Rewards

"Is that so?" Minato smiled calmly. "Then I'll teach you another move. It's called—if you can't deal with the jutsu, deal with the caster."

The moment he finished speaking, Minato used the Flying Thunder God mark he had left on Jin earlier to flash behind him, patting his shoulder with one hand. "Now, you lose, Jin."

Jin was neither discouraged nor surprised by this. If Minato had been serious, he probably would have lost long ago...

Slumped on the stone pillar, he asked curiously, "Brother Minato, how come I didn't feel the mark you put on me?"

"That's one of the advantages of the Flying Thunder God." Minato smiled and helped Jin up, then the two of them went over to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded in satisfaction. Thinking about how long it had been since he last saw such a brilliant match, he could not help praising them lavishly. "Good. Very good. Minato, you already have the ability of a jonin. Jin isn't bad either. Your battle instincts are outstanding!"

Outside the field, Kakashi was also silently muttering to himself, Would I have been this strong at Jin's age...

The students all started cheering as well, and among them, Obito Uchiha was the most excited. For one, Jin was from the Uchiha Clan; for another, he had already started treating Jin as his idol... (Though his goal of surpassing his rival was still Kakashi.)

(Good bros for life...)

"From this moment on." Hiruzen's voice made everyone present hold their breath. "Chunin Minato Namikaze is promoted to jonin."

"Brother Minato, congratulations." Jin offered his congratulations at once, then looked eagerly toward Hiruzen.

Hiruzen smiled faintly and continued, "Chunin Uchiha Jin may choose one ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals to learn."

"Holy crap, that generous!" Jin muttered inwardly. Hearing that Minato had been promoted to jonin, he had originally wanted Hiruzen to promote him to special jonin. Becoming a jonin at seven years old... just saying it out loud would be damn impressive.

"Congratulations, Jin." Minato congratulated him as well. After that, Sarutobi Hiruzen went on and on, instilling the Will of Fire into everyone before going back to his official duties.

Once the Ninja Academy teachers had led the students away, Jin finally turned around and ran to the side to vomit... Mainly because using the Flying Thunder God too frequently had been too much for his body...

After he had more or less finished throwing up, Jin said weakly, "Brother Minato, if I choose a ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals, which one do you think I should pick?"

Minato leaned against a nearby tree and thought for a while before speaking with a serious face. "I don't think any of the ninjutsu in the Scroll of Seals suit you."

"Huh? Then wouldn't this reward be completely meaningless?" Jin asked in shock. Very quickly, however, Minato pointed him in a direction. "Why don't you learn genjutsu? After all, the Sharingan pairs very well with genjutsu."

Hearing that, Jin began to think as well. Aside from seeing things clearly, it seems like I've never developed my Sharingan in the direction of genjutsu...

"Then how do I learn it?" Jin looked at Minato, and Minato spread both hands, indicating, "I'm not good at genjutsu."

"...You're not good at Earth Release, so you can create a stone pillar more than two meters tall? You're not good at Wind Release, yet you can unleash Wind Release with pressure that high?" Jin could not help roasting him.

Minato chuckled, then said, "Because of the war, you were promoted to chunin, so you never received systematic training. As it happens, I know a genjutsu master. I'll take you to ask Lord Hokage."

"Huh?" Before Jin could react, Minato pressed a hand on his shoulder and used the Flying Thunder God to teleport away.

Hokage Building

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked curiously at the two genius boys in front of him, whom he had only just seen, and could not help finding it a little strange... Minato seemed to want to ask something... and Jin's expression looked terrible...

"I'm sorry, Grandpa Hokage..." After Jin finished speaking, he ran to the windowsill and started vomiting. Minato, who had wanted to stop him, truly had not expected Jin to use the Body Flicker even when vomiting, flickering straight to the windowsill...

"What's wrong with Jin..." Hiruzen felt utterly baffled. Could these two little fellows have come here specially to prank him?

"Ah, apologies, Lord Hokage. Jin, he... he gets Flying Thunder God sickness." Minato explained awkwardly. Who would have thought that after Hiruzen heard it, he would become even more confused. "Flying Thunder God sickness? Doesn't Jin know the Flying Thunder God too?"

And so, Minato recounted all of Jin's "glorious" deeds, from learning the Flying Thunder God to getting Flying Thunder God sickness.

After hearing it, Hiruzen burst into laughter, his gaze toward Jin full of appreciation and kindness.

"Lord Hokage, Jin has decided not to choose a ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals, and instead wants to study genjutsu." Minato seized the chance to say.

Hiruzen paused slightly, then blurted out, "He didn't study genjutsu when he was a genin or chunin?"

"No." Minato shook his head. "As soon as Jin became a genin, he went to the battlefield, and his chunin promotion was also an exceptional promotion due to a mission."

"Oh, oh." Hiruzen immediately understood. Back then, Sakumo seemed to have mentioned it briefly in the letter he sent back.

"Then let Intelligence Division Chief Shinku Yuhi personally teach him." Hiruzen made the decision on the spot. For a good seedling of Konoha, even one from the Uchiha Clan, as long as he possessed the Will of Fire, tilting a few resources his way was perfectly justified.

From the first moment Hiruzen saw Jin, he felt that this child would definitely inherit the Will of Fire. He firmly believed it.

By now, Jin had more or less finished vomiting as well, and he had heard every word Minato and Hiruzen said. He was just rather curious... why did the name Shinku Yuhi sound so familiar?

"How about this? Tomorrow morning, Jin will go to Shinku Yuhi's place. I'll send someone to notify him." Hiruzen spoke, and after saying that, he drove the two of them out. Being interrupted by these two meant he would have to work overtime again tonight... and he could not even work some overtime with his wife Jin...

"Hahahaha, Jin, you brat, your future is bright." Minato praised him sincerely. "You had Senior Sakumo teaching you before, and now you'll have Senior Shinku guiding you after. In the future, you'll be my greatest rival for becoming Hokage!"

"Stop right there." Jin quickly shook his head. "I agree with the first half, but I object to the second half. Only a dog would become Hokage. I won't do it."

"Huh? Why? Why doesn't Jin want to become Hokage?" Minato asked in confusion.

Jin stopped and looked at him. "If you need an assistant, I can be your assistant. But I definitely won't become Hokage."

Although Minato did not understand, he still respected it. "Then it's settled! In the future, you'll be my assistant, Jin!"

"Ah, we'll see, we'll see..."

A certain independent courtyard in Konoha's most prosperous district

"Lord Shinku, this is Lord Hokage's commission." Two Anbu handed Sarutobi Hiruzen's written commission to Shinku Yuhi.

Shinku Yuhi nodded slightly and carefully read the commission Hiruzen had given him: Please teach Uchiha Jin genjutsu.

Those few short words could not help making Shinku Yuhi inwardly startled. He wanted him to teach a young member of the Uchiha Clan? What did Lord Hokage mean by this? Besides... wasn't the Uchiha Clan's genjutsu very strong?

At that moment, a girl with deep crimson eyes and black curly hair came bouncing to Shinku Yuhi's side:

"Daddy, Daddy, teach me ninjutsu!"