Idk I thought after Houken died only Riboku was left of the three great generals and then they were like oh yeah guys there is this Shi Ba Shou guy whos protecting this one town and hes super duper strong like three generals strong. Felt a bit heavy handed lmao.
So if Shibashou would’ve accepted his appointment, he’d have been a 3GH at the same time as Houken as that’s when Riboku nominated him.
And like I said, there are millions of people in Zhao. There are bound to be some hidden monsters across China, not just in Zhao.
You didn’t even read the Juukou arc did you lol? If you don’t like Shibashou being a hidden monster in Zhao, just wait until you see the level of the standard Chu general lmfao.
(Yeah that’s right, you missed a solid Chu battle so catch up to Kingdom!)