"Enough. Let's not talk about this anymore. The Kazekage and Mifune are here, so shall we head straight to the Trial Tower?"
As the strongest among these Kage, and also the most senior, Ōnoki was naturally the one who took the lead and made the suggestion in everything.
"Sure. Then let's go."
The Kazekage and Mifune had only just entered the room and had not even had time to rest their feet before they left the apartment again.
"It's a pretty rare chance. This is the first time our four villages have fought side by side, isn't it?"
They all nodded at that. "That's right. It's never happened before."
The leaders of the four villages walked side by side through the streets of Konoha, making for an extremely unusual sight.
The villagers were all guessing where they were going.
"I'm telling you, are you all ready? That enemy is incredibly strong. Last time, Ryusa and I didn't even last a second. We were killed by a roar. Can you believe that?"
As soon as he said that, the others all grew more serious.
Along the way, Ōnoki and Ryusa had already told them a great deal about the Otsutsuki Clan.
It left the others rather surprised by how much the two of them knew about the Otsutsuki.
"With the Tsuchikage's strategies, maybe we might even win."
Karatachi Yagura said excitedly. Fighting the Otsutsuki Clan was definitely going to be interesting.
However, Ōnoki did not follow his words with any encouragement.
Instead, he immediately poured cold water on him.
"It's better not to treat this like a game. Otherwise, you'll get beaten very badly. Our goal is to better handle the crisis ten years from now."
"The Otsutsuki stage in this Trial Tower is extremely difficult. Even if all of us