A woman who has gone mad is the most terrifying thing.
That was precisely the situation with Chiyo now.
To avenge her son and daughter-in-law, she could be said to have completely lost her mind.
Since she was now the Acting Kazekage, she launched desperate, fierce attacks against the Konoha's forces regardless of the cost.
It felt as if even if she couldn't gain any real advantage…
She was determined to tear a piece of flesh from Konoha's body.
This madwoman's frenzy even made the Konoha Council, who were drinking tea far in the rear, break into a cold sweat.
They quickly recalled Orochimaru, who was originally stationed in the north to guard against surprise attacks from the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth.
They planned to send Orochimaru to the front lines in the Land of Wind to take over the position of frontline commander, which was previously held by the deceased Hatake Sakumo.
After all, among the Sannin, Orochimaru's personality was the most suited for command.
Then, they summoned Jin and Minato, preparing to send them to the battlefield once again.
After all, the main reason Chiyo had gone mad was largely because of the two of them.
…
Hokage's office.
Orochimaru, who had returned from his northern post, was already standing there.
Shortly after, Minato also arrived after receiving the summons.
"Orochimaru-sama."
Minato bowed to Orochimaru as he entered.
"I heard you've mastered the Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato. Truly a genius."
Orochimaru licked his lips.
That was a high-level Space-Time Ninjutsu that even Hiruzen couldn't learn.
And yet a thirteen-year-old kid had...
"You flatter me, it was just good luck."
Minato scratched the back of his head modestly.
"Now, only one person hasn't arrived yet."
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself.
About five minutes later-
The newcomer didn't knock but pushed the door open directly.
There's only few people in Konoha who would dare to do this in the Hokage's office.
Without even looking, one knew that aside from the three old foxes who were on the same level as Hiruzen, only Jin had the nerve.
After entering the room, Jin neither greeted Hiruzen, the Hokage, nor did he acknowledge Orochimaru or Minato.
Instead, he directly sat down on a nearby sofa.
Half-closing his eyes, he entered a state of feigned sleep.
For Jin, even something as powerful as Wood Release was just a stepping stone for him.
But he hadn't expected that training in Hashirama's Yang Nature Senjutsu with an Uchiha's Yin Nature Physique would be so exhausting.
It felt like trying to teach a Water-type Pokémon a Fire-type move.
It was so damn tiring.
Seeing Jin's utterly disrespectful behavior, Hiruzen's eyelid twitched violently a couple of times.
He then coughed dryly twice and quickly explained the reason he had called the three of them.
It was to have Orochimaru go to the front lines to replace Sakumo's position.
Jin and Minato were to join the combat troops as before.
"If the front lines are so strained, why doesn't Hokage-sama go himself?"
Jin suddenly half-opened his eyes and asked Hiruzen in a lazy tone.
As soon as these words were spoken, Hiruzen's face turned as ugly as if he had eaten shit.
Orochimaru subconsciously revealed a gleeful smile.
But he quickly caught himself and hurriedly suppressed his amusement.
After all, although his relationship with Hiruzen wasn't great at the moment, it was far from the point of rupture.
He couldn't let it show too obviously.
In the chat room, many group members were also very curious about this question.
[Ace: I'm curious too. If the front lines are short-handed, why doesn't this Konoha's leader go to the front himself? During the Summit War, Pops, who was over twenty years older than him, charged at the very front!]
[Dio: Hmph~ The older people get, the smaller their guts become.]
[Yamamoto: Hey, you 100-year-old brat, I can't just let that comment slide.]
[Izuna: And they talk about the Will of Fire? In the end, it just means sending young people to die on the front lines while you sit back at home and reap the benefits, right?]
[Sakumo: Ah, this... The Third Hokage probably just wants to give more opportunities to the younger generation...]
[Izuna: @Sakumo, Bullshit! They got you killed and you're still defending them? Is he your father or something?]
The Senju brothers fell into a state of self-imposed isolation again.
'So embarrassing.'
…
Seeing Hiruzen's face turn livid, momentarily unable to formulate a response, Jin stood up and let out a strange laugh:
"Heh, whatever. Anyway, I was in need of some punching bags to practice my new moves."
"But I hope if we lose, no one will come to scold me."
"I'm not fragile enough to commit suicide over being scolded, but I will definitely kill whoever scolds me."
Hearing this, the expressions of the three present became extremely complicated.
They could all tell that Jin was indirectly referring to the previous incident with Sakumo.
Hiruzen felt he was a victim too.
He just wanted Sakumo to take the fall for his son, what was wrong with that?
'When you got down to it, you could only blame Hatake Sakumo for having such poor mental fortitude!'
'Yes!'
'I had done nothing wrong!'
'How could I, as the Hokage, possibly be wrong?'
…
Several days later, at the frontline battlefield on the border of the Land of Wind.
Looking at Jin standing at the forefront of a group of red-eyed Uchiha, Chiyo screamed hysterically:
"Attack!!!"
The next moment, Chiyo herself brought out her trump card, the Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets.
She immediately charged forward along with the Sunagakure's army.
The smile on Jin's face was like that of a child who sees grasshoppers in the grass and wants to catch them to play with and torment.
Suddenly, the rapidly spinning three tomoes in Jin's eyes connected to form a unique pattern.
The blazing crimson flames surging on his arms, under the gaze of his right eye-
Turned black!
'Black flames!?'
Tsunade's pretty face changed dramatically.
'Didn't that guy say that using the Mangekyo Sharingan would reduce his eyesight?'
'How dare he use that technique again!?'
"Dark Fire Fist!!!"
A shocking expanse of black flames expanded immensely the moment Jin leaped into the air and threw a punch.
It almost seemed to cover the sky on the Sunagakure's side.
What followed in the next second-
was only the mournful wails of countless Sunagakure's Ninjas.