After the last batch of reinforcements arrived that afternoon, Hatake Sakumo gathered all the jonin for a meeting.
Soji and Uchiha Homura were included as well. After all, Special Jonin still had "jonin" in the title.
Hatake Sakumo then quickly explained his plan.
"That concludes the task assignments for each of your teams. Do you all remember them?"
"Yes!"
With that brief exchange, the meeting quickly came to an end.
After all, Sunagakure would be attacking that night. There was no time to dawdle.
Soji's squadron had been assigned to pursue the scattered Sunagakure Ninja.
Yes, Hatake Sakumo was that confident. Before the battle had even begun, he was already considering how to cut off Sunagakure's retreat.
Uchiha Homura, meanwhile, would join the main force in ambushing the enemy.
Of course, Hatake Sakumo would be there as well, so Soji had no need to worry about Uchiha Homura's safety.
"Let's go." After calling out to them, Soji led the thirteen members of his squadron away.
They passed through the dense forest and came upon a rushing river.
"You three, each lead a squad and lie in ambush on both sides of the river."
"Yes!"
Upon hearing Soji's orders, the three chunin answered decisively.
Though the three chunin, and even several genin, were older than Soji—
They had already experienced Soji's strength on the journey to the Land of Rivers.
Even without using Ice Release, Soji could take all twelve of them down in less than ten minutes.
That was an absolute gap in strength!
Thus, the three chunin who had initially looked down on Soji because of his age had long since been utterly convinced by him.
That was the survival rule of the shinobi world: the strong were respected.
The sun had only just set. There was still quite