"No."
Hearing Qian's question, the wood clone calmly shook its head and answered as much.
At that, Qian did not find it strange.
For one, the Third Great Ninja War had only just ended. No matter how warlike Kumogakure was, it would not risk being attacked by everyone at once by making some major move.
For another, given how tense Konoha and Kumogakure were over border issues, if Kumogakure made any significant move, Konoha would receive the corresponding news.
Yet he had heard no rumors at all in Konoha, which indirectly proved that Kumogakure had not done anything out of line.
It was precisely because of those two points that he was not the least bit surprised by the wood clone's answer.
Shaking his head inwardly, Qian temporarily set those thoughts aside. With a thought, he dispelled the Wood Clone Technique.
In an instant, the wood clone before him turned into a humanoid wooden stake.
Then it quickly vanished.
At the same time, large swaths of the other party's memories surfaced in his mind.
Qian spent more than an hour before he finished browsing through those memories.
Opening his eyes, Qian stood in place and pondered for a while. After confirming that Kumogakure indeed had nothing worthy of his attention, he cast the Wood Clone Technique once more.
Soon, another wood clone appeared.
Just as he had done in Kirigakure, Qian left it instructions to filter out "garbage" information, then activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and left Kumogakure.
The view before his eyes abruptly shifted.
Qian arrived on a hill outside Iwagakure.
Feeling the severe depletion of Chakra in his body, Qian quickly focused his mind and drew Chakra from the Glabella Pocket Dimension to replenish what he had just consumed.
A dozen seconds later, his Chakra was fully