The ninja originated from the Heian Kyo period. At that time, it was called "Shinobian". In later eras, it was also called "Ranbo". However, it was only recently that it was officially called "ninja".
In order to make the classification of ninjas easier to manage, Levi followed the classification method he was familiar with and divided ninjas into genin, chunin, jounin and elite jounin based on their spiritual strength.
Basically, they correspond to the levels of samurai of the same level. Genin corresponds to lower-level samurai, chunin corresponds to intermediate samurai, jounin corresponds to upper-level samurai, and elite jounin corresponds to swordsman.
It's a pity that the ninjas in Levi's hands don't even have people who can be called jounin. There are only seven chuunin and more than thirty genin.
After all, the head of the Fujiwara family did not train ninjas to perform special tasks in the past, but only as a tool to collect intelligence about Kyoto, so he did not value strength.
But now that the ninja village system has been established, Levi has begun to cultivate the strength of ninjas.
The strong ones join the ANBU or become the guardian ninja of the Fujiwara Prefecture, and the weaker ones join the Intelligence Department or teach in the Ninja Village.
However, time is still a little short, and at this stage, the combat effectiveness of ANBU ninjas still relies on new weapons.
At this time, the ANBU ninjas had dispersed to a place nearly thirty kilometers away from Kyoto.
From here on, we are completely out of the reach of Kyoto, and outside is an area that has basically not been visited in several years.
The ANBU split up after leaving the city, working in teams of two. One of them was responsible for taking care of the ninja dogs and conducting reconnaissance, while the other was responsible for fighting.
In the night, a man and a dog walked slowly and lightly on the trees on both sides of the road, as if they were agile apes, not even disturbing the crows on the trees.
The ANBU captain took a Shiba Inu alone to the main road for reconnaissance. He was also the ninja closest to the jounin in the Fujiwara family.
The Intelligence Department has discovered traces of ninja invasion by the Genji shogunate in Kyoto, which is why Li Wei sent them out of the city to investigate.
The outside of Kyoto is a forbidden area for humans, especially in this area which is more than 30 kilometers away from Kyoto.
Along the way, he discovered something strange or demonic. It looked like a headless monk wandering on the main road, but he could only record it and left far away.
But at this moment, the Shiba Inu that was following him suddenly began to bite his leg. This was an early warning that the Ninja Dog had discovered the enemy.
The ANBU captain instantly became vigilant. He hid in a tree and took out a kunai.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Three shurikens came through the air, but the ANBU captain who was alert in advance dodged the three thrown shurikens at the critical moment. He fell from the branch to the ground and rolled several times before recovering.
But at this time, three ninjas dressed differently from him were surrounded by him in a triangle shape. One of them had a short sword in his hand, another had a kunai, and the other had several shurikens between his fingertips.
The spiritual pressure of these three ninjas is higher than that of the ANBU captain.
The ninja dog gritted its teeth and made a "wow" sound, ready to attack at any time. The ANBU captain also took out a kunai in his backhand, ready for battle.
He recognized that these three ninjas were all Koga ninjas under the Shendu shogunate, and they should have been engaged in an encounter. If the opponent had been ambushed, he would have died long ago.
None of them spoke. The moonlight outside the city was so cold that only the crows could be heard chirping at night. Then, the battle was about to break out.
The ANBU and the ninja dogs ducked for an instant and avoided the enemy's attack, but at this moment the three shurikens of another ninja seemed to form an unparalleled arc trajectory.
Ninja Technique: Three Shuriken Windmills!
The ANBU captain escaped the tanto ninja's surprise attack, but he couldn't dodge the three shuriken without the help of air.
But he also threw a kunai with something tied to it at the end, and three shurikens hit his torso together. A muffled sound was heard, and the shurikens like wind wheels seemed to have penetrated him completely. body.
The last kunai he threw was simply caught by the enemy. The shogunate ninja looked at the crudely made kunai in his hand, which was even covered with cracks.
"Hmph!" The shogunate ninjas just snorted coldly. They felt that they were still too cautious. The ninjas in Kyoto were really vulnerable and the ninja tools they used were all of this kind.
The kunai thrown out was also soft, as if it hadn't eaten.
However, they also saw an egg-sized bald oval ball tied to the handle of the kunai. It seemed that this ball was tied to the kunai and affected the center of gravity of the kunai's throwing.
At this time, the ANBU captain, who had just been hit by three shurikens, was holding a pulled bolt in his hand, revealing his big white teeth in the darkness.
"boom!"
A fierce explosion exploded from the end of the kunai, and the silence of the entire night sky was completely broken. The kunai filled with cracks shattered under the explosion and turned into fragments that filled the sky, instantly beating a ninja into a sieve.
The ANBU captain lifted his cloak, and underneath he was actually wearing a suit of armor made of iron wire. All three shurikens hit him, but he was not injured under the protection of the iron armor.
The sound waves spread, and a large number of birds flew around and screamed.
The violent explosion killed one ninja on the spot, and the other two ninjas were also injured. The shock wave at close range quickly caused tinnitus and blood flowed out.
However, the ninjas of the shogunate got up quickly. They were not ready to continue fighting, so they turned around and fled.
The ninjas in Kyoto actually possess a strange explosive bomb, and they must pass this information back.
The two looked at each other, then threw down several shurikens and scattered and fled.
The ideas are pricking your hands and the wind is blowing hard!
At this moment, the ANBU ninja quickly took out a revolver shotgun from behind and pointed it at an escaping shogunate ninja.
"Boom boom boom boom boom!"
Ninja Technique·Six-Link Iron Cannon!
Six rounds of shotguns were fired in a row. Since the distance began to exceed fifty meters, the ANBU commander emptied the shells without any hesitation. An escaping ninja was directly hit in the back by the dense shotguns. His whole body was like a honeycomb with his heart wide open. He died on the spot.
As for the other shogunate ninja who escaped, the ANBU captain did not pursue him because he was already dead.
At this time, the escaping ninja felt his whole head buzzing. He could never imagine why the Kyoto ninjas had such weird weapons.
In this era, gunpowder had just been used in combat, and it was basically only used for smoke bombs and improvised explosive bombs packed in bamboo tubes.
The power of this kind of explosive bomb can basically only hurt people, but it is difficult to kill people.
He must bring this information back to the shogunate. The ninja's nindo must bring the information back at any time, even at the cost of his life.
But at this moment, he suddenly saw a ninja dog in front of him with a forehead protector on his head, and the yellow Shiba Inu seemed to have bitten something and ran away quickly.
All he saw was that the Shiba Inu threw an oval sphere the size of an egg...