Chapter 24

As Gin had expected after waiting for one day after sending the messenger pigeon back to the base , it returned to him carrying the orders from headquarters .

Their orders were to return back to the base immediately and one nearby sensor had been informed to check the validity of Gin's info . Of course Gin did not feel mad when he read the part of checking validity at all . It was natural to confirm the info and especially so if it was such huge and disturbing one .

Gin and his squad immediately started journey back to the base at full speed . As Gin had expected the skirmishes between the patrol and mobile squads of both Konoha and Suna did not stop . This clearly meant that these small time forces of Suna were not informed about the surprise attack division of Chiyo at all .

Gin welcomed this fact on the other hand because he gained main points on the journey by killing many chunin and genin . Gin had now ordered his squad to kill the enemy on sight. This way he could gain the most kills as he was the strongest one and the other three members also gained enough battle exp .

They finally returned back to the center battlefield base and were immediately summoned by Sakumo . Gin was not surprised because they must have confirmed that there was really a huge Suna group who was tasked with the sneak attack at Konoha's forces right flank . So Sakumo must want to know more information about the enemy from Gin because the sensor couldn't get close enough to determine the numbers of enemy group.

Gin's guess turned out to be spot on . Sakumo and all the elite jonin were present when he was asked to speak in detail about the enemy group formation . Even jonin were not allowed here this time which clearly meant that this piece of information was supposed to be secret even from them for now much less chunin and genin class Konoha nin .

Gin naturally had no idea about the real numbers of the group . So he spoke lies that he had sneaked inside the base with great difficulty and caution to gain rough info . From his estimates, there must be more than one hundred chunin and genin alone so Sakumo and others could easily guess that the numbers may even exceed 500 because the small base was actually too large for Gin to cover completely so he managed to just count the numbers near one entrance .

" Ahem.. Gen chan , tell us your estimated total number of the enemy group led by Chiyo. We will get nowhere by guessing it as you are the one who had sneaked inside their base for short period of time. "

Gin looked at the other elite jonin nodding at Kotaro san's suggestion and Sakumo's sign to speak. So he started seriously remembering the tough number of tents , their sizes and other small details to make his guess more close to the truth as much as possible.

After few minutes of brainstorming, Gin had come up with his estimates which even scared himself greatly. " According to me , there must be at least four to five hundred chunin and genin class ninja from the number of smaller tents .

There must be about one hundred jonin and as for elite jonin , I have no idea . "

Sakumo was inwardly sweating because he could imagine what damage could these numbers cause but his expression did not flinch outwardly . " Gin kun, you and your squad members are to rest for a week and await for further orders . Your merit will be calculated later and will be transferred tomorrow morning. You are dismissed ."

Gin gladly left after giving a small bow because he was feeling little tired from the fast back journey . Now he wanted to rest for a while and eat fulfilling food.

After Gin left , the atmosphere inside the tent became more serious as many elite jonin were feeling extremely angered by Suna's tactic this time . It was coincidence that Gin discovered this as he was coincidently assigned another mission at the same location . All of them were impressed with Gin's bold and fast method to gather and relay back the huge info .

For hours the meeting continued but no good countermeasure could be found so Sakumo decided to ask help from the village. The advisor from Nara Clan had joined Orochimaru to support him at the Iwa battle field. He was the only one who could provide them with quick solution to this problem.

Afte this talk was temporarily settled , the matter of Gin's merits for his huge contribution and direct promotion was mentioned by Sakumo and nobody dared to refute his decision . They could not provoke him and Gin's matter was really an issue which required great thought as contribution was too great ..