Naruto: My Progress in Konoha

"Qingming, Tiehuo, this way!"

Command post.

In the conference room.

As soon as Qingming entered the room, he heard someone greet him. Looking for the voice, he saw Uchiha Shisui sitting at the table.

The other party's injuries had long been recovered, but the two sides were not in the same team, and the areas they were responsible for defending were also different.

In addition, Uchiha Shisui took the task seriously and did everything himself, unlike him who often let his subordinates do it.

So, the two did not have many opportunities to communicate.

But Uchiha Tiehuo, because of frequent missions, met him more often, and the relationship naturally became familiar.

So, without waiting for him to speak, Uchiha Tiehuo pushed him and walked over there.

Qingming did not refuse and walked over.

After sitting down, the three began to talk in a low voice.

Of course, most of the time, it was Uchiha Tiehuo and Uchiha Shisui who talked, and Qingming was only responsible for listening, and basically did not express any opinions.

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Time passed by minute by minute.

Soon, half an hour passed.

After everyone who should have arrived arrived, Kurosawa Naruki came in.

Unlike the forward base, Kurosawa Naruki was not as resolute as Uchiha Kazuo. Before the meeting, he had to exchange pleasantries.

Although Qingming felt that this was a waste of everyone's time, no one raised any objections, so he could only listen patiently.

After nearly a quarter of an hour, Kurosawa Naruki stopped talking nonsense, his face became serious, and he talked about business.

Then he heard him say: "I think everyone has heard that since noon today, various patrol teams have found traces of the Mist Ninja."

Immediately, there was a whisper below.

Kurosawa Naoki knocked on the table, and after the meeting room was quiet again, he continued: "This is true."

"In addition, I have another piece of news to tell you. Not only on our northern defense line, but also on the central and southern defense lines, traces of the Mist Ninja have been found."

"What does this mean, I think everyone knows it?"

Hearing this, a special jonin immediately said: "It seems that the Hidden Mist Village has digested the forward base and is preparing to launch a second attack."

"Yes, what the jonin Tachikawa said is that the Hidden Mist Village is doing preliminary reconnaissance." One person echoed.

"That's right, we must strengthen the deployment of the patrol team as soon as possible and try to prevent their reconnaissance team from approaching." Another person said.

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For a while, the meeting room was noisy, and everyone was expressing their opinions.

After a long time, Kurosawa Nariki concluded: "I heard what everyone said."

"In short, in the next period of time, everyone must be careful when carrying out missions and beware of sudden attacks from the Hidden Mist Village."

"Well, the captain said that the Hidden Mist Village is particularly good at this, so everyone must be careful."

Someone said so below.

Others nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

At this time, Kurosawa Nariki said again: "In order to prevent the sudden attack from the Hidden Mist Village, the tasks of some teams will change. Next, I will talk about the latest arrangements."

Hearing this, Qingming immediately had a bad premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, Kurosawa Nariki mentioned him first.

He heard him say: "Qingming Jonin, your team will go to Eagle's Beak Cliff next. There is a stronghold there that needs heavy defense. This task is handed over to you."

Eagle's Beak Cliff Stronghold, the northernmost stronghold of the northern defense line, is located in a remote area and is a protrusion of the continental shelf.

Because it looks like a huge eagle's beak, it is called Eagle's Beak Cliff by the locals.

That area extends directly into the sea. If attacked, it is very easy to be attacked from three sides.

Last time and the time before that, the Hidden Mist Village broke through the northern defense line from there.

The danger can be imagined.

However, Qingming knew that Kurosawa Chengshu arranged him there not because he had a conflict with him or to retaliate against him.

Instead, he wanted to use his personal force to guard the weak point of the defense line.

It has been breached twice. If it is breached again this time, I am afraid Kurosawa Chengshu will be investigated by the Anbu.

After all, as the saying goes, there are times when it happens again, but there is no third or fourth time.

If the Hidden Mist Village breaks through the same place three times in a row, Kurosawa Chengshu's ability will be questioned by the upper level.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Qingming.

The reason why he did not raise any objections is because he has enough confidence in his own strength. He firmly believes that even if the stronghold is lost, he will not die.

So, he doesn't care much.

What's more, Kurosawa Chengshu also promised to support him with three teams, a total of more than 50 ninjas, to guard the stronghold with him.

So Qingming agreed.

In this way, including his dozens of subordinates and the existing personnel in the stronghold, the number of ninjas there will exceed 200 people.

This is unique in the entire northern defense line.

From this, it can be seen that Kurosawa Chengshu is really worried that the Hidden Mist Village will break through from there again.

Qingming shook his head and stopped thinking about it. After the meeting, he did not stay and immediately summoned his men and the three teams sent by Kurosawa Chengshu to rush to the northernmost Eagle's Beak Cliff overnight.

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That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

Qingming and others ran quickly and finally arrived at the target location at midnight.

Looking at the intact stronghold, Qingming secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that something bloody would happen.

For example, he had just arrived and the Kirigakure Village had already occupied this place.

In that case, there would definitely be a fierce battle.

Now it seems that he thought too much.

Yes, the Kirigakure Village only started to explore today. It is unknown how long it will take to launch an attack. How could they act tonight?

Even if they successfully broke through here twice before, they dared not be so radical.

Kurosawa Chengshu could think of sending more people here, so they could naturally think of it.

Therefore, they did not dare to take risks.

If this is a trap, they will be in big trouble.

However, the geographical location here is too favorable for the attacker.

Therefore, even if there is a risk, the Kirigakure Village will most likely not give up. At most, they will do more intelligence exploration.

And this is one of the reasons why Kurosawa Chengshu sent Qingming to guard.

Thump thump thump~

A series of footsteps sounded.

In the front base, a dozen Konoha ninjas, led by a jonin, walked out of the base and came close to them.

Obviously, their arrival alarmed the people who were originally stationed here.

Fortunately, Kurosawa Chengshu had already delivered the relevant information here first, so these people did not show too much nervousness.

The handover between the two sides was very smooth. After verifying their identities, Qingming took control of the highest command here.

Then, as usual, he handed over all the matters in the base to Uchiha Tiehuo, and returned to his residence to continue the unfinished training today.

Compared with managing other people, he still likes training more. This kind of tangible progress makes him unable to stop.