"How about it? Is that enough of a demonstration?"
Even through the mask, Shōji could still sense a slight shift in their aura. After retracting his kunai, he asked leisurely.
"Greetings, Captain. Please forgive this subordinate's earlier offense!"
The lean Anbu immediately dropped to one knee and spoke with respectful sincerity.
"Greetings, Captain!"
The two Anbu standing on either side also knelt on one knee in unison and saluted him.
"Heh, get up. From now on, we're comrades in the same trench. There's no need for so much ceremony. Introduce yourselves first. Nothing too detailed—just your codenames and what you specialize in."
Shōji waved a hand lightly, then walked to the seat at the head and looked down at his three subordinates as he spoke evenly.
"Yes!"
Anbu identities had to remain confidential, but before one's direct superior and squadmates, they generally could not—and would not—be kept secret. Especially in a squad, the captain had to understand the abilities and strength of the three members as thoroughly as possible in order to assign their responsibilities appropriately during missions.
After answering in unison, the lean Anbu who had provoked him first spoke up. "My codename is Hoshi. I specialize in Wind Style techniques. In past missions, I usually handled frontal support."
Then the Anbu standing on the left, the largest and most powerfully built of the three, spoke in a slightly deep voice. "My codename is Kumagan. I specialize in Earth Style ninjutsu. I generally handle cover and flanking attacks."
The last was also the only female Anbu in Shōji's squad. Judging from her slightly youthful voice and the snow-white skin exposed outside her mask, she could not have been more than twenty years old. Moreover, from the first impression she gave, the murderous aura around her was the strongest. Based