Negotiation Escort

"Red."

Jin's voice stopped Yuhi Kurenai, who was talking to Rin, and at the same time made Rin, Obito, Kakashi, and Asuma halt in their tracks.

Everyone looked at Jin in his vest, with a Konoha forehead protector on his head, even the usual laziness gone from his eyes... and instantly understood that he had a mission. Otherwise, based on what they knew of Jin, he normally would never wear that outfit.

"I've got a mission. Go back by yourself." Jin was brief and to the point. After saying that, he gave them no time to react and used Flying Thunder God to teleport himself to Minato's side.

Thinking of how Jin had looked just now, the others all showed envious gazes. For them, being able to go on missions was something that made them very happy.

"Red, didn't you say Brother Jin usually doesn't accept missions?" With nothing else to do, Rin analyzed Jin's mission this time, while the others all listened to her seriously.

"If Brother Jin didn't take the mission on his own, then with Brother Jin's strength, it could only be a mission assigned by the Hokage... and an assigned mission would definitely be above A-rank."

After Rin's analysis, everyone immediately understood. Kakashi, who rarely spoke, also said at this moment, "Rin's right. Although that guy looks unreliable, he's extremely strong. There's no way he'd carry out a simple mission."

"Then doesn't that mean Brother Jin's mission this time is really dangerous..." Red could not help feeling a little worried. Obito, carefree as ever, draped himself over Kakashi and said, "It'll be fine. Brother Jin is a rare genius of our Uchiha Clan!"

Even so, Red still looked deeply worried...

Only Asuma said nothing, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Minato and Jin did not stop at all along the way, and it took them only three days to reach the war zone command post.

After several months, Jin finally saw his master Sakumo again. Aside from a small number of patrolling ninja, most of the people in the entire camp had already returned to the village.

"You two have worked hard." Sakumo looked at the two young men before him and said with a smile, "This mission is to negotiate with the Sand Village. In order to show off the younger generation of our Konoha, I specifically had the Hokage assign the two of you to participate."

"Negotiation, huh? So basically we just need to be shameless and act cool." As soon as Jin heard that it was not some dangerous mission, he immediately started joking.

Sakumo and Minato were first taken aback, then smiled. They had to admit, Jin's summary was extremely on point.

"Fine. As long as you've got that awareness. Go rest for now. The negotiations begin tomorrow." Sakumo gave the order, while he himself still needed to carefully study the details of the negotiations.

After leaving the command post, the two looked at each other and, with tacit understanding, headed toward the Uchiha Camp. Since they were already here, of course they had to go see an old friend.

Because of Jin and Minato's status as geniuses, they naturally had unimpeded access in the Uchiha Clan Compound.

"Brother Fugaku, busy?" From a distance, the two saw that Fugaku was still training the Uchiha clansmen.

"Oh?" Fugaku looked at that clump of yellow hair and the non-signature straight hair of the Uchiha Clan, and immediately knew which two people had come.

"Why are you two back? A mission?" Fugaku stopped what he was doing and curiously caught up with his old friends.

Minato nodded and said, "Yeah, a temporary mission. Not a big deal."

Jin looked at the ninja sword behind Fugaku, his eyes spinning as he said, "Brother Fugaku, lend me your blade for a bit?"

"Want to play with it?" Fugaku threw the ninja sword over without the slightest hesitation. "Go ahead. It's yours. When we return to the village, I'll have a ninja sword made especially for you."

"Hehe! Another mission prop added." Jin laughed, then asked Fugaku, "Brother Fugaku, where's Sister Mikoto?"

"Your Sister Mikoto should be resting. Go check in the back," Fugaku said calmly. As soon as Jin heard that, he vanished like smoke with the ninja sword.

"That kid." Minato and Fugaku looked at each other, and both smiled helplessly.

At this moment, Fugaku said solemnly, "Minato, thank you for looking after Jin during this period."

"You're too polite, Brother Fugaku. Jin and I get along pretty well." Minato responded with a smile, then thought for a moment and added, "The Hokage thinks very highly of Jin and instructed me that I must take good care of him..."

"Sister Mikoto, Sister Mikoto." Jin shouted noisily for Uchiha Mikoto. Mikoto turned around and saw a child bouncing over, with a ninja sword strapped to his back.

"Jin? Why are you back?" Mikoto put down what she was holding, stood up, and asked curiously.

"Hehe, I got a temporary mission and rushed back from the village." Jin smiled mischievously.

Mikoto lovingly stroked Jin's head and said, "Jin has grown taller again. You're already a chunin, so don't be so careless all day. Be careful on your mission."

"I know, I know. Sister Mikoto, do you have any new clothes here?" Jin broke free from Mikoto's hand and asked.

"You child." Mikoto poked Jin's forehead, then turned and walked into the tent, rummaging out a new set of exclusive clothing for the Uchiha Clan.

"Here." Mikoto handed the new clothes to Jin. "There isn't a suitable size here, so just make do with it."

Jin held it in his hands and looked it over. It was entirely black, with the Uchiha Clan's crest printed on the back. "Mm-hmm, black is perfect for acting cool!"

"Acting cool?" Mikoto still had not figured it out before Jin slipped away again.

"Why did you swipe another set of clothes?" Minato asked blankly. Jin had no time to turn around and just grabbed Minato and ran. "Brother Fugaku, we're leaving first."

"Hey, eat before you go." Fugaku tried to persuade them, but his words were mercilessly scattered by the passing wind.

Temporary tent.

Minato looked helplessly at Jin, who kept changing poses in front of him. "That's about enough, Jin. You're already very cool."

"This is different, Brother Minato." Jin said very seriously, "For diplomacy, we have to bring out our Konoha style. We absolutely have to crush the Sand Village in terms of presence."

"When the time comes tomorrow, both of us have to give off that kind of feeling, you know, Brother Minato—the feeling that everyone else is beneath our notice, that we alone reign supreme, standing high above them all." Jin earnestly lectured Minato, who was sitting to the side.

Minato thought it over carefully and found that this kid actually seemed to have a point...

And so, in the tent, the two of them began meticulously planning what posture would make their entrance tomorrow look the coolest...

Early the next morning.

Jin and Minato arrived in front of Sakumo's tent. Before long, Sakumo also came out. The Jin who entered his sight made him look him over a few extra times...

Dressed entirely in black, with the Uchiha Clan crest printed on his left arm, a Konoha forehead protector tied to his right arm, and a ninja sword on his back... though the ninja sword looked a bit large, he wore a green vest.

Yes. After an intense discussion between Jin and Minato, they had unanimously agreed that Jin tying the forehead protector to his arm looked cooler...

Paired with Jin's flawless face, and combined with the natural cool aura buff of the Uchiha Clan, even Sakumo could not help praising him. "If presence could kill, Jin, you'd already be invincible under heaven."

After Sakumo's exaggerated praise, Jin immediately broke character and giggled foolishly. "Ah, really? Hehehehe, Master, you're praising me so much I'm getting embarrassed..."