Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 680 Promotion and Voting

at the same time.

the other side.

At Utane Koharu's home, a figure suddenly appeared and came to her side.

"grown ups!"

The visitor bowed and said, "I'm back."

Hearing this, Utane Koharu opened her slightly closed eyes and asked, "How is it?"

"The target is still the same. Every day he is either practicing or on his way to practice. There is nothing unusual." The visitor replied.

That’s right, among the people who were monitoring Qingming, there were those sent by Utane Koharu.

Indeed, the communication in the Hokage's office a few days ago made her temporarily give up the plan to target Qing Ming directly, but some investigative work did not stop.

Compared to Mito Kado En and Sarutobi Hiruzen, she has a stronger personality and acts more impulsively.

Therefore, even though the Uchiha clan had shown their determination to protect Qingming, she still did not give up.

Unfortunately, Qing Ming acted too cautiously and did not give her any leverage, so even if she wanted to make trouble, she had no leverage.

This made Utane Koharu feel very uncomfortable.

However, no matter how uncomfortable she felt, she had to hold it in. The village had its own rules. If she dared to act rashly at this sensitive time, it would definitely give the Uchiha clan an advantage.

In this case, the situation will be reversed.

So, even after hearing her subordinate's report that there was no progress, she suppressed her anger and let the other party leave.

Before leaving, she said, "Keep monitoring, don't let up!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The man responded and left.

Soon, Utane Koharu was the only one left in the room.

She stared blankly ahead, recalling every detail of the past few decades, and finally let out a sigh: "Ah!"

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The next day.

in the afternoon.

It’s still that island.

After Qing Ming once again released the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' and absorbed the eleven shadow clones around him into his body and digested their training experience, his 'Lightning Escape: Lightning Sword' was finally upgraded to perfection.

Qing Ming stood up, and with a "clang", he drew out the long sword from his waist.

Then, he swung the long sword in his hand and performed the "Lightning Sword" move in an area of ​​more than ten meters in radius, centered on his standing point.

For a moment, there were flashing sword lights and thunder all around, it was very lively.

Qing Ming slashed with his sword, and lightning like a thread flew out from the blade, hitting a big tree in the distance, leaving a charred mark.

Then, he swung his sword again, and another lightning blade shot out, directly splitting a huge rock on the ground not far away.

That’s right, after reaching the level 7 (0/0) of perfection, he could already use the ‘Lightning Escape: Lightning Sword’ to launch long-range attacks.

The attack power of the two lightning blades he just slashed out is no weaker than that of ordinary C-level ninjutsu.

Given the fragile nature of most ninjas in the ninja world, if they are hit in a vital spot, even if they don't die, they will be seriously injured.

In this way, combined with his one-handed seal and no-seal techniques, his close combat ability can be said to be greatly enhanced.

After playing with the 'Thunder Escape: Lightning Sword' for a while, Qing Ming finally stopped swinging the sword.

After putting it away, he opened the proficiency panel.

Now that the 'Lightning Release: Lightning Sword' has been completed, the chakra originally invested in it needs to be redistributed.

And how many chakras are there? A full 87,000!
This is undoubtedly a huge amount of chakra, and no matter which technique it is used on, it can greatly speed up its progress.

Qing Ming glanced at the several skills he had learned recently, looked at their progress bars, and after confirming that they were all growing according to plan, he planned to use all of this chakra on "Water Style: Great Explosion Water Wave".

This was his original plan.

This technique is advanced from 'Water Style: Explosive Water Wave'. The proficiency level is already level 7 at the beginning. Mastering it to perfection can save a lot of time.

As for how long it will take exactly.
Qing Ming had done a test before, and it took an average of 120 chakra points to practice this technique, which could improve proficiency a little.

So, eighty-seven thousand points of chakra equals seven hundred and twenty-five points of proficiency.

In this way, it only takes three months to perfect the A-level ninjutsu level 9 (0/0).

Perhaps three months would not be enough for his next action, but even if he was at level 8, the water area he created would be enough for him to gain a certain geographical advantage when fighting against the tailed beasts.

Although he is unlikely to use this technique, but the same thing still applies
Be prepared!

After making the arrangements, Qingming closed the panel.

Then, he raised his hands again to form seals and cast the "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique", creating eleven shadow clones and began a new round of training.

In this way, time passed day by day.

As time went by, Konoha Village became more and more lively, and everyone hoped to elect a new Hokage as soon as possible to lead them into a new future.

Finally, ten days later, the Hokage election began.

This morning.

Even Qing Ming did not rush to the island to practice, but stayed in the village, quietly waiting for the start of the Hokage election.

In fact, although it is called a selection, the result has already been decided.

Now, the interests of all parties have been divided up.

The next step was for each of these jonin to cast their votes, symbolically going through the process.

The team moved forward quickly, and soon it was Qingming's turn.

He walked into the specially set up voting room as if nothing had happened, nodded to Sarutobi Hiruzen and others sitting above, and then walked towards the ballot box.

There was only one ballot box on the scene, but two names could be cast - Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru.

That's right, although Orochimaru had been asked by Sarutobi Hiruzen to withdraw from the Hokage election, he still appeared on the list of candidates.

The reason is very simple: family disgrace should not be made public.

Therefore, even though Orochimaru no longer has the chance to become the Fourth Hokage, he still has to sit here and wait quietly for the voting results.

Qingming cast the ballot with Minato Namikaze's name on it and glanced at Orochimaru out of the corner of his eye.

It can be seen that the other party's already pale face looked even paler and uglier at this moment.

There's no way around it. In this situation, even Orochimaru, with his personality, can't help but feel a little unhappy.

After all, I was originally one of the protagonists, but now I can only watch everyone act out.

It would be strange if you could feel good about this!

Every person who walked through the field seemed like a humiliation to him.

Only now Orochimaru still has some attachment to the village, and some master-disciple relationship with Sarutobi Hiruzen, otherwise he would have left long ago.

As if he had noticed Qingming's gaze, Orochimaru turned his head slightly, and looked over with a pair of golden vertical pupils, revealing indifference.

Qingming didn't look at him, but looked away naturally.

After casting his vote, he nodded again to Sarutobi Hiruzen and others in front of him, then left the room.

(End of this chapter)