I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 649 The advantage of having children is that you can vent your frustrations by hitting them and then telling them they're useless.

Looking at her younger brother lying in a pool of blood, his torso blown to shreds and leaving only an empty cavity, Tsunade trembled, wanting to rescue him, but she couldn't move her legs, and even her consciousness seemed to be frozen.

She trembled, constantly commanding herself to move her legs, but her body was still shaking and she couldn't obey. She watched helplessly as her brother's breathing gradually stopped and his eyes slowly lost their light.

Only the body was still involuntarily spasming.

In a flash, she found herself in a rainforest. Tsunade saw herself, irrationally casting medical ninjutsu on Kato Dan, yet countless drops of blood continued to gush from his wounds.

"Stop the bleeding first!!!"

Tsunade screamed in her heart. She had simulated this scene countless times. Some could be saved, some could be saved. Stop the bleeding first! Stop the bleeding first!

As long as the bleeding is stopped, there is hope even if there is only one breath left. As long as you don't die in the wild, there will definitely be a way!

But the self he saw was still a madman who only knew how to use medical ninjutsu. Even though the activated cells would make the blood gush out faster, he seemed to have completely forgotten the medical knowledge he had learned.

Her roar was silent, because she couldn't even control herself to open her mouth; fear, trembling, and her body, believing it was protecting her soul, made it impossible for her to obey the commands from her consciousness.

He could only watch helplessly as his other self exhausted all his chakra and then collapsed onto the lifeless body of Kato Dan, weeping in despair.

"One more time."

It was that voice. The scenery changed, and his younger brother stepped towards the explosive tag again. Another version of himself was still ignorantly squandering chakra.

"One more time."

Once, twice, three times... until Tsunade forgot about it.

She had stopped screaming even in her soul, having cast aside all her anxiety and madness. Now she only wanted to take a step forward, even if it was just one step, to get closer to her younger brother, or to take Kato a step closer.

Almost every five minutes, or even less, she had to witness the death of her younger brother and lover. The feeling of being so close yet powerless to stop it made Tsunade hate herself.

Why, why can't I take that first step? If it were me now, with all that medical knowledge, I could definitely save my brother and my lover, so why am I always stuck in the same place?

I've forgotten how much time has passed. Has Tsunade's emotion become numb? Or rather, not numb, but the almost detached rationality a healer needs when performing a rescue—only the most detached rationality can make the clearest judgment.

Whether she cheers or cries, that's for after the treatment is over. What she needs now is to rationally treat those she can save.

"Thump~"

As the rope tree was blown up again and fell to the ground, Tsunade sprang to attention. She didn't shout or panic; instead, she ordered herself to approach the wounded as quickly as possible to buy as much time as possible for treatment, even if it was just a second more.

But she didn't walk very fast. She only went halfway before Nawaki died, and then another incompetent version of herself gave Kato Dan a haphazard treatment.

"Tap~ Tap~"

Tsunade's footsteps sank into the damp grass as she struggled to take another step, but once again, Kato Dan died. Nawaki died. Kato Dan died.

But Tsunade did not despair, for she was getting closer and closer to the wounded, until the thousandth time...

Her hand touched the fallen rope tree, and pushed aside her own erratic movements. She could finally begin to help. Give her a little more time, and she was sure she could save the injured person before they died. But...

"Seventy-two hours have passed."

The rainforest was no longer in sight. In the darkness, Tsunade saw a clump of white curly hair. It was this bastard. It was this bastard who gave her hope, but then robbed her of it just when she was about to succeed.

All the anxiety and mania that had been forcibly suppressed in order to maintain rationality erupted in an instant.

"Yin Seal! Release!"

"The Art of a Hundred Healings! Creation and Regeneration!"

The sealing technique covered Tsunade's entire body. She sprang up from the bed and punched the white-haired wiry man with unparalleled strength.

Just as Tatsuma and Itachi confirmed that the treatment seemed to be successful, a fist came flying at them.

"Bang!"

Tatsuma was sent flying backward by accident, crashing through the wall and disappearing into the darkness. Tsunade followed in an instant.

Inside the room, Tobirama Senju frowned, scrutinizing Itachi as he wiped away blood and tears, but whose eyes were filled with relief. Tobirama seemed to have guessed something.

"What a born evil Uchiha brat!"

Leaving behind a single sentence, Tobirama Senju transformed into a streak of light blue and chased after it, while Itachi Uchiha looked as if he had just escaped a calamity.

Fortunately, he imitated the Fourth Hokage's voice; otherwise, that punch would have ruined all the healing he had done for him.

As expected, the Hokage are all powerful monsters. Even Tsunade, who is famous for her medical ninjutsu, would be useless if hit head-on by such power. Itachi Uchiha felt that no matter how many tricks he had up his sleeve, it would be useless.

Itachi even touched his eyelids in disbelief. Could Susanoo really withstand Tsunade's fist?

Outside, on the streets of Konoha, Tatsuma steadied himself and touched the area under his nose. The dampness and the metallic, metallic smell of his breath told him that he must be bleeding.

"Click~"

Straighten his misaligned nose, and the minor injury was instantly healed. Tatsuma looked at Tsunade, who was chasing after him, and decided to retract his earlier statement that Tsunade was now even inferior to his teacher.

The extra decade or so allowed Tsunade to accumulate chakra to a terrifying level; when she unleashed it at full power, even Tatsuma would be injured.

Of course, he was caught off guard just now. He didn't expect Tsunade to suddenly attack him. Even if she wanted to punish the caster, it should have been Itachi Uchiha. If it was the mastermind, why wasn't Tobirama Senju attacked?

"Thump~ thump~"

Tsunade walked towards Tatsuma. In the dim light of the night, she could see the blood on Tatsuma's face and hands, but she no longer felt any fear.

"Strange power!"

"Strange power!"

Tsunade threw a punch, and Tatsuma narrowed his eyes. Seeing that Tsunade had clearly lost her mind and was dominated by rage, he didn't hesitate to throw a punch as well.

"boom!"

The shockwave instantly turned the entire street into ruins, but fortunately, the surrounding houses still had some of Tatsuma's chakra remaining, preventing them from being destroyed by the aftershocks.

"Click~"

The sound of bones breaking rang out, and Tsunade was sent flying backward. Her right hand was severely deformed, but she only used her left hand to pull her right hand back into place, and her powerful chakra healed the injury in an instant.

Upon landing, Tsunade instantly teleported towards Tatsuma.

"What's going on?! What's going on?! More enemies?! Let me handle this!"

Right next to Tsunade's original room, a still-drunk Hashirama Senju appeared excitedly and came to Tobirama Senju's side. However, upon seeing this scene, a look of confusion appeared on his face, and he asked:

"Are these two, master and apprentice, sparring in the middle of the night?"

"We used some rather extreme methods to cure Tsuna's hemophobia, but it's clear that Tsuna misunderstood the Fourth Hokage's good intentions."

After Tobirama Senju finished speaking, Hashirama Senju asked with some surprise, "He really has hemophobia? But...should we stop him?"

"Trust the Fourth Hokage. Tsuna is no match for him. Besides, if we make a move, Tsuna might accidentally blame us."

"All right."

"boom!"

Below, the two exchanged blows with superhuman strength, and Tsunade was sent flying again. Hashirama Senju crouched down and said, "The Fourth Hokage's strength is truly amazing. I wasn't that strong at his age."

"He will be the Hokage who surpasses all his predecessors. I'm even a little jealous of Konoha in his time."

Tobirama Senju nodded in agreement. He had already witnessed Tatsuma's ninjutsu, but he hadn't expected his taijutsu to be so powerful as well. Tsunade's taijutsu was already superior to his before his death, yet she was still so helpless against Tatsuma.

By this time, many Konoha ninja had arrived, and the surrounding villagers were also opening their windows to listen in. Tobirama Senju took a deep breath, and as his chakra surged, he said, "It was just a rather interesting sparring match. I apologize for disturbing your rest."

The sound wasn't loud, but everyone who was paying attention heard it. The villagers breathed a sigh of relief when they saw there was no danger, and even chatted with their neighbors across the balcony, marveling at the powerful force unleashed in the clash between the two.

The surrounding ninjas were full of admiration, and even some ninjas who had been worried about Tsunade's succession were reassured after seeing Tsunade's power.

As expected, the higher-ups were right. Lady Tsunade's strength is enough to continue protecting Konoha after the three Hokage have left.

"Teacher, I admit that my approach may have been a bit radical, but what you did was somewhat impolite."

Tatsuma deflected Tsunade's successive heavy punches with his lute, and said helplessly. Tsunade snorted and said, "Send me back to the past!"

"That's all genjutsu, it was that Uchiha brat who did it. I don't know what you've been through, but it was all his own doing. He really is a born evil Uchiha brat!"

Upon hearing Tatsuma's words, Tobirama Senju couldn't help but smile, but he could only suppress his smile when he thought about how many people were there.

As expected. This is exactly the kind of person and the will that his successor should have.

But Tsunade didn't listen, or rather, even if she knew that what Tatsuma said was true, she needed to find someone to fight and vent her anger.

With Jiraiya, his usual punching bag, absent, and his grandfather and great-grandfather likely to teach him a lesson both physically and mentally if they started fighting, he, as Jiraiya's "disciple," was undoubtedly the best choice.

He is extremely powerful and respectful of himself, allowing him to unleash his full power without truly harming Tatsuma or enraging him.

This was the last shred of rationality Tsunade displayed in her frenzy.

Tatsuma saw this too, sighed, and could only keep parrying, wearing down Tsunade's temper. When Tsunade was clearly tired of fighting but lacked a way out, he finally spoke:

"Teacher, you must save your power to protect the village. I'll seal it away for now!"

As he spoke, Tatsuma flashed away, formed a hand seal, and struck Tsunade on the forehead with his palm.

"Yin Seal!"

Tatsuma did not inscribe the Yin Seal on himself, nor did he actually learn it, but he passively learned a lot while helping Tsunade develop the Hundred Healings Technique: Creation Rebirth.

At this moment, under his seal, the chakra that filled Tsunade's entire body was gradually pulled back into the Yin Seal.

Seeing the diamond-shaped mark reappear on Tsunade's forehead, Tatsuma distanced himself and said, "Let's end our sparring here, teacher."

Since the second generation said it was a friendly spar, then it is a friendly spar.

Seeing that she had a way out, Tsunade snorted and said, "I'll let you off this time!"

Then she looked up and around, and said loudly, "In the middle of the night, instead of sleeping, you're going to have babies or abort them. What's so interesting about this place?!"

Although the "sparring" ended without a real winner, anyone with eyes could see that Tsunade was inferior to her disciple. Did Tsunade have no pride?!

It's all that kid's fault for cultivating to such a high level for no reason!

(End of this chapter)