While Ino was busy admiring Kozue's beautiful face, her teammates and team leader were getting ready for battle.
Although Shikamaru and Chouji didn't know why Asuma stood in front of them and raised his weapons, they didn't hesitate and followed his example.
Asuma, for his part, began to tremble as his senses screamed at him about the dangerous presence in front of him, making it difficult for him to move, and his instincts screamed at him not to move.
When a guy appeared in front of him and the girls, Kozue had already sensed it beforehand and was ready for it.
Since they didn't attack him directly, Kozue was going to give him the benefit of the doubt and only used his presence to signal to his opponent to think twice before taking any action.
And when the guy didn't attack, Kozue lessened her presence and gave the guy a sigh of relief.
"Is something wrong?" Kozue asked as everyone around her began to pay attention to what was happening.
Looking at the group in front of him, Kozue could recognize them and analyzed them.
Seeing their heights, he confirmed the information about the graduation age of the ninja academies that he had in his memory.
18 years old
And although he remained calm in the face of Asuma's confrontation, Kozue was surprised because he hadn't expected to encounter some of the main cast of the series so soon.
"..."
Kozue's words reached Asuma's ears, and he began to calm down after making sure that the person who suddenly appeared in front of him was not an enemy.
Ceasing to inject wind element chakra into his blades, Asuma lowered his weapons and nodded, though his trench blades never left his knuckles.
After all, he clearly remembered what his senses were screaming at him and hoped the guy in front of him wouldn't be offended.
"No…"
"I just... reacted prematurely," Asuma said as he analyzed the young man in front of him.
Meanwhile, he was also keeping an eye on the 5 women who suddenly began sending him signals of danger when he drew his weapons.
'Them too?' Asuma wondered, and I suspect these people might be here because of recent events.
"Okay," Kozue said, nodding her head.
"Let's go," Kozue said, and the five girls behind him followed, keeping a watchful eye on the people who had stopped them.
Meanwhile, the people around dispersed when it became clear that nothing exciting was going to happen.
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"How dare they?"
"Master, let us take care of them."
"I will kill them silently"
The first to react was Mittelt when they got far enough away and the group that stopped them didn't attack them.
"And!"
"I too will give them an exemplary punishment"
And Kalawarner and Raynare also quickly agreed, as they were offended by such insolence in front of their teacher.
Previously, the 3 fallen angels had a certain level of obedience and resentment towards Kozue.
But after traveling to this world and merging with their new identities, Kozue was now everything to them.
The trio's loyalty, love, devotion, faith, and obedience were at their peak.
Therefore, it was expected that they would want to kill everyone who stood in front of Kozue.
"There's no need"
"Don't cause any trouble," Kozue said as he continued walking without looking at the girls behind him.
"Yes sir"
The trio lowered their heads and accepted their master's order, without even thinking of objecting.
"Robin," Kozue said, and the woman beside her nodded, understanding the message.
Without anyone noticing, an eye appeared far from Team 10 and looked in their direction, while an ear appeared next to them, far from their lines of sight, and listened to what they were saying.
"Let's go shopping there!"
Meanwhile, Mikita suddenly shouted, pointing at a clothing store, and the group followed her.
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"¡Asuma-sensei!"
"What happened?!" Ino shouted when the group had moved far enough away.
Sigh*
Asuma sighed as the previous group left and no problems occurred.
"Asuma-sensei!" Ino shouted again when they ignored her.
Asuma looked at her again and noticed that Shikamaru and Chouji were also waiting for an answer to their previous behavior.
Sigh*
"First, let's go back to the inn."
Seeing that nothing happened, Asuma sighed again before leading her team to the inn where they were staying and promised to explain why she reacted that way when they got there.
The trio waited for a response and listened attentively.
When Asuma sighed again, Ino was about to scream again, but just then Asuma gave an order and the group looked at each other before following their team leader.
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"..."
When they arrived at the inn and entered the room where they were staying, Asuma told them the reason for his actions and the group of young people remained silent for several seconds before Shikamaru was the first to open his mouth.
"Then it's dangerous," Shikamaru said, analyzing his sensei's words, and Asuma nodded, remembering what had happened recently.
As his group moved forward, with him behind them, Asuma kept a watchful eye on his surroundings.
With the atmosphere in the capital city tense due to the change of leadership in the Ichihara family, various accidents could occur, and he didn't want his team to get hurt.
Besides his duty as a Jonin and team leader, Asuma didn't want to know the disaster that would occur if any of the 3 were hurt or ended up dead.
The Ino-Shika-Cho alliance has incredible influence within the village and they are supporters of their father, so it was obvious that there were political interests involved when he obtained this team.
But if these three are seriously injured or end up dead, Asuma could guess that his father would lose the support of those three clans.
He himself was not in danger because of who his father was, but he would still receive a punishment.
Of course, Asuma was confident in his strength and was sure to protect his team as long as they didn't catch him off guard.
That's why he was very attentive to his surroundings, and that's why it took him by surprise when a fifth person appeared when he only sensed 4 chakra signatures about to turn the corner.
Although he wasn't a sensor, a jonin like him could sense chakra signals at short range if the other party didn't have great stealth skills.
Therefore, under normal circumstances it was not uncommon for Asuma not to sense someone approaching if that person was skilled in stealth.
But when the Young Man withdrew his presence, to Asuma's senses it was as if nothing was occupying the young man's place.
As if there shouldn't be anything there when Asuma's eyes said otherwise.
"But she looks about our age"
"How is he so strong?" Ino asked, and her companions agreed.
When Team 10 fell under Asuma's command, he showed them his power in a training battle.
Although he didn't go to kill for obvious reasons, the 3 were surprised and convinced by the power of their sensei when he easily defeated them.
Aware that their sensei was a Jonin, the group did not become depressed and gained a new respect for their parents who hold the same rank.
But are they only just finding out now that there's someone their age just as strong as Asuma-sensei and his parents?
"There are many geniuses in the world," Asuma said, recalling how he felt when he went to the academy with Kakashi many years ago.
"There must be many people out there stronger than me and much younger," said the Third Hokage's son.
"..."
Seeing that her students remained silent, Asuma left them to think.
Ordering them to stay in the room, Asuma left the room and used all his stealth skills to head in a certain direction.
Minutes later, Asuma left a restaurant and walked around for a while before returning to the room where she was staying with her team.
The restaurant he just left is a secret ANBU communication point in the Leaf Village, and that's where he left a message to be sent to his father.
'I hope they find something,' Asuma thought after writing down everything that happened and drawing an almost exact picture of Kozue's face.
Although his drawing skills are average, they are sufficient for ANBU to conduc
t a thorough investigation and find out everything they can about the young man.
There was currently a lot of unrest in the capital, and the emergence of such a strong figure could affect the entire situation in unforeseen ways, so Asuma expects ANBU to be vigilant and deal with the new variable if necessary.
Returning to his team, Asuma ordered them to pack up right then as he wanted to return to the village quickly.