I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

The significance of the superior, middle, and inferior strategies in Chapter 526 lies in guiding others to choose the options you want them to choose.

"Fire Release: Red Phoenix Claw!"

In the training field, facing the several paper airplanes floating in the air, Shisui formed hand seals, his hands brushing across his waist pouch, and several kunai were thrown from his hands.

At the same time, he opened his mouth and breathed out flames, which split into several balls, wrapped around the kunai, and flew together towards the paper airplane.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

But Shisui didn't stop. Instead, he formed another hand seal and spat out a fireball, which arrived at the bottom of the paper airplane in an instant.

As the paper airplane was affected by the sudden high temperature, it rose a little higher. It was during this short upward flight that the paper airplane collided head-on with the kunai that had been thrown out beforehand.

The moment the kunai passed through the paper airplane, flames ignited between them. As it burned, fragments of paper ash fell. Shisui's face lit up with an excited smile. He wanted to raise his hand to wipe the sweat that might be on his forehead, but it was blocked by his ninja headband.

Touching the cool metal, Zhi Shui's smile widened. In the past six months, he had been training continuously, and in the last two months, he had taken three assessments, the first two of which were clan assessments.

However, he was too nervous during the first assessment. The fear of failing the assessment caused him to make mistakes and he did not pass.

The second time, having failed once, he calmed down and became the youngest ninja in Uchiha history, even a few months younger than Kakashi in terms of age.

However, he was soon "educated" by Kakashi, because after passing the clan's assessment, the village still arranged a test for him, and the person who tested him was Kakashi.

Without a doubt, Shisui lost. No matter how talented Shisui was, he could only reach the threshold of genin at the age of five. Kakashi, who was almost five years older than him and whose talent was no less than his, was naturally much stronger than Shisui.

Fortunately, Kakashi didn't seem to care that Shisui had taken the record for the youngest Konoha ninja, so in his evaluation, he still recommended Shisui, saying that he had the talent to become a ninja.

So Shisui, who had just turned five and whose birthday hadn't even been celebrated for a few days, became the youngest genin in the history of Konoha, though he hadn't yet been assigned a jonin to lead a team.

Because Tatsuma had gone into battle again half a year ago, rotating with the Uchiha in the western battlefield, and only returned these past two days, he was sitting not far away. Shisui nodded and said:

"Well done. Battles are just like life. If you only give someone one choice, then they actually have two choices: accept or reject."

But when you give someone two choices, they will subconsciously choose one of them. For example, if you don't want to buy soy sauce for your mother, you can simply say...

Okay, Mom, I'm currently practicing a ninjutsu technique, and I should be able to buy it for you in about two hours. After saying that, give another option, for example...

Or Mom, you see Dad doesn't have much to do, so let him go buy it.

At this point, your mother will decide, based on the priority of your soy sauce needs, whether to wait two hours for you or have your father go buy it. And most likely, she'll only arrange for someone else to buy it when it's time to cook, so…

Tatsuma raised an eyebrow, and Shisui nodded, indicating that he understood, but he didn't mind buying soy sauce for his parents.

Of course, Shisui knew that Tatsuma was just using an analogy. Tatsuma continued, "Battle is the same. If you only strike the enemy once, then he can fight back, defend, or dodge."

However, if you simultaneously employ multiple attack methods, especially by eliminating as many options as possible—either evasion or confrontation—then he will be left with only defense, and the remaining choice will be which one to defend against.

Shisui nodded seriously. He lacked real combat experience, and the reason he lost to Kakashi, apart from Kakashi's physical superiority over him, was mainly due to the difference in their combat mindset.

Battles between ninjas are essentially fast-paced games of chess, requiring them to make decisions quickly while also having a comprehensive view of the situation and thinking three steps ahead for every move they make.

If you think too little or think wrongly, you will fail, or even lose your life.

Before, Zhi Shui was like most students, habitually breaking down his knowledge and talents into individual pieces and treating each situation he encountered as an independent event, unable to truly connect them.

However, with just a little guidance from Tatsuma, Shisui's talent was revealed, and he quickly grasped what Tatsuma was saying, which was another reason why Tatsuma liked this child.

Because most adults, such as Tianfeng and Qiandou, couldn't keep up with his thinking, the fact that a lovable child could think in sync with him made Chenma find Shisui even more pleasing to the eye.

"Let's try again. I'll make it a little more difficult. Some paper airplanes will attack you, some will run away, and some will wait for an opportunity to strike. What you have to do is shoot down all the paper airplanes before they get close to you or escape."

Tatsuma looked at Shisui, who had returned after picking up the kunai, and said, "Okay, I'm ready."

Tatsuma took out a scroll, which, when unsealed, revealed stacks of explosive tags. Tatsuma formed the opposing hand seal, and his chakra instantly connected with the paper.

"Paper Technique! Air Strike!"

Exploding tags floated up under the pull of chakra, folding in the air into paper airplanes that looked very strange to Shisui. Tatsuma pointed to the sky with one finger and gently shook his finger.

Guided by the instructions, the paper airplanes formed a formation as they hovered in the air. Then, the first few paper airplanes flew towards Zhishui. Judging from the faintly wriggling and glowing sealing spell, these paper airplanes made of explosive talismans could explode at any moment.

Shisui leaped backward, dodging the onslaught of paper airplanes, but his gaze remained fixed on the circling formation of planes in the air. At that moment, one paper airplane after another broke away from the formation and flew towards the outer edge.

"Ninja Art! Shuriken Technique!"

Shisui flung out several shuriken with thin rubber bands attached, and under his control, the shuriken quickly attacked the paper airplanes that were trying to escape.

But at this moment, the paper airplane that attacked Shisui dove into a U-shape and soared back towards Shisui in the air. At the same time, two more planes flew out from the circling group and exploded around the shuriken.

"Bang bang~"

The explosive tag snapped the rubber band, and the shuriken instantly went out of control. But Shisui couldn't care less at that moment. He twisted his body in mid-air and narrowly avoided the paper airplane landing.

"Wind Release: Gale Palm!"

"Wind Release: Sky Cannon!"

Shisui dodged the paper airplane and used ninjutsu repeatedly. The wind pressure caused the drifting paper airplane to spin and fall downwards, while air bullets hit the out-of-control shuriken, changing its flight angle.

"Bang bang bang~"

The paper airplane was hit by the shuriken and exploded. Amidst the smoke and fire, the paper airplane that had originally attacked Shisui, along with the circling aircraft, were now swooping down from all angles, almost blocking all of Shisui's directions.

"Wind Release! Chaotic Airflow!"

It's a very basic wind-style ninjutsu, barely enough to release wind-attribute chakra in all directions, only slightly stirring up some sand and leaves. However, it's sufficient to deal with light, floating paper airplanes.

All the paper airplanes that rushed towards Shisui, along with the smoke and dust surrounding him, scattered haphazardly. Shisui, however, pulled out two large shuriken and, while spinning around in place, threw them out.

"Ninja Art! The Technique of Throwing All Shuriken Outwards!"

Upon seeing this technique, Tatsuma's eye twitched, but all the shuriken hit the paper airplane.

"Bang bang bang~"

Amidst the fireworks, Shisui smiled and looked at Tatsuma, expecting praise. Tatsuma nodded reluctantly, offering a somewhat sincere smile, but quickly asked:

"Your final ninja tool throwing technique."

"It was Jiraiya-sama who taught me. Last time he came back to the village, he said that if I didn't learn, he would... He took off my clothes and threw them into the women's bathhouse."

Shisui scratched his head. He had previously looked down on this ninja tool throwing technique, always finding it ridiculous. But he still said, "Actually, this technique works very well when combined with the Uchiha's shurikenjutsu, but I haven't been able to fully combine the two yet."

Tatsuma also mentally rehearsed the seemingly random throwing technique. If combined with his superior calculation ability and shuriken control, it might actually be quite effective.

He nodded and said, "Then you can give it a try, but you don't need to put too much effort into it. Against a strong opponent, even the fastest flying ninja tool will become useless after a long journey, at most it can only serve as a harassment."

"I see."

Shisui nodded again. Tatsuma, seeing Shisui looking somewhat tired from continuously unleashing ninjutsu, patted the spot next to him and said, "Come and rest."

Upon hearing this, Shisui did not immediately go over, but instead asked, "Then..."

Seeing Shisui's hesitant expression, Tatsuma raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Does this mean I passed the assessment?"

"Assessment? What assessment?"

Tatsuma asked in confusion, and Shisui was taken aback before saying, "After the meeting, isn't it usually the Jonin who leads the team to test the Genin? I heard Kakashi-senpai and the others mention that."

"Oh, that's just a product of formalism; it's not very important."

After hearing Tatsuma's explanation, Shisui nodded, but a hint of regret appeared on his face. Tatsuma noticed this, then smiled, shook his head, clapped his hands, stood up, walked to Shisui, patted him on the shoulder, and said:

"Uchiha Shisui!"

"arrive!"

"Congratulations on passing my test. From now on, you will be a member of Sakamoto Tatsuma's team. Please take good care of me."

This time, Shisui finally smiled, nodded vigorously, and said, "Nice to meet you! How should I address you from now on? Still Uncle Tatsuma? Or..."

"Just call me teacher. If you want an apprenticeship ceremony, I can hold one for you later. Right now, everyone is outside the village, so it's not very convenient."

"No need for that. Being your disciple is enough."

Tatsuma ruffled Shisui's hair and said, "Go and bring Sadaharu back. Teacher will treat you to barbecue at noon."

"Um!"

During the war, the barbecue restaurant Q was nearly empty. The two people and their cat ate their fill without being disturbed. However, just as they stepped out of the barbecue restaurant Q, a masked ANBU ninja emerged from the shadows and said:

"Lord Tatsuma, the Hokage requests your presence."

Tatsuma nodded. He had sensed the presence of the ANBU ninja just now, but since he waited until Tatsuma and the others finished eating before appearing, the matter should not be too urgent.

Tatsuma looked down at Shisui and said, "Let's go together and take care of the formalities while we're at it."

"Okay, teacher."

(End of this chapter)