"Of course it's strong."
Uchiha Jin looked at the path cut open by a wind blade.
"Look who created it."
Actually, he was also surprised by its power. Relying on this ninjutsu, defeating the strong with the weak wouldn't be difficult.
It just hadn't been this strong last night.
"Hmph." Kushina landed from the tree and snorted.
With this power, it wasn't even one-tenth of her Tailed Beast Ball.
Unfortunately, she couldn't use it. Otherwise, she would scare this hateful Uchiha to death.
"Do you want to learn?" Jin suddenly turned to look at Kushina with a wicked grin.
"I..."
Kushina did want to learn. Using the Tailed Beast Ball relied on her own chakra volume, which wasn't enough. Now that the Stinky Fox had added a seal, she couldn't rob him even if she wanted to.
Naturally, she had ideas about such a high-power ninjutsu.
"Hehe. Call me 'Daddy' three times, and I'll teach you."
"I'll kill you!!"
Kushina attacked. She charged! She charged!!
The next moment.
Jin lifted a leg and kicked Kushina in the chest with extreme speed.
Kushina only saw a black shadow before her body flew backward. She lay on the ground with a shoe print on her face. She began to doubt life.
Why couldn't she beat this guy?
Looking at Jin resentfully, she had already imagined going Nine-Tails Mode and exploding this hateful Uchiha countless times in her heart.
Jin made a face at Kushina.
He always took revenge.
"Let's fight to the death! Hateful Uchiha!"
Kushina charged again. This time, Jin didn't counterattack. He just stood there waiting for her to run over, then used Soru to pull away.
Kushina gritted her teeth and also used Soru to follow closely.
Their figures shuttled back and forth in the dilapidated training ground.
Jin landed on the ground. Kushina arrived.
But just as she arrived, Jin was already standing on top of a wooden stake. She hurriedly used Soru to follow, but Jin was already hanging upside down from a tree watching her.
She just couldn't catch him. It infuriated Kushina.
Even Minato couldn't keep up with Jin, let alone Kushina.
She was being led around in circles all over the training ground by Jin.
"Come catch me, little vegetable."
Under Jin's mockery, Kushina became even angrier. Her chasing speed increased.
Unfortunately, she couldn't even grab the corner of Jin's clothes. She raged impotently behind him.
Unfortunately, it was useless.
Minato stood in place and sighed helplessly. Wasn't he supposed to teach me ninjutsu? How did the two start fighting?
He could only use Soru to intercept Kushina.
"Alright, alright. Stop messing around."
As for Jin...
He couldn't catch him either. There was nothing he could do. After coaxing Kushina for a good while, she finally stopped, unwilling and resentful.
Minato sighed deeply.
This team would fall apart sooner or later without him.
Jin sat cross-legged on the wooden stake, looking down at the two with a grin.
"Minato, listen well. I'm going to teach you this jutsu now."
With Jin's explanation, Kushina completely stopped making a fuss. Minato smoothly took out a notebook and began to record seriously.
Following Jin's explanation, Minato had already classified this ninjutsu in his heart.
A-Rank Ninjutsu.
The principles within were extremely complex, and its plasticity was extremely high. If other nature transformations were added, it could even be strengthened to S-Rank level.
Unfortunately, he only had Wind Nature right now. A ninja could develop a second or even third nature transformation through long-term training.
But Minato hadn't reached that level yet.
Kushina didn't have the expected bewildered look on her face. Instead, she looked thoughtful.
This made Jin feel surprised.
Did she switch personalities?
Seeing Jin's expression, Kushina knew what he was thinking and bared her teeth at him in threat.
Unfortunately, it was useless.
However, thinking about the Sealing Jutsu Kushina practiced, many of which had extremely high difficulty, it was normal.
And she also had Wind Nature Chakra.
It was just that Sealing Jutsu didn't have high requirements for chakra nature.
"Steel Tempest!" (Zhāngāng Shǎn!)
The kunai in Minato's hand emitted a wind blade, knocking down a tree branch.
Jin lay slanted on a nearby tree stump, yawning.
Kushina, who was providing chakra for Minato, held a kunai with a face full of hatred.
It made Minato embarrassed to continue using her chakra.
"Why is this damn ninjutsu so hard!"
Kushina wasn't here to be a training partner. She was practicing too. But she hadn't been able to unleash it even once so far.
The difficulty of this ninjutsu was still too high for her.
"Do you think it's possible that Minato Namikaze is the abnormal one?" Jin dropped a hint.
Hearing this, Kushina felt it made a lot of sense. Her eyes looking at Minato almost emitted killing intent.
Minato smiled bitterly and helplessly. "That's not how you practice it."
Then he began to explain in detail to Kushina.
Jin "Tch'ed" and turned around.
He also wanted a blonde tsundere girl or a black-haired older sister.
But he hadn't met either of them around him.
He had to eat dog food here.
Kushina and Minato were intimate as if no one else was around, although it was just one teaching seriously and one listening seriously.
But Jin only smelled the strong stench of rotting hormones.
"You guys are here."
Jiraiya suddenly jumped down from a high place. He landed steadily on the ground without making a sound.
Meeting the gazes of the three, especially one gaze mixed with gratitude.
After all, not everyone was willing to eat dog food.
Jiraiya looked at Jin in confusion. He didn't seem to do anything, right?
Business first.
"Just in time, Minato. I have something to discuss with you."
Minato was puzzled. What could be the matter with him? Among the three, he should be the one least likely to have issues.
He looked at Kushina, then at Uchiha Jin who was being lazy over there.
One teammate had a powerful entity inside her. The other was an Uchiha of Konoha.
He pointed at himself uncertainly.
"Teacher Jiraiya, what business do you have with me?"
Minato was perplexed.
Jiraiya explained, "It's getting into winter recently. I'm taking you to another place for training."
"What about us?!" Kushina shouted in dissatisfaction.
The three were clearly a squad. Why was Teacher Jiraiya only taking Minato?
"Teacher Jiraiya is biased!"
"Alright, alright." Jiraiya rubbed Kushina's head.
They were all still ten-year-old kids.
"I've found teachers for you too. I found the most suitable teacher for you."
"The most suitable teacher for me?" Kushina frowned. She was unable to think of who would be suitable to teach her.
Actually, she didn't need much teaching. She still had Sealing Jutsu to practice.
It was just that the power of Sealing Jutsu really lacked offensive capability.
Like Jin's Steel Tempest. It was great, but unfortunately not very suitable for her.
"Think about it carefully." Jiraiya patted Kushina's shoulder.
He beckoned Minato, preparing to leave.
"Let's go, Minato."
Minato hurriedly caught up.
"Hey, Teacher Jiraiya, at least tell us when to gather!"
Jin hurriedly stopped Jiraiya. Taking Minato away just like that...
They wouldn't know when to meet next.
Rely on destiny!?
That's why he couldn't get along with charlatans.
Jiraiya remembered then and called out awkwardly, "Sorry, sorry."
"Gather here after spring starts."
Saying this, Jiraiya's face became extremely serious.
"You must train hard. We are going to the front lines after spring starts."
"What!!?" Jin exclaimed in disbelief.
He turned to look at Kushina, but she revealed a surprised expression.
Jin looked at Jiraiya with black lines covering his head.
"All of us?"
Jiraiya nodded.
"All of us."
"Hss!" Jin sucked in a breath of cold air.
Is Hiruzen Sarutobi not even pretending to be human anymore?
They were still just children.
Going to the battlefield like this... wasn't he afraid that if something happened, the Nine-Tails would be lost?
As for Uchiha Jin... that old man probably thought it would be better if he died.
"So, train hard." Jiraiya emphasized again.
Jin looked up at the sky speechlessly.
He had already guessed the teacher Jiraiya found for them.
But what use was it?
The battlefield didn't care about background.
Maybe because of the background, people would kill even harder.
Kushina stepped on the snowflakes, leaving a trail of footprints on the ground.
She had thrown the ninja basic training of leaving no footprints to the back of her mind.
She tilted her head up, watching the gradually setting sun. The light turned dim yellow, and a cold wind blew. The temperature was starting to drop at this time.
"Who exactly is going to be my teacher!"
Kushina scratched her head in fury. She thought for a long time but couldn't think of who was suitable to be her teacher.
If there really was such a person, it should be a Jinchūriki or someone from the Uzumaki clan.
But thinking of the Uzumaki clan, she sighed helplessly.
She might be the only clansman left.
Feeling sad, Kushina walked to her door and widened her eyes at the open door.
"I remember closing the door when I left this morning."
Thinking of something, she walked in quickly. Seeing the shoes placed in the entrance, she revealed a look of surprise.
She hurriedly kicked off her shoes, letting them fall randomly on the ground without caring, and ran into the room.
She saw a woman wearing loose clothes, lying sprawled on the floor, dead drunk. Her unrestrained posture revealed quite a bit of spring scenery.
Drinking in broad daylight, completely throwing the Three Ninja Prohibitions to the back of her mind.
Kushina didn't feel much about this. It was just that this woman surprised her.
"Big Sister Tsunade, you're back."
Tsunade opened her hazy drunken eyes. Her body swayed twice before she sat up and beckoned to Kushina.
"I came back to stay for a while recently."
"I assume the teacher Jiraiya found for Kushina should be Tsunade."
Jin leaped lightly over the iron fence cutting off the Death Forest. He landed steadily on the ground.
"My teacher is Orochimaru, right? Did he even need to find one?!"
Facing the unfair distribution, he felt indignant. He had found Orochimaru long ago.
He walked towards the direction of Orochimaru's hidden laboratory.
He hadn't gone yesterday because he wanted to rest.
As he went deeper into the Death Forest, the forest was peaceful without a single ripple.
"But why is it so quiet?"
Jin sighed wearily.
He didn't even need to use his brain to know what was going on.
Normally, beast roars were frequently heard in the Death Forest, especially at this time when the sun was gradually setting.
"Everyone, I wonder what business you have with me?"
His gaze locked directly onto a lush tree.
There were guests here for him.
And they didn't come with good intentions.