I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 129 Men can give each other anything, but not glycerin suppositories.

Rope Tree didn't notice the thoughtfulness and worry on the two people's faces. He just cheered himself up and said loudly, "It's decided. Since we can't go to the battlefield, we'll train hard in the village!"

Start with 5,000 weighted frog jumps. If you can't finish them, then change it to 3,000 handstand weighted push-ups!

As he spoke, Rope Tree bounced around a bit, causing the little Might Guy on his back to sway back and forth, his big head bobbing about, making one worry that he might get hurt.

Chenma said, "Be careful. Brother Dai is so busy every day. He entrusted his son to you because he trusts you. If he gets hurt, we will have let Brother Dai down."

"It's alright! I'll protect him with my life! That's what youth is all about! You agree, Kai!"

Rope Tree turned his head and looked at Might Guy, who was grinning foolishly. Might Guy's two little fists were originally clenched, but now his two thumbs were standing up and his mouth was wide open. It's a pity that he didn't have any teeth, otherwise he would have been another Konoha White Fang.

"See, I told you so!"

Seeing Might Guy's reaction, Nawaki said smugly, but before training, he still put Might Guy in a straw basket on the side, which was a gift from Uchiha Tenka, and was said to be his cat's bed.

Seeing Might Guy lying in the cat bed and starting to punch, Tatsuma stopped paying attention and looked at Minato, saying, "This is the first time I've seen a mission to persuade someone to fight."

Minato nodded, looking somewhat troubled; their mission was rather strange.

Knowing the progress of the talks, both men knew that war would soon break out again and were prepared to go to the battlefield at any time. They even had their backpacks ready at home, so they could pack them and leave at any moment.

However, this mission was not to send them to the front lines to fight, nor to accompany other squads such as reconnaissance or intelligence teams, but to go to the Land of Iron and persuade the general of the Land of Iron to send troops to fight against the Land of Rain.

Moreover, it's not about fighting the invading forces of the Land of Rain within the Land of Iron, but about dispatching a samurai army to cross over to the Land of Fields, the Land of Grass, and other countries, reaching the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Grass, and fighting the Land of Rain from the front line.

If an agreement can be reached to allow the Land of Iron to send troops to the Land of Grass to fight against the Land of Iron, it would be very beneficial to Konoha. After all, if the Land of Rain were to fight its way from the Land of Grass to the Land of Iron, even if the attack on the Land of Iron failed, the resources and population from the countries in between would allow the Land of Rain to develop rapidly in the future.

If the Land of Rain successfully occupies the territories of these countries, then even without considering the Land of Iron, given Hanzo's abilities and another ten years of development, the Land of Rain could very well grow to the size of the Five Great Nations.

At least catching up with the Land of Wind is not a problem.

The current ninja world order has remained unchanged for nearly forty years, and the five great nations do not want a sixth great nation to suddenly emerge and share the ninja world's resources with them.

Furthermore, Hanzo was different from the Kage of the Five Great Nations. Back then, Hashirama Senju was willing to only take one village, preserving and respecting the rights of the Daimyo, and cooperating with the Daimyo to form a pattern of one village per country.

This situation also influenced the decisions made by the other four countries when establishing hidden villages, which led to the five great nations' daimyo and kage jointly building one village per country. However, this approach actually restricted the resources and rights of the ninja villages.

But Hanzo was different. He was not subject to the daimyo. In fact, his reputation in the Land of Rain was even greater than that of Hashirama Senju in the Land of Fire.

Hashirama Senju may be more powerful, but the Land of Fire is too vast. Even he could not exert his influence over the entire Land of Fire on his own, but Hanzo could.

At this time, Hanzo had not yet established a ninja nation, but once he annexed one or more other countries, in order to unify and centralize the government, Hanzo was very likely to establish the first ninja nation in the ninja world to be ruled by ninjas.

Once such a country emerges, if the Rain Kingdom wants to expand its military again, the entire nation will follow its will, and war will break out as soon as it has a thought.

This situation is too dangerous, especially given the current trajectory of the Rain Country. If it succeeds, the country most threatened will be the Fire Country, which borders several small countries to the north.

The other four countries may not want that kind of situation to occur, but they certainly don't feel the same urgency as the Land of Fire.

However, Tatsuma understood the village and the daimyo's thoughts, but as the one carrying out the mission, he also felt incredibly exhausted, persuading the Land of Iron to send troops and convincing several other countries to grant passage.

The only saving grace is that he and Minato are not qualified to be the leaders of the mission; they only need to follow the team. However, they will probably still have to follow orders when the time comes.

"Let's go back and change our equipment. We should at least prepare two sets of warm clothes. I heard it's very cold over there."

After glancing at the mission departure time once more, Tatsuma retracted the scroll and spoke to Minato. Minato nodded, and the two said something to Nawaki before heading out of the training ground.

On the way, Tatsuma said with a hint of sarcasm, "Other people who become ninjas get richer the more missions they do, but for the two of us, not only have we not become richer, we've become poorer and poorer."

I haven't bought any thick clothes yet, and I don't know how expensive they are. Luckily, during the war, our rent was suspended and we didn't have to pay rent, otherwise we probably would have had to borrow money.

Upon hearing this, Minato smiled and shook his head. Although he knew Tatsuma was joking, he still said, "You can't say that. Being able to learn ninjutsu from the Hokage and do any number of missions is worth it."

The missions the two men performed during the war were not converted into mission rewards, but were recorded as battle merits. Excluding the three-month-long, A-level support mission they carried out, the number of other missions completed could not be converted into money.

Moreover, even if they wanted to exchange it for money, they would have to wait until after the war, since Hiruzen Sarutobi had made it clear that the village was currently penniless and couldn't afford to pay.

Tatsuma then slapped his forehead and said, "Doesn't the Third Hokage still owe us a Dark Travel Technique?!"

They had previously exchanged their battle merits for the Shuraken Shadow Clone Technique and the Dark Travel Technique, and Hiruzen Sarutobi had agreed. However, Hiruzen Sarutobi only took a day to teach them the Shuraken Shadow Clone Technique for a short while before disappearing.

After that, Hiruzen Sarutobi was always busy and didn't have time to check on their training results, let alone teach them the Dark Travel Technique.

Chenma frowned and said, "Also, this time when we came back, they wouldn't let us go for our performance review. I guess they're afraid we'll ask them to redeem our rewards."

"Don't say that."

Minato was speechless. He knew Tatsuma wasn't being sincere, but he still felt a little uncomfortable with the teasing, as it felt somewhat like an insubordination.

"Fine, let's go buy clothes. I'll treat you to ice cream after we're done."

Tatsuma didn't continue making up stories, but instead walked towards the shopping street. Minato asked in confusion, "Tatsuma, why have you suddenly been liking ice cream so much these past few days?"

Don't your teeth feel sensitive? And you have a headache too.

Just thinking about how Tatsuma had dragged him out for ice cream whenever he had a spare moment these past few days made Minato's head throb. It was only early spring, and even in Konoha, it hadn't warmed up yet. Every time Minato ate ice cream, his teeth ached and his head hurt.

"It's good for your health."

Tatsuma's explanation made Minato roll his eyes. Eating ice cream on a cold day is good for your health? Are you kidding me? Of course, Tatsuma couldn't possibly really think that eating ice cream is good for your health, or he just had a craving for it.

But just a few days ago, his [Body] talent points finally reached over 10,000.

"Body: 4733/10004 [Additional Boost (To be unlocked)]"

Additional amplification direction options are available:

[Martial Arts]: Once activated, it provides additional amplification to physical skills, gradually increasing as the talent progresses, accelerating the speed of physical skill training, strengthening the strength of the entire body's muscles, bones, skin, and flesh, and providing special bonuses to physical skill damage and defense. There is also a very low probability of contracting Parkinson's syndrome.

【Unceasing】: Once activated, it additionally increases the maximum energy capacity of cells, gradually increasing as the talent progresses. Cellular energy can be increased through energy intake, providing special bonuses to vitality and chakra. There is an extremely low probability of developing diabetes.

To be honest, when Chenma saw the side effects, he didn't want to choose either one. Both had great effects, but people always like to gain something without paying a price, even though that's almost impossible.

The first one, according to Chenma, is an occupational hazard. The second one is that the most direct way to get energy is through eating, and overeating can indeed easily lead to some illnesses.

"This system is garbage; it can't even handle the side effects."

That was Chenma's thought at the time, but he couldn't really give up the extra boost, since the boost effect brought by the extra boost was really strong.

After much deliberation, Chenma ultimately chose "Unceasing," since Unceasing provides a boost to vitality and is more effective in preserving life.

In the past few days, Chenma has been constantly testing the limits of "unceasing". He found that eating more food was not very effective. First, he could not eat that much, and second, the energy of the food was not very high.

So he tested some desserts, since desserts have much higher sugar content than regular food. After testing, he chose ice cream as his source of extra energy.

Other desserts are hard to swallow and filling, but ice cream is not hard to swallow, and you can eat one even if you have just eaten a full meal.

Unbeknownst to him, Chenma discovered that he seemed to have used the system to create the effect of a legendary immortal body for himself, with high health, high mana, and great strength, which made him less worried about the side effects.

However, Chenma also discovered that the side effects of this "unceasing" were far more than just the extremely low probability of developing diabetes; there was another, rather embarrassing side effect.

Several hours later, inside the Senju clan's territory, Tsunade and the other two frowned. Orochimaru glanced at the clock and said, "Didn't I send Kushina to call them? Why haven't they come yet?"

"I don't know, maybe they're not at the training ground or at home, and we can't find them?"

Meanwhile, at Tatsuma's house, Kushina was rummaging through the snacks and fruits in Tatsuma's house, saying that he was about to leave the village and that it would be a waste if they were not eaten, thus taking Tatsuma's midnight snack for herself.

Minato stood in front of Tatsuma's toilet, leaning on the threshold, and asked worriedly, "Tatsuma, are you done yet?"

"...Hmm...uh...almost there."

A weak but strained voice came from inside the toilet. Minato, with his other hand covering his mouth and nose, said, "Didn't I give you an enema? Even after using it, you still can't poop?"

"You bastard, what kind of man gives another man an enema?! I would never use that!!!! Ah~"

In the toilet, Chenma leaned against the door with one hand, trembling as he wiped his bottom and fastened his pants with the other. He then glanced back at the two charcoal sticks in the toilet bowl, wondering if they would even be useful for growing vegetables.

"Whoosh~~"

"Click~"

"Let's go, but we have to walk slowly, my legs are numb."

(End of this chapter)