Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 843 Steady
"Suck~~~"

Taking a deep breath, Uchiha Obito suppressed his inner restlessness and said, "Did you capture the Four-Tails?"

As he spoke, his right eye, which was left exposed, stared at Qingming, as if he wanted to judge the truth of his words through his subsequent expression.

However, Qingming's performance was beyond his expectations.

After hearing Uchiha Obito's question, Qingming replied without thinking: "Yes, it's me!"

Seeing Qing Ming admit it so straightforwardly, Uchiha Obito was slightly startled, and then asked again: "Where is the Seven-Tails? Did you capture it too?"

Qing Ming nodded again, also without hiding anything.

This time, Uchiha Obito really couldn't understand Qingming.

He originally thought that Qingming would deny it, or even admit that he was the one who caught the Four-Tailed Fox, and then use this to better cover up the traces of the Seven-Tailed Fox.

After all, the fact that Nanabi was abducted by Qingming was just his and Jue's speculation, and there was no substantial evidence.

Although there is no need to pursue evidence given the current hostile relationship between the two sides, the lack of evidence always makes people feel uneasy and unable to be 100% sure that their guesses are true.

But now, Qing Ming admitted it so clearly and neatly, which was 100% confirmation of their speculation.

At this moment, both Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu's murderous intent towards Qingming increased a bit.

However, in order to understand Qingming's thoughts and purpose, Uchiha Obito still suppressed his murderous intent and continued: "Why do you want to capture these two tailed beasts?"

Hearing this question, Qingming's eyes lit up and he said to himself, "Here it comes!"

Why did he return to this battlefield after his shadow clone was lost?
The answer is simple, that is to stabilize Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu.

Qingming knew very well in his heart that since these two people had come to his door, it was very likely that they had confirmed the whereabouts of the Four Tails and the Seven Tails.

Given these two people's need for the tailed beasts, there is no way they will give up the pursuit no matter what.

But at the same time, he couldn't give up the Four-Tail and the Seven-Tail.

What should I do?

If these two were just ordinary ninjas, or even top-level Kage-level ninjas, he could also kill them by force and thus eliminate his worries.

But the problem is that these two are not ordinary ninjas.

Whether it is Uchiha Obito who masters the Mangekyō Sharingan and Wood Release, or Black Zetsu who is the product of Otsutsuki Kaguya's will, neither of them is so easy to kill.

Therefore, the plan to kill two people is not advisable.

Similarly, possessing the 'Heavenly Control' and 'Flying Thunder God Technique', he was not afraid of confronting the two head-on, nor was he worried about being trapped and killed. His ability to preserve his life was first-rate, and it was impossible for the two to kill him easily.

Thus, the situation came to a standstill.

In this situation, Qingming speculated that these two people would most likely expose the fact that he had captured the Four-Tails and the Seven-Tails, and use Konoha itself, the Iwagakure Village, and some other overt forces to put pressure on him and turn him into a lonely man.

In this way, he will be hunted down endlessly.

If Qingming doesn't want to fall to this point, he must find a way to stabilize these two people first, so that they will be willing to leave the two tailed beasts with him temporarily, or even acquiesce in him to capture other tailed beasts.

There is no doubt that this solution is not easy to find.

However, thanks to the intelligence advantage brought by "foresight", Qingming still found an excuse.

"Hehe~, when the nine tailed beasts gather together, they can fuse into the strongest Ten Tails. This secret is not only known by you. Whatever you are looking for the tailed beasts for, I want to do the same."

While saying this, Qing Ming glanced provocatively at Jue who reappeared in the distance with a pitcher plant on his head.

However, after hearing his words, both Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu were stunned.

But soon, the two returned to normal.

First was Uchiha Obito, who deliberately used an unfriendly tone and asked: "How do you know about the Ten-Tails and our purpose?"

"Haha~"

Upon hearing this, Qing Ming chuckled again.

He said in a slightly smug tone: "Don't worry about this. The Ten-Tails, tsk tsk, one tailed beast is so strong, I don't know how powerful it will be when nine of them gather together. When I become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, you guys... Hehe~"

"court death!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from a distance. Jue stomped his foot on the ground.

The next moment, a large number of vines sprang out from the ground like poisonous snakes, and flexibly wrapped around Qingming's limbs and waist and abdomen.

However, Qingming dodged the first wave of attacks.

Then, he used the Fire Style: Unburned Scorch Technique to set the vines on fire.

The battle broke out almost instantly.

Here, Qing Ming had just escaped from the attack of Huo Teng when he was attacked again by Uchiha Obito.

His figure disappeared silently, then reappeared silently, came directly behind him, and grabbed the back of his neck.

Sensing the danger, Qing Ming did not hesitate and immediately stabbed out with his kunai.

However, even though Uchiha Obito was right in front of him, his kunai did not feel like it had touched any real object. It was as if he had stabbed the air.

‘Void! ’

Almost instantly, Qingming made a judgment in his mind.

Without any hesitation, he immediately pulled back, trying to create some distance between himself and the other party.

But at this moment, a white bump grew from his neck, followed by a second, a third, and a
Almost in the blink of an eye, two-thirds of his body was wrapped in this white substance, and the chakra in his body was flowing out like a flood.

This almost affected the stability of his shadow clone.

Feeling his body about to collapse and looking at the white substance on his body that was about to grow into a human shape, Qing Ming knew that this was White Zetsu's Spore Technique.

'But when?'

Although this body is just his shadow clone and its perception ability is relatively limited, it will not be easily parasitized by foreign objects.

But from the current situation, it is clear that the spores have been parasitic on his body for a long time.

Qingming raised his head and glanced at Jue who was not far away, and a trace of vigilance secretly arose in his heart.

"Fortunately, it was a shadow clone this time. If it was the real body, it would have suffered a loss."

Having learned this lesson, Qingming stopped struggling.

He didn't care about the spores, he looked directly at Uchiha Obito and Zetsu, and said: "You are very powerful, but I will not appear in front of you. We will fight the tailed beasts with our own abilities, don't even think about finding me."

After saying this, he immediately released the 'Shadow Clone Technique' without caring about their reactions.

bang~
Along with a cloud of chakra smoke appearing, Qingming's figure disappeared from the spot.

After Qingming disappeared, Zetsu walked over, looked at Uchiha Obito and said, "Do you believe what he said?"

Hearing this, Uchiha Obito was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Besides this reason, is there any other possibility?"

This time, Jue was silent.

To him, there are not many secrets in the entire ninja world.

The long time and long life allow him to plan his plans calmly. Even Uchiha Madara standing behind Uchiha Obito is his chess piece, let alone a green boy!
Therefore, rationally speaking, he did not believe that Qingming could know any secrets.

But somehow, he had a feeling that Qingming did know something.

Putting aside other things, how could they be sure that the tailed beasts were also their targets?
You know, now neither he, Uchiha Obito, nor Nagato, have clearly taken action against the tailed beasts.

Obviously, this is a huge question.

Because of this, he felt a little uneasy.

But he was not willing to continue fighting with Qingming.

Not to mention that Qingming is very powerful and not so easy to kill. His own purpose is just to gather the nine tailed beasts. As for who gathers them, it doesn’t matter.

Therefore, there was absolutely no need for him to fight to the death with Qingming.

Not only him, but also Uchiha Obito.

Both of their plans only require the Ten-Tails, and how the Ten-Tails finally appears is not the most important thing at all.

At worst, you can just cut it off at the end.
(End of this chapter)