I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 355 Forcing yourself to sleep when you're not sleepy will only worsen your insomnia.

"I plan to use the Adamantine Sealing Technique and Wood Release to extract the Nine-Tails' chakra, weakening it. Even if your tail-sealing seal fails, the Nine-Tails will be powerless to escape your 'shackles.'"

Tatsuma bluntly stated his thoughts. Unlike Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kushina's tactful words only made her anxious as she pondered.

Given her pre-existing prejudice against Tatsuma, and the likelihood of her directly refusing him if she gets agitated, it's best to just speak frankly when facing Kushina.

Upon hearing Tatsuma's plan, Kushina considered it and found it feasible. When Tatsuma helped her seal the Nine-Tails that day, he extracted some of the Nine-Tails' chakra.

These past few days, the Nine-Tails has been remarkably calm, only daring to grumble occasionally, but as for rebelling, it is powerless to do so.

If Tatsuma can extract more Nine-Tails chakra, making Nine-Tails even weaker, then she will not lose control due to Nine-Tails' resistance in the near future. After the village assesses the situation, they should be able to grant him his freedom.

Kushina has been hoping to be free these past few days so that she can be alone with Minato, but Tatsuma's condition for granting her freedom is that she must leave with Minato.

Kushina was suddenly caught in a dilemma. Minato gently took her hand and said, "Kushina, we are all ninjas. It is our duty to carry out missions and serve the village."

I also hope to spend more time with you, but only when we each become stronger and have the power to protect each other can we have our own lives.

Your training in controlling the Nine-Tails is like this, and so am my honing of my skills when I go out on missions.

Hearing Minato say that, Kushina finally nodded, looking at Tatsuma with no change in tone, and said stiffly, "Then you can draw it."

Chenma stood up and said, "Let's go to the high-rise building."

Why?

"I need to enter Sage Mode; it will be more conducive to my performance there."

Tatsuma shrugged and said that Kushina looked at him suspiciously. After all, the Whirlpool Tower was where the barrier was sealed. Could it be that Tatsuma was planning to trick her into going in and then directly activate the sealing barrier?

"Tatsuma is someone you can completely trust."

Minato whispered something in Kushina's ear, and she reluctantly stood up. Minato then began clearing the dishes, seemingly having no intention of participating. Tatsuma took two steps outside, then turned back and said:

"Minato, you should come too. Watch over us to prevent any accidents. Also, I have some thoughts to share with you."

"Is that so?"

Minato put down his bowl and chopsticks, took a tissue to wipe his hands, and then followed Tatsuma's steps.

Upon entering the vortex tower, Chenma did not immediately walk to the center of the vortex on the ground. Instead, he looked up at the "Heaven" character formation and said:

"Minato, you will learn Sage Mode sooner or later. The most important thing in training Sage Mode is 'stillness'. The 'stillness' of the body makes the spiritual energy and physical energy more stable."

Inner stillness is about merging body, mind, and nature into one. Only when you are a part of nature will its energy not resist you, but rather actively seek to merge with you.

After saying that, he pointed to the "Heaven" character spell above, then to the ground, and then to himself, saying, "Heaven, Earth, and Man are in harmony, and are located at the center of the vortex, a place of stability amidst chaos, which can also be interpreted as a place where trends converge."

This place is both the safest place and the starting point for all events. What the Sage Mode requires is this kind of calm mindset that can still cope when the building is about to collapse.

This is the legacy Grandma Mito left for the village, a treasure trove for future generations. With your talent, once you truly cultivate to Sage Mode, you will surely understand everything I'm saying.

Minato nodded. He didn't quite understand it yet, but he tried his best to remember it. And when Tatsuma pulled his thoughts, he suddenly had a feeling that he had found a new direction for the Rasengan.

Seeing Minato deep in thought, Tatsuma didn't disturb him, but instead walked to the center of the whirlpool.

This place allows him to calm down and not think about anything. Of course, this calmness is not forced. If someone disturbs him, or if Tatsuma really wants to come to his senses, he can still regain his composure.

Just like when a person is daydreaming, a casual thought or a small noise can wake them up.

However, Tatsuma did not explore the mysteries at the center of the vortex; he wanted to refine this calmness into a reaction.

Just like the habitual response used to treat insomnia—sleeping when tired and never lying in bed when not tired—Chenma hopes to use the special nature of this place to cultivate his own "detachment and purity of mind" response.

This is also why he chose to rent this place from Kushina. Habits can't be formed in a day; he needs to try it a few more times and find that feeling again.

This is very difficult, much more difficult than cultivating other habits. After all, once he enters this place, he will forget what he wants to do, let alone remember the feeling of "forgetting". This is simply proving a paradox.

However, this cannot be rushed; we can only try it little by little.

Minato and Kushina also watched Tatsuma's transformation. From the moment he stepped into the center of the vortex, the heavy feeling that had always weighed on Tatsuma disappeared.

The worries that always made Kushina feel that Tatsuma was full of bitterness and hatred were also cast aside. At this moment, Tatsuma was like a work of art created by a painter who only knew how to use fine brushstrokes, with form but no spirit.

It doesn't look like a human; it looks more like a sculpture.

But soon, the two realized something was wrong. The wind was blowing around them, and the wind was swirling like a vortex. Their clothes were being blown about and even making a rustling sound.

However, Tatsuma, who was at the center of the vortex, had no undulations in his clothes or hair, making him look more like a sculpture.

This situation did not last long. Soon, a large orange-red sun appeared on Chenma's forehead, and orange-red immortal faces also appeared around his eyes.

The "scent" of his chakra began to change. There was Tatsuma's own chakra, and Kushina also "smelled" a very familiar chakra, similar to Mito Uzumaki's scent, as well as another unfamiliar chakra that stirred her inexplicably.

"This is my Sage Mode."

After entering Sage Mode, Chenma also came to his senses. After merging with the energy of nature, he was no longer disturbed by external things, and he could no longer sense that special state that brought him peace.

Kushina finally understood why the Nine-Tails, which even the combined might of the three legendary Sannin could not stop, could be "easily" subdued by Tatsuma.

At this moment, Tatsuma's voice and figure remained unchanged, but inexplicably, he gave off a feeling of overwhelming power. He seemed very easygoing, yet he also seemed to possess a hidden strength capable of easily destroying others.

The next instant, Kushina suddenly realized that Tatsuma was already in front of her, moving so fast that she couldn't react at all. Tatsuma glanced at Minato, giving him a reassuring look, then looked at Kushina and said:

"I will first use Wood Release to imprison your body. Then, I need your cooperation to open up your subconscious mental defenses so that my chakra and techniques can come into contact with the Nine-Tails."

Upon hearing the word "imprisonment," Kushina subconsciously frowned, but quickly relaxed, knowing that this was a necessary process to prevent the Nine-Tails' rampage from affecting the surrounding area.

Although Kushina was somewhat displeased with Tatsuma's choice of words, she still nodded. Seeing this, Tatsuma breathed a sigh of relief and began to form hand seals. He completed the Noon-Dog-Snake seals, and his shoulders began to throb.

"this"

Clumps of surging, tree-like things emerged from Tatsuma's shoulders, leaving Kushina and Minato somewhat dumbfounded. This was what distinguished the Wood Clone from other clones.

Wood clones create another version of oneself through cell division, making them the most precise and controllable of all clone ninjutsu. However, the visual impact they deliver is quite significant.

Tatsuma did not allow the wood clone to completely separate and become independent; it only split off two heads and four arms, while the rest of the body remained connected to Tatsuma's torso. Furthermore, the wood clone's skin color was mimicked from the color of trees to match Tatsuma's original body.

In an instant, Chenma transformed into a three-headed, six-armed monster, looking rather terrifying.

Tatsuma himself didn't seem to think so, and instead said, "This is a sealing technique I developed using Wood Release. It's a bit strange, but don't be afraid."

Wood Release's properties are extremely well-suited to sealing techniques. Having studied Hashirama Senju's notes for over a year, Tatsuma has gained some insights and has therefore attempted to develop some Wood Release techniques, such as the one he is currently using.

"Immortal Technique! Wood Release! Eat the God of Ming Ao Shefa!"

Tatsuma stretched out both hands and gave Kushina two thumbs up. Kushina was completely bewildered. Was Tatsuma alright? Was he giving her a thumbs up?

The clone on Tatsuma's left side formed two rock metal gestures and placed them on his forehead, while the clone on his right side formed a hand seal that was extremely similar to Nara Shikamaru's thinking seal and placed it in front of his throat.

He raised his right leg, transforming it into a tree root, and gently stepped on the ground. The root penetrated the ground, and a lotus flower grew from the ground, supporting Chenma's right leg.

Beneath Kushina, a sealing technique suddenly appeared, square on the outside and round on the inside, with each layer inscribed with intricate runes.

"Hum~"

A deep, resonant voice suddenly arose, and Chenma's originally calm face turned extremely fierce, which, combined with the immortal mask on his face, made him look even more ferocious.

Kushina instinctively took a half step back, but as soon as she lifted her leg, vines that appeared along the sealing technique wrapped around her and Tatsuma's six arms grabbed Kushina's hands and head.

Minato tried to speak several times, but he was afraid of disturbing Tatsuma, so he could only hold back.

In Kushina's vision, when Tatsuma pressed his hands against her temples, what she saw before her was no longer Tatsuma, but a wooden statue of Vajra Yaksha Myōō. Moreover, Vajra Yaksha Myōō opened its blood-red maw, and its three mouths bit her at once.

"ah!!!"

(End of this chapter)