In the original story, Deva Path, controlled by Nagato, said this when attacking Konoha Village-
"Your great nations' peace is built upon the suffering of us smaller nations."
He wasn't wrong at all.
Because the territories of the Five Great Nations aren't directly connected.
They are mostly separated by one or two smaller nations in between.
The most typical example is the Second Great Ninja War, where the Land of Fire, Land of Wind, and Land of Earth, three great nations, fought.
But the main battlefield was largely concentrated in the Land of Rain.
This country's geographical location is also unlucky as hell.
It's like a crossroads, connected to three great nations.
As a result, it naturally became the primary target.
Under such circumstances, Hanzo in the original work actually held out and didn't get annihilated.
To be honest, he was quite a talent.
...
And now, in the war between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, the Land of Hot Water has become the second Land of Rain.
Well, because the Land of Hot Water is located right between these two great nations.
Well, who told them to be in the way?
It's only been just over three years since the end of the Second Great Ninja War, and they're about to face the Third Great Ninja War.
This naturally attracted the attention of the entire Ninja World.
That, of course, included the other three great nations.
It was even heard that even smaller nations that didn't plan to get involved had people opening betting pools in gambling halls, placing bets on the outcome of this opening battle of the Third Great Ninja War.
Most still felt that Kumogakure held an overwhelming advantage.
After all, it's thirty thousand VS three thousand!
"Old man, should we take this opportunity to attack the Land of Fire?"
Meanwhile, in Iwagakure, one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, Tsuchi asked his father, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki.
In his view, Konoha only had about three thousand combat-ready troops left.
Facing Kumogakure's army, which went all-in from the start, directly deploying twenty thousand troops, they would definitely have to use their entire village's strength to resist.
That would leave their defenses extremely empty.
Wouldn't this be a perfect opportunity for Iwagakure to profit from the conflict between Konoha and Kumogakure?
"Let's wait and see."
Onoki waved his hand, indicating not to rush.
It wasn't that he was cowardly.
Mainly, Onoki's thoughts were similar to Dodai's earlier.
With their strength severely depleted and less than three thousand deployable troops, how could Konoha still dare to confront Kumogakure head-on?
Could they be hiding some trump card?
This thought made Onoki decide to adopt a wait-and-see attitude for now.
He won't act hastily.
Moreover, Konoha, or to be precise…
The psychological shadow left by Madara on Onoki was too heavy.
This caused Onoki to be extra cautious every time he considered taking action against Konoha.
Especially now that Konoha had Jin.
It always made Onoki remember that man who gave him a lifelong psychological shadow over thirty years ago.
…
Land of Hot Water.
Sandwiched between two great nations, it had always maintained an attitude of not offending either the Land of Fire or the Land of Lightning.
But unfortunately, it was soon going to share the fate of the Land of Rain from the last Great Ninja War.
Burned to scorched earth by the flames of war.
This is war, and this is reality.
The great nations all sent their reconnaissance departments to this country to gather intelligence.
After all, countries wanting to take advantage of Konoha's weakened state were far from limited to Iwagakure.
The other two great Ninja Villages had similar ideas.
Even many small countries and minor Ninja Villages had the same thought.
'A tiger on the plains is bullied by dogs' perfectly describes Konoha's current situation.
And on a high hill, several figures stood side by side, forming a row.
And on the cliff behind the hill, a man sat cross-legged.
He's holding his chin with one hand, as if he were here to watch a show.
He's none other than Jin!
'Are the people from Konoha out of their minds?'
Hidden in the shadows, a masked Ninja looked at the row of people on the hill and muttered to himself.
The mask on his face somewhat resembled Konoha's Anbu.
But if a Naruto's fan from Jin's previous life saw this mask, they would immediately think of that tragic youth whose gender has been debated by many Naruto's fans to this day… Haku.
Yes, his mask was very similar to Haku's when he first appeared.
He was a member of Kirigakure's Hunter-Nin!
And it wasn't just the Kirigakure's Hunter-Nin.
The reconnaissance Ninjas from other villages hidden in the surroundings had the same thought.
Because the total number of Konoha's Ninjas standing in a row on the small hill was only about ten.
A girl around twelve or thirteen years old.
Two even younger girls, probably around eight years old.
A scarred man over five meters tall, making one wonder what he ate to grow so exaggerated.
A blue fat man swollen like a ball, with gills on his face.
…
In short, each one was weirder than the last.
And below the hill, a sparse group of Ninjas wearing Konoha's forehead protectors totaled about... two hundred people.
Yes, two hundred people.
The reconnaissance Ninjas hidden in the shadows felt their intelligence was being insulted.
Well, earlier they predicted Konoha's 2000 vs Kumogakure's 20,000 would end terribly.
But they never expected that freak Jin would play an even bigger hand.
200 people!
So, each of Konoha people can fight one against a hundred?
"Ji-Jin-sama, is it really okay?"
Fugaku, standing at the forefront of the two hundred Konoha's Ninjas, took a deep breath and looked up at Jin sitting on the cliff.
Beside him, Hiashi, using his Byakugan, had already seen Kumogakure's densely packed large army advancing to within less than five kilometers.
An army of over twenty thousand people almost filled the endless plain.
Sweat drops the size of soybeans fell from the Hyuga Clan head's cheek, dripping beside his feet.
"You just need to watch for any stragglers trying to sneak into the Land of Fire. Leave the killing to the ones in front."
Jin's expression was deadly calm.
If he were holding a bucket of popcorn, you'd almost think he was here to watch a movie.
"But, this..."
Fugaku still found it hard to believe.
'Facing Kumogakure's twenty thousand with just, just this few people, it's too...'
"They're here!"
Hiashi suddenly spoke.
A strong pale golden flash instantly filled the entire battlefield's sky and earth… enveloping the whole world.
It made the various Byakugan and Sharingan users on Konoha's side unable to open their eyes.
"So, so bright!"
"Dammit, I can't open my eyes! The Byakugan can't see!"
"A technique to disrupt vision? Those Kumogakure bastards, it seems they've done a lot of research targeting the Sharingan!"
Even Jin, sitting on the cliff, instinctively narrowed his eyes.
'This is... Kumogakure's unique Lightning Release Genjutsu, Lightning Release: Lightning Illusion Flash of Lightning Pillar.'
Not only does this ability effectively block the enemy's vision… but if used well, it can also pull the enemy into an illusion world without them realizing it.
When used by the entire Kumogakure's Ninjas during the Fourth Great Ninja War, it even briefly disrupted the Ten-Tails' vision.
And under the cover of the golden lightning flash, a blue lightning flash rushed over rapidly from the distance.
When it reached the hill where Rin and the others stood, it leaped up, charging straight towards Jin sitting on the cliff.
[Lightning Release: Hell Stab - Four-Finger Nukite!]
However, a pitch-black trident rushed out from the side, blocking the Third Raikage's strongest attack technique.
Third Raikage looked surprised, turning to see.
A burly man, fully twice his height, was holding the handle of that trident, his eyes closed as he blocked the attack.
"I have already foreseen it."
Katakuri spoke in a low voice, his right hand holding the trident, his left hand fermenting and swelling drastically like a club, coated with Armament Haki.
"Mochi Thrust!"
Katakuri swung his elbow backhand.
Third Raikage was sent flying back the way he came.
"Zeus!"
And at that moment, a little girl's cold voice rang out.
The Kumogakure's army opposite only saw a little girl around eight years old on the hill suddenly wave her hand and summoned a strange black cloud.
And the next second, the black cloud actually grew human facial features, opening its mouth and absorbing all of their Lightning Illusion Flash of Lightning Pillar.
The blinding lightning that had filled the sky and earth instantly disappeared without a trace.
And Zeus, originally only one cubic meter in size, suddenly swelled to nearly Tailed Beast size.
"Burp~ So, so full, I, I can't eat anymore~"
Zeus, with his bulging belly, looked like he was about to throw up at any moment from overeating.
"God of Lightning Tenjin!"
The gentle-natured Rin suddenly revealed a heroic and spirited demeanor.
She waved her small hand, and the entire world changed color at that moment.
Apart from dark purple thunder and lightning, there was nothing else.
Seeing this, Dodai's face changed drastically, and he roared loudly:
"Fall back! Fall back!!"
The Kumogakure's army, which originally held an absolute numerical advantage, now became living targets.
Even though most Kumogakure's Ninjas were thick-skinned, they didn't dare to face Lightning Release of this scale.
The power of this move was no less than Sasuke's Kirin in the future.
Of course, with Rin's current strength, she originally couldn't use a skill of this magnitude.
But she could absorb the enemy's Lightning Release to use it.
And fighting against Lightning Release specialists like Kumogakure was undoubtedly her home ground!
On the cliff face of a high mountain at the battlefield's periphery, White Zetsu emerged, staring at this scene for several seconds before regaining his senses.
'My goodness, that little girl is so strong. How are we supposed to kill her later?'
Currently, Madara had basically decided to make Obito his agent after death.
To achieve this, Obito must be turned to the dark side.
So the elderly Madara's plan was to kill Rin.
That way, wouldn't the simp Obito turn evil?
But after seeing Rin's performance today, even White Zetsu felt it was a bit difficult.
'Damn, why is that girl this awesome?'
'Then, then how do we kill her?'
'And if we don't kill her, how do we make Obito turn evil?'
'Ah, forget it, forget it. Let's go back and ask Madara-sama.'