I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

"Knock knock knock~"

"Shisui? Come in."

In the Senju clan's territory, in the home of the Fourth Hokage, which consisted of only four bare walls, Tatsuma sat cross-legged in the center of the empty room, looking towards the door, and uttered a voice that echoed.

"Squeak~"

Zhi Shui pushed the door open with his shoulder, holding a stack of documents in his hands, and asked somewhat cautiously, "Teacher, did this disturb your rest?"

Yesterday, Zhishui suddenly heard that his teacher had chosen to take leave due to physical discomfort, a reason that would only make others laugh.

Because everyone knows the special nature of Sakamoto Tatsuma's physique. He has a super self-healing physique that can ignore even severe injuries and near-death states. How could he possibly have physical problems in peacetime?

But Shisui thought that if even his teacher's powerful physique and extremely profound healing ninjutsu skills couldn't heal the injury, it must be extremely serious.

Therefore, although he wanted to visit, he was afraid of disturbing Tatsuma, so he only came to see him today under the pretext of delivering documents to Tatsuma.

Tatsuma shook his head and said with a smile, "Don't worry, it's just a small problem."

His body was not injured or ill; in fact, it was incredibly healthy. It was just that multiple forces were interacting with his body at the same time, making it difficult for him to control.

In particular, the fusion of the powers brought by the three talents of [Eye of the Immortal], [Body of the Immortal], and [Body of Nature] initially caused him to be somewhat out of control.

This is an important step from ninja to "Otsutsuki". Even Madara Uchiha took many years to adapt before he successfully combined the power of the Sage Eyes and the Sage Body.

Even with his experience in the Six Paths, Tatsuma couldn't possibly harmonize the energy within his body in an instant. However, according to his estimate, it would take about two more days.

After harmonization, it is time to wait for the various forces within the body to react and sublimate after fusion.

Seeing that Tatsuma wasn't as weak as he had imagined, Shisui felt slightly relieved. He stepped in, placed the documents in front of Tatsuma, sat down cross-legged, gently pushed the documents aside, and then said:

"This is a document that Lord Shikaku asked me to bring to you for review. He said it would be best to make a decision by noon, and he would arrange for its implementation in the afternoon."

"What's so urgent?"

Chenma frowned slightly. After all, there shouldn't be any major events happening in or around the village recently, and the expansion is still underway, so it's not time for acceptance and opening yet.

With a sense of doubt, he picked up one of the copies, tossed another to Zhishui, and said, "Take a look too."

"it is good."

Shisui did not refuse, knowing that this was Tatsuma's intentional training and test, so he opened it and started reading. However, after a short while, he frowned.

She glanced up at her teacher's face and found that Tatsuma's expression was very strange, with a knowing smile on his face.

This puzzled Zhi Shui. Were the two of them looking at two completely unrelated documents? Why was there such a big difference in their attitudes?

"What did you write on your copy?"

After reading the documents in his hand, Tatsuma asked Shisui, who quickly organized his thoughts and said briefly, "Regarding the handling of the news of the death of Ao, a Jonin from Kirigakure, Lord Shikaku's initial opinion is to make it public and give it a certain amount of publicity."

But teacher, isn't Ao the Kirigakure ninja I discovered before who seemed to have the Byakugan? I clearly sensed his presence just the day before yesterday, how could this be?

"Is there something going on in the village that I'm unaware of? To be honest, I'm ashamed to say that I originally intended to find an opportunity to resolve this, but so much time has passed and I still haven't been able to find that opportunity."

Tatsuma smiled and nodded, then shook his head, saying, "Ao is indeed a ninja who has mastered the Byakugan, but the village hasn't taken any further action because his threat level isn't high enough for the village to take targeted action against him."

Upon hearing this, Shisui's expression became even more puzzled, and he simply asked, "Then why did Lord Shikaku assume he was dead? And why did he already make arrangements for what would happen after his death?"

Tatsuma shook his head helplessly. This Shikaku is really a good assistant. He probably thinks that Shikaku's Byakugan was something Ao got from the battlefield.

That's why they were so eager to arrange Ao's "death," since if Tatsuma had made the move, Ao would have had absolutely no chance of surviving.

Tatsuma didn't need to look at the remaining documents to know roughly what they contained; they were nothing more than revealing to the Hyuga clan that Ao had obtained the Byakugan, and making hints and exerting pressure.

Or, more directly, inform the Hyuga clan first and then later that the recovered Byakugan will be handed over to the village for safekeeping, and that the incident of the Byakugan's loss will be "investigated".

In this way, Hyuga will be silenced, or even forced to acknowledge the legitimacy of the village obtaining the Byakugan. This way, even if Tatsuma uses the Byakugan openly in the future, the pressure from public opinion will not be too great.

The fact that Ao possesses the Byakugan is unknown to most people, but Shikaku has access to all the village's intelligence communications, including the intelligence logs submitted by Shisui and the others.

Given Shikaku's talent, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to deduce that Ao possessed the Byakugan, and even to trace back to the time when Hiashi Hyuga was somewhat eager to burn the old clan chief's body during the war, thus connecting the two events.

However, that's somewhat unnecessary, since Tatsuma's eyes weren't obtained from Ao.

Of course, Shikaku's efforts cannot be denied. Thinking of Shikaku, who kept complaining but whose body still helped him deal with the mess, Tatsuma couldn't help but smile knowingly.

After closing the file and putting it back in its place, Tatsuma said, "Please take these files back and hand them over to Shikaku, and emphasize that these files should be destroyed destructively."

He was also told that the village's most pressing issue was its expansion, and he didn't need to worry too much about other matters. And…

Tatsuma stood up, took a wad of cash from a drawer in the closet, handed it to Shisui, and said, "Buy some gifts, go to Minato's house, visit Naruto, and tell Kushina that I can't work for the next few days and need Minato's help."

Although I don't quite understand what my teacher is doing, since we need Minato-sama's help, shouldn't we be rewarding Minato-sama?

However, Shisui obediently accepted it and said, "Okay, I will visit Lady Kushina as soon as possible."

"How has your spiritual practice been going lately?"

Watching Shisui put away the money and begin organizing the documents, Tatsuma asked, "It went fairly smoothly. Through actual combat, I've improved in ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu."

I still haven't found a way to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan. I plan to ask Lord Tenkaze and Brother Obito for help.

"Well, but don't rush. The Sharingan is the eye that reflects the soul. If you haven't truly discovered what your heart desires, you won't be able to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan."

Moreover, the Mangekyou Sharingan isn't the only way to improve; advancements in ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, and basic physical constitution are actually more stable.

"I see."

Zhi Shui nodded, but he didn't intend to give up easily. He picked up the documents, stood up, and said, "Teacher, then I won't disturb your rest any longer."

"Okay, by the way, tell Shikaku that you can subtly spread the word about my health problems, and you can also point the way to the unexpected death of the first generation leader."

Upon hearing this, Shisui stared blankly at his teacher for a long while before reacting. A mischievous smile appeared on his face as he said, "I will pass on the message, teacher." (End of Chapter)