Chapter 776: Knocked Out!
"How many rebel forces are still left?" Everyone looked at Fujin, wanting to know the answer, too.
Fujin answered, "According to Kusagakure's estimates, the rebels initially had around 1,500. However, they recruited various rogue ninjas, either through money, the promise of power or through Iwagakure's manipulation, increasing their numbers to beyond 2,000.
The two forces have been clashing constantly and Kusa had two major victories, which eliminated around two-fifths of the rebel forces. However, Kagero, the rebel leader, is still at large and they still have around 1,200 ninjas. Our job would be to eliminate at least 800 ninjas and eliminate their leadership entirely."
Fujin pushed a note forward and said, "These are their current leaders. Kagero is their leader and Tsuchiro is his right hand. He has four more competent ninjas under him, who lead the armies. They are Reiko, Hisato, Shizuma and Ganku."
Hoka muttered, "This is the first time I'm hearing about them… How strong are they?"
Renjiro replied, "They are formidable; otherwise, Kusagakure wouldn't have lost hundreds of ninjas and so much of its territory.
Kagero used to be the rival of Hiroshi, the current leader of Kusagakure. In terms of strength, he is slightly stronger than Hiroshi. However, he lacks in other aspects and hence couldn't become the leader. His strength is at the Elite Jounin level by our standards.
Tuschiro is like a brother to him and always stays by his side, even during wars. He wasn't Elite Jounin level but was very close to it before they betrayed Kusagakure. Considering that it has been years since then, he too should be considered as an Elite Jounin level threat. The other four are Kagero's students. Each one of them is a formidable Jounin."
Hoka replied, "Two Elite Jounins… No wonder Kusagakure struggled so much."