Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 632: News Release
Time flows by like water.

Before I knew it, a week had passed.

This morning.

Qingming had just walked out of the house when he heard two voices talking from afar. Their voices sounded a little childish and it was obvious that they were not very old.

Then one of them said, "Hey, did you hear that?"

"What did you hear?"

Another person replied.

"It's about the negotiations between the village and Kirigakure."

The man before said in a low voice.

"Oh, you're talking about this. I just heard from Dachun and the others that the negotiations haven't started yet."

Another person said.

Hearing this, the person who asked the question shook his head and said mysteriously, "Who said it hasn't started yet? I heard from a jonin that the negotiations have already started, but we just don't know about it."

"Is that so?"

The person who was refuted was not angry, but muttered, "I don't know either."

"However, this has little to do with us. These major matters are decided by the Jonin. It is not our turn to worry about them."

"Too."

The person who asked the question agreed, and then said, "Let's go eat first. We still have patrol missions to perform today."

Gradually, the two people walked away.

Qingming could no longer hear their voices.

However, the content of their conversation let him know the progress of the negotiations.

Just as the person who asked the question just now said, the negotiations had already begun, but the news was only limited to the village leaders and the senior ninjas, and the people below did not know about it.

But now, since all these Genin have heard the news, it means that the progress of the negotiations is quite good, and is even nearing the end.

Otherwise, the village would not have deliberately leaked this information so that the lower-level ninjas could be mentally prepared.

That’s right, Qingming believed that the news was leaked deliberately by the village.

After all, the jonin are self-aware and know what they can and cannot say. If they really want to keep a secret, they will definitely not leak a single word.

Just like the past few days, it will definitely be calm, instead of the current situation where it is causing a stir.

In this way, it is not difficult to infer that the negotiations between the village and Kirigakure should be relatively smooth.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. Qing Ming first went to the cafeteria, filled his stomach, and then rushed to the meeting room.

However, as soon as he entered the meeting room, Qing Ming found that the atmosphere here was a little wrong.

According to his analysis just now, if the negotiations were going smoothly, the atmosphere here should be more relaxed at this time.

However, Qingming clearly felt a sense of solemnity and murderous intent.

Without asking anyone else what happened, he found his own seat and sat down.

Then he opened the documents on the table.

He just discovered that each of the senior ninjas present had a document in front of them.

It was after these people read these documents that they unconsciously exuded murderous aura.

So, he was very curious about what was written in it.

With this thought in mind, he opened the file. It did not contain anything outrageous, but a combat report.

It clearly states that the last two strongholds must be recaptured today.

This time, Kirigakure invaded the Land of Fire and captured a total of four strongholds as breakthrough points, nailing them within the territory of the Land of Fire.

Before, when he was at the Black Stone stronghold, he teamed up with Nobuhisa Sano to break through the Feiyu Town stronghold.

Ten days ago, he teamed up with other jonin to capture Aburatsu Port.

Now, Kirigakure only has two strongholds left, located at the two ends of Konoha's central defense line.

Although this distance is not very far, it is not close either.

Therefore, if they want to take them all down within one day, they must divide their forces.

This will undoubtedly increase the risks for everyone and their ninjas.

Qingming was somewhat puzzled as to why Nara Qiguang had formulated such a radical battle plan. With the current situation, as long as they could hold steady, even if it took a while, they could still bring down the two Mist Hidden Strongholds. There was no need to rush and risk the lives of many ninjas.

Qing Ming glanced across the faces of everyone in the conference room and found that he was not the only one confused, but others were the same.

Now, everyone is waiting for an answer from Nara Qiguang.

Tap tap tap~
Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

Accompanied by a dull sound of footsteps, Nara Qiangguang, accompanied by two guards, pushed open the door and walked into the meeting room.

Suddenly, the entire conference room became restless.

His eyes quickly swept across everyone's faces.

Then, without waiting for anyone to ask, he said, "I know you all have a lot of questions in your mind, but please listen to what I have to say before asking."

Hearing this, everyone in the conference room fell silent for a while.

Seeing this, Nara Qiguang nodded, and then said: "First of all, I believe everyone has guessed that the negotiations between the village and Kirigakure are going smoothly."

When everyone heard this, they were speechless.

Obviously, this news did not come as a surprise to everyone.

What Qingming can think of, others can naturally think of as well.

The relevant news in Youjin Port is now spreading like wildfire. Anyone with a little bit of common sense can basically guess what it is.

But the crux of the problem lies here. Since the negotiations are going well, why do we have to suddenly take action against the Mist Ninjas in those two strongholds?
Wouldn't it be better to let them leave on their own after the peace treaty is signed?
This will definitely save a lot of lives.

As for them refusing to leave
This is simply impossible!
No matter how soft Sarutobi Hiruzen is, he will not give in on this issue.

Therefore, these two strongholds are not the focus of the negotiations at all.

"Since it's not the focus, why did the village leaders take action against these two strongholds, and why are they so anxious?"

Qingming was confused.

"unless."

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility.

At this moment, he heard Nara Keiko continue: "Although the negotiations went smoothly, the Hidden Mist Village seems to have some unrealistic fantasies about the war situation. They want to bring the Kingdom of Waves into the sphere of influence of the Kingdom of Water."

Nara Kiyoshi dropped this bombshell, causing an uproar in the conference room.

"what?"

"This is impossible!"

"Don't agree to that!"

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None of the Konoha jonin present reacted without being violent.

Even though some jonin are not good at playing politics, they still have the most basic sensitivity to politics.

The Land of Waves is too close to Konoha. Once the Land of Waves is given up, it would be like burying a landmine at one's doorstep.

This is something Konoha can never accept.

Therefore, the crowd's reaction was extremely indignant.

Seeing this, Nara Qiguang pressed his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet.

After a long time, the conference room returned to silence, but the atmosphere became even more depressing.

Nara Qiguang ignored this atmosphere and continued: "The Third-generation Master also means this, so we need to show our strength and let the Hidden Mist Village face the reality completely."

Hearing this, Qing Ming secretly said: "It is indeed so!"

Before, when he saw that Konoha was going to attack these two unimportant strongholds, he guessed that this might be a warning to others.

Now it seems that it is indeed the case.

The reason why we emphasize that it must be completed within one day is not only to not give the Hidden Mist Village time to react, but also to show the Hidden Mist Village its own strength.

Look, I can take down two of your strongholds within one day, what else can you use to negotiate with me?
This is clearly an attempt to force the Hidden Mist Village to make concessions at the negotiating table.

This is what is meant by using fighting to promote talks.

Qingming did not listen to Nara Qiguang's subsequent words, he had already grasped the main point.

As for the rest, they are all irrelevant things.

(End of this chapter)