I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 16 Tsunade and Jiraiya

"Ding~ [Strength +3], [Speed ​​+3], [Constitution +5]"

After being taken to the infirmary for emergency hemostasis, Tatsuma finally had time to check his spoils. It has to be said that Minato was still the best fat sheep, giving him a generous reward.

Thinking about the reward he had received, Tatsuma, who was lying in a hospital bed with bandages wrapped around his body, couldn't help but laugh out loud. At that moment, a strange voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Why are you laughing so happily? What? Do you enjoy getting hurt?"

As he finished speaking, the small curtain around his hospital bed was pulled open, and a blonde female ninja appeared in Tatsuma's field of vision. Tatsuma looked her over several times and asked uncertainly, "Lady Tsunade?"

When Tsunade saw that Tatsuma recognized her, she was a little surprised, but she didn't think much of it. Although her reputation was not yet earth-shattering, she was not an unknown ninja either.

Her status as the granddaughter of the First Hokage and the disciple of the Third Hokage gave her considerable fame in the ninja world. It's quite normal for a kid like Tatsuma, who may have dreamed of becoming a ninja long ago, to be aware of his reputation.

Tsunade nodded and said, "I just happened to be passing by today, and that blond brat outside begged me to heal you as soon as he saw me."

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma exclaimed with delight, "Really? Lady Tsunade is willing to heal me?"

Tsunade touched the pocket where her wallet was kept. She'd gambled away all the money Jiraiya had lent her a few days ago. Having nothing else to do besides go home, she nodded and said:

"Well, you still haven't answered my question."

As she spoke, Tsunade didn't wait for Tatsuma's reply. A ball of blue chakra appeared in her hand. When the chakra covered Tatsuma's wound, he felt a numb and itchy sensation.

To distract himself from the sensations in his body, Tatsuma said, "No one likes getting hurt, but winning feels amazing. If I could, I'd want to keep winning."

As Tsunade listened to Tatsuma's words, a nameless anger inexplicably rose within her. Was this brat being sarcastic?!

However, Tsunade did not react, because she was a medical ninja, and how could she do anything to harm patients while healing them?

But as Tsunade used her medical ninjutsu, her brows furrowed slightly, because Tatsuma's physical recovery ability didn't seem to be very good, far inferior to that blond kid outside who could be lively and energetic again after resting for a few minutes.

The body's recovery ability can, to some extent, determine the upper limit of a person's physical strength. For example, Tsunade herself knows that her body's recovery ability is much higher than that of ordinary people, even without the support of medical ninjutsu.

But compared to other geniuses who were able to stand out during their time at the ninja academy, this kid's talent doesn't seem to be particularly high.

Thinking of this, Tsunade suddenly said, "If you later find that your ten years of diligent training are not as effective as someone else's one year of training, how would you feel?"

"You mean talent?"

Tatsuma asked a question in return, and Tsunade nodded. Tatsuma pondered for a while. Sometimes the difference in talent can really be despairing. Tatsuma himself was almost discouraged.

But he has the opportunity to change his talent, which makes him much luckier than most people. He flashed a contagious smile and said:

"Everyone will eventually die, so why do we have to go through life? For me, as long as the result is the same, it is worth it even if the process is different from others."

It took me ten years to achieve what others can accomplish in a year, but isn't that still an accomplishment? I may not be as talented as others right now, but maybe one day I'll have a breakthrough?

"Hmph! A little devil for his age."

Tsunade shook her head, ending the treatment. She stood up and said, "Don't take these pointless injuries anymore, otherwise others will catch up with you while you're recovering, then surpass you and leave you behind."

"Thank you, Lady Tsunade."

Tatsuma felt that he was no longer in pain, and even his fatigue had subsided considerably. He gratefully said to Tsunade, who waved her hand and walked out of the infirmary.

As Tsunade stepped out of the teaching building where the medical room was located, she saw Jiraiya squatting on the ground talking to that blond kid named Minato Namikaze.

Tsunade initially intended to leave, but as she turned, a glimpse out of the corner of her eye caught the square shape woven into Jiraiya's pocket. She changed her mind, stepped forward, and said:

"Jiraiya, did you go to the teacher to collect your mission reward?"

"Yeah." Jiraiya blurted out instinctively, then noticed Tsunade's familiar smile. He quickly clutched his pocket and said, "No, no, the village's finances have been tight lately..."

"Take it out!"

"Tsunade, really not."

"Take it out!"

Under Tsunade's aggressive gaze, Jiraiya still pulled out the money he had just received from the Hokage Building. Tsunade grabbed it and was about to put it in her pocket when she said, "I'll pay you back next time I win."

"No! Tsunade, leave some money for food!"

Jiraiya pleaded. Tsunade frowned, then counted out a few bills and handed them back to Jiraiya. Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief, knowing he wouldn't have to go hungry for the next few days.

But soon, he thought of something else and asked, "Didn't you leave? Why are you still at school?"

Before Tsunade could answer, Minato said, "I saw Lady Tsunade and asked her to treat Tatsuma."

"oh."

"You're cured and can go home anytime."

After Tsunade finished speaking, she left before Minato could express his gratitude, her mind already filled with the image of her dominating the casino that afternoon.

Jiraiya put away the money in his hand and said, "Call your friends, I'll treat you to grilled ramen."

"Wouldn't that be too expensive?"

Minato hesitated. After all, Jiraiya didn't even have as much money as he had saved up over the past two years, and he didn't want Jiraiya to go hungry because he was treating them to ramen.

Jiraiya waved his hand dismissively and said, "It's just money, nothing. I can easily earn hundreds of thousands of taels from a single mission; I just happen not to have it on me."

Minato was somewhat skeptical, but he couldn't very well refuse Jiraiya again, so he called on Tatsuma, who had just recovered from his injuries. The moment Tatsuma saw Jiraiya, his eyes lit up.

Ryo and Jiraiya both felt somewhat uneasy, and he was very familiar with that look in his eyes—the same devout and fervent look he had when he spied on the women's bathhouse.

"Hey kid, what are you trying to do, staring at me like that?!"

Finally, upon arriving at the ramen shop, Jiraiya couldn't take it anymore. His voice trembled, and he asked in a somewhat stern but actually cowardly tone.

(End of this chapter)