Battle in the Void!

At this moment, the Five Kage had gathered in the banquet hall for a meal.

If he had known the meeting had not started yet, Asuka would not have bothered eating pancakes. There was nothing wrong with coming here to mooch a meal instead.

"Slurp~"

Asuka lifted a large bowl and took a sip of rice porridge, discreetly sizing up the shinobi seated around him.

Compared to the Five Kage Summit, where only he and Hashirama had attended, this meeting was on a completely different scale. Every village had practically brought over its entire think tank.

There were already more than thirty shinobi seated in the room alone.

"These guys are getting along surprisingly well!" Asuka bit into a sea cucumber, his gaze quickly sweeping over the crowd as he thought, At the Five Kage Summit, forget sitting down to eat together—even meeting without spitting at each other was only because they had to preserve the dignity of being a Kage.

Who would have thought things could change so much in just a few days?

Then Asuka noticed someone watching him.

Turning his head, he saw the woman with long reddish-brown hair crossed over itself. She was leaning back in her chair, her head raised as she looked in his direction—or, more precisely, at his mouth.

When she saw Asuka looking over, Mei Terumi smiled. "Asuka Jonin, long time no see. This is my first time seeing a handsome guy with three cigars and a sea cucumber in his mouth. I couldn't help taking a few extra looks."

Her eyes remained fixed on the three lit cigars by Asuka's mouth. She unconsciously shook her head and said, "Men who smoke can be quite handsome, but smoking three at once is not so handsome. You're like damp firewood burning—just puffing out