#717 - Task
Inside the study.
After a burst of hearty laughter, the Great Elder of the Uchiha Clan composed himself, his expression turning extremely serious.
His Sharingan eyes opened silently, staring at the person before him, he spoke faintly, "Who else knows about this matter?"
The person who came seemed apprehensive, and quickly replied, "Reporting to the Great Elder, no one knows yet."
"Oh, yet?"
"Yes, Great Elder!"
Although he heard a hint of dissatisfaction in the Great Elder's tone, he didn't dare to hide anything and replied through gritted teeth.
Hearing this, the Great Elder pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Is there a way to erase this hidden danger?"
"No problem."
The person immediately gave a definite answer without hesitation.
"Very good!"
The Great Elder nodded with satisfaction upon hearing this.
Then he said, "Then do as you think, and be sure not to let anyone discover Qingming's abnormality."
"Yes, Great Elder!"
The person felt a slight relief upon hearing this and nodded in agreement hurriedly.
Seeing him nod, the Great Elder closed his Sharingan.
However, he was still worried that there might be complications if he waited too long.
Therefore, he didn't let the person stay for long, and after giving him a few more instructions, he let him leave to prepare.
The person immediately took his leave and departed upon hearing this.
However, just as he turned around and walked to the door of the study, the Great Elder's voice came faintly from behind again.
"Kaseki, you should be clear about how important Qingming is to our clan now, right? Don't disappoint me!"
This was the first time the Great Elder directly called the person's name, and the warning in his words was very strong, obviously not wanting him to tell anyone this news.
Hearing the Great Elder's words, Uchiha Kaseki's body trembled slightly imperceptibly.
Then, without turning his head, he quickly said, "Kaseki wouldn't dare."
"Hmm."
The Great Elder responded with a hum, noncommittal to his guarantee.
In front, seeing that the Great Elder was no longer speaking, Uchiha Kaseki carefully stepped out and left the study.
Creak~
The door was closed again.
Inside the room.
The Great Elder of the Uchiha Clan didn't continue reading the information on the table, but leaned back, pressed against the chair, raised his head, and looked at the ceiling.
At this time, his gaze was slightly dazed, but at the same time, it was frighteningly bright.
Although he didn't leave his house, he still knew everything about the changes in the clan during this period.
Since Minato Namikaze took office, the relationship between the Uchiha clan and the village, if not as close as brothers, was at least no longer as incompatible as before.
Moreover, as Minato Namikaze spread the idea of reform, the relationship between the two sides became even closer.
It is foreseeable that as long as Minato Namikaze's reform can succeed this time, giving the Uchiha clan some trust and transferring some interests and rights, then most of the radicals in the clan will be reduced.
Although the Great Elder of the Uchiha Clan is the leader of the radical faction, he did not destroy the clan's cooperation with Minato Namikaze because of this.
Because even he had to admit that Minato Namikaze was indeed an excellent leader.
With him, the conflict between the clan and the village may really be resolved peacefully with the power of time.
Don't say that the ninjas of the Uchiha clan love war, anyone with a little brain would not like war.
Indeed, some people may take risks in pursuit of power, but most people, whether they are ninjas of the Uchiha clan or not, are just ordinary people.
And they are the majority that constitutes the order of the ninja world.
If it were an ordinary world without extraordinary power, such power would be enough to influence the situation in the world.
Unfortunately, this is an extraordinary world where great power belongs to individuals, and one or two powerful people are enough to forcibly change the direction of the world.
Just like the establishment of the one-village-one-country system, which was the result of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha's guidance.
Therefore, peace cannot be achieved just by talking about it, it also needs enough strength as a guarantee.
Therefore, even if he saw good signs, the Great Elder of the Uchiha Clan did not give up preparing a backup plan.
It's just that this backup plan has changed from cultivating a group of like-minded young disciples to maintaining the relationship with Qingming.
From Qingming's past behavior, the Great Elder can see that he is a person who is difficult to be bound by family blood.
This means that he will never be manipulated by so-called family rules or anything else.
Admittedly, this is not good news, but similarly, it also means that he will not be someone who is at the mercy of the village.
In this way, as long as he maintains a good relationship with the Uchiha clan, then no matter what happens in the future, the Uchiha clan will have a backer to rely on.
In this way, even if he is gone, he doesn't have to worry about the Uchiha clan being swallowed by the village.
I have to say, the Great Elder of the Uchiha Clan is still very good at judging people.
Indeed, if the Uchiha clan can maintain a relatively good relationship with him, then if something really happens to the family, Qingming doesn't mind helping them out for the sake of the original body's bloodline.
However, these are all things for later.
As for now…
Cultivation is still important!
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Land of Fire.
Southern Sea Area.
On that island.
Unknowingly, Qingming had been cultivating hard for three days.
In these three days, not only have the several skills that he has focused on have progressed rapidly, but even the four secret techniques that he has just obtained have also been successfully engraved on the panel after the shadow clones' hard and continuous research.
Unfortunately, Qingming doesn't have extra time and energy, and chakra to work on them now.
Therefore, he can only hang them there in an uninitiated state of lv0.
This morning.
Just as Qingming routinely separated shadow clones for cultivation, a memory suddenly appeared in his mind.
Qingming opened his eyes first, then quickly closed them again, and quickly browsed the memory information.
These memories were not sent back by the shadow clones who were cultivating nearby, but by the shadow clones who stayed in the village.
According to him, the village just issued an emergency mission to him, with a difficulty level as high as A, which requires his main body to personally go out.
As we all know, in the ninja world, tasks are usually divided into different levels according to the difficulty and receive different rewards.
Among them, the lowest difficulty is D-level missions, which are basically risk-free and are mainly some daily trivial matters or physical labor.
For example, taking care of children, finding pets, assisting in farm work, etc.
These tasks are usually completed by genin or novice ninjas as basic training.
One level higher is the C-level mission.
At this time, combat will be involved, although the enemy will not be a ninja, but may encounter ordinary people with certain combat power.
As for the task content, it mainly includes escorting, crusade against thieves, reconnaissance, and other commissions that require combat power guarantee.
This is also the most issued task by Konoha Village at this stage and even at ordinary times.
These tasks are usually led by senior genin or ordinary chunin, which is a necessary experience for new ninjas to accumulate mission experience.
Above that, there are B-level missions.
Here, the difficulty of the task will increase sharply.
Because at this time, the team will have to fight against enemy ninjas.
As the saying goes, the one who knows you best is always your peers.
As ninjas, they may be able to crush most ordinary people with the extraordinary power of chakra.
However, when facing opponents who are also ninjas, they have to compete in strength, speed, skills, psychological state, luck, and other aspects, and one wrong step will lead to death.
Therefore, the difficulty of the task at this time will be very high.
At the same time, the result of the task will become unpredictable.
No him, because people are the most capable individuals of creating miracles, not to mention that these are some ninjas with extraordinary power.
Therefore, in order to ensure the survival rate and the success rate of the task, this level of task usually requires a senior chunin or jonin to lead the team, and the team members must also be experienced genin.
Like Naruto's first 'Wave Country Escort Mission', which rose from C-level to B-level, it shouldn't have continued in theory, because their team didn't meet this condition at all.
Although it was finally carried out, the process was also extremely thrilling.
Indeed, there is a reason why the enemy ninja is Zabuza, but Naruto also has Kakashi who is beyond the standard.
Therefore, the main reason why the task was completed so difficult in the end was that Naruto and others' task experience was really too poor.
Naruto is the protagonist, and his teammates have great potential.
Otherwise, it may not be possible to complete the task.
And this is just a B-level mission, the difficulty of the A-level mission and the S-level mission above it can be imagined.
Let's not talk about S-level...
Each one is a major event related to the survival of the country and the ninja village.
Saying it is S-level, the real meaning should be that the difficulty has no upper limit, as long as it exceeds the scope of A-level, then no matter how difficult it is, it is all S-level missions.
However, such tasks are exclusive to Kage-level ninjas and various legendary teams, and have little to do with ordinary ninjas.
The most difficult task that ordinary ninjas can come into contact with is the A-level mission.
That is, the task that Qingming received this time.
Because this kind of task is too difficult, it is usually completed by an elite jonin or several ordinary jonin teaming up. The specific method depends on the specific task arrangement.
There is no doubt that the task Qingming received this time is a single-person task.
As for the specific content of the task...
After Qingming finished reading the memory of the shadow clone, his brow could not help but wrinkle.
No him, because this task not only involves the protection of important people, but also involves internal and external struggles in the village.
It can be said that it requires not only strength, but also brains.
But to be honest, with the improvement of strength, Qingming is becoming more and more unwilling to use his brain.
This is not to say that he is going to grow into a reckless man, but that he has to endure great mental pressure every day in his practice.
At this time, it is really a bit tiring to spend so much effort to fight wits and courage with people.
Of course, the most important thing is that he has the strength to break through everything.
In this case, it is normal not to want to use your brain.
And Qingming does intend to do so.
