I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

In Chapter 20, regarding copying homework, I, Minato, would call you the strongest.

Hearing the sounds inside, Tatsuma pushed open the door and entered, finding that Minato had already put on his shoes and had his ninja tool pouch hanging at his waist. Minato looked at Tatsuma and said, "You're a little late today."

Seeing Minato getting ready to go out for training, Tatsuma waved his hand and said, "We won't go to the training grounds this afternoon. Jiraiya gave me those two ninjutsu scrolls, let's make a copy first."

"Really?"

Minato smiled happily, while Tatsuma took out the two scrolls and headed towards the training room. Minato also entered the training room and found two pens and two blank scrolls.

Minato also kept his house very clean, but he had much more stuff than Tatsuma, especially in his training room. Compared to Tatsuma's rather empty bookshelves, Minato had a lot of books on them.

From textbooks to literary works, it has almost all the biographies of famous ninjas. These ordinary books usually cost between 100 and 150 taels each, which is not expensive, so Minato could afford them.

Chenma could afford it too, but he wouldn't buy it. With his talent, he couldn't afford to be distracted. He liked to save the little money he had left each month. The feeling of having savings made him feel more at ease.

Minato pulled a chair from the dining room and prepared drinks and some snacks for Tatsuma before sitting down opposite him at the desk. Tatsuma handed Minato the scroll of Needle Jizo and said:

"Minato, you are so hospitable. You prepared so much to entertain me for just copying a scroll. I've also prepared a little ceremony for you."

After taking the scroll, Minato said with a smile, "Let's have a contest to see who can copy it faster!"

"As expected of you, you understand me so well."

Tatsuma also smiled, and the two of them simultaneously unrolled the scroll. In addition to the introduction of ninjutsu and hand seals, the scroll also contained many personal insights written in tiny characters.

The meaning of each seal is explained in great detail. For example, Jiraiya explains why the last seal is the seal of the snake in Minato's hand.

The Needle Jizo technique has some of the effects of piercing the hair into the ground and then pulling it out. Jiraiya referenced the principles of many Earth Release ninjutsu to achieve this.

Many Earth Release ninjutsu end with the Snake Seal because this seal allows chakra to communicate more easily with the earth, just as the Tiger Seal makes it easier for the user to harmonize the Fire Release chakra generated within their body.

The same applies to Tatsuma's Lion's Mane Technique. Not only were each hand seal explained, but Jiraiya's understanding of its application was also recorded, along with battle tactics that combined it with other techniques.

Jiraiya even drew quite a few abstract little figures. Although his drawing skills were mediocre, it was clear that Jiraiya was very serious about explaining all the key points of these two ninjutsu.

Seeing these meticulous notes, Tatsuma finally understood why Jiraiya had spent three days completing only one scroll record. When it came to teaching, Jiraiya was anything but careless.

Minato glanced at it briefly, then looked at the scroll in Tatsuma's hand. Clearly, Tatsuma's scroll contained more information, which seemed to be a disadvantage in the game.

Thinking of Tatsuma's strange but incredibly strong competitive spirit, Minato suggested, "Tatsuma, how about we take turns copying?"

"No! I will prove to you that I am the ninja who is best at copying!"

Tatsuma decisively refused, betting on the dignity of the hand speed and endurance he had honed through twelve years of relentless copying of homework before entering university in his previous life, he was determined to win this match!

Tatsuma began to move his fingers, wrists, and elbows, while Minato filled the inkstone with ink. After the two finished their drinks, they tacitly picked up their brushes, dipped them in ink, and began to copy on the blank scroll, referring to the scroll.

At first, Minato was able to maintain the same speed as Tatsuma, but after a while, Minato began to feel that he couldn't take it anymore. The long period of hanging on his arm caused his elbows and forearms to start to hurt.

He glanced at Tatsuma and noticed that Tatsuma wasn't using the pen-holding method his teacher had taught him; it was more like he was holding chopsticks, with his fingers extremely close to the pen tip and his wrist resting directly on the table.

Not only was Tatsuma faster, but his handwriting was also more standard and beautiful. Seeing this, Minato's competitive spirit, which had been unleashed by Tatsuma, began to flare up.

Minato wasn't a stubborn person, and the next second he changed his pen-holding method, imitating Tatsuma. He found that with wrist support, not only was his hand less tired, but he also found it easier to control the pen.

For two people who don't demand the same level of skill as calligraphic works, this method of copying is undoubtedly more efficient.

The two kept copying, and Minato even felt that all he could see in front of him was a field of gold stars, in addition to the ink blots of the characters. It was the first time Minato realized that writing could be so painful.

Aside from taking a sip at the beginning, neither of them touched the drinks on the table. After all, this was a game, and drinking too much water and having to go to the toilet would be a huge disadvantage. The same applied to the snacks.

It wasn't until dusk that Tatsuma put down his pen, leaned back, closed his eyes, and began to take deep breaths. He didn't even feel like declaring victory; writing with such focus for hours had indeed been quite painful.

Once he relaxed, Tatsuma looked at Minato and found that Minato didn't seem to have noticed that he had finished writing and was still writing very seriously, though he was already nearing the end.

Without disturbing Minato, Tatsuma tiptoed out of the training room and started rummaging through Minato's refrigerator to cook. This was a routine procedure, as Minato often visited other people's rooms to cook, and there were no taboos about it.

After a simple meal of fried fish and miso soup, Minato finally came out of the room. Seeing that Tatsuma had already prepared the meal, Minato said weakly, "Tatsuma, this is the most convincing defeat I've ever suffered."

"Haha~ I may not be as good as you in other talents, but in this one thing, I will not lose to anyone."

"Ding~ [Constitution +2], [Wisdom +2], [Patience +6]"

This harvest was somewhat beyond Tatsuma's expectations. It wasn't too little, but rather too much. Moreover, it raised the ceiling of his weakest area, ninjutsu talent, which was extremely rare.

At this moment, Minato spoke up, "While I was copying it down just now, I had some thoughts. The Needle Jizo ninjutsu can actually be broken down into several steps and practiced separately."

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma finally understood why there was a reward for the upper limit of ninjutsu talent. It turned out that Minato wasn't just copying books, but also thinking. Thinking of this, Tatsuma frowned and then said:

"You're right. If we consider these two ninjutsu as a whole, the difficulty of Rank B is undoubtedly too high for us right now. But if we break them down, the difficulty of each step will be reduced, and we might be able to master the ninjutsu more quickly."

"As expected of you, Minato, you thought of that so quickly."

Tatsuma's praise this time was truly heartfelt. As expected of a ninja who could develop talent through ninjutsu, Minato's suggestion reminded Tatsuma of the ninjutsu that represents this segmented learning method.

"Take their kidneys and liver!"

(End of this chapter)