Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 542 The End
on the sky.

When Qing Ming saw this scene, without any hesitation, he immediately raised his hands to form seals and performed the ninjutsu - Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Jutsu!

puff~
A flame spurted out of his mouth and instantly transformed into three fire dragons, rushing towards the battlefield here.

In the field, two Konoha Chunins who had seen their companion die and were about to step forward to remedy the situation immediately gave up their attack and hid aside when they saw this scene.

Similarly, the other four Mist Ninjas also quickly dodged to the side.

Taking this opportunity, Qingming's shadow clone also rushed into the forest. When he went around a big tree, he made sure that no one was paying attention to him, then he raised his hand and cancelled the 'Shadow Clone Technique'.

At the same time, the three fire dragons fell to the ground. Two of them missed their targets, but one of them hit the traitor and burned him to charcoal.

And this is exactly Qingming's purpose.

Having been burned to charcoal, even if someone wanted to obtain any information from his body or mind, it would be impossible.

This is not because Qingming is suspicious, but because he is cautious.

Qingming could guess without even thinking about it that after this incident, Danzo's level of attention to him would definitely be raised to a higher level.

Judging from Viper's final reaction, Danzo had probably already begun to doubt his Sharingan.

Otherwise, Viper would not have been able to recognize that his Sharingan was the Mangekyō Sharingan at the first moment.

However, there is no way around this.

Although he was very cautious every time he opened and used the Mangekyō Sharingan, it would inevitably leave traces once used.

These clues may not be worth much in the hands of individuals or small organizations and forces.

But for a large ninja village like Konoha, that is an obvious clue. As long as they take the effort to investigate, they will definitely be able to come up with several related possibilities.

At first, there may be more possibilities, but as he makes more shots and leaves more traces, the final possibilities will become fewer and fewer.

So, in the end, the probability of guessing that he has the Mangekyō Sharingan is almost 100%.

Apart from anything else, after this incident, Danzo's speculation on this matter will definitely increase.

But it is impossible for him to not use the Mangekyō Sharingan at all.

Qing Ming worked hard to improve his strength so that he could do things as he pleased. If he had the ability but didn't dare to use it, then why bother practicing? Wouldn't it be better to just lie down?

Therefore, it is impossible for him not to use the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Therefore, both sides are now racing against time.

However, it is fortunate that due to his cautiousness over the past two years, he still firmly holds the initiative.

Therefore, Qingming was not particularly worried.

Shaking his head secretly, Qingming didn't think any more about it. After cleaning up the mess, he no longer paid attention to the battle here and continued to attack the Mist Ninjas in other places.

About twenty minutes ago, the Mist Ninja who was responsible for cutting off their retreat finally defeated the shadow clones he left behind and arrived at the main battlefield.

At that time, his shadow clone who was in charge of the main battlefield had not left yet.

Therefore, even if those Mist Ninjas arrived, the morale of Konoha was still good.

But after a few minutes, his shadow clone obeyed the call of his original body and left the battlefield.

Although he had given instructions before leaving, the Konoha ninjas on the scene still felt nervous, especially after he hadn't appeared for a while and the Kirigakure jonin began to increase the intensity of their attacks.

It was also from then on that the casualties on their side began to increase rapidly. In just over ten minutes, more than thirty people were killed.

Just when morale was about to collapse, Nobuhisa Sano's support troops arrived.

In this way, the situation was barely stabilized.

The reason why it was said to be reluctant was that Nobuhisa Sano came in a hurry and did not bring many people with him.

Therefore, even if Qingming's real body joins the battle now, they are still at a disadvantage overall.

But Qingming estimated that the Mist Ninja would not continue to fight. There were two reasons. One was that they had support arriving one after another. The Konoha troops near the Black Stone Stronghold had received orders from Nobuhisa Sano and were gathering here.

If all these people came over, it would not be the Mist Ninjas surrounding them, but they would be surrounding the Mist Ninjas.

By then, the situation will be completely reversed, and the situation of the Mist Ninja will be very bad.

As long as the Kirigakure commander is not stupid, he will not let this happen.

The second is that after the failure of the counterattack at Yuzu Port, the strategy of the Hidden Mist Village on the entire front line had changed from offense to defense.

This is the general trend. Perhaps these Mist Ninjas can rely on some intelligence advantages to achieve some results at this time, but they must ultimately follow the general trend.

Therefore, Qingming was sure that the other party would not fight for too long.

The development of things was pretty much as he expected.

Next, the two sides fought for about thirty to forty minutes. Seeing that there was no way to defeat the Konoha ninjas on the field, and more and more teams came to support Konoha, the Kirigakure finally gave up.

At a certain moment, shrill whistles sounded rhythmically on the field.

When the Mist Ninjas heard the sound, they immediately formed teams nearby and began to leave the battlefield.

Some people from Konoha tried to pursue, but they had to stop under the joint orders of Qingming and Sano Nobuhisa.

The two made such a decision for different reasons. Qingming simply didn't want to cause any trouble.

Although he had basically figured out the ins and outs of this incident, it was ultimately just information obtained from the minds of two Root ninjas, and no one could guarantee that they knew everything.

It would be troublesome if Danzo had any other tricks up his sleeve.

Therefore, after Wuyin retreated, Qingming chose to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances.

But Nobuhisa Sano was cautious.

This battle came out of nowhere in the first place. If Qingming hadn't asked for help personally, he might not have made the decision so quickly.

Now that the enemy has retreated, his first priority is naturally to find out what has happened rather than rashly pursuing them.

This is also consistent with his position as the commander of the stronghold.

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After half an hour.

In the sky, Qing Ming flapped his wings and flew rapidly. When he was about to land, he released the "Wind Style: Wind Wings".

The next moment, he stood firmly on the ground.

Seeing this, Sano Nobuhisa hurried forward and asked, "How is it?"

"They are most likely really retreating. I left a shadow clone to follow them, so there is no need to worry about them suddenly coming back to attack."

Qing Ming replied.

"Is this so"

After hearing this, Sano Nobuhisa groaned for a moment, then said, "Then we can go too."

"Ah."

Qingming nodded.

Afterwards, the two discussed for a while, unified their subordinates together, and under the command of Nobuhisa Sano, they quickly cleaned up the battlefield and rushed to the Black Stone stronghold.

It took about half an hour, and in the afternoon, they finally returned to the Black Stone stronghold.

Looking at the familiar buildings in the stronghold, Qingming felt a little more at home.

However, before he could sigh, Nobuhisa Sano took him and some senior ninjas who came with the team to the conference room and began to learn the details of the incident.

At the same time, he was also prepared to report this matter to Nara Keiko.

(End of this chapter)