Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 701 Communication and Planning (Happy New Year and all the best to everyone!)

Being in the woods, it was dark all around. Apart from the occasional chirping of insects, there was no other sound nearby, giving people a terrifying and eerie feeling.

However, Qingming was accustomed to such an environment.

On the one hand, he is indeed a man of great skill and courage.

On the other hand, it was because he had encountered this situation more than once in the past, whether on the battlefield or during his practice.

After seeing it so many times, you naturally won’t have any other feelings.

Gathering his thoughts, Qing Ming first untied the 'protective seal' between his brows, then concentrated his mind, opened his byakugan, and observed his surroundings.

After confirming that there was indeed no one within a kilometer radius, he formed the seal again, followed the connection between him and the shadow clone, performed the "Mind Communication Technique", and contacted the shadow clone lurking in Takigakure Village.

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at the same time.

In Takigakure Village.

In a wooden house.

Mizutani Yuichi, disguised as Qingmingying's clone, suddenly opened his eyes.

However, he did not speak immediately or do anything else that might attract other people's attention. Instead, he released his perception first, and after confirming that there was no one around, he began to communicate with Qingming with peace of mind.

In fact, if he activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' and came to Qingming, the communication effect would be better.

Unfortunately, he couldn't do that.

Indeed, Takigakure is just a small ninja village, but the fact that they were able to get a tailed beast in the first generation, and it was the powerful Seven-Tails, is enough to show that their foundation is not bad.

Regarding this point, we can also see something from Fu's subsequent state.

Even the One-Tailed Jinchuriki, Gaara, was deeply affected by the tailed beast and lost control several times. Fu had the even more powerful Seven-Tailed sealed in her body, but her behavior was no different from that of an ordinary human.

Of course, external factors have an impact on this, but the sophistication of the sealing technique is also very important.

After all, the two human Chuuriki are both children, and Qingming doesn't believe that there is a big difference in their willpower.

What's more, the spiritual erosion of the Jinchūriki by the tailed beast's chakra cannot be compensated by a mere difference in willpower.

Therefore, the key to the problem lies in the sealing technique.

In other words, Takigakure's attainments in sealing techniques are even better than Sand Village, one of the five major ninja villages.

Just by taking a glimpse of the whole thing, you can tell that Takigakure Village has a profound heritage.

And now is the most critical moment for Takigakure Village. No matter how calm it appears outside, the defense inside must be extremely tight.

Qing Ming didn't want to trigger any barrier of Takigakure Village when performing the 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

Therefore, it is better to communicate over long distances.

As for the trouble...

If you have trouble, please trouble me!
They have plenty of time anyway.

In this way, Qingming and the shadow clone lurking in Takigakure Village quickly communicated across a distance of dozens of kilometers.

After a long time, Qingming, who was in the forest, opened his eyes, and a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.

Just as he expected, since the shadow clone had not contacted him urgently in the past three days, it meant that the situation was still under control.

In fact, it is true.

After the communication just now, Qingming already knew that Nanabi's transplant had not yet begun.

And this means he still has time.

In this way, he felt relieved.

Finally, after instructing his shadow clone disguised as Yuichi Mizutani to notify him immediately if he found anything, Qing Ming severed the connection between the two.

After that, he did not stay for long. After cleaning up the traces of his presence, he performed the "Flying Thunder God Technique" and returned to the camp tent. After making the shadow clone in front of him disappear, Qingming sat down on the spot and began to perform the "Palm Immortal Technique" and "Reflection Heart Technique" in turn.

As for other skills...

He doesn't plan to practice for the time being.

Although the possibility of a subsequent counterattack by the Cloud Ninja is not high, he still needs to maintain sufficient chakra just in case.

Therefore, the training of other skills can only be postponed temporarily.

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In a blink of an eye, it was late at night.

That night, neither Konoha nor Kumogakure was at peace.

The ninjas from both sides divided into small teams around the entire battle line and engaged in an extremely brutal fight.

However, because Konoha was well prepared, they caught the Cloud Ninja off guard as expected.

In the first half of the night, the two sides were still able to fight back and forth, but as time went on, in the second half of the night, the Cloud Ninja showed a clear sign of decline, and the number of casualties began to rise sharply.

As a last resort, Commander Yunyin could only order the front team to shrink their defense.

It can be said that at this point, Nara Fufeng’s goal has been achieved.

Later on, as long as they hold the front line, they will be able to completely reverse the situation here, and the advantage that the Hidden Cloud Village has gained in the past few days due to the surprise attack will no longer exist.

While Konoha was on high alert, the Cloud Ninjas stopped their attacks.

After hearing this news, Qingming guessed without hesitation that the other party must have received information that the infiltration team might be wiped out.

Otherwise, given the warlike spirit of the Hidden Cloud Village, they would never admit defeat.

He was not surprised by this result because it was a high probability event.

However, in this way, he can focus more on his own cultivation.

At the same time, you can also make more appropriate use of the chakra in your body.

With this thought in mind, Qing Ming used the 'Shadow Clone Technique' to create a shadow clone.

After letting him take charge of the camp for him, Qing Ming consumed his chakra, performed the "Flying Thunder God Technique", and crossed a long distance to the island in the southern part of the Fire Country.

Returning to this familiar place, Qingming untied the "protective seal" between his eyebrows as usual, and observed the surroundings with the help of the perspective ability of his byakugan.

After confirming that there were no problems, he performed the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique', created several shadow clones, and began practicing as usual.

He wanted to raise the evolution level of the Sharingan to (40000/50000) before the Takigakure Village took action.

This will not only unlock the next stage of 'Susanoo', strengthening his trump card, but will also improve his 'Spirit' attribute, allowing him to deal with Nanabi more easily.

Qing Ming did it as soon as he thought of it. He did not waste any time. After arranging the training tasks for his shadow clones, he began to practice on his own.

Just like that, time passed by minute by minute.

In the blink of an eye, it was dawn.

The situation on the front line has become clearer.

If the Cloud Ninja was still somewhat unconvinced and acted eager to make a move last night, he now looks like a good boy.

Even in the face of blatant provocation from Konoha, they maintained the utmost restraint.

In this way, Qingming can practice with more peace of mind.

At the very least, they will not act rashly until the Hidden Cloud Village figures out the specific reasons why the three infiltration teams lost contact.

And this is Qingming's opportunity.

(End of this chapter)