Capítulo 52: Chapter 52: Infiltration
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With blinding flashes of light, a series of explosions suddenly erupted from behind the earthen walls. Accompanying the chaos were the cries of the Iwa ninja.
Looking ahead at the team, it was noticed that two of Konoha's Jonin were now missing.
It turned out that just moments ago, two Konoha Jonin had seized the opportunity during the standoff and used Earth Release techniques to infiltrate the Iwa stronghold.
Now, they were the ones causing the chaos.
After a few moments, the earthen walls created by the Iwa Jonin crumbled, revealing a battlefield in disarray behind it.
At that moment, the two Konoha Jonin were surrounded by a throng of Iwa ninja.
Seeing this, Furukawa immediately ordered, "Teams One, Two, and Three, engage the enemy! Team Four, locate the enemy's supply depot."
Unfortunately, Qingming was part of Team Four. The small team consisted of him and three others, all of whom were Chunin.
In theory, having a Genin mixed in with a Chunin team would usually raise objections from the other team members.
However, the reality was that the three teammates expressed no dissent upon learning about the team arrangement.
The reason was simple: after a month of skirmishes with the Iwa ninja, Qingming had proven his strength to be on par with an average Chunin.
As his teammates were not concerned about him dragging them down, there were naturally no objections.
Otherwise, when it came to life-and-death matters, even Furukawa would not have the final say.
However, only Qingming knew that Furukawa's decision to place him in this team carried a deeper meaning.
To the three teammates, he might just seem like an ordinary Genin whose strength had reached the Chunin level. Still, Furukawa was aware that his "true" power far exceeded that of a Chunin.
Thus, his inclusion in the team was more about using him as a trump card, someone to complete the mission at a critical moment.
Qingming had no objections to this arrangement.
In fact, compared to fighting on the front lines, this infiltration and search mission suited him much better.
The primary reason was that it was less dangerous.
Although their ambush had yet to commence and a team had already revealed their location, the Iwa ninja were still caught off guard.
At this time, the Iwa stronghold was surrounded on all sides, and the enemy Jonin had likely already dispersed.
The remaining lower-ranking ninjas posed little threat to him.
You might ask why no Jonin stayed behind.
The answer was simple: ninja warfare was not the same as warfare among ordinary people. While logistical supplies were important, they paled in comparison to the value of the ninja themselves.
For Iwa Shinobi Village, preserving more of their active forces was far more critical than protecting their supplies.
Supplies could be replenished, but losing a ninja meant sacrificing years of training and cultivation.
Therefore, Qingming suspected that the Iwa ninja would act similarly to them: when facing enemies, especially when cornered, they would likely send out their higher-level forces to minimize losses among their lower ranks.
Hence, Qingming believed that this mission posed little danger for him.
Of course, that was only true for him.
For his three teammates, it was another matter entirely.
Inside the Iwa stronghold.
Qingming and his three companions quickly made their way toward the center of the village.
By now, nearly ten minutes had passed since they infiltrated the village, and they had finally pinpointed the location of the Iwa's supply depot.
This was largely thanks to a Chunin in their group named Yamashiro Ichiryu.
Although he wasn't a direct descendant of the Yamashiro clan and hadn't learned their top-tier mental techniques, he had mastered a mind-reading technique.
Just a few minutes ago, with the help of others, they had shaken off their pursuers and slipped into the village.
After spending some time, they had located a lone Iwa ninja who was left behind.
In a moment of opportunity, they managed a successful ambush.
Following that, Yamashiro Ichiryu used his mind-reading technique, easily extracting the information they needed from the ninja's mind.
If the intelligence was accurate, directly beneath the village center lay the Iwa's supply depot.
Next, they just needed to destroy these supplies to complete their mission.
At that point, everyone could withdraw.
However, before that, they had to deal with the defending forces inside.
Arriving at the village center, Yamashiro Ichiryu raised his right fist, signaling the others to stop.
He then formed several hand signs, closed his eyes, and began to sense the surrounding situation.
Qingming did not know the name of the technique being used, but he could vaguely sense the mental energy emanating from Ichiryu, spreading outward.
It was likely another secret technique of the Yamashiro clan.
Just as Qingming was lost in thought, Ichiryu suddenly opened his eyes and stared at him, a look of surprise and intense scrutiny flashing across his face.
"What's wrong?"
Noticing Ichiryu's gaze, Qingming maintained a calm demeanor and asked.
Hearing this, Ichiryu snapped back to reality, retracting his scrutinizing gaze and responding in a flat tone, "Nothing."
Seeing this, Qingming's brow furrowed slightly.
Recalling Ichiryu's earlier look, he felt that the other had likely noticed something.
'The Sharingan?'
The thought briefly crossed Qingming's mind but was quickly dismissed.
For one, without activation, even a half-baked member of the Yamashiro clan could hardly discern anything, let alone a direct descendant of the clan.
'Then there's only one possibility left.'
Feeling the immense chakra within him, Qingming mused, "Did he notice that my chakra levels are unusually high?"
Before departing, to maximize his chances of survival, he had conserved his chakra, even specifically utilizing the Chakra Refinement Technique to recover a significant amount of it.
As a result, his chakra levels had surpassed 4,500 points.
This amount far exceeded that of most Chunin.
Bear in mind, he was only eleven years old; according to the growth pattern of ninjas, he had not yet entered a rapid development phase.
This meant that his chakra levels would continue to grow.
Given that he had not displayed the Sharingan, this chakra amount naturally seemed abnormal.
Qingming was well aware of this fact.
Thus, whether at the base or the small-town stronghold, he had been controlling the amount of chakra within him while minimizing contact with strangers, trying to avoid revealing anything unusual.
To his surprise, he had inadvertently exposed himself today.
Qingming guessed that it was due to being too close to Yamashiro Ichiryu that the latter had sensed some anomaly with his technique.
And indeed, that was the case.
The technique Ichiryu had just used was called Mental Touch, which could sense the number of living beings within a certain range and roughly estimate their strength.
The estimation was based on probing the chakra levels of the target.
Originally, this probing result was not very accurate, but that was before considering Qingming's abundant chakra!
As soon as Ichiryu used Mental Touch, he was startled by Qingming's overwhelming presence, momentarily believing him to be a disguised Jonin.
Once he confirmed it was indeed Qingming himself, his inner astonishment only deepened.
However, with the mission at hand, he had no time for further reflection.
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