Time flowed by like water, murmuring as it went.
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.
Ever since they had successfully carried out the Decapitation Mission three days ago, destroyed Kirigakure's command system, and then wiped out a large amount of Kirigakure's effective strength in the follow-up attack, Kirigakure had quieted down exactly as they had expected.
Over the past three days, they had not launched a single attack.
They had even shrunk their defensive zone again, fully retreating inside Aburatsu Port.
However, just in case, Nara Akimitsu still had not allowed the jonin transferred from the central and northern fronts to return. They remained stationed nearby to guard against a Kirigakure counterattack.
Because of that, even now, Qian was still on this battlefield and had not returned to Black Stone Outpost.
Namikaze Minato and the other ninja who had rushed over from other battlefields, on the other hand, had already left after that meeting three days ago.
As for the contents of that meeting...
There really was not much to say. They had simply summarized the gains and losses of that night's operation, and given Qian and the others who had rendered meritorious service some verbal praise.
To Qian, it had gone in one ear and out the other.
The only thing worth mentioning was that after the meeting ended, he had asked the village to let him exchange some of the merit he had accumulated in the past for a ninjutsu, and the village had agreed.
And just now, they had delivered the ninjutsu to him.
Qian picked up a scroll from a nearby rock.
A paper charm could be seen pasted onto the scroll.
This was a sealing charm specially used to protect important information.
Following the release method he had just received, Qian