Alliance, Sudden Change!

The news that the Seven-Tails had fallen into the hands of the Akatsuki Organization was like a bucket of ice water, extinguishing the last trace of hope in everyone's hearts.

A brief silence shrouded the Five Kage and their guards, every face filled with gravity and concern.

Amid the oppressive stillness, Minato Namikaze was the first to break the deadlock.

His gaze swept across the other four Kage present, his voice steady yet carrying an undeniable severity.

"Everyone, the Seven-Tails has now fallen into the Akatsuki Organization's hands as well. We must face reality and prepare for the worst.

"Perhaps the Six-Tails, which vanished without a trace long ago, has already been captured by them too."

Minato Namikaze's thoughts were far more complicated than what he had said aloud.

The information that Konoha still concealed the other half of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki—his son, Namikaze Naruto—was buried deep in his heart.

He chose silence.

It was not because he distrusted his allies, but because of a deeper instinct to protect.

This is the safest way. The judgment was crystal clear in his mind.

Based on the recent movements of that mysterious Collector, the other party had targeted only his wife, Kushina Uzumaki, in pursuit of the Nine-Tails, seemingly overlooking the other half of the Nine-Tails within Namikaze Naruto.

From this, Minato Namikaze surmised that whether or not the Collector belonged to the Akatsuki Organization, Akatsuki was capable of providing such a powerful person with information about the Nine-Tails.

Then the fact that the Collector had not acted against Namikaze Naruto proved that even the Akatsuki Organization itself had not learned the top-secret information that the Nine-Tails had been split in two!

Therefore, allowing Naruto to remain "invisible" was the most reliable safeguard at present.

With that thought, Minato Namikaze silently made