I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 493 Beside the revelers of the celebrating victors, there are often dejected losers.

When someone finally saw the doubled world through the dazzling light, they were all stunned, because the forest before them had turned into a canyon.

The land where the Third Raikage and Tatsuma fought had completely disappeared, leaving only a deep abyss and cracks on both sides that disappeared into the distant forest.

"Raikage-sama!"

Someone spotted the Third Raikage among the crowd. His face was now completely calm, devoid of the anger and arrogance he displayed upon arrival.

He arrived shirtless, though his pants were ripped down to just the bikini area, and his entire body was covered in countless tiny cuts. But that wasn't the main issue; the important thing was...

The left chest, almost a mass of flesh, with its stark white bones partially obscured by crimson flesh, was extremely gruesome and terrifying. In comparison, the lightning-shaped wound on the right chest, which the Third Raikage himself called a lifelong disgrace, seemed utterly insignificant.

Seeing the Third Raikage's miserable state, almost everyone subconsciously looked at Tatsuma, wanting to see what Tatsuma, who had caused such a terrible state to the Third Raikage, looked like now.

Tatsuma didn't fall; he was still standing on the edge of the cliff. However, his left chest was completely hollow, and half of his abdomen was on the ground. He was also naked from the waist up, and the Cloud Ninja and Konoha Ninja could even see each other through the hole.

"His heart has stopped beating!"

A Cloud Ninja shouted loudly, and only then did people realize that Chenma's face was terribly pale, and his heart, which could be seen in the hole, seemed to have stopped beating.

In an instant, all the Cloud Ninja became eager to try. Just then, the Third Raikage's right hand, which had pierced through Tatsuma and was covered in blood, moved, bracing itself against the ground, and forcibly sat up, angrily shouting:

"Didn't you hear me?! Retreat!"

"But... Raikage-sama, Sakamoto Tatsuma..."

One of the Cloud Ninjas tried to persuade him, but at that moment, Tatsuma's heart pumped, and a lot of blood gushed out from his wound.

Tatsuma's frozen face also moved. He raised an eyebrow, raised his blood-soaked, almost bone-splitting right hand, and stretched it out towards the Third Raikage, his index and middle fingers, forming the Mudra of Opposition, slightly hooked together.

The Seal of Reconciliation.

No one expected that after this battle, Tatsuma would actually perform this kind of courtesy towards the Third Raikage.

"Oh!"

The Third Raikage grinned, blood gushing from his mouth as well, but he performed a ritual only students at the Ninja Academy would do, and the two formed a reconciliation seal from a distance.

Of course, this is the mark of reconciliation between the two of them in their battle, not the mark of reconciliation for this war, nor the mark of reconciliation between the two villages.

Tatsuma straightened his fingers again and slowly raised them to his chest. The next moment, chakra surged from his body.

The severed hand, the pierced chest, and countless visible and invisible wounds on the body all healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Cloud Ninjas stared wide-eyed at the Leaf Village ninja who had completely healed his fatal injuries in just a few breaths; they were all speechless.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

Conversely, from within the Konoha ranks, countless strange cheers and screams erupted. They had lost their ability to organize their thoughts and even forgot the laughter that should accompany a cheer.

"retreat!"

The same order was given for the third time by the Third Raikage before the Cloud Ninja finally snapped out of their daze, dejectedly organizing their retreat to the north.

A thousand men against three hundred from Konoha, and they were defeated. The future Raikage plus his Jinchuriki against the future Hokage, and they were also defeated. Even the strongest, the Third Raikage, was defeated against the new generation Konoha genius, Sakamoto Tatsuma.

"Ding~ [Ninjutsu +888], [Physicality +888], [Illusion +888], [Severed Arm Regeneration (Eight-Tailed Gyukyu Limited Edition) +100%], Pick up?"

"Ding~ [Ninja +8694], [Physical +7963], [Spirit +7777]. [Lightning Control (Third Raikage A Limited Edition) +100%], Pick up?"

As he watched the departing figures of the Cloud Ninja, the system announcement came through, and Tatsuma's thoughts froze instantly. A single battle had actually unlocked two limited talents; this was truly unbelievable.

Moreover, upon seeing these two limited talents, Chenma's heart rate, which had just begun to recover, instantly soared to over 200 beats per minute, and his pale face instantly turned rosy.

"【Resurrection from a Broken Arm (Limited Edition by Ya-O-Gyu-Ni)】: Allows for temporary free movement of core cell tissue to any location within the body, and enhances self-healing abilities in the event of injury or illness."

This talent should correspond to the Octopus Leg Clone Technique of the Gyu-Oni, which involves severing a large portion of the body's tissues to gain the chance to escape and be reborn.

However, it takes a lot of time to accumulate in a person. After all, a person can't regenerate from a severed arm. Even if their talent amplifies their self-healing ability, they still can't reach the level of a demon like Ushioni.

But Tatsuma was different. Having mastered Wood Release, Tatsuma instantly thought of various applications of this talent, such as Wood Clone.

The process of creating a Wood Clone is essentially cell division. Before the Wood Clone is fully formed, it is connected to the original body. In other words, Tatsuma can transfer his core cellular tissue into the Wood Clone at this crucial moment.

However, if the original body, which has actually become a "wooden clone", is left behind, and a certain wood clone is transformed into the "original body", then if this process is performed well enough, the enemy will misjudge the location of Tatsuma's original body.

Because of the unique nature of Wood Release, Tatsuma completely skipped the "self-healing" step. As long as he had chakra, he could use Wood Release chakra to create a complete body for himself at any time.

Whether for combat or survival, this is an extremely powerful talent, not to mention the added benefit of self-healing amplification. Tatsuma even has a premonition that his current self-healing ability may have already surpassed that of Hashirama Senju.

After calming down from the shock, Tatsuma looked at another special talent.

"【Lightning and Lightning Control (Third Raikage A Limited Edition)】: Greatly enhances Lightning Release talent, greatly enhances Lightning Release effects, greatly increases the results of Lightning Release form transformation training, and greatly increases the results of Lightning Release nature transformation training."

The introduction is simple and straightforward, but the four "significant" marks show the value of this talent. What excites Tatsuma the most is that he doesn't have any talent in lightning release.

Or rather, like those commoners without ninja talent, his lightning release talent was so low that it was negligible, the kind that even a sensitive chakra test strip couldn't trigger.

This meant that no matter how much time and effort he spent, he was unable to master and apply Lightning Release ninjutsu, and he couldn't even do the simplest thing like extracting Lightning Release chakra.

Although Chenma has excellent talents in water, fire, wind, and earth, enough for him to study for a lifetime, who would refuse to make up for their shortcomings?

Furthermore, as everyone in the ninja world knows, Tatsuma is extremely important to possess all five elemental chakra attributes. Only by possessing all five attributes, plus either Yin or Yang chakra, can one have a chance to reach the Six Paths.

In addition, this talent also gave Tatsuma some "good news," namely, that his other chakra nature talents seemed to be able to be enhanced again.

Although Tatsuma's Water Release talent is comparable to that of any known ninja, even Tobirama Senju, his Wind Release, Earth Release, and Fire Release skills are still some distance from the top tier.

However, Tatsuma used his [Overturning the Sea] talent and his extraordinary dedication to research to significantly enhance the power of his escape technique.

Moreover, the Yin-Yang talent Chenma had already judged that his Yin Release talent was actually quite poor; otherwise, his illusion techniques wouldn't be so bad, so bad that even the system couldn't remedy it.

If we could find those with top-tier talent in the Five Elements Chakra and Yin-Yang Chakra, we could acquire that talent from them.

After Chenma's heart rate increased, another abnormal situation occurred: he began to breathe rapidly.

He stared at the system panel, invisible to others, but the "pick up" command remained unissued. He felt somewhat lost, wondering if his [Lightning Control] talent wasn't as strong as he had imagined.

If even making up for a lack of talent is impossible, what should be done? In that case, will his vision be shattered?

The feeling of gain and loss lingered for a while before Chenma finally managed to shake it off.

"Pick it up!"

In an instant, the discomfort returned, just like when I picked up the One-Tailed, Four-Tailed, and Five-Tailed creatures before, but it was more complicated, perhaps it was... [Lightning and Thunder]?

"Sizzle~"

Behind Chenma, seeing Yunren leave, Tianfeng and Qiandou hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to ask about Chenma's condition, but found that Chenma's body was once again crackling with electric arcs.

"Tatsuma! Tatsuma!"

Tenka shouted anxiously, and Sento glared at the departing Cloud Ninja, gritting his teeth as he said, "Was it the Third Raikage who pulled this dirty trick?!"

They all knew that Tatsuma didn't know Lightning Release, and they had never seen him learn it. Moreover, Tatsuma had experienced a similar situation during his battle with the Third Raikage. Their first thought was that Tatsuma's injuries had not truly healed.

Even the Third Raikage left behind some method, waiting until the Cloud Ninja retreated before attacking Tatsuma's body.

"I'm fine!"

Just as the two were about to cross the canyon to chase after the Cloud Ninja, Tatsuma reached out and grabbed them from both sides.

Don't be reckless.

Tianfeng was skeptical, but Chenma flashed a contagious smile and said, "You're really fine, but you are..."

Chenma looked at the blood and tears on Tianfeng's cheeks and said, "You cried?"

He couldn't possibly mistake blood for tears, but he wanted to ease the tension. Tianfeng was startled and only then did he realize that his face felt strangely wet. He reached out and touched it, and his entire face turned red.

"Impossible! I could never cry for a man!"

Tianfeng subconsciously thought that the tears on his face were his own, until he looked down and saw the blood on his fingers, then realized that he had been fooled again, and in a fit of rage, he punched Chenma in the chest.

"Hahaha~ Today is your 'blood and tears' story, hahaha~"

"Tch, what blood and tears history? It's clearly a dark history, hahaha~"

Tatsuma and Sento both let out wicked laughter. Behind them, the Konoha ninjas, who had initially gone from surprise to worry, finally relaxed when they saw the three of them fooling around in front of them, and their forgotten laughter returned.

Laughter and cheers echoed through the forest, while ahead, the retreating Cloud Ninja became increasingly disheveled.

(End of this chapter)