Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1074 Mission
The next day, Qingming rested in the village for a day before returning to Moon Island to begin a new round of arduous training.

It is worth mentioning that after the previous ten days and the month of training before returning to the village to carry out the mission, the evolution level of his Sharingan has reached (50000/100000), and he is on the verge of a breakthrough.

Therefore, starting today, he decided to stop using the "Mind Reflection Technique" and actively promote the evolution of the Sharingan until his "physical" attribute improves again and closes the gap with his "spiritual" attribute.

He will use the six hours he saves to cultivate the 'Extreme Body Technique' as planned.

In this way, his daily practice time for 'Extreme Body' will be extended by about 40%, increasing his practice efficiency by about 30%.

According to this calculation, the time he lost due to the sneak attack by the Hidden Cloud Village will be made up for.

Moreover, the time of his final physical transformation might be a few days earlier, possibly even earlier than the beginning of August or the end of July.

Now, it is already late June, which means that in just over a month, his body will reach the critical point of transformation.

This greatly excited Qingming.

As for the extra chakra consumed as a result...
Indeed, if it were before, he would have had a real headache.

But now
Qingming is no longer worried.

The reason was simple: although the two weeks of fighting greatly affected his training, it also allowed him to accumulate a large amount of chakra.

After all, he can recover a considerable amount of chakra every day.

Thus, coupled with the chakra he extracted from the Cloud Ninja during the battle, his chakra reserves were sufficient to sustain his training for a long time.

Therefore, Qingming was not worried at all about not having enough chakra.

He even restored the chakra input of 'Dust Release: Particle Style' and 'Dust Release: Limit Break Technique', increasing it from 12 million points back to 15 million points.

This also increases the speed at which they accumulate proficiency.

Among them, the 'Dust Release: Limit Detachment Technique', which progresses relatively quickly, can be perfected in as little as eight or nine days.

At that time, he will once again gain more than ten million points of freely disposable chakra every day.

In this way, he won't have to worry about running out of chakra for a short period of time.

Gathering his thoughts, Qingming stopped thinking about it and raised his hands to form a hand seal, casting the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' twice, creating a total of 305 shadow clones.

After assigning them tasks as usual, he activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' and teleported to the volcano below Moon Island to begin a new round of training.

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Before we knew it, a week had passed.

Originally, Qingming thought he would cultivate peacefully for ten days and then return to the village to rest.

Unexpectedly, the shadow clone responsible for staying in the village suddenly sent him a message saying that Minato Namikaze was looking for him.

Helpless, Qingming had no choice but to suspend his cultivation and return to the village.

Konoha.

Hokage Building.

Inside the Hokage's office.

dong dong dong~
There was a sudden knock on the door.

Behind the desk, Minato Namikaze looked up and replied, "Come in!"

crunch~
The door was pushed open.

Aomine, dressed in a standard Konoha Jonin uniform, walked into the office.

Upon seeing Qingming, Minato Namikaze put down the documents in his hand and said, "Qingming, you've come."

"Ah."

Qingming nodded, maintaining his usual taciturn and aloof persona, and said nothing more.

Seeing this, Minato Namikaze didn't waste any words and directly pulled out a mission scroll, saying, "I called you here today because I have a mission for you."

As he spoke, he handed the mission scroll to Qingming.

Qingming reached out, took the scroll, and opened it to view the mission details. Minato Namikaze simultaneously explained, "I'm sure you've heard that Kumogakure is sending a delegation to discuss a ceasefire."

The time has been set, in seven days.

Your task is to head to the northern border and escort the delegation from Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village) safely to the village.

Upon hearing this, Qingming raised his head, a look of confusion flashing in his eyes.

If he remembered correctly, he had killed the most Cloud Ninja in the previous two weeks of fighting, right? Sending him over would surely be adding fuel to the fire, wouldn't it?
However, he quickly figured out Minato Namikaze's intention.

This move serves two purposes: first, to warn the delegation from Kumogakure not to cause unnecessary trouble and to avoid any misunderstandings.

Secondly, it was to test the sincerity of the Hidden Cloud Village and see if they were truly willing to negotiate.

If they can't even suppress this much hatred and attack Qingming, then there's no point in talking.

Thirdly, it's about showing off muscles.

The current Qingming is no nobody, or rather, he has never been a nobody.

In the past, many people's perception of him was limited to that of a talented junior.

But after the previous two weeks of fighting, no one dared to underestimate him anymore.

He has killed countless Jonin-level ninjas, including many well-known elite Jonin.

It can be said that, based solely on the strength he has openly displayed, he is now virtually unmatched among Jonin.

Minato Namikaze sent him there deliberately to show the Hidden Cloud Village, as if to say, "Look, I only sent one person, and you couldn't handle him."

Then, use this to strike a blow against the arrogance of the Hidden Cloud Village.

Clearly, Minato Namikaze had a deep understanding of the warlike and martial spirit of Kumogakure and knew exactly how to deal with them.

just
Is it too willful to send him alone?

With this thought in mind, Qingming asked directly, "Am I alone?"

"of course not."

Upon hearing Minato Namikaze's denial, Qingming was about to nod in agreement, indicating that the other party still had some sense.

However, Minato Namikaze's next words left him speechless.

He then said, "On the surface, you are indeed alone, but there is another secret team cooperating with you."

As he spoke, Minato Namikaze glanced at the corner of the room behind him and said, "Kakashi, come out!"

Upon hearing this, Kakashi Hatake, wearing an Anbu mask, silently emerged from the shadows of the room.

Qingming shifted his gaze to the other person, his face showing no unusual expression.

There was nothing he could do; he had already spotted Minato Namikaze the moment he entered his office.

Although Kakashi was quite good at concealing his aura, he still couldn't hide from Kakashi's keen senses.

Therefore, he simply couldn't bring himself to show the expression of someone discovering the other person for the first time.

Fortunately, Minato Namikaze didn't care about that.

Seeing Kakashi appear, Minato Namikaze said, "Qingming, he will lead the Anbu this time and be responsible for assisting you in carrying out the escort mission."

"it is good!"

Upon hearing this, Qingming didn't waste any words and simply responded.

He then nodded to Kakashi, which was considered a greeting.

Seeing this, Minato Namikaze didn't say much. After giving him some details, he told him to go and make the preparations.

(End of this chapter)