Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 648 Reaction
That night.

Inside Konoha Village.

A remote corner.

The headquarters of the root is located underground.

At this time, in an office, Danzo was looking through the documents in his hand when the door of the room was suddenly knocked.

Danzo frowned slightly, closed the document in his hand, and then said, "Come in!"

crunch~
The door was pushed open.

A Root ninja walked in quickly.

Danzo looked at the other person and said directly: "Yi, what's the matter?"

"Your Excellency, Shadow Ghost is missing."

B replied concisely.

"what?"

Upon hearing the news, Danzo looked stunned for a moment.

Then, he frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Upon hearing this, B did not hide anything and immediately told everything in detail.

"My Lord, half an hour ago was the scheduled contact time between Shadow Ghost and the base, but he did not send out a contact signal. I was worried about problems, so I sent out the Red Shadow Squad."

"and then?"

Danzo continued to ask with a blank expression.

B replied: "The Red Shadow Squad found the seventh martial arts arena based on the mark left by the Shadow Ghost, but then the clues were cut off. Currently, we don't know whether the Shadow Ghost is alive or dead."

Hearing this answer, Danzo looked unhappy, and then asked, "Where is that little brat?"

"The target has returned to his residence." B replied.

"Is there anything unusual at the place where the shadow ghost disappeared?" Danzo asked again.

"No."

Person B shook his head and replied, "The Red Shadow Team has checked carefully. There are no clues left by the Shadow Ghost, and no signs of fighting. It's as if the Shadow Ghost disappeared out of thin air."

The so-called shadow ghost is naturally the Root ninja who is monitoring Qingming.

Qing Ming used his Byakugan to find his location, then used 'Heavenly Control' to catch up with him instantly, then controlled him using 'Genjutsu Sharingan', and finally took him away from the spot.

Not only was there no fighting during the period, but when Qingming left at the end, he used "Heaven's Control" for the second time, moved a certain distance, and completely erased all traces of himself.

In this case, it would be strange if the Red Shadow Team could find any clues!

When Danzo heard Yi's answer, his expression became extremely gloomy.

Although it is not clear whether Shadow Ghost is alive or dead, there is no clue to prove that this incident is related to Qingming.

However, the biggest problem itself is whether Qingming can return to his residence safely.

Shadow Ghost was ordered to monitor Qingming. Unless something force majeure occurred, he would definitely follow Qingming.

Now, Qingming returned to his residence, but the other party disappeared.

Even if he used his butt to think, Danzo could guess the answer.

Now, Shadow Ghost is probably dead.

However, he did not expect Qingming to be so bold.

Originally, he expected that even if the shadow ghost was discovered, Qingming would not kill anyone. The most likely possibility was that he would find a way to escape surveillance.

After all, that's what other Uchiha ninjas did in the past.

But Qingming did not play by the rules, which directly disrupted his plans.

During this period, he was helping Orochimaru compete for the position of the Fourth Hokage and had no time to bother with Qingming. Sending someone to monitor him was just a habit.

I never thought that Qingming would actually kill someone directly.

Killing someone would be fine, but if he could leave some clear clues, he could also make use of the situation to make some use of it.

But the key point is that Qingming did it too cleanly, leaving no evidence on the table. In this way, he seemed to have no choice but to swallow this loss.

But who is Danzo? How could he suffer such a loss so easily?

After thinking for a while, he directly ordered: "Yi, starting from tomorrow, no, from now on, you send two teams to keep an eye on that little devil.

If he strikes again, don't be polite. I don't believe he can kill the two teams silently. As long as you catch him, hum..."

He didn't finish what he was saying, but his meaning was already very clear.

Once he finds an opportunity, he will never let Qingming go easily.

However, after hearing his order, B did not agree immediately, but said: "Sir, isn't this time inappropriate? Should we..."

However, before he could finish his words, Danzo interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "Stop talking, just do as I say."

"Yes, my lord."

Hearing this, B said no more and responded immediately.

"Okay, go down and make the arrangements!"

Danzo waved his hand and asked the other party to leave.

"Yes."

B finally responded and turned to leave the office.

Only after he left did Danzo's expression return to calm.

The reason why he chose to do this at this time was not entirely out of anger at being despised, but he also wanted to take this opportunity to give the Uchiha clan a warning.

Originally, he had no intention of having any friction with the Uchiha clan during this period.

However, according to the latest news he received, most of the Uchiha clan's senior ninjas have decided to support Namikaze Minato in his campaign for the Fourth Hokage, and they will be able to reach a consensus in a few days at most.

The support of a powerful family in Konoha is definitely a great help to Minato Namikaze.

But this choice went against him.

In this way, he naturally wouldn't worry so much.

If this could change the Uchiha clan's decision, that would be great.

If that doesn't work, he can also eliminate a hidden danger.

and also
Danzo reached out and touched his bandaged right eye.

If his guess is true, Qingming might have awakened the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan.

An ordinary three-magatama Sharingan already makes him feel powerful. If he can replace it with a more powerful eye, then his strength will definitely increase significantly.

This way, he will be more confident when he runs for the position of Hokage.

That’s right, until now, Danzo is still dreaming of becoming Hokage.

As for whether he can take down Qingming
Danzo never doubted this.

Admittedly, he had failed many times with Qing Ming over the past two years.

But that was because he had more important things to do, so he could only deploy a portion of the staff and did not make any careful arrangements, so he failed.

Now it is different.
He has done everything that needs to be done.

Next, once he finds an opportunity, he will use all his strength.

In this way, there will naturally be no accidents.

Danzo is confident in the power he possesses.

Similarly, Qingming also has full confidence.

From Shadow Ghost, he knew that Danzo might have guessed that he had the Mangekyō Sharingan.

However, the other party did not know the true power of these eyes.

This can be seen not only from his instructions to his subordinates, but also from his fight with Sasuke many years later.

In this case, how could Qingming be afraid?
What's more, his strength is not limited to the Sharingan. The vast chakra and various perfect-level ninjutsu are also part of his confidence.

(End of this chapter)