Chapter 268 Arrival

After returning to Fengliu Town after a month, Qing Ming had only one feeling, that is, the place was quite depressed.

In the past, although there were no civilians here, it was quite lively because there were many Konoha ninjas gathered here.

And now, even though the ninjas from many peripheral strongholds have withdrawn here, they still don't have much popularity.

This shows how much they have suffered in the past month.

‘No wonder the base camp will shrink its front! ’

In this situation, if we hold on hard, we will lose the defense in the end. It is better to concentrate our troops and stick to the defense line further behind!

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Qing Ming looked at the depressing atmosphere around the team and felt that the defense behind them wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

The war that lasted for more than two years has almost drained Konoha of its potential. If it continues like this, it may end up in a state of failure.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, you may say that he is indecisive or inconsistent, but you cannot deny his political vision.

Whether it was selecting the Hokage's successor or balancing the interests of all parties in the village, he did a great job.

Therefore, Qing Ming can find such a simple problem, there is no reason why the other party cannot find it.

And this was probably the main reason why the other party ended the war forcefully despite the pressure from Danzo Shimura.

Shaking his head, Qing Ming stopped thinking about these things and turned back to his residence. He began to seize the time to practice.

In the evening, he had a meeting to attend.

However, Qing Ming estimates that there is a high probability that he will share the tasks.

With so many people moving together, protection is a problem, and a strong jounin like him will definitely be assigned a lot of tasks.

At that time, there won’t be many opportunities to practice.

Therefore, it is better to seize the time to practice!

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In a blink of an eye, an afternoon passed.

Night falls.

Qing Ming walked into the conference room.

There are fewer familiar faces and more unfamiliar faces. There is a high probability that these jounin who have never been seen before are the jounin who have been stationed at the outer stronghold before.

The familiar faces that disappeared have basically died in the battle.

Qing Ming paused slightly, then walked to his seat naturally.

During this period, some jounin nodded at him, and he responded to them all. Others cast curious glances, but Qingming chose to ignore them.

After he sat down, more people came over one after another.

Everyone was almost there, and Yuito Omura also arrived.

He didn't make small talk or talk nonsense. He directly assigned tasks to everyone as soon as he opened his mouth.

Without any surprise, Qing Ming was assigned to a highly dangerous reconnaissance team.

Of course, Omura Yuito arranged this not because he valued his reconnaissance ability, but because he wanted him to protect the accompanying Hyuga clan ninjas. He was mainly responsible for reconnaissance, and he was just a bodyguard.

Qing Ming was very satisfied with this.

Although this task was a bit 'dangerous', it didn't require too many things to worry about, so he agreed on the spot.

Soon, everyone's tasks were assigned and after confirming that there were no problems, Omura Yuito directly announced the end of the meeting.

This meeting was almost the shortest meeting that Qing Ming had ever attended. Here, I have to give a thumbs up to the ninja's efficiency.

After leaving the conference room, Qingming went directly to a special jounin of the Hyuga clan, who was his next partner and an acquaintance of his.

"Ling Huo!"

Yes, this person is Hinata Linghuo. They were partners under Nara Surabaya, and now they have to perform missions together.

"Qing Ming!"

Hearing Qing Ming's call, Hinata Linghuo also raised his hand to say hello.

I have to say that the other party's fate is really great. It has been several months and he is still alive.

This is not because he cursed the other party, or looked down upon the other party, but just like what he just said, the reconnaissance mission is a relatively high-risk mission.

Hyuga Linghuo performs this kind of mission all year round, and it is indeed not easy to survive until now.

The two briefly chatted about the current situation, then packed up their things and left Fengliu Town together, heading towards the rear stronghold.

As a reconnaissance team, they naturally set off earlier than the main force, so that they can explore the situation along the way and provide timely feedback to the main force.

However, to Qing Ming's expectation, the Iwa Ninja still did not choose to stop him this time.

When the peripheral strongholds gathered towards Fengliu Town, the Iwa Ninja did not stop them. Now that they are about to withdraw, the Iwa Ninja still did not stop them.

At this point, Qing Ming finally understood why Omura Yuito arranged the time so tightly. He wanted the Iwa Ninja to give up the pursuit!

Indeed, in just one day, it was considered good that the Iwa Ninja could handle the mess left by the four-tailed Jinchuuriki's loss of control. How could he still have the brains to organize his troops to prevent their retreat?

Moreover, even if they want to stop it, they must be able to do so.

They could move so quickly because Omura Yuito had already prepared.

It is simply impossible for the Iwa Ninja to suddenly organize almost all the manpower to intercept.

As for sending out a small force to delay

That is even more nonsense!

Not to mention Namikaze Minato, who was one to a hundred, even Qingmei himself could kill seven in and seven out in such a small-scale battle.

And the information about them must have been on Commander Iwagakure's desk.

Therefore, unless Commander Iwagakure loses his mind, it is absolutely impossible to do this.

After thinking about this, Qingming immediately put his mind at ease, and even had extra thoughts to perform the "Palm Immortal Technique" on the way to strengthen his body.

Although Hyuga Linghuo was very curious about his actions, he did not ask out of respect.

However, when he occasionally opened his Byakugan to observe the surrounding situation, he would still be shocked by Qingming's growth.

Four months ago, Qingming's strength was very strong, but it was still within the scope of ordinary people.

But now, the chakra alone has almost doubled compared to the past, not to mention the sense of oppression that is faintly revealed on his body.

Hyuga Linghuo feels that in the entire Fengliu Town stronghold, the only one who can surpass Qingming in terms of strength is probably the yellow flash - Namikaze Minato.

It must be said that his intuition is very accurate.

Not to mention the Fengliu Town stronghold, even in the entire Konohagakure Village, the only ones that Qingming can see now are Sarutobi Hiruzen and Namikaze Minato, as well as the three ninjas.

As for the others, including Danzo, they are not worth mentioning.

Even these people may not be able to defeat him.

At least, before his left eye was blinded, with the "Heavenly Guardian", no one could defeat him.

Compared with these people, Qingming now lacks only the foundation, that is, the accumulation of various ninjutsu and the development of other attribute chakra.

When he makes up for these shortcomings, he can basically be regarded as a real Kage-level strongman.

And when he upgrades the Mangekyō Sharingan to the level of the Eternal Eye and develops Susanoo to the complete state, even if the five Kage join forces, they may not be his opponent.

And this time will not be too long!

"Qingming, we are here."

Just when Qingming was thinking about it, Hinata Linghuo's voice suddenly came.