I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 58 Adults are the ones who crave the light the most.

Minato had never seen the ninja beast before, but based on Jiraiya's previous conversation with Moyu and his observation of Apo, he quickly determined that the person carrying the fish basket was the ninja beast in disguise.

After all, no one in the entire Apo region went out to sea to fish. Only this boy was carrying two large fish baskets filled with stones. If he wasn't the ninja beast helping Moyu "fish", then who was?

The boy, pointed at by Minato, looked around in a panic, then turned and ran with his bow legs. However, he still chose to carry the two heavy fish baskets on his back and did not take them off.

Jiraiya rushed towards the boy and arrived behind him in the blink of an eye. He reached out and grabbed the boy, who turned around in a panic, opened his mouth wide, and made a low, rumbling sound like an engine.

"Snap!"

Jiraiya tripped and fell flat on his face. Tatsuma and Minato, who were a step slower, rushed to his side and helped him up. It was at this moment that Jiraiya regained his senses, formed hand seals, and shouted, "Genjutsu: Release!"

After dispelling the genjutsu, Jiraiya was panting heavily. By then, the boy had already disappeared. Tatsuma formed hand seals to sense his surroundings, but he couldn't detect any unusual chakra.

Minato then asked, "Jiraiya-sensei, are you alright?"

Jiraiya shook his head and said, "I was just accidentally caught in a genjutsu, but that genjutsu was really strange. In the illusion, I actually stepped on my own OO skin and then tripped over it."

Tatsuma rolled his eyes, glanced at Jiraiya's groin, and said, "Jiraiya-sensei, you need to have a clear understanding of yourself. How can a man trip over his own genitals? Hyperplasia isn't that exaggerated, is it?"

Minato looked down, thought for a moment, and said, "I think Tatsuma is right. He should be able to react to such an absurd hallucination in an instant, right?"

"It's only because you kids don't understand the romance of adult men that you think it's impossible. Adult men would believe it!"

Jiraiya retorted, then patted the mud off his body and continued, "It seems that the influence of this illusion on people is increasing day by day."

If we don't do anything about it, in a few days everyone might go crazy like that child. Look at that child's mother.

As he spoke, Jiraiya pointed to the woman who had just been crying and begging others. At this moment, the urgency in her eyes had disappeared. She picked up her child and walked towards Moyu's fish stall.

"Let's go to the fish stall now. They probably don't have many fish stones left, which is why that ninja beast came to deliver stones."

Tatsuma looked in the direction of the fish stall, and Jiraiya nodded, saying, "Well, since we can't find that ninja beast, we'll just have to let it come to us."

The three of them quickly arrived around the fish stall, but this time they didn't queue up. Instead, they waited around. By this time, Mao You didn't have many stones left. While serving customers, he also started looking around.

Obviously, Mogi would normally receive a replenishment of "fish" at this time, but because of the arrival of Tatsuma and the others, the ninja beast didn't dare to come and deliver fish at all.

The three of them entered and concealed themselves, waiting for the ninja beast to appear. Mogi sold "fish" one after another, his face showing increasing anxiety.

Finally, after Maoyou weighed the last fish, the bow-legged boy appeared stealthily, carrying two large fish baskets.

"Jin Chang, why are you so late today?"

Mao asked with concern, and the ninja beast known as the Golden Beast shook its head, put down the two fish baskets, picked up the two empty fish baskets, and was about to leave.

"Kim Jang, right? I advise you to stay."

Suddenly, Mao You felt something cold against his neck. He reached out to grab it, but saw Jin Chang's panicked expression and his hands raised to stop him.

"Moyu, don't move!"

Jin Chang spoke, which slightly surprised Jiraiya, who was standing behind Mao You with a kunai pressed against him, but he quickly became more composed.

He glanced sideways at the fishermen still queuing, who showed no reaction to the scene, then looked back at Kim Chang and said, "Make the fishermen leave, and let's have a proper talk."

"Jin Jin, what happened? Did you offend someone?"

Mao You didn't dare turn around. Looking at the panicked Jin Chang, he thought that Jin Chang had offended someone and was being sought out for revenge.

Jin Chang did not answer Mao You, but looked at Jiraiya and finally chose to listen to Jiraiya. He turned to look at the fishermen and made a gurgling sound like an engine.

After the sound spread, the fishermen who were queuing to buy fish turned around and walked back the way they came. In a short while, the street, which was almost crowded, was cleared out, leaving only a few people.

Tatsuma and Minato appeared on either side of Kincho, forming opposing hand seals. Their chakra was fully refined and mobilized, ready to unleash their techniques at any moment.

Seeing that Kincho had no intention of making any rash moves, Jiraiya nodded to Tatsuma and Minato to indicate that they were alright. Then, he looked at Kincho and said, "Could you explain what happened here?"

Upon hearing this, before Jin Chang could speak, Mao You was about to speak, but Jiraiya locked his arm, his elbow clamping around Mao You, preventing him from speaking.

Jin Chang became even more nervous and said, "I...I said, it was me, it was all me. I hope that a good person like Mr. Maoyou can live a better life, so I told the other fishermen not to go out to sea and to come and buy Mr. Maoyou's fish."

Mao You, who was locked up, stared wide-eyed. He hadn't expected that the fishermen weren't going out to sea because of Jin Chang, but why would that attract the enemy?

Enemy? No!

At this moment, Maoyou noticed the two children next to Jinchang. He hadn't noticed them in the morning because he was too busy selling fish, but now he realized that the two children were actually ninjas.

The reason I didn't notice before was because one of them had their headband tied to their arm, and the other had their headband covered by golden bangs. So, the one who was locking himself up must be the white-haired youth, who was also a ninja.

But why, why were they targeted by ninjas for selling fish?

Before he could figure it out, Jiraiya shook his head and said, "Kincho, does Moyu know your identity?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Chang's face became even more panicked, his bowed legs trembling uncontrollably as he tried to escape. His subtle movements alerted Tatsuma and Minato, who were ready to unleash their techniques at any moment.

However, Tatsuma, looking at the panicked Kincho, said with a smile, "Kincho, I don't think there's any need to hide this. After all, Mr. Moyu did save you. Don't you want to express your gratitude in your true form?"

(End of this chapter)