I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 131 Before playing a prank, you must be prepared to bear the consequences.

"Yesterday, my teacher taught me the technique of one-handed hand seals. I asked him about it, and he said he could teach me these techniques as well, since traditional hand seal methods are too inflexible when fighting against the warriors of the Land of Iron."

At the entrance of Konoha Village, two boys with dark circles under their eyes were waiting for their teacher. Minato looked weak, clearly indicating that he had not only stayed up all night, but had also put in a lot of physical training.

However, he was in high spirits. After he finished speaking, he looked at Tatsuma, who was listless and constantly picking at his fingernails with a tissue. He wanted to ask him something, but seemed hesitant to speak.

After all, he had just said that he had learned something and could teach it to Tatsuma. If he took the initiative to ask Tatsuma, wouldn't it give the impression that he also wanted to learn what Tatsuma had learned last night?

Minato was simply curious about what Tatsuma, who also seemed to have stayed up all night, had learned. After all, when he asked his teacher yesterday, his teacher was very evasive, only saying that Tatsuma's gains would be very fruitful.

Tatsuma yawned, then wiped away the tears that had welled up in his eyes, and said weakly, "Last night..."

Under Minato's increasingly curious gaze, Tatsuma weakly said, "I took a bath all night."

After Tatsuma finished speaking, he noticed Minato's strange look. He sighed and said, "I'm not kidding. I was pranked by the teacher yesterday and had to take a bath all night before I could show my face."

As for studying, I had quite a few options, but I didn't have time to study at all last night. However, I brought all the scrolls with me: one was a set of notes on the simplification of Water Release hand seals, and the other was my experience in defending against and countering Fire Release techniques.

As he spoke, Tatsuma took out a scroll and tossed it to Minato, saying, "You can study this scroll on the way. I need to learn the simplified Water Release seals first."

Minato took the scroll and was about to take a look at it while Jiraiya and the others went to get their village permits, but as soon as his hand touched the edge of the scroll, he noticed that Tatsuma's eyes were very strange.

Having known Tatsuma for several years, Minato knew him all too well and immediately sensed a conspiracy. Adding to this was Tsunade's prank that Tatsuma had just revealed, and the fact that he'd been taking a bath all night...

Minato suddenly grinned, revealing an extremely warm smile, many times warmer than the morning sun of early spring. But his hand turned the reel in the opposite direction, pulling it back towards Tatsuma.

"Bang!"

"Damn it! You messed with me?!"

Tatsuma never expected that Minato, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, would also learn to play pranks like him. In an instant, the fatigue from not sleeping all night disappeared, and his brain started working at high speed.

This morning, before leaving home, I had a chance to test a simplified hand seal. A water escaping technique immediately emerged. His right hand was in a supporting palm position, while his left hand extended its thumb and slammed it onto his right hand, thus forming the first special hand seal.

At this moment, the scroll in Minato's hand, which had been sealed with a sealing technique, sprayed out a large cloud of fluorescent dye, rushing towards Tatsuma. At the same time, a wave of air also rolled towards Tatsuma.

Chenma seized the moment, interlacing his fingers in front of his chest. Instantly, the morning mist that had not yet dissipated gathered towards Chenma, and the first drop of water transformed from the morning mist, then the water droplet swirled around Chenma.

With the guidance of the first drop of water, the rest of the water was quickly transformed and mobilized. In the blink of an eye, a cylindrical water wall formed by the condensation of water appeared around Chenma.

"Water escape! Water formation wall!"

"Bang!"

The air blast and fluorescent dye impacted the water array wall. The thin water array wall seemed to be on the verge of breaking at any moment, but it miraculously stabilized and engulfed the dye.

The water barrier surrounding Tatsuma also became incredibly bright due to the fluorescent dye, causing even the village's guarding ninjas to jump out, thinking that some kind of enemy had invaded.

"Whoosh~"

Once he was sure the dye had been completely absorbed, Tatsuma flicked his wrist, splashing the water barrier aside. He then glared angrily at Minato, ready to settle scores, when the guard ninja's furious voice rang out.

"Hey! You two brats, you're really going too far! It's so early in the morning, if you want to spar, go to the training ground!"

"Oh! I'm so sorry."

Seeing the angry expression on the guard ninja's face, Minato's mischievous smile vanished instantly, and he looked at the guard ninja apologetically.

Tatsuma didn't dare to hold Minato accountable anymore. After all, it was he who wanted to mess with Minato, which led to this farce. However, he underestimated Minato's observation skills and almost got burned.

"Hmph! You've turned this whole area into a fluorescent glow, what are you going to do about it?!"

The guarding ninja was still very angry. After all, the village entrance was the first impression outsiders had of Konoha. Now, there was a patch of green, shiny mud on the ground, which greatly affected Konoha's image.

"I'm so sorry, since this was caused by my two students, I, as their teacher, will make amends."

At this moment, a tall figure landed, wearing a fawning smile, and looked at the guarding ninja. Upon seeing Jiraiya, the guarding ninja suppressed some of his anger, only saying with dissatisfaction:

"Jiraiya, it's one thing for you to be unreliable, but how come all your students are just as unreliable? Don't do it again!"

"Definitely, definitely."

Jiraiya quickly made his promise, and the guarding ninja gave Jiraiya face, but looked back with difficulty at the land contaminated by the fluorescent dye, and then at Jiraiya.

Jiraiya nodded repeatedly, then formed hand seals. After completing the last seal, he slammed his palm on the ground, causing the land to surge and churn instantly before returning to normal in a short while.

Seeing this, the guarding ninja nodded in satisfaction, gave Jiraiya a few instructions, checked the village exit permit that Jiraiya had brought, and then turned back to his post.

Jiraiya turned around and flicked Tatsuma and Minato on the forehead each, saying, "Hmph! You two start causing trouble as soon as I'm not around, huh?!"

Minato rubbed his forehead sheepishly. Actually, Jiraiya had hit his headband, and he hadn't felt any pain at all. He just wanted to make sure he was sincere in admitting his mistake.

Tatsuma grimaced, since his headband wasn't on his head but on his left hand, turning into an arm guard. Jiraiya's flick on the forehead had landed squarely on his head.

After the pain finally subsided, Tatsuma asked curiously, "Jiraiya-sensei, where are my teacher and Orochimaru-sama?"

The three of them clearly went to the Hokage Building together, but only Jiraiya arrived here first, which made Tatsuma a little curious. Jiraiya, picking at his stubble with his fingernails, said upon hearing this:

Orochimaru and my teacher went to prepare gifts for their visit, while Tsunade went back to get her luggage.

"Luggage? Aren't all of the teacher's luggage with me?"

Tatsuma patted his backpack, looking somewhat puzzled. Jiraiya explained, "The clothes we wear are different from the clothes we need for the mission. I hadn't thought of that before."

"Oh, a dress."

Tatsuma nodded in sudden understanding, but he quickly glanced at Minato and said, "Minato and I don't have any formal attire. Are we going to have them made on the spot?"

"Hey! We're just ordinary folks, what do we need formal attire for? Orochimaru doesn't have any, but Tsunade's family does. Besides, they have plenty. You two can just wear Nawaki's clothes."

Jiraiya said casually, then added, "I wonder if Tsunade has any uncles or elders who are as tall as me. It would be uncomfortable if her clothes were too small."

Hearing that no preparation was needed, Chenma nodded. What he feared most was spending money to do something. He had already felt bad about buying two coats yesterday, let alone a formal suit that he would only wear a few times.

"By the way, kid, I just looked at your water array wall, and it seems a little different."

Jiraiya looked at Tatsuma at this moment. He had just seen the ninjutsu that Tatsuma used from afar. He recognized it as the Water Formation Wall, but both the hand seals and the process of forming the ninjutsu were somewhat different from the Water Formation Wall that he knew.

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma replied, "It was improved by the Second Hokage, shortening the hand seals. However, it requires a higher level of chakra nature transformation, and I am currently unable to draw upon much water or chakra to create water."

"Second Generation Lord, that makes sense then."

Jiraiya had been somewhat curious, but upon hearing that it was an improvement by Tobirama Senju, his doubts vanished. He didn't ask any further questions, since he knew that this knowledge now belonged to Tatsuma.

Since Tatsuma didn't intend to share it, he couldn't ask. If Tatsuma brought it up with him one day, he certainly wouldn't avoid listening, but he wouldn't actively inquire or set a trap to get Tatsuma to tell him. This was the most basic bottom line for a teacher.

However, his gaze quickly fell on the scroll in Minato's hand, which was covered with sealing techniques, and he asked, "What's that?"

"I haven't yet released the seal on Minato regarding the Second Hokage's insights on Fire Release ninjutsu, defense, and countermeasures."

As he spoke, Tatsuma took the scroll from Minato's hand, formed hand seals to release the sealing technique on it, and the true contents of the scroll were revealed as the sealing technique faded.

Jiraiya had already looked away when Tatsuma was forming hand seals, and simply remarked with admiration, "His insights into Fire Release techniques... truly worthy of the Second Hokage."

At this moment, Minato realized that the scroll Tatsuma had given him was actually the insights of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, and became somewhat flustered, after all, he had just treated it so casually.

Moreover, he didn't know whether he should accept it or not. Seeing Minato's expression, Tatsuma tossed the scroll to Minato again and said, "If I give it to you, you should learn it well. Just don't hold back any secrets when you do hand seals with one hand."

Minato hurriedly caught the scroll, glanced at Jiraiya, and when Jiraiya nodded, he solemnly said, "I will study hard, and I will teach you all the one-handed hand seals."

If you have any questions about one-handed hand seals that I can't answer, I can ask my teacher for you.

"Hmph! 'My teacher,' my foot! I'm standing right here. If he doesn't understand, why doesn't he just come and ask me?"

After Jiraiya finished speaking, Tatsuma and Minato both smiled. At this moment, Orochimaru and Tsunade also came to them, each carrying a large scroll.

Tsunade looked at Orochimaru, who nodded. Only then did Tsunade speak, "Let's set off! Get to the Land of Iron as soon as possible."

"yes!"

After answering, Tatsuma glanced at Tsunade, knowing that his teacher was likely in charge of this mission.

(End of this chapter)