Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 858 Argument and Ignorance

The straight-line distance between the Iwagakure Village and the Konoha Village was not very far. Qingming maintained the maximum speed he could currently bear and it only took him less than half an hour to fly from outside the Iwagakure Village to outside the Konoha Village.

At this moment, the sky was only slightly brighter than before.

Qingming found a place and landed.

Then, he found a place that Konoha patrol troops rarely passed by, opened his Mangekyō Sharingan, activated the ability of "Heavenly Guard", passed through the perception barrier, and entered Konoha.

After that, he rushed back home as quickly as possible.

Without rushing to retrieve the shadow clone left at home, Qing Ming simply washed up and returned to the bedroom.

Ten days of hard training, coupled with last night's running around, really made him extremely tired.

The moment he saw the pillow, he almost fell asleep.

Soon, his faint snoring could be heard in the room.

Seeing this, the shadow clone didn't understand what was happening, but could tell that he was very tired.

So, he quietly waited outside the door to make sure no one would disturb him.

Just like that, time passed by minute by minute.

Soon, it was daybreak.

But Qingming still didn't wake up.

In fact, he was not awakened by hunger until noon.

Qingming opened his eyes drowsily and felt his empty abdomen. After struggling for a while, he finally struggled to get up and walked out of the bedroom.

Seeing the shadow clone guarding the door, Qing Ming asked, "What time is it now?"

"Half past twelve."

The shadow clone's answer was as concise as ever.

Hearing this, Qing Ming did a quick calculation and found that he had slept for about six hours, which was obviously too short compared to the amount of sleep he had received during his previous rest periods.

But now, it was impossible for him to go back to his room and sleep.

"Forget it, let's take a rest after lunch."

Thinking this in his mind, Qing Ming released the 'Shadow Clone Technique' and retrieved the shadow clone in front of him.

Then, he went to the bathroom to wash up while browsing the other person's memory.

By the time he finished washing up, he had a general understanding of the major and minor events that had occurred in the village over the past ten days.

Among all the things, the only thing that deserved his attention was the investigation of Orochimaru ordered by Minato Namikaze.

Just as he had initially expected, even if Sarutobi Hiruzen and other previous senior officials agreed to Namikaze Minato's proposal, the investigation would not be so easy to conduct.

No matter how great Orochimaru is, he is still one of the three ninjas.

The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had only been in office for a few months, and his power had not yet reached its peak.

In this case, the difficulty of the investigation can be imagined.

The obstacles are both overt and covert.

Qingming doesn’t know much about the obstacles in the dark, so he won’t talk about them.

Just say this clearly.
This matter has caused a lot of uproar.

In just ten days, the entire Konoha, whether ninjas or ordinary people, seemed to know about this matter and started a heated debate about it.

Generally speaking, their voices can be divided into two types. One is to support Minato Namikaze, believing that he should investigate Orochimaru and that he must give an explanation for the missing persons.

Those who hold this view are mostly small and medium-sized families who want to get a piece of the pie in this chaos, as well as civilians who lack a sense of security.

Another voice says that Namikaze Minato is afraid of losing the position of Hokage, and wants to completely defeat Orochimaru, who once had a rivalry with him, through investigation.

Those who support this view are basically Orochimaru's former subordinates.

Among these people, some are directly accomplices of Orochimaru, while others are afraid that they will be implicated and liquidated after Orochimaru's downfall, so they do not want to see Orochimaru being investigated.

In short, the two sides were arguing fiercely. However, Qingming smelled something unusual.

He believed that this matter would cause controversy, but he did not expect the controversy to escalate to this extent.

Qingming guessed that there might be spies from other villages fanning the flames.

Otherwise, even if Namikaze Minato had just come to power and did not have enough control over the village, things would not have developed to this point.

At the very least, it is impossible for such a big debate to arise among civilians.

After all, there is still an insurmountable gap between ninjas and civilians. If no one fanned the flames, Qingming would find it hard to believe that they would take this matter so seriously.

Especially in light of the rumors that had been spread in the village before, Qingming became more and more certain of his guess.

However, there is no reason why Minato Namikaze would not think of what he could think of.

"Could it be that he wants to take this opportunity to cleanse the village thoroughly?!"

Qingming murmured in his heart.

But after thinking for a long time, he was still not 100% sure.

"Sure enough, these things don't suit me."

With a mutter, Qing Ming didn't think any more about it.

He packed his things and walked out of the house.

After quickly eating a meal outside and filling his stomach, he returned home again.

Rest and continue!
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Shake.

It was mid-afternoon.

In the bedroom, Qingming woke up slowly.

He sat up, stretched vigorously, and felt relaxed all over.

Suddenly, Qingming seemed to think of something.

Then, he closed his eyes and carefully sensed the 'Heart-Sealing Soul-Locking Contract Instant Body Seal' that he left on those hidden players last night.

The number has not decreased, the marks have not been triggered, and most of them are moving. All this indicates that the Hidden Mist Village and the Hidden Iwa Village have not found anything unusual.

"Whoo~~~"

With a long sigh, Qingming was completely relieved.

After that, he sat quietly on the bed for a while before getting up and walking out of the bedroom.

After walking around the house for a while, Qing Ming took out a few books from the study.

Then, I came to the yard, lay on a recliner, and watched leisurely.

These books record the experiences of the Uchiha ninjas who had tried to fuse the two chakra properties and develop bloodline limits.

Of course, some of them, like the research notes on 'Earth Style: Heavy Rock Technique' and 'Earth Style: Light and Heavy Rock Technique' written by Tobirama Senju, were obtained by Uchiha ninja by chance.

When Qingming borrowed a part of the book when he left the Uchiha library after the last break, he had been flipping through it in the past ten days when his shadow clone had nothing to do.

The fusion of the other person's memories allowed him to pick up these books again without any sense of strangeness.

The research on shadow clones also brought him some experience, although this was not enough for him to start developing bloodline limits.

But Qingming believes that quantitative change can lead to qualitative change.

Once he has more theoretical knowledge, once he really tries to integrate the property changes of chakras with different attributes and develop bloodline limits, he will definitely be able to save a lot of trouble.

Who knows, there will be rapid progress!

With such hope in mind, Qingming carefully flipped through the book in his hand.

As for the increasingly heated debate in the village.
He was simply ignored by Qingming.

(End of this chapter)