It took Tsunade a good while to barely recover from the shocking truth that Madara, a contemporary of her grandfather, was still alive.
Then she thought of something else and asked, "Should we tell Grandma about this?"
Jin thought for a moment and shook his head, "Forget it. Grandma Mito is already so old… let's not make her worry."
Mito was already deeply troubled by the possibility of a clash between Jin and the Konoha Council after her death.
If she found out Madara was still alive, the old lady might not be able to take the shock and could pass away on the spot.
…
As the war dragged on, not only Tsunade, who knew Jin best, but also Kage-level experts like Sakumo and Jiraiya, his classmate Minato, and even Sunagakure's Ninjas all noticed that Jin's strength was becoming terrifyingly powerful.
When he first joined the battlefield, Jin only sought out Special Jonin-level opponents for practice. Then he gradually moved on to Jonin-level, Elite Jonin-level. Later, even against Kage-level opponents like Bunpuku, he appeared calm and handled them with ease!
In less than two years, his progress was unnaturally fast!
Jin thought it was no big deal. These people hadn't seen the [Deserter King], Koby. (T/N: After some research, I found that King of Deserters is Koby's Nickname in China. The main reason why Koby is called a deserter is that he stopped Sakazuki from clearing the remnants of Whitebeard Pirates before the end of the Battle of Marineford.)
In two years, he went from a weakling weaker than an average person to a strength comparable to a candidate for Admiral.
Compared to him, Jin felt his own growth speed was slow.
…
However, while marveling at Jin's terrifying growth rate, more and more people also realized that this guy was truly slacking off on the job.
For example, he had several chances to kill or capture enemy Kage-level figures but deliberately held back.
'Heh, I just won't kill them, I'm just playing, what can you do about it?'
Ace in the chat room couldn't help but complain: [Are you sure your surname isn't Borsalino instead of Uchiha?]
…
"Got you!"
Two snake-like streams of sand suddenly shot out from the ground, wrapping around Jin's ankles.
In the blink of an eye, they rapidly spread across his entire body, covering him completely.
The Second Kazekage, Shamon, showed a hint of joy, forming a one-handed seal with his left hand while clenching his right fist tightly.
"Sandstorm Coffin!"
As Shamon made a fist-clenching gesture with his right hand, the sand enveloping Jin's body squeezed inward violently.
An ordinary person's body would have their internal organs crushed.
However...
"Heh~" A relaxed, mocking laugh suddenly came from within the flowing sand.
Boom!!!
A massive explosion sounded. Shamon's Sandstorm Coffin was blown apart from the inside.
Jin, who had been inside, hadn't moved an inch from the start. He just clenched his fists tightly, an invisible wave of energy continuously emanating from his body, causing his white clothes and slightly long black hair to flutter noisily.
[Master Roshi: Oh ho! Rin's mastery of Ki is already no less than mine. Among my disciples, only Goku can compare with him now. Krillin has been left far behind.]
[Krillin: Master Roshi, I'm still in the group! Couldn't you at least respect me a little?]
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'This... this kid's growth speed is way too fast?!' As an enemy, Shamon could feel Jin's dreadfulness more deeply than Jiraiya or Minato.
Two years ago, when Jin first came to the battlefield, he would still avoid direct confrontation with Kage-level opponents like him, diverting their attention to Sakumo and others.
But now, he could face him one-on-one without any pressure, and so effortlessly, as if playing a game!
"Your sand control isn't as good as Gaara's," Jin suddenly spoke, saying something that baffled Shamon.
'Who is Gaara?'
But the moment Jin said this, Shamon was shocked to discover that Jin, who had been standing opposite him, had disappeared.
The next instant!
Shamon only vaguely saw a blazing red streak rushing towards him at extreme speed.
His brain didn't even have time to think. Driven by instinctive crisis response, Shamon slammed his palms onto the ground.
A sand wall about ten meters high erupted from the earth. It's another one of Gaara's techniques.
After fighting Sunagakure's Ninja for so long, Jin realized that combining Shamon and Bunpuku's techniques essentially resulted in Gaara at his peak.
To the observers, they only saw the blazing inferno, difficult to track with the naked eye, smash violently into the sand wall. The intense explosion caused the sand wall to tremble violently.
In just an instant, Shamon judged that his sand wall couldn't block Jin, so he quickly channeled all his Chakra.
Since the battlefield was already a desert, over 70% of the yellow sand formed a sea of sand that surged towards the crimson star rushing at him!
"Quicksand Waterfall!"
The raging inferno met the attack head-on without retreating.
Flames VS Rampant Sand!
The two elemental attacks, each with an extremely wide area of effect, seemed to occupy half the sky each, neither yielding, both trying to devour the other.
The highly impactful scene caused many on the battlefield to subconsciously stop their actions.
"Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor." Jin's calm voice came from within the flames.
The fire, originally only the size of a 'meteor', rapidly expanded to the volume of a 'planet', completely suppressing the sandstorm!
"What kind of Fire Release is this?!" Many Konoha's Ninja proficient in Fire Release were present, such as Jiraiya, members of the Uchiha Clan, and the Sarutobi Clan. But seeing this and recalling the Fire Release they knew, they couldn't help but feel ashamed.
Boom!!!
The fire planet crashed down.
Flames and wind pressure merged, spreading outwards, dominating everyone's field of vision.
Some weaker Ninjas were even blown away.
It took a full minute for the aftershocks to gradually subside.
But before others could open their eyes, they heard Jin shout in a tone of deep regret:
"Damn it! I used too much force accidentally! Don't die on me!"
Hearing this, both Konoha and Sunagakure's Ninjas were at a loss for what expression to make.
'What kind of weirdo is this? We're in a war, and you're unhappy that the enemy might die?'