"The Hokage's proposal is quite good. Although the Land of Iron is not a shinobi power, this crisis affects the entire world, so we will also contribute what little we can."
Hearing that Konoha, the Hidden Mist Village, Sunagakure, and even the Land of Iron had cast their votes in favor, the faces of the Fourth Raikage and the Third Tsuchikage became as ugly as constipation.
They were not particularly opposed to forming a Ninja Alliance in the first place.
But the key question was: who would have the final say in this so-called "Ninja Alliance"?
Konoha had barely proposed it when the Hidden Mist Village and Sunagakure immediately agreed. Furthermore, at this Five Kage Summit, the Hokage, Mizukage, and Kazekage had arrived together. The Raikage and Tsuchikage would never believe there was no shady under-the-table deal involved.
Konoha, the Hidden Mist Village, and Sunagakure were obviously wearing the same pair of pants. If they agreed to form a Ninja Alliance, and those three great shinobi villages joined forces, what if they sidelined the Cloud Village and Rock Village?
It was not that they were still scheming against each other at a time like this. Rather, after several Shinobi World Wars, the major shinobi villages had long harbored grudges against one another. Having deceived and plotted against each other for so long, they had no choice but to stay wary.
"Old man, what is there to hesitate about? That guy named Obito Uchiha was already provoking us so openly. Are we in the Rock Village supposed to stay out of this?"
While the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, was still weighing the pros and cons, Miss Kurotsuchi behind him, who was known for speaking her mind, voiced her confusion.
"What the hell does a little girl like you know? Forming an alliance