Faced with the humiliation coming from Jin, Shinsuke bit his lower lip hard.
He wanted to retort but had nothing to say.
"Failure is failure, no big deal."
Jin patted his hands together indifferently.
"Let's head back first. There's too much sand here, I can't even breathe deeply, it's annoying."
Jin himself didn't care whether this mission succeeded or not.
Anyway, whether it was war or missions, as long as they provided him a place to train and gain experience, and also allowed him to gain some insights, that was enough.
As for success or failure-
That was Konoha's own business.
"Did you think Sunagakure is a place you can come and go as you please!?"
Chiyo was furious, controlling the Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets to lead the surrounding Sunagakure's Ninjas in charging towards Jin and the other three.
Jin's face still maintained a relaxed and composed smile.
Facing the charging Sunagakure's Ninjas, he raised his hand and waved.
Whoosh-!
A wall of fire tens of meters high stood like a natural barrier, separating the two sides.
Newgate in the chat room inexplicably found this scene very familiar.
It reminded him of his experience during the Marineford War, when he split Marineford in two to cover his sons' escape.
"Damn it, damn it!"
Faced with the wall of fire blocking their way, Chiyo was momentarily at a loss.
After all, there were very few in Sunagakure skilled in Water Release.
"Instead of chasing us, wouldn't it be better to go check on your son and daughter-in-law? Old hag Chiyo."
Jin's teasing voice came from behind the fire wall.
Upon hearing this, Chiyo's expression changed drastically.
She turned around and rushed back into the village at top speed.
At a location less than fifty meters from the Kazekage Building.
A large number of Sunagakure's Ninjas' corpses were piled on both sides of the street.
The smooth, clean cuts on their throats clearly indicated who was responsible.
In the entire Ninja World, no one else had such sharp sword skills!
And as Chiyo reached the building entrance-
Lying at the far end were the two people she cherished most, aside from her grandson Sasori.
"Nooo!!!!!"
Chiyo's heart-wrenching scream echoed through Sunagakure.
"That damned Konoha's White Fang!!!"
And upon seeing the horrific cuts on her son and daughter-in-law's throats, which almost completely severed their heads from their necks, leaving only a layer of skin connected, Chiyo gritted her teeth and let out the same roar as in the original work.
…
The ultra S-rank mission personally issued by the Hokage had failed.
As the executors, the four naturally had to return to Konoha Village to report.
Except for Jin, who remained as talkative and cheerful as ever-
The moods of the other three were far from good.
Sakumo and Minato were upset because they had missed the golden opportunity to assassinate the Second Kazekage and end the war completely.
Shinsuke was afraid of bearing the blame.
Because the reason for this mission's failure was entirely because he had held the entire team back.
A journey that should have taken three days and four nights with a Jonin's speed-
Had taken nearly a week to return to Konoha Village.
"Mmm mmm mmm~ It's been a long time since I breathe Konoha's fresh air,"
Jin stretched lazily, "I'm going to pick up Konan from the Academy first."
"We must report the mission results to the Hokage-sama first."
Sakumo's tone was lifeless.
Jin shrugged, saying, "OK, OK."
...
"Failed?"
Ten minutes later, in the Hokage's office.
After listening to Sakumo's report, Hiruzen frowned deeply.
"Hokage-sama, the failure of this mission is entirely due to my poor leadership. Please punish me!"
Sakumo bowed.
"White Fang-sama, this isn't your fault..."
Minato couldn't bear to see Sakumo bear the blame, so he quickly said so.
"If it's not his fault, then whose fault is it? Could it be Young Master Sarutobi's fault? No way? The Hokage's son can also make mistakes? And such an unforgivable major mistake?"
Jin sneered strangely.
"This..."
Minato was momentarily speechless.
And Shinsuke kept his head down, playing mute.
Hiruzen took two deep puffs from his smoking pipe, exhaling a thick cloud of smoke.
The other three didn't dare speak.
Jin walked to the window with a look of disgust and waved his hand to fan the air.
Seeing this, Hiruzen's eye twitched violently. After half a minute, he spoke slowly:
"This mission was inherently high difficulty. Failure was within expectations. You all go back and rest first, don't dwell on it too much."
"Thank you, Hokage-sama."
The three bowed and responded in unison.
Meanwhile, Jin directly flipped out of the window, making Hiruzen fume with anger.
…
"Did you hear? That ultra S-rank mission personally issued by the Hokage-sama before failed completely because of White Fang?"
"Really? What kind of mission was it?"
"Not too clear, but I heard if it succeeded, it could have ended this Great Ninja War completely. But because of White Fang's misjudgment, the mission failed completely. Now Sunagakure has sent more troops to attack us!"
"No wonder my husband was temporarily dispatched to the frontline yesterday. Damn White Fang! It's all his fault!"
"I actually thought he was suitable to become the Fourth Hokage before, I must have been blind!"
"If he had any sense of responsibility, he should commit seppuku and apologize!"
Two days later, in the afternoon, Jin was holding Konan's small hand, preparing to go home.
He then heard the malicious discussions of countless villagers on the streets.
Hearing the content of these villagers' gossip, younger chat members like Ace and Krillin were dumbfounded.
'Huh? How is this White Fang's fault?'
'Shouldn't the blame be on Sarutobi Shinsuke, who held everyone back?'