Sharingan Evolution: Proficiency's Path

That night...

In a dense forest on a high mountain, about seven or eight kilometers from the main battlefield, two squads from the Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Stone Village were locked in fierce combat.

If the daytime battles were between the main forces, then the nighttime belonged to these patrolling squads.

Both Hidden Cloud and Hidden Stone sent out many scouts to protect their flanks and gather intelligence on the enemy. At night, these teams were especially active, and when they encountered one another, the result was often a brutal fight to the death.

Just like now, as soon as the two squads clashed, a fierce battle erupted. In just over ten minutes, most of the fighters were either dead or severely injured.

At this moment, only three Cloud ninja remained alive, while two Stone ninja were still standing, though they were both in poor condition.

Sensing that the timing was right, Qingming made his move.

Yes, Qingming had been watching the whole time—hidden in the shadows.

Before the battle even started, he had targeted this Stone ninja squad and subtly manipulated events to guide them into the Cloud ninja's path. In short, this entire scene was his doing.

Now it was time for him to reap the rewards.

Forming the "Boar" seal, Qingming used the Body Flicker Technique, turning into a blur of motion. In an instant, he appeared behind one of the Cloud ninja.

Sensing the incoming danger, the Cloud ninja attempted to dodge, but Qingming was too fast, and his palm struck the back of the ninja's neck.

The next moment, the Cloud ninja's eyes rolled back, and he collapsed unconscious.

"What?!"

The remaining two Cloud ninja immediately widened the distance between them and Qingming, shouting in alarm.

Qingming looked in the direction of the voice. The moment his gaze locked with one of the Cloud ninja, his Sharingan activated. In the blink of an eye, he cast a genjutsu, putting the Cloud ninja into a trance.

The Cloud ninja dropped to the ground without a sound.

"Wha—?!"

"Sharingan?!" ×2

Three voices echoed out simultaneously.

The first came from the last surviving Cloud ninja. He hadn't seen Qingming's eyes from his angle, only noticing that Qingming had glanced at his teammate, who then inexplicably fell to the ground.

The second and third voices came from the two Stone ninja. They had clearly seen Qingming's eyes, recognizing the telltale red of the Sharingan.

Thanks to the terrifying reputation Uchiha Shisui had earned on the battlefield, many Stone ninja were well aware of the dangers of the Sharingan.

So, they both immediately shut their eyes, trying to avoid falling into its genjutsu.

While this helped them avoid the Sharingan's influence, it did nothing to protect them from Qingming's kunai.

Without hesitation, Qingming threw four kunai with pinpoint accuracy, piercing the arms of both Stone ninja.

"Agh!" ×2

Both men let out screams of pain, instinctively opening their eyes.

The next thing they saw was a pair of crimson, three-tomoe Sharingan.

Their screams abruptly stopped as they fell into a daze.

At this point, the last Cloud ninja finally realized what the Stone ninja had meant by "Sharingan."

This man who had suddenly appeared was an Uchiha!

Realizing this, the Cloud ninja immediately turned and tried to flee towards the main forces.

However, just as he turned, he found himself staring into another pair of three-tomoe Sharingan.

Thud!

He collapsed to the ground, knocked out by the genjutsu, without a chance to resist.

This time, Qingming wasn't the one who acted—it was one of his shadow clones.

Qingming had anticipated that someone might try to flee, so he had already sent out two shadow clones to hide nearby, ready to intercept any escapees.

As long as no Jonin were involved, it was impossible for anyone to escape the forest.

Qingming approached the two Stone ninja still caught in the genjutsu and knocked them out with two quick chops to their necks.

Now, three Cloud ninja and two Stone ninja were subdued.

Looking down at the five bodies, Qingming felt more confident than ever that shifting his hunting targets had been the right decision.

Capturing these regular Chunin was far easier than dealing with the elite ANBU.

Just as Qingming was calculating how much chakra he could extract from these captives, a flood of memories suddenly surged into his mind—memories from one of his shadow clones that had been patrolling in the distance.

The clone had spotted a squad of Stone ninja rapidly approaching.

Without hesitation, Qingming performed the Shadow Clone Technique once more, creating two additional clones.

Now, there were three shadow clones in the field.

He immediately ordered them to carry the five unconscious ninja back to his hideout while he stayed behind to clean up the battlefield and cover his tracks.

A few minutes later, the Stone ninja squad arrived at the scene. They quickly surveyed the area but found no trace of Qingming.

Looking at the missing bodies of their comrades, they assumed the Cloud ninja had taken them captive. Although such occurrences were rare—since the Cloud Village usually didn't take prisoners—there had been a few precedents.

With this conclusion in mind, the Stone ninja left after a brief inspection.

Shortly after, a Cloud ninja support squad arrived at the scene. Much like the Stone ninja, they concluded that their missing comrades had been captured by the enemy and left without further investigation.

In this way, Qingming successfully escaped detection, securing five prisoners for himself.

However, it was clear that as he captured more prisoners, suspicion would grow. Eventually, he would slip up, and both villages would begin hunting him down.

But Qingming wasn't too worried. Soon, the Stone Village army would complete their encirclement of the battlefield.

By that time, neither the Stone nor the Cloud would care about a few missing low-level ninja.

In fact, when the final battle broke out, he might even be able to capture more prisoners, further accelerating the evolution of his Sharingan.

Yes, Qingming had already decided that he would focus all his chakra on training the Mind Reflection Technique.

If all went well, he even planned to push it from level 6 to level 7 in the next few days.

This wasn't an impossible task. After twenty days of training, his Mind Reflection Technique had already improved from level 6 (3175/10,000) to level 6 (6975/10,000).

Now, he was only 3025 points away from reaching level 7.

After doing some calculations, Qingming estimated that it would take about 484,000 chakra points to gain those 3025 proficiency points.

Though the number seemed large, it wasn't insurmountable.

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