I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 274 Even though they're the same age, some people's resumes are so rich it's like they've secretly lived half a lifetime.

The Hidden Mist Village ninjas that he and Tsunade sent back? Tatsuma thought for a moment before recalling the incident he had casually done two months ago when he returned to the village after recovering from his injuries.

But wasn't this matter supposed to be handled by the Torture Department and the Analysis Team? Why did they bring in the Dark Division? And the people they need to meet with are Hatake Sakumo and Tatsuma.

It's understandable that Tatsuma was involved, but as the head of the Anbu, Hatake Sakumo wasn't someone who could be sent on just any mission. The few times Hatake Sakumo went out that Tatsuma knew of were undoubtedly missions related to the situation in the ninja world and the stability of the five great nations.

Hatake Sakumo frowned at this moment. He knew his own worth better than Tatsuma, but he also knew that Yamanaka Inoichi's father was a reliable ninja. If that was the case, then something big must have happened.

He looked at Tatsuma and asked, "Could you give me a general overview?"

For the past two months, Sakumo Hatake has been on vacation, spending his days training with Kakashi. In addition, he has handed over Root, which he previously led, to Danzo, resulting in a significant drop in his access to external intelligence.

In particular, he never actively sought out this information, nor did he bother to organize his intelligence network to investigate it. If it weren't for Tatsuma's fishing plan, he wouldn't even have known that Tatsuma was being targeted by the other four major powers.

As for the Hidden Mist Village ninja that Tatsuma and Tsunade brought back, Sakumo Hatake had never really heard of such a minor character, let alone had any contact with him.

Moreover, at the time, Tatsuma, Shikaku, Shikagawa, and others were only speculating about that incident, and the subsequent investigation was arranged by others without contacting the Anbu. Therefore, Hatake Sakumo knew nothing about it.

Tatsuma nodded and briefly explained his initial guess to Hatake Sakumo. Upon hearing this, Hatake Sakumo frowned and said, "It seems your guess was correct."

At the time, Tatsuma and the others guessed that there were signs of a rebellion in Kirigakure. If their guess was correct, then this matter was indeed related to the stability of the five great nations, and might even be related to the situation in the ninja world.

Under such circumstances, it is understandable to send out Sakumo Hatake.

Sakumo Hatake looked at Inoichi and said, "Let's go, it's been a long time since I've seen Senior Yingzhong."

Hai nodded, relieved that he didn't have to explain, and quickly led Hatake Sakumo and Tatsuma towards the analysis class, without even giving Tatsuma time to change his clothes.

Fortunately, this mission was related to the Anbu, so Tatsuma simply put on his mask, found a beige trench coat to cover his backless dress, and followed the two.

If we're talking about the place with the highest level of technology in Konoha, it would be the Wood Release Research Institute, which has already been shut down. But if we're talking about the place with the highest level of applied technology, then it would undoubtedly be the Analysis Team.

Compared to the "flashy but impractical" equipment in the Wood Release Research Institute, the equipment in the Analysis Team is all related to the stability of Konoha and the Land of Fire, and the personnel here have the most diverse functions.

Those who analyzed intelligence, monitored communications, compiled coded messages, and even Yamanaka Eishō, who conducted "interrogations," all showed no suspicion when they saw Tatsuma in the analysis team.

There were even a few ninjas who looked familiar to Tatsuma, who silently greeted him. Clearly, these people were very familiar with Tatsuma's ANBU and his public identity.

"Please wait a moment, I'll go inform my father."

Upon arriving at an office, Inoichi finished speaking and went inside, while Tatsuma and Sakumo Hatake sat down on the chairs in the corridor.

At that moment, an older man brought over two cups of tea. As Tatsuma accepted them, the man said with a smile, "Tatsuma, it's been so many years."

"Senior, are you Yamanakatani-senpai?"

After a while, Tatsuma finally recognized him as the person in charge of battlefield communications when he first went to the battlefield. Yamanakaya nodded and then chatted with Sakumo Hatake for a bit.

Clearly, Sakumo Hatake knew Yamanakatani, but they weren't exactly close. They only exchanged a few polite words before Yamanakatani left.

A moment later, the office door opened, and a blond man came out. In fact, the current generation of Ino-Shika-Cho is about the same age as the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, but neither Nara Shika-Yu nor Yamanaka Ochū looks as old as Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Maybe... a handsome guy will still be a handsome guy even when he gets old.

"Senior Ying Zhong."

"Lord Ying Zhong."

Hatake Sakumo and Tatsuma also stood up to greet them, while Yamanaka Ochū waved his hand and said, "Don't be so polite, come in. Inoichi, Inoichi, go pour tea for your Uncle Sakumo and Senior Tatsuma."

In the office, Yamanaka Inoichi looked at Tatsuma with a strange expression. Wasn't this kid his classmate? And he was even younger than him, so how did he become a senior?

Although they were classmates, Tatsuma and Minato were far behind their peers. They "debuted" too early, and in the eyes of adults, they were older than Yamanaka Inoichi and others from the same period.

After all, when Tatsuma and Minato were rampaging across the battlefield, they were still in school at the same time.

Ignoring his son's strange gaze, Yamanaka Eishin walked to the somewhat messy desk piled with many coded messages and sat down. Then, he precisely pulled out a document from the rickety mountain of files.

"This is an important part of Ouhe's memories, as well as a progress report on the developments in Konoha based on his memories. Take a look at it first. I'll go arrange for the bodies you brought back, Tatsuma. Inoichi, take good care of the guests."

Yamanaka Eishō appears to be a very uninhibited and even somewhat careless person, yet there are several precious and rare flowers on the windowsill that are also well cared for.

He left in a hurry, while Inoichi silently brewed tea. Tatsuma also took off his mask and sat down next to Sakumo Hatake, looking at the encrypted document.

Although it was encrypted text, Hatake Sakumo read it at the same speed as reading ordinary text; he was too familiar with it. Tatsuma wasn't as familiar with encrypted text as Hatake Sakumo, but he was quick-witted and translated quickly, so he could barely keep up.

Haiyi, who was making tea, looked at the two of them with a strange expression. He had been in the analysis class for half a month, and even when he helped his father find documents, he stumbled and had to spend a long time deciphering the file names without the help of reference books.

Not to mention the contents of the document, some of which contained ciphertext symbols that had nothing to do with the text. He could already foresee that he would be spending the next year and a half with reference books.

But are these two really reading encrypted text? They wouldn't even read a textbook that fast, would they?

"Have you finished watching?"

As Haiyi put down the two cups of tea, Yamanaka Ochū returned, pointed towards the door, and said, "There are two teacups outside. Go and tidy them up."

"Yes, Father."

Haiyi got up listlessly and left the office. Although he was relieved not to have to listen to those intelligence reports, he still had to do the work. Who could be happy about that?

Sakumo Hatake looked at Tatsuma, who nodded and said, "I've finished reading."

The document did not fully copy down Ouhe's memories; it only copied a very small portion related to the rebellion. It was largely consistent with Chenma's conjecture, except for the addition of numerous lists and personnel information.

This is extremely important for Konoha, since intelligence within Kirigakure is difficult to obtain, and Tatsuma only knows a small portion of the Jonin information. With this list, he can learn much more.

Konoha's subsequent actions were also based on Shikagami's earlier suggestion: to establish contact between the rogue ninja of Kirigakure and the Land of Lightning. Over the course of two months, the two sides reached several cooperation agreements and expressed their intention to cooperate further.

"Um"

Yamanaka Ochū nodded, about to say something, when suddenly he frowned and said to the door, "Inoichi!"

"Is there anything else you need, Father?"

The office door opened, and Hai peeked in. Yamanaka Okei tapped on his desk and asked, "Where's my tea?"

"Didn't you say you were going to make tea for Lord Sakumo and Lord Tatsuma? You didn't say you wanted some for yourself, so I assumed you weren't drinking, and that's why I didn't prepare any."

Haiyi answered honestly. Yamanaka Yingzhong took a deep breath, suppressed his rising anger, waved his hand, and said, "Don't get in my way."

"good!"

Haiyi nodded quickly and closed the door. Chenma felt that Haiyi was doing this on purpose, just to make his father unhappy.

Swallowing hard to moisten his throat, Yamanaka Eiji continued, "Next, Konoha has two options: one is to strengthen the monitoring of transactions with the Land of Lightning, and the other is to infiltrate the Land of Water to investigate the intelligence of the rogue ninja headquarters."

Do you two have any thoughts?

Sakumo Hatake wasn't good at making decisions, but he wouldn't be foolish enough to say so. Instead, he said, "Both of these matters require the assistance of the Anbu, right?"

"That's right, that's why we invited you here today."

Seeing Yamanaka nod, Hatake Sakumo frowned and said, "This is not a good matter. The Land of Lightning will definitely strengthen its screening of outsiders in the near future. The actions of the Kirigakure rogue ninja should also be under the surveillance of Kumogakure."

However, if the Hidden Leaf Village's Anbu also wants to get involved, the Hidden Cloud Village probably won't stand idly by.

As for infiltrating the Land of Water, since the implementation of the Blood Mist Village policy, the Land of Water has become extremely xenophobic, and many of our Konoha's covert agents have been eliminated. Infiltrating now would be no less difficult than infiltrating the Hidden Cloud Village.

Sakumo Hatake analyzed the difficulties of these two directions as much as possible, but Yamanaka Eiji had already thought of these problems, so he did not reply, but waited for Sakumo Hatake to ask.

After a moment of silence, Sakumo Hatake looked at Tatsuma and asked, "Tatsuma, what are your thoughts?"

Tatsuma nodded and said, "Indeed, it would be extremely difficult to send out the Anbu, just as Lord Sakumo said. Moreover, once exposed, it would be much more difficult to infiltrate again."

Therefore, my opinion is that we should not deploy the infiltration teams from the secret service.

Upon hearing this, Yamanaka Ochū frowned. The reason for sending Hatake Sakumo this time was to take advantage of the ANBU's infiltration and reconnaissance capabilities, which far surpassed those of other ninja teams.

These two guys, one big and one small, one dodged the question and the other directly refused. What's going on?

Seeing Yamanaka Ochū's expression, Hatake Sakumo raised an eyebrow, about to take over the conversation. After all, Yamanaka Ochū wouldn't get angry at him, but he might not be so good at Tatsuma.

Before he could speak, Tatsuma continued, "At this point in time, both the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water are extremely sensitive to outside ninjas."

However, normal business dealings will not be allowed. I suggest using legitimate business dealings, such as pure caravans. After screening, they can enter these two countries normally.

Yamanaka Ochū frowned, but didn't get angry. Instead, he considered the feasibility. After a while, he asked, "The intelligence gathering capabilities of caravans are far inferior to those of ninjas, and the personnel are diverse and difficult to control. How can we solve this?"

"The significance of caravans lies in entering these two countries. If they can reach them, then the Konoha ninjas can also reach them."

"But you also said that the Land of Water and the Land of Lightning will definitely screen outsiders, even caravans. If there are ninjas mixed in with the caravan, they will be discovered, right?"

Yamanaka Eiji was still somewhat puzzled, but Tatsuma shook his head and said, "There's no need to infiltrate the caravan. We just need to have the caravan bring the Flying Thunder God Technique in. As long as the Flying Thunder God Technique is there, Minato and I can continuously send Konoha ninja in, directly eliminating the need for infiltration."

(End of this chapter)