito Uchiha was infuriated by that one sentence and was just about to say something when Qian spoke again. "Besides, I never promised you anything back then, did