Chapter 277 Departure and Notice

After a brief exchange with Uchiha Shisui, Qingming returned to the crowd.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the team was assembled.

Qing Ming glanced at the crowd, a total of seventy people, a standard ninja team with a captain and a deputy captain.

It is composed of four squads, each with seventeen members and a squad leader, each of which is composed of four classes or combat teams.

Qing Ming and Uchiha Shisui are the squad leaders of the first and second teams, each in charge of four squads, totaling sixteen people.

Of course, not every team leader is a true jonin. The captains of the third and fourth teams are just special jonin.

In addition, the squad leaders of two of the four squads in each team are special jonin.

Thus, including the captain-general and vice-captain-general of the jonin level, there are a total of seventy people in the team, of which there are only four real jonins, ten special jonins, and the remaining fifty-six are all chunins.

It can be seen from here alone that Konoha's high-end combat power is already somewhat insufficient.

Logically speaking, for such an elite team, the squad leader should be a true jonin, and the team leader or squad leader should also be at the special jonin level.

But the fact is that only half of the four squad leaders and sixteen team leaders meet the requirements.

However, compared with ordinary troops, the current configuration is quite amazing.

After all, in a team of seventy people, fourteen of them are jonin, and there are no genin at all. This is simply unimaginable in an ordinary army.

However, it is precisely this kind of configuration that makes support meaningful. Otherwise, if you send a bunch of Genin over there, what's the difference between that and delivering food?
Just when Qingming was daydreaming, the captain had already completed the task description and arranged the positions and responsibilities of each team in the next journey.

The strongest first team under Qing Ming took the lead, followed by Uchiha Shisui's second team, and the weaker third and fourth teams were in the middle.

Qingming had no objection to this arrangement.

Rather than passively accepting things, he prefers to take the initiative, so taking the lead is exactly what he wants.

Everything is ready and the team sets off.

Following Qing Ming's order, his four teams once again divided into a "one, two, one" formation and began to move forward to explore the way.

Next, they would return to the Fire Nation, then advance along the northern border of the Fire Nation, and eventually cross half of the Fire Nation to the southeast coast.

During this trip, the time spent in the Fire Nation is relatively safe, while the other two periods are not very good.

If Danzo wanted to cause trouble, it would be a very good opportunity to do so outside the Fire Country or before arriving at the battlefield.

Of course, the other party might also wait until he arrives at the Hidden Mist battlefield before taking action.

In short, there are all kinds of possibilities and he must deal with them carefully.

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In a blink of an eye, two days passed.

Qing Ming and his companions traveled light, traveling for more than ten hours every day. Today, they finally left the Rain Kingdom and entered the Fire Kingdom.

During this period, Qingming was still worried about being attacked, but things went unexpectedly smoothly and he did not encounter any trouble along the way.

However, it was this calmness that made Qingming feel a sense of urgency that a storm was about to come.

However, when he thought of his own strength, he relaxed again.

As the saying goes, one force can defeat ten.

With his current strength, as long as he is careful and doesn't fall into any trap, he won't have to worry about Danzo's hidden tricks.

"Okay, let's stop here for today!"

Seeing that the time was almost up, Qing Ming directly ordered the team to stop.

Soon, three teams from the rear also arrived here.

Instead of making a fire to cook, everyone took out their soldier pills one by one, stuffed them into their mouths, replenished their chakra and physical strength, and then began to rest.

However, Qingming did not rest immediately. He quickly moved to the branch of a big tree and sat cross-legged.

After feeling the chakra in his body and confirming that it was still sufficient, he began to practice the "Reflection Heart Technique".

If the 'Palm Immortal Technique' can be performed while on the road, then the 'Reflection Heart Technique' can only be performed after stopping.
It's very simple. The process of this technique taking effect will stimulate the Sharingan, requiring him to constantly adapt, during which time his vision will be affected to a certain extent.

So, I had to stop and perform.

Time passes minute by minute.

Soon, it was late at night.

Qingming finally stopped practicing and began to take time to rest.

For the past two days, Qing Ming has been doing this every day. During the day, he travels and performs the 'Palm Immortal Technique' to strengthen his body, and at night he rests and practices the 'Heart-Reflecting Technique' to promote the evolution of the Sharingan.

It can be said that not a single minute or a second was wasted.

The only pity was that during the mission, he couldn't use the 'Shadow Clone Technique' to practice other skills, which resulted in him having nearly 40,000 chakra points with nowhere to use every day.

This made Qingming feel distressed.

Fortunately, this situation will not last too long. After arriving at the Mist Hidden Battlefield, we can resume our previous training arrangements.

Silent all night.

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the next day.

early morning.

After they washed up casually and swallowed a few more ration pills, they set off.

According to the plan, they would need to spend the next four days crossing half of the Fire Country and finally reach their destination on the fifth day.

That is, the southeast coast.

Originally, he thought the journey within the Fire Nation would be safer.

However, after only half a day, Qingming noticed something was wrong.

"stop!"

Qing Ming suddenly raised his right arm, signaling everyone to stop.

Then he opened his Sharingan and looked around.

However, nothing was found.

The dozen or so Konoha ninjas behind him saw his actions and became alert. They looked around but also found nothing wrong.

After a long while, a special jonin from the Hyuga clan came forward and asked, "Captain, is there any problem?"

"Something is spying in the dark."

Qing Ming replied concisely.

That's right, just now, he suddenly felt that something was spying on him, but after opening his Sharingan, he found nothing.

Retracting his gaze, Qing Ming looked at the Hyuga clan's special jonin who asked the question, and said, "Feihua, use your Byakugan to scan the surroundings to see if there are any enemies or other things hidden."

Upon hearing this, Hinata Feihua didn't say anything and immediately concentrated her mind, opened her Byakugan, and scanned the surroundings carefully.

However, after a while, she withdrew her gaze, shook her head at Qingming, and said, "Captain, I have looked around, and there is no one."

"What about the other stuff?"

Qing Ming asked without giving up.

"Apart from some normal plants and animals, there is nothing special."

Hinata Feihua continued to shake her head.

However, Qingming didn't believe that it was just his illusion. He could only say that the enemy was hiding too deeply.

(End of this chapter)