Camp Command Headquarters.
Inside an office.
Qian looked at Nara Akimitsu, and Nara Akimitsu looked back at him.
This was the second time the two had met.
In the past, he had only seen the other man once, back when he had first arrived on this battlefield.
After that, he had been constantly moving around on the front lines.
Now, meeting again, it felt as if it had been only yesterday.
After a moment of silence, Nara Akimitsu was the first to speak. "I heard you were ambushed on the way here?"
"Yeah."
Qian gave a simple reply, but said nothing more. He merely stared straight at the other man, wanting an answer from him.
He did not believe that what had happened to him was an isolated case, nor did he believe the other man would ignore Kirigakure's source of intelligence. He was sure to investigate it.
Otherwise, there would be no way to give people like them an explanation.
And if they could not be put at ease, who would dare entrust their backs to the village again?
So no matter what, the other man had to give them an explanation.
Sure enough, Nara Akimitsu hesitated for a moment, then took a document from the drawer, placed it on the desk, and pushed it over to him.
Qian looked at the document on the desk but did not hurry to take it. Instead, he asked in confusion, "This is?"
"Open it and take a look."
Nara Akimitsu did not explain. He merely lifted his chin, signaling for him to open it.
Qian wasted no words either. He immediately picked up the document, opened it, and quickly skimmed through it.
And as he read, his expression grew uglier and uglier.
For no other reason than that it recorded more