About an hour later.
Qian and the others received orders again and began to move.
However, this time they did not gather together. Instead, each of them headed to a battlefield, serving as the stabilizing force there.
Beneath the bright moon, Qian flew through the sky, overlooking the earth. Before long, he arrived at the target battlefield.
Looking at the flames that flared up from time to time below and listening to the faint sounds of killing and fighting drifting to his ears, Qian took a deep breath, then abruptly dropped in altitude.
Soon, a battlefield came into view.
At the same time, his figure appeared in the eyes of both allied and enemy ninja.
"Captain!"
A voice immediately rang out.
The voice was extremely familiar. Qian looked toward it and saw Kobayashi Shunji.
That was right. It was his deputy from the past few days—Leaf Special Jonin Kobayashi Shunji.
Although Qian knew that the battlefield he had arrived at was the same place he had led his team to several hours earlier, he truly had not expected Kobayashi Shunji to still be alive.
After all, back then, with the advantage of the Sharingan, the depth to which the battalion he led had penetrated was second only to the teams led by several Hyuga clan Jonin.
Because of that, after he left, the intensity of the Mist Ninja siege their battalion faced was also second only to those teams, far surpassing the units circling around the outskirts.
Under such circumstances, the fact that the other man had still survived was enough to prove his ability.
However, judging from his current state, he did not seem to be doing very well either. He had wounds in many places, and his face looked somewhat pale from excessive blood loss.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Qian's