Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 512 Mission Completed and Retreat
Ding Ding Dang Dang~
Boom~
bang~
Ah ~
The sounds of fierce fighting continued.

At first, Qingming felt a little pressured facing the four people.

However, as time went on, he gradually figured out the behavioral habits of the other two people, and the pressure was reduced a lot.

As a result, the frequency of his counterattacks also increased.

At the same time, the force of the counterattack is different from before.

Just like now, Qingming swung his sword, just blocking the attacks of Yoshida Hideo and another Kirigakure jonin, and finally fell on the only special jonin among the four.

The blade, wrapped in wind-style chakra, was extremely sharp. Just a touch left a deep scar on the opponent's forearm that was visible to the bone.

In fact, if the last Kirigakure jonin had not stopped him in time, he would have been ripped open by him.

But even so, he has already lost his fighting ability.

Because his abdomen had been cut by the wind blade extending from his blade, if he applied a little force, it might be broken, and his right forearm was also seriously injured.

Obviously, it no longer has the conditions to continue fighting.

In other words, there was one less Mist Ninja besieging him.

However, before he could be happy, a shadow clone's voice came from his mind: "To the east, the third group of Mist Ninjas are coming."

Upon hearing this, Qing Ming suddenly distanced himself from Yoshida Hideo and others, and took the opportunity to look to the east.

With the help of the Sharingan's powerful insight, he saw a large group of Mist Ninjas rushing towards this side.

Yoshida Hideo and others did not give him extra time. The distance was still far and he could not judge the strength of this group of enemies.

Therefore, he could only use the "Telepathy Technique" to give the shadow clone an order: "Send two of you to stop it."

"Ah."

The shadow clone responded, then communicated with the other three shadow clones, separated two of them, and flew together in the direction of the third group of Mist Ninjas that were coming to support.

Soon, the two sides started fighting.

At first, the two shadow clones were able to use their air advantage to hold back the enemy, but when the enemy realized the purpose of the shadow clones, the situation changed - they began to take advantage of every opportunity and continued to advance forward.

Because among this group of Mist Ninjas, there are several Jonin.

Therefore, even if the shadow clones occupied the advantageous terrain, they could not launch attacks recklessly, which resulted in the Mist Ninja advancing at a fast speed.

After confirming that this would not be able to stop the Mist Ninja's advance, the two shadow clones looked at each other, and without any hesitation, they immediately gave up the advantage of flying and landed on the ground.

Then, like a knight charging to his death, he rushed into the Mist Ninja team.

Admittedly, facing so many enemies, the inherent defect of the shadow clones being unable to withstand damage will be infinitely magnified, but for them who possess the Sharingan, as long as they are careful, they can still hold on for a while.

And this is enough.

Time passes minute by minute.

Just as the two shadow clones were killed and the Mist Ninjas rushed into Yuzu Port, news finally came from Minato Namikaze that the mission was completed.

The chief of the Yamanaka clan, Yamanaka Inoichi, directly used the "Mind Communication Technique" to convey Namikaze Minato's latest instructions to all the surviving Konoha ninjas on the periphery, including Qingming - to execute the third retreat plan!

The so-called third retreat plan is to assume that the enemy reinforcements have arrived, but their number is small. Everyone gathers first and then rushes out in one breath.

In addition to this set of plans, there are corresponding retreat plans for various other situations.

However, those are no longer important.

Since the third retreat plan has been chosen, it means that everyone must gather as soon as possible, otherwise they will most likely be abandoned.

Although he has the ability to fly, Qing Ming is not worried that he will not be able to leave here, but his contribution will be needed in the subsequent retreat plan.

Therefore, he also had to join the others. With this thought in mind, Qingming found the right time and swung out two swords in succession. With two "ding ding" sounds, the attacks of Yoshida Yingxiong and another Mist Hidden Ninja were blocked by him.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to avoid the attack of the third Kirigakure jonin, Qingming unnoticeably distanced himself from the three people.

He took one last glance at the third group of Mist Ninjas who were about to arrive, then turned around and ran to the rear without looking back, which was the direction of the Mist Headquarters.

When Yoshida Hideo and others saw this scene, they were obviously stunned for a moment. They didn't understand why Qing Ming, who had just tried his best to stop them, suddenly gave up?

However, they were not stupid and they immediately realized the problem.

So, without any hesitation, he followed and tried to stop Qingming.

However, at this moment, two shadow clones arrived and began to perform various ninjutsu regardless of chakra consumption to block Yoshida Hideo and others and the third group of Mist Ninjas behind them.

At this moment, the advantage of having many skills was revealed. The two shadow clones could perform different ninjutsu according to different situations, thus posing the greatest threat to the Mist Ninja.

In addition, they had a lot of chakra, so it was difficult for Kirigakure to break through their defense for a while.

With the protection of these two shadow clones, Qingming can be more calm.

So, on the way back, he rescued a few Konoha ninjas who were temporarily unable to escape, and then ran with them to the gathering place that Yamanaka Inoichi had just notified.

Soon, they arrived at their destination, and Qingming saw Minato Namikaze and his group, as well as many Konoha ninjas who had just been fighting on the periphery.

Qing Ming glanced over these people and looked at the ninjas who followed Namikaze Minato to attack the Kirigakure headquarters. A rough calculation showed that they had lost about one-third of their manpower, and almost every family had casualties.

Moreover, even the survivors were all injured, and some were seriously injured and had almost lost their combat effectiveness.

From this, it can be seen that the battle here is not any easier than his side.

Even though only one-third of the men died, you have to know that these people were the elite of Konoha, those who could follow Minato Namikaze to attack the Kirigakure headquarters, and the weakest of them were at least special jonin.

In other words, in this battle, almost ten of their jonin died.

If the losses on the outer battlefields were added, the situation would be even greater.

However, judging by the expressions of Minato Namikaze and the patriarchs of several major families, the gains from this battle should be considerable.

Just as Qingming was daydreaming, Shanzhong Haiyi, who had been keeping his eyes closed to sense the surroundings since he arrived, finally opened his eyes.

However, his first words made everyone feel depressed.

Then he said, "There's no one left. We can break out."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Qingming and the others. It turned out that they were the last group.

Perhaps there were still surviving Konoha ninjas behind him, but the Mist ninjas were not fools. As soon as they saw their behavior, they knew that they were trying to escape, so they naturally tried their best to stop them.

It is obvious that these people were unable to escape the pursuit of the Mist Ninja. Perhaps they were already dead, or perhaps they were abandoned by Yamanaka Inoichi.

In short, everyone has assumed that everyone is present.

Qingming counted the ninjas present and found that there were just over thirty of them, which was a reduction of almost 40% compared to when they came.

In the next breakout, there will definitely be sacrifices. It will be considered good if half of the people are alive in the end.

"Sure enough, before the strength reaches a certain level, the threat of numbers still exists!"

Qingming thought so in his heart.

This battle was a competition of quality and quantity. Their average strength was far superior to that of the Mist Ninjas present, but they still suffered heavy losses in the face of several or even dozens of times their number of Mist Ninjas.

This is enough to explain the problem.

(End of this chapter)