From far away, Qian saw this scene and nodded in satisfaction.
Then, without stopping for a moment, he began searching for his next target.
Just as he had thought earlier, Kumogakure's method of relying on large numbers of people for dense surveillance could, to a great extent, replace the existence of a Perception Barrier and prevent outsiders from sneaking into the village.
But likewise, it gave him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
After that, he caught two more Kumogakure Anbu who were serving as hidden sentries and used the same method to control them, turning them into his own sleepers as well.
In addition, while searching for these targets, he also discovered some flaws in Kumogakure's defenses through the Byakugan.
Qian simply used those flaws to enter Kumogakure directly.
However, the moment he entered, he regretted it.
For no other reason than that the buildings inside Kumogakure were far too scattered. Moving through them, he had to constantly pass suspension bridges, plank roads, and iron chains, which made it very easy for patrolling ninja from the Cloud to notice him.
Because of this, he had no choice but to waste a great deal of time avoiding those people.
In the end, it took him a full hour-plus before he found ten targets and turned them into his sleepers.
By then, dawn was almost breaking.
So Qian stopped searching for targets and instead carefully avoided Kumogakure's Patrol Teams, using the Byakugan to find a place for his shadow clone to settle.
He did not know whether every village in the Ninja World liked doing shameful things behind closed doors, but in Iwagakure, he had easily found an abandoned underground space that had once been a laboratory.
Here, he likewise did not spend much effort before finding a similar place.
It was also underground,