I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 513 Before negotiating terms, one must seize the other party's weakness to gain the upper hand.

"What?! They've spotted Sakamoto Tatsuma and his crew?! Their target is Yunlei Gorge?! No, get the Tiansong Unit ready immediately!"

In the Hidden Cloud Village, inside the Raikage's building, the Third Raikage, upon hearing the report, decisively gave an order to Tsuchikage. Tsuchikage, who usually argued before finally obeying the Third Raikage's commands, this time resolutely said:

"No! Lord Raikage, I disagree!"

"What did you say?!"

"Bang!"

Standing before the enraged Third Raikage at a table where the village's administrative expenses had increased again, Tsuchida firmly stated, "Lord Raikage, your current physical condition no longer allows you to act as recklessly as you used to!"

"Bullshit! I'm already cured!"

"Rip~"

The Third Raikage ripped open his shirt, revealing a gruesome wound on his chest. He pounded the scar with his fist and said, "Get back here and make arrangements for me!"

"No! The medical department has already examined you. Your newly formed skin, muscles, and blood vessels don't meet the safety standards for the Heavenly Delivery Technique. If we insist on using it, the flesh on your chest will be torn apart long before you arrive. I disagree!"

"Bang!"

The Third Raikage punched the collapsed desk, stood up, walked to the earthen platform, grabbed it by the collar, and demanded, "Are you the Raikage?! Or am I the Raikage?!"

"Lord Raikage! If you insist on rejecting my suggestion, then please dismiss me from my post! Otherwise, I absolutely will not agree!"

"I will now..."

"Father!"

The Third Raikage was about to say the words of dismissal when Ai quickly stopped him, saying, "Father! I also do not recommend that you go alone!"

Although Konoha's forces have been continuously reduced in number under the encirclement and suppression of our Cloud Ninja, there are still over a thousand of them. With Sakamoto Tatsuma present, you alone probably cannot save Killer Bee.

"Now, the correct course of action is to immediately gather the village and the surrounding Cloud Ninja to surround them!"

"How could your father have given birth to such a spineless coward!"

The Third Raikage slapped A against the wall, then, panting heavily, Tsuchida straightened his wrinkled collar, looked at A who was pressed against the wall pretending to be seriously injured, and said, "I'll go and gather the ninjas right now!"

After saying that, he turned and left immediately. He couldn't let the Third Raikage regret it. As for why he judged that A was faking the injury, the wall was just cracked, and how much strength could it have?

Let alone A, who has the bloodline of the Third Raikage, even he, a weak ninja with the bloodline of the Land of Earth, could easily withstand it.

Under the cover of night, summoning orders were issued continuously. All the ninjas in the village who were resting or on duty began to move. The Cloud Ninjas, who were not far from the village, also received the order to assemble.

Although there were no specific instructions, it was implied that this matter was related to Sakamoto Tatsuma, so the Cloud Ninja were very excited and eager to complete the assembly in a much shorter time than required.

Once the group was assembled, the Third Raikage appeared, briefly announced the mission details and destination, and then led thousands of Cloud Ninja towards Cloud Thunder Gorge.

To facilitate the management of the tailed beasts, the training ground for the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki could not be too far from the village, and Cloud Thunder Gorge was the optimal solution after careful selection.

If we only consider the distance, even at the marching speed, the pure travel time would only take about two hours. Including the assembly time, it would take about three hours to arrive.

With the "power" of the Tatsuma horse, the Cloud Ninja's marching speed increased significantly, and by dawn, the Cloud Ninja troops had already reached the outer perimeter of Yunlei Gorge.

The reconnaissance ninjas, traveling in small, lightly equipped squads, completed their initial reconnaissance and returned to report.

"Are they all dead?"

Upon hearing the report from the reconnaissance ninja that all the Cloud Ninja and their families who were on duty or living in Cloud Thunder Gorge had died, the Third Raikage's face turned ashen.

Fortunately, due to the war, the Night Moon Clan, who had long lived in Yunlei Gorge, was transferred out of Yunlei Gorge, leaving only a few clansmen still living here, but they were all dead.

The Third Raikage clenched his fists tightly. He didn't know how to announce this news. He knew that there were some members of the Yotsuki clan among the Cloud Ninja forces that had gathered at this moment. If this news was not handled properly, it might cause a riot.

After much deliberation, the Third Raikage decided not to announce the news at this juncture, as the time required was uncertain and the rescue of the Eight-Tails was not something that could be done even a second later.

As for confessing, it will be much easier once the culprit is captured. The most important things now are two: first, to assist Killer Bee, and second, to kill or capture as many Konoha ninjas as possible.

As they ventured deeper into the Cloud Thunder Gorge, they heard the sounds of battle. After all, with the power of an eight-tailed fox, it could easily cause the earth to shake. Although their vision was obscured by the towering peaks, they could still judge the intensity of the battle just by the sounds.

The Third Raikage could no longer bear to advance with the main force. With arcs of electricity crackling around him, he transformed into a lightning arrow and pierced directly into the battlefield.

"Continuous Tailed Beast Balls!"

On the battlefield, the Eight-Tails, restrained by the six-armed wooden puppet, opened its mouth wide, and the positive and negative chakra unique to tailed beasts continuously gathered in its mouth, blasting tailed beast balls at the wooden puppet in front of it.

"Boom! Rumble rumble~"

Amidst the explosions, splinters of wood flew everywhere. Tatsuma, standing atop the wooden doll, clasped his hands together, his chakra continuously surging into the doll's body. Vines rapidly grew and repaired the wooden doll in the areas destroyed by the Tailed Beast Ball.

As the perfect Jinchūriki, Killer Bee can perfectly unleash the Eight-Tails' power; in fact, the Eight-Tails at this moment is even stronger than it is in its wild state.

"Splash~"

After the Eight-Tails finally stopped spewing its Tailed Beast Ball, chains emerged from Tatsuma's body, and at the same time, the Wood Golem's arm tightly gripped the Eight-Tails' arm and octopus leg.

The Vajra Lock, wrapped in vines, chased after the other four unbound tails of the Eight-Tailed Fox, pinning them to the ground.

The remaining chains wrapped around the Eight-Tails' neck. As the chains tightened, the muscles in the Eight-Tails' neck began to deform, and its eyes bulged out noticeably.

"Bang bang~"

The Eight-Tails' resistance was much stronger than the Two-Tails'. It still had the strength to break free from the wooden puppet's arm. One of its octopus legs lashed out at Tatsuma, who instinctively wanted to retaliate.

However, in his perception, the chakra contained within the swung octopus leg was somewhat unusual.

Tatsuma, who possesses the talent of "regeneration from a severed wrist," instantly discerned the Eight-Tails' intentions. He narrowed his eyes, choosing not to retaliate but instead leaping to dodge.

Eight-tailed Fox's already bulging eyes widened again, which was completely unlike Tatsuma's style. Did he guess something?!

While the Eight-Tails was still in a daze, the chains on Tatsuma's body tightened again. However, this time, they did not tighten the chains around the Eight-Tails. Instead, they pulled Tatsuma in the air and flew towards the Eight-Tails.

"Tailed Beast Ball!"

Seeing Tatsuma about to land on its head, the Eight-Tails opened its mouth again and painstakingly condensed a Tailed Beast Ball. Just as it spat it out, a chakra ball filled with the unique positive and negative chakra of the Tailed Beast appeared in Tatsuma's hand.

"Sage Art! Black Jade Rasengan!"

The Tailed Beast Ball collided with the Rasengan and immediately exploded out of control. The Eight-Tails was blown backward and barely managed to regain its balance before Tatsuma landed on its head.

"They're really tenacious!"

Tatsuma bent down and slapped the top of the Eight-Tails' head with his palm. The sealing technique instantly unfolded and gradually formed the character "座" (seat).

"Splash~"

At the same time, several more chains emerged from his body, pinning the remaining four tails of the Eight-Tails to the ground.

"It's over! We're doomed!"

Within Killer Bee's spiritual world, several chains also materialized, pinning the Eight-Tails to the colorful ground. Fiery red chakra climbed upwards along the vines of the Adamantine Chains until it reached the edge of the boundless spiritual world.

"Hachi! What's wrong?!"

"Killer Bee asked anxiously," the Eight-Tails asked, its eyes gradually losing their luster. Looking at Killer Bee, it said haltingly, "I...I'm going to fall asleep. You...you absolutely mustn't go out. Otherwise...otherwise..."

As it spoke, the eight-tailed creature suddenly drooped its head. In its final moments, thick ink spewed from its body, crawling along the ground and forming a massive sealing spell.

No matter how much Killer Bee called out, the Eight-Tails didn't raise its head. Killer Bee looked up at the sky. In its spiritual world, it could roam freely, going wherever it wanted and leaving whenever it wanted.

But now, he seems unable to leave the spiritual world. He looked down at the sealing technique and knew that the Eight-Tails had temporarily sealed him in the spiritual world.

In the real world, the Eight-Tails' struggling power also diminished until...

"Boom~~~"

The eight tails bowed their heads, their huge bodies lying on the ground like exhausted old oxen, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, their eyes lifeless.

"Ding~"

Chenma also breathed a sigh of relief, looked in the direction of Tianfeng, and raised his hand towards him.

The wind understood and urged the Two-Tails to come to Tatsuma's side. Tatsuma stood on the Eight-Tails' head, his hands clasped together, constantly refining and fusing chakra.

"Splash~"

After a while, new chains emerged from his body and pierced into the two-tailed creature's body.

Just then, Tatsuma and Tenka simultaneously looked in a certain direction. A bolt of lightning approached from afar, like a lightning bolt striking down, moving at an extremely fast speed. The powerful lightning chakra enveloped Tatsuma, who was showing signs of fatigue.

"Eight thousand spears!"

Tianfeng's eyes widened, and a tear of blood welled up in his eye. Chenma, in an instant, felt his entire body locked in space and time. He looked at Tianfeng and raised his hand to stop him.

"Unparalleled strength!"

Immediately, a punch was thrown at the lightning, and from within the lightning, another fist emerged, the two fists facing each other.

"boom!!!"

After a brief stalemate, the Third Raikage, caught in the lightning, couldn't hold on and was sent flying backward.

Meanwhile, on the summit of another ring of mountains outside the Konoha ninja encirclement, countless Cloud Ninjas had also ascended and assumed combat stances.

Landing on the ground, the Third Raikage's figure dragged along the ground for a long time before finally stopping. He looked up in shock at Tatsuma, who clearly looked exhausted. How could this kid still have such power?!

Or is it that in just a few months, Chenma has already progressed to the point where his physique has surpassed Chenma's, which has been forged and tempered for decades?

Physical progress is always slow and difficult, but Tatsuma Sakamoto seems to have defied this ironclad rule and succeeded.

Tatsuma shook his hand, glanced around at the Cloud Ninja surrounding them, then looked down at the Third Raikage, who was also shaking his hand. Chakra surged, and his monstrous strength made his voice incredibly loud, carrying far and wide.

"Lord Raikage! I'm here to negotiate!"

(End of this chapter)