I Believe in Him

In the end, under Fugaku's forceful persuasion, Jin still unloaded all his bags and bundles, taking only a tiny bit of beef jerky before setting out.

"According to the intel, those four fled toward the Land of Rain," Minato explained. "If we move fast, we should be able to intercept them in about two days."

"Then we can't stop at all along the way," Fugaku added. He looked back at Jin, who was following behind them. "Jin, can you handle it?"

"I really want to say I can't," Jin sighed. "But if I do that, won't I just be dragging you down?"

"Hahahahaha, then keep up with us, Jin!" Minato was full of fighting spirit and picked up speed.

Fugaku followed right after him, leaving only Jin to mutter, "These two damn poets!"

Sand Ninja Main Camp

"Rest for four days, then we launch the all-out attack," ordered the man wearing the hat unique to the Kazekage. "Transfer every jonin in the village here as reinforcements!"

"Wouldn't that be unwise, Lord Kazekage... In that case, the village will have almost no top-tier combat power left," a staff officer reminded him softly, only for the Third Kazekage to glare at him. "Are you the Kazekage, or am I?"

Chiyo watched silently from the side. The moment she thought of the White Fang of the Leaf, she could not help but burn with rage.

"Chiyo." The Third Kazekage changed the subject, looking at the woman standing nearby with killing intent rolling off her.

"Lord Kazekage, please speak," Chiyo said respectfully, forcefully suppressing the anger in her heart.

"You will serve as overall commander for the final decisive battle. He is right. The village cannot be left without someone to oversee the bigger picture." Not a trace of emotion could be heard in the Third Kazekage's voice. "If we win, we can expand our territory. If we lose... then we sign a peace treaty."

Chiyo tensed and said solemnly, "Yes! Lord Kazekage!"

"Someone's chasing us!" The Sand Ninja jonin hurriedly stopped, whipped around, and shouted, "Wind Release: Wind Blade!"

A huge flying blade formed from vacuum swept forward. Minato grabbed Jin and quickly used Flying Thunder God to dodge. Fugaku also hurriedly used his signature Fire Release.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

The huge fireball clashed with the wind blade. Clearly... the fireball was cut apart... "Brother Fugaku!" Minato cried out in alarm. Fugaku's eyes were scarlet, three tomoe surfacing as he dodged the wind blade. "Hmph! How could a mere Wind Release hurt me?"

"Sure, only Brother Fugaku could make running away sound that righteous. Also... isn't the rain in this Hidden Rain Village a little too damn heavy!" Jin complained while vomiting from Flying Thunder God's high-speed movement.

"Let's join the fight too, Jin!" Minato gripped several Flying Thunder God kunai in each hand and flung them out.

The leading Sand Ninja jonin disdainfully knocked the kunai away with his sword. "What? Is this all the Leaf has?"

Fugaku drew his ninja blade and body-flickered in front of that jonin. "Then let me test the level of the Sand Ninja!"

The jonin hurriedly blocked with his ninja blade. When he looked up and saw the iconic Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan, he could not help but be startled. "Sha... you're from the Uchiha Clan!"

At the same time, Minato also began to move. Using the mobility of Flying Thunder God, he flashed beside another jonin and stopped him from going to provide support. "Sorry, your opponent is me!"

"Hey, why is everyone so rash? Shouldn't this be something very artistic?" Jin shrugged helplessly. Ever since the time his eyes awakened... there had been the tiniest change in his temperament.

Jin calmly jumped down from high up, playing with a kunai in both hands as he slowly approached the two chunin.

"Jin! Just do your best to hold them off! I'll end my fight soon!" Minato shouted, and the sight made that jonin fly into a rage from embarrassment. "Don't talk like you can deal with me whenever you want!"

When the two chunin saw that the newcomer was actually just a little brat, they also let down their guard and began mocking him. "Sure enough, the Leaf is finished, hahahahaha, they're even sending children out."

Jin threw the kunai in his hand, but that chunin mercilessly deflected it. His companion continued mocking him. "What? So scared you can't even hold your kunai steady? Kid."

Jin ignored him and instead formed hand seals. "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

"He can actually use ninjutsu?" The Hidden Sand chunin was a little surprised, but only a little. "Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

Water surged up from underground, forming a wall that blocked Jin's Great Fireball. The other chunin took advantage of the gap to launch ninjutsu as well. "Earth Release: Earth Flow Bullet!"

Multiple earth bullets shot toward Jin. Jin hurriedly retreated to open up the distance. "Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

Before Jin could breathe a sigh of relief, the Hidden Sand chunin appeared on both his left and right at the same time, holding kunai as they stabbed toward him.

"What the hell? No, why are the Sand Ninja so damn smart this time!" Jin cursed. At the critical moment, his eyes suddenly turned scarlet, and the dojutsu that symbolized the Uchiha Clan, the Sharingan, opened.

In only an instant, the chunin's figures became slow in Jin's eyes. When the two chunin saw Jin's eyes turn into the Sharingan, they were even more shocked. They had not expected the other side to be from the Uchiha Clan, and even less had they expected him to have already awakened his eyes at this age!

"Don't look straight into his eyes!" the chunin on the left hurriedly reminded his companion. Taking advantage of the gap, Jin took out two kunai from his ninja tool pouch and threw them to the left and right.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Thread!"

Faced with Jin's sudden attack, the two chunin naturally felt no pressure at all. However, after Jin's Sharingan locked onto where the two kunai landed, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly into a wicked grin...

"Kill him! Don't let the Leaf have talent like this!"

Jin leaped into the air and leaned back. "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Water Release: Water Wave!" The Hidden Sand chunin who used Water Release was not to be outdone either. The Water Wave attacked Jin in the sky head-on, and in the next second, he was swallowed by the wave.

Seeing this, the jonin fighting Minato could not help but sneer. "Looks like... you Leaf have one less genius now."

Minato, however, said with great confidence, "I believe in him."

Fugaku, off to the side, grew anxious. The other party knew how powerful the Sharingan's dojutsu was, so he kept avoiding Fugaku's eyes.

Seeing the situation, Fugaku deliberately exposed an opening in the next exchange, guiding the opponent's sword to chop toward his left shoulder.

After seeing the other party take the bait, he hurriedly grabbed the man's wrist with his right hand. "Genjutsu: Sharingan..."

After using genjutsu to control the opponent, Fugaku rushed toward Jin's side, only to see a kunai wrapped in lightning pierce through the water wave and stab hard into the ground.

"This is the Hidden Rain Village. It's lightning's natural home field... you two idiots..."

In the next second, through the water on the ground, the lightning threads on the other two kunai connected, instantly forming countless lightning threads that attacked the two chunin.

"H-how is this possible..." The Hidden Sand chunin looked in disbelief at Jin, who was on a tree not far away, then collapsed straight down.

"You've all finished your fights?" Minato swept a sideways glance over them. "Then I'll work hard too!"

When the only remaining jonin saw his teammates fall one after another, panic instantly rose in his heart. His mind was filled with only one thought: run! Run now!

But Minato's Flying Thunder God stopped him, and a single slash sealed his throat...