Four Kage Join Forces to Kill? (6k)

Land of Earth.

A border town.

The moment Dodai entered the town with an elite team of Kumogakure jonin, an Iwagakure ninja in uniform immediately came forward to greet them.

"Please follow me," the Iwagakure ninja said calmly.

Iwagakure and Kumogakure had clashed often over the past few years. The fact that he could treat Kumogakure's ninja normally was already the limit of his professionalism. As for maintaining respect throughout, that was simply impossible.

Dodai gave a slight nod and followed him, finding no fault with the Iwagakure ninja's attitude.

The Iwagakure ninja did not care for him, and he did not care for the Iwagakure ninja either.

If not for the highly concerning intelligence Iwagakure had presented, Kumogakure would never have attended a meeting hosted by Iwagakure.

Following the Iwagakure ninja, the group soon arrived at a building guarded by numerous ninja.

Dodai noticed that there were not only Iwagakure ninja, but also Sunagakure and Hidden Mist Village ninja. In other words, the three major ninja villages had all arrived. Only Kumogakure had been missing.

"To maintain order during the meeting, only two guards may enter," the Iwagakure ninja leading them reminded him.

"You two, come with me. The rest of you remain here and await orders," Dodai said, looking at the two strongest members of his team.

Logically, Iwagakure would not dare make a move against three major ninja villages at once. But one could never be too careful, and stronger guards were always preferable.

Dodai then entered the building and was led into its conference room.

Upon entering the conference room, the first person Dodai saw was Kitsuchi, seated at the head of the table.

By seniority, Kitsuchi was not quite qualified to chair this meeting.

However, Kitsuchi had discovered the intelligence, so Ōnoki had helped secure