I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 266 Even the most mature man will unconsciously breathe on a paper airplane after receiving it.

"Tatsuma, if you participate in the origami competition, you'll definitely win an award, at least the fastest one."

During a break from training in the back mountains of Konoha, Minato was somewhat surprised to see the paper in Tatsuma's hand constantly changing into paper cranes, dog heads, and teacups, even though Tatsuma's hand hadn't moved at all.

"After learning the art of paper shards, I realized that the legendary shikigami are somewhat childish."

As Chenma spoke, the paper in his hand transformed into a small cube. Chenma tossed it gently, and the paper figure landed on the ground. Then, Chenma formed the Opposition Seal to perform subtle manipulation.

The paper figure walked up to a rock the size of a basketball, lifted it with both hands, and the heavy rock was actually lifted by the paper figure folded from paper.

"How did they manage that? Can paper withstand such weight?"

Minato was like the neighbor's kid who had discovered a fun toy. He wanted to play with it, but he was also a little reserved. After all, he was just a fourteen-year-old boy.

Moreover, his years of ninja training meant that he missed out on many childhood joys compared to his peers from ordinary families. Although he usually hid his childlike side, it would occasionally slip out.

Especially since his close friend Tatsuma was present, he had even less reason to pretend.

Tatsuma gently released his hand seals, and in an instant, the stone flattened the paper. Only then did Tatsuma say, "Paper can't do that, but chakra can."

Whether it's the transformation of forms or the ability to surpass limits, it's all due to chakra giving the paper its power. The principle of Shiki no Jutsu is to use chakra to draw chakra skeletons on the paper.

In terms of its form, the changing shape of paper is very similar to that of memory materials.

"Memory material?"

Minato was a little confused. Tatsuma took out another piece of paper, gently squeezed it, and chakra gradually climbed onto the paper, leaving behind invisible lines.

"Memory material is a kind of creation that has been designed in advance, but will only change its form under specific conditions. The condition for the Shikigami Technique is chakra."

As he spoke, Tatsuma inputted chakra again, and the chakra lines on it were activated. Without Tatsuma needing to do anything else, the paper folded itself into a paper airplane according to the predetermined route and trigger sequence.

Tatsuma breathed on the nose of the paper airplane, then flicked his arm, sending the paper airplane flying far away. Watching the paper airplane disappear, Tatsuma commented, "The art of paper styling is actually a trick used by Onmyoji to deceive ordinary people back then."

"That's not entirely true."

At this moment, Jiraiya returned, still holding the paper airplane in his hand, and said, "You have a great talent for learning ninjutsu, but your chakra doesn't have a high affinity with paper."

If you've ever seen Konan's Paper Technique, you'll truly understand its power. Her chakra can even alter the physical properties of paper, giving it the qualities of steel.

Perhaps most Onmyoji are frauds, otherwise they wouldn't have been gradually eliminated over the course of history. However, it cannot be ruled out that there are geniuses among them, geniuses who can truly use the art of paper shards to their fullest potential.

As Jiraiya spoke, he threw the paper airplane at Tatsuma, but it only flew two meters before crashing to the ground. Jiraiya scratched his head and said, "How did it fly so far?"

Breathe on its head.

As Chenma spoke, he picked up a piece of paper, which instantly turned into a paper airplane. He breathed on the nose of the airplane and threw it again. The paper airplane drew an ethereal and uncontrollable arc, flying farther and farther away.

"What's the principle behind it?"

Jiraiya and Minato's eyes lit up, and Jiraiya even picked up the fallen paper airplane and couldn't wait to ask a question.

However, looking at that filthy pompadour, he wasn't really keen on taking a bite. After all, Chenma had tricked him more than once or twice, and who knew if Chenma was telling the truth or not.

"Using water vapor to change the weight of the head makes it more balanced during flight, giving it a more beautiful flight posture, and thus it can fly farther."

Tatsuma said in a serious tone, and Jiraiya nodded, breathed on his dirty pompadour, and then threw it, but it flew even less far than before.

In an instant, Jiraiya looked at Tatsuma with a resentful gaze. Tatsuma pointed to the ground and said, "The ground is wet. My head got some wet mud on it, and my center of gravity has been severely disrupted."

"Let me try again."

Jiraiya walked up to Tatsuma and simply asked for it. Although he had taught Tatsuma the Shikigami Technique, the boy was destined to surpass him, and in less than a month, he had completely outdone him.

Tatsuma had no choice but to break another sword for Jiraiya. Looking at Minato, who had wide eyes but was too sensible to speak, Tatsuma also took pity on him and gave him a sword as well.

The master and apprentice began to breathe on the paper airplane, then threw it out. Seeing that the paper airplane flew high and far, the two were so excited that they jumped up and down on the spot.

"Minato, practice your ninja tool throwing skills with paper airplanes."

Tatsuma suggested, and Minato, looking at the paper airplane disappearing into the tree canopy, said, "The flight path of a paper airplane is indeed hard to predict, but if it's just one, it's still quite easy to anticipate."

Paper Airplane was a name given by Tatsuma. Minato didn't know about it and thought the name wasn't very good, but he was someone who respected other people's right to name things, so he didn't protest.

"Who said it was one?"

Tatsuma pulled out forty or fifty sheets of paper from a stack of papers beside him, channeled his chakra, and the papers turned into small balls. Tatsuma said, "Your ninja tool throwing skills have surpassed most ninjas. Hitting these at the same time shouldn't be a problem."

Minato calculated the quantity and said, "We can give it a try."

Upon hearing this, Chenma immediately threw the crumpled paper in his hand and then clapped his hands together.

"Gale Palm!"

The paper ball, which was about to fall, was blown about by the strong wind and flew up erratically. It could only be determined that its general direction was forward. Tatsuma also formed the opposing hand seal and looked at Minato.

Minato pulled out a shuriken, and Oki Tatsuma nodded.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

In an instant, dozens of paper balls unfolded in the air, then transformed into paper airplanes flying freely. Minato also threw out his shuriken.

"Ninja Art! Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!"

Minato quickly formed hand seals, and dozens of shuriken shadow clones appeared, positioned exactly in front of the paper airplane's flight path.

Paper airplanes were slashed and torn apart by the shuriken. Some could still fly with difficulty, while others crashed directly. But amidst the interplay of black and white, one tenacious paper airplane evaded the blockade of the shuriken's shadow clones and broke through, continuing to soar.

"Almost there."

Minato said with some regret that he had forgotten to consider the sudden appearance of the shuriken and the impact of its disturbance to the airflow during flight on the paper airplane.

Although the shuriken sliced ​​through most of the paper airplanes due to their close proximity and density, it still fell short.

This feeling of being "just a little short" is actually the most frustrating, because it makes you feel like there's something you haven't done well enough, rather than that you lack the ability.

"Ding~"

The system announcement also rang in Chenma's mind. Although it was only a small amount, he didn't mind.

Jiraiya sat down silently to the side, his tall figure seemingly trying his best to blend into the forest. He was a little worried that Minato might ask him for advice, or that Tatsuma might ask him to give it a try.

After all, he was one of the vast majority of ninjas whom Minato had surpassed in terms of ninja tool throwing skills, according to Tatsuma.

Jiraiya's ninja tool throwing skills are now at least not a burden, but they are definitely not his forte. Of his original squad, the only one who seriously studied ninja tool throwing was that stinky snake.

Moreover, even if that stinky snake came, he might not be able to beat these two little guys in terms of ninja tool throwing skills.

Fortunately, Minato, the disciple, and Tatsuma, the student, did not intend to desecrate his corpse. As they chatted, they began one attempt after another.

Tatsuma threw out more and more paper airplanes, but Minato's accuracy did not decrease. After two or three rounds, no more paper airplanes could escape the sword in his hand.

Even at the end, the two showed off their skills. Tatsuma used ninjutsu to change the trajectory of the paper airplane, while Minato used shurikenjutsu to change the direction of the shuriken by colliding with it, making some high-difficulty attempts.

The training session ended with Tatsuma running out of all the training papers he had brought. As Minato entered puberty, his body was also growing rapidly, and his chakra reserves were no longer a weakness.

Although careful planning is still necessary during high-intensity battles, training sessions are no longer intermittent.

Tatsuma had no intention of cleaning up the paper scraps scattered throughout the forest. After all, since the paper was made of bamboo and wood, it might even serve as fertilizer when it returned to the forest.

"Jiraiya-sensei, do you have any secret techniques you want to teach Minato?"

After training ended today, Minato was collecting his ninja tools in the forest. Tatsuma asked Jiraiya, and Jiraiya's expression hardened. He understood what Tatsuma meant and said, "At this stage, I have taught Minato everything I can and everything he can learn."

The rest are either things I haven't mastered yet, or things Minato can't learn right now.

For the next period of time, both my student and I will need to undergo some training before we can continue his studies.

My plan to travel the ninja world has been put on hold for so long, it's time to get started. Although it's late spring now, there are still many places where cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

"But you, are you really fully recovered? Surely the old man isn't that worried?"

After saying that, Jiraiya looked at Tatsuma with some concern. Although Tatsuma himself kept saying that he had recovered from his injuries, it had only been less than two months of rest and recovery. Was he really okay?

He had consulted Orochimaru and learned that Tatsuma was not without aftereffects. Although the snake wouldn't say it outright, it did tell him that every injury Tatsuma sustained, no matter how minor, could potentially worsen the aftereffects.

Jiraiya knew Tatsuma all too well. He knew that this kid wouldn't care about getting hurt in battle. He had never seen Tatsuma finish a battle unscathed on the battlefield before.

Tatsuma shrugged and said, "Of course I'd like more time for recovery training, but if I rest, the whole team has to rest with me, not to mention..."

"There are still things I haven't gotten my hands on, and they're in the hands of the Third Hokage."

"Try to avoid dangerous missions."

Jiraiya hesitated for a moment, but still said, "During the previous war, you were put on a bounty by Sunagakure. However, Sunagakure was poor, and since you weren't the one who received the largest bounty, not many rogue ninjas from the Gold Exchange had their eyes on you."

But Kumogakure is extremely generous; in fact, your portion of the additional bounty is equivalent to that of Sakumo and Minato combined.

"Jiraiya-sensei, do you also have information about the gold exchange?"

"We can find out some things."

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma asked curiously, "The Five Great Nations can openly offer bounties to ninjas from other countries?"

"Of course it wouldn't be done openly and honestly, but the source of such a huge sum of money is not difficult to investigate. However, this kind of behavior is indeed done by all five major powers, so it's not anything new."

After Jiraiya finished speaking, he noticed that Tatsuma wasn't afraid; instead, he seemed even more curious. Tatsuma secretly made a calculation and then asked, "So, how much am I worth now?"

"Thirty million taels, and the Hidden Cloud Village directly added another twenty-five million taels. If your base bounty hadn't been so low, you might have been among the top ten bounty ninjas in Konoha."

"Tsk tsk tsk~"

Tatsuma was somewhat surprised upon hearing this. In the original story, Sarutobi Asuma, the son of the Third Hokage, a Jonin of Konoha, and one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja of the Land of Fire, only earned 35 million ryo.

This money definitely wasn't a bounty offered by one person or one force, but rather by multiple bettors. Yet, Tatsuma only updated the bounty once, and it's already catching up to Asuma's. He himself said in disbelief:

"I never imagined I was worth so much money."

"With your mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique from the Second Hokage, coupled with your sealing skills that can destroy the seals of Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, you were able to escape from the Third Raikage, A. You should be glad that the other three kingdoms haven't yet believed the accusations from the Land of Lightning."

Otherwise, your bounty will explode, and countless rogue ninja will be eyeing you. In addition, your age will cause many greedy rogue ninja to underestimate your danger and then swarm towards you. Don't forget, your ANBU identity has also been exposed.

From now on, whether you travel openly or as a member of the secret service, they will recognize you.

Tatsuma pursed his lips, showing no fear on his face, and then said with a smile, "Then hopefully these rogue ninjas are all on the Anbu mission list."

(End of this chapter)