Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Qian's training once again got back on track.
The concentration of Natural Energy near that node in the Land of Birds was about the same as in Rice Field Country.
So he did not need to adjust the number of Shadow Clones absorbing Natural Energy. He only had to add one more, specifically to provide Natural Energy for Tagorihime.
This way, his training was almost unaffected.
However, while he had gotten back on track, the entire Ninja World had begun to stir beneath the surface because of that brief battle.
Aside from the three parties involved, the first to notice the commotion there was Black Zetsu, whose informants were spread throughout the entire Ninja World.
And once he learned of it, Obito Uchiha was naturally alerted as well.
Relying on the knowledge of the Sharingan he had learned from Uchiha Madara, he quickly judged that these were traces left behind by Susanoo battling someone.
And in the entire Ninja World, aside from him having awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, it seemed only two other people's Sharingan had reached that level.
This immediately narrowed his scope of investigation to Qian and Uchiha Shisui.
After that, through two days of observation, he could basically confirm that one side in this battle was Qian, whose main body was not in Konoha.
Only, for the time being, he still was not sure who the other side was.
When he asked Zetsu, Zetsu would not say.
That left him sulking at the other party for quite a while.
Fortunately, his cooperation with Nagato was going smoothly enough, which eased his mood somewhat.
As for this battle...
He could only investigate it on his own in secret.
Aside from Zetsu and Obito Uchiha, the next to notice the