I established the Kua Kua Cult in Naruto

Chapter 337: Knowing how to change is best for yourself, but you may not follow it

"Tatsuma, you should be more focused. With your talent, it is not difficult to learn the sage mode, but you always get stuck at the last step."

In the wet bone forest, Tatsuma, wearing only shorts, was sitting on the coral reef. Next to him was Zhiyu, who had shrunk a lot. Zhiyu could control his body size freely. The reduction at this time was also to make it easier for him to interact with Tatsuma. comminicate.

Seeing Chenma open his eyes again, which were still full of energy and thinking, Zhiyu said: "For other people who practice the immortal mode, the most difficult thing is to calm down, but you are different.

You enjoy this kind of tranquility so much that you like to immerse yourself in a person's world. However, the tranquility of the immortal mode requires even "I" to be abandoned. If you cannot do this,

You can never get into perfect sage mode without some help. "

"I understand."

Tatsuma nodded, picked up the towel on the side, and wiped his body. He was now very thin, so thin that his muscles were completely stretched. This was the sequelae of dehydration in Imperfect Sage Mode.

More than a year ago, since the intelligence work of the Kingdom of Water was on track, Tatsuma took a lot of time to come to Shigu Forest to practice the immortal mode.

His cultivation process went very smoothly. Within a week, he could freely enter the almost perfect immortal mode in the water. He could balance the energy in his body very quickly without too many attempts.

After that, he tried to enter the immortal mode in a place where there is no high concentration of natural energy. This is one step more than practicing the immortal mode in the Shigu Forest water, which is to realize and attract the natural energy.

But at this step, he was severely frustrated. He could calm down quickly without being arrogant or impetuous. His excellent perception talent also allowed him to quickly sense the natural energy floating in the air.

But his brain could hardly stop thinking. Even if he was calm enough, his brain would still think about things that would not cause mood swings. His brain, which was far more developed than others, seemed to have no stop button.

In this case, his body and mind are far from being in agreement with nature, allowing natural energy to actively approach him, and can only be passively attracted by him, which makes his immortal mode always imperfect.

Almost every time he comes out of the Sage Mode state, his weight will decrease by three to five kilograms. Unlike the petrification of frogs in Mt. Miaomu or the transformation into snakes in Ryūchi Cave, the consequence of imperfect Sage Mode in Shiggou Forest is severe dehydration.

In severe cases, it may even dehydrate into a mummy.

However, over the past year or so, he has not gained anything. He has learned a lot of magical techniques from the Shiggou Forest. At the same time, he has not fallen behind much in ANBU work. After all, he has a large family to support.

It's just that they can't achieve the perfect immortal mode. Both Zhi Yu, the guide, and Chenma himself feel extremely uncomfortable. They both have slight obsessive-compulsive disorder.

In fact, as far as the current situation is concerned, even if Tatsuma uses the imperfect sage mode, it will not affect the battle, because it takes time for the body to dehydrate. In about ten minutes, his body will be dehydrated to the point of weakness, which will affect his condition. .

But his chakra capacity cannot support him fighting in sage mode for more than ten minutes. In other words, Tatsuma will be forced to exit sage mode long before his body is dehydrated to the dangerous level.

It’s just that I’m very unhappy, it’s obviously only one step away.

Looking at Tatsuma who was wiping his body and couldn't stop thinking, Zhiyu said: "Otherwise, you can also learn what you said Jiraiya and temporarily put down what you are carrying. Maybe you can find the true "quietness"." "maybe."

"Need not."

Chenma shook his head and said: "It's not that there's something wrong with my mentality, it's just that the guiding ideology of doing things is different from the guiding ideology required by the immortal mode.

The guiding thoughts required for the Immortal Mode are nothing more than the four states of mind, the joy of separation, the joy of concentration, the wonderful joy of separation, and the pure thoughts of equanimity. Only when the thoughts of equanimity are pure can one enter the most perfect Immortal Mode. "

Hearing Chenma say this, Zhiyu thought about it for a moment, then shook his huge head up and down, and was even a little happy, because finally someone could sum it up.

But Chenma, who has summed up these things, why can't he "purify thoughts of abandonment"? Just when she was about to ask a question, Tatsuma continued:

"But the guiding ideology that I recognize and practice is to know that after stopping, one can become calm, and after being calm, one can be still, and after being still, one can be at ease, and after being at peace, one can think, and after thinking, one can gain. After stopping one's thoughts, settling one's mind, calming one's mind, and calming one's mind, I But he started thinking.

I cannot be still for the sake of stillness, I can only be still for the sake of movement. And this more than a year of peace of mind has indeed allowed me to figure out a lot of things. As far as I am concerned, I think the value is not inferior to the fairy mode.

It is difficult for me to abandon or deny my guiding ideology when I have gained something. I have disappointed you, Zhi Yu. "

"It's okay, Tatsuma. You are still young. Maybe at another age, you will have a different state of mind. You are the most talented person I have ever seen. Maybe you can even develop a sage mode that is more suitable for you. .”

Zhi Yu's tone was still gentle. She knew that Chen Ma was a man of his own opinion and a smart man. Since Chen Ma had discovered the crux of the problem, it was up to him to solve it himself.

Tatsuma stood up, picked up the clothes hanging casually next to him, and put them on one by one. It had been more than two years since Mito Uzumaki passed away, but the habits she left for others had not changed.

Tatsuma would still customize some clothes every season, and Mito Uzumaki would be satisfied with the wide robes and long sleeves after seeing them. Dressed neatly, Tatsuma bid farewell to Uchiyu.

Back in Konoha, Tatsuma went straight to the ramen restaurant. It wasn't time for dinner yet, and he didn't have anything to eat when he got home.

"Boss, tonkotsu ramen, add two portions of noodles, two portions of barbecued pork, two portions of eggs, two portions of vegetarian vegetables, only one portion of soup base, and then add boiling water."

After placing the order skillfully, Tatsuma found that there was a young man beside the ramen master. The boss nodded, saw Tatsuma's eyes, and said with a smile: "The new apprentice in the shop, hand-made! This is our shop I’m a regular customer, Lord Tatsuma Sakamoto.”

Turning his head with his hand, Tatsuma looked at him with a warm smile in his narrow eyes. He was lost in thought for a while, but he quickly recovered and nodded. The boss quickly placed a large bowl of ramen in front of Tatsuma.

The boss asked someone to customize this bowl. The bowl used by Chenma for big eaters was no longer enough, so he had to continue to make it bigger.

"Tatsuma, are you back?"

Just as Tatsuma was eating ramen, a voice of surprise came from the door, and another voice made a dissatisfied nasal sound. Tatsuma nodded. The fatigue caused by excessive dehydration made him too lazy to argue with others. .

Minato pulled Kushina and sat next to Tatsuma. Minato had already finished his mission in the Land of Thunder, but it was just a little later than Tatsuma, not too late.

"Tatsuma, did you hear that?"

Minato lowered his voice slightly and looked at the boss. The boss understood and took his hand and went into the kitchen to prepare the salt ramen that Minato and Kushina often ordered.

Tatsuma looked at Minato suspiciously. He had been away from Konoha for two weeks and had just come back. Before he had time to inquire about what had happened recently, he asked, "What makes you so concerned?"

"Sakumo-senpai has officially applied for retirement, and the waiting list he submitted is you."

Hearing this, Tatsuma was also stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Aren't there still three squad leaders?"

There are four ANBU teams in total, one of which is the Roots. The Roots are under the direct control of Danzo. Naturally, there are no team captains. Therefore, under the director Sakumo Hatake, there are three team captains.

As Hatake Sakumo retired from Anbu, the first replacement should be these three squad captains. Last year, Tatsuma was eligible to run for squad captain, but he turned it down for the sake of training.

As for the position of ANBU Minister, Tatsuma has no idea. After all, he is still in ANBU. The current idea is that if he stays in ANBU, he does not need to be promoted to Jonin.

After all, after being promoted to jounin, even if it was just to go through the motions, he would have to bring one or two genin to fill up his resume. Tatsuma didn't want to bring up children, after all, it would affect his own practice.

Likewise, promotion within the ANBU would also take up some of his time and energy, let alone jumping to the post of ANBU Minister across ranks.

Minato explained: "Kakashi plans to participate in this Chuunin assessment. If he succeeds, he will have to leave the original team. Lord Sakumo should be willing to lead Kakashi personally.

And I heard, just heard that Danzo-sama is very dissatisfied with Hokage-sama, because Danzo-sama thinks that Hokage-sama deliberately "suppresses" you and prevents your promotion. Hokage-sama also hopes to use this opportunity to exonerate Danzo-sama. slander. "

"Tsk! What's the point of two old guys having a conflict and using me as a pawn?"

Tatsuma muttered dissatisfiedly, then sighed and said, "I will find out."

At this time, Tatsuma suddenly felt that something was wrong with Kushina. If Minato had chatted with him for so long in the past, Kushina would have gone crazy. Tatsuma looked at Kushina.

Finding that she didn't get angry, but that her eyes were full of violence, Tatsuma frowned and felt something was wrong in his heart.

Tatsuma looked away, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, but the relationship between him and Kushina had always been very bad. If he said anything rashly, it would not only have no effect, but would even intensify the conflict.

At this moment, Minato suddenly said: "By the way, Tatsuma, the renovation of Kushina's property has been completed. We plan to invite some friends over for a gathering. The party is expected to be held in a few days. Can you make time?" "

Hearing this, Tatsuma nodded subconsciously. After all, he really needed a chance to get to know Kushina now, but he quickly came back to his senses, showed confusion, and asked:

"Isn't it just a house? It took more than a year to repair? I thought it had been completed long ago."

"I thought it was just a house at first, but I found out later. Anyway, you'll know when you get here."

Minato gave up and looked back at Kushina. The violence in Kushina's eyes disappeared instantly, and she returned to the rare tenderness she had when facing Minato. Minato didn't notice and just said:

"Jiraiya-sensei, he will be back that day too. I haven't seen him for a long time."

Hearing that the two people she disliked the most about Minato were actually getting together on that day, Kushina pouted, and the tail of her red hair floated faintly, but she still suppressed her dissatisfaction and shielded the stinky fox inside her. He was talking nonsense, forced a smile and said:

"Okay, I've also made an appointment here. Let's take some time to buy things for the party, right?"

"Ah."

Seeing the two people's passionate love, with eyes that could be drawn, Tatsuma shivered, goosebumps appeared, ate the few remaining noodles, put the money on the table, and said:

"I'll leave first, you guys eat slowly."

"Get out of here!"

Tatsuma didn't pay attention to Kushina's last words. He frowned when he left the ramen shop. He had to find Tsunade and Nonou to find out about Kushina's current situation.

After all, he is responsible for the stability of the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, but Uzumaki Mito asked before his death that Tatsuma would not just sit back and let Kushina and the Nine-Tails in her lose control just because she had a conflict with him.

As for the matter of Hatake Sakumo's retirement and the ANBU Minister, let's push it further. After being the ANBU Minister for so many years, Hatake Sakumo wanted to retire, but he could not complete the process so quickly.