"As expected, you really couldn't underestimate anyone!"
Qian unconsciously let out a sigh.
At the same time, he thought that since even a mere Ao could use the Byakugan to discover something unusual about him, then as he kept using the Mangekyō Sharingan and revealed more and more traces, there was no reason Konoha, which possessed even more Byakugan, would fail to notice.
They might even have discovered it long ago and simply kept quiet.
After all, over the past period of time, he had activated the Mangekyō Sharingan several times. Though he had avoided people as much as possible, there had still been some occasions when he could not avoid them.
For example, during the ambush by Kirigakure Anbu outside Eagle Beak Cliff—without the aid of Ame no Minaka, he never would have escaped the restrictions of the Four Mist Sealing Formation.
At that time, there had been ninjas from the Hyuga clan nearby.
There were other times as well, so many that Qian could barely remember them all.
He could not exactly pray that every single time, the Hyuga clan ninjas in the team just happened not to notice, could he?
And a secret known by two people was no longer a secret.
No one could guarantee they would not leak it.
Taking a step back, even if they did not leak the relevant secrets, would Konoha's higher-ups—especially the spies Danzo had planted in the team—not wonder how he had escaped the enemy's targeted attacks time after time, and even defeated stronger opponents while weaker himself?
And as long as they thought about it, Konoha, with its more complete intelligence, could clearly guess what he was hiding more easily.
Qian estimated that it was only because this was wartime and everyone needed to unite against the outside enemy