The Great Toad Sage's Sage Techniques

Land of Lightning, western port town.

An ordinary-looking office building.

If anyone entered the conference room on the top floor, they would probably be utterly shocked.

There were actually three "Kage" standing at the pinnacle of the ninja world in this very conference room.

Three people sat in the spacious conference room: the Third Raikage, the Third Tsuchikage, and the Fourth Kazekage.

Each of the three Kage had a guard standing behind them.

"You two, tell me what you think. After all, Ninshu's new operation this time will probably have little effect on Kumogakure," the Third Raikage said bluntly in his gruff voice.

At present, there were only two forces worth having the three great Ninja Villages convene over: one was Konoha, and the other was Ninshu. This time, what had brought the three Kage together was Ninshu's movements in the Land of Rivers.

"Raikage, that is not quite right. No matter which one of us suffers losses, it is a loss for the alliance. We should find a way to stop them," Ōnoki said solemnly.

After a series of overt and covert collaborations, the alliance of the three villages had developed a certain foundation of trust. Otherwise, neither Ōnoki nor Rasa would have personally come to the Land of Lightning for this meeting.

This was the first summit between the three Kage since their alliance had been formed.

Previously, they had only sent trusted subordinates or village higher-ups to attend meetings.

"That's right. If we allow Ninshu to keep growing, the countries around it will not be the only ones it can influence," Rasa quickly added.

If Ninshu truly took the Land of Rivers, Sunagakure would undoubtedly suffer the greatest losses.

Sunagakure had quite a few interests in the Land of Rivers.

"Of course I understand that. Otherwise, I