"Huh, they're here?"
Qian's gaze instantly focused, locking onto a man in the east.
That man was none other than Shimura Danzō.
At the same time, he was also the person Qian had been waiting for all along.
Just as he had expected, this time, Danzō showed no carelessness whatsoever and directly chose to take action personally.
As if sensing Qian's spying gaze, Danzō, who was speaking with his subordinates, abruptly raised his head and looked in his direction.
Even across a distance of several hundred meters, it was as though the two of them were staring at each other.
After a long while, Qian withdrew his gaze.
Then he released the "Shadow Clone Technique," making the shadow clone in front of him that had been serving as the test subject disappear.
After that, without lingering at all, he flashed away and charged straight toward the west, the place farthest from Danzō, preparing to deal with the root ninjas there first.
As the saying went, strike first to gain the upper hand; strike late and suffer for it.
Before this, he had not made a move for two reasons. First, the "Chakra Feather Cloak" had been just a little short of the Proficiency needed to advance to the Perfected Realm of lv9 (0/0).
Second, he had yet to discover Danzō's whereabouts.
Now that both conditions had been met, he naturally would not stand on ceremony.
As for why he chose to make a move against Danzō's subordinates rather than Danzō himself...
The reason was very simple: it was to guard against any unexpected variables.
Qian did not know how much preparation Danzō had made in secret, but as long as he clipped his wings, Danzō would not be worth fearing.
Thinking this, Qian reached that squad of root ninjas at