I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 463 Change should be done early; don't wait until it becomes a habit before trying to quit.

"Uncle Tatsuma, why do I have to learn this obviously outdated throwing technique when there are better throwing techniques available, like the Uchiha style, and the ones you and Uncle Minato use?"

Inside the third training ground, Shisui, who was holding the shuriken on the wooden stump, asked in confusion. Tatsuma looked away from the wavy-haired female ninja and returned his gaze to Shisui, saying:

"This is a big problem, not only in ninja tool throwing. You will encounter similar situations many times. There are clearly more optimized methods, but you have to start learning from the basics to the outdated methods."

For most people, studying alone is enough to exhaust their entire lives, but you are different. What you need to do is not only study, but also innovate.

Innovation is a process of quantitative change leading to qualitative change; it's not something you can achieve by simply coming up with an idea. For example, ninja tool throwing, especially the most basic ninja tool throwing, is the easiest subject to innovate.

After you learn this basic throwing technique, if you find it doesn't suit you, you can innovate on it. This isn't difficult, and many Chunin and even Genin can try it.

However, whether it's the Uchiha style's ninja tool throwing technique or your Uncle Minato's ninja tool throwing technique, they are both highly difficult skills, and they carry strong and distinct ethnic or personal characteristics.

If you abandon basic ninja tool throwing techniques and jump straight into advanced ones, when you find that the skill isn't right for you, the difficulty of innovating and improving upon it will be unimaginably high.

Shisui listened, completely bewildered. Tatsuma simply sat down cross-legged, looked at Shisui who was only three years old, and said, "To put it this way, basic knowledge and skills are like ingredients and tools. You can easily cook a dish according to your own taste."

However, if you replace your ingredients with ready-made miso ramen, tempura, etc., it will be almost impossible to make sushi from them.

In a sense, this is also a manifestation of sunk costs, and it requires not only the determination to sunk costs, but also the capability to do so.

Shisui nodded as if he understood, but still said firmly, "Although I still don't quite understand, Uncle Tatsuma, I will practice hard."

Tatsuma nodded in satisfaction, then looked into the distance again. Unfortunately, the wavy-haired female ninja had already left.

After clicking his tongue in disappointment, Tatsuma shifted his gaze, trying to find the next pleasing view, but it seemed to be a bit difficult.

The situation in the ninja world is becoming increasingly tense, and the ninjas of Konoha are getting busier and busier. Various ninja clans and some suppliers of ninja tools are operating at full capacity to produce war supplies, and other ninjas are also being arranged to complete the commissioned orders as ahead of schedule as possible.

Therefore, the training ground was unusually quiet. Chenma had not originally planned to make this trip today, as he still had a lot of administrative work to do.

However, Akimichi Torifu simply kicked him out, saying that children shouldn't work overtime every day, and then dumped an even smaller child on Tatsuma, ordering him to take a day off.

Tatsuma didn't mind. Managing the village's administration was "fun" for him, but it was also a tiring job. He couldn't very well ask Hiruzen Sarutobi to stop slacking off and hand over his work to the Hokage so he could go out and have fun, could he?

Tatsuma was so grateful for the opportunity given by Akimichi Torifu that he wouldn't mind at all.

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Just as Tatsuma was searching for the next beautiful scene, a familiar, cheerful voice rang out: "Hahaha~ Tatsuma, I didn't expect you to be so professional as a teacher. You're not as bad as Tsunade said."

"Jiraiya-sensei?"

Tatsuma turned around, looking at Jiraiya with a puzzled expression. He hadn't expected Jiraiya to return to the village, especially since it wasn't a holiday and Jiraiya had no reason to come back.

If it's a holiday, Jiraiya shouldn't return to the village, since that's usually the best time for him to gather material, as the hot springs are always full on holidays.

As for Tsunade speaking ill of him, he's used to it. Besides, what Tsunade said is probably true. He doesn't have the same patience for others as he does for Shisui.

"Rustling sound~"

Just as Jiraiya approached and reached out to grab Shisui's head, a white cat suddenly darted out of the bushes and scratched Jiraiya's palm with one paw, startling Jiraiya into immediately withdrawing his hand.

Sadaharu landed, then flipped over and jumped onto Shisui's shoulder, bending Shisui's thin back slightly before licking his paws and looking down at Jiraiya.

"Is this the little Uchiha's ninja cat?"

Jiraiya looked at his palm; it was just a scratch, no blood. He then looked at Tatsuma and asked, "No, this is my ninja cat." Tatsuma shook his head and reached out to Sadaharu, saying, "No, this is my ninja cat."

Just then, Sadaharu stretched out his claws and scratched at Tatsuma's outstretched hand, but Tatsuma raised and lowered his fingers, directly pressing down Sadaharu's outstretched claws. Then, he continued forward and gave Sadaharu a flick on the head.

"Damn it! How could your reaction be faster than mine, meow?!"

Sadaharu spoke in a childlike voice with a heavy accent, and Jiraiya chuckled, saying, "Your cat is quite something."

Jiraiya had intended to praise Sadaharu, but upon meeting Sadaharu's disdainful gaze, he withdrew any semblance of goodwill he had developed and simply said, "Fat."

As a ninja cat that is only slightly longer than other adult male cats but weighs a full 20 kilograms, Sadaharu is indeed very fat. With his cheeks puffing out and the long fur he gets in winter, he looks even fatter.

However, Sadaharu didn't seem to care that others said it was fat. It even had a human-like smile on its face. Being fat is not a bad thing in the cat world. In fact, it's a good thing.

Sure enough, humans with the same fur color as it have the same sophisticated aesthetic sense, unlike Sakamoto Tatsuma, who spends all his time urging it to lose weight.

Of course, it still prefers the golden-haired human and the human cub.

After licking his own paws, Sadaharu casually licked Shisui's head twice as well. Shisui shrank his neck from the tickling, and only then did Sadaharu stop. Only then could Shisui continue to look at the tall Jiraiya with a puzzled expression.

Tatsuma looked at Sadaharu and Shisui, wondering if he should wait until Shisui could refine and control chakra on his own before having him sign a summoning contract with Sadaharu.

Although Sadaharu was insignificantly weak under Tatsuma's command, he was still quite outstanding compared to the other ninja cats, possessing both strength and speed, and recently he had even begun to train in chakra nature transformation.

If such a ninja cat could become Shisui's summoning beast, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for Shisui. It's just unknown whether Sadaharu would agree.

Withdrawing his gaze and thoughts, Tatsuma introduced, "Shisui, this is Jiraiya, a Jonin, who was my and Minato's teacher."

"What do you mean by 'considered'? It means..."

Jiraiya gave a small, sarcastic comment, and Tatsuma shrugged, continuing, "This is Uchiha Shisui, a descendant of Kagami-sama."

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya showed a slight expression of surprise, as if he had figured something out. Jiraiya's surprise quickly dissipated, and he nodded, saying, "It's a pity. If he were a disciple of Minato, he might have become the successor of Mount Myōboku."

"Then you're too late. Shisui has already been reserved by Lord Orochimaru."

"Wow~ That stinky snake is that fast? Don't you even try to fight for it yourself? Besides you, are there any other successors in Shikkotsu Forest?"

Jiraiya looked at Tatsuma with a puzzled expression, while Tatsuma said nonchalantly, "There's no rule that a disciple must follow in his teacher's footsteps. Besides, with a disciple like Nawaki, it's a good thing that Lord Orochimaru has such thoughts now."

Jiraiya understood the teasing in Tatsuma's words, smiled and shook his head, saying, "You're right, then I won't fight with that stinky snake this time, after all, I still have Minato."

Tatsuma nodded, looked at Sadaharu, and said, "Sadaharu, why don't you take Shisui to play over there?"

"Hmph~"

Dingchun snorted, jumped off Shisui's shoulder, raised his thick, squirrel-like tail high, and walked away with cat-like steps. After taking two steps, he turned back and gave Shisui, who was still standing there, a dissatisfied look.

Seeing this, Shisui said goodbye to Tatsuma and Jiraiya and quickly followed, leaving only Tatsuma and Jiraiya behind.

Tatsuma pointed to a tree stump not far away, and Jiraiya understood. The two walked towards the stump, and Tatsuma asked curiously, "Jiraiya-sensei, why did you come back to the village? Did something big happen in the ninja world that I don't know about?"

Jiraiya's carefree smile faded slightly, but he still smiled and said, "I did find out some information, and I was originally going to tell the old man about it."

But the old man said that you're in charge of everything in Konoha now, and told me to come directly to you. Have you sidelined the old man? Hahaha~ Well done!

Tatsuma gave a speechless twitch of his lips and said, "The Third Hokage just wants to slack off, or maybe he just doesn't want to chat with a traitor like you?"

"Pah! You're the traitor!"

Jiraiya wanted to give Tatsuma a good whack on the head, but he couldn't bring himself to do it right now. Tatsuma's face made him unconsciously want to be serious, just like the Second Hokage he had met when he was a child.

Jiraiya lowered his raised hand, having just arrived in front of the tree stump. He turned and sat down, then said, "I went to the Land of Wind."

"The Land of Wind doesn't have hot springs, why would you go to a place like that?"

Tatsuma asked in surprise, and Jiraiya immediately retorted, "Does my life consist only of hot springs? I'm a proper ninja, okay? Besides, sand baths are quite unique."

Tatsuma merely scoffed at Jiraiya's words. Jiraiya was furious, but there was nothing he could do but continue:

"The power struggle at the top of Sunagakure has seen new developments, and you'd never guess who the newcomer is!"

Seeing Jiraiya's smug expression, Tatsuma rolled his eyes and said, "You're not thinking of Chiyo, or her grandson, are you?"

Jiraiya's smug expression froze instantly, staring wide-eyed at Tatsuma, who in turn gave him a mysterious smile.

But deep down, Tatsuma definitely felt that something big was about to happen.

(End of this chapter)