The sun rose and set, and before long, three days had passed.
On this particular morning, Qingming used the excuse of leading the three lower ninjas under his command to train and left Takigakure.
After three days of careful investigation, he had a rough understanding of the current situation with the Seven Tails.
Just as he had suspected, the Seven Tails had not yet been sealed into Fu's body and remained in an independent state, which was precisely the situation he needed.
However, this state wouldn't last for much longer.
From the clues he gathered, he was almost certain that the higher-ups in Takigakure had likely already reached a consensus, and within a week at most, they would complete their preparations.
At that point, the Seven Tails would be sealed into Fu.
Once that happened, the Seven Tails would lose its independence.
If he wanted to avoid future complications, he needed to act within this week.
This timeline was a bit earlier than he had expected, but that didn't matter.
He had already prepared enough to take action ahead of time.
Of course, before that, he needed to send information back.
Outside Takigakure, Qingming emerged from behind the massive waterfall, followed by the three Takigakure lower ninjas.
He glanced at them and said nothing more than, "Follow me," before taking the lead and heading deeper into the forest.
The three lower ninjas immediately followed without hesitation, running after Qingming.
After traveling for about an hour, they arrived in an isolated forest, where Qingming stopped.
A few breaths later, the three ninjas caught up and stopped as well.
Unlike Qingming, who appeared calm and composed, they immediately began panting heavily, clearly exhausted from the fast-paced march.
Qingming looked at them and mimicked the tone of Mizuno Yuichi, saying, "Your stamina is still too weak. You need to focus on improving this aspect of your abilities."
"Yes, Sensei!" they replied in unison, without objection.
"Good."
Seemingly satisfied with their attitude, Qingming nodded and continued, "I'll go check around. You three take the time to rest."
"Yes, Sensei!"
The three of them immediately sat down on the ground, trying to catch their breath and recover their energy.
Seeing this, Qingming flashed away, leaving the area.
Several breaths later, he appeared atop a large tree not far from them.
He looked around and then raised his hand to perform hand seals, dispelling the 'Guardian Seal' on his forehead and activating the Byakugan.
That's right. Ever since his body underwent a transformation and his physical attribute reached 22 points, his Byakugan had fully awakened and merged with him. Like the Sharingan, it could now be used by his shadow clones.
Because of this, Qingming had the confidence that with a shadow clone, he could find the Seven Tails' whereabouts in Takigakure.
Otherwise, in such a vast place, how could he pinpoint the Seven Tails' exact location? If he searched bit by bit, he'd only discover it when it went berserk.
Suppressing these scattered thoughts, Qingming quickly focused his mind and, using the Byakugan's x-ray vision, scanned the surrounding area.
After confirming that there was no one within a one-kilometer radius, he closed his Byakugan.
Without any hesitation, he raised his hands again and quickly performed the necessary hand seals.
Seconds later, he slammed his palm onto the tree trunk.
Immediately, intricate black lines appeared, resembling a miniature sealing formation etched into the tree trunk.
In fact, this was nearly the case.
The black lines were the Flying Thunder God formula, which was the chakra imprint required to perform the 'Flying Thunder God Jutsu.'
However, because his Flying Thunder God technique was still at a low level and his proficiency was insufficient, the imprint was more complex than usual.
Unlike Senju Tobirama or Minato Namikaze, who reduced the imprint to a simple pattern and line of text, Qingming's was still more intricate.
But he was confident that with continued effort, once his Flying Thunder God technique reached a higher level, he would be able to simplify it as well.
For now, he'd make do.
After retracting his hands, Qingming checked the imprint and confirmed that it was correct. He then dispelled the 'Shadow Clone Jutsu.'
Boom~
With a puff of chakra smoke, Qingming, who had been standing on the tree branch, disappeared.
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Meanwhile, in the Land of Fire, to the south, on the island, Qingming had just been refining his 'Palm Sage Jutsu' when his expression suddenly froze. He stood still, closed his eyes, and remained silent.
Time passed, and under his tightly shut eyelids, his pupils rapidly moved. Beads of sweat formed on his forehead, and his entire body was in a highly active mental state, as if he were receiving a massive influx of information.
And indeed, this was the case.
At that moment, he was receiving the memories from his shadow clone that had infiltrated Takigakure.
This wasn't like training, where many people participated but each stayed for a short time. This was an accumulation of several days' worth of memories flooding into his mind all at once, which put significant pressure on him.
Fortunately, his spiritual strength was strong enough, and he had grown accustomed to handling large amounts of information entering his mind at once, so he managed to endure.
About half an hour later, Qingming opened his eyes.
His gaze flickered with a hint of contemplation.
With the memories of the shadow clone, he now had a fairly detailed understanding of the situation inside Takigakure.
Based on the intelligence gathered by the shadow clone, he had also formed a general idea of what needed to be done next.
However, he still needed to carefully consider the specifics.
However, things rarely go according to plan.
Just as he was deep in thought, a loud eagle cry suddenly brought him back to reality.
Qingming looked up and saw a messenger hawk, raised by his family, circling overhead as if searching for someone.
After a moment, it seemed to confirm its target and dove straight toward him.
Qingming's brow furrowed slightly, and a vague sense of unease filled his heart.
Nevertheless, he extended his arm and allowed the hawk to land.
The hawk, seemingly intelligent, let out a few calls before extending its right talon, which held a message tube.
Qingming didn't waste time. He immediately opened the tube and pulled out a piece of paper inside.
The message was simple: His family requested him to return immediately, as the village had a mission for him.
"A mission?"
The ominous feeling he had previously sensed proved true, and Qingming's brows furrowed even more.
As a jōnin and a member of the Uchiha clan, he didn't need to take on tasks like the regular ninja, especially not for money.
In fact, he hadn't been to the mission office in quite some time. Most of his time had been dedicated to training.
But now, the village was assigning him a task, which puzzled him greatly.
After all, under normal circumstances, the village wouldn't give someone a mission unless something major was happening.
He couldn't understand what could be so urgent that they needed him to handle it personally.
However, since the clan had already sent the message, it meant that this mission couldn't be declined, or at least, not easily.
Thus, he had no choice but to return as soon as possible.
With this thought in mind, Qingming recalled the shadow clone that had been training nearby.
After absorbing the training experiences from the clone, he performed the 'Shadow Clone Jutsu' once more and created another shadow clone.
Looking at the clone, he gave instructions, "Take care of the situation in Takigakure. Don't act rashly for now."
"Understood."
The shadow clone nodded and closed its eyes.
Moments later, it disappeared from view.
Qingming sensed that the Flying Thunder God imprint left by the shadow clone had been activated.
Clearly, the clone had used the 'Flying Thunder God Jutsu' to teleport to a forest not far from Takigakure.
This was the convenience of the 'Flying Thunder God Jutsu.'
Although his technique wasn't at a high level yet and wasn't entirely convenient to use, it had already allowed him to accomplish quite a few tasks.
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