I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 102 The most ridiculous thing in the workplace is that your achievements have nothing to do with you.

Ignoring the shouts from afar, Tatsuma saw that Sasori had grabbed his shoulder and his face was contorted with madness, which made him panic.

However, he reacted quickly and launched the Rasengan, which slammed into Sand Star's chest.

"Boom!"

"Starfleet!!!"

In the distance, the Sand Ninja who had been ordered by Chiyo to support Sand Star saw this scene and their faces turned red with anger, veins bulging on their faces. They wanted to save Sand Star, but... it was too far away.

As they watched helplessly as a hole bigger than a head was ripped into Sand Star's chest, Sand Ninja felt a ringing in their ears.

He knew his future was bleak, and the only thing he could do now was to capture Chenma, the murderer who had somehow managed to kill Shaxing, and reduce his own responsibility.

The Sand Ninja rushed towards Tatsuma, who was also in danger. Sand Ninja's skin was swollen, and it looked like something was moving under his skin, about to burst through his flesh at any moment.

"Rip~"

Unable to break free from Sasori's grasp, Tatsuma simply tore the clothes Sasori was holding to shreds. Just as he finally broke free and was about to leave in an instant, he stumbled.

"Coo coo~"

At this moment, a sound suddenly came from inside Sha Xing's dead body. Chen Ma's eyes clearly saw several black bird beaks pecking through Sha Xing's skin, about to emerge.

"Revive the crisis!"

Just as the strange bird emerged from Sand Star's body, it pecked at Tatsuma, who suddenly felt a loss of weight.

When he came to his senses, he found himself being held by the back of the neck by someone, while that person pushed him forward with their other hand. Outside the two of them was a sphere of chakra.

It was this sphere that kept the strange birds out, and also pushed Sandstar's corpse into the distance.

"hateful!"

For no apparent reason, Chenma seemed to hear a muttered resentful voice, and then several figures landed in front of him, in front of the sphere created by Huitian.

Almost simultaneously, several flames rose up, and the birds burst into flames. They fluttered in the air a few times before falling to the ground.

"Damn it! Break through and kill them!"

The Sand Ninja shouted to the people who had come to his aid, and in an instant, ninja tools and ninjutsu flew in all directions toward Tatsuma.

Hyuga Ying frowned, and with a flick of her palm, she was about to expand the range of the Rejuvenation Technique and increase its strength, but this time, Uchiha Fugaku was even faster.

"Yashiro!"

Fugaku shouted, and a ninja a few years older than him nodded and made a gesture. The Uchiha squad suddenly spread out, and flames ignited on each of their hands.

"Uchiha Flame Formation!"

Several Uchiha ninjas slapped the ground almost simultaneously, their fiery chakra surging into the earth. Just before the Sand Ninja's attack arrived, the ground in front of Uchiha Fugaku suddenly glowed.

"Boom~~"

A crimson wall of fire rose up, engulfing all the ninjutsu that collided with it. The ninja tools that rushed into the wall of fire were instantly burned into molten iron and vaporized before they even hit the ground.

At the same time, more Hyuga and Konoha ninjas arrived, forming a pincer movement and blocking the Sand Ninja's flanks, like a pocket encircling the Sand Ninja, leaving them only one path to return.

More and more Konoha ninjas arrived one after another, which made Tatsuma breathe a long sigh of relief. The tension he had been holding was released, and his head suddenly dropped. He was lifted into the air, and his toes pointed to the ground.

Seeing that Tatsuma had fainted, Hyuga Hideki swallowed the words she was about to ask, and then looked around incredulously with her Byakugan eyes.

The number of Sand Ninja corpses around him was definitely more than the number Minato had previously reported, and under his Byakugan and chakra perception, there was no trace of anyone else around.

Most importantly, the corpses of several Sand Ninjas still bore traces of Tatsuma's chakra, forcing Hyuga Ying to consider an unbelievable answer.

That was Tatsuma. He wiped out all the Sand Ninja here.

This is obviously illogical, but the facts before Hyuga Hide tell her that Tatsuma did indeed do it.

However, Tatsuma's actions were beneficial to both Konoha and his Hyuga clan, as he was indirectly helping them reduce the number of enemies.

Hyuga Hide turned around, looked at her younger brother and two sons, and said, "Kuro, Hiashi, Hizashi, protect this child."

"Yes, elder brother."

"Yes, Father!" *2

Seeing that the three agreed, Hyuga Ying gently tossed Tatsuma to Hyuga Que, who caught it. Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Hizashi stood on either side of Hyuga Que in tacit agreement.

The battle between Konoha and Sunagakure is about to erupt. Konoha, with the intention of wiping out Sunagakure, has set up an ambush and will not let them go easily, and the Sunagakure ninja are also aware of this.

But all of this has nothing to do with Tatsuma anymore; he's now just an accessory to Hyuga.

"A great victory on the battlefield of the River Country!"

Tatsuma's coma did not affect the operation of the world. News from the front lines quickly reached the village, and Konoha instantly erupted in celebration, with countless people praising the greatness of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Some people praised Orochimaru's strategy in commanding the front lines, but as the praise was reduced layer by layer, those who actually fought didn't receive much applause.

In the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had been in his forties for several years, couldn't help but show his joy. His face, which was beginning to show wrinkles, was now radiating the smile of an old farmer celebrating a bountiful harvest.

Unlike the villagers who only knew about the victory but not the details of the battle, Hiruzen Sarutobi, as the Hokage, received the most detailed report.

Seeing that Orochimaru had almost completely annihilated the Sunagakure vanguard with less than half the estimated casualties before the battle, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, mixed feelings) as he thought that his disciple had become a ninja capable of standing on his own.

However, as he continued reading the report, a look of surprise quickly appeared on his face, because he saw a name in the report that surprised him greatly.

"Sakamoto Tatsuma!"

Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi's report is the most detailed version available, it is impossible to record the deeds of every ninja who participated in the battle. Only those ninjas who played a significant role and their deeds will be recorded.

Upon seeing the report that Tatsuma single-handedly fought against dozens of Sand Ninja, launched a counterattack and annihilated the enemy squad, even killing two Sand Village Jonin, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but open his mouth in astonishment.

"Sakumo, what do you think?"

"this"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

In an underground base, Danzo Shimura, the Dark Lord of the Ninja World and the Root of Konoha, listened to his subordinates' reports. Upon hearing the report about the civilian child, Danzo immediately waved his hand to interrupt, saying with displeasure:

"Where did you get this information? Was the person who copied it under an illusion spell?!"

The Root ninja who was reporting shut his mouth, sweat beading on his forehead. This information was one he had personally copied. Shimura Danzo glanced at his subordinate's reaction, stood up, and spoke into the darkness:

"Hmph! Sarutobi, you're actually this wary of me? Sending me this false information, are you trying to toy with me?!"

(End of this chapter)