I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 296 When facing someone you admire, it's easy to overlook their mistakes.

"Brother Luo Sha, are they in the abandoned village ahead?"

In the desert, Yashamaru held a telescope, looking at the long-withered oasis in the distance and the ruins left behind by the relocated people, with some doubt.

Because the abandoned village was very small—calling it a village would be an exaggeration—it only had thirty to fifty households, so even with a telescope narrowing the field of view, it was still easy to see clearly.

Even Yashamaru, who had received professional training, could not find any trace of anyone having visited the place. You see, although traces in the desert can be quickly covered up, people living in the desert still have many ways to identify traces.

Hearing Yashamaru's question, Rasa said, "They're over there. Don't forget, they're Konoha's ANBU. They're all trained, and their familiarity with the desert is probably no less than that of most Sunagakure ninjas."

Yashamaru didn't intend to refute; he was just a little confused. He put down his binoculars and turned to ask, "Brother Rasa, you said that Sakamoto Tatsuma is a sensory ninja."

"If we approach now, will it attract their attention? Or have we already been discovered?"

"He is a ninja who senses chakra. Lacking the help of a real medium, he can only sense the fluctuations of other chakra through his own chakra, thereby determining their quantity and quality."

However, as long as one applies a wave to their body that is opposite to the chakra fluctuations within their body, they can hide their chakra, and at least a chakra-sensing ninja will not be able to detect it.

I have applied chakra fluctuations of the same amplitude but opposite directions to both of us, so even to Sakamoto Tatsuma, we are merely a speck of air in his perception.

Luo Sha spoke confidently, saying that every technique has its advantages and disadvantages, and there is no perfect technique in this world. But truly powerful people can make the most of their strengths and minimize their weaknesses, giving full play to the strengths of each technique while eliminating its shortcomings.

The mutual cancellation of waves is only one of the strengths of Magnet Escape, and it is not even the only technique for obscuring perception. There are more sophisticated techniques, but his teacher has not yet taught them to him.

However, he had also heard his teacher mention that it was a technique that could cover up sensory perception, and even Hyuga's Byakugan and Inuzuka's ninja dogs could not see through or smell it.

But he is still a long way from mastering these skills. After all, he only managed to learn his teacher's Magnet Release technique in the last two years, and it is slightly different from his own.

He hasn't even fully mastered the basic uses of Magnet Release, let alone the unique uses of his "mutated" Magnet Release, let alone learning other advanced or obscure techniques.

At this moment, Yashamaru's eyes were filled with light as he looked at Rasa. He thought to himself, "Perhaps my sister can find true happiness by entrusting herself to someone like him."

Rasa didn't pay attention to Yashamaru's performance, or rather, Yashamaru's adoration was too familiar to him, so familiar that it didn't cause him the slightest emotional fluctuation.

He lost his parents at a young age and was adopted by the village. He was also noticed by his teacher from a young age and was secretly trained. He met Yashamaru's older sister, Karura, when he was very young.

Because Karura and he were in the same batch of children trained, except that Karura learned sand manipulation ninjutsu, while he learned magnet release.

It was because of this relationship that Rasa met the boy shortly after Yashamaru was born. Later, due to the war, Karura and Yashamaru's parents were killed, and Rasa took care of the siblings. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were as close as family.

From childhood, Yashamaru admired him greatly. Especially after Yashamaru's parents died, Rasa constantly guided him on how to improve and how to take revenge on Konoha, making him even more enamored with this powerful older brother.

Rasa was indeed a little uncomfortable at first, but even the rarest things can't withstand seeing them every day. Rasa had long since become desensitized to Yashamaru's gaze and no longer paid attention to it.

His attention was now focused more on the abandoned village where Chenma and the others were, a village that had indeed been abandoned due to a lack of water.

However, centered around this abandoned site, there are four villages that are not too far away, two of which are frequent interactions between Sunagakure and Sunagakure.

Rasa had been pondering why Tatsuma had come to the Land of Wind, and now, Rasa had some vague guesses.

That was Tatsuma's operation, which might be related to spies lurking in the Land of Wind. Choosing this particular place might be for a rendezvous.

With his abilities, Tatsuma is indeed very suitable for this job. Both his sensory abilities and Flying Thunder God technique make it very convenient for him to carry out spy handover work.

If it weren't for someone constantly leaking Tatsuma's movements, Rasa knew that even Sunagakure might not have known about Tatsuma's arrival this time.

However, a question arose in Rasa's mind: who in Konoha hated Tatsuma so much that they repeatedly leaked his whereabouts?

Could it be true, as the elders speculated, that Sakumo Hatake broke with the Hokage's faction, and that the Hokage, due to Sakumo Hatake's reputation and strength, could not take action against him, but Sakumo Hatake dared to do whatever he wanted to target Tatsuma?

However, this view was refuted by Ebizo. According to Ebizo, Hatake Sakumo was definitely on the same side as Sakamoto Tatsuma, and their connection could even be traced back to the Second Shinobi World War.

Rasa himself didn't really believe the opinions of the other elders. In his view, Sakumo Hatake could disregard Hiruzen Sarutobi's opinion, but Tatsuma's existence in Konoha didn't solely depend on Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Rasa even had some wild ideas, such as that the leak of Tatsuma's whereabouts was the result of the entire Konoha Village's cooperation, and that Tatsuma had deliberately leaked his whereabouts.

But the possibility of that is extremely low. What would be the point of doing that? To attract more rogue ninja to attack Sakamoto Tatsuma? Does Sakamoto Tatsuma hate living?

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Rasa suddenly looked around. Yashamaru, who had been watching him closely, suddenly tensed up and asked, "Brother Rasa, what's wrong?"

"There are a lot more people around. They must be those who came from inside the exchange shop because they were attracted by Sakamoto Tatsuma's bounty. There are just too many of them."

Luo Sha's expression darkened slightly. He had another worry in his heart: whether the spies that Konoha had planted in the Land of Wind were also hiding among these people.

Because he recalled his wild speculation: if Tatsuma himself had indeed exposed his whereabouts, then what he attracted, besides the ninjas of Sunagakure, would also be those rogue ninjas willing to die for money.

Whether they are spies or rogue ninjas, they are thorns in the side that every country and every ninja village cannot get rid of. Konoha could not possibly be unaware that sending Tatsuma, whose whereabouts and intelligence have been leaked, to carry out a mission would bring these consequences.

But Tatsuma still came "swaggeringly," which is too difficult to explain. Perhaps Konoha wanted to use Tatsuma's battle with the rogue ninja to deliver some important information to the spies mixed in with the rogue ninja.

The thought of this possibility made Rasa's face even more gloomy, and his heart wavered. Should he sit idly by and watch Tatsuma fight these rogue ninjas, hoping to reap the benefits in the end?

Or should he believe in his wild idea and intervene at the same time as these rogue ninjas to avoid giving Tatsuma and Konoha even the slightest chance?

Yashamaru, unaware of Rasa's thoughts, asked, "Many people? How many?"

"There are more than forty people."

This time, Tatsuma attracted not only the rogue ninjas who had followed him all the way from the exchange shop in the Land of Fire, but also the rogue ninjas who had gathered from the exchange shop in the Land of Wind after receiving the news.

Although Tatsuma proved last time that having more people doesn't necessarily cause him trouble, perhaps there just weren't enough people?

"We'll go there too. If necessary, we'll join forces with the rogue ninja from the Gold Exchange to kill Sakamoto Tatsuma. Yashamaru, inform the teacher to send reinforcements directly here. We'll then wipe out the rogue ninja."

"What?!"

Rasa's decision shocked Yashamaru. Before he could say anything, Rasa continued, "Listen to me, this is not just an operation targeting Sakamoto Tatsuma, but it is also very likely related to the secret protection work of our Sunagakure Village."

"Okay then."

Hearing Rasa say this, Yashamaru hesitated for a long time before finally nodding. As for whether he would refuse to carry out Rasa's decision if Rasa didn't explain, he had never done so before and didn't know.

At that moment, not far from the group, under a weathered rock, several inconspicuous insects were moving about.

Inside a building in the abandoned village, Earwig rubbed his temples and said, "More than forty rogue ninjas, plus eight assassins from the Sand Village's assassination squad, for a total of more than fifty people."

Fifty people

Tatsuma and Minato's expressions were also extremely solemn. Last time, their opponents numbered twenty, and they were currently fighting against only a dozen or so, but it was still a huge test.

The number of players battling now may triple.

Chenma took out several scrolls and said, "Each scroll contains two thousand explosive tags. Use them when necessary. Even if you are in the blast radius, it doesn't matter. Mutu and I will ensure your safety."

The earwig nodded and said, "Class monitor, don't worry about me."

After saying that, he tilted his head slightly, turning to Tianfeng. Tianfeng choked for a moment, then retorted, "Don't worry about me. Although my audition results were average, I still have some trump cards up my sleeve!"

Upon hearing this, the earwig was not reassured. Instead, it exuded an even stronger aura of distrust. Tianfeng was furious and stared at Chenma expectantly.

Chenma pursed his lips and said, "I can absolutely trust the earwig, and I believe the earwig feels the same way about us. If necessary, you can use your trump card, but the prerequisite is that no enemy who has seen your trump card can survive."

Following this operation, the intelligence gathered by our team's sensory abilities should spread, making future counter-hunting operations more difficult and complex. Therefore, this time, we aimed to obtain as much intelligence as possible about the gold exchange.

In other words, it means leaving the enemy behind as much as possible.

The earwig nodded and looked at Tianfeng again. Even the class monitor acknowledged this trump card. That was truly something to look forward to.

Minato then looked at Tatsuma and said, "Class representative, my identity has also been revealed. Many of my methods probably don't need to be hidden anymore, right?"

"You mean psychic abilities?"

With only four people, their chances of winning against the approaching fifty were actually quite slim. Tatsuma immediately guessed Minato's plan, and Minato nodded, saying:

"I've been able to work well with Brother Wen and the others, and they're willing to help me."

"Okay, then I will also ask Zhiyu to help protect everyone's safety to the greatest extent possible."

Chenma nodded, stood up, and said, "It seems they feel there's no need for them to stealth in this desert terrain. Everyone, prepare for an explosion!"

(End of this chapter)