"Since the Kage Summit has begun, I'll speak first. I assume everyone already knows what this Kage Summit is meant to discuss, right?"
As the initiator of the Kage Summit, the Fourth Raikage was the first to speak.
At his words, the other four Kage, including Soji, all nodded slightly.
Not only them—the higher-ups of the Five Great Shinobi Villages seated below were also well aware of it.
The Akatsuki Organization was the focus of the Five Great Shinobi Villages!
However, an awkward look flashed across the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki's face.
After all, he had secretly been hiring the Akatsuki Organization to cause trouble for the other four great shinobi villages.
Now that it had backfired, he still had to come to the Kage Summit to discuss the Akatsuki Organization. No matter how thick-skinned Ōnoki was, he felt somewhat embarrassed.
Fortunately, no one else noticed any of this, and Ōnoki quickly reined in his emotions.
"Now, all the Tailed Beasts of Kumogakure and Iwagakure have been captured by the organization called Akatsuki. Sunagakure's Jinchuriki should have also been attacked by the Akatsuki Organization, right?
"And then there is Takigakure's Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.
"Akatsuki's intentions are already obvious. They're after the Nine Tailed Beasts!"
Seeing that no one spoke, the Fourth Raikage continued in his deep, booming voice.
Kumogakure's Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito, had been captured. Although his younger brother, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer B, had survived, the Eight-Tails Ox-Demon had already been taken.
How could the Fourth Raikage not be furious?
However, as the members of Akatsuki gradually emerged into the open, the Fourth Raikage had come to deeply understand just how terrifying this organization was.
After all, it was a group entirely composed of rogue ninja ranked A and above from the major shinobi villages!
Among them, every official member was