At the Allied Shinobi Forces' headquarters, the Five Kage gathered once again for the first Five Kage Summit since the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Unlike their previous meetings, which always descended into endless arguments, the atmosphere at this Five Kage Summit was far more harmonious. Even the notoriously hot-tempered Fourth Raikage unconsciously lowered his voice when he spoke.
They had no choice but to get along!
After Hyuga Kagami's identity as the leader of the God Organization was exposed, Konoha's apparent strength had already far surpassed that of the other four great shinobi villages. Even if Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure joined forces, they would stand no chance against Konoha. Strength was the foundation of all confidence; without it, one naturally lacked the confidence to speak.
After briefly delivering some meaningless opening remarks, Hyuga Kagami swept his gaze across everyone present and said, "Regarding the God Organization, we of Konoha did not deliberately conceal it from everyone. We did so mainly to deal with the threat of Akatsuki. Please be understanding."
The Third Hokage at his side was immensely embarrassed and could not help grumbling inwardly, What does he mean, Konoha didn't deliberately conceal it? The village never even knew about it!
Kakashi, on the other side, was equally unable to voice his grievances.
After Hyuga Kagami's identity as the God Organization's leader was exposed, he noticed that everyone had begun looking at him strangely. After all, it had been he who proposed creating a fake God Organization at the Five Kage Summit, and he had analyzed the idea with great conviction.
Looking back now, everyone felt that Kakashi had led them by the nose.
After a brief awkward silence, the Fourth Kazekage was the first to speak, smiling ingratiatingly. "Lord Hokage, you are too modest. The God Organization was