I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 163 It's not that no one understands you, it's just that you hope those who do understand you don't.

The sudden sound from the rainforest startled Chiyo, Ebizo, and the others. Their first reaction was that Konoha had set up an ambush there, and they had once again foolishly fallen into a trap.

Once again.

Chiyo instantly released her chakra and sensed her surroundings, but the result was far beyond her expectations.

There were no Konoha ninjas lying in ambush here. Well, saying there weren't any isn't quite right either; there was one.

On a large tree, a boy with white curly hair, about ten years old, was squatting on a branch with a wicked smile on his face.

"Ryoma of Konoha!"

"The rapper Tobirama!"

"Striking Jade Hand!"

From the Sand Village, voices of surprise and anger rang out. Upon hearing these voices, Tatsuma's smile vanished instantly, replaced by dark lines on his face.

"Stop talking nonsense, are you just waiting for them to escape?"

Tsunade also spoke, and slightly moved her right hand. Although according to their plan, the operation should have been mostly successful by now, they absolutely could not relax until the matter was over.

She also leaped onto a large tree, and on the trunk of this tree was a small mark. Tsunade glanced at the mark with some suspicion.

Chenma said he could use explosive tag traps to attack all enemies who fall into the array, leaving only these two positions safe. It's unclear whether this disciple's skills are up to par.

"Teacher, it's all because you came too early."

Upon hearing the first half of Tatsuma's sentence, Tsunade's heart sank. Could it be that this kid hadn't set up the trap yet? But before she could ask, Tatsuma continued, "If you had arrived ten seconds later, it would have been just right."

"Boom boom boom~"

"Rustling sound~"

The moment the words were spoken, flames suddenly erupted and explosions rang out in a fan-shaped area with a radius of over a kilometer centered on the two people. The shockwaves rippled through the surrounding land, and even some younger trees were uprooted.

Tsunade grabbed the tree trunk to steady herself. Looking at the rainforest engulfed by flames, she felt a sense of relief for some reason. This could be considered revenge.

Although she always followed her second grandfather's teachings, she never mentioned the Senju clan in the village again, nor did she identify herself as a member of the Senju clan, but instead regarded herself as a member of Konoha.

However, deep down, Tsunade always remembered that she came from the Senju clan, from the Senju clan of her father and grandfather. She could ignore or even deny the existence of the Senju clan.

But when she actually heard that so many of her clansmen had passed away, she panicked. It was as if something that her grandfather, her second grandfather, and her parents had valued had been destroyed by her.

Even though she was already one of the top medical ninjas in the ninja world, Tsunade knew the limits of her abilities. She couldn't bring the dead back to life, and perhaps revenge was the only thing she could do.

Chenma wasn't thinking about that much at the moment. He stared intently at the rainforest being engulfed by the flames. Waves of air kept crashing against him, blowing his hair back and even straightening the outer strands. It could be said that he had briefly achieved his wish.

As the force of the ripples of air began to wane, Chenma made a gesture with his right hand, forming a contrasting hand seal. If you looked closely, you could see that his fingertips were wrapped with steel wire.

With a wave of his right hand, the previously loose steel wire was pulled, and in an instant, amidst the continuous explosions in the rainforest, the sound of triggers being pulled could be heard.

"Rustling sound~"

"Rustling sound~"

Further out from the flames, countless hidden ninja tool traps were triggered, and countless shuriken and kunai flew toward the burning area. The weakening air currents could not stop these ninja tools from flying into the flames.

"I used up all the ninja tools I had for a lifetime today. Teacher, you have to give me a big credit for this."

Tatsuma looked at Tsunade and said, "Tsunade sneered, as if she had expected this, and said, 'We're not on a Konoha mission. Look, I'm wearing a Konoha headband!'"

Hearing his teacher's words, Chenma showed no grief or indignation. Instead, he calmly pointed to the headband on his left arm and said, "I am wearing a headband, and as your disciple, I thoughtfully put it on for you."

As he spoke, Chenma gently tugged at the headband on his left arm, revealing another headband underneath.

"We'll talk about it when we get back!"

Tsunade's face fell, and she said angrily. Tatsuma gave an OK sign and looked at the rainforest where the Sand Village was located. At this time, the firelight had gradually disappeared, and the rain during the flood season extinguished the remaining flames even faster.

The horrific state of the Sand Ninja was laid bare before everyone's eyes. Thousands of Rain Ninja who had pursued them were lying on the ground, their bodies charred and bloodstained. Many had ninja tools stuck in their bodies, writhing and screaming in agony, while some were already unresponsive.

Chiyo and Ebizo managed to keep their bodies intact thanks to the protection of ten completely naked puppets, but the white robes that covered the Chikamatsu Ten had completely disappeared.

Many components are directly exposed to the air, allowing others to observe and scrutinize them.

At this point, the Chikamatsu Ten were no longer accurately described as using "white secret techniques"; they should be called "naked secret techniques."

Chiyo pulled the kunai off her arm and glanced at it. She saw that it wasn't poisoned, which reassured her a little. She actually felt that she had been worrying too much. After all, even if it had been poisoned beforehand, it would have been completely burned after passing through such flames.

Let alone poison, even the kunai in her hand was slightly deformed, and the wound on her arm was charred black, clearly indicating that she had not only been stabbed but also burned.

"Tsunade! You don't actually think you can defeat us Sand Villagers with your meager skills, do you?!"

Chiyo said angrily. Tsunade didn't say anything. Although many Sand Ninja had died by now, those who could keep up with her speed and chase her here were at least elite Chunin, so they were not so easy to defeat.

This is only after the first and second rounds of attacks.

Tatsuma shook his head and said very honestly, "A few explosive tags and ninja tools are naturally no match for an elite force like yours."

"A little bit?!!!"

Upon hearing Tatsuma's answer, Chiyo gritted her teeth. Through the firelight, she had just seen countless ninja tools flying through the air, and the number of explosive tags that could severely injure thousands of Sand Ninja teams could not be small!

And this kid just said that he's put all the ninja tools he could use for a lifetime into this!

But Chiyo's anger didn't last long. After a brief moment of rage, she realized that the attacks from the explosive tags and ninja tools were not the end.

"Teacher, how is your recovery going?"

Tatsuma landed beside Tsunade and asked in a low voice. Tsunade shook her head slightly and said, "Not enough."

"Then you cover for me."

Chenma nodded, then looked up at the rain that was gradually increasing due to the fire. The rain during the flood season is already plentiful, let alone with such a localized high temperature. Almost all the rain in the surrounding area has been concentrated here.

Seeing the master and apprentice whispering to each other, Chiyo sensed something was wrong. When she saw Tatsuma looking up at the sky, Chiyo and Ebizo also instinctively looked up.

"Now!"

Just then, Tsunade shouted and jumped down from the tree, rushing towards Chiyo and Ebizo. Tsunade's sudden attack caused Chiyo and Ebizo to panic briefly, but Chiyo quickly reacted and used the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters to fight back.

Without any further ado, Chenma pulled off his backpack, and several sealing scrolls fell into his hands. He quickly formed hand seals, and the scrolls suddenly expanded, as the released sealing techniques were eager to release the sealed objects.

"Whoosh~"

One by one, the scrolls were thrown into the sky by Tatsuma. With his superhuman strength, the shaking sealing scrolls were launched into the sky like grenades.

"Ebizo!"

Sensing something was wrong, Chiyo quickly shouted, and a handful of kunai appeared in Ebizo's hand. With his superb ninja tool throwing skills, several kunai shot into the sky.

"Rustling sound~"

However, he seemed to have underestimated the speed of the sealing scrolls that Tatsuma threw; even the closest one only grazed past him.

"Bang bang bang~"

Above the sky, the pitiful ties of the sealing scroll could no longer hold back the unfurling scroll and broke off one by one. At this moment, the scrolls unfolded, and the sealing incantations that had been activated quickly "spit out" the sealed objects.

Test tubes appeared in the air and then fell to the ground. Upon seeing the black liquid inside, Ebizo immediately realized that these must be poison.

Chakra threads appeared on his hands as he tried to bind and restrict the poison, but Tatsuma had already formed hand seals.

"burst!"

"Boom boom boom~"

Another explosion without fire occurred, and the poison in the test tube turned into toxic mist that enveloped the sky.

"Don't forget your teacher is here too!"

Ebizo cried out in shock and anger, and Tsunade also struggled to break free from the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters' entanglement and returned to Tatsuma's side. However, the spreading poisonous mist spread outwards, some of which merged into the rain and dripped onto the wounded.

Even Tsunade's skin was accidentally smeared with some poison. The poison quickly entered her body through the wound, and Tsunade staggered and was about to fall when Tatsuma quickly supported her.

At this moment, Chiyo watched as her thousands of subordinates, each covered in poison and with reddened eyes, looked at Tsunade. She understood.

"Those Rain Ninja! You did that too?!"

Tsunade, who could barely stand by supporting Tatsuma's body, smiled and said, "So what?"

Chiyo's anger had reached its limit. She pointed a trembling hand at Tsunade, pointing at the Sand Village's unprovoked declaration of war. In order to deal with them quickly, the Sand Village had paid a large sum of war reparations.

Although the Sand Village forces suffered heavy losses, the Sand Village gained nothing. In fact, the war reparations made the Daimyo extremely dissatisfied, and he even expressed his desire to cease hostilities to the village.

However, this was not the time to pursue the matter of Konoha framing them last time. Chiyo forced herself to regain her composure and said, "The Rain Ninja has already handed over the information from last time to the Sand Ninja. We'll be able to cure this poison soon!"

"Unlike a withered flower like you in the ninja world, I won't use the same poison twice. Want the antidote?"

Tsunade reached out to Tatsuma, who, like an excellent assistant, handed her a vial of medicine. Tsunade injected the antidote into her body, and the purplish-black color on her body began to fade.

"Bang!"

Immediately, Tsunade crushed the syringe in her hand, and Chiyo gritted her teeth, saying, "Then I'll take you back. If you don't reveal the antidote formula, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

As she spoke, the Chikamatsu Ten moved. Clearly, Chiyo did not intend to pay attention to the injured and poisoned Sand Ninja, but wanted to capture Tsunade as soon as possible.

Upon seeing this, Tsunade's eyelids twitched. In her current state, she was no match for Chiyo and Ebizo, and as for Tatsuma, his level was still far from being able to help.

"Chiyo, let's retreat now. With your and Sunagakure's medical expertise, you can easily save the lives of these thousands of comrades. If you want to delay, it won't be that simple."

At that moment, a hoarse voice rang out. Orochimaru and Jiraiya appeared behind Tsunade and Tatsuma without anyone noticing. Tsunade looked surprised, as she and Tatsuma had not told anyone about their actions.

Orochimaru noticed Tsunade's expression, looked at Jiraiya, and said, "The day you prepared the poison, Jiraiya guessed what you were thinking."

Upon hearing this, Tsunade looked at Jiraiya with a complicated expression. She was touched that someone could guess her thoughts, but why did it have to be Jiraiya?

"What can the two of you do? Even if I can't take Tsunade away, I can still kill her here!"

A hint of ferocity appeared on Chiyo's face. She knew that Orochimaru's suggestion was very rational, but if she retreated like this, her status in Sunagakure would plummet, and her already low reputation would fall into the abyss.

Just then, Chiyo felt a chill down her back, followed by a tangible coldness on her neck.

"If they're not enough, what if we add me?"

"Hatake! Saku! Shigeru!"

(End of this chapter)