Chapter 60

After receiving the mission, the village's Jonin Squad needed to assemble on short notice. As a result, the Anbu courier waited a full twenty minutes before fewer than forty Jonin finally gathered. There was no helping it. Although the village normally had around 150 active Jonin, once you subtracted those away on missions, those belonging to the Yamanaka, Nara, Akimichi, Aburame, and Inuzuka clans, only about sixty were left. Aside from those hailing from the Utatane, Mitokado, and Sarutobi clans, most of these sixty came from minor ninja clans within the village, much like the Moonlit Clan. At this moment, every single one of those willing to show up came from the Utatane, Mitokado, or Sarutobi clans, while the minor clan and civilian ninjas dragged their feet and failed to report. After all, excuses were ready-made: the village was under curfew, and nobody was allowed outside.