I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 26 Almost Mr. Genin

"Hey you two, what are you taking so seriously? A holiday is a time to relax and unwind. There's only one day left, why aren't you taking a break?"

At the third training ground, the three members of the group, Ino-Shika-Cho, were drinking beverages and watching the two running on the river. Shikaku said lazily, "Although the early autumn afternoon wasn't that hot, it was still very tiring."

On such a beautiful day, he should have been at home enjoying the air conditioning and studying chess scores, but since last month, his mother has been kicking him out every day on time, all because of Tatsuma and Minato, those two rats in the training ground.

If these two hadn't worked so hard, the laziness of other students during the holidays wouldn't have been so obvious, and they wouldn't have had to be kicked out of their homes in the sweltering summer heat.

On the river, the two, having just finished a 400-meter turnaround, were standing on the water, catching their breath. Hearing Shikaku's complaint, Tatsuma said, "Actually, you didn't have to come to the training ground. Going to the tea street would have been nice too."

Lu Jiu, lounging like Ge You, said listlessly, "If you can think of going to the tea street, my mother can think of it too. There are quite a few properties belonging to our three clans in the tea street. If we dare to go, my mother will find out in less than two hours."

"Ah, this damn wealth gap."

Chenma sighed. He didn't even dare to add an egg to his ramen, but other people's businesses could form a complete chain.

"Then why don't you train with us? There's no harm in training."

Minato, however, didn't express much sentimentality. Instead, he asked seriously, and Shikaku rolled his eyes and said, "I've been going to school on time, and you still want me to practice extra?"

Or is it because our bodies are structured differently that you don't get covered in sweat and have sore muscles after training?

Inoichi and Choza nodded in agreement. Training was pure torture, and they really couldn't understand why Tatsuma and Minato liked it so much.

"Training is tough, but I am destined to be a ninja. Not only must I endure what ordinary people cannot, but I am also destined to encounter dangerous enemies after becoming a ninja."

Rather than begging for the enemy's forgiveness at that time, I would much rather have greater strength so that I wouldn't be at a disadvantage. Therefore, I am willing to endure the pain of training.

Tatsuma grinned. To be honest, the pain he had endured in this year was more than he had experienced in the previous thirty years combined. But since he had chosen to become a ninja, he had to accept it all.

Unlike Shikaku and others, descendants of ninja clans like Shikaku actually had fewer choices because their parents were both ninjas and key members of the village, so they were given hope from birth.

Minato, a war orphan, chose to enroll because he dreamed of becoming a ninja. Even though he didn't know what it would take to become a ninja at the time, it was still his own choice.

And what about Shikaku and the others? Their parents didn't listen to what they wanted to do in the future, but took it for granted that they should become ninjas.

Therefore, Tatsuma won't try to persuade Shikaku to join the training like Minato did, because Shikaku didn't have a choice a year ago, but he might have one five years later.

If Shikaku was determined not to become a ninja, and despite his poor grades, his father couldn't possibly be so heartless as to throw him onto the battlefield.

Although I know that Shikaku will become a reliable ninja in the future, there's no point in saying more now.

Tatsuma and Minato were different; the village invested educational resources in them, and if they didn't become ninjas, the village would have suffered a complete loss.

To put it bluntly, even if they fall short of the graduation threshold by the time they graduate, they will probably be allowed to serve the village as genin, since the ninja world is not stable right now.

Shikaku shrugged noncommittally upon hearing Tatsuma's words. Choza, having finished his potato chips, asked, "Aren't you guys going to take a break? Shall we go have afternoon tea?"

Tatsuma and Minato exchanged a glance, then Tatsuma shook his head and said, "We won't go. If you're bored, go out for a walk. If you run into Aunt Karin and the others later, I'll tell them you trained with us."

Upon hearing this, Shikaku was somewhat tempted, but after much deliberation, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's wait until I learn the Transformation Jutsu."

He then looked at his two companions beside him and said, "Inoichi, Choza, don't slack off next semester. Make sure you master the Transformation Technique, understand?"

Hai nodded, while Ding turned the bag of potato chips over and licked the seasoning on the packaging, his head bobbing up and down, it was hard to tell whether he was nodding or licking.

Five minutes later, Tatsuma and Minato, with their braids, were still racing on the water. The Ino-Shika-Cho trio, who had just calmed down, started to get restless again. Choza started craving potato chips, Shikaku craved chess, and even Inoichi started mowing the lawn.

After finally defeating Tatsuma, Minato rested while looking at the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and said to Tatsuma, "Tatsuma, why don't you take a break?"

Seeing that Minato didn't seem to have much desire to continue training, Tatsuma nodded and said, "Anyway, the holiday is almost over, so it won't hurt to rest for an afternoon."

Minato then walked towards the shore and said, "Let's go have afternoon tea."

Shikaku:? !

Hai Yi: ?!

Dingza: !!!

Before Shikaku and Inoichi could react, Choza leaped up with movements far beyond his physique, grinning widely, his red hair billowing, and declared with great bravado:

"The snacks are on me!"

Upon hearing that Choza was going to treat them to a meal, Shikaku and Inoichi quickly got up, and the group of five headed out of the training ground. Judging from the spirit Choza displayed, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were going to chase after an S-rank rogue ninja.

While other people's afternoon tea refers to eating and drinking something in the afternoon, Dingza's afternoon tea refers to eating and drinking throughout the entire afternoon.

It wasn't until evening that Tatsuma, who was completely exhausted, finally went home. He didn't need to eat dinner, and it wasn't a good time to train, so he opened the system panel.

Over the past six months, the rate of increase has slowed down because Minato is no longer so easy to lose, and the two's win rate has reached 30/70.

Furthermore, if it weren't for Minato's good nature and lack of competitiveness, Tatsuma's winning percentage might have dropped even further, becoming 40/60. However, Tatsuma also raised his talent ceiling to nearly Chunin level.

Host: Sakamoto Tatsuma

talent:

Force: 361/945

Speed: 674/1854

Body: 629/1662

Xian: 417/587

Shinobu: 315/673

Fantasy: 99/373

Fine: 333/764

Print: 454/801

Special talent:

Spacetime: 50%

Ninjutsu development: 40%

Ninja Tool Projection (Minato Namikaze Limited Edition): 60%

Perception: 25%

Tatsuma can now proudly say that he is only a little bit away from becoming a genin, and that little bit is in genjutsu. He feels that once he has completely mastered genjutsu dispelling, he will be able to push the last item to the genin qualification line.

(End of this chapter)