I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 317 The most comfortable underwear for a boy is the one with the most holes worn out.

"Is this your goal?! You planned to break the seal from the very beginning?!"

Since their meeting, Hozuki Gengetsu finally revealed his anger, and the entire swamp seemed to be bubbling up like water about to boil.

This wasn't caused by Hozuki Gengetsu, but by that big guy below, one of the tailed beasts, the Six-Tails.

"You used such a massive water-style ninjutsu just now, all for this moment, right? I knew it! With your talent, you wouldn't have chosen such an inefficient technique!"

Although he didn't understand why "Takasugi Shinsuke" was so skilled in sealing techniques, managing to break the seal at the bottom of the swamp in an instant, Hozuki Gengetsu couldn't care less about that now, because the seal had been broken.

The tailed beast that has been quietly staying here for several years is about to reappear.

Tatsuma's decision was truly impromptu. After all, when he came, he had no idea that a tailed beast was sealed here, nor did he know what sealing technique was used to seal the tailed beast.

Chenma had never seen the seal below before, nor had he learned any sealing or unsealing techniques, and he didn't even know what it was called.

However, this did not prevent him from understanding the seal. This was thanks to the years that Mito Uzumaki taught him, with countless lessons on disassembling and reassembling the seals. Those lessons were enough for Tatsuma to understand and even break most of the sealing techniques.

The seal below is a seal that is linked to the terrain, or rather, it is more like a barrier. And as long as it is a barrier, there must be a support point. This is a truth that Chenma has learned through study and practice.

The barrier sealing the Six-Tails is similar, except that the distance between the fulcrums is too great, and each fulcrum requires a considerable amount of chakra to break.

Therefore, when Tatsuma realized that he could not defeat Hozuki Gengetsu with those methods that could only be exposed, he began to prepare. The first step in his preparation was to gather a large amount of chakra.

He has enough energy, and the inhibitor greatly saves him time in refining chakra, allowing him to gather the chakra needed to break the seal in a short time.

The second step is to allow the chakra to seep into the various fulcrums of the barrier without being blocked by Hozuki Gengetsu; it is impossible to go directly to the fulcrums of the barrier.

Therefore, he used the Great Explosion Water Wave. Even though there was plenty of water in the swamp beneath his feet that he could have used, he still chose to create water with his chakra, so that the water would carry his chakra and seep down.

The third step is very simple; you just need to pry open the branch.

Sensing that the seal below had crumbled and the corrosive chakra was beginning to leak out, Tatsuma smiled, looked at Hozuki Gengetsu, and said:

"Back then, Kirigakure must have spent a lot of manpower and effort sealing the Six-Tails, right? It's a pity their skill level was too low."

"Too bad? Do you know what you're saying?!"

Gengetsu Hozuki, already furious, turned even uglier. This sealing barrier was a temporary container that he and his best friend, the Third Mizukage, had researched for a long time, combining village records with secret scrolls they had stolen from the Land of Whirlpools to finally create.

It's bad enough that this unlovable junior figure cracked my code, but this brat named "Takasugi Shinsuke" actually dared to mock my skill level right off the bat. Who does he think he is? A member of the Uzumaki clan?!

"Still not admitting it? By placing the fulcrum outside the barrier and absorbing the surrounding energy, you barely managed to maintain this barrier. No wonder the surrounding area is so barren. At first, I thought it was due to the tailed beast's chakra."

If we changed our approach and placed the fulcrum inside the barrier, or in a narrow crevice, and used the tailed beast's chakra to achieve self-sufficiency in sealing the barrier, there wouldn't be so many problems, right? Are you listening carefully?

Tatsuma's words suddenly stopped, and Hozuki Gengetsu's face darkened again. He said, "Self-sufficiency in sealing by extracting the tailed beast's chakra? That's simply impossible!"

I thought you really knew sealing techniques, but it seems you just saw the solution to this barrier somewhere!

Tatsuma stopped arguing with Hozuki Gengetsu's stubborn sophistry. To achieve the effect he mentioned, all that was needed was two layers of the Four Symbols Seal: one layer to attract chakra and the other to release it.

Between the two layers of the Four Symbols Seal, because they operate in opposite directions, it will be like a millstone, grinding the highly individual tailed beast chakra into usable chakra. Once the connection is established for the first time, this technique can continue to operate for a long time.

Is this difficult?

It's just the principle of the Bagua seal. With a slight modification, it can be applied to the barrier below without any problem. In the end, it's just a matter of skill level, which leads to the clumsy execution of the technique.

"Heh~ Speechless now, huh? Surrender! After I'm done with you, I still have that big problem to deal with!"

Hozuki Gengetsu thought he had guessed correctly, and his expression softened slightly. He raised his hands, making a gun-like gesture, and aimed them at Tatsuma, rapidly mobilizing his Water Release chakra.

"Water Gun! Doren-Din!"

"Rat-a-tat-tat~"

This time, Hozuki Gengetsu didn't use his mouth to provide the voiceover; the high-speed movement of the four water bullets created a dull sound as they rubbed against the air.

Tatsuma's eyelids twitched. He saw the trajectory of the four water bullets, which were aimed at his limbs. Tatsuma hadn't expected that even at this point, Hozuki Gengetsu still had no intention of killing him.

Although he knew he shouldn't, Tatsuma inexplicably felt like he had deceived a kind-hearted older man, and even felt a little guilty.

"Earth Release! Earthflow Wall!"

Chenma quickly formed hand seals, and a wall rose from the swamp. Four water bullets struck the top of the wall.

The water, which is normally soft, is now like a hard armor-piercing bullet, deeply embedded in the wall.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, four large holes burst open in the wall, and four water bullets, though slowed down, still stubbornly managed to get through.

Tatsuma tried to dodge, but after inhaling the inhibitor, the aftereffects of converting a large amount of chakra appeared, and he began to feel weak. He could only manage to twist his body with difficulty.

"Rustling sound~"

He narrowly dodged the three water bullets, but the last one struck his left shoulder. Chenma's face darkened, not from pain, but from heartache for his ill-fated left shoulder.

He pulled out the inhibitor, took two puffs, held his breath, and retreated. At the same time, he looked at the swampy ground beneath his feet. So much time had passed, and the Six-Tails still hadn't made a move.

Is it because they don't know the seal has been broken, or...?

"Hehe~ You don't actually think that we have enough power to seal the Six-Tails here without anyone noticing, do you? Haha~ That's the power only a god of the ninja world should have."

Gengetsu Hozuki noticed Tatsuma's actions and scoffed, "The reason it can be sealed here is because... it wanted to."

Tatsuma's face darkened, and he almost choked out the breath he had been holding. He realized he had misunderstood; he had assumed that all the tailed beasts were like the suppressed Nine-Tails or the rampaging Eight-Tails, all wanting to break free from everything.

Forgot, tailed beasts aren't like the Hulk; they're not born angry, nor are they always angry.

"It just doesn't want to be disturbed, and it doesn't want to disturb anyone. The barrier isn't stopping its actions, but rather its chakra and slime. Do you think it will help you? Just because you gave it its freedom?"

Hozuki Gengetsu's face was full of mockery, and chakra began to gather on his fingers again.

Four more water bullets were fired. This time, Chenma only managed to dodge one of them; the other three embedded themselves in his body.

Tatsuma has a high pain tolerance, and the [White Demon] greatly reduces the pain caused by the injury, but the damage to his muscles and tendons also severely restricts his movement.

After being hit by four water bullets, Tatsuma even had difficulty standing. Due to the injury he had just sustained, the chakra flowing to his left foot was interrupted, and his left foot was now completely submerged in the swamp.

It had even climbed up to his calves, almost reaching his knees. Tatsuma tried to pull his leg out, but found that the left leg of his trousers had somehow broken off below the knee.

Realizing something, Tatsuma disregarded whether he would be discovered, unleashed his chakra and superhuman strength, and forcefully pulled his left leg out.

The left pant leg was corroded to the point that it looked like a man's underwear that he had worn for three years or a towel that he had used for five years—thin and full of holes.

Even the skin on his calves was red and swollen, and his feet were corroded to some extent. Coupled with the flowing blood, Chenma looked extremely disheveled.

"The Six-Tails' slime?"

Tatsuma was shocked. How long had it been? The slime had mixed with such a large swamp and made it so corrosive. It was truly worthy of being a tailed beast.

Fortunately, the inhibitor had already taken effect, and Tatsuma extracted a large amount of chakra from his body again. [Unceasing] made his cells store far more energy than others.

This invisibility talent also seems to apply to the Divine Tree cells, so even though a large amount of energy had been extracted from his weakened body, a large amount of chakra was still squeezed out.

"Ninjutsu! Yin heals wounds and destroys them!"

Tatsuma triggered the cursed seals left in his body. The seals drew chakra and converted it into self-healing energy, quickly repairing Tatsuma's body.

"Medical ninjutsu that can be used during battle?"

Having already sensed something, Hozuki Gengetsu, who could see it even more clearly now, smiled again. He couldn't bear to see this boy die.

In his correspondence with the Third Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu did not mention "Takasugi Shinsuke" among the unforgivable rogue ninjas he mentioned, which piqued his interest.

Furthermore, Takasugi Shinsuke repeatedly emphasized that he had no bloodline limit, which led Hozuki Gengetsu to imagine a possibility: the return of a genius ninja.

This junior, though not very lovable, absolutely should not have been overlooked.

However, bringing this junior back to the village won't be easy; breaking his limbs doesn't seem to be enough.

Thinking of this, Hozuki Gengetsu narrowed his eyes, and water mist condensed again at his fingertips.

"Water Release: Water Gun Technique!"

"Bang!"

The water bullet struck the small medicine bottle that Tatsuma was about to remove, and Hozuki Gengetsu spoke up, saying, "That's the medicine you've been keeping up with, isn't it?"

Suddenly attacked, the instinctive fear made Chenma take a deep breath, inhaling a large amount of fine particles imbued with natural energy into his lungs.

"Snap!"

Tatsuma collapsed onto the water's surface. Without the protection of chakra, the swamp instantly swallowed half of his body. Hozuki Gengetsu raised an eyebrow; he didn't want this junior to be burned too severely by the highly corrosive swamp.

He instantly appeared beside Tatsuma and reached out to pull him out of the swamp, but at that moment, Tatsuma grabbed him and pulled him back into the swamp.

Its strength was so great that even Hozuki Gengetsu was completely unable to resist it.

(End of this chapter)