Naruto: My Progress in Konoha - Chapter 642

Before I knew it, a week had passed.

The day of departure has arrived.

This morning.

Before daybreak, Qingming and two other Konoha jonins took more than a hundred Konoha ninjas and escorted a dozen carts to set off.

All these vehicles are loaded with strategic materials.

In the battle of Shahe City, many things were not used, and it was impossible for the village to abandon them, so they still had to work hard to escort them back.

Because of this, it would take them at least three times as long to return to the village, that is, about a week.

However, even so, no one in the team complained, and everyone’s face showed joy.

Anyway, they finally survived.

This war has lasted too long and too many people have died. Everyone is looking forward to the arrival of peace.

Although the past few days have been very peaceful, on the front line, no matter how relaxed everyone seems to be, they still instinctively feel tense in their hearts.

This is a habit developed during more than two years of battlefield service.

And next, they will return to the village.

By then, you will be able to relax completely.

So, how could everyone be unhappy?

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豱辘辘~

The sound of wheels rolling sounded far away in the forest.

Qing Ming sat on a cart and looked at the same environment around him, feeling a little bored.

An hour had passed since they set out, and nothing had happened during this time.

And under such circumstances, it was impossible for him to practice with peace of mind.

After thinking about it, Qingming came to the other two Konoha jounin and said, “I’ll go to the sky to take a look. You follow the convoy.”

The two knew that Qing Ming had a flying ninjutsu, so after thinking for a while, they nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Qing Ming immediately left the convoy, raised his hand to form a seal, displayed the ‘Wind Escape·Wind Wings’, and flew into the sky.

Everyone in the convoy looked at Qing Ming’s back with a hint of envy.

Whether it is the past life or this life, whether ordinary or extraordinary, human beings living on land always yearn for the sky.

Unfortunately, they don’t have this ability.

Within a few breaths, Qing Ming’s figure disappeared from their sight.

After flying for a while and confirming that no one below could see him, Qing Ming finally stopped.

Then, he directly raised his hands, crossed them to form the “ren” seal, and performed the “Shadow Clone Technique”.

Bang~

It exploded with a cloud of chakra smoke.

A shadow clone exactly like Qing Ming appeared in the air.

Qing Ming looked at the other party and said directly: “It’s up to you to follow them, I’m going to practice.”

That’s right, Qing Ming no longer wants to follow the convoy.

To him, that was simply a waste of life.

With this time, he might as well practice.

The shadow clone naturally understood what he was thinking, nodded, and said: “I understand, go ahead. If anything happens, I will notify you as soon as possible.”

“good.”

Qing Ming responded one last time and flew away from the place.

Estimating the traveling speed of the convoy, Qing Ming chose a location on the map based on the communication range of 100 kilometers between the shadow clone and him using the ‘smart of the mind’.

This place is right in front of the convoy, and it is just within the limit range of the ‘smart of the mind’.

In this way, he won’t have to change positions for a long time.

As soon as he thought of it, Qing Ming raised his hand to form a seal, and after using the ‘Chakra Feather Clothes’ to protect himself, he immediately flapped his wings and flew towards the target location at the fastest speed.

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After a few minutes.

Qing Ming arrived at the target location.

This is a forest with two sizable peaks in it.

They are located one south and one north, right in the middle of the forest, and are marked as Twin Mountains on the map.

In the middle of the Twin Mountains is a fairly spacious road.

This road is an important trade route from the eastern part of the Country of Fire to the central part, and it is also the place the convoy plans to pass through.

Qing Ming chose the higher mountain to the north as his training place.

As before, he did not rush down. Instead, he took the lead in lifting the ‘guardian seal’ between his eyebrows, then concentrated on opening his white eyes, preparing to confirm the surrounding situation.

He looked through the Konoha forehead protector between his eyebrows and took in everything within a kilometer radius.

At first, he thought that there would be no one in such a remote place.

Unexpectedly, when he flew over the shorter mountain in the south, he suddenly saw human buildings inside.

This is a cottage built on the mountain.

Immediately, Qing Ming’s attention was attracted.

Then he saw people.

Moreover, there were not just one or two people, but thirty or forty figures.

However, these people don’t have any chakra in their bodies, they are just ordinary people.

Qing Ming frowned slightly, he didn’t want anyone near where he was practicing.

After thinking for a while, he lowered his height and landed on the mountain.

Without alerting anyone, Qing Ming quickly approached these people.

After seeing the appearance of these people, his frown relaxed.

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Otherwise, judging from the appearance of these people, they should be a group of bandits.

In this way, he can solve the problem simply and directly.

However, just in case, he was ready to find someone to ask about the identities of these people.

With this thought, Qingming flashed in front of a mountain guard.

The man was obviously startled by him and instinctively wanted to shout.

However, the next moment, Qingming used the “Illusion·Sharingan”.

In just a moment, the other party’s consciousness was pulled into the illusion by him.

It didn’t take long for Qingming to figure out the origins and identities of these people.

As he thought, these people are indeed a group of mountain bandits now.

As for why now.

The reason is also very simple, that is, at the beginning they were just a group of refugees who fled from the war, because they couldn’t survive, so they came here.

This place is backed by the forest, and various supplies are indeed abundant.

But at the same time, the danger is not small.

At first, they could still risk hunting and get food.

But when they found that they could get supplies from the caravan passing by the foot of the mountain, fewer and fewer people were willing to take risks.

At first, they were just begging, but once people’s desires are opened, they can’t be stopped just by saying so.

Soon, begging turned into forcible demands.

And when the demands failed, they naturally turned into looting.

Now, they can be said to be a group of bandits who do all kinds of evil.

And Qingming will not be soft-hearted when dealing with bandits, even if they were just a group of refugees.

It didn’t take long for Qingming to deal with dozens of people inside and outside the mountain village.

After using the fire escape ninjutsu to burn them to ashes, Qingming looked at the empty mountain village and wondered how many such people there were in the Land of Fire?

“Well, there should be quite a few.”

Soon, Qingming gave the answer himself.

As for the reason, it is also very simple. Although the wars in the past three years were basically fought outside the Land of Fire, it does not mean that the Land of Fire will not be affected.

The ninjas who infiltrated from other villages don’t care whether you are a civilian or not. Sometimes, in order to hide their whereabouts, they even massacre the entire village.

Not to mention the ninja wars that broke out in the city from time to time. A ninjutsu would often kill many people.

In this case, how could ordinary people live well?

It can only be said that compared with those small countries that became battlefields, the civilians of the five major countries can still survive.

And those who were affected, there are definitely many who eventually became bandits.

Qingming can almost foresee that in the next period of time, the village’s tasks related to bandit suppression will definitely increase dramatically.

And in order to maintain the stability of the Land of Fire, Konoha must also deal with these troubles left over from the war.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, Qingming shook his head, stopped thinking about these things, and turned to re-seal, performed the “Wind Style·Wind Wings”, and flew into the sky.

Then, he opened his Byakugan again and looked around.

This time, he did not find anything unusual.

So, he landed directly on the mountain in the north and began his own practice.