Naruto: My Progress in Konoha

In a flash, another three days passed.

As the last negotiation between Konoha and Iwagakure approached, Kirigakure's attack became more and more frenzied, and almost all Konoha's strongholds on the eastern border of the Land of Fire were caught in the flames of war.

Even some of these strongholds have been captured.

As a last resort, Nara Kemitsu could only demolish the east wall to repair the west wall, and constantly mobilized troops from other strongholds to prevent the advancement of Kirigakure Village.

In the past, these had nothing to do with Qing Ming.

After all, the Blackstone stronghold where he is located is adjacent to Feiyu Town, one of the four major breakthroughs in the Hidden Mist Village. The location is very important, and even if troops are mobilized, they cannot reach him.

However, this time is different.

This morning, Qing Ming was still on the battlefield outside performing inspections and collecting intelligence tasks. Suddenly, he received an order from Sano Nobuhisa, asking him to return to the stronghold immediately.

Although Qing Ming was confused, he still followed the order and flew to the Black Stone Stronghold.

And when he came back, he realized that it was not Sano Nobuhisa who was looking for him, but Nara Keimitsu. The other party had just sent an emergency order, asking him to rush to the general headquarters in the south immediately, saying that he had a task assigned to him.

As for the specific task, it did not explain in detail.

In view of the urgency of the matter, Qing Ming did not delay too much. After replenishing various equipment and supplies in the stronghold, he used 'Wind Escape·Wind Wings' and flew high into the sky, flying in the direction of the general headquarters. .

Originally, it was half a day's journey between the Black Stone Stronghold and the headquarters, but with Qing Ming flying at full speed, it only took less than ten minutes.

After verifying his identity, Qing Ming entered the headquarters conference room.

At this time, he discovered that he was not the only one who came here, but there were also several Jonin, one of whom was an acquaintance of his, and it was none other than Uchiha Shisui.

Unlike when he was sent to the Black Stone stronghold before, the other party has never left since he came to Atsuzu Port and has been working under Nara Keimitsu.

This also allowed him to avoid Danzo's plan last time.

But then again, if the other party had been with him last time and combined their strength, would Danzo still dare to devise such a plan?

Maybe they don't dare, but they might send a stronger force to catch them all.

Qing Ming was thinking in his mind, but he quickly shook his head and threw all this behind him. Now that the matter has passed, there is no point in thinking about it anymore.

Qingming stepped forward, nodded towards Uchiha Shisui, and after saying hello, sat down on the chair next to him.

After that, he didn't care about everyone's reaction, he just used the 'Palm Immortal Technique' to strengthen his body.

In fact, if possible, he would like to seize the time to practice the 'art of reflecting the heart'.

Because according to the progress, his Sharingan evolution level will break through the (20000/50000) mark today.

It's a pity that the 'Art of Reflecting the Heart' cannot be shown to others openly, and this place is not very quiet, so it is not suitable for practicing this art.

Therefore, he could only give up for the time being.

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Time passes minute by minute.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Nara Kemitsu walked into the conference room.

It could be seen that the other party was very tired, but he still cheered up and said: "Everyone!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone focused their attention.

Just listen to him continue: "Everyone, I am calling you here urgently because there is a very important task for you."

After everyone heard this, they all waited seriously for his next words.

However, he did not directly explain the content of the mission. Instead, he took a deep breath and said: "Everyone, not long ago, the mangrove stronghold fell."

"What?"

When everyone heard the news, the serious expressions on their faces immediately became unbearable. Everyone showed surprise, even Qing Ming was no exception.

After spending such a long time on the battlefield here, among other things, he knew the location and importance of each stronghold clearly.

In terms of military value alone, the Mangrove Stronghold is actually nothing. It is on the second line at most in the entire eastern defense line, but its political significance is extraordinary - this stronghold is a gateway to Daming Mansion.

Its being breached means that the Mist Ninja can drive straight into the heart of the Fire Country, and even be cruel enough to gain a great name.

It is true that the daimyo's status in the hearts of Konoha's top brass is just that, but there must still be respect on the surface.

However, precisely because of its special political significance, Konoha has been stationed with hundreds of ninjas there for the past two or three years, and its defensive strength is stronger than some of the previous strongholds on the front line.

Now, Nara Keimi suddenly said that the place had fallen. How could this not shock everyone?

After a long time, someone asked: "Captain, how did the Mangrove Stronghold fall? As far as I know, Kirigakure Village doesn't seem to have that many troops sent there, right?"

Hearing this, the others nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, there was a buzz of discussion in the conference room.

"Cough~cough~"

Nara Keiko clenched his fists and coughed twice, then stretched out his hand to suppress everyone's comments.

After silence returned to the conference room, he said seriously: "This is why I called you here. According to the latest information, Kirigakure Village has used Vulpix over there."

"What?"

This time, everyone was even more shocked. Before Nara Qimi could finish his words, he interrupted: "What is the Kirigakure Village planning to do? Start the Fourth Ninja War?"

It's no wonder that everyone was shocked. It was really the Kirigakure's actions that were too crazy.

Now anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Ninja World War was almost over. The next period of time was just for all parties to fight for the final bargaining chips.

But what about the Kirigakure?

This was equivalent to throwing a nuclear bomb at someone else's house before the war ended.

At this time, if Konoha did not fight back, not to mention that it could not explain to its own people, even the subsequent negotiations would probably not be easy to carry out.

However, if Konoha retaliated in kind, it would most likely continue the war, or even intensify it.

By then, all the efforts Konoha had made for peace would be in vain.

Therefore, the Konoha high-level officials were now divided into two factions.

One faction was the pro-war faction headed by Danzo. They advocated the use of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to give the Kirigakure the same retaliation to combat their arrogance.

The other faction was the pro-peace faction headed by Sarutobi Hiruzen. They hoped to make a big deal small and a small deal small, and end the war as soon as possible.

It was obvious that Nara Kiku belonged to the peace faction, and most of the people present also belonged to this faction.

Even Qingming was classified as this faction because of his laissez-faire performance in the war, although he did not think he was a pacifist.

Nara Kiku glanced at everyone and said, "Your mission this time is very important. The third generation wants you to organize people immediately and retake the red tree base."

"Reorganize people? Are there any ninjas in the red tree base who survived?"

"What about the six tails?"

As soon as Nara Kiku finished speaking, two questions were thrown out by everyone present.

Nara Qiguang asked everyone to be quiet. He answered the first question first, saying, "The attack of Kirigakure was indeed sudden, but because of the indiscriminate attack of the six-tailed beast, the Kirigakure ninjas did not dare to approach. Therefore, although the Red Tree Base was captured, there are many surviving ninjas on our side. Now they are trying to resist the advancement of the Kirigakure ninjas."

Hearing the other party's words, Qingming thought about it and secretly said that it was true. According to his age, the current six-tailed Jinchuriki Yugao is just a little kid, and it is naturally impossible for him to master the power of the tailed beast.

Therefore, the most likely way for Kirigakure to take is to throw it out as a weapon and let the tailed beast destroy it.

In this case, as long as the Konoha ninjas in the Red Tree Base are smarter, the probability of survival is not small.

Qingming was still thinking, and Nara Qiguang had already answered the second question.

Then he said confidently: "Don't worry, someone will deal with the six-tailed beast. You don't need to ask who it is. Keep it secret now. You will know it when you arrive."

Everyone started to think about possible candidates, but Qingming could guess who it was without even thinking about it. He couldn't think of anyone else except Minato Namikaze.

This is not only because the opponent is strong enough to deal with the six-tailed beast, but also because his wife, Kushina Uzumaki, is the Nine-tailed Beast Jinchuriki.

Now, the war faction wants the village to use the Nine-tailed Beast Jinchuriki to retaliate against the Hidden Mist Village. If he doesn't want Kushina Uzumaki to take risks, he must take action to solve this trouble.

And it must be solved before it causes too much damage.

Only in this way can Danzo and others be shut up to a certain extent, giving Sarutobi Hiruzen more room to maneuver.

Otherwise, Kushina Uzumaki will inevitably have to go to the Hidden Mist Village.

Qingming doesn't know if this happened in another timeline. If it happened, then Minato Namikaze should have completed the task perfectly in the end.

If not, it's not a big deal.

The Hidden Mist Village completely freed the Six-Tails from their restraints, allowing them to carry out indiscriminate destruction. This would certainly maximize the power of the tailed beasts, but it also gave Minato Namikaze an excellent opportunity.

Without the participation of human wisdom, the tailed beasts, which had been imprisoned for decades and whose entire body and mind were occupied by hatred and tyrannical will, were no match for the wise and brave Minato Namikaze.

Not to mention that Minato Namikaze was relatively good at sealing techniques.

In this way, it was even more unlikely that an accident would occur.

So, although this matter seemed urgent, it was actually not a big deal at all.

After thinking about this clearly, Qingming was relieved immediately, and the expression on his face also eased.

At this time, Nara Qiguang called his name and began to assign him tasks.

The task Qingming received was very simple, which was to use the advantage of flying to rush to the battlefield over there first, collect intelligence there, and pass it to several senior ninjas who were traveling with him.

Then, they would formulate more targeted plans based on the intelligence.

In addition, he has a special mission, which is to help deal with Vulpix when necessary.