Chapter 457 Pursuit
A quarter of an hour later.

When the valley returned to peace, all the ninjas belonging to the Hidden Mist Village were dead.

brush~
A figure appeared beside Qingming.

The person who came was none other than Nobuhisa Sano.

He looked at Qingming and said without further ado, "Just now those Mist Ninjas rushed to the base. I need you to follow them and monitor their movements."

"Just surveillance?"

Qing Ming heard this, turned around and asked lightly.

After hearing this, Sano Nobuhisa paused for a moment, then continued, "No, if they arrive at the base before us and launch an attack, then you must delay us as much as possible."

Hearing this request, Qing Ming frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not enough for just me."

This time is different from the Kirigakure raid two days ago. Both the number of manpower and overall strength are much stronger.

If he rashly attacks, he will probably suffer.

Although he was not worried about his own safety due to the existence of 'Tian Zhi Yu', he did not want to take the risk.

Hearing Qing Ming say this, Sano Nobuhisa quickly said: "Of course you are not the only one. Just when they left, I sent out two teams."

"At this moment, they are following those Mist Ninjas. If necessary, you can order them to act with you."

"Also, I will immediately organize some personnel to pursue them at the fastest speed. You just need to delay for a while."

"Is this so"

After hearing the other party's words, Qing Ming pondered for a moment and finally nodded.

The other party has said so much, if he still refuses, it would be a bit unreasonable.

What's more, with these people around, he really isn't in much danger.

In that case, it’s no big deal to take a trip.

With this thought in mind, Qing Ming stood up, shook off the blood on the blade, and then put it back into the scabbard.

Then, he looked at Nobuhisa Sano and said, "Okay, I'll leave right away!"

After saying that, without waiting for Nobuhisa Sano to speak again, he raised his hands, quickly completed the hand seals, and performed the ninjutsu - Wind Style: Wind Wings!

With a "swish", a pair of light blue chakra wings appeared behind him.

Qing Ming controlled the pair of wings and flapped them gently, then he flew high into the sky. After circling once, he immediately flew in the direction where the Mist Ninjas left.

Looking at Qingming's departing back, Sano Nobuhisa breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, without any further delay, he immediately organized his men and chased after the Mist Hidden Team ahead at the fastest speed.

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Time passes minute by minute.

the other side.

Although the Mist Ninja was traveling fast, it was not as fast as Qingming's flying speed. In addition, the general direction was determined, so Qingming quickly found the other party.

But before he could get close, a familiar chakra, accompanied by mental power, broke into his mind.

The next moment, the voice of Yamanaka Aoi sounded: "Qingming Jonin, you are here."

That’s right, the owner of this chakra is none other than Aoi Yamanaka.

And the opponent was currently in the team chasing the Mist Ninja.

Qing Ming heard the other party's voice, nodded, and then replied in his mind: "It's me, where are you now?"

As he said this, he had already approached the sky above the Kirigakure team. He then activated his Sharingan and scanned downwards, trying to find any trace of them.

Just at this moment, a slightly dazzling light shot into his eyes, causing him to close his eyes involuntarily.

However, the light did not last long. It just flashed across him for a moment and then disappeared.

Qingming opened his eyes again and looked in the direction of the light, and then saw more than thirty Konoha ninjas. Obviously, these were the two teams mentioned by Sano Nobuhisa.

The light that just pierced his eyes was sunlight reflected by small objects such as mirrors.

The purpose, of course, is to attract his attention.

It has to be said that although the opponent's methods are not very sophisticated, they are very practical, and most importantly, they are very covert.

Except for him who was illuminated by the reflected light, no one else could notice anything unusual.

Just like the Mist Ninja in front, he didn't notice the unusual movement here.

Qing Ming withdrew his gaze from them, and then said to Yamanaka Aoi in his mind: "You continue to follow the other party, I will go to the front to take a look first."

"Okay, Qingming Jonin, be careful!"

After hearing this, Yamanaka Aoi paused for a moment before replying.

"Ah."

Qing Ming responded with one final sound before dispelling the other party's mental power and chakra.

Then, it flapped its wings gently, suddenly lowered its altitude, and approached the Kirigakure team.

Below, seeing him approaching, there was immediately some commotion among the Kirigakure team.

However, Qingming only made a feint and then raised his altitude again.

This happened two or three times in succession, and the marching speed of the Mist Ninjas below was significantly reduced.

However, after Akiku Yasuda gave an order, the Mist Ninjas regained their composure, no longer paying attention to Qingming's harassment, and began to travel at their original speed.

Qing Ming tried a few more times, but seeing that he could not interfere with the other party, he simply did not risk getting closer. Instead, he flapped his wings and increased his altitude again.

After circling around their heads a few times again, Qingming felt a little bored.

After thinking for a while, he formed a seal and performed the "Mind Communication Technique". After saying a few words to Yamanaka Aoi, he flew towards the direction of the Black Stone Stronghold.

He planned to go back there to see if the other team of Mist Ninjas from Feiyu Town had arrived.
Although according to the time calculation, the other party should not have arrived yet, but after all, he did not see it with his own eyes, so Qing Ming was still a little worried.

It just so happened that nothing seemed to be happening here for a while, and it wouldn’t take him long to go back and forth.

Therefore, Qingming did not follow Nobuhisa Sano's orders and continue to monitor the other party.

below.

Seeing him fly away, there was no joy on Yasuda Akiku's face, but instead she looked even more gloomy.

He was originally thinking, could he take the opportunity to raid the Blackrock stronghold?
Now it seems that this idea is almost impossible.

With the speed shown by the other party, they can definitely fly to the Black Stone stronghold before them and pass on the information.

In this way, without the element of surprise, if they insisted on attacking the Blackrock stronghold, they would most likely be attacked from both sides.

By then, it will be difficult to escape.

Therefore, he can't take this risk.

"Oh~, what a pity!"

Yasuda Akiku sighed, retracted his gaze, and thought to himself: "It seems that I can only follow the original plan and meet up with Captain Osawa."

But, in this way, he would not have any credit.

Even more, he had to make amends for the sacrifices made by the Kirigakure ninjas.

When she thought of this, Akiku Yasuda's face turned unhappy.

On the other side, after more than ten minutes of flying, Qingming finally arrived at the Black Stone stronghold.

(End of this chapter)