Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 980 Threats and inducements

"White Zetsu?!"

Qing Ming's heart moved, and he instantly recognized the identity of the monster in front of him.

It is a special life form created by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and transformed by Uchiha Madara. It can also be said to be a puppet - White Zetsu.

Moreover, it is a specially strengthened one among the White Zetsu.

Otherwise, with the average strength of White Zetsu, it would not be able to reach the level of Jonin.

Once his identity is recognized, some of the things that didn't make sense before can be explained.

For example, why is the other party's disguise so perfect?
The answer is simple, this is one of White Zetsu's abilities, the 'art of disguise'.

In another timeline, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, a large number of White Zetsu used this trick to infiltrate the Shinobi Alliance, causing a crisis of trust.

You have to know that this is the Ninja Alliance. There are too many ninjas in it, and they naturally have no shortage of various means.

But even so, in the end, Naruto had to rely on his perception of malicious intent to distinguish which one was White Zetsu.

From this, we can see how strong White Zetsu's camouflage ability is!

Therefore, it was understandable that he couldn't tell the difference at first.

Just as Qingming was lost in thought, a breath suddenly appeared not far away.

Qingming turned his head and saw a figure emerging from the root of a big tree not far ahead.

His body was half black and half white, with a pitcher plant-like thing on his head that wrapped his head.

With this look, who else could it be but Jue?
Qing Ming did not show any particular surprise at his appearance.

After all, White Zetsu had "committed suicide" in front of him, so it was not strange for the other party to appear.

I'm afraid that the person who just asked him to stop was the other party.

In addition, since Zetsu has already appeared, shouldn't Uchiha Obito, who is deeply tied to him, also appear?
Qingming was thinking this in his heart when a space fluctuation suddenly appeared in front of him.

The next moment, a figure wearing a spiral mask appeared on the branch of the big tree behind Zetsu. Who else could it be but Uchiha Obito?
Looking at the two familiar people standing one above and one below in front of him, Qing Ming couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly.

Come to think of it, this was the second time he had seen these two people at the same time.

The last time, it was because he discovered the existence of the fake Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Imamura Tsukiko, and rashly changed the plan, resulting in some mistakes in the mission of intercepting the infiltrating troops from the Iwagakure Village.

Eventually, he became suspected by the village, and his border guarding assignment was revoked and he was asked to return to the village to report on his work.

During this period, all his subordinates were killed by these two people, and his shadow clone who was traveling with them was also killed by a sneak attack by these two people. Later, he rushed over in person and sent out a shadow clone to observe closely.

That was the first time he saw the two of them together.

I still remember that after the two of them pointed out that the Four-Tails and the Seven-Tails were captured by him, he calmed them down by saying that he also wanted to obtain the power of the Ten-Tails.

Before I knew it, nine months had passed.

During these nine months, the two of them did not get close to him again, just as expected.

And now, the two of them suddenly appeared again.

This shows that their strategy has changed.

Considering Konoha's ambush against Uchiha Obito a few days ago, Qingming vaguely guessed what they were going to do.

That's why a smile appeared on his face.

However, his smile made Uchiha Obito and Zetsu feel a little uncomfortable.

Originally, they wanted to use Bai Jue's unparalleled camouflage ability to give Qing Ming a warning.

But unfortunately, Qing Ming didn't give Bai Jue any chance to speak, which made some of their preparations go to waste.

And now, Qing Ming showed a confident smile again, as if he had guessed their purpose and thoughts, which made them further lose the initiative.

Fortunately, they knew that Qingming had a fatal weakness, that he secretly possessed the Four Tails and the Seven Tails, so they were not afraid that Qingming would not cooperate with them.

With this thought in mind, Uchiha Obito didn't waste any words and said directly: "Qingming, you don't want what you did to be discovered by Konoha or other villages, right?"

"You're threatening me right away? You're so fearless!"

Qingming sighed inwardly.

However, this also shows one thing, that is, Uchiha Obito was a little angry.

Although Konoha's actions in the past few days did not cause him any substantial harm, he still felt threatened, and at the same time he vaguely realized that things might get out of control.

That's why he was so anxious to find Qing Ming, with the purpose of finding a helper for himself.

Unfortunately, he miscalculated, Qingming was not afraid of his threat at all. Now was not nine months ago, he had already mastered the "Heart Sealing Soul·Contract Instant Body Seal" to the limit of the S-level skill - lv10 (0/0)!
With this technique as a foundation, he can set up his own team to ensure that his practice is not disturbed.

Therefore, even if the other party leaked the information that he had the Four-Tail and the Seven-Tail, and he fell out with all the forces, it didn't matter.

What's more, various forces may not necessarily believe in information that comes from an unknown source.

Uchiha Obito could not provide any real evidence to prove the authenticity of this information.

Even he himself only guessed that the Four-Tailed and the Seven-Tailed were in Qingming's hands based on some clues.

In this case, he shouldn't expect others to trust him 100%.

However, Qingming did not intend to turn against Uchiha Obito now.

Firstly, once Uchiha Obito announces this information, those forces will not believe it immediately, but they will also send people to investigate.

After all, all information related to the tailed beasts cannot be ignored.

What's more, this matter involves Qingming, a guy who is somewhat famous in the ninja world.

By then, not only them, but even within Konoha, will be conducting inquiries and investigations openly or covertly.

This will inevitably bring some inconvenience and trouble to Qingming.

This is what Qingming doesn't want to see.

Secondly, if he wants to obtain the Nine-Tails Chakra, he also needs the cooperation of Uchiha Obito.

In this case, pretending to be coerced and then passively cooperating may be a good option.

As soon as he thought of this, Qing Ming's face immediately turned ugly, and at the same time, a faint murderous intent emanated from his body.

However, feeling this murderous intent, Uchiha Obito was not angry at all, but rather somewhat happy.

There is no other reason. Since Qing Ming has shown his intention to kill, it means that he still cares about this matter.

In this way, the next thing will be easy.

Then Uchiha Obito said slowly: "Don't you want to collect tailed beasts too? Do you want the Nine-Tails?"

Hearing about the Nine-Tailed Fox, Qingming pretended to be interested, but still did not restrain his murderous intent.

He only heard him tauntingly: "Are you talking about Uzumaki Kushina? Do you think the seal of the Uzumaki clan is so easy to break? What's more..."

Having said that, Qing Ming looked up at the Hokage Building in the center of the village in the distance.

He didn't say much after that, but the meaning was very clear.

Behind Uzumaki Kushina stood the famous Yellow Flash in the ninja world.

With Minato Namikaze around, anyone who wants to touch Uzumaki Kushina, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, will have to consider whether they can withstand the revenge of a Kage-level powerhouse.

And behind this Kage-level powerful man stands the Hidden Leaf Village, one of the five major ninja villages.

Uchiha Obito followed his gaze and also looked at the Hokage Building in the center of the village in the distance.

"Hokage."

Uchiha Obito murmured, wondering what he was thinking of.

Suddenly, he seemed to lose interest in everything. He turned around and said to Qing Ming, "There will be an opportunity in a few months. It depends on you whether you can seize it."

As he spoke, he activated the teleportation ability of 'God'.

Circles of space-time ripples quickly spread out in all directions with him as the center, eventually forming a twisted space channel.

Uchiha Obito's body was twisted like noodles and then teleported to another space.

Just before he disappeared, a voice came from his mouth: "Remember, keep an eye on Uzumaki Kushina."

After saying this, he disappeared from the spot.

And when he left, he didn't stay for long, nor did he make any movement. His whole body sank into the ground, as if he had merged into the soil.

In Qingming's perception, the other party moved dozens of meters away in an instant, and after that, he could not sense any trace of his breath.

Obviously, the other party used the "Mayfly Technique" to leave.

Looking at the place where the two people left, Qing Ming's expression, which had just been a little ugly, gradually became calm.

Then, he seemed to sense something and immediately activated the ability of "Heavenly Control".

The next moment, he also disappeared from the spot.

And shortly after he hid in the dimensional space, a blond figure appeared on the scene. Who else could it be but Minato Namikaze?
(End of this chapter)