Seeing Hiashi, and beside him, his twin brother Hyuga Hizashi, who had bandaged his forehead to cover the Caged Bird Seal, the smile on Jin's face held a hint of playful meaning.
"Hey! A gift for you!"
Jin took a burlap sack from Orochimaru and tossed it to the two brothers.
Hiashi, caught off guard, caught it.
Under Jin's meaningful look, he slowly opened the bag.
When he saw A's head inside, he was so frightened he nearly fell on his backside.
The reaction of the Byakugan users behind him was even more exaggerated.
Many took two steps back in fear, bumping into those behind them.
The several hundred members of the Hyuga Clan fell over like dominoes.
"Hahahahaha!"
Some Uchiha Clan's members who had just run from their compound to report the situation in other areas to Jin couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"If you don't marry your daughter to me after this, it would be ungrateful."
After the Third Great Ninja War, under the pretext of signing an armistice with Konoha, Kumogakure attempted to kidnap Hinata under cover of night.
After being discovered and killed by Hiashi, Kumogakure turned the tables, demanding Konoha hand over Hiashi's life in retaliation.
Such an absurd demand, and the Konoha Council led by Hiruzen actually agreed!
After internal discussions within the Hyuga Clan, it was decided that Hizashi would die as a substitute.
Now, A, the mastermind behind that future event, was already dead.
And Hiruzen certainly wouldn't live past today.
Thus, not only was Hinata safe, but Hizashi was also safe.
Jin felt he had been so good to Hiashi.
So not only should he marry his daughter to him, it wouldn't be excessive for him to kowtow to Jin on the spot.
…
"Tsunade-sama is pregnant?"
Hiashi asked in surprise.
'Okay, he clearly misunderstood.'
He thought Jin meant for his and his wife's child to marry the child of Jin and Tsunade.
Jin felt Hiashi still had much to learn, as he lacked this bit of insight.
...
"Cough!"
Putting the matter of marrying off Hiashi's daughter aside for now, Jin cleared his throat, concentrating Chakra in his neck.
"To all citizens of Konoha-"
His voice, though not loud, clearly echoed in the ears of every Konoha's villager and Ninja.
Hearing this voice, whether it was the Uchiha Clan and Sarutobi Clan battling in the central area-
The ordinary civilians hiding in their homes, trembling and unsure what to do-
Or the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans staying home, turning a deaf ear to Hiruzen's orders, waiting to side with the victor after this civil war-
All their expressions changed.
In their fear, even their breathing halted for a moment.
The voice continued:
"My name is Uchiha Jin."
"I am speaking to all citizens of Konoha through the power of the Uchiha."
"All restraints on the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan have been released. All forces under my command have begun to move."
"My goal is to return Konoha's power to the hands of those to whom it rightfully belongs."
"But the Konoha Council not only wishes to eliminate the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan, but desires to exterminate all members of these two clans."
"I refuse to accept their expectations."
"The power of the Uchiha and Senju will sweep across the power-corrupted Konoha of today, until all life under the Konoha Council is driven from this world!!!"
...
Chat Group of the Dead:
[Mito: Is it necessary to exterminate them all? At least spare the children and the elderly...]
Although the previous extortion attempt by Kumogakure had made Mito utterly disappointed with those four old bastards, Jin's methods still scared her.
'Was extermination necessary?'
[Izuna: @Mito: Hah! Such a great kindness! When those four useless pieces of trash want to destroy our Uchiha Clan, do you think they will spare the elderly and children?]
[Tobirama: @Izuna, You Uchiha are indeed vessels of evil!]
[Izuna: @Tobirama, Go to hell, Senju Tobirama! Look at what the disciples you raised have done to your own clan! If I were you, I would have committed seppuku long ago. Oh wait, you're already dead...]
[New Group Member, Eren Yeager: Tatakae! Tatakae! Speaking of which, this speech sounds a bit familiar...]
...
"Did you hear that? Jin-sama says we must take back what rightfully belongs to us!"
On another battlefield, Tekka, half his face covered in blood, shouted hoarsely:
"Comrades! Let's go together! Take back what should be ours!"
"Oh oh oh!!!"
The Uchiha Clan's members still standing on the mountain of corpses had morale as high as a rainbow, raising their arms and shouting.
However, at that very moment, a whistling sound tore through the air.
Just as the Uchiha Clan's members were cheering, thinking victory was within reach, something attacked with extreme speed.
It swept horizontally, sending a dozen Uchiha Clan's members flying into the air.
Tekka, who had recently awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, barely saw the movement.
It was a giant iron staff!
He quickly bent down to dodge, barely avoiding the attack as the staff grazed his forehead.
Tekka and other Uchiha Clan's Ninjas who narrowly escaped quickly retreated.
Seeing the rapidly shrinking staff, though still shaken, they managed smiles.
"The ones who only drank tea in the rear during the Second Great Ninja War are now willing to risk battle when their power is about to be taken away?"
Blocking the Uchiha Clan's path was the Konoha Council's main forces, led by Hiruzen.
Not only Hiruzen and Danzo, the old partners whose strength was still at high Kage-level and low Kage-level respectively, but even Koharu and Homura had put on their combat uniforms.
Probably the last time they wore these was twenty years ago during the First Great Ninja War, following behind Tobirama.
And not just the quartet of Konoha Council-
Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato, Hiruzen's disciple and disciple's disciple, were also prominently present in the ranks!
"Why has it come to this... Everyone is a comrade of Konoha. Why can't we coexist peacefully?"
For Jiraiya, who believed in the naive idea of 'hoping people can understand each other', returning to the village after two years only to see such a bloodbath in his hometown was truly heartbreaking.
"All of this is the fault of the Uchiha and Senju's power hunger! Jiraiya! As Hiruzen's disciple, you must fight with all your might in this battle!"
Koharu admonished and reminded him.
Jiraiya was their main force!
But the Konoha Council was also very afraid Jiraiya might switch sides mid-battle.
After all, his lifelong feelings for Tsunade were an open secret in Konoha.
Compared to Jiraiya's internal conflict, Minato was trembling in every muscle.
He never expected that just this morning, Jin had jokingly said, 'If I kill you, you won't mind, right?' and by noon, he had rebelled!
'What to do... I... what should I do... Kushina...'
Minato trembled all over.
Someone with a soft heart like his was easily swayed by others.
Not to mention, when Hiruzen ordered him to battle earlier, he had meaningfully added, "Kushina is under our protection. You can fight with peace of mind."
Wasn't that a blatant threat?!
"This lineup is beyond what our current forces can handle."
Tekka whispered to Inabi beside him:
"We'll buy time here. You go inform Jin-sama."
They didn't know the strength of Koharu and Homura.
After all, the last time these two fought, they weren't even born.
But the strength of Hiruzen, Danzo, Jiraiya, and Minato was undeniable.
Especially the latter two.
Jiraiya had already proven his strength in the previous Second Great Ninja War.
Having traveled for two years, it was unknown how much he had improved.
And Minato was a young genius who, with his masterful Flying Thunder God Technique, could fight Kage-level opponents evenly despite not being one.
Although the Uchiha Clan had arrogant personalities, they weren't idiots.
"That won't do!"
Danzo, with sharp ears, suddenly formed hand seals with one hand.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
Consecutive air blades shot forth, distorting the air they passed through.
They cleanly sliced through the walls of nearby houses and streetlight poles.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Inabi, seeing this, immediately formed seals to counter.
Although fire countered wind, their strength wasn't on the same level.
The wind blades sliced through the fireball like a hot knife through butter and continued forward.
They were about to sever Inabi's neck!
"Only one step away from the Uchiha Era, and I must die here?!"
Inabi's eyes revealed intense unwillingness.
Gurgle gurgle~
Just as the Uchiha side thought Inabi's head would be chopped off, the houses, poles, and ground cut in half by Danzo's Wind Release began to writhe bizarrely.
In less than half a second, they bulged upward strangely, forming a wall in the center that blocked the wind blades.
"Wh-what is this thing!?"
Both sides, including Inabi who had narrowly escaped death, were dumbfounded.
They had never seen such a technique!
The surrounding walls and ground writhed like mochi.
Then, the bulging ground gradually returned to normal.
But a figure so tall that everyone present had to look up slowly emerged from the bizarrely writhing, mochi-like ground.
"Flowing Mochi!"
Katakuri coldly announced the technique's name.
"So, so tall!"
Seeing Katakuri, who stood over 5 meters tall, both sides were struck dumb with astonishment.
"Y-you are... who are you!?"
Danzo swallowed hard and asked Katakuri.
However, Katakuri had no interest in answering.
He looked around, noticing the familiar eyes in the sockets of Tekka and the others.
"Those eyes... It seems I'm not mistaken. The enemy is over there."
Katakuri turned his face towards the Konoha Council's side.
The next instant, Katakuri's gaze intensified.
Whoosh- Boom!
An intangible Conqueror's Haki swept over the Konoha Council's army, which were mainly composed of Sarutobi and Shimura Clans' members.
In less than five seconds, at least eighty percent of them had their eyes rolled back and fainted.
Seeing this, Hiruzen and the others were dumbfounded.
'Wh-what kind of power is this!?'
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Before they could question this mysterious giant, the sound of perfectly synchronized footsteps reached their ears.
On the streets surrounding the Konoha Council, large numbers of identical biscuit soldiers, holding swords and with long beards on their chins, surrounded the area.
"Too slow, Cracker!"
Katakuri crossed his arms over his chest, narrowing his eyes as he scolded.
"Hehehe~ You're the one who ran too fast, Katakuri."
Cracker, still hiding his true body among the Biscuit Soldiers, laughed strangely:
"But is this really Uchiha Jin's hometown? They feel very weak! They can't even break through my biscuit soldiers' defense."
"Watch your tongue! Cracker!"
Smoothie, carrying a longsword and walking with her exaggerated long legs, entered the battlefield and scolded:
"It's Jin-sama or Captain Jin!"
The young Minato was bewildered.
'Wh-where did these monsters come from, one after another?'
'What did they eat to grow like this?'
"Th-though we don't know who you are, from your tone, you are Jin-sama's subordinates, right?"
Tekka wiped the blood from his face and asked the intensely imposing Katakuri.
"...Hn."
Although his loyalty to Jin was somewhat forced to protect his family, Katakuri still acknowledged his new identity.
"In that case, let's fight together. The enemy is those old fools. Let's kill them quickly and offer their heads to Jin-sama."
Tekka pointed at the combined Sarutobi-Shimura army opposite, which had been reduced from over a thousand to less than two hundred.
Katakuri didn't respond, merely revealing his two fists coated in Armament Haki.
He was just an employee now.
Jin provided residence and protection for him and his family.
He acted as Jin's enforcer.
It was that simple.
As for praising Jin all day like a believer, like Pudding did, saying how great he was-
Katakuri knew he simply couldn't do that.
"It seems that little rebel brought back more than just women during his half-year absence, Hiruzen."
Looking at the eighty percent of their forces lying unconscious around them, Danzo's expression was extremely grim.
Although he didn't know what technique Katakuri had just used, anyone with eyes could see this person was no ordinary figure.
'Damn, why couldn't such a person be used by me?'
"Rolling... Pretzel!"
Suddenly, Cracker, in his Biscuit Soldier form, swung his sword at Danzo.
Although his future strength was pathetic, Danzo, currently still barely at Kage-level, immediately spat out a wave of Chakra-infused wind, coating the kunai in his right hand to block.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Blade!"
"I don't really like this place. Let's finish you off quickly and go back to sleep!"
Cracker sneered and shouted.