Chapter 268 Arrival
After a month, Qingming returned to Fengliu Town and had only one feeling, that is, this place had become much more desolate.

In the past, although there were no civilians here, it was quite lively because there were many Konoha ninjas gathered here.

And now, even though many ninjas from the outer strongholds have withdrawn here, it still doesn't have much popularity.

This shows how much they have lost in the past month.

'No wonder the headquarters would shrink its front line!'

In this situation, if we hold on any longer, we will eventually lose. It would be better to concentrate our forces and hold the defense line further back!
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Qingming looked at the depressing atmosphere around the team and felt that the defense line at the back would not be able to hold for too long.

The war that has lasted for more than two years has almost drained Konoha's potential. If it continues like this, it will probably end up with a lack of successors.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, you can say he is indecisive or double-faced, but you cannot deny his political vision.

Whether it was selecting the successor to the Hokage or balancing the interests of all parties in the village, he did a good job.

Therefore, if Qingming could discover such a simple problem, there was no reason why the other party would not be able to discover it.

This was probably the main reason why the other side later resisted the pressure from Shimura Danzo and forcibly ended the war.

Shaking his head, Qing Ming stopped thinking about these things, turned around and went back to his residence, where he began to seize the time to practice.

He had a meeting to attend in the evening.

However, Qingming estimated that the most likely thing was to share the task.

Transferring so many people together would cause protection to be a problem, and a strong jonin like him would definitely be assigned many tasks.

By then, there won’t be many opportunities to practice.

So, make good use of your time to practice!
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In a blink of an eye, an afternoon passed.

Night falls.

Qing Ming walked into the meeting room.

There were fewer familiar faces and more unfamiliar faces. These jonin that had never been seen before were most likely the jonin that had been stationed in the outer strongholds.

The familiar faces that disappeared had basically all died in the battle.

Qingming paused slightly, then walked naturally to his seat.

During this time, some of the jonin nodded at him, and he responded one by one. Some people cast curious glances at him, but Qingming chose to ignore them.

After he sat down, more people came over.

When almost everyone had arrived, Omura Yuito also arrived.

He didn't exchange pleasantries or waste time, he just started assigning tasks to everyone.

Not surprisingly, Qingming was assigned to an extremely dangerous reconnaissance team.

Of course, Omura Yuito made such arrangements not because he valued his reconnaissance ability, but because he wanted him to protect the Hyuga clan ninjas who were accompanying him. The main person responsible for reconnaissance was the other party, and he was just a bodyguard.

Qingming was very satisfied with this.

Although this mission was somewhat 'dangerous', he didn't have to worry about too many things, so he agreed on the spot.

Soon, everyone's tasks were assigned, and after confirming that there were no problems, Omura Yuito directly announced the end of the meeting.

This meeting was almost the shortest meeting Qingming had ever attended. Here, I have to give a thumbs up to the ninja's efficiency.

After leaving the meeting room, Qing Ming went straight to a special Jonin from the Hyuga clan, who would be his next partner and also an acquaintance of his.

"Linghuo!"

That’s right, this person is Hinata Linghuo. They were partners when they were under Nara Sishui, and now they are going to carry out a mission together again.

"Qingming!" Hearing Qingming's call, Hinata Linghuo also raised his hand and greeted him.

I have to say that the other party is really lucky. It has been several months and he is still alive.

This is not because he was cursing the other party or looking down on the other party, but as he just said, reconnaissance mission is a relatively high-risk mission.

Hinata Linghuo has been carrying out this kind of mission for many years, and it is indeed not easy for him to survive until now.

The two chatted briefly about their recent situation, then packed up their things and left Fengliu Town together, heading towards the rear base.

As a reconnaissance team, they naturally have to set out earlier than the main force so that they can explore the situation along the way and then provide timely feedback to the main force.

However, contrary to Qingming's expectations, the Rock Ninja still did not choose to stop him this time.

When the various outposts in the periphery gathered towards Fengliu Town, the Rock Ninja did not stop them. Now that they were about to withdraw, the Rock Ninja still did not stop them.

At this point, Qing Ming finally understood why Omura Yuito had arranged the time so tightly. It turned out that he wanted the Iwagakure to give up the pursuit!
Indeed, in just one day, it was already good enough for the Rock Ninja to deal with the mess left by the Four-Tails Jinchuriki's loss of control. How could they have the energy to organize manpower to stop their retreat?

Moreover, even if they want to stop it, they have to be able to do it.

The reason they could act so quickly was because Omura Yuito was well prepared.

However, it was simply impossible for the Rock Ninja to suddenly organize enough manpower to intercept the enemy.

As for sending a small force to delay
That is even more nonsense!
Not to mention Minato Namikaze who was able to defeat a hundred enemies alone, even Qingming himself could kill seven enemies in seven battles in this small-scale battle.

And the information about them must have already been placed on Commander Iwagakure's desk.

Therefore, unless the Iwagakure commander had lost his mind, it would be impossible for him to do so.

After thinking this through, Qing Ming immediately put his mind at ease, and even had some extra energy to perform the "Palm Immortal Technique" on the way to strengthen his body.

Although Hinata Linghuo was curious about his actions, he did not ask out of respect.

However, when he occasionally opened his Byakuyan to observe the surrounding situation, he would still be shocked by Qingming's growth.

Four months ago, Qing Ming's strength was very strong, but still somewhat within the range of ordinary people.

But now, the chakra alone has almost doubled compared to before, not to mention the subtle feeling of oppression emanating from his body.

Hinata Linghuo felt that in the entire Fengliu Town stronghold, the only one who could surpass Qingming in strength was probably the Yellow Flash - Namikaze Minato.

I have to say, his intuition is very accurate.

Not to mention the Fengliu Town stronghold, even in the entire Konohagakure Village, the only ones that Qingming can now take notice of are Sarutobi Hiruzen, Namikaze Minato, and the three ninjas.

As for the others, including Danzo, they are not worth mentioning.

In fact, even these people may not be able to defeat him.

At least, before his left eye went blind, with the "Heavenly Guard", no one could defeat him for sure.

Compared to these people, what Qingming lacks now is only the foundation, that is, the accumulation of various ninjutsu and the development of chakras of other attributes.

When he has made up for these shortcomings, he can basically be regarded as a true Kage-level powerhouse.

And once he upgrades his Mangekyō Sharingan to the level of the Eternal Eye and develops Susanoo to its complete form, even if the Five Kage join forces, they may not be his match.

And this time will not be too long!

"Qingming, we're here."

Just when Qingming was daydreaming, Hinata Linghuo's voice suddenly came.

(End of this chapter)