Just as the Five Kage Summit was about to begin, suddenly, news exploded from the Land of Water.
The news was that the Six-Tails Jinchuriki had been captured.
Not only that, but a large number of Hidden Mist ninjas had been sacrificed in the battle.
It is reported that the Fifth Mizukage, Terumi Mei, was extremely angry about this and urgently wanted the Five Kage Summit to be held ahead of schedule.
She herself was already on her way to the Land of Iron.
"As expected, Hidden Mist Village had some precautions."
Nagato, who had successfully brought the Six-Tails Jinchuriki back to Hidden Rain Village, did not rest for a moment. He immediately informed the organization members through his ring, preparing to seal the Six-Tails.
"You're still cautious, Pain. If any other member had executed this capture mission, it probably would've failed."
Hidden Mist Village, as one of the Five Great Shinobi Nations, had actually been living a rather miserable existence.
The Third Mizukage's blood mist policy caused Hidden Mist Village to lose many lower-ranked ninjas.
However, the village's mid and high-level combat strength did increase quite a bit.
And then, the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, under the manipulation of Madara and Obito, began to intensify the blood mist policy, expanding it to the Kekkei Genkai clans.
They adopted the principle of "better to kill than to let go," which caused Hidden Mist Village's power to drop significantly.
If not for the presence of Hidden Sand Village, Hidden Mist would probably be the weakest of the Five Great Shinobi Nations.
Fortunately, in recent years, with Terumi Mei's rise to power, Hidden Mist Village began to recover. The village also gave birth to elite ninjas like Chojuro.
Itachi, Kisame, and others were indeed strong, capable of taking on dozens of Jonin by themselves.
But Hidden Mist Village's Jonin count wasn't just in the dozens.
Perhaps the strength of these Jonin was somewhat lacking, but when faced with overwhelming numbers, even if they were official members of Akatsuki, they could only escape if they didn't want to die.
"Stop talking nonsense, Zetsu. After we seal the Six-Tails, I want to hear news about the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki."
"No problem. I already know the whereabouts of the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. You can know anytime you want."
"That's good."
Under the urging of Onoki and Terumi Mei, the long-awaited Five Kage Summit, which had attracted the attention of the entire ninja world, was finally held in the neutral country of Iron.
As in the original, the one in charge of hosting this meeting was still the General of Iron Country, Mifune.
"What a handsome young man, I wonder if you're married?"
As soon as Terumi Mei entered the venue, she immediately saw Minato Namikaze standing behind Jiraiya.
"Sorry, Fifth Mizukage, I'm already married."
"I see... what a shame."
Terumi Mei spoke regretfully, but her gaze shifted to another one of Jiraiya's guards, Hatake Sakumo.
"This one... never mind, you look a bit too ordinary for my tastes."
Her words almost pushed Sakumo to his limits.
To be honest, Hatake Sakumo wasn't the kind of person who would catch someone's attention at first glance; he was more of the type who grew on you the more you looked at him.
He was definitely not someone who could be called plain by Terumi Mei.
Of course, compared to Minato Namikaze, Sakumo's looks did fall short.
If Minato's appearance was a perfect ten, then Sakumo's would at most be a six.
"Hahahahaha~ Sakumo-san, I told you to wear a mask like Kakashi, when standing next to Minato, anyone would look ordinary."
When Jiraiya heard Terumi Mei's words, he couldn't help but laugh out loud and also teased Minato.
"True."
Sakumo rubbed his cheek, nodded, and continued, "Those girls just love Minato's type."
"Jiraiya-sensei, Sakumo-san, please stop joking around."
Minato appeared quite helpless at the teasing.
Though he was the Fourth Hokage, the two teasing him were his teacher and someone he respected, and no matter how he tried to retort, it felt wrong.
"Eh~ You're the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze?"
Originally, Terumi Mei didn't recognize Minato right away. She just thought that this bodyguard of the Fifth Hokage had a particularly charming and sunny smile, which made her feel a bit drawn to him.
It was only after hearing Jiraiya and Sakumo's conversation that she realized that the handsome guy in front of her, who made her heart flutter, was actually Konoha's Fourth Hokage.
"Hmph~ You had the Fourth Hokage as your bodyguard, Fifth Hokage. You sure have some power."
When the Fourth Raikage entered, he immediately shattered the friendly atmosphere created by Konoha and the Mist, causing both Jiraiya and Terumi Mei to feel very displeased.
Among them, Terumi Mei directly retorted, "Muscle man, so disgusting."
Fourth Raikage: ???
Ignoring Ai's gloomy expression, Terumi Mei turned to Chōjūrō and said, "Chōjūrō, you'd better not turn into this kind of muscle man in the future. It's just too gross."
"Smack~"
The Fourth Raikage, Ai, had never been insulted like this. He slammed the table angrily and gritted his teeth, asking Terumi Mei, "Fifth Mizukage, who exactly are you calling disgusting?"
Terumi Mei rolled her eyes and replied, "Whoever responds is disgusting."
"Too much!"
The Fourth Raikage roared angrily and immediately tried to charge at Terumi Mei to give her a piece of his mind.
Fortunately, his right and left hands, Darui and C, reacted quickly and used all their strength to hold him back.
Otherwise, Cloud and Mist might have had a different kind of meeting before the conference.
"Heh, Fourth Raikage, it seems that after the village destruction incident, you still haven't made any progress,"
At this moment, Onoki, who was being carried by Akatsuchi, and Kurotsuchi who was following beside them, entered the meeting room.
Relying on his age and seniority, Onoki immediately began mocking the Fourth Raikage as soon as he walked in.
"At such an old age, you're still holding onto the position of Tsuchikage. I wonder if it's because you're so attached to power or if there's no one else to take over."
"Fourth Raikage, you…"
Upon hearing the Raikage's reply, Onoki seemed very angry.
Indeed, as the Fourth Raikage had said, Iwagakure felt a bit like it had no successors.
Kitsuchi's strength is enough to suppress the people in the village, but his personality is too straightforward.
A straightforward person is fine as a team leader or an advisor, but he can never be the Hokage.
As for Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi, Akatsuchi's personality is even more straightforward than Kitsuchi's, to the point of being almost naïve.
Both Kitsuchi and Onoki believed he wasn't suitable, and Kurotsuchi was even less suitable.
Kurotsuchi has an optimistic personality, and her thoughts are lively, but her strength isn't enough.
After thinking it over, Onoki realized that there wasn't anyone in Iwagakure who he thought could become the Tsuchikage.
"We're not late, are we?"
Just as Onoki was still recovering from the "internal injury" caused by Raikage A's comment, Gaara, who had just been revived, entered the meeting room with Chiyo, Temari, and Kankuro.
Upon seeing the newcomers, Raikage A and Onoki both frowned at the same time.
"Chiyo, don't tell me that the Fifth Kazekage of Sunagakure is this little kid."
In response to Onoki's question, Granny Chiyo calmly replied, "Yes, Gaara is the Fifth Kazekage of Sunagakure. He will take office immediately after the Five Kage Summit ends."
"Heh, looks like Sunagakure is worse off than Iwagakure, choosing a little kid as Kazekage."
Onoki's mind was deep, and though he could endure Raikage A's words, Gaara didn't want to tolerate it.
"No matter how bad Sunagakure is, it's nothing compared to Cloud. You even lost your village. That's truly pitiful."
After saying this, Gaara immediately made a hand gesture, pointing at Raikage A.
In an instant, a massive amount of sand appeared and began to surge toward Raikage's side.
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