Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 993 Mark
Almost the instant he teleported away, a white beam of light, thicker than before, descended from the sky, sweeping across his hiding place and erasing the surrounding ground and vegetation.

In an instant, only a long trench several meters deep was left in the spot, with smooth edges, fully demonstrating the destructive power of the dust escape technique.

Unfortunately, this did not interrupt Qingming's 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

A moment later, Onoki flew over the forest.

He looked at the scene on the ground, his face extremely grim.

Soon, the other Iwa ninjas also gathered around, their expressions equally grim.

"Inhale...exhale..."

Take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

Onoki forced himself to calm down. He closed his eyes, fully released his mental energy, and began to sense the mark left as a backup plan.

A few breaths later, he suddenly opened his eyes, looked up at the west, and ordered the group of Iwa ninja below to "continue to strengthen the vigilance" before flying towards that direction at full speed.

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at the same time.

The land of earth.

Western border.

In a small town hotel.

Qingming stood in a room.

Just now, he used the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to teleport here.

There was originally another person staying in the room, but he has now knocked them unconscious.

Recalling the palpitation he felt before being teleported away, Qingming couldn't help but think to himself, "As expected of Dust Release, its attack power is truly formidable!"

Several close encounters allowed Qingming to gain a more realistic understanding of Dust Release and also to deeply understand the dangers of this ability.

That's only possible because of him. Anyone else would probably have been reduced to ashes by Onoki's attack by now.

At the same time, it was fortunate that he acted quickly enough, and after withdrawing from Iwagakure, he immediately found an opportunity to teleport away.

If he waits until Iwagakure's war machine is fully operational, it won't be so easy for him to leave.

With the 'Heavenly Guardian' around, he might not die from this, but it's highly likely that his disguise will fall off.

After all, Qingming didn't believe that Iwagakure wouldn't have a few barrier ninjutsu that could restrict his movements.

Once trapped inside, it would be difficult for him to escape the battle using ordinary means.

Fortunately, things didn't escalate to that point, and everything remained under his control.

Gathering his thoughts, Qingming stopped thinking about it.

He quickly opened his ninja tool pouch and took out a sealed scroll.

"untie!"

Qingming formed hand seals, let out a soft shout, and activated the 'seal array' on it.

The next moment, a large number of books and scrolls appeared on the ground.

These books and scrolls were none other than the experimental notes on Dust Release written by the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, which he had collected tonight.

Next, he needs to find the hidden backup plan as quickly as possible, and only after ensuring there are no hidden dangers should he teleport back to Konoha.

bang bang bang~
Qingming raised his hand and formed a hand seal, unleashing the 'Shadow Clone Technique'.

Instantly, dozens of shadow clones appeared in the arena.

Then, each of these shadow clones picked up a book or scroll and began to carefully peruse it.

Watching with dozens of people together greatly improves efficiency.

Within just a few minutes, Qingming discovered the problem.

He reached out and took the scroll handed to him by one of the shadow clones. He looked at one of the marks mixed in with the experimental notes, carefully sensed it for a moment, and then said, "There is indeed a problem."

As he spoke, he reached out and channeled a wisp of chakra into the mark. Instantly, the mark was activated, emitting a faint yet very distinct chakra fluctuation.

This chakra fluctuation traveled to a distant place through some mysterious connection.

Qingming gazed into the distance. Although he couldn't see anything, he could imagine that the person who received this chakra fluctuation was most likely Onoki.

Clearly, this mark, like the Flying Thunder God mark, is a special symbol that can be sensed by the caster.

Perhaps it is not as concealed as the Flying Thunder God Mark, nor is it difficult to erase, and it cannot be located very precisely, but it is more than enough to serve as a backup plan.

It was this mark that exposed his actions.

Looking at the location of the mark again, Qingming couldn't help but curse inwardly, "This is really insidious; they actually hid it in the notes' annotations!"

This is because he observed carefully and, due to the 'Flying Thunder God Technique,' was extremely sensitive to such marks; otherwise, he wouldn't have noticed them so quickly.

However, now that it has been discovered, there is nothing to be afraid of.

He reached out, and a powerful surge of chakra flowed into it.

In just a moment, he erased the mark.

Afterwards, Qingming and his shadow clone thoroughly examined the other books and scrolls, and finally found a mark in a secluded corner.

After wiping it out as well, Qingming wasted no more time and immediately activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to teleport to another small town nearby.

Fortunately, when they captured the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, he left a large number of Flying Thunder God Marks in the Land of Earth, especially in various towns. Although he later actively removed some of them, quite a few remained, which allowed him to come and go freely.

As for why he didn't just teleport back to Konoha Village?
It's very simple; he just wants to make sure that these books and scrolls are truly without any problems.

That way, we won't bring trouble directly to Konoha.

Of course, based on everything he showed today, Onoki will definitely focus his investigation on Konoha immediately.

However, if they investigate further, they will soon discover that Konoha is also investigating such a person.

Finally, all the clues converge and point to Obito Uchiha.

He will also become the one to take the blame for him.

what?
You said the investigation in Iwagakure couldn't reach this point!
Then you've underestimated the depth and strength of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

If they wanted to, they could definitely follow the clues and investigate Obito Uchiha.

Perhaps they won't be able to find out Obito Uchiha's true identity, but they will definitely know that such a person exists.

And that's enough.

As long as there is such a person staying away from the five great ninja villages, a large part of Iwagakure's attention will be diverted from Konoha, and he can then focus on his training.

Of course, if something unexpected happens and they fail to find this out, he can also take action at the right time to draw their attention to Obito Uchiha.

Thus, things will still develop in the direction he expected.

In short, everything is under control.

As for what Obito Uchiha will do if he discovers that someone is framing him?
Putting aside the fact that he is not afraid of Obito Uchiha at all, even if the other party conducts a reverse investigation and finds out about him, it doesn't matter. At worst, he will just break off relations.

However, it is more likely that Obito Uchiha would warn him, or even fight him, but in the end, he would still swallow his anger.

There's no other reason than that, with the two tailed beasts he controls, the other party wouldn't dare to push too far.

Obito Uchiha had to consider whether his ultimate plan would be affected if he really angered him and things came to a standstill.

If his impulsiveness caused the plan to be greatly delayed, Obito Uchiha would probably want to die.

After all, Rin was the most important person to Obito Uchiha. If he could see her a day earlier, he wouldn't wait until the next day.

Therefore, taking everything into consideration, even if they discover his underhanded tactics, they won't really do anything to him.

Of course, he dared to do this because he had absolute confidence in his own strength.

If it were someone else, they would probably have been captured by Obito Uchiha long ago.

(End of this chapter)