#718 - Set off

After lingering in place for a while and sorting out the information in his mind, Qing Ming stopped wasting time and prepared to return to the village.

However, before that, he took the step to dispel the 'Shadow Clone Technique'.

Instantly, all the shadow clones training in the nearby sea area disappeared.

Following this, a large amount of cultivation experience and memories flooded into his mind.

Qing Ming quickly closed his eyes, carefully sorting out this information, digesting and absorbing it, and finally converting it into proficiency for the corresponding skills.

Time passed by, minute by minute.

About ten minutes later, Qing Ming reopened his eyes.

After a final check of his equipment to confirm there were no problems, he immediately sensed the Flying Thunder God seal at home. With a thought, he activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

The view in front of him suddenly changed. The next moment, Qing Ming returned to the village and appeared in his own bedroom.

In front of him was the shadow clone that had just received the mission.

Qing Ming nodded to the clone and then took the mission scroll from its hand.

After opening it, he carefully read the contents of the scroll.

Actually, this mission was both simple and difficult.

It was simple because he only needed to go to the Land of Lightning and escort a person back.

It was difficult because this person was not only being watched by the people of the Hidden Cloud Village, but also by some people within Konoha. Perhaps before he even arrived, the person would already be dead.

Even if he managed to pick up the person, he would be besieged and intercepted by both sides.

Therefore, the specifics would depend on the subsequent development of the situation.

As for what this person had done and why they were being targeted so heavily?

This matter must be traced back to the research notes left behind by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

As everyone knows, Tobirama Senju was a genius researcher.

The 'Flying Thunder God Technique', now famous in the hands of Minato Namikaze, the 'Impure World Reincarnation' that would almost subvert the ninja world in the future, and the 'Shadow Clone Technique' that everyone uses, were all his research results.

And this was just the tip of the iceberg of his research. The research materials he left behind after his death almost filled an entire room.

Inside were completed techniques, unfinished techniques, and some that had only been started, with only ideas.

This mission was related to the third type of technique.

The Hidden Cloud Village saw the research value of Tobirama Senju from Minato Namikaze's elusive 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

Therefore, after a long period of planning, they used some spies to steal some of Tobirama Senju's research materials.

Initially, Konoha had not discovered this.

It was by chance that one of the Konoha spies sent to the Hidden Cloud Village came into contact with the Hidden Cloud Village's secret research, and thus discovered these materials by following the clues.

Not only that, he also discovered that the Hidden Cloud Village seemed to have really researched something, creating a prototype of an extremely terrifying forbidden technique.

As for what type of forbidden technique it was, the mission scroll did not specify, only saying that it was a forbidden technique that could play a huge role on the battlefield.

After confirming this, the Konoha spy decisively destroyed the research materials, killed several Cloud ninjas responsible for the research, and then fled the Hidden Cloud Village with the research results.

Currently, he is being pursued by the Hidden Cloud Village.

His mission was to receive the person and safely escort them back.

This seemed to only involve external enemies, so how did it involve internal ones?

It's very simple, the Cloud ninja spies who stole the research materials within the village have not yet been caught.

And those who can access this kind of information are by no means ordinary people.

Therefore, he also had to be wary of the 'own people's' schemes.

It was because of all this that Qing Ming said earlier that this mission required brains.

Fortunately, his strength was strong enough. As long as he successfully picked up the person, he could rely on his hard power to directly break through.

Having a plan in mind, Qing Ming stopped thinking too much, quickly packed his equipment, sealed away some things that might be needed, and immediately left the house, heading towards the Konoha gate.

Honestly, he could have dispelled the shadow clone in the village, and then his main body could have directly departed from that island and headed to the destination.

But doing so would risk exposing his 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

Therefore, he would rather take an extra trip than take such a risk.

In addition, this move could also lure the snake out of its hole.

If those Cloud ninja spies really had so much power, they might have some ideas about him.

At that time, whether it was blocking and killing or tracking and monitoring, he could discover something in reverse.

It just so happened that his 'Ninja Art: Mind Reading Technique' had been completed and had not been truly put into practice. If there was a chance, he wouldn't mind testing the effect on these people.

Of course, the premise was that these people acted as soon as possible, otherwise there would be no chance.

Facts proved that his reputation as 'Demon Sword' still had some deterrent effect, or the Hidden Cloud Village spies did not want to expose their identities.

In short, on the road after he left the village, no one ambushed or monitored him.

This completely ruined his plan to lure the snake out of its hole.

"What a pity!"

Outside Konoha Village, on a forest path, Qing Ming used the Byakugan's penetrating ability for the last time to observe the surroundings and sighed softly.

After saying that, he stopped wasting time, directly raised his hand to form seals, cast the 'Chakra Cloak' and 'Wind Release: Wind Wings', flew into the sky, and flew towards the Land of Lightning.

Last time when supporting the front line, it was because there were too many people in the team, so he could only follow step by step to the destination.

This time, it was just him alone, so he could completely ignore the terrain obstacles and fly over from the sky.

This was also one of the main reasons why Minato Namikaze assigned this emergency mission to him.

Now, in terms of mobility, no one in the village could compare to him except for Minato Namikaze, who openly possessed the 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

In fact, to some extent, his mobility was even better than the latter.

After all, casting the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' required special markings, and Minato Namikaze could not possibly leave markings all over the world.

Therefore, sometimes, the 'Wind Release: Wind Wings' that could fly freely was even more convenient.

In the sky, Qing Ming looked at the rapidly receding objects below, shook his head, stopped thinking too much, and began to concentrate on flying towards the Land of Lightning.

His maximum flight speed was 300 meters per second, which was 18 kilometers per minute, and 1,080 kilometers per hour.

There were several small countries between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, and the straight-line distance exceeded 2,000 kilometers.

If the distance from the villages to the border was also included, the total length might exceed 5,000 kilometers, which was almost half a circle around the ninja world.

Such a long distance, only Qing Ming had enough chakra to fly continuously.

Otherwise, if he walked for a while and rested for a while, by the time he reached the destination, the mission target would probably have been dead for a long time.