The sun set, and the moon rose.
In the blink of an eye, night had fallen.
Qian slept for nearly eleven hours straight before he finally woke.
And the first thing he did after waking was look for food.
He had not eaten much last night, and after traveling back and forth across three countries afterward, he had not had even a drop of water.
By the time he returned to Konoha in the morning, he had no time for breakfast either. After hurrying through the Byakugan's nurturing, he had fallen asleep the moment his head hit the bed.
And with that sleep, it was already night.
It could be said that Qian had gone nearly a full day and night without eating.
Under those circumstances, it would have been strange if he were not hungry!
And so, Konoha's Food Street once again welcomed a big eater.
This time, Qian even deliberately spent some extra time during the meal finding places to rest, waiting for the food in his stomach to digest before continuing to eat.
Just like that, it was not until late at night, when the shops closed, that he returned home.
This not only let him eat his fill, but also satisfied the intense craving for real food caused by swallowing large amounts of Soldier Pills over the past few days.
At home.
In the courtyard.
Qian lay on a chair and patted his belly.
Then, with a thought, he followed the connection in the unseen and sensed the number of hidden agents whose marks he had updated last night, as well as those he had newly marked.
The exact same number told Qian that what he had done had not been exposed.
Especially over at Kumogakure, all the hidden agents' positions were changing, which showed that