Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 652 Delay and Promotion

Time flies by like a white horse.

In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

Konoha.

The headquarters base of the root.

in an office.

Danzo sat behind his desk, carefully reading the surveillance report in his hand.

After a while, he put the report back on the table.

Then, he looked up at the Root Ninja below and said, "Have you locked the position?"

"Yes, my lord!"

B nodded and said, "The Red Shadow Squad and the Gray Eagle Squad have roughly mapped out the target's activity range. In one or two days at most, they will be able to locate the specific location."

Hearing the affirmative answer, a long-lost smile appeared on Danzo's gloomy face.

Although it was just a slight sneer, it was enough to show that he was in a good mood.

After a brief thought, he ordered, "Yi, you go down and prepare immediately. According to the plan made during this period, send people out of the village in batches. Once the target's location is determined, start the action immediately."

"Yes, my lord!"

Upon hearing this, B responded immediately without any objection.

"Ah."

Danzo was very satisfied with his attitude. He nodded and waved his hand, saying, "Okay, you can go down!"

"Yes."

B finally responded and then left.

crunch~
The office door was closed.

Danzo picked up the surveillance report on the table again and looked at it for a while.

After a moment, he threw the report on the table.

Then, he leaned back in his chair, his eyes slightly narrowed, and it was unknown what he was thinking about.

The only sound in the room was the occasional tapping of his fingers on the table.

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at the same time.

A place quite far away from Konoha Village.

Qingming was flying in the air, and through his Byakugan he could clearly see the Root ninjas hiding in the forest below through the Konoha forehead protector.

He has seen quite a few such teams along the way.

Obviously, his plan was successful, and the Root Ninja did catch up with him through 'their own' efforts.

However, the timing was somewhat unfortunate.

According to his progress, it will take another three days for the 'Chakra Feather Robe' to advance.

And now, these people can completely lock down his location in a day or two at most.

At that time, the other party will most likely take direct action in order to avoid any further complications.

This way, his safety will be less guaranteed.

After thinking about it, Qing Ming decided to follow the plan and delay the time a little.

When he thought of this, he did not go straight forward as usual, but suddenly turned and flew in another direction.

After a few breaths, when he flew far away, several Root ninjas appeared in the forest below.

They looked at Qingming's departing back, their faces under the masks were extremely serious. One of them asked, "Did he discover us?"

It’s no wonder he thought this way, Qingming’s actions were really too abnormal.

A week has passed, and although they have only tracked him here, they still have a rough idea of ​​the direction Qingming will go next.

In the past, they also gradually narrowed the scope of monitoring based on this.

And now, Qingming suddenly changed the direction of flight.

How could this not arouse suspicion in their hearts?

However, no matter what they thought in their hearts, in the end everyone chose to remain in place.

Things have progressed to this point and they cannot afford to be careless.

The order that Danzo gave them was to rather lose the target than let Qingming find their tracks. But there was no other way, Qingming's flying ninjutsu was too flexible.

If they alerted him, all their efforts over the past week would be wasted.

Therefore, they adopted the most conservative approach for this operation.

Qingming did not cause them too much trouble. In order to prevent the fish from getting off the hook, he simply left the surveillance range of the Root Ninja for a while and then took a detour to the forest in the south.

This way, with a little investigation, the Root ninjas could discover his whereabouts and be sure that he hadn't gone too far.

This way, the Root Ninja would just think it was a coincidence.

When he resumes his normal activities tomorrow, everything will return to normal.

The Root Ninjas would not have too much suspicion and at most would just spend an extra day to re-confirm his whereabouts.

And this is nothing compared to the time limit given by Danzo for this mission.

But for Qingming, it was one more day of practice time.

In this way, by the time the Root Ninja locked onto his exact location, he would have almost completed the practice of the 'Chakra Feather Robe'.

Of course, such delays are only possible once and for all.

Otherwise, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of the Root Ninja and Danzo.

After all, if it only happened once, they would only feel that something they didn't know about might have happened, causing Qingming to change his previous trajectory of activities.

But if it happens too many times, even a fool would know that there is a problem.

Fortunately, Qingming only needs it this time.

Return to this forest.

Qing Ming wasted no time, he immediately raised his hands to form seals and performed the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

Looking at the five additional figures in the field, Qing Ming skillfully arranged the ninjutsu that each of them needed to practice, and then let them leave.

At the same time, Qingming himself also began to practice.

After that, every hour, he would take back his shadow clones, absorb and digest their training experience and memories, and convert them into proficiency in the corresponding skills.

After doing all this, he would create shadow clones and arrange for them to practice.

Repeat this cycle to continuously improve the proficiency of each skill.

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In a flash, it was three days later.

This morning.

When Qingming once again absorbed the training experience and memory of the shadow clone, his 'Chakra Feather Robe' was upgraded.

Just as he expected, after being promoted to the level 9 (0/0) state of perfection, the effect once again underwent a qualitative change.

Before, at level 8, except for the characteristic of 'endless life', it could only withstand two C-level ninjutsu or ten D-level ninjutsu attacks in one second.

When encountering B-level ninjutsu, he would collapse immediately.

And now.
Qingming could clearly feel its 'solidity'.

With this in mind, he raised his hand, formed a seal, and performed the 'Shadow Clone Technique', creating a shadow clone.

Then, start testing.

He continued to perform various ninjutsu, attacking the shadow clone that had activated the 'Chakra Feather Robe'.

Time passes minute by minute.

After about ten minutes, Qing Ming stopped.

At this time, he came to the conclusion that he could basically ignore D-level and below ninjutsu with the enhanced version of 'Eternal Life' as long as the chakra was not exhausted.

As for C-level ninjutsu, it would be no problem to withstand seven or eight attacks in one second.

Even if it was a B-rank ninjutsu, he could withstand two of them without being destroyed.

It can be said that the effect is already very powerful.

This also makes Qingming more confident about the upcoming battle.

Thinking of this, Qing Ming released the 'protective seal' between his brows, opened his Byakugan, and looked at the Root ninjas hidden within a one-kilometer radius.

That's right, the Root Ninja had already touched his side.

And he is also waiting for someone to come.

(End of this chapter)