I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 728 Forcing yourself to do things beyond your capabilities will only bring frustration and pain.

"Yes, it's mine. So, give me that one too."

The masked man spoke with a hint of sarcasm, looking at Black Zetsu, and said, "So that's why you suddenly left the final destination planned by Itachi Uchiha."

"You're the one who owes it back! Don't forget the plan!"

Black Zetsu's tone was low and menacing, but the masked man nonchalantly tossed the Rinnegan in his hand, looking at Tatsuma with his single eye, and said, "The Fourth Hokage? Hmm?"

Tatsuma's expression remained calm, seemingly not taking the person who had inexplicably transferred his chakra rods seriously at all, but his eyes held an unwavering killing intent.

"You are the one from Nine-Tailed Night."

Protected by Tatsuma and spared from the explosive tags, Naruto looked at the masked man with hatred and anger on his face. Faintly, the stubble on his face seemed to be spreading, his pupils gradually turned into vertical pupils, and his teeth became sharp.

Tatsuma placed his hand on Naruto's head, and in an instant, the restless Nine-Tails chakra and the restless Nine-Tails within Naruto were all suppressed by Tatsuma.

Looking at the masked man, Tatsuma said, "Truly, the born evil Uchiha Obito."

The masked man's one eye twitched slightly, but he quickly regained his composure and said in the same tone, "I am Uchiha Madara."

"How does the second stage of Flying Thunder God Technique taste?"

Tatsuma didn't respond to Obito's words, but changed the subject. This time, the masked man's pupils dilated even more violently, and he said, "I don't know what you're talking about."

But his last word was slurred, because Tatsuma took out a kunai, a three-pronged kunai.

"Swoosh~"

With a flick of his wrist, Tatsuma threw the kunai at Obito. Obito stopped throwing the Rinnegan and locked his eyes on the incoming kunai.

"Kamui!"

Space distorted again, and the kunai that had seemed to be about to blind him vanished in an instant.

"Heh~"

Obito let out a disdainful laugh. Although he didn't know how this outsider knew about that past, he was no longer the weak and reckless person he was more than ten years ago.

But he only let out a laugh, because

"Flying Thunder God! Second Stage!"

Tatsuma suddenly appeared in front of him, holding up a Rasengan that Obito recognized all too well.

"Bang!"

The speed was so fast that Obito didn't have time to activate his Mangekyou Sharingan ability. After all, he had just turned it off, and even if it didn't have the necessary interval requirement like Shinra Tensei, he still needed to react on his own.

"Bang bang bang~"

Obito was sent flying backward, crashing through more than a dozen towering trees before coming to a stop. His clothes had been torn and pulled out, revealing half of his flesh-colored and half white chest skin.

"You?! How is this possible?!"

Supporting himself as he stood up, Obito looked at Tatsuma, who had returned to Naruto's side, with disbelief in his voice.

Although it was their first meeting, he already knew quite a bit about this outsider who was also the Fourth Hokage.

The Flying Thunder God technique developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, the Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze, and the person in front of us—the Flying Thunder God techniques of these three people are completely different!

Unfortunately, Obito didn't know that both Minato and Tatsuma's techniques were actually variations of the Second Hokage's techniques, with only minor modifications made to distinguish them and to make them more familiar to them.

Tatsuma and Minato often used each other's techniques to launch the Flying Thunder God Technique, so the Flying Thunder God Technique that Minato left on Obito was not much different from Tatsuma's own Flying Thunder God Technique.

"You can forget about pretending to be Madara Uchiha in front of me. After all, unlike the Madara Uchiha you experienced who survived to the point of twisting your will, I personally saved you and then killed Madara Uchiha."

Tatsuma's voice remained calm, but to Obito it sounded like a resounding bell.

So that's how it is. No wonder Tatsuma knew his identity. That explains it.

"I could have killed you."

As if stating a truth, Tatsuma's tone was so convincing that Obito asked, "Then why?"

As soon as he asked the question, he realized something was wrong, but Chenma had already started answering.

"Because I want someone who is more suitable than me to kill you."

Obito glanced at Naruto, whose eyes were filled with rage, and sneered, "Him? The Fourth Hokage's son."

"Naruto has the qualifications and the right to do so, but it's not him."

Tatsuma shook his head and said, "You will see him soon."

"You're not trying to say it's my so-called teacher, are you?"

Obito essentially admitted his identity outright, as there was no longer any need to hide it. Tatsuma nodded and readily admitted it as well.

Seeing this, Obito said, "If I'm not mistaken, your method is the Impure World Reincarnation, right? Heh~ But a few years ago, Orochimaru couldn't summon Minato Namikaze. What makes you think you can?"

Tatsuma did not answer, but looked at Kuroze and said, "I advise you to continue cooperating and use all your means as soon as possible, because I will not wait long."

If you haven't made preparations before I lose patience, then you'll never have a chance.

This time, Tatsuma no longer concealed his killing intent. His chilling killing aura, combined with his chakra, erupted, completely overshadowing the killing intent emanating from Konan, who had just been so grief-stricken that she seemed ready to launch an indiscriminate attack.

Obito was puzzled. This was clearly his first meeting with Sakamoto Tatsuma, yet the killing intent Tatsuma was unleashing now was no less than the killing intent he had unleashed when he was in despair of this hellish world back then.

Without saying a word, Black Zetsu burrowed into the ground, but Tatsuma stomped his foot.

"boom!"

The tremors that had just subsided spread again, frightening Black Zetsu so much that he dared not dive any further. This kick not only caused the earth to shake, but also created a sealing spell that suddenly unfolded where Chenma had landed.

The sealing technique that made Black Zetsu suddenly feel insecure was the sealing barrier improved by Tatsuma. However, due to the lack of a medium, it could not fully form a barrier, but it was enough to cover the surrounding ground.

Black Zetsu swallowed hard as he looked at Tatsuma's gloomy face. Tatsuma didn't threaten him for long, but said, "Leave White Zetsu here, leave a few more."

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Black Zetsu felt an unprecedented sense of grievance and humiliation. Gritting his teeth, he chose to throw out a ball of White Zetsu spores. Tatsuma caught it with his hand, and before the spores could absorb chakra, he forcibly poured chakra into them.

Several White Zetsu were instantly created and then sealed into the sealing scroll by Tatsuma. Tatsuma then raised his foot and landed, and the sealing technique that had been unfolded completely dissipated. Only then did the Black Zetsu shakily burrow into the ground and run away.

"Hmph! Until we meet again!"

Obito's figure gradually distorted and then disappeared. Tatsuma withdrew his gaze, suppressed his killing intent, patted Naruto's head, and said, "You'll have your chance to shine now."

He turned to look in the direction of the village and said, "It's not just Konoha that suffers; the entire ninja world should undergo a great purge, a purge that would allow Konoha to become the only dominant force. Consider this a belated gift from your uncle."

Naruto didn't understand, but Konan realized something and looked at Tatsuma in horror, saying, "You let them go, are you planning to start... no, start a ninja world war?!"

Tatsuma's gaze returned to Konan, and he pursed his lips, simply saying, "Don't do things beyond your capabilities, or you'll only experience frustration and pain."

Upon hearing this, Konan became somewhat distraught. For a brief moment, she had considered stopping Sakamoto Tatsuma, but after Tatsuma's warning, Konan realized that she simply couldn't do it. Stubbornly doing so would only lead to frustration and pain.

"I see."

Konan picked up Nagato, who was as thin as a rake and weighed less than a small child, and was about to leave when Tatsuma continued, "Invading Konoha comes at a price."

"What price do you want? My life?"

"I prefer more concrete compensation. How about six hundred billion explosive tags?"

(End of this chapter)