I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 105 The bad habits of the weak are called style by the strong.

Minato left at dawn to talk to Orochimaru about Tatsuma's advice from the previous day. Tatsuma lay alone on the hospital bed, feeling his mind foggy and his body weak.

Chenma felt like he had stayed up all night, donated 400cc of blood, and then, without time to rest, was dragged out to drink until he blacked out. He also had sex seven times in one night with someone he was attracted to, and the next day he felt hungover and weak.

"You actually woke up? You're incredibly lucky."

Suddenly, a teasing voice rang out. Tatsuma tilted his head and saw Tsunade walking in carrying two lunchboxes. Tatsuma said, "Teacher, thank you for healing me."

"What exactly happened to you that day? How did you manage to kill so many Sand Ninja? And two Jonin too?"

Tsunade sat by the hospital bed, opened the lunchbox, picked up a rice ball and stuffed it into Tatsuma's mouth. Tatsuma choked and almost passed out, but fortunately, life is tenacious, and so was he.

"Gurgle~ Burp~"

Tatsuma finally swallowed the rice ball, looking helplessly at his teacher. Tsunade had taught them many times to treat patients kindly, but she never seemed to know how to treat patients kindly.

Tsunade has her own explanation for this: "Do what I say, not what I do," a double standard that couldn't be more obvious.

Tatsuma politely declined Tsunade's yet another attempt to force-feed him, then sat up on his own. He first picked up the water glass beside him and drank some water before replying:

"Of course I couldn't defeat them on my own, but Lord Mito gave me a gift before I left the village."

If it were anyone else asking, Tatsuma might have kept it a secret, but Tsunade was different. She was not only his teacher but also Mito Uzumaki's granddaughter, so she wouldn't mind hearing such a secret.

As for the physical effects brought by the White Demon, Tatsuma didn't mention it, so let's just assume he didn't know either.

Tsunade nodded and said, "No wonder. I didn't understand before. The injuries you've suffered during this time are enough to kill you ten or eight times over. Now I finally understand."

But you've kept this from me until now, doesn't that mean you don't trust me as your teacher?

"Lord Mito told me not to tell anyone."

"I'm not just anyone, I'm your teacher!"

Seeing Tsunade suddenly switch to an unreasonable state, Tatsuma covered his forehead and changed the subject, saying, "Ouch~ my head hurts so much."

"You've slept for three whole days, no wonder your head hurts! Even a pig can't sleep as much as you."

Tsunade rolled her eyes. She wasn't going to be fooled by such a clumsy attempt to change the subject, but she was too lazy to delve any deeper. Instead, she asked, "Will you still dare to go to the battlefield in the future?"

"There's nothing I'm afraid of."

Tatsuma shrugged. Tsunade glanced instinctively towards the door upon hearing this, then said, "Aren't you considering going back to the village and taking the Chunin Exams or something?"

"On the battlefield, being a Chunin doesn't bring me any advantage, unless you count the free disguise."

Tatsuma glanced curiously at the doorway, but there was no one there. Clearly, Tsunade's glance wasn't because anything was there. He asked:

"But teacher, what do you mean? Are you planning to send me back to the village?"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow. She knew that Tatsuma understood what she meant, and that the brat had changed his "go back to the village" to "go back to the village for a trip".

"Do as you please, come back or not if you want. If you want to stay, hurry up and recover. There won't be any more small team battles to fight. It will all be battles between ninja legions."

Furthermore, your status as a genin will no longer be special. A large number of genin will be deployed to the battlefield, and the upper-ranking ninjas of Sunagakure will no longer show mercy to genin like you.

After saying that, Tsunade stood up and walked outside. Tatsuma nodded. Although the previous wars had been supported and reinforcements had been sent, and the slogan of total war had been raised, the preparation time was too short.

In addition, since there has been no large-scale war for a long time, Sunagakure and Konoha do not know enough about each other's ninja reserves, so Chunin and above are needed to test the waters.

Now that several rounds of war have passed, the probing should be over, and the real melee phase is about to begin. Genin can be deployed to the battlefield, even if it's just throwing a kunai or attaching an explosive tag.

This was hardly favorable information for Tatsuma. Previously, because of his status as a genin, the jonin of Sunagakure were hesitant to attack him, and even when chunin were sent to deal with him, they were somewhat reluctant.

But that won't happen again, because Tatsuma is just one of many genin "cannon fodder". It's reasonable for the jonin of Sunagakure to include Tatsuma in their attack range when they are clearing up the battlefield, and no one will object to it.

Thinking of this, Chenma felt the dizziness in his head lessen a bit, and he wanted to get out of bed, but after several attempts, his weakness made it difficult for him to stand upright.

After resting on the hospital bed for a while, Tatsuma raised his hands to form the opposing hand seal, slowly refining the chakra within his body.

He felt like he had returned to the state he was in four years ago before he enrolled in school. He tried to refine the chakra in his body, but his body did not respond. After trying for a few minutes, he finally extracted a trace of chakra.

Using this sliver of chakra, Tatsuma controlled it to travel through his body's meridians, stimulating his body to produce more chakra. Ten minutes later, he finally stopped refining chakra.

It's only about one-tenth of the usual amount, but that should be enough.

As Chenma pondered this, he began to form hand seals. After completing the five seals of Hai-Xu-You-Shen-Wei, Chenma ran his right thumb across his teeth and then imprinted the overflowing blood onto his left wrist.

"Spiritual communication!"

"Bang!"

As the technique unfolded, a cloud of smoke appeared, and a slug the size of a basketball appeared on Tatsuma's forearm. The sudden increase in weight almost caused Tatsuma to lose his balance.

Before I could finish lamenting my physical weakness, a gentle voice rang out.

"Tatsuma? Is that you? Do you need my help?"

Before Tatsuma could answer, the slug's chakra had already entered his body and quickly circulated around once. Then the slug continued, "Your body is in bad shape. Was it caused by the battle?"

Tatsuma nodded and said, "Yes, I can only ask you for help. I need to recover as soon as possible."

"Next time, please remember to summon me before or during the battle. Although it's difficult for me to help you in the fight, I can reduce some of the damage for you."

The slug's words were still very gentle, but Tatsuma seemed to detect a hint of complaint. He gently ran his right fingers across the slug's back, then said apologetically:

"Sorry, I like to get injured during battle; it helps me concentrate better."

"That's a bad habit, you need to change it."

The slug spoke again, and then strands of chakra flowed into Tatsuma's body, constantly replenishing the energy of her depleted cells, causing her size to shrink continuously.

When only half a fist's worth of chakra remained, Tatsuma spoke up, "That's enough. Save some chakra. You've really worked hard."

"It's alright, I'm glad I could help you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the slug turned into smoke and disappeared. Chenma wiped the dried blood from his fingertips, propped himself up on the bed, and stood up. Although it still felt like he was walking on cotton, at least he could stand on his own.

"Now, it's time to focus on your recovery."

(End of this chapter)