"The recent situation isn't looking good. Kirigakure has joined the war, and the guys from Kumogakure have adopted a split strategy, bypassing the Land of Fire and planning to attack us from the north through the Land of Rivers. I'm thinking of sending your three precious disciples to block them. I wonder if that will work…"
In the Hokage's office, Tsunade, who had been the Fourth Hokage for quite some time now, rubbed her temples tiredly.
The great coup two years ago left Konoha with less than three thousand combat personnel.
This number was barely enough to maintain a normal Ninja Village's operations at its limit.
As the war started, the pressure on the front lines kept increasing.
Although Jin had transferred many of the Charlotte Family's experts, each capable of fighting a thousand, it wasn't enough to make up for the numerical disadvantage.
Moreover, Kumogakure wasn't stupid.
After finding they couldn't gain an advantage on the main battlefield in the Land of Hot Water, they split their forces into three.
The first unit, led by the Third Raikage, remained on the main battlefield, engaging the Charlotte Family led by Katakuri.
One part went west, planning to take the long route through the Land of Rivers to attack the Land of Fire from another side.
Another part sailed to the Land of Water.
They persuaded the Third Mizukage to join the war and pincer attack the Land of Fire together with the Land of Lightning.
Because of this, Tsunade had to split her already limited forces into three as well.
But doing so further weakened Konoha's combat power.
"Hmm?"
Seeing Jin remain silent for a long time, and instead staring intently at the pure gold pendant around her neck that had replaced the original ore pendant her grandfather gave her, Tsunade felt both embarrassed and angry.
She slapped the table and cursed:
"I'm discussing serious business with you! What are you looking at!?"
How could she not know this guy's nature?
Was he really looking at the pendant?
He was clearly looking at her valley!
Jin shrugged without any guilt, "Relax, relax. I've already brought reinforcements. They can head to the front lines immediately."
"Oh?"
Although she knew he was changing the subject, Tsunade's attention was immediately captured.
After all, the situation on Konoha's front lines was indeed not optimistic.
"What kind of people are they? Have them come in."
After witnessing the Charlotte Family's bizarre and varied abilities, Tsunade was quite curious about what strange reinforcements Jin had brought back this time.
"They can't come in. Your door is too small."
Jin walked to the window and pointed his thumb outside.
'Previously, Katakuri and the others, who were three to five meters tall, could still bend over and enter.'
'Could it be even more exaggerated than that?'
Tsunade stood up and walked to Jin's side, looking out the window.
'Goddammit!'
The next second, Tsunade lost control of her facial expression.
She didn't even notice Jin groping her butt from behind.
Mainly because the freaks below were too eye-catching.
She thought the scarf guy who used mochi already had an exaggerated enough build.
But then looking at Kaido, sitting at the entrance of the administration building, with one arm wrapped around a seemingly reluctant black-haired woman, the other holding a gourd, chugging his gourd, Tsunade even found Katakuri 'petite' in comparison.
"Eek!"
It was only then that Tsunade reacted.
But when she tried to resist…
A numb and tingling sensation made her instinctively grab the windowsill, only able to shoot a hateful glare behind her.
...
Early the next morning, Team Minato gathered at Konoha's main gate.
"Everyone, our mission has changed. Next, we will head to the forward camp in the eastern coastal area."
Minato clapped his hands to gather his three students.
"Huh? Why's that?"
A voice full of discontent sounded out.
Minato didn't need to look to know it was Obito.
Minato couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shake his head.
Ever since yesterday, when it was announced that Team Minato would go to the front lines to join up with Team Rin and block Kumogakure's split forces, Obito had been extremely excited.
One would think they were going on a spring outing.
"Pathetic simp."
The currently still arrogant Kakashi mercilessly pierced Obito's little secret.
"What did you say? Damn Kakashi!"
Without Rin in the team to act as peacemaker, Obito and Kakashi's relationship was even worse than in the original work.
After all, neither Minato nor Guy were cut out for that role.
But fortunately, Minato had a trick up his sleeve today.
"Obito, don't worry. Team Jin's three members have also been transferred to the eastern front line."
Obito, who had been grappling with Kakashi, immediately widened his eyes.
He almost drooled.
Thud~ Thud~ Thud~
Sudden, heavy footsteps made Team Minato think an earthquake was happening.
Turning to look, several figures so large they seemed about to burst the main gate emerged one after another.
"Holy..."
Obito's eyes behind his goggles nearly popped out.
He stared dumbfounded at Kaido standing before him, staggered back two steps, and fell on his butt.
"Oh oh~ Minato, long time no see."
A long-unseen face appeared from behind Kaido and the others.
"Jin!?"
Seeing his old friend again after so long, Minato was also shocked.
Minato had a lot he wanted to talk to the other about, but the sheer size shock from Kaido and the others made Minato completely forget what he wanted to say.
In the end, he just pointed dumbly at Kaido and the others, who were as big as small hills:
"Th-they are..."
"Oh, reinforcements who will head north to deal with Kumogakure."
Originally, Tsunade planned to have Team Minato team up with Jin's three loli, no, three young lady.
Then head north to stop Kumogakure's second unit, composed of the Raikage's attendant, Dodai, and the quasi-Kage-level expert, Toroi.
Then she, the Hokage, would lead Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
The Legendary Sannin would reappear to deal with the Kirigakure's army.
However, after some thought, Jin decided to switch things up.
Have Team Minato and the three young lady go to the eastern coastal area to deal with Kirigakure's forces.
The Beasts Pirates would head north to handle the Kumogakure's army.
The reason, of course, was that Kirigakure had too many Water Release Users.
They were a natural counter to the Beasts Pirates, who were mostly ground-based ability users.
As for Konan and the other two, although they were also ability users, all three possessed flight abilities… they were flying-types.
"Th-they look really tough..."
Kakashi, whose personality at this time was still extremely edgy due to White Fang's death, was also intimidated.
Guy, however, stared with shining eyes at the bulging muscles on Kaido and the others' arms.
'So buff!'
'I must train to become like that too!'
"Hmm?"
Jin noticed Obito at this time and asked curiously:
"Why are you still here?"
"Huh?"
Obito was also baffled by Jin's sudden question.
"Nothing, let's get going quickly."
Jin waved his hand.
Because Kurenai, Rin, Obito, and Kakashi were around the same age, the two girls would turn 13 this year.
Originally, Jin thought that during his time away having fun in the One Piece World, Obito would have been lured away by that old schemer Madara.
Unexpectedly, he was still here.
Obito scratched his head, puzzled, but didn't dwell on it.
"Khu khu, I am the frontline commander for the eastern battlefield. Let's go together, Minato~"
Orochimaru also came from behind, his occasionally curling lips proof of his good mood.
He couldn't wait to test the powers of the Ope Ope no Mi.
Although Orochimaru was still very dissatisfied with this not-chaotic-enough world, as it's no fun at all.
Jin thought that if he had the chance, he could drop Orochimaru into a place called [Gotham].
'This guy would definitely hit it off with a bunch of guys living in Arkham Asylum.'
"So the territories we capture will be ours, right?"
Kaido suddenly spoke at this time.
After staying in Konoha for two days, Kaido was very uncomfortable.
Like Orochimaru, he disliked this peaceful atmosphere.
He planned to take his three All-Stars and other subordinates and move out.
Jin had no objection to this.
He directly stated that as long as it was outside the Land of Fire's borders, any territory they captured would be theirs.
"If you like, you can even destroy Kumogakure and live there."
Jin said with a chuckle.
Hearing this, Team Minato froze in place.
'Were these foreign reinforcements this fierce?'
...
[Ding~ New group member, Kakarot Son Goku, has joined the group]
Just after sending off the troublesome bunch, before Jin could even sit down after entering his home, the long-absent group notification sound made his heart skip a beat.
[Goku: Huh? What is this thing? Did Kami prepare it for me? Or is it some ability of that King Kai-sama?]
[Jin: @Goku, Senior Brother! You finally died!]
[Goku: Huh? You, you're that... Jin, right? The new disciple the Master Roshi took in who fought with me at Kami's Temple a long time ago. So what is this? Suddenly there are lots of voices in my head...]
[Jin: Just think of it as a gathering place for dead people from different worlds to chat...]
For Goku's rather simple-minded personality, Jin tried to explain in a way he could understand.
This scared many people in the group.
After all, when new members joined the group before, this guy couldn't be bothered to say more than a few words.
Explanations were usually handled by other older group members.
But Jin explaining personally?
This was truly a first.
[Goku: Oh oh~ I think I get it, but not really. But making new friends is never a bad thing. Though I'm busy training with King Kai-sama right now, let's talk later.]
[Kazuma: @Goku: Hey, Wait up, Big Boss! Aren't you dead too? How can you go there?]
Goku's words piqued the interest of the other group members.
'Had a living person other than Jin appeared?'
[Goku: No, I am dead. But to deal with the two Saiyans coming to Earth in a year, Kami specially asked Enma-sama to preserve my soul in a physical form. It's convenient for me to go train with King Kai-sama...]
Son Goku's explanation left the entire group utterly confused.
If it were Jin, he would have too lazy to explain and logged off directly.
But fortunately, Goku was warm-hearted. While running on the Snake Way, he explained to the people in the group.
Unfortunately, he wasn't very articulate. What could have been explained in five minutes took him half an hour to barely get across.
Simply put, the dead in his world should originally be like Ace and the others.
After death, they become souls without physical bodies, then reincarnate.
But to deal with the two Saiyans coming to Earth in a year, Enma gave Goku a backdoor.
He allowed him to retain his physical body in the afterlife and even go train with King Kai.
After training, he would be revived using the Dragon Balls.
In short, he was dead, but not completely dead.
Bringing up this topic, Jin's expression also became somewhat strange.
In other anime, when main characters die, the atmosphere is usually one of grief-stricken, with hugging and crying.
But Dragon Ball World didn't have that feeling.
Not to mention the existence of the Dragon Balls, a bug-like item that could revive the dead…
When the main characters die, Enma could still give them a backdoor, offering them extra training with King Kai.
It felt like just moving to a different place to live.
After hearing Goku's explanation, the entire group fell silent.
'Damn, their side sounds awesome.'
'Being dead is like not being dead at all.'
And Kazuma shed tears of jealousy.
'Why them?'
[Jin: @Goku, Senior Brother, could you open the group red envelope function and send me your Saiyan Bloodline? I'll come help you fight in a year too.]
[Goku: Huh? Oh oh, that's fine. I'll trouble you then. So is it this rectangular thing that looks like a wallet?]
Soon, the group notification sounded again.
[Ding! Group member, Goku, has sent a red envelope, [Saiyan Bloodline], to group member, Uchiha Jin.]
Feeling the changes in his body, Jin was ecstatic internally.
The ability he wanted most had finally been obtained.
Jin suddenly felt a strange sensation behind his butt.
Pulling down his pants, he controlled it with an unfamiliar feeling.
A brownish-black, furry tail wrapped around from behind to the front, swaying before Jin's eyes.
"Eeeeeek!"
Nami's scream suddenly sounded.
"What are you doing at the entrance in broad daylight!?"
'He's getting more and more perverted!'
In high spirits, Jin felt no shame. Instead, he proudly shook his hips.
"Now I have two tails. Which one do you prefer?"