- Sensei? - Hoshi patted her eyes sleepily as she hurriedly rolled out of her sleeping bag and clung to her gear, which had been laid out nearby.
- The enemy," she briefly informed her and the rest of her charges, who woke up almost immediately, "is on the trail and will be here in a few minutes.
In fact, that solved the mystery of what they were counting on - it's much safer to attack the camp at night, and if it's possible to follow us without attracting attention, it was to be expected - the Inuzuka aren't the only ones who raise and use animal companions, not to mention the various calls going around among the shinobi. And among the approaching group, I could clearly discern chakra that didn't belong to a human.
- Ryo-sensei, how many are there? - Asani rubbed her face forcefully and focused on me, shining her eyes slightly.
Yes, the first thing I taught my students was to put chakra in their eyes for better visibility in the dark.
- Three chunin, one genin, and some animal," I answered after a short pause.
The girls gave a sigh of relief, obviously realizing that opponents of this level would chip their teeth at me even with all sorts of surprises. Two of the three had already fought one-on-one against chunin and had a rough idea of what to expect. Surizawa, on the other hand, was noticeably nervous, though she tried to hide it behind her concentration and checking her gear.
- S-sensei, what should we do? - Asani asked tensely, gripping the handle of the kunai tightly but not pulling it out yet.
- You'll have one chunin on you, and I'll take the rest, so do your best," I decided to reassure my charges, "and remember teamwork.
- Hai, sensei!
Nodding to the prepared kunoichi, who were positioned a little to the side of me, so as not to block my view, I turned towards the enemies that were about to appear. I regretted in passing that there were no clouds in the sky and no moonlight, otherwise I would have swaddled them all with Hijutsu, and so I'd have to deal with them using point methods, since the students were close by and I couldn't hit them any harder, and I'd have to keep a constant eye on their location so as not to accidentally hit them and prevent them from doing so.
Chunin and above the situation tracked already on automatic, without being hit by allies, but the girls are still too focused on the target, not noticing the situation around them. It's complicated.
The pursuers appeared a minute later and jumped out from behind the shrubbery that was hiding them before, they were obviously set for a quick and unexpected attack, obviously hoping to take us by surprise, but when they saw the victims ready to fight, they slowed down sharply and bristled with weapons, obviously a bit confused. This allowed the hired shinobi to be seen in a little more detail than the blurred humanoid shadows.
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