Actually, just after Jin had left Konoha for less than two miles, he received a message via hawk from Orochimaru.
This matter was orchestrated by Kumogakure in collaboration with Root.
Their goal was to lure Jin out alone for an ambush and assassination.
Sigh, when you get down to it, it's the same tactic Danzo used with Hanzo to kill Yahiko in the original work.
"I'm very curious about what you've been doing these past six months. The techniques those three little girls used... I've never seen them before..."
Tossing Tatsuma's corpse aside casually, Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and looked at the loli trio besieging A.
Orochimaru had already begun pursuing the method of immortality and learning all the techniques in the world.
Combat styles he had never seen before, like those of Konan and the others, naturally piqued Orochimaru's interest.
"I'll take you to that side to have some fun when I get the chance. There's a weaker version of you over there too."
Jin's mind subconsciously conjured the images of the three great scientists from the [Big Three]:
Orochimaru from Naruto, Kurotsuchi Mayuri from Bleach, and Vegapunk from One Piece.
Vegapunk was the latest to appear among the three.
However, contrary to Jin's expectations, he initially thought Vegapunk would be like the first two… a mad scientist who believed only technology could prosper a nation, but his overall impression was incredibly low.
He couldn't even perfectly control the Seraphim he invented.
The clones he created even wanted to kill him.
A genius with a brain 500 years ahead of his time needed the Sun God Nika to save him.
Compared to Orochimaru, who nearly destroyed Konoha single-handedly, and Mayuri, who turned the tide in the Thousand-Year Blood War, the difference was a bit too significant...
"Oh~ Interesting. I hope to find the way to obtain eternal life."
Orochimaru licked his lips excitedly.
Jin recalled the Pure Gold ring he gave Tsunade this morning.
'The eternal life... I had basically found it, right?'
'However, the Five Elders and Imu seemed to be old monsters who had lived for 800 years.'
'If I got the chance, I'd capture them for Orochimaru to dissect.'
Although he had given Pure Gold to many women, Jin himself didn't wear any.
After all, he was still very young.
And still a bit of a shota.
Jin felt the most attractive age for a man was nearing thirty, or even after thirty, when maturity set in.
It would be a pity to stop his body's growth now.
And his little brother might still grow another five centimeters...
…
Hearing the commotion above, Jin looked up.
He found that the three lolis were still unable to capture A after all this time.
It couldn't be helped.
Even though A was still some way off from his peak during the Fourth Great Ninja War, he was already a Kage-level figure.
Coupled with his Lightning Release Chakra Mode's protection, the attacks of Konan's trio had difficulty piercing A's defense.
"Tsunade should probably take office in a few days, right? But before that, we need to deal with this guy. His speed is quite good. To prevent him from escaping, why don't we first use your signature Amaterasu to surround this area, Jin-kun?"
Orochimaru grinned.
"Is that necessary?"
Jin suddenly clasped his hands together.
The already shattered ground trembled violently again as enormous vines, each over several meters in diameter, burst forth from the earth.
In an instant, they transformed the Valley of the End into an ancient forest.
"This is... the First Hokage's Wood Release!?"
Orochimaru was dumbfounded.
To be honest, if Tsunade, who inherited the First Hokage's bloodline, knew this technique, Orochimaru wouldn't be too shocked.
'But, but for it to appear on Jin, who came from the Uchiha Clan, the Senju Clan's historic rivals...'
'This, this was simply too far-fetched, wasn't it?'
'Could it be that Jin and Tsunade did it so much that Kekkei Genkai could be transmitted through... that?'
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Bloom!"
Within the ancient forest, giant flower buds slowly rose from among the vines.
A, seeing this from above, also widened his eyes in shock.
"Wood Release!? Could it be that the previous Uchiha Madara..."
Compared to Orochimaru's shock that Rin, an Uchiha, could use Wood Release, A recalled the masked man who had attacked their Kumogakure with Wood Release a year ago, taken the Eight-Tails, and called himself 'Uchiha Madara'.
"Blossom~"
Jin still couldn't be bothered to waste words on a dead man.
Increasing his Chakra Output, the giant flower buds bloomed one by one, releasing deep yellow pollen from their stamens into the air.
Although A didn't know what that was, he could guess that inhaling that pollen would definitely not end well.
After landing, he quickly leaped up again, trying his best to avoid the pollen's range.
Jin gave Kurenai a look.
The loli Kurenai instantly understood Jin's meaning.
With a wave of her elementalized small hand, a gust of wind pressure swept out, mixing with the large amount of pollen and instantly expanding its coverage area more than tenfold.
Even though his speed was among the best in the Ninja World, it still wasn't fast enough to outrun the wind.
A inevitably inhaled the pollen.
Before losing consciousness, he thought in despair:
'It's… It's bad!'
Seeing A stagger and fall in the distance, Orochimaru was still a bit stunned.
'Th-this is it?'
'He's a Kage-level figure, and he was dealt with so easily...'
"The gap between Super Kage and Kage is bigger than that between a human and a dog. Heh, but the gap between Six Paths level and Super Kage is the same."
Jin said nonchalantly.
However, he didn't plan to comprehend Six Paths' power either.
No particular reason, he just thought the outfit was too lame.
A few seconds later, Orochimaru recovered from his shock, extended his hand, and summoned a giant snake that wrapped around the unconscious A like a rope and dragged him to his feet.
"How should we handle this guy? Previously, these Kumogakure guys tried to extort 3 billion from Sarutobi-sensei. We should be able to get at least 5 billion, right?"
"Ah? Is making money that troublesome?"
Jin had an 'are you kidding me' expression.
Orochimaru was also a bit confused.
'Aside from returning this guy to the Third Raikage and extorting money from him, was there another way to resolve this?'
'We couldn't just kill him, could we?'
'That could easily escalate into a wa… Holy shit!'
The next second, Orochimaru saw Jin's finger ignite into a black flame whip.
It cleanly severed A's head.
"Orochimaru-san, when did you catch the Konoha Council's disease of being submissive to outsiders? They're squatting on your head taking a dump, and you still tolerate it silently."
Jin sneered.
Orochimaru was completely numb.
He knew Jin wasn't someone willing to suffer losses.
But he didn't expect him to be this ruthless.
'If it were an ordinary Kumogakure's Ninja, killing them would be one thing.'
'But, but this is the Third Raikage's son!'
'The future Fourth Raikage.'
'Killing him could very well become the trigger for the Third Great Ninja War!'
'Aren't you currently planning a coup to help Tsunade take power?'
'But isn't this method sabotaging Tsunade?'
"Could it be... Jin-kun, you want to provoke a war between Konoha and Kumogakure, then take advantage of the chaos to stage the coup and help Tsunade seize power?"
Orochimaru cosplayed as a certain spinning detective, pondered for a moment, and asked.
If that were the case, then Jin's actions would be understandable.
Seizing power amidst the chaos of war-
many people had done that.
Weren't the Gold and Silver Brothers of Kumogakure like that?
They just failed.
Jin almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
'So Orochimaru was going full overthinking.'
'Well, I really didn't think that much… I just killed him because this guy provoked me.'
"Let's go, back to Konoha. After killing off the Konoha Council, we'll have Tsunade take the Hokage's position. I hope to settle this matter before dinner today."
Hearing this, Orochimaru immediately showed the same dumbfounded expression Tsunade had a couple of days ago.
'Good guy, are you this direct?'
'Shouldn't something like a coup be discussed slowly, plans made, and then implemented step by step?'
'Why are you acting like a bandit raiding a village?'
Orochimaru, the mastermind behind the future [Konoha Crush Plan] that nearly overturned Konoha single-handedly, found staging a coup not too difficult.
But precisely because of that, he found Jin's behavior pattern baffling.
'This doesn't look like a coup… this looks like a robbery.'
...
"Even with Orochimaru, it's only two Kage-level, over thirty Jonin, and dozens of Chunin. I don't think this lineup has a high possibility of killing Uchiha Jin."
In the Hokage's office, Hiruzen lit his smoking pipe, took a deep puff, and said in a deep voice.
From Danzo, who stood before him, he had learned the full picture of the plan to ambush Jin.
Facing an Uchiha with the Mangekyo Sharingan who could control Tailed Beasts, Hiruzen felt this lineup really wasn't much to look at.
"Even if he doesn't die, he can't possibly return unscathed."
Danzo sneered:
"I've already sent people to guard the village entrance. If he really manages to escape back to the village, we'll detain him on some charge, and then..."
Bang!
Before Danzo could finish speaking, the door to the Hokage's office was violently smashed open.
The two friends inside subconsciously frowned and turned to look.
They saw a Ninja in standard Anbu gray flak jacket, covered in blood, rush into the room.
"Shinsuke! Wh-what happened?!"
Hiruzen jumped up from his chair very quickly, and hurried over to the blood-soaked Shinsuke, whose mask was cracked, revealing one eye.
At this moment, Danzo noticed.
A fist-sized hole had appeared in Shinsuke's abdomen.
Through the hole, one could even see the scenery behind and his burned internal organs.
And on the skin around the hole, black flames were still burning persistently!
Danzo's heart trembled violently.
He vaguely guessed what had happened.
"F-father, U-Uchiha Jin, he, he's killing his way in..."
These words, spoken with his last bit of strength, became the final straw that broke the camel's back for Shinsuke.
Thud!
The next second, Shinsuke's body fell forward like a puppet with its strings cut… face down, heavily hitting the ground.
"Shinsuke, Shinsuke, Shinsuke..."
At this moment, Hiruzen's state resembled Luffy's when he witnessed Ace's death at the Summit War.
Coincidentally, both had holes in their stomachs.
Well, it's hard not to suspect this is Jin's sick sense of humor at work.
Speaking of which, Konohamaru is really pitiful.
After so many chapters, he would never got a chance to appear here.
Mainly because he wasn't even born before his parents were killed. It couldn't be helped.
Although he himself wasn't problematic, there's no helping it.
Who made his elders so hateful?
"All members of the Uchiha and Senju Clans, listen!"
The next second, before Hiruzen could cry himself unconscious like Luffy at the Summit War, a shout seemed to come from the sky, echoing in the ears of everyone in Konoha.
"Kunai in hand! Follow me! Kill the elders! Seize Konoha!!!"