Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1218 Trial Interlude
With a clear goal in mind, Qingming cultivated even more diligently.

A month passed quietly.

Before we knew it, it was early October.

This evening.

On Moon Island.

After finishing this round of training and taking a short rest, Qingming returned to Konoha to prepare for his routine five-day break.

Back home, seeing the shadow clone approaching him, he had a sudden thought and immediately dispelled the 'Shadow Clone Technique'.

Instantly, the other person's memories from the past five days surfaced in his mind.

Qingming didn't linger. He took off his ninja uniform and headed towards the bathroom.

However, he had only taken a couple of steps when he suddenly stopped.

Then, he murmured, "Accepting students? Tomorrow?"

A look of confusion flashed across Qingming's face before he realized that it seemed like only a short while ago, he had agreed to become a Jonin under the leadership of Minato Namikaze.

However, he had been so focused on his cultivation lately that he had forgotten about this.

Read the memories of the shadow clones again.

After a moment, Qingming muttered, "Was the list already assigned yesterday?"

Although he had already decided to find an excuse to send the three students assigned to him back to the Ninja Academy to repeat their studies, Qingming was still somewhat curious about the students assigned to him as a Jonin for the first time.

Instead of rushing to the bathroom, he tightened his clothes, turned around and went to the study, picking up a file folder from the table.

This contains the information about the three genin assigned to him. His shadow clone hasn't checked it yet, so he doesn't know about it.

Opening the bag, Qingming took out a file.

The first thing that catches the eye is a photo of an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.

Next to the photo are the other person's date of birth, blood type, home address, and a series of other basic information.

Below that is the other person's performance at the Ninja Academy and their graduation exam results.

Qingming glanced at it briefly, and judging from the teacher's comments and the test scores alone, the other party was quite excellent.

Next, Qingming took out the second file.

This record also details the same boy, and the rest of the information is quite similar.

Qingming continued looking at the third file.

This time, his gaze lingered a little longer.

This is not only because the subject of this file is the only girl among the three, but also because she is a ninja from the Uchiha clan.

Moreover, judging from her excellent graduation exam results and her age of just over ten, it's easy to see that she has good potential.

With careful nurturing, it's not a problem for someone to awaken their Sharingan at fifteen or sixteen years old, or even younger. With a little effort in the future, it's even possible to upgrade their Sharingan to three tomoe.

However, Qingming only glanced at it a few more times before ignoring it.

Putting aside the fact that the other party's potential was just so-so, perhaps not bad compared to the average Uchiha ninja, but still quite different from true geniuses like Itachi, Shisui, and Sasuke, he couldn't muster any interest in appreciating such talent.

After all, even if someone with such talent is successfully trained, their maximum potential is only to become an elite Jonin.

This didn't help him much.

Even more likely, he will ultimately only become a slightly stronger Jonin.

This was of no help to him at all.

Therefore, instead of spending a lot of effort on training, it is better to spend more time on self-cultivation.

Moreover, he had already decided that he would not actually take on any students in the next few years.

His decision will not change because of any slight change in the list.

Therefore, he was destined to be with these three people but not to be together.

He put the three people's files back into the bag and placed it on the table. Qingming then left the study, took off his clothes, and went into the bathroom to take a shower. Five days of arduous training had left him feeling uncomfortable all over. He wanted to relax a bit first, and later, after satisfying his appetite at the 'Food Street,' he would go to the hot spring resort to truly unwind.

Time passes minute by minute.

Soon, Qingming walked out of the bathroom.

Afterwards, he changed into casual clothes, left the room, and headed towards the 'food street'.

After that, it was the familiar feasting and relaxation.

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The next day.

Qingming slept until he woke up naturally.

He got dressed, washed up, ate a breakfast outside (which wasn't really breakfast), and only entered the ninja academy after the sun was high in the sky.

However, he stopped as soon as he stepped inside.

There was no other reason than that, not far to the diagonal ahead, another Jonin was leisurely heading towards the teaching building.

He had silver hair, wore a mask, and had an iron Konoha headband tied diagonally on his head, covering one eye.

Who else could it be but Kakashi?

Seemingly noticing his gaze, Kakashi turned his head slightly and looked at him.

Qingming could clearly see that the other person's eyes flashed with surprise the moment they saw him, as if they were somewhat taken aback.

Qingming could understand this.

After all, judging from his personality, he really didn't seem like the type to teach students.

Therefore, it is quite normal for them to be surprised.

As for the other party not knowing his personality at all...
That's absolutely impossible!

As a disciple of Minato Namikaze, the other party was deeply trusted by him and had held an important position in the Anbu for a long time. The information he had access to was far beyond what ordinary ninjas could obtain.

As a suspect in multiple incidents, he has been investigated both openly and covertly more than once.

So how could Kakashi not understand him?

Of course, all of this was before he stepped down as the commander of the Dark Forces.
Now.
Although she understood his personality, she was unaware that he had already agreed to Minato Namikaze's request.

That's why they showed surprise.

In just a moment, a multitude of thoughts flashed through Qingming's mind.

Then, he composed himself, took another step, and walked straight toward the other person.

Once he was within two meters, he spoke first, "Are you here to pick someone up too?"

"Ah."

Kakashi nodded silently upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Qingming, who wasn't one to say much, directly asked the other person, "Shall we go together?"

"it is good."

Kakashi responded again.

The two then walked together toward the main teaching building.

During this time, not a single unnecessary word was spoken. If someone who didn't know the situation saw this, they might have thought there was some conflict between them!

Actually, there was no conflict between them.

On the contrary, the two had carried out several missions together during the Third Shinobi World War and had a fairly good impression of each other.

Of course, his good impression of Kakashi mainly stemmed from his memories of his past life.

As for Kakashi towards him...
They mostly share similar experiences.

After all, he lost all his teammates, didn't he?
(End of this chapter)