The Otsutsuki Cult

The Feudal Lord Conference and the Hokage Conference.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire looked at Tsunade and asked, "Hokage, what are your thoughts on this emerging Otsutsuki Cult?"

Tsunade nodded slightly. "It's probably some emerging organization trying to fundamentally infiltrate the Shinobi World and change people's minds."

I don't think so.

The Daimyo of the Land of Water spoke.

"I think this is nothing more than a low-level tactic of small countries banding together for mutual support."

"Trying to stop the development of the Shinobi World with such an unknown cult? That's wishful thinking."

"Lord of the Daimyo of the Land of Water, we cannot underestimate such an organization from the outset," Tsunade retorted. "It would be a mistake to assume from the beginning that this organization poses no threat to us."

"Just like the Akatsuki Organization before, nobody paid attention to them at first, but they gradually evolved into a powerful force capable of destroying ninja villages. Have you forgotten that?"

The Daimyo of the Land of Water wanted to retort, but upon remembering that the other party was the Hokage of Konoha Village, he immediately shut his mouth.

What right does the Land of Water have to talk to the Land of Fire now?

The enemy has already destroyed one of the Cloud Village, so destroying another small Mist Village in the Land of Water doesn't seem like a difficult task.

Although most people in the Shinobi World don't know why Cloud Village was suddenly destroyed.

However, most people believe that this matter has nothing to do with Konoha.

Especially the hatred between the two villages.

The Cloud Village has attacked Konoha multiple times and launched numerous wars.

The result was that Konoha won decisively in both cases.

The destruction of a village is itself an undeniable fact.

However, no one has any evidence to prove that Konoha did it. Konoha's Hokage, Tsunade, publicly stated that she was also grieving and that it was not her doing.

Most people don't believe this, though.

The village that destroyed Cloud Village is assumed to be Konoha Village.

The Daimyo of the Land of Water dared not speak, and the Daimyo of the Land of Wind remained completely silent from beginning to end.

Because a few years ago, their Sunagakure had also launched a war against Konoha.

Who knows if they might use this as an excuse to secretly destroy Sunagakure as well?

Although they are called allies, this thing is ultimately just a piece of paper; it has no real binding force whatsoever.

As for the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, he did not attend the meeting.

He wanted to participate, but most of the Ninja in Iwagakure, led by Kurotsuchi, harbored Konoha Village because of the deaths of Ōnoki and Kitsuchi.

This makes it extremely dangerous for him to participate.

He will likely be ousted and killed, just like the Feudal Lord of the Land of Lightning.

Therefore, the Daimyo of the Land of Earth was forced to form a united Kurotsuchi with Iwagakure.

Since no one is saying anything, let's just go along with Tsunade's plan.

Seeing that no one around was speaking, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire spoke up.

"Okay, okay."

Those around him quickly nodded in agreement.

"We must prioritize the suppression of the Otsutsuki Cult and prevent it from developing unchecked, lest it grow stronger."

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire briefly explained his methods for dealing with the Otsutsuki Cult.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Tsunade.

The Feudal Lord with the most authority at the scene wasn't actually him, but Tsunade.

Tsunade nodded. "To prevent the Otsutsuki Cult from infiltrating various countries and villages, anyone in our allied nations who discovers any clues related to the Otsutsuki Cult must report it immediately."

"To prevent the impact from escalating."

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Alright, since everyone has nothing else to say, let the Daimyo of the Land of Fire summarize the matter."

After Tsunade finished speaking, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire began to summarize.

The meeting quickly concluded after a brief summary.

Soon they were all preparing to return to their respective villages.

However, at that moment, Kanami suddenly appeared and came to Tsunade and Gaara's side.

Why are you here?

Tsunade asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I just need to speak with Lord Kazekage."

Kanami spoke casually.

Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze, including that of the Mizukage, turned to Kanami.

They immediately recognized who had said that.

There was only one person in the entire Konoha Village who dared to speak like that.

Red-- Kanami.

He's the only one.

Moreover, the main reason they fear Konoha is because of this Kanami.

The Daimyo of the Land of Water Daimyo of the Land of Wind couldn't help but give Kanami a thorough once-over.

"I never expected that she really does look exactly like the rumors; she looks very young..."

"Young and promising... If such a genius were in my Sunagakure..."

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind murmured to himself.

He started to fantasize.

However, at that moment, the Daimyo of the Land of Water glanced at him disdainfully, "If this were in your Sunagakure, you would probably have been tricked and killed by those people from Sunagakure long ago."

What do you mean by that?

"I'm stating the facts. Have you forgotten about Pakura, the genius Ninja from your village?"

"Wasn't she killed by your own Sunagakure?"

The Daimyo of the Land of Water bluntly stated this matter.

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind's expression immediately turned grim.

That's true. The Sunagakure often doesn't know how to win over heroes and geniuses. Instead, they usually only use them once and then abandon those geniuses for the sake of the village.

Soon, the group fell silent and left one after another.

In the end, only Kanami, Tsunade, and Gaara remained.

"Did you need something from me?"

Gaara looked at Kanami and asked.

As luck would have it, both of them have red hair, but Gaara has Short Hair while Kanami has long hair that exudes a more refined and scholarly air, which he has tied up with a headband.

In terms of height, Kanami is clearly taller.

After all, he's nearly 1.8 meters tall.

There are very few men this tall in the Shinobi World.

Although the two were shadows, they could only see Kanami's face by looking up.

"Something came up."

"But it's not convenient to say this here."

Kanami looked around; people were still passing by every now and then.

These people were originally unrelated and wouldn't have cared about each other.

But things are different in Kanami.

Wherever he is, he inevitably becomes the center of attention.

What started as one or two people quickly grew into a larger group as they stopped walking.

Especially with two Kage-level beings like Tsunade and Gaara present, in just a short while, more than a dozen civilians stopped and watched them.

However, they were standing relatively far away.

"Did you see that? That person looks like the Fifth Hokage..."

"So all you know is the Lord Hokage? Don't you even look at that Redhead next to him!"

"That's our Konoha hero, Kanami!"

"Holy crap, even Lord Feng An is here?? Are they going to do something important here?"

"This is not something you or I can worry about!"

"Wait, the other Redhead next to him looks like the Kazekage!"

"Even the Kazekage is here, it must be something really big!"

Immediately, everyone started chattering.

Seeing that more and more people were gathering, Kanami put his hands on Gaara and Tsunade.

"Flying Thunder God Technique"

In an instant, the three of them vanished from the spot.