Chapter 125 Fishing in troubled waters
About a few kilometers away from the battlefield, Qing Ming occupied the cave of a rock bear and was sitting cross-legged in it to practice.

He performed the 'Heart-Reflecting Technique' over and over again, stimulating the brain to produce that special chakra, which in turn prompted the Sharingan to evolve.

After a while, Qingming opened his eyes, sighed, shook his head and said, "Oh, it's too slow!"

Without the extra chakra supplied by the 'chakra battery', the only chakra he could use every day was the 17,000 points that he could restore on his own, and his cultivation speed slowed down suddenly.

Even though he had suspended the practice of other skills and used most of his chakra on the 'Heart-Reflecting Technique', he could still only gain half of his previous proficiency, about 100 points.

And this, converted into the evolution degree of the Sharingan, is about fifty points.

In this way, if he wants to evolve the Sharingan from 'Three Magatama (1702/10000)' to Mangekyō, it will take at least one hundred and sixty-five days, or more than five months.

During this period, his other skills will be forced to stagnate.

This was obviously unacceptable to Qingming.

"What should we do?"

Just as Qingming was thinking, a stream of chakra flowed into his body along the mysterious connection, and along with it came the memory of the shadow clone.

Qing Ming closed his eyes, carefully read the memories, and soon figured out the situation on the battlefield.

And this is also the main purpose of the 'Shadow Clone Technique' developed by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, namely reconnaissance and exploration.

Being in enemy territory, Qing Ming naturally did not dare to be careless, so he only sent out his shadow clone for reconnaissance, and the other party also completed the task he assigned very well.

After absorbing the memories of the shadow clone, Qing Ming felt a little frustrated about the gap between himself and the Third Raikage, but he also keenly realized that this was a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

Now the Cloud Ninja and the Rock Ninja are fighting fiercely, which has attracted the attention of many forces in the ninja world. There must be a lot of spies like him around.

If he could capture these people and turn them into 'chakra batteries', then the chakra he needed for his practice would no longer be a problem.

The more Qing Ming thought about it, the more he felt that this method was feasible.

Even though they were in enemy territory, these 'chakra batteries' were destined to not last long, but even if they were only used for one day, it would still be a profit.

With this thought in mind, Qing Ming walked out of the cave and began to walk around the battlefield, searching for any traces of other spies.

What? You mean the mission?

Please!

Isn’t this a shadow clone?

Qing Ming nodded at the shadow clone that had just appeared beside him.

The shadow clone understood and immediately rushed towards the battlefield, while Qingming continued to search for other ninjas.

However, the ninjas who are sent to perform this kind of mission are basically very capable.

Therefore, it took Qing Ming nearly three hours to find a suspicious target.

Although the opponent was dressed like an Iwagakure Chunin, he did things similar to his shadow clones, secretly observing the battle on the battlefield in the distance.

From this, Qing Ming concluded that the other party must be a fake.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if she isn’t. As long as she can provide him with chakra, her identity doesn’t matter.

When Qingming thought of this, he was about to step forward.

But he suddenly thought that if the other party was also using shadow clones for reconnaissance like him, then wouldn't his action be a scapegoat?

And this is very likely to happen.

'No, we have to think of a foolproof plan.'

Qingming took a few steps back, hid himself, and began to think of countermeasures.

After a long time, Qing Ming's eyes suddenly lit up and he muttered, "This method should work."

As he said that, he raised his hands and performed the "Transformation Technique", transforming himself into an Iwagakure Chunin. Then, he showed up and ran towards the suspicious Iwagakure Ninja from a distance.

Before he got close, he shouted at the top of his voice: "The boy over there, the plan is about to start. Why are you here instead of staying in your team?"

Qing Ming's inexplicable words almost burned out the CPU of the 'Iwa Ninja' in the distance.

However, before the other party could react, Qing Ming suddenly stopped.

After looking him up and down for a few times, Qing Ming suddenly showed a look of horror on his face and stammered, "You, you are not one of us?"

After saying that, he seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly ran away.

Seeing this, the 'Iwa Ninja' didn't bother to think about how he was exposed, but instinctively chased after him.

Qingming was a little slower and was soon caught up.

The 'Iwa Ninja' didn't waste any time and just took action, trying to capture Qingming.

Qingming naturally tried his best to resist. The two fought for a few minutes. Finally, Qingming found an opportunity and stabbed the opponent's shoulder with the kunai.

bang~
A cloud of chakra smoke dissipated, and the figure in front of him disappeared.

Then, the madness on Qingming's face disappeared, and he just murmured in a low voice: "Is it really a shadow clone?"

Just as he worried, the opponent was indeed a shadow clone. If he had acted rashly just now, he would have probably alerted the enemy by now.

As for why he didn't alert the enemy now, that was naturally the "plan" he mentioned.

"The next step is to see if the other party is fooled."

With a mutter, Qing Ming didn't think any more. He left the place in a flash and hid carefully nearby.

A few minutes later, a figure wrapped in a black robe came quietly over. He carefully inspected the traces in the field, as if trying to find the direction in which Qingming left.

Seeing this scene, Qing Ming knew that his plan was successful.

As expected, the other party couldn't resist the temptation and came to find out what the so-called "plan" was.

As for the other party also doubting his identity?
Logically speaking, if he didn't have a need for external chakra, he wouldn't have targeted other people who were also spies.

Similarly, other people do not have this need and naturally will not think of this.

After all, to some extent, these spies are also in the same group, and if there is no conflict of interest, it is unlikely that they will attack each other.

Therefore, the other party is unlikely to doubt his identity.

And since there is no problem with his identity, what he said 'unintentionally' is very credible.

In this way, Qingming is 80% sure that the other party will be interested in the "plan" he mentioned, and will then investigate further along this line.

Sure enough, the other party arrived not long after.

Qing Ming didn't waste any words. He seized the opportunity and shot out three shurikens.

The man in black robe was also alert. He sensed the danger and immediately dodged to the side.

However, as soon as his feet touched the ground, three more shurikens flew towards him.

The man in black robe had no time to dodge and could only draw out his kunai to block.

Ding~ding~ding~
Three crisp metal collision sounds were heard, and all three shurikens were knocked away.

But at the same time, he also lost the chance to escape.

Qingming flashed in front of the other party and without saying a word, swung the dagger in his hand.

(End of this chapter)