I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 257 The workplace can slowly rob a person of their youth and conscience.

On the sea, more than a dozen fishing boats gradually gathered together, while three large ships were slowly approaching from their perimeter, seemingly trying to intercept them.

"Boss Maoyou, what should we do? Those people seem to have ill intentions."

A dark-skinned fisherman spoke to a little old man. Mao You's face was even darker than the fisherman's, because he noticed that the people on the big ships were all focused on him.

Just because of this fisherman calling him "boss," good heavens! He's not a boss at all. He's just the oldest fisherman who often takes new fishermen who have just arrived in Awa out to sea and helps them get familiar with the life of fishermen. That's why he's called the boss.

His boat was the oldest one, and the smallest one in Apo's stall. What makes him think he's the boss?

However, Mao You was tongue-tied and didn't know what to say. Moreover, he didn't even know why they had been stopped; they were just small fishermen.

If it were for money, these people should have intercepted specialized fishing boats. As for people? That's even less likely; they're just an ordinary group of fishermen.

Before he could think any further, a man suddenly jumped off the large ship and landed directly on his dilapidated deck, instantly crushing a fish that had landed on the deck.

Mao You dared not complain, but swallowed hard, looking at the man with sharp teeth. The man also looked down at Mao You, then took out two photographs from his pocket, threw them on the deck, and asked:

Have you seen these people before?

With slightly trembling hands, Mao You picked up the photograph. Looking at the people wearing headbands, he was somewhat bewildered. He had never seen them before. So he looked at the person who had come and shook his head, saying, "Never seen them."

The man gestured towards the other fishing boats, and Mao You understood. He handed the photo to the others, but after it was passed around, no one recognized it. The man frowned and said:

"No? Never mind then. Let's get acquainted. My name is Ouhe. Let's make a deal. I have six tons of fresh seafood here. You can take it to the Land of Fire to sell and exchange it for the Land of Fire's currency."

"How much more?!"

Maoyou asked in surprise, and Ouhe repeated, "Six tons."

After hearing this clearly, Mao You opened his mouth. He was lucky if he caught a hundred or two hundred catties of fish on a single trip to sea, and even then, it would take several days to sell. Six tons... how was he supposed to sell them?!

"This is too much, Mr. Lotus Root. We simply can't sell it all."

"I'll give you a week to sell all this seafood. After that, I'll get 100,000 taels of Fire Country currency. And this is just the first batch. As long as you cooperate with us, there will be plenty of fish in the future."

Ouhe ignored Maoyou's excuses, and Maoyou's expression became even more troubled upon hearing Ouhe's words. Six tons, one hundred thousand taels, which translates to nearly ten taels of Fire Country currency per jin.

This kind of enhanced product simply cannot be sold in Apo. Only large merchants can afford to buy so much of it, and those large merchants have driven down the purchase price to less than four ounces per pound.

This is simply an impossible task.

"What, you don't want to?"

Perhaps sensing Maoyou's thoughts, Ouhe suddenly produced a short knife in her hand, tossing it gently. The others on the large ship also stared intently at the people on the small fishing boat.

"No, no!"

Mao You quickly raised his hands to indicate that he didn't mean it that way. Looking at the trembling young people around him, Mao You gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I accept. But our small boats can't carry six tons of cargo."

"It's alright, you can borrow the boat. Anyway, you can't run away."

Ouhe grinned, revealing a mouthful of small, sharp teeth. The surrounding fishermen, seeing Maoyou agree, were somewhat worried. With so much stock and such a high price, they simply wouldn't be able to sell it.

But they also knew that Moyu had agreed to it in order to save their lives, so no one would be foolish enough to undermine Moyu at this time.

Ouhe nodded and said, "Well then, see you in a week. These three ships are yours for now."

As he was about to leave, Ouhe suddenly stopped, and Maoyou, who had just begun to relax, also held his breath.

He glanced at Mao You again, then pulled out a photograph from his pocket and said, "You haven't seen those people, so what about these two?"

Looking at the two boys in the photo, one blond and one silver-haired, Maoyou was stunned. He had just met them not long ago. They were customers who bought dozens of kilograms of fish from him and gave him extra money. They seemed to be ninjas from Konoha.

Upon realizing the identities of the two young ninjas, and considering the ninja-like skills of the people before him, Maoyou suddenly remembered something, shook his head violently, and said, "Never seen them before."

Seeing that Mao You also denied it, but his expression and tone were completely different from before, Ou He narrowed her eyes, bent down, leaned closer to the nervous Mao You, and asked, "You really haven't seen it?"

"No!"

"Hmm? I smell a lie."

"Gurgle~"

Mao You swallowed hard, his heart pounding, sweat pouring down his face. He didn't know how to answer.

Ouhe straightened up, her short knife reappearing in her hand. She toyed with it and said, "I didn't expect these two to be so well-known in the Land of Fire, even a fisherman like you knows them. But why did you lie to me?!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ouhe's face changed, becoming extremely ferocious. Maoyou was so frightened that he shrank back. He wanted to say something, but he saw Ouhe swing the short knife in her hand.

"Bang!"

The short sword fell back, and the invisible blade that rose from it sliced ​​through the ship's planks. The already dilapidated boat continued to be swallowed by the sea, but Mao You, who was sitting on the boat, had already disappeared without a trace.

Ouhe's face darkened, her brows furrowed, and she looked around, trying to figure out why Maoyou had suddenly disappeared. In the corner of her eye, she seemed to have seen a silver flash and a kunai.

"Special Jonin of Kirigakure, Oho. You really want to get to know me?"

A hoarse voice, characteristic of someone going through puberty, rang out. Ouhe's expression changed, and she looked toward the source of the sound, only to find a silver-haired boy standing on the railing of the ship she had come from.

At his feet was Mao You, who was terrified and lying on the railing, panting heavily.

"Shiroyasha? Sakamoto Tatsuma?"

Looking at the silver-haired boy, Ouhe frowned and questioned him. The silver-haired boy raised an eyebrow and said, "White Demon? Why do I have this nickname now? Shouldn't I be the Dragon of Konoha?"

"Hmph! The Dragon of Konoha? It's not even as impressive as the Jade-Striking Technique. It's just the nonsense of Hanzo, that frog in a well."

As Ouhe spoke, a hint of unease crept in her voice, for her companions who had been standing by the boat were nowhere to be seen. They had exchanged several words, but they had not yet appeared.

"Looking for your companion?"

At this moment, another voice sounded from behind. Ouhe turned around and saw another person standing on the railing of another boat, and in her hand was a string of people.

These are the subordinates and companions brought by Ouhe!

"Tsunade, one of the Three Legendary Sannin?!"

Upon seeing the man's face, Ouhe's expression mirrored that of Maoyou just now; sweat poured down her face, and her limbs grew cold and began to tremble.

"Oh? My title of the Three Legendary Sannin is nothing but the nonsense of a frog in a well!"

Tsunade looked down at Ouhe with a mocking expression. Ouhe felt his face burning. Without saying another word, he leaped into the water with a perfect splash and landed in the sea.

The fishermen were still in shock, one of them stammering, "They just ran away like that?"

He wasn't blaming the two people who suddenly appeared; he just found it hard to accept how the person who had been so vicious just moments before had suddenly run away.

"It's alright, they can't escape."

Tatsuma, who was on the railing, replied, then took a step forward and fell to the ground, landing on the sea. To the astonishment of the fishermen, Tatsuma clasped his hands together and then slapped them onto the sea.

"Water Release! Water Wave!"

Suddenly, a whirlpool appeared on the water's surface, and a waterspout surged from the sea into the sky. At the top of the waterspout was Lotus, trying to escape into the water.

Besides fear, his face also showed incomprehensible confusion. He couldn't understand how water-style ninjutsu could be used like this. Why hadn't his former Jonin team leader taught him?!

Before he could figure it out, he saw a kunai fly over his head, and the next moment, a silver figure appeared, and a fist grew bigger and bigger in his eyes.

"Bang!"

With the sudden burst of superhuman strength, Ouhe's face was severely deformed, and she instantly fainted. Tatsuma grabbed her by the back of the neck and appeared next to Tsunade in the next instant.

"There were thirteen people in total: three Chunin squads plus Ouhe, the team leader. There was no one else in sight."

After Tatsuma finished speaking, Tsunade looked at the string of people she was carrying and said, "It's too much trouble to bring them back to the village."

"At least take Ouhe's body back. He wanted to exchange a large amount of Fire Country currency, so he must have a reason for it. Take him back and let the Mountain Clan interrogate him."

Upon hearing Tatsuma's words, Tsunade raised an eyebrow. Over the past three years, she had rarely paid attention to her disciple's growth, but she hadn't expected that he had already learned to think like a ninja.

Thinking back to that child who refused to wield the butcher's knife against others, Tsunade suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu. She tugged at the corner of her mouth and said, "Then I'll deal with these people."

As she spoke, she flicked her wrist, and the steel wire binding these Mist Ninjas suddenly taut. With the immense force of the swing, the spines of these Mist Ninjas instantly dislocated, killing them silently.

Chenma glanced at the dying Ouhe in his hand, then coldly performed a strangulation, ending Ouhe's life. He then skillfully took out a blank sealing scroll and sealed his body.

Tsunade then took a counterweight from the ship, wrapped the wire she was holding around it, and then threw the counterweight and the corpse into the sea.

After carefully placing the scroll close to his body, Tatsuma returned to the ship where Moyu was and said to Moyu, who had just recovered somewhat, "Uncle Moyu, you will be in charge of operating these three unclaimed ships from now on."

"OK?"

Mao nodded, then realized something was wrong. Just as he was about to decline, Tatsuma pressed his hand down, interrupting him. Tatsuma said, "Now, please steer this ship and take us back to the Land of Fire."

My teacher and I didn't know how to steer the boat, and although most of the seafood on board was still alive, we needed to sell it as soon as possible.

".All right."

(End of this chapter)