As it turned out, the three Hidden Stone jonin did not have that much patience—or rather, the two Shadow Clones did not give them the chance.
When these three Hidden Stone jonin worked together, their strength was indeed quite impressive. Even Qian felt some pressure. But once they were separated, they were fairly ordinary.
The Shadow Clones Qian had created were, in terms of close-combat ability alone, not at all weaker than an average jonin.
So after a prolonged struggle, all three men began to feel the pressure.
Thus, the three of them started looking for openings almost at the same time, attempting to defeat Qian's Shadow Clones at the smallest possible cost.
Both Shadow Clones had inherited Qian's memories, so they naturally understood his plan.
Therefore, after sensing what the Hidden Stone jonin were thinking, they immediately adjusted and, following the flow, exposed a few nearly imperceptible flaws.
They did not make it too obvious.
After all, people were always willing to trust their own judgment. If an answer came too easily, they would instead grow suspicious.
Sure enough, when the Hidden Stone jonin who had previously served as one of the main attackers seized that fleeting opportunity, he barely hesitated before launching an attack at once.
And to cooperate with him, the Shadow Clone fighting him had its expression change sharply. The Short Sword it had barely thrust out was immediately withdrawn, just barely blocking the Hidden Stone jonin's attack.
But this also meant that a strike that should have wounded him more severely only scraped him a little.
The Hidden Stone jonin glanced at his own wound and became even more certain of his judgment.
So he hesitated no longer and began attacking with all his strength, while the Shadow Clone could only block passively.
Seeing this,