There are only so many ninjas in the ninja world. Even if the five major ninja villages unite, they cannot form a coalition force of more than 100,000 Chunins.
It costs a lot to train a ninja, and not all of them will become successful, as they are largely limited by each person's qualifications. After all, there are only a few who can make a name for themselves through hard work like Rock Lee, and that is under the guidance of a famous teacher. Besides, Rock Lee is not without qualifications, it's just that his expertise is too biased.
In Konoha Village, most of the official ninjas are Genin. The ratio of selecting Chunin is usually maintained between one in ten and one in five. It is slightly higher during wartime, but will never exceed one in three.
The selection of jonin from chunin is more strict, and the Konoha Village generally maintains about one in fifteen, and this includes special jonin.
In the ninja world, the village with the strictest selection is the Hidden Mist Village, or actually the Hidden Sand Village. Because of limited resources and the implementation of an elitist policy, they have to concentrate their limited resources on cultivating a very small number of geniuses with excellent talents.
Konoha's standard is probably maintained at a medium level, slightly higher than that of the Hidden Cloud Village. The Hidden Iwagakure Village is good at coordinated operations and relies more on group advantages. It has the lowest degree of dependence on individual elites and has the greatest advantage at the level of Chunin.
Small countries outside the five major countries have far fewer resources. Being able to provide ninja villages with the training of thousands of Chunins is already a rare sight. For a country that has a figure like Hanzo of the Salamander who was once comparable to the Kage of the five major ninja villages, it is not too surprising that it can squeeze out more than a thousand Chunins, but this probably requires preparations to start many years in advance.
It took Konoha Village more than three years of preparation to tap into its full potential and fully mobilize the war machine.
As Tsunade's most trusted think tank, Nara Shikaku carefully looked at the information of the leader and sub-leaders submitted by the Rain Village.
"Most of this list is made up of ninjas who have participated in the Chunin Exams. It shouldn't be difficult to verify. However, there is no information about the leader of the team, the jonin named Shigure."
"The Rain Village is still too closed, just like we didn't know that Hanzo of the Salamander was killed a long time ago and became the base of the Akatsuki organization."
Tsunade shook her head, confused.
"Since this Shigure is the leader representing the Rain Village, he must have his own unique qualities. However, judging from his temperament, he does seem familiar."
After thinking for a while, Tsunade gave up as she had no clue.
"It may be my illusion, let's not talk about that for now. What do you think we should do?"
The distribution of the Shinobi Alliance is nearing completion. Adding fresh forces is certainly a good thing, but a surprise attack is a bit embarrassing.
If the Rain Ninjas were to be mixed into the five already reorganized main battle corps like the five major ninja villages, there would inevitably be some troubles and it would delay the preparations for war.
But it is not easy to refuse at this time. Since they call themselves the Ninja Alliance, it is natural that all the ninjas in the Ninja World will unite to resist the enemies that threaten the Ninja World.
In fact, no one has high hopes for these weak small ninja villages, but being able to come and help is a help of some magnitude.
It's just that the timing was a bit wrong, I joined too late.
Nara Shikaku thought for a while and then answered:
"Put them in the Fifth Division!"
The division of the Allied Ninja Teams was rather rough, but generally they still brought into play the specialties of the ninjutsu of each major ninja village.
In addition to the formal organizations such as the command system, medical logistics, perception and sealing squad, surprise attack team, and daimyo guard team, the main combat corps is divided into five teams.
The first unit is good at medium and long-range attacks, and is extremely proficient in hidden weapons and ninja tools. It is responsible for battlefield suppression. The captain is the next Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village - Darui.
The second unit is the melee squad, mainly composed of ninjas who are good at physical skills and rock ninjas who are proficient in earth escape. This is the main force on the front battlefield, responsible for meeting the enemy's offensive, killing the most enemies on the battlefield, and of course the heaviest casualties. The captain is the Jonin of the Iwagakure Village, Huang Tu, who is the descendant of the third Tsuchikage Ohnoki and the father of the fourth Tsuchikage Kurotsuchi. Naturally, his strength and prestige are not weak.
The third team is the medium-range combat team led by Hatake Kakashi. It is mainly composed of elite ninjas with comprehensive ninjutsu styles and strong survivability. They have excellent sustained combat capabilities, no weaknesses in long-range and close-range attacks, and good mobility. They can radiate the entire battlefield and provide rapid support at any time.
The fourth team is a pure joint force of ninjutsu-type ninjas and brain-type ninjas. The main forces include ninjutsu-type ninjas like Nara Shikamaru, who are not strong enough in frontal combat, and ninjutsu-type ninjas like Temari, who can only exert their power at a distance.
The Fifth Division, into which the Rain Ninjas are expected to be incorporated, is, in the original work, a joint division of the samurai squad led by Mifune, the leader of the Land of Iron, and ninjas with special ninjutsu, secret techniques, and bloodline limit ninjas such as the Inuzuka family and the Aburame family.
Because most secret techniques require a specific environment to work, gathering these types of ninjas together should be more effective.
However, due to the butterfly effect caused by Mizuki, Mifune will form an assassination team with Jiraiya and Mizuki, resulting in the current temporary captain of the Fifth Force being Yanliu of the Hidden Mist Village.
Although Yanliu is also a swordsman ninja, he is not weak either, especially after the recent series of fierce battles, his strength has increased rapidly, but his accumulation and foundation are still a little weaker than Mifune.
The combat effectiveness of this unit is difficult to predict, so the battlefields in the original work are concentrated in the corners and are not the main fighting force. If it weren't for Hanzo's Impure World Body, the Fifth Unit would basically not encounter too much challenge.
The positioning of the Fifth Force is a side battlefield of low intensity.
But now because Mifune is not here, the team's frontal combat power is not strong. Although Yanliu is not weak either, he does not have the prestige of a leader after all, which makes the Fifth Army somewhat useless. If the fresh forces of Rain Ninja are added, the strength of each team can be balanced to a certain extent.
After thinking for a while, Tsunade roughly agreed with Nara Shikaku's proposal, but...
"Should we investigate this Shigure who has never appeared before?"
It is impossible for every piece of intelligence submitted by the Rain Village to the Allied Ninja Forces to be extremely detailed. No one will check it if it is too complicated, but it is still necessary to have a general understanding of the main leaders.
"It is necessary, but..."
Nara Shikaku was a little embarrassed.
"The village is currently unable to mobilize any ninjas capable of completing such a high-level mission!"
Anyone with a little ability would have surely gone to the battlefield. As the advisor to the Hokage and concurrently the leader of the Konoha Village's Jonin Squad, Nara Shikaku, although it was a sinecure and an empty title, he certainly had the right to know.
It is unlikely that the remaining powerful jonin such as Mizuki and Hatake Kakashi would be arranged to investigate the leader of the Rain Village at this time.
"I understand. I'll leave this to the Anbu."
Although most of the Anbu were already working around the clock, there was one exception, and that was Mizuki's physical clone - the extra-staff team of Tenzo and Yukimura led by Nobumasa.
Tsunade, who had no one to use, finally remembered that she still had a few Anbu who had been playing a supporting role.
He is always assigned some training, as well as not very dangerous tasks such as reconnaissance and eliminating ninja bandits, which are not in line with the style of the Anbu. It is indeed a waste of his talents.
As for the recent disagreement with Mizuki, in the face of the general trend of the Ninja World War, everything can be put aside for the time being. It will not be too late to consider these things after the war is over.