Minato Squad! First Mission!

Hearing that Minato Namikaze also had all five attributes, Jin could not help sighing. Sure enough, geniuses always gathered together...

"Morikawa Hotaru. I possess the water attribute and specialize in sealing-type ninjutsu." Morikawa Hotaru followed right after him. Though she was not as dazzling as Minato Namikaze, sealing-type ninjutsu alone was enough to give her a place.

Furuno Tetsuji also said in a low voice, "Furuno Tetsuji. I possess the earth and fire attributes and specialize in Earth Release."

After Furuno Tetsuji finished, the others all turned to look at Jin. Jin met their gazes without the slightest fear and said, "Uchiha Jin. Like the captain, I possess all five attributes. I specialize in Fire Release and Lightning Release. But I have no real combat experience."

"Hiss..."

Jin's words made the remaining three draw in a breath. Just possessing all five attributes like Minato Namikaze was terrifying enough... As for real combat experience? Everyone present who had survived had experience.

"Hahahaha, good." Minato spoke first. "You can build up real combat experience slowly. For now, everyone rest and wait for a mission."

"Yes, captain!" they answered in unison.

At night, the moon hung high overhead. Aside from the teams on routine patrol around the camp, there was no one else.

Jin tossed and turned in the tent, unable to sleep, so he could only tiptoe outside. Feeling the cold night wind blow over him, he could not help sighing inwardly. So this is war? Why does it feel both so close and so far away...

"Can't sleep?" Minato's voice sounded behind him. Jin instinctively turned back and met Minato's concerned gaze.

"Yes, captain. You can't sleep either?" Jin asked curiously. Minato only shook his head. "I feel like a mission is coming."

Hearing that, Jin only nodded and said nothing more.

Minato walked to Jin's side and stood shoulder to shoulder with him. "What is it? Nervous?"

Jin thought for a moment before speaking. "I don't know... I don't know how to describe this feeling."

"It's fine." Minato's hand rested on Jin's shoulder. "Everyone has a first time."

Just as Minato finished speaking, before Jin could reply, they heard someone shout, "Chunin Minato!"

That person quickly ran up to Minato and said urgently, "Chunin Minato, Lord Sakumo orders your squad to head to Area Three for night reconnaissance."

"Understood." Minato nodded solemnly. Behind him, Morikawa Hotaru and Furuno Tetsuji had already woken up the moment they heard someone shout "Chunin Minato."

"Head to Area Three." At Minato's command, he charged out first, and the remaining three followed close behind.

Everyone passed through layers of dense forest. Just as they were about to rush out of the woods, Minato suddenly stopped, and Jin and the other two spread out in different directions.

They heard Minato say in a low voice, "Jin and I are one group. Hotaru and Tetsuji are one group. Reconnoiter within a five-kilometer radius around here. If there's danger, send a signal."

After saying that, Minato took two custom kunai from his ninja tool pouch and handed them to the two of them.

"Yes!" Hotaru and Tetsuji nodded, then disappeared from where they stood in the next second.

Minato took Jin and crouched on a tree, explaining to him, "Area Three is the zone closest to Hidden Sand. Our main task is to check whether any Hidden Sand have infiltrated. You go east, I'll go west. We'll meet back here in an hour."

"Understood, captain." Jin nodded. Minato also tossed him a kunai, reminded him to be careful, then disappeared on the spot as well.

In the pitch-black night, Jin took out his own kunai and held it in his hand, moving carefully between the tree trunks.

"Crack—"

The sound of stepping on a branch was especially piercing in the silent forest. Jin, on the tree trunk, hurriedly held his breath, adrenaline surging wildly. He cautiously poked his head out and looked down...

"Meow~"

A white cat strolled past at an unhurried pace. Jin jumped down from the tree and inspected the branch that had just snapped, where clear cat paw prints remained. He immediately let out a breath of relief and whispered, "I was just scaring myself, huh."

But in the next second, something still felt wrong...

"Wait! How the hell would there be a cat in a war zone?!"

Immediately after, Jin hurriedly jumped into the tree. The moment he got up there, a flurry of shuriken flew in beneath his feet and embedded themselves.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" Jin formed hand seals quickly and spat a massive fireball toward the direction the shuriken had come from.

"Wind Release: Wind Wall!"

A wall of wind blocked Jin's great fireball and blew it apart. Immediately after, a deep voice rang out. "Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Rupture!"

Several high-pressure wind bullets in succession came hurtling toward Jin. Seeing this, Jin quickly dodged backward, his kunai gripped tightly in his hand.

Two black figures darted out and stood five meters away from Jin. One of them sneered, "See, Kui? Konoha really has no one left. They're actually sending brats to the battlefield now."

The ninja called Kui also mocked him. "Hey, kid, why don't you go home and find your mommy?"

"Hahahaha."

"Shadow Clone Technique!" Jin activated the ninjutsu and leaned close to his clone, while the Hidden Sand ninja also rushed toward Jin, activating ninjutsu as they ran.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"

"Earth Release, Earth-Style Wall!" Jin formed seals at high speed and summoned an earthen wall to block the other side's Wind Release. Just as he was about to form seals again, the enemy was already in his face, swinging a blade at him.

With no other choice, Jin could only give up on forming seals and use his kunai to block. Meanwhile, the other enemy had already appeared behind Jin and was engaging his shadow clone in taijutsu.

"Brat! The battlefield isn't somewhere you should be. Remember that in your next life!" the enemy dueling Jin's true body roared, the blade slicing past Jin's cheek.

Jin quickly retreated while forming seals with both hands, then pressed them to the ground. "Lightning Release: Gossamer."

Five thin threads of lightning flickered across the ground. Immediately after, Jin leaped onto a tree trunk and continued forming seals. "Water Release: Small Waterfall Technique!"

Water flowed out from behind Jin and dripped onto the ground. The uninformed Hidden Sand ninja went from a look of terror to roaring with laughter. "Hahahaha, what kind of trash ninjutsu is this? Let uncle teach you what real ninjutsu is!"

But Jin said calmly, "Don't rush. After all, you're the first person I'm testing this combo technique on."

Yes, this was something Jin had come up with on a whim when he was bored, using the principle that water conducted electricity... It was just that his chakra was truly as touching as the money in his pocket...

And so, his self-created C-rank ninjutsu was born.

Sure enough, when that Hidden Sand ninja formed seals, he suddenly felt a wave of numbness. Though it was not fatal, it made his hand seals pause for an instant. Jin seized that instant, and without another word...

Ran!

"? Damn it!" When the Hidden Sand ninja called Kui saw Jin fleeing, he could not help cursing furiously. "You! You idiot, why were you playing with a shadow clone for so long? He's gone to report in! Chase him!"

"Oh? Right!"

Jin ran desperately in front. There was no other reason. At a time like this, what else was he supposed to do but run? Fight two against one?

The two behind him pursued relentlessly, but before long, they sensed that something was wrong... The little brat ahead of them had actually turned around to face them.

Relying on their battle instincts, the two slowed down at the same time.

At this moment, a wicked smile curled at the corner of Jin's mouth. As he formed seals, he raised his head toward the sky. "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

After spitting out the fireball, he continued forming seals. "Water Release: Water Formation Pillar!"

The two Hidden Sand ninja quickly understood what Jin intended to do, and they both used Wind Release to blow away the fog that had already formed from the water vapor.