I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 238 There are two trees in front of the door

"Ding~ [Constitution +5], [Strength +3], [Endurance +5], Pick up?"

In the muddy ground, Chenma pulled out the broken bone spur that had pierced his left shoulder, silently recited the mantra, and then fell into deep thought as he looked at Zhuyue's corpse before him.

However, his right hand, as if by instinct, pulled out a bottle of hydrogen peroxide to clean the wound on his left shoulder.

At that moment, the earwig strode over and asked, "Squad leader, do we need to dispose of the body? And the surrounding area...it's beyond repair. Should we do some destructive erasure of the traces?"

"No rush."

Coming to his senses, Tatsuma shook his head, then took out a sealing scroll. Without treating the wound on his left shoulder, he broke the seal, and several items appeared in an instant.

Tatsuma picked up a syringe-like instrument, inserted it into Takezuki's corpse, and extracted a small amount of blood. He then put the syringe away and picked up several jars engraved with sealing incantations.

With a chakra scalpel in his hand, Tatsuma performed a simplified dissection on Takezuki, taking tissue samples from various parts of his body, especially the joints and the tunnel-like wounds.

After closing the lid, he channeled chakra into the cap, and instantly, the jutsu on it unfolded, completely enveloping the bottle. After doing this, Tatsuma picked up a few more bone spurs before taking out an unused sealing scroll and sealing the items.

Standing up, he remembered he needed to heal his left shoulder. While using medical ninjutsu, Tatsuma said to Earwig, "Earwig, the corpse of a bloodline limit ninja is extremely valuable. Please preserve it carefully."

When it comes to human research, especially research on bloodline limits, each village vehemently denies it, but no village can give up the research.

Even after all these years, no village has actually managed to break through the barrier of physical bloodline limits through manual means.

When Tatsuma first became Orochimaru's assistant, Orochimaru would occasionally chat with him, but ever since their research topic "went astray," Orochimaru stopped talking about these things altogether.

This sampling was not requested by the village, nor was it Orochimaru's idea; it was Tatsuma's own idea.

After all, he was still carrying a huge burden. Thinking of Mito Uzumaki's dying wish, Tatsuma couldn't help but touch the forehead of his mask with his right hand, which had just finished casting the medical ninjutsu.

Tatsuma did not learn the Yin Seal, even though Tsunade seriously mentioned it to him after Mito Uzumaki's death. After all, Mito Uzumaki gave almost all of her chakra to Tatsuma.

If Tatsuma doesn't learn the Yin Seal, he won't be able to use this chakra, and this chakra will dissipate and disappear in an extremely slow way over time. In Tsunade's opinion, it would be the wisest thing for Tatsuma to do is to learn the Yin Seal as soon as possible and undo the chakra left behind by Mito Uzumaki.

But Tatsuma refused. He would not unseal the Yin Seal until he had made sufficient preparations. He would use the chakra left by Mito Uzumaki one day, but that was to fulfill Mito Uzumaki's dying wish.

Moreover, although the Yin Seal cannot completely prevent the chakra from dissipating, the dissipation rate is much slower than using this chakra. If he is ultimately unable to complete the research, then let Grandma's chakra accompany him for a while longer.

However, Tatsuma will find a way to complete it, and researching the bloodline limits of various physical types is one of his important research topics.

In fact, the Senju, Uzumaki, or Hozuki clans, who have physical characteristics that are different from ordinary people, cannot be considered to have bloodline limits. However, precisely because they are not considered bloodline limits, the key information in their genetic information is hidden even deeper.

If Tatsuma can't even figure out the more obvious bloodline limit, then he shouldn't even dream of breaking the power of the Uzumaki clan.

At this moment, Aragyu returned after surveying the surroundings and said, "Class leader, unless the First Generation comes, no one can hide the extent of the damage around us."

As he spoke, he gave Minato a resentful look. Minato may have had his fun scattering explosive tags, but the damage he caused to the forest was irreversible and undeniable.

Minato scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly. At the time, he didn't have a better way to deal with Taketsuki, and when he was fully immersed in the situation, he would unconsciously ignore some things.

"I understand, I'll handle it. You just need to confirm the scope."

Without saying much, Chenma formed a hand seal, then squatted down and slapped both hands onto the muddy ground.

In an instant, the ground transformed into a lake, with ripples spreading outwards in concentric circles. Each ripple expanded in a wider area than the previous one, and the wild vulture observed the edges of the ripples.

"Alright, class monitor."

As the eagle spoke, Tatsuma stopped the expansion of the jutsu's range, and then a large amount of chakra surged from his body and poured into the ground.

"Earth Release! Yellow Spring Marsh!"

The massive Yellow Springs Swamp was activated, and the ground instantly surged like waves. Countless rocks and trees were swallowed up by the flowing earth, and in a short time, a large forest was turned into a swamp.

Tatsuma then stopped outputting chakra, and the muddy ground gradually dried up, turning the cleared area into an open space.

The Land of Fire has a pleasant climate and abundant rainfall. In less than half a month, new grass will grow back on this open space. After a few years, when new trees grow, the traces of the battle will be completely erased.

This is not a short period of time, but this is how destructive cover-up works. Normal cover-up would prevent people from discovering what happened here.

Destructive cover-ups mean that even if people know what happened there, they can't find any useful information. The former is naturally better, but we can't force everything to go exactly as we wish.

Once everything was settled, Chenma said, "Let's go back to the village as soon as possible. The mission deadline was two weeks, and we finished it in one week. Everyone can take the rest of the time off."

"I support you!"

Aragaki nodded frantically. He was no longer at the age of youthful passion like Tatsuma and Minato. In fact, he had already begun to consider retiring from the Anbu, so he needed more time to get back used to normal ninja life.

Minato nodded and said, "These two missions have made me realize that I still have many shortcomings, and I want to have more time to study."

Chenma looked at the silent earwig, who then said, "I'm fine with either. There's no difference to me whether I'm on a mission outside or in the village."

They were all dealing with corpses.

Earwig added in his mind that, unlike the Wild Vulture who was nominally in the corpse disposal team, he was very suitable for this job because of his background and abilities, and the insects he cultivated also needed corpses.

There are more corpses in the village, but when he goes out on missions with Chenma, there are higher quality corpses. Although Zhuyue's corpse cannot be fed to his parasitic insects, he can still use Zhuyue's blood and broken body tissues as a special treat for the insects.

Seeing that none of the three members objected, Chenma nodded and said, "Then it's settled. After we return to the village, you can take a break for the rest of the time. I will take on the mission again after the break."

"Yes, squad leader!" *3

The moment he finished speaking, Tatsuma made a gesture to conceal himself and then quickly dashed towards Konoha.

Thanks to the caravan, they weren't too far from Konoha at the moment. As they got closer to Konoha, they encountered several groups of ninjas on missions and even stumbled upon the scene of their missions.

However, Tatsuma didn't care. This was the code of conduct for the Anbu. When he escorted Hiruzen Sarutobi to the Daimyo's residence, he always thought of taking a detour to avoid any unknown ninjas he encountered.

If it weren't for Hiruzen Sarutobi's sudden impulse, they would most likely have let that squad of Iwa ninja go. Not doing things unrelated to the mission is the normal style of the Anbu.

As the class monitor, Chenma had overstepped his bounds more than once in these two missions, but fortunately he did it all cleanly so that no one would find out.

If he intervened in the situation he encountered on the way back, it would be seen by other Konoha ninjas. He couldn't silence his own people, so it was best for him to stay out of it.

The four did not rest on the way, but returned overnight. They arrived back in the village at dawn, handed over the "proof" of mission completion and the spoils of the trip, and then the team disbanded on the spot.

After showering and changing at the base, Tatsuma stretched and strolled leisurely toward the Senju clan's territory. His current demeanor and aura were completely different from those of a squad leader in the Anbu.

Minato silently followed Tatsuma, accompanying him back to the Senju clan's territory. He had two reasons for going to the Senju clan's territory.

First, Kushina was there, and Minato missed her terribly after a week apart. Second, observing Tatsuma's demeanor, he let out a barely perceptible sigh of relief, and the worry in his eyes dissipated considerably.

The current Tatsuma has returned to being the friend he knows, habitually displaying an infectious smile. Indeed, the Tatsuma on a mission is not his true self.

Perhaps it was an emotional outburst, or perhaps it was a desire to clearly distinguish between his own role and that of a member of the Dark Side, which is why he did so many contradictory things.

With a sense of relief, Minato's thoughts began to flow again. He quickly came up with a question and looked at Tatsuma to ask:

"Tatsuma, I've been gone for so long, will Kushina be angry if I don't bring her a present?"

Tatsuma looked at Minato, who seemed to be surrounded by pink bubbles, and said, "I still have a few bone spurs from Takegetsu. Why don't you take them to prove that you are on a mission and not out playing?"

Or you could find a master ivory carver to carve a design on the bone spur; that would make it more like a gift.

"No need for that. Why don't you just buy some breakfast? The other shops aren't open yet."

Minato quickly shook his head, secretly warning himself that he shouldn't interfere in Tatsuma's love life anymore. Although this might hurt his friend's feelings, there was a reason why Tatsuma didn't have a girlfriend.

The two bought some breakfast on the way and chatted as they returned to the Senju clan's territory. Tatsuma planned to say hello to his teacher and then go home to sleep, but he witnessed a strange scene.

Jiraiya was actually doing morning exercises with Nawaki, while Orochimaru was looking resentfully towards the training ground. Tatsuma approached Orochimaru and asked, "What's going on?"

"Hmph! What a despicable act of destroying the bond between master and disciple!"

"Um, I wanted to ask, why are you two here so early?"

"He's just bored."

"And what about you?"

"I have nothing else urgent to do."

(End of this chapter)