Half an hour later.
Qian arrived in a dense forest east of Konoha.
As far as he knew, up ahead was one of the Hyuga clan's secret training grounds.
However, he did not continue forward. Instead, he stopped.
It was true that every clan's exclusive training grounds were open secrets, and people generally would not disturb them lightly, but each clan still maintained the necessary precautions.
In fact, it could even be said that quite a few precautions were in place.
After all, the ninja who trained in these places were mostly involved with a clan's secret ninjutsu or some other skills.
If outsiders learned them, the leak of knowledge would be a minor matter. If someone studied them and developed a countermeasure, that would be the real disaster.
Therefore, even though the clans all had a tacit understanding with one another, everyone remained highly guarded.
Under these circumstances, if he swaggered over openly, being discovered was almost inevitable.
And that was something he absolutely could not accept.
So he had to think of another way.
With that thought in mind, Qian willed it and activated the Dojutsu in his left eye—Ame no Minaka!
In an instant, his entire body vanished from where he stood.
Hidden within the dimensional space formed by "Ame no Minaka," Qian swept his gaze around, nodded in satisfaction, then lifted his foot and walked deeper into the forest.
He was not worried that his eyes would fail halfway through. With his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, which had already undergone one minor evolution, maintaining "Ame no Minaka" continuously for more than half an hour was no problem at all.
Of course, a mere half hour could not possibly let him fully learn the Hyuga clan's method for assisting the awakening of the Byakugan.
But he had never