Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1174 The Murderer
Time passes minute by minute.

About ten minutes later.

Qingming released his grip.

Based on Ito's memory, he finally confirmed that these people were indeed sent by Orochimaru.

And their mission is to find him.

That's right, their mission objective was very clear: to find his existence.

That's why Ito recognized him just now.

Otherwise, no matter how famous he becomes, it's impossible for everyone to know him.

Moreover, he has kept a low profile in recent years, and with age, his appearance has changed quite a bit. People who don't know him well wouldn't recognize him at a glance, unless...
The other party was prepared!

This perfectly matches Ito's behavior in the illusion just now.

It was precisely because their goal was simply to find him that Ito decided to run away without any hesitation after confirming his identity.

After all, for him, as long as he knew that the other man was there, the mission was considered complete.

After that, all you need to do is hand the information over to Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru"

Qingming murmured something.

In Ito's memory, he learned Orochimaru's hiding place.

At this moment, the other party is within the territory of the Land of Fields. If he rushes over there, he will most likely find the other party directly.

At that time, as long as Jugo is in the other party's hands, he is confident that he can obtain relevant information and find that place with abundant natural energy.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the wooden clone that he sent out to find this place more than half a month ago.

Such a long time has passed, and they still haven't sent back any news.

Clearly, the target location has not yet been found.

Originally, he didn't plan to use Orochimaru's connection so quickly.

But now that the opportunity has been presented to him, it would be unreasonable for him to delay any longer.

Since he has decided to take action, he will go all out.

Therefore, Qingming decided to go there in person.

However, before leaving, he also needs to pay attention to the safety of his hometown to avoid being robbed as soon as he leaves.

With this thought in mind, he waved to his wooden clone in the distant sky.

Upon receiving his signal, the other party quickly flew over.

He glanced at the four people on the boat and asked, "How is it?"

"They are Orochimaru's people."

Qingming nodded affirmatively, then added, "I just found out Orochimaru's hiding place. I'll go and meet him there. I'll leave Moon Island to you to guard."

Upon hearing this, the wooden clone pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, leave this to me. Be careful."

"Ah."

Qingming nodded.

Seeing this, the wooden clone flapped its wings again and flew into the sky, heading towards Moon Island, ten kilometers away.

Seeing that the other party had left, Qingming turned his gaze back to Ito and the others.

Then, without him making any move, the four men's bodies shriveled up, as if all their energy had been drained away.

In fact, it is true.

Just now, he activated the Byakugan's ability to absorb chakra remotely, directly draining these four people dry. Although the amount of chakra he obtained was small, every little bit counts, and Qingming didn't mind.

Looking at the four corpses, Qingming raised his hand and unleashed the 'Fire Release: Plain Burning Technique'!
bang bang bang~
Four balls of flame appeared and instantly covered the four people, quickly burning them to ashes.

After doing all this, he swung his hand and unleashed a wind blade, slicing the ship in two and letting it sink to the bottom of the sea. Then, he directly locked onto the Flying Thunder God mark within the Land of Fields, preparing to teleport there.

"what?"

Suddenly, Qingming noticed that the wooden clone he had sent out to find Jugo's birthplace was still in the Land of Fields.

Without saying a word, he directly targeted the Flying Thunder God mark on the other party and activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

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The view suddenly shifted.

In an instant, Qingming traveled from the depths of the ocean to the land of fields inland.

Seeing Qingming suddenly appear, the wooden clone seemed somewhat surprised and asked directly, "What happened?"

Qingming naturally didn't hide anything from his clone and quickly recounted what had just happened.

Upon hearing this, the wooden clone pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Perfect, I've also found some things here. Take a look for yourself."

After saying that, he collapsed.

Instantly, a large amount of chakra entered Qingming's body, along with a large amount of memory information.

Qingming first stored the chakra in the space between his eyebrows, then closed his eyes and began to browse the other person's memories.

Time passes minute by minute.

About ten minutes later.

He opened his eyes again.

Then, he muttered to himself, "A murderer?"

That's right, what the wooden clone mentioned was the legend of a murderer circulating in a nearby village that he had recently investigated.

Legend has it that a murderous demon lives on this mountain, and when it encounters people who come up to chop wood, hunt, or gather herbs, it will kill them and devour their flesh.

The wooden clone came here to investigate this matter.

Qingming was not surprised by the choice of the wood clone.

After all, upon hearing the name "murderer" and the fact that he devoured human flesh, his first reaction was that the other party was Jugo.

Because this is exactly how the other person behaves when they lose control.

What he could think of, his wooden clone inherited his memories and could naturally think of as well, so it was perfectly normal for it to come and investigate.

Unfortunately, this legend ended a year ago.

According to the investigation by the Wood Clone, there were indeed cases of people going up the mountain and disappearing without a trace in the nearby villages at that time.

But now, it's gone.

Therefore, the other party was ultimately unable to find out whether the murderer was actually Jugo.

As for tracing the origins of this legend
Unfortunately, because this legend is so widely circulated in the area, everyone from the very old to the youngest children can tell a few stories about it.

Therefore, even if he could read memories, he had no way to trace the source.

However, comparing the information he had just received from Ito, Qingming was now 70% certain that the murderer was Jugo.

There was no other reason than that, in Ito's memory, Orochimaru's hiding place was nearby.

Thus, it was only natural that the other party attracted Orochimaru's attention and was then taken away.

Unfortunately, this is not where the other person was born.

Here, Qingming could not sense any particularly strong natural energy.

Clearly, the other party escaped here from somewhere and settled down on the mountain.

However, due to his physical condition, he eventually lost control of the situation, ultimately leaving behind the legend of the murderer.

"Oh, what a pity!"

With a sigh, Qingming stopped thinking about it. He finally released his senses and sensed the mountain for a while. After confirming that he had not gained anything, he headed to Orochimaru's hiding place in Ito's memory.

(End of this chapter)