The fact that those Sound Ninja had spotted Tsunade's movements right from the start meant their powers of observation were at least on par with a Jonin's.
A Kage-level fighter should not have been so easy to spot.
Xuan Zhe also judged that their reaction speed and combat abilities could not have been poor, either.
If he was not mistaken, they might all have fought on the Shinobi Battlefield.
That sort of skill at evading pursuit and adapting on the fly could never be developed through ordinary training.
This made Xuan Zhe a little more curious about who these Sound Ninja really were.
Konoha and the other ninja villages had been fairly peaceful all these years.
Xuan Zhe was perfectly happy with that life, spending his days drinking tea in a rocking chair and watching Sasuke fight people.
After living like that for so long, he no longer wanted to stir things up.
Although the sight of rivers of blood during the Shinobi War had barely affected him, he had long since lost the drive of his younger years.
Besides, Hiruzen Sarutobi and everyone on the Elders Council were long dead, leaving Xuan Zhe with no reason to keep putting his life on the line.
Yet these Sound Ninja who had suddenly appeared left him vaguely uneasy.
The Sound Ninja who had served Orochimaru in the original story now actually had a different master.
And their enemy remained in the shadows while they were out in the open.
Even now, Xuan Zhe had not figured out what those people wanted.
Akatsuki, for instance, wanted to capture the Tailed Beasts and carry out some Tsukuyomi plan. At least their goal was clear.
But these Sound Ninja's motives were completely unknown.
Whoever came, Xuan Zhe would show no mercy if they harbored