I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 204 People who don't know how to manage money are most afraid of unexpected gains.

On the last day before the New Year, Konoha regained its pre-war prosperity, with countless vendors hawking their wares on the streets and many smiling people shopping for New Year's goods with their families and children.

The reason for this prosperity is that a week ago, the village finally began to settle the mission rewards for the war. Except for the ninjas who are still on missions, the vast majority of ninjas have received their mission rewards for the war.

The ninjas happily took the money and indulged in compensatory spending, greatly stimulating the Konoha market. Even some well-informed merchants from other regions had come here to fill sacks with money.

Amidst the joyful atmosphere, the oppressive atmosphere that had surrounded the entire village since the outbreak of war was swept away. Even those ninjas who had retired due to injuries or the families of those who had lost loved ones began to spend money and move towards a new chapter.

However, compensatory or retaliatory spending can easily lead to a problem: difficulty in controlling one's savings, and overspending can easily occur.

Especially for a ninja who wasn't very good at managing money.

In the Senju clan compound, Tsunade, who should have been sound asleep in her room at dawn, woke up unusually early, showing no signs of sleepiness.

She squatted on a big tree, gazing at the house on the other side of the wall. It was her second grandfather's house, and now it was where her disciple, Sakamoto Tatsuma, lived.

A week ago, as soon as her reward was distributed, Tsunade went to collect it. Then, she spent five days gambling it all away, a significant portion of which went towards paying off her previous gambling debts.

I heard that all the staff at the Konoha Casino are not planning to go to the temple for the first day of the new year for the Hatsumode ceremony. Instead, they are planning to change their prayers to Buddha to Tsunade, hoping that Tsunade will bless them to continue making big profits in the coming year.

Meanwhile, Tsunade, whose wallet had become empty, set her sights on her disciple. She had found out that Tatsuma had not yet come to collect his reward.

But Tsunade was certain that Tatsuma would go to the Hokage Building to collect his reward today, because she had overheard him last night that he planned to buy some New Year's gifts today.

If Tatsuma doesn't collect his reward today, he won't be able to afford a gift and won't be able to give out New Year's gifts at the very beginning of the new year. In addition, the Hokage Building will be closed tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after that.

If Chenma doesn't collect his reward today, he'll have to wait several more days.

Therefore, Tsunade got up very early to wait for Tatsuma to get up and collect his reward. As his teacher, she naturally protected her disciple.

After all, it's dangerous for a child to be carrying so much money. If he's not protected, he might run into some bad guys who could rob him of all his money.

And as a teacher, it's perfectly reasonable for her to receive a small reward after protecting her students, right?

As for why she didn't use the usual "borrow" method? Because Tsunade had no intention of repaying the money! So she absolutely couldn't lend it, since her grandmother, who doted on Tatsuma, would definitely demand that she repay it as soon as possible.

Tatsuma didn't get up early today to go to the Hokage Building to carry out his mission of protecting the Hokage, because the Hokage also needs to rest. Hiruzen Sarutobi gave himself and Tatsuma a week off.

Starting today, we begin working on the seventh day of the new year.

It wasn't until it was completely bright that Tatsuma pushed open the door and went out. As soon as he closed the door, he looked in Tsunade's direction.

Seeing that her disciple had discovered her so quickly, Tsunade no longer concealed herself, but instead leaped from a large tree on the other side of the wall to Tatsuma's side and said:

"Haha~ Tatsuma, up so early, where are you planning to go?"

"Let's go for a walk."

Tatsuma took a step back, watching his teacher warily. Tsunade continued to approach, forcing Tatsuma to retreat further. Seeing her disciple's caution, Tsunade adopted a warm demeanor and said:

"I happen to be free today, how about we go for a walk together?"

"Um, that's not a good idea, teacher. I can manage on my own."

Tatsuma's eyes still held wariness. Tsunade narrowed her eyes and said, "What are you hesitating about? Don't tell me you'd do something to harm me?"

"I just wanted to take a walk by myself and think about some things. Having someone with me would distract me."

Although Tatsuma denied Tsunade's "accusations," his feet involuntarily moved, getting further and further away from Tsunade.

Tsunade dropped the pretense, counted on her fingers, and said, "Tatsuma, you're smart. I won't say anything else. You have four S-rank mission bounties and one A-rank mission bounty. I only want these five bounties. You can keep the rest. How about that?"

Upon hearing this, Chenma's face immediately darkened. The bounty he could exchange for rewards started from the second stage, the first stage being the first war against the Land of Wind.

During those months, all the mission completion counts that Tatsuma accumulated were converted into the Sword Shadow Clone Technique and the Dark Travel Technique.

The second phase, the first S-rank bounty, is calculated from the time when Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru were supported in the Land of Rain to fight against the Land of Earth. That rescue mission lasted for three months and was counted as one S-rank mission completion.

The second S-rank bounty came from diplomatic lobbying with countries such as the Northern Iron Country. Although there were few battles, it involved diplomacy with several countries, so it was also counted as an S-rank mission completion.

The third S-rank bounty came from Tsunade's work in cracking and replicating the poison of Sunagakure, which led to a major battle between Amegakure and Sunagakure. Although Danzo later destroyed the advantage gained from this incident, Tatsuma's S-rank mission completion count was still recorded.

The fourth entry is the end of the second phase, which is the time when he and Tsunade joined forces to severely injure the Sand Village and drive the Sand Ninja back to the Land of Wind. This will also count as one S-rank mission completion.

The bounty for A-rank missions comes from the end of the third phase, which is the final battle against the Land of Rain. If we only consider the impact of that mission, Tatsuma could easily have earned an S-rank mission completion count.

However, he was not the commander-in-chief, and the battle against Hanzo was not in the original plan. Therefore, it can only be counted as an A-level collective combat mission in the early planning. Only the Sannin recorded the number of S-level missions completed.

Aside from these five high-level missions, Chen Ma only has a few dozen B-level medical support missions and a few sporadic C-level medical missions left. All of these combined don't even amount to as much as the five high-level missions.

It's fair to say that Tsunade asked for most of Tatsuma's money as soon as she opened her mouth, and that was before she even saw the money. If she had actually seen the money, she might have taken even more.

This was unacceptable to Tatsuma, who had been waiting for the money for two years. So, Tatsuma shook his head firmly with a stern face and said, "Teacher, this is impossible. Unless you quit gambling, I will never give you the money."

"Just this once, I just want to win back all the money I've lost, then I'll quit gambling!"

Tsunade spoke with a sincere expression and a strong, persuasive tone, but Tatsuma shrugged and said, "I don't believe it, and you can't win it back anyway."

Upon hearing this, Tsunade clenched her fists, and a cracking sound came from her palms. She stared at Tatsuma and said, "How dare you be so disrespectful! It seems that I, as your teacher, must teach you what it means to respect your teacher."

I was planning to leave you some, but because of your attitude, I have to confiscate it all.

Tatsuma shook his head and said earnestly to Tsunade, "Teacher, gambling is wrong. If it's for living expenses, I can pay for it unconditionally, but if you want to gamble, I won't give you even a single penny."

"snort!"

Tsunade ignored him and strode toward Tatsuma. Tatsuma immediately formed hand seals, and a sealing technique suddenly appeared on the ground. Tsunade, who was walking toward Tatsuma, suddenly stopped and froze in place.

"A string of lanterns? You think that can seal me away?!"

Looking at the sealing technique, Tsunade said disdainfully, and at the same time, she burst out with brute force and slowly moved forward. Tatsuma shook his head and continued to form hand seals. In an instant, sealing techniques appeared all around the wall.

"A sealing formation?"

"It's a multi-layered sealing formation, which I modified myself."

After Tatsuma finished speaking, Tsunade felt the force binding her grow even stronger, but she still said, "Do you think this kind of seal can hold me back?"

"Of course not. You are my most respected teacher. With your strength, such a seal is far from enough."

Tatsuma said with a smile, but Tsunade suddenly sensed something was wrong. This kid...

Tatsuma formed another hand seal and then said, "I apologize, Master."

"you"

"The Technique of Resealing the Limbs!"

In an instant, Tsunade felt her power and chakra being stripped away, or rather, hidden away. The sealing formula that had been constantly fluctuating around her suddenly became stable.

But Tsunade remained unconvinced, saying, "This kind of seal can be broken with just a little chakra! And to maintain this sealing technique, you can't leave my side!"

"Yes, but I never thought of leaving you. Teacher, try this technique of mine, a combination of curse seal technique and sealing technique. I learned it from Grandma Mito for a long time before I mastered it."

Tatsuma continued forming hand seals on his own, then reached out and touched Tsunade's bare neck. In an instant, fiery red cursed seals covered Tsunade's entire body. Tsunade said with difficulty:

"The seal of self-karma's bondage?!"

Tatsuma nodded, admitting it directly. He had indeed spent a long time learning this technique, because even Kushina hadn't learned it, so it wasn't in her limited talents.

This is a technique that combines cursed seal techniques with sealing techniques. Not only must one be proficient in sealing techniques, but one must also understand cursed seal techniques. Tatsuma only managed to grasp the basics after consulting Orochimaru about some cursed seal techniques.

The combination of the four sealing techniques completely trapped Tsunade, while Tatsuma stood aside, maintaining several layers of seals.

"Crunch~ Crunch~"

Suddenly, the sound of Tsunade grinding her teeth rang out. She glared fiercely at Tatsuma and said, "You forced me to do this! Yin Seal! Release!"

Seeing the chakra seals appearing on Tsunade's forehead, Tatsuma panicked and said, "Sensei, don't be impulsive! My chakra can only be restrained for a little over ten minutes."

"Bang!"

However, Tsunade, having unleashed her chakra and broken through the sealing technique, punched Tatsuma. But Tatsuma exploded, turning into smoke and exploding. This scene left even the furious Tsunade stunned.

In a commercial street in Konoha, Tatsuma, who had secretly left the Senju clan's territory at midnight and waited until the Hokage Building in the morning to collect his reward, and had already saved most of it, rubbed his temples and muttered:

"They've even used the Yin Seal? Maybe I should just betray the village altogether?"

(End of this chapter)