I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 497: So-called opinion leaders are those who give "opinions" to the "majority" who previously lacked their own opinions.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Inside the Iwa ninja camp, a sharp alarm sounded, followed by a deafening explosion and a ground tremor that made it difficult to maintain one's balance.

Countless Iwa ninja were stunned at first, then realized what was happening and quickly ran towards the outside of the tent. However, some unlucky ones were attacked by ninjutsu and ninja tools before they even left the tent.

Especially at the cooking camp, the ninjas in charge of cooking and logistics had finally finished their lunch break and were able to sit down and have a meal, singing songs as they ate, when suddenly they were bombed.

As the Iwa ninja began to organize and form battle formations, the entire camp was ransacked, especially the storage area, logistics area, and medical area, which were reduced to scorched earth.

"What's going on?! Why are there so many Konoha ninja?!"

Seeing the Konoha ninja burning, killing, and looting in their own camp, many Iwa ninja were completely stunned. At a glance, there were several thousand Konoha ninja wearing Konoha headbands and dressed differently from the Iwa ninja.

This is no longer the small-scale attack launched by Minato Namikaze in the past few days, but a large-scale invasion!

Moreover, thousands of Konoha ninjas suddenly appeared without the Iwa ninjas' knowledge. For a moment, the Iwa ninjas did not know whether to be angry at the Konoha invasion or at the mistakes of the reconnaissance ninjas.

"What's that on them?! Chakra?!"

These Konoha ninjas look very strange, as they are all covered in fiery red chakra. This is incredible, because even in the Land of Fire, it is impossible for every ninja's chakra to be as intensely red as fire.

Moreover, normal ninjas are extremely "stingy" in their use of chakra, and it is simply impossible for them to be so extravagant as to condense a chakra cloak outside their bodies.

After all, it's not some kind of overflowing chakra cloak. It's like the Lightning Release Chakra Mode of the Hidden Cloud Village, which has offensive and defensive functions. This is a complete waste. That chakra will just dissipate for nothing and won't serve any purpose.

"That's the chakra of a tailed beast! Be careful, the Jinchuriki of Konoha must be nearby!"

A middle-aged ninja shouted loudly. Clearly, compared to the younger people who made up the majority of the participants, this Iwa ninja had a broader perspective.

"Splash splash splash~"

Before he could issue any further warnings, a chain with barbs and hooks nimbly weaved through the group of Konoha ninjas and pierced his torso in the blink of an eye, unstoppable even by Earth Release techniques.

"Earth Release: Ten Thousand Mile Earth Flow Wall!"

While most of the Iwa ninja were still in shock, some Iwa ninja had already organized a defensive force. Earth walls rose up to block the Konoha ninja's attacks and formed a circle, trapping the Konoha ninja inside.

A tall, young Iwa ninja leaped onto the wall, gazing down at the Konoha ninja below. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and he exclaimed, "The Legendary Sannin of Konoha!"

At this moment, a small vacuum appeared in the middle of the Konoha ninja force. Three Konoha ninjas dressed somewhat differently looked up at the Iwa ninjas on the wall. Orochimaru licked his lips and said:

"The yellow soil of Iwagakure? If it weren't for the similar nose, I really wouldn't believe that Onoki could have a son like you. Is it a mutation in your genes, or his genes?"

Huang Tu's face darkened, and he did not answer immediately, but simply waved his hand to give the order.

"Earth Release: Rock Gun!"

Stones, like cannonballs, were spat out from the mouths of the outer Iwa ninja, tracing high arcs as they fell toward the Konoha ninja inside the walls.

In an instant, the Konoha ninjas felt the sky darken as a large number of rock cannons blocked out the light falling from the sky.

This is the power of numbers. Even the simplest tactics and the simplest ninjutsu become difficult to stop once the numbers are large enough.

But faced with the incoming iron cannon, the three Sannin in command didn't seem to be in a hurry to act. Instead, they looked at the young couple beside them and asked, "Minato, how's it going?"

"no problem."

After taking a deep breath, Minato nodded and then formed hand seals.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Countless rock cannons rained down, but the yellow earth on the high wall turned completely black, because everyone inside the wall had disappeared. Of course, only a few rock ninjas who had mistakenly entered the wall left their corpses behind.

Watching his compatriots being smashed into a pulp by their own men's iron cannons, Huang Tu angrily looked around. He had a premonition that Konoha wouldn't give up while they were ahead, otherwise they wouldn't have been here today.

But shouldn't that be the Flying Thunder God Technique? It's not the one mentioned in the intelligence that can only carry one person other than oneself for space-time transfer. It seems the intelligence was wrong?

"Boom~ Rumble rumble rumble~"

At this moment, another explosion was heard on the outer edge of the Iwa ninja encirclement. Looking out from the high ground, Huang Tu saw that, as expected, the Konoha ninja forces that had just disappeared had reappeared, only this time on the outer edge instead of in the heart of the area.

"No need to pursue a siege; kill as many as you can!"

Huang Tu gave a loud order. Although, in general, they were almost three times the number of the Konoha ninja forces, and with their Earth Release techniques, which were adept at trapping enemies, completing the encirclement and annihilation should not be a problem.

However, since Konoha now has the means to teleport in groups, encirclement becomes a very low-cost-effective tactic. It's better to kill as many as possible, so that at least some Konoha ninja can be left behind.

"It seems we should make our move."

Seeing that the Iwa ninja had switched to charging formation, clearly intending to engage in direct conflict with their side, Orochimaru smoothed his hair and spoke to the two beside him.

Tsunade, who was already eager to get started, nodded and said, "No problem!"

"Um, I have a problem."

Jiraiya looked troubled. Under the disapproving gazes of Tsunade and Orochimaru, Jiraiya weakly said, "Give me a little time. I'll summon two sages and enter Sage Mode first."

"waste!"

"Last place!"

Tsunade and Orochimaru spoke at the same time, and Jiraiya dared not refute them. He couldn't help it with such a long prelude, since he didn't know Wood Release and couldn't rely on it to extract natural energy like Tatsuma.

Besides, his mastery of Sage Mode was not as good as that of his half-disciple, so it was normal that he needed a little more time.

However, he quickly cut his thumb and began to draw on his face with his blood-stained finger. Unlike the other toads of Mount Myōboku, the two toad masters, Fukasaku and Shima, normally stored natural energy within their bodies.

Therefore, one cannot directly summon the two sages using conventional summoning techniques. One must use sage chakra as a guide to summon them. Then, by cooperating with the two sages and using the Two Lives Technique, one can borrow the natural energy within the two toad sages to engage in long-lasting sage mode combat.

Seeing Jiraiya finish drawing his face and begin forming hand seals to sense the surrounding natural energy, Tsunade said disdainfully, "I've never seen Tatsuma go through so much trouble. He always enters Sage Mode while fighting."

"After all, one is the top student, and the other is the bottom student."

Orochimaru even joined in the teasing, causing Jiraiya's face to darken. His hard-won composure was completely disrupted by his two teammates. He said with dissatisfaction, "Get back to the fight! Minato is enough to protect me!"

The two of them clicked their tongues in unison and charged toward the Iwa ninja. Both of them were extremely fast. Tsunade was obviously stronger in terms of physique, while Orochimaru had a deeper understanding of techniques and chakra. Therefore, the two of them used different Body Flicker Techniques and their speeds were miraculously synchronized.

In an instant, the two of them overtook the other Konoha ninjas and rushed to the front of the group, while also attracting the attention of the Iwa ninjas.

"Those are Orochimaru and Tsunade, two of the Legendary Sannin! They're also Konoha's commanders. Kill them first!"

As the order was given, countless Earth Release ninjutsu flew towards the two. Orochimaru cut his finger, instantly completed the hand seals, and even glanced at Tsunade, asking if she needed help, but Tsunade didn't even respond.

Orochimaru raised an eyebrow and immediately activated the technique.

"Spiritualism! Rashomon!"

A gate to hell appeared, blocking the path of the Iwa ninja's ninjutsu. Countless ninjutsu and ninja tools bombarded the Rashomon gate, causing it to tremble. However, it did not break, indicating that the power of these techniques was insufficient to break it.

Tsunade faced a stone dragon and a considerable number of earth-style ninjutsu. She neither dodged nor avoided them, but leaped up and arched her body in front of the charging stone dragon. Her chakra surged and exploded in an instant.

"Super Strength Fist!"

"boom!"

A gentle fist collided with the giant dragon formed from earth and stone. Shockingly, the massive earth and stone dragon instantly crumbled, and the splashing sand and stones also shattered other earth-遁 (earth-遁) techniques.

Landing on the ground, Tsunade glanced at her bright red fist and forearm, and pursed her lips in dissatisfaction.

"My body can't even handle this level of superhuman strength. I really don't know how that brat Tatsuma trained himself."

Although it may not look like a big problem on the outside, as the owner of the body, Tsunade can feel the swelling and stinging in her right hand, as well as the obstruction in the flow of chakra.

"There's no other way, we have to use that technique. Yin Seal! Release!"

As she formed hand seals, an undeniable surge of chakra emanated from Tsunade, drawing everyone's attention to her overwhelming aura, which seemed to collapse like a mountain.

Over the past decade, Tsunade's accumulated chakra has reached an unimaginable level. In these ten years, she has almost never fought at full strength; her usual combat training has mostly been about maintaining her condition.

Even during the process of perfecting Creation Rebirth and the Hundred Healings Technique, she did not actually use the accumulated chakra; she only verified its feasibility before withdrawing it. Now, it has finally erupted.

Even the chakra that Tsunade could not control was enough to fully restore her body. She continued to form hand seals, and curse marks appeared on her face.

"Ninja Art! Creation Rebirth! Hundred Healings Technique!"

With the cursed seal covering her entire body, Tsunade finally released the restraint on her chakra. Huang Tu, who had rushed over, looked at Tsunade and couldn't help but swallow hard. This chakra fluctuation was comparable to a tailed beast's rampage, wasn't it?

"Ninja Art! Summoning Jutsu!"

The moment her finger was cut, a massive amount of chakra caused the wound to heal. However, as a catalyst, a little blood was enough. Tsunade drew a jutsu on the back of her hand, formed hand seals, and slammed her hand on the ground.

"Bang!"

A huge cloud of smoke erupted, and a gigantic monster swayed within it, while Tsunade's voice rang out.

"All Konoha ninja! Listen up! I will stand in front of you, blocking all attacks and becoming your lifeline! Fight with all your might and show the enemy the Will of Fire of Konoha!"

"Yes, Lady Tsunade!" *N

For years, the village has been intentionally cultivating Tsunade as a benchmark and role model, and now, these efforts have paid off. No Konoha ninja would deny or question Tsunade.

Aside from Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tatsuma Sakamoto, Tsunade's image and status in the hearts of Konoha ninjas are perhaps the most suitable to boost morale; she is undoubtedly the leading opinion leader of Konoha.

Huang Tu's expression turned serious as he looked at the five thousand Konoha ninja who were displaying an aura far surpassing that of the Iwa ninja.

Orochimaru smiled, even restraining his chakra, making Tsunade, who gradually became clearer in the smoke, the focus of the entire room. Her behavior clearly showed that she had seriously studied the "Art of Speaking" that Tatsuma had prepared for her.

This was clearly not easy for Tsunade, and the glory she was experiencing was well-deserved.

Tsunade glanced at the excited Konoha ninjas out of the corner of her eye, wondering if she should reread the booklet Tatsuma had given her a few more times when she got back.

Although Tsunade initially found it hard to accept that she was in her thirties and still needed someone to teach her to speak, the effect seemed to be quite good. By the way, is there any sentence she can still remember?

After much deliberation, Tsunade raised her arm and shouted, "This war will be our masterpiece! Charge forward!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Tsunade, who was standing atop the tall slug, leaped forward and plunged into the group of Iwa ninja. The Konoha ninja roared and charged towards the Iwa ninja, who outnumbered them several times over.

(End of this chapter)