I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 441 Don't let others decide your future; decide your own future.

Intelligence work is extremely important to ninjas, even more so than their own strength, and each ninja has their own channels for obtaining intelligence.

Like a shadow over a village, their intelligence network consists of the village's intelligence departments, such as the analysis team, the reconnaissance team, and special departments, such as the secret service.

But this is the Hokage's privilege. Other ninjas don't have the authority to ask these departments to serve them. At most, they can ask for their cooperation when they have a mission.

Of course, if you have a good relationship with someone, you can also get some extra information. For example, Tatsuma used his Wood Release technique to create several flowers of unknown species to trick Inoichi out of a lot of information in the past two years. He also has a higher priority in obtaining information than others.

However, Tatsuma does not have the authority to request the Analysis Team to investigate something for him outside of missions. He can only find what he wants from the information already obtained by Konoha and cannot customize his needs.

If you want to find information outside of missions or that Konoha hasn't collected, you have to do it yourself or build your own intelligence network.

The personnel in an intelligence network can be ninjas who are on good terms with you, or your subordinates. However, there is a downside to using active ninjas as nodes in your intelligence network: this method is more akin to intelligence sharing.

He could only ask the active-duty ninjas to let him know if they found out anything, or to help him find out something while they were on a mission.

Generally, active-duty ninjas are used as internal intelligence networks. For example, Orochimaru previously shared information about Root by selling his technology, and thus gained an extremely thorough understanding of the village's intelligence.

However, external intelligence networks still rely on non-active ninjas or even non-ninjas, and retired former intelligence ninjas are highly sought after by many Jonin, village leaders, and ninja clans.

They are experienced and may also have their own lower-level intelligence network. Having a retired intelligence ninja as their subordinate is more useful than training ten intelligence agents.

The group that Hiruzen Sarutobi was referring to was this group of people. They weren't worried about not having a livelihood after retiring; the only question was whether they were willing to take the risks.

Clearly, those saved by Tatsuma are not concerned about continuing to take this risk for him, and are even willing to wait for his decision. Of course, if Tatsuma does not make a decision for a long time, they will find another way out.

Hiruzen Sarutobi urged Tatsuma to meet with them quickly so that they could settle down first. As for whether to cooperate and in what way, that still needed to be discussed in detail.

Tatsuma understood what Hiruzen Sarutobi meant, so he had already arranged to meet with these people the following afternoon.

Inside the Wood Release laboratory, Tatsuma and Orochimaru, who had stolen Nonou's access and sneaked in, were in a research room.

Using the Wood Release laboratory, Orochimaru conducted a comprehensive physical examination on Tatsuma. When the report came out, his expression wasn't optimistic, and he said:

"Chenma, the Divine Tree cells in your body have already multiplied to one-third of the total number of cells. This speed far exceeds our previous estimates, and..."

"It seems that two types of chakra are contained within your Divine Tree cells."

"Are they Lava Release and Boil Release?"

Tatsuma leaned closer and started reading the report, but Orochimaru shook his head and said, "It's not Lava Release and Boil Release. Before you actively synthesized them, these two types of chakra existed as the normal Five Elements Chakra."

These two types of chakra are more like the chakra of tailed beasts.

"Are there two types?"

"Um."

Tatsuma frowned. When he heard that it sounded like tailed beast chakra, he thought it was the tailed beast chakra he had swallowed. Although he had exhausted that chakra, it was not surprising that his body had some of it.

However, if it was the chakra of the tailed beasts that he devoured, then it shouldn't be two, but three, because he had devoured the chakra of the Nine-Tails, as well as the chakra of the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails.

Seeing that Tatsuma himself had no answer, Orochimaru shook his head and said, "The chakra reaction is too weak. It only expresses symptoms similar to the tailed beast chakra. Perhaps it's just a coincidence."

Currently, it's impossible to conduct in-depth testing on these two types of chakra, but it's highly likely that they are positively correlated with the number and proportion of Shinju cells. We can only conduct further testing once you have more Shinju cells in your body.

"Um."

Chenma's mood turned a bit sour. He had previously increased the proliferation rate of the Divine Tree cells on the premise that the Divine Tree cells would not have a negative impact on his body.

Over the past two years, it hasn't had any negative impact on my health, except for... these two inexplicably appearing unknown chakras.

"Knock knock knock~"

A sudden knock came at the door. Orochimaru quickly glanced at the workbench, making sure all the materials had been processed, before nodding. Tatsuma also said, "Come in."

The door opened, and Nonou stood in the doorway. Before the door was fully open, she slipped inside and asked nervously, "Orochimaru-sama, Tatsuma, do you still need to use this lab?"

"It's done."

Tatsuma nodded and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I heard from other project teams that Director Biwako will be coming."

Nonou knew that letting the two in was against the rules, but... please, who could refuse Tatsuma's request?

However, there was a risk of being caught, so Nono was still very nervous. After all, she had never done anything out of line, let alone something as top-secret as the Wood Release Laboratory.

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma also showed a helpless expression, but he was much calmer than Nonou. The Wood Release Laboratory had a very high level of secrecy, and he couldn't leave the Flying Thunder God Technique here. Otherwise, he wouldn't need to rely on Nonou's access.

Of course, if he himself gets caught, it won't be a big deal, since both Biwako and Hiruzen Sarutobi will choose to forgive him, but...

Tatsuma looked at Orochimaru, whose face was full of displeasure, and said, "Lord Orochimaru, are you really not going to consider properly apologizing to Dean Biwako and mending your relationship?"

"Is it that I'm unwilling to apologize? The problem is, my apology isn't accepted."

Orochimaru stood up, glanced around the research lab again to make sure nothing was missed, and then said to Tatsuma, "Let's go. Next time we come, let's investigate Dean Biwako's schedule first."

Tatsuma shrugged helplessly. When Nono heard that there would be a next time, she became even more nervous, but at the same time, she felt a strange sense of excitement.

"Tatsuma!"

Nonou suddenly spoke up, startling Tatsuma, whose hand was already on Orochimaru's shoulder. He glanced at Orochimaru, who looked impatient and had no intention of joining the conversation, and pulled out a kunai, saying, "Wait for me."

"it is good."

Nono nodded and took the kunai from Tatsuma's hand. In the blink of an eye, Orochimaru had disappeared, while Tatsuma seemed to have remained motionless.

Tatsuma glanced at Nonou, who subconsciously pushed up her glasses, and asked, "Is there something you need?"

"I've come to a choice and would like to ask for your advice."

Nonou thought for a moment and said, "The Anbu invited me, saying they want to establish a medical ninja team within the Anbu, and Jabami will be in it too."

Tatsuma nodded and asked, "What's the other option?"

"It was Tsunade-sensei who recommended me to the medical ward, before the Anbu invited me."

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma pondered for a moment and said, "No matter where you go, you'll have to go on field missions. The Anbu might be more dangerous and complicated. I suggest you go to the medical department."

"But you are here."

Nono hesitated, wanting to say something, but Tatsuma had already guessed what she meant. He shook his head and said, "This is your own future plan. You can't decide to go to the Anbu just because of Hebi or because I'm in the Anbu."

You need to think more about where you can better utilize your talents. The teacher's recommendation and the Anbu's invitation are actually telling you that with your current abilities, staying at Konoha Hospital is a waste of time.

Whether it's outpatient work or teaching, it's not worth spending too much of your time and energy. The new people you and your teachers train will gradually take over. Right now, you should be thinking about yourself.

Seeing that Nono still looked conflicted after his explanation, Tatsuma added, "Also, I won't be staying in the Anbu for too long."

Upon hearing this, Nono raised her head and widened her eyes. When she first met the Anbu, they didn't say that. They all said that White Demon was about to become the new head of the Anbu.

This was something the Anbu (Anbu) revealed to Nono, and it was also the most attractive point for Nono. However, Tatsuma himself said that he would not stay in the Anbu for long.

It seemed that the scales in Tatsuma Mino's heart had already tipped in his favor, and he continued, "Our teacher wasn't a diligent person. You're a little better off; I was practically left to my own devices back then."

And going forward, she can't possibly teach too many students. Jingyin might follow her and learn, but she's still young and can't repay her teacher in a short time. You understand what I mean?"

Nonou nodded. A ninja's status depends not only on their past experience and current strength, but also on the people they train. Theoretically, being able to train a ninja like Tatsuma already puts them in a very high position.

But it's clear to everyone that Tatsuma's success has little to do with Tsunade's training. So if Tsunade wants to solidify her position, she needs another "benchmark." Shizune is only eight years old and still needs to grow.

With that, Nono had her answer. She nodded and said, "I will decline the ANBU's invitation. The medical department is indeed more suitable for me."

"Um."

Tatsuma nodded and teased, "Your talent is quite good. Not only the Anbu, but Root also invited you before. Both of these departments are very strict in their recruitment. I only received an invitation from one of them."

No way.

Nono was a little embarrassed. She wasn't an arrogant person and knew her own level. She might have some talent in medical ninjutsu, but in other areas...

Moreover, even in terms of medical ninjutsu, she is still far inferior to Tatsuma. Tatsuma was just saying that to encourage her, right?

Nonou had finally managed to calm herself down and wanted to take this opportunity to chat with Tatsuma for a while, but Tatsuma suddenly frowned and said, "Director Biwako is almost here, I should leave."

"Oh? Okay."

"Yeah, let's get together again sometime. By the way, try not to let others decide your future; decide your own future. Sometimes, you have to be a little selfish. Goodbye."

".goodbye."

(End of this chapter)