I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 70 The so-called reciprocity of gifts is nothing more than the circulation of human relationships.

"Minato, here's a short sword for you. It's made of chakra metal."

That night, Tsunade and Jiraiya got drunk and were helped to bed by Tatsuma and Minato. BBQQ thoughtfully provided blankets and pillows, while Tatsuma and Minato counted the gifts.

While most people chose to give two identical gifts, some gave different gifts, such as Sakumo Hatake, who gave a scroll and an old knife.

Minato shook his head upon hearing Tatsuma's words and said, "You should keep this short sword. Lord Sakumo's other gift is a notebook on lightning chakra nature transformation, which is more suitable for me."

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma didn't try to persuade him any further. Although the chakra blade seemed more expensive than the notebook, when it comes to gifts, expensive doesn't necessarily mean good; what matters more is that it's appropriate.

Tatsuma didn't have any lightning-style chakra, so the notebook was useless to him. He placed the chakra sword behind him, picked up a scroll, glanced at it, and said:

"These are notes on compound ninjutsu given to me by the Hokage. Mine is about earth and fire. What about yours?"

Minato also found the scroll that Hiruzen Sarutobi had given him, looked at it, and said, "It looks like a lightning scroll."

Upon hearing this, a hint of regret appeared on both of their faces. The notes given by Hiruzen Sarutobi were clearly only applicable to each of them and could not be exchanged for study.

In comparison, Orochimaru was much more sensible. Both of his scrolls contained notes on the development of ninjutsu, one in the wind style and the other in the fire style, which the two of them could exchange to learn.

Besides these people, Yuhi Shinku's gift was also quite impressive: a scroll containing the B-rank genjutsu, "Tree Binding Kill," along with Yuhi Shinku's own insights and notes.

Although it is not as detailed as Jiraiya's ninjutsu notes, it still points out many key points and difficulties.

The other scroll contains advanced theories on illusion and its countermeasures, covering everything from preventing illusions, detecting illusions after being trapped, to dispelling illusions and even countering them. It is also a set of notes that can be exchanged and studied.

Besides these, the gifts from others were mostly symbolic and personal gifts. They received a large number of sealed scrolls containing supplies such as throwing ninja tools, explosive tags, ration pills, and smoke bombs.

In particular, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio directly gifted some scrolls with sealed ninjutsu, which could be used simply by unfolding them and injecting chakra.

This is a high-end product; in the original work, only Nara Shikamaru, his successor, used it.

Chenma felt that for a considerable period of time to come, he wouldn't need to worry about supplies. In fact, if he shamelessly resold some of them, he might even be able to live a comfortable life.

Of course, Chenma would never resell these gifts. Firstly, doing so would be disrespectful to the gift-givers, and secondly, Chenma wouldn't dare to have money, at least not cash.

After all, his teacher is Tsunade. If Tsunade finds out that he has money, then Tatsuma will definitely have no choice but to give it to his teacher.

The two continued dividing the spoils and gifts until midnight. The shadow clone also finished copying the exchangeable scrolls and then noted each person's gift before ending the work.

The notes state that the gifts given by each person are for future reciprocation. The two juniors naturally don't need to pay anything, but Tsunade and Jiraiya, having gained so much by giving their faces, will have to repay them in the future.

In particular, most of the ninjas who come are young Jonin, many of whom are still unmarried. Once their marriage is successful, they will have to return the favor.

After packing everything away, the two of them settled into the private room and went to sleep. It was too late for them to take so many supplies out on the street.

In the early morning, Tatsuma was half asleep when he felt someone calling him. He opened his eyes and found Kushina standing next to him and Minato. Tatsuma sat up and nudged Minato.

Minato also woke up and saw Kushina. He was about to speak when Kushina spoke first, "Grandma Mito asked you to take Tsunade and Jiraiya back with you. She also has a gift for you."

After saying that, Kushina left with a look of disgust. Tatsuma sniffed and found that the private room was full of the smell of smoke, alcohol, and the smell of barbecue fumes left overnight, and there was also a bit of a sour smell.

"Shall we send Tsunade-sensei and Jiraiya-sensei back first?"

Tatsuma said, and Minato nodded, got up and carried Jiraiya on his back. Tatsuma also carried Tsunade on his back. To be honest, there was no pleasant feeling at all, because the smell of alcohol made Tatsuma want to vomit.

After leaving the barbecue restaurant, they quickly arrived at the Senju clan's territory. Tatsuma carried Tsunade back to her room, while Minato carried Jiraiya to the room Nawaki had prepared. Just as Minato was about to go back and wash up before visiting again, Nawaki said:

"You don't need to go back yet. We've prepared new clothes and toothbrushes for you. You can wash up here."

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma didn't refuse and nodded. Seeing this, Minato didn't say anything he wanted to say. He was led by Nawaki to wash up and change into new clothes before being taken to the hall where Mito Uzumaki was giving a lecture.

Mito Uzumaki looked at the two children wearing brand-new clothes for the first time with a kind smile on her face. Tatsuma and Minato had been training in the Senju clan's territory for half a year and she could see them every day, but Mito Uzumaki had never seen the two of them wear new clothes before.

Neither Tsunade nor Jiraiya seemed to notice this, but Mito Uzumaki did. Since it was almost the New Year, she bought two sets of clothes suitable for the two of them.

Looking at the new clothes that fit the two of them well, Mito Uzumaki nodded in satisfaction. Sure enough, children should be dressed smartly; their faded clothes made them look tired and listless.

After withdrawing her gaze, Mito Uzumaki said, "I intend to teach you two sealing techniques: one is the Five Elements Sealing Technique, and the other is its unsealing method, the Five Elements Unsealing Technique."

Do you know what the five basic attributes of chakra are?

Minato nodded and said, "Wind, Thunder, Water, Fire, Earth."

Mito Uzumaki nodded, flipped her right hand, and chakra condensed on her five fingers. She said, "But the five elements in the Five Elements Seal do not correspond to these five basic chakra attributes. Instead, they are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth."

This has nothing to do with the nature of chakra; it's a pure chakra change brought about by sealing techniques. This is also the difficulty in learning these two techniques, and I will focus on teaching you these two techniques in the coming period.

Tatsuma and Minato nodded, saying gratefully, "Thank you, Mito-sama." *2

Mito Uzumaki began teaching the Five Elements Sealing and Five Elements Unsealing techniques, but these two A-rank sealing techniques could not be learned in a day. By noon, the two had only grasped the basic structure of the techniques.

However, Mito Uzumaki did not continue speaking. Instead, she said, "Go and wake your teacher up for breakfast. In the afternoon, I will witness your formal apprenticeship."

"Um?"

Tatsuma was somewhat puzzled. Hadn't the apprenticeship ceremony already been held last night? Uzumaki Mito patiently explained, "Unlike ninja teams, apprenticeship is about continuing the true core legacy, and you haven't accomplished that yet."

(End of this chapter)