A few dozen minutes later, the Five Kage Summit commenced smoothly.
Besides the current Five Kage, members of Uzushio Village led by Naruto also appeared at the seats, and their placement was subtly near the front. This greatly displeased the Third Tsuchikage and Fourth Raikage.
But remembering Sasuke's performance just now, they could only grit their teeth and acknowledge that Naruto was qualified to attend the Five Kage Summit.
Lazing in his seat, Naruto ignored the looks from the Third Tsuchikage and Fourth Raikage. He exchanged glances with the Fifth Kazekage and Fifth Mizukage, then yawned as though he had not woken up yet.
The Fifth Kazekage was naturally Gaara. Given Sunagakure's current situation, unless Elder Chiyo stepped forward to serve as Kazekage, the position could only belong to Gaara, the One-Tails Jinchuriki. However, while Sunagakure was nominally one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, it had long since become a subordinate village of Konoha in reality.
As for the Fifth Mizukage, it was Hozuki Mangetsu.
With his status as the descendant of the Second Mizukage and the influence of Uzushio Village, Hozuki Mangetsu smoothly became the Fifth Mizukage. He became Uzushio Village's little brother in military and trade matters, so his attitude was naturally very restrained.
Including Jiraiya, who stood nearby with an awkward expression, Naruto's sphere of influence already encompassed more than half of the Ninja World.
After this Five Kage Summit, perhaps it would encompass the entire Ninja World.
Seeing that the atmosphere was somewhat awkward, Mifune, as the host, cleared his throat and reminded them, "Everyone, shouldn't we discuss the threat from Amegakure?"
At the mention of this, the Fourth Raikage said angrily,
"What is there to discuss about Amegakure's threat? My Anbu investigated the members of Amegakure and Akatsuki. They are all rogue ninja from