I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 456 Try not to lose memory when you're out, otherwise you can't imagine where you'll wake up.

There is no alliance of interests that cannot be broken. The most important thing about an alliance of interests is interests. Once it is no longer possible to profit from the alliance, or if more benefits can be obtained from other places, then the alliance will naturally collapse and disappear.

The purpose of this alliance between Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure is to reclaim the interests lost to Konoha.

If any one party gains enough benefit, they will not cooperate with the other two. If two parties gain enough benefit, the alliance will be dead in name only.

However, if both sides benefit while one side suffers a loss, then this alliance will not only perish but will also turn into enmity.

Tatsuma defined this "benefit" as the tailed beasts and their jinchūriki. It's uncertain whether Sunagakure and Kumogakure would return the tailed beasts and their jinchūriki once they obtained Iwagakure's. However, Kumogakure certainly wouldn't return them easily.

Not to mention the tailed beasts and their jinchūriki, the Hidden Cloud Village has never even returned the bloodline limit ninjas it has captured. In just one or two generations, they will become completely Hidden Cloud Village ninjas.

The reason why Iwagakure has never had any major events, and even when it invaded the Land of Fire, it had to involve Kumogakure and Sunagakure, is because they could not determine the whereabouts of the two Jinchuriki.

Once they find out that the two Jinchūriki are in Sunagakure and Kumogakure respectively, regardless of whether it was Konoha's instigation or deliberate framing, or even if they witnessed Konoha ninjas delivering the Jinchūriki to these two villages, Iwagakure will turn against Sunagakure and Kumogakure and demand their return.

If Sunagakure and Kumogakure refuse to return the property, the conflict will directly erupt among these three countries and three ninja villages. As for Konoha, they will only have the energy and manpower to deal with it after a victor emerges.

Tatsuma intends to blatantly use a calculated strategy to dismantle the alliance of interests among the three ninja villages. He dares to do this for two reasons: first, he is capable of doing it.

This is the most basic and most important source of confidence. If you can't do it, then even the most ingenious strategy is useless. But if you have enough ability to do it, then even a simple strategy will be very effective.

Secondly, he didn't care about the two tailed beasts and their jinchūriki. Tatsuma had no greed or awe for the tailed beasts. Perhaps bringing them back to Konoha and secretly capturing the two tailed beasts would bring him more benefits.

However, Tatsuma didn't care about these meager gains. As for Hiruzen Sarutobi agreeing to do this, the benefits and troubles were linked and positively correlated. Given his personality, he would rather give up some benefits than cause some trouble.

Therefore, Tatsuma's proposal was successfully approved and implemented.

The Land of Wind, Sunagakure Village.

At this time, Sunagakure had just emerged from the pain of repaying its financial debts, and all the village's ninjas were actively seeking development. The number of resident ninjas in Sunagakure was far less than that of other major hidden villages.

This was incredibly good news for Tatsuma, who easily brought Han into Sunagakure.

Squatting in a commoner's house, Chenma threw the unconscious man onto the bed. The bed was only 1.9 meters long, not big enough for the nearly 2.3-meter-tall man to lie down, leaving his head hanging in the air.

Tatsuma went to the window and looked at the Kazekage Building, which was hundreds of meters away. As the most central building in Sunagakure, the Kazekage Building was not magnificent and was also made of sand and stone. However, the scale of the building was much larger than other houses, so it could not be a simple sand and stone building.

There must be other ways to reinforce it, perhaps a sealing technique, or other embedded load-bearing structures. If it's a physical method, that's fine, but if it's a ninja method, then it might cause some trouble during the infiltration.

Tatsuma is not afraid of being discovered; in fact, his goal is to be discovered and noticed, but only if it does not affect his original plans.

After hesitating for a moment, Tatsuma glanced at the unconscious Han, and after confirming that he was indeed unconscious, Tatsuma squatted down, touched the ground with two fingers, and his chakra spread along the sandy ground little by little towards the Kazekage Building.

Tatsuma tries to control as little chakra as possible; too much chakra greatly increases the chances of being discovered, especially since Tatsuma still remembers Rasa's method of using sand to sense chakra.

If Rasa were in the village, or if the Third Kazekage, who has a very high probability of also possessing this skill, were also in the village, then even the slightest abnormality would likely trigger their vigilance.

Fortunately, not every ninja village leader is as ruthless as Nagato, who became Pain in the original story, and who kept the entire village under the surveillance of his ninjutsu.

According to Tatsuma's perception, although there was a large amount of iron sand and gold dust hidden underground in Sunagakure, there was no residual chakra on it. It was most likely that these were "weapons" used as backup by the Third Kazekage and Rasa, but there was never any time to activate these "weapons".

Tatsuma's chakra slowly approached the Kazekage Building, already probing directly below it. There were some sensing techniques, but Tatsuma avoided them all.

After a while, the intricate chakra perception pathways allowed Tatsuma to construct a structural diagram of the entire Kazekage Building in his mind. Tatsuma opened his eyes, stopped the output of chakra, and the remaining chakra slowly dissipated.

Tatsuma walked to the bedside, picked up Han again, and then used his shuriken and wire to open the surrounding windows. The windows were so narrow that it was almost impossible for two people to pass through at the same time, let alone a big guy like Han.

However, if it's just one person, even a big guy like Han can barely get through. Chenma picked up Han, weighed him in his hand, and then threw him towards the window.

Thank you, Minato! His throwing talent is truly amazing. Even when using people as ninja tools, he can still control them with exquisite skill. The two of them moved from one in front of the other through the window.

Chenma stopped after circling nearly a quarter of the way around the Fengying Building. In Chenma's perception, this was the place where the perception spells of the Fengying Building were the sparsest.

Of course, this was not due to the negligence of Sunagakure, but rather because the window of the Kazekage's office faced this direction. In other words, the Kazekage could see the sky above the building where Tatsuma was simply by looking out from inside the office.

Tatsuma leaned against the window without looking out. A Flying Thunder God Kunai appeared in his hand. His brain was constantly calculating how fast the kunai would need to reach the Kazekage Building, which was about 300 meters away.

Then, in a split second, Tatsuma turned to face the window and hurled the kunai in his hand. It flew straight toward the Kazekage Building without any angle.

Throwing something parallel to the ground is actually quite inefficient. An interesting fact is that, as long as something is thrown or launched parallel to the ground without any assist device in the middle, its landing time is actually about the same as that of a vertically falling object.

Even bullets are no exception.

Chenma was on the fourth floor. The building wasn't very tall, and his throw was only a little over ten meters off the ground. According to the free fall formula, it would only take about 1.5 seconds for him to hit the ground.

Therefore, the kunai that Tatsuma throws must travel at least 300 meters in 1.5 seconds and accurately reach a certain height. It has to be said that even Tatsuma finds this a challenge.

Adding an upward tilt, even just a little, would greatly reduce the amount of force required, but that would make it very likely that the people in the Kazekage's office would discover the kunai's whereabouts.

After throwing the kunai, Tatsuma immediately picked up Han from the side, estimated the time, and at the same time, he no longer exercised caution but spread his senses wide to sense the movement trajectories of the surrounding Sand Ninja.

1.5 seconds later, Tatsuma disappeared with Han. At this moment, some Sand Ninjas exclaimed in surprise. This time, which was less than a breath, was still a bit long for ninjas.

"Unparalleled strength!"

The moment Tatsuma appeared, before anyone could even catch a glimpse of him and Han, he exhaled a large amount of steam, completely enveloping the two of them.

"Painful Heavenly Kick!"

[Super Strength] and [Unparalleled Super Strength] erupted simultaneously, and Tatsuma delivered a kick that struck the base of the wall on the first floor of the Sealed Building.

"boom!"

The iron sand structure within the gravel transmitted the force of Chenma's kick to the entire Kazekage Building. This was an excellent structure, capable of greatly resisting damage from attacks and even earthquakes.

However, any earthquake-resistant structure has its limits, and the entire Fengying Building absorbs the impact force together. Once the force exceeds the structure's limit, the entire Fengying Building will collapse.

Without this iron sand structure, Tatsuma could at most kick a hole in the Kazekage Building, but now...

"Click-clack~"

Hearing the cracking sound of his own bones, Tatsuma stared intently at the shaking wall.

"Bang! Rumble~"

As if bombs had been planted in every corner, explosions rang out one after another throughout the Kazekage Building. Countless Sand Ninja emerged from the Kazekage Building, and at the same time, Tatsuma felt a strong tremor coming from underground.

Layers of black iron sand emerged, attempting to support the exploding Kazekage Building. At the same time, a figure darted out from the Kazekage's office—it was the Third Kazekage.

At this moment, the steam surrounding Tatsuma dissipated, and the Third Kazekage instantly spotted Tatsuma, the culprit, who smiled at him.

More and more people recognized Tatsuma's identity, and chaos instantly erupted around the Kazekage Building. The Sand Ninja formed a circle and surrounded Tatsuma, but no one dared to actually attack him.

Among the crowd, some people recognized the Han in Chenma's hand. They showed surprise and then turned and ran without hesitation. They had to send this message back to their village.

"Tatsuma Sakamoto!!!"

The Third Kazekage roared, raised his hand, and iron sand vibrated as he tried to grab Tatsuma. Tatsuma raised his leg, which had already healed itself, and stomped hard on the ground.

"Bang!"

With a burst of chakra, he directly dispersed the surrounding iron sand. Tatsuma raised the halberd in his hand and said, "I heard that Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure are joining forces to search for the Four-Tails Jinchuriki and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki? No need to trouble you, I've brought them over."

As he spoke, he released his grip, and Han fell directly to the ground. The impact jolted him awake from his unconscious state. Looking around at his surroundings, Han appeared bewildered, followed by panic.

The Third Kazekage was also scrutinizing Han. This was indeed Han, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki and the steam ninja from Iwagakure. In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through the Third Kazekage's mind.

Before he could figure it out, Tatsuma pulled out another scroll and said, "Sunagakure will probably love the gift I sent."

As the scroll unfurled, Rasa and Karura, who were rushing towards them from the crowd, looked horrified and shouted, "Don't let him trigger that scroll!!!"

"It's too late."

(End of this chapter)