Hidden underground, Qian observed Jiraiya for a while longer, wanting to know whether this former teammate and companion of Orochimaru's had any way to track Orochimaru down.
However, the result disappointed him. After losing the village's intelligence support, even Jiraiya, who was skilled at gathering information, had no way to immediately pinpoint the direction Orochimaru had fled.
In truth, the reason he had been able to find Orochimaru this time was also because he had relied on Konoha's intelligence system.
If the Leaf Anbu had not narrowed down Orochimaru's general range of activity, he would not have found Orochimaru so quickly.
All that could be said was that having a major force at one's back was still extremely important.
And this was also one of the reasons Qian had not casually left Konoha.
Underground, Qian pondered for a while. Seeing that Jiraiya truly had no clue, he quietly left this ruined forest.
However, what he did not know was that at the very moment he left, Jiraiya's expression shifted slightly, and then he inconspicuously sized up the ground beneath his feet.
Clearly, Jiraiya had discovered Qian's spying.
Indeed, in order to avoid attracting the two men's attention, Qian's method of spying had been extremely primitive and extremely cautious, but that could not hold up against Jiraiya activating "Sage Mode."
In this mode, whether it was his physical quality or the sharpness of his senses, both had improved by more than just one level.
Earlier, when he was fighting Orochimaru, he really had not discovered Qian's spying.
But after Orochimaru fled, when he carefully searched the surroundings and prepared to look for traces of Orochimaru, he discovered some clues.
However, because Qian was hidden very well, Jiraiya also did not know where he was, so he did not act rashly and