Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 835 Follow-up
Here, Qingming had just left with Imura Tsukiko.

Over there, a group of Iwagakure ninjas discovered something.

It’s not that they saw Imamura Tsukiko being captured by the original body, but they discovered that Qingming had actually found Imamura Tsukiko accurately and were worried about her safety.

The Iwashi Ninjas present, regardless of whether they knew Imamura Tsukiko's background or not, all understood one thing, that is, they were able to find this place all the way thanks to the other party's special sensing method.

If he was killed by Qingming, their mission would not be able to continue.

This time, in order to allow them to sneak into the territory of the Fire Nation, the village paid a considerable price. If there was no result at all, it would be difficult to explain.

Therefore, the moment the Thunder Prison disappeared, they wanted to rush over to rescue.

But how could Qingming let them come?
Now, apart from the three charred corpses, there is no body of Imamura Tsukiko in the scene, so he must conceal his true identity and act of capturing the other party.

Even though the Iwagakure ninja would still find some problems when reviewing the situation afterwards, it was still better than the other party knowing clearly that he had captured Imamura Tsukiko.

As soon as he thought of this, the shadow clone that Qingming left behind to replace him, almost at the moment when the Thunder Prison disappeared, performed another ninjutsu that could change the terrain - Water Style: Great Explosion Water Break!

In just a moment, he created an immeasurable flow of water.

Then, in the blink of an eye, it covered an area of ​​one kilometer in radius, turning the forest into a lake.

During this period, a large number of trees were knocked down by the water flow, either sinking underwater or floating on the water surface.

Under such circumstances, it is obviously impossible to easily find Imamura Tsukiko's "corpse".

Not only that, this huge lake also brought everyone to the surface.

It can be seen that in just a short period of time, five or six people from the Rock Ninja group were killed, and a similar number were injured.

On this trip, the Rock Ninja sent out two teams, totaling over thirty people.

Now more than ten people were killed or injured, and there were only about twenty people left who could fight.

Compared with Qingming and the five people in the Konoha Anbu team, these people still have a huge numerical advantage, but the strength shown by Qingming makes them feel wary.

If a real fight breaks out, they are not sure they can completely wipe out Qingming and the others.

In addition, this place is located in the heart of the Land of Fire. Since the Konoha Anbu has been eyeing them for a long time, there must be Konoha ninjas gathering here now.

If they delay too long, they will likely be surrounded on all sides.

By then, any advantage in numbers will be gone.

Not only that, they would be at risk of being wiped out.

另外
The leading Iwagakure glanced around and found no trace of Imamura Tsukiko. Based on Qingming's actions at that time and the Lightning Release Ninjutsu he performed, the probability of her survival was extremely small.

Without her as a medium to sense the chakra traces left by the Four-Tails, they would not be able to continue tracking it.

So, after weighing the pros and cons, the Iwagakure leader decided not to continue fighting.

As soon as he thought of this, he immediately gave the order to split the team into two parts. One part was responsible for covering the rear and blocking Qingming and the four Konoha Anbu from pursuing them, while the other part took the wounded and quickly moved away from here.

Qing Ming saw the actions of the Iwagakure ninja, but after thinking about it, he did not choose to pursue immediately. Instead, he cooperated with the Konoha Anbu team on the field to fight against the Iwagakure ninja who stayed behind to block them.

The reason why he made this choice was very simple. Now that his goal had been achieved and the Rock Ninjas were unlikely to track him down, the more chaotic the situation was, the better.

Only in this way can he cover up what he has done to the greatest extent.

Letting these Rock Ninjas escape is undoubtedly the best way to disrupt the situation.

Because even if Konoha chased and intercepted these Iwagakure ninjas later, some of them would definitely escape.

As a result, Imamura Tsukiko's situation and whereabouts became unclear.

Konoha might think that the other party has escaped from the Land of Fire, while the Iwagakure Village would think that he died on the battlefield.

At that time, as long as both parties cannot trust each other 100% and communicate openly, then this will be a mess. Perhaps after reviewing the situation, his behavior will be questioned.

But the same thing goes, as long as he is not caught in the act and there is no clear evidence, neither the enemy nor our side can really do anything to him.

And that's all he wanted.

Of course, the more likely possibility is that the Iwagakure Village will have some suspicions, while Konoha has no idea about Imamura Tsukiko's abnormality.

This way, things will be easier to solve.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. The shadow clone that was left behind by Qingming to replace the original body, after letting the other shadow clones symbolically chase for a while, he focused all his attention on the Rock Ninja who stayed behind to stop them.

Because the enemy is large in number and has strong combat power, and I am only a shadow clone and cannot withstand too much damage, I am restricted in the battle.

Therefore, even with the cooperation of four Konoha Anbu, they were unable to break through the obstruction of the Iwagakure for a while.

In this way, time passes by minute by minute.

After those Rock Ninjas felt that they had enough and retreated on their own initiative, Qingming and the others were able to get rid of the entanglement.

brush~
A Konoha Anbu with a dagger in hand and wearing a mask came up to Qingming, looked into his eyes, and seemed to want to say something, but didn't know how to start.

Seeing the other person's eyes through the holes in the mask, Qing Ming knew that his behavior just now must have aroused the other person's suspicion.

After all, the difference in combat power he showed before and after was so huge that it gave people a feeling that he deliberately let those people run away.

However, this is not important.

This mission, after all, is their fault.

After all, Qing Ming's mission was to cooperate with the other four people, track and monitor the movements of the Rock Ninja, and then wait for other teams to arrive and complete the encirclement of the target Rock Ninja.

But what is the reality?

As soon as he arrived here, he found that the battle had already begun.

If they hadn't been exposed in advance, how could so many things have happened afterwards?
So, after all, it's still their fault.

As for himself.
After that, you can basically deal with it as long as you find a reasonable reason.

And the reason?

Qing Ming had already figured it out. Before receiving this urgent task, he had consumed too much chakra in his practice, and was strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

Therefore, he could only bluff and scare the Iwagakure away.

No matter whether the villagers believed this reason or not, he believed it himself.

However, before that, you still have to pretend to do your best.

Thinking of this, Qing Ming no longer paid attention to the Anbu captain in front of him who was hesitant to speak, and after saying "I'll follow and see", he performed 'Wind Style: Wind Wings' and 'Chakra Feather Robe', flew into the sky, and flew in the direction where the Rock Ninjas left.

Seeing Qingming leave, the other three ANBU ninjas who were injured to varying degrees came to the ANBU captain and said, "Captain."

However, before they could get a word out, the ANBU captain interrupted them with a wave of his hand.

Then, he said, "Don't say anything, just complete this mission first."

"Yes, Captain!"

After hearing this, the three of them responded and immediately followed the traces left by the Iwagakure ninja from the ground to chase after him.

Just like that, the mission seemed to have returned to its original state.

However, this time, the Rock Ninja no longer went deep into the Fire Country, but fled towards the border of the Fire Country.

(End of this chapter)