I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 245 If our roles were reversed, I'd show you what cruelty truly means.

Brubi struggled to wake up. Every time the tailed beast's chakra went berserk, he had to endure indescribable pain, and every time he woke up, he felt empty inside.

But today it seems to be much more painful than before; even opening my eyes has become incredibly difficult.

He used almost all his strength to open his eyes. After a brief moment of blurred vision, he saw someone about his age standing beside him, with sealing spells connected to their hands.

How long has it been since she's seen someone her own age? And this person seems somewhat familiar. For some reason, Burubi suddenly felt her pain lessen considerably, and a glimmer of hope returned to her empty heart.

"Has the seal malfunctioned again?"

Brubi asked, noticing the surprised look on the boy's face. After a moment's thought, he added, "Let Lord Ruo and the others come, so they don't hurt you."

His rather muddled mind couldn't process the strange and fascinating expression on the boy's face after he spoke.

He also failed to notice that there were two other people in the room besides himself and the boy of the same age.

Hearing Brubi's words, Tatsuma suddenly felt a sense of guilt. The sealing technique he had connected to was partly imprisoning Brubi's body, and partly eroding the Iron Seal.

Sakumo Hatake, who had been keeping watch at the door, frowned, as if he wanted to say something, but Tatsuma was the first to break into a highly infectious smile and speak:

"The seal on your body is too crude and cannot contain the Eight-Tails' chakra at all. I'm here to replace the seal for you."

Upon hearing this, Brubi sensed something was amiss. He said, "But... the Iron Seal is already the best seal in the village. Besides, even if there were a new seal, shouldn't it be Lord Waka and the others who would apply it?"

Tatsuma's smile remained unchanged as he continued, "Yes, the Iron Seal is the best seal for your Hidden Cloud Village, but it's not for our Leaf Village."

"You...you're a Konoha ninja?!"

Brubi finally realized where that feeling of familiarity came from when she saw this person her age.

That was three years ago, before he became the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. The Third Hokage, Lord A, had told him that he became the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki in order to fight against a genius in Konoha.

And that boy... looks exactly like the person in front of you. Although three years have passed, this person's face has become thinner and more mature, but it is still the same person!

Brubi began to resist, and the sealing spell binding him began to tremble. His somewhat frail body seemed to possess inexhaustible strength. Seeing the sealing spell gradually become unstable, Tatsuma pursed his lips and said:

"You see me as an enemy?"

"Isn't that right?"

Brubi asked in return, and Tatsuma placed a hand on Brubi's chest as if to comfort him, saying, "There is also a possibility that I was invited by your Lord Ai to replace the seal for you."

Upon hearing this, Brubi froze, his resistance weakening as the sealing technique stabilized. He instinctively asked, "Is that so?"

Tatsuma's smile grew even brighter as he said, "Of course not."

"Uh-huh!!!"

Brubi resisted again, and as the sealing technique of the Iron Seal on his body began to weaken and dissipate, streams of tailed beast chakra began to flow within his body, which greatly increased the strength of his struggle.

Orange chakra began to emanate from her body. Brubi's face showed panic as she roared, "You're going to unleash the tailed beast within me?!"

Although he was already certain of this in his heart, he still couldn't help but ask the question, because he was completely panicked. He understood what releasing the tailed beast meant.

Given his current relationship with the Eight-Tails, the Eight-Tails' chakra would not hesitate to tear him apart and escape, plunging the Land of Lightning into chaos.

Having figured this out, Brubi stopped resisting and struggling. Instead, she used all her chakra and power to suppress the Tailed Beast chakra that was constantly overflowing due to the disappearance of the seal.

Tatsuma narrowed his eyes, feeling that it was a mistake not to bring the medicine Orochimaru had given him. During his three years in Brubi, he had not learned to master the power of the tailed beasts.

However, his cultivation in suppressing the tailed beasts and maintaining the seal within his body has reached an extremely profound level. Given his full consciousness, removing the seal from his body is no easy task.

However, at this moment, the Eight-Tails' chakra had already spread to Burubi's body, which could be considered as opening the channel of the seal. It would not be so easy for Burubi to suppress it.

The surge of tailed beast chakra also disturbed the sealing team members of Kumogakure who lived here. Minato, who had been sensing their movements, said, "They're gathering here."

Sakumo Hatake nodded and asked Tatsuma, "Tatsuma, how much longer?"

Tatsuma frowned as he watched the iron seal constantly crumble and reform, and said, "It's probably too late to completely unseal it. I'll tamper with the seal."

As he spoke, the sealing technique changed, transforming into a two-layered Four Symbols Seal. The sealing technique, which had originally been eroding the Iron Seal, began to reinforce it.

"Before the Eight Trigrams Seal is resolved, the Hidden Cloud Village has no way to reinforce the Iron Seal, and Brubi will not be able to complete his full Tailed Beast transformation. His instability will increase to a new level."

Seeing that the sealing technique had stabilized, Tatsuma smiled. He used the Bagua Seal not to seal the tailed beast inside Brubi, but to seal the Iron Seal.

Although it will also suppress the Eight-Tails to some extent, this suppression is a good thing for Konoha, as it will prevent Brubi from fully controlling the Eight-Tails' power.

Let alone becoming a perfect Jinchuriki like Killer Bee, he couldn't even achieve full Tailed Beast transformation. Even if Brubi reconciled with the Eight-Tails later, he could only use the Tailed Beast Cloak at most.

"boom!"

Just as the sealing team arrived, Tatsuma withdrew the chakra that had been suppressing Burubi, causing the sealing technique to break and disintegrate, while the tailed beast chakra began to flow continuously within Burubi's body.

The stone bed shattered at that moment, and there was no longer any rationality in Brubi's eyes.

"Brupie! Brupie!"

Outside the room, panicked shouts came from the members of the sealing team. Then the door was kicked open, and the sealing team members rushed in. When they saw Burubi, who was covered in orange chakra and whose color was constantly deepening into blackish-red, their faces showed panic.

This is the scene of calamity caused by the Tailed Beasts' rampage!

Meanwhile, Tatsuma, Minato, and Sakumo Hatake, who were still in the room, were also discovered. However, Tatsuma had already put on his Yaksha mask, which was both comical and ferocious, and it was incredibly conspicuous in the eyes of the sealing team members.

"Sakushige Hatake!"

The leader roared at Hatake Sakumo, who even raised his hand as if to greet him, saying, "Waka, long time no see. It seems your injuries have healed."

Sakumo Hatake's tone was like that of someone concerned about an old friend's health, but upon hearing his words, Waka's face turned ashen with anger, and he roared, "Seal the Jinchuriki!"

If he understood, his first priority at this moment was to subdue the rampaging tailed beasts, not this Konoha bastard whom he wished he could tear to pieces!

As the sealing team prepared their sealing techniques, Hatake Sakumo drew his sword. A flash of white light appeared, and piercing marks instantly appeared on the ground and walls, allowing outside light to shine through the cracks.

Seeing the sudden change in Hatake Sakumo's expression, Ruo gritted her teeth and asked, "Hatake Sakumo, what does Konoha want to do?!"

"Your Lord A doesn't seem to enjoy targeting ninjas from other villages? We, Konoha, are simply repeating what you did here in Kumogakure."

As Hatake Sakumo spoke, he glanced at the sealing team members who had quietly changed the direction of their jutsu, and out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the approaching Cloud Ninja through the cracks in the room, but he felt no panic whatsoever.

The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's rampage isn't severe enough yet; we need to wait a little longer.

"Let's do it!"

If he also noticed his subordinates' actions, he immediately gave the order, and a series of sealing spells were unleashed, spreading towards where Hatake Sakumo and Minato were.

Faced with the dense array of sealing techniques, Sakumo Hatake showed no sign of panic, for he could already feel Minato's hand pressed against his body.

"Swoosh~"

Just as the sealing technique reached his feet, Sakumo Hatake and Minato suddenly vanished. At the same time as their disappearance, Tatsuma threw out two kunai.

Two kunai flew towards the sealing squad members. They quickly dodged, but just as the kunai passed by them, three figures landed in the sealing squad's formation.

Sakumo Hatake brandished his short sword, White Fang, while Tatsuma and Minato each held a Rasengan in addition to the kunai they had caught.

"Boom boom boom~"

The white light concealed all movement, and in an instant, the number of members of the sealing squad stationed here was halved. If they used the sealing barrier to protect themselves, there were also two subordinates beside them.

Before they could even catch their breath, Burubi, who was completely enveloped in black and red chakra and had grown tails, suddenly lunged at the barrier.

The hands, which had transformed into sharp claws, tore at the barrier, causing it to ripple like layers of jelly being shaken.

At this moment, the Cloud Ninja who had been surrounding them finally arrived, their bodies crackling with lightning, heading towards Burubi, Hatake Sakumo, and the other two.

"Lightning Release! Lightning Spider!"

The lightning bolts, resembling the long limbs of a spider, wrapped around Burubi, causing him to freeze for a moment. Tatsuma, meanwhile, formed hand seals and slammed them onto the ground.

"Earth Release! Earthflow Wall!"

Lightning Release is actually effective against Earth Release, but that doesn't mean Earth Release can't block Lightning Release. Besides the elemental advantage/disadvantage, it also depends on the characteristics of the technique, the user's control over the technique, and the amount of chakra used.

The lightning spider used most of its power to capture Burubi, and the lightning power that spread to Tatsuma's feet was not strong, so it was blocked by the Earth Flow Wall.

In the blink of an eye, Hatake Sakumo leaped over the earthen wall, dodged the lightning on the ground, and used the Body Flicker Technique to head towards the Cloud Ninja who was using the Lightning Spider Technique, swinging his White Fang.

In order to avoid Hatake Sakumo's attack, the Cloud Ninja had no choice but to abandon the maintenance of the technique. Tatsuma's hands also quietly formed a barrier to protect the three of them. The sealing technique started to spread from his palms and instantly covered the entire barrier.

Seeing that Brubi had regained her mobility, Tatsuma's eyes also became serious. He continuously dismantled the barrier in front of him with the sealing technique of his hands. As Brubi swung down with a giant fist that had expanded ten times its original size, the momentum seemed to want to smash through the three of them and Tatsuma.

Chenma pursed his lips, not stopping the disintegration of the barrier. Finally, as the giant fist fell, the barrier completely collapsed. Ruo's face turned extremely ugly, and the violent chakra had already reached the top of their heads.

"Bang!"

"Boom! Rumble rumble~"

(End of this chapter)