The Shimura Clan had been developing quite rapidly!
Shihōin Naraku looked at the information in his hands. The Shimura Clan currently had two Jonin and seventeen Chunin!
Those numbers might not look like much, but for a Ninja clan, that was already a substantial number of Ninja at those ranks.
Two Jonin were enough to support the Shimura Clan's continued development while they waited for new Jonin to emerge from among those Chunin.
That model of development was enough to ensure the Shimura Clan's safe survival in Konoha.
"One is a veteran Jonin with extensive connections, and the other was promoted over three years ago and has decent strength!"
"If you count the seventeen Chunin, the Shimura Clan is developing even better than our Shihōin Clan."
At present, the Shihōin Clan only had two Jonin: Naraku and Chun Yuan.
The problem was that Shihōin Harumoto was already old, and his actual strength had long since declined below Jonin level.
There was no helping it. He had reached that age.
It was only through Naraku's connections and prestige that Shihōin Harumoto could maintain his current position.
In his youth, Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi had been called the "Shinobi Hero" and the "Professor of Ninjutsu," and his strength had been formidable. Had he been ten years younger, Orochimaru would never have dared fight his teacher, even with three times the courage.
People had to accept their age!
There was no helping it!
As for Shihōin Naraku, the Shihōin Clan's other Jonin-or rather, a Ninja at Super Kage Level-he could only be considered an exception.
Most of the Shihōin Clan's Ninja were still Chunin and Genin. There were seven Chunin and over twenty Genin.
The problem was that few of those twenty-odd Genin had enough talent to become Chunin or Jonin.
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