Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1168 Goal Achievement, Confrontation, and Ideas

Time passes minute by minute.

About half an hour later.

Qingming finished reading the memories.

He removed his hand from Danzo's head and then began to review the information he had just obtained.

Just as he had just realized, he did indeed know a lot of information related to Orochimaru.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find any information related to the 'Northern Outpost' in the other party's memories.

Perhaps, at that time, Orochimaru had not yet established this base.

Upon closer reflection, this is actually quite normal.

At that time, the other party had not yet betrayed Konoha Village, and the research was supported by Danzo and Root, so there was no need to spend a lot of effort to set up a secret research base.

Only after they betray Konoha and have to handle everything themselves will they bother to establish such a research base.

However, he did not come away empty-handed. In Danzo's memories, he found many secret channels for contacting Orochimaru.

Although most of these channels have become ineffective with Danzo's death and the dissolution of the Root, some channels should still be usable.

This made Qingming breathe a slight sigh of relief.

After all, this way he has a backup plan.

Besides information related to Orochimaru, he also learned many of Konoha's secrets from Danzo's mind.

Although his memories of his past life taught him a lot, this is ultimately a real world, and what he knows is at most just the tip of the iceberg.

It might allow him to see the direction and trend of major events in the ninja world, but when it comes to specific details, he is not up to the task.

Now that he has Danzo's memories, his understanding of Konoha's higher-ups has deepened even further.

In this way, he will be able to react more appropriately to any situation he encounters in the future.

In addition, the information gathered by Root about other villages further enhanced his understanding of the major forces in the ninja world.

This information may not seem very important now, but it will save him a lot of trouble when he needs it.

Therefore, he was generally very satisfied with this memory reading.

"Are you Uchiha Aomine?"

Just as Qingming was deep in thought, a voice suddenly came from ahead.

Qingming snapped out of his daze and looked at Danzo.

Indeed, the one who made that sound was none other than Shimura Danzo.

At that moment, he stared into his eyes and asked in a deep voice.

Before Qingming could answer, he spoke again: "What's wrong with your eyes? Why do you have these eyes?"

Danzo's voice contained doubt, envy, and even deep jealousy.

Qingming understood the meaning behind his words, his brows furrowed slightly, and he then prepared to seal it again.

He had absolutely no interest in talking to someone like that.

However, as if sensing his thoughts, Danzo suddenly stepped forward, his palm like a blade, covered with an extremely sharp wind-style chakra, piercing straight into his heart.

Clearly, the other party wanted to strike first.

Unfortunately, the opponent underestimated Qingming's current abilities.

Just as the other person's palm was about to touch his body, Qingming frowned.

The next moment, a terrifying repulsive force erupted from his eyes and struck Danzo directly.

Danzo couldn't withstand the force and flew backward, crashing heavily to the ground. If he hadn't been an impure being, he would probably have coughed up three liters of blood.

"It really is this force."

Ignoring his injuries, Danzo stood up again, his gaze greedily fixed on Qingming's eyes, and murmured aloud.

However, beneath this greed lingered a persistent sense of apprehension.

There was no other reason than that at this moment, he once again recalled his experience leading his team in Amegakure.

At that time, it was a pair of similar eyes that caused him to lose many of his men, and he himself almost lost his life on the spot.

Without a doubt, he was no match for him.

Realizing this, Danzo suppressed his greed, decisively turned around, and prepared to escape.

But since Qingming dared to release him, he was naturally not afraid that the other party would escape. He then raised his hands and formed a hand seal.

The next moment, Danzo, who had turned halfway around, suddenly froze in place.

On his body, countless sealing techniques appeared.

Upon closer inspection, one can discover that these sealing techniques are the 'Heart-Sealing and Soul-Locking Contract Instantaneous Movement Seal' that he placed on him.

Realizing he had lost control of his body, Danzo glared angrily at Qingming, his eyes filled with rage and resentment.

However, no matter how angry he was, he couldn't utter a single word.

Qingming stepped forward unhurriedly and came to his side, saying, "Dead people should lie down properly and not make a scene for themselves."

After saying that, he planned to use the "Sealing of All Things" technique again to seal the other party back into the scroll.

However, at that moment, a peculiar chakra fluctuation suddenly emanated from his body, as if trying to drag the other party away from the spot.

Upon seeing this, Qingming paused slightly, then seemed to realize something, and stepped forward to grab Danzo by the neck.

Immediately afterwards, a faint silver light emanated from his eyes, and he directly cast a Rinnegan-level genjutsu, blocking the chakra's summoning of Danzo.

That's right, that chakra fluctuation just now was Orochimaru's attempt to summon Danzo back through the 'Impure World Reincarnation' technique.

Unfortunately, he used the power of illusion to directly override Orochimaru's orders.

This is similar to how Itachi Uchiha broke free from Kabuto Yakushi's control during the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original timeline. Although he couldn't directly sever the connection with the Impure World Reincarnation, he could still gain a certain degree of freedom.

If Kotoamatsukami can do it, then the even more advanced Rinnegan genjutsu can naturally do it as well.

After waiting a while, there was no further response.

Clearly, Orochimaru did not continue trying after his first failure.

However, Qingming was still uneasy.

So he placed his hand on Danzo's head again and used the Rinnegan to observe the other's soul.

As can be seen, Danzo's soul has three marks of varying depths.

Among them, the most deeply hidden is what he guessed was the mark belonging to the Pure Land.

Although the other party was resurrected by Orochimaru through the 'Impure World Reincarnation', he was still essentially a dead person, and his soul belonged to the Pure Land.

The second mark on the surface of his soul was the 'Impure World Reincarnation' cast by Orochimaru.

As you can see, after the confrontation just now, the mark appears somewhat disordered, and undoubtedly, its control over the recipient will decrease by one level.

This also shows that Orochimaru's mastery of the Impure World Reincarnation technique was not yet at a very profound level.

Well.
That was true at least a few years ago.

As for now.
He doesn't know either.

However, one thing is certain: there are no longer any hidden dangers within Danzo's body.

This made Qingming breathe a slight sigh of relief.

He then turned his gaze to the third mark, which was located between the Pure Land mark and the Impure Land mark, deeply embedded in Danzo's soul.

It was he who applied the 'Heart-Sealing and Soul-Locking Contract: Instantaneous Body Seal'.

At this moment, the mark remains as stable as ever.

With this mark, even if Danzo was summoned away by Orochimaru, there's no need to worry about him leaking secrets.

However, it would be best to keep it.

After examining these markings, Qingming decided to withdraw from this field of vision.

But just then, he suddenly wondered if he could extract more of Danzo's chakra.

It should be noted that the reason he only extracted 1.5 million points of Danzo's chakra each day was because he was worried that extracting too much would affect the Pure Land Mark and thus attract the attention of the Sage of Six Paths.

And now?

He has already awakened the Rinnegan. Although his strength has not yet reached the level of the Sage of Six Paths, it is unlikely that the other party can take him down.

Moreover, the other party is currently in a sacred place and may not be able to leave easily.

So, it's okay to be a little bolder.

After all, unlimited chakra is simply too tempting.

　Two updates today, more to make up for it tomorrow!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)