I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 673 Although it is shameful for the villain to accuse first, it often gives them the upper hand in the conversation.

"I didn't expect you to be so proficient in the art of paper styling. I also consulted your teacher back then, but my skill level was not even half that of you."

Looking at the towering flames, Minato exclaimed in admiration. Perhaps it was his nature, or perhaps it was influenced by Tatsuma, but Minato was never stingy when it came to praising others.

Shisui smiled somewhat embarrassedly and said, "Compared to my teacher, I am still far behind. In fact, I am only proficient in the paper technique in this form, and I cannot be as versatile as my teacher."

With the hand seal unchanged, one after another explosive talisman transformed into paper crows, rushing into the flames and detonating, stirring up flames and shockwaves. The harbor shook, and even the water behind them kept slamming against the shore.

"Did the Uchiha clan upgrade their formula? I remember the explosive tags weren't this powerful before."

Kakashi asked Obito with some confusion, and Obito shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I've been training the whole time and haven't even had time to chat."

The conversation between the two caused the smiles on Minato and Sento's faces to vanish instantly. They exchanged a glance, and Minato suddenly felt a little ashamed. He hadn't even realized such a strange phenomenon.

Sento immediately activated his Byakugan, the veins around his eyes bulging and throbbing, his vision shifting repeatedly. He then said, "Shisui, stop. He's consuming our explosive tags."

Upon hearing this, Shisui loosened his hand seals, stopped the chakra output, and the explosive tags stopped floating and deforming. Minato then used a wind-style ninjutsu to quickly blow away the flames.

As the flames subsided, a cubic water mirror appeared in everyone's view. Minato raised an eyebrow and said, "The Water Mirror Technique? I haven't seen it for several years, but I didn't expect it to have improved so much."

The explosion stopped, and Yagura no longer held up the water mirror. The water mirror condensed into a water sphere the size of a human head, and then Yagura waved his hand, and the water sphere instantly evaporated and dissipated.

Yagura landed, looked at Minato and the others, flicked his long staff at Minato, and opened his mouth to speak.

But Shisui acted first, quickly standing in front of Minato and pointing at Yagura, shouting, "Fourth Mizukage! You attacked the property and supplies carried by our Konoha delegation without cause, causing us to lose a great deal of resources. What is your intention?!"

Yagura's open mouth froze, his eyes filled with disbelief as he looked at the small Shisui. Minato also frowned, realizing what Shisui and Yagura were about to do.

Yagura undoubtedly wanted to accuse Konoha of attacking him, the Fourth Mizukage, without provocation. After all, Shisui launched an attack without Yagura touching the box, making it an excellent way to start a fight.

While they may not be able to change the course of events, they can certainly stand on the moral high ground and characterize Konoha's so-called "diplomatic visit" as an invasion operation.

But he was a second too late. Shisui spoke up first, changing the nature of the matter to Yagura attacking the Konoha delegation and causing losses to Konoha.

In this way, the Konoha delegation can be transformed into a war force on the spot, which can be considered as having a legitimate reason for its actions.

Minato also looked at Shisui's back of the head in disbelief. This kid... truly worthy of being taught by Tatsuma.

Even he and Sento, two "old" ninjas who had fought for years, hadn't reacted to what was happening, but Shisui not only reacted but also took the initiative.

Minato unconsciously touched the armor he was wearing. Wouldn't it be more suitable for Shisui to be in command?

The fact that his scheme was seen through by a child and even countered caused a throbbing vein to appear on Yagura's forehead. He stared at Shisui, and for a moment or two, he saw the person he hated the most.

The same bloodshot eyes, the same curly hair, and the same utter shamelessness!

At this moment, the Mist Ninja also heard the continuous explosions and jumped over the wall from outside the town, quickly coming to Yagura's side and watching the Konoha team warily.

Minato raised his eyes and shouted, "Hidden Mist ninja! Ignoring diplomatic protocol, you have used force against the Konoha delegation and caused significant property damage to Konoha! Mizukage, you must give me and Konoha an explanation!"

"Nonsense! Your Konoha mission carries so many explosive tags?!"

Before Yagura could speak, Yuri couldn't hold back any longer and shouted angrily. Minato snorted and said, "When you're out in the world, all you can do is protect yourself."

"you!"

In terms of verbal skills, Minato may not be as good as Tatsuma, but he completely overwhelmed Yuri, a spirited young girl. Coupled with his demeanor, he enraged Yuri.

"Lightning Release! Instant Lightning!"

Yuri transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed straight towards Minato. Her speed was so great that even Shisui, with his Sharingan open, could only keep up with her with his eyes, while his body had not yet reacted.

"Stop the water, don't be stingy with the firepower."

Shisui listened to Minato's words, but his body lost its balance. Minato reached out and grabbed him, throwing him behind him. At the same time, Yuri held a kunai wrapped in lightning chakra and stabbed at Minato.

The kunai is a standard kunai, not made of chakra-conducting metal. However, due to the properties of the metal, lightning chakra can flow inside the kunai to a certain extent, so the kunai can be used very well in conjunction with lightning ninjutsu.

Similarly, pencils and stone-ground pencil leads are also good materials for conducting chakra. Of course, they cannot compare with metal for conducting chakra, and the material properties are also very poor, but they are sufficient for most lightning ninjas.

Other escaping techniques cannot flow within the kunai. Of course, there are also methods that combine escaping techniques with kunai, such as Danzo's Vacuum Sword and Orochimaru's Wind Blade. However, these do not involve transmitting chakra but rather using chakra to envelop the kunai.

Using ordinary weapons to leverage the chakra conduction properties of metal ninja tools is an advantage of Lightning Release ninjas, and Yuri Amegakure made an excellent use of this advantage.

Furthermore, with the activation of Lightning Release chakra, Yuri's speed was extremely fast. She kept a close eye on Minato's movements, ready to react to his actions and change her own techniques accordingly.

"Very good, but still too young."

As soon as he finished speaking, Minato turned to the side, and Yuri brushed past him, even the electric arcs on her body always kept a tiny distance from Minato's skin.

Unwilling to give up, Yuri was about to stop and turn around when suddenly her body felt heavy and everything went black.

As Yuri was about to fall after being struck on the back of the neck by Minato's chop, he was grabbed by the collar, forced to kneel down, and left with his head hanging in mid-air.

"Lord Mizukage."

Holding Yuri in his arms, Minato smiled again as he looked at Yagura, whose face had darkened.

Yagura was not dissatisfied with Yuri's rash move, but rather with the fact that her move was ineffective and even became "evidence" in Minato's hands.

And Minato's speed is incredible. It seems he didn't use chakra to activate his body; instead, he genuinely trained his body to be extremely agile. If he added chakra activation to that...

Yagura felt that he might not be able to completely defend himself, and he would be in danger if he got into close combat.

This premonition made Yagura's already gloomy face even darker. Why?! Minato Namikaze wasn't even Hokage, while Yagura was Mizukage!

The Mizukage, who should be on par with the Hokage, is now being threatened by even a mere Konoha Jonin.

Yagura tilted his head slightly, glancing at the Mist Ninja who were already in position, then looked at Minato and said, "Since Konoha has come with ill intentions, there's no point in saying anything more. I'll ask one more time."

Is Konoha planning to start another war?!

As the final words fell, Yagura and the Mist Ninja behind him all unleashed their chakra, creating a powerful aura that pressed down on the Konoha team.

"Whoosh~ Bang~ Whoosh~ Bang!"

The waves crashing behind the Konoha team crashed against the ground one after another, seemingly echoing the Mist Ninja, making the Konoha team feel as if they were attacked from both sides.

Minato pursed his lips, wondering what he would do if Tatsuma were there. He would probably use his own strength to completely resist and even counterattack the chakra pressure from these Kirigakure ninjas.

Unfortunately, he couldn't do it, or rather, he couldn't do it on his own.

"Shadow Clone Technique! Release!"

Minato formed the opposing hand seal with his right hand, and in an instant, the chakra within Minato's body surged. The crimson chakra gradually climbed up Minato's body surface, and the violent tailed beast chakra swept across the port in an instant.

The surging waves behind him instantly subsided, and the Mist Ninja glaring angrily in front of him all averted their gazes, fearing that the wind stirred up by Minato's chakra would hurt their eyes.

"Nine-Tails chakra?! How is that possible! The Nine-Tails' jinchūriki is clearly..."

Yagura was suddenly somewhat shocked. It was precisely because Tatsuma and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki were not present that he had enough confidence to fight against the Konoha ninja forces in front of him.

But he never expected that Minato could use the Nine-Tails' chakra, and it seemed to be more than just chakra.

In Minato's eyes, a vertical line gradually formed in the center of his pupil, but a horizontal line also appeared faintly in his pupil, and orange-red chakra smudged into the corner of his eye like eyeshadow.

The violent Nine-Tails chakra aura gradually became neutralized and stable, causing Minato's chakra aura to gradually become ethereal.

Yagura narrowed his eyes and murmured, "Sage Mode... Besides Sakamoto Tatsuma and Jiraiya, is there anyone else who can do it?"

In Konoha, at Kushina's home, inside the Uzumaki Tower, the materialized Nine-Tails stretched in a downward-facing dog pose and said to Kushina beside him, "Why is it that as my jinchūriki, your control over my chakra is even worse than your man's?"

He can actually store such a large amount of my chakra using shadow clones, and still maintain harmony and balance, even combining with natural energy. Look at you then.

Although he didn't say his final words, the disdain in his eyes was obvious.

"snort!"

Kushina snorted, and Minato's shadow clone disappeared. She was already very unhappy, and now the Nine-Tails dared to look down on her.

"You vixen! Are you trying to brag to your wife about how great my husband is?!"

"Splash~"

Seeing Kushina stand up, with countless Vajra chains extending from her body, Kurama (the Nine-Tails) had no time to maintain his Downward-Facing Dog pose. He quickly said, "That's not what I meant! Ah!"

The chains transformed into whips, lashing against the Nine-Tails. The Nine-Tails let out a scream, and the seals within the entire Vortex Tower area began to tremble.

Inside the Hokage's office, Tatsuma looked up at the location of the seal and murmured, "It seems Minato's side has started the war. Next, the Cloud Ninja should get involved as well. Don't let me down, A."

(End of this chapter)