Chapter 315 Return
Looking at Kakuzu's body, Qingming thought to himself, "I'm afraid no one would know that right here, in this unknown corner, a ninja who was ranked among the best in the entire ninja world, died quietly like this."

'I don't know if one day in the future I will die in obscurity in a corner like him.'

For some reason, Qingming felt a sense of panic in his heart.

But then he was suppressed by him. He wanted to transcend this world and live forever. How could he die like this?

Qingming calmed his mind, stopped thinking about it, and looked around.

Without Kakuzu's chakra supply, the sea of ​​fire created by the 'Compound Ninjutsu: Flame Wind Wave' was receding rapidly.

But
There are jungles nearby and many trees have been set on fire during this period, so it is not realistic to expect all the flames to disappear immediately.

Fortunately, this place is deep in the jungle and the humidity is very high, so the fire cannot spread at all. Even when it reaches a certain size, it will bring heavy rain.

At that time, the flame will naturally go out.

So, he doesn't have to worry about anything.

It just so happened that the noise here was already loud enough and Qingming didn't want to stay any longer.

So he found a place where the fire was the hottest, threw Kakuzu's body there, and then left on his own.

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In a flash, it was already the evening of the next day.

At this time, Qingming had returned to the coast.

Next, we just need to cross the strait in front of us to reach the Land of Waves and then return to the forward base.

However, Qing Ming was not in a hurry to leave. The next task was physically demanding. He had been running for more than ten hours, so it was time to take a break.

Standing on the treetop, looking at the sunset over the sea in the distance, Qingming's thoughts gradually drifted away.

By the way, after killing Kakuzu, his luck seemed to have improved a lot.

Originally, he thought that he would be harassed by other bounty ninjas again. After all, 17 million taels is not a small amount of money.

As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. Such a high bounty is enough for many ninjas to ignore the risks.

But what he didn't expect was that the journey was so smooth. Not to mention other bounty ninjas, not even a single accident happened.

However, think about it, everyone who has seen him this time has been killed by him. How could there be other bounty ninjas appearing in such a short period of time?
As for why it is for a short period of time and not permanently?

Not to mention that the bounty on his head is there, sooner or later someone will find him because of the bounty. This incident alone cannot be kept secret for too long.

Although he acted very covertly and all those who should be silenced had been silenced, there was one thing that could not be hidden no matter what.

That was the Kusanagi sword that he had taken from the leader of the Artisan Ninja Village.

As long as he continues to use this sword in the future, he will naturally be noticed as his fame increases.

By then, the black market, which had been monitoring the leader of the Artisan Ninja Village for a long time, would be able to guess the answer with a little imagination.

In this way, they definitely don't mind secretly giving those bounty ninjas a push when they accept missions.

After all, he had offended the black market this time.

They will definitely not give up.

By then, there will definitely be many people who will attack him.

Of course, he can also choose to hide the long sword in his hand.

This will definitely save you a lot of trouble.

But he had gone to so much trouble to obtain such a powerful weapon. If he didn't use it, it would be a waste of effort.

Just a black market and a few bounty ninjas, not enough to make him so scared.

As the saying goes, when enemies come, we fight them with soldiers; when floods come, we block them with earth.

We’ll talk about the rest later!

With this thought, Qingming jumped down from the treetop, sat on a branch, placed the long sword on his knees, and then closed his eyes to rest. Time passed by minute by minute.

In a blink of an eye, the sun sank below the sea level and night gradually fell.

At a certain moment, Qing Ming opened his eyes, and then he did not linger any longer. After restraining his breath, he immediately dived towards the coast.

After dodging several waves of Konoha patrols and arriving on the sea, he determined his direction and then walked on the waves towards the location of the forward base of the Land of Waves.

However, unlike when we came here, the Fire Country has a long coastline, so there is no need to pay too much attention to the direction. As long as you don't deviate too far, you can go ashore.

The territory of Wave Country is much smaller, so when going back, you need to pay attention to the direction at all times, otherwise it is easy to go in the wrong direction.

What Qingming didn't know was that while he was rushing to the forward base, on the other side, on the sea, there were also several large ships heading there.

From the water flow marks on those ships, it can be known that they are the warships of the Hidden Mist Village.

At this time, the ships were full of ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village.

Obviously, after more than ten days of silence, the Mist Ninja has started to move again, and once they take action, they intend to do something big - directly raid Konoha's forward base in the Land of Waves.

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A few hours later.

East of the Land of Waves, about ten kilometers away from the forward base.

In a sentry tower built on a reef, a Konoha ninja's face suddenly changed and he quickly blew the whistle on his chest.

Suddenly, the shrill whistle sounded throughout the watchtower.

A chaotic sound of footsteps was heard, and a special jonin arrived at the top of the watchtower.

As soon as he appeared, he asked, "Quartz, what happened?"

Hearing his question, the Chunin who had just blew the whistle immediately replied: "It's the warships from the Hidden Mist Village, they're coming!"

"How many are there?"

This particular jonin was relatively calm and immediately asked the key question.

"Four."

The chunin named Quartz answered.

Hearing this, the special jonin breathed a sigh of relief.

According to past experience, the four warships of the Hidden Mist Village can transport approximately two hundred to three hundred ninjas.

Although this number is not small, it is only comparable to the number of ninjas deployed by Konoha at the forward base.

If so many Mist Ninjas suddenly launched an attack and caught Konoha off guard, it would be possible that they would suffer a great loss.

But now
Since we have already discovered the other party in advance, there is nothing to be afraid of.

With this thought in mind, Kanda Yinghe asked again, "Where is the direction?"

"This way!"

Quartz pointed southeast.

Seeing this, Kanda Yinghe took the monocular telescope from Quartz's hand and looked over there.

With the help of the moonlight, he saw four large ships at the sea level.

Those ships were pitch black, sailing on the sea, like ghost ships.

Kanda Ozuru knew that it was not a ghost ship, but the Hidden Mist Village had deliberately turned off the lights on the ship in order to reduce the possibility of being discovered.

Unfortunately, they were out of luck. This reef sentry tower was built by Konoha not long ago while the Hidden Mist Village was in silence, and was not included in the Hidden Mist Village's intelligence.

So, before they could get close, their whereabouts were discovered.

(End of this chapter)