Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 538 Recognition
Seeing their companion being seriously injured, the remaining three Root Ninjas showed no expression. They immediately took advantage of Qingming's worsening injuries and launched a second round of attacks in an attempt to kill him.

Whoosh whoosh~
Several shurikens flew over.

Seeing these people's reactions, Qing Ming curled his lips and muttered, "How cold-blooded!"

As he spoke, he activated his Sharingan, instantly locking onto the flight paths of the shurikens, then swung his hands and threw out the same number of shurikens to stop them.

Then, a flash of green light appeared, and he used the "Instant Sword Technique" and took the initiative to attack.

Among the remaining three Root ninjas, two are real jonin, one is good at lightning jutsu, one is good at water jutsu, and the special jonin is better at wind jutsu.

Qing Ming quickly summarized the information of these people in his mind, and then formulated corresponding strategies based on their reactions and positions.

Soon, the four of them started fighting.

Sometimes they fought in close combat, sometimes they attacked from a distance, sometimes they competed in physical skills, and sometimes they used ninjutsu, and neither of them gave in.

Compared with ordinary ninjas, although these Root Ninjas have grown rapidly by squeezing their potential, they have lost the possibility of breaking their limits.

But it is undeniable that among the same level, their combat power is top-notch, especially in terms of combat experience, which is much richer than that of ordinary ninjas.

What's more, they are brave and daring in fighting, and their methods are extremely ruthless, so they are really difficult to deal with!

However, it's just difficult to deal with.

Even though Qingming's chakra is not at its peak and he has not opened his Mangekyō Sharingan, in a one-on-three situation, he is still confident that he can defeat the three of them. It just depends on how long it takes.

Taking a hidden glance at the psychic beast in the distance that was still motionless and crawling on a big tree like a sloth, Qingming secretly used the "telepathic technique" to notify the shadow clone in the main battlefield to come over.

Soon, the shadow clone found an opportunity, broke away from the battle, and flew over at the fastest speed.

However, Qing Ming did not reveal his figure, but landed in the forest early, and then followed his instructions and approached the sloth quietly.

After getting closer, the shadow clone found that it was difficult to notice the sloth with the naked eye. It seemed to have merged with the tree and there was no difference in appearance.

In addition, its breath is very weak, and if you don't lock onto the target in advance and sense it carefully, you won't be able to detect it.

Clearly, this is a psychic beast that is well suited for lurking and surveillance.

"I wonder where Danzo found this summoning beast?"

Muttering to himself, the shadow clone no longer hesitated and immediately performed the "Telekinesis Technique". In the blink of an eye, he appeared next to the sloth.

The next moment, a cold light flashed, and the shadow clone swung a knife, trying to cut the sloth in half before it could react.

However, his long sword hit the opponent, but no blood flowed.

The sloth split in two, becoming two pieces of bark.

Looking at the sloth itself, it had disappeared.

In the end, the shadow clone only saw the afterimage left before it disappeared.

In the distance, Qingming's real body, who was fighting with three Root ninjas, also saw this scene.

In fact, with the help of the Byakugan's ability to see through things, he could see more clearly than his shadow clones.

At first, the sloth did not notice the existence of the shadow clone, but when the shadow clone approached within one meter of it, it immediately reacted.

It first performed a ninjutsu similar to the "substitution technique" at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye, swapping its position with the bark beneath it.

Then, taking advantage of the gap when the tree bark was chopped by the shadow clone, he released the 'Summoning Technique'.

In the end, it completely disappeared from the spot.

Qingming had not expected that this psychic beast, which looked like the sloth in his memory of his previous life, would have such a strong reaction ability when encountering danger.

This really surprised Qingming.

However, he called his shadow clone over just to give it a try.

Now, although he didn't kill it and solve the problem, it would be good to drive it away. Because in this way, he can use his full strength.

With this thought in mind, Qing Ming turned his gaze to the three Root Ninjas in front of him.

At this time, the Root Jonin who was good at water-style ninjutsu seemed to have noticed something. He turned around and looked in the direction where the sloth was before, and then he saw Qingming's shadow clone.

The other two Root ninjas saw their reactions and followed his gaze, also seeing Qing Ming's shadow clone.

At this point, they understood that there was a problem with their back-up plan.

So the three of them looked at each other and decided to retreat immediately.

That's right, retreat.

It’s not that they are afraid of death, but they cannot sacrifice in vain.

Before, they would rather die than leave, just to test out more of Qingming's methods so that the organization's next action can be smoother.

But now, the spirit beasts responsible for transmitting information have disappeared, and there is no point in them continuing to fight.

In this case, it is better to keep your body useful and wait for the next action.

Of course, this is also because they have confirmed that it is impossible for the three of them to take down Qingming, otherwise they would definitely fight to the death.

Unfortunately, if they want to leave, they have to see whether Qingming agrees.

Without the sloth watching from a distance, Qing Ming could use all his strength to quickly deal with these people.

In this case, he naturally couldn't let the three of them go.

However, before using his full strength, he cautiously activated his Byakugan and looked around again.

After making sure that there were no outsiders around, Qing Ming directly opened his Mangekyō Sharingan.

In an instant, the three magatama in his pupils rapidly elongated, and the head of each magatama overlapped with the black dot in the center.

Eventually, the black spot grew larger, occupying almost one-third of the pupil.

Then, the elongated tails of the three magatama split into two, becoming six curved black lines at an angle of sixty degrees, connecting to the black dot in the center.

At this moment, his Sharingan was like a burning black sun, full of mystery.

"This is."

The leading Root Jonin saw his eyes and was stunned for a moment, then seemed to remember something, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he unconsciously asked: "Mangekyo?"

"Have you activated the Mangekyō Sharingan?"

Even with the calm thinking of the Root ninja, the other party's words at this moment were inevitably filled with surprise and disbelief.

"Oh~"

Hearing the other party's words, Qing Ming asked with interest: "You actually knew?"

The Root ninja did not answer his question, but immediately looked away and shouted, "Run away separately!"

As he spoke, he had already performed the 'Body Instant Technique' and ran away into the distance.

Seeing this, the other two were just a step late and also dispersed and ran in two directions.

This information is so important that they have to bring it back no matter what.

Unfortunately, they are still too naive.

Since Qing Ming has already used the Mangekyō Sharingan, how could he possibly let them escape?

Then Qingming took a step forward and disappeared on the spot.

　No more today.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)