I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 232 You thought the person who brought you in was a senior colleague, but they might actually be a newbie who's only been there for a week.

"Class monitor."

"Class monitor."

Not far from the Konoha Experiment Base, Tatsuma, dressed in an Anbu uniform and wearing a beige hooded trench coat, looked at the two squad members who came to report and suddenly felt a strange sensation.

The title "squad leader" made him feel like this wasn't an ANBU squad, but more like an elementary school class. He nodded, suppressing his discomfort, and looked at Minato, who was wearing an owl mask, introducing him to the other two:

"I'm your new class monitor, Yaksha. You two have met me before. This is Mokuto, our new classmate."

Minato nodded to the two and said, "Greetings, seniors."

The two nodded, and one of them said, "Earwig."

The other person said, "Wild Vulture."

After introducing the information about the Anbu, Tatsuma lifted his mask and said, "Let me introduce myself again. I am Sakamoto Tatsuma, and I belong to the Konoha Medical Department's Emergency Medical Team."

Although Tatsuma no longer works at Konoha Hospital, this entry has been added to his official file.

After he finished his introduction, the earwig also raised its mask, revealing a face so unremarkable that one couldn't remember its appearance if they looked away, and said, "Shizuru Aburame, belonging to the Corpse Disposal Team of the Konoha Medical Department."

Aragyu also raised his mask. He was quite good-looking, only slightly less so than himself. He smiled and said, "Shimura Kagaku, belonging to the Corpse Disposal Team of Konoha Medical Department."

Minato Namikaze was the last to remove his mask, revealing a sunny smile as he said, "I am Minato Namikaze. I originally belonged to the combat squad, but the squad has now disbanded, so I am temporarily..."

Minato Namikaze suddenly didn't know what words to use to describe him, so Tatsuma laughed and said, "A jobless wandering ninja."

"Hahaha~"

Aburame Shiki and Shimura Kazuki both smiled at the same time. This was a joke that Tatsuma had made three years ago, and now that it's being brought up again, it's become even funnier after the passage of time.

At this moment, Tatsuma also explained to Minato, "When Xiao-senpai was leading us, our squad was a more functional squad, mainly responsible for handling combat and mission execution traces in collective operations. However, we will now change the squad's role."

Upon hearing Tatsuma's words, Shizaki and Kagami perked up and looked at Tatsuma. Tatsuma pointed to himself and then to Minato, saying, "We will become a full-fledged team."

Minato and I are combatants, and I'll also serve as the medic. Mokuto will be the communications officer. As for Aragiri and Earwig, you'll continue with your old roles: handling corpses, combat traces, and activity tracking. Is that alright?

"No problem." *3

The three answered at the same time. Chenma nodded and said, "Then our meeting will end here. I will report and adjust our team's files, and at the same time see if there are any suitable tasks for us."

If there's nothing else, you're all free to disband.

"yes!"

Shizune and Kagami quickly left, while Tatsuma looked at Minato, who had taken off his mask, and asked, "Aren't you leaving?"

"Kushina is learning to control the Nine-Tails' power."

Minato said somewhat aggrievedly, and Tatsuma understood. This was because they were in a long-distance relationship and had nothing better to do. He asked, "I'm planning to go to the Anbu base. Do you want to come with me?"

"Okay, I was a little nervous during the last assessment and didn't get a proper look around."

Hearing that there was something to do, Minato didn't hesitate and nodded with a smile. He then put on his owl mask, and Tatsuma fastened his own Yaksha mask. The two of them quickly headed towards the Anbu base.

Using the ANBU's ninja identification card to quickly enter the ANBU base, Tatsuma had actually only come a handful of times. Apart from the assessment, he had only come three or four times in the past three years, all to apply for new size equipment.

But in front of Minato, he still pretended to be a seasoned ANBU member who treated the ANBU base like home, and introduced Minato to information about several inaccessible areas. Of course, the information was made up, and he didn't know what those places were for.

When Tatsuma realized he was making things up, he gave up and took Minato to the archives to submit an application to change the team's location. Afterward, they arrived at the mission hall.

Although the Anbu is a special force directly under the Hokage, it's impossible for Hiruzen Sarutobi to give every mission a personal instruction. The Anbu captain needs to coordinate with the administration department, interrogation department, or analysis team.

Some tasks that are not convenient to be publicly entrusted are brought back to the secret unit and assigned to the three secret unit leaders and one root unit leader. Some tasks that require functional teams are directly assigned to the corresponding teams by the unit leaders.

Some "routine" tasks are directly posted within the secret service, allowing small teams to take them on individually or in groups. Some high-level and difficult tasks are carried out by the squad leader leading one or more teams.

Looking at the mission descriptions, Chenma wanted to select missions suitable for his team. First, he ruled out missions that required joint execution, since Chenma had his own agenda.

The most important task he has taken on so far is to hone his and Minato's fighting skills and develop a new fighting style. With so many people involved, there will be more things to be distracted about, making it impossible to concentrate fully.

Secondly, tasks that are too easy should also be assigned. If there is no pressure, even if the task is executed, it will only increase the task completion count.

Ultimately, Tatsuma focused on three missions: all three were to eliminate foreign ninjas; two were to eliminate Jonin who had defected from the Land of Water; and one was to eliminate Jonin from the Land of Lightning who had illegally entered the country.

After thinking for a moment, Tatsuma chose the two missions related to the Land of Water, because he was quite familiar with the mission locations. One was near Awa, and the other wasn't far either. He just didn't know if the two Mist Ninjas were in contact.

He handed the two mission briefings to the female ninja in charge of handling the missions. After checking Tatsuma's ninja identification card, she asked, "Are you sure you want to accept these two missions? The mission targets are both Jonin, and we don't know the extent of our relationship with them."

If it were a Jonin, then based on the information shown on Tatsuma's Ninja Card, their team would be perfectly capable of completing the task. However, the fact that it's a two-person team that might be colluding makes it very dangerous.

Tatsuma nodded and said, "There shouldn't be any contact, otherwise this would be a joint mission."

Two Jonin who have defected cannot be handled by a single squad. After all, although the missions carried out by the Anbu are far more dangerous than those of ordinary ninjas, the high success rate and high survival rate required by the Anbu dictate that, unless absolutely necessary, they will always employ a multi-against-few encirclement strategy.

Given the intelligence capabilities of the Anbu, if these two Mist Ninja were colluding, it would be impossible for them not to have discovered it. The fact that the Anbu chose to split them into two missions indicates that they most likely determined that the two were not connected.

As for why they all happened to appear near Awa, it's actually quite easy to understand. After all, Awa is by the sea, and the easiest place for Kirigakure to land when escaping from the Land of Water is the coastline of the Land of Fire.

Between Apo and the Land of Water, there is the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools, which serves as a transit point, making Apo the first choice for the escape route of the Kirigakure rogue ninja.

After all, although people have moved to the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools, no administrative system has been formed here. It is a very primitive form of settlement without management system or personnel, which naturally makes it a favorite place for rogue ninjas.

However, the poverty and self-reliance of the primitive society made it difficult for these rebel ninjas to survive. Unless they intended to retreat to the mountains, the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools would only be a transit point for them.

Of course, it's also possible that they thought they could find something in the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools, but after so many years of investigation by so many people in the ninja world, there's nothing left in the Land of Whirlpools except for some of the skeletal remains of the Uzumaki clan underground.

Hearing Tatsuma's words, the female ninja in charge of the mission handover could only nod. She was merely offering a reminder out of duty. She quickly registered the mission assignment information, then handed the mission details to Tatsuma, saying:

"Both tasks have a two-week time limit and do not overlap. Please pay attention to the task deadlines and submit evidence of task completion or report the reasons for failure within the specified time."

"Okay, thank you."

Tatsuma took the two scrolls, gently fitted them to the female ninja, and then took Minato to apply for some supplies. After changing back into their own clothes, the two left the Anbu base.

Seeing that Tatsuma didn't immediately study the mission details, Minato changed the subject, asking, "Tatsuma, do you have any ideas about the variations of the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

"Yes, a technique is actually a form of chakra expression. Variations of techniques are essentially changes in the form of chakra, only they are transformed from the three-dimensional level of normal escaping techniques to the two-dimensional level."

Of course, there are still some differences in the details. The Flying Thunder God Technique uses some knowledge of sealing techniques, so stability needs to be considered when transforming. As long as a stable technique form is found, the transformation can be completed.

Otherwise, even if the variation is successful and the Flying Thunder God Technique can be used normally, the form of the technique will crumble over time, unlike the regular Flying Thunder God Technique which can exist indefinitely as long as it is not destroyed.

After hearing Tatsuma's explanation, Minato nodded and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma smiled and said, "Of course I do, and it's not just an idea; it's close to success."

After saying that, Tatsuma reached out and pulled out a three-pronged kunai. The incantation on the handle was no longer the one that Tobirama Senju had drawn, which resembled the Senju clan crest, but rather text.

"Lake Toya? Does it transform the spell into written form?"

Looking at the characters formed by the spell, Minato's face showed surprise. He hadn't expected the spell to be able to change like this. At the same time, characters kept flashing through his mind.

In terms of the conventional form of techniques, his inspiration is not as rich as Tatsuma's, but if he can use textual forms, then his inspiration... Minato is confident that in the skill of naming, he can surpass Tatsuma by a wide margin.

Ten streets seems a bit too arrogant, let's say eight.

Tatsuma, unaware that Minato was subtly belittling his naming talent, nodded and said, "Well, the technique is generally fine, but the font details need some adjustments before it can be completely stabilized."

As he spoke, Tatsuma poured chakra into the kunai. The trident kunai was not a chakra-conducting metal, and its ability to conduct chakra was very low. However, he was not going to use a technique like Wind Blade.

He simply used chakra to erode the formula. After a while, the formula began to tremble, then collapsed and reformed into the original formula.

Having witnessed these changes firsthand, Minato also showed a thoughtful expression. He memorized the process of the spell collapsing, and at the same time, the rewinding scene appeared in his mind. He began to deduce the combination process of the spell, as well as some minor inconsistencies.

At the same time, he quickly thought about what kind of characters he could reassemble using the original formula, based on Tatsuma's combination principle. Tatsuma watched Minato thinking without disturbing him, and the two continued walking towards the Senju clan's territory.

Out of boredom, Tatsuma kept trying out different spell variations with his kunai, adjusting the characters little by little. Each time, he could stabilize them a little more, and the remaining unstable points would quickly decrease. Of course, occasionally, they would increase, but Tatsuma would quickly adjust and eliminate them.

It wasn't until they were almost at the Senju clan's territory that Minato's eyes lit up, and he snapped out of his reverie. Clearly, he had already deduced a decent technique in his mind. He looked at Tatsuma and said:

"I've come up with a brilliant technique! The Sword of Enduring Love! What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)