Here, Qian was still cultivating in seclusion.
Outside, the entire ninja world was like a bomb that could explode at any moment.
Ever since he had used thunderous methods a month ago to capture the One-Tail, Two-Tails, Five-Tails, Six-Tails, and Eight-Tails, the entire ninja world had fallen into violent turmoil.
On the borders, the great ninja villages faced off against one another.
Within those borders, they sent out spies and infiltration teams against each other, investigating any information that might be related.
And if even the great ninja villages were like this, there was even less need to mention the smaller ninja villages attached to them. Every single one of them was extremely tense.
As a result, the entire ninja world had quite the air of The Storm is Coming.
At first, because he had not visited Konoha, Konoha still had no idea what had gotten into the great ninja villages.
But paper could not wrap fire forever. As time passed, Namikaze Minato finally learned that the other villages had lost their Tailed Beasts.
Moreover, from what could be gathered, these villages had all more or less placed their suspicions on Konoha.
This made Namikaze Minato extremely nervous, afraid they would be besieged again.
Thus, while actively preparing for war, he also communicated with the other villages, attempting to resolve the misunderstandings between them.
Unfortunately, the results were minimal. There was no strategic mutual trust between the great ninja villages at all, and every side only believed the intelligence they themselves had obtained.
Left with no choice, Namikaze Minato could only intensify the investigation, trying to find out who exactly was stirring things up behind the scenes and thereby resolve everything.
However, as the investigation went on, he discovered suspicious points about Qian.
Because of this, the Shadow Clone Qian