I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 184 Your all-in might just be a blind bet in the eyes of the wealthy.

A fat salamander, a giant toad, a slug as big as a mountain, and a winding giant snake suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and the surrounding Konoha ninjas all instantly moved away.

"Ugh! Those stinking snakes of Ryuchi Cave are truly disgusting!"

Before Hanzo, Hanzo's opponent, could speak, Gamabunta, the giant toad smoking a cigarette, suddenly spoke up, one hand resting on the hilt of his massive short sword, his eyes fixed on the purple horned giant snake with hostility.

Tsunade and Jiraiya looked at Orochimaru with considerable surprise, as they had not heard of Orochimaru becoming a shaman of Ryuchi Cave.

Noticing the gazes of his two teammates, Orochimaru's lips curled up slightly. These two had been making progress in the past two years, while he, the original genius, had stagnated in his training due to various trivial matters.

He had been looking forward to this moment ever since he obtained the Ryuchi-dong psychic scroll and became a Ryuchi-dong psychic.

He! Orochimaru! The most talented ninja in the team! He's back!

"Orochimaru! You never said you'd fight alongside the toads of Mount Myōboku! I hate toads more than anything!"

Even the giant snake beneath Orochimaru shook its head, trying to throw him off. Orochimaru quickly steadied himself, lowered his body, and said in a low voice, "Manda! State your conditions!"

"Hmph! We need to add more offerings!"

Manda then stopped shaking its head, its emerald green snake eyes scanning the surrounding Konoha ninjas, its tongue flicking in and out.

Orochimaru's face stiffened, then turned ugly. He gritted his teeth and said, "You can have as many Rain Ninja as you want."

"Oh, they're fighting amongst themselves? And it's not just one couple fighting?"

At this moment, Hanzo, standing atop the salamander, finally spoke, his tone full of mockery. He looked at Gamabunta, Katsuyu, and Manda, and said disdainfully:

"Did these insects give you the illusion that you can defeat me?"

In an instant, Gamabunta and Manda, who had been disliking each other, stopped their internal turmoil and turned their murderous gazes toward Hanzo, but Hanzo didn't care.

He could guess that the summoning beasts of these three people were the ninja beasts of the three holy lands, but so what? The gap between them could not be bridged by ninja beasts, even if the ninja beasts came from so-called holy lands!

Bunta, with his explosive temper, couldn't hold back any longer. He kicked off with his hind legs and lunged at Hanzo, bringing down his huge short sword on top of Hanzo's head.

"Be careful!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

The sound of chains rang out, and Hanzo had vanished. Bunta's sword was entangled in chains and pulled off, while at the other end of the chains was the scythe that Hanzo had been holding.

Hanzo swung his scythe and brought it down toward Bunta's forehead. Jiraiya, who was standing on Bunta's head, quickly formed hand seals and spat out a mouthful of ignited oil.

The flames were cleaved by Hanzo, but this also stopped him from falling. He tapped Bunta's head with his feet and then retreated to create distance.

The battle here also became the signal for a large-scale war between the two armies. Rain Ninja and Konoha Ninja crossed the scorched middle area and charged towards each other.

"Watergate! Fury!"

Tatsuma also abandoned Nawaki and came to Minato's side, saying that Minato nodded, quickly formed hand seals, and spat out balls of oil towards the direction of the Rain Village.

The rain ninjas who rushed in were doused with oil. Even the torrential rain couldn't wash away the sticky oil from their bodies in a short time. Meanwhile, Tatsuma had finished his hand seals and took a deep breath.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

"boom!"

A wisp of blue-purple flame appeared in front of Chenma's mouth, then transformed into a fiery red flame dragon, tearing at the Rain Ninjas whose bodies were covered in oil.

"Boom~ Boom~"

The dragon's fangs and claws ignited clusters of oil, and the heat waves from the flames completely washed away the coolness of early autumn, making the rainforest swelter.

Seeing hundreds of Rain Ninja trapped in the flames, Hanzo, who was fighting against Tsunade and the other two, frowned and was about to teleport away to kill that wretched brat.

He was about to use the Body Flicker Technique, but Orochimaru seemed to have guessed his thoughts and swung his hands toward Hanzo.

"Hidden Shadows, Many Snake Hands!"

A dozen snakes emerged from his sleeves and instantly coiled around Hanzo, interrupting his movements. Hanzo frowned, unleashed his chakra, and forcefully broke free, attempting to use his teleportation technique again.

However, Orochimaru's momentary delay had already bought his teammates enough time.

Tsunade, leaping high from the slug's head, ignored Orochimaru's sudden use of an unprecedented technique and instead swung her fist at Hanzo. Hanzo raised his scythe to block, and Tsunade's fist landed on the scythe.

"Bang!"

Hanzo's body suddenly sank, causing the salamander beneath him to also lower its body. The ground beneath the salamander was instantly compacted, even becoming slightly lower than the surrounding ground.

Hanzo forcefully shook off Tsunade, who had grabbed his arm, and his expression turned serious.

None of these three young men were particularly powerful or troublesome to him, but their teamwork was so seamless that there was never a gap in their rhythm.

It has to be said, no wonder he was taught by Hiruzen Sarutobi with all his might.

In the brief delay, Tatsuma's ninjutsu had already been completed. After the heavy rain extinguished the flames on the Rain Ninjas, only charred corpses remained. Even those who were not dead could only lie twitching on the muddy ground.

These were the Rain Ninja who hadn't directly faced the fire dragon's attack; they had only been burned by the oil. The dozen or so Rain Ninja who had been directly rammed by the fire dragon were nowhere to be found.

Tatsuma landed back beside Minato, panting softly. In the heavy rain, using such a large-scale fire jutsu was difficult even for someone with the talents of [Massive Capacity] and [Overwhelming the Sea].

"Are you alright, Tatsuma?"

Minato asked, and Tatsuma shook his head. Seeing this, Minato continued, "What a powerful technique. I wish."

"Prepare the lightning and water dragon shells."

Minato, somewhat disappointed by the interruption, still asked, "Do you have enough chakra?"

"No problem, but I'll be using a lot of chakra this time, so be careful to keep up."

Tatsuma shook his head and began forming hand seals. Minato nodded and quickly formed hand seals as well, continuously extracting lightning chakra.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"

The four seals—Zi, Chen, Mao, and Yin—that don't seem to follow the rules of Water Escape came into contact, but the surrounding rainwater was quickly mobilized, and the rainwater and the water on the ground began to rotate.

Soon, the flowing water enveloped the two of them, and a huge water dragon appeared on the battlefield. Sensing the size of the water dragon, Minato gritted his teeth and accelerated the speed at which he refined his chakra.

"Lightning Release! Thunderclap!"

Minato opened his mouth, and the Lightning Release chakra he had reached his limit of control surged out, transforming into lightning and pouring into the water dragon. In an instant, lightning radiated around the water dragon, and its eyes, which were clearly made of water, seemed to have the brilliance of a living creature.

The Chenma was changed to the Youzhi Yin midway, which allowed him to better control the Leishuilong. Under his control, the Leishuilong was just like a real dragon.

It swayed rapidly, dodging several large-scale ninjutsu attacks, and then pounced on the Rain Ninja below. The water dragon was extremely fast, and even when the Rain Ninja used the Body Flicker Technique, they could only brush past it.

The lightning on the water dragon's body will expand its attack range and drag any rain ninjas that are touched by the lightning into the water dragon's body.

"Swordsmanship! Chain Scythe Counterattack Slash!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

A scythe, pulled by a chain, flew from afar, severing the lightning and water dragon. The rain ninjas who had been caught in the water dragon fell out one after another, but the lightning also followed the scythe and chain, creeping towards Hanzo.

In an instant, the numbing sensation from the lightning caused Hanzo to freeze in place. At the same time, Tsunade's attack arrived, a powerful punch slamming into Hanzo's chest and knocking him off the salamander.

As Hanzo fell, he saw a gaping maw lunging at him. Startled, he suddenly regained consciousness and began to move.

Hanzo, who had fallen into the snake's mouth, used his Body Flicker Technique to escape just before the snake closed its mouth.

"Hiss~"

Spitting out its tongue, Manda's emerald green eyes darted around, somewhat astonished by Hanzo's terrifying speed; this instantaneous movement technique was the fastest it had ever seen among ninjas.

Hanzo, who had just escaped the snake's jaws, saw a huge short sword slashing towards him. His brow twitched, and he couldn't help but shout, "Ibuki!"

Ibuki is the name of Hanzo's summoned beast, the salamander. At this moment, the plump salamander has disappeared without a trace. As Hanzo shouts, the ground suddenly shakes.

A giant salamander burst through the ground, knocking aside Bunta's downward-slashing hand. At the same time, the fish opened its mouth, spewing out purple poisonous mist.

"Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!"

Jiraiya naturally wouldn't stand idly by while the salamander spewed poisonous mist. In an instant, he completed the hand seals, and the burning oil he spat out collided with the poisonous mist, burning it away completely.

Hanzo also retrieved his scythe, slashing down the venomous snakes summoned by Orochimaru. Then, he used the scythe to circle around a large tree, dodging the acid sprayed by a live slug, and landed lightly on the head of a salamander.

But none of that mattered. The combined attack of the three and their respective summoned beasts was easily neutralized by Hanzo and the Salamander Ibuki.

Looking at the three men with solemn expressions, Hanzo couldn't help but sneer from beneath his mask, saying, "With strength like this, you think you can defeat me?"

Upon hearing this, the three of them turned pale. Gamabunta and Manda let out angry snorts, and even the slug became completely silent.

Orochimaru was the first to regain his senses. He calmed down and said with a smile, "But even Lord Hanzo can't do anything to the three of us, can he? And it seems that the Rain Ninja can't stop Konoha's attack."

After saying that, Hanzo snorted heavily. He didn't expect Orochimaru to lack the temper that young people should have and not act impulsively. Reminded by Orochimaru, Tsunade and Jiraiya also came to their senses.

Those two brats, Tatsuma and Minato, caused more than two hundred Rain Ninja casualties in a short period of time. The Rain Ninja's fighting strength is now less than four thousand, and many more are still lurking outside.

Furthermore, Rain Village's calculation of combat strength is different from Konoha's. Konoha attaches great importance to this decisive battle, and only ninjas of Chunin level or above can participate in the battle.

Rain Ninja, including even Genin (low-ranking ninjas) in the combat force, barely managed to gather less than four thousand soldiers, while the regular army numbered only around three thousand.

With 4,000 Chunin and above fighters against an army of 3,000 Genin, the outcome was predictable in the long run. Hanzo, the only one who could change the situation, was held back by Tsunade and her two companions.

This made Hanzo impatient. He said viciously, "Then... I'll kill all three of you and win this battle!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, a huge explosion came from afar. He turned his head and saw that the white-haired brat, who should have needed a short rest to recover his strength and chakra due to the consumption of chakra, had already rejoined the battlefield.

Moreover, the chakra emanating from his body made Hanzo feel a little uneasy.

(End of this chapter)