Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1142 Unexpected Discovery
More than two hours later, Qingming finally opened his eyes again.

At this moment, the memories of the wooden clone had already been synchronized into his mind.

As the other party just said, nothing noteworthy had happened in Kirigakure in the past month and a half.

Meanwhile, regarding the question of Obito Uchiha's whereabouts, which he was concerned about, the other party indeed had no clue.

Thinking of this, Qingming pondered for a while.

But soon, he shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Ultimately, his desire to know Obito Uchiha's whereabouts stemmed solely from the fact that Obito hadn't acted according to his memories from his past life, which piqued his curiosity.

It's impossible to say that he really cares that much.

After all, he was very clear about the other party's ultimate goal.

In this situation, no matter how far things deviate from his memory, they will eventually return to the predetermined course.

Therefore, he has absolutely no need to worry too much.

"Whoo~~~"

With a light breath, Qingming reviewed the wood clone's memories once more. After confirming that the whereabouts of the Six-Tails Jinchuriki he was monitoring were still under control, he did not linger any longer.

With a raised hand seal, Qingming once again unleashed the 'Wood Clone Technique'.

Then his shoulder twitched, and in the blink of an eye, a wooden clone was created.

Upon seeing the wooden clone, Qingming didn't hesitate and immediately unleashed the 'Sealing of All Things' technique, creating a different dimension on its body.

Next, he mobilized the chakra within the alternate dimension between his eyebrows, injecting millions of chakra points into it to ensure that the wooden clone would have enough chakra to use for the next month and a half before leaving the cave.

The view suddenly shifted.

In an instant, Qingming arrived at the grove of trees near the edge of the wall of Kirigakure.

'Eye roll~'

With a thought, Qingming activated his Byakugan.

He surveyed his surroundings, memorized the locations of the nearby Mist Patrol Teams, and immediately activated the 'Heavenly Guard' ability, flashing towards the wall.

Everything went smoothly on the way.

Soon, Qingming arrived outside the Hidden Mist Village.

Once he was far enough away from the reconnaissance range of the Hidden Mist Village watchtower, he immediately used 'Wind Release: Wings of Wind' and 'Chakra Cloak' to fly into the sky.

Then, he used Earth Release: Super Light-Heavy Rock Technique to reduce his weight, and used the Byakugan's ability to manipulate gravity to pull himself together.

Finally, it transformed into a streak of light and flew straight towards the Land of Lightning across the ocean at an extremely fast speed.

Time passes minute by minute.

In less than a few minutes, Qingming entered the territory of the Land of Thunder.

After that, he flew all the way and soon arrived at the outskirts of Kumogakure.

Because of the unique terrain of Kumogakure, the village did not set up a large-scale perception barrier, so Qingming was not worried at all about his whereabouts being detected.

So, from afar, he used the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to teleport directly to the abandoned base below the pool, where he met the wooden clone who had stayed behind.

Just like in Kirigakure, Qingming first communicated with the other party to get a general idea of ​​what the memories would be like, and then directly released the 'Wood Clone Technique' and began to synchronize with the other party's memories.

Two more hours passed in the blink of an eye.

It was late at night.

Qingming suddenly opened his eyes.

At this moment, he had completely absorbed the memories of this wooden clone.

Qingming rubbed his slightly throbbing head. After confirming that the whereabouts of the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki were still under control, and that nothing noteworthy had happened in Kumogakure over the past month and a half, he decided not to linger any longer.

As usual, he used the 'Wood Clone Technique' again, creating a wooden clone and leaving enough chakra for the opponent before leaving the place.

Next up is Iwagakure (Hidden Rock Village).
It didn't take him long to enter the Land of Earth and fly to the outskirts of Iwagakure in one go. However, because the village had been invaded by him and Obito Uchiha one after another, Onoki's nerves were on edge, so the sensory barrier of Iwagakure was very dense.

This made him afraid to teleport in directly as he had done outside the Hidden Cloud Village.

Even after entering Iwagakure, he dared not use the Flying Thunder God Technique casually.

However, this did not stump him.

With 'Heaven's Protection' present, no matter how tight the defense is, he will always find a flaw.

Soon, Qingming infiltrated the interior of Iwagakure and proceeded to the underground space above where the Wood Clone was hiding.

Then, he used the "Earth Escape: Earth Vein Dragon Technique" and silently sank into the ground.

Throughout the entire process, he did not use the 'Flying Thunder God Technique', which prevented the spatial fluctuations that Iwagakure was closely monitoring from triggering any alarms.

What happened next was quite simple.

The two sides exchanged information, Qingming updated the state of his wood clone, and finally used the same trick again, carefully sneaking away from Iwagakure.

It is worth mentioning that, due to the strong defenses of Iwagakure, the wood clones lurking in Iwagakure are not very active.

This also made it the shortest time he spent synchronizing the other person's memories, completing the task in just about an hour.

Therefore, it was just past midnight when he left Iwagakure.

From afar, Qingming glanced back at Iwagakure, then without a word, flew southeast towards the Land of Fire.

However, as he passed over the Land of Rain, something unexpected happened—he suddenly sensed a peculiar chakra fluctuation on one side below.

The chakra fluctuation wasn't strong; if his perception hadn't far surpassed that of ordinary people, he probably wouldn't have noticed anything at all.

But now that he has discovered it, he naturally has to go and take a look.

With his current strength and abilities, even if something goes wrong, he doesn't need to worry about his safety or being entangled with others.

Upon realizing this, Qingming immediately stopped.

Then, he slightly changed direction and flew towards the direction from which the special sensation was transmitted.

Soon, he arrived above Amegakure.

The unusual chakra fluctuations he sensed were coming from directly below.

Hovering high in the sky, Qingming looked down at the rain clouds that covered Amegakure. Beneath his Konoha headband, the Byakugan between his eyebrows emitted a soft white light.

Clearly, he was fully activating his Byakugan.

Using his Byakugan's keen insight into chakra, he saw a large amount of chakra scattered within the rain clouds.

This is precisely the source of his special sensitivity.

At this moment, this chakra is constantly merging into the falling rain, spreading throughout every corner of Amegakure.

In an instant, Qingming thought of one of Nagato's ninjutsu—Rain Tiger Free Technique!
This technique is a sensory ninjutsu that can use rainwater to monitor the entire village, and its manifestation is exactly the same as the phenomenon he is seeing now.

But Qingming was certain that this ninjutsu didn't exist here a month and a half ago.

In other words, a major event occurred in Amegakure in the past month and a half, or even earlier.

Perhaps, Amegakure has already changed hands!
In his past life, Qingming did not know when Hanzo was killed by Nagato.

But this life, it should be the most recent one.

Otherwise, this situation wouldn't have suddenly occurred in Amegakure.

Immediately afterward, Qingming thought of Uchiha Obito.

It's possible that the other party was also involved in this matter.

After all, with him present in this life, the collection of the tailed beasts is progressing better than expected, and the Hidden Mist Village hasn't caused any trouble.

In this situation, it's normal to contact Nagato in advance and then start the plan.

(End of this chapter)