Chapter 54 Mission Completed and Bad News

crunch~
The door was pushed open.

Qing Ming and his four companions walked out of the room, passed through the charred corridor, and came to the two sides of the door of Room 107.

Then, Shan Zhongyiliang made a gesture.

Qingming and others nodded.

Then, each of them took out a kunai, carefully wrapped it with a detonating talisman, and then, at Yamanaka Izar's "3, 2, 1" gesture, they all threw them into room 107.

"careful!"

Immediately, the slightly anxious warning voice of the Iwa Ninja was heard in the room.

However, this did not stop the detonating talisman from exploding.

Boom~Boom~Boom~
A violent explosion sounded.

Immediately afterwards, red flames burst out from the door of Room 107, burning Qing Ming and others' cheeks so hard that they felt painful.

Not only that, the walls on both sides of the room also shook three times due to the huge explosion.

In such a small area, the damage caused by the detonating tag is far greater than detonating it in an open space.

"I wonder what happened to the Iwagakure inside?"

Thinking this in his mind, Qing Ming took the lead and, taking advantage of the moment when the flames disappeared, he rushed into the room with a short blade in his hand.

In the smoke, several shurikens shot towards him rapidly.

Qing Ming was not in a hurry. He waved the short blade in his hand continuously. Only a series of ding-ding-ding sounds were heard, and the shurikens that were shot at him were knocked down one by one.

At this time, his three teammates also rushed in.

"Two o'clock!"

Shan Zhongyiliang reported the enemy's position immediately.

The other two did not hesitate at all, and immediately crossed the mountain and ran to the right front at an extremely fast speed.

There, a Chunin from Iwagakure was halfway exposed above the ground, preparing to launch a second sneak attack.

Looking at the other party's appearance, Qingming knew that the other party must have used the entrance to the underground warehouse to avoid the attack of the detonating talisman.

Otherwise, in such a small room, if several explosive talismans were to hit the opponent's face, even if he did not die, he would be seriously injured.

Just like the Iwagakure Genin who fell in front of him at this moment, although he avoided the direct damage of the detonating tag, he still couldn't avoid internal injuries from the shock wave of the explosion.

How could we have the energy to launch a counterattack like we do now?

Shaking his head secretly, Qing Ming stopped thinking about it and turned his attention back to the other person.

At this time, the Iwagakure Chunin had already crawled out of the entrance of the underground warehouse and was fighting with the two Konoha Chunins who rushed up.

In addition, two Iwagakure Genin rushed out of the tunnel after him and fought with Yamanaka Izurō who arrived later.

Seeing this, Qing Ming took out six shurikens, held them between his fingers, and stared at several Iwagakure ninjas.

The next moment, he threw out six shurikens, some at fast speeds and some at slow speeds. Two of them even collided in the air, changing their respective flight trajectories.

What followed was a muffled groan from the three Iwagakure ninjas. Of the six shurikens, only two missed the target, and the remaining four all pierced the Iwagakure ninjas.

Although it didn't hit the vital points, it was enough for the three companions to seize the opportunity and end the battle.

After a few breaths, accompanied by a few short screams, the three Rock Ninjas all fell to the ground, lifeless.

After confirming that all the enemies had been eliminated, Qing Ming and the others did not waste any time and immediately entered the Rock Ninja's supply warehouse through the tunnel entrance.

It can be seen that this is an underground space of 200 square meters, which was obviously dug out using earth-style ninjutsu.

There were shelves placed on the open space, filled with supplies, including food, ninja tools, medicine, detonating tags, etc., all kinds of things that a ninja needed.

Especially the detonating talismans, which saved them a lot of effort. Qingming and others discussed it and took out all the detonating talismans and pasted them in every corner of the warehouse.

After doing all this, the four of them carefully exited the underground space.

Shan Zhongyiliang took several safety measures at the entrance of the tunnel. After making sure that there would be no problems, he said, "Okay, in three minutes, the mechanism will be triggered and we can leave."

Upon hearing this, several people looked at each other and then quickly ran outside.

To be honest, no one would feel at ease standing on such a large "powder keg", even if the detonating talismans were placed by themselves.

If it exploded, not to mention they were standing on it, even if they were far away from it, they might be affected.

So, it’s better to leave early.

Next, they had only one goal, which was to rush to the small town stronghold as fast as they could.

As for the mission completed signal.
Please!

With that big "powder keg" there, what other signal is needed?
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Tick-tick~tick-tick~
Time passes minute by minute.

Three minutes later.

A huge explosion was heard from the center of the village, and red flames shone through the cracks in the ground into the sky, lighting up the entire village.

Not only that, but with the village as the center, the ground within two or three kilometers felt strong tremors.

On the periphery, the Konoha ninjas in the four directions saw this movement and immediately realized that someone had completed the mission.

So, they started fighting and retreating.

But the Iwa Ninja seemed to be irritated and refused to let go, which caused the retreat plan to go wrong.

The two sides chased each other and fought life and death.

Ultimately, at this stage, the number of casualties on both sides exceeded even that of the initial melee.

Qingming and others were inevitably involved.

Even with Yamanaka Izurō's advance perception, they still encountered the enemy several times, and even one of their companions who were carrying out the mission together died.

Wait until the second half of the night to return to the small town base.

Qing Ming then realized that the losses of this mission were far beyond his imagination - the number of people in the stronghold was nearly half less than when they set out.

With a heavy heart, Qing Ming returned to his team's base, and the first thing he saw was Mizutani Shizuko with red eyes.

Somehow, Qingming's heart skipped a beat and he suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, he heard bad news next.

"Qingming, Ryosuke, Ryosuke and teacher, they are all dead. Woo woo woo~"

As she said this, Shizuko Mizutani burst into tears.

Upon hearing this, Qing Ming was also stunned on the spot, and every moment of their past time together flashed through his mind.

Although he had not spent a long time with Ryosuke, and he often rejected his invitations to practice alone, his optimistic and positive personality still left some marks in his heart.

Now, suddenly hearing the news of the other party's death, Qingming felt a sense of unreality.

And Mr. Furukawa
Although he did not teach him much about ninjutsu, he allowed him to accumulate rich combat experience, and he would help him with some of his requests whenever possible.

It can be said that these two people are one of the only few things he cares about in this world.

“Inhale~~~Exhale~~~”

Taking a deep breath and then slowly exhaling, Qingming tried to calm down as much as possible. He looked at Mizutani Shizuko and asked, "How did the teacher and the others die?"

(End of this chapter)