Naruto: My Progress in Konoha

Gathering the three together, Qingming no longer wasted time and raised his hand to perform the "Shadow Clone Technique" to create a shadow clone to take them back.

At this moment, a memory suddenly emerged in his mind, which was the process of Shafeng being sent to the cave space.

Obviously, this was the memory of the previous shadow clone.

Through the memory, Qingming already knew that the other party had successfully completed the task.

This made him secretly relieved.

Before, he was still worried that the shadow clone would encounter some trouble on the way, fearing that he would lose Shafeng, the large "chakra battery".

Now it seems that he was overthinking, and the shadow clone perfectly completed his task.

'In that case, let's continue! '

With a thought, Qingming performed the "Shadow Clone Technique" again.

Fortunately, the limit of the lv1 "Shadow Clone Technique" can maintain three shadow clones, otherwise it would be difficult for him to send the three Sand Ninjas in front of him back at once.

Bang~ Bang~

Two groups of chakra smoke dispersed, and two shadow clones exactly like Qingming appeared in the field.

The reason why there were no three clones was because there was another shadow clone guarding the cave space, so only two clones could be separated here.

Fortunately, two shadow clones were enough.

Without Qingming's order, the two shadow clones came forward, carried the three people on the ground, nodded at him, and left without saying a word.

Looking at the backs of the two people leaving, Qingming felt the chakra in his body, and there were less than 2,000 points left, which made him feel very insecure.

Originally, he planned to rush to the E12 area as soon as possible to see if he could fish in troubled waters and catch a few more sand ninjas.

Now.

Forget it!

However, he couldn't do nothing.

He told Kamijou Yoichi that he was going to the E12 area for support. If he didn't go there, it might cause unnecessary suspicion afterwards.

Now there are many secrets around him, and it is better not to arouse suspicion if possible.

After thinking about it, Qingming finally decided to continue to rush to Area E12.

However, the speed can be slowed down appropriately.

In this way, when he arrives, if the shadow clone has finished the job, the ninjutsu will be lifted, and his chakra will be restored, then he can continue with the previous plan.

If it is too late, then he can only paddle.

Anyway, Qingming will not joke with his own life.

Having made the decision, Qingming did not delay any longer and immediately rushed to Area E12.

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Half an hour later.

Qingming arrived at Area E12.

At this time, the two shadow clones he had separated had completed their tasks, and his chakra had recovered to more than 5,000 points again.

According to the original plan, he should fish in troubled waters next, capture more sand ninjas, and expand the "chakra battery" group.

However, his plan ended before it even began.

It's not that there are no sand ninjas in the field.

On the contrary, the number of sand ninjas here far exceeds his expectations.

But it is precisely because of this that he dare not act rashly.

There was no other reason. The attack strength of Sand Village this time obviously exceeded his plan.

Now, even though the Konoha ninjas from several surrounding areas have come to support, the Sand Ninjas still have no intention of retreating, and the battle in the field even has a posture of intensifying.

In this situation, how dare Qingming fish in troubled waters?

In fact, as soon as he showed up, he was immediately targeted.

In desperation, he could only join the battle.

With his sharp swordsmanship and a pair of double magatama Sharingan, Qingming killed nine Sand Ninjas in succession within an hour, which greatly relieved the pressure of Konoha Ninjas in a nearby area.

But because of this, he was targeted by a Sand Village senior ninja, whose strength was even higher than Shafeng.

Qingming was in a general state and didn't want to fight with the opponent, so he simply paddled in the water, no longer attacking, just defending and dodging.

Although the senior ninja on the opposite side was powerful, he couldn't do anything to him for a while, so he could only keep testing.

In this way, time passed by every second.

In a blink of an eye, more than half an hour had passed.

It was getting dark, and it was time to change guards. Qingming felt that if they continued to delay, these Sand Ninjas would not have to leave.

You know, changing guards means the arrival of fresh troops.

According to Qingming's previous two experiences, almost half of the team would be replaced each time they changed guards.

With so many fresh troops, Qingming didn't think the Sand Ninjas in the field could withstand it, so the opponent would most likely withdraw before that.

As for the opponent not knowing their changing guard time, this possibility was directly ruled out by him.

With such an offensive by the opponent, how could it be easily launched without a detailed investigation of them?

Moreover, this changing guard time was not a secret. With so many people every time, it was too easy to figure it out.

Sure enough, not long after, sharp whistles suddenly sounded in many places in the field.

Hearing the whistle, the Sand Ninjas present immediately gave up their opponents and gathered around the nearby senior ninjas at the fastest speed.

Afterwards, under the leadership of a group of Sand Ninjas, they went straight out to kill.

In a short while, they broke through the defense line of Konoha's temporary organization and rushed out of the encirclement.

The leaders of Konoha obviously didn't want the other party to leave so easily, and soon issued an order to pursue.

So, the Konoha ninjas who were still able to move began to chase the Sand Ninjas again.

In this case, some Sand Ninjas inevitably fell behind.

Taking this opportunity, Qingming captured two Sand Village Chunins alive again and let his shadow clone take them away. The whole process was extremely careful and did not reveal any flaws.

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In a flash, time came to an hour later.

The pursuit was temporarily suspended, and all Konoha ninjas returned to their respective bases.

The Konoha brigade that came to replace the guard arrived an hour earlier, and did not stay for long, and hurried to the west again.

There was the front line of resistance against the Sand Village.

After they left, Qingming received an order to cancel all the "vacations" this time and the next time.

In the next half month, everyone must continue the tasks of the past week, strengthen patrols, strictly prevent the infiltration of Sand Ninjas, and ensure the safety of the base camp.

As for the understaffed team, the base camp will add more as appropriate.

In addition, Qingming also learned the latest situation on the front line from the squad leader, Tashiro Ukyo.

As he guessed, two strongholds on the front line were indeed breached by the Sand Village, and now other strongholds are dispatching personnel to fight for those two strongholds.

And those fresh troops who did not stay just now were going to the front line to support.

However, Qingming estimated that these people might not be enough.

The stronghold that the Sand Village had finally conquered could not be easily abandoned.

Therefore, in the next few days, the base camp should continue to send more personnel.

'No wonder the order said that the base camp would add personnel to each team as appropriate. It turned out that there were not enough people.'

From this, it can be seen that Konoha's reserve forces are actually not enough.

If this goes on, shrinking the defense line is almost an inevitable choice.

'It's just not clear how long the front line can hold on. This time the stronghold was breached. I'm afraid it's just the beginning. In the future, this kind of thing is expected to become the norm. '

In other words, the second line in the future will no longer be a simple second line, because they will encounter a large number of enemies at any time.

After thinking for a long time, Qingming shook his head.

He thought to himself: "Why think so much? As long as I maintain a rapid growth in strength, I can easily deal with any danger I encounter."

With this thought in mind, Qing Ming no longer wasted time. After saying hello to the team on duty at night, he returned to his residence and began to practice on his own.