Off to the side, Mizutani Shizuko was no fool.
When she heard Haruki Mori order them to head to E3 Zone immediately, she understood that something had most likely happened, and asked worriedly, "Qian?"
Hearing her, Qian gave her a reassuring look and said, "We're going."
With that, he quickly adjusted the gear on him and rushed toward E3 Zone.
Seeing this, Mizutani Shizuko did not delay either, and hurried after him.
Moving with them were several Leaf Village Chunin who had just received orders.
The so-called E3 Zone was actually a section of another mountain path that ran from the Rock Ninja headquarters to their logistics stronghold.
It was not very far from the River Valley corridor, less than a kilometer in a straight line.
Qian and the others cut straight across from the mountainside, taking only a few minutes in total.
By the time they arrived, no fewer than fifty Leaf ninja had already gathered there.
Among them, the vast majority were Chunin and Jonin, with only a handful of Genin, and even fewer were as young as Qian and Mizutani Shizuko.
So their arrival still drew a few looks.
However, Qian had long since grown used to this.
As he kept taking part in the war and surviving it time and again, looks like these became more and more common.
At first, he had not been quite used to them, but after seeing enough, he gradually grew accustomed to it.
Ignoring them, Qian led Mizutani Shizuko straight to an open space, then sat down on his own.
When everyone saw him close his eyes, they stopped paying attention.
Time passed second by second. Since the leading Jonin did not speak, no one else spoke either; they simply rested in silence, recovering the stamina they had lost in