After taking care of all four uninvited guests, Qian returned to Kei Kamihara's side.
Seeing Qian come over, Kei Kamihara struggled to sit up and said, "Handled?"
"Yeah."
Qian nodded and said, "They were four Rock Ninja."
"Rock Ninja?"
Kei Kamihara pondered for a moment and said, "Then they were probably an Iwagakure scout squad. Judging by the time, they should be arriving around now."
Qian agreed with his assessment, because based on the timing, the Rock Ninja on the perimeter really should have tightened the encirclement to this area by now.
And that also meant the area nearby was no longer safe. They had to leave as soon as possible.
Without hiding anything, Qian stated his thoughts directly, then asked, "Can you walk now?"
Kei Kamihara stood up, moved his body a little, clutched his chest, coughed twice, and said, "As long as I don't move too violently, I should be able to."
Hearing that, Qian nodded and said, "Good. Let's go."
"Yeah."
Kei Kamihara nodded, then sighed softly and said, "Sigh! I wonder how the main force is doing?"
Qian heard his mutter, but did not respond.
In his view, it would not be that simple for the main force to get away this time. Since their side had failed to hold Han back, it was almost inevitable that the other side would stop the main force.
Han might have been alone, but without ample preparation, it would be extremely difficult for the main force to deal with him.
And against a Jinchuriki, ordinary methods of wearing him down were useless, so the low- and mid-ranked ninja in the unit were basically no help at all.
They might even become Han's shields, making the Leaf Village Jonin hesitate to attack freely.
In that case, delaying them for a