ANBU Becomes Free Security

Qian Ye's soul body floated in midair as the ripples of Observation Haki slowly contracted.

His sensing range shrank from half the village back to the area around his own residence.

The moment it contracted, Qian Ye immediately detected several unusual Chakra fluctuations.

Within the crown of the Chinese Scholar Tree just beyond his courtyard wall, two figures wearing fox masks crouched.

Beneath the second-floor windowsill of the Ramen Shop across the street, another ninja carrying a Ninja Sword lay in wait.

The three ANBU ninjas emitted concealed Chakra signatures and kept their breathing low.

Their positions had been carefully chosen, sealing off every exit from the residence.

Qian Ye grinned.

"That old man Hiruzen Sarutobi moves pretty fast."

"He'd barely finished arguing with Danzo in the Hokage Building before sending people to block my door."

Qian Ye's soul body drifted halfway around the room.

No wonder Minato had looked so awkward when he came by earlier to deliver the banknotes and compensation scrolls.

So the Third Hokage had never intended to let him move around freely.

He gave him money and a house openly, while secretly setting up the full guard detail used for prisoners.

"Do you really think I'm some pushover you can manipulate however you want?"

Qian Ye's soul body raised an arm wrapped in Armament Haki and cracked his knuckles.

His physical body remained seated motionlessly on the tatami, but his spirit body passed directly through the roof tiles.

The advantage of the Spirit Transformation Technique was that no physical form could obstruct it.

There were no traces of Chakra flow, no sound of fabric rubbing, not even a disturbance in the air currents.

Qian Ye glided along the rooftop and drifted straight above the Chinese Scholar Tree.

Amid the dense branches and leaves of the