I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 531 Keeping one's word is simply not a valid concept in the adult world.

"Bang!"

"Lord Kang Cheng, we of Konoha come with a heart of peace, and we hope you will not remain obstinate."

"Bang!"

"Your Excellency Kang Cheng, you must have been misled by the absurdities of a petty person, which is why you harbor hostility towards me. But it's alright, the misunderstanding has been cleared up, don't you think?"

"Bang!"

"Lord Kang Cheng, why are you still resisting? Haven't you come to your senses yet?"

"Bang!"

"Your Excellency Kang Cheng."

In Takigakure, Tatsuma looked at Yasunari, whose body was half embedded in the mountain, and spoke earnestly. As for the surrounding area, the trees were lush, and countless ninjas wearing Takigakure headbands were trapped by the trees and vines.

"Sigh~"

Tatsuma shook his blood-stained fist, looked at the unrecognizable Yasunari, and asked, "Are you awake now, Mr. Yasunari? Do you understand who the enemy is and who the friend is?"

Yasunari shakily raised his hand, chakra coalescing, water mist gathering in his palm, but never taking shape. Tatsuma tilted his head and asked, "Lord Yasunari, is this really necessary?"

"Evil demon!"

Kang Cheng wanted to fight back, but the chakra within his body was completely unruly. The boundless pain prevented him from mixing his mental and physical energy, and he couldn't even release the most basic techniques.

"Tick-tock~"

The water mist finally gathered into a single drop, which landed on Tatsuma's shoe. Tatsuma looked down at the drop of water on his shoe and quickly spread it out.

"Lord Kang Cheng, I apologize for offending you in order to dissuade you from your stubbornness!"

"Bang!"

Tatsuma threw a punch, and seeing Yasunari's eyes rolling back, he said apologetically, "Lord Yasunari, this is a choice I had no other choice to make."

"Bang!"

"Your Excellency Kang Cheng, the limitations of our time."

"Bang!"

"Your Excellency Kang Cheng, the growing pains of development."

"Bang!"

"Your Excellency Kang Cheng, this is a necessary sacrifice."

"Bang!"

"Your Excellency Kang Cheng, a magnificent exploration."

The Takigakure ninjas, bound to the trees, stared in fury as they watched their leader being so easily defeated by ninjas from other villages, and how utterly insignificant they themselves were. Their anger gradually turned into fear.

The commands gradually turned into pleas, with the rider constantly begging Tatsuma to stop. After a long while, with Kang Cheng's entire body embedded in the mountainside, Tatsuma finally stopped, looked at the dying Kang Cheng, and asked:

"Your Excellency Kang Cheng, are you willing to sit down and have a proper talk?"

Kang Cheng was no longer able to reply, his head drooping as the thick blood dripped down. Chen Ma formed a hand seal, gathering water in his hand to wash the blood off his fist.

He then turned around and looked at the Takigakure ninja trapped in the forest, saying, "Gentlemen, we from Konoha have come for peace, and we hope that Takigakure can give us an opportunity for friendly negotiations."

To show my sincerity, I have brought the world's leading medical technology, which can help Takigakure's leader Yasunari recover his health. I have also brought equally advanced sealing technology to help Takigakure resolve the threat of the Tailed Beasts.

I wonder if this sincerity is enough?

Tatsuma's smile was both sincere and businesslike, but when Takishino saw it, he suddenly felt a chill run through his body. The icy coldness that ran from his tailbone to the back of his head made them feel as if they had returned to their childhood and saw their father pick up a clothes hanger.

"Please, please save Lord Kangcheng!"

Finally, one of the Takigakure ninjas spoke up tremblingly. Tatsuma nodded, turned around, looked at Yasunari who was barely breathing, and formed hand seals, gathering a special green chakra.

This was a special chakra that combined medical ninjutsu with his Wood Release chakra. As the chakra seeped into Kang Cheng's body, his injuries began to heal at a visible speed.

The severely deformed bones began to realign, and soon, apart from still looking bloody and weak from excessive blood loss, Kang Cheng had actually recovered almost completely.

He had even regained consciousness and realized that his mobility had returned, but he remained nestled inside the mountain, afraid to move.

At this moment, Tatsuma also spoke up: "My teacher said that an excellent medical ninja needs to be able to live and kill freely. Although I'm not exactly a medical ninja, I can barely manage to do that, so I won't disgrace my teacher. Lord Yasunari, don't you think so?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Kang Cheng hurriedly replied, sensing the threat implied by Chen Ma. The so-called freedom to live or die meant that even if Kang Cheng wanted to die, he could not die as long as Chen Ma did not want him to, and would continue to be tortured.

Tatsuma has the ability to restore him to his original state, and he also has the ability to bring him to the brink of death. Kang Cheng has fully experienced the meaning of the phrase "on the verge of death and back to life" today.

At this moment, he was no longer as arrogant as before. Even if Tatsuma pointed at the sun and said that it was the moon, Yasunari would not dare to refute him. He would even order the word "sun" in all the textbooks of Takigakure Village to be changed to "moon".

As for the verbal agreement previously reached with Iwagakure, the idea of ​​keeping one's word simply doesn't hold true in the adult world!

Furthermore, the claim by Iwagakure that Sakamoto Tatsuma harbored ill intentions towards the tailed beasts of other hidden villages is not difficult to discern from Tatsuma's own words to be "true," but...

Let's face reality: not everyone has the ability to change the facts.

He could only obsequiously reply, "Lord Sakamoto, I'll take you to where the Seven-Tails is now. Would you please help seal it away?"

Seeing Kang Cheng's face covered in blood, yet forced to feign submission, Chen Ma shook his head and said, "No rush. For the sake of our friendly cooperation, we must find the person who has ruined our friendship."

Find them?

Kang Cheng's mind was still a little sluggish, but the next second, he saw Chen Ma reach out and plunge into the mountainside.

"Buzz buzz buzz~"

"Rumble rumble rumble~"

The mountain suddenly trembled, and the others could see more clearly that Chenma's hand, which had plunged into the mountain, had transformed into a tree, and roots and vines were constantly sprouting from the mountain's surface.

Soon after, the shaking of the mountain stopped, and the people around resumed their breathing.

"Buzz buzz buzz~"

"Rumble rumble rumble~"

But in less than a second, the mountain began to shake again, just as if the previous pause was merely to give the onlookers a chance to catch their breath. This time, the frequency and amplitude of the shaking were much greater.

"Bang bang~"

Suddenly, the mountain cracked open, and several figures bound by vines were pulled out of the mountain. Upon closer inspection, everyone recognized them as the Iwa ninja who had come to Takigakure Village in the past few days to discuss cooperation.

"Explosion Release! Landmine Fist!"

Just as Kari was about to be pulled in front of Tatsuma, his hands suddenly broke free from the vines and he punched Tatsuma hard. Tatsuma raised his other hand and grabbed at Kari's fist.

"Boom! Rumble rumble~"

The chakra in the hunter's hand exploded like ignited gunpowder, instantly engulfing the group in smoke. Shisui, who was unaffected on the outer edge, looked tense and worried as he rushed into the smoke.

But as soon as he took a step, Shisui noticed that Tatsuma's Wood Release technique, which bound the Takigakure ninja, had not changed. Those Takigakure ninja who tried to struggle were not only unable to break free, but were even bound even more tightly.

The stability of a technique requires the caster to maintain it. Although Wood Release is different from other techniques, the creations created by Wood Release will not disappear when chakra stops, but they will also be unable to continue performing the "technique" and will turn into real trees.

Just like the giant wooden figure that stood at the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers, it has now withered, since the structure of the wooden figure is not suitable for the survival of trees.

Of course, it will still stand. After all, before Chenma left, he left behind a root system that stretches for an unknown distance. Unless there is violent geological activity, the wooden man will continue to stand until it is eroded by wind and sand.

The contraction and restraint within the tree world at this moment is definitely not something the trees themselves can do. Tatsuma, the caster, has not lost control of the spell, which means that Hunti's attack did not cause Tatsuma much trouble.

Shisui stared intently at the smoke and dust. As the mountain wind blew, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and Tatsuma's figure reappeared. Seeing that his teacher was indeed unharmed as he had predicted, Shisui finally showed a slight smile.

Kari stared incredulously at the hand that Tatsuma was clenching into his fist. Although it was only for a moment, he clearly saw Tatsuma's hand being injured by the explosion of chakra.

Even the bones were vaguely visible, but now there's nothing wrong with them?

I had long heard that Tatsuma possessed a self-healing ability like the First Hokage, a talent that made him invincible on the battlefield, but I had never seen the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, fight.

This was also his first meeting with Tatsuma. At this moment, he finally believed the rumor that Tatsuma's chest had been pierced by the Third Raikage, but had recovered in an instant.

This person is truly unkillable.

"Explosion Release."

Tatsuma looked at Kari, recognized him, then turned his gaze to the others, narrowed his eyes, and said, "A demolition squad leader leading members of the sealing squad... your purpose for this trip is quite interesting, isn't it?"

As soon as Chenma finished speaking, the vines he was controlling suddenly broke off, and his wooden hand gradually returned to normal. However, the broken vines did not disperse; instead, they transformed into ropes and fasteners, locking the people in place.

"Sakamoto Tatsuma! We've sent out a distress call. The Iwa ninja will be arriving soon to surround Takigakure, and even the Tsuchikage himself will be there. You'd better back down! Don't even think about doing anything to the Tailed Beasts of Takigakure!"

Kari grimaced, suppressing the pain in his fist, and said sternly to Tatsuma, but no matter how you looked at it, it sounded like he was all bark and no bite.

Tatsuma raised an eyebrow and said, "I don't mind the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure, the Third Raikage of Kumogakure, and the Third Mizukage of Kirigakure. I'll add the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure to my list of defeated opponents."

How long will Onoki need? I can wait for him.

After he finished speaking, Kari looked at Tatsuma in disbelief. Although he already knew about Tatsuma's deeds, the shock brought by putting these deeds together and hearing them from Tatsuma himself was something Kari had not realized before.

However, Tatsuma's words, which completely disregarded the Tsuchikage Onoki, enraged Gari. He roared, "Sakamoto Tatsuma! Do you really think you're superior to everyone else and can trample on the dignity of other ninja villages at will?!"

Tatsuma slightly rotated his hand, and Gari, who had been captured, involuntarily knelt down. Tatsuma lowered his eyelids, his gaze sweeping over Gari kneeling on the ground and the bound Iwa ninja, and said calmly:

"Unlike Onoki, I don't need to fly to look down on the ninja world, nor do I need to trample dignity. As long as I can stand, I can crush the ninja world under my feet. Are you satisfied with this answer?"

I used to be able to stand tall and trample the world under my feet, until I got gout and couldn't even stand up anymore.

(End of this chapter)