Master and Disciple Reunite

The Five Kage were feeling conflicted. There was a hint of anger in the way they looked at Black Zetsu and Konan.

If you weren't aliens, you should have said so sooner! You had everyone this tense for nothing!

Although Black Zetsu and Konan's words and actions made them seem anything but peaceful or friendly, to the current Five Kage, as long as they were not aliens, even if they were Missing-nin or terrorists, as long as they were humans of the Ninja World, it was manageable. At the very least, they could deal with them.

They had no choice. With Gigue as an example, their assessment of alien strength had become absurdly high. After all, if they lost this battle, the entire Ninja World would be finished.

Ōnoki, who had been floating in the sky for quite some time, snorted and flew back to the ground. He shot Hiruzen Sarutobi a sidelong glance and said,

"This seems to be an internal matter for your Konoha, doesn't it? Then it would be inconvenient for us to interfere. However, they just attacked people from Iwagakure. I hope Konoha can give Iwagakure a satisfactory explanation."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face darkened at those words. He cursed Ōnoki inwardly. That bastard was deliberately looking for trouble with Konoha!

Though he cursed in his heart, Hiruzen Sarutobi showed little change in expression. He cleared his throat and said evenly,

"The two of them are Jiraiya's students, but that does not mean they are Konoha ninja. It is unreasonable to place this matter on Konoha."

Without waiting for Ōnoki to respond, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately said to Jiraiya,

"Jiraiya, since they are your students, you should speak with them. I am sure there is some misunderstanding here."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's attitude was already exceptionally mild. He was only asking