I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 548 Money isn't the only catalyst for motivation, but it can always inspire it.

"Still won't admit it? Then I'll have no choice but to inject you with the world's most potent snake venom!"

On the way back to the Konoha camp, Orochimaru spoke menacingly to Tatsuma, who was currently wrapped around the neck of a brightly colored venomous snake, its tongue gently licking the skin of his neck.

"I'm innocent! Lord Orochimaru, how could someone learn another's signature move just from one fight? How could such a thing happen?"

Tatsuma raised his hands, looking completely innocent, and said, "Even if such a person really existed, it should be an Uchiha. Since Tenka is here at our camp, why don't you study the secrets of the Sharingan's ability to copy ninjutsu and genjutsu?"

Orochimaru maintained his scrutinizing gaze. Clearly, he didn't trust Tatsuma much today. His golden snake eyes, full of doubt, continued to scan Tatsuma.

Seeing this, Tatsuma quickly gave Tsunade, Jiraiya, Minato, and the others a meaningful look, but unfortunately, they were also scrutinizing Tatsuma.

After all, following Shikaku's reminder last time, they also noticed something amiss. If there really was someone in the world who could acquire an opponent's abilities through just one or two battles.

So the probability that this person is an Uchiha is very high, but not higher than that of Sakamoto Tatsuma.

Minato, in particular, who was most likely to speak up for Tatsuma, had the most intense scrutiny in his eyes at this moment. After all, he had accompanied Tatsuma and watched him defeat one tailed beast after another, and then, inexplicably, he was able to use the tailed beasts' abilities.

And after that battle against the Third Raikage, Tatsuma was also able to use Lightning Release. Minato wanted to know this secret as well.

Although his current fighting style no longer revolves around the Five Elements Escape Technique, and he may not even use it in a battle, at most only as a supplementary technique.

However, the lack of talent in Water Release and Earth Release has always been Minato's "fatal flaw." This not only affects his combat abilities but also his sensory abilities and support skills, as the absence of these two chakra natures limits his development.

If Tatsuma really had a way to enable people who didn't have a talent for a certain ninjutsu to learn that attribute's ninjutsu, it would be a revolution in the academic world of ninjutsu, and countless people would benefit.

Therefore, Minato even prayed that Tatsuma could really learn his opponent's signature move by defeating him, because given their relationship, if Tatsuma had it, he would definitely not mind giving it to Minato.

Seeing their gazes, Tatsuma struggled to speak, "You really shouldn't be misled by that kid Shikaku! This is a very simple reverse-engineering trap. Do you really prefer to believe him rather than me?"

Tsunade and Jiraiya withdrew their gazes, finding the outcome and process uninteresting. They were simply somewhat surprised if Shikaku's guess was true.

Since Tatsuma is unwilling to admit it, then so be it. In any case, whether it is true or not will not have any impact on the two of them.

Minato pondered for a moment and chose to trust Tatsuma. After all, Tatsuma was never a stingy person, and if he really had a solution, he would definitely share it with him.

Only Orochimaru said in a sinister tone, "It's not that I don't want to believe it, but where in this world can there be so many coincidences? From a probabilistic point of view, it's unreasonable to make such a big improvement after every victory."

"My teacher's luck with gambling is also unreasonable."

Tatsuma shrugged, and Tsunade, who was standing next to him, turned her head and glared at him, while Orochimaru also glanced at her. Orochimaru curled his lip, but still withdrew the venomous snake that was wrapped around Tatsuma's neck.

Anyway, the venomous snake is useless. Given Tatsuma's physique and vitality, let alone the amount of venom that a small venomous snake can inject, even if all of Tatsuma's blood were replaced with venomous snake venom, Orochimaru believed that Tatsuma would still be able to survive.

If Tatsuma truly didn't possess the special ability Orochimaru had anticipated, Orochimaru frowned and asked, "How did you master Lightning Release?"

Minato, who had already looked away, turned his gaze back to the question. He was just as curious about this as Tatsuma, even more so than whether Tatsuma had secretly mastered Dust Release.

"Wave, it's a wave."

Tatsuma also tried to recall the feelings he had when [Driving Thunder and Lightning] and [Drawing the Tail on the Ground] brought about changes, and said: "The human body is like a tuning fork stand, with different tuning forks inserted, and everyone has more or less."

A person with a single chakra attribute is like someone with only one tuning fork; no matter how it's struck, there will only be one frequency, at most a difference in strength.

Those with multi-attribute chakra talents possess multiple tuning forks within their bodies, capable of striking waves of different frequencies. They can even transmit multiple frequencies simultaneously in the form of chords; this is the bloodline limit.

Although I currently possess multiple "tuning forks," I also have a vague idea of ​​enabling people without a certain chakra attribute talent to use this chakra attribute method.

If the wavebands and spectra of the five chakra natures can be accurately separated, others can simulate chakra of a specific nature through simulation.

Minato frowned in thought, while Orochimaru quickly broke free from the "thought trap" and asked, "But you still haven't answered why you mastered Lightning Release."

"Lord Orochimaru, sometimes being too clever can be a mistake, do you understand?"

Tatsuma also looked at Orochimaru with a sinister gaze. Orochimaru snorted coldly and said, "Go back and cooperate with my research."

"You decide."

Tatsuma's posture suddenly relaxed, and Orochimaru finally revealed a satisfied smile, saying, "Your idea is very interesting. In fact, any technique can be analyzed and recorded in the form of waves."

"Right, it's such a waste that Nono studied medical ninjutsu. She's more suited to scientific research."

No sooner had Tatsuma finished speaking than Tsunade said in a sinister tone, "You have a problem with that?"

No! Absolutely not!

What can Tatsuma do when faced with his teacher? He just keeps backing down.

Orochimaru ignored the interaction between master and disciple and continued, "If we could analyze and record the waveforms of various techniques using an oscilloscope, and then connect a transformer and frequency converter to a chakra capacitor, we could convert chakra into the waveform output of the technique."

"Scientific ninja tools?"

"This is a good name."

Orochimaru nodded affirmatively and said, "Chakra oscilloscope, chakra transformer frequency modulator, chakra capacitor. As long as these three core components are developed, even ordinary people can easily use ninjutsu."

If we can understand these points, then we can truly produce scientific ninja tools—it's a completely untapped market! The profits it could generate are unimaginable!

Tatsuma initially nodded, but as he heard further, his eyelids twitched, and he asked, "Isn't Orochimaru-sama being too profit-driven by conducting research solely for money?"

"Who does scientific research if not for money? Besides, isn't the purpose of securing funding to make the research work run more smoothly?"

Orochimaru curled his lip and said, "You don't actually want to do research for the sake of academic advancement, do you? Ha, that's too naive."

Feeling unjustly scorned, Tatsuma was speechless. Orochimaru's idea was good, but the conditions for its implementation were still lacking. Just as Tatsuma was pondering this, Orochimaru slapped him on the shoulder and said:

"When you become the Fourth Hokage, a Jonin, more than half of Konoha's annual surplus must be used for scientific research. Only in this way can Konoha stay at the forefront of the times. Do you understand?"

Of course, once you become Hokage, you probably won't have that much time to oversee scientific research. I'll help you allocate this money in various ways.

"We'll talk about it again, we'll talk about it again."

The conversation between the two was so intense that no one else could get a word in edgewise, and even trying to keep up with their rapidly jumping thoughts was difficult. After listening for a while, Jiraiya only understood that Orochimaru wanted to take the village's money to do what interested him. He quickly spoke up:

"Then let's use the remaining half to develop the hot spring industry! That way we can attract more women."

"Bang!"

Before Jiraiya could finish speaking, Tsunade punched him away.

"I'll manage and invest the remaining half on your behalf! I'm confident I can at least double that amount!"

"You mean gambling?"

Tatsuma rolled his eyes, and Tsunade, whose thoughts had been exposed, laughed awkwardly and said, "Haha~ Anyway, it's a surplus."

Orochimaru rolled his eyes at Tsunade and said, "Giving it to you is not as good as just throwing it into the sea. Maybe it will increase the territory area over time."

"you!"

"Alright, alright, aren't you two thinking too far ahead? Even if I were to become Hokage, let alone if I weren't, such a large sum of money isn't something I can decide on my own."

Chenma was speechless. How could everyone he knew be so vulgar? Money is such a dirty thing; it's enough that it corrupts one person, but we can't let others be defiled as well!

Minato then spoke up hesitantly, trying to steer the conversation back on track, saying, "Um... Tatsuma, could I discuss with you the issue you mentioned about simulating elemental chakra using chakra? When you have time?"

"Of course you can, but I haven't organized my thoughts yet, so it's hard to describe them."

Tatsuma naturally wouldn't refuse, and Orochimaru interjected, "That's easy. I'll just need to develop the chakra oscilloscope. So, you know what to do with the first sum of money, right?"

If Minato hadn't known that the meager sums he had were of no help to Orochimaru's research project, he would have truly wanted to give his all to help Orochimaru develop this so-called chakra oscilloscope.

The group joked and played around before returning to the camp. Shikaku was already waiting there. Upon meeting, he subtly inquired whether Tatsuma had mastered Dust Release.

After receiving a negative answer, Shikaku reacted the same way as Orochimaru: he didn't believe it.

However, he didn't press the matter further, presiding over the post-war meeting, since these matters needed to be compiled into battle reports and sent back to the village, making it the highest priority.

Tenka and Kushina also returned, and they recounted the details of their respective missions.

Because of the victory, the meeting proceeded easily and smoothly, and soon it ended. Tianfeng stood up and said, "I'll go and rest for a bit; my eyes are a little sore."

Tatsuma nodded, and Tenfu got up and walked towards the door, but accidentally tripped on the threshold. Tatsuma's brows furrowed instantly.

"Then everyone else, let's adjourn the meeting. Go back and get some rest. We'll celebrate later tonight."

Tsunade spoke confidently, and no one else objected. Kushina stood up, intending to leave, but Tatsuma spoke up, "Kushina, let me meet with Kurama."

(End of this chapter)