Zi-Chou-Wu-Hai-Mo!
"Wind Release·Infrasound Technique!"
Asuma Hand Seals Then keep your hands in the last seal, and then bring the two extended index fingers together and point them between the eyebrows.
Asuma closed his eyes and quietly felt the feedback of the sound waves.
"In the south, there are enemies passing by seven miles away. There are at least fifty people in number!"
Asuma suddenly opened his eyes and shouted to the surroundings.
"Will we be able to carry these supplies in time?"
As the captain of this logistics team, Special Jōnin Seiji Aoki asked calmly.
They are not the main force responsible for combat, not to mention that there is a son of the Hokage family in the team. If you can avoid it, it is better to avoid it.
Even if he knows how much power this team hides.
"The enemy is very fast, I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time!"
Asuma I don't know how strong this logistics team of only twenty people is.
In addition to the three Genins of Orochimaru Squad, there are also several Genin teams who also came for gold plating, a total of twelve Genins.
Except for Seiji Aoki who is Special Jōnin, no one else is worse than him.
Konohagakure now has a total of more than a hundred Jōnin, and there are five here, two of which are Jōnin sent by Hiruzen Sarutobi to secretly protect Sarutobi Clan from Asuma.
The twelve Genins in this kind of team are basically Genins who are optimistic about their long-term development potential.
In the original book, Kakashi said that only 9 of the 27 people who graduated in the same period could become Genin.
But there are so many ninjas in Konohagakure, there can't be only 27 people in one session.
It's just that these 27 people will have Jōnin to serve as Team Leader Jōnin, otherwise there will only be so many Jōnin in Konohagakure, and it is impossible for everyone to be led by Jōnin.
Only those with sufficiently outstanding qualifications can receive such treatment.
In fact, these 27 people are all evaluated as good prospects who may become Jōnin in the future after six years of the Ninja Academy career.
Just like Konoha 12, Jōnin will lead the team after graduation, and most of them will become Jōnin in the future.
If he can pass the assessment of Team Leader Jōnin, he is very likely to be absorbed into the Hokage series in the future.
If not, then the evaluation will be at a lower level, but at any rate, the qualifications are there, and they are still much better than the average. At that time, it may be replaced by Special Jōnin to lead the team.
Most ninjas who have no qualifications and no background will be able to become Chunin for the rest of their lives.
Their future development potential is basically Chunin, so a Chunin leading ninja is actually almost enough.
Asuma feels that his opportunity to perform has come.
He didn't know that there were actually many people in his team sent by his father to take care of him.
Previously, Orochimaru Squad had been performing escort missions to transport supplies, and only encountered a small force that had infiltrated.
Now Konohagakure has successfully advanced the front line a lot, but there is a disadvantage.
That is, Kumogakure has been operating here for quite some time. Coupled with the orders of Third Raikage, these newly occupied areas are actually still being visited by small and medium-sized Kumogakure.
Their mission is to harass and intercept Konohagakure's logistics team and slow down Konohagakure's advancement of the front as much as possible.
The teams I encountered before were all unlucky teams, and the ones I bumped into were basically cannon fodder teams headed by Genin.
Now that there are so many people, it's my turn to show off in front of Hong!
"Captain Aoki! Do we want to fight?"
Asuma is ready to make a move, Anko is also a militant character, and the other Genin are basically the ones who have not experienced the beatings of society and are not afraid of anything.
"Captain Aoki! Let's prepare for a counterattack!"
"Yes! This batch of supplies is so important, we can't just give it up!"
"I'm going to hit ten!"
"Eh? Why do you need to put on a cast before the operation starts?"
Seiji Aoki agreed after a little hesitation.
Genin doesn't know this, but he knows what kind of team his so-called captain leads.
With a group of powerful Jōnin watching, he didn't think anything would happen. It would be nice to give them more practical experience.
"The enemy is almost here!"
Although the range of Kurenai Yūhi and Sensory Ability is not as wide as that of Infrasound Technique, it is very precise.
After coming into contact with Observation Haki, although she has not yet mastered it, a lot of knowledge in Shinobi World that she had never had before gave her great inspiration, which further improved her Sensory Ability.
"The enemy should be a standard Kumogakure squadron, with one Jōnin, two Special Jōnin, nine Chunin, and the remaining Genin has a total of thirty-six people!"
So strong?
In Asuma's opinion, his team is actually quite weak.
The other Jōnins were all disguised as ordinary Chunins, or they were injured and temporarily transferred to ninjas to perform simple tasks.
When Seiji Aoki saw this situation, he immediately signaled to a total of the Sarutobi Clan ninjas who were sitting on the roof of the car smoking.
"Ahem, Asuma! Look who I am?"
"Eh? Uncle Dajiu! Why are you here?"
Okū Sarutobi didn't think of a good answer for a while, but fortunately Seiji Aoki came to his rescue.
"Lord Orochimaru has a clever plan. He had predicted that an enemy squadron would pass by here, so he transferred Dajiu Jōnin to assist us."
"Ah, yes, yes! I have a secret mission here, which is to help you get rid of this Kumogakure team."
Okū Sarutobi is not weak and has already crossed the level of Elite Jonin. He is a little older than Hiruzen Sarutobi, almost 60 years old, and his combat effectiveness may begin to decline significantly in a few years.
With his current strength, he has already defeated Jōnin by 70% to 80%.
Konohagakure was at its peak before World War II and World War I. The number of Jōnin exceeded two hundred, and the number of other Five Great Shinobi Villages and Jōnin also exceeded one hundred.
There are many like Kumogakure, Jōnin, the number may be 156, and now there should be at least 130 or more.
Iwagakure may be a little less than this amount.
Kirigakure has not participated in the war so far this time, and the situation is unknown.
Sunagakure is the worst, not to mention the poorest, and was beaten violently by Orochimaru twice in Ninja Wars. It is hard to say whether there are a hundred Jōnin now.
Of course, no one will excessively consume their strength in a war, at least on the premise of keeping themselves a member of Five Great Shinobi Villages.
The bottom line is probably one hundred Jōnin and at least one strong Kage Level.
Only with this kind of strength can we maintain our status as a great power and preserve our existing basic territory.
Therefore, when Konohagakure was at its peak, the number of Jōnin that could be dispatched exceeded one hundred, and the number of other Ninja Villages was fifty or sixty, so it was possible to do one versus two without a huge gap in strength.
Now after the consumption of Second Ninja War, Third Ninja War has also entered the most cruel stage of tug-of-war.