I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 55 Trying to empathize with animals will only move humans themselves.

Looking in the direction of the sound, Chenma saw a woman with dark red hair, whose appearance immediately conveyed the meaning of the word "dignified".

Without needing any introduction, Tatsuma knew the person's identity: it was Mito Uzumaki, the wife of the First Hokage and the first Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast.

Seeing Mito's serious expression, Tsunade shrank back and didn't dare to talk back. Even Jiraiya lowered his head and didn't dare to express any opinion.

Seeing that Tsunade dared not cause further trouble, Mito Uzumaki turned to Tatsuma and Minato, her expression instantly becoming kind and gentle. She slowly walked to their side and said:

"Children, I'll trouble you to make this trip for me."

Tatsuma realized that Mito Uzumaki was probably talking about a mission, but he still didn't know what the mission was. He nodded, and Minato did the same.

Mito Uzumaki nodded and then said, "I heard from Jiraiya that you two both have a talent for perception and you learn sealing techniques very quickly. If you have time after this mission, you can come here often."

Kushina has also recently been learning sensory and sealing techniques. If you're interested, you can learn together.

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma was somewhat excited. He had acquired the sealing talent from Kushina Uzumaki, but because he hadn't acquired it completely, although he knew how to use some of the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques, he didn't understand the underlying principles.

Moreover, these were all basic sealing techniques with relatively low difficulty and not particularly powerful sealing effects, which Chenma was not satisfied with.

He wanted to understand sealing techniques, and if he studied with Kushina, he would have the opportunity to learn more of Kushina's sealing talent, thereby further improving his own sealing technique skills.

The upper limit of sealing techniques is simply too high. Although some require the power of the Otsutsuki to use, they are still very attractive to Tatsuma.

The only thing he didn't really crave was genjutsu. After all, Orochimaru and Kurenai, both at genjutsu level 10, could be instantly defeated by a seven-on-one genjutsu fight using the same Sharingan. Without the Sharingan, there's no future in playing genjutsu.

Jiraiya then said, "Lord Mito, we will not disturb you any longer. We will return to report to you after the mission is completed."

"Okay, go ahead, be careful."

Mito Uzumaki nodded and watched the three of them, one adult and two children, leave. Tsunade glared fiercely at Jiraiya's back. That bastard actually ran away while she was too scared to speak.

After the others left, Mito Uzumaki looked at Tsunade, then at the playing cards scattered on the ground, and asked in an extremely calm tone, "Did you learn the technique I taught you?"

"not yet"

Tsunade felt a little guilty. She had no interest in studying at all. If she couldn't calm her mind, how could she possibly absorb any knowledge?

"I thought you had already learned it, otherwise why would you be playing cards so leisurely with two kids today?"

Sensing the sarcasm in her grandmother's words, Tsunade put her hands behind her back, leaned forward, looked down at the ground, and rubbed the ground with the toe of her right foot, saying:

"I will study hard, I just want to relax a bit today."

"That would be best."

Mito Uzumaki turned around and walked into the inner room, a hint of helplessness on her face. How could this granddaughter be just as unreliable as her husband who had been dead for many years?

Besides, at least her husband understands that she has a responsibility to the village and isn't always out of control, but Tsunade is still too young.

"Jiraiya-sensei, what mission are we going to carry out?"

After leaving the Senju clan's territory, Tatsuma finally couldn't contain his curiosity and asked.

Jiraiya, with his hands in his pockets, said, "It's nothing, it's just that someone accidentally found the scroll from which the Uzumaki clan sealed some kind of strange ninja beast."

Then the ninja beast was released. It wasn't particularly strong, but it was very difficult to seal. I came specifically to ask how to seal that ninja beast.

As he spoke, Jiraiya pulled his hand out of his sleeve and waved a sealing scroll in his hand.

Jiraiya's answer did not truly resolve Tatsuma's doubts; instead, it made him even more curious about what kind of ninja beast required Mito Uzumaki's help to seal it.

Moreover, it's strange that such a ninja beast could be created by a Jonin and two newly graduated ninjas.

Minato had also thought of this, and he hesitated about how to ask. At this moment, Jiraiya noticed their confusion and said with a smile:

"This ninja beast's strength lies not in its fighting ability, but in its kindness."

"bona fide?"

"Yes, this ninja beast was targeted by the Uzumaki clan not because of its powerful combat abilities, nor because it committed evil deeds, but because it provided too much 'help' to humans."

After Jiraiya finished explaining, Minato became even more confused, and Tatsuma also frowned, noticing the strange emphasis in Jiraiya's words.

After whetting their appetites, Jiraiya continued, "Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a ninja beast that looked like a tanuki. One day, it got injured and hid in the forest."

A passing merchant found it and helped it. Later, this merchant also fell on hard times and lost his business.

Just then, a stranger found the merchant, took him to the forest, gave him a shop, and introduced him to many customers, making the merchant rich again.

This stranger was actually a human form that the tanuki had transformed into. Later, the Uzumaki clan discovered the tanuki, captured it, and sealed it away.

"Huh? Why?"

Minato looked puzzled. He had actually guessed halfway through that the stranger was Tanuki, but he never expected the plot to develop this way.

It shouldn't be that after the merchant made a comeback, others became envious and wanted to destroy the merchant's business again, and the tanuki couldn't bear it anymore and stepped in to help the merchant.

Is it only when someone accidentally uses excessive force, severely injuring or even killing another human that they are sealed away? Why would someone be sealed away simply for helping others?

Jiraiya chuckled, not immediately offering an explanation, but instead looking at Tatsuma and asking, "Tatsuma, what do you think?"

Tatsuma pondered for a moment and said, "How could a shop in the forest attract so many customers? Either these customers are tanuki in disguise, or they were brought to the forest by some means."

I tend to think it's the latter. Perhaps the tanuki only felt gratitude towards the merchant and had no concept of others. The reason it was sealed by the Uzumaki clan wasn't because it helped others, but rather...

In trying to help this business owner, others were harmed.

Jiraiya nodded appreciatively and said, "Indeed, this tanuki controlled the surrounding humans to go into the forest in order to help the merchants, but did not help them get out of the forest."

Many who ventured into the forest either starved to death or encountered wild animals.

Minato, who had initially felt indignant on behalf of the tanuki, gaped, unsure how to respond. Tatsuma patted him on the shoulder and said, "Human concepts and ideas do not apply to other species."

Furthermore, there are significant differences between different species; for example, the emotions expressed when cats and dogs wag their tails are completely opposite.

"That's right. Casually resonating with other species can cause unnecessary harm to both yourself and them. As humans, our mission this time is to stop this polite behavior before it leads to a major disaster."

(End of this chapter)