I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 499 As the new wave crashes against the old, little do they know that they themselves are gradually becoming part of the old wave.

"Ku"

Jiraiya was prepared to pull Kushina away and take the damage himself, but suddenly, the chakra that erupted from Kushina's body was like a hurricane, and Jiraiya was blown away.

Once he found his balance and landed, when he looked at Kushina again, a huge, purplish-black Rasengan was gradually forming in her hand.

That Rasengan was similar to a certain use that Jiraiya had conceived, which enlarged the entire chakra sphere through a greater output of chakra. However, Tatsuma and Minato, who had more research talent, didn't seem very interested.

Tatsuma's reasoning was that increasing chakra was possible, but there was no need to change the body shape. He could use more precise chakra control, shorten the gaps between chakra particles, and increase energy density. Doing so would be more destructive than enlarging the size of the Rasengan.

Minato, on the other hand, didn't have as much chakra, so he focused more on developing the Rasengan's nature transformation and its combination with other techniques. As long as the Rasengan's weakness was hit, its destructive power was sufficient.

Jiraiya couldn't openly admit that his mastery of form transformation and chakra manipulation was inferior to Tatsuma's, nor could he say that his talent for nature transformation was inferior to Minato's, since he had taught both of them!

Therefore, Jiraiya shelved the plan to develop a large-sized Rasengan until he saw what was happening before him.

It's definitely true!

Although he is not a Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast and cannot replicate Kushina's Rasengan, it seems that he can do so by simply outputting more chakra and condensing a larger Rasengan.

"Buzz buzz buzz~"

At this moment, the Tailed Beast Ball collided with the Super Vortex Black Ball Rasengan in Kushina's hand, and both of them underwent severe deformation. However, as long as one endured the hurricane that was stirred up like a blade, it was still possible to see that the Rasengan in Kushina's hand even surpassed the Tailed Beast Ball.

Minato, standing atop Gamabunta's head, breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. He knew he should have trusted Kushina's abilities more. She was a powerful ninja who didn't need excessive protection from others; she could stand on her own.

"ha!"

As Kushina shouted, her inner power erupted once more, and her bent arm quickly straightened, pushing both the Tailed Beast Ball and the Rasengan forward.

The two constantly transforming chakra spheres were pushed away from the battlefield and into the sky.

"boom!"

Amidst the explosion, rings of air surged, enveloping the clouds and bursting forth with dazzling white light, creating a sunlit patch in this not-so-sunny place.

"Even the Tailed Beast Ball."

"Who is that?!"

Amidst the attention and discussion of the crowd, Kushina, clad in a fiery red chakra cloak, landed where Jiraiya had originally stood. Standing on the edge of the broken hill, she became yet another focal point.

Finally, someone noticed Kushina's crimson tail and recognized her.

"That's Konoha's Jinchūriki! The Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki!"

After Mito Uzumaki's death, as the news spread, other ninja villages began to speculate about who Konoha's second Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was, and some suspects emerged in their minds.

Five or six years have passed, but this new Jinchuriki has never actually shown his face in public. In fact, there are quite a few rumors circulating in other ninja villages that "Konoha's second Nine-Tails Jinchuriki training has failed."

Even today, the chakra cloak covering thousands of people makes the Iwa ninja understand that the plan to cultivate Konoha's second Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has not failed, and may even be more successful than imagined.

However, this also made them even more curious about who the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was. Although they knew that the new Jinchuriki must be on the battlefield, no one knew for sure who it was.

The answer has finally been revealed.

This female ninja, with a full head of bright red hair just like the First Hokage's wife, was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki whom Konoha had "hidden" for five or six years. Her first appearance was when she knocked away a Tailed Beast Ball.

The shock of this sudden arrival was even more intense than when the legendary Sannin, who had become famous at a young age, or Tatsuma and others appeared before them.

Jiraiya scratched his head awkwardly and said, "Was my limelight stolen?"

"Jiraiya, what have you been doing all these years?"

Fukasaku looked at Jiraiya, his question revealing a strange seriousness, as if he genuinely wanted to know the answer to the question, rather than just being sarcastic towards Jiraiya.

After all, a few years ago, it was one thing for a child of ten years old to completely surpass him in the art of immortality, but it was also something that could be barely accepted by the difference in the immortal modes of the two holy lands.

However, Fukasaku glanced at Minato above Bunta's head. If it weren't for Minato's deliberate explanation that what he said didn't quite fit with Sage Mode, he would have wanted to drag Jiraiya back to Mount Myōboku for another ten years of training before letting him leave.

Now he's been surpassed by a little girl again. What has Jiraiya been doing all these years?!

Jiraiya's expression became even more awkward as he said, "Uh, I was looking for the Child of Prophecy."

"Did you find it?"

"without"

"Sigh, the Great Toad Sage might be confused. Don't listen to him. You should spend your time cultivating properly. If this continues, even your disciple's disciple might surpass you."

Fukasaku said earnestly, and Jiraiya's lips twitched as he replied, "It can't be that bad, can it? Actually, I'm pretty strong now."

Master Shima looked into the distance and said, "Is that so? The enemy who attacked you has arrived. Go and defeat him; he looks much younger than you."

"That's... a Jinchūriki, right?"

Jiraiya's face almost turned green. Putting everything else aside, what could a Jinchuriki who could use a Tailed Beast Ball possibly withstand? The Will of Fire?!

If he had known there would be so many problems, he should have entered Sage Mode while he was still at the camp and "manifested his power" as soon as he arrived at the Iwagakure camp. Now that Tsunade, Orochimaru, Minato, and Kushina have set an example for him, how is he supposed to show his strength?

Just as Jiraiya was struggling with his decision, Kushina had already leaped up and rushed towards the direction of the approaching person.

Minato also sensed the appearance of a new enemy. He looked over, and his relaxed expression unconsciously tightened. It was Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki of Iwagakure.

"Bunta, I'll leave this to you, or you can ask your teacher for help."

With those words, Minato vanished in a flash of golden light. An enemy like Rōshi was not someone Minato could easily defeat simply because he trusted Kushina.

Two years ago, he and Tatsuma witnessed the scene where the Four-Tails inside Rōshiki's body condensed into half of its body outside his body. Kushina and the Nine-Tails are not yet able to coordinate to that extent.

Moreover, two years have passed, and perhaps Old Purple has made further progress. For example, as Tatsuma said, the Lava Release technique on the Four-Tails can actually be learned. By spending time with the Four-Tails day and night, Old Purple might actually be able to learn the Lava Release technique.

If Roshi really mastered Lava Release, then his threat and combat power will rise to another level. As for the Four-Tails, Minato doesn't have a good solution. Perhaps it would be a good choice for him to deal with Roshi and for Kushina to deal with the Four-Tails.

Appearing beside Kushina, Minato said, "I'll help you."

"good!"

Kushina did not refuse, or rather, openly and honestly partnered with Minato in battle, which was exactly what she had been looking forward to.

"Grandson! That must be the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, right? He looks very young. We should be able to defeat him, right?"

Old Purple also rushed towards Kushina's direction, asking the Four-Tails a question in his mind. As for Minato's "anti-person Noble Phantasm," Old Purple, as a Jinchūriki, didn't pay much attention to it.

As long as you restrain yourself from using the Tailed Beast Ball, and if the timing is precise enough, even Minato with the Flying Thunder God Technique might not be able to stop you, just like what happened just now.

However, the Four-Tails did not answer immediately, which made Old Purple panic for no apparent reason, recalling the nearly two years that the Four-Tails had been out of contact with.

Fortunately, after a while, the Four-Tails finally gave a reply.

"Hard to say."

Those two short words silenced even Old Purple, who then pressed for an answer: "What do you mean?! Someone at the level of a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki can't possibly utilize much of the Nine-Tails' power, right?"

"Indeed, she and Kurama did not reach a consensus, so it was impossible for her to use too much of Kurama's power. However, Kurama's chakra is simply too much. Even a small portion of it is comparable to the chakra you are currently borrowing from me."

The Four-Tails' explanation arrived, but Old Purple still couldn't accept it, saying, "Didn't you always say that the chakra of the Tailed Beasts is almost limitless? Half of limitless is still limitless, right? How could the difference be so huge?"

"Even a tiny bit of the infinite is still infinite, and that little girl's chakra is no less than mine. How come Konoha is full of monsters? Before, there was Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and Mito Uzumaki, and now there's Tatsuma Sakamoto and this little girl."

Hearing the Four-Tails' somewhat powerless words at the end, Rōshi, as its jinchūriki, also felt a great sense of powerlessness and a faint sense of fear, and he suddenly wanted to turn around and leave.

He came to atone for his sins, not to die. If this little girl was really that terrifying, let alone atone for his sins and rescue Han, this place would probably be his final resting place.

However, he was already close to Minato and the little girl. If he turned around and left now, he would probably be labeled a rogue ninja.

"Damn it! That damned Nine-Tails! Calling you trash is one thing, but daring to call me trash too! Kill that Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"

Suddenly, a roar came from the Four-Tails within his body. Old Purple suddenly felt streams of tailed beast chakra involuntarily surging into his body, and a chakra cloak appeared on his body, with blazing magma gradually covering his body.

"What do you mean by calling me a piece of trash?!"

But Old Purple wasn't happy at all. And judging from the Four-Tails' tone, it seemed that the Tailed Beasts had their own channels of communication. But even if they were Tailed Beasts, they couldn't just call others trash, could they?

In his rage, Old Purple's chakra erupted, magma surged from his body, and magma tails emerged from behind him. He burst forth with speed and rammed into Kushina, as if he wanted to prove himself with all his might.

"A needle at the bottom of the sea!"

But in the next instant, Old Purple's anger subsided like a tide, because he saw an unbelievable scene: Kushina in human form, without even a half-tailed beast transformation, was holding...

It seems to be holding up a Tailed Beast Ball?

He was too far away to see clearly, or perhaps he simply didn't believe that a Jinchuriki could unleash a Tailed Beast Ball in human form.

Old Purple, whose entire body was surging with magma, collided with the ever-growing Tailed Beast Ball.

(End of this chapter)