"Team 9: Sakura Haruno, Passerby A, Onlooker B. Team Leader: Jōnin Asuma Sarutobi."
After finishing, Tsunade calmly watched Asuma, waiting for his reaction.
Asuma, who had been craving a smoke and had a toothpick between his lips, heard something utterly unexpected from the Fifth Hokage.
Then Asuma said, "Lord Fifth Hokage, have you made a mistake?"
He had wanted to ask why she had not assigned the Ino-Shika-Cho squad to him, but with so many colleagues around, he knew it would be embarrassing to bring that up, so he gave Tsunade a veiled reminder instead.
Hearing Asuma's words, Tsunade did not even raise her eyelids as she said:
"There is no mistake. This is how I arranged it. Rest assured, this is the most sensible arrangement."
After hearing Tsunade's answer, Asuma no longer cared about revealing that he had pulled strings and asked outright:
"Lord Fifth Hokage, what about the Ino-Shika-Cho squad? All the Jōnin here have already been assigned students. Their families have contributed a great deal to Konoha. Are you going to assign them a Chunin as their teacher? Doing that will leave the Ino-Shika-Cho families bitterly disappointed."
Before Tsunade could speak, Kurenai Yuhi could no longer sit still.
Apart from Shin, Tsunade was the person she loved and respected most. How could she let this man challenge her?
Besides, she had already taken a dislike to Asuma.
Since Kurenai Yuhi normally lived in Takamagahara Space, she had little contact with people in Konoha apart from the sisters and children in that space.
This was her first time meeting the heavily bearded Asuma.
Yet on their very first meeting, Asuma kept stealing glances at her. He was clearly a lecher with designs on her. If there had not been a few colleagues she knew nearby, she would have