Chapter 457: Pursuit
A quarter of an hour later.
When the valley fell into peace again, all the ninjas belonging to the Hidden Mist Village had died.
Swish~
A figure appeared beside Qingming.
The person who came was none other than Sano Nobuhisa.
He looked at Qingming and said without any nonsense: "Just now those Mist Ninjas rushed to the base. I need you to follow them and monitor their actions."
"Just monitor?"
Qingming turned his head and asked lightly.
Sano Nobuhisa paused slightly before continuing: "No, if they get to the base before us and attack, then you have to delay time for us as much as possible."
Hearing this request, Qingming frowned slightly and said: "I'm afraid it's not enough for me alone."
This time is different from the raid on the Hidden Mist Village two days ago. Both the number of manpower and the overall strength are much stronger.
If he rashly harasses, he will probably suffer.
Although he is not worried about his own safety with the existence of 'Tianzhiyu', he does not want to take this risk.
Hearing Qingming say this, Sano Nobuhisa hurriedly said: "Of course you are not the only one. Just when they left, I had already sent out two teams."
"At this time, they are following those Mist Ninjas. When necessary, you can order them to act with you."
"In addition, I will immediately organize a part of my manpower to pursue them at the fastest speed. You just need to delay for a while."
"Is that so?"
Hearing the other party's words, Qingming pondered for a moment and finally nodded.
The other party has said so much. If he still refuses, it would be a bit unreasonable.
What's more, with these people, he really doesn't have much danger.
In this case, it's nothing to go there.
Thinking of this, Qingming stood up, shook off the blood on the blade, and then put it back into the scabbard.
Afterwards, he looked at Sano Nobuhisa and said: "Okay, I'll set off now!"
After that, without waiting for Sano Nobuhisa to speak again, he raised his hands, quickly completed the seal, and performed the ninjutsu-wind escape·wind wings!
With a "swish", a pair of light blue chakra wings appeared behind him.
Qingming controlled the wings and flapped them gently, then the whole person flew high into the sky. After circling a circle, he immediately flew in the direction where the Mist Ninjas left.
Looking at Qingming's departing back, Sano Nobuhisa breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, without staying any longer, he immediately organized people and chased the Mist Ninja team in front at the fastest speed.
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Time passed by minute by minute.
On the other side.
Although the Mist Ninjas were traveling fast, they were not as fast as Qingming's flying speed. In addition, the general direction was determined, so Qingming quickly found the other party.
But before he could get close, a familiar chakra broke into his mind with mental power.
The next moment, the voice of Yamanaka Aoi sounded: "Qingming Jonin, you are here."
That's right, the owner of this chakra was none other than Yamanaka Aoi.
And the other party was in the team chasing the Mist Ninjas at this time.
Qingming heard the other party's voice, nodded, and then replied in his mind: "It's me, where are you now?"
When he said this, he had already approached the sky above the Kirigakure team, and then opened his Sharingan and scanned downwards, trying to find their traces.
Just at this moment, a slightly dazzling light shot into his eyes, making him close his eyes involuntarily.
However, the light did not last too long, just shook him for a moment, and then disappeared.
Qingming opened his eyes again, looked in the direction where the light came from, and then saw more than thirty Konoha ninjas.
Obviously, these are the two teams mentioned by Sano Nobuhisa.
And the light that just pierced his eyes was sunlight reflected by small objects such as mirrors.
The purpose, of course, was to attract his attention.
It must be said that although the opponent's means are not very clever, they are very practical, and most importantly, they are very hidden.
Except for him who was illuminated by the reflected light, no one else could find anything unusual.
Just like the Kirigakure in front, they did not notice the unusual movements here.
Qingming took his eyes away from them, and then said to Yamanaka Aoi in his mind: "You continue to follow each other, I'll go to the front to take a look."
"Okay, Qingming Jonin, be careful!"
Yanaka Aoi paused for a moment after hearing this, and then replied like this.
"Yeah."
Qingming responded with a final sound, and then dispelled the opponent's mental power and chakra.
Then, with a slight flap of his wings, he suddenly lowered his altitude and approached the Kirigakure team.
Below, seeing him approach, there was a little commotion in the Kirigakure team immediately.
However, Qingming only made a feint, and then raised his altitude again.
This happened two or three times in a row, and the marching speed of the Kirigakure below was significantly reduced.
However, after Yasuda Akiju gave an order, the Kirigakure ninjas regained their composure again, no longer paying attention to Qingming's harassment, and began to travel at their original speed.
Qingming tried a few more times, and seeing that he could not interfere with the other party, he simply did not continue to take the risk of approaching, but flapped his wings and raised his altitude again.
After circling their heads a few times again, Qingming felt a little bored.
After thinking for a while, he formed a seal and performed the "heart communication technique". After saying a few words to Yamanaka Aoi, he flew towards the direction of the Black Stone Stronghold.
He planned to go back there to see if the other team of Mist Ninjas from Feiyu Town had arrived.
Although according to the time calculation, the other party should not have arrived yet, Qingming was still a little worried because he had not seen it with his own eyes.
It just so happened that nothing would happen here for a while, and it would not take him long to go back and forth.
Therefore, Qingming did not follow Sano Nobuhisa's order to keep monitoring the other party.
Below.
Seeing him fly away, Yasuda Akiju's face was not only without any joy, but also a little gloomy.
He was still thinking, could he take the opportunity to raid the Black Stone Stronghold?
Now it seems that this idea is almost impossible.
With the speed shown by the other party, they can definitely fly to the Black Stone Stronghold before them and pass on the information.
In this way, without the suddenness, if they insist on attacking the Black Stone Stronghold, they are likely to face a pincer attack from both sides.
At that time, it will be difficult to get away.
So, he can't take this risk.
"Ah~, what a pity!"
Akiku Yasuda sighed, retracted his gaze, and thought: "It seems that we can only follow the original plan and meet with Captain Osawa."
However, in this way, he will not have any credit.
He even has to apologize for the sacrifices of the Kirigakure ninjas.
When he thought of this, Akiku Yasuda's face was not very good.
On the other side, after more than ten minutes of flight, Qingming finally arrived at the Black Stone Base.
