I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 91 No injury is shameful; if you feel uncomfortable, just speak up.

"Lady Tsunade, the reinforcements from the village are about to depart. Here are some supplies we need. Would you like the village to take them with them?"

A few days later, at a border camp in the Land of Fire, a Jonin from the Nara clan approached Tsunade with two scrolls and said, "Let me see." Tsunade nodded and said, "Let me take a look."

Tsunade took the scroll. The first document was about the application for ninja tools. She glanced at it and found that it overlapped with the list sent by the village, so there was no need to report it.

Tsunade then opened another scroll. This list was a bit more disorganized, containing not only some niche ninja tools but also various unusual medicines, such as those for treating hemorrhoids.

Tsunade could understand all of this, but when she glanced at the list and saw "Ryukakusan" on it, her brows furrowed instantly. This medicine sounded quite high-end, but in reality...

It's just a medicine for relieving cough, clearing phlegm, and soothing the throat. No, calling it a medicine is too much of an exaggeration; it's more like a throat lozenge.

Tsunade pointed at Ryukakusan, looked at the Jonin Nara, and said, "Nara Satoru, who submitted this?! Are they treating the battlefield like a game?!"

Upon hearing Tsunade's angry words, Nara Satoru opened and closed his mouth several times before hesitantly saying, "Lady Tsunade... this... this was requested by Sakamoto Tatsuma."

"Forehead"

Tsunade's anger suddenly faltered. After all, Tatsuma was her disciple, and as his teacher, she naturally bore responsibility for his absurd actions.

After a pause, Tsunade asked again, "What's his reason for requesting this medicine? Is it because his old neck injury has recurred?"

Tsunade racked her brains but could only come up with this lame excuse for Tatsuma. After all, Tatsuma's neck had indeed been injured a few days ago. If the old injury hadn't healed, it would be understandable if he prescribed the wrong medicine for himself!

Nara Satoru's expression grew increasingly strange, but he still had to say, "I heard... I heard it's because I've been talking too much these past few days and it's straining my voice."

"Bang!"

Tsunade slammed her fist on the desk, shattering it into pieces. Her face darkened, and she said, "What do you mean by 'talking too much'?! Is he going to the battlefield or to a four-sided stage?!"

"I'm not too sure about that either. I just heard from the people who came back to recover that Tatsuma got a nickname in the Sand Village: 'So-so'."

"What's your name?"

Tsunade's face grew increasingly grim. Nara Satoru took a deep breath and said with a death-defying air, "Talkative Tobirama."

"Bang!"

Upon hearing this nickname, Tsunade stomped her foot in anger, causing the ground to crack. She gritted her teeth and growled, "That bastard Tatsuma, and those damned bastards from Sunagakure!"

This title was somewhat disrespectful to her second grandfather's reputation, and she could roughly guess why the Sand Village ninja would use this nickname to refer to Tatsuma.

Because within Konoha, more than one person has said that Tatsuma resembles Tobirama, including Tsunade's grandmother, Tobirama Senju's sister-in-law Mito Uzumaki, who also said that Tatsuma and Tobirama are similar.

After all, both of them have white hair and red eyes, and they are both exceptionally talented. Their expertise in ninja techniques far surpasses that of their peers. Apart from Tatsuma having naturally curly hair and being more approachable and cheerful, the two are very similar.

This is why Tsunade felt that her grandmother's affection for Tatsuma might have a reason, or rather, it wasn't just Mito Uzumaki; the older generation of the Senju clan, although they didn't see Tatsuma often, clearly had a good impression of him.

Even Tsunade herself sometimes wondered if her great-uncle had made a mistake in his youth, hiding it from the whole family. She never imagined that Sunagakure would use this to tease her great-uncle.

"Tell Orochimaru that the main force will arrive in three days, and it's time to close the net! Damn Sunagakure, I'll make them pay! And Tatsuma, when he gets back, I'll deal with him!"

Also, submit the entire list except for Tatsuma's needs, and have them delivered it as soon as possible!

"Yes, Lady Tsunade."

Seeing that Tsunade had finally regained her composure, Nara Satoru breathed a sigh of relief, accepted the order, and quickly left.

"Achoo!"

At the front line, during another retreat, Tatsuma sneezed. He rubbed his nose and couldn't help but look up at the sky.

The weather has been getting warmer these past few days, so why is he sneezing? Could it be that the Sand Village ninja he defeated today is cursing him?

Over the past few days, Tatsuma has fought against different Sunagakure ninjas almost every day, and his signature praise has become a tactic that disgusts countless Sunagakure ninjas.

It would be too humiliating for Tatsuma to defeat them after praising them, given that he was too young.

Actually, calling Tatsuma Tobirama a chatterbox wasn't just a derogatory term. Many Sand Village ninja felt that Tatsuma's talent was too high. His ninja tool throwing, taijutsu fighting, and mastery of ninjutsu all surpassed those of them, the adults.

This kid is especially not afraid of getting hurt. On the contrary, he gets even more excited when he gets injured. As long as he doesn't face a Jonin, he can do whatever he wants. But where does Sunagakure get so many Jonin?

Moreover, even if Tatsuma's team encounters a Sand Village team with a Jonin, the Sand Village Jonin will not deliberately make things difficult for him. Firstly, Tatsuma's team also has Inuzuka Makoto, the Jonin team leader.

Secondly, it's too undignified. In the past few days, Tatsuma's identity has also been discovered by Sunagakure. He is a genius genin from Konoha and Tsunade's disciple.

As Tsunade's disciple, he should be highly regarded by the Sand Village Jonin, but he happens to be a Genin. If he were a Chunin, the Sand Village Jonin would not care about saving face when they encountered him.

It's estimated that the only Sand Village Jonin who can unburden himself and attack Tatsuma is Sand Star, but unfortunately, Sand Star hasn't encountered Tatsuma's team in the past few days.

The current Konoha teams are severely fragmented, resembling a defeated and hastily fleeing army.

Just like Tatsuma's squad, which now only has nine people and a dog left, they are easily surrounded and attacked by the Sand Ninja team. However, with a sensory Jonin like Inuzuka Shin, their squad is always able to turn the tide.

Meanwhile, the Konoha forces retreated again and again, and it was estimated that they would completely withdraw from the Land of Rivers after today. This made the Sand Village ninja even more excited, and they began to pursue recklessly.

Tatsuma had just escaped the pursuit of the Sand Ninja and stopped by the river. He took out the test strips developed by Tsunade, a small tool that Tsunade created to test whether the water was poisonous.

Although the range of poisons that can be detected is limited, and some rare or newly developed poisons cannot be detected, Sunagakure would not be so extravagant as to release such poisons into flowing water like rivers, so test strips can still come in handy.

After inspecting the river water, Tatsuma turned around and nodded to the others. Inuzuka sent his ninja dogs on patrol, and he sat down to rest.

The others began to fetch water to drink, while Tatsuma helped his injured teammates recover from the battle. Just then, the communication device in the backpack of the Yamanaka ninja in the group started to light up.

He quickly found a place to answer the call, and a short while later, he returned to the group. He looked at Inuzuka Makoto, then at Tatsuma who was healing him. After Inuzuka Makoto nodded, the mountain ninja spoke:

"Captain, Lord Orochimaru has instructed us not to keep retreating these next few days. If we encounter a Sand Ninja team, we should assess the strength of both sides, and if we believe we can win, then we should go all out to achieve victory."

Our squad's defensive line cannot be retreated any further. We don't have to push back the line, but we cannot retreat any further.

"Okay, Naoto, you should also tell the others to prepare."

Inuzuka nodded, and after Yamanaka Naoto left, he whispered to Tatsuma, "Tatsuma, you should understand what I mean, right?"

"As the flank, we're about to flank and outflank them. Let's see how deep the Sand Ninja team can get involved."

Tatsuma answered almost without thinking. As the only two people in the team who knew about Orochimaru's plan, the two of them communicated much more frequently than the others.

Inuzuka nodded and said, "Once Sunagakure discovers that we've fallen into their encirclement, we, as the ones flanking them, will certainly suffer the fiercest attack."

Furthermore, there's a high chance we'll encounter reinforcements from Sunagakure, and one wrong move could leave us vulnerable to attacks from both sides. Do you want to stay?

Konoha's flanking maneuver, combined with support teams, could indeed encircle and annihilate the Sand Ninja within the encirclement. However, the Sand Ninja are not lambs to the slaughter and will surely break through.

If they weren't foolish, they wouldn't have chosen to break out deep into the Land of Fire; instead, they would have broken out towards the Sand Village. In that case, the flanking force would have faced even greater pressure.

Moreover, Konoha knows how to send out support teams, so Sunagakure can't possibly let less than two thousand Sand Ninja fight alone. Do they think that a small number of Sand Ninja can wipe out the Land of Fire?

Therefore, Sunagakure will definitely send support teams to consolidate their gains over the past few days and strive for further progress.

Once the Sand Village's breakout team and support team move simultaneously, the Konoha ninja flanking from behind will be caught in the crossfire, turning the tables and becoming the team that gets attacked from both sides.

Now it all depends on whether Konoha can act quickly enough and complete the mission to eliminate the Sand Village ninja before reinforcements arrive.

Tatsuma was quite confident in Konoha on this point, since Konoha had become the proactive party from the moment the war was officially declared. Whether it was the declaration of war or the formulation of tactics, Konoha was the party that took the initiative to change things.

Ninja battles are not like ninja squads carrying out missions; there are too many things to prepare. Unless Sunagakure anticipates Konoha's actions, they will definitely be slower.

Furthermore, with the Sand Village forces now deep in the Land of Rivers and about to enter the Land of Fire, the Konoha support teams have a shorter journey and can reach the battlefield more quickly.

Unfortunately, the information available to Tatsuma only allowed him to speculate to this extent; he did not yet have access to more information, otherwise he was confident that he could see things more clearly.

That was enough. He smiled and said, "Captain Zhen, I'm not here to rack up credits."

Hearing this, Inuzuka Shinya smiled and nodded, saying, "Well done. But in the battles to come, you need to be even more careful. Never underestimate any ninja, even if you've already defeated or killed them, understand?"

Tatsuma nodded seriously. Actually, these past few days haven't been very smooth. If it weren't for the special constitution brought by the White Demon and the clinical medical ninjutsu he learned from Tsunade, he probably would have already been prepared to be placed on the memorial tablet.

Although he learned ninjutsu at an extraordinary speed through his unconventional learning methods, and possessed a talent for sensory perception and ninja tool throwing skills far exceeding those of others, he was still, after all, a Chunin.

Even among Chunin, his skill level was quite good, but in the midst of a chaotic battle, he couldn't easily defeat enemies of the same level as him, or even those stronger than him in some aspects.

It can be said that many of his victories came from taking risks, but the rewards from those risks were also astonishing. Thanks to the "training through battle" effect brought by the White Demon, Tatsuma realized two to three times more talent each day than he had in his previous training.

The increase in the talent ceiling is not small either. Although it is not as easy as gambling with Tsunade, the talent that can be improved every day is about the same.

Tatsuma also knew that real battles and real defeats were the most correct way to use this system, but he was glad that he had worked hard for three years first.

If he were to graduate as a genin, then proceed step by step to become a chunin before going to the battlefield, he would probably be killed before he even had a chance to achieve anything.

"Rustling sound~"

Just as Tatsuma was getting a little distracted, Inuzuka's ninja dog suddenly ran back, and in an instant, everyone in the team became alert.

"Prepare for battle!"

Inuzuka shouted and drew his kunai, preparing for battle. Tatsuma also drew his chakra dagger and looked warily toward the source of the chakra he sensed.

(End of this chapter)