I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 250 People who lack a sense of security dare not even accept kindness.

In the special care ward of Konoha Hospital, Tsunade, who had just finished teaching, came to visit Kato Dan. However, unlike usual, she seemed somewhat absent-minded today.

This feeling didn't just start now. Halfway through class yesterday, she inexplicably felt a sense of panic. This panic even made her forget what she had taught in the past two days.

She even forgot to visit Kato Dan yesterday. Tsunade was sitting in a chair in the ward, the apple in her hand had been peeled down to just the core.

Kato Dan looked at Tsunade. When Tsunade first arrived, the two chatted for a while, but Tsunade's answers became more and more perfunctory. In the end, only Kato Dan was talking, while Tsunade had no reaction at all.

He didn't immediately wake the distracted Tsunade, but quietly watched her until the fruit knife in Tsunade's hand was about to slice the apple and fall into his own hand, at which point Kato Dan reached out and grabbed Tsunade's wrist.

Tsunade snapped out of her daze, looking at the apple pieces scattered all over the floor, and then at the worried Kato Dan. She was still in a daze, not knowing what she had done.

Are you feeling unwell today?

Kato Dan asked softly, and Tsunade subconsciously shook her head in denial. She didn't want Kato Dan to worry about her, so she just said, "I'm not feeling well today, I don't know why."

Upon hearing this, Kato Dan didn't press the matter. He simply took the fruit knife and placed it on the counter, then carefully turned around, took a wet wipe, and wiped Tsunade's hands.

Then, as if casually remarking, "I haven't played dice for days, wanna play a round?"

As he spoke, he opened a drawer in the cabinet, took out two dice cups, placed them on the small table on the hospital bed, and looked at Tsunade with a smile.

Over the years, no matter what it is, as long as she rolls the dice a few times or plays a few rounds of cards, Tsunade's mood will improve a lot, and her negative emotions will turn into resentment after losing a bet, which is easy to resolve.

"I'll shake it first."

Seeing the subtle resistance on Tsunade's face, Kato Dan shook one of the dice, then opened the lid of the cup, but when he saw the number on the dice, his heart suddenly tightened.

Three ones.

Tsunade stared at the three ones and became dazed again; her hand on the dice cup stopped trembling.

Kato Dan recalled some things Tsunade had said before: once you win a bet, something tragic always happens around you. He covered the dice cup and said, "Looks like I'm out of luck today. I don't want to play anymore."

As he spoke, he reached for Tsunade's dice cup, trying to take it back, but Tsunade's hand was firmly covering the dice cup, causing the table to warp slightly.

"Hehehe~"

Tsunade suddenly started shaking the dice cup in her hand, but after stopping, she didn't dare to lift it.

"Click~"

The hospital room door was suddenly opened, and a figure rushed in, grabbed Tsunade's hand, and said, "Excuse me, Tsunade-sensei."

Before Kato Dan and Tsunade could react, the newcomer and Tsunade had vanished. Kato Dan stared blankly at the dice cup. After several seconds, he shakily reached out and covered the dice cup with his hand.

He wanted to take the dice cup back directly, but his hand unconsciously gripped the dice cup and lifted it open.

Three ones.

Kato was stunned, unsure how to solve the problem.

In another ward, Tsunade had just adjusted to the scene before her when she witnessed the last thing she wanted to see.

Her disciple was lying on the hospital bed with some untreated wounds on his body. His unfortunate left shoulder seemed to have many more injuries, and his eyes were tightly closed.

"What's wrong with him?!"

Tsunade yelled at Sakumo Hatake, whose face showed shame, but her hands were already on Tatsuma's body, and her chakra began to sense the situation inside Tatsuma's body.

Because Tsunade's status with the village and with Tatsuma was extraordinary, Sakumo Hatake disregarded the confidentiality regulations and truthfully told Tsunade what had happened that day.

From their infiltration of the Land of Lightning, breaking the seal on the Eight-Tails and triggering its rampage, to the subsequent battles, to Tatsuma taking the brunt of A's full-force attack for him.

At this point, Sakumo Hatake paused for a moment, and seeing that Tsunade was frowning but not furious, he then continued with what happened next.

After Tatsuma recovered, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take him away, but before leaving, he was injured by the lightning attached to Ai's Two-Handed Penetrating Hand. He also recounted the inexplicable coma he experienced after escaping.

Minato was also adding some details, including some that Sakumo Hatake was unaware of.

After hearing what the two had said, Tsunade frowned deeply. Twice, she had overdrawn her chakra to an extreme degree, something that no ordinary person's body could withstand, not even Tatsuma's.

Tsunade looked at Tatsuma. Tatsuma's mask had been removed, but half of his headband was still on his head. Tsunade ripped it off and looked at the almost unchanged diamond-shaped mark. Her brows furrowed.

She couldn't understand how Tatsuma had survived under those circumstances. Completely exhausting one's chakra only leads to one outcome: death. But Tatsuma, because of that technique called Yin Healing Destruction, had forcibly overdrawn it twice.

His body shouldn't have supported him doing this at all, but apart from being weak, Tatsuma's body didn't react in any other way.

After healing Tatsuma's injuries, especially his left shoulder, Tsunade put him on an IV drip of saline and glucose. Then she said, "You guys go and rest too. I'm going to find Orochimaru."

"I'll go. It's my duty as a derelict captain."

Sakumo Hatake stopped Tsunade and then left Konoha Hospital. Not long after, Orochimaru, who had heard that Tatsuma was unconscious, also rushed over as quickly as possible.

By this time, Tatsuma had already received two IV drips, but Tsunade's serious expression showed no sign of easing. Orochimaru asked, "Has the situation improved?"

"No, my heartbeat and breathing are still so weak."

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru frowned and asked, "Can I have your blood taken?"

"Um."

After Tsunade finished speaking, she gave up her seat. Orochimaru took some equipment from the instrument cabinet next to him, drew blood from Tatsuma, and then turned around and went back to his research room.

After informing Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo arrived at the Hokage's office to report on his work. Upon hearing that the mission had been completed ahead of schedule but Tatsuma's condition was unknown, Sarutobi Hiruzen showed no joy.

Nodding, Hiruzen Sarutobi said to Sakumo Hatake, "You should go back now and get some rest. I'll ask Tsunade about Tatsuma's situation."

After leaving the Hokage Building, Sakumo Hatake was still feeling depressed. He walked wearily through the streets of Konoha and, as he passed a park, he suddenly noticed that his son was playing with other people.

He suddenly remembered that before he went on the mission, he seemed to have told Kakashi to play with people his own age when he had free time.

Sakumo Hatake stopped and looked at the boy who seemed somewhat out of place among the children. A smile appeared on his tired face.

"Father!"

Suddenly, Kakashi spotted Sakumo Hatake, waved to the others, and said, "Goodbye, I'm going back."

"goodbye."

The children waved, somewhat disappointed. Kakashi looked at Obito, who was turning his head away and had decided to ignore him after losing all day. After a few seconds, seeing that Obito still wouldn't turn back, he ignored him and walked towards his father.

"Father, you look unhappy."

This was the first time Kakashi had walked home with his father. Looking at the expression on his father's face, he spoke cautiously.

"Um."

Sakumo Hatake didn't hide anything and nodded. Kakashi asked nervously, "Did the mission fail? I heard from others that ninjas are punished for failing missions."

"No, even if the mission fails, the village won't punish us."

Sakumo Hatake patted Kakashi's head and said, "Don't worry, Dad's mission is complete. It's just that... Dad failed to protect the team members and they got hurt."

Upon hearing this, Kakashi, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, took another deep breath and asked, "Is it Minato-nii? Or Tatsuma-nii?"

Sakumo Hatake didn't answer, but ruffled Kakashi's hair again and said, "Watch where you're going. You almost stepped in dog poop just now."

Kakashi's attention was diverted. He glanced at his shoes, then looked back at the path he had come from, before saying somewhat angrily, "No way, you're lying!"

"Kakashi, do you want to become a ninja when you grow up?"

Sakumo Hatake changed the subject again, and Kakashi was also drawn to the new topic. He nodded vigorously and said, "Father, you are a powerful ninja. I can't fall too far behind, lest others speak ill of you."

Hearing his son's childish yet earnest words, Hatake Sakumo nodded and said, "Dad will take a break for a while. If you want to become a ninja, you'll have to study hard with Dad during this time. Are you willing?"

"Um!"

Two figures, one large and one small, cast increasingly longer shadows in the twilight glow of the setting sun.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru had also finished testing Tatsuma's blood and rushed back to Konoha Hospital. Seeing Tsunade holding two packets of fluid, about to put them on Tatsuma, he quickly said:

"Don't give him any more IV fluids!"

"What's wrong?"

Tsunade put down the glucose and saline solution in her hand, took the report from Orochimaru's hand, and began to look at it, but she couldn't understand the values ​​at all; she had never seen this kind of blood test data before.

Orochimaru explained, "Tatsuma's body cells are already far below the standard of ordinary people. Even some people on the verge of death are not as weak as him."

Moreover, his immune system was on high alert to an unprecedented degree, and no substance other than his own tissue could circulate in his body or react with his own tissue.

The glucose and saline solution you're administering can't be absorbed by the body through the cell membranes of capillaries; they just remain in Chenma's blood vessels. Continuing the IV infusion will only put more strain on his blood vessels.

"What should we do then?!"

The knowledge Orochimaru spoke of seemed to be medical knowledge, but it was completely different from what Tsunade had learned. In her panic, she didn't know how to deal with it.

Orochimaru frowned and said, "There's only one way besides waiting."

"What method?"

"To revitalize his body's cells, inject the active cells that were stripped and removed from the interstitial cells."

Upon hearing this method, Tsunade decisively shook her head and said, "No, this hasn't even been tested for feasibility. Have you forgotten why the Wood Release experiments were shut down?"

The official reason the Wood Release experiments were shut down was because the village ninjas who were injected with Hashirama's cells suffered uncontrollable adverse reactions and died.

Even if Orochimaru didn't conduct these experiments, Tsunade is currently very resistant to Hashirama cells, so it's impossible for her disciple to be injected with something that hasn't even passed feasibility verification.

Hearing Tsunade's direct refusal, Orochimaru said with some dissatisfaction, "Then do you have a better idea?"

Tsunade was stunned by Orochimaru's question. For a moment, she couldn't think of any way to cure Tatsuma. If it were her own problem, she was confident she could solve it.

Once the Yin Seal is broken, she can directly use Creation Regeneration, which will clear away any negative effects on her body and heal any injuries. However, she cannot use this technique on others, even though Tatsuma also has the Yin Seal on him.

After a long pause, Tsunade gritted her teeth and said, "I'll take him to Shikkotsu Forest!"

(End of this chapter)