Boom!
As the last two words fell, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from within him!
A golden Rinnegan appeared in the middle of his forehead, sacred and inviolable!
The chakra gust swept outward like ripples, cleansing the entire Forest of Death.
At that moment, all four of them outside the forest felt something was wrong. Even the workers laboring inside the Forest of Death sensed it.
"What... what is that?"
"Could it be... the village has come to rescue us?"
"Wonderful! We can finally get out of this godforsaken place!"
"This chakra... why does it make me feel so uneasy?"
"What are you all yapping about?!" Seeing everyone's talk grow more and more outlandish, an overseer flicked his whip and casually lashed an Iwagakure shinobi. "Get back to work!"
As he turned to look toward the Forest of Death, he instinctively flicked his whip again, but couldn't help showing a worried expression.
"I've only just gotten the hang of this. Please don't let anything happen, Lord Jin..."
After months of hard work, he had finally become an overseer!
He didn't want anything to happen to the Leaf.
A similar scene was playing out throughout the depths of the Forest of Death.
Naturally, it drew many people from the Leaf to investigate.
But before they could get close, a barrier abruptly rose and stopped them.
"This barrier is..."
Hashirama was the first to rush over. Feeling the power within it, he narrowed his eyes.
"Is this that kid Uchiha Jin's?"
"So... he's fighting an unknown shinobi inside?"
Realizing this, he stopped Kakashi, Might Guy, and the others, who were wasting their efforts trying to get through.
With Jin there, they didn't need to worry.
If they did need to worry... then... if even Jin couldn't handle it, these people would only