Seeing Qian's grave expression and his long silence, Kobayashi Shunji finally calmed down and spoke cautiously. "Captain, what is it?"
"Oh—"
Qian was startled awake by his voice and waved a hand. "Nothing!"
Indeed, once Kirigakure learned this news, they would definitely react.
In fact, not just Kirigakure. Iwagakure, which was currently fighting the Leaf in Rain Country, and Kumogakure, which had been in constant friction with the Leaf on the other side, would do the same.
But so what?
The general tide of the Ninja World was peace. Nearly three years of war had already made everyone—ordinary people and ninja alike—sick of it.
Under such circumstances, even if the higher-ups of those villages wanted to continue the war, it was not very likely.
Besides, if the sky fell, the tall people would hold it up. The reactions of the other villages would naturally be handled by the Leaf higher-ups. He was only a foot soldier, so why worry so much?
At that thought, Qian immediately felt light all over.
He gave Kobayashi Shunji an order, telling him to arrange the night watch and patrols for tonight and not to be careless, then returned to his temporary quarters.
Qian did not waste time or energy joining the revelry of the ninja outside. As soon as he lay down on the bed, he quickly fell asleep.
The next day.
Early morning.
Qian woke from his sleep.
After quickly washing up, he arranged the day's tasks for his subordinates as usual, then planned to go out and carry out his own training.
However, just then, a messenger Chunin suddenly arrived from outside the temporary camp and found him.
The moment Qian saw him, he thought something major had happened. His heart skipped a beat, and he assumed today's training plan was