Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1044 Three Days Later

It was quite late when I got home.

So Qingming decided not to waste any more time and immediately went back to his room to sleep.

The next day, Qingming got up early, but did not rush to cultivate.

With such a major incident occurring in the village, it's foreseeable that the next few days will be filled with all sorts of troubles.

Therefore, leaving only a shadow clone might cause problems.

Therefore, Qingming decided to stay in the village for a few more days until the situation stabilized before starting his cultivation.

As for the few days that were delayed, they were insignificant compared to the long-term stability that followed.

And just like that, three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Just as Qingming had predicted, the village was plagued with a host of troubles during those three days.

Repairing village buildings, patrolling the village, maintaining order, and other such minor tasks are naturally not something these elite Jonin need to do.

However, they are needed to fight off invasions from other villages.

Three days is enough time for all the major villages to learn about what happened in Konoha that night and to take action.

Some small villages are fine, they don't have many experts to begin with. Even if they send people to investigate, their strength is just so-so, and they can probably be dealt with by some Chunin squads.

However, the other four major ninja villages are different. They not only have more organized methods, but also send out stronger personnel.

In the past, these people were dealt with by ANBU ninjas.

But right now, the Anbu are simply not enough people, so they have to rely on the elite Jonin to deal with these people.

Over the past three days, Qingming has participated in a total of seven battles, killing as many as ten Jonin. Although most of them were special Jonin skilled in reconnaissance and disguise, it is enough to illustrate the point.

Fortunately, as time went by, the villages learned what they needed to know, and seeing that Konoha's losses were limited, they stopped sending out too many people to probe.

Correspondingly, the large-scale intrusions also ceased.

As for the remaining small-scale trials
The dark areas are sufficient to handle it.

And because of this, his life returned to normal.

Therefore, Qingming decided to begin his arduous training the next day.

It's worth mentioning that, in the past three days, the thing he was worried about—the village or Obito Uchiha coming to find him—did not happen.

The village is fine.
Perhaps to avoid creating unnecessary discord between the village and his clan, Uchiha Shisui did not reveal his true identity to Namikaze Minato.

Or perhaps the other party did mention it, but Minato Namikaze had too many concerns and put it on hold for the time being, which is why he didn't come looking for him.

But what about Obito Uchiha?
Although he didn't use any of his signature powers that night, Qingming didn't believe that Uchiha Obito wouldn't guess that it was him.

Putting aside the fact that he portrayed himself as a madman pursuing the power of the Tailed Beasts in order to keep the other party in check, he certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity. His Wood Release technique alone was enough to make the other party make the connection.

Indeed, he never used Wood Release in front of Obito Uchiha, but don't forget, Obito had Zetsu by his side!
Given the other party's sensitivity to Wood Release, they would definitely be able to sense some clues on him.

Even if no problem was found, it wouldn't stop Obito Uchiha from associating it with him.

Qingming had not forgotten that when the two first met at the Konoha Cemetery, he used his intelligence advantage to tear off one of the other's arms, which was fused with Hashirama's cells.

In the ninja world, there are only a few ways to obtain Wood Release abilities; it's impossible to conjure up a Wood Release ninja who can suppress the Nine-Tails out of thin air.

Therefore, with just a little thought, Obito Uchiha could easily guess that the ninja who possessed Wood Release was most likely him.

However, even under these circumstances, Obito Uchiha still did not come to find him.

As for the other party being afraid of Konoha...
It doesn't exist at all.

With the convenience of 'Kamui', there's nowhere in the vast ninja world he can't go.

Can't find him?

Nor is it possible.

Although he has been frequently out and about over the past three days, he has not been entirely untraceable; he even spent two nights in the village.

Therefore, this is not a valid reason.

"Then why is that?" Qingming's mind raced.

Suddenly, a possibility occurred to him.

"Could it be that"

Qingming murmured.

He suddenly remembered his action of returning half of the Nine-Tails to Konoha.

At that time, Obito Uchiha was fighting Minato Namikaze and probably didn't have the extra energy to observe whether there was anything wrong with the Nine-Tails he released.

It didn't take Uchiha Shisui long to regain control of the Nine-Tails.

In this way, he knew that he had only returned half of the Nine-Tails, but Obito Uchiha might not know that.

Especially since the other half of the Nine-Tails was resealed into Kushina Uzumaki's body by Minato Namikaze that very night, Obito Uchiha had even less chance of finding out.

Perhaps it was this point that made it unclear to him his purpose, so he chose to wait and see.

The more Qingming thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

"In this case."

"Alright!"

Qingming murmured.

Perfect timing! During this period, he needs to quickly improve his 'physical' attribute to resolve the imbalance between his mind and body.

The fact that the other party didn't bother him allowed him to cultivate in peace.

So Qingming stopped thinking about it. He collected his thoughts, washed his face, and returned to his bedroom to rest.

A speechless night!
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The next day.

early morning.

Qingming got up early, washed up, and went to the 'Food Street'.

The Nine-Tails' attack dealt a devastating blow to Konoha's restaurant industry.

Unfortunately, the "Food Street" is located in the center of the village, right within the range of the Nine-Tails' rampage. Although the damage caused by the Nine-Tails was relatively small because he intervened in time.

But this is relative.

Compared to the Nine-Tails wreaking havoc on half a village in another timeline, the damage it caused this time was indeed not significant.

However, if you only look at the center of the village, the situation is actually about the same, or even more serious.

There was no way around it; the Nine-Tails' size was such that any slight movement from it would cause a large area of ​​surrounding buildings to collapse.

That night, he did manage to suppress the Nine-Tails, but during the suppression, the Nine-Tails wasn't completely still, allowing him to do as he pleased.

On the contrary, the intensity of its struggle was unprecedented.

As a result, the surrounding buildings could not be preserved, and the 'food street' was probably the most severely damaged.

Fortunately, a riot broke out in the village before the Nine-Tailed Fox's rampage, which forced the newly opened night market to shut down, and few of the shop owners were killed or injured.

Is it that the people of the ninja world are just big-hearted, have a higher tolerance for hardship, or are simply used to seeing such unexpected disasters?

In short, just three days later, some shop owners who were not in trouble had already set up stalls and started operating in front of their shops that were under repair.

Therefore, Qingming naturally had to take care of their business.

After some time, Qingming had a hearty meal.

Then, he found a secluded corner, used the 'Shadow Clone Technique' to create a shadow clone to stay behind, and then quietly left the village.

After that, he traveled onward, first going to the primeval forest in the northeastern part of the Land of Fire to retrieve the wooden clone that guarded the tailed beast.

After collecting the two metal balls, he immediately used the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to teleport to Moon Island.

What happened next was simple. As before, he used the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' to create five hundred shadow clones and then began his cultivation.

(End of this chapter)