Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 629: Retreat, Peace and Victory

After about a few minutes, the Mist Ninjas on the battlefield began to retreat in an orderly manner.

At the same time, news came from Nara Keiko that the Mist Ninja troops they were chasing had changed direction and were no longer heading towards Yuzu Port.

Combining the two, Qingming quickly guessed Wuyin's plan. The other party probably thought that they could no longer hold the place, so they were preparing to retreat.

However, just in case, he still flew into the sky and prepared to observe the situation from a global perspective.

It turned out that Kirigakure was not up to any tricks and they were really preparing to withdraw.

Flying in the sky east of Youjin Port, Qingming looked into the distance.

It can be seen that on the sea, several fog-hidden warships are approaching rapidly.

Obviously, they were preparing to take in the Mist Ninjas here, as well as the retreating Mist Ninja troops that had failed in their attack on the Konoha camp.

However, judging by the timing of its appearance, it was obvious that it had been prepared in advance.

You know, over the past period of time, in order to prevent the warships from being destroyed by the Konoha infiltration team, they have been docked at the port of Wave Country across the strait.

There is a forward base built by Konoha, which is just big enough to dock large warships.

However, it would take a long time to get there even by warship, it is simply impossible to get there so fast.

Therefore, these Mist-Hidden warships must have arrived nearby early, and they appeared immediately after receiving the order.

From this, it can be seen that Kirigakure was not very confident in initiating this decisive battle, otherwise they would not have prepared such a backup plan.

However, it was this backup plan that saved them from total annihilation.

Qingming reported what he saw to the temporary captain here and Nara Qiangguang at the camp, asking them whether they wanted to destroy the ship.

With his strength, destroying a few warships with few ninjas stationed on them was not a big deal.

But in the end, both the temporary captain here and Nara Keiko gave a negative answer.

As for the reason
It's also very simple, that is, they are afraid that the Mist Ninja will be defeated.

As long as the warship is there, these Mist Ninjas still have a glimmer of hope. If the warship is destroyed, they can only fight to the death.

In this way, Konoha's losses will inevitably increase greatly.

This is something that neither the village nor the command center wants to see.

So, they rejected the proposal.

Compared to killing more Mist Ninjas, they still hope to retain their own strength.

This will also help to deal with other possible crises.

Moreover, although this battle is called a decisive battle, in fact it is just a fight between Konoha and Kirigakure for the initiative in the final negotiations, and it does not involve the most fundamental interests.

At this point in the war, the top leaders of both sides have reached a consensus that the war must stop.

Therefore, it is enough to decide the winner, there is no need to fight for life.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, but Qingming put them behind him.

He crossed his arms, suspended in the air, and watched the Mist Ninjas in Yuzu Port retreat leisurely.

Admittedly, neither the temporary captain nor Nara Kiyoshi would allow him to destroy the warship, but this did not mean that they would let the Mist Ninja leave easily.

The existence of the warship only gives the Mist Ninja a hope so that they will not be destroyed. The pursuit during this period will not be stopped.

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Ding Ding Dang Dang~
Boom boom boom~
The sounds of fierce fighting continued.

Qingming just watched quietly.

Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and looked towards the southwest.

There, he felt a powerful chakra fluctuation.

After a brief hesitation, Qing Ming raised his hands, crossed them to form the "壬" character seal, and performed the "Shadow Clone Technique".

bang~
As a cloud of chakra smoke dissipated, a shadow clone with wings on its back appeared beside him.

Qingming nodded at the other party and asked him to stay where he was.

And he himself flew towards the place where the chakra exploded.

The flying speed of 'Wind Style: Wind Wings' was very fast, and in less than a minute, he arrived at the destination. It can be seen that this place has turned into an ocean.

Qingming Sharingan turned rapidly, and soon he saw a familiar figure in the middle of the water.

It was none other than Hoshigaki Kisame.

A month ago, he attracted the investigation of the Mist Ninja because he harvested a large amount of chakra.

At that time, he also defeated one of the opponent's shadow clones.

I never thought that I would see each other again today.

At this time, he was still dressed as a member of the Kirigakure Anbu, wearing a black robe and a mask, looking as if he wanted to keep strangers away.

but
"Why does it appear here?"

Qingming was confused.

He glanced at the water area that appeared out of nowhere on the ground, the group of Mist Ninjas behind them, and the slightly embarrassed Konoha pursuit troops in front of him, and immediately understood something.

If his guess was correct, the other party was rushing to assist their troops in evacuating, and the water area under their feet was the work of the other party.

Just as he was observing the other party, Hoshigaki Kisame also discovered him.

With almost no hesitation, Hoshigaki Kisame immediately formed hand seals and performed the ninjutsu - Water Style: Thousand Samejutsu!

In the blink of an eye, he gathered together thousands of sharks, which fearlessly rushed towards the pursuing Konoha troops in front of them.

The Konoha pursuit force was caught off guard by this move and could only passively resist.

Taking this opportunity, Hoshigaki Kisame shouted to the people behind him: "Retreat!"

Upon hearing this, the Mist Ninjas did not hesitate at all. Under the leadership of several senior ninjas, they stepped on the water and ran rapidly towards the coastline.

Seeing this, Qing Ming flapped his wings and immediately flew above them.

Although Konoha did not intend to kill all these Mist Ninjas this time, it did not prevent him from intervening.

He dodged several incoming shurikens by moving sideways, quickly formed hand seals, and performed the ninjutsu - Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!

The huge fireball appeared again, emitting endless light and heat, and smashed towards the group of Mist Ninjas below.

However, unlike in Yujin Port, where the high-end combat power of the Mist Ninja is unable to be used, the surviving Mist Ninja here are not only stronger, but also free.

Therefore, someone took action immediately, using water escape to attack the fireball.

Then the second and third person
In the blink of an eye, seven or eight ninjutsu bombarded the fireball one after another.

Under this impact, the fireball could no longer maintain its shape and exploded violently.

A large amount of fire rain fell, but was avoided by the other Mist Ninjas.

Not only that, they also took this opportunity to launch a counterattack against Qingming.

Especially Hoshigaki Kisame, he directly used the "Water Style: Mizusame Bullet Technique", summoned a shark missile, flew into the sky, and chased after Qingming.

Qingming was originally avoiding attacks from other people, and was suddenly hit like this, forcing him to move away from the Mist Ninja below.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Mist Ninjas immediately ran forward.

Afterwards, Qingming symbolically cooperated with the Konoha troops below and chased for a distance.

Then, he left this place and returned to the battlefield of Youjin Port.

Well.
It’s no longer quite accurate to call it a battlefield.

With the withdrawal of the Mist Ninjas, peace has returned here.

Now, in Yuzu Port, apart from some wounded Konoha soldiers, there are only dilapidated buildings left.

Qingming looked into the distance and saw a battlefield further east. The Konoha troops led by the older Jonin were still chasing the escaped Mist Ninja.

Now, both sides have fought to the coast and are not far from the Kirigakure warship.

Qing Ming did not go over there to join in the fun, but instead transformed himself into a medical ninja and began to treat the wounded left here.

(End of this chapter)