I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 364 Don't casually step into someone else's race, or you'll start to question your existence.

"Swoosh~"

Tatsuma's figure pierced into the Mist Ninja's formation like an arrow released from a bow. A Mist Ninja with quick reflexes drew his sword and slashed at Tatsuma, but his speed seemed somewhat slow to Tatsuma.

The key to dynamic vision is not vision itself, but the speed at which the brain analyzes the information collected by the eyes. With the help of the "Divine Machine", Chenma's dynamic vision is also extremely advanced.

He raised his hand and waited until the ninja's wrist fell into his palm. Then he unleashed two layers of force at once, and the ninja was thrown away. The ninja sword in his hand had already fallen into Tatsuma's hand.

Meanwhile, Yekura, who had set off with Tatsuma, had just arrived. She looked at Tatsuma in disbelief; even when she was in the Anbu, the examiners had never been that fast.

The next moment, Yekura saw Tatsuma swing his sword towards her. Yekura could say with certainty that this was not some cliché attack aimed at killing the person behind her.

Because the tip of Tatsuma's ninja sword was aimed directly at her heart, Yekura's head went numb in an instant, her adrenaline surged, and her internal power exploded. She managed to turn around and dodge Tatsuma's attack.

"Pfft~"

Seeing that Yekura had dodged, Tatsuma's face showed disappointment. He loosened his grip, and the ninja sword flew out, accidentally stabbing a certain unlucky Mist Ninja.

"You're going to kill me?!"

Yekura also took the opportunity to kill a Mist Ninja at her new location, and then looked at Tatsuma with rage and questioned him.

Tatsuma leaned back, dodging the Kirigakure's kick, and at the same time delivered a mid-range straight kick, striking the Kirigakure in the groin. As the Kirigakure fell, several explosive tags appeared in his right hand and were attached to the Kirigakure's body. Simultaneously, the Kirigakure was thrown away by Tatsuma.

"Boom boom boom~"

Amidst the explosion, Tatsuma said matter-of-factly, "What? Aren't we enemies?"

"you!"

Yekura wanted to say something, but by then the Mist Ninja had already reacted and their attacks became more intense. She suddenly regretted it; why had she accompanied Tatsuma in charging into battle?

Why not just unleash the ninjutsu outside the Mist Ninja formation? With a bit of luck, we might even take care of this bastard too!

The Kirigakure ninjas, who were far from Yekura and Tatsuma, wanted to use Water Release techniques, but suddenly found that the surrounding air was so dry that it was unlike the Land of Water they knew. Without the abundant moisture, many Water Release techniques would be limited.

Some experienced ninjas have begun to communicate with the underground water source and use the Hidden Mist Technique to restore the surrounding moisture. However, very few water-style techniques can be used in the short term.

"Water Release: Water Whip!"

Several Mist Ninja simultaneously used Water Whip to lash out at Tatsuma and Yekura, while other Mist Ninja began to use Lightning Release in sync, trying to strengthen the binding force of the Water Whip.

Chenma's eyes darted around rapidly, instantly finding a suitable route through the net formed by the water whips, and he broke through it in a flash.

Approaching another Mist Ninja, he thrust out with a palm strike resembling a white snake spitting its tongue, aiming straight for the Mist Ninja's throat. The Mist Ninja seemed to be quite proficient in taijutsu, deflecting Tatsuma's thrust with both hands.

But Tatsuma took advantage of the situation to turn around, and as he half-turned around, his eyes refocused on the neck of the Mist Ninja. The Mist Ninja defended with both hands, but Tatsuma's palm strike, which he made as he turned around, went down towards the Mist Ninja.

"Click~"

The ninja's face turned pale, and he covered his groin with both hands, about to kneel down, when Tatsuma turned around and delivered a knee strike straight to the ninja's face.

"Bang!"

With the burst of superhuman strength, the Mist Ninja's face collapsed, and he spun around and did a backflip before landing motionless.

"What a vicious tactic!"

Yekura, who had used Scorch Release to evaporate the Mist Ninja's Water Whip, saw this scene and said with great disdain. Tatsuma, however, raised four fingers at her, and Yekura understood what Tatsuma meant.

Tatsuma has already killed four, while she has only killed one.

"Scorching Escape! Steam-Kill!"

Unable to withstand the pressure, Yekura formed hand seals, and balls of scorching fireballs appeared around her. Her taijutsu was clearly inferior to Tatsuma's, by a considerable margin. She couldn't possibly defeat Tatsuma using taijutsu alone. Therefore...

"Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique!"

Just then, Tatsuma clasped his hands together, and a large amount of mist was exhaled from his mouth. Chakra quickly transformed into water vapor, filling the space that had been evaporated.

"Sizzle~ Sizzle~"

The fireballs that had just appeared around Ye Cang were extinguished by the water vapor in the dense fog that completely blocked the view. The collision of flames and water vapor made the surroundings even more white.

Yekura gritted her teeth, wanting to curse, but with her vision obscured by the thick fog, she couldn't even tell where Tatsuma was, let alone accuse him.

The next moment, Yecang felt a weight on her head and her whole body was pressed down. After she broke free, she looked up and saw that it was Tatsuma. Yecang instantly drew her kunai and stabbed at Tatsuma.

"Is this your goal? To kill me in the chaos too?!"

Ignoring Yekura's questioning, Tatsuma twisted his wrist and instantly suppressed Yekura. Yekura threw the kunai in his other hand and tried to attack, but Tatsuma pressed him down again.

At that moment, Chenma's other hand also completed the hand seal.

"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"

A very thin stream of water shot out from Tatsuma's mouth. He turned his body, making it impossible for Yekura to attack him, while simultaneously launching attacks on his surroundings.

The wails continued unabated until, after circling twice, Tatsuma finally released his grip on Yekura and said, "You've got one thing wrong. If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't need to find a specific opportunity. Let's clean up the surroundings again."

Water Severing Wave is Tobirama Senju's signature ninjutsu. He did need to use it secretly in the Land of Water. Creating such a large area and high concentration of fog was not simply to disgust Hakukura.

"snort!"

Yekura snorted in dissatisfaction, but the Blazing Release chakra within her body surged rapidly, evaporating the dense fog around her. She was not good at sensing, so this fog was harmful to her.

When her vision returned, Yekura was shocked to discover that nearly a hundred Mist Ninja had completely lost their ability to fight, and if they did not receive timely treatment, they would not live much longer.

"What monster?"

She glanced at Chenma with a complicated expression. She suddenly realized that if Zhu Ping and the others had been less efficient, they probably wouldn't have even had the chance to be spectators.

"Don't get distracted. This is just the advance force of Kirigakure. In a while, more Kirigakure ninja will arrive, and even some of the real powerhouses from Kirigakure."

Tatsuma's face showed neither joy nor sorrow, because he had already sensed that the Kirigakure reinforcements were constantly rushing towards this location.

These advance troops were only used to slow down Zhu Pingfang's progress and prevent them from smoothly handing over supplies. The real force that Kirigakure used to defeat the rogue ninja group was the reinforcements.

There were too many reinforcements, and Tatsuma wasn't confident he could handle it. No, it shouldn't be said he lacked confidence, but rather that he lacked the ability to handle it. After all, Tatsuma didn't have the ability to fight an entire village by himself.

Therefore, what he needs to do now is to stop these advance troops from interfering with the handover of supplies by the rebel ninja group.

Then, the main force of rogue ninjas, along with the reinforcements from the Cloud Ninjas, will fight against the Hidden Mist Village's ninja forces. As for him, he can just take advantage of the chaos and do some things that benefit Konoha.

He wasn't really in character to the point of wanting to destroy Kumogakure at all costs, and besides, he didn't have the ability to do so.

Even with the most advantageous means of warfare that he could currently employ, the torrent of the ocean was not a particularly difficult thing for the Hidden Mist Village ninja to deal with.

After all, they are now close to the port, and the distance to draw water into the sea is very short. Moreover, almost everyone in Kirigakure is skilled in water-style ninjutsu. Even if he releases all the seawater sealed in the scroll, he probably still won't be able to strike the Kirigakure forces.

"I'll give you a chance to win it back."

Hearing Tatsuma's inexplicable words, Yekura was a little stunned. Before she could figure it out, Tatsuma formed a hand seal and then took a deep breath.

"Fire Release: Oil Bomb!"

The oil sprayed out like a torrent bursting from a floodgate, and as Chenma spat out the oil, his hands were forming hand seals.

The seamless transition between two ninjutsu techniques is already an extremely difficult skill; if different nature transformations are also involved, the difficulty becomes even greater.

On the one hand, one must refine new elemental chakra within the body; on the other hand, one must maintain the existing techniques. This process, if not handled carefully, can even cause harm to oneself.

Tatsuma dared to switch so recklessly because he was far more skilled in chakra nature transformation than others, and because of the self-healing abilities brought by [Unceasing] and the Divine Tree cells.

"Wind Release: Thousand Faces of Wind!"

Tiny wind blades appeared, cutting through the oil spewed out by Tatsuma. As countless wind blades intersected, the oil instantly turned into mist.

Unfortunately, the Land of Water isn't a very suitable place to use Shadow Clone Jutsu, otherwise Tatsuma would have liked to replicate the "Combined Ninjutsu! Phoenix Torch Gale Peony Flower Fire Technique" that Minato used a few years ago, which combines Wind Release, Fire Release, and Ninjutsu.

Tatsuma still vividly remembered that technique that resembled a small sun. As the oil mist filled the air, Tatsuma turned his head and glanced at Minato, who was stopping the Mist Ninja from heading towards the port.

Minato also glanced at Tatsuma and gave him a smile, understanding that Tatsuma was "paying homage" to him.

"Scorching Release! Phosphorus Explosion Flash!"

It was even faster than the fireball that Minato created by igniting the oil mist with his Fire Release technique. In the extremely hot and dry air, the oil mist ignited at the same instant.

"Boom boom~ Boom boom boom~"

"What a powerful combination ninjutsu! I would call it the Super Scorching Release: Phoenix Torch Gale Mirage Firework Technique!"

Looking at the flames that twisted and turned like dancing ghosts under the high temperature, Minato did not hesitate to give his approval.

The scene performed by Tatsuma and Yekura was far more spectacular than the scene he put on alone during the Chunin Exams a few years ago.

With a wider coverage area, a more complete explosive reaction, and a more powerful enemy, it was exactly the scene that Minato himself had imagined back then.

In the distance, at the port, Zhu Ping and his companions, who were handing over their goods to a merchant ship returning from the Land of Lightning, turned around and saw the sun rising over the Land of Water, and their mouths dropped open in astonishment.

"As expected of Takasugi Shinsuke."

He muttered to himself. Just then, two burly young men, one tall and one short, approached Zhu Ping. The taller one tightened his headscarf and said to the shorter one, "Kirabi, are you ready? This is our first time working together! We can't be worse than the others!"

"Hey~ Brother Ai~ and your little brother~ let's put on a great show together~"

I went to the hospital today. My allergic asthma has worsened drastically; I can't stand even a little cold air. I've been typing away in temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius for days, and it almost drove me crazy. I have to see a doctor to see if I can get some more effective medication.

Therefore, I'm taking tomorrow off. Please understand.

(End of this chapter)