I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 566 When a child is quiet, they must be up to something.

After completing his mission in the Land of Water, Sakamoto Tatsuma seemed to have vanished from the ninja world. Not only could other ninja villages not find any trace of him, but even the Konoha ninjas were unable to track his movements.

"That Sakamoto Tatsuma is so irresponsible. He threw such a young child onto the battlefield and then disappeared without a trace."

Inside the Konoha ninja camp in the Land of Grass, Jiraiya complained, looking at Shisui who was training in the distance. This was another genius like Sakamoto Tatsuma and Namikaze Minato. In just a few months, he had almost exhausted Shisui's knowledge reserves.

Even though he was just one of those who absorbed the nutrients, over the course of a few months, he, Orochimaru, Tsunade, Minato, Kushina, and even Shikaku, all imparted knowledge and skills to Shisui to varying degrees.

Zhi Shui lived up to expectations. In his youthful ignorance, he didn't know the meaning of "biting off more than he could chew." He learned whatever he could, and he learned it all quite well.

Moreover, because of better resources and more dedicated instructors, Shisui even displayed a level of prowess surpassing that of Tatsuma and Minato from over a decade ago, and Kakashi from a few years ago.

However, like these three, due to age limitations, even though they have learned a lot of skills, it is difficult to convert them into considerable combat power in a short period of time.

But what kids look for is potential, right? Shisui's potential has been recognized by the entire camp. As long as he doesn't have to go on missions, the Jonin in the camp are willing to teach him a move or two.

Although Tatsuma, the teacher, doesn't seem to care much about this student, Shisui is, after all, a disciple of the Fourth Hokage. This identity alone is enough to make people show him a friendly side.

Hearing Jiraiya's complaints, Tsunade nodded in agreement, then looked at Minato and Kushina, who had just returned from a mission, and asked, "Do you know where Tatsuma went?"

Kushina didn't answer. Although she had communicated with Kurama many times, both physically and verbally, she understood that most of her past dissatisfaction with Tatsuma was due to misunderstandings. However, pride was always hard to let go of.

Furthermore, Tatsuma didn't give her a chance to reconcile, so Kushina now has a strange feeling towards Tatsuma, her future boss. She wants to apologize, but she also has some psychological barriers.

Besides, even if they apologized, the two could not become close friends, so they would naturally not know such top-secret information as Tatsuma's whereabouts.

Minato is the most likely person to know. If Sakamoto Tatsuma is already the undisputed Fourth Hokage, then Minato is very likely to become like Shimura Danzo, who served as the assistant when the Third Hokage took office.

Of course, it's not that the two are similar in personality or style, but rather in their status, familiarity with the Hokage, and mutual trust.

But Minato shook his head and said, "Besides himself, only four people in the village know where Tatsuma is.

Orochimaru, who was originally uninterested in the topic, raised his head and looked at Minato with a puzzled expression. He was also interested in Tatsuma's whereabouts, but he couldn't find out anything about him.

Even the fact that only four people knew about this, as Minato mentioned, was something he hadn't found out. Noticing the gazes of the crowd, Minato continued, "The Third Hokage, Lord Ochū, Inoichi, and Shimura Danzo."

When he said the last name, Minato hesitated a little because he didn't know how to address Shimura Danzo now.

Danzo stepped down as the leader of Root, was removed from his positions as Hokage's assistant and elder, and even his ninja file was sealed last year. Therefore, strictly speaking, Danzo can now be said to no longer be a Konoha ninja.

Therefore, calling him "sir," "elder," or "senior" would be inappropriate. After hesitating for a moment, Minato chose to say his full name, which was the greatest respect he could give out of courtesy.

Upon hearing Minato's words, everyone showed thoughtful expressions. As the current Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi must have known Tatsuma's whereabouts.

As the head of the intelligence department, and the Yamanaka father and son who would most likely take over directly after the war, it was to be expected that they would know his whereabouts.

However, Danzo and his allies understand that the current Danzo can no longer rely on Hiruzen Sarutobi's excessive trust to share equal resources with him as he did in the past.

In other words, he knew Tatsuma's whereabouts most likely because of a connection.

What has Danzo been doing lately? He's been traveling between various small countries and enemy countries, conducting intelligence work for unknown purposes and carrying out small-scale armed operations.

Based on this, Tatsuma's whereabouts may be related to part of Danzo's operations.

This is interesting. Is it to cooperate with Danzo in intelligence work where the purpose and target are unknown, or to carry out actions that may be coordinated with or conflict with Danzo's armed operations?

Where has Danzo Shimura been active lately?

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya, who recalled for a moment and said, "Last month, it seems there were some operations at the border between the Land of Rivers and the Land of Grass. When communicating with the Land of Rivers, there were also some attacks that could not be confirmed."

Some puppeteers and bloodline limit ninjas from Sunagakure have gone missing, and even the Uchiha clan from Konoha have been attacked. The methods used are very complicated, making it difficult to identify the attackers, and it is even impossible to determine whether it was the same person or the same organization that did it.

The attacks on the Uchiha were particularly strange. The attackers always left one survivor, usually the youngest member of the team. The attacks even helped the younger generation of Uchiha awaken their Sharingan.

As for the attack on Sunagakure, it's difficult to investigate and gather evidence. The number of victims, their identities, and even their deeds are unknown, making it hard to analyze any connections.

"The Uchiha clan was attacked? Perhaps that's prejudice, but Danzo seems to have had a sufficient motive."

Orochimaru suddenly said in a sinister tone, and Jiraiya quickly said, "Orochimaru, don't talk nonsense! This matter has not been investigated yet, and the deceased's eyes were not taken away."

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru curled his lip in boredom. If the Uchiha Sharingan had not been lost, then the probability that Danzo was responsible for this would be greatly reduced.

After all, although Danzo loathed the Uchiha and held a great prejudice against them, he was never one to act without self-interest. If it weren't for his desire to steal the Sharingan for research, the probability of him attacking the Uchiha would not be high.

However, besides Danzo, who else would do such a thing? And although the whole thing is cruel, there seems to be a bizarre driving force behind it, driven by the younger generation of the Uchiha clan realizing their talents.

Who would do something like this? Maybe it was a staged act by the Uchiha clan?

Orochimaru licked his lips. If he were the head of the Uchiha clan, these attacks would be easy to explain, because he would definitely orchestrate them himself, finding the most favorable process for the Uchiha to awaken their Sharingan.

If the attack on the Uchiha clan was unrelated to Danzo, then what about the attacks on the puppeteers and bloodline limit ninjas of Sunagakure?

It seems like something Danzo would do, but it lacks appeal. For Danzo, he might do it casually if he happened to encounter it, but he wouldn't go out of his way to do anything about it.

Minato then analyzed, "We are very familiar with the battlefield in the Land of Grass. Nothing unexpected has happened, so it's unlikely that Shimura Danzo and Tatsuma are active here."

The most likely possibility is still the Land of Wind. Teacher, has anything unusual happened in the Land of Wind lately?

As he spoke, Minato looked at Jiraiya, since Jiraiya was in charge of intelligence exchanges and communication within the camp, and he should know the situation in the Land of Wind best.

Jiraiya stroked his chin and said, "It seems not. For the past few months, the Land of Wind, or rather, Sunagakure, has been playing out the same old cliché: Pakura accuses Rasa of betraying the village's interests, and Rasa countersues."

Within the Land of Wind, there are also both sides launching attacks, some genuine and some fabricated. However, the outcome should be clear soon. Lacking sufficient battlefield influence, even if Yekura could produce enough evidence, given the current situation, Sunagakure cannot allow Rasa to fall.

"This is not what Tatsuma expected."

Suddenly, the water gate opened, and in an instant, everyone looked up, their eyes meeting, filled with excitement at having discovered the truth.

Tatsuma went to Kirigakure to rescue Yotsukura, but what he wanted was not just to add a few more months of infighting in Sunagakure; he wanted much more.

"Is there a problem with the alliance between Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure? I remember that Kirigakure confirmed that they killed Pakura, but Pakura appeared in the Land of Wind unharmed. In addition, the delegation died under mysterious circumstances, which caused a conflict between Rasa's side and Kirigakure."

Although they weren't involved in what happened there, they had all received reports from the village and knew the general progress. After Tsunade finished asking her question, Minato nodded and said:

"The Hidden Cloud Village has temporarily suspended its material support to the Hidden Sand Village and its compensation to the Hidden Mist Village. In addition, Tatsuma and his group destroyed the Hidden Mist Village's supply chain. Now, both the Hidden Sand Village and the Hidden Mist Village are lacking in supplies."

However, Kumogakure, citing conflicts over alliance matters and the war with Iwagakure, refused to relax its conditions, and the current alliance was already in jeopardy. Kirigakure had even begun preparations for war at a port in the northern part of the Land of Water.

If the advance force sent by Kirigakure to our Land of Fire suffers a defeat or a victory, Kirigakure will likely choose to wage war on two fronts, exerting armed pressure on Kumogakure on one hand, demanding that it fulfill its compensation obligations as soon as possible.

On the other hand, it would be to start a formal war with Konoha. If the Kirigakure vanguard force wins, they would increase their forces, seize towns in the Land of Fire, plunder resources, and maintain the army's endurance.

If they fail, they can capture the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools. The fishermen who have moved there have already gathered enough resources, and once Kirigakure is captured, it will alleviate the shortage of supplies.

Rasa will likely accelerate his suppression and even consolidation of Yekura in an attempt to consolidate the power of the entire Sunagakure village and send a warning and pressure to Kumogakure.

"So, as long as we maintain a stalemate with the advance force of the Mist Village and ensure that Pakura of the Sand Village doesn't fall, we in Konoha can disrupt the rhythm of at least two ninja villages?"

Tsunade asked, and Orochimaru and Minato nodded simultaneously. Tsunade nodded as if she understood, and said, "So... Tatsuma probably went to back up Pakura?!"

In the land of wind, yellow sand rages. Under the scorching sun, there is not a trace of moisture in the air, and as pedestrians walk, specks of silver sand even drift off their bodies.

Yecang looked at the few ninjas he had mobilized and recruited, sighed inwardly, and then looked towards the oasis in the distance.

There, there was a Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai user who had not been recruited and was not even officially registered as a Sunagakure ninja.

Yecang looked at Juan beside him and asked, "Are you sure he's over there?"

"Yes, according to the confession of the bandits we just captured, when they launched their attack on the oasis early this morning, the Magnet Release ninja was still there, protecting the refugees in the oasis."

After finishing speaking, Yekura nodded and said, "How interesting. You're just a teacher at a commoner's school. I hope you won't be as annoying as the other Magnet Release ninjas, Mr. Ginpachi."

(End of this chapter)